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Rh How will you his presence abide? What anguish will torture your heart! The saints all enthroned by his side, And you be compell'd to depart.

5 Too often, dear Saviour, have I Preferr'd some poor trifle to thee; How is it thou dost not deny The blessing and birthright to me? No better than Esau I am, Though pardon and heaven be mine; To me belongs nothing but shame— The praise and the glory be thine.

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Jacob's Ladder. Gen. xxviii, 12.

1 If the Lord our leader be, We may follow without fear; East or west, by land or sea, Home with him is every where. When from Esau Jacob fled, Though his pillow was a stone, And the ground his humble bed, Yet he was not left alone.

2 Kings are often waking kept, Rack'd with cares on beds of state: Never king like Jacob slept, For he lay at heaven's gate. Lo! he saw a ladder rear'd, Reaching to the heavenly throne; At the top the Lord appeared, Spake, and claim d him for his own:

3 "Fear not, Jacob, thou art mine, And my presence with thee goes; On thy heart my love shall shine, And my arm subdue thy foes: From my promise comfort take, For my help in trouble call; Never will I thee forsake Till I have accomplish'd all."