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HEBREWS.
BOOK I.

6 Exalted on his glorious throne,
I see him make my cause his own ;
Then all my anxious cares subside,
For Jesus lives, and will provide.

7 I see him look with pity down,
And hold in view the conq ror s crown.
If press d with griefs and cares before,
My soul revives, nor asks for more.

8 By faith I see the hour at hand,
When in his presence I shall stand ;
Then it will be my endless bliss
To see him where and as he is.

135.
Love Tokens.—Heb. xii, 5-11.

 
1 AFFLICTIONS do not come alone,
A voice attends the rod ;
By both he to his saints is known,
A Father and a God.

2 " Let not my children slight the stroko
I for chastisement send,
Nor faint beneath my kind rebuke,
For still I am their Friend.

3 " The wicked I perhaps may leave
Awhile, and not reprove ;
But all the children I receive,
I scourge, because I love.

4 " If therefore you were left without
This needful discipline,
You might with cause admit a doubt
If you indeed were mine.

5 " Shall earthly parents then expect
Their children to submit ?
And will not you, when I correct,
Be humbled at my feet ?

6 " To please themselves they oft chastise,
And put their sons to pain ;