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L. M.
The power of God unto salvation.
Rom. 1:16.
God, in the gospel of his Son,
Makes his eternal counsels known;
’Tis here his richest mercy shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.
2 Here sinners of a humble frame
May taste his grace and learn his name;
’Tis writ in characters of blood,
Severely just—immensely good.
3 Here Jesus, in ten thousand ways,
His soul-attracting charms displays;
Recounts his poverty and pains,
And tells his love in melting strains.
4 May this blest volume ever lie
Close to my heart, and near my eye—
Till life’s last hour my soul engage,
And be my chosen heritage!
Beddome.