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My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10: 27-28)
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HYMN FOR CHILDREN

CLEAVE to the words of Jesus
Whatever be your lot;
The beauty of His teaching
Should never be forgot;
'Twould ease the heaviest burden,
And lull the strongest pain,
The hope of one day hearing
That same sweet voice again.

Cleave to the words of Jesus;
He says, "Be not afraid;
Your Heavenly Father knoweth
The needs of all He made;
Let not your heart be troubled
While ye believe in me,
For where my Father dwelleth
There shall my children be."

We'll hold the words of Jesus
Until He comes again,
Tho' the mad world is weary
Of utterance so plain;
And while the words of others
Lead many souls astray,
Be ours to take the Bible
And tread the narrow way.

Chaplin

A PLAIN QUESTION

LISTEN, listen, oh, dying men!
What of the years behind you?
How will you settle accounts with God
When His reckoning day shall find you?

I know there are many who lightly speak
Of a general salvation,
And mention heaven as the just reward
Of any who aid the notion.

Not so, not so; there is bitter woe
In the teaching of such deceivers;
There is no word in the Word
Of God Of a heaven for unbelievers!

The way of escape for sinful man
Is shown in the Gospel story,-
Jehovah punished His sinless Son,
And the sinner goes to glory.

But godless souls would be out of place
In a heavenly atmosphere;
The sinner who goeth to glory learns
To live its society here;-

Learns to linger, with grateful love,
Near to the mercy-seat;
Learns to turn, with loathing heart,
From the sin which was once so sweet;

Learns to hope he shall one day see
The face of the God who saved him,
And be for ever beyond the reach
Of the devil who depraved him.

Listen, listen, then, dying men!
Hear as I ask once more:
How will you settle accounts with God
When the Judge is at the door?

Chaplin
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