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851.

[Peace at the last! eternal peace]

Keep innocency, and take heed, &c. —xxxvii. 38.

Peace at the last! eternal peace
Thine only innocence can give:
Jesus, the Lord my righteousness,
My pardon I from Thee receive.
Thy blood, if Thou the faith bestow,
Shall fill my heart with purest love;
And hallow'd by Thy blood, I go
To live the glorious life above.
I trust, the works which Thou hast done,
The pains Thou didst for me endure,
The righteousness of God alone
Did my immortal bliss secure:
And when I bow my dying head,
Meet for a mansion in the sky,
My soul its eagle-wings shall spread,
And spotless to Thy bosom fly.