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' ■^•^-^^^^►^ TORONTO: Methodist Book and Publishing Hottse. HALIFAX: Methodist Book-Room Brevier. CbowsOgtavo , 1882. _.;.mVii tho«!nreLTr7,*° '^.\°' °' "■« ^''^""»=''* °f C--'>. '" the year on. Stbrbotypbo and Printed at thb Christian Guardian Oppiph 78&80KINQST East.Toronw) '' PREFACE. one ffice i THE influence of hymns of praise upon religiov 3 life has been felt and acknowledged in all ages, and in all branches of the Christian Church. From the beginning of the great religious awakening of the last century to the present time, the rich treasures of gospel truth and Christian experience, embodied in our noble Wesleyan hymns, have been among the most potent forces in the history of Methodism. These hymns have been a liturgy and a confession of faith ; promoting the spirit of devotion and soundness in doctrine, among " the people called Methodists." The union, in 1874, of the Wesleyan Methodists and the Methodist New Connexion of Canada in one body, under the name of " The Methodist Church of Canada," and the expiration of the copyright of the English Wesleyan Hymn-Book, the same year, rendered it necessary either to adopt the Hymn-Book of some other branch of Methodism, or to compile a new book of praise for the use of the congregations and families of our Church. The whole subject was fully considered at our first General Conference, in 1874. It was felt to be the imperative duty of the Church to supply our people with the best collection of hymns for public and social worship, that it was possible to obtain. The advantages of preparing a Hymn-Book, adapted to the wants of our Canadian people, and of which our Church would possess the copyright, were too obvious and weighty to warrant any other course. A Committee was appointed to prepare the materials for a New Hymn-Book, and report to the next General Conference. This Com- mittee was composed of the Hon. L. A. Wilmot, Rev. Enoch Wood, D.D., Rev. Q. Douglas, LL.D., Rev. E. Hartley Dewart, Rev. John Lathern, Rev. John A. Williams, Rev. G. S. Milliqan, Rev. James Caswell, Rev. Alexander Sutherland, Rev. John McMurray, Rev. D. D. Currie, Rev. A. W. NicoLSON, Rev. E. B. Hakper, M.A., Rev. N. Burwash, B.D., Rev. W. Williams, Rev. Charles Stewart, D.D., Mr. John Maodonald, and Hon. W. G. Strong. PREFACE. The Committee met in the City of Quebec, in August, 1878, and spent nearly two weeks in determining what hymns in the old Wesleyan Hymn- Book should be omitted, and what abbreviations or emendations should be made in those retained. This work was submitted to the General Confer- ence, which met in Montreal the following September, with a recommenda- tion that all the hymns selected for the New Hymn-Book, whether from the original Collection, or from other sources, should be arranged under suitable heads, according to their subjects. After full consideration, the following resolution was adopted : — " That the Report of the Hymn-Book Committee be adopted, and that the Committee he re-appointed, and authorized to complete and publish the Hymn-Book within two years." The Hon. L. A. WiLMOT having died before the first meeting of the Committee, David Allison, LL.D., was appointed in his place. Having their authority renewed, and their work definitely specified, the Committee applied themselves to carry out to successful completion the important task assigned them by the Qeneral Conference. The main work still to be done was the selection of new hymns, and the proper classification of the whole. In numerous meetings as separate sections, and afterwards in a protracted session of the Committee, held at Cobourg, during September, 1879, a great deal of prayerful thought and earnest labour were devoted to the work of preparing such a Hymn-Book as would fully meet the require- ments of our Church, in all its varied services. The revision of the "Collection," so long used in every section of Wes- leyan Methodism, was the most delicate and difficult part of the work. It was surrounded by many hallowed and cherished associations ; having been for a century a source of consolation and strength to multitudes of Gk>d's people. The Committee, therefore, were unanimous in resohing to leave out no hymn which, by its adaptation to public worship, or private devotion, had vindicated a right to a place in the psalmody of the Church. But they felt that hymns which, after a trial of nearly a hundred years, had revealed little or no adaptation for use, might be safely omitted, to make place for others of greater practical value. Some long hymns have been divided ; and others shortened to a moderate length, by omitting imperfect or inferior stanzas. In a few instances, where some solecism, or offensive confusion of figures, marred a beautiful hymn, it was thought better to adopt an appropriate emendation, than to perpetuate o blemish that could be removed without lessening the lyrical or devotional value of the hymn. In this book, all that constitutes the richness and attractive beauty of Wesleyan hymnology has been retained ; and over three hundi od of the choicest modem and ancient hymns have been added. In the selection of 4 I « PREFACE. new li3rmns, particular attention has been given to increase the nnmbcr of those suitable for public worship and special occasions, while having careful regard to lyrical harmony and doctrinal sound^iess. The unity and com- pleteness of the classification, the number and excellence of the new hymn<), and the carefully prepared headings, indicating the subj' rt of every hymn, must greatly enhance the popularity and usefulness of this collection. The Committee, in presenting the result of their labours to the Church, cherish a confident hope that this Hymn-Book, with its rich variety of grand and inspiring songs of praise, will give a new impulse to the worship and devo- tion of our people ; and that it will long continue to be an effective means of guiding sinners to the Saviour, and increasing the faith and love of the thousands who follow Christ under the banners of our Canadian Methodism* Signed on behalf of the Committee, Q. DonaLAS, Chairman. A. Sutherland, Secretary. The cordial thanks of the Committee are tendered to the following authors and publishers, for permission to insert hymns of which they possess the copyidght : — The Right Rev. the Bishop of Lincoln ; the Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster ; the Rev. Horatius Bonar, D.D. ; the Rev. W. M. Funshon, LL.D. ; Miss M. V. G. Havergal ; the Rev. J. EUerton ; the Rev. H. Twells, M.A. ; James Nisbet & Co. ; the Religious Tract Society ; and other publishers of volumes from which hymns have been taken. If in any instance, from want of information, hymns have been inserted without formal permission, it is hoped such oversight will be forgiven by the authors or publishers concerned. of CONTENTS. .1 Hnnrs. I. Adoration 1 1 1. Creation and Providence 90 III. The Lord Jbsus Christ 108 IV. The Holy Spirit 182 V. Repentance and Conversion. 1. Warning and Inviting 206 2. Penitence and Trust 237 VI. The Christian Life. 1. Believers Rejoicing 337 2. Believers Praying •. . 379 3. Believers Working 418 4. Believers Watching 441 6. Conflict and Suffering 454 6. Full Salvation 514 7. The Tlope of Heaven 601 VIL Christian Ordinances and Institutions. 1. The Holy Scriptures 633 2. The Lord's Day 642 3. The House of God 657 4. The Ministry 678 5. Baptism 688 i>. The Lord's Supper 695 VIII. The Kingdom of Christ 706 IX. Social and Family Worship. 1. Fellowship and Prayer 747 2. The Family Circle 795 3. Children and Youth 818 X. Death, Judgment, and the Fuiure State 840 XI. Special Occasions. 1. Watchnight and New Year 807 2. Covenant Service 894 3. Reception of New Members 899 4. Patriotic Hymns . , 901 6. Thanksgiving Services 908 6. National Humiliation 911 7. Temperance ' 917 8. Works of Charity 920 9. Educational Meetings 924 10. For Sailors and Voyagers 929 XII. DoxoLOOiss, Benedictions, and Chants Page 247 6 f ^u METHODIST HYMN-Dd30^. Section I. ADOBATION. ^ c. M. Pralu to tJie Redtemtr, 1 A FOR a thousand tongues to sing \j My great Redeemer s praise, The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace t 2 My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honours of thy Name. 3 Jesus } the Name that charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease ; 'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 4 He breaks the power of cancelled sin. He sets the prisoner free ; His blood can make the foulest clean. His blood availed for me, 5 He speaks, and, listening to his voice. New life the dead receive The mournful, broken hearl i rejoice ; The humble poor believe 6 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb. Your loosened tongues employ ; Ye blind, behold vour Sanour come ; And leap, ye lame, for joy. 7 Look unto him, ye nations ; own Your God, ye fallen race ; Look, and be saved through faith alone, Be justified by grace. 8 See all your sins on Jesus laid : The Lamb of God was slain. His soul was once an offering made For ereiy soul of man. a u. Creation and itedemptlon. 1 "HATHER, how wide thv glory shines I J. How high thv wonders rise ! Known through the earth by thousand signs. By thousands through the skiaa. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power. Their motions speak thy skiU ; And on the wings of every hour We read thy patience still. 3 Part of thy name divinely stands On all thy creatures writ ; They show the labour of thy hands, Or impress of thy feet 4 But when we view thy strange design To save rebellious worms. Where justice and compassioa join In their divinest forms ; 5 Here the whole Deity it known, Nor dares a creature ^ess Which of the glories brightest shone. The justice, or the grace. 6 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains ; Bright seraphs learn Immanuel's name. And try their choicest strains. 7 may I bear some homble part In that immortal song ! Wonder and joy shall tone my heart. And lora command my tongue. ADORATION. C. If. One Ood In Thre* Ptrsom. 1 IJAIL ! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 11 One Ood, in I'ersons Three ! Of thee we make our joyful boast, Our songs we make of thee. 2 Thou neither canst be felt nor seen ; Thou art a Spirit pure ; Thou from eternity hast been. And always shalt endure. 3 Present alike in every place, Thy Godhead we adore ; Beyond the bounds of time and space, Thou dwell'st for evermore. 4 In wisdom infinite thou art, Thiiic eye doth all things see ; And every thought of every heart Is fully known to thee. 5 Thou lov'st whate'er thy hands have made : Thy goodness we rehearse, In shining characters displayed Throughout our universe. C Mercy, with love and endless grace, O'er all thy works doth reign ; But mostly thou d'jlight'st to bless Thy favourite creature, Man. 7 Wherefore, let every creature give To thee the praise designed ; But chiefly, Lord, the thanks receive, The heuts of all mankind. 4 0* ^' Angeli and men praising the Trinity, 1 A THOUSAND oracles divine XI. Their common beams unite. That sinners may with angels join To worship Ood aright : 2 To praise a Trinity adored By all the hosts above, And one thrice-holy God and Lord Through endless ages love. 3 Triumphant host ! they never cease To laud and magnify The Triune God of holiness, Whose glory fills the sky. i Whose glory to this earth extends, When God himself imparts, And the whole Trinity descends Into our faithful hearts. 6 By faith the upper choir we meet, And challenge them to sing Jehovah on his shining seat. Our Maker and our King. 6 But God-made flesh is wholly ours, And asks our nobler strain ; The Father of celestial powers, The Friend of earth-bom man. 7 Ye seraphs nearest to tne throne, With rapturous amaze On us, poor ransomed worms, look down For heaven's superior praise : 8 The King, whose glorious face ye see, For us his crown resigned ; The fulness ot the Deity, He died for all mankind 1 5 O. M. AdomtUm of the Trinity. 1 IT AIL I holy, holy, holy Lord I 11 Whom One in Three we know ; By all thy heavenly host adored, By all thy church below. 2 One undivided Trinity With triumph we proclaim ; Thy universe is full of thee, And speaks thy glorious name. 3 Thee, Holy Father, we confess ; Tliee, Holy Son, adore ; Thee, Spirit of Truth and Holiness, We worship evermore. 4 Three Persons equally divine We magnify and love ; And both the choirs ere long shall join, To sing thy praise above. 5 Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, (Our heavenly song shall be,) Supreme, essential One, adored In co-eternal Three 1 5 a II. Bletting and ligJUfrom the Trinity. 1 JEHOVAH, God the Father, bless, fj And thy own work defend j With mercy's outstretched arms embrace And keep u& to the end. 2 Preserve the creatures of thy love, By providential care Conducted to the realms above, To sing thy goodness there. 8 ADORATIOW, 8 Jehorah, God the Son, reveal The brightness of thy face ; And all thy pardoned people fill With plenitude of grace. 4 Shine forth with all the Deity, Which dwells in thee alone ; And lift us up, tliy face to see On thy etern ' throne. 5 Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine, Father and Son to show ; With bliss ineffable, divine. Our ravished hearts o'erilow. 6 Sure earnest of that happiness. Which human hope transcends, Be thou our everlasting peace, When grace in glory euda. L. M. Psalm e. 1 T)EFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 13 Ye nations bow with sacred joy ; Know that the Lord is God alone. He can create, and he destroy. 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, Made us of clay, and formed us men ; And when like wanderirg sheep wo strayed, He brought us to his fold again. 3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs. High as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, [praise. Shall fill thy courts with sounding 4 Wide as the world is thy command ; Vast as eternity thy love ; Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand. When rolling years shall cease to move. 8 L. M. Adomtion qf tJu Divine Majeity. 8 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do T We would adore our Maker too I From sin and dust to thee we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the High. 4 Earth from afar hath heard thy fame. And worms have learned to lisp thy name : But, ! the glories of thy mind Leave all our soaring thoughts behind 1 6 God is in heaven, and men below : Be short our tunes, our words be few 1 A solemn reverence checks our songs. And praise sits silent on our tongues. 9 1 TITERNAL Power, whose high abode i J Becomes the grandeur of a God, Infinite lengths beyond the bounds Where stars revolve their little rounds ! 2 Thee, while the first archangel sings, He hides his face behind his wings ; And ranks of shining thrones around Fall worshipping, and spread tiie ground. L. M. Psalm cxTiL 1 TlROM all that dwell below the skies X Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 9 Eternal are thy mercies. Lord ; Internal truth attends thy word : [shore, Thy praise shall sound from shore to Till suns shall rise and set no more. 3 Your I'^fty themes, ye mortals, bring ; In songs 01 praise divinely sin^^ ; The great salvation loud proclaim. And shout for joy the Saviour's name. 4 Praise God, from whom "11 blessings flow; Praise liim, all creatures here belo^ir ; Praise him above, ye heavenly host ; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost I ro L. M. OocCi love in fht gift of his Son. 1 TIATHER, whose everla3ting Love Jj Thy only Son for sinners gave, Whcse grace to all did freely move. And sent him down the world to save : 2 Help us thy mercy to extol, Immense, unfathomed, unconfined ; To praise the Lamb who died for all. The general Saviour of mankind. 3 Thy undistinguishing regard Was cast on Adanrs fallen irace ; For all thou hast in Christ prepared Sufficient, sovereign, saving grace. 4 The world he suffered to redeem ; For all he hath atonement made ; For those that will not come to him, The ransom of his life was paid. 9 ADORATIOW. 5 Arise, God t maintain thy eanse ; The fulness of the Gentiles call : Lift up the standard of thv cross. And all shall own thou aiedst for all. II L. M. Psalm Ixiii. 13 Tnut Shouting with heart and voice, Worthy the Lamb ! 4 Though we must change our place, Yet shall we never cease Praising his name : To him we'll tribute bring. Hail him our gracious King, And without ceasing sing. Worthy the Lamb 1 27 6,6,4,6,6,6,4. Invocation of the Trinity. 1 nOME, thou almighty King, \j Help us thy name to sing. Help us to praise : Father all-glorious. O'er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, Ancient of days ! 2 Come, thou incarnate Word, Gird on thy mighty sword. Our prayer attend : Come, and thy people bless. And give thy word success : Spirit of holiness, On us descend ! 8 Come, holv Comforter, Thy sacred witness bear In this glad hour : Thou who almighty art. Now rule in every neart. And ne'er from us depart, Spirit of power 1 To thee, great One and Threes Eternal praises be, Hence, evermore : Thy sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore t 28 8,7,8,7,4,7 Psalm xcix. 1 p OD the Lord is King ; before him, VJ Earth, with all thy nations, wait 1 Where the cherubim adore him, Sitteth he in royal state ; He is holy. Blessed, only Potentate t 2 God the Lord is King of glory, Zion, tell the world his fame ; Ancient Israel, the story Of his faithfulness proclaim : He is holy, Holy is his awful name. 3 In old times when dangers darkened, When, invoked by priest and seer, To his people's cry he hearkened. Answering them in all their fear ; He is holy. As they called, they found him near. 4 Laws divine to them were spoken From the pillar of the cloud ; Sacred precepts, c^uickly broken : Fiercely then his vengeance flowed ; He is holy. To the dust their hearts were bowed. 5 But their father God forgave them, When they sought his face once more ; Ever ready was to save them. Tenderly did he restore ; He is holy, We too will his grace implore. 6 God in Christ is all-forgiving. Waits his promise to fulfil ; Come, exalt him all the living Come, ascend his holy hill ; He is holy, Worship at Lis holy hill. 29 10,10,11,11. Tht glory of , Dreathes in the air, it shines in the light, It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain, And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain. 4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail, In thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail : Thy mercies, how tender, how firm to the end, Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend I 30 8.i & 7s. Psalm lavi. 1 T^ ARTH, with all thy thousand voices, JjJ Praise in songs the eternal King ; Praise his name, whose praise rejoices Ears that hear, and tongues that sing. Lord, from each far peopled dwelling Earth shall raise trie glad acclaim ; All shall kneel, thy greatness telling. Sing thy praise and bless thy name. i 2 Come and hear the wondrous stoiy, * How our mighty God of old, i In the terrors of his glory, i' Back the fiomng billows rolled : ' Walked within the threatening waters. Free we passed the upright wave ; Then was joy to Israel's daughters, Loud they sang his power to save. 3 Bless the Lord, who ever liveth ; Sound his praise through every land Who our dying souls reviveth. By whose arm upheld we stand. Kow upon tUft cheerful morrow We thine Mtars will adorn, And the gifts we yowed in sorrow Pay on joy's returning mom. 4 Com^^ each faithful soul, who fearest Him who fills the eternal throne : Hear, rcyoicing while thou hearest. What our God for us hath done : When we made our sty plication, When our voice in prayer was strong, Then we found his glad salvation ; And his mercy fills our tongue. 31 8s & 7s. Psalm cxlviiL PRAIJE the Lord ! ye heavens, adore him ; Praise him, angels, in the height ; Sun and moon, rejoice before him ; Praise him, all ye stars of light ; Praise the Lord ! for he hath spoken. Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ; Laws, that never shall be broken, For their guidance he hath made. Praise the Lord ! for he is glorious ; Never shall his promise fail ; God hath made his saints victorious ; Sin and death shall not prevail. Praise the God of our salvation I Hosts oTi high, his power proclaim ; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Laud and magnify his name. 32 8s & 7s. Psalm xcvi 1 "RAISE the psalm : let earth adoring, li Through each kindred, tribe, and tongu^ To her God his praise restoring, Raise the new accordant song. Bless his name, each farthest nation ; Sing his praise, his truth display : Ten anew his high salvation With each new return of day. 2 Tell it ou* beneath the heaven. To each kindred, tribe, and tongue, Tell it out from morn till even In your unexhausted song : Tell that God for ever reigneth. He, who set the world so fast, He, who still its state sustaineth Till the day of doom to last. 3 Yea, the far-resounding ocean^ Shall its thousand voices raise. And its waves in glad commotion Chant the fulness of his praise. ^ When the Judge, to earth descending, Righteous judgment shall ordain, Jraud and wrong shall t?ienhave ending, Truth, imiQO^ tmUip shall reign. 1.5 ADORATION. 33 7s. PraUe to the THune God. 1 TJOLY, holy, holy Lord, Jtl God the Father, and the "Word, God the Comforter, receive Blessings more than we can give ! Mixed with those beyond the sky, Chanters to the Lord Most Higli, We our hearts and voices raise, Echoing thy eternal praise. 2 One, inexplicably Three, Three, in simplest Unity, God, incline tny gracious enr. Us, thy lisping creatures, Lear ! Thee while man, the eai'th-bom, sings, Angels shrink within their wings ; Prostrate seraphim above Breathe unutterable love. 8 Happy they who never rest. With thy heavenly presence blest I They the heights of glory see, Sound the depths of Deity. Fain with them our souls would vie, Sink as low, and mount as high ; Fall o'erAvhelmed with love, or soar, Shout, or silently adore. 34 7s. PraUe and prayer to the Trinity. 1 p LORY be to God on high, VJ God whose glory fills the sky ; Peace on earth to man forgiven, Man, the well-beloved of heaven. 2 Sovereign Father, heavenly King, Thee we now presume to sing ; Glad, thine attributes confess. Glorious all, and numberless. 3 Hail, by all thy works adored I Hail, the everlasting Lord ! Thee with thankful nearts we prove God of power, and God of love. 4 Christ our Lord and God we own, Christ, the Father's only Son, Lamb of God for sinners slaiU) Saviour of offending man. 5 Bow thine ear, in mercy bow. Hear, the world's atonement, thou I Jesus, in thy name we pray. Take, take our sins away t 6 Hear, for thou, Christ, alone Art with God the Father one. One the Holy Ghost with thee. One supreme, eternal Tsbbb. le 36 4 8s & 2 68. The OmnUeienee ef God. 1 A THAT I could, in every place, U By faith behold Jehovah's face ; My strict Observer see Present, my heart and reins to try ; And feel the influence of his eye For ever fixed on me I 2 Discerning thee, my Saviour, stand My Advocate at God's right hand, I never shall remove ; I cannot fall, upheld by thee, Or sin against the majesty Of omnipresent Love. 3 Now, Saviour, naw appear, appear. And let me always see thee near. And know as I am known : My spirit to thyself unite. And bear me through a sea of light To that eternal throne. 30 4-8s&2-6s. Co, wisdom is my heart ; With love embrace and cover me. 3 Eternity thy fountain >vas, Which, like thee, no beginning knew; Thou wast e'er time began his race. Ere glowed with stars the ethereal blue. 4 Greatnesb unspeakable is thine, Greatness, whose undiminished ray. When short-lived worlds are lost, shall shine. When earth and heaven are fled away. 64 L. M. 8B00ND PART. 1 TTNCHANGEABLE, aH-perfect Lord, U Essential lile's unbounded sea. What lives and moves, lives by thy word ; It lives, and moves, and is from thee. 2 High is thy power above all height ; WJiate'er thy will decrees is done : Thy wisdom, equal to thy might. Only to thee, God, is known ! 3 Heaven's glory is thy awful throne. Yet earth partakes thy gracious sway : Vain man ! thy wisdom folly own, Lost is thy n^asou's feeblj ray. 4 What our dim eyes could never see. Is plain and nuked to thy sight ; What thickest darkness veils, to thee Shines clearly as the morning light. 5 In light thou dwell'st ; light that no shade. No variation ever knew : [played. Heaven, earth, and hell, stand all dis- And open to thy piercing view. 65 L. M. THIRD PAHT. 1 mHOU, true and only God, lead'st forth X The immortal armies of the sky ; Thou laugh'st to scorn the gods of earth, Thou thuuderest,apd amazed they fly. 2 With downcast eye the angelio choir Appear before thy awful face ; Trembling they strike the golden lyre, And through heaven's vault resound thy praise. 8 Thine, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone ; Justice and truth before thee stand ; Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, Mercy withholds thy lifted hand. 4 Each evening shows thy tender love. Each rising morn thy plenteous grace; Thy wakened wrath dotn slowly move, Thy willing mercy flies apace. 6 To thy benign indulgent care. Father, this light, this breath, we owe; And all we have, and all we are. From thee, great Source of being, flow. 66 L. M. FOURTH PART. 1 p ARENT of Good, thy bounteous hand L Incessant blessings down distils, And all in air, or sea, or land, [fills. With plenteous food and gladness 2 All things in tbee live, move, and are ; Thy power infused doth all sustain ; Even those thy daily favours share. Who thankless spurn thy easy reign. 3 Thy sun thou bidd'st his gonial ray Alike on all impartial pour ; To all, who hate or bless thy sway. Thou bidd'st descend the fruitful shower. 4 Yet while, at length', who scorned thy might Shall feel thee a consuming fire, How sweet the joys, the crown how bright. Of those who to thy love aspire ! 5 All creatures, praise the eternal Name ! Ye hosts that to his court belong, Cherubic choirs, seraphic flames, Awake the everlasting song ! 6 Thrice Holy ! thine the kingdom is, The power omnipotent is thine ; A.nd v.'hen cre»^ted nature dies. Thy never-ceasing glories shine. 67 L. U. The condescension qf Ood. 1 ETERNAL depth of love divine. In Jesus, God with us, displayed ; How bright thy beaming glories shine ! How wide thy healing streams are spread 1 24 ADORATION. 2 To thy sure love, thy tender care, Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign ; fix thy sacred presence there, And seal the abode for ever thine. 8 King of glory, thy rich grace Our feeble thought surpasses far ; Yea, even our crimes, though number- less. Less numerous than thy mercies are. 4 Still, Lord, thy saving health display, And arm ot r souls with heavenly zeal ; So fearless shall we urge our way Through all the powers of earth and hell. 68 ^' ^• Psalm xx\v. 1 rpHE earth with all her fulness owns L Jehovah for her sovereign Lord ; The countless myriads of her sons Rose into being at his word. 2 His word did out of nothing call The world, .and founded all that is ; Launched on the floods this solid ball, And fixed it in the floating seas. 3 But who shall quit this low abode. Who shall ascend the heavenly place. And stand upon the mouKt of God, And see his Maker face to face ? 4 The man whose hands and heart are clean That blessed portion shall receive ; Whoe'er by grace is saved from sin, Hereafter shall in glory live. 5 He shall obtain the starry crown ; And, numbered with the saints above. The God of his salvation own, The God of his salvation love. 69 6,6,7,7,7,7. The Trinity in Unity. 1 TJAIL, co-essential Three, 11 In mystic Unity ! Father, Son, and Spirit, hail I God by heaven and earth adored, God incomprehensible ; One supreme, almighty Lord. 2 Thcu sittest on the throne, Plurality in One ; Saints behold thine open face, Bright, insufferably bright j Angels tremble as thev gaze, Sink into a sea of light. 3 Ah ! when shall we increase Their heavenly ecstacies ? Chant, like them, the Lord Most High, Fall like them who dare not move ; "Holy, holy, holy," cry, Breathe the praise of silent love f 4 Come, Father, in the Son And in the Spirit down ; Glorious Triune Majesty, God through endless ages blest. Make us meet thy face to see. Then receive us to thy breast. 70 11,8,11,8. Thanksgiving in the Sanctuary. 1 T)E joyful in God, all ye lands of the 1) earth ; serve him with gladness and fear ! Exult in his presence with music and mirth. With love and devotion draw near. 2 Jehovah is God, and Jehovah alone, Creator and Kulor o'er all ; [own. And we are his peo])le, his sceptre we His sheep, and we follow his call. 3 enter his gates ^vith thanksgiving and song ! Your vows in his temple proclaim ; His praise with melodious accordance prolong. And bless his adorable name. 4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good, And we are the work of his hand ; His mercy and truth from eternity stood. And shall to eternity stand. 71 L. M. The Lord's Prayer. FATHER of all, whose jiowerful voice Called forth this universal frame ! Whose mercies over all rejoice. Through endless .ages still the same ; Thou by thy word upholdest all ; Thy bounteous love to all is showed ; Thou hear'st thy every creature's call, And fillest every mouth with good. In heaven thou reign'st enthroned in light. Nature's expanse beneath thee spread; Earth, air, and sea, before thy sight. And hell's deep gloom, are open laid : Wisdom, and might, and love are thine ; Prostrate before thy face we fall, Confess thine attributes divine. And hail thee sovereign Lord of all. 25 ADORATION. 8 Thee sovereign Lord let all confess, That moves in earth, or air, or sky ; Revere thy power, thy goodness bless. Tremble before thy piercing eye. All ye, who owe to nim your birth. In praise your every hour employ : Jehovah reigns ! be glad, earth ! And shout, ye morning stars, for joy. 72 ^ ^• 3 Blessing and honour, praise and love, Co-equal, co-eternal Three, In earth below, and heaven above, By all thy works, be paid to thee ! Thrice Holy ! thine the kingdom is, The power omnipotent is thine ; And when created nature dies, Thy never-ceasing glories shine. SKCONO PART. 1 HON of thy Sire's eternal love, 10 Take to thyself thy mighty power. Let all earth's sons thy mercy prove. Let all thy boundless grace adore ; The triumphs of thy love display, In every heart reign thou alone. Till all thy foes confess thy sway. And glory ends what grace begun. 2 Spirit of grace, and health and power, Fountain of light and love below. Abroad thy healing influence shower. O'er all the nations let it flow ; Inflame our hearts with perfect love. In us the work of faith fulfil ; So not'-heaven's host shall swifter move Than we on earth, to do thy will. 8 Father, 'tis thine each day to yield Thy children's wants a fresh supply. Thou cloth 'st the lilies of the field. And hearest the young ravens cry : On thee we cast oar care ; we live Through thee, who know'st our every need ; feed us with thy grace, and give Our souls this day the living bread ! 73 ^' ^' THIRD PART. 1 TITERNAL, spotless Lamb of God, Hi Before the world's foundation slain. Sprinkle us ever with thy blood ; cleanse, and keep us ever clean f To every soul (all praise to thee !) Our bowels of compassion move ; And all mankind by this may see God is in us ; for God is love. 2 Giver and Lord of life, whose power And guardian care for all are free. To thee, in fierce temptation's hour. From sin and Satan let us flee ; Thine, Lord, we are, and ours thou art. In us be all thy goodness showed ; Renew, enlarge, and fill our heart With peace, and joy, and heaven, and God. 74 6-8s. " Te Deum laudamvs.' 1 TNFINITE God, to thee we raise i Our hearts in solemn songs of praise ; By all thy works on eaith adored. We worship thee, the common Lord ; The everlasting Father own, And bow our souls before thy throne. , 2 Thee all the choir of angels sings, The Lord of hosts, the King of kings ; Cherubs proclaim thy praise aloud, And seraphs shout the Triune God ; And "Holy, holy, holy," cry, "Thy glory fills both earth and sky ! " 3 God of the patriarchal race. The ancient seers record thy praise ; The goodly apostolic band In highest joy and glory stand ; And all the saints and prophets join To extol thy majesty divine. 4 Head of the martyi-s' noble host. Of thee they justly make their boast ; The church, to earth's remotest bounds, Her heavenly Founder's praise resounds; And strives with those around the throne, To hymn the mystic Three in One. 5 Father of endless majesty. All might and love they render thee ; Thy true and only Son adore, The same in dignity and power ; And God the Holy Ghost declare, The saints' eternal Comforter. 75 6-8s. SECOKD PART. 1 1\ TESSIAH, joy of every heart, IVi Thou, thou the King of Glory art f The Father's everlasting Son ! Thee it delights thy church to own; For all our hopes on thee depend, Whose glorious mercies never end. 26 ADORATION. 6-8s. 2 Bent to redeem a sinful race, Thou, Lord, with unexampled grace, Into our lower world didst come, And stoop to a poor virgin's womb ; Whom all the heavens cannot contain. Our God appeared a child of man ! 3 When thou hadst rendered up thy breath, And dying drawn the sting of death. Thou didst from earth triumphant rise. And ope the portals of the skies, That all who trust in thee alone Might follow, and partake thy thrc le. 4 Seated at God's right hand again, Thou dost in all his glory reign ; Thou dost, thy Father's image, shine In all the attributes divine ; [come And thou with judgment clad shalt To seal our everlasting doom. 6 Wherefore we now for mercy pray ; O Saviour, take our sins away ! Before thou as our Judge appear. In dreadful majesty severe, Appear our Advocate with God, And save the purchase of thy blood, 6 Hallow, and make thy servants meet, And with thy saints in glory seat ; Sustain and bless us by thy sway, And keep to that tremendous day, When all thy church shall chaut above The new eternal song of love. 76 6-8s. THIRD PART. 1 Q AVIOUR, we now rejoice in hope, 10 That thou at last wilt take us up ; With daily triumph we proclaim. And bless and magnify thy name ; And wait thy greatness to adore When time and death shall be no more. 2 Till thou with us vouchsafe to stay, And keep us pure from sin to-day ; Thy great confinning grace bestow, And guard us all our days below ; And ever mightily defend. And save thy servants to the end. 3 Still let us, Lord, by thee be blest, Who in thy guardian mercy rest : Extend thy mercy's arms to me. The weakest soul that trusts in thee ; And never let me lose thy love, Till I, oven I, am crowned above. 77 6-88. Prayer for eonvlnelng and converting grace. 1 TlATHER of omnipresent grace, L We seem agreed to seek thy face ; But every soul assrmbled here Doth naked in thy sight appear : Thou know'st who only bows the knee. And who in heart approaches thee. 2 Thy Spirit hath the difference made Betwixt the living and the dead ; Thou now dost into some inspire The pure, benevolent desire : that even now thy powerful call May quicken and convert us all ! 3 The sinners suddenly convince, O'erwhelmed beneath their load of sins ; To-day, whil<" it is called to-day. Awake, and stir thein up to pray, Their dire captivity to own. And from the iror^ furnace groan. 4 Then, then acknowledge, and set free The people bought, Lord, by thee ! The sheep for whom their Shepherd bled. For whom we in thy Spirit plead : Let all in thee redemption find. And not a soul be left behind. 78 6-8s, Prayer for light and forgivenes*. 27 1 TlATHER of everlasting grace, X. Be mindful of thy changeless word ; We worship toward that holy place. In which thou dost thy name record. Dost make thy gracious nature known. That living temple of thy Son. 2 Thou dost with sweet complacence see The temple filled with light divine ; And art thou not well pleased that we, Now turning to that heavenly shrine, Through Jesus to thy throne apply. Through Jesus for acceptance cry ? 3 '* Let there be light," again command. And light there in our hearts shall be: We then through faith shall understand Thy great mysterious Majesty ; And, by the shining of thy grace. Behold in Christ thy glorious face. 4 With all who for redemption groan, Father, in Jesus' name we pray ! And still we cry and wrestle on, Till mercv take our sins away : Hear from thy dwelling-place in heaven And now pronounca our sins forgiven. ^f. ADORATION. 79 L. M. The Joy (^ Qo6C$ Hnde*. 1 p REAT God, attend, while Zion sings VJ The joy that from thy presence springs ; To spend one day with thee on earth Exceeds a thousand days of mirth. 2 Might I enjoy the meanest place Within thine house, God of grace, Not tents of ease, nor tlirones of power. Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 8 God is our sun, he makes our day ; God is our shield, he guards our way From all the assaults of hell and sin, From foes without, and foes within. 4 All needful giace will God bestow, And crown that grace with glory too ; He gives us all things, and withholds No real good from upright sot'.s. 5 God our King, whose sovereign sway. The glorious hosts of heaven obey, And devils at thy presence flee, Blest is the man that trusts in thee. 80 L. M Psalm Ixxxiv. 1 TTOW pleasant, how divinely fair, 11 Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! With strong desire my spirit faints To meet the assemblies of thy saints. 2 Blest are the saints that sit on high, Around thy throne of majesty ; Thy brightest glories shine above. And all their work is praise and love. 8 Blest are the souls that find a place Within the temple of thy grace ; Here they behold thy gentler rays. And seek thy face, and 1' am thy praise, 4 Blest are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate ; God is their strength, and through the road They lean upon their helper God. 5 Cheerful they walk with growing strength. Till all shall meet in heaven at length ; Till all before thy face appear, And join in nobler worship there. 81 L. M. The reaHelTtg light of faith. 1 A UTHOR of faith, eternal Word, ii Whose Spirit breathes the active flame ; Faith, like its Finisher and Lord, To-day, as yesterday, the same. 2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, And ask the gift unspoakable ; Increase in us the kindled fire, In us the work of faith fulfil. 3 By faith we know thee strong to save ; Save us, a present Saviour thou ! Whate'er we hope, by faith we have, Future and past subsisting now. 4 To him that in thy name believes Eternal life with thoe is given ; Into himself he all receives, Pardon, and holiness and heaven. 5 The things unknown to feeble sense. Unseen by reason's glimmering ray. With strong, commanding evidence, Their heavenly origin display. 6 Faith lends its realizing light, The clouds disperse, the shadows fly ; The Invisible appears in sight And God is seen by mortal eye. 82 L. M. Praise to Christ our King. King, 1 TESUS, thou everlasting — "s» J Accept the tribute which we bring Accept thy well -deserved renown. And wear our praises as thy crown. 2 Let every act of worship be Like our espousals, Lor(\ to thee ; Like the glad hour when from above We fii'st received the pledge of love. 3 The gladness of that happy day, may it ever with us stay ! Nor let our faith forsake its I )ld. Our hope decline, our love grow cold. 4 Let every moment, as it flies. Increase thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing thy name. At the great supper of tne Lamb. 28 AD0RA.5W. M. 83 L. M. Trembling aspiraHom, 1 A THOU, whom all thy saints adore, v' We now with all thy saints agree, ^jid bow our inmost souls before Thy glorious, awful Majesty. 2 We come, great God, to seek thy face, And for thy loving-kindness wait ; And how dreadful is this place ! 'Tis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate. Tremble our hearts to find thee nigh ; Tb thee our trenbling hearts aspire ; And lo ! we see descend from high The pillar and the flame of fire. Still let it on the assembly stay, And all the house with glory fill ; To Canaan's bounds oint out the way, And lead us to thy holy hill. 5 There let us all with Jesus stand, And join the general Church above, And take our seats at thy riglit hand, And sing thine everlasting love. 84 6. U. The sacrtflce of praUe. 3 WITH joy we lift our eyes To those bright realms above. That glorious temple in the skies, Where dwells eternal Love. Before thy throne we bow, thou Almighty King ; Here we present the solemn vow, And hymns of praise we sing. "While in thy house we kneel, With trust and holy fear. Thy mercy and thy truth reveal. And lend a gracious ear. Lord, teach our hearts to pray. And tune our lips to sing ; Nor from thy presence cast away The sacrifice we bring. 8. M. 86 The revealing Spirit invoked. 1 QPIRIT of faith, come down, 10 Reveal the things of God ; And make to us the Godhead known. And witness with the blood : 'Tis thine the blood to apply. And give us eyes to see. Who did for every sinner die, Hath 8U1 el y lied forme. I No man can truly say That Jesus is the Lord, Unless thou take the veil away. And breathe the living word : Then, only then, we feel Our interest in his blood. And cry, with joy unspeakable, •• Thou art my Lord, my God I " 3 that the world might know The all-atoning Lamb I Spirit of faith, descend, and show The virtue of his Name ; The grace which all may find. The saving power, impart ; And testify to all mankind. And speak in every heart. 1 Inspire the living faith. Which whosoe'er receives. The witness in himself he hath. And consciously believes ; The faith that conquers all, And doth the mountain movft^ And saves whoe'er on Jesus call. And perfects them in love. 86 ^' ^' Repentance atidfo-'jiveneu impUrrecL 1 pOME, thou all-victorious Lord, yj Thy power to us make known ; Strike witn the hammer of thy word. And break these hearts of stone ! 2 that we all might now begin Our foolishness to mourn ; And turn at once from every sin. And to our Saviour turn 1 3 Give us ourselves and thee to know. In this our gracious day ; Repentance unto life bestow, ? And take our sins away. V i Convince us first of unbelief. And freely then release ; Fill every soul with sacred grief, And then with sacred peace. 5 Impoverish, Lord, and then relieve. And then enrich the poor ; The knowledge of our sickness give. The knowledge of our cure. 6 That blessed sense of guilt impart. And then remove the load ; Trouble, and wash the troubled heart In the atoning blood. IS 20 I CREATION AND PROVIDENCB. 87 Praytrfvr (Ke impenitent. 1 npHOU Son of God, whose flaming eyes X Our inmost thoughts perceive, Accept the evening sacrifice Which now to thee we give. 2 We bow before thy gracious throne, And think ourselves sincere ; But show us, Lord, is every one. Thy real worshipper. 8 Is here a soul that knows thee not. Nor feels his want of thee, A stranger to the blood which bought His pardon on the tree ? 4 Convince him now of unbelief, His desperate state explain ; And fill his heart with sacred grief, And penitential pain. 6 Speak with that voice which wakes the And bid the sleeper rise I [dead, And bid his guilty conscience dread The death that never dies. 6 Extort the cry, " What must be done To save a wretch like me ? How shall a trembling sinner shun That endless misery ? 7 "I must this instant now begin Out of my sleep to wake, And turn to God, and every sin Continually forsake : 8 " I must for faith incessant cry. And wrestle. Lord, with thee : I must be born again, or die To all eternity." C. M, I 5 Yet I may love thee too, Lord, Almighty as thou art ; For thou hast stooped to ask of me The love of my poor heart. 88 Maieaty and lov* vf God. O. H. 1 IV/rY God, how wonderful thou art, ilL Thy majesty how bright. How glorious thy mercy-seat In depths of burning light I 2 How dread are thine eternal years, everlasting Lord, By prostrate spirits day and night Incessantly adored ! 3 No earthly Father loves like thee. No mother, e'er so mild, Bears and forbearS; as thou hast done With me, thy wayward child. 4 how I fear thee, living God, With deepest, tenderest fears. And worship thee vdth trembling hope, And penitential team 1 89 0. M. The Omnlsciencs of God. 1 TN all my vast concerns with thee, JL In vain my soul would try To shun thy preser "", Lord, or flee The notice of thine eye. 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest. My public walks, my private ways, The secrets of my breast. 3 My thoughts lie open to thee. Lord, Before they're formed within ; And, ere my lips pronounce the word. Thou know'st the sense I mean. 4 wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! Where can a creature hide ? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. 5 So let thy grace surround me still. And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every iU, Secured by sovereign love. Section II. CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 90 0. M. " Thy judgments are a great deep.' 1 r\ OD moves in a mysterious way VJ His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea^ Ajid rides upon the storm. 2 Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill. He treasures up his bright designs, And works nis sovereign will. 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take I The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. 80 CREATION AND PROVIDSNCB. 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling fa''c. 6 His pui-poses will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bittor taste^ But sweet will be the flower. 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err. And scan his work in vain ; God is his own Interpreter, And he will make it plain. 91 O. M Divine guidance and protection. 1 A GOD of Bethel, by whose hand U Thy people still are fed ; Who through this weary pilgrimage Hast all our fathers led : 2 Our vows, our prayers, we now present Before thy throne of grace ; God of our fathers, be the God Of their succeeding race 1 3 Through each perplexing path of life Our wandering footsteps guide ; Give us each day our daily bread, And raiment fit provide. 4 spread thy covering wings around, Till all our wanderings cease, And at our Father's loved abode Our souls arrive in peace ! 5 Such blessings from thy gracious hand Our humble prayers implore ; And thou shalt be our chosen God, And portion evermore. 92 0- u- Thanktgiving for life's mercies 1 WHEN all thy mercies, my God, \ V My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise. 2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul Thy tender care bestowed. Before my infant heart conceived From whom those comforts flowed. 8 When in the slippery paths of youth With heedless steps I ran. Thine arm, unseen, conveyed me safe, And led me up to man. 4 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, It gently cleared my way ; And through the pleasing snares of vice. More to DC feared than they. 6 Through every period of my life Thy goodness I'll pursue; And after death, in distant worlds, The pleasing theme renew. 6 Through all eternity, to thee A grateful song I'll raise ; But eternity's too short To utter all thy praise I 93 0. M. The goodness of God. 31 1 T ET every tongue thy goodness speak, Jj Thou sovereign Lord of all : Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak. And raise the poor that fall. 2 When sorrow bows the spirit down. Or virtue lies distressed Beneath the proud oppressor's frown. Thou giv'st the mourner rest. 3 The Lord supports our infant days. And guides our giddy youth ; Holy and just are all thy ways, Ajid all thy words are truth, 4 Thou know'st the pains thy servants feel. Thou hear'st thy children cry ; And their best wishes to fulfil, Thy grace is ever nigh. 6 Thy mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere ; Thou sav'st the souls whose humble love Is joined with holy fear. 6 My lips shall dwell upon thy praise. And spread thy fame abroad : Let all the sons of Adam raise The honours of their God 1 94 0. M. These all wait upon thee; that thou mayest give them their meat in due season.— Pah. civ. 27. 1 QWEET is the memory of thy grace, O My God, my heavenly King ; Let age to age tnv righteousness In soimds of glory sing. 2 God reigns on high, but not confines His bounty to the skies ; [shines, Through the whole earth his goodness And 9Y&cy want supplies. CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 3 "With longing eyes the creatures wait On thee for daily fouil ; Thy liberal hand provides them meat, And fills their mouths with good. 4 How kind are thy compassions, Lord, How slow thine anger moves ! But soon he sends his pardoning word, To cheer the souls he loves. 5 Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy power and praise proclaim ; But we, who taste thy richer grace, Delight to bless thy name. 95 8s & 78. Psalm xcl. 1 /HALL Jehovah thy salvation, \J Itest beneath the Almighty's shade; In his secret habitation Dwell, nor ever be dismayed ; There no tumult can alann thee. Thou shalt dread no hidden snare ; Guile nor violence can harm thee, In eternal safety there. 2 From the sword at noon-day wasting, From the noisome pestilence In the depth of midnight blasting, God shall be thy sure defence ; Fear thou not the deadly quiver. When a thousand feel the blow ; Mercy shall thy soul deliver, Though ten thousand be laid low. S Since, with pure and firm affection, Thou on God hast set thy love, With the wings of his protection. He will shield thee from above : Thou shalt call on him in trouble. He will hearken, he will save ; Here for grief reward thee double, Crown with life beyond the grave. 96 8. M. ITAe caU of Abraham. IN every time and place Who serve the Lord most high, Are called his sovereign will to embrace, And still their own deny ; To follow his command. On earth as pilgrims rove. And seek an undiscovered land. And house^ ^6, |rien4§ ftbove^ Father, the narrow path To that far country show ; And in the steps of Abraham's faith Enable me to go, A cheerful sojourner Where'er thou bidd'st me roam. Till, guided by thy Spirit here, I reach my heavenly home. 97 10,4,10,4,10,10. Divine light and guidance. LEAD, kindly light, amid the encir- cling gloom. Lead thou me on. [home ; The night is dark, and I am far from Lead thou me on. Koop thou my feet ; I do not ask to see The distant scene ; one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou Shouldst lead me on [now I loved to choose and see my path ; but Lead thou me on ! I loved the garish day, and, spite of fears, Pride ruled my will : remember not past years I 8 So long thy power hast blessed me, sure it still Will lead me cu [till O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent. The night is gone, [smile And with the mom those angel faces Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile. 4 Meanwhile, along the narrow rugged pjath Thyself hast trod, [like faith. Lead, Saviour, lead me home in child- Home to my God, To rest forever after earthly strife In the calm light of everlasting life. 98 6-8s. Conjldemit in Divine guidane$. CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and Guide Of all who seek the land above, Beneath thy shadow we abide. The cloud of thy protecting love : Our strength, thy grace ; our rule, thy word ; Our end, the glory of the Lord. 82 CREATION AND PROVIDENOB. By thine nnerring Spirit led, Wo shall not in the desert stray ; We shall not full direction need, Nor miss our providential way ; As far from danger as from fear. While love, almighty love, is near. 99 6-8s. Psalm cxiv. 1 TlAR as creation's bounds extend, D Thy mercies, heavenly Lord, de- scend ; One chorus of perpetual praise To thee thy various works shall raise ; Thy saints to thee in hymns impart The transports of a grateful heart. 2 They chant the splendours of thy name, Delighted with the wondrous theme ; And bid the world's wide realms admire The glories of the Almighty Sire, Whose throne all nature's wreck sur- vives. Whose power through endless ages lives. 3 From thee, great God, while every eye Expectant waits the wished supply, Their bread proportioned to the day, Thy opening hands to each convey ; In every sorrow of the heart Eternal mercy bears a part. 4 Who ask thine aid with heart sincere Shall find thy succours ever near ; To thee their prayer in each distress Thy suffering servants, Lord, address ; And prove thee, verging on the grave, Nor dow to hear, nor weak to save. 100 7,6,7,6.7,7,7,6. Psalm cxxL 1 rpO the hills I lift mine eyes, X The everlasting liills ; Streaming thence in fresh supplies. My soul the Spirit feels. Will he not his help afford ? Help, while yet I ask, is given : God comes down ; the God and Lora That made both earth and heaven. 2 Faithful soul, pniy always ; pray. And still in God confide ; He thy feeble steps shall stay. Nor suffer thee to slide : Lean on thy Redeemer's breast ; He thy quiet spirit keeps ; Rest in him, securely rest ; Thy Watchman never sleeps. 8 Neither sin, nor earth, nor hell Tliy Keeper can surprise ; Careless shimbers cannot steal On his all-seeing eyes ; He is Israel's sure defence ; Israel all his care shall prove, Kept by watchful providence. And ever-waking love. 4 See the Lord, thy Keeper, stand Omnipotently near I Lo ! he holds thee by thy hand, And banishes thy fear ; Shadows with his wings thy head ; Guards from all impending harms ; Round thee and beneath are spread The everlasting arms. 5 Christ shall bless thy going out. Shall bless thy coming in ; Kindly compass thee about. Till thou art saved from sin ; Like thy spotless Master, thou. Filled with wisdom, love, and power. Holy, pure, and perfect, now. Henceforth, and evermore. 101 ^ M Ood's presence with his people. 1 TITHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, VY Out from the land of bondage came. Her fathers' Gu-I before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame. 2 By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy jiillar glided slow ; By night, Arabia's crimsoned sands Returned the fiery column's glow. 8 Thus present still, though now unseen. When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen, To temper the deceitful ray. 4 And 0, when gathers on our path, In shade and storm, the frecjuent night, Be thou, long-suffering, slow to wrath, A burning and a shining light I 102 L. M Divine protection acknowledged. 1 ri OD of my life, whose gracious power vJ Through varied deaths my boui m hath led. Or turned aside the fatal hour. Or lifted up my sinking head ; OBSATION AND FROYIDENOB. £ In all my ways thy hand I own, Thy ruling Providence I see ; Assist me still my course to run, And still direct my paths to thee. 8 Oft hath the sea confessed thy power, And ffiven me back at thy command ; It could not, Lord, my life devour. Safe in the hollow of thine hand. 4 Oft from the margin of the grave Thou, Lord, hast lifted up my head. Sudden, I found thee near to save ; The fever owned thy touch, and fled. 6 Whither, whither should I fly. But to my loving Saviour'e breast I Secure within thine arms to lie. And safe beneath thy wixi^s to rest. 103 L. U. Pralm zxxr I TTlGH in the heavens, etenwl God, 11 Thy goodness in fu)J. glcr^' shines ; Thy truth shall break tUrough every cloud That veils and darkens thy designs. £ For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains their foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of ihy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 Thy providence is kind and largo- Both man and b'^ast thy bounty share; Tlie whole creation is thy charge. But saints are thy peculiar care. 4 My God, how excellent thy grace. Whence all our hope and comfort springs ! The sons of Adam in distress Fly to the shadow of thy wings. 6 Life, like a fountain rich and free. Springs from the presence of the Lord ; And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promised in thy word. 104 L. M. pBalm xlz. 1 rpHE spacious firmament on high, J. With all the blue ethereal sky. And spangled heavens, a shining frame. Their great Original proclaim. 2 The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display ; And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. 8 Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth : 4 Whilst all the stars that round her bum. And all the planets in their turn. Confirm the tidings as they roll. And spread the truth from pole to pole 5 What, though in solemn silence, all JMove round this dark terrestrial ball ; What, though no real voice or sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; 6 In reason's ear they all rejoice. And utter forth a gloric as voice, For ever singing, as they shine, " The hand that made us is divine.** 105 Psalm cxlvU. L. M. 1 pRAISE ye the Lord I 'tis good to raise Jl Your hearts and voices in his praise ; His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 He formed the stars, those heavenly flames, [names ; He counts their numbers, calls their His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep where all our thoughts are drowned. 3 Sing to the Lord ; exalt him high. Who spreads his clouds along the sky, There he prepares the fruitful rain. Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 4 He makes the grass the hills adorn. And clothes the smiling fields with com ; The beasts with food his hands supply. And the young ravens when they cry. 6 But saints are lovely in his sight. He views his children with delight ; He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks and loves his image there. 106 7s. ThanJagivtng for lift's hUstlngt. HAPPY man whom God doth aid ! God our souls and bodies made ; God on us, in gracious showers. Blessings every moment pours j Compasses with angel-bands. Bids them bear us in their hands ; Parents, friends, 'twas God bestowed, Life, and all, descend from God. 84 THB LOBD JESUS CHRIST. 2 He this flowery carp'it spread, Made the earth on which we tread ; God refreshes in the air, Covers with the clothes we wear, Feeds us with the food we eat. Cheers us by his light and heat, Makes his sun on us to shine ; All our blessings are divine ! 3 Give him then, and ever give, Thanks for all that we receive ; Man we for his kindness love. How much more our God above t Worthy thou, our heavenly Lord, To be honoured and adored ; God of all-creating grace. Take the everlasting praise I 107 C. M. " All thy workM shall praise thu." 1 T SING the almighty power of God, i That made the mountains rise. That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2 I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at his command, And all the stars obey. 8 All creatures, numerous as they be, Are subject to thy care ; There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there. 4 There's not a plant nor flower below But makes thy glories known ; And clouds arise, and tempests blow By order from thy throne. 6 His hand is my perpetual guard ; He keeps me with his eye : Why should I, then, forget the Lord, Who is for ever nigh I Section HL THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. HIS PERSON, OFFICES, AND WORK. C. M. 108 Tht Coronation oj Christ. 1 A LL hail the power of Jesus' name ! J\. Let angels prostrate fall ; Bring forth the royal diadem. And crown him Lord of alL 2 Ye seed of Israel's chosen rece, Ye ransomed from the fall. Hail him who saves you by his grace, And crown him Lord of all. 8 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget The worm'vood and the gall ; Go, spread your trophies at his feet, And crown him Lord of all. 4 Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball. To him all majesty ascribe, And crown him Lord of all. 6 that with yonder sacred throng We at his feet may fall ; Join in the everlasting song. And crown him Lord of all I 109 <7- ><• " A Nam* that is above every name." 1 TESUS ! the Name high over all, fj In hell, or eartli, or sky ; Angels and men before it fall. And devils fear and fly. 2 Jesus I the Name to sinners dear, The name to sinners given ; It scatters all their guilty fear, It turns their hell to heaven. 8 Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks, And bruises Satan's head ; Power into strengthless souls it speaks. And life into the dead. 4 that the world might taste and see The riches of his grace I The arms of love that compass me Would all mankind embrace. 5 His only righteousness I show, His saving truth proclaim ; 'Tis all my business here below To cry, " Behold the Lamb ! " 6 Happy, if with my latest breath I may but gasp his Name ; Preach him to all, and cry in death, •• Behold, behold the Lamb I " 110 C. M. " Unto you thertfore which believe he is precious." 1 TESUS, the very thought of thee (J With sweetness fills my breast ; But sweeter far thy face to see. And in thy presence rest. 2 Nor voice can sing, nor heart can frame, Nor can the memory find A sweeter sound than thy blest name, Saviour of mankind 1 ',j 8ff TBI LORD JESUS CHRIST. 8 hope of every contrite heart, joy of all the meek, To those who fall how kind thou art I How good to those who seek I 4 But those who find thee find a bliss Nor tongue nor pen can show ; The love of Jesus, what it is None but his loved ones know. 6 Jesus, our only joy be thon, As thou our prize wilt be ; Jesus, be thou our glory now, And through eternity. Ill M. " The Lord retgneth, let the earth rtjjolce." 1 TOY to the world I the Lord is come ; J Let cnrth receive her King ; Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature sing. 2 Joy to the world ! the Saviour reigns ; Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains. Repeat the sounding joy. 8 No more let sin and sorrow grow, Nor thorns infest the ground ; He comes to make his blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 4 He nxles the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. 112 0. M. The name of Jesus. M! 1 TJOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds il In a believer's ear 1 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 2 Dear name ! the rock on which I build. My shield, and hiding place. My never-failing treasury, filled With boundless stores of grace I 3 Jesus 1 my Shepherd, Brother, Friend, My Prophet, Friest, and King ; My Lord, ray Life, my Way, my End, Accept the praise I bring. 4 Weak is the effort of my heart. And cold my warmest thought ; But when I see thee as thou art, I'll praise thee as I ought. 6 '"ill ♦;hen I would thy lore proclaim V/ ith every fleeting breatn ; And may the music of thy namo Refresh my soul in death I 113 ^- ^' Praise for redeeming love. 1 pLUNGED in u gulf of dark despair 1 We wretched sinners lay. Without one cheerful beam of hope, Or spark of glimmering day. 2 With pitying eyes, the Prince of Peace Boh eld our helpless grief ; He saw, and, amazing love t He flew to our relief. 3 Down from the shining seats above With joyful haste he sped ; Entered the grave in mortal flesh. And dwelt among the dead. 4 for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break ; And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak I 5 Angels assist our mighty joys, Strike all your harps of gold ! But when you raise your highest notes, His love can ne'er be told. 114 0. M. Hymn to God the Son. 1 TJ AIL, God the Son, in glory crowned, n Ere time began to be ; Throned with thy Sire, through half ths round Of vast eternity I 2 Let heaven and earth's stupendous frame Display their Author's power ; And each exalted seraph-name. Creator, thee adore. 3 Thy wondrous love the Godhead showed Contracted to a span, — The co-eternal Son of God, The mortal Son of man. 4 To save us from our lost estate, Behold his life-blood stream : Hail, Lord, almighty to create. Almighty to redeem I 5 The Mediator's God-like sway *y His church below sustains ; ' Till nature shall her Judge survey. The King Messiah reigns. M THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. G Hail, with essential glory crowned, When time s' all ceasp to be ; Throned with thy Father, through the round Of whole eternity I 116 4-88 hee to fill. 4 Our restless spirits yearn for thee. Where'er our changeful lot is cast ; Glad, when thy gracious smile we see ; Blest, when our faith can hold thee £Eist. # THB LORD JESUS CHRIST. 6 Jesus, ever with us stay ! [bright ; Make all our moments calm and Chase the dark night of sin away, Shed o'er the world thy holy light ! 128 ^ ^• " Who loved me and gav^ himself for me." 1 ll/rY SaAriour, how shall I proclaim, lYl How pay the mighty debt I owe ? Let all I have, and all I am, Ceaseless to all thy glory show. 2 Too much to thee I cannot give ; Too much I cannot do for thee ; Let all thy love, and all thy grief. Graven on my heart for ever be I 8 The meek, the still, the lowly mind, may I learn from thee, my God I And love, with softest pity joined, For those that trample on thy blood. 4 Still let thy tears, thy groans, thy sighs, O'erflow my eyes, and heave my breast, Till loose from flesh and earth I rise, And ever in thy bosom rest. 129 ^- ^• Saints OTid angels praising Christ. 1 rpHEE we adore, eternal Lord ! [cord ; J. We praise thy name with one ac- Thy saints, who here thy goodness see, Through all the world do worship thee. 2 To thee aloud all angels cry, And ceaseless raise their songs on high ; Both cherubim and seraphim. The heavens and all the powers therein. 8 The apostles join the glorious throng ; The prophets swell the immortal song ; The martyrs' noble army raise Eternal anthems to thy praise. 4 Thee, holy Prophet, Priest, and King f Thee, Saviour of mankind, they sing : Thus earth below, and heaven above, Resound thy glory and thy love. 130 ^ ^' Consecration to Christ 1 T COME, thou wounded Lamb of God, L To wash me in thy cleansing blood, To rest beneath thy cross, then pain Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 2 Take my poor heart, and let it be For ever closed to all but thee I Seal thou my breast, and let me wear That pledge of love for ever there. 3 How blest are they who still abide Close sheltered at thy bleeding side ! Who life and strength from thee derive, And by thee move, and in thee live. 4 What are our works but sin and death, Till thou thy quickening Spirit breathe? Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move: wondrous grace I boundless love ! 5 How can it be, thou heavenly King, That thou shouldst us to glory bring ? Make slaves the partners of thy thront", Decked with a never-fading crown ! 6 First-born of many brethren thou I To thee, lo ! all our souls we bow ; To thee our hearts and hands we give : Thine may we die, thine may we live I 131 I" ^^ " IVho is he that condemneth f Itis Christ that died." 1 TESTIS, thy Blood and Righteousness U My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day. For who aught to my charge shall lay ? Fully absolved through tliese I am, From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, Who from the Father's bosom came. Who died for me, even me, to atone, Now for my Lord and God I own. 4 Lord, I believe thy precious blood. Which, at the mercy-seat of God, For ever doth for sinners plead. For me, even for my soul, was shed. 5 Lord, I believe, were sinners more Than sands upon the ocean shore, Thou hast for all a ransom paid. For all a full atonement made. 6 When from the dust of death I rise, To claim my mansion in the skies. Even then, this shall be all my plea, Jesus hath lived, hath died, for me. 132 6 8s. " Christ is all, and in aU." 1 rrHOU hidden Source of calm repose, X Thou all-sufficient Love Divine, My help and refuge from my foes. Secure I am, if thou art mine ; And lo I from sin, and grief, and shame, 1 bids me, Jesus, in thy Name. 41 I THI LORD JESUB CHRIST. 2 Thy mighty Name salvation is. And keeps my happy soul above ; Comfort it brings, and power, and peace. And joy, and everlasting love ; To me, with thy dear Name, are given, Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 8 Jesus, my all in all thou art ; My rest in toil, my ease in pain, The medicine of my broken heart ; In war my peace, in loss my gain, My smile beneath the tyrant's frown, In shame my glory and my crown : 4 In want my plentiful supply. In weakness my almighty power ; In bonds my perfect liberty, My li^ht in Satan's darkest hour ; My joy in grief, my shield in strife, In death, my everlasting life. 133 6-8s. ChrUt the Light of f\e *»orld. 1 QTUPENDOUS height of heavenly IJ love, Of pitying tenderness divine I It brought the Saviour from above, It caused the springing day to shine ; The Sun of righteousness to appear, And gild our gloomy hemisphere. 2 God did in Christ himself reveal, To chase our darkness by his light. Our sin and ignorance disjiel. Direct our wandering feet aright. And bring our souls, with pardon blest. To realms of everlasting rest. 8 Come then, Lord, thy light impart. The faith that bids our terrors cease ; Into thy love direct our heart. Into thy way of perfect peace ; And cheer the souls of death afraid. And guide them through the dreadful shade. 4 Answer thy mercy's whole design, My God incarnated for me ; My spirit make thy radiant shrine. My light and full salvation be ; And through the shades of death un- known Conduct me to thy dazzling throne. 134 <" "Icmthi Way, th$ Tntth, and tK$ Life." 1 rpHOU art the Way : to thee alone ± From sin and death we flee ; And he who would the Father seek, Must leek him, Lord, by thee. M. 2 Thou are the Truth : thy word alone True wisdom can impart ; Thou only canst inform the mind. And purify the heart. 3 Thou art the Life : the rending tomb Proclaims thy conquering arm ; And those who put their tnist in thee Nor death nor hell shall harm. 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life ; Grant us thtt Way to know. That Truth to keep, that Life to win, Whose joys eternal flow. 135 ^' v* " The detire of ,rter rest. Ye poor, and maimed, and halt, and blind, In Christ a hearty w. Icome find. 4 My messige as from God receive ; Ye all may come to Christ, and live ; let his love your hearts constrain, Nor suffer him to die in vain I 6 His love is mighty to compel ; His conquering love consent to feel ; Yield to his love's resistless power, And fight against your God no more. 6 See him set forth before your eyes. That precious, bleeding Sacrifice 1 His offered benefits embrace. And freely now be saved by grace. 7 This is the time, no more delay ; This is the acce[»table day ; Come ii this moment, at his call, And live for him who died for all. 207 L, M. iMfah l7. 1, 2, 8. 1 TJO ' every one that thirsts, draw nigh ; li 'Tis God invites the fallen race ; Mercy and free salvation buy ; Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace. 2 Come to the living waters, -come I Sinners, obey your Maker's call ; Return, ye weary wanderers, home, And find my grace is free for all. 8 See fh)m the Rock a fountain rise I For you in healing streams it rolls ; Money ye need not bring, nor price, Ye labouring, burdened, sin-sick seals. 4 Nothing ye in exchange shall give, Leave all you have and are behind ; Frankly the gift of God receive, Pardon and p';ace in Jesus find. 6 " I bid you all my goodness prove ; My promises lor all are free ; Come, taste the manna of my love. And let your souls delight in me. 6 " Your willing ear and heart incline, My words believingly receive ; Quickened your souls by faith divine. An everlasting life shall live." 208 ^- M. " Come, for aU things are now ready." 1 nlNNERS, obey the Gospel-word, IJ Haste to the supper of your Lord f Be wise to know your gracious day ; All things are ready, come away ! 2 Ready the Father is to own And kiss his late-returning son ; Ready your loving Saviour stands. And spreads for you his bleeding hands. 8 Ready the Spirit of his love Just now the hardness to remove. To apply, and witness with the blood. And wash and seal the sons of God. 4 Ready for you the angels wait. To triumph in your blest estate ; Tuning their harps, they long to praise The wonders of redeeming grace. 5 The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost Are ready, with their shining host ; All heaven is ready to resound, *'The dead's alive 1 the lost is found I " 209 ^- ^• " Godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation." 1 pOME, ye sinners, to your Lord, yj In Christ to Paradise restored ; His proffered benefits embrace, The plenitude of gospel grace : 2 A pardon written with his blood. The favour, and the pe»ce of God ; The seeing eye, the feelinj' s^nse. The mystic joys of pomte&c* : 60 WARNING AND INVTriNO. The godly grief, the pleasing smart, The meltings of a broken heart ; The tears that tell your sins forgiven, The sighs that waft your souls to heaven: The guiltless shame, the sweet distress, The unutterable tenderness ; The genuine, meek humility ; The wonder, " Why such love to me I" The o'erwhelming power of saving grace. The sight that veils the seraph's lace ; The speechless awe that dares not move. And all the silent heaven of love. 210 8,7,8,7,4,7. InvitatUm to Hnnen. 1 pOME, ye sinners, poor and wretched, \J Weak and wounded, sick and sore ; Jesus ready stands to save you. Full of pity, love, and power ; He IS able, He is willing ; doubt no more. 2 Come, ye needy, come, and welcome, God's free bounty glorify ; Tine belief, and true repentance. Every ^race that brings us nigh. Without money. Come to Jesus Christ and buy. 5 Let not conscience make you linger. Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he re([uireth. Is to feel vour need of him : This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 4 Come, ye weary, heavy-laden, Bruised. and mangled by the fall ; If you tarry till you're better. You will never come at all ; Not the righteous. Sinners Jesus came to call. 6 Lo ! the incarnate God, ascended, Pleads the merit of his blood : Venture on him, venture wholly. Let no other trust intrude ; None b' ^, Jesus Can do helpless c'nDors good. 211 4-6s & Tht Year 0ONVBR8ION. 221 0. H. ChrUt vaUtng to be gracioiu. 1 TESUS, Retlcemer of mankind, f] Display thy saving powtT ; Thy mercy let the sinner find. And know his gracious hour. 2 Who thee beneath their feet have trod, And crucified afresh, Touch with thine all-victorious blood. And turn the stone to ilesh. 8 Open their eyes thy cross to see, Their ears, to hear thy cries : Sinner, thy Saviour weens for thee. For thee he weeps ami dies. 4 All the day long he waiting stands, His rebels to receive ; [liands. And shows his wounds, and spreads his And bids you turn and live. 6 Turn, and your sins of deepest dye He will with blood efface ; Even now he waits the blood to apply ; Be saved, be saved by grace. 223 6-88. Praiufor redeemtnff hv$. 222 6-7s. ' Redemption through M$ hlood.' 1 TTfEAKY souls, that wander wide V\ From the central point of bliss, Turn to Jesus crucified, Fly to those dear wounds of his : Sink into the purple flood ; Rise into the life of God. 2 Find in Christ the way of pcu % Pesice unspeakable, unknown ; By his pain he gives you ease, Life by his expiring groan : Rise, exalted by his fall ; Find in Christ your all in alL 8 believe the record true, God to you his Son hath given I Ye may now be hajipy too. Find on earth the life of heaven : Live the life of heaven above, All the life of glorious love. 4 This the universal bliss. Bliss for every soul designed ; God's original promise this, God's great gift to all mankind ; Blest in Christ this moment be 1 Blest to aU eternity I 1 TUHERE shall my wondering soul W legin? How shall I all to heaven aspire t A slare redeemed from death and sin, A brand plucked from eternal fire, How shall 1 equal triumphs raise. Or sing my great Deliverer's praise ? 2 how shall I the goodness tell. Father, which thou to me hast showed, — That I, a child of wrath and hell, I should be called a child of God, Should know, should fuel my sins for* given, Blest with this antepast of heaven T 8 Come, my guilty brethren, come, Groaning beneath your load of sin ; His bleeding heart shall make you room His open side shall take you in ; He calls you now, invites you home ; Come, my guilty brethren, come I 4 For you the purple current flowed In pardons from his wounded side ; Languished for you the incarnate God, For you the Prince of glory died : Believe, and all your sins forgiven ; Only believe, and yours is heaven. 224 6-8s. *'GodUlove,'' 1 QEE, sinners, in the gospel glass, O The Friend and Saviour of mankind! Not one of all the apostate race But may in him salvation find. His thoughts and words and actions prove — His life and death — that God is love I 2 Behold the Lamb of God who bears The sins of all the world away I A servant's form he meekly wears, He sojourns in a house of clay ; His glory is no longer seen. But uod with God is man with men. See where the God incarnate stands. And calls his wandering creatures home ; He all day long spreads out his hands : ** Come, weary souls, to Jesus come ! Ye all may hide you in my breast ; Believe, and I will give you rest. < 8 fl4 WARwnro AHB nmriNO. 4 "Ah I do not of my goodness doubt ; My saving grace for all is free ; I will in nowise cast him out That comes a sinner unto me : I can to none myself deny ; Why, sinners, will ye perish, why ! " 225 8s ^ 7s. The vastnetB <\f OocTi mercy. 1 rrHERE'S a widencss in God's mercy, J. Like the widenoss of the sea ; There's a kindness in his justice^ Which is more than liberty. 2 There is welcome for the sinner, And more graces for the good ; There is mercy with the Saviour ; There is healing in his blood. 3 For the love of God is broader Than the measure of man's mind ; And the heart of the Eternal Is most wonderfully kind. 4 If our love were but more simple, We should take him at his word ; And our lives would be all sunshine In the favour of our Lord. 226 10,10,11,11. " ThU Man receiveth sinners." 1 rrHY faithfulness, Lord, each moment J. we find, So true to thy word, so loving and kind ; Thy mercy so tender to all the lost race, The vilest offender may turn and find grace. 2 The mercy I feel, to others I show, I set to my seal that Jesus is true ; Ye all may find favour,* who come at his call ; come to my Saviour, his grace is for ALL. 3 To save what was lost, from heaven he came ; [name ! Come, sinners, and trust in Jesus's He offers you pardon ; he bids you be free : " If sin be your burden. come unto me I 4 let me commend my Saviour to you. The publican's friend and advocate too ; For you he is pleading his merits and death, With God interceding for sinners be- neath. 8 ( 6 Then let ns submit his grace to receive, Fall down at his feet ana gladly believe: We all are forgiven for Jesus's sake ; Our title to heaven his meiits we take. 227 10,10,11,11. Salvatton by grace, 1 "I7E thirsty for God, to Jesus give ear, X And take, through his blood, a power to draw near : His kind mvitation, ye sinners, embrace. Accepting salvation, salvation by grace. 2 Sent down from above, who governs the skies, I In vehement love to sinners he cries, ' "Drink into my Spirit, who happy would be, [me. ' And all things inherit by coming to 3 Saviour of all, thy word we believe, And come at thy call, thy grace to re- ceive : [art ; The blessing is given, wherever thou The earnest of heaven is love in tiia heart. 4 To us at thy feet the Comforter give. Who gasp to admit thy Spirit, and live; The weakest believers acknowledge for thine. And fill us with rivers of water divine. 228 10,10,11,11, MiraeUe qf healing. 1 VE neighbours and friends, to Jesus X draw near ; His love condescends, by titlesjso dear. To call and invite you his triumph to prove. And freely delight you in Jesus's love. 2 The shepherd who died his sheep to re- deem, On every side are gathered to him, The weary and buraened, the reprobate race ; And wait to be pardoned through Jesus's grace. 3 The blind are restored through Jesus's Name; They see their dear Lord, and follow the Lamb : The halt they are walking, and running their race ; The dumb they are talking of Jesus's grace. T^KPKNTANCB AND CONYEBSION. 4 Th^ deaf hear his yoice,and comforting word, It V'ds them rejoice in Jesus their Lord: *' Thy sins are forgiven, accepted thou art ; " [their heart. They listen, and heaven springs up in 5 The lepers from all their spots are made 231 clean [sin The dead by his oall are raised from their In Jesus' compassion the sick And a cure, [poor. And gospel salvation is preached to the 6 Jesus, ride on, till all are subdued ; Thy mercy make known, and sprinkle thy blood ; [new song l^isplay thy salvation, and teach the To everj' nation, and people, and tongue. 229 ^' M. " IVe pray you in Christ's stead, be yt reconciled to God." 1 n OD, the off^'udod God Most High, VJ Ambassadors to rebels sends ; His messengers his place sup])ly. And Jesus begs us to be friends. 2 Us, in the stead of Christ, they pray, Lis, in the stead of Goil, entreat To oast our arms, our sins, away, And find forgiveness at his feet. 3 Cur God in Christ ! thine embassy And proffered mercy we embrace ; And gladly reconciled to thee. Thy condescending goodness praise. i Poor debtors, by our Lord's request, A full accpiittance we receive ; And criminals, with panlon blest. We, at our Judge's instance, live. 230 ^ M- Joy in heaven over a sinner repenting. 1 TTTHO can describe the joys that rise VV Through all the courts of paradise. To see a prodigal return. To see an heir of glory bom f 2 With joy the Father doth approve The fruit of his eternal love ; The Son with joy looks down, and sees The purchase of his agonies. 8 The Spirit takes delight to view The contrite soul he forms anew ; And saints and angels join to sing The growing empire of their King. laalah 1x1. 1, 2, 8. I.. H. 1 rpHE Spirit of the Lord our God, i Spirit of power, and health.andlove,* The Father hath on Christ bestowed. And sent him from his throne above. 2 Prophet, and Priest, and King of Peace, Anointed to declare his will. To minister his pardoning grace. And every sin-sick soul to heaL 3 Sinners, obey the heavenly call. Your pr'ion-door stands open wide ; Go fjrth, for he hath ransomed all, For every soul of man hath died. 4 'Tis his the droojiing soul to raise. To rescue all by sin opprest. To clothe them with the robes of praise, And give their weary spirits rest ; 5 To help their grovelling unbelief, Beauty for ashes to confer, The oil of joy for abject grief. Triumphant joy for sad despair ; 6 To make them trees of righteousness. The planting of the Lord below. To spriuul the honour of his grace, And on to full perfection grow. 232 8. M. Repent, believe, obey. 1 pETURN, and come to God, li Cast all your sins away ; Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood ; Repent, believe, obey ! 2 Say not ye cannot come, For Jesus bled and died. That none who ask in humble faith Should ever be denied. 8 Say not ye will not come ; 'Tis God vouchsafes to call ; And fearful will their end be found, On whom his wrath shall fall. 4 Come, then, whoever will ; Come, while 'tis called to-day ; Seek ye the Saviour's cleansing blood ; Repent, beKeve, obey I 233 8. M. " Rtdeeming the time." 1 ITAKE haste, man, to live, ItI For thou so soon must die ; Time hurries past thee like the breeze ; How swift its moments fly I 66 PBNrnBNOE AND TRUST. 2 Make haste, man, to do Whatever must be done ; Thou hast no time to lose in sloth, Thy day will soon be gone. 8 Up, then, with speed, and work, Fling ease and self away ; This is no time for thee to sleep, Up, watch, and work, and pray I 4 Make haste, man, to live, Thy time is almost o'er ; sleep not, dream not, but arise. The Judge is at the door. 234 8 M. Bestfbund only in Ood. 1 A WHERE shall rest be found, U Rest for the weary soul ? 'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound. Or seek from pole to pole. 2 The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. 3 Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above, Unmeasured by the flight of years, And all that life is love. 4 There is a death, whose pang Outlasts the fleeting breath ; what eternal horrors ha ; Around the second deatii I 5 Thou God of truth and grace. Teach us that dcatli to shun, Ii«'st we be banished from thy face. For evermore undone. 6 Here would we end our quest ; Wp find alone in thee The life of perfect love, the rest Of immortality. 236 C. M. " Tht wrath to coTM." 1 \irOE to the men fm earth who dwell, VV Nor dread the Almighty's frown, When God doth all his wrath reveal. And shower his judgments down I 2 Sinners, exi)ect those heaviest showers ; To meet your God prepare ! For, lo I the seventh angel pours His vial in the air. 8 Who then shall live, and face the throne. And face the Judge severe t When heaven and earth are tledondgone, where shall I appear f 4 Now, only now, against that hour We may a place provide ; Beyond the grave, beyond the power Of hell, our spirits hide. 5 Firm ir the all-destroying shock, May view the final scene ; For, lo I the everlastirig Rock Is cleft to take us in. 236 c *» Th» last judgment antidpated. 1 mERRIBLE thought I shall I alone— 1 Who may be saved — shall I, Of all, alas I whom I have known, Through sin for ever die I 2 While all my old companions dear. With whom I once did live. Joyful at God's rig^'t hand appear, A blessing to receive : 3 Shall I, amidst a ghastly band, Dragged to the judgment-seat. Far on the left with horror stand, My fearful doom to meet f 4 Ah, no ! I still may turn and live. For still his wrath delays ; lie now vouchsafes a kind reprieve, And offers me his grace. 5 I will accept hi° offers now, From every sin depart ; Perform my oft-repeated vow. And render him my heart. 6 I will improve what I receive, Tile grace through Jesus given ; Sure, if with God on earth I live, To live with him in heaven. 2.— PENITENCE AND TRUST. 237 ' Mighty to lave. 0. M 1 TESUS I Redeemer, Saviour, Lord, O The weary sinner's Friend, Come to my help, pronounce the word, And bid my troubles end. REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. t I il . ill 2 Deliverance to my soul proclaim, And life and liberty ; Shed forth the virtue of thy Name, And Jesus prove to me I 3 Salvation in that Name is found. Balm of my grief and care ; A medicine for mv every wound. All, all I want is there. 4 Faith to be healed thou 1< now'st I have, For thou that faith hast given ; Thou canst, thou wilt the sinner save, And make me meet for heaven. 6 Thou canst o'ercome this heart of mine ; Thou wilt victorious prove ; For everlasting strength is thine, And everlasting love. 6 Thy powerful Spirit shall subdue Uncond confide, Who comes to meet my seeking soul ; 1 wait to feel thy blood applied, Thy blood applied shall make me whole ; And lo ! I tnist thy grar^ious power To touch, to heal me, in this hour. 270 6-7s. Christ fhs true Light. 1 pHRTST, whose glory fill.-t the skies, \J Christ, the true, the only Light, Sun of Righteousness, arise, Triumph o'er the shades of night ; Day-spring from on high, be near ; Day-star, in my heart appear ! 2 Dark and cheerless is the mom. Unaccompanied by thee ; Joyless is the day's rp'-ini. Till thy mercy's beams I see ; Till thou inward light impart. Glad my eyes, and wai'n my heart. 3 Visit then this soul of mine. Pierce the gloom of sin and grief ; Fill me. Radiancy Divine ! Scatter all my unbelief; More and more thyself display, Shining to the perfect day I 271 6-7s. Prayer for eonvertidg graet. 1 TESUS, I believe thee near, fj Now my fallen soul restore ; Now my guilty conscience clear ; Give me back my peace and power ; Stone to flesh again coiivert, Write forgiveness on my heart. 2 I believe thy pardoning grace, As at the beginning, free ; Open are thy arms to embrace Me, the worst of rebels, me ; In me all the hindrance lies ; Called, — I f.till refuse to rise, 3 Now the gracious work begin ; N>. w for good some token give ; 6;ve me now to feel my sin, Give me now my sin to leave ; Bid iAe look on thee and moarn, B«i me to thy arms return. Take this heart of stone away. Melt me into gracious tears ; Grant me power to watch and pray, Till thy lovely face appears. Till thy favour I retrieve. Till by faith again I live. 272 6-7b. Prayer for pardon and talvation. 1 n AVI OUR, -ast a pitying eye, O Bid my sins and sorrows end ; Whither should a sinner fly ? Art not thou the sinnor's Friend ? Rest in thee I long to fiinl. Wretched I, and poor, and blind. 2 Haste, haste, to my relief ! From the iron furnace take ; Rid me of my sin and grief. For thy love and mercy's sake ; Set my heart at liberty. Show forth all thy power in me. 8 Me, the vi st of the race, Most unholy, most unclean ; Me, the farthest from thy face, Full of misery and sin ; Me with arms of Icve receive. Me, of sinners chief, forgive. 4 Jesus, on thine only name For salvation I dopend ; In thy gracious hands I am. Save me, save me to the end ; Let the utmost gra(;e be given. Save me quite from hell to heaven. 273 6-7b. True contrition implored. 1 n AVIOUR, Prince of Isi-ael's race, U See me from thy lofty throne ; Give the sweet relenting grace, Soften this obdurate stone ; Stone to flesh, God, convert ! Cast a look, and break my heart. 2 By thy Spirit, Lord, reprove, All my inmost sins reveal ; Sins against thy light and love Let me see, and let me feel ; Sins that crucified my God, Spilt again thy precious blood. 8 Jesus, seek thy wandering sheep, Make me restless to return ; Bid me look on thee, and weep, Bitterly as Peter mourn. Till I sav, by grace restored, " Now thou Know'st I love thee. Lord 1 " 77 REPINTANCB AND CONVERSION. Might T in thy Bight appear, As the puMican diHtnst ; Stand, not daring to draw near, Smite on my unworthy hrcaat ; Groan the sinner's only plea, •• God he merciful to me I " rememher me for good, Passing through tlie mortal vale ; Show me the atoning blood, When my strength and spirit fail ; Give my fainting soul to see Jesus crucified for me. 274 6-7s. Irieonstancy etmfesaed. 1 TESTIS, Shopherd of the sheep, d Pity my unsettled soul ! Guide, and nourish me, and keep. Till thy love shall make me whole : Give me perfect soundness, give, Make me steadfastly believe. 2 I am never at one stay, Changing every hour I am ; But thou art, as yesterday. Now and evermore the same : Constancy to me impart, Stablish with thy grace my heart. 8 Give me faith to hold me up. Walking over life's rough sea, Holy, purifying hope Still my soul s sure anchor be ; That I may be always thine, Perfect me in love divine. 276 6.7s. A pre$ent salvation. 1 TUHY not now, my God, my God I W Ready if thou always art, Make in me thy mean abode. Take possession of my heart ; If thou canst so greatly bow. Friend of sinners, why not now f 2 God of love, in this my day, For thyself to thee I cry ; Dying, if thou still delay, Must I not for ever die ? Enter now thy poorest home. Now, my utmost Saviour, come t 276 c- M. Mercy and forgiveness implored. 1 A THAT I could my Lord receive, V / Who did the world redeem ; Who gave his life, that I might live A life concealed in him I 2 that I could the blessing prove. My heart's extreme desire, Ll.e hai)pv in my Saviour's love. And in his arms expire. 3 Mercy I ask to seal my peace. That, kept by mercy's power, I may from every evil cease. And never grieve thee more ! 4 Now, if thy giacious will it be, Even now my sins remove, Anr living fttUk. 0. H. 1 TIATHER, I stretch my hands to thee, J: No other help I know : If thou withdraw thvself from me. Ah t whither shall I go t 2 What did thy only Son endure Before I drew my breath ; ' What pain, what labour, to secure My soul from endless death I 7» BKFENTANOB AND CONVERSION. I I! 8 Jesns, could I this believe, I now should feel thy power ; Now all my wants thou wouldst relieve In this the accepted hour. 4 Author of faith, to thee I lift My weary, longing eyes ; let me now receive that gift I My soul without it dies. 5 Surely thou canst not let me die ; speak, and I shall live ! For here I will unwearied lie, Till thou thy Spirit give. 6 How would my fainting soul rejoice, Coakl I but see thy face 1 Now let roe hear thy quickening voice, And taste thy pardoning grace. 283 ^ "'• A tuffering and faithful Saviour. 1 TViTY sufferings all to thee are known, ItI Tem])ted in every point like me ; Regard my grief, regard thy own ; Jesus, remember Calvary I 2 call to mind thy earnest prayers, Thy agony, and sweat of blood. Thy strong and bitter cries and tears, Thy mortal groan, "My God I my God I " 3 For whom didst thou the cross endure ? Who nailed thy body to the tree » Did not thy death my life procure ? P let thy mercy answer me I 4 Have I not heard, have I not known, That thou, the everlasting Lord, Whom heaven and earth their Maker own. Art always faithful to thy word ? 5 Thou wilt not break a bruis6d reed. Or quench the smallest spark of grace, Till through the soul thy power is spread. Thy all-victorious righteousness. 6 The day of small and feeble things 1 know thou never wilt despise ; 1 know, with healing in his wings. The Sun of Kighteousuess shall rise. Light and healing implored. 1 TITHEN, gracious Lord, when shall it That I shah find my all in thee T The fulness of thy j)romise prove, The seal of thy eternal love I 2 Thee, only thee, I fain would find. And cast the world and flesh behind ; Thou, only thou, to Bte be given. Of all thou hast in earth or heaven. 3 Whom man forsakes, thoa wilt not leave, Ready the outcasts to receive ; Though all my sinfulness I own. And all my faults to thee are knowa. 4 Ah ! wherefore did I ever doubt I Thou wilt in no wise cast me out, A helpless soul that comes to thee. With only sin and misery. 5 Lord, I am sick, — my sickness cure ; I want, — do thou enrich the poor ; Under thy mighty hand I stoop, — lift the abject sinner up I 6 Lord, I am blind, — be thou my sight ; Lord, I am weak, — be thou my might ; A helper of the helpless be. And let me find my all in thee. 285 ^- ^• " And hath done despite unto the Spirit cf grace. " 1 QTAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, U Though I have done thee such de- spite. Nor cast the sinner quite away. Nor take thine everlasting flight. 2 Though I have steeled my stubborn heart, And still shook off my guilty fears, And vexed, and urged thee to depart. For many long rebellious years ; 3 Though I have most unfaithful been Of all who e'er thy grace received. Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved ; 4 Yet, the chief of sinners spare ! In honour of my great High Priest, Nor in thy righteous anger swear To exclude me from thy people's rest. 5 Now, Lord, my weary soul release, Up-raise ma with thy gracious ha lid ; And guide into thy perfect i»eace. And bring me to the promised land. 286 ^' **• Backiliding wnfetttd and deplored. 1 n AYIOUR, I now with shame confess U My thirst for creature hapniness ; Bj^ base desires I wronged thy love, And forced thy mercy to remove. 80 PiCNITBNCB AND TRUST. 2 Yet wonld T not repffird thy stroke ; But when tliou diilst thy grace revoke, And when thou didst thy face couceul, Thy absence 1 refused to feci. 3 I knew not that the Lord was gone, In my own froward will went on, And lived to the desire of men ; But thou hast all my wanderings seen. 4 Yet, the riches of thy grace ! Thou, who hast seen my evil ways, Will freely my backslidings heal. And pardon on my conscience seal. 6 Far ofT, yet at thy feet I lie, Till thou again thy blood apply ; Till thou repeat my sins forgiven, As far from God as hell from heaven. 6 But for thy truth and mercy's sake, Vy comfort thou wilt give me back, And lead me on from grace to grace, In all the patuj of righteousness ; 7 Till, tliroughly saved, my new-born soul, And perfectly by faith made whole, Doth bright in thy full image rise, To share thy glory in the skies. 287 !■ M. " The dead thall hear the voice tif the Son qf God." 1 ]\TY God, if I may call thee mine, ill From heaven and thee removed so far, Draw nigh, thy pitying ear incline. And cast not out my languid prayer. 2 Gently the weak thou lov'st to lead, Thou lov'st to prop the feeble knee : break not then a bniis6d reed. Nor quench the smoki' ^ '^^^ ^^ ^^ ' 3 Buried in sin, thy voice I hear, And burst the barriers of my tomb ; In all the marks of death appear, — Forth at thy call, thougu bound, I come. 4- Give me, give me, fully. Lord, Thy resurrection's power to know ; Free me indeed, n-pent Ute word, And loose my bauds, and let me go. 6 Fain would I go to thee, my God, Thy mercies and my wants to tell ; To feel my pardon sealed in blood. Saviour, thy love 1 wail wait to fe«L 6 Freed from the power of cancflled sin. When shall my soul triumphant prove! Why breaks not out the fire within In ilames of joy, and praise, and love? 288 ^-^» ^ 2*68. The witnesM of vardon amd adoption, 1 rrHOU great mysterious God unknown, J. Whose love hath gently led me on, Even from my infant days, Mine inmost soul exjtose to view, And tell me, if I ever knew Thy justifying giace. 2 If I have only known thy fear. And followed, with a heart sincere. Thy drawings from above, — Now, now the furth<;r grace bestow. And let my sprinkled conscience know Thy sweet forgiving love. 3 Short of thy love I would not stop, A stranger to the Gospel liope, The sense of sin forgiven ; I would not. Lord, my soul deceive, Without the inward witness live, That antcpast of heaven. 4 If now the witness were in me, Would he not testify of thee In Jesus reconciled ? And should I not with faith draw nigh. And boldly, Abba, Father, cry, And know myself thy child ? 5 Whate'er obstructs thy pardoning love — Or sin, or righteousness, — remove, Thy glory to display ; Mine heart of unbelief convince. And now absolve me from my uxu. And take them all away. 6 Father, in me reveal thy Son, And to my inmost soul make known How merciful thou art ; The secret of thy love reveal. And by thy hallowing Spirit dwell For ever in my heart. 4-88 & 2-68. Prayer for eaving fiiUk. AUTHOR of faith, to thee I cry, [die. To thee who wouldst not have me But know the truth and live ; Open mine eyes to see thy face. Work in my heait thy saving grace, The life eternal givo. 289 81 RErENTANCE AND CONVEllb JN. 2 Shut np in unbelief I groan, And blindly serve a God unknown, Till thou the veil remove ; The gift unspeakable impart, And write thy name n})on my heart, And manifest thy love. 3 I know the work is only thine, The pft of faith is all divine ; But, if on thee we call, Th'^u wilt the benefit bestow. And give us hearts to feel and know That thou hast died for all. 4 Thou bidd'sc us knock and enter in, Come unto thee, and rest from sin. The blessing seek and find ; Thou biild'?t us ask thy graid, and have; TliOU canst, thou wouldst, this moment save Both ivi and all mankind. 6 Be it according to thy won! ; NoNV let me find my pardoning Lord, Let wliat I ask be given ; The bai of unbelief remove, Open the door of faith ai»d love, And take me into heaven. 290 4-8s & 2-6s. Exodui xxzlv. 6t 0, 7. 1 rplTEE, Jesus, thee, the sinner's Friend, J. I follow on to apprehend. Renew the glorious strife ; Divinely contiilent and bold, [hold, With faith's strong arm on thee lay Thee, my eternal life. 2 Give me the grace, the love T claim ; Thy Spirit now demands thy Name, Thou know'st the Sjurit's will ; lie helps my soul's infirmity, And strongly intt'rcedea for me With groans unspeakable. 8 Prisoner of hope, to thee I turn. And, calmly confident, I mourn, And pray, and WH'p for thee ; Tell me thy love, thy secret tell, Thy mystic Natne in me reveal, Reveal thyself in me. 4 Descend, pass by me, and proclaim, Lord of Hosts, thy glorious Name, — The Lord, the gracious Lord, Long-sutlVring, merciful, and kind, 5 Plenteous iit- is in tnith and grace ; He wills that all the fallen race Should turn, repent, and live ; His pardoning grace for all is free ; Transgression, sin, initpiity, He freely doth forgivi. 6 M(!rcy he doth for thousands keep ; He goes and seeks the one lost sheep. And bungs his wanderer home ; And every soul that sliec^p mi"ht be ; Come then, my Lord, and gatlier me, My Jesus, quickly come. 291 4-8s & 2-6s. " / will take away the atony heart. " 1 r\ JESUS, let me bless thy name ! \J All sin, alas 1 thou know'st 1 am, But thou all pity art ; Turn into fiesh my heart of stone ; Such power belongs to thee alone ; Turn into llesh my heart. 2 let thy Spirit shed abroad The love, the perfect love of God, In this poor heart of mine ! might he now descend, and rest. And (Iwell for ever in my breast, And make it all divine I. 3 What shall 1 do my suit to gain ? Lamb of God, for sinners slain, I plead what thou hast done i Didst thou not die the death for me ? Jusus, remember Calvary, And break my heart of stone. 4-8s ass my trial here. And ripe in holiness appear With boldness at thy throne. 295 6-83. Imploring a deeper $enu of tin. 88 1 TIATHER of lights, from whom pro- J: ceeds "Whate'er thy every creature needs ; Whose goodness i)rovidently nigh. Feeds tlxe young ravens when they cry ; To thee I look ; my heart prepare ; Suggest, and hearken to my prayer. 2 Since by thy light myself I see Naked, and poor, and void of thee. Thine eyes mustall my thoughts survey, Preventing what my lips w )uld say ; Tlum seest my wants, for help they call. And, ere I speak, thou know'st them all. 3 Thou know'st the baseness of mv mind, Wayward, and impotent, and blind ; Thou know'st how unsubdued my will. Averse from good, and prone to ill ; Thou know'st how wide my passions rove. Nor cliecked by fear, nor charmed by love. 4 Fain would I know, as known by thee, And feel the indigence I see ; Fain would I all my vileness own, And deep beneath the bimlen gro.m ; Abhor the pride that lurks witliin, Detest and loathe myself and sin. 6 Ah I give me. Lord, myself to feel ; My total misery reveal ; Ah I give me, I^ord, I still would say, A heart to lourn, a heart to pray ; My business this, my only care. My life, my eveiy breath, be prayer. REPBNTANCB AND 0ONVEB8ION. '0 206 6-8a. " Lord, $how u$ tht Father." THOU, whom fain my soul would love, Whom I would gladly die to know, This veil of unbelief remove, And show me, — all thy goodness show ; Jesns, thyself in me reveal, Tell m'i thy name, thy nature tell. 2 Hast thou been with me. Lord, so long. Yet thee, my Lord, have I not known f I claim thee with a faltering tongue ; I pray thee, in a feeble groan, Tell, me, tell me, who thou art, And speak thy name into my heart I 8 If now thou talkest by the way With such an abject worm as me^ Thy mystery of grace display ; Open mine eyes that I may see, That I may understand thv word. And now cry out, " It is the Lord I ** 297 6-8s. '* / vill arlM and go to my Father.' 1 'UE8, from this instant now, I will 1 To my olFended Father cry ; My base ingratitude I feel ; Vilest of all thy children, I, Not worthy to be called thy son ; Yet will I thee my Father own. 2 Guide of my life hast thou not been. And rescued me from passion's power? Ten thousand times preserved from sin, Nor let the greedy grave devour ? And wilt thou now thy wrath retain, Nor ever love thy child again t 8 Ah t canst thou find it in thy heart To give me up, so long pursued t Ah I canst thou finally depart. And leave thy creature m his blood ? Leave me, out of thy presence cast, To perish iu my sins at last I 4 If thou hast willed me to return, If weeping at thy feet I fall. The prodigal thou wilt not spiun. But pity, and for^ve me all, In answer to my Friend above, In honour of his bleeding love. 298 6-88. Sin hiding God'tfium. 1 rpHOU God unsearchable, unknown, i Whostill conceal'st thyself from me. Hear an apostate spirit groan. Broke oil', and banished far from thee ; But conscious of my fall 1 mourn, And fain 1 would to thee return. 2 Send forth one ray of heavenly light, Of gospel hope, of humble fear. To guide me through the gulf of night, My poor desponding soul to cheer. Till thou my unbelief remove. And show me all thy glorious love. 8 A hidden God indeed thou art I Thy absence I this moment feel ; Yet must I own it from my heart. Concealed, thou art a Saviour still ; And though thy face I cannot see, I know tMne eye is fixed on me. 4 My Saviour thou, not yet revealed. Yet will I thee my Saviour call ; Adore thy hand, from sin withheld ; Thy hand shall save me from my fall ; Now, Lord, throughout my darkness shine. And show thyself for ever mine. 299 6-8s. Salvation a miraeh ef lave. 1 T AY to thy hand, God of grace ! Jj God, the work is worthy thee 1 See at thy feet of all the race The chief, the vilest sinner see ; And let me all thy mercy prove. Thine utmost miracle of love. 2 Thee I shall then for ever praise. In spirit and in truth adore ; While all I am declares thy grace. And, bom of God, I sin no more ; Thy pure and heavenly nature share. And £rui^ auto perfection bear. 300 <3* ^ PnlmxUL IAS pants the hart for cooling citreams, xi. When heated in the chase. So longs my soul, God, for thee, And thy refreshing grace. 2 For thee, my God, the living God, My thirsty soul doth pine ; when shali I behold tny faa^ Thoi "uJcjI? divine 1 84 PENITENCE AND TRUST. 8 God of my strength, how long shall I, Like one forgotten, mourn ? Forlorn, forsaken, and exposed To the oppressor's scorn. 4 I sigh to think of happier days, When thou, O Lord, wast nigh; "When every heart was tuned to praise, And none more blest than L 5 Why restless, why cast down, my soul ? Hope still, and thou shalt sing The praise of him who is thy God, Thy Saviour, and thy King. 301 a M. Hosea vi. 1, 2, 8. 1 nOAVj, let us to the Lord our God \J With contrite hearts return ; Our God is gracious, nor will leave The desolate to mourn. 2 His voice commands the tempest forth. And stills the stormy wave ; His arm, though it be strong to smite. Is also strong to save. 3 Our hearts, if Ood we seek to know, Shall know him and rejoice ; His coming like the mom shall be, Like morning songs his voice. 4 As dew upon the tender herb, Diffusing fragrance round ; As showers that usher in the spring, And cheer the thirsty ground ; 5 So shall his presence bless our souls. And shed a joyful light ; That hallowed mom shall chase away The sorrows of the night. 302 c- M. The form of godliness without the power. 1 T ONG have 1 seemed to serve thee, Jj Lord, With unavailincf pain ; Fasted, and prayed, and read thy word, And heard it preached in vain. 2 Oft did I with the assembly join. And near thine altar drew ; A fonn of godliness was mine. The power I never knew. 3 I rested in the outward law, Nor knew its deep design ; The length and breadth 1 never saw, And height, of love divine. 4 To please thee thus, at length I see, Vainly I hopod and strove ; For what are outward things to thee. Unless they spring from love t 6 I see the perfect law requires Truth in the inward parts, Our full consent, our whole desires, Our undivided hearts. 6 Where am I now, or what my hope ? What can my weakness do ? Jesus, to thee my soul looks up, 'Tis thou must make it new. 303 O. M. Salvation not hy VM>rki. 1 QTILL for thy loving-kindneas, Lord, JJ I in thy temple wait ; I look to find thee in thy word. Or at thy table meet. 2 Here, in thine own appointed ways, I wait to learn thy will ; Silent I stand before thv face. And hear thee say, "'Be still I " 3 '* Be still, and know that I am Ood I " 'Tis all I live to know ; To feel the virtue of thy blood. And spread its praise below. 4 I work, and own the labour vain. And thus from works I cease ; I strive, and see my fruitless pain. Till God create my peace. 6 Fruitless, till thou thyself impart. Must all my efforts prove ; They cannot change a sinful heart ; They cannot purchase love. 6 I do the thing thy laws enjoin. And then the strife give o'er ; To thee I then the whole resign ; I trust in means no more. 304 O. M. Prayer for tru* penitenoe. $1^ 1 A FOR that trndcrness of heart \J Which bows before the Lord, Acknowledging how just thou art. And trembles at thy word t 2 for those humble, contrite team Which from repentance flow. That consciousness of guilt, which fears The long-suspended blow 1 REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. L. M. 8 Saviour, to me in pity give The sensible distress, The pledge thou wilt at last receive, And bid me die in peace ; i Wilt from the dreadful day remove, Before the evil come ; My spirit hide with saints above, My body in the tomb. 305 •* Now U the day of Balvatlon." 1 WHY should I till to-morrow stay VV For what thou wouldst bestow to-day ? "What thou more willing art to give Than I to ask, or to receive ? 2 This moment, Lord, thou ready art To break, and to bind up my heart ; To pour the balm of Gilead in, Forgive, and take away my sin. 8 This is the time ; I surely may Salvation fuid on this glad day ; And knowing tliee my Saviour prove That thou art God, and God is love. 4 Give then the bliss for which I pray To-day, wliile it is called to-day, The nature pure, the life divine, And make thy gracious fulness mine. 306 ^' **• Light, lov$, and li/e in Christ. 1 TESUS, my Advocate above, U My Friend before the throne of lovo, If now for me prevails thy i»rayer. If now I find tnee pleading there, If thou the secret wish convey, And sweetly prompt my heart to pray ; Hear, and my weak petitions join, Almighty Advocate, to thine. 2 Fain would I know my utmost ill. And groan my nature's wei;^'ht to fcol To feel the clouds that round nie roll, The night that hangs upon my soul, The darkness of my carnal mind. My will perverse, my passions Mind, Scattered o'er all tiie earth abroad. Immeasurably far from God. 3 Sovereign Love, to thee I cry. Give me tnyself, or else I die ! Save me from death, from hell set free ; Death, hell, are but the want of thee. Quickened by thy imparted flame. Saved, when possessed of thee, I am ; My life, my only heaven thou art, might 1 feel thee in my heart. 307 I" M " The je$ of your understanding heing en- lightened." 1 TESTIS, whose glory's streaming rays, fj Though duteous to thy high com- mand. Not seraphs view with open face. But veiled before thy presence stand ! 2 How shall weak eyes of flesh, weighed down With sin, and dim with error's night. Dare to behold thy awful throne, Or view thy unapproachM light ? 8 Restore my sight ; let thy free grace An entrance to the holiest give : Open mine eyes of faith ; thy face So shall I see, yet seeing live. 4 Thy golden sceptre from above Reach ^'•^'•th ; lo 1 my whole heart 1 bow ; Say to my soul, "Thou art my love : My chosen 'midst ten thousand, thou." 5 Jesus, full of grace, the sighs Of a sick heart with pity view ! Hark f how my silence speaks, and cries, " Mercy, thou God of mercy show I " 6 I know thou canst not . >.i, c. good ; How shouldst thou, ;Lord, i\\y grace restrain ? Thou, Lord, whose blood so freely flowed, To save me from all guilt and paiu. 308 C' M. God^s presence our light 1 n OD is in this and every place ; It But O how dark and void To me ! 'tis one great wilderness, Tills earth without my God. 2 Empty of him who all things fills, Till he his light impart. Till he his glorious self reveals, The veil is on my heart. 3 thou who seest and know'st my grief, Thyself unseen, unknown. Pity my helpless unbelief. And break my heart of stone I U PENITENCE AND TRUST. 4 Begard me with a gracious eyo, The long-sought blessings give ; And hid me at the point to die, Behold thy face and live. 6 Now, Jesus, now, the Father's love Shed in my heart abroad ; The middle wall of sin remove, And let me into God. 309 O. M. Ood manifeat in ChHtt. 1 TITITH glorious clouds encompassed VV round, "Whom angels dimly see, Will the Unsearchable be found, Or God appear to me ? 2 Will he forsake his throne above. Himself to worms inii)art ? Answer, thou Man of grief and love. And speak it to my lieart ! 8 In manifested love explain Thy wonderful design ; What meant the suffering Son of Man, The streaming blood divine ? 4 Didst thou not in our flesh appear. And live and die below, That I may now perceive thee near. And my Redeemer know ? 6 Come then, and to my soul reveal The hoik'hts and dcntbs of rn'aoe, The wounds which rll my sorrows heal, That dear disiigured face. 6 Before my eyes of faith confest. Stand forth a slaughtf red Lamb ; And wrap me in thy crimson vest, And tell me all thy name. 7 I view the Lamb in his own light, Whom angels dimly see, And gaze, transported at the sight, Through all eternity. 310 C M. The prisOTier of hope. 1 T ET the redeemed give thanks and Jj praise To a forgiving God ; My feeble voice I cannot raise Till washed in Jesus' blood : 5 Till, at thy coming from above, My mountain sins depart, And fear givei* place to hlial love, And peace o'erilows my heurt. 3 Prisoner of hope, I still attend The appearing of my Lonl These gloomy doubts and I'ears to end. And sy)eak my soul restored : 4 Restored by reconciling grace. With present pardon i)lest, And fitted by tnie holiness For my eternal rest. 5 The peace which man can ne'er conceive, The love and joy unknown. Now, Father, to thy servant give. And claim me for thine own. 311 C. M. All things possible to God. 1 A THAT thou wouldst the heavensrend, \) In majesty come down ; Stretch out thine arm onini])otent, And seize me for thine own ! 2 Descend, and let thy liglitning bum The stubble of thy foe ; Thine arm reveal, my sins o'ertum. And make the mountains flow. 3 Thou my impetuous spirit guide. And curb my headstrong will ; Thou only canst drive back the tide. And bid the sun stand still. 4 What though I cannot break my chain Or e'er throw off my load, The things impossible tt men Are possible to God. 5 Is tliere n, thing too hard for thee. Almighty Lord of all, Whose threatening looks dry up the sea, And make the mountains fail ? 6 Who, who shall in thy presence stand, And match Omnipotence ? Unirnisp the hold of thy right hand, Or pluck the sinner thence ? 7 Sworn to destroy, let earth assail ; N(?arer to save thou art ; Stronger than all the powers of hell, And greater than my heart. 312 c M Prayer far revealing grace. 1 rrHOU hidden God, from whom I 1 groan, — Till thou thyself declare, God inai'»>(>!jsible, unknown,— Itegaixi a sinner's prayer I 2 An unregi^nerate ihild of man. To thot! for faith I call . Pity thy fallen creature's pain, Afisi raisp me from my lalL RFPFNTANCE AND CONVERSION. 8 Thnn wilt in m« rovoal thy name, 'riinii wilt thy liKlit nlFonl ; Bo'nitl Ami oppreHwil, yot thine I am, The |iriMoiiur of the Lord. 4 Now, I/inl, if thou nrt power, descend, 'I'he inoiintain sin riMiiove ; My »inln'liff ninl troubhvs end. If thou art Tnith and Love. 6 Show me the blood that bought my |>eace, The covenant blood apply, And all my grii'fs at om^e shall cease, And all my sins shall die. 313 2s. Re-ttnmttnn thmvgh ths Spirit 1 pOME, holy, cpjpstinl Dove, \J To visit a sorrowful breast^ My burden of gtiilt to remove, And bring me assurance and rest, Thou only hast po\v«T to relieve A sinner o'erwlielmed with his load, The sense of acceptance to give. And sprinkle his heart with the blood. 2 Thy call il l ever have known, And itighed Iruni niyseil to get free, And groaned the uuHpuHkaltle groun, And lunged to be happy in thee ; FulHI the imperfect desire, Thy peace to my conscii nee reveal, The sense ol thy favour inspire. And give me my pardon to i'eel. 3 Most merciful Spirit of grace. Relieve me again, and restore { Mv spirit in holiness raise. To fall and to sulfer no more. Come, heavenly Comforter, come, True Witness of mercy divine, And make me thy permanent home, And seal me eternally thine. 314 83. Prayer for restoration fmm iarkilldtng. t TJO^^ shall a lost sinner in pain n Recover his forfeited peace ? When brought into bondage again. What hoj)e of a second release t Will mercy itself be so kind To 8j)are such a rebel as mo t And O can I possibly tind Such plenteous redemption in thee f 2 Jesus, in pity draw near, Come r|uickly to help a lost soul ; To comfort a mourner Hpf)ear, And make * ^K>or Laziu-iw whole ! The balm of thy mercy applr ; Thou seest the sore aneiiisb I feel ; Save, Lord, or I perish, I die I save, or 1 sink into hell I 8 I sink, if thou longer delay Thy pardoning mercy to show ; Come quickly, and kindly disjilay The !)ower of thy passion below. The help of thy Spirit restore. And show me the life-giving blood. And pardon a sinner once more. And bring me again unto Cod. 315 7.6,7.6,7,8,7,6. Coming to tha Lamb qf God. 1 T AMB of God, for sinners slain, Jj To thee 1 feebly pray ; Heal me of my grief and pain, O take my sins away ! From this bondage. Lord, release ; No longer let me be ojtprest : Jesus, Master, seal my neace. And take me to thy iiruast I 2 Wilt thou cast a sinner out, Who humbly comes to thee f No, my Cod, I cannot doubt. Thy mercy is for me ; Let me then obtain the grace. And be of paradise possest : Jesus, Master, seal my j»eace. And take me to thy breast I 8 Worldly good I do not want, Be that to others given ; Only for thy love I pant. My all in earth and heaven ; This the crown I fain would seize, The good wherewith I would be blest : Jesus, Master, seal my jjcace, And take me to thy breast I 4 This dell<;ht 1 fain would prove, And then resign my bnath ; Join the hajtpy few whose love Was mightier than death. Let me not my Lord dis-please. That I would die to be thy guest : Jesus, Master, 5.eal my j)eace, Aud take me to thy breast t 316 7,6,7,0,7,8,7,0. " Go in peaa'., and $in no more.'* 1 TESUS, Friend of sinners, hear, f) Yet once a^;ain I pray : From my debt of sin set clear, For 1 have nought to pay ; PENITENCE AND TRUST. Speak, snenk, the kind release^ A poor backsliding soul restore ; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. 2 For my selfishness and pride, Thou ha8t withdrawn thy grace , Left me long to wander wide, An outcast from thy face ; But 1 now my sins confess, And mercy, mercy, I implore ; Love me freely, seal my peace. And bid mc sin no more. 8 Though my sins as niounUiins rise. And swell and roach to hcavcu, Mercy is above the skies, I may be still forgiven ; Infinite my sins' increase. But greater la thy niercy's store ; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no mure 4 Sin's dcfoitfulness hntli spread A ha; liiess o'er my heart; But if ti^ou thy Spiiit shed, The hrirdiiess shall depart: Shed thy \ove, thy teiideriiesR And let me K-el thy softening power ; Love me freely, senl Jiiy jieace, And bid ine sin no more. 6 tor thift only thing I pray. And this will I reipiire, Take (|)« power of sin nway, Fill me with pnre desire ; Perfect me in holiness, Thine image to my soul restore ; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. 317 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. Chriit'i death the $lnner'a pica, 1 T ET the world their Wrtue boast, Jj Their work> of righteousuosa, I, a wretch undone and lost. Am freely saved by grace ; Other title 1 disclaim ; Thisi only this, is all my plea : I the chief of sinners am. But Jusus died for me. 2 I, like Gideon's fleece, am found Unwatered still, and dry, Wl-ile the dew on all aiound Falls iilenteous from the sky ; Yet my Lord I cannot blame. The Saviour's grace for all is £ree ; 1 the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. 8 Surely he will lift me tip. For I of him have need ; I can not give up my hoj>e, Though I am cold and dead ; To bring fire on earth he came ; that it now might kindled be 1 I the chief of sinners am. But Jesus died for me. 4 Jesus, thou for me hnst died. And thou in me wilt live ; I shall feel thy death applied, 1 shall thy life receive ; Yet, when melted in the (lama Of love, this shall l)e all my plea : I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. 318 1 T ORD, and Li And art After all H.al 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. The joy of forgiveness. ORD, and is thine nnger gone 1 llion pacilied I al I have done, Dosi thou no longer chide f Infinite ili\ mercies are ; Beneath the weight 1 cannot move; 'tis more than 1 can bear. The sense of pardoning love I 2 fiCt it still my heart co-nstrain, And all my passions sway ; Keep me lest 1 turn again O'lit of the narrow way ; For'e my violence to be still. And captivate my every thought; Charm, and melt, and change my will. And bring me down to nought. 8 See my utter helplessness, Anil leave me not alone ; i)reserve in perfect peace, And seal me for thine own f Moie and more tliyself reveal. Thy presence let me always find ; Comfort, and confirm, and heal My feeble, sin-sick mind. 4 As an apple of an eye Thy weakest servant keep ; Help me at thy feet to lie, And there for ever weep ; Tears of joy mine eyes o'erflow, That 1 have any hojie of heaven ; Much of love I ought to know, For I have much forgiven. 81 REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. 319 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. r^ Woman qf Canaan. 1 T ORD, regard my earnest cry, IJ A potslierd of the earth ; A poor guilty worm am 1, A Canaanite by birth ; Save me from this tyranny, From all the power of Satan savo ; Mercy, mercy upon me, Thou Son of David, have I 2 Nothing am I in thy sight, Nothing have I to plead ; tlnto dogs It is not right To cast the chihlreu's bread ; Yet the dogs the crumbs may eat, That from the master's table fall ; Let the fragments be my meat ; Thy grace is free for all. S Give me, Lord, the victory, My heart's (lesire fuliU ; Let it now be done to me According to my will f Give me living bread to eat, And say, in answer to my call, " Canaanite, thy faith is girat ; My grace is free for all ! " 4 If thy grace for all is free. Thy call now let me hear j Show this token upon me, And bring salvation near ; Now the gracious word repeat, The word of healing to my soul ; " Canaanite, thy faith is great ; Thy faith hath made thee whole ! " 320 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. " The Lord turned and looked upon Peter," 1 TESUS, let thy pitying eye (J Call back a wandeiing sheep ; False to thee, like Peter, I Would fain, like Peter, weep. Let me be by grace restored ; On me be all long-suffering shown ; Turn, and look upon me. Lord, And break my neart of stone. 2 Saviour, Prince, enthroned above, Repentance to impart. Give me, through thy dying love, The humble, contrite heart ; Speak the reconciling word. And let thy mercy melt me down ; Turn, and look upon me. Lord, And break my neart of stone. 3 For thine own compassion's sake, The gracious wonder show ; Cast my sins behind thy back, And wash mo white as snow ; Speak my paradise restored, Rttltiem me by thy grace alone ; Turn, and look upon mo, Lord, And break my heart of stone. 4 Look, as when thy languid eye Was closed, that we might live ; " Father," at the point to die My Saviour gasped, " forgive I " Surely, with that dying word, [done!" He tuiiis, and looks, and cries, "Tis my bleeding, loving Lord, Thou break at my heart of stone I 321 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. tleallng and purity in Christ. 1 TT7RETC1IED, helpless, and distrest, \V Ah! whither shall I fly? Ever seeking after rest, I cannot nud it nigh ; Naked, sick, and poor, and blind, Fast bound in sin and misery. Friend of sinners, let me find My help, my all, in thee I 2 I nm sinful and unclean, Thy purity I want ; My whole head is sick with sin, And my whole heart is faint ; Full of putrefying sores, Of bruises, and of wounds, my soul Looks to Jesus, help implores, And gasps to be made whole. 8 In the wilderness I stray. My foolish heart is blind ; Nothing do I know ; the way Of peace I cannot find ; Jesus, Lord, restore my sight, And take, take, the veil away! Turn my darkness into light, My midnight into day. 4 Jesus, full oi truth and grace. In thee is all I want ; Be the wanderer's resting-place, A cordial to the faint ; Make me rich, for I am poor ; In thee may I my Eden find ; To the dying health restore. And eye-sight to the blind. 90 PENITENCE AND TRUST. 5 Clothe mo with thy holiness, Thy moek humility ; Put on me my glorious droKs, Endtie my soul with tlieo ; lift thin*' inmge be rest'urd, Thy name and natiire let tne prove, With thy fidupss fill mo, Lord, And perfect me in love. 322 6-^^ Repentd ace, faith, and pardon souyht. 1 r\ 'TIS enou;?h, my Hod, my Cod ! \J Here let me give my wanderings o'er ; No longer trample on thy blood, And grieve thy gentleness no more ; No more thy lingering anger move, Cr sin again.st thy light and love. 2 Lord, if mercy is with tho^. Now let it all on me be shoAvn ; On me, the chief of sinners, me, Who humbly for thy mercy groan ; Me to thy Father's grace restore, Nor let me ever grieve thee more J 8 Fountain of unexhausted love. Of infinite compassions, hear ! My Saviour and my I'rinee above. Once more in my behalf appear ; Reitentance, faith, and pardon give ; let me turn again and live I 323 ^-8s- Prayer for salvation by graet. 1 r\ GOD, if thou art love indeed, yj Let it once more be proved in me, That I thy mercy's praise may spread, For every child of Adam free ; let me now the gift embrace ! let me now be saved by grace ! 2 If all long-suffering thou hast shown On me, that others may believo, Now make thy loving-kindness known ; Now the all-con()uering Spirit give. Spirit of victory and power. That I may never grieve thee more. 3 Grant my importunfite request ; It is not my desire, but thine ; Since thou wouldst have the sinner blest, Now let me in thine image shine ; Nor ever from thy footsteps move. But more than conquer through thy love. 4 Rf it according to thy will ; Set my imprisoned spirit free; The coun«!<'l of thy giaee fuUil ; Into tliv glorious liberty My spirit, soul, and flesh restore, And 1 shall never grieve thee more. 324 6-83. Tht wanderer returning to Chrtit. 1 TESUS, I'nou know'st my sinfulness, J My faults are not concealed from thee ; A sinner in my last distrpss. To thy dear wounds I fain would flee. And never, never thenee depart. Close sheltered in thy loving heart. 2 How shall I find the living way. Lost, and confused, and dark, and blind? Ah ! Lonl, my soul is gone astray ; Ah ! Shepherd, seek my soul and find. And in thine arms of mercy take. And bring the weary wanderer back. 3 Weary and sick of sin I am ; 1 hate it, Lord, and yet I love ; When wilt thou rid me of my shame ? When wilt thou all my load remove T Destroy the fiend that lurks within. And si)eak the word of power, ** Be clean!" 4 Sin only let me not commit, Sin never can advance thy praise ; And, lo ! I lay me at thy feet, And wait unwearied all my days. Till my aj)pointed time shall come, And liou shalt call thine exile home. 325 6-8s. Pleading with Christ for MalvatUtn. 1 T)EGARDLESS now of things below, W Jesus, to thee my heart aspires, Determined thee alone to know. Author and end of my desires ; Fill me with righteousness divine ; To end, as to begin, is thine. 2 Ah ! show me, Lord, my depth of sin ; Ah I Lord, thy depth of mercy show; End, Jesus, end this war within : No rest my spirit e'er shall know, Till thou thy quickening influence give; Breathe, Lord, and these dry bones shall live. ftl ^> V] <^ /a ^1 / /A IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 !l»^- IIM 1S6 132 mil on £Bi. I.I 2.2 1.8 Photographic Sdences Coiporation // ^^ .^ii.. 1-25 1 1.4 1.6 ■« 6" ► 4 1 •S5 V \-^ <^ "% :V ^V >A 6^ >J^ 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. M580 (716) 872-4503 REPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. 8 There, still before the throne thou art, The Lamb ere eaith's foundation slain ; Take thou, take this guilty heart f Thy blood will wash out every stain ; No cross, no suiTerings I decline ; Only let all my heart be thine. 326 6,6,7,7,7,7. " Ovi tf (k$ depths 1ufv$ I erkd unto thet." 1 AUT of the deep I cry, \j Just at the point to die ; Hastenine to eternal pain, Jesus, Lord, I crv to thee ; Help a feeble child of man, Show forth all thy power in me. 2 On thee I ever call. Saviour and Friend of all ; Well thou know'st my desperate case ; Thou my curse and sin remove, Save me by thy richest grace, Save me by thy pardoning lore. 8 I will not let thee go, Till I thy mercy know ; Let me hear the welcome sound ; Speak, if still thou canst forgive ; Speak, and let the lost be found ; Speak, and let the dying live. i Thy love is all my plea. Thy passion spealcs for me ; By thy pangs and bloody sweat. By thy depth of grief unknown, Save me, fainting at thy feet, Save, save, thy ransomed one t 5 What hast thou done for me 1 think on Calvary ! By thy mortal groans and sighs, By thy precious death I pray. Hear my dying spirit's cries, Take, take, my sins away I 327 ^ M. The fear eterate plague can cure. 4 Helpless howv'er my spirit lies. And long he th languished at the pool, A word of thine shall make me rise, .And speak me in a moment whole. 5 Make this the acceptable hour ; Come, my soul's Physician, thou. Display thy sanctifying power, And show me thy salvation now I 329 !•• M Jesus an uncJiangeabte Saviour. 1 TESUS, thy far-extended fame J My drooping soul exults to hear ; Thy name, thy all-restoring name, is music in a sinner's ear. 2 Sinners of old thou didst receive With comfortable words a" 1 kind. Their sorrows cheer, their Nvants relieve, Heal the diseased, and cure the blind. 3 And art thou not the Saviour still. In every place and age the same t Hast thou forgot thy gracious skill, Or lost the virtue of thy name f 4 Faith in thy changeless name I have ; The good, the kmd physician, thou Art able now our souls to save, Art willing to restore them now. ■ 1 92 PENITENCE AND TRUST. i; le! M. to el; id, ,ve. le, ■ ire. ool, " u ,^^ 6 All my disease, my every sin, T(v thee, Jesus, I confess ; In i)ardon, Lord, my cure begin, And perfect it in liolincss. That token of thine utmost good Now, Saviour, now on me bestow ; And purge my conscience with thy blood. And wash my nature white ca snow. 330 L. M. Prayer for a tln-s*ck $oui. 1 rv GOD, to whom, in flesh revealed, vJ The helpless all for succour came, The sick to be relieved and healed. And found salvation in thy name, — 2 Thou seest me helpless and distrest. Feeble, and faint, and blind,and poor; Weary, I come to thee for rest, And sick of sin, implore a cure. 8 A touch, a word, a look from thee, Can turn my heart, and make it clean ; Purge the foul, inbred leprosy, And save me from ray bosom sin. 4 Lord, if thou wilt, I do believe Thou canst the saving grace impart ; Thou canst this instant now forgive, ^nd stamp thine image on my heart. 5 Be it according to thy word, Accomplish now thy work in me ; And let my soul, to health restored, Devote its little all to thee. 331 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. The pool cfBethesda. 1 TESTIS, take my sins away, (I And make me know thy name ; Thou art now, as yesterday And evermore, the same. Thou my true Bethesda be ; 1 know within thine arms is room ; All the world may unto thee, Their House of Mercy, come. 2 Mercy then there is for me, Away my doubts and fears I Plagiied with an infirmity For many tedious years. Jesus, cast a pitying eye ! Thcu long hast known mv desperate case ; Poor and helpless here I lie, And wait the healing grace. 8 Long hath thy good Spirit strove W'th my distempered soul. But 1 still refused thy love. And would not be made whole ; Hardly now at last I yield, I yield with all my sins to part ; Let my soul be fully healed, And throughly cleansed my heart. 332 7,6,7,0,7,8,7,6 Pleading the blood of the Lamb. 1 n OD of my salvation, hear, vJ And help me to believe I Simply do I now draw near, Thy blessing to receive ; Full of sin, alas ! I am. But to thy wounds for refuge flee : Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. 2 Standing n&w as newly slaip. To thee I lift mine eye ; Balm of all my grief and pain, Thy grace is always nigh ; Now, as yesterday, the same Thou art, and wilt for ever be : Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. 8 Nothing have I, Lord, to pay, Nor can thy grace procure ; Empty send me not away. For I, thou know'st, am poor ; Dust and ashes is my name, My all is sin and misery : Friend of sinners, si)otloss Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. i No good word, or work, or thought, Bring I to gain thy grace ; Pardon I accept unbought, Thy proffer 1 embrace ; Coming, as at Hr&t I came, To take, and not bestow on thee : Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. 5 Saviour, from thy wounded side I never will depart ; Here will I my spirit hide When I am pure in heart ; Till my place above I claim, This on!v shall be all my plea. Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb^ , Thy blood was shed for me. 98 "Trrjiri EEPENTANCE AND CONVERSION. 333 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. Chasttsenent leading to repentance. 1 TIATHER, if then must reprove j} For all that I have done, Not in anger, but in love Chastise thine humbled son ; Use the rod, and not the sword, Correct with kind severity ; Bring me not to nothing, Lord, But bring me home to thee. 2 True and faithful as thou art. To all thy Church and me, Give a new, believing heart, That knows and cleaves to thee ; Freely our backslidings heal, And, by thy precious blood restored, Grant that every soul may feel, *' Thou art mj- pardoning Lord J " 3 Might we now with pure desire Thine only love request ; Now, with willing hearts entire, Return to Christ our rest. When we our whole hearts resign, Jesus, to be filled with thee, Thou art ours, and we are thine. Through all eternity. 334 76,7,6,7,8,7,6. " Keep me, Lord." 1 QON of God, if thy free grace (O Again hath raised me up, Called me still to seek thy face, And given me back my hope ; Still thy timely help afford, \nd all thy loving-kindness show r Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go I 2 By me, my Saviour, stand. In sore temptation's hour ; Save me with thine outstretched hand. And show forth all thy power ; be mindful of thy word. Thy all-sufficient grace bestow : Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go ! 8 Give me, Lord, a holy foar, And fix it in my heart. That I may from evil near With timely care depart ; Sin be more than hell abhorred ; Till thou destroy the tyrant foe, Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, Ajid never let me go 1 94 4 Never let me leave thy breast. From thee, my Saviour, stray ; Thou art my support and rest, My true and living way ; My exceeding great reward, In heaven above, and earth below : Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go ! 335 • 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. The Good Samaritan. 1 A THOU good Samaritan, U In thee is all my hope ! Only thou canst succour man, And raise the fallen up ; Hearken to my dying cry ; My wounds compassionately see ; Me, a sinner, pas- not by, Who gasps for help from thee. 2 Saviour of my soul, draw nigh. In mercy haste to me ; At the point of death I lie, And cannot come to thee ; Now thy kind relief afford. The wine and oil of grace pour in ; Good Physician, speak the word. And heal my soul of sin. 8 Pity to my dying cries Kath drawn thee from above ; Hovering over me, with eyes Of tenderness and love, Now, ev'n now, I see thy face ; The balm of Gilead I receive ; Thou hast saved me by thy grace. And bid the sinner live. 4 Perfect, then, the work begun. And make the sinner whole ; All thy will on me be done, My body, spirit, soul ; Still preserve me safe from harms. And kindly fc thy patient care ; Take me, Jesus, to thine arms, And keep me ever there. 336 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6. Pardon for tin$ against light and lovt. WILL hearken what the Lord Will say concerning me ; Hast thou not a gracious word For one who waits on thee f Speak it to my soul, that I May in thee hare peace and power, Never from my Saviour fly. And never grieve thee more. 4 ,r^ BELIEVERS REJOICING. ). •■ .6. How have I thy Spirit grieved S'nce first with me he strove, Obstinately disbelieved, And trampled on thy love. I have si^^ned against the light ; I have broke from thy embrace ; No, I would not, when I might, Be freely saved by grace. After all that I have done To drive thee from my heart. Still thou wilt not leave thine own, Thou wilt not yet depart ; Wilt not give the sinner o'er ; Ready art thou now to save ; Bidd'st me come, as heretofore, Th.:,t I thy life may have. thou meek and gentle Ijamb, Fury is not in thee ! Thou continuest still the same, And itill thy grace is free ; Still thine arms are open wide. Wretched sinners to receive ; Thou hast once for sinners died. That all may turn and live. Lo ! I take thee at thy word ; My foolishness I mourn ; Unto thee, my loving Lord, However late, I turn ; Yes, I yield, I peld at last. Listen to thy speaking blood ; Me, with all my sins, I cai:t On my atoning God I Section VI. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 1.— BELIEVEKS REJOICING. 337 s. " Come btfore hii promt* wiXK tinging. " 1 nOME, ye that love the Lord, \J And let your joys be known, ' Join in a song with sweet accord. While ye surround his throne. Let those refuse to sing Who never knew our God ; But servants of the heavenly King M*y apeftk their joys abroad. M. The God that rules on high. That all the earth surveys, That lides upon the stonny sky. And calms the roaring seas ; This awful God is ours, Our Father and our Love ; He will send down his heavenly powers To carry us above. There we shall see his face. And never, never sin ; There, from the rivers of his grace, Di-ink endless pleasures in ; Yea, and before we rise To that immortal state. The thoughts of such amazing bliss Should constant joys create. The men of grace have found Glory begun below ; Celestial fruit on earthly ground From faith and hope may grow. Then let our songs abound. And every tear be dry ; [ground, We're marching through Immanuel's To fairer worlds on high. 338 B. SI. " By grace are ye saved." 1 n RACE I 'tis a charming sound, VJ Harmonious to the ear ; Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 2 Grace first contrived a way To save rebellious man ; And all the steps that grace display. Which drew the wondrous plan. 3 Grace taught my roving fe«t To tread the heavenly road ; And new supplies each hour I meet. While pressing on to God. 4 Grace all the work shall crown Through everlasting days ; It lays in heaven the topmost stoue, And well deserves our praise. 339 H' 8. H<< TheoMturance qf forgiveneia. OW can a sinner know His sins on earth forgiven f How can my gracious Saviour shu«v My name inscribed in heaven f What we have felt and seen, With confidence we tell. And [tuhlish to the sons of mea The signa ifllfUUUe. 05 THE CHBISTIAN LIFE. 2 We who in Christ believe That he for us hath died, We all his unknown poare receive, And feel his hlood applied ; Exults our rising soul, Disburdened of her load, And swells unutterably full Of glory and of God. 8 His love, surpassing far The love of all beneath, We find within our hearts, and dare The pointless darts of death. Stronger than death and hell. The mystic power we prove ; And, contiuerors of the world, we dwell In heaven, who dwell in love. 4 We by his Spirit prove And know the things of God, The thiuM which freely of his love He hath on us bestowed ; His glory our design. We live our God to please ; And rise, with filial fear divine^ To perfect holiness. 340 ^' ^' The ways of Wisdom, . 1 U -A^I*PY the man who finds the grace, JjL The blessing of God's chosen race, The wisdom coming from above. The faith that sweetly works by love. 2 Happy beyond description he Who knows the Saviour died for me, The gift unspeakable obtains, And neaveuly understanding gains. 8 Wisdom divine ! who tells the price Of wisdom's costly merchandise ? Wisdom to silver we prefer. And gold is dross compared to her. 4 Her hands are filled with length of da^s, True riches, anJ immortal praise, Biches of Christ on all bestowed, And honour that descends from God. 6 To purest joys she all invites, Chaste, holy, spiritual delights ; Her ways are ways of pleasantneu. And all her flowery paths are peace. 6 Happy the man who wisdom gains ; Thrice happy, who his guest retains ; He owns, and shall forever own, Wisdom,and Christ,and heaven,are one. 341 L. M. The Beatttudet. 1 "HLEST are the humble souls that see AJ Their emjjtiness and poverty ; Treasures of grace to them are given. And crowns of joy laid up in heaven. 2 Blest are the men of broken heart. Who mourn for sin with inward smart ; The blood of Christ divinely flows, A healing balm for all their woes. 8 Blest are the souls that long for grace, Hunger and thirst for righteousness ; They shall be well supplied and fed. With living streams, and living bread. 4 Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the denling power of sin ; With endless pleasure they shall see The God of spotless purity. 6 Blest are the sufferers, who partake Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake ; Their souls shall triumph in the Lord ; Glory and joy are their reward. 6 These are the men, the holy race, > Who seek the God of Jacob's face ; These shall enjoy that blissful sight. And dwell in everlasting light. 342 L. M. Primitive Christianity. 1 TJAPPY the souls that first believed, 11 To Jesus and each other cleaved. Joined by the unction from above. In mystic fellowship of love. 2 Meek, simple followers of the Lamb, They lived, and spake, and thought the same ; They joyfully conspired to raise With ceaseless sacrifice of praise. 8 With grace abundantly endued, A pure, believing multitude. They all were of one heart and soul, And only love inspired the whole. 4 what an age of golden days t what a choice, peculiar race 1 [blood, Washed in the Lamb's all-cleansing Anointed kings and priests to God 1 5 The gates of hell cannot prevail ; The Church on earth can never fail : We, too, may {lower and grace receiY«| Thy faithful witneues to live. m DELIEVERS REJOICING. M. red, red, ittbe K blood, lansing l)dl I* fatt: 6 Join every sonl that looks to thee, In bonds of perfect charity ; The fulness of thy love impart, To make and keep us one in heart. 343 L- ^• »••//« that glortetli, let him glory In (he Lord." 1 T ET not the wise his wisdom boast, Jj The mighty glory in his might, The rich in flattering riches trus,:. Which take their everlasting flight. 2 The rush of numerous years bears down The most gigantic strength of man ; And where is all his wisdom gone, When dust he turns to dust again f 3 One only gift can justify The boasting soul that knows his God; When Jesus doth his blood apply, I glory in his sprinkled blood. 4 The Lord my Righteousness I praise, I triumph in the love divine, [grace, The wisdom, wealth, and strength of In Christ to endless ages mine. 344 <^' ^• •* The greatett tf these is Charity." 1 TJAPPY the heart where graces reign, Xl Where love inspires the breast ; Love is the briglitest of the train, And nerfeuts all the rest. 2 KnowleJc^e, alone, is all in vain, And all in vain our fear ; Our stubborn sins will fight and reign. If love be absent there. 3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet In swift obedience move ; The devils know, and tremble too. But Satan cannot love. 4 Tliis is the grace that lives and sings, When faith and hope shall cease ; 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In the sweet realms of bliss. 5 Before we aiiite forsake our clay. Or leave i>iis dark abode, The wings of love bear us away To see our gracious God. 345 c. Unity and happiness cf the ChurcTi, 1 TJAPPY the souls to Jesus joined, xl And saved by grace alone ; -- Walking in all his ways, they find Their heavea on earth begun. M. 2 The Church triumphant in thy love, Their mighty joys we know ; They sing the Lamb in hymns above. And we in hymns below. 3 Thoe in thy glorious realm they praise, And bow before thy throna ; We in the kingdom of thy grace : The kingdoms are but one. 4 The holy to the holiest leads. From thence our spirits rise ; And he that in thy statutes treads, Shall meet thee in the skies. 346 C. M. Bev. ill 20. 1 riOMTH, let us, who in Christ believe, \J Our common Saviour praise. To him with joyful voices give The glory of his grace. 2 He now stands knocking at the door Of every sinner's heart ; The worst need keep him out no more, Or force him to dej ^rt. 3 Through grace we hearken to thy voice. Yield to be saved from sin ; In sure and certain hope rejoice. That thou wilt enter in. 4 Come quickly in, thou heavenly guest, Nor ever hence remove ; But sup with us, and let the feast Be everlasting love. 347 c- M- Thejoyjulnundqf SdloatioH. ' 1 OALVATION ! O the joyful sound ! U What pleasure to our ears ! A sovereign balm to every wound, A cordial for our fears. Chorus. Glory, honour, praise, and power. Be unto the Lamb forever ; Jesus Christ is our Redeemer, Hallelujah, praise the Lord. Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around ; While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. Glory, honour, praise,anupower,&c. Salvation ! thou bleeding Lamb, To thee the praise belongs ! Salvation shall inspire ou ■ hearts, And dwfll upon our tongues. Glor)', honour, |>r8i8e^aud |>ower,&c. »7 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 348 10,10,11,11. "Tliejoy 0/ thy Salvation." 1 A WHAT shall I do my Saviour to \J 1 1 raise, [grace, So faithful and true, so plenteous in So strong' to deliver, so good to redeem, The weakest believer that hangs upon him ! 2 IIow happy the man whose heart is set free, Tlie i)eople that can be joyful in thee ! Their joy is to walk in the light of thy face, [grace. And still they are talking of Jesus's 3 For thou art their boast, their glory and power ; And I also trust to see the glad hour, My soul's ne'^ creation, a life from the dead, [head. The day of salvation, that lifts up my 4 For Jesus, my Lord, is now my defence ; I trust in his word, none plucks me from thonce ; [will do ; Since I have found favour, he all things My King and my Saviour shall make me anew. 5 Yes, Lord, I shall see the bliss of thine own, [kno^vn ; Thy secret to me shall soon be made For sorrow and sadness I joy shall re- ceive, [believe. And share in the gladness of all that 349 10,10,11,11. Thanksgiving for Divine goodness. 1 A HEAVENLY King, look down from V/ above I Assist us to sing thy mercy and love ; So sweetly o'erflowing, so plenteous the store, [more. Thou art still bestowing, and giving us 2 God of our life, we hallow thy Name! Our business and strife is thee to pro* claim ; [grace ; Accept our thanksgiving for creating The living, the living shall show forth thy praise. 8 Our Father and Lord, almighty art thou ; Preserved by thy word, we worship thee now; The bountiful Donor of all we enjoy, Our tongues to tline honour, and uves we employ. 4 But Oh I above all, thy kindness we praise, [the lost race ; From sin and from thrall which saves Thy Son thou hast given the world to redeem, him. And bring us to heaven, whose trust is in 6 Wherefore of thy love we sing and re- joice, With angels above we lift up our voice ; Thy love each believer shall gladly adore, For ever and ever, when time is no more. 350 10,10,11,11. The teaching qf Christ. 1 T ET all men rejoice, by Jesus restored! Jj We lift up our voice, and call him our Lord ; [thrall ; His joy is to bless us, and free us from From all that oppress us, he rescues us all. 2 Him Prophet, and King, and Priest we proclaim ; We triumph and sing of Jesus's Name ; Poor sinners he teaches to show forth his praise. And tell of the riches of Jesus's grace. 3 No matter how dull the scholar whom he Takes into his school, and gives him to see; A wonderful fashion of teaching he hath, And 'wise to salvation he makes us through faith. 4 The wayfaring men. though fools, shall not stray. His method so plain, so easy the way ; The simplest believer his promise may prove. And drink of the river of Jesus's love. 5 Poor outcasts of men, whose souls were despised, And left with disdain, by Jesus are prized ; [known. His gracious creation in us he makes And brings us salvation, and calls us his own. 351 11,12,11,12. Joy V nspeakdbU and full of glory. 1 llfY God, I am thine t what a comfort iVi divine, [is mine 1 What a blessing to know ihat my Jesua In the heavenly Lamb thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at ue «oimd of hia Name. BBLIEVSRS REJOIOINQ. we ce ; ,ves I to lim. is in I re- nce ; lore, ttore. L,ll. ;orcd! Ihim tirall ; , from ucs us lest we Name ; jrtlihis I grace. ^hombe him to lehath, ikea us lis, shall [e way ; lise may Is's love. Luis were [esus are ]|^own, ye makes Is us his 12,11,12. la comfort ][i8 mine t my Jesofl S' pylam, leBonnd 2 True pleasures abound in tbe rapturous sound ; [disc found. And whoever hath found it, hath para- My Jesus to know, and feel his blood flow, 'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below. 3 Yet onward I haste to the heavenly feast ; [taste. That, that is the fulness, but this is the And this I shall prove, till with joy I remove To the heaven of heavens in Jesus's love. 352 6,6,9,6,6,9. " In whom lelieving ye rejoice." 1 A HOW happy are they, U Who the Saviour obey. And have laid up their treasure above ! Tongue can never express The sweet comfort and peace Of a soul in its earliest love. 2 That sweet comfort of mine, When the favour divine I received through the blood of the Lamb; When my heart first believed. What a joy I received, What a heaven in Jesus's name 1 3 'Twas a heaven below My Redeemer to know. And the angels could do nothing more. Than to fall at his feet. And the story repeat, And the Lover of sinners adore. 4 Jesus all the day long Was my joy and my song ; that all his salvation might see i ** He hath loved me," I cried, " He hai- puflfered and died, To redeem such a rebel as me." 5 the rapturous height Ofthat holy delight Which I felt in the life-giving blood ! Of my Saviour possest, I was perfectly blest. As if filled with the fulness of God. 353 6,6,9,6,6,9. The joy ^ffaUh cm tarneat of AMven. 1 A HOW happy are we, \j Who in JestiB agree To expect his return from above 1 We sit under our Vine, And delightfully join In the praise of hit excellent love. 99 2 how pleasant and sweet. Is his name when we meet, Is his fruit to our spiritual taste I We are banqueting here On angelical cheer, And the joys that eternally last. 8 All invited bv him. We now drink of the stream Ever flowing in bliss from the throne ; Who in Jesus believe. We the Spirit receive That proceeds from the Father and Son. 4 The unspeakable grace He obtained for our race. And the spirit of faith he imparts ; Even liore we conceive How in heaven they live, By the kingdom of God in our hearts. 6 We remember the word Of our crucified Lord, When he went to prepare us a place ; *' I will come in that day, And transport you away, And admit to a sight of my face." 6 With most earnest desire After thee we aspire, And long thy appearing to see ; Till our souls thou receive In thy presence to live, And be perfectly happy in thee. 7 Come. r» Lord, from the skies. And command us to rise. To the mansions of glory above ; With our Head to ascend And eternity spend In % rapture of heavenly love. 354 6,6,9,6,6,9. BirtMay Hynrn. 1 pOME away to the skies, \j My beloved, arise. And rejoice in the day thou wast bom ; On this festival day, Come exulting away. And with singing to Sion return. 2 We have laid up our love Ancl our treasure above. Though our bodies continue below ; The redeemed of the Lord( We remember his word. And with singing to Paradise go. THB OHBISTIAN Lm. 8 For thy glory we are, All created to share Both the nature and kingdom divine ; But created again, That our souls may remain In time and eternity thine. 4 With thanks we approve The design of thy love, Which has joined us in Jesus's name ; So united in heart, That we never can pai-t, Till we meet at the feast of the Lamb. 6 Hallelujah we sing, To our Father and King, And his rapturous praises repeat ; To the Lamb tnat was slain, Hallelujah again, Sing all heaven, and fall at his feet ! 6 In assurance of hope We to Jesu ; look up, Till his banner unfurled in the air From our graves we shall see, And cry out, *' It is he ! " And fly up to acknowledge him there. 355 88. ' The Lord i$ my Shepkeri." \ rrHOU Shepherd of Israel, and mine, ± The joy and desire of my heart, For closer communion I pine, I long to reside where thou art ; The pastures I languish to find, Wliere all who their Shepherd obey Are fed, on thy bosom reclined, And screened from the heat of the day. 2 Ah t show me that happiest place, The place of thy people's abode, Where saints in an ecstasy gaze, And hang on their crucified Lord ; Thy love for a sinner declare. Thy passion and death on the tree ; My spirit to Calvary bear. To suffer and triumph with thee. 3 'Tis there, with the lambs of thy flock. There only, I covet to rest, To lie at the foot of the rock, Or rise to be hid in thy breast ; 'Tis there I would always abide, And never a moment depart ; Concealed in the cleft of thy side^ Eternally held in thy heaxt 356 8s. Ocdowrtnut THIS, this is the God we adore. Our faithful, unchangeable Friend; Whose love is as great as his power. And neither knows measure nor end. 'Tis Jesus, the First and the List", Whose Spiritshall guideus safe home; We'll praise him for all that is past, And trust him for all that's to come. 357 4-8s iL 2-G& Labour, prayer, and praise. 1 TTOW happy, gracious Lord, are we, XI Divinely drawn to follow thee, Whose hours divided are Betwixt the mount and multitude ; Our day is spent in doing good. Our night in praise and prayer, 2 With us no melancholy void, No period lingers unemployed. Or unimproved, below ; Our weariness of life is gone, Who live to serve our God alone. And only thee to know. 8 The winter's night and summer's day Glide imperceptibly away, Too short to sing thy praise ; Too few we find the happy hours. And haste to join those heavenly powers. In everlasting lays. 4 With all who chant thy Name on high. And, "Holv, Holy, Holy," ciy, A bright harmonious throng, We long thy praises to repeat. And restless l mg around thy seat The new, eternal song. oep 4-8s & 2-t)s. The Spirit of prai$$. 1 TESUS, thou soul of all our joys, tl For whom we now lift up our voice, And all our strength exeit, Vouchsafe the grace we humbly claim, Compose into a thankful frame. And tune thy people's heart. 2 While in the heavenly work we join. Thy glory be our whole design, 'Thy glory, not our own ; Still let us keep this end in view. And still the pleasing task puraue^ To please oar Qod aloneu i/ . 100 BELIEVERS REJOIOIKO. ad; nd. mc; » me. 2-Gb. ire, e, I day » (owers, high, |& 2-6S. voice, claim, join, •» bue, 8 Thee let us praise, our common Ijord, And sweetly join with one accord Thy ;;ood.nc88 to piuclaim ; Jesus, thyself in us reveal, And all our faculties shall feel Thy harmonizing name. 4 With calmly-reverential joy, let us all our lives employ In setting forth thy love ; And raise in death our triumph higher. And sing with all the heavenly choir, That endless song above I 359 <3' u- The Joy of Godf$ preaenei 1 "|V,TY God, the spring of all my joys, lli The life of my delights. The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights ! 2 In darkest shades, if thou appear. My dawning is begun ; Thou art my soul's bright morning star, And thou my rising sun. 8 The opening heavens around me shine, With beams of sacred bliss, If Jesus shows his mercy mine. And whispers I am his. 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word ; Run up with joy the shining way, To see and praise my Lord. 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death, I'd break through every foe ; The wings of love, and arms of faith, Would bear me conqueror through. 360 C. M. Communion with, God. TALK with us. Lord, thyself reveal. While here o'er earth we rove ; Speak to our hearts, and let us feel The kindling of th; love. With thee conversing, we forget All time, and toil, and care ; Labour is rest, and pain is sweet. If thou, my God, art here. Here then, my God, vouchsafe to stay, And bid my heart rejoice ; My bounding heart shall own thy sway. And echo to thy voice. Thou callest me to seek thy face ; 'Tis all I w4sh to seek ; To attend the whispers of thy grace^ And hear tiiee imy speak. 5 Let this my every hour employ, Till I thy gloiy see ; Enter into my blaster's joy. And find my heaven in thee. 361 C. M. Th* voice of Juux 1 T HEARD the voice of Jesus say, 1 " Come unto me and rest ; Lav down, thou weary one, lay down Thy head upon my breast I ' I came to Jesus as I was, Weary, and worn, and sad ; I found in him a resting-place. And he hath made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, " Behold, I freely give The livint; water, thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live ! " I came to Jesus, and I drank Of that life-giving stream ; My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, And now I live in him. 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, •' I am this dark world's Light ; Look unto mc, thy mom shall rise And all thy day be bright I " I looked to Jesus, and I found In him my Star, my Sun ; And in that light of life I'll walk, Till all my journey's done. 362 0. M. Pnlm xxliL 1 TITY Shepherd will supply my need, ilL Jehovah is his name ; In pastures fresh ho makes me feed, Beside the living stream. 2 He brings my wandering spirit back, When I forsake his ways ; And leads me, for his mercy's sake, In paths of truth and grace. 3 When I walkthrough theshadesof death, Thy presence is my stay ; A word of thy supporting breath Drives all my fears away. i Thy hand, in sight of all my foea^ Doth now my table spread ; My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head. 5 The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days ; may thine house be mine ahode^ And nil my work be praiae ! 101 THB OBRIBTIAll LIFl. 363 0. M. Paalm xx\\\.—Anot1ur Vtntm. 1 mllE Lord'smy Shepherd, I'll not want, 1 lie makes me down to lio In pastures green ; he Icadeth me llie quiet waters by. 2 My soul ho doth restore again, And me to walk doth make Within the paths of righteousnest. Even for his own name's sake. 3 Yea, thonch I walk in death's dark vale, Yet will I fear no ill ; For thou art with me, and thy rod And staif me comfort still. 4 My table thou hast furnished In presence of my foes ; My head thou doth with oil anoint, And my cup overflows. 6 Goodness and mercy all my life Shall surely follow me, And in God's house for evermore My dwelling-place shall be. 364 0- ^' The hlesstngs of talvatUm, 1 nOME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, vj One God in Persons Three, Bring back the heavenly biasing, lost By all mankind and me. 2 Thy favour and thy nature too, To me, to all restore ; Forgive, and after God renew, And keep us evermore. 3 Eternal Sun of Righteousness, Display thy beams divine, And cause the glories of thy face Upon my heart to shine. 4 Light in thy light may I see. Thy grace and mercy prove ; Revi '^eJ, and cheered, and blessed by thee, The God of pardoning love ! 5 Lift up thy countenance serene. And let thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Godhead reconciled. *i That all-comprising peace bestow On me, through grace forgiven ; The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of heaven. 366 L. M. PMlm Ixiil. 1 A GOD, my God, ray All thou art I \J Ere shines the dawn of nsing day. Thy sovereign light within my heart. Thy all-enlivening powor disi)lay. 2 For thee my thirsty soul doth pant, While in this desert land I live ; And hungry as I am, and faint. Thy love alone can comfort give. 8 In a dry land, behold I place My whole desire on thee, O Lord ; And more I joy to gain thy grace, Than all earth's treasures can afford. 4 More dear than life itself, thy Love My heart and tongue shall still employ ; And to declare thy praise will prove My peace, my glory, and my joy. 6 In blessing thee with grateful songs My happy life shall glide away ; The praise that to thy name belongs Hourly with lifted hands I '11 'pay. 6 Abundant sweetness, while I sing Thy love, my ravished heart o'erflows ; Secure in thee, my God and King, Of glory that no period knows. 366 ^- ^* Prayer for vUdom, love, and power. 1 TNTO thy erucious hands I fall, J. And witL the arms of faith embrace ; Kin^ of Glory, hear my call, O raise me, heal me, by thy grace I 2 Now righteous through thy wounds I am ; No condemnation now I dread ; 1 taste salvation in thy name. Alive in thee, my living Head. 3 Still let thy wisdom be my guide. Nor take thy light from me away ; Still with me let uxj jn^ce abide, That I from thee may never stray. 4 Let thy word richly in me dwell. Thy peace and love my portion be ; My joy to endure and do tny will, Till perfect I am found in thee. 5 Arm me with thy whole armour. Lord ; Support my weakness with thy might; Teach me to wield thy Spirit's sword, Andshield me in tlie threatening fight. 102 t BELIEVERS REJOICING. M. set ll am; be jrd; ight; Irord, 8 From faith to faith, from crace to grace, So in thy strength shall I go on ; Till heaven and earth flue from thy face, And glory end what grace begun. 367 ^- ^* Atcrihlng $atvatlon to Ood. 1 p LORY to God, whose sovereign grace vJ Hath animated lifeless stones ; Called U8 to stand before his face, And raised us into Abraham's sons I 2 The people that in darkness lay, In sin and error's deadly shade Have seen a glorious go3j)el day, In Jesus' lovely face displayed. 3 Thou only, Lord, the work hath done. And bared thine arm in all our sight; Hast made the reprobates thine own, And claimed the outcasts as thy right. 4 Thy single arm, Almighty Lord, To us the great salvation brought, Thy Word, thy all-creating Word, That spake at first a world from nought. 6 For this the saints lift up their voice. And ceaseless praise to thee is given ; For this the hosts above rejoice, We raise the happiness of heaven. 368 ^' ^' " They (hat wait upon th« Lord shall renew their strength." 1 A WAKE, our souls ! away our fears ! J\. Let every trembling thought be gone 1 Awake, and run the heavenly race, And put a cheerful courage on. 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road. And mortal spirits tire and faint ; But they forget the mighty God, That feeds the strength of every saint. 8 mighty God, thv matchless power Is ever new, and ever young. And firm endures, while endless years Their everlasting circles run ! A From thee, the ever-flowing Spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply ; While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and droop, and die. 5 Swift as the eagle cuts the air. We'll mount aloft to thine abode ; On wings of love our souls shall fly, ^ Kor tire along the heavenly road. 369 <" ^' "I will give thanlci *mto thee forever." 1 r\ OD of my life, throu^^h all my days, VJ My grateful powers shall sound thy praise ; My songs shall wake with oppnin.Cf li^ht, And cheer the dark and silent night. 2 Whenanxiouscareswould break my rest, And grief would tear my throbbing breast. Thy tuneful praises raised on high. Shall check tlie murmur and the sigh. 3 When death o'er nature shall prevail. And all the powers of lant^Uiige fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break. And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 4 But when that last conflict's o'er, And I am chained to earth no more, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the music of the skies ! 6 Soon shall I learn the exalted strains Which echo through the heavenly plains; And emulate, with joy unknown. The glowing seraphs round the throne. 6 The cheerful tribute will I give. Long as a deathless soul shall live ; A work so sweet, a theme so high, Demands and crowns eternity. 370 68s Joy and peace thrr4tgh believing. 1 "VfOW I have found the ground wlierein IN Sure my soul's anchor may remain. The wounds of Jesus, for my sm Before the world's foundation slain ; Whose mercy shall unshaken stay, When heaven and earth are fled away. 2 Father, thine everlasting grace Our scanty thought surpasses far ; Thy heart still melts with tenderness. Thy arms of love still open are. Returning sinners to receive, That mercy they may taste and live. 3 Love, thou bottomless abyss. My sins are swallowed up in thee ! Covered is my unrighteousness. Nor spot of guilt remains on me. While Jesus' blood, through earth and skies, Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries. 108 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. \ h 4 With faith I pinnge me in this sea, Here is my hope, my joy, my rest ; Hither, when hell assails, I flee, I look int' my Saviour's breast ; Away, sad doubt; and anxious fear I Mercy is all that's wiitten there. 5 Though waves and storms go o'er my head, Though strength, and health, and friends be gone. Though joys be withered all and dead. Though every comfort be withdrawn, On this my steadfast soul relies, — Father, thy mercy never dies. 6 Fixed on this ground will I remain. Though my heart fail, and flesh decay; This anchor shall my soul sustain. When earth's foundations melt away; Mercy's full power I then shall prove. Loved with an everlasting love. 371 6 8s. "IwiU tov$ thee, Lord, my ttrtngth." 1 rpHEE will I love, my strength, my 1 tower ; Thee will I love, my joy, my crown , Thee will I love, with all my power. In all thy works, and thee alone ; Thee will 1 love, till the pure fire Fills my whole soul with chaste desire. 2 I thank thee, uncreated Sun, That thy bright beams on me have shined ; I thank thee, who bast overthrown My foes, and healed my wounded mind; I thank thee, whose enlivening voice Bids my free heart in thee rejoice. 8 Uphold me in the doubti'ul race, Nor suffer me again to stray ; Strengthen my feet with steady pace Still to press forward in thy way ; My soul and flesh, lord of might, Fill, satiate, with heavenly light. 4 Give to mine eyes refreshing tears ; Give to my heart pure, hallowed fires; Give to my soul, with filial fears. The love that all heaven's host in- spires ; That all my powers, with all their might, lo thy sole glory may unite. 5 Thee will I love, my joy, my crown ; Thee will I love, my Lord, my God ; Thee will I love, beneath thy frown, Or smile, — thy sceptre, or thy rod ; What though my flesh andjieart decay, Thee shall 1 love in endless Jay I 372 6-8b. Thanksgiving for pardoning mercy. 1 IXfHAT am I, thou glorious God ! I if And what my father s house to thee. That thou such mercies hast bestowed On me, the chief of sinners, me ! I take the blessing from above. And wonder at thy boundless love. 2 Honour, and might, and thanks, and praise, I render to my pardoning God, Extol the riches of thy grace. And spread thy saving name abroad. That only name to sinners given, Which lifts poor dying worms to heaven. 3 Jesus, I bless thy gracious power. And all within me shouts thy name Thy name let every soul adore, Thy power let every tongue proclaim ; Thy grace let every sinner know. And find with me their heaven below. 373 6-8s. Isaiah Ix. 2-6. 1 mHE people that in darkness lay, X The confines of eternal nitjht, Have seen a joyful gospel day, The glorious beams of heavenly light ; His Spirit in our hearts hath shone. And snowed the Father in the Son. 2 father of everlasting grace. Thou hast in us thy name revealed, Hast multiplied the faithful race, Who, conscious of their pardon sealed. Of joy unspeakable possest. Anticipate their heavenly rest. 3 In tears we sowed, in joy we reap. And praise thy goodness all day long ; Him in our eye of faith we keep, Who gives us our triumphal song, And doth his cifts to all divide, A lot among the sanctified. 4 Not like the warring sons of men. With shouts, and garments rolled in blood, Our Captain doth the fight maintain ; But, lo ! the burning Siiirit of God Kindles In each a secret fire, And all our sins as smoke expire. 104 BELIEVERS REJOICING. 374 6-8a. Praimfor pardontng grae$. liled, >ng; Id in in; lod 1 n REAT God of wonders ! all thy ways vJ Display the attributes divine ; But countless acts of pardoning grace Beyond thy other wonders shine : Who is a pardoning God like thee ? Or who has grace so rich and free ? 2 Crimes of such horror to forgive, Such vile and guilty worms to spare, This is thy grand prerogative, And none may in this honour share: Who is a pardoning God like thee ? Or who has grace so rich and free ? 3 In wonder lost, with trembling joy We take the pardon of our God ; Pardon for crimes of deepest dye, A pardon bought with Jesus' blood : Who is a pardoning God like thee ? Or who has grace so rich and free ? 4 may this strange, this wondrous grace, This matchless miracle of love. Fill the wide earth with grateful praise. As now it fills the choirs above ! Who is a pardoning God like thee ? Or wl has grace so rich and free ? 375 7s. Praise for delivering graes. 1 TV TEET and right it is to praise ItI God, the Giver of all grace, God, whose mercies are bestowed On the evil and the good ; He foresees his creatures* call, Kind and merciful to all • ' Makes the sun on sinners rise, Showers his blessings from the skies. 2 Least of all thy creatures, we Daily thy salvation see : As by heavenly manna fed. Through a world of dangers led ; Through a wilderness of cares, Through ten thousand thousand snares ; More than now our hearts conceive, More than we could know and live I 8 Here, as in the lion's den, Undevoured we still remain ; Pass secure the watery flood, Hanging on the arm of God ; Here we raise our voices higher, Shout in the refiner's fire ; Clap our hands amidst the flame, Glory give to Jesus' name. Jesus' name in Satan's hour. Stands our refuge and our tower ; Jesus doth his own defend. Love, and save us to the end. Love shall make us persevere Till our conquering Lord appear. Bear us to our thrones above. Crown us with his heavenly love. 376 7s. Ishlah XXXV. 105 1 TJ ARK ! the wastes have found a voice, 11 Lonely deserts now rejoice. Gladsome hallelujahs sing. All around with jiraises ring ; Lo ! for us the wilds are glad. All in cheerful green arrayed ; Opening sweets they all disclose, Bud and blossom as the rose. 2 Ye that tremble at his frown. He shall lift your hands cast down ; Christ, who all your weakness sees. He shall prop your feeble knees. Ye of feeble hearts, be strong ; Jesus will not tarry long ; Fear not lest his truth should fail ; Jesus is unchangeable. 3 God, your God, shall surelv come. Quell your foes, and seal their doom ; He shall come and save you too ; We, Lord, have found thee true f Blind we were, but now we see ; Deaf, we hearken now to thee ; Dumb, for thee our tongues employ ; Lame, and, lo ! we leap for joy. 4 Faint we were, and parched with drought. Water at thy word gushed out ; Streams of grace our thirst repress, Starting from the wilderness ; Still we grasp th^ grace to know, Here forever let it (low. Make the thirsty land a pool ; Fix the Spirit in our soul. 377 6,6,7,7,7,7. The Living Way opened. 1 TESUS, to thee we fly, u On thee for help rely ; Thou our only refuge art, Thou dost all our fears control. Rest of every troubled heart, • , Life of every dying soul. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. ! ( I "We lift our joyful eyes, And see the dazzling prize, See the purchase of thy blood, Freely now to sinuers given ; Tnou the living way hast showed. Thou to us hast opened heaven. We now, divinely bold, Of thy reward lay hold ; All thy glorious joy is ours. All the treasures of thy love ; Now we taste the heavenly powers, I^ow we reign with thee above. Our anchor sure and fast Within the veil is cast ; Stands our never-failing hope Grounded in the holy place ; We shall after thee mount up See the Godhead face to face. 378 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. Bev. i. 4. 6. 1 mRUE and faithful Witness, thee, J. Jesus, we receive ; Fulness of the Deity, In all thy people live f First-begotten from the dead. Call forth thy living witnesses ; King of saints, thine empire spread er all the ransomed race. 2 Grace, the fountain of all good, Ye happy saints, receive, With the streams of peace o'erflowed. With all that God can give ; He who is, and was, in peace, And grace, and plenitude of power. Come, your favoured souls to bless, And never leave you more. 8 Let the Spirit before hi ^ throne, Mysterious One and -^even. In his various gifts se l down. Be to the churches given ; Let the pure serajihic joy From Jesus Christ, the Just, descend ; Holiness without alloy. And bliaa that ne'er shall end. 2.— BELIEVERS PRAYING. 379 6-88 *' The Spirit of grae€ and qf $upplieation." 1 TESUS, thou Sovereign Lord of all, fj The same through one eternal day, Attend thy feeblest followers' call. And instruct us how to pray ! Pour out the supplicating grace. And stir us up to seek thy face. 2 We cannot think a gracious thought. We cannot feel a good desire, Till thou, who calldst a world from nought, Tne power into our hearts inspire ; And then we in thy Spirit groan. And then we give thee back thine own. 3 Jesus, regard the joint complaint Of all thy tempted followers here. And now supply the common want. And send us down the Comforter ; The spirit of ceaseless prayer impart^ And nx thy Agent in our heart. 4 To help our soul's infirmity. To heal thy sin-sick people's care, To urge our all-prevailing plea, And make our nearts a house of prayer, The promised Intercessor give. And let us now thyself receive. 5 Come in thy pleading Spirit down To us who for thy coming stay ; Of all thy gifts we ask but one, We ask the constant power to pray ; Indulge us. Lord, in this request, Thou canst not then deny the rest. 380 6-8s. The power of faithful prayer. '0 WOri>ROUS power of faithful prayer, [grace ? What tongue can tell the almighty God's hands or bound or open are. As Moses or Elijah prays : Let Moses in the spirit groan. And God cries out, *' Let me alone ! " " Let me alone, that all my wrath May rise, the wicked to consume ! While justice hears thy praying faith, It cannot seal the sinner's doom ; My Son is in my servant's prayer, And Jesus forces me to spare. 3 106 BBLIXVEBS PRATING. -8s. Ihful }ace! ;hty Hh, 3 Father, we ask in Jesus' name, lu Jesus' power and spirit pray ; Divert thy vengeful thunder's aim I O turn thy threatening wrath away ! Our guilt and punishnuint remove, And magnify thy pardoning love. 4 Father, regard thy pleading Son I Accept his all-availing prayer. And send a peaceful answer down. In honour of our Spokesman there ; Whose blood proclaims our sins forgiven, And speaks thy rebel up to heaven. 381 6-8s. Compassion for the tuffering. 1 T ET God, who comforts the distrest, Jj Let Israel's Consolation hear ! Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request, And show thyself the Comforter ; And swell the unutterable groan. And breathe our wishes to the throne ! 2 We weep for those that weep below. And, burdened by the afflicted, sigh ; The various forms of human woe Excite our softest sympathy. Fill every heart with mournful care. And draw out all our souls in prayer. 3 We wrestle for the ruined race, By sin eternally undone. Unless thou magnify thy grace, And make thy richest mercy known. And make thy vanquished rebels find Pardon in Christ for all mankind. 4 Father of everlasting Love, To every soul thy Son reveal, Our guilt and sufferings to remove. Our deep, original wound to heal ; And bid the fallen race arise. And turn our earth to Paradise. 382 I" M. Prayer for yoimg converU. 1 A UTHOR of faith, we seek thy face J\ For all who feel thy work begun ; Confirm and strengthen them in grace, And bring thy feeblest children on. 2 Thou seest their wants, thou know'st their names. Be mindful of thy youngest care ; Be tender of thy new-born lambs. And gently in thy bosom bear. 3 The lion roaring for his prey. And ravening wolves on every side, Watch over them to tear and slay. If found one moment from their guide. / 4 Satan his thousand arts essays, His agents all their powers employ, To blast the blooming work of grace, The heavenly offspring to destroy. 5 Baffle the crooked Serpent's skill. And turn his sharpest darts aside ; Hide from their eyes the deadly ill, save them from the demon, Pride ! 6 In safety lead thy little flock. From hell, the world, and sin secure; And set their feet upon the rock. And make in thee their goings sure. 383 ^- ^^ Prayer for the penitent. 1 A LET the prieoners' mournful cries \J As incense in thy sight appear ! Their humble wailings pierce the skies. If haply they may feel thee near. 2 The captive exiles make their moans. From sin impatient to be free ; Call home, call home thy banished ones ! Lead captive their captivity I 3 Show them the blood that bought their peace. The anchor of their steadfast hope ; And bid their guilty terrors cease, And bring the ransomed prisoners up. 4 Out of the deep regard their cries ; The fallen raise, the mourners cheer ; Sun of Righteousness, arise. And scatter all their doubt and fear ! 5 Pity the day of feeble things ; gather every halting soul I And drop salvation from thy wings, And make the contrite sinner whole. 384 ^ ^• The mercy-sKtL 1 TIROM every stormy wind that blows, 1j From every swelling tide of woes, There is a calm, a sure retreat ; 'Tis found beneath the mercy-seat. 2 There is a place where Jesus sheds The oil of gladness on our heads, A place than all besides more sweet ; I. :i the blood-bought mercy-seat. 3 There is a place where spirits blend. Where friend holds fellowship with friend ; Though sundered far, by faith they meet Around one common mercy-seat. 107 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. I 4 Ah ! whither could we flee for aid, When tempted, desolate, dismayed t Or how the hosts of hell defeat, Had suffering saints no mercy-seat f 5 There, there on eagle wings we soar, And sin and sense molest no more ; And heaven comes down our souls to greet. While glory crowns the mercy-seat. " That they all may it one." 1 TTNCHANGEABLE, almighty Lord, U Our souls upon thy truth we stay; Accomplish now thy faithful word. And give, give us all one way I 2 let us all join hand in hand. Who seek redemption in thy blood, Fast in one mind and spirit stand, And build the temple of our God 1 3 Then all shall think and speak the same Delightful lesson of thy grace, One undivided Christ proclaim. And jointly glory in thy praise. 4 let us take a softer mould, Blended and gathered into thee ; Under one Shepnerd make one fold. Where all is love and harmony I 5 Regard thine own eternal prayer. And send a peacful answer down ; To us thy Father's name declare ; Unite and perfect us in one. 6 So shall the world believe and know. That God hath sent thee from above. When thou art seen in us below, And every soul displays thy love. 386 ^' ^' "I will eome in and tup vfith him." I QAVIOUR of all, to thee we bow, O And own thee faithful to thy word ; We hear thy voice, and open now Our hearts to entertain our Lord, 2 Come in, come in, thou heavenly Guest, Delight in what thyself hast given ; On thy own gifts and graces feast, And make the contrite heart thy heaven. ._ 3 Smell the sweet odour of our prayers, Our sacrifice of praise approve, And treasure up our gracious tears, And rest in thy reaeeming love. Beneath thy shadow let us sit, [bride. Call us thy friends, and love, and And bid us freely drink and eat Thy danties, and be satisfied. The heavenly manna faith imparts. Faith makes thy fulness all our own ; We feed upon thee in our hearts, And find that hzsrven and thou art one. 387 'I am the good Shepher±' 0. M. 1 TESUS, great Shepheid of the sheep, U To thee for help we fly ; Thy little flock in safety keep ; For, Oh ! the wolf is nigh. 2 Us into thy protection take. And gather with thy arm ; Unless the fold we first forsake. The wolf can ne\rer harm. 8 We laugh to scorn his cruiel power. While by our Shepherd's side ; The sheep he never can devour, Unless he first divide. 4 do not suffer him to part The souls that here agree ; But make us of one mind and heart, And keep us one in thee ! 5 Together let us sweetly live, Together let us die ; And each a starry crown receive, And reign above the sky. 388 ^' ^' " Continue ye in my love." 1 TESUS, united by thy grace, (J And each to each endeared, With confidence we seek thy face, And know our prayer is heard. 2 Still let us own our common Lord, And bear thine easy yoke, A band of love, a threefold cord. Which never can be broke. 3 Make us into one spirit drink ; Baptize into thy name ; And let us always kindly think, And sweetly speak, the same. 4 Touched by the loadstone of thy love, Let all our hearts agree, And ever towards each other move, And ever move towards thee. 6 To thee inseparably joined. Let all our sr'jrits cleave ; may we all the loving mind That wu in thee leceiT* I 8 108 BBLIBTEB8 PRATIITO. IC. 6 Grant this, and then from all below Insensibly remove ; [know, Our souls their change shall scarcely Made perfect first in love ! 7 Yet when the fullest joy is given, The w,me delight »' e prove, ' vrth, in paradise, in neaven, uar all in allis love. 389 c. M. Prayer far grwoth in frace. 1 fTRY us, O God, and search the ground X Of every sinful heart ; Whate'er of sin in us is found, bid it all depart I 2 When to the right or left we stray, Leave us not comfortless ; But guide our feet into the way Of everlasting peace. 3 Help us to help each other. Lord Each other's cross to bear ; Let each his friendly aid aftord, And feel his brother's care. 4 Help us to build each other up, Our little stock improve ; Increase our faith, confirm our hope, And perfect us in love. 5 Up into thee, our living Head, Let us in all things grow. Till thou hast made us free indeed. And spotless here below. 6 Then when the mighty work is wrought, Receive thy ready oride ; Give us in heaven a happy lot With all the sanctifiea. 390 ^' ^• " I will not Ze^ thu go uidut ikon Uen me." 1 QHEPHERD Divine, ourwants relieve, O In this our evil day, To all thy tempted followers give The power to watch and pray. 2 Long as our fiery trials last, Long as the cross we bear, let our souls on thee be cart In never-ceasing prayer ! 8 The Spirit of interceding grace Give us in faith to claim, To wrestle till we see thy face. And know thy hidden name. 4 Till thou thy perfect love impnrr. Till thou thyself bestow. Be this the cry of every heart, ** I will not let thee go : 5 " I will not let thee go, unless Thou tell thy name to me, With all thy great salvation bless. And make me all like thee. 6 " Then let me on the mountain-top Behold thy open face. Where faith in sight is swallowed up, And prayer in endless praise." 391 C. If S^elprayfr. 1 TIATHER of Jeaus Christ, my Lord, Jj I humbly deek thy face. Encouraged by the Saviour's word To ask thy pardoning grace. 2 Entering into my closet, I The busy world exclude, In secret prayer for mercy cry. And groan to be renewed. 8 Far from the paths of men, to thed I solemnly retire ; See, thou who dost in secret sec. And grant my heart's desire. 4 Thv grace I languish to receive. The Spirit of love and power, Blameless before thy face to live, To live and sin no more. 5 Fain would I all thy goodness feel, And know my sins for^ven. And do on earth thy pertect will As angels do in heaven. 6 Father, glorify thy Son, And grant what I require. For Jesus' sake the gift send down, And answer me by fire. 7 Kindle the flame of love within. Which may to heaven ascend ; And now the work of grace begin. Which shall in glory end. 392 C. M. 'OodiiHghV^ 1 r\ SUN of Righteousness, arise, \J With healing in thy wing ! To my diseased, my fainting soul, Life and salvation bring. 109 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 2 Thene clouds of pride and sin dispel, By thy all-pi<^rcin2 beam ; Lighten my eyes with faith, my heart With holy hope iutlame. 8 My mind, by thy all-quickening power, From low desires set free ; Unite my scattered thoughts, and fix My love entire on thee. 4 Father, thy long-lost son receive ; Saviour, thy purchase own ; Blest Comforter, with peace and joy Thy new-made creature crown, 6 Eternal, undivided Lord, Co-equal One and Three, On thee, all faith, all hope be placed ; All love be paid to thee. 393 0- M. Coming to the throne of grcuse. 1 T ORD, I approach the mercy-seat Jj Where thou dost answer prayer ; There humbly fall before thy feet, For none can perish there. 2 Thy promise is my only plea, With this I venture nigh ; Thou callest burdened souls to thee, And such, Lord, am L 8 Bowed down beneath a load of sin, By Satan sorely pressed. By war without, and fears within, I come to thee for rest. A Be thou my shield and hiding-plac^, That, sheltered near thy side, I may my iierce accuser face. And tell him thou hast died. 6 wondrous love ! to bleed and die, To bear the cross and shame. That guilty sinners such as I Might plead thy gracious name. 394 c* ^' Prayer for HTUserity. 1 T ORD,whenwe bend before thy throne, Jj And our confessions pour. Teach us to feel the sins we own. And hate what we deplore. 2 Our broken spirits, pitying, see ; And penitence impart ; And let a kindling glance from thee Beam hope upon the heart. 8 When we disclose our wants in prayer. May we our wills resign, And not a thought our bosom share That is not wholly thine. 4 May faith each weak petition fill. And waft it to the skies ; And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still That grants it, or denies. 396 c. ii "Lord, increase our faith." 1 TNCREASE oiu- faith, almighty Lord ! X For thou alone canst give The faith that takes thee at thy word. The faith by which we live. 2 Increase our faith, that we may claim Each starry promise sure ; And always triumph in thy name, And to the end endure. 3 Increase our faith, Lord, we pray. That we may not depart From thy commands, but all obey With free and faithful heart. 4 Increase o'^r faith, that never dim Or faltering it may be ; Crowned with the perfect peace of him Whose mind is stayed on thee, 5 Increase our faith, that unto thee More fruit may still abound ; That in the harvest time may be To thy great glory found. 6 Increase our faith, Saviour dear^ By thy rich sovereign grace, Till, changing faith for vision clear, We see thee face to face. 396 ^' ^• The Lord's Prayer. 1 AUR Father, God, who art in heaven, U All hallowed be thy name ; Thy kingdom come ; thy will be done In heaven and earth the same, 2 Give us this day our daily bread ; And, as we those forgive Who sin against us, so may we Forgiving grace receive. 8 Into temptation lead us not ; ; From evil set us free ; And thine the kingdom, thine the power And glory, ever b«. 110 BELIEVERS PRATINQ. ' M. ine 9wer 397 c. M. •• Lord, feoc* u» to pray." 1 T)RAYER is the soul's sincere desire, X Uttered or unexi»resserl ; The motion of a hidden tire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye. When none but God is near. 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Mi^esty on high. 4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice Retnrnine from his ways ; While angels in their songs rejoice, And cry, " Behold he prays ! " 6 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air ; His watchword at the gates of death ; He enters heaven with prayer. 6 The saints in prayer appear as one, In word, and deed, and mind ; While with the Father and the Son Sweet fellowship they find. 7 Nor prayer is made on earth alone ; The Holy Spirit pleads ; And Jesus, on the eternal throne, For sinners intercedes. 8 thou by whom we come to God, The Life, the Truth, the Way ! The path of prayer thyself hast trod ; Lord, teach us how to pray. 398 6,4,6,4,6,6,4. " I vfiU love thee, Lord." 1 MORE love to thee, Christ, liL More love to thee ; Hear thou the prayer I make, On bended knee ; This is my earnest plea. More love, Christ, to thee, More love to thee. 2 Once earthly joy I craved, Sought peace and rest ; Now thee alone I seek. Give what is best : This all my prayer shall be, More love, Christ, to thee, More love to thee. 8 Then shall my latest breatk Whisper thy praise ; Tins be the partii"^ rry My heart shall raise, This still its prayer shall be, More love, Christ, to thee. More love to thee. 399 6,4,6,4,6,6,4. Aipiratione after luameu to God. 1 vrEARER, my God, to thee, IN N«!arer to thee ; E'en though it be a cross That raiseth me ; Still all my song shall bfl^ Nearer, my God, to thee. Nearer to thee. 2 Though, like the wanderer^ Daylight all gone, Darkness be over me, My rest a stone ; Yet, in my dreams, I'd ba Nearer, my God, to thee. Nearer to thee. 8 There let the way appear Steps up to heaven ; All that tp.ou sendest me In mercy given ; Angels to beckon me Nearer, my God, to thee, Nearer to thee. 4 Then, with my waking thoughts Bright with thy praise. Out of my stony gnefs Bethel I'll raise ; So by my woes to be Nearer, my God, to thee. Nearer to thee. 6 And when on joyful wing Cleaving the sky. Sun, moon, and stars forgot. Upward I fly ; Still all my song shall be, Nearer, my God, to thee. Nearer to thee. 400 6,6,4,6,6,6,4. Trusting ChrUt for all thingi. Y faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine ; Now hear me while I pray, , '■■ sins ^M^ my away. let me from this day Be wholly thine. Ill THE CHRISTIAN LIFB. 2 May thy rich grace impart S'trength to my faiutiug keartf LIv zeal insnire ; As tnou hast died for me, O may my love to thee Pure, warm, and changeless be, A living fire. 8 While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be thou my guide ; Bid darkness tuin to day, "Wipe sorrow's tears away, Nor let me ever stray From thee aside. 4 When ands life's transient dream. When death's cold, sullen stream Shall o'er me roll, Blest Saviour, then, in love. Fear and distrust remove ; bear me safe above, A ransomed souL 401 Prayer for reptntane$. 8. M. 1 K^^^- when shall 1 awake li From sin's soft-soothing power, The slumber from my spirit shake. And rise to fall no more 1 Awak<^, no more to sleep, But stand with constant care, Looking for God my soul to keep. And watching unto prayer ! 2 could I always pray. And never, never faint, But simply to my God display My every care and want f 1 know that thou would'st give More than 1 can request ; Thou still art ready to receive My soul to perfect rest. 8 I know thee willing. Lord, A sinful world to save ; All may obey thy gracious word, lilay peace ana pardon have ; Not one of all tne race But may return to thee, But at the throne of sovereign grace May fall and weep, like me. SECOND PABT. 4 Here will I ever lie. And tell thee all my care. And Father, Abba, Father, cry, • And pour a ceaseless prayer ; 6 Till thon my tins subdue^ Till thou my sins destroy, My spirit after God renew, And fill with peace and joy. Messiah, Prince of Peace, Into my soul bring in The everlasting righteousness^ And make an end of sin. Into all those that seek Redemption through thy blood, The sanctifying Spirit speak. The plenitude of God. Let us in patience wait Till fai*h shall make us whole. Till thou shalt all thin<:;s new create In each believing soul. Who can resist tny will ? Speak, and it shall be done ! Thou shalt the work of faith fulfil And perfect us in one. 402 8. M. Praytrfor tntirt eonstcraHon. 8 JESUS, my strength, my hope, On thee I cast my care ; With humble confidence look up. And know thou hear'st my prayer. Give me on thee to wait. Till I can all things do ; On tbee., almighty to create* Almighty to renew. I want a sober mind, A self-renouncing will, That tramples down and casts behind The baits of pleasing ill ; A soul unmoved by pain. By hardship, grief, or loss. Bold to take up, firm to sustain, The consecrated cross. I want a godly fear, A quick-discerning eye, That looks to theo when sin is near^^ And sees the Tempter fly ; A spirit still prepared, And armed with jealous care. For ever standing on its guard. And watching unto prayer. SECOND PART. I want a heart to pray. To pray and never cease ; Never to murmur at thy stay, i Or wish my sufferings less. 2 3 ^ 1 1 B 112 BELIEVERS PRATINO. M. 8. M. This blessing, above all, Always to pray, I want, Out of the deep on thee to call, And never, never faint. 5 I want a true regard, A single, steady aim, Unmoved by threatening or reward. To thee and thy great name ; A jealous, just concern For thine immortal praise ; > pure desire that all may learn, And glorify thy grace. e I rest upon thy word, The promise is for me ; My succour and salvation, liord. Shall surely come from the ; But let me still abide. Nor from my hope remove. Till thou my patient spirit guide Into thy perfect love, 403 " Watch and pray." 1 rrHE praying Spirit breathe, X The watching power impart, From all entanglements beneath Call off my anxious heart. My feeble mind sustain. By worldly thoughts opprest ; Appear, and bid me turn again To my eternal rest. 2 Swift to mv rescue come, Thy own this moment seize ; Gather my wandering spirit home, And keep in perfect peace : Suffered no more to rove O'er all the earth abroad. Arrest the prisoner of thy love^ And shut me up in God. 404 7s. *'Come boldly unto flu throne tf grace." 1 pOME, my soul, thy suit prepare, \J Jesus loves to answer prayer ; He himself has bid thee pray. Therefore will not say thee nay. 2 Thou art coming to a King, Large petitions with thee bring ; For nis grace and power are such, None can ever ask too much. 3 With my burden I begin, Lord, remove this load of sin I • Let tiiy blood for sinners spilt Set vKf ecnscience £ree from guilt . 4 Lord, I come fo thee for rest Take possession of my breast ; There thy blood-botight right maintais, And without a rival reign. 5 Wliile I am a pilgrim here. Let thy love my spirit cheer ; As my Guide, m^ Guard, my Friend, Lead me to my journey's end. 405 7s. " lit not conformed to thi$ world." 1 r\ OD of love, who hearest prayer, vJ Kindly for thy people care. Who on thee alone depend ; Love us, save us to the end. Save us, in the prosperous hour. From the flattering Tempter's power ; From his unsuspected wiles, From the world s pernicious smiles. 2 Cut off our dependence vain On the help of feeble man ; Every arm of flesh remove ; Stay us on thy only love. Save us from the great and wise. Till they sink in their own eyes, Meekly to thy yoke submit, Lay their honours at thy feet. 3 Never let the world break in ; Fix a mighty gulf between ; Keep us little and unknown, Prized and loved by God alone. Let us still to thee look up, Thee, thy Israel's Strength and Hope ; Nothing know, or seek, beside Jesus, and him crucified. 406 78. Prayer for godly simplicity. 1 T ORD, that I may learn of thee, Jj Give me true simplicity ; Wean my soul, and keep it low, Willing thee alone to know. 2 Let me cast my reeds aside, All that feeds my knowing pride ; Not to man, but God submit, Lay my reasonings at thy feet ; 3 Of my boasted wisdom spoiled, Docile, helpless as a child ; Only seeing in thy light, Only walking in thy might. 4 Then infuse the teaching grace, Spirit of truth and righteousness ; Knowledge, love divine, impart. Life eternal, to my heart 113 THE CHRISTIAN LITB. 407 _ 7.. rm^itrfor unity. 1 "I ESirS, Lord, we look to thoe, d Let us in thy nnine agree ; Show thyself the Prince of Peace ; Bid our jars for ever cease. 2 By thy reconciling love, Every Htumblitig-block remove ; Each to each unite, endear ; Come, and spread thy banner here. 8 ATake us of one heart and mind, Courteous, i»i tying, and kind, Lowly, meeK, m thought and word, Altogether like our Lord. 4 Let us for each other care, Each the other's burdtin bear ; To thy church the patUfrn give, Show how true believers live. 6 Free from anger and from pride, Let us thus in God abide. All the depths of love express, All the heights of holiness. 408 7s. Christ the good Shepherd. 1 TTAPPY soul, that, free from harms, ll Rests within his Shepherd's arms I "Who his quiet shall molest f Who shall violate his rest f Jesus doth his spirit bear ; Jesus takes his every care ; He who found the wandering sheep, Jesus, still delights to keep. 2 that I might so believe, Steadfastly to Jesus cleave ; On his only love rely. Smile at the destroyer nigh ; Free from sin and servile fear. Have my Jesus ever near ; All his care rejoice to prove, All his paradise of love I 8 Jesun, seek thy wandering sheep ; Bring me back, and lead, and keep; Take on thee my every care ; Bear me, on thy bosom bear : Let me know mv Shepherd's voic% More and more in thee rejoice ; More and more of thee receive ; Ever in thy Spirit live. 4 Live, till all thv life I know. Perfect, through my Lord, beloT» , Gladly then from earth remove. Gathered to the fold aboye ; that I at last may stand With the sheep at thy right hand; Take the crowmso freely given. Enter in by thee to hcaveu 1 409 78. Prayer for unity and peac*. 1 "nATTlER, at thy footstool see i Those who now are one in thee ; Draw us by thy grace alone, Give, give us to thy Son I 2 Jesus, Friend of human kind. Let us in thy n.anie be joined ; Each to each unite and bless ; Keep us still in perfect peace. 8 Heavenly, all -alluring Dove, Shed thy overshadowing love. Love, the sealing grace, impart ; Dwell within our single heart. 4 Father, Son, and Holv Ghost, Be to us what Adam lost ; Let us in thine image rise. Give us back our paradise. 410 7s. The communion qf Sainti, 1 TlATHER, Son, and Spirit, hear J: Faith's efFeotual fervent prayer ; Hear, and our petitions seal. Let us now the answer feel. 2 Still our fellowship increase ; Knit us in the bond of peace ; Join our new-bom spirits, join Each to each, and all to thine. 8 Build us in one body up. Called in one high calling's hope ; One the Spirit wnom we claim ; One the pure baptismal flame ; 4 One the faith, and common Lord ; One the Father lives adored, Over, through, and in us all God incomprehensible. 411 7s. noon PAS*. 1 ATHER ground can no man lay, U Jesus takes our sins away ; Jesus the foundation is. This shall stand, and only this ; 2 Fitly framed in him we ar% All the building rises fair ; ^ Let it to a temple rise, Worthy him who fills the skias. 114 r BELIEVERS PRAYIMO. 7s. 7s. 78. 3 Husband of the church below, Christ, if thee our Lord we know, Uuto thee, betrothed in love, Always let us faithful prove ; 4 Never rob thee of our heart. Never give the creature part ; Only thou possess the wnole ; Take our body, spirit, soul. 412 THIRD rART. 1 pHRTST, our Head, gone up on high, \J Be thou in thy Spiiit nigh ; Advocate with God, give ear To thine own effectual prayer. 2 One the Father is with thee ; Knit us in like unity ; Make us, uniting Son, One as thou and he are one. 3 Still, liord, for thine we are, Still to us his name declare ; Thy revealing Spirit give. Whom the world cannot receive. 4 Fill us with the Father's love ; Never from our souls .nove ; Dwell in us, and we shall be Thine through all eternity. 413 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. "Pray without eeating." 1 nOME, ye followers of the Lord, \J In Jesus' service join, Jesus gives the sacred word. The ordinance divine ; Let us his command obey, And ask and have whate'er we want : Pray we, every moment pray, And never, never faint. 2 Be it weariness and pain To slothful flesh and blood. Yet we will the cross sustain. And bless the welcome load ; All our griefs to God display. And humbly pour out our complaint : Pray we, every moment pray. And never, never faint. 3 Let us patiently endure, And still our wants declare ; All the promises are sure To persevering prayer ; Till we see the perfect day, And each wakes up a sinless saint Pray we, every moment pray, ijid never, never iaint 4 Pray we on when all renewed, And perfected in love ; Till we see the Saviour God Descending from above, All his heavenly charms survey, Uevoiid what angel minds can paint, Pray we, every moment pray, And never, never faint. 414 7,6,7,6.7,8.7,6, " Men ought oZiooy* to pray and not faint." 1 TESUS, thou hast bid usprny, d Pray always, and not niint ; With the woru a power convey To utter our complaint ; Quiet shalt thou never know, Till we from sin are fully freed: avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head t 2 We have now begun to cry. And we will never end. Till we find salvation nigh, And grasp the Sinner's Friend ; Day and night we'll speak our woe. With thee inii)ortunately plead : avenge us of our foe. And bruise the Serpent's head ! 3 Speak the word, and we shall be From all our bands released ; Only thou canst set us free. By Satan long oppressed ; Now thy power almighty show. Arise, the Woman's conquering Seed I avenge us of our foe, A:id bruise the Serpent's head I 4 To the never-ceasing cries Of thine elect attend ; Send deliverance from the skies, The mighty Spirit send ; Though to man thou secmest slow. Our cries thou seemest not to heed, avenge us of our foe. And bruise the Serpent's head 1 415 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6. Prayer for the frronUed Comforter, 1 TIATHER of our dving Lord, J: Remember us for good ; fulfil his faithful word. And hear his speaking blood i Give us that for which he prays ; Father, glorify thy Son I Show his ^th, and power, and grace, And send the promise down. r" 115 r THE CHRISTIAN LIFM. S True and faithful Witness, thou, Christ, thy Spirit give ! Hast thou not rcociveJ him now, That we might now r(?coive f \xt thou not our living Head f To t^hy moiiilxTs life impart ; Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed In every waiting heart. 8 Holy Ghost, the Comforter, The gift of Jesus, como ; Glows our heart to find thee near. And swells to make thee room ; Present with us thee we feel. Come, come, and in us bo ! With us, in us, live and dwell, To all eternity. 416 7,0,7,6,7,8,7,0. Ezekicl xxxlv. 26, 27. 1 TTS, who climb thy holy hill, U A general blessing make ; Let the world our influence feel, Our gospel grace partake ; Grace, to help in time of need, Ponr out on sinners from above ; All thy S[tirit's fulness shed. In showers of heavenly love. 2 Make our earthly souls a field Which God delights to bless ; Let us in due season yield The fruits of righteousness ; Make us trees of paradise, [show, Which naore and more thy praise may Deeper sink, and higher rise, And to perfection grow. 417 88 & 7s. P layer for the sanctifying Spirit. 1 pOME, thou all-inspiring Spirit, \J Into every longing heart I Bought for us by Jesus' merit. Now thy blissful self impart ; Sign our uncontested pardon ; Wash us in the atoning blood ; Make our hearts a watered garden ; Fill our spotless souls with God. 2 If thou gav'st the enlarged desire Which for thee we ever feel, Now our longing souls inspire, Now our cancelled sin reveal ; Claim us for thy habitation ; Dwell within our hallowed breast ; Seal us heirs of full salvation, Fitted for our hea^'aly rest. Give us quietly to tarry, Till for all tny glory meet, Waiting, like attentive Mary, Happy at the Saviour's feet ; Keep us from the W(.'rld unsijottctl. From all earthly |)as.sion3 free, Wholly to thyself devoteil. Fixed to live and die for thee. Wrestling on in mighty prayer, Lord, we will not let tiice go. Till thou all thy mind declare. All thy grace on us bestow ; Peace, the seal of sin forgiven, Joy, and i)erfect love, impart, Present, everlasting heaven. All thou hast, and all thou art I 8.— BELIEVERS WORKING. 418 ^- ^ Consecration to Christ's service, 1 A THOU who earnest from above vj The pure celestial fire to impart. Kindle a flame of sacred love On the mean altar of mv heart. 2 There let it for thy glory burn With inextinguishable blaze ; And trembling to its source return. In humble prayer and fervent praise. 3 Jesus, confirm my heart's desire [thee; To work, and speak, and think for Still let me guard the holy fire. And still stir up thy gift in me. 4 Ready for all thy perfect will. My acts of faith and love repeat, Till death thy endless mercies seal. And make the sacrifice complete. 419 L. M Daily consecration. 1 "OORTH in thy name, Lord, I go, Jj My daily labour to pursue. Thee, only thee, resolved to know. In all I think, or speak, or do. 2 The task thy wisdom hath assigned, let me cheerfully fulfil, In all my works thy presence find. And prove thy acceptable wilL o KV-' >'-) BEMEVKRS WORKING. 50, 3 Thee may 1 set at niy right hand, WlioHe eyes my inmost sulmtiincp lee; A.ml lal>our on at t-hy commanil, And oircr all my works to thee. 4 Give mo to bear thy cnsy yoke, And every moint-nt watch and i>ray, And still to thiii^s ptcrnal look, And hasten to tliy glorious day. .' For thee delightfully employ [given ; Wliate'er thy bounteous grace huth And run my course with even joy, And closely walk with thee to heaven. 420 L. U. Living to CnHst 1 1\TY gracious Lord, I own thy right lii To every service I can pay, And call it my supreme delight To hear thy counsels and obey. 2 What is my being but for thee, Its sure support, its noblest end ? 'Tis my delight thy face to see, And serve the cause of such a Friend. 3 I would not sigh for worldly joy, Or to increase my worldly good ; Nor future days nor powers eni[iloy To spread a sounding name al)road. 4 To Christ my Saviour I would live. To him who for my ransom died ; Nor could all worldly honour give Such bliss as crowns me at his side. f) His work my hoary age shall bless. When youthful vigour is no more ; And my last hour of life confess His dying love, his saving power. 421 L. U. ' Oo work in my vineyard.'' 1 no labour on ; spend, and be spent, VJ Thy joy to do the Father's will ; It is the way the Master went. Should not the servant tread it still 7 2 Go labour on ; 'tis not for nought. Thy earthly loss is heavenly pin ; !Mcn heed thee, love thee, praise thee not; The Master praises ; what are men ? S Go labour on, while it is day, [on ; The world's dark night is hastening Speed, speed thy work, cast sloth away; It is not thus that souls are won. 1 Men die in darkno/is at ihy side Without % hope to rhoer the tomb ; Take up the torch, and vave it wid «, The torch that lights time's thickest gloom. 6 Toil on, faint not, keep watch, and pray ; lie wise, the erring soul to win ; Go forth into the world s highway. Compel the wanderer to come in. 6 Toil on, and in thy toil i-ejoice ; For toil comes rest, for exile home ; Soon shalt thou hear the Dridegroom's voice. The midnight peal, "Behold I come!" 422 68.S. "Teach me thy way, Lord." 1 T)KHOLD the servant of the Lord I J J I wail thy guiding eye to feel. To hear and keep thy every word, To prove and do thy perfect will ; Joyful from my own works to cease. Glad to fulfil all righteousness. 2 Me, if thy grace vouchsafe to use, The least of all thy creatures, me. The deed, the time, the manner choose. Let all my fruit be found of thee ; Let all my works in thee be wrought, By thee to full perfection brought. 3 Here then to thee thine own I give. Mould as thou wilt thy passive clay ; But let me all thy stamp receive, And let me all thy words obey ; Serve wjth a single heart and eye, And to thy glory live and die. 423 (Srcond Mbtri.) 6-8s. *' Yt are my witnesaea." 1 rpiIOU, Jesus, thou my breast tn spire, X And touch my lips with hallowed fire, [tongue ; And loose thy stammering servant's Prei)are the vessel of thy grace. Adorn me with the robes of praise, And mercy shall be all ray song : 2 Mercy for all who know not God, Mercy for all in Jesus' blocd, [scends; Mercy, that earth and heaven tran- Love, that o'erwhelms the saints in light, [height The length, and breadth, and depth, and Of love divine, which never endi. 117 THE CHRISTIAN LIFB. A faithful witness of thy grace, Well may I fill the allotted space. And answer all thy great design ; Walk in the paths by thee prepared ; And find annexed the vast reward, The crown of righteousness divine. When I have lived to thee alone. Pronounce t!e welcome word, "Well done I ' And let me take my place above ; Enter into my Master's joy, And all eternity employ. In prais<^, and ecstasy, and love. 424 C. M. Renewed eonsecratlon to vmrk. 1 nlJMMONED my labour to renew, jj And glad to act my part, Lord, in tny name my work I do. And with a single heart. 2 End of my every action thou. In all things thee I see ; Accept my hallowod labour now, I do it unto thee. 8 Whate'er the Father views as thine, He views with gracious eyes ; Jesus, this mean oblation join To tby great sacrifice. 4 Stamped with an infinite desert. My work he then shall own ; [art, Well pleased with me, when mine thou And I his favoured son. 425 ^' ^ Christ an example qf ttrvUse. 1 QERVANT of all, to toil for man Thou didst not, Lord, refuse ; Thy majesty did not disdain To be employed for us. 2 Thy bright example I pursue, To thee in all things rise ; And all I think, or speak, or do. Is one great sacrifice. 3 Careless through outward cares I go. From all distraction free ; My hands are but engaged below. My heart is still with thee. 426 c. M " Thfm \(ut wrought aU our workt in us.' 1 TIATHER, to thee my soul I lift, J; My soul on thee depends, Convinced that every perfect gift From thee alone descends. 2 Mercy and grace are thine alone^ And power and wisdom too ; Without the Spirit of thy Son We nothing good can do. 8 We cannot speak one useful word. One holy thought conceive, Unless, in answer to our Lord, Thyself the blessing give. 4 His blood demands the purchased grace- His blood's availing plea Obtained the help for all our race. And sends it down to me. 5 Thou all our works in us hast wrought; Our good is all divine ; The praise of every virtuous thought. And righteous word, is thine. 6 From thee, through Jesus, we receive The power on thee to call, In whom we are, and move, and live ; Our God is all in all I 427 C. M. Bearing tJie Cross patiently. 1 T ORD, as t.o thy dear cross we flee, Jj And i»ray to be forgiven, let thy life our pattern be. And form our souls for heaven. 2 Help us, through good report and ill, Our daily cross to bear ; Like thee to do our Father's will, Our brother's griefs to share. 3 Let grace our selfishness expel. Our earthliness refine ; And kindness in our bosoms dwell As free and tine as thine. 4 If joy shall at thy bidding fly, And grief's dark day come on. We, in our turn, would meekly cry, «• Father, thy will be done ! " 5 Kept peaceful in the midst of strife. Forgiving and forgi ven, may we lead the pilgrim's life. And follow thee to heaven ! tl8 428 B The reoompentecftoil. 1 n ERVANTS of Christ, arise, And gird you for the toil ! The dew of promise from the skies Already cheers the soil. 2 Go where the sick recline. Where mourning hearts deplore ; And where the sons of sorrow pine, Dispense yoar hallowed store. M. i BELIBYBRS WORKINO. S. M. K 8 Be faith, wluch looks above, With prayer, your constant guest ; And wrap the Saviour's changeless love A mantle round your breast. 4 So shall you share th«^ wealth That earth may ne'er despoil, And the blest gospel's saving health Repay your arduous toil. 429 B. M. "TheJUldisthevmrld.*' 1 QOW in the morn thy seed, )J At eve hold not thine hand ; To doubt and fear give thou no heed. Broadcast it o'er the land. 2 Beside all waters sow. The highway furrows stock, Drop it where thorns and thistles grow. Scatter it on the rock. 3 Thou know'st not which may thrive. The late or early sown ; Grace keeps the precious germs alive. When and wherever strown. 4 And duly shall appear. In verdure, beauty, strength. The tender blade, the stalk the ear, And the full com at length. 5 Thon canst not toil in vain ; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry. Shall foster and mature the grain For gamers in the sky. 6 Thence, when the glorious end, The day of God is come. The aneel-reapers shall descend, And heaven shout " Harvest-home ! " 430 8- M. "Do all to the glory tf God." 1 n OD of almighty love, vJ By whose sufficient grace I lift my heart to things above. And humbly seek thy face ; Through Jesus Christ the Just, My faint desires receive. And let me in thy goodness tmst^ And to thy glory live. 2 Whate'er I say or do. Thy glory be my aim ; My offerings all be offered through The ever-blessed Name. Jesus, my single eye Be fixed on thee alone ; Thy name be praised on earth, on high ; Thy will by all be done. Spirit of faith, inspire ^ly consecrated heart ; Fill me with pure, celestial fire. With all thou hast, and art ; My feeble mind transform, And, perfectly renewed. Into a saint exalt a worm, A worm exalt to God I 431 Following Chritt'a exampU. 78. 1 TJOLY Lamb, who thee confess, 11 Followers of thy holiness. Thee they ever keep in view. Ever ask, " What shall we do f *• Governed by thy only will, All thy words we would fulfil ; Would in all thy footsteps go. Walk as Jesus walked below. 2 While thou didst on earth appear, Servant to thy servants here. Mindful of thy place above, All thy life was prayer and love. Such our whole employment be, Works of faith and charity ; Works of love on man bestowed. Secret intercourse with God. 8 Early in the temple met. Let us still our Saviour greet ; Nightly to the mount repair. Join our praying Pattern there. There by ^'restling faith obtain Power to work for God again. Power his image to retrieve. Power, like thee, our Lord, to live. 4 Vessels, instruments of grace. Pass we thus our happy days 'Twixt the mount ami multitude. Doing or receiving good ; Glad to pray and labour on, Till our eartlily course is run ; Till, our sufrenngs etuliHi, we Bow the head and die like thee. 432 6-7». ' WhoH I am, and vhom I $ervt.' 1 TESTIS, Master, whom I serve, f (j Though so feebly and no ill, Strengthen hand and lieart, and nerve All thy bithliiig to fultil ; Open thou mine eyes to see. All the work thou haat for me. 119 r THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 2 Lord, thou needest not, I know, Service such as I can bring ; Yet I long to prove and show Full allegiance to my King : Thou art light and life to me, Let me be a praise to thee. 3 Jesus, Master, wilt thou use One who owes thee more than all t As thou wilt, I would not choose. Only let me hear thy call : Jesus, let me always be In thy service glad end free. 433 6-7s. Entire consecration to GocPe service. 1 TIATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, J. One in Three, and Three in One, As by the celestial host, Let thy will on earth be done ; Praise by all to then be given. Glorious Lord of earth and heaven ! 2 Vilest of the sinful race, Lo ! I answer to thy call ; Meanest vessel of thy grace, Grace divinely free for all, Lo ! I come to do thy will. All thy counsel to fulfil. 3 If so poor a worm as I May to thy great glory live, All my actions sanctify. All my words and thoughts receive ; Claim me for thy service, claim All I have, and all I am. 4 Take my soul and body's powers ; Take my memory, mind, and will ; All my goods, and all my hours, All i know, and all I feel, All I think, or speak, or do ; Take my heart ; — but make it new ? 6 Now, God, thine own I am ; Now I give thee back thine own ; Freedom, friends, and health, and fame, Consecrate to thee alone ; Thine I live, thrice happy I, Happier still if thine I die I 434 8,7,8.7,7,7. Christ onr Uving Head. 1 JOINED to Christ in mystic union — W We thy members, thou our Head — Sealed by deep and true communion, Risen with tnee, who once were dead — Saviour, we would humbly claim All the power of this thy name. 2 Constant sympathy to brighten All their weakness and their woe. Guiding grace their way to lighten Shall thy loving members know; All their sorrows thou dost bear. All thy gladness they shall share. 3 Make thy members every hour For thy blessed service meet ; Earnest tongues, and arms of power. Skilful hands, and willing feet. Ever ready to fulfil All thy word and all thy will. 4 Everlasting life thou givest. Everlasting love to see ; They shall live because thou livest. And their life is hid with thee. Safe thy members shall be found. When their glorious Head is crowned. 435 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. "J AeligM to do thy will, God." 1 T ! I come with joy to do Jj The Master's blessed will ; Him in outward works pursue. And serve his pleasure still. Faithful to my Lord's commands, I still would choose the better part ; Serve with careful Martha's hands, And loving Mary's heart. 2 Carefnl without care I am. Nor feel my happy toil, Kept in peace by Jesus' name. Supported by his smile ; Joyful thus my faith to show, I find his service my reward ; Eveiy work I do below, I do it to the Lord. Thou, Lord, in tender love, Dost all my burdens bear ; Lift my heart to things above. And fix it ever there. "> Calm on tumult's wheel I sit, 'Midst busy multitudes alone. Sweetly waiting at thy feet. Till all thy will be done. Thou, Lord, my portion art, Before I hence remove ; Now my treasure and my heart Are all laid up above ; Far above all earthly things. While yet my hands are here employed. Sees my soul the King of kinga^ And freely talks with GkxL 3 120 BSLIEVERS WOBKINO. red| that all the art might know Of living thus to thee ! Find their heaven hegun below, And here thy glory see ; Walk in all the works prepared By thee to exercise their grace, Till they gain their full reward, And see thy glorious face. 436 Ss Tought, They shall be blest indeed. 2 Lord, if thou didst thyself inspire Our souls with this intense desire Thy goodness to proclaim. Thy glory if we now intend, let our deed begin and end Complete in .leaus' name t y 121 THB OHRISTIAM LIFE. 8 Not in the tombs we pine to dwell. Not in the dark monastic cell, By vows and grates confined ; Freely to all ourselves we give, Constrained by Jesus' love to live The servants of mankind. 4 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart, To govern each devoted heart. And fit us for thy will ; Deep founded in the truth of grace, Build up thy rising church, and place The city on the hill. 6 let our faith and love abound ! let our lives to all around With purest lustre shine I That all the world our works may see, And give the glory. Lord, to thee, The heaven^ Light Divine. 440 5,5,5,11. The relUf 9f foont and tuffering. 1 pOME, let us arise, \J And press to the skies ; The summons obey. My friends, my belov6d, and hasten away. The Master of all For our service doth call. And deigns to approve, [love. With smiles of acceptance, our labour of 2 His burden who bear, We alone can declare How easy his yoke. While to love and good works we each other provoke ; By word and by deed, The bodies in need. The souls to relieve, Aiid freely as Jesus hath given to give. 9 Then let us attend Our heavenly Friend, In his members dist > est. By want, or affliction, or sickness opprest : The prisoner relieve. The stranger receive ; Supply all their wants, [saints. And spend and be spent in assisting his 4 Thus while we bestow Our moments below, Ourselves we forsake. And reftige in Jesus's righteousness take. His passion alone The foundation we own ; And pardon we claim. And eternal redemption in Jesus's name. 122 4.— BELIEVERS WATCHING. 441 8. M. " Keep that which U committed to thy trust" 1 A CHARGE to keep I have, lA A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky : * 2 To serve the present age, My calling to fulfil ; may it all my powers engage To do my Master's will ! 8 Arm me with jealous care. As in thy sight to live ; And 0, thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give ! 4 Help me to watch a? i pray, Ancl on thyself rely ; Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall for ever die. 442 ^' ^' " Could ye not watch with me one hour t " 1 n RACIOUS Redeemer, shake vJ This slumber from my soul I Say to me now, " Awake, awake I And Christ shall make thee whole." Lay to thy mighty hand. Alarm me in this hour ; And make me fully understand The thunder of thy power. 2 8 Give me on thee to call. Always to watch and pray, Lest I into temptation fall, And cast my shield away. For each assault prepared And ready may I be. For ever standing on my guard, And looking up to thee. do thou always warn My soul of danger near I When to the right or left I turn, Thy voice still let me hear : " Come back, this is the way! Come back, and walk herein ! " may I hearken and obey. And shun the paths of sin i BILIEVEBS WATOHINO. M. 4 Myself I cannot save, Myself I cannot keep ; Buc strength in thee 1 surely hare, Whose eyelids never sleep : My soul to thee alone Now therefore I commend ; Thou, Jesus, love me as thy own, And love me to the end. 443 S. M. " Watch unto prayer." 1 "DID me of men beware, \J And to my ways take heed ; Discern their every secret snare. And circumspectly tread. may I calmly wait Thy succours from above ; And stand against their open hate And weU-dissembled love 1 2 But, {.bove all, afraid Of my own bosom-foe. Still let me seek to thee for aid, To thee my weakness show ; Hang on thine arm aloue, With self-distrusting care, And deeply in the spirit groan The never-ceasing prayer. 3 Give me a sober mind, A quick-discerning eye, The first approach of sin to find. And all occasions fly. Still may I cleave to thee. And never more depart. But watch with godly jealousy Over my evil heart. 4 Thus may I pass my days Of sojourning beneath, And languish to conclude my race, And render up my breath ; In humble love and fear. Thine image to regain. And see thee in the clouds appear, And rise with thee to reign. 444 C. M. Prayer for a tender eonsdenee. 1 T WANT a principle within X Of jealous, godly fear, A sensibility of sin, A pain to feel it near. 2 I want the first approach to feel Of pride, or foud desire. To catcli the wandering of my will. And quench the kindling nre. 3 That I from tL>.e no more may part. No more thy goodness grieve. The filial awe, the contrite heart. The tender conscience give, 4 If to the right or left I stray. That moment. Lord, reprove, And let me wee^ my life away. For having grieved thy love. 5 Quick as the apple of an eye, O God, my conscience make ! Awake my soul, when sin is nigh. And keep it still awake. 6 may the least omission pain My well-instructed soul. And drive me to the blood again, Which makes the wounded whole ! 445 ^* ^' On returning home. 1 rpHOU, Lord, hast blest my going out; JL bless my coming in ! Compass my weakness round about, And keep me safe from sin. 2 Still hide me in thy secret place, Thy tabernacle spread ; Shelter me with preserving grace. And screen my naked head. 8 To thee for refuge may I run From sin's alluring snare ; Ready its first approach to shun. And watching unto prayer. 4 that I never, never more Might from thy ways depart t Here let me give my wanderings o'er. By giving thee my heart. 5 Fix my new heart on things above. And then from earth release ; I ask not life, but let me love. And lay me down in peace. 44Q c. M. Prayer for filial fear. ^ 1 r\ OD of all grace and majesty, VJ Supremely great and good I If I have mercy found with thee. Through the atoning blood ; 2 The guard of all thy mercies give, And to my pardon join A fear lest I should ever §peve The gracious Spirit Divine. 123 THB OHBISTIAM LITB. I i 8 Rather I would, in painful awe, Beneath thine anger move, Than sin against the gospel law Of liberty and love. 4 But, thou wouldst not have me live In bondage, grief, or pain ; Thou dost not take deliglit to grieve The helpless sons of men. 5 Thy will is my salvation, Lord ; O let it now take place ! And let me tremble at the word Of reconciling grace. 6 Still may I walk as in thy sight, My strict Observer see ; And thou by reverent love unite. My child-like heart to thee. 7 Still let me, till my days are past, At Jesus' feet abide ; So shall he lift me up at last, And seat me by his side. 447 6-8s. Christians under the eye of the world. 1 T17ATCHED by the world's malignant VV eye, Who load us with reproach and shame. As servants of the Lord Most High, As zealous for his glorious name, We ought in all his paths to move, With holy fear and humble love. 2 That wisdom. Lord, on us bestow, From every evil to depart ; To stop the mouth of every foe, While, upright both in life and heart. The proofs of godly fear we give. And show them how the Christians live. 448 6-8s. The humble, watchful spirit. 1 TIATHER, to thee I lift mine eyes, Jj My longing eyes, an d restless hea rt ; Before the morning watch I rise. And wait to taste how good thou art, . To obtain the grace 1 humbly claim. The saving power of Jesus' name. 2 This slumber from my soul, shake ! Warn by thy Spirit's inward call ; Let me to righteousness awake. And pray that I no more may fall, Or give to sin or Satan place. But walk in all thy righteous ways. 8 wouldst thou, Lord, thy servant guard, Against each known or secret foe ! A mind for all assaults prepared, A sober, vigilant mind bestow. Ever apprized of danger nigh. And when to fight, and when to fly. 4 never suffer me to sleep Secure upon the verge jf hell ! But still my watchful spirit keep In lowly awe and loving zeal ; And bless me witli a godly fear, And plant that guardian-angel here. 5 Attended by the sacred dread. And wise from evil to depart, [ceed, Let me from strength to strength pro- And rise to purity of heart ; Through all the paths of duty move. From humble faith to perfect love. 449 4.8s & 2-6s. Watching against sin. BE it my only wisdom here, To serve the Lord with filial fear, W'ith loving gratitude ; Superior sense may I disjday, By shunning every evil way, And walking in the good. may I still from sin depart ! A wise and understanding heart, Jesus, to me be given ; And let me through thy Spirit know, To glorify my God below. And find my way to heaven. 4-8s & 2-6a. "Lord, save, or I perish." 450 1 IT EL?, Lord, to whom for help I fly, n And still .Tiy tempted soul stand by Throughout the evil day ; The sacred watchfulness imi)art. And keep the issues of my heart. And stir me up to pray. ^ 2 My soul with thy whole armour arm ; In each approach of sin alann. And show the danger near ; Surround, sustain, and strengthen me. And fill with godly jealousy. And sanctifying fear. 3 Whene'er my careless hands hang down, let me see thy gathering frown. And feel thy warning eye ; And starting cry, from ruin's brink, Save, Je'"", or I yield, I sink, save me, or I die 1 124 CONFLICT AND BUFFBRINQ. by m, 4 If near the pit I rashly atray, Before I wholly fall away, The keen conviction dart ! Recall me by that pitying look, [lnoke That kind, upbraiding glance, which Unfaithful Peter s heart. 6 In me thine utmost mercy show. And make me like thyself below, Unblamable in grace ; Keady prepared, and titted here, By perfect holiness, to aj)pear Before thy glorious face. 451 ^' ^• IVatching against falling from grace. I Lord, with trembling I confess, A gracious soul may fall from grace; The salt may lose its seasoning power, And never, never find it more. 2 Lest that my fearful case should be. Each moment knit my soul to thee ; And lead me to the mount above, Through the low vale of humble love. 452 l^H Ii. M. ' My grace is mffleientfor fhee.* 6 JESUS, my Saviour, Brother, Friend, On whom I cast my every care. On whom for all things I depend, Inspire and then accept my prayer. If I have tasted of thy grace. The grace that sure salvation brings. If with me now thy Spirit stays. And hovering hides me in his wings, Still let him with my weakness stay, Nor for a moment's space depart* Evil and danger turn away. And keep till he renews my heart. When to the right or left I stray, His voice behind me may I hear, ** Return, and wuik in Christ thy way ; Fly back to Christ ; for sin is near." His sacred unction from above Be still my comforter and guide ; Till all the hardness he remove, And in my loving heart reside. Jesus, I fain would walk in thee. From nature's every path retreat ; Thou art my Way, my Leader be. And set upon the rock my feet. Uphold me. Saviour, or I fall, O reach me out thy gracious hand I Only on thee for help Icall, Only by faith in tuee I stand. .r 453 L- ^' " Let the few qf the Lord i* upon you." 1 r ORD, fill me with an humble fear ; Jj My utter helplessness reveal I Satan and sin are always near, Thee may I always nearer feel. 2 that to thee my constant mind Might with an even dame aspire, Pride in its earliest motions tind. And mark the risings of desire ! 3 that my tender soul might fly The first abhorred approach of ill. Quick as the apple of an eye. The slightest touch of sin to feel ! 4 Till thou anew my soul create, [pray. Still may I strive, and watch, and Humbly and confidently wait. And long to see the perfect day. 6.~C0NFLICT AND SUFFERING. 454 ' A good toldier of Jettit Christ.* S. M. 8 125 SOLDIERS of Christ, arise. And put your armour on ; [plies Strong in the strength which God sup- Through his eternal Son ; Strong in the Lord of Hosts, And in his mighty power. Who in the strength of Jesus trusts, Is more than conqueror. Stand then in his great might, With all his strength endued ; But take to arm you for the fight, The panoply of God ; That having all things done. And all your conflicts passed. Ye may o'ercome, through Christ alone. And stand entire at last Stand then against your foes, In close and firm array ; Legions of wily fiends oppose Throughout the evil day ; But meet the sons of night, But mock their vain design. Armed in the arms of heavenly ligh^ Of righteousness diyine. THB CHAISTIAM LIFL: Leave no unguarded place, No weakness of the soul ; Take every virtue, every grace, And fortify the whole ; Indissolubly joined, To battle all proceed ; But arm yourselves with all the mind That was in Christ, your Head. 455 8. M. ■lOOITD PART. "nUT, above all, lay hold 3 On faith's victorious shield ; Armed with that adamant and gold. Be sure to win the field ; If faith surround your heart, Satan shall be subdued ; Repelled his every fiery dart. And quenched with Jesus' blood. Jesus hath died for you ! What can his love withstand ? Believe, hold fast your shield, and who Shall pluck you from his hand ? Believe that .lesus reigns ; All power to him is given ; Believe, till freed from sin's remains ; Believe yourselves to heaven ! To keep your armour bright, Attend with constant care, Still walking in your Captain's sight. And watching unto prayer. Eeadv for all alarms. Steadfastly set your face. And always exercise your arma^ And use your every grace, 4 Pray, without ceasing, pray ; Your Captain gives tne word ; His summons cheerfully obey. And call upon the Lord ; To God your every want In instant prayer display ; Pray always ; pray, and never faint : Pray, without ceasing, pray I 456 B. M. ffHIED PART. 1 TN fellowship, alone, 1 To God with faith draw near ; Approach his courts, besiege his throne With all the powers of prayer ; Go to his temple, go. Nor from his altar move ; Let every house his worship know, And eyerv heart his love. 2 To God your spirits dart ; Your souls in words declare ; Or groan, to him who reads the heart, Tne unutterable prayer ; His mercy now implore, And now show forth his praise ; In shouts, or silent awe, adore His miracles of grace. 8 Pour out your souls to God, And bow them with your knees ; And spread your heart and hands abroad, And pray for Sion's peace ; Your guides and brethren bear For ever on your mind ; Extend the arms of mighty prayer. In grasping all mankind. 4 From strength to strength go on. Wrestle, and fight, and pray ; Tread all the powers of darkness down. And win the well-fought day ; Still let the Spirit cry In all his soldiers, " Come : " Till Christ the Lord descend from high, And take the conquerors home. 457 8. M. Tht Chriititm Soldier'i praytr. 2 8 EQUIP me for the wnr. And teach my hands to fight ; My simple, upright heart prepare. And guide my words aright ; Control my every thought ; My whole of sin remove ; Let all my works in thee be wrought, Let all be wrought in love. arm me with the mind, Meek Lamb t which was in thee ; And let my knowing zeal be joined With perfect charity ; With calm and tempered zeal Let me enforce thy call ; And vindicate thy gracious will, Which offers life to all. O do not let me trust In any arm but thine t Humble, humble to the dust, This stubborn soul of mine I A feeble thing of nought. With lowly shame I own. The help which upon earth is wrought Thoa dost it all alone. 126 CONFLICT AND BUFFBBINO. id, wn, igli, . M. It; lilt, may I love like thee I In all thy footsteps tread ; Thou hatest all iniquity, But nothing thou hast made. may I learn the art, With meekness to reprove ; To hate the sin with all my heart, But still the sinner love. 458 S. M. The Captain qf our iolvation. JESUS, the Cdnqueror, reigns, In glorious strength arrayed ; His kingdom over all maintains. And bids the earth be glad. Ye sons of men, rejoice In Jesus' mighty love ; Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, To him who rules above. Extol his kingly power ; Kiss the exalted Son, Who died, and lives, to die no more, High on his Father's throne ; Our Advocate with God, He undertakes our cause ; And spreads through all the earth abroad The victory of his cross. That bloody banner see. And, in your Captain's sight, Fight the good fi^ht of faith with me, My fellow-soldiers, fight ! In mighty phalanx joined. To battle all proceed ; Armed with the unconquerable mind Which was in Christ your Head. 459 S. M. SKCOITD PART. Ight 1 TTRGE on your rapid course, U Ye blood-besprinkled bands ; The heavenly kingdom suffers force ; 'Tis seized by violent hands ; See there the starry crown That glitters in the skies ! Satan, the world, and sin tread down. And take the glorious prize t 2 Through much distress and pain, Through many a conflict here, [gain ; Through blood, ye must the entrance Yet, disdain to fear ! "Courage," your Captain criesi Who alfyour toil foreknew; Toil ye shall have ; yet all despise, I have o'ercome for you." ( 127 « 8 The world cannot withstand Its ancient Conqueror ; The world must sink beneath the hand Which anns us for the war : This is our victory ! Before our faith they fall ; Jesus hath died for you and me ; Believe, and conquer all. 460 B. M. Conflict with spirit/ualfoti. 1 TTARK, how the watchmen cry, n Attend the trumpet's sound ! Stand to your arms, the foe is nigh, The powers of hell surround : Who bow to Christ's command. Your arms and hearts prepare ; The day of battle is at hand ! Go forth to glorious war I 2 See, in the mountain-top, Tlie standard of your God I In Jesus' name I lift it up. All stained with hallowed blood. His standard-bearer, I To all the nations call ; Let all to Jesus' cross draw nigh t He bore the cross for all. 3 Go up with Christ your Head ; Your Captain's footsteps see ; Follow your Captain, ana be led To certain victory. All power to him is given ; He ever reigns the same ; Salvation, happiness, and heaven Are all in «j esus' name. 461 8. M. BlOOn PAKT. ANGELS your march oppose. Who still in strengtn excel. Your secret, sworn, eternal foes. Countless, invisible: But shall believers fear t But shall believers fly f Or see the bloody cross appear. And all their powers defy T Jesus' tremendons name Puts all our foes to flight ; Jesus, the meek, the angry Lamb, A Lion is in fight. By all hell's host withstood, We all hell's host o'erthrow; [blood, And conaaering them, through Jesus' We BtiU tQ W»iscd, forsaken. Thou, from hence, my all shalt be. Perish every fond ambition. All rvesought,andhoped,andknown; Yet how rich is my condition, God and heaven are still my own I 2 Let the world despise and leave me. They have left my Saviour, too ; Human hearts and looks deceive me ; Thou art not, like man, untrue ; And, while thou shalt smile upon me, God of wisdom, love, and might, Foes may hate,and friends may shun me; Show thy face, and all is bright. 3 Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to thy breast ; Life with trials hard may press me. Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. Know, my soul, thy full salvation ; Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear. 4 Haste thee on from grace to glory. Armed by faith, and winged by prayer; Heaven's eternal day's before thee, God's own hand shall guide thee there. Soon shall close thy earthly mission ; Swift shall pass thy pilgrim days ; Hope shall change to glad fruition, I aith to sight, and prayer to praise. 476 8s & 7s. Trust in torrvw. 1 T ORD of life, when foes assail us, Jj And our hearts are bowed in pain. Earthly friends can not deliver ; Swords and bucklers, all are vain. Be our buckler, thou whose pity Bore the shame upon the tree : Man of Sorrows I in our sorrows We can only trust in thee. On the darkly heaving billows, Thou didst walk, and they were still ; Thou canst stay the ills that press us, They are servants to thy will. Thou alone art Ring of nations. Lord of life and victory : Man of Sorrows ! in our sorrows We can only trust in thee. THE CHRISTIAN LIFB. subdue our heart's rebellion, That we faint not nor repine ; Nought of evil can befall us, That comes down from hand if thine. May we, like thy great disciple. Meet thee on the swelling sea : Man of Sorrows ! in our sorrows We can only trust in theo. 477 7s & 6s. Psalm zxvii. 1, 8, 8. 1 r\ OD is my strong salvation ; \jr What foe have I to fear? In darkness and temptation, My light, my help, is near ; Though hosts encamp around me, Firm in the fight I stand ; What terror can confound me, With God at my right hand f 1 Place on the Lord reliance ; My soul, with courage wait ; His truth be thine affiance. When faint and desolate ; His might thy heart shall strengthen, 'lis love thy joy increase ; Mercy thy days shall lengthen ; The Lord will give thee peace. 478 10,10,11,11. Victory throvgh Christ, 1 AMNIPOTENT Lord, my Saviour and U King, Paring; Thy succour afford, thy righteousness Thy promises bind thee compassion to have ; [save. Now, now let me find thee almighty to 2 Rejoicing in hope, and patient in grief, To thee 1 look up for certain relief; I fear no denial, no danger I fear. Nor start from the trial, while Jesus is near. 3 For God is above men, devils, and sin ; My Jesus's love the battle shall win ; So terribly glorious his coming shall be. His love all-victorious shall conquer for mt. i He all shall break through ; his truth and his graca Shall bring me into the plentiful place. Through much tribulation, through water and fire, [of desire. Through floods of temptation, andflamea 6 On Jesus, my power, till then I rely ; All evil before his presence shall fly ; When I have my Saviour, my sin shall depart, [heart And Jesus for ever shall reigu in my 479 lis. OocTt promiMs aflrm/oundatioTK 1 TJOW firm a foundation, ye saints of Jrl the Lord, [word I Is laid for your faith in his excellent What more can he say, than to >'ou he hath said, [fled ? To you, who for refuge to Jesus have 2 "Fear not, I am with thee; be not dismayed f [aid ; For I am thy God, I will still give thee I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, [hand. Upheld by my gracious, omnipotent 3 " Wlion through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; For I will be with thee thy trials to bless, [tress. And sanctify to thee thy deepest dis- 4 "WV^n through fiery trials thy path- way shall lie, [s"I>ply ; My grace, all-suflicient, shall be thy The flame shall not hurt thee ; I only design [refine. Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to 5 "E'en Jown to oV. age all my peoplj shall prove [love ; My sovereign, eternal, imchangeable And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, [be borne. Like lambs they shall still in my bosom 6 "The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose, I will not, in danger, desert to his foes ; That soul, though all hell should, en- deavour to shake, [sake I " I'll never, — no never, — ^no never for- 480 L. M. AbrdKam offering up Jiooo. ABRAHAM, when severely tried. His faith by his obedience showed ; He with the harsh command complied, And gave bii IsaiM baok to God. 182 oonhiIOt Ain> bxtfferino. for 968 ; en- !" |for> M. red; led, 2 His son the father offered up, Son of his a^e, his only son. Object of all his joy and hope, And less beloved than God alone. 3 for a faith like his, that we The bright example may pursue ; May gladly give up all to thee, To whom our more than all is due I 4 Now^ Lord, to thee our all we leave ; Our willing soul thy call obeys ; Pleasure, and wealth, and fame we give, Freedom, and life, to win thy grace. 6 Is there a thing than life more dear f A thing from which we cannot part ? We can ; we now rejoice to tear The idol from our bleeding heart. 6 Jesus, accept our sacrifice ; All things lor thee we count but loss; Lo ! at thy word our Isaac dies, — Dies on the altar of thy cross. 481 li. M. Christ our Helper in tore trial 1 "TITERNAL Beam of Light Divine, Jli Fountain of unexhausted love, In whom the Father's glories shine, Through earth beneath, and heaven above; 2 Jesus, the weary wanderer's rest. Give me thy easy yoke to bear ; With steadfast patience arm my breast ; With spotless love, and lowly fear. 8 Thankful I take the cup from thee, Prepared and mingled by thy skill ; Though bitter to the taste it be. Powerful the woimded soul to heal. 4 Be thou, Rock of Ages, nigh ; [gone; So shall each murmuring thought be And grief, and fear, and care shall fly, As clouds before the mid-day sun. 5 Speak to my warring passions, "Peace!" Say to my trembling heart, "Be still!" Thy power my strength and fortress is. For all things serve thy sovereign will. 6 death I where is thy sting t Where now Thy boasted victory, grave t Who shall contend with God f or who Can hurt whom God delights to save ? 482 ^ ^' Conflict with lev* of tht world. 1 TIONDLY my foolish heart essays iJ To augment the source of perfect bliss, Love's all-sulllcient sea to raise With drops of creature happiness. 2 love, thy sovereign aid impart, And giiard the gift thyself hast given ! My portion thou, my treasure, art. And life, and happiness, and heaven. 8 Would aught on earth my wishes share. Though dear as life the idol be, The idol from my breast I'd tear. Resolved to seek my all in thee, 4 Whate'er I fondly counted mine, To thee, my Lord, I here restore ; Gladly I all for thee resign ; Give me thyself, I ask no more. 483 ^' ^^ The mind qf Christ. 1 mHOU Lamb of God, thou Prince of X Peace, For thee my thirsty soul doth pine ; My longing heart implores thy grace ; make me in thy likeness shine ! 2 With fraudless, even, humble mind, Thy will in all things may I see ; In love be every wish resigned. And hallowed my whole heart to thee. 8 When pain o'er my weak flesh prevails. With lamb-like patience arm my breast ; When grief my wounded soul assails, In lowly meekness may I rest. 4 Close by thy side still may I keep, llowe'er life's various current flow ; With stfailfast eye mark every step, And follow thee where'er thou go. 5 Thou, Lord, the dreadful fight hast won ; Alone thou hast the winepress trod ; In me thy strengthening grace be shown; may I conquer through thy blood I 6 So, when on Zion thou shalt stand, And all heaven's host adore their King, Shall I be found at thy right hand. And free from pain thy^glories «ing. fi 133 TBI 0HBI8TUN LXH. 484 ^ ^' Walking v>i(h Chritt through nffering. 1 A THOU, to whose all-searcliing sight \J The darkness shineth as the light, Search, prove my heart; it pants for thee; burst these bonds and set it free I 2 Wash out its stains, refine its dross, Nail my affections to the cross ; Hallow each thought ; let all within Be clean, as thou, my Lord, art clean 1 3 If in this darksome wild I stray, Be thou my Light, be thou my Way ; No foes, no violence I fear, No fraud, while thou, my God, art near. ,4 When rising floods my soul o'erflow. When sinks my heart in waves of woe, Jesus, thy timely aid impart. And raise my head, and cneer my heart. 6 Saviour, where'er thy steps I see, Dauntless, untired, I follow thee ; let thy hand support me still, And lead me to thy holy hill ! 6 If rough and thorny be the way. My strength proportion to my day ; Till toil, and grief, and pain shall cease, Where all is calm, and joy, and peace. 485 L. M. " Blessed are they that mou7*».' 1 "TiEEM not that they are blest alone U Whose days a peaceful tenor keep; The anointed Son of God makes known, A blessing for the eyes that weep. 2 The light of smiles shall fill again The lids that overflow with tears ; And weary hours of woe and pain Are promises of happier years. 8 There is a day of sunny rest For every dark and troubled night ; Though grief may bide an evening guest, Yet joy shall come with early light. 4 Nor let the good man's trust depart. Though life its common gifts deny. Though with a pierced and broken heart, Ana spumed of men, he goes to die. 5 For God has marked each sorrowing day. And numbered every secret tear ; And heaven's long age of bliss shall pay For ftll his children suffer here. 486 6-8s Chrisfi sympathy in suffering. 1 TTTHEN gathering clouds around 1 \Y view, And days are dark, and friends are few. On him I lean, who not in vain Experienced every human pain ; He knows my wants, allays my fears. And counts and treasures up my tears. 2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue. Or do the thing I would not do ; Still he, who felt temptation's power. Shall guard me in that dangerous hour. 3 If wounded love my bosom swell. Deceived by those 1 prized too well, He shall his pitying aid bestow, Who felt on earth severer woe, — At once betrayed, denied, or fled. By those who shared his daily bread. 4 And Oh f when I have safely pi(,^'?( ^ Through every conflict but the lust. Still, still unchanging, watch beside Ikly dying bed — for thou hast died ; Then point to realms of cloudless day, And wipe the latest tear away. 487 6 8s. " Comfort ye, eomfort ye, my people." 1 pOMFORT, ye ministers of grace, \J Comfort my people, saith your God! Ye soon shall see his smiling face. His golden sceptre, not his rod ; And own, when now the cloud's removed, He only chastened whom he loved. 2 Who sow in tears, in joy shall reap. The Lord shall con) fort all that mourn ; Who now go on their way and weep. With joy they doubtless shall return. And bring their sheaves with vast in* crease. And have their fruit to holiness. 488 6-8^ " If we suffer, we shall also reign with him." 1 n AVIOUR of all, what hast thou done, U What hast thou suffered on the tree^ Why didst thou groan thy mortal groan Obedient unto death for me ? The mystery of thy passion show. The end of all thy griefs below. 184 CONFLICT AND BUFFBRINQ. 2 Pardon, and grace, and heaven to buy, My bleeding Sacrifice expired ; But didst thou not my Pattern die, That, by thy clorious Spirit fired, Faithful to death I might endure. And make the crown by suffering sure? 3 Thy every suffering servant. Lord, Shall as his patient Master be ; To all thy inward life restored. And outwardly conformed to thee ; Out of thy giave the saint shall rise. And grasp, through death, the glorious pnze. 4 This is the strait and royal way, That leads us to the courts above ; Here let me ever, ever stay, Till, on the wings of perfect love, I take my last triumphant flight, From Calvary's to Zion's height. 489 6-83. Thtpraenee of CI^rM in offMtion. 1 pEACE! doubting heart; my God's I JL am ; Who formed me man, forbids my fear; The Lord hath called me by my na ne ; The Lord protects, for ever near ; His blood for me did once atone. And still he loves and guards his ow?a. 2 When passing through the watery deep, I ask in faith his promised aid, The waves an awful distance keep. And shrink from my devoted head ; Fearless their violence I dare ; They cannot harm, for God is there t 3 To him mine eye of faith I turn. And through the fire pursue my way; The fire forgets its power to burn, The lambent flames around me play ; I own his power, accept the sign, And shout to prove the Saviour mine. 4 When darkness intercepts the skies. And sorrow's waves around me roll. When high the storms of passion rise. And half o'erwhelm my sinking soul, lly soul a sudden calm shall feel. And hear a whisper, " Peace ; be still 1 " 6 Still nigh me, my Saviour, stand f Andguard in fierce temptation's hour; Hide in the hollow of thy hand ; Show forth in me thy saving power ; Still be thy arms my sure defence ; Kor earth nor hell shall pluck me thence. 490 c- ^' 1 rrHEE, Jesus, full of truth and grace, J. Thee, Saviour, we adore ; Thee in afiliction's furnace praise, And magnify thy power. 2 Thy power, in human weakness shown, Shall make us all entire ; We now thy guardian presence own. And walk unburned in fire. 3 Thee, Son of Man, by faith we see, And glory in our Guide ; Surrounded and upheld by thee. The fiery test abide. 4 The fire our graces shall refine, Till, moulded from above. We bear the character divine, The stamp of petiect love. 491 c* ^ A titU to luavtinly vMnaioni. 1 TI7HEN I can read my title clear VV To mansions in the skies, I'll bid farewell to every fear. And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage. And fiery darts be hurled. Then 1 can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge com^ Let storms of sorrow fall, So 1 but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all ! 4 There I shall bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest. And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. 492 G' ^« " Th* fellowship of hit sufferlngt." 1 AUT of the depths to thee I cry, \J Whose fainting footsteps trod The paths of our humanity, Incarnate Son of God I 2 Thou Man of grief, who once apart Didst all our sorrows bear, The trembling hand, the fainting heart, The agony, and prayer I 3 This is the consecrated dower Thy chosen oaes obtain. To know thy resurrection power Through fellowship of pain. 135 THB CHRISTIAN LIFB. 4 Then, my soul, in silence wait I Faint not, O faltering feet ! Press onward to that blest estate, In righteousness complete. 5 Let faith transcend the passing hour, The transient pain and strife ; Upraised by an immortal power, The power of endless life. 493 0. H. ' Ht hedUth the broken (n heart. " 1 A THOU who driest the mourner's tear, \J How dark this world would be, If, when deceived and wounded here, We could not fly to thee t 2 The friends who in our sunshine Uve, When winter comes, are flown ; And he who has but tears, to give. Must weep those tears alone. 3 But thou wilt heal that broken heart, Which, like the plants that throw Their fragrance from the wounded part, Breathes sweetness out of woe. 4 who could bear life's stormy doom, Did not thy wing of love [gloom, Come brightly wafting through the Our peace- branch from above ! 5 Then sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright With more than rapture's ray ; As darkness shows us worlds of light We never saw by day. 494 B> Ma Trtutin Froridenet. 3 COMMIT thou all thy griefs And ways into his hands. To his sure truth and tender care. Who earth and heaven commands. Who points the clouds their course. Whom winds and seas obey, He shall direct thy wandering feet, He shall prepare thy way. Thou on the Lord rely. So safe shalt tliou go on ; Fix on his work thy steadfast eye^ So shall thy work be done. No profit canst thou gain By self-consuming care ; To hira commend thy cause, his ear Attends the softest prayer. Thy everlasting truth, Father, thy ceaseless love. Sees all thy children's wants, and knows What best for each will prove. 495 S. M. HOOITD PART. 1 r\ IVE to the winds thy fears ; It Hope and be undismayed : od hears tny sighs, and counts thy tears; God shall lift up thy head. 2 Through waves, and clouds, and storms. He gently clears thy way : Wait thou his time, so shall this night Soon end in joyous day. 3 Stii! hravy is thy heart T Still aink thy spirits down ? Cast ofl" the weight, let fear depart. Bid every care be gone. 4 What, though thou rulest not t Yet heaven, and earth, and hell Proclaim, God sitteth on the throne, And ruleth all things well I 5 Leave to his sovereign sway To choose and to command ; So shalt thou wondering own his way. How wise, how strong his hand. 6 Far, far above thy thought His counsel shall appear. When fully he the work hath wrought That caused thy needless fear. 7 Thou seest our weakness, Lord ; Our hearts are known to thee ; lift thou up the sinking hand, Coutirm the feeble knee 1 8 Let us in life, in death, Thy steadfast truth declare. And publish with our latest breath Thy love and guardian care. 496 8. M. i< " Ify timet are {n thy hand." ■jl T Y times are in thy hand ; Hi My God, 1 wish them there; My life, my friends, my soul, I leave Entirely to thy care. •' My times are in thy hand," Whatever they may be ; Pleasing or painful, dark or brighti As b^t may seem to thee. CONFLICT AND SUFFERING. 8 " My times are In thy hand ; " Why should I doubt or fear T My Father's hand will never causo His child a needless tear. 4 " My times are in thy hand,'* Jesus, the crucified t The hand my cruel sins had pierced Is now my guard and guide. 5 " My times are in thy hand ; " I'll always trust in thee ; And, after death, at thy right hand I shall forever be. 497 B* ^• " The eouiuel tf the Lord $tand«(h forever." 1 A "WAY, my needless feartu, xjL And doubts no longer mine ; A ray of heavenly light appears, A messenger divine. 2 Thrice comfortable hope, That calms my troubled breast ; My Father's hand prepares the cup, And what he wills is best. 8 If what I wish is good. And suits the will divine, By earth and hell in vain withstood, I know it shall be mine. 4 Still let them counsel take ■ To frustrate his decree. They cannot keep a blessing back. By Heaven designed for me. 5 Here then I doubt no more, But in his pleasure rest, [power, Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and Engage to make me blest. 6 To accomplish his design The creatures all agree. And all the attributes divino Are now at work for me. 498 8,7,8,7,4,7. Jehovah the pilgrinCt Guide. 1 p UIDE me. thou great Jehovah, VJ Pilgrim through this barren land ; I am weak, but thou art mighty ; Hold me with thy powerful hand : Bread of heaven ! Feed me till I want no more. 2 0])en now the crystal fountain, Whence the healing waters flow ; Let the fiery, cloudy pillar, liead me all my journey through : Strong Deliverer I Be thou still my strength and shield. 187 8 When I tread the verge of Jordan, Bid my anxious fears subside ; Bear me through the swelling current ; Land me safe on Canaan's side: Songs of praises I will ever give to thee. 499 8b & 7s ' Lead m« {n a plain piih.^ GENTLY, Lord, gently lead us Through this gloomy vale of tears; And, Lord, in mercv give us Thy rich grace in all our fears. When temptation's darts assail us, When in devious paths we stray, Let thy goodness never fail us, Lead us in thy perfect way. In the hour of pain and anguish, In the hour when death draws near, Suffer not our hearts to languish. Suffer not our souls to fear. When this mortal life is ended. Bid us in thine arms to rest, Till, by angel-bands attended. We awake among the blest. 600 * Thy will he done.* 8,8,8,4. 1 "]\ TY God, and Father, while I stray ItX Far from my home, in life's rough way, teach me from my heart to say. Thy will be done I 2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot, Let me be still and murmur not. Or breathe the prayer divinely taught, Thy will be done. 8 If thou shouldst call me to resign What most I prize — it ne'er was mine ; 1 only yield thee what was thine : Thy will be done. 4 Should grief or sickness waste away My life m premature decay, My Father, still 1 strive to say, Thy will be done. 6 If but my fainting heart be blest , With thy sweet Spirit for its guest^ My God, to thee I leave the rest : Thy will be doiAe. I THB CHRISTIAN LIFE, T 6 Renew my will from day to day, Blend it with thine, and take away All that now makes it hard to say, Thy will be done. 601 6s. " Teadh m» thy way.* 1 rriHY way, not mine, Lord, ± However dark it be ! Lead me by thine own hand. Choose ont the path for me ; Smooth let it be or rough. It still will be the best. Winding or straight, it leads Eight onward to thy rest. 2 I dare not choose my lot ; I would not, if I might : Choose thou for me, my God, So shall I walk aright. The kingdom that I seek Is thine ; so let the way That leads to it be thine. Else 1 must surely stray. 8 Take thou my cup, and it With joy or sorrow fill. As best to thee may seem ; Choose thou my good and ill. Not mine, not mine the choice, In things or great or small ; Be thou my guide, my strength. My wisdom, and my all. 602 78. " A$ (hy days to thdU thy strength le." IAS thy day thy strength shall be — Xi This should be enough for thee ; He who knows thy frame will spare Burdens more than thou canst bear. 2 When thy days are reiled in night, Christ shall give thee heavenly light ; Are they wearisome and long ? Yet in him thou shalt be strong. 8 Cold and wintry though they prove, Thine the sunshine of his love ; If with fervid heat opprest. In hi^ shadow thou shalt rest. 4 When thy days on earth are past, Christ shall call thee home at last. His redeeming love to praise. Who hath strengthened all thy days. 503 Ti. "Surely he hath home our gr{^.' 1 WHEN our heads are bowed with woe, When our bitter tears o'erflow, When we mourn the lost, the dear, Jesus, Son of David, hear. When the heart is sad within With the thought of all its sin, When the spirit shrinks with fear, Jesus, Son of David, hear. Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn. Thou our mortal griefs hast borne, Thqu hast shed the human tear ; Jesu.d, Son of David, hear. Thou hast bowed the dying head. Thou the blood of life hast shed. Thou hast filled a mortal bier ; Jesus, Son of David, hear. 504 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6. " The Lord it my Rock and my For treat." 1 A ALMIGHTY God of Love, \J Thy holy arm display; Send me succour from above, , In this my evil day ; Arm my weakness with thy power. Light of life, appear within ; Be my Safeguard and my Tower Against the face of sin. 2 Could I of thy strength take hold. And always feel thee near, Confident, divinely bold. My soul would scorn to fear ; Nothing should my firmness shock ; Though the gates of hell assail. Were I built upon the Rock, They never could prevail. 3 Kock of my salvation, haste. Extend thy ample shade ; Let it over me be cast, And screen my naked head ; Save me from the trying hour ; Thou my sure protection bo ; Shelter me from Satan's power. Till I am fixed on thee. 4 Set upon thyself my feet. And make me surely stand ; From temptation's rage and heat Cover me with thy hand; Let me in the cleft be placed, Never from its shelter move ; In thine arms of love embraced. Of everlasting love. 2 I D C L( Fi 8 Ai I W( 138 OONTLIOT AND BUFf HUNG. 605 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6. bk " Our CM whom im term is able to deliver u$ from the burning fiery furnace." 1 p OD of Israel's faithful three, VJ Who braved a tyrant's ire, Nobly scorned to bow the knee, And walked unhui-t in fire ; Breathe their faith into my breast, Arm me in this fiery hour ; Stand, Son of Man, confest In all thy saving power I 2 Lo I on dangers, deaths, and snarea I every moment tread ; Hell without a veil appears. And flames around my head ; Sin increases more and more, Sin in all its strength returns. Seven times hotter than before The fiery furnace bums. 3 But while thou, my Lord, art nigh. My soul disdains to fear ; Sin and Satan I defy, Still impotently near ; Earth and hell their wars may wage ; Calm I mark their vain design. Smile to see them idly rage Against a child of thine. 506 8,7,8,7,6,6,6,6,7. " A strong tower from the enemy." 1 A MIGHTY fortress is our God, A. A bulwark never failing ; Our Helper he, amid the flood Of mortal ills prevailing. For still our ancient foe Doth seek to work us woe ; His craft and power are ^reat, And, armed with cruel hate. On earth is not his equal. 2 Did we in our own strength confide. Our striving would be losing ; "Were not the right man on our side. The man of God's own choosing. Dost ask who that may be t Christ Jesus, it is he ; Lord Sabaoth is his name. From age to age the same, And he must win the battle. 8 And though this world, with devils filled. Should threaten to undo us ; We will not fear, for God hath willed His truth to triumph through us. The prince of darkness grim, We fremble not for him ; His rage we can endure, For lo i his doom is sure. One little word shall fell him. 4 That word above all earthly powers — No thanks to them — abideth ; The Spirit and the gifts are ours Through him who with us sideth. Let goods and kindred go. This mortal life also ; The body they may kill ; God's truth abidetn still. His kingdom is forever. 507 7,6,7,6,7,7,7,6. Joy in sorrow. 1 TlATHER, in the name I pray J: Of thy incarnate Love ; Humbly ask, that as my day My suffering strength may prove ; When my sorrows most increase. Let thy strongest joys be given ; Jesus, come with my distress. And agony is heaven I 2 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, For good remember me ! Me whom thou hast caused to trust For more than life on thee ; With me in the fire remain, Till like burnished gold F shine. Meet, through consecrated pain. To see the face divine. 608 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. Isaiah xxxii. 2. 1 rrO the haven of thy breast, i Son of Man, I fly f Be my refuge and my rest. For the storm is high ! Save me from the furious blast ; A covert from the tempest be ; Hide me, Jesus, till o'erpast The storm of sin I see. ti Welcome as the water-spring To a dry, barren place, descend on me, and bring Thy sweet refreshing grace ! O'er a parched and weary laud As a great rock extends its shade. Hide me, Saviour, with thine hand, And screen my naked head. 8 In the time of my distress Thou hast my succour been, In my utter helplessness .| Restraining me from sin ; 189 THi omusnAir iirw. how swiftly didst thon more To save me in the trying hour I Still protect me with thy lore, And shield me with thy power. 4 First and last in me perform The work thou hast hegun : Be my shelter from the storm, My shadow from the sun; Weary, parched with thirst, and faint, Till thou the abiding Spirit breathe, Every moment, Lord, I want The merit of thy death. 609 7,6,7,6,7,8,7,6. Thefaithfidneu of Christ. 1 n AST on the fidelity \J Of my redeeming Lord, 1 shall his salvation see, According to his word ; Credence to his word I give ; My Saviour in distresses past Will not now his servant leave, But bring me through at last 2 Better than my boding fears, To me thou oft hast proved ; Oft observed my silent tears, And challenged thy beloved ; Mercy to my rescue new. And death ungrasped his fainting prey ; Pain before thy face withdrew. And sorrow fled away. 3 Now as yesterday the same. In all my troubles ni^h, Jesus, on thy Word and Name I steadi stly rely ; Sure as now tue grief I feel. The promised joy I soon shall have ; Saved again, to sinners tell Thy power and will to save. 4 To thy blessed will resigned, And stayed on that alone, I thy perfect strength shall find, Tny faithful mercies own ; Compassed round with songs of praise. My all to my Redeemer give. Spread thy miracles of grace. And to thy glory live. 610 4-8s & 2-6S. ChriU cur rtfugt in trouble. 1 TTOW happy are the little flock, XI Who, safe beneath their guardian- rock. In all commotions rest ! [high, When war's and tumult's waves run Unmoved above the storm they lie, They lodge in Jesus' breast 2 Such happiness, Lord, have we, By mercy gathered into thee, Before the floods descend ; [down, And while the bursting cloud comes We mark the vengeful day begun. And calmly wait the end. 8 Whatever ills the world befall, A pledge of endless good we call, A sign of Jesus near : His chariot will not long delay ; We hear the rumbling wheels, and pray, Triumphant Lord, appear I 511 4-8sdc2-6s. " TAott art my Deliverer." 1 r\ GOD, thy faithfulness I plead, \) My helplessness in time of need. My great Deliverer, thou ! Has^e to my aid, thine ear incline. And rescue this poor soul of mine ; I c\aim the promise now I 2 Where is thp way ? Ah, show me where. That I thy mercy may declare. The power that sets me free ; How can I my destruction shun ? How can I from my nature run 1 Answer, God, for me. 3 For thou, Lord, art full of grace ; Thy love can find a thousand ways To foolish man unknown ; My soul upon thy love I cast ; I rest me, till the storm is past. Upon thy love alone. 4 Thy faithful, wise, and mighty love Shall every stumbling-block remove. And make an open way ; Thy love shall burst the shades of death, And bear me from the gulf beneath. To everlasting day. ein 4-8s & 2-6s. Thefaith/ulness and power of Christ. 1 T IGHT of the world ! thy beams I bless! Jj On thee, bright Sun of Righteous- ness, My faith hath fixed its eye ; Guided by thee, through all I go. Nor fear the ruin spread below. For thou art always nigh. 2 Ten thousand snares my path beset ; Yet will I, Lord, the work complete, Which thou to me hast given ; Regardless of the pains I feel. Close by the gates of death and hell, I urge my way to heaven. i Tl It Oi Ar ; Th Shfl An( 140 « In th«« A T ^ r '^^^ SALVATION. And «le„ee heighten, CvIL. «>e fathful God of Love' I faith ri,Ti„ ^-ootmual care 613 To that Xtfal'tr "' '- , - ,.^.. . .,« .,„>,, f,,, ., ,-, 2 Beyond the bound. Oft™, , «» ''"'^iy -pi'tSm ' """-"^ "hiehncifwTA.'"!"'*"!: ■■"«» scale the mount of Ood. »— PITLL SALVATION. 514 A heart p«o,' . , . It bnn^s to life the dead • ' -j;our.?».S>m Triumphant with our He^ 6 My heart, thou know'of ^ Till thou create °V*' '^" ''''''' "«*• ^rom every sin I ce^*;"^ ^ w!F^^ ipysterious Deity ^Tif T^i^ °P«" face Zu see . IJe beatific «ght ■"*"»^«. . . "'«/ «mi i cease ' I M. Ttru- Y ^"©' true, and cJpan . Aooi.yXXiftUnfr""'*""^- 5 Thy tender heart is still th And melts at hima^^^ .'""'^ Jesus, for thee distressed I am I want thy love tow ' THB CHRISTIAN LIFE. 1 615 ^' ^• " IVhert Hn abounded, graet did mvch mon abound," 1 WHAT shall I do my God to love ! \Y My lovinff God to praise t [i)rovp, The length, and breadth, and height to And depth of sovereign grace ? 2 Thy sovereign grace to all extends, Immense and uncon fined ; From age to age it never ends ; It reaches all mankind. '.vorld its breadth is 3 Throughout known, Wide as infinity ; So wide, it never imsscd by one, Or it had passed by mo. 4 My trespass was grown up to heaven ; But far above tne skies, In Christ abundantly forgiven, I see thy mercies rise. 5 The depth of all-redeeming love, What angel-tongue can tell I may I to the utmost prove The gift unspeakable ! 6 Deeper than hell, it plucked me thence: Deeper than inbred sin. His love my sinful heart shall cleanse, When Jesus enters in. 7 Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take Possession of thine own ; My longing heart vouchsafe to make Thine everlasting throne ! 8 Assert thy claim, maintain thy right, Come quickly from above ; And sink me to perfection's height, The depth of humble love. 616 C. M. Jetiu the Saviour from tin. 1 TESUS, to thee I now can flv, (J On whom my help is laid ; Oppressed by sins, I hft my eye^ And see the shadows fade. 2 Believing on my Lord, I find A sure and present aid ; On thee alone my constant mind Be every moment stayed. 8 Whate'er in me seems wise, or good. Or strong, I here disclaim ; I wash my garments in the blood Of the atoning Lam]>. « • -^ • - 4 Jesus, my Strength, my Life, my Rest, On thee will I depend, Till summoned to tne marriage-feast, When fuith in sight shall end. 617 C. M. Th$ rest cf faith. 1 T ORD, I believe a rest remains, Jj To all thy people known ; A rest where pure enjoyment reigns. And thou art loved alone : 2 A rest, where all our soul's desire Is fixed on things above ; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire. Cast out by perfect love. 3 that I now the rest might know. Believe, and enter in ! Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin. 4 Remove this hardness from my heart, This unbelief remove : To me the rest of faith impart. The Sabbath of thy love. 5 I would be thine, thou know'st I would, And have thee all my own ; Thee, my all-sulficient Good I I want, and thee alone. 6 Thy name to me, thy nature grant ; This, only this be given ; Nothing beside my God I want ; Nothmg in earth or heaven. 7 Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, And seal me thine abode ; Let all I am in thee be lost; Let all be lost in God. 518 ^' ^' " TluU Chritt may dioeU in your hearts by faitK" 1 A JOYFUL sound of gospel grace f \J Christ shall in me appear ; I, even I, shall see his face ; I shall be holy here. 2 This heart shall be his constant home ; I hear his Spirit's cry ; " Surely," he saith, **,! quickly come ;" He saith, who cannot lie. 8 The glorious crown of righteousness To me reached out I view ; [seize. Conqueror through him, I loon shall And wear it as my doe. 142 d TU^ '^^^ SALVATION - ~^„ cAUit 10 see : -- - * Vti^rT "'»'■<>"» of clay. ^^°Sf]2,7.«od. thyself reveal m,'"^ all this mighty void • ' Come, my God; n/y God r fi., T /^V ""'ner free • ^ "'"•n Jesus makes my heart n. v 519 621 And never Sv??Kl°i"P«»««. C. if « MighTiiyeTC aC? < Give me thyself; from every boast From ever^ ^ j, ^^^ «/y boast. ^etaniammtheebelost- But give thyself tome ' U let thyself be given f ' And where thou art i^Cven?' 620 " The hope qf our calUng - 2 uX"rf^ """--- ■ C. M. U3 Mad;7eaay n tL^'"''''^ ^'^«"«V * My vehement sou] crifes o„f ^ Art thou not able to convert! To AVw ".??* ^''^^'ng too ? Ihou canst, thou wilt t a , 522 Now in my ,C:S'. "i '■™<"'e ; , n.yS;;fo?;fX^°"^ 2 I want thy lifo ii. . C. M. THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 3 Anger and sloth, desire and pride, Tnis moment be subdued ; Be cast into the crim.soti tide Of my Kcdeemer's blood. 4 Saviour, to thee my soul looks up, Mv present Saviour, thou ! In all the confidence of hope, I claim the blessing now. 5 'Tis done : thou dost this moment save, With full salvation bless ; Redemption through thy blood I have, And spotless love and peace. 623 c- K Living «n(on vfUh ChHsU 1 TESUS, the all-restoring Word, J My fallen sjnrit's hope. After thy lovelv likeness, Lord, Ah I when shall I wake up ? 2 Thou, my God, thou only art The Life, the Truth, the Way ; Quicken my soul, instruct my heart. My sinking footsteps stay. 8 Of all thou hast in earth below, In heaven above, to give. Give me thy only love to know, In thee to walk and live. 4 Fill me with all the life of love ; In mystic union join Me to thyself, and let me prove The fellowship divine. 5 Open the intercourse between My longing soul and thee ; Never to be broke off again To all eternity. 624 8. M. TIu law qf lovt. 1 mHE thing my God doth hate i. That I no more may do. Thy creature. Lord, again create. And all my soul renew : My soul shall then, like thine. Abhor the thing unclean, And, sanctified by love divine. For ever cease from sin. 2 That blessed law of thine, Jesus, to me impart ; The Spirit's law of life divine, write it in my heart ! Implant it deep within, Whence it may ne'er remove, The law of liberty from sin. The perfect law of love. 3 Thy nature be my law, Thy spotless sanctity ; And sweetly every moment draw My hapiiy soul to thee. Soul or my soul remain, Who didst for all fultil, In me, O Lord, fulfil again Thy heavenly Father's will. 526 Th$ cUaiulng blood. I. M 3 FATHER, I dare believe Thee merciful and true ; Thou wilt my guilty soul forgive. My fallen soul renew. Come, then, for Jesus' sake. And bid my heart be clean ; An end of all my troubles make. An end of all my sin. I will, through grace, I will, I do, return to thee ; Empty my heart, Lord, and fill With perfect purity ! For power I feebly pray ; Thy kingdom now restore, To-day, while it is called to-day. And I shall sin no mor>>. I cannot wash my he But by believing thci And waiting for thy blood to impart The spotless purity; While at thy cross I lie, Jesus, thy grace bestow, Now thy all-cleansing blood apply. And I am white as snow. 626 ' ' RedtmptUm in Chriit Jen*. ' 8. M. 8 JESUS, my Truth, my Way, My sure, unerring Light, On thee my feeble steps I stay, Which thou wilt guide aright. My Wisdom and my Guide, My Counsellor thou art ; never let me leave thy side. Or from thy paths depart I Never will I remove Out of thy hands my canse ; But rest in thy redeeming love, And hang upon thy cross. Teach me the happy art In all things to depend On thee ; never. Lord, depart^ But loy« me to the end t 144 1 Ti 2 ' WI 3 I I An( S 8 Op/;?J°«' ^>»ce remove f ahu build me up in love. ^ w/ "^ "'^ ^»*"««« live. Wheu sm is all de^troy^j • And then my spotless soul ro'ceiVn And take me home to God!' 627 ^ "^i^^Ption through huilood- ^' Lo f on f K ^.^ ^°"'' ^o'-J appear • i^o f on the mn^rs of love hiE And brings reden.ption n«ir ^ Kedemntion in his blood , ^^''«^e. ho cnes, •' believe 1 '' ' ■ iiie reconciling word Rejoice m our redeeming Lord. A bJopd-besprinkled rSce. ^ ^e yield to be set free ; « /^{.counsel we approve. ®H^*t^°"' praise, asiSbe to' thee, ^nd glory in thy love. ^ Jesus, to thee we look, Rv f» '.?' do«»inion have ; 4 a. M. LoH. we thy presence seek. MayoursthisbIe.s«i''^;f' 0|.ve the pure and lowly hi»rt. A temple meet for thee I '^ 629 ^'^Pf^t<^rx»cerandhcUnm. AtiYk • ^"".' °h>oweT within / Jhe seed of sin's disease. Anda,l,,gf;Jlbp^^^^^^ JJhe original olfence p",f'"^''0"J erase; IasKT"K«'"%«ght: 1 ask no higher state ; Indulge me but in this. And soon or later then transUte To my eternal blisa. "^^^ '8 L. M. 2 628 ^fttV The covenant of forglveneu. 1 TlORGIVE US for thy mercy's sake, Jj Our multitude of sins forgive I And for thy own possession take. And bid us to thy glory live ; Live in thy sight, and gladly prove Our faith, by our obedient love. 2 The covenant of forgiveness seal. And all thy mighty wonders show ; Our inbred enemies expel, And conquering them to conquer go, Till all of pride and wrath be slain. And not one evil thought remain. 3 put it in our inward parts. The living law of perfect love \ Write the new precept in our hearts ; We shall not then from thee remove. Who in thy glorious image shine. Thy people, and for ever thine. 652 6-88. The living looter. JESUS, the gift divine I know, The gift divine I ask of thee ; That living water now bestow. Thy Spirit and thyself, on me ; Thou, Lord, of life the fountain art ; Now let me find thee in my heart. Thee let me drink, and thirst no more For drops of finite happiness ; Spring up, Well, in heavenly power, In streams of pure perennial peace. In joy, that none can take away; In life, which si^all for ever stay. Thy mind throughout my life be shown. While listening to the sulfercr's cry, The widojv's and the orphan's groan, On mercy's wings I swiftly fly. The poor and helpless to reheve. My hfe, my all, for them to give. 151 TBS OHBIBTIAM LIFB. : 4 Thns may I show the Spirit within. Which purges me from every stain ; Unspotted from the world and sin, My faith's integrity maintain ; The truth of my religion prove, By perfect pxirity and love. 563 6-88. Forgtvena$ and MTictlfloaUon through ChrM. \m 1 A ^0^ of our forefathers, hear, U And make thy faithful mercies known t To thee, through Jesus, we draw near, Thy suffering, well-beloved Son, In whom thy smiling face we see. In whom thou art well pleased with me. 2 With solemn faith we offer up. And spread before thv glorious eyes. That only ground of all our hope. That precious, bleeding Sacrifice, Which brings thy grace on sinners down, And perfects all our souls in one, 8 Acceptance through his only name, Forgiveness in his blood, we have ; But more abundant life we claim [save. Through him who died our souls to To sanctify us by his blood. And fill with all the life of God. 4 Father, behold thy dying Son, And hear the blood that speaks above! On us let all thy grace be shown ; Peace, righteousness, and joy and love. Thy kingdom, come to every heart, And all thou hast, and all thou art. 664 .y 6-8s. Hark iz. 28. 1 A LL things are possible to him IX Thai can in Jesus' name believe ; Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme, Thy truth I lovingly receive ; I can, I do believe in thee, All things are possible to me. 2 Jlie most impossible of all Is, that I e er from sin should cease ; Yet shall it be, I know it shall ; Jesus, I trust thy faithfulness I If nothing is too hard for thee, All things are possible to me. 8 Though earth and hell the word gainsay, The word of God can never fail ; The Lamb shall take my sins away ; 'Tis certain, though impossible ; The thing impossible shall be ; All things are possible to me. 4 Thy mouth, Lord, hath spoke, hath sworn. That I shall serve thee without fear. Shall find the pearl which others spurn; Holy, and pure, and perfect here, The servant as his Lora shall be; All things are possible to me. 5 All things are possible to God, To Christ, the power of God in man. To me, when I am all renewed. When I in Christ am formed again. And witness, from all sin set free, All things are possible to me. RRR L. M. GoLULl-4. 1 Y^E faithful souls, who Jesus know, X If risen indeed with him ye are, Superior to the joys below, Uis resurrection's power declare. 2 Your faith l^ .loly tempers prove. By actions show your sins forgiven ; And seek the glorious things above. And follow Christ, your Head, to heaven. 3 Tliere your exalted Saviour see. Seated at God's right hand again. In all his Father's majesty. In everlasting pomp, to reign. 4 To him continually aspire. Contending for your native place. And emulate the angel-choir. And only live to love and praise. 5 For who by faith your Lord receive, Ye nothing seek or want beside ; Dead to the world and sin ye live ; Your creature-love is crucified. 6 Your real life, with Christ concealed, Deep in the Father's bosom lies'; And, glorious as your Head revealed, Ye soon shall meet him in che jkies. 656 Eiekiel zxxvl. SS. L. If. 1 pODofall|)ower,and truth, and grace, VJ Which shall from age to age endure. Whose word, when heaven and earth shall pass. Remains and stands for ever sure ; 2 That I thy mercy may proclaim. That all mankind thy truth may see, Hallow thy great and glorious name^ And perfect holiness in me. 152 FULL SALVATIOBI. n, ' i; to 3S. lu. th 3 Thy aanotifying Spirit pour, [clean ; To quench my thirst, and malfc me Now, Father, let the gracious shower Descend, and make me pure from sin. 4 Purge me from every sinful blot , My idok all be cast aside ; Cleanee me from every sinful thought. From all the filth of self and pride. 5 Give me a new, a perfect heait. From doubt, and fear, and sorrow free ; The mind which was in Christ impart, And let my spirit cleave to thee. 6 that I now, from sin released. Thy word may to the utmost prove, Enter into the promised rest. The Canaan of thy perfect love i 557 ^ ^' "Th* God (hat aiuwtreth by fin, let him be God." 1 npHOU God that answerest by fire, J. On thee in Jesus' name we call ; Fulfil our faithful hearts' desire, And let on us thy Spirit falL 2 Bound on the altar of the cross, Our old ofiending nature lies ; Now, for the honour of thy cause, Come, and consimie the sacrifice I 3 that the fire from heaven might fall, Our sins its ready victims find, Seize on our sins, and burn up all, Nor leave the least .^^mains behind ! 4 Then shall our prostrate souls adore. The Lord, he is the God, confess ; He is the God of saving power ; He is the God of hallowing grace. 558 ^ ^' 8BC0!fI> Pi IT. 1 TJOLY, and true, ani righteous Lord, ll I wait to prove chy perfect will ; Be mindful of thy giacious word. And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal. 2 Open my faith's interior eye ; Display thy glory from above ; And all I am shall sink and die. Lost in astonishment and love. 3 Confound, o'erpower me by thy OTace ; I would be by myself abhorred ; All might, all majesty, all praise, All glory, be to Christ my Lord. 4 Now let me gain perfection's hc^'-^ht ; Now let me into nothing fall ; As less than nothing^ in thy sight, And feel that Christ ii ulin all. 559 ^' '^' " 1/ I tooth thu not, thou hatt no part in me." 1 TlOR ever here my rest shall be, J. Close to thy bleeding side ; This all my hoi)e, and all my plea, For me the Saviour died I 2 My dying Saviour, and my God, Fountain for guilt and sin, Spriniile me ever with thy blood, And cleanse, and keep me clean. 3 Wash me, and make me thus thine own; Wash me, and mine thou art ; Wash me, but not my feet alone. My hands, iry head, my heart. i The atonement of thy blood apply. Till faith to sight improve. Till hope in full fruition die, And all my soul be love. 660 L. M. Ezekiel zvl. 6?. 63. 1 A GOD, most merciful and true, U Thy nature to my soul impart ; Stablish with me the covenant new, And write perfection on my heart ! 2 To real holiness restored, let me gain my Saviour's mind ; And, in the knowledge of my Lord, Fulness of life eternal find. 3 Remember, Lord, my sins no more. That them I may no more forget ; But sunk in guiltless shame adore, With speechless wonder, at thy feet. 4 O'erwhelmed with thy stupendous grace, 1 shall not in thy presence move ; But breathe unutterable praise. And rapturous awe, and silent love. 5 Pardoned for all that I have done. My mouth as in the uust 1 hide ; And glory dve to God alone, My God for ever pacified I 661 C. M. "YtanChHat^i.' LET him to whom we now belong His sovereign right assert, And take up evcy thankful song, And every loving heart. He justly claims us for his own, Who bought us with a price ; The Christian lives to Christ alone, To Christ alone he dies. 153 THS CHRISTIAN LIFB. 8 Jesus, thine own at last receive, Fulfil our hearts' desire, And let us to thy glory live, And in thy cause expire. 4 Our souls and bodies we resign ; With joy we render thee Our all, no longer ours, but thine To all eternity. 662 c- ^• Prayer for cleansing. 1 A JESUS, at thy feet we wait, U Till thou shalt bid us rise, Kestored to our unsinning state, To love's sweet paradise. 2 Saviour from sin, we thee receive, From all indwelling sin ; Thy blord, we steadfastly believe, Shall make us throughly clean. 8 Since thouwouldst have us free from sin. And pure as those above. Make haste to bring thy nature in, And perfect us in love. 4 The counsel of thy love fulfil ; Come quickly, gracious Lord I Be it according to thy will, According to thy word ! 5 that the perfect grace were given, The love diffused abroad ! that our hearts were all a heaven, For ever filled with God 1 663 C. M. Matt ilL 12. 1 pOME, thou omniscient Son of Man, \j Display thy sifting power ; Come with chy Spirit's winnowing fan, And throughly purge thy floor. 9 chaflf of sin, the accursed thing, .^9x from our souls be driven! The wheat into thy garner bring, And lay us up for heaven. 8 Look through me with thy eyes of flame, The clouds and darkness chase ; And tell me what by sin I am. And what 1 am by grace. 4 Whate'er offends thy glorious eyes. Far from our hearts remove ; As dust before the whirlwind flies. Disperse it by thy love. 6 Then let ns all thy fulne''s know, From every sin set free ; Saved to the utmost, saved below, And perfectly like thee. 664 c- U' The baptUm of the Hoi),' Ghott and fire. 1 Tl/TY God ! I know, I feel thee mine, 1*1 And will not qr.it my claim. Till all I have is lost in thine, And all renewed I am. 2 I hold thee with a trembling hand. But will not let thee go. Till steadfastly by faith I stand. And all thy goodness know. 3 When shall I see the welcome hour That plants my God in me I Spirit of health, and life, and power. And perfect liberty I 4 Jesus, ^hine all-victorious love Shed in my heart abroad ; Then shall my feet no longer rove. Booted and fixed in God. 5 Love can bow down the stubborn neck, The stone to flesh convert, Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break, An adamantine heart. 6 that in me the sacred fire Might now begin to glow, Bum up the dross of base desire, And make the mountains flow 1 7 that it now from heaven might fall, And all my sins consume ! Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call. Spirit of burning, come t 8 Refining fire, go through my heart, Illuminate my soul ; Scatter thy life through every part, And sanctify the whole. 665 C. M. The power tf faith. 1 n OD of eternal truth and grace, Ur Thy faithful promise seal I Thy word, thy oath, to Abraham's race. In us, even us, fulfil. 2 Let us, to perfect love restored. Thy image here retrieve. And m the presence of our Lord The life of augels lire. 154 FULL BALTATION. H. .. jck, ».k, ^1. M. 3 That mighty faith on me bestow, Which caiinot ask in vain ; Which holds, and will not let the? go, Till I my suit obtain : 4 Till thou into my soul inspire The perfect love unknown, And tell ray infinite desire, *' Whate er thou wilt, be done.'* 6 But is it possible that I Should live and sin no more t Lord, if on thee I dare rely. The faith shall bring the power. 6 On me that faith divine bestow, Wh.'ch doth the mountain move ; And all my spotless life shall show, ThR omnipotence of love. 666 0. M. Salvation through fiiith In ChHst. 1 TIATITER of Jesus Christ, my Lord, X My Saviour, and my Head, I trust in thee, whose powerful word Hath raised him from the dead. 2 Thou know'st for my offence ho died. And rose again for me ; Fully and freely justified, That I might live to thee. 3 Eternal life to all mankind Thou hast in Jesus given ; And all who seek, in him shall find The happiness of heaven. i In hope, against all human hope. Sell-desperate, I believe ; Thy quickening word shall raise me up, Thou shalt thy Spirit give. 5 The thing surpassei all my thought. But faithful is my Lo.i ; Through unbelief I staargev n^i. For God hath spoke tue word. 6 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees. And looks to that alone ; Laughs at impossibilities. And cries " It shall be done t ** 7 Obedient faith, that waits on thee. Thou never wilt reprove ; But thou wilt form tny Son in me. And perfect me in love. 667 ^' ^' "LftuM^onto iptrftetUm." 1 rvEEPEN the wound thy hands have iJ mado In this weak, helpless soul. Till mercy, with its balmy aid. Descends to make me whole. 2 The sharpness of thy two-edged sword Enable me to endure. Till bold to say, My hallowing Lord Hath wiougnt a perfect cure. 8 I see the exceeding broad command, Which all contains in one ; Enlarge my heart to understand The mystery unknown. 4 that with all thy saints I might By sweet experience prove, [height. What is the length, and breadth, and And depth, of perfect love I 568 0. M. The great mlvatUm, 1 T KNOW that my Redeemer lives, JL And ever prays for me ; A token of his love he gives, A pledge of liberty. 2 I find him lifting up my head; He brings salvation near ; His presence makes me free indeed, And he will soon appear. 3 He wills that I should holy be. What can withstand his will f The counsel of his grace in me He surely shall fulfil. 4 Jesus, I hang upon thy word ; I steadfastly believe Thou wilt return and claim me, Lord, And to thyself receive. 5 When God is mine, and I am his, Of paradise possest, I taste unutterable bliss. And everlasting rest. 6 The bliss of those that fully dwell. Fully in thee believe, 'Tis more than angel tongues can tell. Or angel minds conceive. 7 Thou only know'st, who didst obtain. And die to make it known ; The great salvation now explain, And perfect us in one. 156 THl OHRISTIAN LIFI. 669 0. M. Allpowirgivtn to Chriit. 1 TESTIS, my Lord, mighty to save, U What can my hopes withstand, "While thee my Advocate I have. Enthroned at God's right hand f 2 Nature is subject to thy word ; All power to thee is given. The uncontrolled, almighty Lord Of hell, and earth, and heaven. 8 And shall my sins thy will oppose f Master, thy ri^'ht maintain ; let not thy usurping foes In me thy servant reign ! 4 Come, then, and claim me for thine own; Savioiir, thy right assert ; Come, gracious Lord, set up thy throne, And reign within my heart ! 6 So shall I bless thy pleasing sway, And, sitting at thy feet, Thy laws with all my heart obey, With all my soul submit. 6 So shall I do thy will below, As angels do above ; The virtue of thy ]iassion show, The triumphs of thy love. 670 6-8s. The lovt of Christ 1 TESTIS, thy boundless love to me J No thought can reach, no tongue declare ; knit my thankful heart to thee. And reign without a rival there I Thine wholly, thine alone, I am, Be thou alone my constant flame. 2 grant that nothing in my soul May dwell, but thy pure love alone : may thy love possess me whole. My joy, my treasure, and my crown : Strange flames far from my he9.rt re- move ; My every act, word, thought, be love I 3 Love, how cheering is thy ray ; All pain before thy presence flies, Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away, Wliere er thy healing beams arise ; Jesus, nothing may I see. Nothing uegire^ or seek, but thee ! 4 Tlnwearicd may 1 this nnrfue, Dauntless to the high prize aspire ; Hourly within my soul renew This holy flame, this heavenly fire ; And day and night be all my care To guard the sacred treasure ther.). 571 6-88. IBCOND PART. 1 A SAVIOTIR, thou thy love to me \J In shame, in want, in pain, hast showed ; For me on the accursed tree, [blood ; Thou pouredst forth tliy guiltless Thy wounds upon my heart inii>rc'ss. Nor aught shall the loved stamp elTace. 2 More hard than marble is my heart. And foul with sins of deepest stain ; But thou the mighty Saviour art. Nor flowed thy cleansing blood in vain ; Ah I soften, melt this rock, and may Thy blood wash all these stains away ! 8 that I, as a little child, May follow thee, and never rest Till sweetly thou hast breathed thy mild And lowly mind into my breast ! Nor ever may we parted be. Till I become one spirit with thee. 4 Still let thy love point out my way!; How wondrous things thy love hath wrought I Still lead me, lest I go astray ; Direct my word, inspire my thought. And if I fall, soon may I hear Thy voice, and know that love is near. 5 In suffering be thy love my peace ; In weakness be thy love my power ; Anti when the storms of life shall cease, Jesns, in that important hour. In death as life be thou my guide, And save me, who for me hast died. 572 6-8a. Thefuliu8s of lovt. 156 1 r\ LOVE, I languish at thy stay I U I pine for thee with lingering smart; Weary and faint through long delay, When wilt thou come into my heait ? From sin and sorrow set me free, And swallow up my soul in thee > FULL BALVATIOir. . 2 Come, thon nnlyenal Good ) [come I Balm of the wounded conscience, The hungry, dyins 8^>irit's food, The weary, wanuei ing pilgiim's home; Haven to take the shipwrecked in ; My everlasting rest from sin. 3 Be thou, Love, whato'er I want ; Support mv feebleness of mind ; Relieve the thirsty soul, the faint Revive, illuminate the blind ; The mournful cheer, the drooping lead. And heal the sick, and raise tne dead. 4 Come, my comfort and delight! [sun; My strength and heulth,my8hi('ltl and My boast, and confidence, and might, My joy, my glory, and my crown ; My gospel hope, my calling's prize. My tree of lile, my paradise I 5 The secret of the Lord thou art, The mystery so long unknown ; Christ in a pure and perfect heart, The name inscribed in the white stone. The life divine, the little leaven. My precious pearl, my present heaven. 573 6-8s. Btit In the love