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 HYMNS 
 
 FOR THE USE OF 
 
 THE ^METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. 
 
 REVISED EDITION. 
 
 I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the 
 understanding also. — 1 Coe. xiv, 15. 
 
 PUBLISHED BY CARLTON & PORTER, 
 
 200 MTTLBESBY-STREET.
 
 Entered according to Act of CJongress, in the year 1849, 
 
 BY LANE & SCOTT, 
 
 in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the 
 Southern District of New- York.
 
 ADDRESS 
 
 MEMBERS AND FEIEND3 OF THE METHODIS'.. 
 EPISCOPAL CHUEOH. 
 
 The Ilymn Book heretofore in use among us 
 was, in our opinion, unsurpassed. But the Gen- 
 eral Conference of 1848, judging that the vol- 
 ume could be improved by a careful revision, 
 and by judiciously multiplying the number of 
 hymns, appointed a Committee, composed of 
 ministers and laymen, to prepare a Standard 
 Edition of the Methodist Hymn Book.* This 
 Committee, having finished the work assigned 
 them, submitted it to the examination of the 
 Book Committee, and of the Editors of the 
 Book Concern; and having been approved 
 by them, it came before us for a final ^evieT^^. 
 Our examination has been as thorough as the 
 
 * The Committee were Rev. D. Dailey, Eev. J. B. 
 Alverson, Rev. J. Floy, Rev. D. Patten, jun., Rev. F. 
 Merrick, Mr. R. A. West, and Mr. D. Creamer.
 
 4 ADDEESS. 
 
 limited time at our disposal allowed. Although 
 we reluctantly part with some of the familiar 
 hvmns of the old book, and though, perhaps, 
 in the judgment of some, they have not, in 
 every instance, been substituted by hymns of 
 greater merit, yet we can confidently approve 
 this Revised Copy ; and we do, most cordially, 
 recommend it as a greatly improved and stand- 
 ard edition of the Methodist Hymn Book. We 
 congratulate you, brethren, on having now 
 such a Book as, from the number, variety, and 
 adaptation of its hymns, will not require an- 
 other revision for generations to come. 
 
 In presenting to you this Standard Hymn 
 Book, we believe that we are putting into your 
 hands one of the choicest selections of evan- 
 gelical Hymns for Private Devotion, as well as 
 for Family, Social, and PubUc "Worship. We 
 are gratified also to add, that no mercenary 
 ends are sought in this publication ; for after 
 the necessary expenses are met, its avails, if 
 any, will be sacredly devoted to charitable and 
 religious objects, as were the profits of the 
 former edition. We urge you, therefore, by
 
 ADDEESS. O 
 
 your regard for our Church, and for the au- 
 thority of the General Conference, to purchase 
 only such Methodist Hymn Books as are pub- 
 lished by our Agents, and have the names of 
 your Bishops. 
 
 We exhort you, dear brethren, to sing witli 
 the spirit, and with the understanding also , ' 
 and we shall rejoice to join you in time and in 
 eternity. 
 
 Your affectionate pastors in Christ, 
 
 ELIJAH HEDDIXG, 
 BEVERLY WAUGU, 
 THO. A. MORRIS, 
 L. L. HAMLINE, 
 EDMUND S. JANES. 
 Nbw-Yobk, Ma/y, 1849.
 
 CONTENTS. 
 
 Pack 
 
 istroditctort to worship 7 
 
 The Divine PeeI'-ections 45 
 
 Jesus Christ 73 
 
 The Holy Spirit 115 
 
 V r The Ministry 127 
 
 INSTITUTIONS OF |TheChurch 139 
 
 The Gospel. 
 
 Tlie Sabbath 148 
 
 Baptism 155 
 
 The Lord's Supper 160 
 
 Provisions and Promises of the Gospel 171 
 
 f Depravity 187 
 
 The Sinner J Awakening 1 97 
 
 IHE biNNER. 1 Inviting 205 
 
 [ Penitential 217 
 
 Thf CnvT^TiAf,' f Justification by Faith 2C1 
 
 1 HE Ciieistia> J ^^j^,p ^.^^ ^^^^ Assurance ... 276 
 
 • [ SancLification 289 
 
 Prayer and Intercession. 
 
 Means of Grace. I l!:'^"'^]^^^'"""" ^! 
 
 The Closet 384 
 
 Pleading the Scriptures 403 
 
 Christian Fellow- ( Communion of Saints 411 
 
 ship. ) Love-Feast 423 
 
 fThe Warfare 431 
 
 Duties ANT) Trials. -( Patience and Resignation.. 443 
 t Growth in Grace 474 
 
 Humiliation i Unfaithfulness mourned.... 507 
 
 ( Backslidings lamented 515 
 
 C Deliverance from Trouble.. 525 
 
 Ee-joicing. J Communion with God 538 
 
 [ Prospect of Heaven 551 
 
 Special Occasions 575 
 
 Time and Eternity 627 
 
 Close of Worship 675
 
 HYMNS. 
 
 NTRODUCTORY TO WORSHIP. 
 
 1 C. M. 
 
 OenerdL iiwitation to praise the Redeemer. 
 
 OFOR a thousand tongues, to sing 
 My great Redeemer's praise ; 
 The glories of my God and King, 
 The triumphs of liis grace. 
 
 2, My gracious Master, and my God, 
 
 Assist me to proclaim, — 
 To spread, through all the earth abroad, 
 
 The honors 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 cancell'd Bin, 
 lie sets the pris'ner free ; 
 
 His blood can make the foulest clean ; 
 His blood avail'd for me. 
 
 5 He speaks, — and, list'ning to his voice. 
 New life the dead receive ; 
 
 The mournful, broken hearts rejoice ; 
 The humble poor believe. 
 
 6 Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb. 
 Your loosen'd tongues employ ; 
 
 Ye blind, behold your Saviour come ; 
 And leap, ye lame, for joy.
 
 INTEODUCTOKY. 
 
 2 S. M. 
 
 The song of Moses and the Lamb. 
 
 AWAKE, and sing the song 
 Of Moses and the Lamb ; 
 Wake, every heart and every tongue, 
 To praise the Saviour's Name. 
 
 2 Sing of his dying love ; 
 Sing of his rising power ; 
 
 Sing how he intercedes above 
 For those whose sins he bore. 
 
 3 Ye pilgrims, on the road 
 To Zion's city, sing; 
 
 Kejoice ye in the Lamb of God, — 
 In Christ, the' eternal King. 
 
 4 Soon shall we hear him say, — 
 Ye blessed children, come ; 
 
 Soon will he call us hence away, 
 To our eternal home. 
 
 5 There shall each raptured tongue 
 His endless praise proclaim; 
 
 And sweeter voices tune the song 
 Of Moses and the Lamb. 
 
 3 C. M. 
 
 The Heavenly Guest. 
 
 COME, let us who in Christ believe, 
 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 smner's heart : 
 
 Tl^e worst need keep him out no more, 
 Or force him to depart. 
 
 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.
 
 INTEODUCTOEY. b 
 
 4 Come quickly in, thou heavenly guest, 
 
 Nor ever lieuce remove ; 
 But sup with us, and let the feast 
 
 Be everlastmg love. 
 
 4 C. M. 
 
 Tlie, Lamb worsliipped on earth and in heaven. 
 
 COME, let us join our cheerful songs 
 With angels round the throne : 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2 Worthy the Lamb that died, they cry. 
 To be exalted thus : 
 
 Worthy the Lamb, our hearts reply, 
 For he was slain for us. 
 
 3 Jesus is worthy to receive 
 Honour and power divme ; 
 
 And blessings more than we can give. 
 Be, Lord, forever thine. 
 
 4 The whole creation join m one, 
 To bless the sacred Name 
 
 Of Him that sits upon the throne. 
 And to adore the Lamb. 
 
 5 L. M. 
 
 Jeaus reigns. 
 
 COME, let us tune our loftiest song, 
 And raise to Christ our joyful strain; 
 Worship and thanks to Him belong. 
 
 Who reigns, and shall forever reign. 
 2 His sov'rcign power our bodies made ; 
 
 Our souls are iiis immortal breath; 
 And when his creatures sinn'd, he bled, 
 
 To save us from eternal death. 
 8 Burn every breast with Jesus' love; 
 
 Bound every heart with rapt'rous joy; 
 And saints on earth, with samts above, 
 
 Your voices in his praise employ.
 
 10 INTRODUCTOEY. 
 
 4 Extol tlie Lamb with loftiest son^, 
 Ascend for him our cheerful stram; 
 
 Worship and thanks to Him belong, 
 Who reigns, and shall forever reign. 
 
 b C. M. 
 
 T7i€ glories of our King. 
 
 COME, ye that love the Saviour's name, 
 And ioy to make it kno"mi, 
 The Sovereign of your hearts proclaiin, 
 And bow before his throne. 
 
 2 Behold your Lord, your Master, crown'd 
 With glories all divine: 
 
 And tell the wond'ring nations round. 
 How bright those glories shine. 
 
 3 When, in his earthly courts, we view 
 The glories of our Sing, 
 
 We long to love as angels do, 
 And wish, like them, to sing. 
 
 4 And shall we long and wish in vain? 
 Lord, teach our songs to rise: 
 
 Thy love can animate the strain, 
 And bid it reach the skies. 
 
 7 C. M. 
 
 Joining the song of the Church triumphant. 
 
 SING we the song of those who stand 
 Around the' eternal throne. 
 Of every kindred, clime, and land, — 
 A multitude unknown. 
 
 2 Life's poor distinctions vanish here; 
 
 To-day the young, the old, 
 Our Saviour and his flock, appear, 
 
 One shepherd and one fold.
 
 INTEODUCTOEY. 11 
 
 3 Toil, trial, suflfriner, still await 
 On earth the pilgrim throng ; 
 
 Yet learn we in our low estate 
 The Church triumphant's song. 
 
 4 Worthy the Lamb for sinners slain, 
 Cry the redeem'd above, 
 
 Blessing and honour to obtain. 
 And everlasting love. 
 
 5 Worthy the Lamb, on earth we sing, 
 Who died our souls to save; 
 
 Henceforth, Death, where is thy sting? 
 Thy victory, Grave ? 
 
 6 Then hallelujah ! power and praise 
 To God in Christ Dc given; 
 
 May all who now this anthem raise, 
 Eenew the song in heaven. 
 
 8 9th P. M. 87, 87. 
 
 Olory to the Larrib. 
 
 HAEK ! the notes of angels, singing. 
 Glory, glory to the Lamb ! 
 All in heaven their tribute bringing, 
 Eaising high the Saviour's name. 
 
 2 Ye for whom his life was given. 
 Sacred themes to you belong : 
 
 Come, assist the choir of heaven; 
 Join the everlasting song. 
 
 3 Fiird with holy emulation. 
 We unite with those above : _ 
 
 Sweet the theme — a free salvation — 
 Fruit of everlasting love. 
 
 4 Endless life in him possessing. 
 Let us praise his precious name; 
 
 Glory, honour, power, and blessing. 
 Be forever to the Lamb.
 
 12 INTEODUCTOEY. 
 
 9 5th P. M. 4 linea 7s. 
 Saints and angels ever praising God. 
 
 SONGS of jjraise tlie angels sang, 
 Heaven with hallelujahs rang, 
 When Jehovah's "n'ork begun, 
 When he spake and it was done. 
 
 2 Songs of praise awoke the morn, 
 When the rrince of Peace was born ; 
 Songs of praise arose, when he 
 Captive led captivity. 
 
 3 Saints below with heart and voice, 
 Still in songs of praise rejoice ; 
 Learning here, by faith and love, 
 Songs of praise to sing above. 
 
 4 Borne upon their latest breath, 
 Songs of praise shall conquer death ; 
 Then, amid eternal joy. 
 
 Songs of praise their powers employ. 
 
 10 L. M. 
 
 Tribute of praise to the Saviour. 
 
 JESUS, thou everlasting Kmg, 
 Accept the tribute which we bring; 
 Accept tliy well-deserved renown, 
 And wear our praises as thy cro\vn. 
 
 2 Let every act of worship be 
 Like our espousals, Lord, to thee: 
 Like the blest hour, when from above 
 We first received the pledge of love. 
 
 3 The gladness of that happy day, 
 O may it ever, ever stay: 
 
 Nor let our faith forsake its hold, 
 Nor hope dechne, nor love grow cold. 
 
 4 Let every moment as it flies, 
 Increase thy praise, improve our joys, 
 Till we are raised to smg thy Name, 
 At the great supper of the Lamb.
 
 INTEODUCTORY. 13 
 
 11 L. M. 
 
 The creation invited to praise God. 
 
 FROM all that dwell below the skies, 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 ]jet the Redeemer's name be sung, 
 Through every land, by every tongue. 
 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; 
 Eternal truth attends thy word: 
 Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, 
 Till sun shall rise and set no more, 
 S Your lofty themes, ye mortals, bring; 
 In songs of praise divinely sing; 
 The great salvation loud proclaim, 
 And shout for joy the Saviour's name. 
 4 In every land begin the song; 
 To every land the strains belong : 
 In cheerful sounds all voices raise. 
 And fill the world with loudest praise. 
 
 12 S. M. 
 
 The universal King. 
 
 COME, sound liis praise abroad. 
 And hymns of glory sing: 
 Jehovah is the sovereign God, 
 The universal King. 
 
 2 He form'd the deeps unknown; 
 He gave the seas their bound ; 
 
 The wat'ry worlds are all his own, 
 And all the solid ground. 
 
 3 Come, worship at his tlirone. 
 Come, bow before the Lord ; 
 
 We are his works, and not our own. 
 He form'd us by his word. 
 
 4 To-day attend his voice, 
 Nor dare provoke his rod; 
 
 Come, like tne people of his choice. 
 And own your gracious God.
 
 14 INTEODUCTOEY. 
 
 13 4th p. M. 886, 886. 
 The love of Jesus. 
 
 JESUS, thou soul of all our joys, 
 For whom we now lift up our voice, 
 And all our strength exert, — 
 Vouchsafe the grace we hiimbly claim ; 
 Compose unto 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 pursue, 
 
 To please our God alone. 
 
 3 Thee let us praise our common Lord, 
 And sweetly join, with one accord. 
 
 Thy goodness to proclaim: 
 Jesus, thyself in us reveal, 
 And all our faculties shall feel 
 
 Thy harmonizing Name. 
 
 4 With calmly reverential joy, 
 O let us all our lives employ 
 
 In setting forth thy love ; 
 And raise in death our triumph higher. 
 And sing, with aU the heavenly choir, 
 
 That endless song above. 
 
 14 S. M. 
 
 Exhortation to praise and thanksgiving. 
 
 ARISE and bless the Lord, 
 Ye people of his choice; 
 Arise and bless the Lord your God, 
 With heart, and soul, and voice. 
 
 2 Though hisrh above all praise. 
 Above all blessing high, 
 Who would not fear his^ holy Name, 
 And laud, and magnify?
 
 INTKODUCTOKY. 15 
 
 3 for the living flame, 
 From his own altar brought, 
 
 To touch our lips, our souls inspire, 
 And wing to heaven our thought. 
 
 4 God is our strength and song, 
 And his salvation ours ; 
 
 Then be his love in Christ proclaim'd 
 With all our ransom'd powers. 
 
 5 Arise, and bless the Lord; 
 The Lord your God adore; 
 
 Arise and bless his glorious Name, 
 Henceforth, forever more. 
 
 15 5th P. M. 4 lines 78. 
 
 Let all the people praise Ilim. 
 
 THANK and praise Jehovah's Name, 
 For his mercies, firm and sure ; 
 From eternity the same, 
 To eternity endure. 
 
 2 Let the ransom'd thus rejoice, 
 Gather'd out of every land; 
 
 As the people of his choice. 
 Pluck d from the destroyer's hand. 
 
 3 Let the ciders praise the Lord, 
 Him let all the people praise. 
 
 When they meet, vrith one accord, 
 In his courts on holy days. 
 
 4 Praise hiin, ye who know his love ; 
 Praise him from the depths beneath ; 
 
 Praise him in the heights above; 
 Praise your Maker, "all that breathe. 
 
 5 For his truth and mercy stand. 
 Past, and present, and to be. 
 
 Like the years of his right hand, 
 Like his own eternity.
 
 16 ' IXTEODUCTOEY. 
 
 16 L. M. 
 
 Grateful adoration. 
 
 BEFOEE Jehovah's awfiil throne, 
 Ye nations bow with sacred joy; 
 Know that the Lord is God alone, 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 2 His Bov'reis^n power, without onr aid. 
 Made ns of clay, and form'd us men; 
 
 And when like wand'ring sheep we stray'd, 
 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, 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 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. 
 
 17 L. M. 
 
 The prosperity of tTie saints. 
 
 ORENDEK thanks to God above, 
 The fountain of eternal love. 
 Whose mercy firm through ages past 
 Hath stood, and shall forever last. 
 2 Who can his mighty deeds express. 
 Not only vast, but numberless ? 
 What mortal eloquence can raise 
 His tribute of immortal praise ? 
 S Extend to me that favour, Lord, 
 Thou to thy chosen dost afford; 
 When thou return'st to set them free. 
 Let thy salvation visit me. 
 4 may I worthy prove to see 
 Thy saints in full prosperity, — 
 That I the joyful choir may join, 
 And count thy people's triumph mine !
 
 INTRODUCTOKY. 
 
 i Q 13tli P. M. 10 10, 11 1.. 
 
 Adoration for infinite love. 
 
 YE servants of God, your Master proclaim. 
 And publish abroad hLs wondertul name ; 
 The name all- victorious of Jesus extol; 
 HLs kingdom is glorious ; he rules over all. 
 
 2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save ; 
 And still he is nigh ; his presence we have : 
 The great congregation his triumph shall sintr, 
 Ascribing salvation to Jesus our King. 
 
 3 Salvation to God who sits on the throne : 
 Let all cry aloud, and honour the Son; 
 The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim. 
 Fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb. 
 
 4 Then let us adore, and give him his right,-- 
 All glory and power, and wisdom and miglit. 
 All honour and blessing, with angels above, 
 And thanks never ceasmg for infinite love. 
 
 1 9 4th P. M. 886, BSG: 
 
 Tlie glory of IRs Grace. 
 
 LET all on earth their voices raise. 
 To sing the great Jehovah's praise > 
 And bless his holy Name : 
 RxA glory let the heathen know, 
 Ilis wonders to the nations show, 
 His saving grace proclaim. 
 
 2 lie framed the globe ; he buUt the sky ; 
 lie made the shining worlds on high, 
 
 And reigns in glory there : 
 His beams are majesty and light ; 
 His beauties, how divinely bright ! 
 
 His dwelling-place, how fair! 
 
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 18 INTRODUCTOEY. 
 
 3 Come the great day, the glorious hour, 
 When earth shall feel his saving power, 
 
 All nations fear his Name : 
 Then shall the race of men confess 
 The beauty of his holiness, 
 
 Ilis saving grace proclaim. 
 
 20 L. M. 
 
 T?ie Glories of Jehovah. 
 
 SERVANTS of God! in joyful lays, 
 Sing ye the Lord Jehovah's praise ; 
 His glorious Name let all adore, 
 From age to age, forever more. 
 
 2 Blest be that Name, supremely blest, 
 From the sun's rising to its rest; 
 Above the heavens his power is known, 
 Through all the earth his goodness shown. 
 
 3 "Who is like God? so great, so high, 
 He bows himself to view the sky; 
 And yet, with condescending grace, 
 Looks down upon the human race. 
 
 4 He hears the uncomplaining moan 
 Of those who sit and weep alone ; 
 He lifts the mourner from the dust ; 
 In him the poor may safely trust. 
 
 5 then, aloud, in I'oyfiil lays, 
 Sing to the Lord Jeliovah's praise; 
 His saving Name let all adore. 
 From age to age, forever more. 
 
 21 3d P. M. 4 63 & 2 8?. 
 
 The universal King. 
 
 YOUNG men and maidens, raise 
 Your tuneful voices high; 
 Old men and children, praise 
 The Lord of earth and sky: 
 Him three in one, and one in three, 
 Extol to all eternity.
 
 INTEODUCTOEY. 19 
 
 2 The universal King 
 
 Let all the world proclaim; 
 Let every creature sing 
 His attributes and name: 
 Him three in oncj and one in three, 
 Extol to all eternity. 
 
 3 In His great Name alone 
 All excellences meet, 
 
 Who sits upon the throne. 
 And shall forever sit: 
 Him three in one, and one in tliree, 
 Extol to all eternity. 
 
 4 Glory to God belongs ; 
 Glory to God be given 
 
 Above the noblest songs, 
 Of all in earth and heaven : 
 Him three in onCj and one in three, 
 Extol to all eternity. 
 
 22 llthP. M. 76, V6, 77, 7G. 
 
 The Triune God of truth and grace. 
 
 MEET and right it is to sing, 
 In every time and place, 
 Glory to our heavenly King, 
 
 The God of truth and grace: 
 Join we then with sweet accord, 
 
 All in one thanksgiving join : 
 Holy, holy, holy Lord^ 
 Eternal praise be thme. 
 
 2 Thee the first-born sons of light, 
 
 In choral symphonies. 
 Praise by day, day without night, 
 
 And never, never cease ; 
 Angels, and archangels, all 
 
 Praise the mystic Three in One; 
 Sins:, and stop, and gaze, and fall 
 
 O'erwhehn'd before thy throne.
 
 20 INTEODUCTOEY. 
 
 3 Vying Tvith. that heavenly choir, 
 Who chant thy praise above, 
 
 "We on eagles' wmgs aspire, — 
 The Tvings of faith and love ; 
 
 Thee they sing, "with glory cro"^Ta'd ; 
 "We extol the slaughter' d Lamb ; 
 
 Lower if our voices sound, 
 Our subject is the same. 
 
 4 Father, God, thy love vre praise, 
 "Which gave thy son to die ; 
 
 Jesus, full of truth and grace, 
 
 Alike we glorify; 
 Spirit, Comforter divine, 
 
 Praise by all to thee be given, 
 TUl we in 'full chorus join. 
 
 And earth is tum'd to heaven. 
 
 2 3 9th P. M. 87, 57. 
 
 The Triune God glorified. 
 
 GLOEY to the' almighty Father, 
 Fountain of eternal love, 
 "Who, his wandering sheep to gather, 
 Sent a Saviour from above. 
 
 2 To the Son all praise be given. 
 Who, with love unknown before, 
 
 Left the bright abode of heaven, 
 And our sin and sorrows bore. 
 
 3 Equal strains of warm devotion 
 Let the Spirit's praise employ; 
 
 Author of each pure emotion ; 
 Source of wisdom, peace, and joy. 
 
 4 Thus, while our glad hearts, ascending 
 Glorify Jehovah's Name, 
 
 Heavenly songs with ours are blending ; 
 There the theme is still the same-
 
 INTEODUCTORY. 21 
 
 24 3dP. M. 4 6s&2 8s. 
 
 Longing for the house of Ood. 
 
 LOED of the worlds above, 
 How pleasant and how fair 
 The dwellings of thy love, 
 Thine earthly temples, are ; 
 To thine abode my heart aspires, 
 With warm desires to see my God. 
 
 2 happy souls that pray 
 Where God appoints to hear! 
 
 O happy men that pay 
 Their constant service there ! 
 They praise thee still; and happy they 
 That love the way to Zion's hill. 
 
 3 They go from strength to strength, 
 Through this dark vale of tears. 
 
 Till each arrives at length, 
 Till each in heaven appears : 
 O glorious seat ! thou, God our Kmg, 
 Shalt thither brmg our willing feet. 
 
 4 The Lord his people loves; 
 His hand no good withholds 
 
 From those his heart approves, 
 From humble contrite souls ; 
 Thrice happy he, O God of hosts, 
 Whose spirit trusts alone in thee ! 
 
 25 19th P. M. 664, 6664. 
 
 Invocation of cmd praise to the Trinity. 
 
 COME, thou Almighty King, 
 Help us thy Name to sing, 
 Help us to praise : 
 Father all-glorious, 
 O'er all victorious. 
 Come, and reign over lis, 
 Ancient of days.
 
 22 INTKODUCTOEY. 
 
 2 Jesus, our Lord, arise, 
 Scatter our enemies, 
 
 And make them fall ; 
 Let thine almighty aid 
 Our sure defence he made ; 
 Our souls on thee be stay'd; 
 
 Lord, hear our call. 
 
 3 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. 
 
 4 Come, holy Comforter, 
 Thy sacred witness bear 
 
 In this glad hour: 
 Thou who Almighty art, 
 Now rule in every heart, 
 And ne'er from us depart, 
 
 Spirit of power. 
 
 5 To the great One and Three 
 Eternal praises be 
 
 Hence, evermore. 
 His so v' reign majesty 
 May we in glory see, 
 And to eternity 
 
 Love and adore. 
 
 2 6 L. M. 
 
 Joy of public worship. 
 
 GREAT God, attend, while Zion sings 
 The joy that from thy presence springs ; 
 To spend one day with thee on earth 
 Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.
 
 INTEODUCTOEY. 23 
 
 2 Mi^ht I enjoy the meanest place 
 Within thy house, God of grace, 
 Not tents of ease, or thrones of power, 
 Should tempt my feet to leave thy door. 
 
 3 God is our sun, ho makes our day; . 
 God is our shield, he guards our way 
 From all assaults of hell and sin, 
 From foes without and foes within. 
 
 4 All needful grace will God bestow, 
 And crown that grace with glory too ; 
 He gives us all things, and withholds 
 No real good from upright souls. 
 
 5 God our King, whose sov'reign sway 
 The glorious hosts of heaven obey, 
 And de\il8 at thy presence flee, 
 
 Blest is the man that trusts in thee. 
 
 27 L.M. 
 
 Solenvn reverence. 
 
 ETEENAL Power, whose high abode 
 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 the ground. 
 
 3 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do? 
 We would adore our Maker too ; 
 From sin and dust to thee we crv, 
 The Great, the Holy, and the High. 
 
 4 Earth, from afar, hath heard thy fame. 
 And worms have learn'd to lisp thy name ; 
 But ! the glories of thy mind 
 
 Leave all our soaring thoughts behind.
 
 24 IKTRODUCTORY. 
 
 5 God is in heaven, and men below : 
 Be short our tunes ; our words be few : 
 A solemn reverence checks our songs, 
 And praise sits silent on our tongues. 
 
 28 L. M. 
 
 Living bread. 
 
 THY presence, gracious God, afford ; 
 Prepare us to receive thy word : 
 Now let thy voice engage our ear, 
 And faith be mix'd with what we hear. 
 
 2 Distracting thoughts and cares remove 
 And fix our hearts and hopes above ; 
 With food divine may we be fed, 
 
 And satisfied with living bread. 
 
 3 To us the sacred vord apply, 
 With sov'reign power and energy ; 
 And may we, in thy faith and tear, 
 Reduce to practice what we hear. 
 
 4 Father, in us thy Son reveal ; 
 Teach us to know and do thy will: 
 Thy saving power and love display, 
 And guide us to the realms of day. 
 
 29 CM. 
 
 Invoking God's presence and llessing. 
 
 WITHIN thy house, Lord our God, 
 In majesty appear: 
 Make this a place of thme abode. 
 And shed thy blessings here. 
 
 2 As we thy mercv-seat surround, 
 Thy Spirit, Lord, impart: 
 
 And let thy Gospel's joyful sound. 
 With power reach every heart. 
 
 3 Here let the blind their sight obtain ; 
 Here give the mourner rest j 
 
 Let Jesus here triumphant reign, 
 Enthroned in every breast.
 
 INTEODUCTOKY. 25 
 
 4 Here let the voice of sacred joy 
 
 And fervent prayer arise, 
 Till higher strains our tongues employ, 
 
 In bHss beyond the skies. 
 
 30 L. M. 
 
 now dreadful is this place ! 
 
 OTHOU, whom all thy saints adore. 
 We now with all thy saints agree, 
 And 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 0, how dreadful is this place ! 
 'Tis God's own house, 'tis heaven's gate. 
 
 3 Tremble our hearts to find thee nigh; 
 To thee our trembling hearts aspire : 
 
 And lo! we see descend from high 
 The pillar and the flame of fire. 
 
 4 Still let it on the' assembly stav, 
 And all the house with glory fill; 
 
 To Canaan's bounds point out the way, 
 And lead us to the holy hill. 
 
 5 There let us all with Jesus stand, 
 And I'oin the general Church above, 
 
 And take our seats at thy right hand. 
 And sing thine everlasting love. 
 
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 God's glorious presence. 
 
 THOU God of power, thou God of love, 
 Whose glory fills the realms above. 
 Whose praise archangels sing, 
 And veil their faces while they cry, 
 Thrice holy, to their God most High, 
 Thrice holy, to their King :—
 
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 2 Thee as our God we too would claim, 
 And bless the Saviour's precious name, 
 
 Through whom this grace is given; 
 He bore the curse to sinners due, 
 lie forms their ruin'd souls anew, 
 
 And makes them heirs of heaven. 
 
 3 The veil that hides thy glory rend, 
 And here in saving power descend, 
 
 And fix thy blest abode ; 
 Here to our hearts thyself reveal. 
 And let each waiting 'spirit feel 
 
 The presence of our God. 
 
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 A lle^sing from God^s presence. 
 
 aEEAT Shepherd of thy people, hear; 
 Thy presence now display ; 
 We kneel within thy house of prayer ; 
 
 give us hearts to pray. 
 2 The clouds which veil thee from our sight, 
 
 In pity. Lord, remove; 
 Dispose'^our minds to hear aright 
 
 The message of thy love. 
 8 Help us, with holy fear and joy. 
 
 To kneel before thy face; 
 make us, creatures of thy power, 
 
 The children of thy grace. 
 
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 Faith reveals God's presence. 
 
 NOT liere, as to the prophet's eye, 
 The Lord upon his throne appears; 
 Nor seraph-tongues responsive ciy, 
 
 Holy ! thrice noly ! in our ears : — 
 2 Yet God is present in this place, 
 
 Veil'd in serener majesty; 
 So full of glory, truth, and grace, 
 That faith alone suck light can see.
 
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 3 Nor, as he in the temple taught, 
 
 Is Christ "within these walls reveal' d, 
 When blind, and deaf, and dumb were brought, 
 Lepers and lame — and all were heal'd : — 
 
 4 Yet here, when two or three shall meet. 
 Or thronging, multitudes are found. 
 
 All may sit down at Jesus' feet, 
 
 And hear from him the joyfal sound. 
 
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 3^« promised tleaaing. 
 
 SEE, Jesus, thy disciples see; 
 The promised blessing give; 
 Met in thy name, we look to thee, 
 Expecting to receive. 
 
 2 Tliee we expect, our faithful Lord, 
 
 Who in thy name are join'd; 
 We wait, according to thy word, 
 
 Thee in the midst to find. 
 
 8 With us thou art assembled here, 
 
 But 0. thyself reveal ; 
 Son of tiie living God, appear I 
 
 Let us thy presence feel. 
 
 4 Breathe on us. Lord, in this our day, 
 And these dry bones shall live ; 
 
 Speak peace into our hearts, and say. 
 The Holy Ghost receive. 
 
 5 Whom now we seek, may we meet, 
 Jesus, the crucified ; 
 
 Show us thy bleeding hands and feet, 
 Thou who for us hast died. 
 
 6 Cause us tlie record to receive — 
 Speak, and the tokens show — 
 
 *' be not faithless, but believe 
 In me, who died for you."
 
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 Claiming the promise. 
 
 JESUS, we look to thee, 
 Thy promised presence claun; 
 Thou in the midst of us shalt be, 
 Assembled in thy name ; 
 
 2 Thy name salvation is, 
 Which here we come to prove : 
 
 Thy name is life, and health, and peace, 
 And everlasting love. 
 
 3 Not in the name of pride 
 Or selfishness we meet; 
 
 From nature's paths we turn aside, 
 And worldly thoughts forget. 
 
 4 We meet the grace to take. 
 Which thou hast freely given ; 
 
 We meet on earth for thy dear sake. 
 That we may meet in heaven. 
 
 5 Present we know thou art. 
 But 0, thyself reveal ! 
 
 Now, Lord, 'let every bounding heart 
 The mighty comfort feel. 
 
 6 may thy quick'ning voice 
 The death ot sin remove; 
 
 And bid our inmost souls rejoice. 
 In hope of perfect love. 
 
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 God is in this place. 
 
 LO ! God is here ! let us adore. 
 And own how dreadful is this plac<j ; 
 Let all within us feel his power, 
 
 And silent bow before his face ; 
 Who know his power, his grace who prove. 
 Serve him with awe, with rev'rence love.
 
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 2 Lo ! God is here ! Mm day and night 
 United choirs of angels smg : 
 
 To him, enthroned above all height, 
 
 Heaven's host their noblest praises bring : 
 Disdain not, Lord, our meaner song, 
 Who praise thee with a stamm'ring tongue. 
 
 3 Being of beings ! may our praise 
 
 Thy courts with grateful fi-agrance fill ; 
 Still may we stand before thy face, 
 
 Still hear and do thv sov'reign will ; 
 To thee may all our tiioughts arise. 
 Ceaseless, accepted sacrifice. 
 
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 7%e presence and grace of Je«vis. 
 
 OTPIOU who art the Light 
 Of all thy saints beloAV, 
 That we may worship thee aright, 
 Thy sov'reign grace bestow. 
 
 2 Our rising world obey'd 
 
 Thy Godhead's high command; 
 And all the heavenly host are sway'd 
 By thy creating hand. 
 
 3 Yet all things made anew 
 To wond'riug mortals seem. 
 
 When the Eternal W^ord w© view 
 Descending to redeem. 
 
 4 0, be thou present now. 
 And make thy mercy known. 
 
 While at thy footstool. Lord, we bow, 
 And our Deliv'rer own. 
 
 5 Then shall we live to thee. 
 And honour this thy day ; 
 
 Thine own devoted servants be, 
 And never from thee strav.
 
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 A blessing on ike word. 
 
 ONCE more we come before our God ; 
 Once more his blessing ask: 
 may not duty seem a load, 
 Nor worship prove a task. 
 
 2 Father, thy quick' ning Spirit send 
 From heaven, in Jesus' name, 
 
 And bid our waiting minds attend, 
 And put our souls m frame. 
 
 3 May we receive the word we hear, 
 Each in an honest heart ; 
 
 And keep the yjrecious treasure there, 
 And never with it part. 
 
 4 To seek thee, all our hearts dispose : • 
 To each thy blessing suit ; 
 
 And let the seed thy servant sows. 
 Produce abundant fruit. 
 
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 GocCs service delightful. 
 AiyiTII joy we hail the sacred day, 
 \T Which God has call'd his own; 
 With joy the summons we obey, 
 To worship at his throne. 
 
 2 Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair! 
 As here thy servants throng 
 
 To breathe the humble, fervent prayer, 
 And pour the grateful song. 
 
 3 Spirit of grace ! deign to dwell 
 Within thy Church below ; 
 
 Make her in"^ holiness excel. 
 With pure devotion glow. 
 
 4 Let peace within her walls be found — 
 Let all her sons imite. 
 
 To spread with holy zeal around, 
 Her clear and shining light.
 
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 5 Great God, we hail the sacred day 
 Which thou hast call'd thine own ; 
 
 With joy the summons we obey, 
 To worship at thy throne. 
 
 4 5th P. M. 4 lines 76. 
 
 God's glorious perfections celebrated. 
 
 GLORY be to God on high, 
 God, wliose glory fills the sky ; 
 Peace on earth to man foreriven, 
 Man, the well-beloved of Heaven. 
 
 2 Sov'reign Father, heavenly King, 
 Thee we now presume to sing ; 
 Glad thine attributes confess. 
 Glorious all, and numberless. 
 
 3 Hail, by all tliy works adored ! 
 Hail, the everlasting Lord! 
 
 Thoe with thankful' hearts wo prove, 
 God of power, and God of love. 
 
 4 Clirist our Lord and God wo own, 
 Christ, the Father's only Son ; 
 Lamb of God for sinners slain. 
 Saviour of offending man. 
 
 5 Jesus, in thy name we pray. 
 Take, O take our sins away ;* 
 Bow thine ear, in mercy bow. 
 Hear, the world's atonement. Thou ! 
 tj Hear, for thou, Christ, alone. 
 Art with tliy great Father one ; 
 One the Holy Ghost with thee; 
 One supreme eternal Three. 
 
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 Humble adoration. 
 
 HEAVENLY Father, sov'reign Lord, 
 Be thy glorious Name adored. 
 Lord, thy mercies never fail ; 
 Hail, celestial Goodness, hail!
 
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 2 Thongli unwortliy of tMne ear, 
 Deign our humble songs to hear ; 
 Purer praise we hope to bring, 
 When around thy tlirone we sing. 
 
 3 While on earth ordain' d to stay, 
 Guide our footsteps in thy way, 
 Till we come to dwell with thee, 
 Till we all thy glory see. 
 
 4 Then, with angel-harps again, 
 We will wake a nobler stram; 
 There, in joyful songs of praise, 
 Our triumphant voices raLse. 
 
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 Jhe fulness of God. 
 
 BEING of beings, God of love, 
 To thee our hearts we raise ; 
 Thy all-sustaining power we prove, 
 And gladly sing thy praise. 
 
 2 Thine, wholly thine, we pant to be ; 
 Our sacrifice Veceive : 
 
 Made, and preserved, and saved by thee, 
 To thee ourselves we give. 
 
 3 Heavenward our every wish aspires. 
 For all thy mercy's store ; 
 
 The sole return thy love requires, 
 Is that we ask for more. 
 
 4 For more we ask ; we open then 
 Our hearts to' embrace thy will ; 
 
 Turn, and revive us. Lord, again; 
 With all thy fulness fiU. 
 
 5 Come, Holy Ghost, the Saviour's lovo 
 Shed in our hearts abroad ; 
 
 So shall we ever live, and move, 
 And be, with Christ in God.
 
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 43 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 Heavenly joy anticipated. 
 
 IN thy name, O Lord, assembling, 
 We, thy people, now draw near : 
 Teach us to rejoice with trembling; 
 Speak, and let thy servants hear : 
 
 Hear with meekness, — 
 Hear thy word with godly fear. 
 
 2 While our days on earth are lengthened. 
 May we give them, Lord, to thee : 
 
 Cheer'd by hope, and daily strengthen'd, 
 Mav we run, nor weary be ; 
 
 Till thy glory 
 Without cloud in heaven we see. 
 
 3 There, in worship purer, sweeter, 
 All thy people shall adore ; 
 
 Sharing then ni rapture greater 
 Than tliey could conceive before: 
 
 Full enjoyment, — 
 Full and pure, forever more. 
 
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 Iloly, holy, holy. Lord God of Babaoth. 
 
 INFINITE God, to thee we raise 
 Our hearts in solemn soni^s of praise ; 
 By all thy works on earth adored, 
 We worsliip 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 kmgs ; 
 Cherubs proclaim thy praise aloud, 
 And seraphs shout the triune God ; 
 And Holy, holy, holy, cry. 
 Thy glory fills both earth and sky. 
 3
 
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 3 Fatter of endless majesty, 
 All might and love we render thee ; 
 Thy true and only Son adore, 
 The same in dignity and power ; 
 And God the Holy Ghost declare, 
 The saints' eternal Comforter. 
 
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 The Lord our righteousness. 
 
 IN thy presence we appear ; 
 Lord ! we love to worship here, 
 "Wlien, within the veil, we meet 
 Thee upon thy mercy-seat. 
 
 2 While thy glorious Name is sung, 
 Touch our lips, and loose our tongue ; 
 Then our joyful souls shall bless 
 Thee, the Lord our righteousness. 
 
 3 While to thee our prayers ascend, 
 Let thine ear in love attend ; 
 Hear, for Jesus intercedes ; 
 
 Hear us, for thy Spirit pleads. 
 
 4 While thy word is heard with awe, 
 And we tremble at thy law, 
 
 Let thy Gospel's wondrous love 
 Every "^doubt and fear remove. 
 
 5 While thy ministers proclaim 
 Peace and pardon through thy name, 
 In their voices let us own 
 
 Jesus, speaking from the throne. 
 
 6 From thy house when we return, 
 Let our hearts within us bum ; 
 That at evening we may say, — 
 We have walk'd with God to-day.
 
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 Universal adoration. 
 
 OHOLY, holy, holy Lord ! 
 Thou God or hosts, by all adored : 
 The earth and heavens are full of thee. 
 Thy light, thy power, thy majesty. 
 
 2 Loud hallelujahs to thy Name, 
 Angels and seraphhn proclaim : 
 
 By all the powers and thrones in heaven, 
 Eternal praise to thee is given. 
 
 3 Apostles join the glorious throng, 
 And swell the loud triumphant song : 
 Prophets and mart^Ts hear the sound, 
 And spread the hallelujali round. 
 
 4 Glory to thee, God most high ! 
 Father, we praise thy majesty: 
 The Son, the Spirit, Ve adore ; 
 One Godhead, blest for evermore. 
 
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 The sacrifice of praise. 
 
 WITH joy we lift our eyes 
 To those bright realms above, 
 That glorious temple in the skies, 
 Where dwells eternal Love. 
 
 2 Before thy throne we bow, 
 thou almighty King ; 
 
 Plere we present the solemn vow, 
 And hymns of praise we sing. 
 
 3 "While in thy house we kneel, 
 With trust and holy fear. 
 
 Thy mercy and thy truth reveal, 
 And lend a gracious ear. 
 
 4 Lord, teach our hearts to pray. 
 And tune our lips to sing ; 
 
 Nor from thy presence cast away 
 The sacrifice we briiij?.
 
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 The Desire of all nations. 
 
 COME, thou Desire of all thy eainta, 
 Our humble strains attend, 
 While, with our praises and complaints, 
 Low at thy feet we bend. 
 
 2 How should our songs, like those above. 
 With warm devotion rise ; 
 
 IIow should our souls, on wings of love, 
 Mount upward to the skies. 
 
 3 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise 
 In us the heavenly flame ; 
 
 Then shall our lii)S resound thy praise, 
 Our hearts adore thy name. 
 
 4 Now, Saviour, let thy glory shine, 
 And All tliy dwellings liere. 
 
 Till life, and love, and joy divine, 
 A heaven on earth appear. 
 
 5 Then shall our hearts enraptured Bay, — 
 Come, great Kedeemer, come. 
 
 And bring the bright, tlie glorious day, 
 That calls thy children home. 
 
 49 13th P. M. 10 10, 11 11. 
 
 Peace, power, and lore. 
 
 ALL thanks to the Lamb, who gives us to meet: 
 His love we proclaim, his praises repeat: 
 We own him our Jesus, continually near, 
 To pardon and bless us, and perfect us here. 
 
 2 In him we liave peace, in him we have power, 
 Preserved by liis grace througliout the dark hour ; 
 In all our temptations he keeps us, to prove 
 liis utmost salvation, his fulness of love. 
 
 3 Pronounce the glad word, and bid us be free : 
 Ah ! hast thou not. Lord, a blessing for me ? 
 The peace thou hast given, this moment impart. 
 And open thy heaven, Love, in my lieart.
 
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 Infinite grace. 
 
 INFINITE excellence is thine, 
 Thou glorious Prince of grace ! 
 Thy uncreated beauties shine 
 With never-fading rays. 
 
 2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end, 
 Come bending at thy feet ; 
 
 To thee their prayers and songs ascend, 
 In thee their wishes meet. 
 
 3 Millions of happy spirits live 
 On thy exhavistiess store ; 
 
 From thee they all their bliss receive, 
 And still thou givest more. 
 
 4 Thou art their triumph and their joy ; 
 They find their all in thee ; 
 
 Thy glories will their tongues employ 
 Through all eternity. 
 
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 Tlie great and effectual door. 
 
 JESUS, thou all-redeeming Lord, 
 Thy blessing Ave implore ; 
 Open the door to preach thy word, 
 The great, effectual door. 
 
 2 Gather the outcasts in, and save 
 From sin and Satan's power; 
 
 And let them now acceptance have, 
 And know their gracious hour. 
 
 3 Lover of souls ! thou know'st to prize 
 What thou hast bought so dear : 
 
 Come, then, and in thy people's eyes 
 With all thy wounds appear. 
 
 4 Appear, as when of old confess'd, 
 The suff'ring Son of God ; 
 
 And let us see thee in thy vest, 
 But newly dipp'd in blood.
 
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 § The hardness of our hearts remove, 
 
 Thou who for all hast died : 
 Show us the tokens of thy love, 
 
 Thy feet, thy hands, thy side. 
 
 6 Eeady thou art the blood to' apply, 
 
 And prove the record true : 
 And all thy wounds to sinners cry, 
 
 I suffer' d this for you. 
 
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 Speak our sins forgiven. 
 
 FATHER of everlasting grace, 
 Be mindful of thy chanereless word ; 
 We worship tow'rd that lio^y 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 6C<j 
 The temple fill'd with light divine; 
 
 And art thou not well pleased with me, 
 Who, turning to that heavenly shrine. 
 Through Jesus to thy throne apply, 
 Through Jesus for acceptance cry? 
 
 3 With all who for redemption groan, 
 Father, in Jesus' name we pray; 
 
 And still we crv and wrestle on, 
 Till mercy take our sins away : 
 Hear from thy dwelling-place in heaven. 
 And now pronounce our sins forgiven. 
 
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 WitJi sxicJi sacrifices God is xceU pleased. 
 
 FATTIER, behold, with gracious eyes, 
 The souls before thy throne. 
 Who now present their sacrifice, 
 And seek thee in thy Son.
 
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 2 "Well pleased in him thyself declare ; 
 Thy pard'ning love reveal ; 
 
 The peaceful answer of our prayer, 
 On every conscience seal. 
 
 3 Meanest of all thy servants, I 
 Those happier spirits meet, 
 
 And mix with theirs my feeble cry, 
 And worship at thy feet. 
 
 4 On me, on all, some gift bestow, 
 Some blessing now impart ; 
 
 The seed of life eternal sow. 
 In every waiting heart. 
 
 5 Thy loving, powerful Spirit shed. 
 Speak thou our sins forgiven. 
 
 And hasten through the lump to spread 
 The sanctifying leaven. 
 
 6 Refresh us with a ceaseless shower 
 Of graces from above. 
 
 Till all receive the perfect power 
 Of everlasting love. 
 
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 Qod^ ike only object of worship. 
 
 OGOD, our strength, to thee our song 
 With grateful hearts we raise; 
 To thee, and thee alone, belong 
 All worship, love, and praise. 
 
 2 In trouble's dark and stormy hour, 
 Tliine ear hath heard our prayer; 
 
 And graciously thine arm of power 
 Hath saved lis from despair. 
 
 3 And thou, O ever gracious Lord, 
 Wilt keep thy promise still. 
 
 If, meekly neark'ning to thy word, 
 We seek to do thy will.
 
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 4 Led bj' the light thy grace imparts, 
 Ne'er may we bow the knee 
 
 To idols, wliich our wayward hearts 
 Set up instead of thee. 
 
 5 So shall thy choicest gifts, O Lord, 
 Thy faithful people bless ; 
 
 For them shall earth its stores afford, 
 And heaven its happiness, 
 
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 The heavenly Patiem. 
 
 APPOINTED by thee, we meet in thy name, 
 And meekly agree to follow the Lamb; 
 To trace thy example, the world to disdain. 
 And constantly trample on pleasure and pain. 
 
 2 O what shall we do our Saviour to love? 
 To make us anew, come. Lord, from above ; 
 The fruit of thv passion, thy holiness give: 
 Give us the salvation of all that believe. 
 
 3 O Jesus! appear; no longer delay, 
 To sanctify here, and bear us away ; 
 
 The end of our meeting on earth let us see — 
 Triumphantly sitting in glory with thee. 
 
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 Jetus everywhere pre*ent. 
 
 JESUS, where'er thy people meet, 
 There they behold thy mercy -seat; 
 Where'er they seek thee, thou art found, 
 And every place Ls hallow'd ground. 
 
 2 For thou, within no walls confined, 
 Dost dwell \vith those of humble mind; 
 Such ever bring thee where tliey come, 
 And, gouig, take thee to their home. 
 
 3 Great Shepherd of thy ch osen few, 
 Thy former mercies here renew ; 
 Here, to our waitin? hearts, proclaim 
 The sweetness of thy saving name.
 
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 57 5th -P.M.. 4: lines 7b. 
 
 For a general hlem.ng. 
 
 LORD, wo come before thee now, 
 At thy feet we humbly bow; 
 O, do not our suit disdain j 
 Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain ? 
 
 2 Lord, on thee our souls depend; 
 Li compassion now descend ; 
 
 Fill our hearts with thy rich grace, 
 Tune our lips to sing thy praise. 
 
 3 Send some message from thy word, 
 That may joy and peace afford ; 
 
 Let thy Spirit now impart 
 Full salvation to each heart. 
 
 4 Comfort those who weep and mourn; 
 Let the time of joy return; 
 
 Those that are cast down lift up ; 
 Make them strong in faitli and hope. 
 
 5 Grant that all may seek and find 
 Thee, a gracious God and kind: 
 Heal the sick, the captive free ; 
 Let us all rejoice in thee. 
 
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 The God of Bethd. 
 
 OGOD of Bethel, by whose hand 
 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. 
 
 3 Through each perplexing path of life. 
 Our wand'ring footsteps guide ; 
 
 Give us each day our daily bread, 
 And all we need provide.
 
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 4 spread thy cov'ring wings around, 
 Till all our wand 'rings 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, 
 Our portion evermore. 
 
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 The bond of love. 
 
 PEAISE waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ; 
 Thy saints adore thy holv Name : 
 Thy creatures bend the' obeclient knee, 
 And, humbly, now thy presence claim. 
 
 2 Eternal Source of truth and light, 
 To thee we look, on thee wc call ; 
 
 Lord, wc are nothing in thy sight, 
 But thou to us art all in all. 
 
 3 Still may thy children in thv word 
 Their c:)mmon trust and refuge see ; 
 
 O, bind us to each other, Lord, 
 
 By one great bond, — the love of thee. 
 
 4 So shall our sun of hope arise. 
 With brighter still and brighter ray, 
 
 Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes 
 With beams of everlastmg day. 
 
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 JHvine guidance and safety. 
 
 BEFORE thy mercy-seat, O Lord, 
 Behold, thy servants stand. 
 To ask the knowledge of thy word, 
 
 The guidance of thy hand. 
 2 Let thy eternal truths, we pray, 
 
 Dwell richly in each heart; 
 That from the safe and narrow way 
 We never may depart.
 
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 3 Lord, from thy word remove the seal, 
 Unfold its hidden store ; 
 
 And as we hear, may we feel 
 Its value more and more. 
 
 4 Help ns to see the Saviour's love 
 Beamins: from every page ; 
 
 And let the thoughts of joys above 
 Our inmost souls engage. 
 
 5 Thus while thy word our footsteps guides, 
 Shall we be truly blest ; 
 
 And safe arrive where love provides 
 An everliisting rest. 
 
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 Confession, prayer, and praise. 
 
 LORD ! when we bend before thy throne. 
 And our confessions pour, 
 O may we feel the sins we own, 
 And hate what we deplore. 
 
 2 Our contrite spirits pitying see ; 
 True penitence impart: 
 
 And let a healing ray from thee 
 Beam peace into each heart. 
 
 3 When we disclose our wants in prayer, 
 O let our wills resign ; 
 
 And not a thought our bosom share. 
 Which is not wholly thine. 
 
 4 And when with heart and voice we strive 
 Our grateful hymns to raise, 
 
 Let love divme within us live. 
 And fill our souls with praise. 
 
 5 Then, on thy glories while we dwell, 
 Thy mercies we'll review; 
 
 With love divuie, transported, tell — 
 Thou, God, art Father too !
 
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 Orace^ pardon, Ufe. 
 
 FATHER of heaven, -whose love profound 
 A ransom for our souls hath found, 
 Before thy throne we smners bend; 
 To us thy pard'ning love extend. 
 2 Almighty Son, incarnate "Word, 
 Our Prophet, Priest, Redeemer, Lord! 
 Before thy throne we sinners bend; 
 To us thy saving grace extend. 
 8 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath 
 The soul is raised from sin and death, 
 Before thy throne we sinners bend ; 
 To us thy quick' ning power extend. 
 
 4 Jehovah ! Father, Spirit, Son, 
 Mysterious Godhead! Three in One! 
 Before thy throne we sinners bend; 
 Grace, pardon, life, to us extend. 
 
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 True worship everywhere accepted. 
 
 OTHOU, to whom, in ancient time, 
 The psalmist's sacred harp was strung, 
 Whom kings adored in song sublime, 
 
 And prophets praised with glowing tongue : 
 2 Not now on Zion's height alone 
 
 The favour'd worshipper may dwell, 
 Nor where, at sultry noon, thy Son 
 Sat weary by the patriarch's well. 
 
 5 From every place below the skies, 
 The grateful song, the fervent prayer, 
 
 The incense of the heart, may rise 
 To heaven, and find acceptance there. 
 
 4 thou, to whom, in ancient time, 
 The holy prophet's harp was strung^ 
 
 To thee, at last, in every clime. 
 Shall temples rise, and praise be sung.
 
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 Ood seen in his works. 
 
 THERE is a God— all nature speaks, 
 Througli earth, aiid air, and seas, and skies ; 
 See — from the clouds his glory breaks. 
 When earliest beams of morning rise. 
 
 2 The rising sun, serenely bright. 
 Throughout the world's extended frame, 
 
 Inscribes, in characters of light. 
 His mighty Maker's glorious name. 
 
 3 Ye curious minds, who roam abroad, 
 And trace creation's wonders o'er, 
 
 Clonfess the footsteps of your God; 
 Bow down before him and adore. 
 
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 7746 Jieavens declare his glory. 
 
 THE spacious firmament on high, 
 With all the bkie ethereal sky. 
 And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
 Their great Original proclaim ; 
 The' unwearied sun, from day to day, 
 Doth his Creator's power display, 
 And publishes to every land 
 The work of an Almighty Hand. 
 
 2 Soon as the evening shades prevail. 
 The moon takes up the wondrous tale, 
 And nightly, to the list'ning earth. 
 Repeats the story of her birth ; 
 While 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.
 
 46 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 
 
 3 What, though in solemn silence all 
 Move round the dark terrestrial ball ; 
 What, though no real voice nor sound 
 Amid the radiant orbs be found ; 
 In reason's ear they all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice ; 
 Forever singing as they shine, 
 The Hand that made us is divine. 
 
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 AU His works praise Jlhn. 
 
 THERE seems a voice in every gale, 
 A toncfue in every flower. 
 Which tells, O Lord, tlie wondrou.s tale 
 
 Of thy almighty power; 
 The birds, that rise on quiv'ring wing, 
 
 Proclaim their Maker's praise, 
 And all the mingling sounds of spring 
 To thee an anthein raise. 
 
 2 Shall I be mute, great God, alone 
 
 'Midst nature's loud acclaim ? 
 Shall not my heart, with answ'ring tone, 
 
 Breathe forth thy lioly name ? 
 All nature's debt is small to mine, 
 
 Nature shall cease to be ; 
 Thou gavest — proof of love divine — 
 
 Immortal life to me. 
 
 67 s. M. 
 
 Jlia name is glorious. 
 K LMIGHTY Maker, God, 
 Xl. How glorious is thy Name ; 
 Thy wonders how ditt'iised abroad, 
 "throughout creation's frame. 
 
 2 In native white and red 
 
 The rose and lily stand, 
 And, free from pride, their beauties spread. 
 
 To show thy skilful hand.
 
 THE DIVINE PEKFECTIONS. 47 
 
 3 The lark mounts iip the sky, 
 With unambitious song; 
 
 And bears her Maker's praise on high, 
 Upon her artless tongue. 
 
 4 Fain would I rise and sing 
 To my Creator too ; 
 
 Fain would my heart adore ray King, 
 And give him praises due. 
 
 5 Let joy and worship spend 
 The remnant of my days : 
 
 And to my God my soul ascend, 
 In sweet perfumes of praLse. 
 
 68 c. M. 
 
 Heaven and earth are full of His glory. 
 
 ETERNAL Wisdom ! thee wo praise. 
 Thee the creation sings : 
 With thy loved name, rocks, hills, and scap. 
 And heaven's high palace, rings. 
 
 2 Thy hand, how wide it spreads the sky. 
 How glorious to behold ! 
 
 Tinged with ii blue of heavenly dye, 
 And Starr' d with sparkling gold. 
 
 3 There thou hast bid the globes of light 
 Their endless circuits run : 
 
 There the pale {tlauet rules the night; 
 The day obeys the sun. 
 
 4 Thy glories blaze all nature round, 
 And strike the wond'ring sight, 
 
 Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, 
 With terror and delight. 
 
 5 Infinite strenj^th, and equal skill, 
 Shine through thy works abroad : 
 
 Our souls with vast amazement fill, 
 And speak the builder God I
 
 48 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 
 
 6 But the mild glories of thy grace, 
 
 Our softer passions move : 
 Pity divine in Jesus' face, 
 
 We see, adore, and love. 
 
 69 c. M. 
 
 All thijigs created for his glory. 
 
 GREAT First of beings ! mighty Lord 
 Of all this wondrous frame, 
 Produced by thy creating word. 
 The world from nothing came. 
 
 2 Lord, for thy glory shines the whole; 
 It all reflects thy light : 
 
 For this the planets ceaseless roll, 
 And day succeeds the niglit. 
 
 3 For this the earth its produce yields ; 
 For tliis the waters flow ; 
 
 And blooming plants adorn the fields, 
 And trees and herbage grow. 
 
 4 Inspired with praise, may we pursue 
 This wise and noble end, 
 
 That all we think, or say, or do, 
 Shall to thy glory tend. 
 
 70 c. M. 
 
 7%e God of nature and of grace. 
 
 THE God of nature and of grace 
 In all his works appears ; 
 His goodness through the earth we trace, 
 His grandeur in the spheres. 
 
 2 Behold this fair and fertile globe, 
 By him in wisdom plann'd ; 
 
 'Twas he who girded, like a robe, 
 The ocean round the land. 
 
 3 Lift to tlie arch of heaven your eye; 
 Thither liis path pursue ; 
 
 His glory, boundless as tie sky, 
 O'erwhelms the wondVing view.
 
 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 49 
 
 4 How excellent, Lord, thy name, 
 In all creation's lines : 
 
 Spread through eternit}^, thy fame 
 With rising lustre shines. 
 
 5 These lower works that swell thy praise, 
 High as our thoughts can tower, 
 
 Are but a portion of thy ways, — 
 The hiding of thy power. 
 
 6 Millions before thy presence stand, 
 Who feel, while they adore. 
 
 Fulness of joy at thy right haind. 
 And pleasures evermore- 
 
 71 CM. 
 
 Hia greatneM a/txd condescensian. 
 
 OLOED, our King, how excellent 
 Thy name on earth is known; 
 Thy glory in the firmament. 
 How wonderfully shown! 
 
 2 When I behold the heavens on high, 
 The work of thy right hand ; 
 
 The moon and stars amid the sky. 
 Thy lights in every land : — 
 
 3 Lord ! what is man that thou shouldst deifai 
 On him to set thy love, 
 
 Give him on earth a while to reign, 
 Then fill a throne above? 
 
 4 O Lord, how excellent thy name; 
 How manifold thy ways ! 
 
 Let time thy saving truth proclaim. 
 Eternity thy praise. 
 
 72 c. M. 
 
 Sis glory and majesty. 
 
 OGOD, we praise thee, and confess 
 That thou the only Lord 
 And everlasting Father art, 
 By all the earth adored.
 
 50 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 
 
 2 To thee all angels cry aloud ; 
 To thee the powers on high, 
 
 Both cherubim and seraphim, 
 Continually do cry ; — 
 
 3 holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 Whom heavenly hosts obey, 
 
 The world is with the glory fiU'd 
 Of thy majestic sway. 
 
 4 The' apostles' glorious company, 
 And prophets crown'd with light, 
 
 With aU the martyrs' noble host, 
 Thy constant praise recite. 
 
 5 The holy Church throughout the world, 
 O Lord, confesses thee, 
 
 That thou eternal Father art, 
 Of boundless majesty. 
 
 73 L. M 
 
 Wisdom, majesty, goodne^g. 
 
 F 
 
 ATIIER of all. whose powerful voice 
 Call'd forth tins universal frame I 
 Who!*e mercies over all rejoice, 
 
 Through endless ages still the same: 
 Thou by thy word upholdest all ; 
 
 Thy bounteous love to all is show'd; 
 Thou hear'st thy every creature's call, 
 
 And fillest every mouth with good. 
 
 2 In heaven thou reign'st enthroned in light, 
 
 Nature's expanse before 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 divme. 
 
 And hail thee sov'reign Lord of all.
 
 THE DIVINE PEKFECTIONS 51 
 74 C. M. 
 
 Universal sovereignty. 
 
 THE Lord descended from above, 
 And bow'd the heavens most high, 
 And underneath his feet he cast 
 The darkness of the sky. 
 
 2 On cherubim and seraphim 
 Full royally he rode. 
 
 And on the wings of mighty winds, 
 Came flying all abroad. 
 
 3 He sat serene upon the floods, 
 Their fury to restrain ; 
 
 And he, as sov'reign Lord and King, 
 For evermore shall reign. 
 
 75 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 Omnipotence and immutahilitij. 
 
 WHEN Israel out of Egypt came, 
 And left the proud oppressor's land, 
 Supported by the great I AM, 
 
 Safe in the hollow of his hand, 
 The Lord in Israel reign'd alone. 
 And Judah was his fav'rite throne. 
 
 2 The sea beheld his power, and fled, 
 Disparted by the wond'rous rod; 
 
 Jordan ran backward to its head, 
 And Sinai felt the' incumbent God ; 
 
 The mountains skipp'd like frighten'd rams, 
 
 The hills leap'd after them as lambs. 
 
 8 What ail'd thee, thou trembling sea? 
 
 What horror turn'd the river back? 
 Was nature's God displeased with thee? 
 
 And why should hills or mountains shake? 
 Ye mountains huge, that skipp'd like rams? 
 Ye hills, that leap'd as frighten'd lambs ?
 
 52 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 
 
 4 Earth, tremble on, with all thy sons, 
 In presence of thy awful Lord, 
 
 Whose power inverted nature owns, 
 Her only law his sov' reign word : 
 He shakes the center with his rod. 
 And heaven hows down to Jacob's God. 
 
 5 Creation, varied by his hand. 
 The' omnipotent Jehovah knows ; 
 
 The sea is turn'd to solid land. 
 
 The rock into a fountain flows : 
 And all things, as they change, proclaim 
 The Lord eternally the same. 
 
 76 s. M. 
 
 Creator of soul and lady. 
 
 ALL-CREATING God, 
 At whose supreme decree 
 My body rose, a breathing clod, — 
 My soul sprang forth from thee : 
 
 2 For this thou hast design'd, 
 And form'd me man for this — 
 
 To know and love thyself, and find 
 In thee my endless" bliss. 
 
 7Y 3d P. M. 4 Gs & 2 8s. 
 
 Greatness and condescension. 
 
 THE Lord Jehovah reigns, 
 His throne is built on high ; 
 The garments he assumes 
 Are light and majesty: 
 His glories shine with beams so bright, 
 No mortal eye can bear the sight. 
 
 2 The thunders of his hand 
 
 Keep the wide world in awe ; 
 His Avrath and justice stand 
 To guard his holy law ; 
 And where his love resolves to bless, 
 His truth confirms and seals the grace.
 
 THE DIVINE PEKFECTIONS. 53 
 
 3 Through all his mighty works 
 Amazing wisdom shines ; 
 
 Confounds the powers of hell, 
 And all their dark designs ; 
 Strong is his arm, and shall fulfil 
 HLs great decrees and sov'reign will. 
 
 4 And will this sov'reign King 
 Of glory condescend ; — 
 
 And will he write his name, 
 My Father and my Friend? 
 
 1 love his Name, I love his word ; 
 Join all my powers to praise the Lord. 
 
 78 L. M. 
 
 Omnipotence and wisdom. 
 
 COME, my soul, in sacred lays. 
 Attempt thy great Creator's praise : 
 But 0, what tongue can speak his fame ? 
 "What mortal verse can reach the theme ? 
 
 2 Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, 
 Ho glory like a garment wears ; 
 
 To torm a robe of light divine. 
 
 Ten thousand suns around him shine. 
 
 3 In all our Maker's grand designs, 
 Omnipotence, Avith wisdom, sliines ; 
 
 His works, through all this wondrous frame, 
 Declare the glory of his Name. 
 
 4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing, 
 Do thou, my soul, his glories sing ; 
 And let his praise employ thy tongue, 
 Till list'ning worlds shall jom the song. 
 
 T9 CM. 
 
 Majesty and power. 
 
 THE Lord our God is clothed with might, 
 The winds obey his will; 
 He speaks, and in his heavenly height 
 The rollmg sun stands still.
 
 54 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 
 
 2 Eebel, ye waves, and o'er the land 
 With threat'ning aspect roar; 
 
 The Lord uplifts his awful hand, 
 And chains you to the shore. 
 
 3 Ye winds of night, your force combine : 
 Without his high behest, 
 
 Ye shall not, in the mountain-pine, 
 Disturb the sparrow's nest. 
 
 4 His voice sublime is heard afar ; 
 In distant peals it dies ; 
 
 He yokes the whirlwind to his car, 
 And sweeps the howling skies. 
 
 5 Ye sons of earth, in rev'rence bend ; 
 Ye nations, wait his nod; 
 
 And let unceasing praise ascend 
 In honour of our God. 
 
 80 L. M. 
 
 Omnipotence and grace. 
 
 THE earth, with all her fulness, owns 
 Jehovah for her sov'reign 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: 
 
 Launch'd on the floods this solid ball, 
 And fix'd it in the floating seas. 
 
 3 But who shall quit this low abode — 
 Who shall ascend the heavenly place, 
 
 And stand upon the mount of Goo, 
 And see liis Maker face to face ? 
 
 4 The man whose hands and heart are clean 
 That blessed portion shall receive; 
 
 He who by grace is saved from sin, 
 Shall with his God in glory live: —
 
 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 55 
 
 5 He shall obtain the starry crown ; 
 
 And, number' d with the saints above, 
 The God of his salvation own, 
 
 The God of his salvation love. 
 
 81 S.M. 
 
 Bounteous in mercy and goodness. 
 
 MY Maker and my King, 
 To thee my all I owe* 
 Thy sovereign bounty is the spring 
 Whence ail my blessings flow. f 
 
 2 The creature of thy hand, 
 On thee alone I live • 
 
 My God, thy benefits demand 
 More praise than I can give. 
 
 3 O, let thy grace inspire 
 
 My soul with strength divine; 
 Let all my powers to thee aspire, 
 And all my days be thine. 
 
 <S2 L. M. 
 
 From everlasting to everlasting. 
 
 ERE mountains rear'd their forms sublime. 
 Or heaven and earth in order stood. 
 Before the birth of ancient time. 
 From everlasting thou art God. 
 
 2 A thousand ages, in their flight, 
 With thee are as a fleeting day; 
 
 Past, present, future, to thy sight 
 At once their various scenes display. 
 
 3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream, 
 A passing thought, that soon is o'er, — 
 
 That fades with morning's eai'liest beam. 
 And fills the musing mind no more. 
 
 4 To us, Lord, the wisdom give. 
 Each passing moment so to spend. 
 
 That we at length with thee mq.y live 
 Where life and bliss shall never end.
 
 56 THE DIVINE PEEFECTI0N8. 
 
 83 C. M. 
 
 Omnisciejtea. 
 
 LOKD, all I am is known to thee ; 
 In vain ray soul would try 
 To sliun thy presence, or to nee 
 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 form'd within. 
 
 And ere my lips pronounce the word, 
 Thou know'st the sense 1 mean. 
 
 4 O wondrous knowledge ! deep and liigh : 
 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 ill, 
 Secured by sov'reign love. 
 
 84 c. M. 
 
 Omniscience and omnipresence. 
 
 FATHER of spirits, nature's God, 
 Our thoughts are known to thee ; 
 Thou, Lord, canst hear each idle word, 
 And every action see. 
 
 2 Could we, on morning's swiftest wings, 
 Fly through the trackless air, 
 
 Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs, 
 Thy presence would be there. 
 
 3 In vain may guilt attem{>t to fly, 
 Conceal'd by darkest night ; 
 
 One glance from thy all-piercing eye 
 Can bring it all to light
 
 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 67 
 
 4 Search thou our hearts, and there destroy 
 
 Each secret bosom siu, 
 And fit us for those realms of joy, 
 
 That we may enter in. 
 
 85 10th P. M. 8 lines 88. 
 
 Immutdbilihj. 
 
 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 firet and the last. 
 
 Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home; 
 We'll praise liim for all that is past, 
 And trust him for all that's to come. 
 
 86 L.M. 
 
 Infinite in tvisdom. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord ! 'tis good to raise 
 Your hearts and voices in his praise: 
 His nature and his Avorks invite 
 To make this duty our delight. 
 
 2 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames ; 
 He counts their numbers, calls their names ; 
 His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, — 
 A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd. 
 
 3 Sing to the Lord ! exalt him high, 
 Who spreads the clouds along the sky; 
 There lie prepares the fruitful rain. 
 Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 
 
 4 He makes the grass the hills adorn; 
 He clothes the smiling fields with corn; 
 The beasts with food his hands supply, 
 And the young ravens when they cry. 
 f) What is the creature's skill or force? 
 The spriifhtly man, or warlike horse? 
 The piercing wit, the active limb? 
 
 All are too mean dolighta for him.
 
 58 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 
 
 6 But saints are lovely in his sight ; 
 He views his children with delight : 
 He sees their hope, he knows their fear, 
 He looks, and loves his image there. 
 
 87 2d P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 Infinite condescension. 
 
 OGOD, of good the' unfathom'd sea, 
 Who woiUd not give his heart to thee 1 
 Who would not love thee with his might 1 
 O Jesus, lover of mankind, 
 Who would not his whole soul and mind, 
 With all his strength to thee unite 1 
 
 2 Thou shin'st with everlasting rays ; 
 Before the' insufferahle blaze 
 
 Angels with both wings veil their eyes : 
 Yet free as air thy bounty streams ; 
 On all thy works thy mercy's beams, 
 
 Diffusive as thy sun's, arise. 
 
 3 Astonish'd at thy frowning brow. 
 Earth, hell, and heaven's strong pillars bow 
 
 Terrible majesty is thine ! 
 Who then can that vast love express. 
 Which bows thee down to me, — who less 
 
 Than nothing am, till thou art mine ! 
 
 4 High throned on heaven's eternal hill, 
 In number, weight, and measure, still 
 
 Thou sweetly ord'rest all that is ; 
 And yet thou deign'st to come to me. 
 And guide my steps, that I, with thee 
 
 Enthroned, "^may reign in endless bliss. 
 
 88 L. M. 
 Wisdom, justice, truth. 
 
 THINE, Lord, is wisdom, thine alone ! 
 Justice and truth before thee stand : 
 Yet, nearer to thy sacred throne, 
 Mercy withholds thy lifted hand.
 
 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 69 
 
 2 Each evening shows thy tender love ; 
 Each rising morn thy plenteous grace : 
 
 Thy -waken'd wrath doth slowly move; 
 •fhy willing mercy flies apace. 
 
 3 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. 
 
 4 Thrice Holy ! thine the kingdom is, 
 The power" omnipotent is thine ; 
 
 And when created nature dies, 
 Thy never-ceasing glories shine. 
 
 89 c. M. 
 
 Goodness and mercy. 
 
 LET every tongue thy goodness speak, 
 Thou sov'reign Lord of all ; 
 Thy strength'ning hands uphold the weak, 
 And raise the poor that fall. 
 
 2 When sorrows bow the spirit down, 
 When virtue lies distress'' d, 
 
 Beneath the proud oppressor's frown, 
 Thou giv'st the mourner rest. 
 
 3 Thou know'st the pains thy servants feel, 
 Thou hear'st thy children's cry ; 
 
 And their best wishes to fulfil. 
 Thy grace is ever nigh. 
 
 4 Tliy mercy never shall remove 
 From men of heart sincere : 
 
 Tliou sav'st the souls whose humble love 
 Is join'd with holy fear. 
 
 5 My lips shall dwell upon thy praise, 
 And spread thy fame abroa(i ; 
 
 Let all the sons of Adam raise 
 The honours of their God.
 
 60 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 
 
 90 s.M. 
 
 The only wUe God. 
 
 THOU, tlie eternal Lord, 
 Art nigli above our thought ; 
 And worthy to be fear'd, adored. 
 
 By aU thy hands have wrought: 
 None can with thee compare, 
 
 Thy glory fills the sky ; 
 And all created beings are 
 As nothing in thine eye. 
 
 2 Of thine unbounded power, 
 To thee the praise we give ; 
 
 Omnipotently great, and more 
 Than heart can e'er conceive : 
 
 Whene'er thou wilt proceed, 
 Thy work can none withstand, 
 
 Or frustrate thy determined deed, 
 Or stay the' Almighty's hand. 
 
 3 Thou, Lord, art wise alone; 
 Thy counsel doth excel; 
 
 Most wonderful thy works we own, 
 
 Thy ways unsearchable : 
 Who knows the mystery, — 
 
 The judgments can explain, — 
 Of Him whose eyes in darkness see, 
 
 And search the heart of man ? 
 
 91 CM. 
 
 Glory, mercy, grace. 
 
 T7ATHER, how wide thy glory shines, 
 J. How high thy wonders rise*! 
 Known through 'the earth by tliousand signs, 
 By thousands through the skies. 
 
 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power ; 
 
 Their motions speak thy skill : 
 And on the wings of every hour 
 
 We read thy patience still.
 
 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 61 
 
 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 vengeance and compassion join 
 In their divinest forms : 
 
 5 Here the whole Deity is known, 
 Nor dares a creature guess 
 
 Which of the glories brighter 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 tlieir choicest strains. 
 
 7 may I bear some humble part 
 In that immortal song ! 
 
 Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, 
 And love command my tongue. 
 
 92 c. M. 
 
 Wisdom and goodness. 
 
 BLEST be our everlasting Lord, 
 Our Father, God, and King ! 
 Thy sov'reign goodness we record. 
 Thy glorious power we sing. 
 
 2 By thee the victory is given : 
 The majesty divine. 
 
 Wisdom and might, and earth and heaven. 
 And all therein, are thine. 
 
 3 The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone. 
 Who dost thy right maintain, 
 
 And, high on thy eternal throne. 
 O'er men and "angels reign.
 
 62 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 
 
 4 Riclies, as seemeth good to thee, 
 Thou dost, and honour give ; 
 
 And kuigs their power and dignity- 
 Out of thy hand receive. 
 
 5 Thou hast on us the grace bestow'd, 
 Thy greatness to proclaim ; 
 
 And therefore now we thank our God, 
 And praise thy glorious Name. 
 
 6 Thy glorious Name, thv nature's powers, 
 Thou dost to us make known ; 
 
 And all the Deity is ours, 
 Through thy incarnate Son. 
 
 93 1st P. M. 6 lines Qb. 
 
 Goodness. 
 
 
 
 GOD, my hope, my heavenly rest, 
 My ail of' happiness below, 
 
 Grant my importunate request, 
 
 To me, to me, thy ffoodiiess show; 
 Thy beatific face display. 
 The brightness of eternal day. 
 
 2 Before my faith's enlighten'd eyes, 
 Make all thy gracious goodness pass ; 
 
 Thy goodness is the sight I prize : 
 might I see thy smiling face : 
 
 Thy nature in my soul proclaim, 
 
 Eeveal thy love, thy glorious name. 
 
 94 L.M. 
 
 Tmmanud, God with us. 
 
 ETERNAL depth of love divine, 
 In Jesus, God with us, display'd ; 
 How bright thy beaming glories shine ! 
 How wide thy healing streams are spread ! 
 
 2 With whom dost thou delight to dwell ? 
 
 Sinners, a vile and thankless race ! 
 O God, what tongue aright can tell 
 
 How vast thy love, how great thy grace !
 
 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 63 
 
 3 The dictates of thy sov'reign will 
 With joy our grateful hearts receive ; 
 
 All thy delight in us fulfil ; 
 Lo, all we are to thee we give. 
 
 4 To thy sure love, thy tender care, 
 Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign ; 
 
 O fix thy sacred presence there, 
 And seal the' abode forever thine. 
 
 95 c. M. 
 
 Infinite love. 
 
 A THOUSAND oracles divine 
 Their common beams unite. 
 That sinners may with angels join, 
 To worship God aright. 
 
 2 Triumphant host ! they never cease 
 To laud and magnify 
 
 The triune God of holiness, 
 Whose glory fills the sky. 
 
 3 By faith the upper choir we meet, 
 And join with them to sing 
 
 Jehovah, on his shining seat. 
 Our Maker and our King. 
 
 4 For God, made flesh, is wholly ours; 
 And asks our noblest strain ; 
 
 The Father of celestial powers. 
 The Friend of earth-born man. 
 
 96 CM. 
 
 God is love. 
 
 GEEAT God ! to me the sight afford 
 To him of old allow'd ; 
 And let my faith behold its Lord, 
 
 Descending in a cloud. 
 2 In thy revealing Spirit come, 
 
 Thine attributes proclaim, 
 And to my inmost soul make known 
 The glories of thy Name.
 
 64 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIOKS. 
 
 3 Jehovah, Christ, I thee adore, 
 Who gav'st my soul to be ; 
 
 Fountain of being and of power, 
 And great in majesty. 
 
 4 The Lord, the mighty God, thou art, 
 But let me rather prove 
 
 That name iuspoken to my heart. 
 That fav'rite name of Love. 
 
 5 Merciful God, thyself proclaim 
 In this polluted breaet; 
 
 Mercy is thy distinguish'd name, 
 And suits the sinner best. 
 
 6 Our mis'ry doth for pity call. 
 Our sin implores thy grace ; 
 
 And thou art merciful to all 
 Our lost, apostate race. 
 
 97 s.M. 
 
 Love and mercy. 
 
 GREAT God, accept a heart 
 That pants to sing thy praise ; 
 Thou, who without begiimmg art, 
 
 And without end of days : 
 Thy goodness is display' a, 
 
 On all thy works impress'd ; 
 Thou lovest all thy hands have made, 
 But man thou lovest best. 
 
 2 Gracious art thou to all 
 
 Who truly turn to thee; 
 O hear me, then, for pardon call. 
 
 And show thy grace to me : 
 Through mercy reconciled, 
 
 For Jesus' sake forgiven ; 
 Keceive, Lord, thy favour'd child, 
 
 To sing thy praise in heaven.
 
 THE DIVINE PEKFECTIONS. 66 
 
 98 CM. 
 
 Source of all blessings. 
 
 JEHOVAH, God, thy gracious power 
 On every hand we see; 
 may the blessings of each hour 
 
 Lead all our thoughts to thee. 
 2 If on the wings of morn we speed, 
 
 To earth's remotest bound, 
 Tliy hand will there our journey lead^ 
 
 Thine arm our path surround. 
 8 Thy power is in the ocean deeps,. 
 
 And reaches to the skies ; 
 Thine eye of mercy never sleeps. 
 
 Thy goodness never dies. 
 4 From morn till noon — till latest eve, 
 
 Thy hand, God, we see; 
 And all the blessings we receive,. 
 
 Proceed alone from thee. 
 
 99 CM. 
 
 The Author of every good- gift. 
 
 FATHER, to thee my soul I lilt ; 
 My soul on thee depends ; 
 Convinced that every perfect gh\ 
 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. 
 
 3 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 f 
 His blood's availing plea 
 
 Obtain' d the help for all our race, 
 And sends it down to me. 
 5
 
 66 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 
 
 5 Thou all our works in us hast wrought ; 
 
 Our good is all divine : 
 The praise of every ^'irtuous 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. 
 
 100 ^^. i^.M. 
 
 Holiness. 
 
 HOLY as thou, Lord, is none ; 
 Thy holiness is all thine own ; 
 A drop' of that unbounded sea 
 Is ours, — a drop derived from thee. 
 
 2 And when thy purity we share. 
 Thine only glory we declare ; 
 And, hunibled into nothing, own. 
 Holy and pure is God alone. 
 
 3 Sole, self-existing God and Lord, 
 By all thy heavenly hosts adored, 
 Let all on earth bow down to thee, 
 And own thy peerless majesty : 
 
 4 Thy power unparallel'd confess, 
 Establish'd on the Eock of peace ; 
 The Eock that never shall remove, — 
 The Eock of pure, almighty love. 
 
 101 CM. 
 
 T/i€ Trinity. 
 
 HAIL! holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 Whom one in three we know ; 
 By all thv heavenly host adored, 
 
 By all thy Church below. 
 2 One undi\-ided Trinity 
 
 "Witli triumph we proclaim ; 
 Thy universe is 'full of thee. 
 And speaks thy glorious name.
 
 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 67 
 
 3 Thco, holy Father, we confess ; 
 Thee, holy Son, adore ; 
 
 And thee, tlie Holy Ghost, avc bless, 
 And worship evermore. 
 
 4 Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 Onr heavenly song shall be; 
 
 Supreme, essential One, adored 
 In co-eternal Three ! 
 
 102 L.M. 
 
 The glorious goodness of the triutte Jehovah. 
 
 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Whom one all-perfect God we own, 
 Eestorer of thine image lost. 
 Thy various offices make known. 
 
 2 Jehovah in three persons, come. 
 And draw, and sprinkle us, and sea!, 
 
 Poor, guilty, dying worms, in whom 
 Thou Avilt eternal life reveal. 
 
 3 Our fallen, ruin'd souls, to raise. 
 The knowledge of thyself bestow ; 
 
 Eeveal the riches of thy grace. 
 
 And all thy glorious goodness show. 
 
 103 CM. 
 
 0?!^ God in three perso7is. 
 
 HAIL, Father, Sou, and Holy Ghost, 
 One God in persons three ; 
 Of thee we make our joyful boast. 
 And homage pay to thee. 
 
 2 Present alike in every place, 
 Thy Godhead we adore : 
 
 Beyond the bounds of time and space 
 Thou dwellest evermore. 
 
 3 In wisdom infinite thou art. 
 Thine eye doth all things see ; 
 
 And every thought of every heart 
 Is fully known to thee.
 
 68 THE DIVINE PEEFECTIONS. 
 
 4 Thou lov'st whate'er thy hands have made : 
 Thy goodness we rehearse, 
 
 In shining characters display'd 
 Throughout the universe. 
 
 5 Wherefore let every creature give 
 To thee the praise design'd ; 
 
 But chiefly, Lord, tlie thanks receive,— 
 The hearts, of all mankmd. 
 
 104 5th P. M. 4 /in^^ 7s. 
 Tlie co-eUmal Three. 
 
 HOLY, holv, holy Lord, 
 God the 'Father, God the Word, 
 God the Comforter, receive 
 Blessings more than we can give. 
 2 Join'd with those beyond the sky, 
 "Worshipping the Lord most high, 
 We our hearts and voices raise, 
 Echo his eternal praise. 
 S Throe in one, and one in three, 
 One, in simplest unity, — 
 God, incline thy gracious ear ; 
 Us, thy lisping "^creatures, hear. 
 
 4 Thee, while man, the earth-horn, sing's, 
 Angels shrink within their Avings ; 
 Prostrate seraphim above 
 
 Breathe unutterable love. 
 
 5 Fain with them our souls would vie ; 
 Sink as low and mount as higli ; 
 
 Fall, o'erwhelm'd with love, or soar ; 
 Shout, or silently adore ! 
 
 105 L. M. 
 
 Co-equal and co-eUmal. 
 
 BLESSING and honour, praise and love, 
 Co-equal, co-eternal Three, 
 In earth below, in heaven above. 
 By aU thy works, be paid to thee.
 
 THE DIVINE PERFECTIONS. 69 
 
 2 Let all who owe to tbee their birth, 
 In praises every hour employ ; 
 
 Jehovah reigns ! be glad, O earth, 
 And shout, ye morning stars, for joy. 
 
 106 c.^^- 
 
 Unsearchable. 
 
 HAIL, Father, whose creating call 
 UnnumberM worlds attend; 
 Jehovah, comprehending all, 
 Whom none can comprehend. 
 
 2 In light unsearchable enthroned, 
 Whom angels dimly see ; 
 
 The fountain of the Godhead own'd, 
 And foremost of the Three : 
 
 3 Supreme and all-sufficient God! 
 Wnen nature shall expire, 
 
 And worlds, created by thy nod, 
 Shall perish by thy lire ; 
 
 4 Thy Name, Jehovah, be adored 
 By creatures without cud; 
 
 Whom none but thy est^ential Word 
 And Spirit comprehend. 
 
 107 CM. 
 
 Dwelling in ligld which no man can approach unto. 
 
 ETERNAL I»ower, Almighty God, 
 Who can approach thy throne? 
 UnfuLling light is thine abode, 
 To mortal man unknown. 
 
 2 Before the radiance of thine eye. 
 The heavens no longer shine ; 
 
 And all the glories of the sky 
 Are but the shade of thine. 
 
 3 Great God, and ^-ilt thou condescend 
 To cast a look below? 
 
 To this vile world thy notice bend — 
 These seats of sin and wo ?
 
 70 THE DIVINE PEKFECTIONS. 
 
 4 How strange, how wondrous, is thy love 1 
 With trembling we adore : 
 
 Not all the' exalted minds above 
 Its wonders can explore. 
 
 5 While golden harps and angel tongues 
 Kesonnd immortal lays, 
 
 Great God, permit our humble songs 
 To celebrate thy praise. 
 
 108 L.M. 
 Canst thou find out the Almighty to perfection f 
 
 OGOD, thou bottomless abyss ! 
 Thee to perfection who "?{in know ? 
 height immense ! what words suffice, 
 Thy countless attributes to show ? 
 
 2 Greatness unspeakable is thine ; 
 Greatness, whose undiminish'd ray, 
 
 "WTien short-lived worlds arc lost, shall shine.- 
 When earth and heaven are fled away. 
 
 3 Unchangeable, all-perfect Lord, 
 Essential life's unbounded sea. 
 
 What lives and moves, lives by thy word. 
 It lives, and moves, and is, from thee. 
 
 4 High is thy power above all height ; 
 Whate'er thy will decrees is done ; 
 
 Thy wisdom, equal to thy might. 
 Only to thee, God, is known ! 
 
 109 L.M. 
 JncompreJienaihly glorious. 
 
 GOD is a Name my soul adores, — 
 The' almighty Three, the' eternal One : 
 Nature and grace, with ail their powers, 
 
 Confess the Infinite Unknown, 
 2 Thy voice produced the sea and spheres ; 
 Bade the waves roar, the planets shine : 
 But nothing like thyself appears 
 Through all these spacious works of thine.
 
 THE Dl^TlNE PERFECTIONS. 71 
 
 3 Still restless nature dies and grows : 
 From change to change the creatures run : 
 
 Thy being no succession knows, 
 And all thy vast designs are one. 
 
 4 A glance of thine runs through the globe, 
 Rules the bright worlds, and moves their frame ; 
 
 Of light thou iorm'st thy dazzling robe ; 
 Thy ministers are living flame. 
 
 5 How shall polluted mortals dare 
 To sing thy glory or thy grace } 
 
 Beneath thy feet we lie afar. 
 
 And see but shadows of thy face. 
 
 6 Who can behold the blazing light ? 
 Who can approach consuming flame ? 
 
 None but thy wisdom knows tJiy might ; 
 None but thy word can speak thy name. 
 
 110 CM. 
 
 Such knowledge is too wonderful for vs. 
 
 SHALL foolish, weak, short-sighted man 
 Beyond the angels go, — 
 The great Almighty God explain, 
 Or to perfection know ? 
 
 2 His attributes divinely soar 
 
 Above the creature's sight, 
 And prostrate seraphim adore 
 
 The glorious Infinite. 
 
 S The brightness of liis glory leaves 
 
 Description far below; 
 Nor maivs nor angel's heart conceives 
 
 How deep his mercies flow. 
 
 4 His grace is most unsearchable, 
 
 And dazzles all above ; 
 They gaze, but cannot count or teU 
 
 The treasures of his love.
 
 72 THE DIVINE PEEFBCTIONS. 
 
 Ill CM. 
 
 Worthy of ceaseless praUe from all his creatures. 
 
 PRAISE ye the Lord, ye' immortal choirs 
 That fill the worlds above ; 
 Praise him who form'd you of his fires, 
 Aud feeds you with his love. 
 
 2 Shine to his praise, ye crystal skies. 
 The floor of his abode ; 
 
 Or veil iu shades your thousand eyes 
 Before your brighter God. 
 
 3 Thou restless globe of golden light, 
 Whose beams create our days, 
 
 Join with the silver queen of night, 
 To own your borrow'd rays. 
 
 4 Thunder and hail, and fire and storms. 
 The troops of his command, ' 
 
 Appear in all your dreadful forms. 
 And speak his awful hand. 
 
 5 Shout to the Lord, ye surging sea.s, 
 In your eternal roar ; 
 
 Let wave to wave resound his praise, 
 
 And shore reply to shore. 
 % Thus while the meaner creatures sing. 
 
 Ye mortals, catch the sound; 
 Echo the glories of your King 
 
 Through all the nations round. 
 
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 Eternal praises to the Most Uigh. 
 
 THEE to laud in songs divine 
 Angels in thy presence join : 
 We Avith them our voices raise. 
 Echo thine eternal praise. 
 2 Holy, holy, holy Lord, 
 Live, by heaven and earth adored : 
 Thus, with them, we ever cry, 
 Glory be to God most high !
 
 THE L\CARI(ATIOE' Ai\D BIPJH OF 
 JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 113 CM. 
 
 Glad tidings of great joy. 
 
 WHILE shepherds watch' d their flocks "by 
 night, 
 All seated on the ground, 
 The angel of the Lord came down, 
 And glory shone around. 
 
 2 Fear not, said he, (for mighty dread 
 Had seized their troubled mind,) 
 
 Glad tidings of great joy I bring, 
 To you and all mankind. 
 
 3 To you, in David's town, this day 
 Is born, of David's line. 
 
 The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; 
 And this shall be the sign: 
 
 4 The heavenly babe you there shall find 
 To human view display 'd. 
 
 All meanly wrapp'd in swathing-bands. 
 And in a manger laid. 
 
 5 Tiius spake tlie seraph ; and forthwith 
 Appear'd a shining throng 
 
 Of augcls, praising Ood on high, 
 Who thus address 'd their song: 
 
 6 All ^lory be to God on high, 
 And to "the earth be peace : 
 
 Good-will henceforth, irom heaven to men, 
 Begin and never cease. 
 
 114 9th p. M. 87, 87. 
 
 Peace 07i eartJi— good-will to men. 
 
 HARK ! what mean those holy voices, 
 Sweetly sounding through the skies? 
 Lo ! the' angelic host rejoices ; 
 Heavenly hallelujahs rise.
 
 74 INCAKNATION AND BIETH 
 
 2 Listen to the wondrous story, 
 "Which they chant in hymns of joy:— 
 
 Glory in the 'highest, glory, 
 Glory be to God most high ! 
 
 3 Peace on earth, good-will from heaver.. 
 Beaching far as man is found ; 
 
 Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven! — 
 Loud our golden harps shall sound. 
 
 4 Christ is born, the great Anointed ; 
 Heaven and earth his praises sing ; 
 
 O receive whom God appointed. 
 For your Prophet, Priest, and King. 
 
 5 Hasten, mortals, to adore him ; 
 Learn his name, and taste his joy ; 
 
 TiU in heaven ve sing before liim, — 
 Glory be to Cod most high ! 
 
 115 15th P. M. 11 9, 11 9. 
 
 ChriM7na9-day. 
 
 ALL hail! happy day, 
 When, enrobed in our clay, 
 The Eedeemer appeared upon earth; 
 How can we retrain 
 To unite in the strain. 
 And to hail our Immanuers birth ! 
 
 2 Ye angels of God, 
 Sound his praises abroad. 
 
 And acknowledge liim JAR, the I AM: 
 
 We also will join 
 
 In a hymn so divine. 
 Giving glory to God and the Lamb I 
 
 3 O rnay the return 
 
 Of this once blessed morn 
 Be forever remember'd with joy: 
 
 Sweet accents of praise 
 
 All our voices shall raise ; 
 Hallelujahs shall be our employ !
 
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 4 Let echo prolong 
 
 The harmonious song, — 
 Hallelujahs again and again : 
 
 He kindles the fire, 
 
 Whom the nations desire. 
 And to him we devote the glad strain. 
 
 116 C.M. 
 
 Glory to God in the higliest. 
 
 MORTALS, awake, with angels join, 
 And chant the solemn lay; 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine, 
 To hail the' auspicious day. 
 
 2 In heaven the rapt'rous song began, 
 And SAveet seraphic fire 
 
 Through all the shining legions ran, 
 And strung and tuned tiie lyre. 
 
 3 Swift through the vast expanse it flew, 
 And loud the echo roll'd ; 
 
 The theme, the song, the joy, was new,— 
 'Twas more than heaven could hold. 
 
 4 Down through the portals of the sky 
 The' impetuous torrent ran ; 
 
 And angels flew, with eager joy, 
 To bear the news to man. 
 
 5 With joy the chorus we repeat, — 
 Glory to God on high ! 
 
 Good-will and peace are now complete — 
 Jesus Avas born to die. 
 
 6 Hail, Prince of life, forever hail ! 
 Redeemer, Brother, Friend ! 
 
 Though earth, and time, and life shall foil, 
 Thy praise shall never end. 
 
 7 Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, 
 And glory leads the song : 
 
 Good-will and peace are heard throughout 
 The' harmomous heavenly throng.
 
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 117 30th P. M. 11 10, 11 10. 
 Tlie star in the East. 
 
 BEIGHTESTandbestof the sonsof tlie morniug, 
 Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; 
 Star of the East, the horizon adorning, 
 Guide where the infant Eedeemer is laid. 
 
 2 Cold, on his cradle, the dew-drops are shininsr ; 
 Low lies his bed with the beasts of the staD ; 
 
 Angels adore him, in shimber reclining, — 
 Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour, of all. 
 
 3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion, 
 Odours of Eden and offerings divine ? 
 
 Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, 
 Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mme i 
 
 4 Vainly we oifer each ample oblation ; 
 Vainly with gifts would his favour secure : 
 
 Eicher by far is the heart's adoration ; 
 
 Dearer to God arc the prayers of the poor. 
 
 118 CM. 
 
 Design and object of Ilis advent. 
 
 HAEK, thci glad sound ! the Saviour come?.— 
 The Saviour, promised long ; 
 Let every heart prepare a throne, 
 
 And every voice a song. 
 2 He comes, the pris'ner to release, 
 
 In Satan's bondage held ; 
 The gates of bra.ss before him burst, 
 The iron fetters yield. 
 
 5 He comes, from thickest films of vice 
 To clear the mental i-ay, 
 
 And on the eyes oppressed Avith night 
 
 To pour celestial day. 
 4 lie comes, the broken heart to bind, 
 
 The wounded soul to cure. 
 And, with the treasures of his grace. 
 
 To' enrich the humble poor.
 
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 5 Our glad hosannas, Prince of peace, 
 
 Thy welcome shall proclaim, 
 And heaven's eternal arches ring 
 
 With thy beloved name. 
 
 119 8tli r. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 
 Worship the new-'born Saxicnir. 
 
 ANGELS, from the realms of glory, 
 Wing your flight o'er all the earth ; 
 Ve who sang creation's story, 
 Now proclaim Messiah's birth : 
 Come and worship, — 
 Worship Christ, the new-born king. 
 
 2 Shepherds in the field abiding, 
 Watching o'er your flocks by night, 
 
 Crod with man is now residing ; 
 Yonder shines the infant light: 
 Come and worship, — 
 
 Worship Christ, the new-born king. 
 
 S Sa^es, leave your contemplations, — 
 
 Brighter visions beam afar; 
 Seek the great Desire of nations ; 
 
 Ye have seen his natal star : 
 Come and worship, — 
 Worship Christ, the new-born king. 
 
 4 Saints, before the altar bending, 
 Watching long in hope and fear, 
 
 Suddenly the Lord, descending, 
 In his temple shall appear : 
 Come and worship, — 
 Worship Christ, the new-born king. 
 
 5 Sinners, wrung with true repentance, 
 Doomed for guilt to endless pains, 
 
 Justice now revokes the sentence, — 
 Mercy calls you, — break your chains : 
 Come and' worship, — 
 Worship Christ, the new-born king.
 
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 120 5th V.U. 4 lines 7s, 
 Wonderful Counsellor. 
 
 B EIGHT and joyful is the morn, 
 For to us a child is horn ; 
 From the highest realms of heaven, 
 Unto us a Son is given. 
 
 2 On his shoulder he shall hear 
 Power and majesty, and "wear, 
 On his vesture and his thigh, 
 Names most awful, names most high, 
 
 S "Wonderful in counsel He, 
 Christ, the' incarnate Deity ; 
 Sire of ages, ne'er to cease ; 
 King of kings, and Prince of peace. 
 
 4 Come and worship at his feet ; 
 Yield to him the homage meet ; 
 From the manger to the throne, 
 Homage due to God alone. 
 
 121 CM, 
 
 The Prince of peace. 
 
 TO us a child of hope is born. 
 To us a Son is given : 
 Him shall the tribes of earth obey, 
 Him, all the hosts of heaven. 
 
 2 His name shall be the Prince of peace, 
 For evermore adored, — 
 
 The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 
 The great and mighty Lord. 
 
 3 His power, increasing, still shall spread 
 His reign no end shall know; 
 
 Justice shall guard his throne above. 
 And peace abound below. 
 
 4 To us a child of hope is bom ; 
 To us a Son is criven ; — 
 
 The Wonderful, the Counsellor, 
 The mighty Lord of heaven.
 
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 122 s. M. 
 
 The mighty God. 
 
 REJOICE in Jesus' birth,— 
 To us a Son is given; 
 To us a child is born on earth, 
 Who made both earth and heaven. 
 
 2 He reigns above the sky, — 
 This universe sustains ; — 
 
 The God supreme, the Lord most high, 
 The king Messiah reigns. 
 
 3 The mighty God is He, 
 Author of "heavenly bliss; 
 
 The Father of eternity. 
 The glorious Prinee of peace. 
 
 4 His government shall grow, 
 
 From strengtli to strength proceed : 
 His righteousness the church o'erflow, 
 And all the earth o'erspread. 
 
 123 L.M. 
 
 Prophet, Priest, and King. 
 
 TO us a child, of royal birth, 
 End of the promises, is given ; 
 The' Invisible appears on earth, — 
 The Son of man, the God of heaven. 
 
 2 A Saviour born, in love supreme, 
 He comes, our fallen souls to raise ; 
 
 He comes, his people to redeem. 
 With all his plenitude of grace. 
 
 3 The Christ, by raptured seers foretold, 
 Fill'd with the Holy Spirit's power, 
 
 Prophetj and Priest, and King, behold ; 
 And Lord of all the world adore. 
 
 4 The Lord of hosts, the God most high, 
 Who quits his throne, on earth to live, 
 
 With ioy we welcome from the sky, 
 With faith into our liearts receive.
 
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 124 s.M. 
 
 Thanks for the unspeakable gift. 
 
 PATHER, our hearts we lift 
 Up to thy gracious throne, 
 And thank thee for the precious gift 
 
 Of thine incarnate Son. 
 2 His infant cries proclaim 
 
 A peace 'twixt earth and heaven : 
 Salvation, through his only Kame, 
 
 To all mankind is given.' 
 S The gift unspeakable 
 
 We thankfully receive. 
 And to the world thy goodness tell, 
 
 And to thy glory live. 
 
 4 May all mankind receive 
 
 The new-born Prince of peace, 
 And meekly in his spirit hve, 
 And in his love increase. 
 
 5 TUl he convey us home. 
 Cry every soul aloud, — 
 
 Come, thou Desire of nations, come. 
 And take us up to God. 
 
 125 .'Jth P. M. 4 Urns 7s. 
 
 The Sun of righieousness. 
 
 HAEK ! the herald angels sing, — 
 Glory to the new-born King; 
 Peace on earth, and mercy mild ; 
 God and sinners . reconciled. 
 
 2 Joyful all ye nations rise, — 
 Join the triumphs of the skies; 
 With angelic hosts proclaim, — . 
 Christ is born in Bethlehem. 
 
 3 Christ, by highest heaven adored, — 
 Christ, the everlasting Lord ; 
 
 Veil'd in flesh the Godhead see ; 
 Hail, incarnate Deity !
 
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 4 Hail the heaven-born Prince of peace ! 
 Hail the Sun of riorhteousness ! 
 
 Light and life to all he brings, — 
 Kisen with healing in his wings. 
 
 5 Come, Desire of nations, come ! 
 Fix in us thy humble home ; 
 Second Adam from above, 
 Eeinstate us in thy love. 
 
 126 26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 
 
 Tlie glory of His kingdom. 
 
 HAIL, to the Lord's anointed, 
 Great David's greater Son ! 
 Hail, in the time appointed, 
 His reign on earth begun ! 
 He comes to break oj:)pression, — 
 
 To set the captive free ; 
 To take away transgression, 
 And rule in equity. 
 
 2 He comes, with succour speedy 
 To those who suffer wrong; 
 
 To help the poor and needy. 
 
 And bid the weak be strong; 
 To give them songs for sighing, — 
 
 Their darkness turn to light, — 
 Whose souls J condemn' d and dying, 
 
 Were precious in his sight. 
 
 3 He shall descend like showers 
 Upon the fruitful earth, 
 
 And love and joy, like flowers, 
 
 Sprmg in his path to birth : 
 Before iiim, on the mountains, 
 
 Shall peace, the herald, go. 
 And righteousness, in fountains. 
 
 From hill to valley flow. 
 6
 
 82 INCAKNATION OF JESUS CHEIST. 
 
 4 To him shall prayer unceasing, 
 
 And dally vows ascend ; 
 His kingdom still increasing, — 
 
 A kingdom "^vithout end : 
 Thetide of time shall never 
 
 His covenant remove ; 
 His name shall stand forever ; 
 
 That name to us is Love. 
 
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 Reigiiing in His kingdom of grace. 
 
 ALL glory to God in the sky, 
 And peace upon eartli be restored; 
 Jesus, exalted on high. 
 
 Appear, our omnipotent Lord ; 
 Who, meanly in Betnlehem born. 
 
 Didst stoop to redeem a lost race : 
 Once more to thy creatures return, 
 And reign in thy kingdom of grace. 
 
 2 "wouldst thou again be made known, 
 Again in thy Spirit descend ; 
 
 And"^set up, in each of thine own, 
 A kingdom that never shall end ! 
 
 Thou only art able to bless, 
 And make the glad nations obey. 
 
 And bid the dire enmity cease. 
 And bow the whole world to thy sway. 
 
 3 0, come to thy servants again. 
 Who long thine appearing to know; 
 
 Thy quiet and peaceable reign 
 
 In mercy establish below : 
 All sorrow before thee shall fly. 
 
 And anger and hatred be o'er ; 
 And en\^ and malice shall die, 
 
 And discord aMct us no more.
 
 THE SUFFERI^^GS AID DEATH OF 
 JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 128 CM. 
 
 God manifested in ike flesh. 
 
 WITH glorious clouds encompass'd 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 impart ? 
 
 Answer, thou Man of grief and love, 
 And speak it to my neart. 
 
 3 In manifested love explam 
 Thy wonderful design ; 
 
 What meant the suff 'ring Son of man, — 
 The streaming blood divine ? 
 
 4 Didst thou not in our flesh appear, 
 And live and die below. 
 
 That I might now perceive thee near, 
 And my Eedeemer know ? — 
 
 5 Might view the Lamb in his own light, 
 Whom angels dimly see ; 
 
 And gaze, transported at the sight, 
 To all eternity? 
 
 129 CM. 
 
 The incarnate God. 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, inspire our songs 
 With thine immortal flame ; 
 Enlarge our hearts, unloose our tongues, 
 To praise the Saviour's name. 
 
 2 How great the riches of his grace ! 
 
 He left his throne above, 
 And, swift to save our ruin'd race. 
 
 He flew on wings of love.
 
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 3 Now pardon, life, and joys divine, 
 In rich abundance flow, 
 
 For guilty rebels, dead in sin, 
 And doora'd to endless wo. 
 
 4 The' almighty Former of the skies 
 Stoop'd to our low abode ; 
 
 While angels view'd with wond'ring eyes, 
 And hail'd the' incarnate God. 
 
 5 Ecnew our souls with heavenly strength. 
 That we may fully prove 
 
 The height, and depth, and breadth, and length 
 Of such transcendent love. 
 
 130 CM. 
 
 ITis humiliaiion. 
 
 AND did the Holy and the Just,— 
 The Sov'reign of the skies, — 
 Stoop down to wretchedness and dust. 
 That guilty man might rise ? 
 
 2 Yes, the Eedeemer left his throne, 
 His radiant throne on high — 
 
 Surprising mercy ! love unknown ! — 
 To suffer, bleed, and die. 
 
 3 To dwell with mis'ry here below, 
 The Saviour left the skies, 
 
 And sunk to wretchedness and wo. 
 That worthless man might rise. 
 
 4 He took the dyin^ traitor's place, 
 And suffer'd in his stead; 
 
 For sinful man — wondrous grace ! 
 For smful man he bled. 
 
 5 O Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell 
 In thine atoning blood ! 
 
 By this are sinners saved from hell. 
 And rebels brought to God.
 
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 131 ^ . ^ CM. 
 
 n%% amazing love. 
 
 PLUNGED in a gulf of dark despair, 
 We wretched sinners lay, 
 Without one cheering beam of hope, 
 Or spark of glimmMng day. 
 
 2 With pitying eyes the Prince of peace 
 Beheld our helpless grief: 
 
 He saw, and (O, amazing love I) 
 He flew to our relief. 
 
 3 Down from the shining seats above, 
 With joyful haste he fled ; 
 
 Enter'd'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. 
 
 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. 
 
 132 s.M. 
 
 Our ransom paid. 
 
 OUR sins bn Christ were laid ; 
 He bore the mighty load ; 
 Our ransom-price he fully paid 
 In groans, and tears, and blood. 
 
 2 To save a world, he dies ; 
 Sinners, behold the Lamb ! 
 
 To him lift up your longing eyes ; 
 Seek mercy in his name. 
 
 3 Pardon and peace abound ; 
 He will your sins forgive ; 
 
 Salvation in his name is found, — 
 He bids the sinner live.
 
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 4 Jesus, we look to thee ; — 
 "Where else can sinners go ? 
 
 Tliy boundless love shall set us free 
 From wretchedness and wo. 
 
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 Love divine. 
 
 OLOVE divine, what hast thou done ! 
 The' incarnate God hath died for me I 
 The Father's co-eternal Son, 
 
 Bore all mv sins upon the tree ! 
 The Son of (jod for me hath died : 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 
 
 2 Behold him, all ye that pass by, — 
 The bleeding Prince of life and peace ! 
 
 Come see, ye worms, your Saviour die, 
 
 And say, was ever grief like his ? 
 Come, feel with me his blood applied : 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified : — 
 
 3 Is crucified for me and you, 
 
 To bring us rebels back to God : 
 BeUeve, believe the record true, — 
 
 Ye all are bought with Jesus' blood : 
 Pardon for all flows from his side : 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 
 
 4 Then let us sit beneath his cross : 
 And gladly catch the healing stream ; 
 
 All things for him account but loss, 
 
 And give up all our hearts to him : 
 Of nothing thmk or speak beside, — 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 
 
 134 CM. 
 
 He died for tJiee. 
 
 BEHOLD the Saviour of mankmd 
 Nail'd to the shameful tree ; 
 How vast the love that him inclined 
 To bleed and die for thee I
 
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 2 Hark ! how he groans, while nature shakes, 
 And earth's strong pillars bend : t 
 
 The temple's veil in sunder breaks, — 
 The solid marbles rend. 
 
 3 'Tis done ! the precious ransom's paid ! 
 Keceive my soiu ! he cries : 
 
 See where he bows his sacred head ; 
 He bows his head, and dies. 
 
 4 But soon he'll break death's envious chain, 
 And in full glory shine : 
 
 O Lamb of God, was ever pain, 
 Was ever love, like thine ? 
 
 135 L.M. 
 
 77ie hidings of the Fatlie'r'sface. 
 
 FKOM Calvary a cry was heard, — 
 A bitter and heart-rending cry ; 
 My Saviour ! every mournful^word 
 bespeaks thy soul's deep agony. 
 
 2 A horror of great darkness fell 
 On thee, thou spotless, holy One ! 
 
 And all the swarming hosts of hell 
 Conspired to tempt God's only Son. 
 
 3 The scourge, the thorns, the deep disgrace,— 
 These thou couldst bear, nor once repine ; 
 
 But when Jehovah veil'd his face. 
 Unutterable pangs were thine. 
 
 4 Let the dumb world its silence break ; 
 Let pealing anthems rend the sky ; 
 
 Awake, my sluggish soul, awake ! 
 He died, that we might never die. 
 
 5 Lord ! on thy cross I fix mine eye : 
 If e'er I lose its strong control, 
 
 O, let that dying, piercing cry, 
 Melt and reclaim my wand'ring soul.
 
 )8 SUFFEKINGS AND DEATH 
 
 136 CM. 
 
 The crucifixion. 
 
 FKOM whence these direful omens roimd, 
 Which heaven and earth amaze ? 
 And why do earthquakes cleave the ground ? 
 Why hides the sun his rays ? 
 
 2 Well may the earth, astonish'd, shake, 
 And nature sympathize, — 
 
 The sun, as darkest night, be black ; 
 Their Maker, Jesus, dies ! 
 
 3 Behold, fast streaming from the tree, 
 His all-atoning blood : 
 
 Is this the Infinite ? 'tis he, — 
 My Saviour and my God. 
 
 4 For me these pangs his soul assail ; 
 For me this death is borne ; 
 
 My sins gave sharpness to the nail, 
 And pointed every thorn. 
 
 5 Let sin no more my soul enslave ; 
 Break, Lord, its tyrant chain; 
 
 O, save me, whom thou cam'st to save, 
 Nor bleed nor die in vain. 
 
 137 L.M. 
 
 Expiring on Uie cross. 
 
 EXTENDED on a curse'd tree, 
 Cover'd with dust, and sweat, and blood, 
 See there, the King of glory see ! 
 Sinks and expirees the Son of God. 
 
 2 Who, who, my Saviour, this hath done ? 
 Who could thy sacred body wound ? 
 
 No guilt thy spotless heart liath known, — 
 No guile hatn in thy lips been found. 
 
 3 I, I alone have done the deed ; 
 'Tis I thy sacred flesh have torn ; 
 
 My sins have caused thee. Lord, to bleed, — 
 JPointed the nail, and flx'd the thorn.
 
 OF JESUS CHEIST. 89 
 
 4 For me the burden to sustain 
 
 Too great, on thee, my Lord, was laid : 
 To heal me, thou hast borne the pain ; 
 To bless me, thou a curse wast made. 
 
 5 My Saviour, how shall I proclaim, 
 How pay, the mighty debt I owe ? 
 
 Let all I have, and all I am, 
 Ceaseless, to all, thy glory show. 
 
 6 Still let thy tears, thy groans, thy sighs, 
 O'erflow my eyes, and heave my breast, 
 
 Tillj loosed from flesh and earth, I rise, 
 And ever in thy bosom rest. 
 
 138 s.M. 
 
 The water and tlie Mood. 
 
 THIS, this is He that came, 
 By water and by blood ; 
 Jesus is our atoning Lamb, — 
 Our sanctifying God. 
 
 2 See from his wounded side 
 The mingled current floAV ; 
 
 The water and the blood applied 
 Shall wash us white as snow. 
 
 3 The water cannot cleanse. 
 Before the blood we feel. 
 
 To purge the guilt of all our sins, 
 And our forgiveness seal. 
 
 4 But both in Jesus join, 
 
 Who speaks our sins forgiven, 
 And gives the purity divine 
 That makes us meet for heaven. 
 
 139 L.M. 
 
 The fountain gushing from Bis side. 
 
 YE that pass by, behold the Man — 
 The Man of griefs — condemn'd for you ; 
 The Lamb of God, for sinners slain. 
 Weeping to Calvary pursue.
 
 90 SUFFERINGS AND DEATH 
 
 2 To us our own Barabbas give, — 
 Away with him, — (they loudly cry:) 
 
 Away with him, not fit to live, — 
 The vile seducer crucify ! 
 
 3 His sacred limbs they stretch, they tear ; 
 With nails they fasten to the wood ; 
 
 His sacred limbs, exposed and bare, 
 Or only covcr'd with his blood. 
 
 4 Behold his temples, crown'd with thorn ; 
 His bleeding hands, extended wide ; 
 
 His streaming feet, transfix'd and torn ; 
 The fountain gushing from his side ! 
 
 5 thou dear suff' ring Son of God, 
 How doth thy heart to sinners move; 
 
 Sprinkle on us thy precious blood. 
 And melt us with thy dying love. 
 
 140 11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 
 The mystery of the crota. 
 
 GOD of unexampled grace, 
 Kedeemer of mankmd, 
 Matter of eternal praise 
 
 We in thy passion find : 
 Still our choicest strains we bring ; 
 
 Still the joyful theme pursue; 
 Thee the Friend of sinners sing, 
 Whose love is ever new. 
 
 2 Endless scenes of wonder rise, 
 
 With that mysterious tree, — 
 Crucified before our eyes. 
 
 Where we the Saviour see : 
 Jesus, Lord, what hast thou done? 
 
 Publish we the death divine ; 
 Stop, and gaze, and fall, and own 
 
 Was never love like thine I
 
 OF JESUS CHRIST. 91 
 
 8 Never love nor sorrow was 
 
 Like that my Jesus show'd ; 
 See him stretch' d on yonder cross, 
 
 And crush' d beneath our load ! 
 Now discern the Deity ; 
 
 Now his heavenly birth declare ; 
 Faith cries out, — "I'is He, — 'tis He,— 
 
 My God that suffers there ! 
 
 141 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 JTis universal, everlasting love. 
 
 WOULD Jesus have the sinner die ? 
 Why han^s he then on yonder tree ? 
 What means tnat strange expiring cry? 
 (Sinners, he prays for you and me ;) 
 Forgive them. Father, O'forgive! 
 They know not tliat by me tney live. 
 
 2 Jesus, descended from above, 
 Our loss of Eden to retrieve. 
 
 Great God of universal love, 
 
 If aU the world through thee may live, 
 In us a quick'ning spirit be. 
 And witness thou hast died for me. 
 
 3 Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb, — 
 Thee, by thy painful agony. 
 
 Thy bloody sweat, thj grief and shame, 
 
 Thy cross and passion on the tree, 
 Thy precious death and life — I pray, 
 Take all, take all my sins away. 
 
 4 let thy love my heart constrain, — 
 Thy love, for every sinner free, — 
 
 That "every fiUen son of man 
 
 May taste the grace that found out m-e ; 
 That all mankind with me may prove 
 Thy sov'reign, everlasting love.
 
 92 SUFFEEINGS AND DEATH 
 
 142 8th p. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 
 Jt U finished. 
 
 HAEK ! the voice of love and mercy 
 Sounds aloud from Calvary ; 
 See ! it rends the rocks asunder, 
 Shakes the earth, and veils the sky ; 
 
 It is finish' d : — 
 Hear the dying Saviour cry. 
 
 2 It is finish' d ! what pleasure 
 Do these precious words afford ! 
 
 Heavenly blessings, without measure, 
 Flow to us from Christ the Lord : 
 
 It is finish'd :— 
 Saints, the dying words record. 
 
 3 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs ; 
 Join to sing the pleasing theme ; 
 
 All on earth, and all in heaven. 
 Join to praise Immanuel's name ; 
 
 It is finish'd:— 
 Glory to the bleeding Lamb. 
 
 143 L. M. 
 
 His dying cry. 
 ^rpiS finish'd ! so the Saviour said, 
 
 i And meekly bow'd his dying head : 
 'Tis finish'd ! yes, the race is run ; 
 The battle fought ; the vict'ry won. 
 2 'Tis finish'd ! let the joyful sound 
 Be heard the spacious earth around : 
 'Tis finish'd ! let the echo fly 
 Through heaven and hell, through earth and sky. 
 
 144 L. M. 
 
 Tlie atonement completed. 
 ^rpiS finish'd! the Messiah dies,— 
 
 X Cut off for sins, but not his own ; 
 Accomplish'd is the sacrifice, — 
 
 The great redeeming work is done.
 
 OF JESUS CHRIST. 93 
 
 2 'Tis finished ! all tlie debt is paid ; 
 Justice divine is satisfied ; 
 
 The grand and full atonement made ; 
 Christ for a guilty world hath died. 
 
 3 The veil is rent ; in him alone 
 The living way to heaven is seen ; 
 
 The middle wall is broken down, 
 And all mankind may enter in. 
 
 4 The types and figures are fulfill'd ; 
 Exacted is the legal pain; 
 
 The precious promises are seal'd ; 
 The spotless Lamb of God is slain. 
 
 5 Death, hell, and sin are now subdued ; 
 All grace is now to sinners given ; 
 
 And, lo ! I ];)lead the' atoning olood, 
 And in thy right I claim my heaven. 
 
 145 L.M. 
 
 Glorying only in the cross. 
 
 WHEN I survey the wondrous cross 
 On which the Prince of glory died, 
 My richest gain I count but loss. 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast. 
 Save in the death of Christ, my God ; 
 
 All the vain things that charm me most, 
 I sacrifice them to his blood. 
 
 3 See, from his head, his hands, his feet. 
 Sorrow and love flow mingled down : 
 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet. 
 Or thorns compose so rich a crown? 
 
 4 "Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 That were a present far too small ; 
 
 Love so amazing, so divine, 
 Demands my soul, my life, my all.
 
 94 SUFFEEINGS AND DEATH OF CHEIST. 
 
 146 c.M. 
 
 Godly sorrow at iJie cross. 
 
 ALAS ! and did my Saviour bleed ? 
 And did my Sov' reign die ? 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 For such a worm as I ? 
 
 2 "Was it for crimes that I have done, 
 He ^roan'd upon the tree ? 
 
 Amazing pity ! grace unknown ! 
 And love beyond degree 1 
 
 3 "Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
 And shut his glories in, 
 
 When Christ, the mighty Maker, died, 
 For man, the creature's sm. 
 
 4 Thus might I liide my blushing face 
 While his dear cross appears ; 
 
 Dissolve my heart in thanMulness, 
 And melt mine eyes to tears. 
 
 5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
 The debt of love I owe : 
 
 Here, Lord, I give myself away, — 
 'Tis all that I can do. 
 
 147 c. M. 
 
 Glory to tTie dying Larnb. 
 
 ALL glory to the dying Lamb, 
 And never-ceasing praise. 
 While angels live to know thy name. 
 Or men to feel thy grace. 
 
 2 With this cold stony heart of mine, 
 Jesus, to thee I flee ; 
 
 And to thy grace my soul resign. 
 To be renew'd by thee. 
 
 3 may the uncorrupted seed 
 Abide and reign within ; 
 
 And thy life-giving word forbid 
 My new-born soul to sin.
 
 THE RESURRECTION^ AND ASCE^fSION 
 OF JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 148 L.M. 
 
 Dying, risinff, reigni/jig. 
 
 HE dies ! the Friend of sinners dies ! 
 Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ; 
 A solemn darkness veils the skies, 
 
 A sudden trembling shakes the ground : 
 Come, saints, and drop a tear or two 
 
 For him who groan' d beneath your load; 
 lie shed a thousand drops for you, — 
 A thousand drops of richer t)lood. 
 
 2 Here's love and grief beyond degree : 
 The Lord of glory dies for man ! 
 
 But lo ! what sudden joys we see : 
 
 Jesus, the dead, revives again. 
 The rising God forsakes the tomb ; 
 
 (In vain the tomb forbids his rise ;) 
 Cherubic legions guard him home. 
 
 And shout him welcome to the skies. 
 
 3 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell 
 How high your great "^Deliv'rer reigns ; 
 
 Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell. 
 And led the monster death in chauis : 
 
 Say, Live forever, wondrous King! 
 Born to redeem, and strong to save ; 
 
 Then ask the monster, Where's thy sting ? 
 And, Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 
 
 149 CM. 
 
 Easier Sunday. 
 
 THE Lord of Sabbath let us praise, 
 In concert with the blest, 
 Who, joyful in harmonious lays, 
 Employ an endless rest.
 
 96 EESUEEECTION AND ASCENSION 
 
 2 Thus, Lord, while we remember thee, 
 
 We blest and jdIous grow ; 
 By hymns of praise we learn to be 
 
 'Triumphant here below. 
 S On this glad day a brighter scene 
 
 Of glory was display' d, 
 By the eternal Word, than when 
 
 This universe was made. 
 4 He rises, who mankind has bought, 
 
 With grief and pain extreme : 
 'Twas great to speak the world from naught : 
 
 'Twas greater to redeem. 
 
 150 CM. 
 
 Paradise opened. 
 
 THE Sun of righteousness appears. 
 To set in blood no more ; 
 Adore the Scatt'rer of your fears, — 
 Your rising Sun adore. 
 
 2 The saints, when he resign'd his breath, 
 Unclosed their sleeping eyes ; 
 
 He breaks again the Dands of death, — 
 Again the dead arise. 
 
 3 Alone the dreadful race he ran, — 
 Alone the wine-press trod ; 
 
 He dies and suffers as a man, — 
 He rises as a God. 
 
 4 In vain the stone, the watch, the seal, 
 Forbid an early rise 
 
 To Him, who breaks the gates of hell, 
 And opens Paradise. 
 
 151 S. M. 
 
 Joy from the certainty of His resurrection. 
 
 THE Lord is risen indeed ; 
 The grave hath lost its prey: 
 With him shall rise the ransom'd seed. 
 To reign in endless day.
 
 OF JESUS CHKIST. 97 
 
 2 The Lord is risen indeed ; 
 
 He lives, to die no more ; 
 He lives, his people's cause to plead, 
 
 Whose curse and shame he bore. 
 
 8 The Lord is risen indeed ; 
 
 Attending angels, hear; 
 Up to the courts of heaven, with speed. 
 
 The joyful tidings bear:— 
 
 4 Then take your golden lyres, 
 And strike each "cheerful chord; 
 
 Join, all ye bright celestial choirs, 
 To sinsr our risen Lord. 
 
 252 5t\iF.U. 4. li/ies 7s. 
 
 If we suffer with Him we shall reign with Ilini. 
 
 CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day, 
 Sons of men and angels say : 
 Raise your jojs and triumphs high ; 
 Sing, ye heavens, — and earth, reply. 
 
 2 Love's redeeming work is done, — 
 Fought the fight, the battle won : 
 Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er; 
 
 Lo ! he sets in blood no more. 
 
 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, — 
 Christ has burst the gates of hell : 
 Death in vain forbids his rise ; 
 
 Christ hath open'd Paradise. 
 
 4 Lives again our glorious King; 
 Where, O death, is now thy sting? 
 Once he died our souls to save ; 
 Where's thy vict'ry, boasting grave ? 
 
 5 Soar we now where Christ has led, 
 Follow our exalted head ; 
 
 Made like him, like him we rise ; 
 Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 
 7
 
 98 RESUREECTION AND ASCENSION 
 
 153 33d P. M. 66, 66. 
 
 Christ, iliefirsi-fruiU. 
 
 SING praise ! the tomb is void 
 Where the Eedeomer lay ; 
 Sins of our bonds destroy' d, 
 diir darkness turn'd to day. 
 
 2 Weep for your dead no more ; 
 Friends, be of joyful cheer; 
 
 Our Star moves on before. 
 Our narrow path shines clear. 
 
 3 He Avho, so patiently. 
 
 The crown of thorns did wear, — 
 He hath gone up on high ; 
 Our hope is with him there. 
 
 4 Now is his truth reveaVd, 
 His majesty, and might* 
 
 The grave has been unseal'd ; 
 
 Christ is our life and light. 
 •5 He who for men did weep ; 
 
 Suffer, and bleed, and die, — 
 First-fruits of them that sleep, — 
 
 Christ has gone up on high. 
 G His vicfry hath destroy" d 
 
 The shafts that once could play: 
 Sing praise I the tomb is void 
 
 Where the Eedeemer lay. 
 
 154 L. M. 
 
 Tlie King of glory. 
 
 OUR Lord is risen from the dead ; 
 Our Jesus is gone up on high ; 
 The powers of hell are captive led, — 
 Dragg'd to the portals of the sky : 
 There liLs triumphal chariot waits, 
 
 And angels chant the solemn lay ; — 
 Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates : 
 Ye everlasting doors, give way f
 
 OF JESUS CHKIST. 99 
 
 2 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
 And wide unfold the' ethereal scene ; 
 
 He claims these mansions as his right ; 
 
 Eeceive the King of glory in ! 
 Who is the King of glory ? Who ? 
 
 The Lord, that all our foes o'ereame ; — 
 The Avorld, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew : — 
 
 And Jesus is the Couqu'ror's name. 
 
 3 Lo! his triumphal chariot waits. 
 And angels chant the solemn lay ; 
 
 Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ; 
 
 Ye everlasting doors, give way ! 
 Who is the King of glory ? AVlio ? 
 
 The Lord, of glorious power possess'd ; — 
 The King of saints and angels too ; — 
 
 God over all, forever blest ! 
 
 155 28th P. M. 10s, lis, & 12. 
 
 The voice of triumph. 
 
 LIFT your glad voices in triumph on high, 
 For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die ; 
 Vam were the terrors that gather'd around him, 
 And short the dominion of death and the grave; 
 lie burst from the fetters of darkness that bound 
 him, 
 Resplendent in glory, to live and to save : 
 Loud was the chorus of angels on high, — 
 The Saviour hath risen, and' man shall not die. 
 
 2 Glory to God, in full anthems of joy ; 
 The being he gave us deatli cannot destroy : 
 
 Sad were the life we may part with to-morrow. 
 If tears were our birthright, and death were 
 our end ; 
 
 But Jesus hath cheer'd the dark valley of sorrow. 
 And bade us immortal to heaven ascend : 
 Lift then your voices in triumph on liigh, 
 For Jesus hath risen, and man shall not die.
 
 100 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION 
 
 2^g oth F. M. 4: lines 7s. 
 
 Ascension day. 
 
 HAIL the clay tliat sees Him rise, 
 Ravish'cl from our wishful eyes ! 
 Christ, awhile to mortals given, . 
 Reasceiids his native heaven. 
 
 2 There the pompous triumph waits : 
 Lift your heads, eternal gates ; 
 Wide unfold the radiant scene ; 
 Take the King of glory in. 
 
 3 Circled round with angel powers, 
 Their triumphant Lord and ourg, 
 Conqu'ror over death and sin, — 
 Take the King of glory in. 
 
 4 Him though highest heaven receives, 
 Still he loves the earth he leaves ; 
 Though returning to his throne, 
 
 Still he calls mankind his own. 
 
 5 See, he lifts his hands above ! 
 See, he shows the prints of love 1 
 Hark, his gracious lips bestow 
 Blessings on his Church below ! 
 
 ;[57 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 88. 
 
 Glory to glory's King. 
 
 GOD is gone np on liigh, 
 With a triumphant noise,— 
 The clarions of the sky 
 rroclaim the' angelic joys : 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and sing ; 
 Glory ascribe to glory's King. 
 
 2 All power to our great Lord 
 
 Is by the Father given ; 
 By angel hosts adored. 
 
 He reigns supreme in heaven : 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and sing: 
 Glory ascribe to glory's King.
 
 OF JESUS CHEIST. 101 
 
 3 High on his holy seat, 
 
 He bears the righteous sway; 
 His foes beneath his feet 
 
 Shall sink and die away: 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and suig ; 
 Glory ascribe to glory's King. 
 
 4 Till all the earth, renew'd 
 In righteousness divine, 
 
 With all the hosts of God, 
 In one great chorus join, 
 Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; 
 Glory ascribe to glory's King. 
 
 HIS PRIESTHOOD AXD INTERCESSION. 
 158 c. M. 
 
 King of kings and Lord of lords. 
 
 THE head that once was crown'd with thorns, 
 Is crown'd with glory now; 
 A royal diadem adorns 
 
 The mighty Victor's brow. 
 2 The highest place that heaven affords, 
 
 Is to our Jesus given; 
 The King of kings, and Lord of lords, 
 
 He reigns o'er "earth and heaven — 
 S The joy of all who dwell above. 
 
 The joy of all below, 
 To whom he manifests his love. 
 
 And grants his Name to know. 
 
 4 To them the cross, with all its shame, 
 With all its grace, is ^iven ; 
 
 Their name — an everlasting name. 
 Their joy — the joy of heaven. 
 
 5 They suffer with their Lord below, — 
 They reign with him above ; 
 
 Their everlasting joy to know 
 The myst'ry of his love.
 
 102 PRIESTHOOD AND INTERCESSION 
 
 159 ^- ^^• 
 
 His supreme Pivinity. 
 
 THE day of Christ, the day of God, 
 We humbly hope Avith joy to see,— 
 Wash'd ill the sanctifying Wood 
 
 Of an incarnate Deity — 
 2 Who did for us his life resign : 
 
 There is no other God but one ; 
 For all the plenitude Divine 
 
 Resides in the eternal Son. 
 8 Spotless, sincere, "without offence, 
 
 O may we to his day remain, 
 Who trust the blood of Christ to cleanse 
 
 Our souls from every sinful stam. 
 
 4 Lord, we believe the promise sure ; 
 The purchased Comforter impart ; 
 
 Apply thy blood to make us pure,— 
 To 'keep us pure in life and heart. 
 
 5 Then let us see that day supreme, 
 When none tliy Godhead shall deny, — 
 
 Thy sov'reisn majesty blaspheme, — 
 Or coimt thee less than tlie Most High : 
 
 C When all who on their God believe,— 
 Who here thy last appearing love, — 
 
 Shall thy consummate joy receive. 
 And see thy glorious face above. 
 
 160 c.M. 
 
 Reigning, and interceding for sinners. 
 
 SEE Jesus rising from the grave ; 
 Behold him raised on high ; 
 He pleads his merits there, to save 
 
 Transgressors doom'd to die. 
 2 There, on a glorious throne, he reigns; 
 
 And by his power divine, 
 Redeems us from the slavish chains 
 Of Satan and of sin.
 
 OF JESUS CHKIST. 103 
 
 3 Thus saved, may we with joy aj^pear 
 In heaven before his face ; • 
 
 And, with the bless' d assembly there, 
 Sing his redeeming grace, 
 
 161 1st P. M. 6 li)ie$ 8s. 
 
 Messiah, the Saviour and the Judge. 
 
 MESSIAH, joy of every heart. 
 Thou, thou the King of glory art, 
 The Father's everlasting Son : 
 Thee it delights thy Church to own; 
 For all our hopes on thee depend, 
 AVhose glorious mercies never end. 
 
 2 When thou hadst render'd up thy breath, 
 And, dying, drawn the sting of death, 
 Thou didst from earth triumpliant rise, 
 And ope the portals of the skies ; 
 
 That ail who trust in thee alone. 
 Might follow, and partake thy throne. 
 
 3 Seated at God's right hand again, 
 Tiiou dost in all his glory reign ; 
 Thou dost, thy Father's "image, shine 
 In all the attributes divine ; 
 
 And thou with judgment clad shalt come, 
 To seal our everlasting doom. 
 
 4 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. 
 
 162 L.M. 
 
 The ffreat Anti-type. 
 
 OTHOU whose off 'ring on the tree 
 The legal off'rings all foreshow'd, 
 Borrow' d their whole effect from thee. 
 And drew their virtue from thy blood :—
 
 104 PEIESTHOOD AND INTEECESSION 
 
 2 The blood of goats and bullocks slain, 
 Could never for one sin atone ; 
 
 Topurge the guilty oflTrer's stain, 
 Thine was the work, and thine alone. 
 
 3 These feeble types and shadows old, 
 Are all in thee, the Truth, fulM'd: 
 
 We in thy sacrifice behold 
 The substance of those rites reveal'd. 
 
 A Thy meritorious sufiTringa past, 
 We see by faith to us brought back ; 
 
 And, on thy grand oblation cast, 
 Its saving benefits partake. 
 
 163 CM. 
 
 Ilis sympathising love. 
 
 WITH iov wc meditate the grace 
 Of our High Priest above ; 
 His heart is made of tenderness, 
 His bowels melt with love. 
 
 2 Touch' d with a sympathy within, 
 He knows our feeble frame; 
 
 He knows what sore temptations mean, 
 For he hath felt the same. 
 
 3 He, in the days of feeble flesh, 
 Pour'd out strong cries and tears. 
 
 And in his measure feels afresh 
 What every member bears. 
 
 4: He'll never quench the smoking flax, 
 
 But raise it to a flame ; 
 The bruised reed he never breaks, 
 
 Nor scorns the meanest name. 
 5 Then let our humble faith address 
 
 His mercy and his power ; 
 We shall obtain delivering grace 
 
 In every trying hour.
 
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 164 s. M. 
 
 The Pillar aiid the, Cloud. 
 
 THOU very Pasclial Lamb, 
 AVhose blood for us was shed, 
 Through whom we out of bondage came, 
 Thy" ransom' d people lead. 
 
 2 Ansel of gospel grace, 
 Fulfil thy character: 
 
 To guard and feed the chosen race, 
 In Israel's camp appear. 
 
 3 Throughout the desert way. 
 Conduct us by thy light ; 
 
 Be thou a cooling cloud by day, 
 A cheermg fire by night. 
 
 4 Our fiiinting souls sustain 
 With blessings from above; 
 
 And ever on thy people rain • 
 The manna of thy love. 
 
 165 L.M. 
 
 Aft Advocate with the FatJoer. 
 
 JESUS, my Advocate above, 
 My friend before the throne of love. 
 If now for me prevails thy prayer, 
 If now I find thee pleading there, — 
 2 If thou the secret wish convey. 
 And sweetly prompt my heart to pray, — 
 Hear, and my weak petitions join. 
 Almighty Advocate, to thine. 
 8 Jesus, my heart's desire obtain; 
 My earnest" suit present, and gain : 
 My fulness of corruption show ; 
 The knowledge of myself bestow. 
 4 Save me from death ; from hell set free ; 
 Death, hell, are but the want of thee : 
 My life, my only heaven thou art ; — 
 O might I feel thee in my \ieart.
 
 106 PEIESTHOOD AND INTEKCESSION 
 
 166 s.M. 
 
 lie ever liveth to make intercession for us. 
 
 LOED, Low sliall sinners dare 
 Look Tip to tliine abode ? 
 Or offer their imperfect prayer, / 
 
 Before a lioly God ? 
 2 Bright terrors .sriiard thy seat, 
 
 And glories veil thy face ; 
 Yet mercy calls tis to" thy feet, 
 
 And to thy throne of grace. 
 S My son], "with cheerful eye 
 
 See where thy Saviour stands, — 
 The glorious Advocate on high. 
 
 With incense in his hands T 
 
 4 Teach my weak heart, Lord, 
 With faith to call thee mine ; 
 
 Bid me prononnce the blissful word — 
 Father — with joy divine. 
 
 167 9th P. M. 87, 8T. 
 
 His speaking blood. 
 
 "pATHER, hear the blood of Jesns, 
 J. Speaking in thine ears above : 
 From impending wrath release us ; 
 
 Manifest thy pard'ning love. 
 2 O receive us to thy favour, — 
 
 For his only sake receive ; 
 Give us to the bleeding Saviour, — 
 
 Let us by his dying live. 
 
 5 To thy pard'ning grace receive them, — 
 Once he pray'd upon the tree ; 
 
 Still his blood cries out — Forgive them ; 
 
 All their sins were laid on me. 
 4 Still our Advocate in heaven, 
 
 Prays tlie prayer on earth begun, — 
 Father, show tlieir sins forgiven ; 
 
 Father, glorify thy Sou !
 
 OF JESUS CHKIST. 107 
 
 168 CM. 
 
 The Way, the Truth, and the Life. 
 
 THOU art the Way : to thee alone, 
 From sin and death we tlee; 
 And he who would the Father seek, 
 
 Must seek hhn, Lord, by thee- 
 2 Thou art the Truth : thy word alone 
 
 True wisdom can impart ; 
 Thou only canst inform the mind, 
 
 And purify the heart. 
 8 Thou art the Life : the rending tomb 
 
 Proclaims thy conqu'ring arm ; 
 And those who piit their trust in thee 
 
 Nor death nor hell shall harm. 
 
 4 Thou art tlie Way— the Trutli— the Life ; 
 Grant us that way to know — 
 
 That truth to keep — that life to win — 
 Whose joys eternal flow. 
 
 169 s.M. 
 
 The o-nly name given under Jiea/ten. 
 
 JESUS, thou Source divine, 
 Whence liope and comfort floAV, — 
 Jesus, no other Name than thine 
 
 Can save from endless wo. 
 2 None else will heaven approve : 
 
 Thou art the only way, 
 Ordain' d by everlasting love, 
 To realms of endless day. 
 
 5 Here let oxxr feet abide, 
 Nor from thy path depart : 
 
 Direct our steps, thou gracious Guide ! 
 
 And cheer the fainting heart. 
 4 Safe through this world of night, 
 
 Lead to the blissful plains, — 
 The regions of unclouded light, — 
 
 Where joy forever reigns.
 
 108 PEIESTHOOD AND INTEKCESSION 
 
 170 CM. 
 
 Our ever-present Guide. 
 
 JESUS, tlie Lord of glory, died. 
 That Tve might never die ; 
 And now he reigns supreme, to guide 
 His people to the sky. 
 
 2 Weak though we are, he still is near, 
 To lead, console, defend ; 
 
 In all our sorrow, all our fear. 
 Our all-sufficient Friend. 
 
 3 From His high throne in bliss, he deigns 
 Our every prayer to heed ; 
 
 Bears with our folly, soothes our pains, 
 Supplies our every need. 
 
 4 And from his love's exhaustless spring, 
 Joys like a river come, 
 
 To make tlie desert bloom and sing. 
 
 O'er which we travel home, 
 o Jesus, there is none like thee, 
 
 Our Saviour and our Lord ; 
 Through earth and heaven exalted be, 
 
 Beloved, obey'd, adored. 
 
 171 3dP. M. 4Gs & 2 83. 
 
 Our great Iligh Priest. 
 
 SEE where our gi-eat High Priest 
 Before the Lord appears. 
 And on his loving breast 
 The tribes of Israel bears : 
 Never without his people seen, 
 The Head of all believing men. 
 2 With him, the Corner-stone, 
 
 The living stones conjoin; 
 Christ and his Church are one, — 
 One body and one vine ; 
 For us he uses all his powers, 
 or is, is ours.
 
 OF JESUS CHRIST. 109 
 
 3 The path of Christ our Head 
 
 The members all pursue. 
 By his good Spirit led 
 To aet and suffer too : 
 Like him, the toil, the cross, sustain. 
 Till, glorious all, like him we reign. 
 
 172 l&tF.U. 6 lines S^. 
 
 His everlasting Priesthood. 
 
 OTHOU eternal Yietim, slain 
 A sacrifice for guilty man, 
 By the eternal Spirit made 
 An off'ring in the sinner's stead, — 
 Our everlasting Priest art thou, 
 Pleading thy d^eath for sinners now. 
 
 2. Thy off'ring still continues new; 
 Thy vesture keeps its crimson hue ; 
 Thou art the ever-slaughter'd Lamb, 
 Thy priesthood still remains the same : 
 Thy years, Lord, can never fail ; 
 Thy goodness is unchangeable. 
 
 8 that our faith may never move, 
 But stand unshaken as thy love : 
 Sure evidence of things unseen. 
 Passing the years that intervene, 
 Now let it view iipon the tree 
 The Lord, who bleeds and dies for me. 
 
 173 s.M. 
 
 Intercourse lyetioeen earth and heaven. 
 
 EEDEEMER of mankind ! . 
 Who on thy Name rely, 
 A constant intercourse we find 
 Open'd 'twixt earth and sky. 
 
 2 Mercy, and grace, and peace, 
 Descend throuorh thee alone ; 
 
 And thou dost all our services 
 Present before the throne.
 
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 5 On us the Father's love 
 
 Is for thv sake bestow'd ; 
 Thou art our Advocate ahove, 
 
 Thou art our way to God. 
 4 Our way to God we trace; 
 
 And, through thy Name forgiven, 
 From step to step, from grace to grace, 
 
 By thee ascend to heaven. 
 
 174 L. M. 
 
 Fulness and sufficiency oftlie Atojiement. 
 
 JESUS, thy blood and righteousness 
 My beauty are, my glorious dress : 
 'Midst flaming worlds, in these array' d. 
 With joy shall I lift up my head. 
 
 2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day, 
 For v.'ho aught to my charge sliall lay ? 
 ■Fully absolved through these I am, — 
 From sin and fear, from guilt and shame. 
 
 3 The holy, meek, unspotted Lamb, 
 "Who frorn the Father's bosom came, — 
 Who died for me, e'en 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, 
 Forever doth for sinners plead, — 
 
 For me, e'en 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 fall atonement made. 
 
 175 CM. 
 
 Crovon Ilim Lord of all. 
 
 ALL hail the power of Jesus' name I 
 _ Let angels prostrate fall ; 
 Bring forth the royal diadem, 
 And crown him "Lord of all.
 
 OF JESUS CHRIST. Ill 
 
 2 Ye cliosen seed of Israel's race, 
 Ye ransom'd from the fall, 
 
 Hail him who saves you by his grace, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 3 Sinners, whose love can ne'er forget 
 The wormwood 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. 
 
 5 that with yonder sacred throng 
 We at his feet may fall ; 
 
 We'll join the everlasting song, 
 And' crown him Lord of all. 
 
 176 s.M. 
 
 The Redeemer on his throne. 
 
 ENTIIKONED is Jesus now, 
 Upon his heavenly scat; 
 The kingly crown is on his brow, 
 The saints are at his feet. 
 
 2 In shining white they stand, — 
 A great and countless throng ; 
 
 A palmy sceptre in each hand. 
 On every lip a song. 
 
 3 They sing the Lamb of God, 
 Once slain on earth for them ; 
 
 The Lamb, through whose atoning blood, 
 Each wears his "diadem. 
 
 4 Thy grace, Holy Ghost, 
 Thy blessed help supply, 
 
 That we may join that racliant host, 
 Triumphant in the sky.
 
 112 PKIESTHOOD AND INTEECESSION 
 
 177 3d p. M. 4 6s cfe 2 Ss. 
 
 Previses to our BropJiet^ Finest , and King. 
 
 JOIN all the glorious names 
 Of wisdom, love, and power, 
 Tliat ever mortals knew, 
 Or angels ever bore : 
 All are too mean to speak his worth, — 
 Too mean to set the Saviour forth. 
 
 2 Great Proi^het of our God, 
 
 Our tongues shall bless thy Name ; 
 By thee the joyful news 
 
 Of our salvation came, — 
 The joyful news of sins forgiven. 
 Of hell subdued, and peace with heaven. 
 
 3 Jesus, our great High Priest, 
 Has shed lus blood and died ; 
 
 The guilty conscience needs 
 No sacrifice beside : 
 His precious blood did once atone. 
 And now it pleads before the throne. 
 
 4 thou almighty Lord, 
 Our Conqueror 'and Kin^, 
 
 Thy sceptre and thy sword, 
 "thy reigning grace we sing : 
 Thine is the power ; behold we sit 
 lu willing bonds beneath thy feet. 
 
 178 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 Our Paschal Lamb. 
 
 HAIL, thou once despised Jesus ! 
 Hail, thou Galilean King ! 
 Thou didst suffer to release us ; 
 
 Thou didst free salvation bring. 
 Hail, thou agonizing Saviour, 
 
 Bearer of our sin and shame ! 
 By thy merits we find favour ; 
 Life is given through thy name.
 
 OF JESUS CHEIST. 113 
 
 2 Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, 
 All our sins on thee Avere laid : 
 
 By almighty love anointed, 
 
 Thouliast fall atonement made. 
 
 All thy people are forgiven, 
 
 Throuf^li tlie virtue of thy blood ; 
 
 Open'd is the gate of heaven; 
 Peace is made 'twixt man and God. 
 
 3 Jesus, hail ! enthroned in glory, 
 Tliere fore ver to abide ; 
 
 All the heavenly hosts adore thee, 
 
 Seated at thy Father's side : 
 There for sinners thou art pleading ; 
 
 There thou dost our place prepare : 
 Ever for us interceding, 
 
 Till in glory avc appear. 
 
 4 Worship, honour, power, and blessing, 
 Tliou art worthy to receive ; 
 
 Loudest praises, without ceasing, 
 
 Meet it is for ns to give. 
 Help, ye briglit angelic spirits ; 
 
 Bring your sweetest, noblest lays ; 
 Help to sing our Saviour's merits'; 
 
 Help to chant Immauuel's praise. 
 
 179 L.M. 
 
 Because He li/veth I shall live also. 
 
 I KNOW that my Eedeemer lives — 
 What joy the blest assurance gives ! 
 He lives, he lives, who once was dead ; 
 He lives, my everlasting Head! 
 
 2 He lives, to bless me with his love ; 
 He lives, to plead for me above ; 
 He lives, my hungry soul to feed; 
 He lives, to help in "time of need.
 
 114 PRIESTHOOD AND INTERCESSION. 
 
 3 He lives, and. grants me daily breath ; 
 He lives, and I shall conquer death ; 
 He lives, my mansion to prepare ; 
 
 He lives, to'briug me safely tliere. 
 
 4 He lives, all glory to his Name ; 
 He lives, my Sa\iour, still the same; 
 What joy the hle^t assurance gives,— 
 
 1 know that tny Redeemer lives. 
 
 180 21st P. M. 66, 84, 66, 84. 
 
 Immanv^s praise. 
 
 PROCLAIM the lofty praise 
 Of Him who once was slain, 
 But now is risen, tlirough endless days 
 
 To live and reign : 
 He lives and reigns on high, 
 
 Who bought us with his blood, — 
 Enthroned above the farthest sky, 
 Our Saviour God. 
 
 2 All honour, power, and praise, 
 To Jesus' Name belong ; 
 
 With hosts seraphic, glad we raise 
 
 The sacred song : 
 Worthy the Lamb, they cry, 
 
 That on the cross was slain ; 
 But now, ascended up on high, 
 
 He lives to reign. 
 
 3 He lives to bless and save 
 The souls redeemed by grace, 
 
 And rescue from the dreary grave 
 
 The fallen race; 
 And soon we hope, above, 
 
 A louder strain to sing, — 
 With all our powers to praise and love 
 
 Our Saviour King.
 
 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 181 L.M. 
 
 Tlis promised Comforter, 
 
 LOED, we believe to us and ours 
 The apostolic promise given; 
 We wait the pentecostal powers, — 
 The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven. 
 
 2 Assembled here with, one accord, 
 Calmly we wait the promised grace, — 
 
 The purchase of our dying Lord ; 
 Come, Holy Ghost, and fill the place. 
 
 3 If every one that asks may find, — 
 If still thou dost on sinners fall, — 
 
 Come as a mighty rushing wind: 
 Great gracebe now upon us all. 
 
 4 Ah ! leave us not to mourn belo-w, 
 Or long for thy return to pine ; 
 
 Now, Lord, the Comforter bestow, 
 And fix in us the Guest divine. 
 
 182 L.M. 
 The Saviour''s legacy. 
 
 JESUS, we on the words depend, 
 Spoken by thee while present here, — 
 The Father in my name snail send 
 The Holy Ghost, the Comforter. 
 
 2 That promise made to Adam's race, 
 Now, Lord, in us, we pray, fulfil; 
 
 And give the Spirit of thy grace, 
 To teach us ail thy perfect A\'iU. 
 
 3 That heavenly Teacher of mankind, 
 That Guide infallible, impart, — 
 
 To bring thy sayings to our mind. 
 And write them on each faithful heart.
 
 116 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 4 He only cau the •o'orcls apply, 
 
 Through which Ave endless life possess ; 
 
 And deal to each his legacy, — 
 Our Lord's unutterable peace. 
 
 183 3d P. M. 4 63 & 2 8s. 
 
 Pleading the promise. 
 
 OTHOU that hearest prayer, 
 Attend our humble cry; 
 And let thy servants share 
 Thy blessing from on high : 
 TVe plead the promise of thy word; — 
 Grant us thy Holy Spirit, Lord ! 
 
 2 If earthly parents hear 
 Their children when they cry; 
 
 If thev, with love sincere, 
 Their children's wants supply; 
 Much more wilt thou thy love display, 
 And answer w^hen thy children pray. 
 
 3 Our heavenly Father, thou ; 
 Wc, children of thy grace ; 
 
 let thy Spirit now 
 Descend and fill the place ; 
 That all may feel the heavenly flame, 
 And all unite to praise thy name. 
 
 184 c. M. 
 
 Witnessing ^D^th our spirits, 
 
 ETERNAL Spirit ! God of truth ! 
 Our contrite hearts inspire ; 
 Kindle a flame of heavenly love — 
 The pure celestial fire. 
 
 2 'Tis thine to soothe the sorrowing. 
 With guilt and fear oppress'd ; 
 
 'Tis thine to bid the dymg live, 
 And give the weary 'rest.
 
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 3 Subdue the power of every sin, 
 Whate'er that sin may be; 
 
 That we, in singleness of laeart, 
 May worsliip only thee. 
 
 4 Then with our spirits witness bear, 
 That we are sons of God; 
 
 Eedeetn'd from sin, and death, and hell, 
 Through Christ's atoning blood. 
 
 185 CM. 
 
 Bource of light a7idjoy. 
 
 GREAT Spirit, h^ whose mighty power 
 All ereatures live and move, 
 Oa us thy benediction shower; 
 Inspire our souls with love. 
 
 2 Hail, Source of light! arise and shine ; 
 All gloom and doubt dispel; 
 
 Give peace and joy, for we are tliine; 
 In U3 forever dwell. 
 
 3 From death to life our spirits raise, 
 Aad full redemption bring; 
 
 New tou'^aes impart to speak the praise 
 Of Christ, our God and King. 
 
 4 Thine inward witness bear, unknown 
 To all the world beside; 
 
 With joy we then sliall feel and own 
 Oar Saviour glorified. 
 
 186 s.M. 
 
 The lilessings of His grace. 
 
 BLEST Comforter divine, 
 Whose rays of heavenly love 
 Amid our gloom and darkness shine, 
 And point our souls above; — 
 
 2 Thou, who with still small voice 
 
 Dost stop the sinner's way, 
 And bid the mourmng saint rejoice, 
 
 Though earthly joys '
 
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 3 Thou, whose inspiring breath 
 Can make the cloud of care, 
 
 And e'en the gloomy vale of death, 
 A smile of glory wear ;— 
 
 4 Thou, who dost fill the heart 
 With love to all our race, — 
 
 Blest Comforter ! to us impart 
 Thine all-suificient grace. 
 
 ■1 oy 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. 
 
 Earnest of eternal rest. 
 
 GRACIOUS Spirit— Love divine ! 
 Let thy light within me shine ; 
 All my guilty fears remove ; 
 Fill me with thy heavenly love. 
 
 2 Speak thy pard'ning grace to me; 
 Set the burden' d sinner free ; 
 Lead me to the Lamb of God ; 
 Wash me in his precious blood. 
 
 3 Life and peace to me impart; 
 Seal salvation on my heart; 
 Breathe thyself into my breast, — 
 Earnest of immortal rest. 
 
 4 Let me never from thee stray ; 
 Keep me in the narrow way ; 
 Fill my soul with joy divine ; 
 Keep me, Lord, forever thine. 
 
 188 s.M. 
 
 Imploring His guidam^e. 
 
 COME, Spirit, Source of light ; 
 Thy grace is unconlined ; 
 Dispef the gloomy shades of night,, — 
 
 The darkness of the mind. 
 2 Now to our eyes display 
 
 The truth thy words reveal ; 
 Cause us to run the heavenly way. 
 Delighting in thy will.
 
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 8 Thy teachings make us know 
 
 The mysteries of thy love, 
 The vanity of things below, 
 
 The joy of things above. 
 
 4 While through this maze we stray, 
 
 spread thy beams abroad ; 
 Point out the dangers of the way, 
 
 And guide our steps to God. 
 
 189 nth P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 
 Seeking Eis pcncer and grace. 
 
 FATHER of our dying Lord, 
 Eemember us for sfood ; 
 O fulfil his faithful word, 
 
 And hear his speaking blood. 
 Give us that for which he prays: 
 
 Father, glorify thy Son ; 
 Show his truth, and power, and grace, 
 And send the promise down. 
 
 2 True and faithful Witness, thou, 
 Christ, the Spirit give ; 
 
 Hast thou not received him now, 
 That we might noir receive? 
 
 Art thou not the living Head ? 
 Life to all thy limbs impart: 
 
 Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed, 
 In every waiting heart. 
 
 3 Holy Ghost, the Comforter, 
 The gift of Jesus, come ; 
 
 Glow our hearts to find thee near, 
 And swell to make thee room ; 
 
 Present with us thee we feel ; 
 Come, come, and in us be ; 
 
 With us, in us, live and dwell, 
 To all eternity.
 
 120 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 190 1st T.U. 6 lines 8i. 
 Let there be light. 
 
 EXPAND thy Tsiugs, celestial Dove, 
 And, brooding o'er our nature's night, 
 Call forth the ray'of heavenly love, 
 
 And let there in our souls be light ; 
 Hluminate the dark abyss 
 With glorious beams of endless bliss. 
 2 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. 
 
 191 CM. 
 
 ffis quickening power. 
 
 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 With all thy quick' ning powers ; 
 Kindle a flame' of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of ours. 
 
 2 Look how we grovel here below, 
 Fond of these earthly toys ; 
 
 Our souls, how heavily they go, 
 To reacn eternal joys. 
 
 3 In vain we tune our formal songs, — 
 In vain we strive to rise ; 
 
 Hosannas languish on our tongues, 
 And our devotion dies. 
 
 4 Father, and shall we ever live 
 At this poor dying rate ; 
 
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
 And thine to us so great ? 
 
 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heaveniy Dovo, 
 With all thy quick; ning powers ; 
 
 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, 
 And that shall kindle ours.
 
 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 121 
 
 192 QthF.M. mimesis. 
 
 The Son glorified. 
 
 FATHER, glorify thy Son; 
 Answer His all-poM^erful prayer; 
 Send that Intercessor clown; 
 
 Send that other Comforter, 
 Whom, believingly, we claim, — 
 "Whom we ask in Jesus' name. 
 2 Wilt thou not the promise seal, 
 
 Good and faithful as thou art, — 
 Send the Comforter to dwell 
 
 Every moment in our heart ? 
 Yes, thou must the grace bestow; 
 Truth hath said it shall be so. 
 
 193 c. M. 
 
 Life, light, and love. 
 
 ENTHRONED on high. Almighty Lord, 
 The Holy Ghost send down ; 
 Fulfil in us thy faithful word, 
 And all thy mercies crown. 
 
 2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire 
 Their wondrous powers impart. 
 
 Grant, Saviour, what we more desire, — 
 Thy Spirit in our heart. 
 
 3 Spirit of life, and light, and love, 
 Thy heavenly influence give ; 
 
 Quicken our souls, our guilt remove, 
 That we in Christ may live. 
 
 4 To our benighted minds reveal 
 The glories of liis grace, 
 
 And bring us where no clouds conceal 
 Tlie brightness of his face. 
 
 5 His love within us shed abroad, — 
 Life's ever-springing well ; 
 
 Till God in us, and we in God, 
 In love eternal dwell.
 
 122 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 194 s.M. 
 
 The day of Pentecost. 
 
 LORD God, the Holy Ghost! 
 In tliis accepted hour, 
 As on tlie day of Pentecost, 
 Descend in all thy power. 
 
 2 We meet -with one accord 
 In our appointed place, 
 
 And wait the promise of our Lord, — 
 The Spirit of all grace. 
 
 3 Like miijhty rnshinpr wind 
 Upon the waves beneath, 
 
 Move with one impulse every mind ; 
 One soul, one feeling breathe. 
 
 4 Tlie young, the old, insjiirc 
 With wisdom from above ; 
 
 And give us hearts and toTi'aies of fire, 
 To pray, and praise, and love. 
 
 5 Spirit of light, explore. 
 
 And chase our gloom away, — 
 Witli lustre shining more and more, 
 Unto the perfect day. 
 
 6 Spirit of truth, be thou 
 
 In life and death, our guide; 
 O Spirit of adoi)tion, now 
 May we be sanctified. 
 
 195 L.M 
 
 The pl^nUuda of His grace and pover. 
 
 SPIRIT of the living God, 
 In all thy plenitude of grace. 
 Where'er the foot of man hath trod, 
 
 Descend on our apostate race. 
 2 Give tongues of fire, and hearts of love, 
 
 To preach the reconciling wor<i ; 
 Give power and unction from above. 
 Where'er the joyful sound is heard.
 
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 3 Be darkness, at tliy coming, llgM ; 
 Confusion— order, in tliy patli ; 
 
 Souls without strength, inspire with might ; 
 Bid mercy triumph over Avrath. 
 
 4 Baptize the nations; for and nigh 
 The triumphs of the cross record : 
 
 The name of Jesus glorifv, 
 
 Till every kindred call him Lord. 
 
 196 , , i--^- 
 
 Peace, love, jninty. 
 
 WHEN first the Spirit left the throne, 
 He took the semblance of a dove ; 
 A symbol chosen to make known 
 
 His peace, and purity, and love. 
 2 When next, at Pentecost, he came, 
 
 He stood confessed to mortal sight 
 Within the cloven tongue of flame,— 
 
 The type of freedom, guidance, ligut. 
 S Vouchsafe, celestial Dove, thy peace, 
 
 That we at perfect peace may be ; 
 Within our hearts thy love increase,— 
 
 Within our thoughts, thy purity. 
 4 Light divine ! direct our feet, 
 
 Which long in error's paths have trod ; 
 Our prison'd souls with Ireedom greet, 
 
 Convince of sui, and lead to God. 
 I QfT 9th P. M. 87, 87. 
 
 77(6 Smtrce of consolation. 
 
 HOLY Ghost ! dispel our sadness ; 
 Pierce the clouds of nature s night; 
 Come, thou Source of joy and gladness, 
 Breathe thy life, and spread thy light. 
 
 2 Hear, hear our supplication. 
 Blessed Spirit ! God of peace ! 
 
 Kest upon this congregation 
 With the fulness of thy grace.
 
 124 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 3 Author of our new creation, 
 May we all thine influence prove ; 
 
 Make" our souls thy habitation,— 
 Shed abroad the Saviour's love. 
 
 4 Source of sweetest consolation. 
 Breathe thy peace on all below; 
 
 Bless, bless this congregation; 
 On each soul thy grace bestow ! 
 
 |()g 31st P. M. 84, 84. 
 
 The Source, ofevei^ good gift. 
 
 OUE blest Eedeemer, ere he breathed 
 His last farewell, 
 A Guide, — a Comforter, bequeathed, 
 With us to dwell. 
 
 2 He comes, his graces to impai't ; 
 
 A willing guest. 
 While he can find one humble heart 
 Wherein to rest. 
 
 3 And all the good that we possess, 
 
 His gift we own ; 
 Yea, every thought of holiness. 
 And vict'ry won. 
 
 4 Spirit of purity and grace, 
 
 Our Aveakness see ; 
 make our hearts thy dwelling-place, 
 And worthier thee. 
 
 J 99 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 Guide and Comforter. 
 
 HOLY Spirit ! Fount of blessing, 
 Ever watchful, ever kind ; 
 Thy celestial aid possessing, 
 
 Prison'd souls deliv'rance find. 
 Seal of truth, and bond of union, 
 ^ Source of light, and flame of love, 
 Symbol of divine communion, 
 In the olive-bearing dove ; —
 
 THE HOLY SPIEIT. 125 
 
 2 Heavenly Guide from paths of error. 
 
 Comforter of minds distress'd, — 
 When the billows fill with terror, 
 
 Pointing to an ark of rest : 
 Promised'Pledge ! eternal Spirit ! 
 
 Greater than all gifts below,— 
 May our hearts thy grace inherit ; 
 
 May our lips thy glories show. 
 
 200 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 Rejoicing in the fulfilment of the promise. 
 
 SIN NEKS, lift up your hearts, 
 The promise to receive ; 
 Jesus himself imparts, — 
 He comes in man to live: 
 The Holy Ghost to man is given ; 
 Eejoice in God sent down from heaven. 
 
 2 Jesus is glorified, 
 
 And gives the Comforter, 
 His Spirit, to reside 
 
 In all his members here ; 
 The Holy Ghost to man is given ; 
 Eejoice in God sent down from heaven. 
 
 3 To make an end of sin, 
 And Satan's works destroy, 
 
 He brings his kingdom in,— 
 Peace, righteousness, and joy : 
 The Holy Ghost to man is given"; 
 Eejoice in God sent down from heaven. 
 
 4 From heaven he shall once more 
 Triumphantly descend. 
 
 And all his saints restore 
 To joys that never end : 
 Then, then, when all our joys are given, 
 Eejoice in God, rejoice in heaven.
 
 126 THE HOLY SPIEIT. 
 
 201 ISth p. M. 10, 10, 11, 11. 
 
 Rejoicing in tltefreetuss of the gift. 
 
 ALL glory and praise to Jesus our Lord, 
 So plenteous in grace, so true to his word ; 
 To us he hath o;iven the gift from above,— 
 The earnest of heaven, the Spirit of love. 
 
 2 The truth of our God Ave boldly assert; 
 His love shed abroad, and power' in our heart. 
 Ye all may inherit, on Jesus who call; 
 
 The gift of his Spirit is proffer'd to all. 
 
 3 His witness within, by faith we receive, 
 And, ransom' d from sin, in righteousness live : 
 Through Jesus"s passion we gladly possess 
 
 A present salvation, — a kingdom of peace. 
 
 4 The peace and the power, ye sinners, embrace. 
 And look for the shower, — tlie Spirit of grace ; 
 The gift and the Giver we all may receive, 
 Forever and ever within us to live. 
 
 202 i^-^^- 
 
 His universal diffiision. 
 
 ON all the earth thy Spirit shower ; 
 The earth in righteousness renew; 
 Thy kingdom come, and hell's o'erpower, 
 And to thy sceptre all subdue. 
 
 2 Like mighty winds, or torrents fierce, 
 Let liim opj^osers all o'errun ; 
 
 And every law of sin reverse. 
 That faith and love may make all one. 
 
 3 Yea, let him, Lord, in every place 
 His richest energy declare ; 
 
 "While lovely tempers, fruits of gi'ace, 
 The kingdom of thy Christ prepare. 
 
 4 Grant this, O holy God, and true; 
 The ancient seers' thou did^t inspire, — 
 
 To us perform the promise due, — 
 
 Descend, and crown us now with fire.
 
 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 THE MINISTKY.- 
 
 203 L.M. 
 
 The ministry instituted. 
 
 THE Saviour, when to heaven lie rose, 
 In splendid triumiDh o'er liis foes, 
 Scatter' d his gifts on men below, 
 And still his royal bounties flow. 
 
 2 Hence sprang the' apostles' honour'd name, 
 Sacred beyond heroic fame: 
 
 In humbler forms, before our eyes, 
 Pastors and teachers hence arise. 
 
 3 From Christ they all their gifts derive. 
 And, fed by Christ, their graces live : 
 While, guarded by his mighty hand, 
 'Midst all the rage of hell they stand. 
 
 4 So shall the bright succession run 
 Through all the courses of the sun ; 
 While unborn churches, by their care, 
 Shall rise and flourish large and fair. 
 
 5 Jesus, now teach our hearts to know 
 The spring whence all these blessings flow; 
 Pastors and people shout thy praise, 
 Through the long round of endless days. 
 
 204 L. M. 
 
 Tlie cotmmmAm. 
 
 GO, preach my Gospel, saith the Lord, — 
 Bid the whole world my grace receive ; 
 He shall be saved who trusts my word, 
 
 And he condemn'd who won't believe. 
 2 I'll make your great commission known ; 
 
 And ye shall prove my Gospel true, 
 By all the works that I have done, 
 By all the Avonders ye shall do.
 
 128 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 3 Teach all the nations my commands - 
 I'm with you till the world shall end : 
 
 All power- is trusted in my hands,— 
 I can destroy, and I defend. 
 
 205 . ., , ^•^' 
 
 T/ie joyful sound. 
 
 HOW beauteous are their feet 
 Who stand on Zion's hill, — 
 Who bring salvation on their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal ! 
 
 2 How charming is their voice, — 
 So sweet the tidings are • 
 
 Zion, behold thy Saviour King; 
 He reigns and triumphs here. 
 
 3 How happy are our ears. 
 That hear'the joyful sound. 
 
 Which kings ancl prophets waited for, 
 And sought, but never found. 
 
 4 How blessed are our eyes. 
 That see this heavenly light ; 
 
 Prophets and priests desired it long, 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 5 The watchmen join their voice, 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 
 Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 6 The Lord makes bare his arm 
 Through all the earth abroad: 
 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their God. 
 
 206 c. M. 
 
 The pastoral office. 
 
 LET Zion's watchmen all awake. 
 And take the' alarm they give ; 
 Now let them from the mouth of God 
 Their awful charge receive.
 
 THE MINISTRY. 129 
 
 2 'Tis not a cause of small import, 
 The pastor's care demands ; 
 
 But wliat might fill an angel's heart, 
 And flll'd a Saviour's hands. 
 
 3 They watch for souls for which the Lord 
 Did heavenly bliss forego ; 
 
 For souls, which must forever live 
 In raptures, or in wo. 
 
 4 May they in Jesus, whom they preach, 
 Their own Eedeemer see ; 
 
 And watch thou daily o'er their souls, 
 That they may watch for thee. 
 
 207 s. M, 
 
 The labourers are few, 
 
 LOED of the harvest, hear 
 Thy needy servants' cry; 
 Answer our faith's effectual prayer^ 
 And all our wants supply- 
 
 2 On thee we humbly wait, — 
 Our wants are in thy view ; 
 
 The harvest, truly. Lord, is great, 
 The labourers are few. 
 
 3 Convert and send forth more 
 Into thy Church abroad. 
 
 And let them speak thy word of power, 
 As workers with their God, 
 
 4 O let them spread thy name, — 
 Their mission fully prove ; 
 
 The universal grace proclaim, — 
 Thine all-redeeming love. 
 
 208 L.M. 
 
 Pastors after thine own heart. 
 
 JESUS, thy wand'ring sheep behold ! 
 See, Lord, with yearning bowels, see, 
 Poor souls that cannot find the fold. 
 Till sought and gather'd in by thee.
 
 130 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 2 Lost are they now, and scattered wide, 
 In pain, and"^ weariness, and want : 
 
 "With no kind shepherd near, to guide 
 The sick, and spiritless, and famt. 
 
 3 Thou, only thou, the kind, and good, 
 And sheep-redeeming, Shepherd art; 
 
 Collect thy flock, and give them food, 
 And pastors after thine own heart. 
 
 4 Give the pure word of gen'ral grace, 
 And great shall be the j^reachers' crowd : 
 
 Preachers who all the sintul race 
 Point to the aU-atoning blood. 
 
 5 Thine only glory let them seek ; 
 
 let their hearts with love o'erflow ; 
 Let them believe, and therefore speak. 
 And spread thy mercy's praise oelow. 
 
 209 L.M. 
 
 Prepare ye the way of the Lord. 
 
 COMFORT, ye ministers of grace. 
 Comfort the people of your Lord ; 
 lift ye up the fallen race. 
 And cheer them by the Gospel word. 
 
 2 Go into every nation, go ; 
 
 Speak to their trembling hearts, and cry,- 
 Glad tidings unto all we show : 
 Jerusalem, thy God is nigh. 
 
 3 Hark ! in the wilderness a cry, 
 
 A voice that loudly calls, — Prepare; 
 Prepare your hearts, for God is nigh. 
 And waits to make his entrance there. 
 
 4 The Lord your God shall quickly come ; 
 Sinners, repent, the call obey: 
 
 Open your hearts to make hirn room ; 
 le desert souls, prepare the way.
 
 THE MINISTKY. 131 
 
 5 The Lord shall clear his way through all ; 
 Whate'er obstructs, obstructs in vain ; 
 
 The vale shall rise, the mountain fall, 
 Crooked be straight, and rugged plain. 
 
 6 The glory of the Lord display'd 
 Shall all mankind together view ; 
 
 And what his mouth in truth hath said, 
 His own almighty hand shall do. 
 
 210 c.M. 
 
 Let thy priests he clothed with salvdHon, 
 
 JESUS, the word of mercy give, 
 And let it swiftly run ; 
 And let the priests themselves believe, 
 And put salvation on. 
 
 2 Jesus, let all thy servants shine 
 Illustrious as the sun ; 
 
 And, bright with borrow'd rays divine, 
 Their glorious circuit run. 
 
 3 Beyond the reach of mortals, spread 
 Their light where'er they go ; 
 
 And heavenly influences shed 
 On all the world below. 
 
 4 As giants may they run their race, 
 Exulting in their might; 
 
 As burning lurninaries chase 
 The gloom of hellish night. 
 
 5 As the bright sun of righteousness, 
 Their healing wings display; 
 
 And let their lustre still increase 
 Unto the perfect day. 
 
 211 L.M. 
 
 Labourers together it>ith, God. 
 
 THUS saith the Lord — 'tis God commands; 
 Workers with God, the charge obey; 
 Eemove whate'er his work withstands, — 
 Prepare, prepare his people's way.
 
 132 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 2 Lift up, for all mankind to see, 
 The standard of their Saviour God, 
 
 And point them to the shameful tree, — 
 The cross, all stain' d with hallow'd blood. 
 
 3 Himself prepares his people's hearts,— 
 Breaks and binds up, and wounds and heals ; 
 
 A mystic death and life imparts ; 
 Empties the full, the emptied fills : 
 
 4 He fills whom first he hath prepared ; 
 With Mm the perfect grace is given: 
 
 Himself is here our great reward, — 
 Our future and our present heaven. 
 
 212 s. M. 
 
 Soic hesid-e all ijoatera. 
 
 SOW in the morn thy seed ; 
 At eve hold not thy hand ; 
 To doubt and fear give thou no heed, — 
 Broad-cast it o'er' the land. 
 
 2 Thou know'st not which shall thrive, — 
 The late or early sown; 
 
 Grace keeps the precious germ alive, 
 When and wherever strown: 
 
 3 And duly shall appear, 
 
 In verdure, beauty, strength. 
 The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, 
 And the full corn at length. 
 
 4 Thou c anst not toil in vain : 
 Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, 
 
 Shall foster and mature the grain 
 For garners in the sky. 
 
 213 L. M. 
 
 T?ie angels of the churches. 
 TvRAW near, O Son of God, draw near; 
 1/ Us with thy flaming eye behold ; 
 Still in thy Church do 'thou appear, 
 And let our candlestick be gold.
 
 THE MINISTEY. 133 
 
 2 Still hold the stars m thy right hand, 
 And let them in thy lustre glow, — 
 
 The lights of a benighted land, 
 The angels of thy'Church below. 
 
 3 Make good their apostolic boast ; 
 Their high commission let them prove ; 
 
 Be temples of the Holy Ghost, 
 And fill'd with faith, and hope, and love. 
 
 4 Give them an ear to hear thy word ; 
 Thou speakest to the churches now : 
 
 And let ail tongues confess their Lord, — 
 Let every knee to Jesus bow. 
 
 214 s. M. 
 
 For a Messing on ministers. 
 
 JESUS, thy servants bless, 
 Who, sent by thee, proclaim 
 The peace, and joy, and righteousness 
 
 Experienced in thy name : 
 The kingdom of our God, — 
 
 Which grace divine imparts; 
 The power of thy victorious blood,— 
 
 Which reigns in faithful hearts. 
 2 Their souls with faith supply, — 
 
 With life and liberty; 
 And then they preach and testify 
 
 The things concerning thee : 
 And live for this alone, — 
 
 Thy grace to minister ; 
 And all thou hast for sinners done, 
 
 In life and death declare. 
 
 215 L.M. 
 
 For fhs sttccess of ministers. 
 
 FATHER of mercies, bow thine ear, 
 Attentive to our earnest prayer: 
 We plead for those who plead for thee : 
 Successful pleaders may they be.
 
 134 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 2 O, clothe their words with power divine, 
 And let those words be ever thine ; 
 
 To them thy sacred truth reveal; 
 Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal. 
 
 3 Teach them to sow the precious seed ; 
 Teach them thy chosen flock to feed; 
 Teach them immortal souls to gain, — 
 And thus reward their toil and' pain. 
 
 4 Let thronging multitudes around 
 Hear from their lips the joyful sound ; 
 In humble strains thy grace implore, 
 And feel thy Spirit's living power. 
 
 216 CM. 
 
 GocPs Messing ensures success. 
 
 NOW, Lord, fulfil thy faithful word,— 
 Thy servants' labours bless ; 
 Now let the prayer of faith be heard, 
 And grant them full success. 
 
 2 Long have they in thy vineyard wrought, 
 And with unwearied toil; 
 
 Alas ! they spend their strength for naught, 
 Upon a sterile soil. 
 
 3 Arise, God, exert thy power ; 
 Thy people's hopes sustam* 
 
 And richly on thy vineyard shower 
 The first and latter rain. 
 
 4 Lord, we commend the work to thee ; 
 Thy servants guide and bless ; 
 
 Thy guidance gives security, — 
 Thy blessing, — fuU success. 
 
 217 l; m. 
 
 He givetJi the increase. 
 
 HIGH on his everlasting throne, 
 The King of saints hfs work surveys; 
 Marks the dear souls he calls his own, 
 And smiles on the peculiar race.
 
 THE MINISTRY. 135 
 
 2 He rests well pleased their toils to see ; 
 Beneath his easy yoke they move : 
 
 With all their heart and strength agree 
 In the sweet labour of his love. 
 
 3 See where the servants of the Lord, 
 A busy multitude, appear: 
 
 For Jesus day and ni^ht employ'd, 
 His heritage they toil to clear. 
 
 4 The love of Christ their hearts constrams, 
 And strengthens their unwearied hands ; 
 
 They spend their sweat, and blood, and pains, 
 To cultivate Immanuel's lands. 
 
 5 Jesus their toU delighted sees, 
 Their industry vouchsafes to crown : 
 
 He kindly gives the wish'd increase. 
 And sends the promised blessing dov.Ti. 
 
 218 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 
 Erdire dependence on Christ. 
 
 EXCEPT the Lord conduct the plan. 
 The best concerted schemes are vain, 
 And never can succeed; 
 "We spend our wretched strength for naught ; 
 But it our works in thee be wrought, 
 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, 
 O let our deeds begin and end 
 
 Complete in Jesus' name. 
 
 3 In Jesus' name behold we meet, 
 Far from an evil world retreat, 
 
 And all its frantic ways ; 
 One only thing resolved to know, 
 And square our useful lives below, 
 
 By reason and \>f grace.
 
 136 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 4 Not in the tombs "we pne to dwell, 
 Not in the dark monastic cell, 
 
 By vows and grates confined ; 
 Freely to aU ourselves we give. 
 Constrain' d by Jesus' love to live 
 
 The servants of mankind. 
 
 5 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 love and faith abound ; 
 let our lives, to all around, 
 
 "With purest lustre sliine ; 
 That all around our works may see. 
 And give the glory. Lord, to thee, 
 
 The heavenly light divine. 
 
 219 CM. 
 
 The minister's only hnsiness. 
 
 JESUS, the Name high over all, 
 In hell, or earth, or sky ; 
 Angels and men before it faU, 
 And devils fear and fly. 
 
 2 Jesus, the Name to sinners dear, — 
 The Name to sinners given ; 
 
 It scatters all their guilty fear ; 
 It turns their hell to heaven. 
 
 3 Jesus the pris'ner's fetters breaks, 
 And bruises Satan's head: 
 
 Power into strengthless souls he speaks, 
 And life into the dead. 
 
 4 that the world might taste and see 
 The riches of his grace ; 
 
 The arms of love that compass me, 
 Would all mankind embrace.
 
 THE MINISTEY. 137 
 
 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 Lambl 
 
 220 s.M. 
 
 Success certain. 
 
 LORD, if at thy command 
 The word of "life we sow. 
 Watered by thy almighty hand, 
 
 The seed shall surely grow : 
 The virtue of thy grace 
 
 A large increase shall give, 
 And multiply the faithful race, 
 
 Who to thy glory live. 
 2 Now, then, the ceaseless shower 
 
 Of gospel blessings send. 
 And let the soul-converting power 
 
 Thy ministers attend. 
 On multitudes confer 
 
 The heart-renewing love. 
 And by the joy of grace prepare 
 
 For fuller joys above. 
 
 221 s.M. 
 
 Labourers in tJie vineyard of the Lord. 
 
 AND let our bodies part,— 
 To diflfrent climes repah*; 
 Inseparably join'd in heart 
 The friends of Jesus are. 
 2 O let us still proceed 
 
 In Jesus' work below; 
 And, foil' wing our triumphant Head, 
 To further conquests go.
 
 138 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 3 The vineyard of the Lord 
 Before his lab'rers lies; 
 
 And lo ! \re see the vast reward 
 Which waits us in the skies. 
 
 4 O let our heart and mind 
 Continually ascend, 
 
 That haven of repose to find, 
 "Where all our labours end ; 
 
 5 Where all our toils are o'er, 
 Our suff'ring and our pain: 
 
 Who meet on that eternal shore, 
 Shall never part again. 
 
 222 s. M. 
 
 Continued — Labourers rewarded. 
 
 HAPPY, happy place, 
 Where saints and angels meet ! 
 There we shall see each other's face, 
 And all our brethren greet. 
 
 2 The Church of the first-bom, 
 We shall with them be blest, 
 
 And, crown' d with endless joy, return 
 To our eternal rest. 
 
 3 With joy we shall behold, 
 In yonder blest abode, 
 
 The patriarchs and prophets old. 
 And all the saints of God. 
 
 4 Abrah'm and Isaac, there, 
 And Jacob, shall receive 
 
 The foU'wers of their faith and prayer, 
 Who now in bodies live. 
 
 6 We shall our time beneath 
 Live out in cheerful hope, 
 
 And fearless pass the vale of death. 
 And gain the mountain top.
 
 THE CHUECH. 139 
 
 6 To gather home his own, 
 
 God shall his angels send, 
 And bid our bliss, on earth begun, 
 
 In deathless triumphs end. 
 
 THE CHURCH. 
 
 223 c. M. 
 
 Founded on a Rock. 
 
 WITH stately towers and bulwarks strong, 
 Unrivall'd and alone, — 
 Loved theme of many a sacred Bong, — 
 God's holy city shone. 
 
 2 Thus feir was Zion"'s chosen seat. 
 The glory of all lands ; 
 
 Yet fairer, and in strength complete, 
 The Christian temple 'stands. 
 
 3 The faithful of each clime and age 
 Tliis glorious Church compose ; 
 
 Built on a Eock, with idle rage 
 The threat'ning tempest blows. 
 
 4 Fear not ; though hostile bands alarm, 
 Thy God is thy defence ; 
 
 And Aveak and powerless every arm 
 Against Omnipotence. 
 
 224 5th P. M. 4 Zi?ies 78. 
 
 Prayer Jbr her ea^ten&ion. 
 
 ON thy Church, O Power divine, 
 Cause thy glorious face to shine ; , 
 Till the nations, from afar, 
 Hail her as their guiding star. 
 
 2 Then shall God, with lavish hand, 
 Scatter blessings o'er the land ; 
 And the world's remotest bound 
 With the voice of praise resound.
 
 140 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 225 L-M. 
 
 Glorious and spotless. 
 
 JESUS, from whom all blessings flow, 
 Great Builder of thy Church below; 
 If now thy Spirit move my breast, 
 Hear, and fulfil thine own request. 
 2 The few that truly call thee Lord, 
 And wait thy sanctifying word. 
 And thee their utmost Saviour own ; — 
 Unite and perfect them in one. 
 8 O let them all thy mind express, 
 Stand forth thy chosen witnesses; 
 Thy power unto salvation show, 
 And perfect holiness below. 
 
 4 In them let all mankind behold 
 How Christians lived in days of old; 
 Mighty their envious foes to move, — 
 A proverb of reproach — and love. 
 
 5 Call them into thy wondrous light. 
 Worthy to walk with thee in white : 
 Make up thy jewels, Lord, and show 
 Thy glorious, spotless Church below. 
 
 6 From every sinful TVTinkle free, 
 Eedeem'd from all iniquity. 
 
 The fellowship of saints make known, 
 And 0, my God, may I be one I 
 
 226 L. M. 
 
 Continued — Witnesses for Jesm. 
 
 MIGHT my lot be cast with these, 
 The least of Jesus' witnesses ; 
 O that ray Lord would count me meet, 
 To wash his dear disciples' feet 1 
 2 This only thing do I require : 
 Thou know'st 'tis all my heart's desire, 
 Freely what I receive to give, — 
 The servant of thy Church to live : —
 
 THE CHUECH. 141 
 
 3 After my lo-n-ly Lord to go, 
 And wait upon thy saints below; 
 Enjoy the grace to angels given, 
 And"^serve the royal heirs of heaven. 
 
 4 Lord, if I now thy drawings feel, 
 And ask according to thy will. 
 Confirm the prayer, the seal impart, 
 And speak the answer to my heart. 
 
 5 Tell me, or tlioii shalt never go, — 
 Thy prayer is heard ; it shall be so ; 
 The word hath pass'd thy lips, and I 
 Shall with thy people live and die. 
 
 227 L. M. 
 
 T/ie river of life. 
 
 GEEAT Source of being and of love ! 
 Thou wat'rest all the worlds above ; 
 And all the joys which mortals know, 
 From thine exhaustless fountain flow. 
 
 2 A sacred spring, at thy command, 
 From Zion's mount, in Canaan's land, 
 Beside thy temple cleaves the ground, 
 And pours its limpid stream around. 
 
 3 Close by its banks, in order fair, 
 The blooming trees of life appear ; 
 Their blossoms fmgrant odours give. 
 And on their fruit "the nations live. 
 
 4 Flow, wondrous stream ! with glory crown'd, 
 Flow on to earth's remotest bound; 
 
 And bear us on thy gentle wave, 
 To Him who all thy virtues gave. 
 
 228 c. M. 
 
 77i^ gates ofJidl shall not prevail against her. 
 
 ¥110 make the Lord of hosts their tower. 
 Shall like Mount Zion be, — 
 Immovable by moi'tal power, — 
 Built on eternity.
 
 142 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 2 As round about Jerusalem 
 The guardian mountains stand, 
 
 So shall the Lord encompass them 
 Who hold by his right hand. 
 
 3 The rod of wickedness shall ne'er 
 Against the just prevail, 
 
 Lest innocence should find a snare, 
 Arid tempted virtue fail. 
 
 4 Do good, O Lord, do good to those 
 Who cleave to thee in^heart, — 
 
 Who on thy truth alone repose, 
 Nor irom thy law depart. 
 
 229 c. M. 
 
 Returning to Zion tciih songs of joy. 
 
 DAUGHTER of Zion, from the dust 
 Exalt thy fallen head ; 
 Again in thy Kedeemer trust, — 
 He calls thee from the dead. 
 
 2 Avrake, awake, put on thy strength^ 
 
 Thy beautiful array ; 
 The day of freedom dawns at length,— 
 
 ■Die Lord's appointed day. 
 
 5 Eebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge, 
 And send thy heralds forth ; 
 
 Say to the south, — Give up thy charge! 
 And, — Keep not back, north ! 
 
 4 They come, they come : thine exiled bands 
 Where'er they rest or roam. 
 
 Have heard thy voice in distant lands, 
 And hasten to their home. 
 
 5 Thus, thouarh the universe shall bum, 
 And God his works destroy, 
 
 With songs thy ransom'd shall return, 
 Aud everlasting joy.
 
 THE CHURCH. 143 
 
 230 nth p. M. 76, 76 77,76. 
 
 Security and safety. 
 
 s 
 
 EE the gospel Church secure, 
 And founcled on a Eock ; 
 All her promises are sure ; 
 
 Her bulwarks who can shock? 
 Count her every precious shrine ; 
 
 Tell, to after-ages tell,— • 
 Fortified by power divine. 
 
 The Church can never fail. 
 
 2 Zion's God is all our own, 
 
 Who on his love rely; 
 We his pard'ning love have known, 
 
 And live to Christ, and die : 
 To the New Jerusalem 
 
 He our faithful Guide shall be ; 
 Him we claim, and rest in him, 
 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 231 s. M. 
 
 Her confidence and security. 
 
 WHO in the Lord confide, 
 And feel his sprinkled blood, 
 In storms and hurricanes abide 
 
 Firm as the mount of God : 
 Steadfast, and fix'd, and sure. 
 
 His Zion cannot move ; 
 His faithful people stand secure 
 In Jesus' guardian love. 
 
 2 As round Jerusalem 
 
 The hilly bulwarks rise. 
 So God protects and covers them 
 
 From all their enemies. 
 On every side he stands. 
 
 And for his Israel cares ; 
 And safe in his almighty hands 
 
 Their souls forever bears.
 
 144 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 232 s. M. 
 
 Christ in you, tlis hope of glory. 
 TirHEKE is tlie Hebrews' God, 
 VV "VVlio kept them niglit and day? 
 "Where is the lieavenly fire and cloud, 
 Which sliow'd thy Church their way? 
 
 2 No symbol visible 
 
 We of thy presence find ; 
 Yet all wlio would obey thy will 
 Shall know their Fatlier's mind. 
 
 3 Yes, Lord, thou still dost lead 
 The children of thy g:race. 
 
 The chosen, the believing seed, 
 Through this vast wilderness. 
 
 4 Our chart, thy Avritten Word; 
 The Holy Ghost our guide; 
 
 And Christ, our glorious risen Lord, 
 Doth in our hearts reside- 
 
 233 9th r. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 God is in tlie midst of her. 
 
 GLOKIOUS tilings of thee are spoken, 
 Zion, city of our God ; 
 Ilcj^ whose word cannot be broken, 
 
 iorm'd thee for his own abode; 
 On the Kock of ages founded. 
 
 What can shake thy sure repose! 
 With salvation's walls surrounded, 
 
 Thou niay'st smile at all thy foes. 
 2 See, the streams of living waters, 
 
 Springing from eternal love. 
 Still supply thy sons and daughters, 
 
 And all fear'of want remove: 
 Who can faint while such a river 
 
 Ever flows our thirst to' assuage ? 
 Grace, which, like tlie Lord, the giver, 
 
 Never Mis from age to age.
 
 THE CHURCH. 145 
 
 3 Round each, habitation hov'ring, 
 
 See the cloud and fire appear ! 
 For a glory and a eov'ring, 
 
 Showing tliat the Lord is near : 
 He who gives us daily manna, 
 
 He who listens when we cry, 
 Let him hear the loud Hosanna 
 
 Eising to his throne on high. 
 
 234 L. M. 
 
 Put on thy 'beautiful garments, Jerusalem. 
 
 AWAKE, Jerusalem, awake,— 
 No longer in thy sins lie down: 
 The garment of salvation take. 
 
 Thy beauty and thy strength put on. 
 
 2 Shake off the dust that blinds thy sight, 
 And hides the promise from thine eyes ; 
 
 Arise, and struggle into light; 
 The great Deliv'rer calls, — Arise! 
 
 3 Shake off the bands of sad despair; 
 Zion, assert thy liberty; 
 
 Look up, thy broken heart prepare, 
 And God shall set the captive free. ; 
 
 4 Vessels of mercy, sons of grace, 
 Be purged from every sinful stain ; 
 
 Be like your Lord, his word embrace, 
 Nor bear his hallow'd name in vain. 
 
 235 L.M. 
 
 The Tieatenly Zion. 
 
 ARM of the Lord, awake, awake ! 
 Thine own immortal strength put on ! 
 With terror clothed, hell's kingdom shake, 
 
 And cast thy foes with fury down. 
 2 As in the ancient days appear ! 
 
 (The sacred annals speak thy fame ;) 
 Be now omnipotently near. 
 To endless ages still the same. 
 10
 
 146 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 3 By death and hell pursued in vain, 
 
 To thee the ransom'd seed shall eome ; 
 Shouting, their heavenly Zion gain. 
 
 And pass through death triumphant home. 
 
 4 The pain of life shall then be o'er, 
 The anguish and distractiiag care ; 
 
 There sighing grief shall weep no more, 
 And sin shall never enter there. 
 
 23 G 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 
 ner enemies confounded. 
 
 ZION stands "with hills surrounded, 
 Zion, kept bv power divine : 
 All her foes shall De confounded, 
 Though the world in arms combine : 
 
 Happy Zion, — 
 What a favour'd lot is thine! 
 
 2 Everj^ human tie may perish ; 
 
 Friend to friend unfaithful prove;: 
 Mothers cease their own to cherish; 
 
 Heaven and earth at last remove ; 
 But no changes 
 
 Can attend Jehovah's love. 
 
 5 In the furnace God may prove thee, 
 Thence to bring thee forth more bright, 
 
 But can never cease to love thee; 
 Thou art precious in his sight : 
 
 God is with thee, — 
 God, thine everlasting light. 
 
 237 S.M. 
 
 Lore for Zion. 
 
 I LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, — 
 The house of thine abode, — 
 The Church our blest Eedeemer saved 
 With his own precious blood.
 
 THE CHURCH. 147 
 
 2 I love thy Church, O God ! 
 Her walls before thee stand, 
 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
 And graven on thy hand. 
 
 3 For her my tears shall fall ; 
 For her my prayers ascend ; 
 
 To her my cares and toils be given. 
 Till toils and cares shall end. 
 
 4 Beyond my highest joy 
 
 I prize her heavenly ways ; 
 Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 
 Her hymns of love and praise. 
 
 6 Sure as thy truth shall last, 
 
 To Zion shall be given 
 The brightest glories earth can yield, 
 
 And brighter bliss of heaven. 
 
 238 9th P. M. 87, Sr, 87, 87. 
 
 God her everlasting light. 
 
 HEAE what God the Lord hath spoken ; 
 my people, faint and few, 
 Comfortless, afflicted, broken, 
 Fair abodes I build for you : 
 Scenes of heartfelt tribulation 
 
 Shall no more perplex your ways ; 
 
 You shall name your walls salvation, 
 
 And your gates shall all be praise. 
 
 2 Ye, no more your suns descending, 
 
 Waning moons no more shall see ; 
 Butj your griefs forever ending, 
 
 Find eternal noon in me : 
 God shall rise, and, shining o'er you, 
 
 Change to day the gloom of night ; 
 He, the Lord, shall be your glory — 
 
 God your everlasting" light.
 
 148 INSTITUTIONS or THE GOSPEL. 
 
 THE SABBATH. 
 
 239 1st Y.M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 The day consecrated. 
 
 GEEAT God, this liallow'd day of thine 
 Demands our souls' collected powers ; 
 Mav we employ in works divine 
 
 These •solemn and devoted hours : 
 O may our souls, adoring, o'wn 
 The grace which calls us to thy throne. 
 
 2 Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly ! 
 
 Where God resides appear no more ! 
 Omniscient Lord, thy piercing eve 
 
 Doth every secret thought explore : 
 O may thy grace our thoughts refine, 
 And fix our hearts on things divine ! 
 
 240 c. M. 
 
 Ths day improved, 
 
 THIS day the Lord hath call'd his omtl; 
 Let us his praise declare. 
 Fix our desires on him alone. 
 And seek his face with prayer. 
 
 2 Lord, in thy love we would rejoice, 
 "Which sets the sinner free. 
 
 And, with united heart and voice, 
 Devote these hours to thee. 
 
 3 Now let the world's delusive things 
 No more our thoughts employ, 
 
 But faitJi be taught to stretch her wings, 
 Tow'rd heaven's imfailing joy. 
 
 4 let these earthly Sabhaths, Lord, 
 Be to our welfare blest ; 
 
 The purest comfort here afford, 
 And fit xis for our rest.
 
 THE SABBATH. 149 
 
 241 L. M. 
 
 Thej(yys oftJie Sabbath. 
 
 SWEET is the work, \nj^ God, my King, 
 To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing ; 
 To siiow thv love by morning li^ht, 
 And talk of all thy truth by night. 
 
 2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ; 
 
 No mortal cares shall seize my breast; 
 mav my heart in tune be found, 
 Like l)avid's harp of solemn sound. 
 
 3 When grace has purified my heart, 
 Then I shall share a glorious part: 
 And fresh supplies of joy be slied, 
 Like holy oil to cheer my head. 
 
 4 Then shall I see^ and hear, and know 
 All I desired or wish'd below; 
 
 And every power find sweet employ 
 In that eternal world of joy. 
 
 242 s.M, 
 
 Delight in wdinances. 
 
 WELCOME, sweet day of rest, 
 That saw the Lord arise : 
 Welcome to this reviving breast, 
 And these rejoicing eyes ! 
 
 2 The King himself comes near, 
 And feasts his saints to-day* 
 
 Here we may sit, and see him here, 
 And love, and praise, and pray. 
 
 3 One day in such a place. 
 Where thou, my God, art seen, 
 
 Is sweeter than ten thousand days 
 Of pleasurable sin. 
 
 4 My willing soul would stay 
 In such a frame as this, 
 
 And sit and sing herself away 
 To everlasting bliss.
 
 150 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 243 L. M. 
 
 In the Sanctuary. 
 
 FAR from my thoughts, vain world, be gone, 
 Let my religious liours alone ; 
 Fain would mine eyes my Saviour see ; 
 
 1 wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 
 
 2 warm my heart with holy fire, 
 And kindle there a pure desire: 
 Come, sacred Spirit, from above. 
 And fiU. my soul "s\dth heavenly love. 
 
 3 Blest Saviour, what delicious fare ! 
 How sweet thine entertainments are ! 
 Never did angels taste above 
 Redeeming grace and djing love. 
 
 4 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine! 
 In thee thy father's glories shine ; 
 Thy glorious name shall be adored, 
 And every tongue confess thee Lord. 
 
 244 CM. 
 
 We will rejoice and 7>e glad in it. 
 
 THIS is the day the Lord hath made : 
 O earth, rejoice and sing; 
 Let songs of triumph hail the mom ; 
 Hosauna to our King! 
 
 2 The Stone the builders set at naught, 
 That Stone has now become 
 
 The sure foundation, and the strength. 
 Of Zion's heavenly dome. 
 
 3 Christ is that stone, rejected once, 
 And numbered with the slain; 
 
 Now raised in glory, o'er his Church 
 
 Eternally to reign. 
 •4 This is the day the Lord hath made ; 
 
 O earth, rejoice and sing : 
 With songs of triumph hail the morn ; 
 
 Hosanna to our Kin g !
 
 THE SABBATH. 151 
 
 245 3d p. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 Joyful fiomage. 
 
 AWAKE, ye saints, awake ! 
 And hail this sacred day : 
 In loftiest songs of praise 
 Your joyful homage pay : 
 Come bless the day that God hath blest, 
 The type of heaven's eternal rest. 
 
 2 On this auspicious morn 
 The Lord of life arose; 
 
 He burst the bars of death. 
 And vanquish'd all our foes; 
 And now he pleads our cause above, 
 And reaps the fruit of all his love. 
 
 3 All hail, triumphant Lord! 
 Heaven with hosannas rings, 
 
 And earth, in humbler strains, 
 Thy praise responsive sings: 
 Worthy the Lamb, that once was slain, 
 Through endless years to live and reign. 
 
 246 c. M. 
 
 The type of everlasting rest. 
 
 COME, let us join with one accord 
 In hymns around the throne ; 
 This is the day our rising Lord 
 Hath made and call'd his own. 
 
 2 This is the day which God hath blest, 
 The brightest of the seven, 
 
 Type of that everlasting rest 
 The saints enjoy in heaven. 
 
 3 Then let us in his name sing on. 
 And hasten to that day 
 
 When our Redeemer shall come down, 
 And shadows pass away.
 
 152 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 4 Not one, "but all onr days below, 
 
 Let us in hymns employ ; 
 And, in our Lord rejoicing, go 
 
 To his eternal joy. 
 
 247 L. M. 
 
 Pledge of endless rest. 
 
 EETUKN, my soul, enjoy thy rest; 
 Improve the day thy God hath West : 
 Another sLx days' work is done ; 
 Another Sabbath is begun. 
 
 2 that our thoughts and thanks may rise, 
 As grateful incense to the skies; 
 
 And draw from Christ that sweet repose, 
 Which none but he that feels it knows. 
 
 3 This heavenly calm withm the breast, 
 Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, 
 Which for the Church of God remains, 
 The end of cares, the end of pains. 
 
 4 In holy duties, let the day, 
 In holy comforts, pass away ; 
 
 How sweet, a Sabbath thus* to spend. 
 In hope of one that ne'er shall end. 
 
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 Life cmd immorialUy brauffht to light 
 
 DAY of God ! thou blessed day. 
 At thy dawn the grave gaA'e way 
 To the power of Him within. 
 Who had, sinless, bled for sin. 
 2 Thine the radiance to illume 
 First, for man, the dismal tomb, 
 When its bars their weakness own'd, 
 There revealing death dethroned. 
 8 Tlien the Sxm of righteousness 
 Kose, a darken'd world to bless, 
 Bringmg up from mortal night 
 Immortality and light.
 
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 4 Day of glory, day of power, 
 Sacred be thiue every hour, — 
 Emblem, earnest, of the rest 
 That remaineth for the blest. 
 
 249 s.M, 
 
 The eternal Sabbath. 
 
 HAIL to the Sabbath-day ! 
 The day divinely given, 
 When men to God their homage pay, 
 And earth draws near to heaven. 
 
 2 Lord, in this sacred honr. 
 Within thy courts we bend, 
 
 And bless thy love, and own thy power, 
 Our Father and our Friend. 
 
 3 But thou art not alone 
 
 In courts by mortals trod; 
 Nor only is the day thine own 
 When man draws near to God : — 
 
 4 Thy temple is the arch 
 Of yon unmeasured sky; 
 
 Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march 
 Of vast eternity. 
 
 5 Lord, may that holier day 
 Dawn on thy servants' sight; 
 
 And purer worship may we pay 
 In heaven's unclouded light. 
 
 250 CM. 
 
 In the Spirii on ilie Lord^s day. 
 
 MAY I, throughout this day of thine, 
 Be ill thy Spirit, Lord, — 
 Spirit of humble fear divine. 
 That trembles at thy word. 
 2 Spirit of faith, my heart to raise, 
 
 And fix on things above; 
 Spirit of sacrifice and praise, 
 Of holiness and love.
 
 154 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 251 L. M. 
 
 Anticipating the heavenly Sabbath. 
 
 LOKD of the Sabbath, hear us pray, 
 In this thy house, on this thy day; 
 And own, as grateful sacrifice, 
 Tiie songs which from thy servants rise. 
 2 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love, 
 But there's a nobler rest above ; 
 To that our lab' ring souls aspire, 
 With ardent hope, and strong desire. 
 S No more fatigue, no more distress, 
 Nor sin nor hell sliall reach the place ; 
 No sighs shall mingle with the songs, 
 Which, warble from immortal tongues. 
 
 4 No rude alarms of raging foes; 
 No cares to break the long repose; 
 No midnight shade, no clouded sun ; 
 But sacred, high, eternal noon. 
 
 5 O long-expected day, begin; 
 Dawn on these realms of wo and sin : 
 Fain would we leave this weary road, 
 And sleep in death, to rest with God. 
 
 252 6. M. 
 
 Joyful in the house of prayer. 
 
 GLAD was my heart to hear 
 My old companions say, — 
 Come, in the house of God appear; 
 For 'tis a holy day, 
 
 2 Thither the tribes repair. 
 Where all are wont to meet; 
 
 And, joyful in the house of prayer, 
 Bend at the mercy-seat. 
 
 3 Pray for Jerusalem, 
 The city of our God ! 
 
 Xiord, send thy blessinsrs down to them 
 That love the dear abode !
 
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 4 Within these walls, may peace 
 And harmony be found ! 
 
 Zion, in all thy palaces, 
 Prosperity abound! 
 
 5 For friends and brethren dear, 
 Our prayer shall never cease : 
 
 Oft as they meet for worship here, 
 God send his people peace ! 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
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 In, the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 BAPTIZED into thy name, 
 Mysterious One in Three, 
 Our souls and bodies clami 
 A sacrifice to thee : 
 And let us live our faith to prove, 
 The faith which works by humble love. 
 2 that our light may shine. 
 
 And all our lives express 
 The cliaracter divine, 
 The real holiness; 
 And then receive us up to' adore 
 The triune God for evermore. 
 
 254 c. M. 
 
 The covenant with Abraham. 
 
 HOW large the promise, how divine, 
 To Abrah'm and his seed, — 
 
 1 am a God to thee and thine, 
 Supplying all their need. 
 
 2 The words of his unbounded love 
 From age to age endure; 
 
 The Angel of the Cov'nant proves 
 And seals the blessing sure.
 
 156 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 8 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, 
 
 To OTLT great father given ; 
 He takes our children to his arms, 
 
 And calls them heirs of heaven. 
 4 O God, how faithful are thy -ways ! 
 
 Thy love endures the same ; 
 Kor from the promise of thy grace 
 
 Blots out our children's name. 
 
 255 L. M. 
 
 The sacramerUal seal. 
 
 CO^ME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Honour the means ordain'd by thee; 
 Make good our apostolic boast, 
 
 And own thy glorious ministry. 
 2 We now thy promised presence claim ; 
 
 Sent to disciple all mankind, — 
 Sent to baptize into thy name, — 
 
 We now thy promised presence find. 
 8 Father, in these reveal thy Son ; 
 
 In these, for whom we seek thy face, 
 The hidden mystery make known, 
 
 The inward,' pure, baptizuig grace. 
 
 4 Jesus, with us thou alwavs art ; 
 Efiectual make the sacred sign; 
 
 The gift unspeakable impart. 
 And bless the ordinance divine. 
 
 5 Eternal Spirit, from on high, 
 Baptizer of our spirits thou, 
 
 The sacramental seal apply. 
 And witness with the water now. 
 
 256 CM. 
 
 Suffer tlie little children to come v/nto me. 
 
 SEE. Israel's gentle Shepherd stands 
 "With all-engaging charms ; 
 Hark, how he calls the tender Iambs, 
 And folds them in his arms.
 
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 2 Permit them to approach, he cries, 
 Nor scorn their humble name ; 
 
 For 'twas to bless such souls as these 
 The Lord of angels came. 
 
 3 We bring them. Lord, in thankful hands, 
 And yield them up to thee ; 
 
 Joyful that we ourselves are thine, 
 I'hine let our offspring be. 
 
 257 s.M. 
 
 GodJ's gracious promises. 
 
 OUR children thou dost claim, 
 Lord our God, as thine : 
 Ten thousand blessings to thy Name, 
 For goodness so divine. 
 
 2 Thee let the fathers own, 
 Thee let the sons adore ; 
 
 Join'd to the Lord in solemn vows, 
 To be forgot no more- 
 
 3 How great thy mercies. Lord ! 
 How j)lenteous is thy grace, 
 
 "Which, in the promise of thy love, 
 Includes our rising race. 
 
 4 Our offspring, still thy care, 
 Shall own their father's God; 
 
 To latest times thy blessings share, 
 And sound thy praise abroad. 
 
 258 5th P. M. 4 Zin«« 7s. 
 
 Little ones brought to Je»us. 
 
 JESUS, kind, inviting Lord, 
 We with joy- obey thy word, 
 And in earliest infancy 
 Bring our httle ones to thee. 
 2 Born they are, as we, in sin ; 
 Make the' unconscious lepers clean; 
 Purchase of thy blood they are, — 
 Let them in thy glory share.
 
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 TA€ S^/iriVs hallowing seal. 
 
 GOD of eternal truth and love, 
 Vouchsafe the promised aid we claim, 
 Thine own great ordmance approve; 
 The child, baptized into thy name, 
 Partaker of thv nature make, 
 And give him 'all thine image hack. 
 
 2 Father, if such thy sov'reign will, 
 If Jesus did the rite enjom, 
 
 Annex thy hall'wing Spirit's seal, 
 
 And let thy grace attend the sign : 
 The seed of endless life impart ; 
 Take for thine own this infant's heart. 
 
 3 Answer on him thy wisdom's end, 
 In present and eternal good ; 
 
 Whate'er thou didst for man intend, 
 
 Whate'er thou hast on man bestow'd, 
 Now to this favour d child be given. 
 Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 
 
 260 s.M, 
 
 A "blessing on the ordinance. 
 
 GEEAT God, now condescend 
 To bless our rising race ; 
 Soon may their willing spirits bend. 
 The subjects of thy grace. 
 
 2 what a pure delight 
 
 Their happiness to see; 
 Our warmest wishes all unite, 
 
 To lead their souls to thee. 
 
 8 Now bless, thou God of love, 
 
 This ordinance divine; 
 Send thy good Spirit from above, 
 
 And make these children thine.
 
 BAPTISM. 159 
 
 261 c.M. 
 
 Children in the arms of Jesus. 
 
 BEHOLD what condescending lovo 
 Jesus on earth displays !— 
 To babes and suckUngs he extends 
 The riches of his grace. 
 
 2 He still the ancient promise keeps, 
 To our forefathers given ; 
 
 Young children hi his arms he takes, 
 And calls them heirs of heaven. 
 
 3 Forbid them not, whom Jesus calls, 
 Nor dare the claim resist, 
 
 Since his own lips to us declare 
 Of such will heaven consist. 
 
 4 With flowing tears, and thankful hearts, 
 We give them up to thee ;_ 
 
 Receive them. Lord, into thine arms; 
 Thine may they ever be. 
 
 262 CM. 
 
 Baptized into his death. 
 
 JESUS, we lift our souls to thee ; 
 Thy Holy Spirit breathe, 
 And let this little infant be 
 
 I5aptized into thy death. 
 2 O let thine unction on Tiim rest, 
 
 Thy grace Ms soul renew, 
 And write within his tender breast 
 Thy name and. nature too. 
 
 5 If thou shouldst quickly end Aw days, 
 ^s place with thee prepare; 
 
 And it thou lengthen out Ms race. 
 
 Continue still'thy care. 
 4 Thy faithful ser^-ant let Mm prove, 
 
 Begirt with truth di\ine ; 
 A sharer in thy dying love, 
 
 A follower of tmiie.
 
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 THE LOED'S SUPPEE. 
 
 263 1st p. M. 6 Zm^« 8s. 
 
 Its iihStUution. 
 
 IN that sad, memorable night, 
 When Jesus was for us betray'd. 
 He left his death-recording rite : 
 
 He took, and blest, and brake the bread : 
 And gave his own their last bequest. 
 And thus his love's intent express'd : — 
 
 2 Take, eat, this is mv body, given 
 
 To purchase life ani peace for you, — 
 Pardon, and holiness, and heaven; 
 
 Do this, my dying love to show : 
 Accept your precious legacy. 
 And thus, my friends, remember me. 
 
 3 He took into his hands the cup, 
 To crown the sacramental feast, 
 
 And, full of kind concern, look'd ur^ 
 
 And gave to them what he had blest : 
 And, — Drink ye all of this, — he said, — 
 In solemn memory of the dead. 
 
 4 This is my blood, which seals the new 
 Eternal covenant of my grace : 
 
 Mv blood, so freely shed for you. 
 For you and all the sinful race : 
 My blood, that speaks your sins forgiven, 
 And justifies your claim to heaven. 
 
 264 CM. 
 
 lU design. 
 
 THAT doleful night before his death, 
 The Lamb, for sinners slain, 
 Did, almost with his d>-ing breath, 
 This solemn feast ordain.
 
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 2 To keep the feast, Lord, we have met. 
 
 And to remember thee : 
 Help each poor trembler to repeat, — 
 
 For me he died, for me ! 
 S Thy siiff rings, Lord, each sacred sign 
 
 To our remembrance brings : 
 "We eat the bread, and drink the wine, 
 
 But think on nobler things. 
 
 4 tune our tongues, and set in frame 
 Each heart that pants for thee. 
 
 To sinw, — Hosanna to the Lamb, 
 The Lamb that died for me ! 
 
 265 c. M. 
 
 Approaching the table. 
 
 JESUS, at whose, supreme command, 
 We now approach to God, 
 Before us in thy vesture stand, 
 Thy vesture dipp'd in blood. 
 
 2 Now, Saviour, now thyself reveal, 
 And make thy nature 'known ; 
 
 Affix thy blessed Spirit's seal. 
 And stamp us for thine own. 
 
 3 The tokens of thy dying love, 
 let us all reccivcj 
 
 And feel the quick'ning Spirit move, 
 And sensibly believe. 
 
 4 Tlie cup of blessing, blest by thee, 
 Let it thy blood impart ; 
 
 The bread thy mystic body be, 
 To cheer each languid heart. 
 
 5 The living bread sent down from heaver. 
 In us vouchsafe to be : 
 
 Thy flesh for all the world is given, 
 And all may live by thee. 
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 162 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 266 CM. 
 
 The invitation. 
 
 THE King of heaven his table spreads, 
 And blessings crown the board ; 
 Not Paradise, with all its joys, 
 Could such delight aflFord. 
 
 2 Pardon and peace to dying men, 
 And endless life are given, 
 
 Through the rich blood that Jesus shed, 
 To raise our souls to heaven. 
 
 3 Millions of souls, in glory now. 
 Were fed and feasted here ; 
 
 And millions more, still on the way, 
 Around the board appear. 
 
 4 All thino:s are readv, come away, 
 Nor weak excuses frame ; 
 
 Crowd to your places at the feast. 
 And bless the Foimder's name. 
 
 267 s.M. 
 
 Our PascTud Lavib. 
 
 LET all who truly bear 
 The bleeding Saviour's name. 
 Their faithful hearts with us prepare, 
 And eat the Paschal Lamb. 
 
 2 Tliis eueharistic feast 
 Our every want supplies, 
 
 And still we by his death are blest, 
 And share his sacrifice. 
 
 3 Who thus our faith employ, 
 His suff' rings to record. 
 
 E'en now we mournfully enjoy 
 Communion with our Lord. 
 
 4 We too with him are dead, 
 And shall with him arise ; 
 
 The cross on which he bows liis head 
 Shall lift us to the skies.
 
 THE LOED'S SUPPEE. 16S 
 
 268 CM. 
 
 Grateful remembrance. 
 
 ACCOEDING to thy gracious word, 
 111 meek liumility, 
 This will I do, my dying Lord, — 
 I will remember thee. 
 
 2 Thy body, broken for my sake, 
 My bread from heaven shall be: 
 
 Thy testamental cup I take, 
 And thus remember thee. 
 
 3 Gethsemane can I forget? 
 Or there thy conflict see, 
 
 Thine agony and bloody sweat, 
 And not remember tliee ? 
 
 4 When to the cross I turn mine eyes, 
 And rest on Calvary, 
 
 Lamb of God, my Sacrifice, 
 I must remember thee ! 
 
 5 Ecmember thee and all thy pains, 
 And all thy love to me ; 
 
 Yea, while a breath, a pulse remains. 
 Will I remember thee. 
 
 6 And when these failing lips grow dumb, 
 And mind and mem'ry flee. 
 
 When thou shalt in thy kingdom come, 
 Jesus, remember me. 
 
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 77i« opened Fountain. 
 
 CALL'D from above, I rise. 
 And wash away my sin; 
 The stream to which my spirit flies, 
 
 Can make the foulest clean. 
 2 It runs divinely clear, 
 
 A fountain deep and wide : 
 'Twas open'd by the soldier's spear, 
 In my Kedeemer's side.
 
 164 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 270 CM. 
 
 Gratitude and love. 
 
 IF human kindness meets return, 
 And owns the grateful tie ; — 
 If tender thoughts within us bum 
 To feel a friend is nigh ; — 
 
 2 0, shall not warmer accents tell 
 The gratitude we owe 
 
 To Him who died our fears to quell, 
 And save from endless wo ? 
 
 3 While yet in anguish he survey' d 
 Those pangs he would not flee," 
 
 "What love his latest words display'd ! — 
 Meet and remember me. 
 
 4 Kemember thee ! thy death, thy shame, 
 The griefs which thou didst bear ! 
 
 O raem'ry, leave no other name 
 So deeply graven there. 
 
 271 L.M. 
 Figure and m-eans of sating grace. 
 
 AUTHOPv of our salvation, thee, 
 With lowly, thankful hearts, we praise ; 
 Author of this great mystery, — 
 Figure and means of' saving grace. 
 
 2 The sacred, true, eflFectual sign. 
 Thy body and thy blood it shows ; 
 
 The glorious instrument divine, 
 Thy mercy and thy strength bestows. 
 
 3 We see the blood that seals our peace ; 
 Thy pard'ning mercy we receive ; 
 
 The bread doth visibly express 
 The strength through which our spirits live. 
 
 4 Our spirits drink a fresh supply. 
 And eat the bread so freely given, 
 
 Till, borne on eagles' wings,* we fly, 
 Aixd banquet with our Lord in heaven.
 
 THE LORD'S STIPPEE. 165 
 
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 Discerning the Lord's J)ody. 
 
 JESUS, all-redeeming Lord, 
 Magnify thy dying word ; 
 In thine ordinance appear ; 
 Come, and meet thy ioll'wers here, 
 
 2 In the rite thou hast enjoin' d, 
 Let us now our Saviour find ; 
 Drink thy blood for sinners shed, 
 Taste thee in the broken bread. 
 
 3 Thou our faithful hearts prepare ; 
 Thou thy pard'ning grace declare : 
 Thou that iiast for sinners died, 
 Show thyself the Crucified ! 
 
 4 All the power of sin remove ; 
 Fill us with thy perfect love ; 
 Stamp us with the stamp_ divine ; 
 Seal our souls forever thine. 
 
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 strength renewed. 
 
 OGOD, unseen, yet ever near. 
 Thy presence may we feel ; 
 And thus, inspired with holy fear, 
 
 Before thy table kneel. 
 2 Here may thy faithful people know 
 
 The blessings of thy love ; 
 The streams that through the desert flow, — 
 
 The manna from above. 
 8 We come, obedient to thy word, 
 
 To feast on heavenly food ; 
 Our meat, the body of the Lord, 
 
 Our drink, his precious blood. 
 4 Thus may we all thy words obey; 
 
 For we, God, are thine ; 
 And go rejoicing on our way. 
 
 Kenew'd with strength divine.
 
 166 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 274 s.M. 
 
 The suf/per of the, Lamb. 
 
 THEE, King of saints, we praise 
 For this our living bread; 
 Nourish' d by thy preserving grace, 
 
 Aiid at thy table fed. 
 2 Yet still a higher seat 
 
 We in thy kingdom claim, 
 Who here begin by faith to eat 
 
 The supper of t&c Lamb. 
 S That glorious, heavenly prize, 
 
 We surely shall attain, 
 And, in the palace of the skies, 
 
 With thee forever reign. 
 
 275 s.M. 
 
 Obeying the command. 
 
 JESUS, we thus obey 
 Thy last and kindest word ; 
 Here, in thine own appointed way, 
 We come to meet our Lord. 
 
 2 The way thou hast enjoin'd, 
 Thou wilt therein appear; 
 
 We come with confidence to find 
 Thy special presence here. 
 
 3 Whatever the' Almighty can 
 To pardon' d sinners give, 
 
 The fulness of our God made man, 
 We here with Christ receive. 
 
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 The efficacy of the atoning blood. 
 
 VICTIM divine ! thy grace we claim 
 While thus thy precious death we show; 
 Once offer'd up a spotless Lamb, 
 In thy great temple here below, 
 Thou didst for all mankind atone, 
 And standest now before the throne.
 
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 2 Thou standest in the holiest place, 
 As now for guilty sinners slain ; 
 
 The blood of sprinkling speaks, and prays, 
 
 All prevalent for helpless man ; 
 Thy blood is still our ransom found, 
 And speaks salvation all around. 
 
 3 We need not now go up to heaven 
 
 To bring the long-sought Saviour dowi) 
 Thou art to all already given, 
 
 Thou dost e'en now thy banquet crown ;— 
 To every faithful soul appear, 
 And show thy real presence here. 
 
 277 s. M. 
 
 AforetasU of glory. 
 
 OWHAT delight is this, 
 Whicli now in Christ we know, — 
 An earnest of our glorious bliss, 
 
 Our heaven begun below ! 
 2 When He the table spreads. 
 
 How royal is the cheer; 
 With rapture we lift up our heads, 
 
 And own that God is here. 
 8 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
 
 Who died to die no more, 
 Let all the ransom'd sons of men, 
 
 With all his hosts, adore. 
 
 4 Let earth and heaven be join'd, 
 His glories to display. 
 
 And hymn the Saviour of mankind 
 In one eternal day. 
 
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 Rejoicing at the table, with godly sorrow. 
 
 TO Jesus, our exalted Lord, 
 The Name bv heaven and earth adored, 
 Fain would our hearts and voices raise 
 A cheerful song of sacred praise.
 
 168 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 2 But all the notes which mortals know, 
 Are weak, and languishing, and low ; 
 Far, far above our humble songs. 
 The theme demands immortal tongues. 
 S Yet while around his board we meet, 
 And humbly worship at his feet, 
 O let our warm affections move, 
 In glad returns of grateful love ! 
 4 Let humble, penitential wo, 
 In tears of godly sorrow flow ; 
 And thy forgivixig smiles impart 
 Life, hope, and joy to every heart. 
 
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 The Spirifs quickening inftuencea. 
 
 COME, thou everlasting Spirit, 
 Bring to every tliankful mind 
 All the Saviour's dying merit, 
 
 All Ms suff' rings for mankind : 
 True recorder of his passion, 
 
 Now the living faith impart ; 
 Now reveal his great salvation 
 
 Unto every faithful heart. 
 2 Come, thou Witness of his dying ; 
 
 Come, Remembrancer divine ; 
 Let us feel thy power applying 
 
 Chri.st to every soul, and mine : 
 Let us groan thine inward groaning ; 
 
 Look on Him we pierced, and grieve ; 
 AU partake the grace atoning, — 
 
 All the sprinkled blood receive. 
 
 280 s.M. 
 
 Universal gladness and joy. 
 
 GLORY to God on high, 
 Our peace is made with Heaven ; 
 The Son of God came down to die. 
 That we might be forgiven.
 
 THE LOKD'S SUPPER. 169 
 
 2 His precious blood was shed, 
 His body bruised, for sin : 
 
 Eemember this in eatiug bread, 
 And this in drinking wine. 
 
 3 Approach his royal board, 
 In his rich garments clad; 
 
 Join every tongue to praise the Lord, 
 And every heart be glad. 
 
 4 The Father gives the Son ; 
 The Son, his flesh and blood : 
 
 The Spirit seals ; and faith puts on 
 The righteousness of God. 
 
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 The Jieavenly banquet, 
 
 JESUS spreads his banner o'er us, 
 Cheers our ftimish'd souls with food ; 
 He the banquet spreads before us, 
 
 Of his mystic flesh and blood. 
 Precious banquet ; bread of heaven ; 
 
 Wine of gladness, flowing free ; 
 May we taste it, kindly given, 
 
 In remembrance, Lord, of thee. 
 2 In thy holy incarnation. 
 
 When the angels sang thy birth ; 
 In thy fasting and temptation ; 
 
 In thy labours on the earth ; 
 In thy trial and rejection ; 
 
 In thy sutr rings on the tree; 
 In thy glorious resurrection ; 
 
 May we, Lord, remember thee. 
 
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 Pardon — gi^ace — glory. 
 
 SONS of God, triumphant rise ; 
 Shout the' aceomplish'd sacrifice ; 
 Shout your sins in Christ forgiven, — • 
 Sons of God, and heirs of heaven.
 
 170 INSTITUTIONS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 2 Lovc'8 mysterious work is dono; 
 Greet wc now the' atonine vSon ; 
 lloard and quicken'd by nis blood. 
 Join'd to Christ, and one with God. 
 
 3 II im by faith wc taste below, 
 Mi^rhtierjoys ordain'd to know; 
 Wlien his utmost fjraoe we prove, 
 Kise to heaven by perl'eet love. 
 
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 For a parting hlessing. 
 
 IAMB of God, whose dying lovo 
 J We now recall to mind, 
 8end the answer from above. 
 
 And let us mercy find: 
 Think on us who think on thoo, 
 
 And every struj^gling soul release ; 
 O renicmber Galvary, 
 And bid us go in peace ! 
 
 2 By thine agonizing pain. 
 
 And bloody sweat, we pray, — 
 By thy dying love to man, — 
 
 Take all our sins away : 
 Burst our bonds, and set ua free; 
 
 From all iniquity release; 
 O remember Calvary, 
 
 And bid us go in peace I 
 
 3 Let thy blood, by faith applied, 
 The sinner's pardon seal ; 
 
 Speak us freely justified, 
 And all our sickness heal: 
 
 By thy nassion on the tree. 
 Let al I our griefs and troubles cease ; 
 
 remember Calvary, 
 And bid us go iu peace !
 
 PROYISIOXS AXI) PEOMISES 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
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 The fountain of living waters. 
 
 A FOUNTAIN of life and of grace 
 In Christ, our Redeemer, we see: 
 For us, who his otfers embrace, 
 
 For all, it is open and free : 
 Jehovah, himself, doth invite 
 
 To drink of his pleasures imknown : 
 The streams of immortal delight. 
 
 That flow from his heavenly throne. 
 2 As soon as in him we believe, 
 
 Bv faith of his Spirit we take : 
 And, freely forgiven, receive 
 
 The mercy for Jesus's sake ! 
 We gain a pure drop of his love ; 
 
 The life of eternity know ; 
 Angelical happiness prove, 
 
 And witness a heaven below, 
 
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 AU-suffieiency offfhe gospel. 
 
 THE gospel ! O, what endless charm» 
 Dw'ell ni that blissful sound ; 
 Its influence every fear disarms. 
 And spreads delight around. 
 
 2 Here pardon, life, and joy divine, 
 In rich effusion flow. 
 
 For guilty rebels, lost in sin, 
 And doom'd to endless wo. 
 
 3 The' almighty Former of the skies 
 Stoops to our vile abode ; 
 
 While angels view with wond'riug eyes, 
 Aiid hail the' incarnate God.
 
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 4 How rich the depths of love divine I 
 Of bliss a boundless store ! 
 
 Redeemer, let me call thee mine, — 
 Thy fulness I implore. 
 
 5 On thee alone my hope relies ; 
 Ben^th thy cross I fall ; 
 
 My Lord, my life, my sacrifice, 
 My Saviour, and my all ! 
 
 286 s. M. 
 
 Our debt paid upon the cross. 
 
 WHAT majesty and grace 
 Through all the gospel shine ! 
 'Tis God that speaks, and we confess 
 The doctrine most divine. 
 
 2 Down from his throne on high, 
 The mighty Saviour comes ; 
 
 Lays his bright robes of glory by, 
 And feeble flesh assumes. 
 
 3 The debt that sinners owed, 
 Upon the cross he pays : 
 
 Then through the clouds ascends to God, 
 'Midst shouts of loftiest praise. 
 
 4 There our High Priest appears, 
 Before his Father s throne ; 
 
 Mingles his merits with our tears, 
 And pours salvation down. 
 
 5 Great Sov' reign, we adore 
 Thy justice and thy grace, 
 
 And on thy faithfulness and power 
 Our firm dependence place. 
 
 287 L.M. 
 
 The divine Teaclier. 
 
 HOW sweetly flow'd the gospel's sound 
 From lips of gentleness and grace, 
 While list'mng thousands gather'd round. 
 And joy and rev'rence fill'd the place.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 173 
 
 2 From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke, 
 To heaven he led his foll'wers' way; 
 
 Bark clouds of gloomy night he broke, 
 Unveiling an immortal day. 
 
 3 Come, wand'rers, to my Father's home; 
 Come, all ye weary ones, and rest. 
 
 Yes, sacred Teacher ! we will come, 
 Obey, and be forever blest. 
 
 4 Decay, then, tenements of dust ! 
 Pillars of earthly pride, decay ! 
 
 A nobler mansion waits the just. 
 And Jesus has prepared the way. 
 
 288 s.M. 
 
 All-siifflcient grace. 
 
 GEACE ! 'tis a charming sound, 
 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, 
 WMch drew the wondrous plan. 
 
 3 Grace taught my roving feet 
 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 stone, 
 And well deserves our praise. 
 
 289 CM. 
 
 The iBonders of redenvpUon. 
 
 HOW great the wisdom, power, and grace, 
 Which in redemption shine; 
 The heavenly host with joy confess 
 The work is all divine.
 
 174 PROVISIONS AND PROMISES 
 
 2 Before his feet they cast their cro^VTiB, — 
 Those crowns which Jesus gave, — 
 
 And, with ten thousand thousand tongues, 
 Proclaim his power to save. 
 
 3 They tell the triumphs of his cross, 
 The'suff 'rings whicii he bore; 
 
 How low he stoop'd, how high he rose, — 
 And rose to stoop no more. 
 
 4 With them let us our voices raise, 
 And still the song renew ; 
 
 Salvation well deserves the praise 
 Of men and angels too. 
 
 290 CM. 
 
 Efficacy of the atoning hlood. 
 
 THERE is a fountain fill'd with blood. 
 Drawn from Immanuel's veins ; 
 And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, 
 Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 2 The dying thief rejoiced to see 
 That fountain in his day ; 
 
 And there may I, though vile as he, 
 Wash all my sins away. 
 
 3 Thou dying Lamb ! thy precious blood 
 Shall never lose its power, 
 
 Till all the rausom'd Church of God 
 Are saved, to sin no more. 
 
 4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream 
 Thy flowing wounds supply. 
 
 Redeeming love has been my theme. 
 And shall be, till I die. 
 
 5 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, 
 I'll sing thy power to save. 
 
 When this poor hsping, stamm'ring tongue, 
 Lies silent in the grave.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 175 
 
 291 CM. 
 
 The joyful sound. 
 
 SALVATION ! 6 the joyful sound ! 
 What pleasure to our ears ; 
 A sov'reign balm for every wound, 
 A cordial for our fears. 
 
 2 Salvation ! let the echo fly 
 The spacious earth around, 
 
 While all the armies of the sky 
 Conspire to raise the sound. 
 
 3 Salvation ! thou bleeding Lamb ! 
 To thee the praise belongs : 
 
 Salvation shall inspire our hearts, 
 And dwell upon our tongues, 
 
 292 L. M. 
 
 Love which passeth Jcnoidedge. 
 
 OF Him who did salvation bring, 
 I could forever think and sing ; 
 Arise, ye needy, — he'll relieve ; 
 Arise, ye guilty,— he'll forgive, 
 
 2 Ask but his grace, and lo, 'tis given ; 
 Ask, and 1 e turns your hell to heaven : 
 Though sin and sorrow wound my soul, 
 Je.sus, thy balm will make it whole, 
 
 3 To shame our sins he blush'd in blood ; 
 He close I his eyes to show us God: 
 
 Let all the world fall down and know, 
 That none but Gotl such love can show. 
 
 4 'Tis thee I love, for thee alone 
 
 I shed my tears and make my moan; 
 Where'er I am, where'er I move, 
 I meet the object of my love. 
 
 5 Insatiate to this spring I fly; 
 I drink, and yet am ever dry : 
 
 Ah ! who against thy charms is proof? 
 Ah! who that loves, can love enough?
 
 176 PKOVISIONS AND PEOMISES 
 
 293 bthF-lL. 4: lines 7a. 
 
 Calvary. 
 
 WHEN on Sinai's top I see 
 God descend, in majesty, 
 To proclaim bis holy law, 
 All my spirit sinks with awe. 
 
 2 When, in ecstasy sublime, 
 Tabor's glorious steep I climb, 
 At the too transporting light, 
 Darkness rushes o'er my sight. 
 
 3 When on Calvary I rest, 
 God, in flesh made manifest, 
 Shines in my Kedeemer's face, 
 Full of beauty, truth, and grace. 
 
 4 Here I woiild forever stay, — 
 Weep and gaze ray soul away ; 
 Thou art heaven on earth to me. 
 Lovely, mournful Calvary. 
 
 294 c. M. 
 
 Sufficiency ondfreeness. 
 
 OWHAT amazing words of grace 
 Are in the gospel found ! 
 Suited to every sinner's case. 
 
 Who knows the joyful sound. 
 2 Poor, sinful, thirsty, fainting souls, 
 
 Are freely welcome here ; 
 Salvation, like a river, rolls, 
 
 Abundant, free, and clear. 
 8 Come, then, with all your wants and wouads ; 
 
 Your every burden bring : 
 Here love, unchanging love, abounds, — 
 
 A deep, celestial spring. 
 4 Whoever will — O gracious word ! — 
 
 May of this stream partake ; 
 Come, thirsty souls, and bless the Lord, 
 
 And drink, for Jesus' sake.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 177 
 
 5 Millions of sinners, vile as you, 
 Have here found life and peace ; 
 
 Come, then, and prove its virtues too, 
 And drink, adore, and bless. 
 
 295 s.M. 
 
 Christ flie only source of salvation. 
 
 GOD'S holy law transgress'd, 
 Speaks nothing but despair; 
 Convniced of guilt, with grief oppress'd. 
 We find no comfort there. 
 
 2 Not all our groans and tears, 
 Nor works which we have done. 
 
 Nor vows, nor promises, nor prayers, 
 Can e'er for sm atone. 
 
 3 Relief alone is found 
 
 In Jesus' precious blood: 
 'Tis this that heals the mortal wound, 
 And reconciles to God. 
 
 4 This is salvation's source ; 
 And all our hopes arise 
 
 From Him, who, hanging on the cross, 
 A spotless victim dies. 
 
 296 CM. 
 
 TTie precious Name. 
 
 HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
 In a believer's ear; 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole. 
 And calms the troubled oreast; 
 
 'Tis manna to the hungry soul. 
 And to the weary, rest. 
 
 3 Dear Name, the rock on which I build, 
 My shield and hiding-place ; 
 
 My never-failing treasure, fill'd 
 With boundless stores of grace : 
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 178 PROVISIONS AND PEOMISES 
 
 4 Jesus, my Shepherd, Saviour, Friend, 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King, 
 
 My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, 
 Accept the praise I bring. 
 
 5 I would thy boundless love proclaim 
 With every fie etiug breath ; 
 
 So shall the music of thy name 
 Eefresh my soul in death. 
 
 297 i.M. 
 
 7^ unspeakable gift. 
 
 HAPPY the man who finds the grace, 
 The blessing of God's chosen race, 
 The wisdom commg 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 heavenly understanding gains. 
 
 3 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 fill'd with length of days, 
 True riches, and immortal praise, — 
 Riches of Christ on all bestow'd. 
 
 And honour that descends from God, 
 
 5 To purest joys she all invites, — 
 Chaste, holy, spiritual delights ; 
 Her ways aVe ways of pleasantness, 
 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.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 179 
 
 298 C. M. 
 
 He icaiteih to de graeiotis. 
 
 THY ceaseless, unexhausted love, 
 Unmerited and free, 
 Delights our evil to remove, 
 
 And help our misery. 
 2 Thou waitest to be gracious still ; 
 
 Thou dost with sinners bear; 
 That, saved, we may thy goodness feel, 
 
 And all thy grace declare. 
 S Thy goodness and thy truth to me, 
 
 To every soul, abound ; 
 A vast, unfathomable sea, 
 
 Where all our thoughts are drowu'd. 
 
 4 Its streams the whole creation reach, 
 So plenteous is the store ; 
 
 Enough for all, enough for each, 
 Enough forever more. 
 
 5 Faithful, Lord, thy mercies are, — 
 A rock that cannot move : 
 
 A thousand promises declare 
 
 Thy constancy of love. 
 o Throughout the universe it reigns, 
 
 Unalterably sure; 
 And while the truth of God remains, 
 
 His goodness must endure. 
 
 299 L.M. 
 
 Universal redemption. 
 
 SINNERS, obey the heavenly call; 
 Your prison doors stand open wide: 
 Go forth, for Christ hath ransom'd all, 
 
 For every soul of man hath died. 
 2 'Tis his the drooping soul to raise ; 
 
 To rescue all by sin oppress'd; 
 To clothe them with the robes of praise. 
 And give their weary spirits rest.
 
 180 PEOVISIO^'S AND PEOMISES 
 
 3 To help their grov'ling nnbelief ; 
 Beauty for ashes to confer ; 
 
 The oil of joy for abject grief; 
 Triumphant joy for sacT despair. 
 
 4 To make them trees of righteousness,- 
 The planting of the Lord below ; 
 
 To spread the" honour of his grace, 
 And on to full perfection go. 
 
 300 3dP. M. 4 6S&2 
 
 The jubilee trvmpeU 
 
 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow 
 The gladly solemn sound ; 
 Let all the nations know, 
 To earth's remotest bound, 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Keturn, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 2 Jesus, our great High Priest, 
 
 Hath full atonement made: 
 Te weary spirits, rest* 
 
 Ye mournful souls, be glad : 
 The year of jubilee is come ; 
 Eeturn, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 S Extol the Lamb of God,— 
 
 The all-atoning Lamb ; 
 Eedemption in his blood 
 
 Throughout the world proclaim : 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Eeturn, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 4 Te slaves of sin and hell, 
 
 Your hberty receive, 
 And safe in Jesus dwell, 
 And blest in Jesus live : 
 The year of jubilee is come; 
 Eeturn, ye ransom'd simiers, home.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 181 
 
 5 Ye who have sold for naught 
 Your heritage above, 
 
 Shall have it back uubought, 
 The gift of Je8us' love : 
 The year of jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransom' d sinners, home. 
 
 6 The gospel trumpet hear, — 
 The iiews of heavenly grace ; 
 
 And, saved from earth, appear 
 Befoi*e your Saviour's face : 
 The year of jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 301 CM. 
 
 Tlie gospel feast. 
 
 LET every mortal ear attend, 
 And every heart rejoice ; 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds 
 With an inviting voice. 
 
 2 Ho ! all ye hungry, starving souls. 
 That feed upon the wind, 
 
 And vainly strive with earthly toys 
 To fill an empty mind: — 
 
 3 Eternal Wisdom hath prepared 
 A soul-reviving feast. 
 
 And bids your longing appetites 
 The rich provision taste. 
 
 4 Ho ! ye that pant for living streams, 
 And pine away and die. 
 
 Here you may quench your raging thirst 
 With springs that never dry. 
 
 5 Rivers of love and mercy here 
 In a rich ocean join ; 
 
 Salvation in abunaance flows. 
 Like floods of milk and wine.
 
 182 PEOVISIONS AND PEOMISES 
 
 6 The happy gates of gospel grace 
 
 Stand open night and day : 
 Lord, we are come to seek supplies, 
 
 And drive our wants away. 
 
 302 1st F.M. eiiTies Ss. 
 The Lainb of God wlw taJceth away the sins of the icorld. 
 
 SEE, sinners, in the gospel glass, 
 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. 
 
 2 Behold the Lamb of God, who bears 
 The sins of all the world away ; 
 
 A servant's form he meekly wears, 
 
 He sojourns in a house of clay: 
 His glory is no longer seen. 
 But God with God is man with men. 
 
 3 See where the God incarnate stands, 
 And calls his wand'ring creatures home ; 
 
 He all day long spreads out his hands ; 
 
 Come, weary souls, to Jesus come ! 
 Ye all may hide you in his breast ; "" 
 
 Believe, and he will give you rest. 
 
 303 29th P. M. 4 lines 12». 
 The voice of free grace. 
 
 THE voice of free grace cries, — Escape to the 
 mountain ; 
 For Adam's lost race Christ hath open'd a fountain; 
 For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression, 
 His blood flows most freely, in streams of salva- 
 tion. 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, who has purchased 
 
 our pardon : 
 Wo will praise him again when we "^pass over 
 Jordan.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 183 
 
 2 Now glory to God in the highest is given ; 
 Now glory to God is re-echoed in heaven ; 
 Around the whole earth let us tell the glad story, 
 And Hing of his love, his salvation and glory. 
 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 
 
 3 Jesus, ride on,— thy kingdom is glorious ; 
 O'er sin, death, and hell, thou wilt make us vic- 
 torious : 
 
 Thy name shall be praised in the great congre- 
 gation, 
 And saints shall ascribe unto thee their salvation. 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 
 
 4 When on Zion we stand, having gain'd the blest 
 
 shore, 
 With our harps in our hands, we will praise ever 
 
 more : 
 We'll range the blest fields on the banks of the 
 
 river, 
 And sing of redemption forever and ever.. 
 Hallelujah to the Lamb, &c. 
 
 304 30th P. M. 11 10, 11 10. 
 
 EarVi has no sorrow that Heanen cannot heal. 
 
 COME, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish ; 
 Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel ; 
 Here bring your wounded hearts, here tell your 
 anguish ; — 
 Earth lias no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. 
 
 2 Joy of the desolate, light of the straying, 
 Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure, — 
 
 Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly saying, — 
 Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot cure. 
 
 3 Here see the bread of life ; see waters flowing 
 Forth from the throne of God, pure from above ; 
 
 Come to the fea.st of love ; come, ever knowing — 
 Earth has no sorrow but Heaven can remove.
 
 184 PROVISIONS AND PROMISES 
 
 305 c. M. 
 
 Behold the Lamb. 
 
 LOOK unto Christ, ye nations; own 
 Your God, ye fallen race; 
 Look, and be saved through faith alone, 
 Be justified by grace. 
 
 2 See all your sins on Jesus laid: 
 The Lamb of God was slain ; 
 
 His soul was once an otf' ruig made 
 For every soul of man. 
 
 3 Awake from guilty nature's sleep, 
 And Christ shall give you light ; 
 
 Cast all your sins into the deep, 
 And wash the Ethiop white. 
 
 4 With me, your chief, ye then shall know, 
 Shall feel, your sins forgiven; 
 
 Anticipate your heaven below, 
 And own that love is heaven. 
 
 306 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 88. 
 
 Proclaiming the universal Saviour. 
 
 LET earth and heaven agree, 
 Angels and men be joined, 
 To celebrate with me 
 The Saviour of mankind : 
 To' adore the all-atoning Lamb, 
 And bless the sound of Jesus' name. 
 
 2 Jesus ! transporting sound ! 
 ^The joy of earth and heaven; 
 No other help is found, 
 No other name is given, 
 By which we can salvation have ; 
 But Jesus came the world to save.
 
 OF THE GOSPEL. 185 
 
 3 Jesus ! harmonious name ! 
 It charms the hosts above; 
 
 They evermore proclaim, 
 And wonder at, his love : 
 'Tis all their happiness to gaze, — 
 'Tis heaven to see our Jesus' face. 
 
 4 His name the sinner hears, 
 And is from sin set free ; 
 
 'Tis music in his ears ; 
 'Tis life and victory; 
 New songs do now his lips employ, 
 And dances his glad heart for joy. 
 
 5 O unexampled love ! 
 
 all-redeeming grace ! 
 How swiftly didst thou move 
 
 To save a fallen race ! 
 What shall I do to make it known, 
 What thou for all mankind hast done ? 
 
 6 for a trumpet voice, 
 On all the world to call, — 
 
 To bid their hearts rejoice 
 In him who died for all : 
 For all, my Lord was crucified; 
 For all, for all, my Saviour diea. 
 
 307 CM. 
 
 Tlie immensity of EU grace. 
 
 WHAT shall I do my God to love? 
 My loving God to praise ? 
 The length, and breadth, and height to prove, 
 And depth of sov'reign grace ? 
 
 2 Thy sov'reign grace to all extends, 
 
 Immense and unconfined; 
 From age to age it never ends ; 
 
 It reaches all mankind.
 
 186 PEOVISIONS AND PEOMISES. 
 
 8 Throughout the world its breadth is known, 
 
 Wide as infinity: — 
 So wide it never pass'd by one, 
 
 Or it had pass'd by me. 
 
 4 My trespass was grown up to heaven ; 
 But, far above the skies, 
 
 Through Christ abundantly forgiven, 
 I see thy mercies rise. 
 
 5 The depth of all-redeeming love, 
 What angel tongue can tell ? 
 
 may I to the utmost prove 
 The gift unspeakable ! 
 
 308 L. M. 
 
 Rejoicing in the glory of His grace. 
 
 GLOEY to God, whose so v' reign grace 
 Hath animated senseless stones, — 
 Call'd us to stand before his face. 
 And raised us mto Abrah'm's sons. 
 
 2 The people that in darkness lay, 
 In sin and error's deadly shade. 
 
 Have seen a glorious gospel-day 
 In Jesus' lovely face display'd. 
 
 3 Thou only, Lord, the work hast done, 
 And bared thine arm in alj our sight ; 
 
 Hast made the reprobates thine own. 
 And claim'd the outcasts as thy right. 
 
 4 Thy single arm, almighty Lord, 
 To us the great salvation brought; 
 
 Thy Word, thy all-creatin? Word, 
 That spake at first the world from naught. 
 
 5 For this the saints lift ur» their voice, 
 And ceaseless praise to thee is given ; 
 
 For this the hosts above reioice, 
 And praise thee in the highest heaven.
 
 THE SINNEE. 
 
 DEPRAVITY. 
 
 309 L.M. 
 
 Original and actual sin. 
 
 LOED, we are vile, conceived in sin, 
 And born unholy and nnclean ; 
 Sprung from the man whose guilty fall 
 Corrupts his race, and taints us all. 
 2 Soon as we draw our infant breath 
 The seeds of sin grow up for death ; 
 Thy law demands a perfect heart, 
 But we're defiled in every part. 
 8 Behold, we fall before thy face; 
 Our only refuge is thy grace : 
 No outward forms can make us clean ; 
 The leprosy lies deep within. 
 
 4 Nor bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast. 
 Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, 
 Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, 
 Can wash the dismal stain away. 
 
 5 Jesus, thy blood, thy blood alone. 
 Hath power sufficient to atone ; 
 
 Thy blood can make us white as snow : 
 No Jewish types could cleanse us so. 
 
 6 While guilt disturbs and breaks our peace, 
 Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or ease; 
 
 Lord, let us hear thy pard'ning voice. 
 And make these broken hearts rejoice. 
 
 310 CM. 
 
 Totally diseased. 
 
 WHILE dead in trespasses I lie, 
 Thy quick'ning Spirit give ; 
 Call me, thou Son of God, that 1 
 May hear thy voice, and live.
 
 188 DEPRAVITY. 
 
 2 While fall of anguish and disease, 
 My weak, distemperd soul 
 
 Thy love compassionately sees : 
 let it make ma whole ! 
 
 3 Cast out thy foes, and let them still 
 To Jesus' name submit: 
 
 Clothe with thy righteousness, and heal, 
 And place me at thy feet. 
 
 4 To Jesus' name, if all things now 
 A trembling homage pay, 
 
 O let my stubborn spirit bow, — 
 My stiff-neck' d will obey. 
 
 5 I know in thee all fulness dwells, 
 And all for wretched man: 
 
 Fill every want my spirit feels, 
 And break off every chain. 
 
 311 S.M. 
 
 Dead in trespas^e^ aiid sins. 
 
 HOW helpless nature lies, 
 Unconscious of her load ! 
 The heart unchanged can never rise 
 To happiness and God. 
 
 2 Can aught but power divine 
 The stubborn will subdue? 
 
 'Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine 
 To form the heart anew : — 
 
 3 The passions to recall, 
 And upward bid them rise ; 
 
 To make the scales of error fall 
 From reason's darken' d eyes. 
 
 4 change these hearts of ours, 
 And give them life divine ; 
 
 Then shall our passions and our powers 
 Almighty Lord, be thine.
 
 DEPEAVITY. 189 
 
 312 s.M. 
 
 Helpless arid guilty. 
 
 AH, how shall fallen man 
 Be just before his God? 
 If he contend in righteousness, 
 
 We sink beneath his rod. 
 2 If he our ways should mark 
 
 With strict inquiring eyes, 
 Could we for one of thousand faults 
 
 A just excuse devise ? 
 8 The mountains, in thy wrath, 
 
 Their ancient seats forsake ; 
 The trembling earth deserts her place, — 
 
 Her rooted pillars shake. 
 4 Ah, how shall guilty man 
 
 Contend with such a God? 
 None — none can meet him, and escape, 
 
 But through the Saviour's blood. 
 
 313 CM, 
 
 Without God in the world. 
 
 GOD is in this and every place ; 
 But 0, how dark and void 
 To me ! — 'tis one great wilderness. 
 This 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 O Thou who seest and know'st my grief, 
 Thyself unseen, unknown, 
 
 Pity my helpless unbelief. 
 And break my heart of stone. 
 
 4 Eegard me with a gracious eye ; 
 The long-sought blessing give ; 
 
 And bid me, at the point to die, 
 Behold thy face and live.
 
 190 DEPEAVITY. 
 
 314 c. M. 
 
 Feeling after God. 
 
 THOU hicldeu God, for whom I groan, — 
 Till thou thyself declare, 
 God, inaccessible, unknown, — 
 Eegard a sinner's prayer : 
 
 2 A sinner welt'ring in his blood, 
 Unpurged and unforgiven : 
 
 Far clistant from the living God, 
 As far as hell from heaven. 
 
 3 An unregen'rate child of man, 
 To thee for help I call ; 
 
 Pity thy fallen creature's pain, 
 And raise me from my fall, 
 
 4 The darkness which through thee I feel, 
 Thou only canst remove ; 
 
 Thine own eternal power reveal, 
 Thine everlasting love. 
 
 5 I would not to thy foe submit ; 
 I hate the tyrant's chain ; 
 
 Send forth the pris'ner from the pit. 
 Nor let me cry in vain. 
 
 6 Show me the blood that bought my peac€, 
 The cov'nant blood apply ; 
 
 And all my griefs at once shall cease, 
 And all my sins shall die. 
 
 315 L.M. 
 
 Sin's incurable disease. 
 
 OGOD, to whom, in flesh reveal'd, 
 The helpless all for succour came; 
 The sick to be relieved and heal'd, 
 
 And found salvation in thy name : — 
 2 Thou seest me helpless and distress'd, 
 Feeble, and faint, and blind, and poor ; 
 Weary, I come to thee for rest ; 
 And, sick of sin, implore a cure.
 
 DEPEAVITY. 191 
 
 3 My sin's incnrable disease, 
 Thou, Jesus, thou alone canst heal ; 
 
 Inspire me with thy power and peace, 
 And pardon on my conscience seal. 
 
 o 1 fj L. M. 
 
 *^ -*• ^ The iiibred leprosy. 
 
 JESUS, a word, a look from thee, 
 Can turn ray heart, and make it clean ; 
 Purge out the inbred leprosy, 
 And save me from my bosom sin. 
 
 2 Lord, if thou wilt, I do believe 
 Thou canst the saving grace impart ; 
 
 Thou canst this instant now forgive. 
 And stamp thine image on my heart. 
 
 3 My heart, which now to thee I raise, 
 
 I know thou canst this moment cleanse ; 
 The deepest stains of sin efface, 
 And drive the evil spirit hence. 
 
 4 Be it according to thy word ; 
 Accomplish now thy work in me ; 
 
 And let my soul, to health restored, 
 Devote its deathless powers to thee. 
 
 QI7 CM. 
 
 *^ ^ ' The Uper. 
 
 JESUS, if still thou art to-day, 
 As yesterday, the same, — 
 Present to heal, — in me display 
 The virtue of thy Name. 
 
 2 Now, Lord, to whom for help I call, 
 Thy miracles repeat ; 
 
 With pitying eyes behold, me fall 
 A leper at ttiy feet. 
 
 3 Loathsome, and vile, and self-abhorr'd, 
 I sink beneath my sin ; 
 
 But, if thou wilt, a gracious word 
 Of thine can make me clean.
 
 192 DEPRAVITY. 
 
 318 s.M. 
 
 Hard/ne88 of heart lamented. 
 
 OTHAT I could repent ! 
 that I could believe ! 
 Thou, by thy voice, the marble rend, 
 
 The rock in sunder cleave : 
 Thou, by thy two-edged sword, 
 
 My soul and spirit part; 
 Strike, with the hammer of thy word. 
 
 And break my stubborn heart. 
 2 Sa\aour, and Prince of peace ! 
 
 The double grace bestow ; 
 Unloose the bands of wickedness, 
 
 And let the captive go : 
 Grant me my sins to feel. 
 
 And then 'the load remove : 
 Woiind, and pour in, my wounds to heal, 
 
 The balm of pard'ning love. 
 
 319 L.M. 
 
 The Physician needed. 
 
 OTHOU, whom once they flock'd to hear. 
 Thy words to hear, thy power to feel,- 
 Suffer a sinner to draw near, 
 
 And graciously receive me still. 
 2 They that be whole, thyself hast said, 
 
 No need of a physician have ; 
 But I am sick, and want thine aid, 
 
 And wait thine utmost power to save. 
 8 Thy power, and truth, and love divine. 
 
 The same from age to age endure : 
 A word, a gracious word of thine, 
 
 The most invet'rate plague can cure. 
 
 4 Helpless howe'er my spirit lies. 
 
 And long hath langfuish'd at the pool: 
 
 A word of thine shall make it rise, 
 And speak me in a moment whole.
 
 DEPEAVITY. 19B 
 
 320 IsiF.TsL Q lines Ss. 
 
 Desiring conviction. 
 
 FATHER of lights, from whom" proceeds 
 Whate'er thy every creature needs ; 
 AVhose goodness, providently nigh, 
 Feeds the 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 must all my thoughts survey, 
 Preventing what my lips would say : 
 Tnou seest my wants ; for help they call ; 
 And, ere I speak, thou know'st them all. 
 S 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 burden groan ; 
 Abhor the pride that lurks within, 
 Detest and loathe myself and sin. 
 4 Ah, give me. Lord, myself to feel; 
 My total miseiy reveal : 
 All, give me. Lord, I still would say, 
 A heart to mourn, a heart to pray : 
 My business this, my only care, — 
 My life, my every breath, be prayer* 
 
 321 L.M. 
 
 Christ, the good Physician. 
 
 JESUS, thy far-extended fame 
 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, and kind; 
 Their sorrows cheer, their wants relieve,- 
 and cure the blind.' 
 13
 
 194 DEPKAVITY. 
 
 3 And art thou not the Saviour still, 
 In every place and age the same i 
 
 Hast thou' forgot thy gracious skill, 
 Or lost the virtue of thy name ? 
 
 4 Faith in thy changeless name I have : 
 The good, the kind Physician, thou 
 
 Art able now our souls to save, 
 Art •willing to restore them now. 
 
 322 L. M. 
 
 The healing power of ChrUt. 
 
 THOUGH eighteen hundred years are past 
 Since Christ did in the flesh appear. 
 His tender mercies ever last. 
 
 And still his healing power is here. 
 2 Would he the body's health restore, 
 
 And not regard the sin-sick soul ] 
 The sin-sick soul he loves much more. 
 
 And surely he will make it whole, 
 ■ 3 All my disease, my every sin. 
 
 To thee, Jesus, 1 confess : 
 In pardon. Lord, my cure begin, 
 
 And perfect it in holiness. 
 4 That token of thine utmost good, 
 
 Kow, Saviour, now, on me bestow ; 
 And pui'ge my conscience with thy blood, 
 
 And wash my nature white as snow. 
 
 323 CM. 
 
 Lord, hdp my unbelief. 
 
 HOW sad our state by nature is ; 
 Our sin, how deep its stains- 
 And Satan binds our captive souls 
 
 Fast in his slavish chains. 
 2 But there's a voice of sov'reign grace 
 
 Sounds from the sacred word : — 
 Ho! ye despairing sinners, come, 
 And trust a faithful Lord.
 
 DEPEAVITY. 195 
 
 3 My soul obeys the gracious call, 
 And runs to this relief; 
 
 I would believe thy pomise, Lord ; 
 
 help my unbeliet! 
 
 4 To the blest fountain of thy blood, 
 Incarnate God, I fly ; 
 
 Here let me wash my guilty eoul 
 From crimes of deepest dye. 
 
 6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, 
 
 Into thine arms I fall ; 
 Be thou my strength and righteousness, — 
 
 My Jesus, and my all. 
 
 324 s. M. 
 
 The Day-star from oil JdgTu 
 
 MY former hopes are fled ; 
 My terror now begins : 
 
 1 feel, alas ! that I am dead 
 In trespasses and sins, 
 
 2 Ah, whither shall I fly ? 
 
 1 hear the thunder roar; — 
 
 The law proclaims destruction nigh, 
 And vengeance at the door. 
 
 3 When I review my ways, 
 I dread impending doom: 
 
 But, hark ! a friendly whisper says, — 
 Flee from the wrath to come. 
 
 4 With trembling hope, I see 
 A glimm'ring from afar; 
 
 A beam of day that shines for me. 
 To save me from despair. 
 
 5 Forerunner of the sun. 
 
 It marks the pilgrim's way 5 
 I'll gaze upon it while I run, 
 And watch the rising day;
 
 196 DEPEAVITY. 
 
 325 L. M. 
 
 The struggling captive. 
 
 LOED, with a grieved and aching heait, 
 To thee I look, to thee I cry ; 
 Siipply my wants ; thy grace impart : 
 hear an humble prisoner's sigh ! 
 
 2 On my sad heart the burden lies ; 
 
 No human power can ease the load ; 
 My numerous sins against me rise, 
 
 And far remove me from my God. 
 
 8 Break, break, O Lord, these tyrant chains, 
 And set the strugglmg captive free ; 
 
 Kedeem from everlasting pams, 
 And bring me safe to heaven and thee. 
 
 326 L.M. 
 
 Balm in OUead, and a good PhpHcian there. 
 
 DEEP are the wounds which sin has made 
 Where shall the sinner find a cure ? 
 In vain, alas ! is nature's aid ; 
 The work exceeds her utmost power. 
 
 2 But can no sov'rfeign balm be found, 
 And is no kind physician nigh^ 
 
 To ease the pain, and heal the wound, 
 Ere life and hope forever fly? 
 
 3 There is a great Physician near; 
 Look up, fainting soul, and hve : 
 
 See, in his heavenly smiles, appear 
 Such help as nature cannot give. 
 
 4 See, in the Saviour's dying blood, 
 Life, health, and bliss, abundant flow; 
 
 And in that sacrificial flood 
 A balm for all thy grief and wo.
 
 AWAKENING. 197 
 
 AWAKENING. 
 
 327 c. M. 
 
 The toice that xcakes the dead. 
 
 THOU Son of God, whose flaining eyes 
 Our inmost thoughts perceive, 
 Accept the grateful sacriiice 
 Which now to thee we give. 
 
 2 We bow before thy gracious throue, 
 And think ourselves sincere: 
 
 But show us. Lord, is every one 
 Thy real worshipper ? 
 
 3 Is here a soul that knows thee not, 
 Nor feels his need of thee, — 
 
 A stranger to the blood which bought 
 His pardon on the tree ? 
 
 4 Convince him now of unbelief; 
 His desp'rate state explain* 
 
 And fill his heart with sacrea grief, 
 And penitential pain. 
 
 5 Speak, with that voice that wakes the dead, 
 And bid the sleeper rise ; 
 
 And bid his guilty conscience dread 
 The death, that never dies. 
 
 328 c. M. 
 
 The hammer of God^s Word. 
 
 COME, thou all- victorious Lord, 
 Thy power to us make known ; 
 Strike with 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 the Saviour turn.
 
 198 AWAKENING. 
 
 3 Give us ourselves and tliee to know, 
 In this our gracious day ; 
 
 Eepentance unto life bestow, 
 And take our sins away. 
 
 4 Convince us first of unbelief, 
 And freely then release ; 
 
 Fill every soul with sacred grief. 
 And then with sacred peace. 
 
 329 L. M. 
 
 The accepted time. 
 
 WHILE life prolongs its precious light, 
 Mercy is tound, and peace is given ; 
 But soon, ah, soon, approaching night 
 Shall blot out every hope of Eeaven. 
 
 2 While God invites, how blest the day ! 
 How sweet the Gospel's charming sound I 
 
 Come, sinners, haste, O haste away, 
 While yet a pard'ning God is found. 
 
 3 Soon, borne on time's most rapid wing, 
 Shall death command you to the grave, — 
 
 Before His bar your spirits bring, 
 And none be 'found to hear or ftave. 
 
 4 In that lone land of deep despair, 
 
 No Sabbath's heavenly light shall rise, — 
 No God regard your bitter prayer. 
 No Sa\'iour call you to the skies. 
 
 5 Now God invites ; how blest the day ! 
 How sweet the Gospel's charming scund ! 
 
 Come, sinners, haste, O haste away, 
 While yet a pard'ning God is found. 
 
 330 s. M. 
 
 To-day the. accepted time. 
 
 NOW is the' accepted time, 
 Now is the day of grace ; 
 Now, sinners, come without delay, 
 And seek the Saviour's face.
 
 AWAKENING. 199 
 
 2 Now is the' accepted time, 
 
 The Saviour calls to-day; 
 To-morrow it may be too late — 
 
 Then why should you delay? 
 S Now is the' accepted time, 
 
 The Gospel bids you come ; 
 And every promise iu his Avord 
 
 Declares there yet is room. 
 
 331 s.M. 
 
 To-day. 
 
 ALL yesterday is gone; 
 To-morrow's not our own ; 
 O sinner, come, without delay, 
 And bow before the throne. 
 2 hear God's voice to-day, 
 
 And harden not your heart ; 
 To-morrow, with a frown, he may 
 Pronounce the word, — Depart! 
 
 332 CM. 
 
 Boast not fh/yself of to-morroto. 
 
 WHY should we boast of time to come. 
 Though but a single day ? 
 This hour may fix our "final doom. 
 Though strong, and young, and gay. 
 
 2 The present we should now redeem ; 
 This only is our own; 
 
 The past, alas ! is all a dream; 
 The future is unknown. 
 
 3 O, think what vast concerns depend 
 Upon a moment's space, 
 
 When life and all its cares shall end 
 In vengeance or in grace ! 
 
 4 for that power which melts the heart. 
 And lifts the soul on high, 
 
 AVhere sin, and grief, and death depart, 
 And pleasures never die.
 
 200 AWAKENING. 
 
 5 There we with ecstasy shall fall 
 
 Before Immanuers feet ; 
 And hail him as our All in all, 
 
 In happiness complete. 
 
 333 5th P. M. 4 Ujus 7s. 
 
 The danger of delay. 
 
 HASTEN, sinner, to be wise ! 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun: 
 Wisdom if you still despise, 
 Harder is 'it to be won. 
 
 2 Hasten mercy to implore ! 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun, 
 
 Lest thy season should be o'er 
 Ere this evening's stage be run. 
 
 3 Hasten, sinner, to return ! 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun, 
 
 Lest thy lamp should fail to bum 
 Ere salvation's work is done. 
 
 4 Hasten, sinner, to be blest ! 
 Stay not for the morrow's sun, 
 
 Lest perdition thee arrest 
 Ere the morrow is begun. 
 
 334 c. M. 
 
 Ko peace to the imcked. 
 
 SINNEES, the voice of God regard ; 
 'Tis mercy speaks to-day; 
 He calls you by his sacred word 
 From sin's destructive way. 
 
 2 Like the rough sea that cannot rest 
 You live, devoid of peace ; 
 
 A thousand stings -n-ithin your breast 
 Deprive your souls of ease. 
 
 3 Your way is dark, and leads to heU ; 
 Why will you persevere ? 
 
 Can you in endless torments dwell, 
 Shut up in black despair?
 
 c03 
 
 AWAKENING. 
 
 4 Why will you in the crooke' 
 Of sin and folly go { 
 
 Inpaiu you travel all your days, 
 To reach eternal wo. 
 
 5 But he that turns to God shall live, 
 Through his abounding grace; 
 
 His mercy will the guilt forgive 
 Of those that seek his face. 
 
 6 Bow to the sceptre of his word, 
 Eenouueing every sin; 
 
 Submit to him, your sov'reign Lord, 
 And learn his will divine. 
 
 335 s. M. 
 
 TTie horrors of the second death. 
 
 WHERE shall rest be found,— 
 Eest for the weary soul? 
 'Twere vain the ocean's depths to sound, 
 Or pierce to either 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 hang 
 Around the second death ! 
 
 5 Thou God of truth and grace ! 
 Teach us that death to shun ; 
 
 Lest we be banish'd from thy face, 
 For evermore undone.
 
 20/2 AWAKENING. 
 
 336 L. M. 
 
 The dead and the living. 
 
 ¥HEEE are the dead ? — In heaven or he 
 Their disembodied spirits dwell; 
 Their perish'd forms, in bonds of clay, 
 Eeserved until the judgment-day. 
 2 Where are the living ? — On the ground 
 Where prayer is heard and mercy found ; 
 Where, in the compass of a span, 
 The mortal makes the' immortal man. 
 8 Then, timely wam-d, let us begin 
 To follow Christ and flee from sin; 
 Daily grow up in him our Head, 
 Lord of the living and the dead. 
 
 337 c. M. 
 
 Warnings from tJie grave. 
 
 BENEATH our feet, and o'er our head, 
 Is equal warning given ; 
 Beneath us lie the countless dead, — 
 Above us is the heaven. 
 
 2 Death rides on every passing breeze. 
 And lurks in eyery flower ; 
 
 Each season has its own disease, — 
 Its peril every hour. 
 
 3 Our eyes have seen the rosy light 
 Of youth's soft cheek decay. 
 
 And fate descend in sudden night 
 On manhood's middle day. 
 
 4 Our eyes have seen the steps of age 
 Halt feebly to the tomb ; 
 
 And shall earth still our hearts engage, 
 And dreams of days to come ? 
 
 Turn, mortal, turn; thy danger know: 
 Where'er thy foot can 'tread. 
 
 The earth rings hollow from below, 
 And warns thee by her dead.
 
 AWAKENING. 203 
 
 6 Turn, mortal, turn ; tliy soul apply 
 
 To truths divinely given: 
 The dead who underneath thee lie, 
 
 Shall live for hell or heaven. 
 
 338 CM. 
 
 Sin kills T)eyond tTie tomb. 
 
 YATN man, thy fond pursuits forbear ; 
 Kepent, thine end is nigh ; 
 Death, at the fartliest, can't be far: 
 think before thou die. 
 
 2 Kefiect, thou hast a soul to save ; 
 Thy sins, how high they mount ! 
 
 "What are thy hopes beyond the grave ? 
 How stands that dark account ? 
 
 3 Death enters, and there's no defence ; 
 His time there's none can tell ; 
 
 He'll in a moment call thee hence, 
 To heaven, or down to hell. 
 
 4 Thy flesh (perhaps tliy greatest care) 
 Shall into dust consume ; 
 
 But, ah ! destruction stops not there ; 
 Sin kills beyond the tomb. 
 
 339 CM. 
 
 Fear of hell. 
 
 TEEEIBLE thought! shall I alone, 
 Who may be saved, shall I, 
 Of all, alas ! whom I have known, 
 Through sin forever die? 
 
 2 While all my old companions dear, 
 With whom" I once did live. 
 
 Joyful at God's right hand appear, 
 A blessing to receive : — 
 
 3 Shall I, amidst a ghastly band, 
 Bragg'd to the judgment-seat, 
 
 Far on the left with horror stand, 
 My fearful doom to meet?
 
 204 AWAKENING. 
 
 4 Ah ! no ; — I still may turu and live, 
 For still his wrath delays ; 
 
 He now vouchsafes a kind reprieve, 
 And offers me his grace. 
 
 5 I will accept his offers now — 
 From every sin depart — 
 
 Perform my oft-repeated vow, 
 And render him my heart. 
 
 6 I will improve what I receive, 
 The grace through Jesus given ; 
 
 Sure, if with God on earth I live, 
 To live with God in heaven. 
 
 340 6th P. M. 6 Zi7i«s 73. 
 
 What sin Tuith done. 
 
 HEAETS of stone, relent, relent ! 
 Break, by Jesus' cross subdued; 
 See his body mangled, rent. 
 
 Stain' d and covered with his blood ! 
 Sinful soul, what hast thou done ? 
 Crucified the eternal Son. 
 
 2 Yes, thy sins have done the deed ; 
 Driven the nails that fix'd him there ; 
 
 Crown'd with thorns his sacred head ; 
 
 Plunged into his side the spear ; 
 Made his soul a sacrifice. 
 While for sinful man he dies. 
 
 3 Wilt thou let him bleed in vain ? 
 Still to death thy Lord pursue ? 
 
 Open all his wounds again, 
 
 And the sliameful cross renew ? 
 No ; with all my sins I'll part ; 
 Saviour, take my broken heart.
 
 INVITING. 205 
 
 INVITING. 
 
 341 8th p. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 
 The invitation. 
 
 COME, ye sinners, poor and needy. 
 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 Now, ye needy, come and welcome ; 
 God's free bounty glorify ; 
 
 True belief and true repentance, — 
 Every grace tbat brings you nigh, — 
 
 Without money. 
 Come to Jesus Chi'ist and buy. 
 
 3 Let not conscience make yoii linger ; 
 Nor of fitness fondly dream : 
 
 All the fitness he reqiiireth 
 Is to feel your need of him '. 
 
 This he ^ives you, — 
 'Tis the Spirit's glimul'ring 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. 
 
 5 Agonizing in the garden. 
 Your Kedeemer prostrate lies ; 
 
 On the bloody tree behold him ! 
 Hear him cry, before he dies, 
 
 It is finish' d ! — 
 Sinners, will not this suffice ?
 
 206 INVITING. 
 
 6 Lo ! the' incarnate God, ascending, 
 Pleads tlie merit of his blood: 
 
 Venture on him, — venture freely; 
 Let no other trust intrude : 
 
 None but Jesus 
 Can do helpless sinners good. 
 
 7 Saints and angels, join' d in concert, 
 Sing the praises of^^lhe Lamb ; 
 
 While the blissful seats of heaven 
 Sweetlv echo with his name : 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 Sinners here may do the same. 
 
 342 CM. 
 
 Be waiteth to "be gracious. 
 
 JESUS, Eedeemer of mankind. 
 Display thy saving power; 
 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 flesh. 
 
 3 Open their eyes thy cross to see, — 
 Their ears, to hear thy cries : 
 
 Sinner, thy Saviour weeps for thee ; 
 For thee he weeps and dies. 
 
 4: All the day long he meekly stands. 
 
 His rebels'^to receive ; 
 And shows his wounds, and spreads his hands, 
 
 And bids you turn and live. 
 
 5 Turn, and your sins of deepest dye 
 
 He will with blood effiace ; 
 E'en now he waits the blood to' apply; — 
 
 Be saved, be saved by grace.
 
 INVITING. 207 
 
 343 Qth p. M. Q lines 7s. 
 Fly to Jeans. 
 
 ¥EAEY souls, that wander wide 
 From the central point of bliss : 
 Turn to Jesus crucified ; 
 
 Fly to those dear wounds of his : 
 Sink' into the purple flood ; 
 Kise into the me of God. 
 
 2 Find in Christ the way of peace, 
 Peace unspeakable, unknown; 
 
 By his pain he gives you ease, 
 'Life by his expiring groan ; 
 Kise exalted by his fall ; 
 Find in Christ your all in all, 
 
 3 believe the record true, 
 
 God to you his Son hath given ; 
 Ye may now be happy 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 design'd; 
 
 God's original promise this, 
 
 God's great gift to all mankind: 
 Blest in Christ this moment be, 
 Blest to all eternity. 
 
 344 1st p. M. 6 ^i;i^ 8s. 
 Room for the guilty. 
 
 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 calk you now, invites you home : 
 Come, my guilty brethren, come.
 
 208 INVITING. 
 
 2 For you tlie purple current flow'd, 
 In pardons from his wounded side ; 
 
 Languish'd for vou the Son of God ; 
 For you the Prince of glory died. 
 
 Believe, and all your sin's forgiven : 
 
 Only believe, and yours is heaven. 
 
 345 3oth p. M. 87, 87, 77, 
 
 The liealing Fountain. 
 
 COME to Calvary's holy mountain, 
 Sinners ruin'd by the fall ; 
 Here a pure and healing fountain 
 
 Flows for every thirsty soul, 
 In a full perpetual tide, 
 Open'd when the Saviour died. 
 
 2 Come, in sorrow and contrition, 
 Wounded, impotent, and blind ; 
 
 Here the guilty, free remission, 
 Here the lost, a refuge, find. 
 Health, this fountain will restore ; 
 He that drinks need thirst no more. 
 
 3 Come, ye dying, live forever; 
 'Tis a soul-reviving flood ; 
 
 God is faithful ; he will never 
 
 Break his cov'nant seal'd in blood ; 
 Sign'd when our Eedeemer died ; 
 By the Spirit ratified. 
 
 346 s.M. 
 
 Seek Eim while he may hefcnmd. 
 
 MY son, know thou the Lord ; 
 Thy father's God obey ; 
 Seek his protecting care by night, 
 
 His guardian hand by day. 
 2 Call, while he may be found; 
 
 Seek him while he is near ; 
 Serve him with all thy heart and mind, 
 And worship him with fear.
 
 INVITING. 209 
 
 S If thou wilt seek his face, 
 
 His ear will hear thy cry ; 
 Then shalt thou find his mercy sure, 
 
 His grace forever nigh. 
 4 But if thou leave thy God, 
 
 Nor choose the path to heaven ; 
 Then shalt thou perish in thy sins, 
 
 And never be torgiven. 
 
 347 c. M. 
 
 He jusUJieth the ungodly. 
 
 LOVERS of pleasure more than God, 
 For you he suffer'd pain ; 
 For you the Saviour spilt his blood : 
 And shall he bleed m vain? 
 
 2 Sinners, his life for you he paid; 
 Your basest crimes lie bore ; 
 
 Your sins were all on Jesus laid, 
 That you might sin no more. 
 
 3 To earth the great Redeemer came, 
 That you might come to heaven ; 
 
 Believe,^ believe in Jesus' name, 
 And all your sin's forgiven. 
 
 4 Believe in him who died for thee ; 
 And, sure as he hath died, 
 
 Thy debt is paid, thy soul is free, 
 And thou art justified. 
 
 348 L.M. 
 
 T7ie gospel feast. 
 
 COME, sinners, to the gospel feast ; 
 Let every soul be Jesus^ guest ; 
 Ye need not one be left behind. 
 For God hath bidden all mankind, 
 2 Sent by my Lord, on you I call ; 
 The invitation is to all:— 
 Come all the world ! come, sinner, thou ! 
 All things in Christ are ready now. 
 14
 
 210 INVITING. 
 
 3 Come, all ye souls by sin oppress'd, 
 Ye restless wand'rers after rest; 
 
 Ye poor, and maim'd, and halt, and blind, 
 In Christ a hearty welcome find. 
 
 4 My message as from God receive; 
 Ye all may come to Christ and live : 
 O let his love your hearts constrain, 
 Nor suffer him to die in vain. 
 
 5 See him set forth before your eyes, 
 That precious, bleeding sacrifice : 
 His ofier'd benefits embrace, 
 
 And freely now be saved by grace. 
 
 349 s. M. 
 
 And yet there is room. 
 
 YE -UTetched, starving poor, 
 Behold a royal feast ! 
 Where mercy spreads her bounteous stor< 
 For every humble guest. 
 
 2 See, Christ, with open arms, 
 Invites, and bids you come ; 
 
 O stay not back, tho\igh fear alarms ; 
 For yet there still is room. 
 
 3 O come, and with us taste 
 The blessings of his love : 
 
 Yv'hile hope expects the sweet repast 
 Of nobler joys above. 
 
 4 There, wdth unitec> voice. 
 Before the' eternal throne^ 
 
 Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice, 
 In ecstasies unknown. 
 
 5 Ten thousand thousand more 
 Are welcome still to come: 
 
 Ye longing souls, the grace adore ; 
 Approach, — there yet is room.
 
 INVITING. 211 
 
 350 , L- M. 
 
 All things are noio ready. 
 
 SINNEKS, obey the gospel word • 
 Haste to the supper ot my Lord : 
 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 ; 
 Keady your loving Saviour stands, 
 And spreads for you his bleeding hands. 
 8 Eeady the Spirit of his love. 
 Just now the stony 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 ! the lost is found ! 
 
 351 6th P. M. 6 Zwes 7s. 
 Come, and welcome. 
 
 FROM the cross uplifted high, 
 Where the Saviour deigns to die, 
 What melodiovis sounds we hear 
 Bursting on the ravish'd ear : — 
 Love's redeeming work is done — 
 Come and welcome, sinner, come ! 
 2 Sprinkled now with blood the throne — 
 Why beneath thy burdens groan? 
 On his pierced body laid. 
 Justice owns the ransom paid; 
 Bow the knee. — embrace the Son — 
 Come and welcome, sinner, come !
 
 212 INVITING. 
 
 8 Spread for thee, the festal board 
 See "n'ith richest bounty stored ; 
 To thy Father's bosom press'd, 
 Thou shalt be a child coufess'd, 
 Kever from his house to roam ; 
 Come and welcome, sinner, come ! 
 
 352 L.M. 
 
 All-sufficiency of Eis grace. 
 
 HO ! every one that thirsts, draw nigh : 
 '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 ! 
 
 Sinners, obey your Maker's call ; 
 Eeturn, ye weary wand'rers, home, 
 
 And find his grace is free for all. 
 
 8 See from the Eock a fountain rise ; 
 
 For you in healing streams it rolls ; 
 Money ye need not bring, nor price. 
 
 Ye lat'ring, burden'd, sin-sick souls. 
 
 4 Nothing ye in exchange shall give ; 
 
 Leave all you have, and are, behind ; 
 Frankly the gift of God receive ; 
 
 Pardon and peace in Jesus find. 
 
 353 L. M. 
 
 The joys of penitence. 
 
 COME, O ye sinners, to the Lord, 
 In Christ to paradise restored : 
 His proifer'd benefits embrace, — 
 The plenitude of gospel grace: — 
 
 2 A pardon written with his blood ; 
 The favour and the peace of God ; 
 The seeing eye, the feeling sense, 
 The mystic joys of penitence : —
 
 INVITING. 213 
 
 3 The godly fear, the pleasing smart, 
 The meltings of a broken heart ; 
 The tears that tell your sins forgiven ; 
 
 The sighs that waft yoar souls to heaven: — 
 
 4 The guiltless shame, the sweet distress, 
 The' unutterable tenderness; 
 
 The genuine, meek humility ; 
 
 The wonder, why such love to me : — 
 
 5 The' o'erwhelming power of saving grace, 
 The sight that veils the seraph's face ; 
 
 The speechless awe that dares not move, 
 And all the silent heaven of love. 
 
 354 c. M. 
 
 The wanderer recalled. 
 
 "pETURN, wanderer, return, 
 It And seek thy Father's face ; 
 Those new desires which in thee burn 
 Were kindled by his grace. 
 
 2 Return, wanderer, return ; 
 He hears thy humble sigh : 
 
 Ho sees thy soften'd spirit mourn, 
 When no one else is nigh. 
 
 3 Return, O wanderer, return ; 
 Thy Saviour bids thee live : 
 
 Come to his cross, and, grateful, learn 
 How freely he'll forgive. 
 
 4 Retunij O wanderer, return, 
 And wipe the falling tear : 
 
 Thy Father calls, — no longer mourn ; 
 'Tis love invites thee near. 
 
 5 Return, wanderer, return; 
 Regain thy long-sought rest ; 
 
 The Saviour's melting mercies yearn 
 To clasp tkee to his breast.
 
 214 INVITING. 
 
 355 7th p. M. 8 lims 73. 
 Why will ye die t 
 
 SINNEES, turn ; why will ye die ? 
 God, your Maker, asks you why? 
 God, who did your being give, 
 Made you witli himself to live; 
 He the fatal cause demands ; 
 Asks the work of his own hands, — 
 Why, ye thankless creatures, why 
 Will ye cross his love, and die ? 
 
 2 Sinners, turn; why will ye die? 
 God, your Saviour, asks you why? 
 He, who did your souls retrieve, 
 Died himself, that ye might live. 
 "Will ye let him die in vain? 
 Crucify your Lord a^ain ? 
 Why, ye ransom'd smners, why- 
 Will ye slight his grace, and die ? 
 
 8 Sinners, turn ; why will ye die ? 
 God, the Spirit, asks you why ? 
 He, who all your lives hath strove, 
 Urged you to embrace his love. 
 Wfll ye not his grace receive ? 
 Will ye still refuse to live ? 
 ve dying sinners, why, 
 Why will ye forever die ? 
 
 356 7th P. iT. 8 Zirae^ 7s. 
 Tender expostulation. 
 
 SINNEES turn, while God is near ; 
 Dare not think him insincere : 
 Now, e'en now, your Saviour stands ; 
 All day long he spreads his hands ; 
 Cries, — Ye will not happy be ; 
 No, ye will not come to me, — 
 Me, who life to none deny : 
 Why will ye resolve to die ?
 
 INVITING. 
 
 2 Turn, he cries, ye sinners, turn: 
 Bv his life, your God hath sworn ; 
 He would have you turn and live ; 
 He would all the world receive. 
 If your death were his delight, 
 Would he you to life invite ? 
 Would he ask, beseech, and cry, — 
 Why will ye resolve to die ? 
 
 S What could your Eedeemer do. 
 More than he hath done for you? 
 To procure your peace with God, 
 Gould he more than shed his blood? 
 After all his flow of love, — 
 All his drawings from above, — 
 Why will ye your Lord deny? 
 Why will ye resolve to die ? 
 
 357 
 
 Believe, and be at peace. 
 
 C. M. 
 
 OWHY should gloomy thoughts arise, 
 And darkness fill the mind? 
 Wliy should that bosom heave with sighs. 
 And yet no refuge find ? 
 
 2 Hast thou not heard of Gilead's balm — 
 The great Physician there, 
 
 Wlio can thine every fear disarm, 
 And save thee from despair ? 
 
 3 Still art thou overwhelm^l with grief, 
 And filPd with sore dismay? 
 
 Still looking downward for relief, 
 Without one cheering ray? 
 
 4 Lift up thy streaming eyes to heaven; 
 The great atonement see ; 
 
 And all thy sins shall be forgiven: — 
 Believe, and thou art free.
 
 216 INVITING. 
 
 5 For thee the Saviour suffer' d shame, 
 And shed his precious blood: 
 
 Believe, believe m Jesus' name, 
 And be at peace with God. 
 
 358 s.M. 
 
 Accepting the invitation. 
 
 COME, weary sinners, come, 
 Groaning beneath your load ; 
 The Saviour calls his wandVers home ; 
 Haste to your pard'ning God. 
 
 2 Come, all by guilt oppress'd, 
 Answer the Saviour s call — 
 
 come, and I will give you rest, 
 And I will save you all. 
 
 3 Redeemer, full of love, 
 We would thy word obey, 
 
 And all thy faithful mercies prove: 
 take our guilt away. 
 
 4 "We would on thee rely ; 
 
 On thee would cast our care; 
 Now to thine arjns of mercy fly, 
 And find salvation there. 
 
 359 c. M. 
 
 The resolution. 
 
 COME, humble sinner, in whose breast 
 A thousand thoughts revolve. 
 Come, with your guilt and fear oppress'd, 
 And make this "last resolve: — 
 
 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin 
 Like mountains round me close ; 
 
 1 know his courts, I'll enter in, 
 Whatever may oppose. 
 
 3 Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, 
 And there my guilt confess ; 
 
 I'll tell him, I'm a wretch undone 
 "Without his sov'reisrn crrace.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 217 
 
 4 Perhaps he will admit my plea, 
 Perhaps will hear my prayer ; 
 
 But, if I perish, I will pray, 
 And perish only there. 
 
 5 I can but perish if I go — 
 I am resolved to try ; 
 
 For if I stay away, I know 
 I must forever die. 
 
 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 360 s.M. 
 
 To whom should we go ? 
 
 AH ! whitlier should I go, 
 Burdened, and sick, and faint? 
 To whom should I my trouble show, 
 
 And pour out my complaint ? 
 My Saviour bids me come ; 
 
 Ah ! why do I delay ? 
 He calls the weary sinner home, 
 And yet from him I stay. 
 
 2 "What is it keeps me back, 
 From which I cannot part, — 
 
 Which will not lot the Saviour take 
 
 Possession of my heart ? 
 Searcher of hearts, in mine 
 
 Thy trying power display ; 
 Into its darkest corners shine, 
 
 And take the veil away. 
 
 3 I now believe, in thee. 
 Compassion reigns alone ; 
 
 According to my faith, to me 
 
 let it. Lord, be done ! 
 In me is all the bar, 
 
 Which thou wouldst fain remove : 
 Eemove it, and I sliall declare 
 
 That God is only love.
 
 218 PENITENTIAL. * ' I 
 
 361 L.M. ' 
 
 The sinner's only hope. 
 
 WHEEEWITH, Lord, shall I draw near, 
 And bow myself before thy face ? 
 How in thy purer eyes appear ? 
 
 What sliali I bring to gain thy grace ? 
 2 Will gifts delight the Lord Most High ? 
 
 Will multiplied oblations please ? 
 Thousands of rams his favour buy, 
 
 Or slaughter'd hecatombs appease ? 
 8 Can these avert the wrath of God ? 
 
 Can these wash out my guilty stain? 
 Elvers of oil, and seas of Ijlood, 
 
 Alas 1 they all must flow in vain. 
 
 4 Who would himself to thee approve. 
 Must take the path thyself hast show'd : 
 
 Justice pursue, and mercy love. 
 And humbly walk by faith with God. 
 
 5 But though my life henceforth be thine, 
 Present for past can ne'er atone : 
 
 Though I to thee the whole resign, 
 
 I only give thee back thine own. 
 C Guilty I stand before thy fece ; 
 
 On me I feel thy wrath abide ; 
 'Tis just the sentence should take place ; 
 
 'Tis just, — but 0, thy Son hath died ! 
 
 362 10th p. M. 4 Zines 8s. 
 The Bock tJiai is higher than Z 
 
 ENCOMPASSED with clouds of distress. 
 And ready all hope to resign, 
 
 1 long for thy light and thy grace: 
 O God, will they never be mine! 
 
 2 If sometimes I strive, as I mourn, 
 My hold of thy promise to keep, 
 
 The billows more fiercely return. 
 And plunge me again in the deep.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 219 
 
 3 Appear, and my sorrow shall cease ; 
 The blood of atonement apply ; 
 
 And lead me to Jesus for peace, — 
 The Eock that is higher than I. 
 
 4 O enter this desolate heart, — 
 
 Then rule o'er the heart thou hast won ; 
 Nor again in thine anger depart. 
 But make it forever thy throne. 
 
 363 CM. 
 
 Timely penitence. 
 
 WHEN rising from the bed of death, 
 O'erwhelm'd with guilt and fear, 
 
 1 view my Maker face to face, — 
 O how shall I appear ? 
 
 2 If yet, while pardon may be found, 
 Aiid mercy may be sought, 
 
 My soul with inward horror shrinks, 
 And trembles at the thought : — 
 
 5 When thou, Lord, shalt stand disclosed 
 In majesty severe. 
 
 And sit in judgment on my soul, — 
 O how shall I appear ? 
 
 4 may my broken, contrite heart, 
 Timely my sins lament ; 
 
 And early, with repentant tears. 
 Eternal wo prevent. 
 
 5 Behold the sorrows of my heart, 
 Ere yet it be too late ; 
 
 And hear my Saviour's dying groan, 
 To give those sorrows weight. 
 
 6 Eor never shall my soul despair 
 Her pardon to secure, 
 
 Who knows thine only Son hath died 
 To make that pardon sure.
 
 220 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 364 L.M. 
 
 Only ly faith. 
 
 LORD, I despair myself to heal ; 
 I see my sm, but cannot feel ; 
 
 1 cannot, till thy Spirit blow, 
 And bid the' obedient waters flow. 
 
 2 'Tis thine a heart of flesh to give ; 
 Thy gifts I only can receive ; 
 Here, then, to thee I all resign ; 
 
 To draw, redeem, and seal, — are thine. 
 
 3 With simple faith, on thee I call, — 
 My light, my life, my Lord, my all: 
 
 I wait the moving of the pool ; 
 
 1 wait the word that speaks me whole. 
 
 4 Speak, gracious Lord, — my sickness cure,- 
 Make my'infected nature jjure : 
 
 Peace, righteousness, and joy impart, 
 And pour thyself into my heart ! 
 
 365 L. M. 
 
 EelpUss, in sin and misery. 
 "IITHOM man forsakes thou wilt not leave, 
 V V Ready the outcasts to receive : 
 Though all my simpleness I own. 
 And all my faults to thee are known. 
 
 2 Ah I wherefore did I ever doubt ? 
 Thou wilt in nowise cast me out. — 
 A helpless soul, that comes to tliee 
 "With only sin and misery. 
 
 3 Lord, I am sick, — my sickness cure: 
 I want, — do thou enrich the poor : 
 Under thy mighty liand I stoop, 
 
 ® lift the'abject s'inner up. 
 
 4 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.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 221 
 
 366 i^-^- 
 
 Importunate supplication. 
 
 GOD of my life, what just return 
 Can sinlul dust and ashes give ? 
 
 1 only live my sin to monrn : 
 To'love my God I only live. 
 
 2 To thee, benign and saving Power, 
 I consecrate my lengthen'd days; 
 
 "While, mark'd ■with blessings, every honr 
 Shall speak thy co-extended praise. 
 
 3 Be all my added life employ'd 
 Thine image in my soul to see: 
 
 Fill with thyself the mighty void ; 
 Enlarge my heart to compass thee. 
 
 4 The blessmg of thy love bestow • 
 For this my cries shall never fail ; 
 
 Wrestling, I will not let thee go, — 
 I wiU not, till my suit prevail. 
 
 5 Come, then, my Hope, my Life, my Lord, 
 And fix in me thy lasting" home ; 
 
 Be mindful of thy gracious word — 
 Thou, with thy promised Father, eome. 
 
 6 Prepare, and then possess my heart : 
 take me, seize me from above ; 
 
 Tliee may I love, for God thou art; 
 Thee may I feel ; for God is love ! 
 
 3g7 9th P. M. 87, 87. 
 
 The true Light. 
 
 LIGHT of those whose dreary dwelling 
 Borders on the shades of death, 
 Come, and, by thyself reveahng. 
 Dissipate the clouds beneath. 
 2 Thou, new heaven and earth's Creator, 
 
 In our deepest darkness rise ; 
 Scatt'ring all the night of nature, — 
 Pouring day upon our eyes.
 
 222 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 3 Still we wait for tliiue appearing; 
 Life and joy thy beams impart, 
 
 Chasing all our fears, and cheering 
 Every poor, benighted heart. 
 
 4 Come, extend thy wonted favour 
 To our ruin'd, guilty race ; 
 
 Come, thou blest, exalted Saviour ; 
 Come, apply thy saving grace. 
 
 5 By thine all-atoning merit, 
 Every burden'd soul release ; 
 
 By the teachings of thy Spirit, 
 Guide us into perfect peace. 
 
 368 c. K 
 
 JwovXd ie thine. 
 
 I WOULD be thine ; O take my heart, 
 And fill it with thy love ; 
 Thv sacred image. Lord, impart, 
 And seal it from above. 
 
 2 I would be thine ; but while I strive 
 To give myself away, 
 
 I feel rebellion still alive, 
 And wander while I pray. 
 
 3 I would be thine ; but. Lord, I feel 
 Evil still lurks within : — 
 
 Eo thou thy majesty reveal. 
 And overcome my sin. 
 
 4 I would be thine ; I would embrace 
 The Saviour, and adore ; 
 
 Inspire with faith, infuse thy grace, 
 And now my soul restore. 
 
 369 L.M. 
 
 Shut up in unbelief. 
 
 LIGHT of the Gentile world, appear ; 
 Command the blind thy rays to see : 
 Our darkness chase, our sorrows cheer, 
 And set the plaintive pris'ner free.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 223 
 
 2 Me, me, wlio still in darkness sit, 
 Shut up in sin and unbelief, 
 
 Deliver from this ^loomy_ pit, — 
 This dungeon oi despainng grief. 
 
 3 Open mine eyes the Lamb to know, 
 Who bears the gen'ral sin away; 
 
 And to my ransom' d spirit show 
 The glories of eternal day. 
 
 370 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 
 The Man on Calvary. 
 
 OTHOU who hast our sorrows borne, 
 Help us to look on thee, and mourn, 
 On thee, whom we have slain : — 
 Have pierced a thousand, thousand times, 
 And by reiterated crimes 
 Eenew'd thy sacred pain. 
 
 2, give us eyes of faith to see 
 The Man transfix'd on Calvary, — 
 
 To know thee who thou art ; 
 The One Eternal God and True ; 
 And let the sight alfect, subdue. 
 
 And break my stubborn heart. 
 
 3 Lover of souls, — to rescue mine, 
 Keveal the charity divine, 
 
 That suifer'd in my stead : — 
 That made thy soul a sacrifice, 
 And quench'd in death those flaming eyes, 
 
 And bow'd that sacred head. 
 
 4 The veil of unbelief remove ; 
 And by thy manifested love, 
 
 And by thy sprinkled blood, 
 Destroy Ihe love of sin in me, 
 And get thyself the victory. 
 
 And bring me back to God.
 
 224 PENITEXTIAL. 
 
 371 1st P. M. 6 lines 8a. 
 The veil ofunhdief. 
 
 OTHOU, whom fain my sonl would love, 
 "Whom only I desire to know : 
 This veil of unbelief remove, 
 
 And show me all thy goodness, show ; 
 Jesus, thvself in me reveal ; 
 Tell me tliy name, thy nature tell. 
 
 2 Hast thou been with me, Lord, so loner, 
 Yet thee, my Lord, have I not known i 
 
 1 claim thee with a falt'ring tongue ; 
 I pray thee, in a feeble groan. 
 
 Tell me, tell me, who thou art. 
 And speak thy name into my heart. 
 
 3 If now thou talkest by the way 
 With me, the abject sinner, me, 
 
 The mystery of grace display ; 
 
 Open mine eyes that I may see : 
 That I may understand thy word. 
 And now cry out, — It is the Lord ! 
 
 372 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 The gift of faith. 
 
 AUTHOR of faith, to thee I cry,— 
 To thee, who wouldst not have me die. 
 But know the truth and live : 
 Open mine eyes to see thy face ; 
 "Work in my "heart the saving grace; 
 The life eternal give. 
 
 2 Shut up in unbelief, I groan, 
 And blindly serve a God unknown. 
 
 Till thou the veil remove; 
 The gift unspeakable impart, 
 And write thy Name upon my heart, 
 
 And manifest thy love.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 225 
 
 3 I hnovr the work is only thine ; 
 The gift of faith is all divine ; 
 
 But, if on thee we call, 
 Thou wilt tliat gracious gift bestow, 
 And cause our hearts to feel and know 
 
 That thou hast died for all, 
 
 4 Thou hidd'st us knock and enter in,— 
 Come unto thee, and rest from sin,— 
 
 The blBssing seek and find : 
 Thou bidd'st us ask thy grace, and have ; 
 Thou canst, thou wouklst, this moment save 
 
 Both me and all mankind. 
 
 5 Be it according to thy word ; 
 Now let me find my pard'ning Lord ; 
 
 Let what I ask be given : 
 The bar of unbelief remove ; 
 Open the door of faith and love, 
 
 And let me ioto heavem 
 
 373 s. M. 
 
 The heart of stone. 
 
 OTHAT I could repent. 
 With all my idols part, 
 And to thy gracious eye present 
 Au humble, contrite heart; 
 
 2 A heart with grief opprcssM, 
 For having grieved my God ; 
 
 A troubled heart, that cannot rest 
 Till sprinkled with thy blood. 
 
 3 Jesus, on me bestow 
 The penitent desire ; 
 
 With true sincerity of wo 
 My aching breast inspire. 
 
 4 With soft'ning pity look. 
 And melt my hardness down: 
 
 Strike with thy love's resistless stroke, 
 And break this heart of stone. 
 15
 
 226 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 374 L. M. 
 
 The stul'born Jieart. 
 
 OFOE a glance of heavenly day, 
 To take this stubborn heart away ; 
 And thaw, with beams of love divine, 
 This heart, this frozen heart of mine. 
 2 The rocks can rend; the earth can quake 
 The seas can roar; the mountains shake: 
 Of feeling, all things show some sign, 
 But this unfeeling heart of mine. 
 8 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt, 
 O Lord, an adamant would melt: 
 But I can read each moving line, 
 And nothing moves this heart of mine. 
 
 4 Thy judgments too, which devils fear — 
 Amazing thought ! — unmoved I hear ; 
 Goodness and wrath in vain combine 
 
 To stir this stupid heart of mine. 
 
 5 But power divine can do the deed ; 
 And, Lord, that power I greatly need : 
 Thy Spirit can from dross refine. 
 
 And melt and change this heart of mine. 
 
 375 1st P. M. G Zi;2fs 8s. 
 
 Faith implored. 
 
 FATHEE of Jesus Clirist, the Just, 
 My Friend and Advocate with thee. 
 Pity a soul that fain would trust 
 
 In him who lived and died for me : 
 But only thou canst make him known, 
 And in "my heart reveal thy Son. 
 2 If, drawn by thine alluring grace, 
 
 My want of living faith I feel ; 
 Show me in Christ thy smiling face, — 
 
 What flesh and blood can ne'er reveal : 
 Thy co-eternal Son display, 
 And speak my darkness into day.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 227 
 
 S The gift unspeakable impart : 
 
 Cominand the light of faith to shine — 
 
 To shine in my dark, drooping heart — 
 And fill me with the life divine : 
 
 Now bid the new creation be ; 
 
 God, let there be faith in me ! 
 
 376 CM. 
 
 To God all things are possible. 
 
 OTHAT thou wouldst the heavens rend, 
 In majesty come down, — 
 Stretch out thine arm omnipotent, 
 And seize me for thine own. 
 
 2 Descend, and let thy lightnings burn 
 
 The stubble of thy foe ; 
 My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, overturn, 
 
 And make the mountains flow. 
 
 8 Thou my impetuous spirit guide, 
 And curb my headstrong will ; ^ 
 
 Thou only canst drive back the tide, 
 And bid the sim stand still, 
 
 4 "What though I cannot break my chain, 
 
 Or e'er throw off my load ; 
 The things impossible to men, 
 
 Are possible to God. 
 
 377 c. M. 
 
 Continued.— XTrgent pleadingii 
 
 IS there a thing too hard for thee, 
 Almighty Lord of all ; 
 Whose threat'ning looks dry up the sea, 
 
 And make the mountains fall ? 
 2 "Who, who shall in thy presence stand, 
 
 And match Omnipotence ? 
 Ungrasp the hold of thy right hand, 
 Or pluck the sinner thence ?
 
 228 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 3 Sworn to destroy, let earth assail; 
 Nearer to save thou art ; 
 
 Stronger than all die powers of hell, 
 And greater than my heart. 
 
 4 Lo ! to the hills I -ift mme eye ; 
 Thy promised aid I claim : 
 
 Father of mercies, glorify 
 Thy favourite Jesus' name. 
 
 5 Salvation in that name is found, 
 Balm of my grief and care ; 
 
 A medicine for every wound, — 
 All, all I want is there. 
 
 378 s. M. 
 
 The, Itedeemtr''8 tears. 
 
 DID Christ o'er sinners weep, 
 And ghall our cheeks be dry? 
 Let floods of penitential grief 
 Burst forth from every eye. 
 
 2 The Son of God in tears 
 The woud'ring angels see; 
 
 Be thou astonish'd, my soul ; 
 He shed those tears for thee. 
 
 3 He wept that we might weep ; 
 Each sin demands a tear : 
 
 In heaven alone no sin is found. 
 And there's no weeping there. 
 
 oyg 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 HumiLily and contrition. 
 
 JESrS, let thy pitying eye 
 Call back a wancVring sheep ; 
 False to thee, like Peter, I 
 
 Woidd fain like Peter weep. 
 Let me be by grace restored ; 
 
 On me be all long-sutf' ring shown ; 
 Turn, and look vipon me, Lord, 
 And break mv neart of stone.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 229 
 
 2 Saviour, Prince, eutlironed above, 
 Eepentance to impart, 
 
 Give me, through thy dying love, 
 
 The humble, contrite heart: 
 Giv'e what I have long implored, 
 
 A portion of thy grief unknown : 
 Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 
 
 And break my lieart 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 : 
 If thy bowels now are stirr'd, 
 
 If now I do myself bemoan, 
 Turn, and look upon me, Lord, 
 
 And break my heart of stone. 
 
 380 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 Continued. — The heart hroken. 
 
 SAVIOUR^ see rae from above. 
 Nor sufler me to die ; 
 Life, and happiness, and love, 
 Drop from thy gracious eye : 
 Speak the reconciling word, 
 
 "And let thy mercy melt me down ; 
 Turn, and look upon me. Lord, 
 And break my heart of stone. 
 
 2 Look, as when thine eye pursued 
 
 The first apostate man, — 
 Saw him weltVing m his blood, 
 
 And bade him rise again : 
 Speak my paradise restored ; 
 
 Eedeem me by thy grace alone : 
 Turn, and look upon me. Lord, 
 
 And break my neart of stone.
 
 230 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 3 Look, as when thy hanguid eye 
 
 "Was closed that we might live ; 
 Father, (at the point to die 
 
 My Saviour pray'd,) forgive ! 
 Surely with that ^ying word 
 
 He turns, and looks, and cries, — 'Tis done ! 
 O, my bleeding, loving Lord, 
 
 Thou break'st my heart of stone. 
 
 381 CM. 
 
 Determined importunity. 
 
 BECAUSE for me the Saviour prays, 
 And pleads his death for me, 
 God hath vouchsafed a longer space, 
 And spared the barren tree. 
 
 2 Time to repent thou dost bestow ; 
 Now, Lord, the power impart, 
 
 And let mine eyes with tears o'erflow, 
 And break my stubborn heart. 
 
 3 I now from all my sins would turn. 
 To my atoning God ; 
 
 And look on him I pierced, and mourn. 
 And feel the sprinkled blood : — 
 
 4 "Would nail my passions to the cross, 
 Where my Kedeemer died; 
 
 And all things else account but loss 
 For Jesus crucified. 
 
 5 Giver of penitential pain. 
 Before thy cross I lie ; 
 
 In grief determined to remain 
 Till thou thy blood apply. 
 
 6 Forgiveness on my conscience seal; 
 Bestow thy promised rest ; 
 
 With purest love thy servant fill, 
 And number with the blest.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 231 
 
 382 s. M. 
 
 Hardness ofheart lamented. 
 
 OTHAT I could revere 
 My much offended God ; 
 that I could but stand in fear 
 
 Of thy afflicting rod ! 
 2 If mercy cannot draw, 
 
 Thou by thy threat' nings move ; 
 And keep an abject soul m awe, 
 
 That will not yield to love. 
 S Let me with horror fly 
 
 From every sinful snare ; 
 Nor longer, in my Judge's eye, 
 
 My Judge's anger dare. 
 
 4 Thou great, tremendous God, 
 The conscious awe impart ; 
 
 The grace be now on me bestow' d, — 
 The tender, fleshly heart- 
 
 5 For Jesus' sake alone, 
 The stony heart remove ; 
 
 And melt at last, melt me down, 
 Into the mould of love. 
 
 383 6th P. M. 6 Ziw«s 7s. 
 
 The Piiblican''s prayer. 
 
 SAVIOUK, Prince of Israel's race, 
 Save me ; — from thy lofty throne 
 Give the sweet relenting grace ; 
 
 Soften this obdurate stone ; — 
 Stone to flesh, O God, convert; 
 Cast a look, and break my heart I 
 2 By thy Spirit, Lord, reprove; 
 
 All mine inmost sins reveal ; 
 Sins against thy light and love, 
 
 Let me see, and let me feel; 
 Sins that crucified my Lord, — 
 Spilt again thy precious blood.
 
 232 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 3 Jesus, seek thy wand'ring sheep ; 
 Make me restless to return ; 
 
 Bid me look on thee, and weep, 
 
 Bitterly as Peter mourn : 
 Till I say, by grace restored, — 
 Now, thou know'st, I love thee, Lord. 
 
 4 Might I in thy si^ht appear 
 As the publican distressed; 
 
 Stand, not daring to draw near; 
 
 Smite on my unworthy breast; 
 Groan the sinner's only plea, — 
 God be merciful to me ! 
 
 5 O remember me for good: 
 Passing through the mortal vale, 
 
 Show me the atoning blood : 
 
 When my strength and spirits fail, 
 Give my fainting- soul to see 
 Jesus crucified lor me. 
 
 384 c. M. 
 
 Godly sorrow. 
 
 OFOR that tenderness of heart 
 Which lx>W3 before the Lord, 
 Acknowledging how just thou art, 
 
 And trembling at thy word ; 
 O for those humble, contrite tears, 
 
 Which from repentance flow; 
 That conHciousness of guilt, which fears 
 The long -suspended blow, 
 
 2 Saviour, to me, in pity, give 
 
 The sensible disstress ; 
 The pledge thou wilt at last receive, 
 
 And bid me die in peace: 
 Wilt from the dreadful day remove, 
 
 Before the evil come; 
 My spirit hide with saints above, — 
 
 My body, in the tomb.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 233 
 
 385 4t]i p. M. 8S6, 886. 
 
 Langicishing for deliverance. 
 
 CONQUER this rebellions will t 
 Willing thou art, and ready still ; 
 Thy help is always nigh: 
 The hardness from my heart remove, 
 And give me, Lord, give me love, 
 Or at thy feet I die. 
 
 2 To thee I lift my mournful eye : 
 Why am I thus ? O tell me why 
 
 I cannot love my God. 
 The hindrance must be all in me : 
 It cannot in my Saviour be; — 
 
 Witness that streaming blood. 
 
 8 It cost thy blood my heart to win, 
 To buy me from the power of sin, 
 
 And make me love again : 
 Come, then, my Lord, thy right assert ; 
 Take to thysell my rausom'd heart, 
 
 Nor bleed nor die in vuhi. 
 
 386 L.iL 
 
 Deprecating eternal death. 
 
 FATHER, if I may call thee so, 
 Regard my fearful heart's desire ; 
 Remove this load of ^ilty wo. 
 Nor let me in my sins expire. 
 
 2 I tremble, lest the wrath divine, 
 Which bruises now my wretched sonl, 
 
 Should bruise this wretched soul of mine 
 Long as eternal ages roll. 
 
 3 I deprecate that death alone, — 
 That endless banishment from thee ; 
 
 O save, and give me to thy Son, 
 Who sufFcrM, wept, and bled for me.
 
 234 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 387 nth P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 Self-abasement. 
 
 GEACIOUS God, my sins forgive ; 
 Thy Spirit now impart ; 
 Then shall I in thee believe 
 With all my lovuig heart : 
 Always unto Jesus look, — 
 
 Him in heavenly glory see, 
 Who to save me undertook, 
 And ever prays for me. 
 
 2 Grace, in answer to his prayer, 
 Fulness of ^race hestow ; 
 
 That I may with zealous care 
 
 Perform" thy wiU below ; 
 Eooted in humility, 
 
 Still in every state resign' d, — 
 Plant, Almighty Lord, in mo 
 
 A meek and lowly mind. 
 
 3 Poor and vile in mine own eyes, 
 With self-abasing shame 
 
 Still I would myself despise, 
 
 And magnify thy name. 
 Thee let every creature bless ; 
 
 Praise alone to God be given ; 
 God alone deserves the praise 
 
 Of all in eaith and heaven. 
 
 388 7th P. M. 8 Zi;i€5 78. 
 The only Refttge. 
 
 JESUS, lover of my soul. 
 Let me to thy bosom fly, 
 While the nearer waters roll, 
 
 While the tempest still is high ; 
 Hide me, O my Saviour, hide, 
 TUl the storm of life is past ; 
 Safe into the haven guide, 
 O receive my soul at last.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 235 
 
 2 Other refuge have I none ; 
 
 Hangs my nelpless soul on thee : 
 Leave, leave me not alone ; 
 
 Still support and comfort me : 
 All my trust on thee is stay'd ; 
 
 All my help from thee I 'bring ; 
 Cover my defenceless head 
 
 With the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 8 Thou, Christ, art all I want : 
 
 More than all in thee I find : 
 Eaise the fallen, cheer the faint. 
 
 Heal the sick, and lead the blind. 
 Just and holy is thy name ; 
 
 I am aU unrighteousness ; 
 False, and full of sin I am ; 
 
 Thou art full of truth and grace. 
 
 4 Plenteous grace with thee is found, — 
 
 Grace to cover all my sin : 
 Let the healing streams abound ; 
 
 Make and keep me pure within. 
 Thou of life the fountain art ; 
 
 Freely let me take of thee : 
 Spring thou up within my heart ; 
 
 Eise to all eternity. 
 
 389 L. M. 
 
 Seeking deliverance a^id rest. 
 
 AWAKED from sin's delusive sleep, 
 My heavy guilt I feel, and weep : 
 Beneath a weight of woes oppress'a, 
 
 1 come to thee, my Lord, for rest. 
 
 2 Now, from thy throne of grace above, 
 Look down upon my soul in love ; — 
 That smile shall sweeten all my pain, 
 And make my soul rejoice again.
 
 236 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 3 By thy divine, transforming power, 
 My ruin'd nature now restore ; 
 And let my life and temper shine, 
 In blest resemblance, Lord, to thme. 
 
 390 1st P. M. 6 ?m^« 8s. 
 
 The mourner tlessed. 
 
 JESUS, if still the same thou art, 
 If all thy promises are sure. 
 Set up thy kingdom in my heart. 
 
 And make me rich, for \ am poor : 
 To me be all thy treasures given, — 
 The kmgdom of an inward heaven. 
 2 Tliou hast pronounced the mourner blest, 
 
 And lo ! for thee I ever mourn ; 
 I cannot, no, I will not rest. 
 
 Till thou, my only rest, return ; 
 Till thou, the Prince of peace, appear, 
 And I receive the Comforter. 
 S Where is the blessedness bestowM 
 
 On all that hunger after thee ? 
 
 1 hunger now, I thirst for God ; 
 See the poor fainting sinner, see ; 
 
 And satisfy with endless peace. 
 And fill me with thy righteousness. 
 
 391 CM. 
 
 Pleading the •promises. 
 
 MEECY alone can meet my case ; 
 For mercy, Lord, I cry : 
 Jesus, Eedeemer, show thy face 
 In mercy, or I die : — 
 
 2 I perish, and my doom were just; 
 But wilt thou leave me ? — No : 
 
 I hold thee fast, my hope, my trust ; 
 I will not let thee go.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 23T 
 
 3 Still sure to me thy promise stands, 
 And ever must abide : 
 
 Behold it written on thy hands, 
 And graven in thy side. 
 
 4 To this, this only will I cleave ; 
 Thy word is all 'my plea ; 
 
 That word is truth, and I believe: — 
 Have mercy, Lord, on me. 
 
 392 CM. 
 
 Prisoner of hope. 
 
 LET the redeem' d give thanks and praise 
 To a forgiving God ; 
 My feeble voice t cannot raise. 
 Till wash'd in Jesus' blood : — 
 
 2 Till, at thy coming from above, 
 My mountain sin depart, 
 
 And fear give place to filial love, 
 And peace o'erflow my heart. 
 
 3 Pris'ner of hope, I still attend 
 The' appearance of my Lord, 
 
 These endless doubts and fears to end, 
 And speak my soul restored : — 
 
 4 Restored by reconciling grace ; 
 With present pardon blest; 
 
 And fitted by true 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. 
 
 6 My God, in Jesus pacified, 
 My God, thyself declare ; 
 
 And draw me" to his open side, 
 And plunge the sinner there.
 
 
 
 238 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 393 s. M. 
 
 Deprecating tTie wrath to come. 
 
 THOU that wouldst not have 
 One "UTetched sinner die ; 
 "Who diedst thyself, my soul to save 
 
 From endless misery : — 
 Show me the way to shun 
 
 Thy dreadful wrath severe : 
 That when thou comest on thy throne, 
 
 I may with joy appear. 
 2 Thou art thyself the Way ; 
 
 Thyself in me reveal ; 
 So shall I spend my life's short day, 
 
 Obedient to thy will : 
 So shall I love my God, 
 
 Because he first loved me ; 
 And praise thee in thy bright abode, 
 
 To all eternit)-. 
 
 394 c. M. 
 
 The Sun of rlghteoumesis. 
 
 OSUN of rinrhteonsness, arise 
 With healing in thy wing ; 
 To my diseased, my fainting soul, 
 
 Life and salvation bring. 
 2 These clouds of pride and sin dispel, 
 
 Ey thy all-piercing beam : 
 Lighten mine eyes with faith ; my heart 
 
 With holy hope inflame. 
 S My mind, by thy all-quick'nir^ 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.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 239 
 
 5 Eternal, undivided Lord, 
 
 Co-equal One in Three, — 
 On thee all faith, all hope be placed ; 
 
 All love be paid to thee. 
 
 gg^ 6th P. M. 6 lines 7s. 
 
 Help, or I perish. 
 
 BY thy birth, and by thy tears ; 
 By thy human griefs and fears ; 
 By thy conflict in the hour 
 Of the subtle tempter's power, — 
 Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
 Saviour, help me, or I die. 
 2 By the tenderness that wept 
 O'er the grave where Laz'rus slept; 
 By the bitter tears that flow'd 
 Over Salem's lost abode, — 
 Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
 Saviour, help me, or I die. 
 8 By thy lonely hour of prayer ; 
 By the fearful conflict there ; 
 By thy cross and dying cries ; 
 By thy one great sacrifice, — 
 Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
 Saviour, help me-, or I die* 
 4 By thy triumph o'er the grave ; 
 By thy power tlie lost to save ; 
 By thy nigh, majestic throne ; 
 By the empire aii thine o-\vn,— ^ 
 Saviour, look with pitying eye ; 
 Saviour, help me, or I die. 
 
 396 CM. 
 
 Eumtle and earnest entreaties. 
 
 HE AE, gracious God, my humble prayer ; 
 To thee I breathe my sighs; 
 When will the cheering morn appear ? 
 And when my joys arise ?
 
 240 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 2 My God ! O could I make the claim — 
 
 My Father, and my Friend ; 
 And call thee mine, oy every name 
 
 On which thy saints depend ; — 
 
 5 By every name of power and love, 
 
 I would thy grace entreat ; 
 Nor should my humble hopes remove, 
 
 Nor leave thy mercy-seat, 
 
 4 Yet, though my soul in darkness mourns, 
 Thy word is all my stay ; 
 
 Here would I rest till light returns : 
 Thy presence makes my day, 
 
 5 Speak, Lord, and bid celegtial peaco 
 Eelieve my aching heart; 
 
 O make my heavy sorrows cease, 
 And all the gloom depart. 
 
 6 Then shall my drooping spirit rise, 
 And bless thy healing rays ; 
 
 And change these deep^ complaining sighsi 
 For songs of sabred praise, 
 
 397 s. M. 
 
 ffwmble confeeeion. 
 
 IN sorrow I lament, 
 Before thy feet, my God, 
 My passion, pride, and discontent,— 
 My vile ingratitude. 
 
 2 Ne'er was a heart more base 
 And false tlian mine has been ; 
 
 More faithless to its promises, — 
 More prone to every sin. 
 
 3 How long. Lord, shall I feel 
 
 , These struggles in my breast? 
 When wilt thou bow my stubborn wilJ, 
 And give my conscience rest ? 
 
 !l
 
 PENITENTIAL. 241 
 
 4 Break thou, O break the charm, 
 And set the captive free : 
 
 Eeveal, great God, thy mighty arm, 
 And liaste to rescue me. 
 
 398 L. M. 
 
 Condemned, bid pleading the promisee. 
 
 SHOW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive ; 
 Let a repenting rebel live. 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust m thee ? 
 2 My crimes are great, but don't surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace ; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound, — 
 So let thy pard'ning love be found- 
 
 5 O wash my soul from every sin, 
 And make my guilty conscience clean; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past oflfences pain my eyes. 
 
 4 My lips vrith shame my sins confess, 
 Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
 Lord, should thy judgments grow severe, 
 I am condemn'd, but thou art clear. 
 
 5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, 
 I miist pronounce thee just, in death ; 
 
 And if my soul were sent to hell, 
 Thy righteous law approves it well. 
 
 6 Yet save a trembling sinner. Lord, 
 Whose hope, still hov'ring round thy word, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there, — 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 399 c. M. 
 
 Sel/locUTied; Christ exalted. 
 
 COULD I lose myself in thee. 
 Thou depth of mercy prove, — 
 Tliou vast, unfathomable sea 
 tjrf unexhausted love. 
 16
 
 242 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 2 My liumbled soul, when thou art near, 
 
 In dust and ashes lies : 
 How shall a sinful worm appear, 
 
 Or meet thy purer eyes? 
 S I loathe myself when God I see. 
 
 And into nothing fall ; 
 Content if thou exalted be, 
 
 And Christ be all in all. 
 
 400 s.M. 
 
 The only expiation. 
 
 PROSTRATE at Jesus' feet, 
 A guilty rebel lies ; 
 And upward to the mercy-^eat, 
 
 Presumes to lift his eyes. 
 2 Will justice frown me hence ? 
 
 Stay, Lord, the vengeful storm; 
 Forbid it, that Omnipotence 
 
 Should crush a feeble worm. 
 8 If sorrow would suffice 
 
 To pay the debt I owe, 
 Tears should, from both my weeping eyes, 
 
 In ceaseless currents flow. 
 
 4 But tears I will not plead 
 To expiate my guilt ; 
 
 No tears but those which thou hast shed,- 
 No blood, but thou hast spilt. 
 
 5 Think of thy sorrows. Lord I 
 And all my sins forgive ; 
 
 Then justice will approve the word 
 That bids the sinner live. 
 
 401 c. M. 
 
 Knocking at the door ofnwrcy. 
 
 LOED, at thy feet we sinners lie, 
 And knock at mercy's door ; 
 With heavy heart, and downcast eye. 
 Thy favour we implore.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 243 
 
 2 Without thy grace, "we sink oppress'd, 
 
 Down to the gates of hell ; 
 O give our troubled spirits rest, — 
 
 Our gloomy fears dispel. 
 8 'Tis mercy, mercy, now we plead; 
 
 Let thy compassion move ; 
 Mercy, that led thee once to bleed, 
 
 In tenderness and love. 
 
 4 In mercy, now, for Jesus' sake, 
 O God, our sins forgive ; 
 
 Thy grace our stubborn hearts can break, 
 And, breaking, bid us live. 
 
 402 5t'i\F.M.4t lines 7s. 
 
 With Thee there is mercy. 
 
 SOV'EEIGN Euler, Lord of all, 
 Prostrate at thy feet I fall ; 
 Hear, hear, my ardent cry, — 
 Frown not, lest "t faint and die. 
 2 Vilest of the sons of men, — 
 "Worst of rebels I have been ; 
 Oft abused thee to thy face, — 
 Trampled on thy richest grace. 
 
 5 Justly might thy vengeful dart 
 Pierce this bleeding, broken heart ;— 
 Justly might thy kindled ire 
 
 Send me to eternal fire. 
 4 But with thee is mercy found, — 
 Balm to heal my every wound ; 
 Soothe, soothe this troubled breast, — 
 Give the weary wand'rer rest. 
 
 ^03 5th P. M. 4 liTies 7s. 
 
 Mercy for the chief of sinners. 
 
 DEPTH of mercy 1 can there be 
 Mercy still reserved for me ? 
 Can my God his wrath forbear ? 
 Me, the chief of sinners, spare ?
 
 244 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 2 I have long -withstood his grace ; 
 Long provoked him to his face ; 
 Would not hearken to his calls ; 
 Grieved him by a thousand falls. 
 S Now incline me to repent ; 
 Let me now my sins lament ; 
 Now my foul revolt deplore, 
 Weep, believe, and sin no more, 
 
 4 Kindled his relentings are ; 
 Me he now delights to spare ; 
 Cries, How shall I give tliee up ? — 
 Lets the Ufted thunder drop. 
 
 .5 There for me the Sa\iour stands ; 
 Shows his wounds, and spreads his hands ; 
 God is love ! I know, I feel ; 
 Jesus weeps, and loves me still. 
 
 404 c. M. 
 
 Unwearied earnestness. 
 
 FATHER, I stretch my hands to thee ; 
 No other help I know : 
 If thou withdraw thyself from me, 
 Ah ! whither shall I go ? 
 
 2 What did thine only Son endure, 
 Before I drew my breath ! 
 
 What pain, what labour, to secure 
 My soul from endless death ! 
 
 3 O Jesus, could I this believe, 
 I now should feel thy power; 
 
 And all my wants thou wouldst relieve. 
 In this accepted hour. 
 
 4 Author of faith ! to thee I lift 
 My weary, longing eyes : 
 
 O let me now receive that gift, — 
 My soul without it dies.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 245 
 
 5 Surely thou canst not let me die ; 
 speak, and I shall live ' 
 
 And here 1 will unwearied lie, 
 Till thou thy Spirit give. 
 
 6 How would my fainting soul rejoice, 
 Could I but see thy face ; 
 
 Now let me hear thy quick'ning voice. 
 And taste thy pard'ning grace. 
 
 405 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 Seeking refuge in the Mood of the Lamb. 
 
 GOD of my salvation, hear. 
 And help me to believe ; 
 Simply do I now draw near. 
 
 Thy blessing to receive. 
 FuU of guilt, alas ! I am. 
 
 But to thj wounds for refuge flee: 
 Friend of smners, spotless Lamb, 
 Thy blood was shed for me. 
 
 2 Standing now as newly slain, 
 
 To thee I lift mine eye ; 
 Balm of all my grief and pain. 
 
 Thy blood is always nigh. 
 Now as yesterday the same 
 
 Thou art, and wilt forever be : 
 Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 
 
 Thy blood was shed for me. 
 
 8 No good word, or work, or thought, 
 
 Bring I to buy thy grace ; 
 Pardon I accept, unbought,-— 
 
 Thy proffer I embrace. 
 Coming as at first I came, 
 
 To take, and not bestow on thee : 
 Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, 
 
 Thy blood was shed for me.
 
 246 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 406 ""■ ^- 
 
 Pleading His gracious name. 
 
 LORD, I approach the mercy-seat, 
 Where thou dost answer prayer ; 
 There humbly fall before thy feet,— 
 For none can perish there. 
 
 2 Thv promise is my only plea ; 
 With this I venture nigh ; 
 
 Thou callest burden' d souls to thee, 
 And such, Lord, am I. 
 
 3 Bow'd down beneath a load of sin, 
 Bv Satan sorely press'd ; 
 
 By wars without, and fears within, 
 'I come to thee for rest. 
 
 4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place ; 
 That, shelter'd near thy side, 
 
 1 may rejoice in_ Jesus' grace,— 
 In Jesus crucified. 
 
 5 O, wondrous love ! — to bleed and die, 
 To bear the cross and shame. 
 
 That guilty sinners, such as I, 
 Might plead thy gracious name. 
 
 407 L. M. 
 
 The sceptre of IBs lore. 
 
 JESTJS, whose glory's streaming rays, 
 Though duteous to thy hio:h command, 
 Not seraphs view with open face, 
 But veil'd before thy presence stand: — 
 
 2 How Bhall weak eyes of flesh, weigh'd down 
 With sin, and dini with eiTor's night, 
 
 Dare to behold thy awful throne, 
 Or view thy unapproached light? 
 
 3 Thy golden sceptre from above 
 
 Eeach forth: lo ! my whole heart I bow; 
 Say to my soul, — Thou art my love, — 
 My chosen 'midst ten thousand, thou.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 247 
 
 4 Jesus, full of grace ! the sighs 
 Of a sick heart with pity view ; 
 
 Hark, how my silence speaks, and cries, — 
 ;Mercy, thou God of mercy, show ! 
 
 408 L. >L 
 
 The only plea. 
 
 JESUS, the sinner's friend, to thee, 
 Lost and undone, for aid I flee ; 
 Weary of earth, myself, and sin : 
 Open thine arms, and take me in. 
 
 2 Pity and heal my sin-sick soul: 
 ■'TIS tliou alone canst make me wnole; 
 Dark, till in me thine image shine, 
 And lost, I am, till thou art mine. 
 
 3 At last I own it cannot be 
 That I should fit myself for thee : 
 Here, then, to thee I all resign; 
 Thine is the work, aiid only thine. 
 
 4 What shall I say thy grace to move i? 
 Lord, I am sin, — but thou art love : 
 
 1 give up every plea beside, — 
 Lord, I am lost — but thou Imst died. 
 
 409 6th P. M. 6 Zme* 73. 
 
 Clinging to the cross. 
 T) OCK of ages, cleft for me, 
 Xi Let me hide myself in thee ; 
 Let the water and the blood, 
 From thy wounded side which flow'd. 
 Be of sin the double cure, — 
 Save from \\Tath and make me pure. 
 
 2 Could my tears forever flow, — 
 Ck)uld my zeal no languor know, — 
 These for sin could not atone ; 
 Thou must save, and thou alone: 
 In my hand no price I bring ; 
 Simply to the cross I cling.
 
 248 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 8 "While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 When my^ eyes shall close in death, 
 When I rise to worlds unknown, 
 And behold thee on thy throne, — 
 Eock of ages, cleft for me, 
 Let me hide myself in thee. 
 
 410 6th P. M. 6 ?i?»^ 7s. 
 N'ow is fhe day of salvation. 
 
 ¥HT not now, my God, my God? 
 Keady if thou always art, 
 Make in rne thy mean abode, — 
 Take possession of my heart : 
 If thou canst so greatly' bow, 
 Friend of sinners, why not now ? 
 
 2 God of love, in this thy day. 
 
 For thyself to thee I cry ; 
 Dying, — ^^Lf thou still delay, 
 
 'Must I not forever die ? 
 Enter now thy poorest home : 
 Now, my utmost Saviour, come. 
 
 411 4th P. M. 885, 885. 
 Pleading fhe Saviour^s vicctrioua saet^Jice. 
 
 PROSTRATE, with eyes of faith, I seo 
 My Saviour nail'd upon the tree. 
 For me a victim made ; 
 Himself presenting to the skies 
 The grand vicarious sacrifice, 
 And on the altar laid. 
 
 2 Well pleasing to our God above, 
 His sacrifice of life and love 
 
 I plead before the throne : 
 Father^ a prodigal receive. 
 And bid a pardon'd rebel live, — 
 
 The purcnase of thy Son.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 249 
 
 412 4th p. M. 886, 886. 
 
 Pleading the saerificial death of Christ. 
 
 OLAMB of God, for sinners slain, 
 I plead with thee, my suit to gain, — 
 I plead what thou hast done : 
 Didst thou not die the death for me ? 
 Jesus, remember Calvary, 
 And break my heart of stone. 
 
 2 Eeceive the purchase of thy blood, 
 My Friend and Advocate with God, — 
 
 "My ransom and my peace : 
 My Surety ! thou my debt hast paid, 
 Eor all my sins atonement made, — 
 
 The Lord my righteousness. 
 
 3 let thy Spirit shed abroad 
 The love of my redeemii^ Grod, 
 
 In this cold heart of mine : 
 O might He now descend, and rest 
 Forever in this troubled breast, 
 
 And keep me ever thine. 
 
 413 L.M. 
 
 The sacrifice of a broken Jieart. 
 
 THOUGH I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord, 
 Thy help and comfort still afford ; 
 And let a wretcli come near thy throne 
 To plead the merits of thy Son. 
 
 2 A broken heart, my God, my King, 
 Is all the sacrifice I bring ; 
 Thou God of grace, wilt thon despise 
 A broken heart for sacrifice ? 
 
 S My soul lies humbled in the dust, 
 And" owns the dreadful sentence just : 
 Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, 
 And save a soul condemn'd to die.
 
 250 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 414 CM. 
 
 Looking unto Jesus. 
 
 THOU Lamb of God, for sinners slain, 
 To thee I humbly pray ; 
 O heal me of my grief and pain, — 
 
 And take my sins away. 
 Now from this bondage, Lord, release, 
 
 And give the wand'rer rest: 
 Eedeemer, Saviour, seal my peace, 
 And take me to thy breast. 
 
 2 Thou wilt not cast a sinner out, 
 "Who humbly comes to thee ; 
 
 Mv gracious Lord, I cannot doubt 
 
 'Thy mercy is for me : 
 O let me now obtain the grace, 
 
 And find my long-sought rest: 
 Eedeemer, Saviour, sealrny peace, 
 
 And take me to thy breast. 
 
 3 Mere worldly good I do not want; 
 Be that to others given : 
 
 While only for thy love I pant, 
 
 My all in earth or heaven: 
 This is the crown I fain would seize, — 
 
 With which I would be blest : 
 Eedeemer, Saviour, seal my peace, 
 
 And take me to thv breast. 
 
 415 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 Wretched, and poor, and bliiid, and naked. 
 
 WEETCHED, helpless, and distress'd, 
 Ahl whither shalll fly ? 
 Ever gasping efter rest, — 
 ^I camiot find it nigh: 
 Naked, sick, and poor, and blind, — 
 
 Fast bound in sin and misery,— 
 Friend of sinners, let me find 
 Mj help, my all in thee.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 251 
 
 2 Jesus, full of truth and grace, 
 In thee is all I want ; 
 
 Be the wand'rer'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. 
 
 3 Clothe me. Lord, with holiness, 
 "With meek humility ; 
 
 Put on me that glorious dress, — 
 
 Endue ray soul with thee : 
 Let thine image be restored ; 
 
 Thy name and nature let me prove ; 
 With thy fulness fill me, Lord, 
 
 And perfect me in love. 
 
 416 CM. 
 
 The conquering love ofJestis. 
 
 OTHAT I could my Lord receive, 
 Who did the world redeem ; 
 Who gave his life that I might live 
 A me couceal'd in him. 
 
 2 O that I could the blessing prove, — 
 My heart's extreme desire ; 
 
 Live happy 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 gracious will it be, 
 E'en now my sins remove, 
 
 And set my soul at liberty 
 By thy victorious love.
 
 252 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 417 L.M. 
 
 Only Jesus. 
 
 WHEN, gracious Lord, wlien shall it be 
 That I shall find my all in thee? 
 The fulness of thy promise prove, — 
 The seal of thine eternal love ? 
 2 A poor blind child I wander here, 
 If haply I may feel thee near : 
 
 dark ! dark ! dark ! I still must say, 
 Amidst the blaze of gospel day. 
 
 8 Thee, only thee, I fain would find, 
 And cast the world and flesh behind; 
 Thou, only thou, to me be given, 
 Of all thou hast in earth or heaven. 
 4 When from the arm of flesh set free, 
 Jesus, my soul shall fly to thee: 
 Jesus, when I have lost my all, 
 
 1 shall upon thy bosom fall. 
 
 418 9. M. 
 
 Waiting at Vie cross. 
 
 FATHEE, I dare believe 
 Thee merciful and true : 
 Thou wilt my guilty soul forgive, — 
 My fallen soul reiaew. 
 
 2 Come, then, for Jesus' sake. 
 And bid my heart be clean ; 
 
 An end of all my troubles make,— 
 An end of all my sin. 
 
 3 I cannot wash my heart. 
 But by believing thee. 
 
 And waiting for thy blood to' impart 
 The spotless purity. 
 
 4 While at thy cross I lie, 
 Jesus, the grace bestow ; 
 
 Now thy all-cleansing blood apply, 
 And 1 am white as snow.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 253 
 
 419 lOth.'P.U.SUriesSs. 
 
 B(wet Lord, or I perish. 
 
 
 
 JESUS, in pity draw near ; 
 
 Come quickly to help a lost soul ; 
 To comfort a mourner, appear. 
 
 And make a poor penitent whole : 
 The balm of thy mercy apply ; 
 
 (Thou seest the sore anguish I feel ;) 
 Save, Lord, or I perish, I die ; 
 
 save, or I sink into hell. 
 2 I sink, if thou longer delay 
 
 Thy pardoning mercy to show : 
 Come quickly, and kindly display 
 
 The power of thy passion below : 
 By all thou hast done for my sake, 
 
 One drop of thy blood I implore ; 
 Now, now let it touch me, and make 
 
 The sinner — a sinner no more. 
 
 420 L. M. 
 
 Deprecating tTie withdrawal of the Spirit. 
 
 STAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay, 
 Though I have done thee such despite ; 
 Nor cast the sinner quite away, 
 Nor take thine everlasting flight. 
 
 2 Though I have steel'd my stubborn heart. 
 And shaken off my guilty fears ; 
 
 And vex'd, 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, O ! 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.
 
 254 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 421 lOth p. M. 8 ?i«€« 8s. 
 
 Ardent desires for the Spirit's infiiiencei, 
 
 COME, holy, celestial Dove, 
 To visit a sorrowful breast ; 
 My burden of guilt to remove, 
 
 And bring me assurance and rest. 
 Thou only hast power to relieve 
 
 A sinner o'erwhelm'd with his load; 
 The sense of acceptance to give, 
 And sprinkle his heart with the blood. 
 
 2 "With me if of old thou hast strove, 
 And strangely withheld me from sin, 
 
 And tried, by the lure of thy love, 
 My worthless affections to win ; 
 
 The work of thy mercy revive ; 
 Thy uttermost mercy exert ; 
 
 And 'kindly continue to strive, 
 And hold, till I yield thee my heart* 
 
 3 Thy call if I ever have known, 
 And sigh'd for myself to get free. 
 
 And groan' d the unspeakable groan, 
 And long'd to be happy in thee ; 
 
 Fulfil the imperfect desire ; 
 Thy peace to my conscience reveal ; 
 
 The sense of thy lavour inspire, 
 And give me my pardon to feel. 
 
 422 CM. 
 
 TTie surrender. 
 
 HOW oft have I the Spirit grieved, 
 Since first with me he strove ; 
 How obstinately disbelieved, 
 And trampled on his love ! 
 How have I sinn'd against the light ; 
 
 Broken from his embrace; 
 And would not, when I freely might, 
 Be justified by grace.
 
 PENITENTUL. 255 
 
 2 But after all that I have done 
 To drive him from my heart, 
 
 The Spirit leaves me uot alone, — 
 
 He cloth not yet depart ; 
 He will not give the sinner o'er ; 
 
 Eeady e'en now to save, 
 He bids me come as heretofore, 
 
 That I his grace may have. 
 
 3 I take thee at thy gracious word ; 
 My foolishness I mourn ; 
 
 And unto my redeeming Lord, 
 
 However late, I turn : 
 Sa^dour, I yield, I yield at last ; 
 
 I hear thy speaking blood; 
 Myself, with all my sins, I cast 
 
 On my atoning God. 
 
 423 GthT.U. alines 7», 
 
 The lAght of Life. 
 
 DISCLOSE thy lovely face ! 
 Quicken all my drooping powers ; 
 Gasps my fainting soul for grace, 
 As a thirsty land for showers : 
 Hasten, Lord, no more delay ; 
 Come, my Saviour, come away. 
 
 2 Dark and cheerless is the morn, 
 Unaccompanied by thee ; 
 
 Joyless is the day's return, 
 
 Till thy mercy's beams I see : 
 Till thou inward life impart. 
 Glad my eyes and warm my heart. 
 
 3 Visit then this soul of mine ; 
 Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; 
 
 Fill me, Kadiancy divine ; 
 Scatter all my unbelief: 
 More and more thyself display, 
 Shining to the perfect day.
 
 256 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 424 s, M. 
 
 Groaning for ddicercmce. 
 
 WHEN shall thy love constrain, 
 And force me to thy breast ? 
 When shall my soul return ^am 
 To her eternal rest? 
 
 2 Ah ! what avail my strife, — 
 My wand'ring tx) and fro ? 
 
 Thou hast the words of endless life : 
 Ah ! whither should I go ? 
 
 3 Thy condescending grace 
 To me did freely move ; 
 
 It calls me still to seek thy face, 
 And stoops to ask my love. 
 
 4 Lord, at thy feet I fall ; 
 I groan to be set free ; 
 
 1 fain woiild now obey the call, 
 And give up all for thee. 
 
 425 L. M. 
 
 Eope springing up. 
 
 MY soul before thee prostrate lies ;_ 
 To thee, her Source, my spirit flies ; 
 My wants I mourn, my chains I see ; 
 O let thy presence set me free. 
 
 2 Jesus, vouchsafe my heart and will 
 With thy meek lowliness to fill ; 
 
 No more her power let nature boast, 
 But in thy will may mine be lost. 
 
 5 Already springing hope I feel, — 
 God will destroy tlie power of hell. 
 And, from a laud of wars and pain. 
 Lead me where peace and safety reign, 
 4 One only care my soul shall know, — 
 Father, all thy commands to do ; 
 
 And feel, what endless years shall prove, 
 That thou, my Lord, my God, art love.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 257 
 
 426 c. M. 
 
 struggling into liberty. 
 
 JESUS ! Eedeemer, Saviour, Lord, 
 The weary sinner's Frierid: 
 Come to my help, pronounce the word, 
 And bid my troubles end. 
 
 2 Deliv'rance to my soul proclaim, 
 And life and liberty ; 
 
 Shed forth the virtue of thy Name, 
 And Jesus prove to me. 
 
 3 Faith to be heal'd thou know'st I have, 
 For thou that faith hast given; 
 
 Thou canst, thou wilt, the simier save, 
 And make me meet for heaven. 
 
 4 Thou canst o'crcome this heart of mine ; 
 Thou wilt victorious prove ; 
 
 For everlasting strength is thine, 
 And everlasting love. 
 
 427 s.M. 
 
 Enxbracing offered mercy. 
 
 OMY offended God ! 
 If now at last I see 
 That I have trampled on thy blood, 
 
 And done despite to thee ; 
 If I begin to wake 
 
 Out of my deadly sleep ; 
 Into thine arms of mercy take, 
 And there forever keep. 
 
 2 No other right have I, 
 
 Than what the world may claim ; 
 And all may to their God draw nigh. 
 
 Through faith in Jesus' name ; 
 Thy death hath wrought the power 
 
 Foi every sinful soul ; 
 That all may know the gracious hour, 
 
 And be by faith made whole. 
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 258 PENITENTIAL. 
 
 3 Thou liast for sinners died, 
 
 That all might come to God ; 
 The cov'nant thou hast ratified, 
 
 And seal'd it with thy blood : 
 Thou haet obtain' d the grace 
 
 That all may turn and live; 
 And now thy ofi'er I embrace, — 
 
 Thy mercy I receive. 
 
 428 s. M. 
 
 Embracing the aU-sufficient portion. 
 
 AND can I yet delay 
 My little all to give ? 
 To tear my soul from earth away 
 For Jesus to receive ? 
 
 2 Nay, but I yield, I yield ; 
 I can hold out no more : 
 
 I sink, by dying love compell'd, 
 And own thee conqueror. 
 
 3 Though late, I all forsake ; 
 My friends, my all, resign : 
 
 Gracious Eedeemer, take, take, 
 And seal me ever thine. 
 
 4 Come, and possess me whole, 
 Nor hence again remove ; 
 
 Settle and fix my wav'ring soul 
 With all thy weight of love. 
 
 5 My one desire be this, — 
 Thy only love to know ; 
 
 To seek and taste no other bliss, — 
 No other good below. 
 
 6 My life, my portion thou ; 
 Thou all-suflicient art : 
 
 My hope, my heavenly treasure, now 
 Enter, and heep my heart.
 
 PENITENTIAL. 259 
 
 429 s.M. 
 
 lAgM dawning upon the soul. 
 
 OUT of the depths of wo, 
 To thee, Lord, I cry ; 
 Darkness surrounds me, but I know 
 That thou art ever nigh. 
 
 2 Humbly on thee I wait, 
 Confessing all my sin; 
 
 Lord, I am knocking at the gate ; 
 Open, and take me in. 
 
 3 hearken to my voice, — 
 Give ear to my complaint ; 
 
 Thou bidd'st the mourning soul rejoice, 
 Thou comfortest the faint. 
 
 4 Glory to God above, — 
 The waters soon will cease ; 
 
 For, lo ! the swift returning clove 
 Brings home the sign of peace. 
 
 5 Though storms his face obscure, 
 And dangers threaten loud ; 
 
 Jehovah's covenant is sure, — 
 His bow is in the cloud. 
 
 430 c. M. 
 
 The returning prodigal. 
 
 THE long-lost son, with streaming eyes, 
 From tolly just awake, 
 Eeviews his wand'riugs with surprise ; 
 His heart begins to break. 
 
 2 I starve, he cries, nor can I bear 
 The famine in this land, 
 
 While servants of my Father share 
 The bounty of his hand. 
 
 3 With deep repentance I'll return, 
 And seek my Father's face ; 
 
 Unworthy to be call'd a son, 
 I'U ask a servant's place.
 
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 4 Far off the Father saw him move, — 
 In pensive silence mourn, — 
 
 And quickly ran, with arms of love, 
 To welcome his return. 
 
 5 Through all the courts the tidings flew, 
 And spread the joy around ; 
 
 The angels tuned their harps anew, — 
 The long-lost son is found ! 
 
 431 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 Saved by grace. 
 
 LET the world their virtue boast, — 
 Their works of righteousness ; 
 I, a wretch undone and lost, 
 Am freely saved by grace ; 
 Other title I disclaim ; 
 This, only this, is all my plea : — 
 
 1 the chief of sinners am, 
 But Jesus died for me. 
 
 2 Happy they whose joys abound 
 Like Jordan's swelling stream ; 
 
 "Who their heaven in Christ have found, 
 
 And give the praise to him. 
 Meanest foll'wer of the Lamb, 
 
 His steps I at a distance see : — 
 I the chief of sinners am, 
 
 But Jesus died for me. 
 
 3 Jesus, thou for me hast died, 
 And tliou in me wilt live ; 
 
 I shall feel thy death applied ; 
 
 I shall thy life receive : 
 Yet, when melted in the flame 
 
 Of love, this shall be all my plea, — 
 I the chief of sinners am. 
 
 But Jesus died for me.
 
 THE CHRISTIAN LIFE. 
 
 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 432 11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 
 The righteousness of faith. 
 
 OFT I in my heart have said, — 
 Who shall ascend on high, 
 Mount to Christ, my glorious Head, 
 
 And bring him from the sky ? 
 Borne on contemplation's wing, 
 Surely I shall nud him there, 
 Where the angels praise their King, 
 And gain tlie Morning Star. 
 
 2 Oft I in my heart have said, — 
 Who to the deep shall stoop. 
 
 Sink with Christ among the dead, 
 From thence to bring him up ? 
 
 Could I but my heart prepare, 
 By unfeign'd humility, 
 
 Christ would quickly enter there, 
 And ever dwell in me. 
 
 3 But the righteousness of faith 
 Hath taught me better things : 
 
 Inward turn thine eyes, — it saith, 
 While Christ to me it brings : — 
 
 Christ is ready to impart 
 Life to all, for life who sigh: 
 
 In thy mouth and in thy heart 
 The word is ever nigh. 
 
 433 L. M. 
 
 Tlie Lord our righteoiisness. 
 
 LET not the wise their wisdom boast, 
 The mighty glory in their might ; 
 The rich in flatt'ring riches trust, 
 Which take their everlasting flight.
 
 262 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 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 ? 
 
 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 ; 
 
 The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace, 
 In Christ to endless ages mine. 
 
 434 GthF.'bL 6 lines 7^. 
 
 TTie covenant of grace signed and sealed. 
 
 JESUS Christ, who stands between 
 Angry Heaven and guilty men, 
 Undertakes to buy our peace ; 
 Gives the covenant of grace ; 
 Ratifies and makes it good ; 
 Signs and seals it with his blood. 
 2 Life his healing blood imparts, 
 Sprinkled in our peaceful hearts ; 
 Al:)el's blood for vengeance cried; 
 Jesus speaks us justified; 
 Speaks and calls for better things ; 
 Makes us prophets, priests, ancT kings. 
 
 435 L. M. 
 
 T/ie realizing light of faith. 
 
 AUTHOR of faith, etenial Word, 
 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 unspeakable ; 
 Increase in us the kindled fire, 
 In us the work of faith fulfil.
 
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 8 By faitli we know tliee strong to save : 
 (Save lis, a present Saviour thou:) 
 
 Whate'er we hope, by faith we have ; 
 Future, and past, su.bsisting now. 
 
 4 To him that in thy Name believes, 
 Eternal life with thee is given ; 
 
 Into himself he all receives, — 
 Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. 
 
 5 The things unknown to feeble sense, 
 Unseen by reason's glimm'ring ray, 
 
 With strong commanding evidence, 
 Their heavenly origin display. 
 
 C Faith lends its realizing light; 
 
 The clouds disperse, the shadows fly; 
 The' Invisible appears in sight, 
 
 And God is seen by mortal eye. 
 
 436 L. M. 
 
 Salvation only "by grace, ilirough faith. 
 
 ¥E have no outward righteousness, 
 No merits or good works, to plead ; 
 We only can be saved by grace ; 
 Thy grace, Lord, is free indeed. 
 
 2 Save us by grace, through faith alone, — 
 A faith thou must thyself impart ; 
 
 A faith that would by works be shown, 
 A faith that purifies the heart : 
 
 3 A faith that doth the mountains move, 
 A faith that shows our sins forgiven, 
 
 A faith that sweetly works by love, 
 And ascertains our claim to heaven. 
 
 4 Tliis is the faith we humbly seek. 
 The faith in thy all-cleansing blood ; 
 
 That fiiith which doth for sinners speak, 
 O let it speak us up to God I
 
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 437 1st p. M. 6 Ziw^5 8a. 
 
 The soid/8 anchor. 
 
 NOW I have found the ground wherein 
 Sure my soul's anchor may remain ; 
 The wounds of Jesus for my sin, 
 
 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 : 
 
 Th\' heart still melts with tenderness ; 
 
 Thine arms of love still open are, 
 Returning smners to receive, 
 That mercy they may taste, and live, 
 
 3 love, thou bottomless abyss ! 
 My sins are swallow'd up in thee ; 
 
 Cover'd is my unrighteousness, 
 
 Nor spot of guilt remains on me: 
 While Jesus' blood, through earth and skies 
 Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries. 
 
 4 By faith I plunge me in this sea; 
 Here is my hope, my_ joy, my re^t ; 
 
 nither, when hell assails,' I flee ; 
 
 I look mto my Saviour's breast: 
 Away, sad doubt and anxious fear ! 
 Mercy is all that's written there. 
 
 438 c. M. 
 
 Faith counted for righteousness. 
 
 FATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord,— 
 My Saviour, and my Head, — 
 
 1 trust ui thee, whose powerful word 
 Hath raised him from the dead. 
 
 2 Thou know'st for my offence he died, 
 And rose again for me ; 
 
 Fully and freely justified, 
 That I might' live to thee.
 
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 3 O God ! thy record I believe, 
 In Abrah'ra's footsteps tread; 
 
 And wait, expecting to receive 
 The Christ, the promised Seed. 
 
 4 Faith in thy power thou seest I have, 
 For thou this faith hast wrought ; 
 
 Dead souls thou callest from the grave. 
 And speakest worlds from naught. 
 
 5 Eternal life to all mankind 
 Thou hast in Jesus given : 
 
 And all who seek, in him shall find. 
 The happiness of heaven. 
 
 439 c. M. 
 
 Continued. — Victorious faith. 
 
 IN hope, against all human hope, 
 Self-desp'rate, I believe, — 
 Thy quickening word shall raise me up ; 
 Thou wilt thy Spirit give. 
 
 2 The thing surpasses all my thought ; 
 
 But faithful is my Lord ; 
 Through unbelief I stagger not,' 
 
 For God hath spoke the word, 
 
 8 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, 
 
 And looks to that alone ; 
 Laughs at impossibilities. 
 
 And cries,— It shall be done ! 
 
 4 To thee the glory of thy power 
 And faithfulness I give • 
 
 I shall in Christ, at that glad hour, 
 And Christ in mo shall live. 
 
 5 Obedient faith, that waits on thee, 
 Thou never wilt reprove ; 
 
 But thou wilt form thy Son in me. 
 And perfect me in love.
 
 266 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 440 c. M. 
 
 Peace in believing. 
 
 JESUS, to thee I now can iij, 
 On whom my help is laid : 
 Oppress'd by sins, I lift mine 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 stay'd. 
 
 3 Whatever in me seems wise, or good, 
 Or strong, I here disclaim: 
 
 1 wash my garments in the blood 
 Of the atoning Lamb. 
 
 4 Jesus, my sh-ength, my life, my rest,- 
 On thee Avill I depend. 
 
 Till summon'd to the marriage feast, 
 When faith in sight shall end. 
 
 441 CM. 
 
 This is life eternal. 
 
 THE "wisdom oTs-n'd by all thy sons, 
 To me, O God, impart ; 
 The knowledge of the holy ones, — 
 
 The understandmg heart. 
 Thy name, O holy Father, teU 
 
 l"o one who would beheve ; 
 To me thine only Son reveal, — 
 Thy Holy Spirit give. 
 
 2 'Tis life eternal to believe 
 The heavenly Persons mine : 
 
 Father, and Son, and Spirit give 
 
 That precious faith divine. 
 A Trinity in Unity 
 
 My soul shall then adore ; 
 And love, and praise, and worship thee, 
 
 Jehovah, evermore.
 
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 442 CM. 
 
 The blood of sprinkling . 
 
 MY God, my God, to thee I cry ; 
 Thee only would I know; 
 Thy purifying blood apply, 
 And wash me wliite as snow. 
 
 2 Touch me, and make the leper clean : 
 Purge my iniquity : 
 
 Unless thou wash my soul from sin, 
 I have no part in thee. 
 
 3 But art thou not already mine ? 
 Answer, if mine thou art ; 
 
 Whisper within, thou love divine, 
 And cheer my droopmg heart. 
 
 4 Behold, for me the Victim bleeds, — 
 His wounds are open wide ; 
 
 For me the blood of sprinkling pleads, 
 And speaks me justified. 
 
 443 s. M. 
 
 Self-rigJdeousness destroyed. 
 
 A GOODLY, fonnal saint, 
 
 jjL I long appear'd in sight; 
 
 By self alid Satan taught to paint 
 
 My tomb, my nature, white. 
 The Pharisee within 
 
 Still undisturbed remain' d ; 
 The strong man, ai-ra'd with guilt of sin. 
 
 Safe in his palace reign'd. 
 2 But, O, the jealous God 
 
 In my behalf came down ; 
 Jesus himself the stronger show'd, 
 
 And claim' d me for his own. 
 My spirit he alarm'd, 
 
 And brought into distress ; 
 He shook and bound the strong man, arm'd 
 
 In his self-rigliteousness.
 
 268 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 3 Faded my ^'irtuous show, — 
 
 My form without the power ; 
 The sin-convincing Spirit blew, 
 
 And blasted every flower. 
 My mouth was stopp'd, and shame 
 
 Cover'd my guilty face ; 
 
 1 feU on the atoning Lamb, 
 And I was saved by grace. 
 
 444 L. M. 
 
 Graven on the palms of Bis Tmnds. 
 
 JESUS, the Lamb of God, hath bled ; 
 He bore our sins upon the tree ; 
 Beneath our curse he bow'd his head ; — 
 'Tis finish'd ! he hath died for me. 
 
 2 See, where before the throne he stands. 
 And pours the all-prevailing prayer; 
 
 Points to his side, and lifts his hands, 
 And shows that I am graven there. 
 
 3 He ever lives for me to pray ; 
 
 He prays that I with him may reign : 
 Amen to what my Lord doth say; 
 Jesus, thou canst not pray in vain. 
 
 445 1st p. M. 6 ?/m!5 8s. 
 
 No condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus. 
 
 AND can it be that I should gain 
 An int'rest in the Saviour's blood ? 
 Died he for me, who caused his pain ? 
 
 For me, who him to death pursued ? 
 Amazing love ! how can it be. 
 That thou, my Lord, shouldst die for me ? 
 2 'Tis myst'ry all, — the' Immortal dies ! 
 
 Who can explore his strange design ? 
 In vain the first-born seraph tries 
 
 To sound the depths of love divine; 
 'Tis mercy all ! let earth adore : 
 Let angef minds inquire no more.
 
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 3 He left his Father's throne above ; 
 (So free, so infinite his grace !) 
 
 Emptied himself of all but love, 
 
 And bled for Adam's helpless race ; 
 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, 
 For, O my God, it found out me ! 
 
 4 Long my imprison' d spirit lay, 
 
 Fast bound in sin and nature's night : 
 Thine eye diifused a quick'ning ray ; 
 
 I woke ; the dungeon flamed with light : 
 My chains fell off, my heart was free, — 
 I rose, went forth, and follow'd thee. 
 
 5 No condemnation now I dread, — 
 Jesus, with all in him, is mine ; 
 
 Alive in him, my living Head, 
 
 And clothed in righteousness divine, 
 Bold I approach the' eternal throne, 
 And claim the crown, through Christ my owu. 
 
 446 L.M. 
 
 Embracing the Saviotir "by faith, 
 
 INTO thy gracious hands I fall. 
 And with the arms of faith embrace ; 
 
 Kin^ of glory, hear my call; 
 
 raise me, heal me by thy grace. 
 Now righteous through thy grace I am ; 
 No eondenmation now I dread ; 
 
 1 faiSte salvation in thy name, — 
 Alive in thee, my living Head. 
 
 2 Still let thy wisdom be my guide, 
 Nor take thy flight from me away ; 
 
 Still with me let thy grace abide. 
 That I from thee may never stray : 
 
 Let thy word richly in me dwell, — 
 Thy peace and love my portion be : 
 
 My joy to' endure and do thy will, 
 Till perfect I am found in thee.
 
 270 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 447 c. M. 
 
 The Mood applied. 
 
 IN answer to ten thousand prayers, 
 Thou pard'ning God, descend: 
 Number me with'salvation's heirs, — 
 
 My sins and troubles end. 
 2 Nothing I ask or want beside, 
 
 Of all in earth or heaven : 
 But let me feel thy blood applied. 
 And live and die forgiven. 
 
 448 L. M. 
 
 The Jdghway of holiness. 
 
 JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone, — 
 He, whom I fix my hopes upon ; 
 His track I see, and I'll pursue 
 The narrow way, tUl him I view. 
 
 2 The way the holy prophets went, — 
 The road that leads from banishment,— 
 The King's highway of holiness, 
 
 I'll go, for all his paths are peace. 
 
 3 This is the way I long have sought. 
 And mourn'd because I found it not ; 
 My grief a burden long has been. 
 Because I was not saved from sin. 
 
 4 The more I strove against its power, 
 I felt its weight and guilt the more ; 
 
 * TUl late I heard my Saviour say, — 
 Come hither, soul, I am the way. 
 
 5 Lo ! glad I come ; and thou, blest Lamb, 
 Shalt take me to thee, as I am : 
 Nothing but sin have I to give, — 
 Nothing but love shall I receive. 
 
 6 Then will I tell to sinners round, 
 "What a dear Saviour I have found; 
 I'U point to thy redeeming blood. 
 And say,— Behold the way to God.
 
 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 271 
 
 449 L. M. 
 
 Tlie riches of His grace. 
 
 WHAT am I, thou glorious God ! 
 And what my father's house to thee, 
 That thou such mercy hast bestow'd 
 On me, the vilest reptile, me ? 
 
 2 Me, in my blood, thy love pass'd by, 
 And stopp'd my ruin to retrieve ; 
 
 Wept o'er my soul thy pitying eye ; 
 Thy bowels yearn' d, and sounded, — Live! 
 
 3 Dying, I heard the welcome sound, 
 Eeceived the blessing from above, 
 
 And pardon in thy mercy found, 
 Astonish'd at thy boundless love. 
 
 4 Honour, and might, and thanks, and praise, 
 I render to my pard'ning God ; 
 
 Extol the riches of thy grace, 
 And spread thy saving name abroad. 
 
 5 I magnify thy gracious power. 
 
 And all within me shouts thy Name : 
 Thy Name let every soul adore ; 
 I'hy power let every tongue proclaim. 
 
 450 1st P. M. 6 lines Ss. 
 
 The covenant signed and sealed. 
 
 THIS day the covenant I sigUj — 
 The bond of sure and promised peace ; 
 Nor can I doubt its power divine. 
 
 Since seal'd with Jesus' blood it is ; 
 That blood I take, that blood alone. 
 And make the cov'nant peace mine own. 
 2 But, that my feith no more may know 
 
 Or change, or interval, or end, — 
 Help me in all thy paths to go. 
 
 And now, as e'er, thy voice attend ; 
 And deign, Lord, to call me thine, 
 And I will dare to call thee mine.
 
 272 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 451 L. M. 
 
 Vcncs remembered and renewed. 
 
 HAPPY day that fix'd my choice 
 On thee, my Saviour and" TCiv God ! 
 "Well may this glowing heart rejoice, 
 
 And tell its raptures all abroad. 
 2 happy bond, that seals my vows 
 
 To Him who merits all my love ; 
 Let cheerful anthems fill his house, 
 
 "While to that sacred shrine I move. 
 8 'Tis done, the great transaction's done ; 
 
 I am my Lord's, and he is mine ; 
 He drew me, and I follow'd on, 
 
 Charm'd to confess the voice divine. 
 
 4 Now rest, my long-divided heart; 
 Fix'd on this blissful centre, rest ; 
 
 Nor ever from thy Lord depart : 
 "With liim of every good possess'd. 
 
 5 Higli Heaven, that heard the solemn vow 
 That vow renew'd shall daily hear, 
 
 TiU in life's latest hour I bow, 
 And bless in death a bond so dear. 
 
 452 lotb p. M. 12 9, 12 9. 
 
 Joy of ihe young contert 
 
 OHOW happy are they, 
 "Who the Saviour obey, 
 And have laid up their treasure above ; 
 
 Tongue can never express 
 
 The sweet comfort and peace 
 Of IV soul in its earliest love. 
 
 2 That sweet comfort was 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 beaven in Jesus's name !
 
 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 273' 
 
 3 'Twas a heaven below 
 My Eedeemer to know, 
 
 And' the angels could do nothing more, 
 
 Than to tall at his feet, 
 
 And the story repeat. 
 And the Lover of sinners adore. 
 
 4 Jesus all the day lonsf 
 "Was my joy and my sonar : 
 
 that all his salvation might see ; 
 He hath loved me, I cried. 
 
 He hath suifer'd and died. 
 To redeem even rebels like me. 
 
 5 the rapturous height 
 Of that holy delight 
 
 Which I felt in the life-giving blood ; 
 
 Of my Saviour possess'd, 
 
 I was perfectly blest. 
 As if filrd with the fulness of God. 
 
 45 O Vth P. M. 8 lines 7s, 
 
 Comfort arising from a sense of pardon, 
 
 HAPPY soul, who sees the day. 
 The glad day of gospel-grace : 
 Thee, my Lord, thou then wilt say, 
 
 Thee ^v'ill I forever praise ; 
 Though thy wTath against me burn'd, 
 
 Thou dost comfort me again ; 
 
 All thy wrath aside is turn'd,— 
 
 Thou hast blotted out my sin. 
 
 2 Me, behold ; thy mercy spares ; 
 
 Jesus my salvation is ; 
 Hence, my doubts ; away, my fears J. 
 
 Jesus is become my peace ; 
 Jah, Jehovah, is my Lord, 
 
 Ever merciful and just ; 
 
 1 will lean upon his wbrd; 
 
 I will on his promise trust, 
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 274 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 
 
 454 5th P. M. 4 Zm(55 7s. 
 Love to the Saviour. 
 
 HAEK, my soul, it is the Lord; 
 'Tis thy Saviour. — hear his word. 
 Jesus speaks, he speaks to thee: — 
 Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me? 
 
 2 Loi-d, it is my chief complaint 
 That my love is still so faint, 
 Yet I love thee and adore : 
 
 for grace to love thee more ! 
 
 455 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. 
 TTiy votes are upon me, God. 
 
 OHOW shall a sinner perform 
 The vows he hath vow'd to the Lord ? 
 A sinful and impotent worm, 
 How can I be true to my word ? 
 
 1 tremble at what I have done : 
 
 O send me thy help from above : 
 The power of thy Spirit make known, 
 The virtue of Jesus's love. 
 
 3 My solemn engagements are vain ; 
 My promises empty as air ; 
 
 My vows, I shall break them again, 
 "And plunge in eternal despair: 
 
 Unless my omnipotent God 
 The sense of his goodness impart. 
 
 And shed, by his Spirit, abroad 
 The love o'f himself in my heart. 
 
 456 L. M. 
 
 The Jiealing and cleansing Fountain. 
 
 BY faith I to the fountain fly, 
 Open'd for all mankind and me, 
 To purge my sins of deepest dye, — 
 My life and heart's impurity. 
 
 I
 
 JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH. 275 
 
 2 From Christ, the smitten Eoclc, it flows, 
 The purple and the crystal stream ; 
 
 Pardon and holiness bestows, 
 And both I gain through faith in him. 
 
 457 13th P. M. 10 10, 11 IL 
 
 The plenteoufmess of Ilia grace. 
 
 OWHAT shall I do my Saviour to praise, 
 So faithful and true, so plenteous in grace ; 
 So strono; to deliver, so good to redeem, 
 The weakest believer that hangs upon him. 
 
 2 How happy the man whose heart is set free ; 
 The people that can be joyful in thee ; 
 
 Their joy is to walk in the light of thy face, 
 And still they are talking of Jesus's grace. 
 
 3 For thou art their boast, their glory, and power, 
 And I also trust to see tlie glad hour. 
 
 My soul's new creation, a life from the dead, 
 Tne day of salvation that lifts up my head. 
 
 4 For Jesus, my Lord, is now my defence ; 
 
 1 trust in his word ; none plucks me from thence ; 
 Since I have found favour, he all things Avill do; 
 My King and my Saviour shall make me anew. 
 
 5 Yes, Lord, I shall see the bliss of thine own ; 
 Thy secret to me shall soon be made known ; 
 For sorrow and sadness I joy shall receive. 
 And share in the gladness of all that believe. 
 
 45g 14th P. M. 10 11, 10 11. 
 
 Accepted in the Beloved. 
 
 ALL praise to the Lamb ! accepted I am, 
 Through faith in the Saviour's adorableName : 
 In him I confide, his blood is applied ; 
 For me he hath suffer'd, for me lie hath died. 
 
 2 Not a doubt doth arise, to darken the skies, 
 Or hide for a moment my Lord from mine eyes : 
 In him I am blest, I lean on his breast, 
 
 And lo ! in his wounds I continue to rest.
 
 276 ADOPTION AND ASSUEAXCE. 
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 
 
 459 s. M. 
 
 Knowledge of forgiveness. 
 
 HO"^ can a sinner know 
 His sins on earth forgiven? 
 How can my gracious Saviour show 
 My name inscribed in heaven? 
 
 2 What we have felt and seen 
 AYith confidence we tell ; 
 
 And publish to the sons of men, 
 The signs infalhble. 
 
 3 We who in Christ believe 
 That he for us hath died, 
 
 We all his unknown peace receive. 
 And feel his blood applied. 
 
 4 Exults our rising soul, 
 Disburden' d of her load, 
 
 And swells, unuttei-ably full 
 Of glory and of God. 
 
 5 His love, surpassing far 
 The love of all beneath. 
 
 We find within our hearts, and dare 
 The pointless darts of death. 
 
 6 Stronger than death or hell 
 The sacred power we prove ; 
 
 And, conqu'rors of the Avorld, we dwell 
 In heaven, who dwell in love. 
 
 460 s.M. 
 
 Continued.— The indwelling Spirit. 
 
 WE by his Spirit prove, 
 And know the things of God, — 
 The things which freely of his love 
 He hath on us bestow'd.
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSURANCE. 277 
 
 2 His Spirit, whicli he gave, 
 
 Now dAvells iu us, we know ; 
 The witness in ourselves we have, 
 
 And all its fruits Ave show. 
 S The meek and lowly heart, 
 
 That in our Saviour was, 
 To us his Spirit does impart, 
 
 And signs us with his cross. 
 
 4 Our nature's turned, our mind 
 Transform' d in all its powers; 
 
 And both the witnesses are join'd, — 
 Thy Spirit, Lord, with ours. 
 
 5 Whate'er our pard'ning Lord 
 Commands, we gladly do ; 
 
 And, guided by his sacred word. 
 We all his steps pursue. 
 
 6 His glory our design. 
 
 We live our God to please ; 
 And rise, with filial fear divine, 
 To perfect holiness. 
 
 461 s.M. 
 
 Seeking the evidence of acceptance. 
 
 I LISTEN for the voice 
 Which speaks my sins forgiven ; 
 Speak, Lord, and bid my heart rejoice 
 
 In certain hope of heaven. 
 Thy Name may I prove, 
 
 "thy Name inscribed on me ; 
 And triumph in redeeming love 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 462 c. M. 
 
 TTie earnest and pledge of joys to come. 
 
 WHY should the children of a King 
 Go mourning all their days? 
 Great Comforter, descend and bring 
 The tokens of thy grace.
 
 278 ADOPTION AND ASSURANCE. 
 
 2 Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints, 
 And seal the heirs of heaven ^ 
 
 When wilt thou banish mj complaints, 
 And show my sins forgiven ? 
 
 3 Assure my conscience of her part 
 In the Redeemer's blood; 
 
 And bear thy witness with my heart, 
 That 1 am born of God. 
 
 4 Tliou art the earnest of his love, — 
 The pledge of joys to come ; 
 
 May thy blest wings, celestial Dove, 
 Safely convey me home. 
 
 463 L M. 
 
 Rejoicing inforgining love. 
 
 MY soul, with humble fervour raise 
 To God the voice of grateful praise, 
 And all my ransom" d powers combine, 
 To bless his attributes divine. 
 2 Deep on my heart let mem'ry trace 
 His acts of mercy and of grace ; 
 Who, with a Father's tender care. 
 Saved me when sinking in despair ; 
 
 5 Gave my repentant soul to prove 
 The joy of his forgiving love ; 
 Pour'd balm into my bleeding breast, 
 And led my weary feet to rest. 
 
 464 L.M. 
 
 Shouting GocTs praises. 
 
 MY soul, through my Redeemer's care, 
 Saved from the second death, I feel 
 IVIinc eyes from tears of dark despair, 
 
 My feet from falling into hell. 
 2 Wherefore to him my feet shall run ; 
 
 My eyes on his perfections gaze ; 
 My soul shall live for God alone, 
 And all within me shout his praise.
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSURANCE. 279 
 
 465 CM. 
 
 TJie Godliead reconciled. 
 
 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 One God in persons three ;_ 
 Bring back the heavenly blessing 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 me evermore. 
 8 Eternal Sun of Eighteousuess, 
 
 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 ; 
 Eevived, and cheer' d, and blest by thcc, 
 
 The God of pard'ning love. 
 r> Lift up thy countenance serene, 
 
 And let thy happy child 
 Behold, without a cloud between, 
 
 The Godhead reconciled. 
 G That all-comprising peace bestow 
 
 On me, through grace forgiven; 
 The joys of holiness below. 
 
 And then the joys of heaven. 
 
 466 CM. 
 
 The spirit of adoption. 
 
 FATHER, 1 wait before thy throne : 
 Call me a child of thine : 
 Send down the Spirit of thy Son, 
 
 To form my heart divine. 
 2 There shed thy promised love abroad, 
 
 And make my com foil strong ; 
 Then shall I say,— My Father, God 1 
 With an unwav'ring tongue.
 
 280 ADOPTION AXD ASSUEANCE. 
 
 467 6tli p. M. 6 lines 7s. 
 The Spirit of God dicdleth in you. 
 
 K BBA, Father, hear thv child, 
 iX Late in Jesus recouciled ; 
 Hear, and all the graces shower, 
 All the joy, and peace, and power ; 
 All my Saviour asks above, 
 All the life and heaven of love. 
 
 2 Lord, I will not let thee go 
 Till the blessing thou bestow : 
 Hear mv Advocate divine : 
 Lo 1 to ills my suit I join : 
 Join'd to his,' it cannot fail : 
 Bless me ; for I will prevail. 
 
 8 Heavenly Father, life divine, 
 
 Change my nature into thine ; 
 
 Move, and' spread throughout my soul, 
 
 Actuate, and fill the whole : 
 
 Be it I no longer now 
 
 Living in the flesh, but thou. 
 
 4 Holy Ghost, no more delay ; 
 Come, and in thy temple stay : 
 Now thine inward witness bear, 
 Strong, and permanent, and clear: 
 Sprmg of life, thyself impart ; 
 Else eternal in my heart. 
 
 468 2d p. M. 6 Z^;i«s 8s. 
 The sanctifying and sealing Spirit 
 
 FATHEE of everlasting grace, 
 Thy goodness and thy truth we praise, 
 Thy goodness and thy truth we prove ; 
 Thou hast, in honour o'f thy Son, 
 The gift unspeakable sent dowTi, — 
 Spirit of life, and power, and love.
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 281 
 
 2 Send us the Spirit of tliy Son. 
 
 To make the depths of Godhead known, 
 To make us share the hfe divine : 
 
 Send him the sprinkled blood to' apply ; 
 
 Send hun our souls to sanctify, 
 And show and seal us ever thine. 
 
 3 So shall we pray, and never cease ; 
 So shall wc thankfully confess 
 
 Thy wisdom, truth, and power, and love ; 
 With joy unspeakable adore, 
 And bless and praise thee evermore, 
 
 And serve thee as thy hosts above : — 
 
 4 Till, added to that heavenly choir. 
 We raise our songs of triumph higher, 
 
 And praise thee in a bolder strain ; 
 Outsoar the first-born seraph's flight, 
 And sing, with all the saints in light, 
 
 Thy everlasting love to man. 
 
 469 CM. 
 
 Blesseditess of adoption. 
 
 AND can mv heart aspire so high 
 To say,— My Father, God ? 
 Lord, at thy feet I fain would lie, 
 And learn to kiss the rod. 
 
 2 I would submit to all thy will, 
 For thou art good and wise ; 
 
 Let each rebellious thought be still. 
 Nor one faint murmur rise. 
 
 3 Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom, 
 And bid me wait serene, 
 
 Till hopes and joys immortal bloom. 
 And brighten all the scene. 
 
 4 My Father, God, permit my heart 
 To plead her humole claim. 
 
 And ask the bliss those words impart, 
 In my Redeemer's name.
 
 282 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 
 
 470 3d p. M. 4 63 & 2 &s. 
 
 The witness oftlie Spirit. 
 
 EAENEST of future bliss, 
 Thee, Holy Ghost, we hail ; 
 Fountain of holiness, 
 
 Whose comforts never fail ; 
 The cleansing gift on saints bestOT^'d, 
 The witness of their peace with God. 
 
 2 By thee, on earth, we know 
 Ourselves in Christ renew'd ; 
 
 Brought bv thy grace into 
 The family of God; 
 Of his adopting love the Feal, 
 And faithtul teacher of liis will. 
 
 3 Great Comforter, descend 
 In gentle breatiiings down ; 
 
 Preserve ns to the end. 
 That no man take our cro"nTi : 
 Our Guardian still vouchsafe to be. 
 Nor suffer us to go from thee. 
 
 471 4tli P. M. 886, 886. 
 
 The inward tcUness. 
 
 THOU great mysterious God tmknown, 
 "Whose love hath gently led me on, 
 E'en from my infant days ; 
 Mine inmost soul expose to view, 
 And tell me if I ever knew 
 Thy justifying grace. 
 
 2 If I have only known thy fear, 
 And followed, with a heart sincere, 
 
 Thy drawings from above ; 
 Now,' now the further grace bestow. 
 And let my sprinkled conscience know 
 
 Thy sweet forgiving love.
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 283 
 
 3 Short of thy love I would not stop, 
 A stranger to the Gospel hope, 
 
 The sense of sin forgiven ; 
 I, would not, Lord, my soul deceive, 
 Without the inward witness live, 
 
 That ante-past 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 Father, in mc reveal thy Son, 
 And to my inmost soul make known 
 
 How merciful thou art; 
 The secret of tliy love reveal, 
 And by thy hall'wing Spirit dwell 
 
 Forever in my heart. 
 
 472 CM. 
 
 Delightful assurance. 
 
 SOV'KEIGN of all the worlds on high, 
 Allow my humble claim; 
 Nor while, rmworthy, I draw nigh, 
 
 Disdain a Father's name. 
 2 My Father, God ! that gracious word 
 
 Dispels my guilty fear ; 
 Not all the notes by angels heard 
 
 Could so delight my ear. 
 S Come, Holy Ghost, thyself impress 
 
 On my expanding heart ; 
 And show that in tlie Father's grace 
 
 I share a filial part. 
 4 Cheer'd by that witness from on high, 
 
 Unwav'ring I believe ; 
 And Abba, Father, humbly cry; 
 
 Nor can the sign deceive.
 
 284 ADOPTION AND ASSUKANCE. 
 
 473 L. M. 
 
 The hliss of assurance. 
 
 LORD, how secure and blest are thej 
 Who feel the joys of pardon' d sin ; 
 Should storms of wrath shake earth and sea, 
 Their minds have heaven and peace within. 
 
 2 The day glides sweetly o'er their heads, 
 Made up of innocence and love ; 
 
 And soft, and silent as the sliades. 
 Their nightly minutes gently move. 
 
 3 Quick as their thoughts, their joys come on, 
 But fly not half so swift away : 
 
 Their souls are ever bright as noon. 
 
 And calm as summer evenings be. 
 •i How oft they look to the' heavenly hills, 
 
 Where groves of living pleasure grow ; 
 And longmg hopes, and cheerful smiles, 
 
 Sit undisturb'd upon their brow. 
 5 They scorn to seek earth's golden toys, 
 
 But spend the day, and share the night. 
 In numb'ring o'er the richer joys 
 
 That heaven prepares for their delight. 
 
 474 8dP. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 '■^Abla, Father^ 
 
 AEISE, my soul, arise ; 
 Shake off thy guilty fears ; 
 The bleeding Sacrifice 
 In my behalf appears : 
 Before the throne my Surety stands, 
 My name is written on his hands. 
 2 He ever lives above. 
 For me to intercede; 
 His all-redeeming love. 
 His precious blood, to plead ; 
 His blood atoned for all our race, 
 And sprinkles now the throne of grace.
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 285 
 
 3 Five bleeding wounds he bears, 
 Keceived on Calvary ; 
 
 They pour effectual prayers, 
 They strongly plead for me : — 
 Forgive him, forgive, they cry, 
 Nor let that ransom'd sinner die. 
 
 4 The Father hears him pray, 
 His dear anointed One : 
 
 He cannot turn away 
 The presence of his Son : 
 His Spirit answers to the blood, 
 And tells me I am born of God. 
 
 5 My God is reconciled ; 
 
 His pard'ning voice I hear: 
 He owns me for his child ; 
 
 I can no longer fear : 
 With confidence! now draw nigh, 
 And Father, Abba, Father, cry. 
 
 475 L. M. 
 
 Filiat confidence and joy, 
 
 GiREAT God, indulge my humble claim; 
 Be thou my hope, my joy, my rest ; 
 The glories that compose tny name 
 
 Stand all engaged to make me blest. 
 2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise, 
 
 Thou art my Father and my God ; 
 And I am thine by sacred ties, — 
 
 Thy son, thy servant bought with blood. 
 8 With heart and eyes, and lifted hands, 
 
 For thee I long, to thee I look ; 
 As travellers in thirsty lands 
 
 Pant for the cooling water-brook. 
 4 I'll lift my hands, I'll raise my voice, 
 
 While I have breath to pray or praise : 
 This work shall make my heart rejoice, 
 
 And fill the remnant of my days.
 
 286 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 
 
 476 1st p. M. 6 Un^^ 8s. 
 
 The ante-past of heaven. 
 "WTHERE shall my wond'ring soul begin ? 
 1 V How shall I nil to heaven aspire i 
 A slave redeeniM from death and sin, — 
 
 A brand pluck'd from eternal fire, — 
 How shall 1 equal triumphs raise, 
 Or sing my great Deliv'rer's praise ? 
 
 2 how shall I the goodness tell, 
 Father, which thou to mo hast showM ? 
 
 That I, a child of wrath and hell, 
 
 I should be call'd a child of God, 
 Should know, should feel my suis forgiven, 
 Blest with this ante-past of heaven. 
 
 3 And shall I slight my Father's love, 
 Or basely fear his gifts to own ? 
 
 Unmindful of his favours prove ? 
 
 Shall I, the hallow'd cross to shun, 
 Refuse his righteousness to' impart, 
 By hiding it within my heart ? 
 
 4 No ; though the ancient dragon rage, 
 And call forth all his hosts to war ; 
 
 Though earth's self-righteous sons engage. 
 
 Them and their god" alike I dare; 
 Jesus, the sinner's Friend, proclaim ; 
 Jesus, to sinners still the same. 
 
 477 S. M. 
 
 77ie revealing and witriessing Spirit. 
 
 SPIPJT of faithj come down, 
 Reveal the things of God ; 
 And make to us the Godhead known, 
 
 And witness with the blood ; 
 *Tis tliine the blood to' apply, 
 
 And give us eyes to see. 
 That He who did for sinners die, 
 Hath surely died for me.
 
 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 287 
 
 2 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 int'rest in his blood ; 
 
 And cry, with joy unspeakable,— 
 Thou art my Lord, my God ! 
 
 S O that the world might know 
 
 The all-atoning Lamb ! 
 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. 
 
 478 26tli P. M. 7s & 68. 
 
 Tii6 comforU, gifts, and graces of the Spirit. 
 
 GOD of all consolation. 
 The Holy Ghost thou art; 
 Thy secret inspiration 
 
 Hath told it to my heart : 
 The blessing I inherit, 
 
 Through Jesus' prayer bestow'd, 
 The Comforter, the Spirit, 
 The true eternal God. 
 
 2 With God the Son and Saviour, 
 
 With God the Father one, 
 The tokens of his favour 
 
 Are now to man made known; 
 An ante-past of heaven 
 
 Thou dost in me reveal, / 
 
 Attest my sins forgiven, / 
 
 Aud my salvation seal, /
 
 288 ADOPTION AND ASSUEANCE. 
 
 S The' indubitable witness 
 
 Of thy own Deity, 
 Thou giv'st my soiil its fitness 
 
 Thy glorious face to see : 
 Thy comforts, gifts, and graces. 
 
 My largest thoutrhts transcend, 
 And chailenge endless praises, 
 
 When faith in sight shall end. 
 
 479 1st T. U. eiiTies 89. 
 
 The signature of divine love. 
 
 WHEN shall I hear the inward voice, 
 Which only faithful souls can hear ? 
 Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys. 
 Attend the promised Comforter : 
 
 come, and righteousness divine, 
 
 And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine 
 
 2 that the Comforter would come, 
 Nor visit as a transient guest; 
 
 But fix in me his constant home. 
 
 And keep possession of my breast ; 
 And make my soul his loved abode. 
 The temple of indwelling God. 
 
 3 Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire ; 
 Attest that I am bom again; 
 
 Come, and baptize me now with fire, 
 Nor let thy former gifts be vain : 
 
 1 cannot rest in sins forgiven ; 
 Where ia the earnest of 'my heaven ? 
 
 4 Where the indubitable seal, 
 
 That ascertams the kingdom mine ? 
 The powerful stamp I long to feel, — 
 
 The signature of love divine ; 
 shed it in my heart abroad, 
 Fulness of love, of heaven, of God !
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 289 
 
 6ANCTIFICATI0N. 
 
 480 c. M. 
 
 The hope of our high calling. 
 
 W 
 
 HAT is our calling's glorious hope, 
 But inward holiness? 
 
 For this to Jesus I look up; 
 
 I calmly wait for this. 
 2 I wait till he shall touch me clean,— 
 
 Shall life and power impart; 
 Give me the faith that casts out sin, 
 
 And purifies the heart, 
 .3 This is the dear redeeming grace, 
 
 For every sinner free* 
 Surely it shall on me take place. 
 
 The chief of sinners, — me. 
 
 4 From all iniquity, from all, 
 He shall my soul redeem; 
 
 In Jesus I believe, and shall 
 Believe myself to him. 
 
 5 When Jesus makes my heart his home, 
 My sin shall all depart ; — 
 
 And, lo 1 he saith, I quickly come. 
 To fill and rule thy heart. 
 
 6 Be it according to thy word ; 
 Eedeem me from all sin ; 
 
 My heart would now receive thee, Lord ; 
 Come in, my Lord, come in ! 
 
 481 L.K 
 
 The will of God. 
 
 HE wills that I should holy be : 
 That holiness I long to feel ; 
 That full divine conformity 
 To all my Saviour's righteous wiU. 
 19
 
 290 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 2 See, Lord, the travail of thy 80ul_ 
 Accomplish'd in the change of mine ; 
 
 And plunge me, every whit made whole, 
 In all the depths of love divine. 
 
 3 On thee, God, my soul is stay'd,^ 
 And waits to prove thine utmost will ; 
 
 The promise by thy mercy made, 
 Thou canst, thou wilt, m me fulfil. 
 
 4 Ko more I stagger at thy power, 
 
 Or doubt thy truth, which cannot move ; 
 Hasten the long-expected hour, 
 And bless me with thy perfect love. 
 
 482 s. M. 
 
 Thy will 5e done. 
 
 THIS is thy wUl, I know, 
 That I should holy be ; 
 Should let my sins this moment go, 
 
 This moment turn to thee. 
 2 might I now embrace 
 
 Thine all-sufficient power. 
 And never more to sin give place, 
 And never grieve thee more. 
 
 483 CM. 
 
 The good -pleasure of hin will. 
 
 I KNOW that my Redeemer lives, 
 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. 
 8 He wills that I should holy be ! 
 
 "What can withstand his will ? 
 The counsel of his grace in me 
 
 He surely shall fulfil.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 291 
 
 4 Jesus, I hang upon tliy -word ; 
 I steadfastly believe 
 
 Thou wilt return, and clahn me, Lord, 
 And to thyself receive. 
 
 5 "When God is mine, and I am his, 
 Of paradise possess'd, 
 
 1 taste unutterable bliss, 
 And everlasting rest. 
 
 484 c. M. 
 
 The heliever^s rest. 
 
 LOED, I believe a rest remains 
 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 fix'd 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 Eemove this hardness from my heart ; 
 This unbelief remove : 
 
 To me the rest of faith impart, — 
 The Sabbath of thy love. 
 
 485 1st P. M. 6 lines 89. 
 
 Be saves Ms people from their sins. 
 
 SAVIOUR from sin, I wait to prove 
 That Jesus is thy healing name ; 
 To lose, when perfected in love, 
 
 Whate'er I have, or can, or am : 
 I stay me on thy faithful word, — 
 The servant shall be as his Lord.
 
 292 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 2 Didst thou not in the flesh, appear. 
 Sin to condemn, and man to save f 
 
 That perfect love might cast out fear? 
 That I thy mind iii me might have? 
 In holiness show forth thy praise, 
 And serve thee all my happy days ? 
 
 3 Didst thou not die that I might live 
 No longer to myself, but thee ? 
 
 Misrht body, soul, and spirit give 
 
 To Him who gave himself for me? 
 Come then, my Master and my God, 
 Now take the purchase of thy blood. 
 
 486 CM. 
 
 He isfidthful that hath promised. 
 
 JESUS, the sinner's rest thou art, 
 From guilt, and fear, and pain ; 
 While thou art absent from the heart 
 "We look for rest in vain. 
 
 2 O when wilt thou my Saviour be ? 
 O when shall 1 be clean ? 
 
 The true eternal Sabbath see, — 
 A perfect rest from sin? 
 
 3 The consolations of thy word 
 My soul have long upheld; 
 
 The'faithful promise of the Lord 
 Shall surely be fulfilPd. 
 
 4 I look to my incarnate God 
 Till he his work begin ; 
 
 And wait till his redeeming blood 
 Shall cleanse me from all sin. 
 
 5 that I now the voice might hear 
 That speaks my sins forgiven; 
 
 Thy word is pass'd to give me here 
 The inward pledge of heaven.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 6 Thy blood shall over all prevail, 
 
 And sanctify tlie' unclean; 
 The grace that saves the soul from hell, 
 
 Will save from present sin. 
 
 487 1st P. M. 6 /m^vj Ss. 
 
 All tilings possible to tlie helimier. 
 
 ALL things are possible to him 
 That can in Jesus' name believe : 
 Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme ; 
 Thy trtith I lovingly receive ; 
 
 1 can, I do believe in thee, — 
 All things arc possible to me. 
 
 2 When thou the work of faith hast -wrought, 
 
 1 here shall in thine image shine, 
 Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought. 
 
 Let men exclaim, and fiends repine, 
 They cannot break the firm decree, — 
 All things are possible to me. 
 
 3 All things are possible to God, — 
 
 To Christ, the power of God in man, — 
 To me, when I am all renew'd, — 
 
 When I in Christ am fonn'd again, 
 And witness, from all sin set free, — 
 All things are possible to me. 
 
 488 s. M. 
 
 Clirist, the guide and counsellor. 
 
 JESUS, my truth, my way, 
 My sure, unerring light, 
 On tliee my feeble steps I stay, 
 Which thou wilt guide aright. 
 
 2 My wisdom and my guide, 
 My counsellor thou art ; 
 
 O never let me leave thy side, 
 Or from thy paths depart.
 
 294 SANCTIFICATIOX. 
 
 3 I lift mine eyes to thee, 
 Thou gracious, bleeding Lamb, 
 
 That I may now enlighten'd be, 
 And never put to shame. 
 
 4 Never ■nill I remove 
 
 Out of thy hands my cause ; 
 But rest in thy redeeming love, 
 And hang upon thy cross. 
 
 5 make me all like thee, 
 Before I hence remove ; 
 
 Settle, confirm, and 'stablish me. 
 And build me up in love. 
 
 6 Let me thy witness live, 
 When sin is all destroy'd; 
 
 And then my spotless soul receive, 
 And take me home to God. 
 
 489 1st P. M. 6 ^^n€« 8s. 
 
 nU blood decmsetk f)'om all sin. 
 
 PEIS'NERS of hope, lift up your heads ; 
 The day of hberty draws near ; 
 Jesus, who on the serjoeut treads, 
 
 Shall soon in your behalf appear. 
 The Lord will to his temple come; 
 Prepare your hearts to make him room. 
 
 2 Ye all shall find, whom in his word 
 Himself hath caused to put your trust. 
 
 The Father of our dying Lord 
 Is ever to his promise just; 
 
 Faithful, if we our sins confess. 
 
 To cleanse from all unrighteousness. 
 
 S O ye of fearful hearts, be strong ! 
 
 Your downcast eyes and hands lift up I 
 Ye shall not be forgotten long ; 
 
 Hope to the end, in Jesus hope ! 
 Tell him ye wait his grace to prove ; 
 And cannot fail, if God is love.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 295 
 
 490 l&fP.U.Q lines Sa. 
 The promises are sure. 
 
 PEIS'NEES of hope, be strong, be bold ; 
 Cast off your doubts, disdain to fear ; 
 Dare to believe ; on Christ lay hold ; 
 
 Wrestle with Christ in misfhty prayer; 
 Tell him, — We will not let thee'^go, 
 Till we thy name, thy nature know. 
 
 2 Hast thou not died to purge our sin. 
 And risen, thy death for us to plead ? 
 
 To write thy law of love within 
 Our hearts, and make us free indeed ? 
 
 That we our Eden miglit regain. 
 
 Thou diedst, and couldst not die in vain. 
 
 S The promise stands, forever sure, 
 And we shall in thme image shine, 
 
 Partakers of a nature pure, 
 Holy, angelical, divuie ; 
 
 In spirit jom'd to thee, the Son, 
 
 As thou art with the Father one. 
 
 491 4:thP. M. 886, 886. 
 The glorious hope. 
 
 GLORIOUS hope of perfect love, 
 It lifts me up to things above ; 
 It bears on eagles' wings ; 
 It gives my ravish' d soul a t«ste, 
 And makes me for some moments feast 
 With Jesus' priests and kings. 
 
 2 Eejoicing now in earnest hope, 
 I stand, and from the mountam top 
 
 See all the land below : 
 Elvers of milk and honey rise, 
 And all the fruits of paradise 
 
 In endless plenty grow.
 
 296 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 3 A land of com, and wine, and oil, 
 Favour'd with God's peculiar smile, 
 
 With every blessing blest ; 
 There dwells the Lord our Kighteousness. 
 And keeps his own in perfect peace, 
 
 And everlasting rest. 
 
 4 that I might at once go up ; 
 Ko more on this side Jordan stop, 
 
 But now the land possess ; 
 This moment end my legal years ; 
 Sorrows and sins, and doubts and fears, 
 
 A howling wilderness. 
 
 492 c.M, 
 
 A Jiope full ofimmortaUty. 
 
 JOYFUL sound of gospel grace, 
 Christ shall in me appear ; 
 I, even I, shall see his face, — 
 I shall be holy here. 
 
 2 The glorious crown of righteotisness 
 To me reach' d out I view: 
 
 Conqu'ror through him, I soon shall seize, 
 And wear it as my due. 
 
 3 The promised land, from Pisgah's top, 
 I now exult to see : 
 
 My hope is full, (O glorious hope !) 
 "Of immortality. 
 
 4 With me, I know, I feel, thou art ; 
 But this cannot suffice, 
 
 Unless thou plantest in my heart 
 A constant paradise. 
 
 5 My earth thou wat'rest from on high, 
 But make it all a pool : 
 
 Spring up, Well, I ever cry ; 
 Spring lip within my soul.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 297 
 
 6 Come, my God, thyself reveal ; 
 
 Fill all this mighty void : 
 Thou only canst my spirit fill ; 
 
 Come, my God, my God. 
 
 493 L. M. 
 
 There remaineili a rest for the people of God. 
 
 COME, O thou greater than our heart, 
 And make thy faithful mercies known ; 
 The mind which was in thee impart : 
 
 Thy constant mind in us be showni. 
 2 O let us by thy cross abide, 
 
 Thee, only thee, resolved to know, 
 The Lamb for sinnei-s crucified, 
 
 A world to save from endless wo. 
 S Take us into thy people's rest. 
 
 And we from our own works shall cease ; 
 "With thy meek Spirit arm our breast. 
 
 And keep our minds in perfect peace. 
 4 Jesus, for this we calmly wait ; 
 
 let our eyes behold thee near ! 
 Hasten to make our heaven complete ; 
 
 Appear, our glorious God, appear. 
 
 494 L. M. 
 
 Tlie promised rest. 
 
 GOD of all power, and truth, and grace, 
 Which shall from age to age endure ; 
 Whose word, when heaven and earth shall pass, 
 
 Remains, and stands forever sure : — 
 2 That I thy mercy may proclaim. 
 
 That all mankind thy truth may see, 
 Hallow thy great and glorious name, 
 
 And perfect holuiess in me. 
 
 Give me a new, a perfect heart, 
 
 From doubt, and fear, and sorrow free ; 
 The mind which was in Christ impart, 
 
 And let my spirit cleave to thee.
 
 298 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 4 that I now, from sin released, 
 Thy word may to the utmost prove ; 
 
 Enter into the promised rest, — 
 The Canaan of thy perfect love. 
 
 495 SdP. M. 4 63 & 2 89. 
 
 Rejoicing in prospect of the blessing. 
 
 YE ransom'd sinners, hear, 
 The pris'ners of the Lord ; 
 And wait till Christ appear, 
 
 According to his word : 
 Eejoice in hope, rejoice with me ; 
 We shall from all our sins be free. 
 
 2 In God we put our trust; 
 
 If we our sins confess, 
 Eaithful is he and just, 
 
 From all unrighteousness 
 To cleanse us ail, both you and me : 
 We shall from all our sins be free. 
 
 5 Surely in us the hope 
 Of gloiy shall appear; 
 
 Sinners, your heads lift up, 
 
 And see redemption near: 
 Again I say, Eejoice with me ; 
 "VVe shall from all our sins be free. 
 
 4 Who Jesus' suffrings share, 
 My fellow-pris'ners now. 
 
 Ye soon the crown shall wear 
 On your triumphant brow : 
 Eejoice in hope, rejoice with me ; 
 We shall from all our sins be free. 
 
 5 The word of God is sure, 
 And never can remove ; 
 
 We shall in heart be pure, 
 
 And perfected in love : 
 Eejoice in hope, rejoice with me ; 
 We shaU from all our sins be free.
 
 SANCTIFICATIOK 
 
 6 Then let ns gladly bring 
 
 Our sacrifice of praise : 
 Let us give thanks and sing, 
 
 And glory in his grace : 
 Kejoice in hope, rejoice with me; 
 We shixll from all our sins be free. 
 
 496 L. M. 
 
 The land of rest. 
 
 THY lo\dng Spirit, Lord, alone, 
 Can lead me forth, and make me free ; 
 The bondage break in which I groan, 
 And set my heart at liberty. 
 
 2 Now let thy Spirit bring me in, 
 And give thy servant to possess 
 
 The land of rest from inbred siii, — 
 The land of perfect holiness. 
 
 3 Lord, I believe thy power the same ; 
 The same thy truth and grace endure ; 
 
 And in thy blessed hands 1 am, 
 And trust thee for a perfect cure. 
 
 4 Come, Saviour, come, and make me whole ; 
 Entirely all my sins remove ; 
 
 To perfect health restore my soul, — 
 To perfect holiness and love. 
 
 497 s.M. 
 
 Purity of heart, 
 
 BLEST are the pure in heart. 
 For they shall see our God; 
 The secret of the Lord is theirs ; 
 Their soul is his abode. 
 
 2 Still to the lowly soul 
 
 He doth himself impart, 
 And for his temple and his throne 
 
 Selects the pure in heart.
 
 300 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 498 9tli p. M. 87, 87, 87, sr. 
 
 The new creation. 
 
 LOVE divine, all love excelling, 
 Joy of heaven, to earth come down, 
 Fix in ns thy humble dwelling ; 
 All thy faithful mercies crown. 
 Jesus, thou art all compassion, — 
 Pure unbounded love thou art ; 
 Visit us with thy salvation ; 
 Enter every trembling heart. 
 
 2 Breathe, O breathe thy loving Spirit 
 
 Into every troubled breast ; 
 Let us all in thee inherit ; 
 
 Let us find that second rest. 
 Take away our bent to sinning; 
 
 Alpha and Omega be^ 
 End of faith, as its begmning, 
 
 Set our hearts at liberty. 
 
 S Come, almighty to deliver, 
 
 Let us all thy life receive ; 
 Suddenly return, and never. 
 
 Never more thy temples leave : 
 Thee we would be always blessing, 
 
 Serve thee as thy hosts above. 
 Pray, and praise tliee without ceasing, 
 
 Glory in thy perfect love. 
 
 4 Finish then thy new creation ; 
 
 Pure and spotless let us be ; 
 Let us see thy great salvation, 
 
 Perfectly restored in thee : 
 Changed from glory into glory, 
 
 Till in heaven we take our place, — 
 Till we cast our crowns before thee. 
 
 Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 301 
 
 499 
 
 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 The pure in heart shdU see God. 
 
 SAVIOUR, on me the grace bestow. 
 That, with thy children, I may know 
 My sins on earth forgiven ; 
 Give me to prove the kingdom mine, 
 And taste, in hoHness divine, 
 The happiness of heaven. 
 
 2 Me with that restless thirst inspire. 
 That sacred, infinite desire, 
 
 And feast my hungry heart; 
 Less than thyself cannot suffice ; 
 My soul for all thy fulness cries,— 
 
 For all thou hast and art. 
 
 3 Jesus, the crowning gi-ace impart; 
 Bless me with purity of heart, 
 
 That now beholding thee, 
 
 1 soon may view thy open face. 
 On all thy glorious beauties gaze, 
 
 And God forever see. 
 
 500 c. M. 
 
 A perfect Tieart the Redeemer's throne. 
 
 OFOR a heart to praise my God, 
 A heai't from sin set free ; — 
 A heart that always feels thy blood, 
 So freely spilt for mo : — 
 
 2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek, 
 My great Redeemer's throne ; 
 
 Where only Chi'ist is heard to speak, — 
 Where Jesus reigns alone. 
 
 3 for a lowly, contrite heart, 
 Believing, true, and clean; 
 
 Which neither life nor death can part 
 From Him that dwells witliin: —
 
 802 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 4 A heart in every thought renew'd, 
 And full of love divine ; 
 
 Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, 
 A copy, Lord, of thine. 
 
 5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; 
 Come quickly from above ; 
 
 Write thy new name upon my heart, — 
 Thy new, best name of Love. 
 
 501 L.M. 
 
 The new covenant. 
 
 OGod, most merciful and true, 
 Thy nature to my soiil impart; 
 'Stablish with me the cov'nant new, 
 And stamp thine image 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 Eemembcr, 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'erwhelm'd with thy stupendous giacc, 
 
 1 shall not in thy presence move ; 
 But breathe unutterable praise, 
 
 And rapt'rous awe, and silent love. 
 
 5 Then every murm'ring thought, and vaui, 
 Expires, in sweet confusion lost: 
 
 I cannot of my cross complain, — 
 1 cannot of "my goodness boast. 
 
 6 Pardon" d for all that I have done, 
 My mouth as in the dust I hide ; 
 
 And glory give to God alone, — 
 My God in Jesus pacified.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 303 
 
 502 5th ¥.1^.4: lines 7s. 
 
 Perfect submission. 
 
 WHEN, my Saviour, shall I be 
 Perfectly resign'd to thee ? 
 Poor and vile in my own eyes, 
 Only in thy wisdom wise ? 
 
 2 Only thee content to know, 
 Ignorant of all below ? 
 
 Only guided by thy light? 
 Only mighty in thy might? 
 
 3 So I may thy Spirit know, 
 Let him as he listeth blow : 
 Let the manner be unknown, 
 So I may with thee be one : — 
 
 4 Fully in my life express 
 All the heights of holiness ; 
 Sweetly let my spirit prove, 
 All the depths of humble love. 
 
 503 L.M. 
 
 Christ all in aU. 
 
 HOLY, and true, and righteous Lord, 
 I wait to prove thy perfect will : 
 Be mindful of thy gracious 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. 
 S Confound, o'erpower me by thy grace ; 
 
 I would be by myself abhorr'd ; 
 All might, all majesty, all praise, 
 
 All glory, be to Christ my Lord. 
 4 Now let me gain perfection's height ; 
 
 Now let me into nothing fall, 
 As less than nothing in thy sight, 
 
 And feel that Christ is a'll in all.
 
 304 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 504 1st T.^L 6 lines Sb. 
 
 Ttce prize, of our high calling. 
 
 TO thee, great God of love, I bow, 
 And prostrate in thy sight adore : 
 By faith I see thee passing now : 
 
 I liave, but still I ask for more : 
 A glimpse of love cannot suffice ; 
 My soul for all thy presence cries, 
 
 2 More favor'd than the saints of old, 
 Who now by faith approach to thee, 
 
 Shall all, with open face, behold 
 In Christ, the glorious Deity ; 
 Shall see and put salvation on, 
 The nature of thy sinless Son. 
 
 3 This, this is our high calling's prize; 
 Tliine imasre in thy Son I claim; 
 
 And still to liigher elories rise, 
 
 Till, all transform d, I know thy name, 
 And ^lide to all my heaven above, — 
 My highest heaven* iu Jesus' love. 
 
 505 L. M. 
 
 Mark of j^erfeciion. 
 
 WHAT ! never speak one evil word? 
 Or rash, or idle, or unkind? 
 O how shall I, most gracious Lord, 
 
 This mark of true perfection find ? 
 2 Thy sinless mind in me reveal; 
 Thy Spirit's plenitude impart; 
 And all my spotless life shall tell 
 The'' abundance of a loving heart. 
 
 506 L.1L 
 
 Renouncing all for Christ. 
 
 COME, Saviour, Jesus, from above. 
 Assist me with thy h'^avenlj' grace; 
 Empty my heart of earthly love. 
 And for thyself prepare the place.
 
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 2 let tliy sacred presence fill, 
 And set my longing spirit free ; 
 
 Which pants to have no other will, 
 But night and day to feast on thee- 
 
 8 While in this region here below, 
 
 No other good will I pursue : 
 I'll bid this world of noise and show, 
 
 With all its glitt'riug snares, adieu. 
 
 4 That path with humble speed I'll seek. 
 In which my Saviour's footsteps shine. 
 
 Nor will I hear, nor will I speak, 
 Of any other love but thine. 
 
 5 Henceforth may no profane delight 
 Divide this consecrated soul ; 
 
 Possess it thou, who hast the right, 
 As Lord and Master of the whole. 
 
 6 Nothing on earth do I desire, 
 
 But thy pure love within my breast; 
 This, only this, will I require, 
 And freely give up all the rest. 
 
 507 s.M. 
 
 The, perfect Icvw of love. 
 
 THE thing my God doth hate, 
 That I no more may do, 
 Thy creature, Lord, again create, 
 And all my soul renew : 
 
 2 My soul shall then, like thine, 
 Abhor the thing unclean,^ 
 
 And, sanctified by love divine, 
 Forever cease from sin. 
 
 3 That blessed law of thine, 
 Jesus, to me impart; 
 
 The Spirit's law of life divine, 
 write it on my heart !
 
 806 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 4 Implant it deep witliin, 
 "Whence it may ne'er remove, — 
 
 The law of liberty from sin, 
 The perfect law of love. 
 
 5 Thy nature be my law, — 
 Thy spotless sanctity; 
 
 And sweetly every moment draw 
 My happy soul to thee. 
 
 6 Soul of my soul, remain I 
 Who didst for all fulfil. 
 
 In me, O Lord fulfil again 
 Thy heavenly Father's wiU. 
 
 508 CM. 
 
 Aspiring after hoUriess. 
 
 THOU God of all-sufficient grace, 
 My God in Christ thou aft ; 
 O may I walk before thy face, 
 
 Tiiri am pure in heart: 
 Until transform' d by faith divine, 
 
 I gain that love unknown; 
 And bright in all thine image shine, 
 
 By putting on thy Son. 
 2 Now, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 In council join again. 
 To reimpress thine Image, lost 
 
 By frail, apostate man ; 
 O niight I, Lord, thy form express, — 
 
 Begotten from above, — 
 Be stamp'd with real holiness. 
 
 And ffll'd with perfect love ! 
 
 509 G.M. 
 
 Cordial obedience. 
 
 COME, Lord, and claim me for thine own 
 Saviour, thy right assert; 
 Come, gracious Lord, set up thy throne. 
 And reign within my heart.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 307 
 
 2 The day of thy great power I feel, 
 And pant for liberty ; 
 
 I loathe myself, deny my will, 
 And give ixp all for thee. 
 
 3 I hate my sins, — no longer mine, 
 For I renounce them too ; 
 
 My weakness with thy strength I join ; 
 Thy strength shall all subdue. 
 
 4 So shall I bless thy pleasing sway, 
 And, sitting at thy feet, 
 
 Thy laws with all my heart obey, — 
 With all my soul submit. 
 
 510 L. M. 
 
 The light yoke and easy 'burden. 
 
 OTHAT my load of sin were gone ; 
 that I eould at last submit 
 At Jesus' feet to lay it down — 
 To lay my soul at Jesus' feet. 
 
 2 Eest for my soul I long to find : 
 Saviour of all, if mine thou art, 
 
 Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 
 And stamp thine image on my heart. 
 
 3 Break oif the yoke of inbred sin, 
 And fully set my spirit free; 
 
 I cannot rest till pure within, — 
 Till I am wholly lost in thee. 
 
 4 Fain would I leana of thee, my God ; 
 Thy light and easy burden prove ; 
 
 The cross all stain' lI with hallow'd blood, 
 The labor of thy dying love. 
 
 5 I woiild, but thou must give the power ; 
 My heart from every sin release ; 
 
 Bring near, bring near the joyful hour, 
 And fill me with thy perfect peace.
 
 308 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 511 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 The VUssed hope. 
 
 BUT can it be that I should prove 
 Forever faithful to thy love, — 
 From sin forever cease ? 
 
 1 thank thee for the blessed hope ; 
 It lifts my drooping spirits up ; 
 
 It gives me back my peace. 
 
 2 In thee, Lord, I put my trust ; 
 Mighty, and merciful, and just, 
 
 Thy sacred word is past; 
 And I, who dare thy word believe, 
 Without committing sin shall live, — 
 
 Shall live to God at last. 
 S I rest in thine almighty power ; 
 The name of Jesus is my tower 
 
 That hides my life above : 
 Thou canst, thou wilt, my helper be ; 
 Mv confidence is all ui thee, 
 
 *rhe faithful God of love. 
 4 Wherefore, in never-ceasing prayer, 
 Mv soul to thy continual care 
 
 1 faithfully commend ; 
 Assured that thou through life wilt save, 
 And show thyself beyond the grave 
 
 My everlastLng Friend. 
 
 512 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. 
 Rejoicing in hope. 
 
 JESUS comes with all his grace, 
 Comes to save a fallen race; 
 Object of our glorious hope, 
 Jesus comes to hft us up. 
 2 Let the living stones cry out; 
 Let the sons of Abrah'm shout: 
 Praise we all our lowly King • 
 Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 309 
 
 3 "We are now his lawful right ; 
 Walk as children of the light ; 
 We shall soon obtain the grace, 
 Pure in heart, to see his face. 
 
 4 We shall gain our calling's prize ; 
 After God we all shall rise, 
 
 Fill'd with joy, and love, and peace, 
 Perfected in holiness. 
 
 5 Let us then rejoice in hope ; 
 Steadily to Christ look up ; 
 Trust to be redeem'd from sin, 
 Wait till he appear within. 
 
 6 Hasten, Lord, the perfect day ; 
 Let thy every servant say, — 
 
 I have now obtain'd the power, 
 Born of God, to sin no more. 
 
 513 ^ CM, 
 
 Ths garner of God. 
 
 COME, thou omniscient Son of man, 
 Display thy sifting power ; 
 Come, with thy Spirit's winn'wing fan. 
 And throughly purge thy floor. 
 
 2 The chaff of sin, the accursed thing, 
 Far from our souls be driven ; 
 
 The wheat into thy garner bruig, 
 And lay us up tor heaven. 
 
 3 Whate'er offends thy glorious eyes. 
 Far from our hearts remove ; 
 
 As dust before the whirlwind flies, 
 Disperse it by thy love. 
 
 4 Then let us all thy fulness know, 
 From every sin set free ; 
 
 Saved to the utmost, saved below, 
 And perfected in thee.
 
 310 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 514 20th p. M. 66, 77, 77. 
 
 The willing captive. 
 
 JESUS, thou art our King ! 
 To me thy succour bring ; 
 Christ the mighty one art tliou ; 
 
 Help for all on thee is laid : 
 This tne word ; I claim it now ; 
 
 Send me now the promised aid. 
 
 2 High on the Father's throne, 
 
 O look with pity do\vn ! 
 Help, help, attend my call; 
 
 Captive lead captivity: 
 King of glory, Lord of all, 
 
 Christ, be Lord, be King to me ! 
 
 8 I now would feel thy sway, 
 
 And only thee obey; 
 Thee my spirit pants to meet : 
 
 This my one, my ceaseless prayer, — 
 Make, O make my heart thy seat ; 
 
 set up thy kingdom there ! 
 
 4 Triumph and reign in me. 
 
 And spread thy victory; 
 Hell, and death, and sin control ; 
 
 Pride, and wi-ath, and every foe, 
 All subdue ; through all my soul, 
 
 Conqu'rin^ and to conquer go. 
 
 515 c. M. 
 
 The omnipotence of love. 
 
 GOD of eternal truth and grace. 
 Thy faithful promise seal ; 
 Thy word, thy oath, to Abrah'm's race. 
 
 In me, Lord, fulfil. 
 2 That mighty faith on me bestow, 
 
 "Which cannot ask in vain ; 
 Which holds, and will not let thee go. 
 Till I my suit obtain :—
 
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 3 Till tlioii into my soul inspire 
 The perfect love unknown ; 
 
 And tell my infinite desire, — 
 Wbate'er thou wilt, be done. 
 
 4 On me the faith divine bestow, 
 Which doth the mountain move ; 
 
 And all my spotless life shall show 
 The' omnipotence of love- 
 
 516 5th P. ML 4 lijies 7s. 
 
 Perfeet peace. 
 
 PEINCE of peace, control my will ; 
 Bid this struggling heart be still ; 
 Bid my fears and doubtiugs cease, — 
 Hush my spirit into peace. 
 
 2 Thou hast bought me with thy blood, 
 Open'd wide the gate to God : 
 
 Peace I ask — but peace must be, 
 Lord, in being one with thee. 
 
 3 May thy will, not mine, be done ; 
 May thy will and mine be one : 
 Chase these doubtings from my heart; 
 ■Now thy perfect peace impart. 
 
 4 Sa\4our ! at thy feet I fall ; 
 Thou my life, my God, my all I 
 Let thy happy servant be 
 One for evermore with thee 1 
 
 517 CM. 
 
 77ip commandments are exceeding "broad. 
 
 DEEPEN the wound thy hands have made 
 In this weak, helpless soul : 
 Till mercy, with its balmy aid, 
 Descend to make me whole. 
 2 The sharpness of thy two-edged sword 
 
 Enable me to' endure; 
 Till bold to say, — My hall'wing Lord 
 Hath wi-ought a perfect cure.
 
 312 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 3 1 see the' exceeding broad command, 
 Whicti all contains in one : 
 
 Enlarge my heart to understand 
 The mystery unknown. 
 
 4 that, with all thy saints, I might 
 By sweet experience prove 
 
 Wliat is the length, and breadth, and height. 
 And depth, of perfect love. 
 
 518 CM. 
 
 Perfect freedom. 
 
 IF thon impart thyself to me. 
 No other good 1 need : 
 If thou, the Son, shalt make me free, 
 I shall be free indeed. 
 
 2 I cannot rest till in thy blood 
 
 1 full redemption have ; 
 
 But thou, through whom I come to God, 
 Canst to the utmost save. 
 
 3 From sin, — ^the guilt, the power, the pain,. 
 Thou wilt redeem my soul : 
 
 Lord, I believe — and not in vaha ; 
 My faith shall make me whole. 
 
 4 I, too, with thee, shall walk in white ; 
 With all thy saints shall prove 
 
 The length and depth, and breadth and heigh." 
 Of everlasting love. 
 
 519 5th P. M. 4 ZMi«f 7s. 
 
 The image of God. 
 
 PATHER of eternal grace, 
 Glorify thyself in me ; 
 Sweetly beaming in my face 
 May the world thine image see. 
 
 2 Happy only in thy love, 
 Poor,^unfriended, or unknown: 
 
 Fix my thoughts on things above; 
 Stay my heart on tliee alone.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 313 
 
 3 To thy gracious will resign' d — 
 All thy will by me be done ; 
 
 Give me, Lord, the perfect mind 
 Of thy well-beloved Son. 
 
 4 Counting gain and glory loss, 
 May 1 tread the patn he trod ; 
 
 Die with Jesus on the cross, — 
 Eise with him to live with God. 
 
 520 s.M. 
 
 Glorious liberty. 
 
 OCOME, and dwell in me, 
 Spirit of jx)wer within ; 
 And bring the glorious liberty 
 From sorrow, fear, and sin I 
 2 The seed of sin's disease, 
 
 Spirit of health, remove, — 
 Spirit of finished holiness, 
 Spirit of perfect love. 
 
 5 Hasten the joyful day 
 Which shall my sins consume ; 
 
 When old things shall be done away, 
 
 And all things new become. 
 4: I want the witness, Lord, 
 
 That all I do is right,— 
 According to thy Avill and word, — 
 
 Well pleasing in thy sight. 
 5 I ask no higher state ; 
 
 Indulge me but in this. 
 And soon or later then translate 
 
 To my eternal bliss. 
 
 521 CM. 
 
 7%e perfect restfroin sin. 
 
 JESUS, my Lord, I cry to thee, 
 Against the foe within : 
 I want a constant liberty, 
 A perfect rest from sin.
 
 314 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 2 Thy killing and thy quick'ning power, 
 Jesus, in me display; 
 
 The life of nature, from this hour, 
 My pride and passion slay. 
 
 3 Then, then, my utmost Saviour, raise 
 My soul with saints above. 
 
 To serve thy will, and spread thy praise, 
 And sing thy perfect love. 
 
 522 c. M. 
 
 The exceeding great reward. 
 
 THY name to )ne, thy nature grant ! 
 This, only this be given ! 
 Isothing besfde my God I want; 
 Nothing in earth or heaven. 
 
 2 Come, my Saviour, come away; 
 Into my soul descend; 
 
 No longer from thy creature stay, 
 My Author and 'my End. 
 
 3 The bliss thou hast for me prepared, 
 No longer be delay'd ; 
 
 Come, my exceeding great Reward, 
 For whom I first was made. 
 
 4 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. 
 
 523 L.M. 
 
 Waiting for the promise. 
 
 Jesus, full of truth and grace ! 
 O all-atoning Lamb of God ! 
 
 1 wait to see thy glorious face ; 
 
 I seek redemption in thy blood. 
 
 2 Thou art the anchor of my hope ; 
 The feithful promise I receive : 
 
 Surely thy death shall raise me up. 
 For thou hast died that I might live^
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 316 
 
 8 Satan, with all his arts, no more 
 Me from the Gospel hope can move ; 
 
 1 shall receive the gracious power, 
 And find the pearl of perfect love. 
 
 4 My flesh, which cries,— It cannot be, 
 Shall silence keep before the Lord; 
 
 And earth, and hell, and sin shall flee 
 At Jesus' everlasting word. 
 
 524 c. M. 
 
 Entire purificaiion. 
 
 EOKEVER here my rest shall be, 
 Close to thy bleedinsf side ; 
 This all my hope, and all my plea, — 
 For me the Saviour died. 
 
 2 My dying Saviour, and my God, 
 Fountain for guilt and sin, 
 
 Sprinkle 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, my head, my heart. 
 
 4 The' atonement of thy blood apply, 
 Till faith to sight improve; 
 
 Till hope in full "fruition die, 
 And all my soul be love. 
 
 ^^25 6th P. M. 6 linss Ts. 
 
 Entire consecration. 
 
 FATHEE, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 One in Three, and Three in One, 
 As by the celestial host, 
 
 Let thy will on earth be done ; 
 Praise by all to thee be given. 
 Glorious Lord of earth and heaven.
 
 316 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 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 wiU, 
 All thy counsel to fmfil. 
 
 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 
 AU I have, and all I am, 
 
 4 Take my soul and body's powers ; 
 Take my mem'ry, 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. 
 
 526 c. M. 
 
 Longing to te dissolved in love. 
 
 JESUS hath died that I might live, 
 Might live to God alone ; 
 In him eternal life receive, 
 And be in spirit one. 
 
 2 Saviour, I thank thee for the grace, 
 
 The gift unspeakable ; 
 And wait with arms of faith to' embrace, 
 
 And aU thy love to feel. 
 
 5 My soul breaks out in strong desire, 
 The perfect bliss to prove ; 
 
 My longing heart is all on fire 
 To be dSsolved in love. 
 
 4 Give me thyself; from every boast, 
 
 From every wish set free ; 
 Let all I am in thee be lost, 
 
 But give thyself to me.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 317 
 
 5 Thy gifts, alas ! cannot suffice, 
 
 Unless thyself be given ; 
 Thy presence makes my paradise, 
 
 Ana where thou art is heaven. 
 
 527 c. M. 
 
 Sotd and liody dedicated to the Lord, 
 
 LET Him to whom we now belong, 
 His sov'reign right assert; 
 And take up every thankful song. 
 And every loving heart. 
 
 2 He justly claims us for his own, 
 Who bought us with a price : 
 
 The Christian lives to Christ alone ; 
 To Christ alone he dies. 
 
 3 Jesus, thine own at last receive ; 
 Fulfil our heart's desire ; 
 
 And let us to thy glory live, 
 And in thy cause expire. 
 
 4 Our Bouls and bodies we resign ; 
 "With joy we render thee 
 
 Our all, — no longer ours, but thine 
 To all eternity. 
 
 528 20th P. M. 66, Y7, 77. 
 
 Panting for the fulness of Deittj. 
 
 SAVIOUE, the world's and mine. 
 Was ever grief like thine ? 
 Thou my pain, my curse, hast borne ; 
 
 All my sins were laid on thee : 
 Help me, Lord, for thee I mourn; 
 
 Draw me. Saviour, after thee. 
 
 2 To love is all my wish ; 
 
 I only live for this : 
 Gi-ant me, Lord, my heart's desire, 
 
 There, by faith, forever dwell ; 
 This I always will require. 
 
 Thee, and only thee to feel.
 
 318 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 3 Thy power I pant to prove, 
 Eooted and fix'd in love; 
 
 Strengthen'd by thy Spirit's might, 
 Wise to fathom things divine, 
 
 "What the length, and breadth, and height. 
 What the depth of love like thine. 
 
 4 Ah ! give me this to know, 
 With afi thy saints below; 
 
 Swells my soul to compass thee : 
 Pants in thee to live and move ; 
 
 FUl'd -vvith all the Deity, 
 Ail immersed and lost in love I 
 
 529 L.M. 
 
 Thirsting for th-e fulness of love. 
 
 I THIRST, thoi; wounded Lamb of God, 
 To wash me in thy cleansing blood ; 
 To dwell within thy wounds ; then pain 
 Is sweet, and life or death is gain. 
 
 2 Take my poor heart, and let it be 
 Forever closed to all but thee : 
 
 Seal thou my breast, and let me wear 
 That pledge of love forever there. 
 
 3 How blest are they who still abide 
 Close shelter'd in thy bleeding side ! 
 Who thence their life and strength derive. 
 And by thee move, and in thee live. 
 
 4 What are our works but sin and death. 
 Till thou thy quick'ning Spirit breathe ? 
 Thou giv'st the power thy grace to move .; 
 wondrous grace ! boundless love ! 
 
 5 How can it be, thou heavenly King, 
 That thou shouldst us to glory bring ; 
 Make slaves the partners of tfiy throne, 
 Deck'd with a never-fading crown ?
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 319 
 
 6 Hence our hearts melt, our eyes o'erflow, 
 Our words are lost, nor will we know, 
 Nor will we think of aught beside, — 
 My Lord, my Love, is crucified. 
 
 530 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 Ardent longings for tTie Nessing. 
 
 COME, thou universal Good, 
 Balm of the wounded conscience, come ! 
 The hungry, dying spirit's food, 
 
 The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home ; 
 Haven to take the shipwreck' d in, 
 My everlasting rest from sin. 
 
 2 Come, O my comfort and delight ; 
 
 My strength and health, my shield and sun, 
 My boast, and confidence, and might, 
 
 "My joy, my glory, and my crown : 
 My Gospel hope, my calling's prize ; 
 My tree of life, my paradise. 
 
 3 The Secret of the Lord thou art, 
 The mystery so long unknown ; 
 
 Christ in a pxire and perfect heart ; 
 
 The name inscribed on the white stone: 
 The life divine, the little leaven, 
 My precious pearl, my present heaven. 
 
 531 c. M. 
 
 Love alone victorious. 
 
 WHEN shall I see the welcome hour 
 That plants my God in me ? 
 Spirit of health, and life, and power, 
 And perfect liberty. 
 
 2 Love only can the conquest win, 
 
 The strength of sin subdue: 
 Come, my Saviour, cast out sin, 
 
 And form my soul anew.
 
 820 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 3 No longer then my heart shall mourn, 
 While sanctified bV grace, 
 
 1 only for his glory burn, 
 And always see his face. 
 
 532 c. M. 
 
 The affections crucifled. 
 
 JESUS, mv life, thyself apply ; 
 Thy Holy Spirit breathe : 
 My vile affections crucify ; 
 'Conform me to thy death. 
 
 2 Conqu'ror of hell, and earth, and sin, 
 Still with the rebel strive : 
 
 Enter my soul and work within. 
 And kill and make alive. 
 
 3 More of thy life, and more I have, 
 As the old" Adam dies: 
 
 Bury me, Saviour, in thy grave, 
 That 1 with thee may Vise, 
 
 4 Reign in me, Lord ; thy foes control, 
 "Who would not own thy sway; 
 
 Diffuse thine image through my soul ; 
 Shine to the perfect day. 
 
 5 Scatter tlie last remains of sin, 
 And seal me thine abode ; 
 
 O make me glorious all within, — 
 A temple built by God ! 
 
 533 1st P. M. 6 lines 8e. 
 
 A lively sacrifice to God. 
 
 OGOD, what offering shall I give 
 To thee, the Lord of earth and skies ? 
 My spirit, soul, and flesh receive, 
 
 A holy, living sacrifice : 
 Small as it is, 'tis all my store ; 
 More shouldst thou have, if I had more.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 321 
 
 2 Now, then, my God, thou hast my soul : 
 No longer mine, but thine I am : 
 
 Guard thou thine own, possess it whole ; 
 Cheer it with hope, with love inflame. 
 Thou hast my spirit ; there display 
 Thy glory to the perfect day. 
 
 3 Thou hast my fiesh, thy hallow'd shrine, 
 Devoted solely to thy will : 
 
 Here let thy light forever shine ; 
 
 This house still let thy presence fill. 
 O Source of life ! live, dwell, and move 
 In me, till all my life be love. 
 
 4 Lord, arm me with thy Spirit's might: 
 Suiee I am call'd by thy great name, 
 
 In thee let all my thoughts unite ; 
 
 Of all my works be thou the aim : 
 Thy love attend me all my days, 
 And my sole business be thy praise. 
 
 534 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s- 
 
 Panting for purity. 
 
 HOLY Lamb, who thee receive, 
 Who in thee begin to live. 
 Day and night they cry to thee, — 
 As thou art, so let us be ! 
 
 2 Jesus, see my panting breast; 
 See, I pant in thee to rest ; 
 Gladly would I now be clean; 
 Cleanse me now from every sin- 
 
 3 Fix, O fix my wav'ring mind ; 
 To thy cross my spirit bind: 
 Earthly passions far remove ; 
 Swallow up my soul in love. 
 
 4 Dust and ashes though we be. 
 Full of sin and misery, 
 
 Thine we are, thou Son of God ; 
 Take the purchase of thy blood I 
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 322 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 535 5th p. M. 4: lines 7s. 
 
 The mind tliat was in CJirist. 
 
 JESUS, plant and root in me 
 All the mind that was in thee; 
 Settled peace I then shall find ; 
 Jesus' is a quiet mind. 
 
 2 Anger I no more shall feel, — 
 Always even, always still ; 
 Meekly on my God reclined; 
 Jesus'' is a gentle mind. 
 
 3 I shall suffer and fulfil 
 
 All my Father's gracious wiH ; 
 Be in all alike resign'd ; 
 Jesus' is a patient mind. 
 
 4 When 'tis deeply rooted here. 
 Perfect love shall cast out fear ; 
 Fear doth servile spirits bind; 
 Jesus' is a noble mmd. 
 
 5 I shall nothing know beside 
 Jesus, and him crucified : 
 Perfectly to him be join'd ; 
 Jesus' is a loving mmd. 
 
 € I shall triumph evermore ; 
 Gratefully my God adore ; 
 God 60 good, so true, so kind ; 
 Jesus' is a thankful mind. 
 
 7 Lowly, loving, meek, and pure, 
 I shall to the end endure ; 
 
 Be no more to sin inclined; 
 Jesus' is a constant mind. 
 
 8 I shall fully be restored 
 To the image of my Lord ; 
 Witnessing to all mankind, 
 Jesus' is a perfect mind.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 323 
 
 536 CM. 
 
 The refining fire of the Holy Spirit. 
 
 JESUS, thine all-victorious love 
 Shed in my heart abroad: 
 Then shall my feet no longer rove, 
 Kooted and fix'd in God. 
 
 2 that in me the sacred fire 
 Might now begin to glow : 
 
 Burn up the dross of base desire, 
 And make the mountains flow. 
 
 3 that it now from heaven might fall, 
 And all my sins consume : 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call; 
 Spirit of' burning, come. 
 
 4 Eefining fire, go through my heart ; 
 Illuminate my soul; 
 
 Scatter thy life through every part, 
 And sanctify the whole. 
 
 5 My steadfast soul, from falling free, 
 Shall then no longer move ; 
 
 "While Christ is all the world to me, 
 And all my heart is love. 
 
 537 c. M. 
 
 Ardent desires for thefiiXness of God. 
 
 I ASK the gift of righteousness. 
 The sin-subduing power ; 
 Power to believe, and go in peace, 
 And never grieve thee more. 
 
 2 I ask the blood-bought pardon seal'd, 
 The liberty from sin, 
 
 The grace infused^ the love reveal'd, 
 The kingdom fix'd within. 
 
 3 Thou hear'st me for salvation pray ; 
 Thou seest my heart's desire ; 
 
 Made ready in thy powerful day, 
 Thy fulness I require.
 
 324 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 4 My restless bouI cries out, oppress'd, 
 Iftipatient to be freed ; 
 
 Nor can I, Lord, nor will I rest, 
 Till I am saved indeed. 
 
 5 Thou canst, thou wilt, I dare believe, 
 So arm me with thy power. 
 
 That I to sin may never cleave, — 
 May never feel it more. 
 
 538 4th P. M. 886, 88( 
 
 Panting after the fulness of love. 
 
 0LO\\E dix-ine, how sweet thou art ! 
 When shall I find my willing heart 
 All takeia up by thee ? 
 
 1 tliirst, I faint, 1 die to prove 
 The greatness of redeeming love, — 
 
 The love of Christ to me. 
 
 2 Stronger liis love than death or hell ; 
 Its riches are unsearchable : 
 
 The first-born sons of light 
 Desire in vain its depths to see ; 
 They cannot reach the mystery. 
 
 The length, the breadth, the height. 
 
 3 God only knows the love of God ; 
 O that it now were shed abroad 
 
 In this iX)or stony heart : 
 For love I sigh, for love I pine; 
 This only portion. Lord, be mine ; 
 
 Be mine this better part. 
 
 4 that I could forever sit 
 With Mary at the Master's feet ! 
 
 Be this my happy choice; 
 My only care, delight, and bliss, 
 My joy," my heaven on earth, be this, 
 
 To Lear the Bridegroom's voice.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 325 
 
 5 O that I could, with favour'd John, 
 Eecline my weary head upon 
 
 The dear Kedeemer's breast : 
 From care, and Bin, and sorrow free, 
 Give me, O Lord, to find in thee 
 
 My everlasting rest. 
 
 539 5thP. M. 4?i/i^7s. 
 
 Cut short the work in righteousness. 
 
 SAVIOUR of the sin-sick soul, 
 Give me faith to make me whole ; 
 Finish thy great work of grace ; 
 Cut it short in righteousness. 
 
 2 Speak the second time, — Be clean ! 
 Take away my inbred sin ; 
 
 Every stumbling-block remove; 
 Cast it out by perfect love. 
 
 3 Nothing less will I require ; 
 Nothing more can I desire : 
 None but Christ to me be given ; 
 None but Christ in earth or heaven. 
 
 4 O that I might now decrease ! 
 that all I am might cease I 
 Let me into nothing fall* 
 
 Let my Lord be all in all ! 
 
 540 CM. 
 
 Come, Lord Jesus. 
 
 JESUS ! at thy feet we wait, 
 Till thou bhalt bid us rise ; 
 Restored to our unsinning state, — 
 To love's sweet paradise. 
 
 2 Saviour from sin, we thee receive, 
 
 From all indwelling sin; 
 Thy blood, we steadfastly believe, 
 
 Shall make ua throughly clean.
 
 326 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 3 Since thou wouldst 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! 
 
 Be it according to thy will, 
 According to thy word. 
 
 5 that the perfect grace were given. 
 Thy love diffused abroad : 
 
 that our hearts were all a heaven. 
 Forever fill'd with God. 
 
 541 CM. 
 
 Come quickly. 
 
 COME quickly, gracious Lord, and take 
 Possession of thine own ; 
 Mv longing heart vouchsafe to make 
 
 '^Thine everlasting throne. 
 2 Assert thy claim, maintain thy right; 
 
 Come quickly from above ; 
 And sink me to perfection's height, — 
 The depth of humble love. 
 
 542 s.M. 
 
 TJie dominion of sin destroyed, 
 
 PEIS'NEES of hope, arise, 
 And see your Lord appear ; 
 Lo ' on the wmgs of love he flies. 
 And brings redemption near. 
 
 2 Eedemption in his blood. 
 He calls you to receive : — 
 
 Look unto me, your pard'ning God: 
 Believe, — he cries, — believe. 
 
 3 The reconciling word. 
 We thankfully embrace • 
 
 Kejoice in our redeeming Lord, 
 And triumph in his grace.
 
 SANCTIFICATION. 327 
 
 4 We yield to be set free ; 
 Thy counsel we approve ; 
 
 Salvation we ascribe to thee, 
 And glory m thy love. 
 
 5 Our nature shall no more 
 O'er us dominion have: 
 
 By faith we apprehend the power 
 Which shall forever save. 
 
 543 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 70. 
 
 Speak the word. 
 
 EVER fainting with desire, 
 For thee, O Christ, I call; 
 Thee I restlessly requii-e : 
 I want my God, my all- 
 Jesus, dear redeeming Lord, 
 
 I wait thy coming from above ; 
 Help me. Saviour, speak the word. 
 And perfect me in love. 
 
 2 Wilt thou suffer me to go 
 Lamenting all my days ? 
 
 Shall I never, never know 
 
 Thy sanctifying grace ? 
 Wilt thou not thy light afford? 
 
 The darkness from my soul remove ? 
 Help me. Saviour, speak the word, 
 
 And j)erfect me in love. 
 
 3 Thou my life, my treasure be, 
 My portion here below : 
 
 Nothing would I seek but thee, — 
 
 Thee only would I know ; 
 My exceeding great reward, — 
 
 iMy heaven on earth, my heaven above : 
 Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 
 
 And perfect me in love.
 
 328 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 4 Grant me now the bliss to feel 
 
 Of those that are in thee : 
 Son of God, thyself reveal ; 
 
 Engrave thy name on me. 
 As in heaven, be here adored, 
 
 And let me now the promise prove ; 
 Help me, Saviour, speak the word, 
 
 And perfect me in love. 
 
 544 c. M, 
 
 Now is th^ accepted time, 
 
 NOW, even now, I yield, I yield, 
 With all my sins'to part ; 
 Kedeemer, speak my pardon seal'd, 
 And purify my heart. 
 
 2 O Jesus, now my heart inspire 
 With that pnre love of thine ; 
 
 Enkindle now the heavenly fire, 
 To brighten and refine. 
 
 3 Now purify my faith like gold ; 
 The dross of sin remove ; 
 
 Melt down my spirit. Lord, and mould 
 Into thy perfect love. 
 
 545 CM. 
 
 The entire surrender. 
 
 OS A^nOUR, welcome to my heart ; 
 Possess thy humble throne ; 
 Bid every rival. Lord, depart, 
 And reign, Christ, alone. 
 
 2 The world and Satan I forsake ; 
 To thee I all resign ; 
 
 My longing heart, Saviour, take, 
 And fill with love divine. 
 
 3 O may I never turn aside, 
 Nor from thy bosom flee ; 
 
 Let nothing here my heart divide; 
 I give it all to thee. 
 
 Jl
 
 SANCTIFICATION. cv 
 
 546 V, 
 
 The work accomplished. 
 
 COME, O my God, the promise seal, 
 This mountain, sin, remove ; 
 Now in my waiting soul reveal 
 The virtue of thy love. 
 
 2 I want thy life, thy purity, 
 Thy righteousness, brought in : 
 
 1 ask*, desire, and trust in thee 
 To be redeem'd from sin. 
 
 3 For this, as taught by thee, I pray, 
 My inbred sin cast out: 
 
 Thou wilt, in me, thy power display; 
 I can no longer doubt. 
 
 4 Let anger, sloth, desire, and pride, 
 This moment be subdued ; 
 
 Be cast into the crimson tide 
 Of my Redeemer's blood. 
 
 5 Saviour, to thee my soul looks up, 
 Mv present Saviour thou ! 
 
 In all the confidence of hope, 
 I claim the blessing now. 
 
 6 'Tis done ; thon dost this moment save, 
 With full salvation bless; 
 
 Kedemption through thy blood I have, 
 And spotless love and peace. 
 
 547 L. M. 
 
 77ie evidence of perfect love. 
 
 aUICKEN'D with our immortal Head, 
 i Who daily, Lord, ascend with thee ; 
 Kedeem'd from sin, and free indeed, 
 We taste our glorious liberty. 
 
 2 Saved from the fear of hell and death, 
 With joy we seek the things above ; 
 
 And all tliy saints the spirit breathe 
 Of power J sobriety, and love.
 
 32^0 SANCTIFICATION. 
 
 3 Power oVr the world, the flesh, and Bin, 
 We through thy gracious Spirit feel ; 
 
 Full power the victory to win, 
 And answer all thy righteous will. 
 
 4 Pure love to God thy members find; 
 Pure love to every soul of man ; 
 
 And in thy sober, spotless mind, 
 Sa.viour, our heaven on earth we gain. 
 
 548 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 The witness of entire consecration. 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, all-quick'ning fire, 
 Come, and in me delight to rest; 
 Drawn by the lure of strong desire, 
 
 O come and consecrate my breast; 
 The temple of my soul prepare, 
 And fix thy sacred presence there. 
 
 2 If now thine influence I feel, 
 If now in thee begin to live, 
 
 Still to my lieart thyself reveal ; 
 Give me thyself, forever give : 
 A point my good, a drop my store, 
 Eager I ask, I pant for more. 
 
 3 Eager for thee I ask and pant, 
 So strong the principle divine 
 
 Carries me out with sweet constraint, 
 
 Till all my liallow'd soul is thine ; 
 Plunged in the Godhead's deepest sea, 
 And lost in thy immensity. 
 
 4 My peace, my life, my comfort thou, 
 My treasure and my all thou art ; 
 
 True witness of my sonship, now 
 Engraving pardon on my heart: 
 Seal of my sins in Christ forgiven, 
 Earnest of love, and pledge of heaven.
 
 MEANS OF GRACE. 
 
 PEAYER AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 549 L. M. 
 
 Design of prayer. 
 
 PEAYER is appointed to convey 
 The blessings God designs to give : 
 Long as they live should Christians pray; 
 They learn to pray when first they live. 
 
 2 If pain afflict, or wrongs oppress ; 
 If cares distract, or fears dismay ; 
 
 If guilt deject ; if sin distress ; 
 In every case, still watch and pray. 
 
 3 'Tis prayer supports the soul that's weak : 
 Though'^ thought be broken, language lame, 
 
 Pray, if thou canst or canst not spealc ; 
 But pray with faith in Jesus' name. 
 
 4 Depend on him ; thou canst not fail ; 
 Make all thy wants and wishes known; 
 
 Fear not; his merits must prevail: 
 Ask but in fiiith, it shall be done. 
 
 550 c. M. 
 
 WJiat is prayer t 
 
 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, 
 Utter'd or unexpress'd; 
 The motion of a hidden fire 
 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 Majesty on high.
 
 332 PKAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, 
 The Christian's native air; 
 
 His watchword at the gates of death, — 
 He enters heaven with prayer. 
 
 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, 
 Eeturning from his ways ; 
 
 "While angels, in their songs, rejoice, 
 And cry, — Behold, he prays ! 
 
 6 O Thon, bv whom we come to God, 
 The Life, the Truth, the Way,— 
 
 The path of prayer thyself hast trod : — 
 Lord, teach us how to pray ! 
 
 551 L. M. 
 
 TTie mercy-seat. 
 TIROM every stormy wind that blows, 
 X. 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, — 
 It 13 the blood-bought mercy-seat. 
 
 8 There is a scene, where spirits blend, 
 "Where friend holds fellowship with friend ; 
 Though sunder' d far, by faith they meet, 
 Around one common mercy-seat. 
 
 4 Ah ! whither could we flee for aid, 
 "When tempted, desolate, dismay'dl 
 Or how the hosts of hell defeat. 
 Had suflTring saints no mercy-seat? 
 
 5 There, there on eagles' wings we soar. 
 And sin and sense molest no more ; 
 
 And heaven comes down our souls to greet, 
 "While glory crowns the mercy-seat.
 
 PRAYER AND INTERCESSION. 333 
 
 552 1st p. M. 6 lines Ss. 
 
 Lord, teach us to pray. 
 
 JESUS, thou sov'reign Lord of all, — 
 The same through one eternal day,— 
 Attend thy feeblest foll'wer's call, 
 And O, 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 callest worlds from naught, 
 
 The power into our hearts inspire ; 
 And then we in the Spirit groan, 
 And then we give thee bacK thine own. 
 
 3 Come in thy pleading Spirit down 
 To UB who for tliy coming stay ; 
 
 Of aU 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. 
 
 553 c. M. 
 
 Prai/ without ceasing. 
 
 SHEPHERD Divine, our wants relieve 
 In this our evil day ; 
 To all thy tempted foll'wers give 
 The power to watch and pray. 
 
 2 Long as our fiery trials last, — 
 Long as the cross we bear, — 
 
 O let our souls on thee be cast 
 In never-ceasing prayer. 
 
 3 Till thou thy perfect love impart; 
 Till thou thyself bestow. 
 
 Be this the cry of every heart, — 
 I will not let thee go ;—
 
 334 PEAYER AKD INTERCESSION. 
 
 4 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. 
 
 5 Then let me on the mountain-top 
 Behold thy open face ; 
 
 Where faith in sight is swallow'd up, 
 And prayer in endless praise. 
 
 554 c. M. 
 
 The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 OUR Father, God, who art in heaven, 
 All hallow'd 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. 
 S Into temptation lead us not ; 
 
 From evil set us free ; 
 And thine the kingdom, thine the power. 
 
 And glory, ever be. 
 
 555 s. M. 
 
 The Lord's Prayer. 
 
 OUR heavenly Father, hear 
 The prayer we oflfer now ; 
 Thy name l^e hallow'd far and near; 
 •to thee all nations bow. 
 
 2 Tliy kingdom come ; thy wiU 
 On earth be done in love. 
 
 As saints and seraphim fulfil 
 Thy perfect law above. 
 
 3 Our daily bread supply 
 WhOe by thy word we live : 
 
 The guilt of our iniquity 
 Forgive, as we forgive.
 
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 4 From dark tem]3tation's power, 
 From Satan's wiles, defend; 
 
 Deliver in the evil hour, 
 And guide us to the end. 
 
 5 Thine shall forever be 
 Glory and power divine ; 
 
 The sceptre, throne, and majesty, 
 Of heaven and earth are thine. 
 
 6 Thus humbly taught to pray 
 By thy beloved Son, 
 
 Through him we come to thee, and say, — 
 All for his sake be done. 
 
 556 s.M. 
 
 The spirit of prayer. 
 
 THE praying spirit breathe ! 
 The watching power impart; 
 From all entanglements beneath, 
 
 Call off my peaceful heart ; 
 My feeble mind sustain, 
 
 By worldly thoughts oppress' d ; 
 Appear, and bid me turn again 
 
 To my eternal rest. 
 2 Swift to my rescue come ; 
 
 Thine own this moment seize ; 
 Gather my wand'ring spirit home, 
 
 And keep in perfect peace : 
 Suffer'd no more to rove 
 
 O'er all the earth abroad. 
 Arrest the pris'ner of thy love, 
 
 And shut me up in God. 
 
 557 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. 
 
 Fncouragemetits to pray. 
 
 COME, my soul, thy suit prepare ; 
 Jesus loves to answer prayer; 
 He himself invites thee near. 
 Bids thee ask him, waits to hear.
 
 336 PKAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 2 Lord, I come to thee for rest ; 
 Take possesBion of my breast ; 
 
 There thy blood-bought right maintain, 
 And without a rival reign. 
 
 3 Wliile I am a pilgrim here, 
 Let thy love my spirit cheer ; 
 
 As my guide, my guard, my friend. 
 Lead me to my journey's end. 
 
 4 Show me what I have to do ; 
 Every hour my strength renew; 
 Let me live a life of taith, — 
 Let me die thy people's oeath. 
 
 558 L. M. 
 
 Blessings of prayer. 
 
 WHAT various hindrances we meet 
 In coming to a mercy-seat ; 
 Yet who that knows the worth of prayer, 
 But wishes to be often there ? 
 
 2 Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw ; 
 Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw ; 
 
 Gives exercise to faith and love ; 
 Brings every blessing from above. 
 
 3 Eestraining prayer, we cease to fight; 
 Prayer keeps the 'Christian's armour bright ; 
 And Satan trembles when he sees 
 
 The weakest saint upon his knees. 
 
 ^ro S. M. 
 
 *^^*^ The throne of grace. 
 
 BEHOLD the throne of grace ; 
 The promise calls us near ; 
 There Jesus shows a smiling face, 
 
 And waits to answer prayer. 
 
 2 Thine image. Lord, bestow, — 
 
 Thy presence and thy love, — 
 
 That we may serve thee here below, 
 
 And reign with thee above.
 
 PEAYEK AND INTERCESSION. 337 
 
 3 Teach us to live by faith, — 
 Conform our wills to thine; 
 
 Let us victorious be in death, 
 And then in glory shine. 
 
 4 If thou these blessings give, 
 And thou our portion be. 
 
 All worldly joys we'll gladly leave, 
 To find our "heaven in thee. 
 
 560 1st 'P. IL & lines 8>. 
 
 The power of prayer. 
 
 OWONDEOUS power of faithful prayer 1 
 What tongue can tell the' almighty grace .' 
 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 ! — 
 
 2 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 Father, we ask in Jesus' name ; 
 In Jesus' power and spirit pray ; 
 
 Divert thy vengeful thunder's aim; 
 
 O turn thy threat' ning wi-ath away ! 
 Our guilt and punishment remove, 
 And magnify thy i^ard'ning love. 
 
 4 Father, regard thy pleading Son; 
 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 rebels up to heaven. 
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 S38 PEAYEK A^"D IXTEKCESSIOX. 
 
 561 s-^ 
 
 Tlie hearer of prayer. 
 
 YE praying souls, rejoice, 
 And 'bless your Father's Name; 
 With ioy to him lift up your voice, 
 And all his love proclaim, 
 
 2 Your mournful cry he hears ; 
 He marks your feeblest groan, 
 
 Supplies your wants, dispels your fears, 
 And makes his mercy known. 
 
 3 To all his praying saints 
 He ever will attend. 
 
 And to their sorrows and complaints 
 HLs ear in mercy bend. 
 
 4 Then let us still go on 
 In his appointed ways, 
 
 Kejoicing in his Name alone, 
 in prayer and humble praise. 
 
 562 nth P. M. 76, V6, 77, 7G. 
 
 My Jielp Cometh from the Lord. 
 
 TO the hills I lift mine eyes. 
 The everlasting: hills : 
 Streaming thence in. fresh supplies, 
 
 My soul the Spirit feels : 
 Wilt he not his help afford ? 
 
 Help, while yet I ask, is given : 
 God comes down ; the God and Lord 
 
 Who made both earth and heaven. 
 2 Faithful soul, pray 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 ; 
 Kest in him, securely rest ; 
 
 Thy watchman never sleeps.
 
 PRAYER AND INTERCESSIO. 
 
 3 Neither sin, nor earth, nor hell, 
 
 Thy Keeper can surprise ; 
 Careless slumbers cannot steal 
 
 On his all-seeing eyes ; 
 lie is Israel's sure defence ; 
 
 Israel all his care shall prove ; 
 Kept by watchful Providence, 
 
 And ever- waking Love. 
 
 563 11th P. M. 76, 70, 77. 70. 
 
 Continued. — The Lord is thy Keeper. 
 
 SEE the Lord, thy Keeper, stand 
 Omnipotently near: 
 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. 
 
 2 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, 
 
 Fiird"^with wisdom, love, and power ; 
 Holy, pure, and perfect now, 
 
 Henceforth, and evermore. 
 
 564 7th P. M. 8 lines 7s. 
 
 JTie Litany. 
 
 SAVIOUR, when, in dust, to thee 
 Low we bow the' adoring knee,^— 
 "When, repentant, to the skies 
 Scarce we lift our streaming eyes, — 
 O, by all thy j)ain and wo 
 Suffer'd once for man below, 
 Bending from thy throne on high. 
 Hear us when to thee we cry.
 
 340 PEAYER AND INTERCESSION. 
 
 2 By tliine hour of dark despair, 
 By tliine agony of prayer ; 
 By the cross, the nail, the thorn, 
 Piercing spear, and tort'ring scorn; 
 By the gloom that veil'd the skies 
 O'er the dreadful sacrifice, — 
 Jesus, look with pitying eye ; 
 Listen to our humble cry. 
 
 S By the deep, expiring groan ; 
 By the sad, sepulchral stone ; 
 By the vault whose dark abode 
 Held in vain the rising God, — 
 O, from earth to heaven restored, 
 Mighty, re-ascended Lord, 
 Saviour, Prince, exalted high, 
 Hear, hear, our humble cry. 
 
 565 CM. 
 
 Thy win he done. 
 
 THY presence. Lord, the place shall CTl ; 
 My heart shall be thy throne ; 
 Thy holy, just, and perfect will, 
 Shall In my flesh ie done. 
 
 2 I thank thee for the present grace, 
 And now in hope rejoice ; 
 
 In confidence to see thy face, 
 And always hear thy voice. 
 
 3 I have the things I ask of thee ; 
 What more shall I require ? 
 
 That still my soul may restless be, 
 And only thee desire. 
 
 4 Thy only will be done, not mine, 
 But make me. Lord, thy home ; 
 
 Come as thou wUt, I that resign, 
 But O, my Jesus, come I
 
 PKAYEE AND INTERCESSION. 341 
 
 566 CM. 
 
 On earVi as it is in hea/ven. 
 
 JESUS, the Life, the Truth, the Way, 
 In whom I now believe. 
 As taught by thee, in faith I pray, 
 Expecting to receive. 
 
 2 Thy will by me on earth be done, 
 As by the powers above. 
 
 Who always see thee on thy throne, 
 And glory in thy love. 
 
 3 I ask in confidence the grace, 
 That I may do thy will, 
 
 As angels, who behold thy face, 
 And all thy words fulfil. 
 
 4 Surely I shall, the sinner I, 
 Shall serve thee without fear, 
 
 If thou my nature sanctify 
 In answer to my prayer. 
 
 567 s. M. 
 
 For a single eye. 
 
 GOD of almighty love, 
 By whose sufficient grace 
 
 1 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 trust, 
 
 And to thy glory live. 
 
 2 Whate'er I say or do. 
 Thy glory be my aim ; 
 
 My off 'rings all be oft'er'd through 
 
 The ever-blessed Name. 
 Jesus, my single eye 
 
 Be fix'd on thee alone: 
 Thy name be praised on earth, on high ; 
 
 Thy will by all be done.
 
 342 PKAYEE AND INTEKCESSION. 
 
 568 CM. 
 
 For 'ciclorious faith. 
 
 OFOE a faith that will not shrink, 
 Thoiiffh presa'd by every foe, 
 That will not tremble on the brink 
 Of any earthly wo ;— 
 
 2 That will not murmur or complain 
 Beneath the chastening rod, 
 
 But, in the hour of griet or pain, 
 Will lean upon its God ; — 
 
 3 A faith that shines more bright and clear 
 "When tempests rage without ; 
 
 That when in danger knows no fear, 
 In darkness feels no doubt ; — 
 
 4 That bears, unmoved, the world's dread frown, 
 Nor heeds its scornful smile ; 
 
 That Bcas of trouble cannot drown, 
 Or Satan's arts beguile ; — 
 
 5 A faith that keeps the narrow way 
 TiU life's last hour is fled, 
 
 And with a pure and heavenly ray 
 Illumes a dying bed. 
 
 6 Lord, give us such a faith as tliis, 
 And then, whate'er may come. 
 
 We'll taste, e'en here, the hallow'd bliss 
 Of an eternal home. 
 
 569 S.M. 
 
 For perfect peace. 
 
 JESUS, my Lord, attend 
 Thy feetle creature's cry; 
 And show thyself the sinner's Friend, 
 
 And set me up on high. 
 Erom hell's oppressive power 
 My struggling soul release ; 
 And to thy Fatlier's grace restore ; 
 And to thy perfect peace.
 
 PEAYEE AND INTEECESSIO^'. 343 
 
 2 Thy blood and righteousness 
 
 I make my only plea ; 
 My present and eternal peace 
 
 Are both derived from thee. 
 Eivers of life divine 
 
 From thee, their fountain, flow ; 
 And all who know that love of thine, 
 
 The joy of angels know. 
 
 570 s. M. 
 
 For diligence and watchfulness. 
 
 ACHAEGE to keep I have, 
 A God to glorify ; 
 A never-dying soul to save, 
 
 And fit it for the sky. 
 To serve the present age, 
 
 My calling to fulfil, — 
 O may it all my powers engage. 
 
 To do my Master's will. 
 2 Arm me with jealous care, 
 
 As in thy sight to live ; 
 And 0, thy servant. Lord, prepare, 
 
 A strict account to give. 
 Help me to watch and pray, 
 
 And on thyself rely, 
 Assured, if I my trust betray, 
 
 I shall forever die. 
 
 571 L. M. 
 
 Social dedication to God. 
 
 JESUS, our best beloved friend. 
 Draw out our souls in sweet desire ; 
 Jesus, in love to us descend, — 
 
 Baptize us with thy Spirit's fire. 
 2 On thy redeeming name we call, 
 
 Poor and unworthy though we be ; 
 Pardon and sanctify us all, — 
 Let each thy full salvation see.
 
 344 PEAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 3 Our souls and bodies we resign, 
 To fear and follow thy commands ; 
 
 take our hearts, our hearts are thine ; 
 Accept the service of our hands. 
 
 4 Firm, faithful, watching unto prayer, 
 Our Master's voice will we obey ; 
 
 Toil in the vineyard here, and bear 
 The heat and burden of the day. 
 
 5 Yet, Lord, for us a resting-place, 
 
 In heaven, at thy right hand, prepare ; 
 And till we see thee face to face, 
 Be all our conversation there. 
 
 572 L.M. 
 
 For the fire of divine love. 
 
 OTHOU who earnest from above, 
 The pure celestial fire to' impart, 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love. 
 On the mean altar of my heart. 
 
 2 There let it for thy gloiy burn, 
 "With inextinguishable blaze ; 
 
 And treuibling to its Source return. 
 In humble love and fervent praise. 
 
 3 Jesus, confirm my heart's desire, 
 
 To work, and speak, and think for thcc 
 Still let me guard the holy fire, 
 And still stir up thy gift in me. 
 
 4 Eeady for all thy perfect will, 
 My acts of faith and love repeat. 
 
 Till death thy endless mercies seal. 
 And make the sacrifice complete. 
 
 573 L. M. 
 
 For the Spirifs guidance. 
 
 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.
 
 PRAYER AND INTERCESSION. 345 
 
 2 If I have tasted of thy grace, — 
 The grace that sure salvation brings ; 
 
 If with me now thj Spirit stays, 
 
 And, hov'ring, hides me in his wings ; 
 
 3 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. 
 
 4 If to the right or left I stray, 
 
 His voice behind me may I hear, — 
 
 Return, and Avalk in Christ, thy way; 
 
 Fly back to Christ, for sin is near ! 
 
 574 s. M. 
 
 I'o)' fervent zeal. 
 
 JESUS, I fain would find 
 Thy zeal for God in me ; 
 Thy yearning pity for mankind, — 
 
 Thy burning charity. 
 2 In me thy Spirit dwell ; 
 In me thy bowels move ; 
 So shall the fervor of my zeal 
 Be the pure flame of love. 
 
 575 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 
 For poicer over ieinptaUon. 
 
 HELP, Lord, to whom for help I fly, 
 And still my tempted soul stand by 
 
 Throughout the evil day ; 
 Tlie sacred watchfulness impart, 
 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, alarm, 
 
 And show the danger near: 
 Surround, sustain, and strengthen me, 
 And fill with godly jealousy 
 
 And sanctifying fear.
 
 346 PKAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 3 Whene'er my careless hands hang down, 
 O let me see thy gatli'ring fro-mi, 
 
 And feel thy warning eye ; 
 And starting, cry, from ruin's brink, — 
 Save, Jesus, or I yield, I sink ; 
 
 O save me, or I die. 
 
 4 If near the pit I rashly stray, 
 Before I wholly fall away, 
 
 The keen conviction dart ; 
 Recall me by that i^itying look, — 
 That kind, upbraiding glance, which broke 
 
 Unfaitliiul Peter's heart. 
 
 5 In me thine utmost mercy show, 
 And make me, like thyself below, 
 
 IJnblamable in grace; 
 Ready prepared and fitted here, 
 By perfect holiness, to' appear 
 
 'Before thy glorious face. 
 
 57G S.M. 
 
 For entire consecration. 
 
 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 thee,— almighty to create, 
 Almighty to renew. 
 
 2 I want a sober mind, 
 
 A self-renouncing will, 
 That tramples down, and casts behind, 
 
 The baits of pleasing ill : 
 A soul inured to pain, 
 
 To hardship, grief, and loss; 
 Bold to take up, firm to sustain. 
 
 The consecrated cross.
 
 PEAYER AND INTEECESSION. 347 
 
 3 I want a godly fear, 
 
 A quick discerning eye, 
 That looks to thee when sin is near, 
 
 And sees the tempter fly : 
 A spirit still prepared, 
 
 And arm'd with jealous care ; 
 Forever standing on its guard, 
 
 And watching unto prayer. 
 
 577 s.M. 
 
 For perfect submission. 
 
 I WANT a heart to pray,— 
 To pray, and never cease ; 
 Never to murmur at thy stay, 
 Or wish my sulf' rings less. 
 This blessing, above all, — 
 
 Always to pray, — I want ; 
 Out of the deep on thee to call. 
 And never, never faint. 
 
 2 I want a true regard, 
 A single, steady aim. — 
 
 Unmoved by throat'ning or reward. 
 To thee and thy great name ; 
 
 A jealous, just concern, 
 For thine immortal praise ; 
 
 A pure desire that all may learn 
 And glorify thy grace. 
 
 3 I rest upon thy word, — 
 The promise is for me ; 
 
 My succour and salvation. Lord, 
 Shall surely come from thee : 
 
 But let me still abide, 
 
 Nor from my hope remove. 
 
 Till thou my patient spirit guide 
 Into thy perfect love.
 
 348 PEAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 578 L. M. 
 
 For sustaining grace. 
 
 MY hope, my all, my Saviour thou ; 
 To thee, lo, now my soul I bow ; 
 1 feel the bliss thy wounds impart, — 
 
 1 find thee, Saviour, in my heart. 
 
 2 Be thou my strength, — be thou my way ; 
 Protect me through my life's short day : 
 In all my acts may wisdom guide, 
 
 And keep me, Saviour, near thy side. 
 
 3 In fierce temjJtation's darkest hour, 
 Save me from sin and Satan's power; 
 Tear every idol from thy throne, 
 And reign, my Saviour, reign alone. 
 
 4 My Buflfring time shall soon be o'er; 
 Then shall I sigh and weep no more : 
 My ransom'd soul shall soar away, 
 
 To sing thy praise in endless day. 
 
 579 CM. 
 
 For a tender conscience. 
 
 I WANT a principle within, 
 Of jealous, godly fear; 
 A sensibility of sin, — 
 A pain to feel it near : 
 
 1 want the first approach to feel, 
 Of pride, or fond desire ; 
 
 To catch the wand'ring of my will, 
 And quench the kindUng fire. 
 
 2 From thee that I no more may part, 
 No more thy goodness grieve, 
 
 The filial awe, the fleshly 'heart, 
 The tender conscience, give. 
 
 Quick as the apple of an eye, 
 O God, my conscience make ; 
 
 Awake my soul when sin is nigh. 
 And keep it still awake.
 
 PEAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 349 
 
 5 If to the right or left I stray, 
 That moment, Lord, reprove ; 
 
 And let me weep my life away, 
 
 For having grieved thy love. 
 O may the least omission pain 
 
 My well-instructed soul. 
 And drive me to the blood again, 
 
 Which makes the wounded whole. 
 
 580 s.M. 
 
 For watchfulness and circumspection. 
 
 BID me of men beware, 
 And to my ways take heed ; 
 Discern their every secret snare, 
 And circumspectly tread. 
 
 2 may I calmly wait 
 Thy succours from above ; 
 
 And stand against their open hate, 
 And well-dissembled love. 
 
 3 "Kj spirit, Lord, alarm, 
 When men and devils join : 
 
 'Gainst all the powers of Satan arm, 
 In panoply divine. 
 
 4 O may I set my face, 
 His onsets to repel; 
 
 Quench all his fiery darts, and chase 
 The fiend to his own hell. 
 
 6 But, above all, afraid 
 Of my own bosom foe, 
 
 Still let me seek to thee for aid, — 
 To thee my weakness show : 
 
 6 Hang on thy aim alone, 
 
 "With self-distrusting care, 
 And deeply in the Spirit groan 
 
 The never-ceasing prayer.
 
 350 PEAYER A;TD INTEECESSION. 
 
 581 19th p. M. 664, 6664. 
 For the Saviour's guidance. 
 
 MY faith looks iip to thee, 
 Thou Lamb ol' Calvary: 
 Saviour divine, 
 Isow hear me while I pray; 
 Take all my guilt away ; 
 O let me, from this day. 
 Be wholly thine. 
 
 2 May thy rich ^race impart 
 Strength to my_ fainting heart ; 
 
 My zeal inspire ; 
 As thou hast died for me, 
 O may my love to thee 
 Pure, warm, and changeless be — 
 
 A living fire. 
 
 3 While life's dark maze I tread, 
 And griefs around me spread, 
 
 Be thou my guide ; 
 Bid darkness turn to day; 
 Wipe sorrow's tears away, 
 Nor let me ever stray 
 
 From thee aside. 
 
 4 When ends life's transient dream; 
 When death's cold, sullen stream 
 
 Shall o'er me roll ; 
 Blest Saviour, then, in love, 
 Fear and distress remove ; 
 O, bear me safe above, — 
 
 A ransom'd soul. 
 
 582 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. 
 For humility and protection. 
 
 GOD of Love, who hearest prayer, 
 Kindly for thy people care. 
 Who on thee alone depend : 
 Love us, save us to the end.
 
 PEAYER AND INTERCESSION. 351 
 
 2 Save tis, in the prosp'rous hour, 
 From the flatt'riug tempter's power ; 
 From his unsuspected wiles, — 
 From the world's pernicious smiles. 
 
 3 Save us from the great and wise, 
 Till they sink in their own eyes, 
 Tamely to thy yoke submit, 
 
 Lay tlieir honour at thy feet. 
 
 4 Never let the world break in ; 
 Fix a mighty gulf between ; 
 Keep us little and unknown. 
 Prized and loved by God alono. 
 
 5 Let us still to thee look up, — 
 Thee, thy Israel's strength and hope ; 
 Nothing know, or seek, beside 
 Jesus, and him crucified. 
 
 583 L. M. 
 
 For lowliness and purity. 
 
 JESUS, in whom the Godhead's raya 
 Beam forth with mildest majesty ; 
 
 1 see thee full of truth and grace. 
 And come for all I want to thee. 
 
 2 Save me from pride, — the plague expel; 
 Jesus, thine humble self impart; 
 
 O let thy mind within me dwell ; 
 give me lowliness of heart. 
 
 3 Enter thyself, and cast out sin ; 
 Thv spotless purity bestow : 
 
 Touch me, and make the leper clean ; 
 Wash me, and I am wliite as snow. 
 
 4 Sprinkle me. Saviour, with thy blood, 
 And all thy gentleness is mine ; 
 
 And plunge me in the purple flood, 
 Till all I am is lost in thine.
 
 352 PEAYEE AND INTEECESSION. 
 
 584 L. M. 
 
 For constant devotedness. 
 
 LOED, fill me with an humble fear; 
 My utter helplessness reveal; 
 Satan and sin are always near, — 
 Thee may I always nearer feel. 
 
 2 O that to thee my constant mind 
 Might with an even flame aspire; 
 
 Pride in its earliest motions find, 
 And mark the risings of desire. 
 
 3 O that my tender soul might fly 
 The first abhorr'd approach of ill; 
 
 Quick as the apple of an eye, 
 The slightest touch of sin to feel. 
 
 4 Till thou anew my soul create, 
 
 Still may I strive, and watch, and pray; 
 Humbly and confidently wait. 
 And long to see the perfect day. 
 
 585 c. M. 
 
 For the fuln^ess of God'' 8 grace. 
 
 JEHOVAH, God tlie Father, bless, 
 And thine own work defend ; 
 With mercy's outstret<;h'd arms embrace, 
 
 And keep us to the end. 
 Preserve the creatures of thy love 
 
 By providential care : 
 Conducted to the realms above, 
 
 To sing thy goodness there. 
 2 Jehovah, God the Son, reveal 
 
 The brightness of thy face ; 
 And all thy pardon'd people fill 
 
 "With plenitude of grace. 
 Shine forth with all the Deity, 
 
 Which dwells in thee alone ; 
 And lift us up thy face to see, 
 
 On thy eternal throne.
 
 PRAYER AND INTERCESSION. € 
 
 8 Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine, 
 
 Father and Son to show: 
 With bliss ineffable, divine, 
 
 Our ravish'd hearts o'erflo-w. 
 Sure earnest of that happiness 
 
 Which human hope transcends, 
 Be thou our everlasting peace, 
 
 When grace in glory ends. 
 
 586 L.M. 
 
 For the Saviour's protection. 
 
 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. 
 2 Uphold me. Saviour, or I fall ; 
 
 O reach me out thy gracious hand : 
 Only on thee for help I call, — 
 Only by faith in thee I stand. 
 
 587 7th p. M. 8 Zirafs 7s. 
 
 For reviving grace. 
 
 LIGHT of life,— seraphic fire,— 
 Love divine, — thyself impart : 
 Every fainting soul inspire ; 
 
 Shine in every droopmg heart: 
 Every mournful sinner cheer; 
 
 Scatter all our guilty gloom : 
 Son of God, appear ! appear ! — ■ 
 
 To thy human temples come. 
 2 Come in this accepted hour ; 
 
 Bring thy heavenly kingdom in j 
 Fill us with thy glorious power, 
 
 Rooting out the seeds of sin : 
 Nothing more can we require, — 
 
 We will covet nothing less ; 
 Be thou all our hearts' desire, — 
 
 All our joy, and all our peace.-
 
 354 PEAYEE AND INTERCESSION. 
 
 588 s. M. 
 
 For a revival. 
 
 OLORD, thy work revive, 
 In Zion's gloomy hour, 
 And let our dying graces live 
 By thy restoring power. 
 
 2 let thy chosen few 
 Awake to earnest prayer; 
 
 Their covenant again renew, 
 And walk in filial fear. 
 
 3 Thy Spirit then will speak 
 Through lips of humble clay, 
 
 Till hearts or adamant shall break,— 
 Till rebels shall obey. 
 
 4 Now lend thy gracious ear; 
 Now listen to our cry : _ 
 
 O come, and bring salvation near ; 
 Our souls on thee rely. 
 
 589 L.^^ 
 
 For mourners in Zion. 
 
 OLET the pris'ners' monrnfal cries 
 As incense in thy sight appear: 
 Their humble wailiugs pierce the skie?, 
 If haply they may feel thee near. 
 
 2 The captive exiles make their moans, 
 From sin impatient to be free : 
 
 C^.U home, call home thy banish'd ones ; 
 Lead captive their captivity. 
 
 3 Show them the blood that bought their pea.-fi. 
 The anchor of their steadfast hope, 
 
 And bid their guilty terrors cease, 
 ^^d bring the ransom'd pris'ners up. 
 
 4 Out of the deep regard their cries ; 
 The fallen raise, the mourners cheer : 
 
 O Sun of righteousness, arise, 
 And scatter all their doubt and fear.
 
 PEAYEE AND INTEECESSIOK. 355 
 
 5 Pity the day of feeble thina:s ; 
 
 O gather every halting soul ; 
 And drop salvation from thy wings, 
 
 And make the contrite sinner whole. 
 
 590 L. M. 
 
 For the larribs of the flock. 
 
 AUTHOE of faith we seek thy face 
 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 the new-born lambs, 
 And gently in thy bosom bear. 
 S 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. 
 
 591 L.M. 
 
 For the peace of Jerusalem. 
 
 OTHOU, our Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
 Behold a cloud of incense rise ; 
 The prayers of saints to heaven ascend, 
 Grateful, accepted sacrifice, 
 
 2 Eegard our prayers for Zion's peace ; 
 Shed in our hearts thy love abroad ; 
 
 Thy gifts abundantly increase; 
 Enlarge, and fill us all with God. 
 
 3 Before thy sheep, great Shepherd, go, 
 And guide into tliy perfect will : 
 
 Cause us thy hallow'd name to know ; 
 The work of faith in us fulfil. 
 
 4 Help us to make our calling sure ; 
 let us all be saints indeed, 
 
 And pure, as thou thyself art pure, — 
 CoufonnVl in all things to our Head.
 
 356 PEAYER AND INTERCESSION. 
 
 5 Take the dear purchase of thy blood ; — 
 Thy blood shall wash us white as snow : 
 
 Present us sanctified to God, 
 And perfected in love below. 
 
 592 c. M. 
 
 For the coming of ChrisCs Mngdom. 
 
 FATHER of me and all mankind, 
 And all the hosts above, 
 Let every understanding mind 
 
 Unite to praise thy love. 
 2 To know thy nature and thy name, 
 
 One God in'persons Three; 
 And glorify the great I AM, 
 
 Through"' all eternity. 
 8 Thy kingdom come, with power and grac: 
 
 To every heart of man; 
 Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, 
 
 In all our bosoms reign. 
 4 The righteousness that never ends, 
 
 But makes an end of sin — 
 The joy that human thought transcends — 
 
 Into our souls bring in. 
 
 593 , c. M. 
 
 For (he tcaters of saltation. 
 
 FOUNTAIN of life, to all below 
 Let thy salvation roll : 
 Water, replenish, and o'erflow 
 Every believing soul. 
 
 2 Into that happy number, Lord, 
 Us weary sinners take ; 
 
 Jesus, fulfil thy gracious word, 
 For tliine own mercy's sake. 
 
 3 Turn back our nature's rapid tide^ 
 And we shall flow to thee, 
 
 "While down the stream of time we glide 
 To our eternitv.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 357 
 
 4 The well of life to us thou art, — 
 Of joy, the swellmg flood; 
 
 Wafted by^ thee, with willing heart, 
 We swift return to God. 
 
 5 We soon shall reach the boundless sea; 
 Into thy fulness fall ; 
 
 Be lost and swallow' d up in thee, — 
 Oui- God, our All in All. 
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 594 L. M. 
 
 Rejoicing at th^ return of the Sdbl>atJi. 
 
 MY opening eyes -with rapture see 
 The dawn of this returning day ; 
 My thoughts, O God, ascend to thee, 
 
 \Vhile thus my early vows I pay. 
 2 I yield my heart to thee alone, 
 
 Nor would receive another guest : 
 Eternal King, erect thy throne. 
 
 And reign sole monarch in my breast. 
 S bid this trifling world retire. 
 
 And drive each carnal thought away ; 
 Nor let me feel one vain desire, 
 
 One sinful thought, through all the day. 
 4 Then, to thy courts when I repair. 
 
 My soul shall rise on joyful wmg, — 
 The wonders of thy_ love declare, 
 
 And join the strains which angels sing. 
 
 595 c. M. 
 
 Simday morning : Preparing for public worship, 
 
 LOED, in the morning thou shalt hear 
 My voice ascending high : 
 To thee will I direct my prayer, — 
 To thee lift up mine eye : —
 
 358 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 2 Up to the hills where Clirist is gone, 
 
 To plead for all his saints ; 
 Presenting, at the Father's throne, 
 
 Our songs and our complaints. 
 S Thou art a God before whose sight 
 
 The Tvicked shall not stand; 
 Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight, 
 
 Nor dwell at thy right hand. 
 
 4 Now to thy house will I resort, 
 To taste thy mercies there ; 
 
 1 will frequent thy holy court, 
 And worship in thy fear. 
 
 5 may thy Spirit guide my feet 
 In ways of righteousness ; 
 
 Make every path of duty straight. 
 And plain before my face. 
 
 596 L.M. 
 
 Morning: Adoration. 
 
 AETSE, mv soul, witli rapture rise, 
 And, fill'd with love and fear, adore 
 The awful Sov'reign of the skies, 
 
 Whose mercy lends thee one day more. 
 
 2 And may this day, indulgent Power, 
 Not idly pass, nor fruitless be ; 
 
 But may each swiftly passing hour 
 Still nearer bring my soul to thee. 
 
 597 L. M. 
 
 Morning : Sacrifice of praise and prayer, 
 
 AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun 
 Thy dailv stage of duty run ; 
 Shake "off dull sloth, and joyful rise 
 To pay thy morning sacrifice. 
 2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart, 
 And with the angels bear thy part, 
 Who all night long unwearied sing 
 High praises to the' eternal King.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 359 
 
 3 All praise to Thee, who safe hast kept, 
 And hast refresh'd me while I slept : 
 Grant, Lord, when I from death sliall wake, 
 I may of endless life partake. 
 
 4 Lord, I my vows to thee renew ; 
 Scatter my sins as morning dew ; 
 
 Guard my first springs of thought and wil'., 
 And with thyself my spirit fill. 
 
 5 Direct, control, suggest, this day. 
 All 1 design, or do, or say ; 
 
 That all my powers, with all their might, 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 
 598 L.M. 
 
 Morning : The Lord is my portion. 
 
 OGOD, my God, my all thou art: 
 Ere shines the dawn of rising day, 
 Thy sov' reign light within my heart, 
 'thy all-enliv'ning power, display. 
 
 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. 
 
 3 In a dry land, hehold, 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. 
 
 5 In blessing thee with grateful songs, 
 My happy life shall glide away; 
 
 The praise that to thy Name belongs, 
 Hourly, with lifted hands, I'U pay.
 
 360 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 599 c. M. 
 
 Morning: The Sun of righteousness. 
 
 AWAKE, my soul, to meet the day; 
 Unfold thy drowsy eyes. 
 And burst the heavy chain that binds 
 Thine active faculties. 
 
 2 God's guardian shield was round me spread 
 In my defenceless sleep : 
 
 Let Him have all my waking hours 
 Who doth my slumbers keep. 
 
 3 Pardon, O God, my former sloth, 
 And arm my soul with grace ; 
 
 As. rising, now I seal my vows 
 To prosecute thy ways. 
 
 4 Bright Sun of righteousness, arise ; 
 Thy radiant beams display ; 
 
 And guide my dark, bewilder'd soul, 
 To overlastmg day. 
 
 600 CM. 
 
 Morning : Sdf-consecration. 
 
 ONCE more, my soul, the rising day 
 Salutes thy waking eyes ; 
 Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay 
 To Him that rules the skies. 
 
 2 Night unto night his Name repeats, 
 The day renews the sound ; 
 
 Wide as the heavens on which he sits, 
 To turn the seasons round. 
 
 3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame ; 
 My tongue shall speak his praise; 
 
 Mv sins might rouse his wratli to flame, 
 iBut yet his wrath delays. 
 
 4 O God, let all my hours be thine, 
 Whilst I enjoy the light ; 
 
 Then shall my sun in smiles decline. 
 And bring a peaceful night.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 361 
 
 601 c. M. 
 
 Morning : Tluinkfulness mid trust. 
 
 GIVER and Guardian of our sleep, 
 To praise thy name we wake : 
 Still, Lord, thy helpless servants keep, 
 For thine own mercy's sake. 
 
 2 The blessing of another day 
 We thankfully receive : 
 
 O may we only thee obey, 
 And to thy glory live, 
 
 3 Upon us lay thy mighty hand ; 
 Our words and thoughts restrain* 
 
 And bow our souls to thy command, 
 Nor let our faith be vain. 
 
 4 Pris'ners of hope, we wait the hour 
 Wiiich shall salvation bring: 
 
 When all we are shall own thy power. 
 And call our Jesus, King. 
 
 602 s.M. 
 
 Morning : Tribute of praise. 
 
 SEE how the morning sun 
 Pursues his shining way; 
 And wide proclaims his Maker's praise. 
 With every bright'uing ray. 
 
 2 Thus would my rising soul 
 Its heavenly Parent sing, 
 
 And to its great Original 
 The humble tribute bring. 
 
 3 Serene I laid me down, 
 Beneath his guardian care; 
 
 I slept, and I awoke, and found 
 My kind Preserver near. 
 
 4 My life I would anew 
 Devote, Lord, to thee- 
 
 And in thy service I would spend 
 A long eternity.
 
 )62 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 603 s. M. 
 
 Morning: The Day-star from on high. 
 
 WE lift our hearts to thee, 
 Day-star from on high ! 
 The sun itself is but thy shade, 
 
 Yet cheers both earth and sky. 
 2 let thy rising beams 
 
 The niglit of sm disperse, — 
 The mists of error and of vice, 
 
 Which shade the universe. 
 S How beauteous nature now; 
 
 How dark and sad before ; 
 "With joy we view the pleasing change, 
 
 And nature's God adore. 
 
 4 may no gloomy crime 
 Pollute the rising day ; 
 
 Or Jesus' blood, like evening dew, 
 Wash all the stains away. 
 
 5 May we this life improve. 
 To mourn for errors past ; 
 
 And live this short, revolving day 
 As if it were our last. 
 
 604 CM. 
 
 Morning: GratefvZ praise. 
 
 LORD of my life, O may thy praise 
 Employ my noblest powei-s. 
 Whose goodness lengthens out my days, 
 
 And fills the circling hours. 
 2 While many spent the night in sighs, 
 
 And restless pains and woes. 
 In gentle sleep I closed my eyes, 
 
 And irtidisturb'd repose. 
 8 let the same almighty care 
 
 My waking hours attend ; 
 From every danger, every gnare, 
 
 My heediless steps defend.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. ^j- 
 
 4 Smile on my minutes as fhey roll, 
 
 And guide my future days ; 
 And let thy goodness fill my soul 
 
 With gratitude and praise. 
 
 605 CM. 
 
 Morning : Confident security. 
 
 ON thee, each morning, O my God, 
 My waking thought's attend ; 
 In thee are founded "all my hopes, — 
 In thee my wishes end. 
 
 2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost, 
 Thy boundless love surveys ; 
 
 And, fired with grateful zeal, prepares 
 A sacrifice of praise. 
 
 3 God leads me through the maze of sleep, 
 And brings me safe to light ; 
 
 And, with the same paternal care, 
 Conducts my steps till night, 
 
 4 When evening slumbers press mine eyes, 
 With his protection blest, 
 
 In peace and safety I commit 
 
 My wearied limbs to rest. 
 6 My spirit, in his hand secure. 
 
 Fears no approaching ill ; 
 For, whether waking or asleep. 
 
 The Lord is with me still. — 
 
 606 L.M. 
 
 Morning and evening mercies. 
 
 MY God, how endless is thy love ; 
 Thy gifts are every evening new; 
 And morning mercies from above, 
 
 Gently descend like early dew. 
 2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, 
 
 Great Guardian of my sleeping hours ; 
 Thy sov'reign word restores the light, 
 And quickens all my drowsy powers.
 
 ¥64 
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 3 I yield myself to thy command ; 
 
 To thee devote ray nights and days ; 
 Perpetual blessings from thy hand 
 
 Demand perpetual songs of praise. 
 
 607 L.M. 
 
 Evening : Trusting in God. 
 
 GLOEY to thee, my God, this night, 
 For all the blessings of the light : 
 Keep me, O keep me. King of kings, 
 Beneath the shadow of thy wings. 
 
 2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son, 
 The ill wliich I this day have done ; 
 That with the world, myself, and thee, 
 I, ere I sleep, at peace may be. 
 
 3 Teach me to live, that I may dread. 
 The grave as little as my bed ; 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 Else glorious at the judgment-day. 
 
 4 let my soul on thee repose, 
 
 And may sweet sleep mine eyelids close ; 
 Sleep, which shall me more vig'rous make, 
 To serve my God, when I awake. 
 
 5 Lord, let my soul forever share 
 The bliss of thy paternal care : 
 
 'Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above, 
 To see thy face, and sing thy love. 
 
 608 5th P. M. 4 Zin^ 78. 
 
 Evening : Communion with God. 
 
 SOFTLY now the light of day 
 Fades upon our sight away ; 
 Free from care, from labour free. 
 Lord, we would commune with thee. 
 2 Soon from us the light of day 
 Shall forever pass away ; 
 Then, from sm and sorrow free, 
 Take us, Lord, to dweU with thee.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 365 
 
 609 9th p. M. 87, 87. 
 
 Evening : Coixfldence in GocTs protection. 
 
 SAVIOUE, breathe an evening blessmg, 
 Ere repose our spirits seal ; 
 Sin and want we come confessing ; 
 Thou canst save and thou canst heal. 
 
 2 Though destruction walk around us, 
 Though the arrows past us fly, 
 
 Angel guards from thee surround us ; 
 We are safe, if thou art nigh. 
 
 3 Though the night be dark and dreary. 
 Darkness cannot hide from thee ; 
 
 Thou art He who, never weary, 
 Watchest where thy people "be. 
 
 4 Should swift death this night overtake us, 
 And command us to the tomb. 
 
 May the morn in heaven awake us, 
 Olad in bright, eternal bloom. 
 
 610 CM. 
 
 Evening : Gratitude and trtist. 
 
 GEEAT God, to thee my evening song 
 With gratitude I raise ; 
 O let thy mercy tune my tongue, 
 And fill my heart with praise. 
 
 2 My days. Unclouded as they pass, 
 And every fleeting hour, 
 
 Are monuments of wondrous grace, — 
 Of mercy, love, and power. 
 
 3 Thy love and power, celestial guard, 
 Preserve me from aU harm : 
 
 Can danger reach me while the Lord 
 Extencls his mighty arm ? 
 
 4 Let this blest hope mine eyelids close ; 
 With sleep refresh my frame ; 
 
 Safe in tliy care may I repose, 
 And wake to praise thy Name.
 
 366 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 611 CM. 
 
 Evening : Numberless mercies. 
 
 NOW from tlie altar of our hearts, 
 Let warmest thanks arise ; 
 Assist us, Lord, to offer up 
 Our evening sacrifice. 
 
 2 This day God was our sun and shield, 
 Our keeper and our guide ; 
 
 His care was on our weakness sho-wn, — 
 His mercies multiplied. 
 
 3 Minutes and mercies multiplied, 
 Have made up all this day ; 
 
 Minutes come quick, but mercies were 
 More swift and free than they. 
 
 4 New time, new favours, and new joys, 
 Do a new song require : 
 
 Till we shall praise thee as we would, 
 Accept our hearts' desu-e. 
 
 612 X.11. 
 
 Evening : Memorials of His grace. 
 
 THUS far the Lord hath led me on,— 
 Thus far his power prolongs my days ; 
 And every evening shall make known 
 Soijie fresh memorial of his grace. 
 
 2 Much of my time has run to waste, 
 And I, perhaps, am near my home *. 
 
 But he forgives my follies past, 
 And gives me strength for days to come. 
 
 3 I lay my body down to sleep ; • 
 Peace is the pillow for my head ; 
 
 While well-appointed angels keep 
 Their watchtul stations round my bed. 
 
 4 Thus, when the night of death shall C'n:'* 
 My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, 
 
 And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb, 
 With sweet salvation in the sound.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 36T 
 
 G13 CM. 
 
 Evening : Relying upon divine grace. 
 
 LOED, thou wilt hear me when I pray ; 
 I am forever thine : 
 
 1 fear before thee all the clay, 
 Nor would I dare to sin, 
 
 2 And while I rest my weary head, 
 From cai-es and business free, 
 
 'Tis sweet conversing on my bed 
 With my o-svti heart and thee. 
 
 3 I pay this evening sacrifice ; 
 And, v/hen my work is done. 
 
 Great God, my faith, my hope relies 
 Upon thy grace alone. 
 
 4 Thus, with my thoughts composed to peaoo. 
 I'll give mine eyes to sleep ; 
 
 Thy hand in safety keeps my days, 
 And will my slumbers keep. 
 
 614 s.M. 
 
 Evening : Commending the soul to God, 
 
 THOU seest my feebleness, 
 Jesus, be thou my power, — 
 My help and refuge in distress, 
 
 My fortress and' my tower. 
 2 Give me to trust in thee; 
 
 Be thou my sure abode : 
 My horn, and rock, and buckler be. 
 
 My Saviour and my God. 
 8 Myself I cannot save,— 
 
 ilyself I cannot keep, — 
 But strength in thee I surely have, 
 
 Whose eyelids never sleep. 
 4 My soul to thee alone. 
 
 Now tlierefore I commend: 
 T'tiou, Jesus, love me as thine own, 
 
 And lo e me to the end.
 
 B68 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 615 88th p. M. 86, 86, S3. 
 
 The evening sacrifice. 
 
 THOU, Lord of life, whose tender care 
 Hath led its on till now, 
 Here, lowly, at the hour of prayer, 
 Before thy throne we bow : 
 We bless thy gracious hand, and pray 
 Forgiveness for another day. 
 2 "With prayer, our humble praise we bring. 
 
 For mercies day by day : 
 Lord, teach our hearts thy love to sing ; 
 Lord, teach us how to pray : 
 All that we have we owe to thee, — 
 Thy debtors through eternity. 
 8 Thou, blessed God, hast been our guide, 
 
 Through life our guard and friend ; 
 Yet still, throughout life's wearied tide, 
 Preserve us to the end : 
 And when this life's sad journey's past, 
 Eeceive us to thyself at last. 
 4 In our Eedeemer's name, for all 
 
 These blessings we implore ; 
 Prostrate, O Lord, before thee fall, 
 And gratefully adore : 
 Bend from thy throne of earth and skic<*. 
 And bless our evening sacrifice. 
 
 GIG CM. 
 
 Fwning: Clieerful confidence. 
 
 IK" mercy. Lord, remember me, 
 Through all the hours of night, 
 And grant to me most graciously 
 
 The safeguard of thy might. 
 2 TVith cheerful heart I close mine eyes, 
 
 Since thou wilt not remove : 
 O, in the morning let me rise 
 Rejoicing in tliy love.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 369 
 
 3 Or, if this niglit sliould prove my last, 
 
 And end my transient days • 
 Lord, take me to thy promised rest, 
 
 Where I may sing thy praise, 
 
 G17 10th P. M. 6 Ufies 8fi. 
 
 Evening : Perfect security. 
 
 INSPIRER and Hearer of prayer, 
 Thou Sliephcrd and Guardian divin/fi.. 
 My all to thy covenant care 
 
 1, sleeping or waking, resign^ 
 While thou art my shield and my sun, 
 
 The night is no darkness to me ; 
 And, fast as my minutes roll on. 
 They bring me but nearer to thee^ 
 
 2 A sov'reign Protector I have^ 
 Unseen, yet forever at hand.; 
 
 Unchangeably faithful to save,-— 
 Alniigliiy to rule an,4 command. 
 
 Thy minist'ring spiiits descend 
 
 "To watch, while thy saints are asleep ; 
 
 By day and by night'they attend, 
 The heirs of salvation to keep. 
 
 3 Their worship no interval knows ; 
 Their fervour is still on the wing ; 
 
 And while they protect my repose. 
 They chant to the praise of my King, 
 
 I, too, a-t tlxe season ordain'd. 
 Their ehorus forever shall join ; 
 
 And love and adore, without end, 
 Their faitliful Creator and mine. 
 
 618 c. H. 
 
 Evening : Angelie giiardiansMp. 
 
 ALL praise to Him who dwells in bliss, 
 Who made both day and night ; 
 Whose throne is in the vast abyss 
 Of uuicsceated light. 
 U
 
 370 FAMILY DEVOTIOX. 
 
 2 Each thought and deed his piercing eyes 
 "With strictest search survey ; 
 
 The deepest shades no more disguise, 
 Than the full blaze of day. 
 
 3 Whom thou dost guard, King of kings, 
 No evil shall molest: 
 
 Under the shadow of thy -ffings 
 Shall they securely rest. 
 
 4 Thy angels shall around their beds 
 Their constant stations keep ; 
 
 Thy faith and truth shall shield their heads, 
 For thou dost never sleep. 
 
 5 May we with calm and sweet repose, 
 And heavenly thoughts refresh'd. 
 
 Our eyelids with the morn unclose, 
 And bless Thee, ever blest. 
 
 619 L.M. 
 
 Sabbath evening : Thy kingdom com^. 
 
 MILLIONS within thy courts have met, 
 Millions this day before thee bow'd ; 
 Their faces Zionward were set, — 
 Vows with their lips to thee they vow'd. 
 
 2 But thou, soul-searching God ! hast known 
 The hearts of all that bent the knee ; 
 
 And hast accepted those alone, 
 
 Who in the spirit worshijDp'd thee. ^ 
 
 3 People of many a tribe and tongue, 
 Of various languages and lands, 
 
 Have heard thy truth, thy glory sung, 
 And offer'd prayer with holy hands. 
 
 4 And not a prayer, a tear, a sigh. 
 Hath fail'd this day some suit to gain; 
 
 To those in trouble thou wert nigh; 
 Not one hath sought thy foce in vain. 
 
 il
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 371 
 
 5 Thy poor were bountifully fed, — 
 
 Thy chasten'd sous have kiss'd the rod ; 
 Thy mourners have been comforted, — 
 The pure in heart have seen their God. 
 
 6 Yet one prayer more ; — and be it one, 
 
 In which both heaven and earth accord ; — 
 Fnlfll thy promise to thy Son : 
 Let all that breathe call Jesus Lord! 
 
 620 L.M. 
 
 Night 
 
 THEE, in the watches of the night, 
 Do I not, Lord, remember still, 
 And meditate with calm deliffht 
 Upon the counsels of thy will ? 
 2 Thy will is my perfection here ; 
 
 And sighs for this, my whole desire, 
 To' attain that heavenly character, 
 And spotless in thine arms expire. 
 
 621 L.M. 
 
 Self-dedication to the Lord. 
 
 OLOED, thy heavenly grace impart, 
 And fix my frail, inconstant heart ; 
 Henceforth my chief desire shall be 
 To dedicate myself to thee. 
 2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ. 
 One thought shall fill my soul with joy : 
 That silent, secret thought shall be. 
 That all my thoughts are fix'd on thee. 
 8 Thy glorious eye pervadeth space ; 
 Thy presence, Lord, fills every place ; 
 And wheresoever my lot may be, 
 Still shall my spirit rest with thee. 
 4 Eenouncing every worldly thing. 
 And safe beneath thy spreading wing, 
 My sweetest thought henceforth shall be. 
 That all I want I nnd in thee.
 
 372 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 622 CM. 
 
 Peace, love, and unity. 
 
 OLORD, another day has flown, 
 Aud we, a lowly band, 
 Are met once more before thy throne, 
 To bless thy fostering hand. 
 
 2 Thy heavenly grace to each impart ; 
 Alf evil far remove ; 
 
 And shed abroad in every heart 
 Thine everlasting love. 
 
 3 Our souls, obedient to thy sway, 
 In Christian bonds unite : 
 
 Let peace and love conclude the day, 
 And hail the morning light. 
 
 4 Thus ehasten'd, cleansed, entirely thine, 
 A flock by Jesus led, — 
 
 The sun of holiness shall shine 
 In glory on our head. 
 
 5 And tliou wilt turn our wand'ring feet, 
 Aud tliou wilt bless our way, 
 
 Till worlds sliall fade, and faith shall greet 
 The dawn of endless day. 
 
 623 32d P. M. 884, 884. 
 
 Tribute of gratitude. 
 
 FATHER of spirits ! hear our prayer ; 
 Our life, our hope, our comforter, 
 
 Our strong abode : 
 To thee our thankful hearts we raise, 
 An^ humbly, gladly hymn thy praise, 
 
 Preserver, God! 
 2 Thy gentle hand hath smoothed our way ; 
 Fed aucl sustain'd us day by day; 
 
 In thee we move : 
 O may thy mercies, Lord, inspire 
 Our heart's with gratitude, and fire 
 
 Our souls with love.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 373 
 
 624 c. M. 
 
 nabitual devotion. 
 
 WHILE thee I seek, protecting Power, 
 Be my vain wishes still' d; 
 Andmay this consecrated hour 
 With better hopes be fiU'd. 
 
 2 Thy love the power of thought bestow'd ; 
 To thee my thoughts would soar: 
 
 Thy mercy o'er my" life has flow'd; 
 That mercy I adore. 
 
 3 In each event of life, how clear 
 Thy ruling hand I see ; 
 
 Each blessing to my soul most dear, 
 Because couferr'd by thee. 
 
 4 In every joy that crowns my days, 
 In every pain I bear, 
 
 My heart shall find delight in praise, 
 Or seek relief in prayer. 
 
 5 "When gladness wings my favour'd hour. 
 Thy love my thouglits shall fill • 
 
 Eesign'd, when storms of sorrow lower, 
 My soul shall meet thy will. 
 
 6 My lifted eye, without a tear, 
 The gath'ring storm shall see : 
 
 My steadfast heart shall know no fear; 
 That heart will rest on thee. 
 
 625 L. M. 
 
 Infinite indebtedness. 
 
 GREAT God, let all our tuneful powers 
 Awake, and sing thy mighty Name : 
 Thy hand revolves the circling "hours — 
 
 Thy hand, from whence our being came. 
 2 Seasons and moons, still rolling round 
 In beauteous order, speak thy praise ; 
 And years, with smiling mercy crown' d, 
 To thee successive honours raise.
 
 374 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 3 Our life, and health, and friends, wo owe 
 All to thy vast, unbounded love ; 
 
 Ten thousand precious gifts below, 
 And hope of nobler joys above. 
 
 4 Thus may we sing till nature cease, — 
 Till sense and language are no more ; 
 
 And, after death, thy boundless grace 
 Through everlasting years adore. 
 
 626 4th P. M. 8S6, 886. 
 
 For the head of a family. 
 
 I AND my house will serve the Lord: 
 But first, obedient to his word 
 I must myself appear ; 
 By actions, words, and tempers, show 
 Tliat I my heavenly Master know, 
 And serve with heart sincere. 
 
 2 I must the fair example set ; 
 From those that on my pleasure wait 
 
 The stumbling-block remove ; 
 Their duty by my life explain, 
 And still m all my works maintain 
 
 The dignity of love. 
 
 3 Easy to be entreated, mild, 
 Quickly appeased and reconciled, 
 
 A foll'wer of my God : 
 A saint indeed I long to be, 
 And lead my faithful family 
 
 In the celestial road. 
 
 4 Lord, if thou didst the wish infuse, 
 A vessel fitted for thy use 
 
 Into thy hands receive: 
 Work in me both to will and do ; 
 And show them how believers true. 
 
 And real Christians, live.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 375 
 
 627 S.M. 
 
 Household consecration. 
 
 THE power to bless my house, 
 Belongs to God alone ; 
 Yet rend' ring him my constant vows, 
 He sends his blessings down. 
 
 2 Shall I not then engage 
 
 My house to serve the Lord, — 
 To search the soul-converting page. 
 And feed upon his word : — 
 
 3 To ask, with faith and hope, 
 The grace which he supplies, 
 
 In prayer and praise to oiler up 
 Tneir daily sacrifice ? 
 
 4 Let each his sin eschew, 
 Through thy restraining grace ; 
 
 Our father Abrah'm's steps pursue. 
 And walk in all thy ways. 
 
 5 Saviour of men, incline 
 
 The hearts which thou hast made, — 
 Which thou hast bought with love divine, 
 To ask thy promised aid. 
 
 6 Me and my house receive, 
 Thy fam'ly to increase ; 
 
 And let us in thy favour live. 
 And let us die in peace. 
 
 628 L. M. 
 
 Commencing the labours of the day. 
 
 FORTH in thy name, Lord, I go, 
 My daily labours to pursue ; 
 Thee, only thee, resolved to know, 
 
 In all I think, or speak, or do. 
 2 Thee will I set at my right hand. 
 
 Whose eyes mine inmost substance see ; 
 And labour on at thy command. 
 And offer all m^y works to thee.
 
 < O FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 3 Give me to hear thy easy yoke, 
 And every moment watch and pray ; 
 
 And still to things eternal look, 
 And hasten to thy glorious day: — 
 
 4 For thee delightfully employ 
 "Whate'er thy bounteous grace has given; 
 
 And run my course with even jov, 
 And closely walk with thee to lieaven. 
 
 629 1st P, M. 6 lines 8s, 
 
 For a Messing on the children. 
 
 CAPTAIN of our salvation, take 
 The souls we here present to thee, 
 And fit for thy great sei vice make 
 
 These heirs of immortality : 
 And let them in thine image rise, 
 And then transplant to paradise. 
 
 2 Unspotted from the world, and pure, 
 Preserve them for thy glorious cause, 
 
 Accustom'd daily to endure 
 
 The welcome burden of thy cross ; 
 
 Inured to toil and patient pain, 
 
 Till all thy perfect mind they gain. 
 
 S Our sons henceforth be wholly thine, 
 And serve and love thee all their days; 
 
 Infuse the principle divine 
 In all who here expect thy grace ; 
 
 Let each improve the grace bestow'd; 
 
 Eisc every child a man of God. 
 
 4 Train up thy hardy soldiers, Lord, 
 In all their Captain's steps to tread ; 
 
 Or send them to proclaim thy word, — 
 Thy gospel through the world to spread ; 
 
 Freely as they receive to give, 
 
 And preach the death by which we live !
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 377 
 
 630 L.M. 
 
 No mccess wWwut God's blessing. 
 
 EXCEPT the Lord our labours bless, 
 In vain shall we desire success ; 
 Except his guardian power restrain, 
 The watchman waketh but in vain. 
 
 2 'Tis useless toil our stores to keep, — 
 Early to rise, and late to sleep, — 
 Unless the Lord, who reigns on high, 
 His providential care supply. 
 
 3 Grant, Lord, that we may ever fleo 
 For guidance and for help to thee ; 
 Thy blessing ask, whate'er we do, 
 And in thy strength our work pursue, 
 
 631 c. M. 
 
 On returning from a journey. 
 
 THOU. Lord, hast blest my going out; 
 O 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. 
 
 3 To thee for refuge may I run. 
 From sin's alluring snare : 
 
 Ready its first approach to shun. 
 And watching unto prayer. 
 
 4 O that I never, never more 
 Might from thy ways depart: 
 
 Here let me give my wand'rings 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 x)eace.
 
 378 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 632 S4th p. M. 77, 75. 
 
 Have merey on ua. 
 
 LORD of merey and of raiglit, 
 Of mankind the life and light, 
 Maker, Teacher, Infinite, — 
 Jesus ! hear and save. 
 
 2 Strong Creator, Saviour mild, 
 Humbled to a little child, 
 Captive, beaten, bound, reviled, — 
 
 Jesus ! hear and save. 
 
 3 Borne aloft on angels' ■nings, 
 Throned above celestial things. 
 Lord of lords, and King of kings — 
 
 Jesus I hear and save. 
 
 4 Soon to come to earth again. 
 Judge of angels and of men. 
 Hear us now, and hear us then, — 
 
 Jesus ! hear and save. 
 
 633 CM. 
 
 Acquiescence in the Divine will. 
 
 AUTHOE of good, we rest on thee: 
 Thine ever watchful eye 
 Alone our real wants can see, — 
 Thy hand alone supply. 
 
 2 In thine all gracious providence 
 Our cheerful hopes confide ; 
 
 O let thy power be our defence, — 
 Thy love our footsteps guide. 
 
 3 And since, by passion's force subdued, 
 Too oft, with stubborn will. 
 
 We blindly shuu the latent good. 
 And grasp the specious ill, — 
 
 4 Not what we wish, but what "wb want, 
 Let mercy still supply : 
 
 The good unask'd, O Father, grant; 
 The ill, though ask'd, deny.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 379 
 
 G34 c. M. 
 
 In deep affliction. 
 
 OGOD, who madest earth and sky, 
 The darkness and the day, 
 Give ear to this thy family, 
 And help us when we pray: — 
 
 2 For wild the waves of bitterness 
 Around our vessel roar, 
 
 And heavy grows the pilot's heart, 
 To view the rocky shore. 
 
 3 The cross our Master bore for us, 
 For him we fain would bear ; 
 
 But mortal strength to weakness turns. 
 And courage to despair. 
 
 4 Have mercy on our failings, Lord; 
 Our sinking faith renew ; 
 
 And when thy sorrows visit us, 
 send thy patience too. 
 
 635 L. M. 
 
 Farting of friends. 
 
 THY presence, everlasting God ! 
 Wide o'er all nature spreads abroad : 
 Thy watchful eyes, which cannot sleep. 
 In every place thy children keep. 
 
 2 While near each other we remain, 
 Thou dost our lives and souls sustain; 
 When sep'rate, happy if we share 
 Thy smiles and thy paternal care. 
 
 3 To thee we all our ways commit. 
 And seek our comforts near thy feet ; 
 Still on our souls vouchsafe to shine, 
 And guard and guide us still as thine. 
 
 4 Bring us again to pay our vows, 
 O Lord, in thy beloved house ; 
 Or, if that joy no more be known, 
 may we meet around thy throne.
 
 380 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 636 L. M. 
 
 On changing place of abode. 
 
 SOLE Sov'reign of the earth and skies, 
 Supremely good, supremely wise, 
 Fix thou the place of our abode, 
 But let it still be near our God- 
 
 2 On earth we weary pilgrims roam, 
 Nor find, nor hope, a lasting home; 
 We seek a house not made with hands, 
 A heavenly house, which ever stands. 
 
 3 Yet while we sojourn here below. 
 Let streams of mercy round us flow ; 
 And when our destined race is run, 
 Assign us mansions near thy throne. 
 
 637 6th P. M. 6 Zin^ 7s. 
 
 Death of a child. 
 
 WHEEEFOEE should I make my moan. 
 Now the darling child is dead? 
 He to early rest is gone, — 
 He to paradise is fled : 
 
 1 shall go to him, but he 
 Never shall return to me. 
 
 2 God forbids his longer stay; 
 God recalls the precious loan ; 
 
 God hath taken him away, 
 
 From my bosom to his' own : 
 Snrely what he wills is best; 
 Happy m his will I rest. 
 
 3 Faith cries out, — It is the Lord, 
 Let him do as seems him good ! 
 
 Be thy holy name adored ; 
 
 Take the gift awhile bestow'd : 
 Take the child no longer ifaine ; 
 Thine he is, forever tliine.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 381 
 
 638 CM. 
 
 Overwlielming grief. 
 
 OTHOU, who in the olive shade, 
 When the dark hour came ou, 
 Didst, with a breath of heavenly aid, 
 Strengthen thy suflTring Sou, — 
 
 2 0, by the anguish of that night, 
 Send us down blest relief; 
 
 Or, to the chasten'd, let thy might 
 Hallow this whelming grief. 
 
 3 And thou, that, when the starry sky 
 Saw the dread strife begun, 
 
 Didst teach adoring faith to cry, — 
 Father, thy will be done : — 
 
 4 Bv thy meek Spirit, thou, of all 
 That e'er have mourn'd the chief, 
 
 Blest Saviour, if the stroke must fall, 
 Hallow this whelming grief. 
 
 639 ' 10th P. M. 8 Zi7i€« 83. 
 IIappi7ie$s oftho&e whoin God correcteth, 
 
 HOW happy the sorrowful man, 
 Whose sorrow is sent from above J 
 Indulged with a visit of pain, — 
 
 Chastised by omnipotent love ; 
 The Author o'f all his distress 
 
 Ho comes by affliction to know, 
 And God he in heaven shall bless. 
 
 That ever he sulfer'd below. 
 2 Thus, thus may I happily grieve, 
 
 And bear the intent of his rod ; 
 The marks of adoption receive,— 
 
 The strokes of a merciful God: 
 With nearer access to his throne, 
 
 My burden of folly confess ; 
 The cause of my miseries own, 
 
 And cry for an answer of peace.
 
 382 FAMILY DEVOTION. 
 
 3 Father of mercies, on me, 
 On me, in afldiction, bestow 
 
 A power of applying to thee, — 
 A sanctified use of my wo : 
 
 1 would, in a spirit of prayer, 
 
 To all thy appointments submit; 
 The pledge of my happiness bear. 
 And joyfully die at thy feet. 
 
 4 Then, Father, and never till then, 
 I all the felicity prove, 
 
 Of living a moment in pain, — 
 
 Of drmg in Jesus's love : 
 A sufi"erer here with my Lord, 
 
 With Jesus above I sit down ; 
 Eeceive an eternal reward. 
 
 And glory obtain in a crown. 
 
 640 4th p. M. 886, 88G. 
 
 Death of a relative or friend. 
 
 IF death our friends and us divide, 
 Thon dost not. Lord, our sorrow chide. 
 Or frown, our tears to see ; 
 Eestrain'd from passionate excess, 
 Thou bidd'st us mourn in calm distress 
 For them that rest in thee. 
 
 2 We feel a strong immortal hope, 
 Which bears our mournful spirits tip, 
 
 Beneath their tnountain load ; 
 Eedeem'd from death, and grief, and pain. 
 We soon shall find our friend again 
 
 Within the arms of God. 
 
 3 Pass a few fleeting moments more, 
 And death the blessuig shall restore 
 
 Which death has snatch'd away ; 
 For us thou wilt the summons send, 
 And give us back our parted friend, 
 
 In that eternal day.
 
 FAMILY DEVOTION. 383 
 
 641 L. M. 
 
 Sustaining grace prayed for. 
 
 TAUGHT by our Lord, we will not pray 
 Out of the world to be removed ; 
 But keep us, in our evil day, 
 
 Till patient faith is fully proved. 
 2 From sin, the world, and Satan's snare, 
 
 The members of thy Son defend, 
 Till all thy character we bear. 
 And grace matured in glory end. 
 
 642 9th P. M. 87, 87. 
 
 Bereavement and resignaticm. 
 
 JESUS, while our hearts are bleeding 
 O'er the spoils that death has won, 
 We would, at this solemn meeting, 
 Calmly say, — Thy will be done. 
 
 2 Though cast down, we're not forsaken ; 
 Though aflflieted, not alone : 
 
 Thou didat give, and thou hast taken ; 
 Blessed Lord, — Thy will be done. 
 
 3 Though to-day we're fill'd with mourning, 
 Mercy still is on the throne ; 
 
 "With thy smiles of love returning. 
 We can sing, — Thy will be done. 
 
 4 By thy hands the boon was given ; 
 Thou hast taken but thine own ; 
 
 Lord of earth, and God of heaven, 
 Evermore, — Thy will be done. 
 
 643 26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 
 Exulting in thefa/cour of God, 
 
 TO thee, our God and Saviour, 
 Our hearts exalting spring, 
 Kejoicing in thy favour, 
 Thou everlasting King :
 
 384 THE CLOSET. 
 
 "We'll celebrate thy glory, 
 With all the saints above ; 
 
 And tell the wondrous story 
 Of thy redeeming love. 
 
 2 Soon as the mom with rosea 
 Bedecks the dewy east, 
 
 And when the sun reposes 
 Upon the ocean's breast; 
 
 Our voice in supplication, 
 Jehovah, thou shalt hear ; 
 
 O grant us thy salvation, 
 And be thou ever near. 
 
 3 By thee through life supported, 
 We pass the dangVous road, 
 
 By heavenly hosts escorted 
 'Up to their bright abode ; 
 
 There cast our crowns before thee, 
 Our toils &nd conflicts o'er, 
 
 And day and night adore thee, 
 Forever, evermore. 
 
 THE CLOSET. 
 
 644 c. M. 
 
 Retirement and mediiation. 
 
 FAR from the world, O Lord, I flee, 
 FroTTi strife and tumult far ; 
 From scenes where Satan wages still 
 His most successful war. 
 
 2 The calm retreat, the silent shade, 
 With prayer and praise agree ; 
 
 And seem by thy sweet bounty made 
 For tliose who follow thee. 
 
 3 There, if thy Spirit touch the soul, 
 And grac€ her mean abode, 
 
 O with wliat peace, and joy, and love. 
 Does she commune with God!
 
 THE CLOSET. 385 
 
 4 Author and Gnai'dian of my life, 
 Sweet Source of light divine, 
 
 And all harmonious names in one, 
 My Saviour, — thou art mine ! 
 
 5 The thanks I owe thee, and the love, 
 A boundless, endless store. 
 
 Shall echo through the realms above 
 When time shall be no more. 
 
 645 c. M. 
 
 Enter into thy closet. 
 
 FATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord, 
 I humbly seek thy face; 
 Encouraged by the Saviour's word 
 To ask thy pard'ning grace. 
 
 2 Ent'ring into my closet, I 
 The busy world' exclude ; 
 
 In secret prayer for mercy cry, 
 And groan to be renew' d. 
 
 3 Far from the paths of men, to thee 
 I solemnly retire ; 
 
 See, thou who dost in secret see. 
 And grant my heart's desire. 
 
 4 Fain would I all thy goodness feel. 
 And know my sins forgiven; 
 
 And do on earth thy perlect wUl, 
 As angels do in heaven. 
 
 646 c. M. 
 
 Sacred Nessings. 
 
 PATHER divine, thy piercing eye 
 Sees through the darkest night ; 
 In deep retirement thou art nigh, 
 
 "With heart-discerning sight. 
 2 May that observing eye survey 
 
 ISIy faithful homag'e paid, ^ 
 "Witii every mornmg's dawning ray, 
 And every evening's shade. 
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 386 THE CLOSET. 
 
 may tliine otsti celestial iire 
 
 The incense still inflaine, 
 While fervent vows to thee aspire, 
 
 Through my Eedeemer's Name. 
 4 Po shall the visits of thy love 
 
 My soul in secret bless ; 
 So wilt thou deign, in worlds above, 
 
 Thy suppliantto confess. 
 
 G47 C. IL 
 
 Even in g. — Solitude. 
 
 I LOVE to steal awhile away 
 From every cumb'ring care. 
 And spend the hours of setting day 
 
 In humble, grateful prayer. 
 2 I love in solitude to shed 
 
 The penitential tear. 
 And all his promises to plead 
 
 Where none but God can hear. 
 •3 I love to think on mercies past, 
 
 And future good implore, — 
 And all my cares and sorrows cast 
 On Him whom I adore. 
 
 4 I love by faith to take a view 
 Of brigliter scenes in heaven ; 
 
 Tlie prospect doth my strength renev,'. 
 While here by tempests driven. 
 
 5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er, 
 May its departing ray 
 
 Be calm as this impres'sive hour, 
 And lead to endless day. 
 
 648 L. M. 
 
 Self-examination. 
 
 OTHOU, great God, whose piercing eye 
 Distinctly marks eaeh deep recess ; 
 In these sequester'd hoars draw nigh, 
 And with thy presence fill the place.
 
 THE CLOSET. 387 
 
 2 Through all the mazes of my heart, 
 My search let heavenly wisdom guide ; 
 
 And still its radiant beams impart, 
 Till all be search' d and purified. 
 
 3 Then, with the visits of thy love. 
 Do thou mine inmost spirit cheer ; 
 
 Till every grace shall ioin to prove 
 That (lod has fix'd his dwelling here. 
 
 G49 1st T. U. Q lines Ss. 
 
 Wrestling Jacob : — I will not let thee go. 
 
 COME, O thou Traveller unknown, 
 Whom still I hold, but cannot see ; 
 My company before is gone, 
 
 And I am left alone with thee : 
 With thee all night I mean to stay, 
 And wrestle till the break of day. 
 
 2 I need not tell thee who I am ; 
 My sin and misery declare ; 
 
 Thyself hast call'd me by my name ; 
 
 liOok on thy hands, and read it there : 
 But who, I ask thee, who art thou ? 
 Tell me thy name, and tell me now. 
 
 3 In vain thou strugglest to get free ; 
 I never will unloose my hold : 
 
 Art thou the Man that died for me ? 
 
 The secret of thy love unfold: 
 Wrestling, I will not let thee go. 
 Till I thy name, thy nature know. 
 
 650 1st P. M. 6 Zin^s 8s. 
 
 Continued. — When I am weak., then am I strong, 
 
 WILT thou not yet to me reveal 
 Thy new, unutterable name ? 
 Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell ; 
 To know it now resolved I am : 
 Wrestling, I will not let thee go. 
 Till I thy name, thy nature know.
 
 388 THE CLOSET. 
 
 2 What though my slirinking flesh complain, 
 And murmur to contend so long ? 
 
 I rise superior to my pain : 
 "When I am weak, then I am strong ! 
 
 And when my all of strength shall Ml, 
 
 I shall -nith the God-man prevaU. 
 
 G51 1st P. M. 6 ZiTi^ 8s. 
 
 Continued. — Victorious prayer. 
 
 YIELD to me now, for I am weak, 
 But confident in self-despair ; 
 Speak to my heart, in blessings speak ; 
 Be conquer'd by my instant prayer : 
 Speak, or thou never hence shait move, 
 And tell me if thy name be Love. 
 
 2 'Tis Love ! 'tis Love ! thou diedst for me ; 
 
 I hear thy whisper in my heart ; 
 The morning breaks, the shadows flee ; 
 
 Pure, universal Love thou art : 
 To me, to all, thy bowels move, — 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
 S My prayer hath power with God ; the grace 
 
 Unspeakable I now receive ; 
 Through faith I see thee face to face ; 
 
 I see thee face to face, and live ! 
 In vain I have not wept and strove ; 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
 4 I know thee, Saviour, who thou art, — 
 Je^us, the feeble siimer's Friend: 
 
 Nor wilt thou with the night depart, 
 But stay and love me to the end : 
 
 Thy mercies never shall remove ; 
 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love.
 
 THE CLOSET. 389 
 
 652 latV.lL 6 lines S.^. 
 
 Concluded. — Thy name is Love. 
 
 THE Sun of righteousness on me 
 Hath risen with healing in his wings : 
 Wither'd my nature's strength, from tJico 
 
 My soul its life and succour brings : 
 My help is all laid up above ; 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
 2 Contented now, upon my thigh 
 
 I halt, till life's snort journey end ; 
 ALL helplessness, all weakness, I 
 
 On thee alone for strength depend : 
 Nor have I power from thee to move ; 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
 3 Lame as I am, I take the prey ; 
 
 Hell, earth, and sin, with ease o'ercomc ; 
 
 1 leap for joy, pursue my way. 
 
 And, as a bounding hart, Ay home, 
 Through all eternity to prove 
 Thy nature and thy name is Love. 
 
 G53 L. M. 
 
 77ie Minister's prayer : Chrisfs constraining love. 
 
 QAVIOUR of men, thy searching eye 
 lO Doth all mine inmost thoughts descry : 
 Doth aught on earth my wishes raise, 
 Or the world's pleasures, or its praise ? 
 
 2 The love of Christ doth me constrain 
 To seek the wand'ring souls of men ; 
 With cries, entreaties, tears, to save, — 
 To snatch them from the gaping grave. 
 
 3 For this let men revile my name ; 
 No cross I shun, I fear no shame : 
 
 All hail, reproach : and welcome, pain ; 
 Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain.
 
 390 THE CLOSET. 
 
 4 My life, my blood, I here present, 
 If for thy triith they may be spent ; 
 Fulfil thy sov'reign counsel. Lord; 
 Thy will be done, thy Name adored. 
 
 5 Give me thy strength, God of power ; 
 Then let winds blow, or thunders roar, 
 Thy faithful witness will I be : 
 
 'Tis fix'd ; I can do all through thee. 
 
 654 c. M. 
 
 77i€ Minister's prayer : The scandal of the cross, 
 
 JESUS, my stren.^th and righteousness, 
 My Saviour and my King, 
 Triumphantly thy Name I bless, — 
 Thy conqu'ring Name I sing. 
 
 2 Thou, Lord, hast magnified thy Name ; 
 Thou hast maiutain'd thy cause ; 
 
 And I enjoy the glorious shame, — 
 The scanclal of thy cross. 
 
 3 Thou gavest me to speak thy word. 
 In the appointed hour ; 
 
 I have proclaim' d my dying Lord, 
 And felt thy Spirit's power. 
 
 4 Superior to my foes I stood, 
 Above their smile or frown ; 
 
 On all the strangers to thy blood 
 With pitying love look'd down. 
 
 5 let me have thy presence still ; 
 Set as a flint my face, . 
 
 To show the counsel of thy will, 
 "Which saves a world by grace. 
 
 6 let me never blush to own 
 The glorious gospel-word; 
 
 Which saves a world through faith alone, 
 Faith in a dying Lord.
 
 THE CLOSET. 391 
 
 655 L. M. 
 
 Tlie Mini8ter''s prayer : Boldness in the Gospd. 
 
 SHALL I, for fear of feeble man, 
 The Spirit's course in me restrain ? 
 Or, undismay'd in deed and word, 
 Be a true witness of my Lord ? 
 2 Awed by a mortal's frown, shall I 
 Conceal the word of God Most High ? 
 How then before thee shall I dare 
 To stand, or how thme anger bear ? 
 8 Shall I, to soothe the' unholy thronr, 
 Soften thy truth, or smooth my tongue, 
 To gain earth's gilded toys, — or flee 
 The cross endured, my Lord, by thee ? 
 
 4 What then is be whose scorn I dread ? 
 Whose wrath or hate makes me afraid \ 
 A man ! an heir of death ! a slave 
 
 T* sin ! a bubble on the wave ! 
 
 5 Yea, let men rao^e ; since thou wilt spread 
 Thy shadowing wings around my head : 
 Since in all pain thy tender love 
 
 Will still my sure refreshment prove. 
 
 656 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 Birthday. 
 
 GOD of my life, to thee 
 My cheerful soul I raise ; 
 Thy goodness bade me be, 
 And still prolongs my days : 
 I see my natal hour return, 
 And bless the day that I was born. 
 2 A clod of living earth, 
 
 I glorify thy name. 
 From whom alone my birth, 
 And all my blessings came : 
 Creating and preserving grace. 
 Let all that is within me praise.
 
 392 THE CLOSET. 
 
 3 Long as I live beneath, 
 To thee let me live ; 
 
 To thee my every breath 
 In thanks and praises give : 
 "Wbate'er I have, whate'er I am, 
 Shall magnify my Maker's Name. 
 
 4 My soul and all its powers 
 Thine, wholly thine, shall be ; 
 
 All, all my happy hours 
 I consecrate to thee : 
 Me to thine image now restore, 
 And I shall praise thee evermore. 
 
 5 I wait thy will to do, 
 As angels do in heaven ; 
 
 In Christ a creature new, 
 Most graciously forgiven : 
 
 1 wait thy perfect will to prove, 
 All sanctified by spotless love. 
 
 6 Then, when the work is done. 
 The work of faith with power, 
 
 Eeceive thy favoured son, 
 In death's triumphant hour : 
 Like Moses, to thyself convey. 
 And kiss my raptured soul away. 
 
 657 L.M. 
 
 Smarting tmder the rod. 
 
 CHASTISED by an indulgent God, 
 I would the kind chastisement feel ; 
 But never faint beneath the rod. 
 Nor desp'rate, nor insensible : — 
 
 2 From each extreme divinely kept. 
 The trouble coming from above 
 
 I would with thankful awe accept. 
 
 And bless with tears my Father's love.
 
 THE CLOSET. 393 
 
 658 c. M. 
 
 Secret communion with God. 
 
 SWEET is the prayer whose holy atreain 
 In earnest pleading flows ; 
 Devotion dwells upon the theme, 
 And warm and warmer glows. 
 
 2 Faith grasps the hlessing she desires ; 
 Hope points the upward gaze ; 
 
 And Love, celestial Love, inspires 
 The eloquence of praise. 
 
 3 But sweeter far the still small voice, 
 Unheard by human ear, 
 
 When God has made the heart rejoice. 
 And dried the bitter tear. 
 
 4 No accents flow, no words ascend ; 
 All utt'rance faileth there; 
 
 But God himself doth comprehend, 
 And answer, sDent prayer. 
 
 659 9th P. M. 87, 87. 
 
 In deep affliction. 
 
 FULL of trembling expectation, 
 Feeling much, and tearing more, 
 Mighty God of my salvation, 
 I thy timely aid implore. 
 
 2 Suffring Son of man, be near me, 
 In my suff'rings to sustain ; 
 
 By thy sorer griefs to cheer me, — 
 By thy more than mortal pain. 
 
 3 By thy most severe temptation 
 In that dark Satanic hour ; 
 
 By thy last mysterious passion, 
 Screen me from the adverse power. 
 
 4 By thy fainting in the garden, 
 By thy dreadful death, I pray. 
 
 Write upon my heart the pardon; 
 Take my sins and fears away.
 
 394 THE CLOSET. 
 
 GGO CM. 
 
 In time ofpfril. 
 
 MY Saviour from tlic wrath to conio, 
 From present evil save; 
 Avert the aeep impending gloom, — 
 
 The darkness of the grave. 
 2 Still hold my soul in life, I pray; 
 
 A dying worm reprieve ; 
 And let me all my Icngthcn'd day 
 
 Unto thy glory 'live. 
 8 Now, I-ord, I have to thee mnde knowr. 
 
 My troubled soul's request. 
 And sink in calm dependence down, 
 
 Within thine arms to rest : — 
 
 4 Secure, in dangers darkest hour, 
 Thy faithfulness to prove, 
 
 Protected bv almighty power, 
 And everlasting' love. 
 
 GGl L.M. 
 
 In sid-iuss : Pra>/ing/o>' recover'/. 
 
 ANGEL of covenanted grace, 
 ComCj and thy healing power infuse ; 
 Descend m thine own time, and bless. 
 
 And give the means tJieir hallow'd use. 
 2 Obedient to thy will alone, 
 
 To thee in means I calmly fly: 
 ]My life, I know, is not my own; 
 To God 1 live, to God 1 die. 
 
 5 Thy holy will lx> ever mine: 
 
 If thou on earth detain me still, 
 I bow, and bless the grace divine, — 
 
 I sutler all thy holy" will. 
 4 I come, if thou mv strength restore. 
 
 To serve thee with mv strengtli rencwM; 
 Grant nic but this, I ask uo more — 
 
 To spend and to bo spent for God.
 
 THE CLOSET. 395 
 
 662 c. M. 
 
 Consolations in sickness. 
 
 WHEN languor and disease invade 
 This trembling house of clay, 
 'Tis sweet to look beyond my pains, 
 And long to fly away ; — 
 
 2 Sweet to look inward, and attend 
 The whispers of his love ; 
 
 Sweet to look upward, to the place 
 Where Jesus pleads above ; — 
 
 3 Sweet to look back, and see my name 
 In life's fair book set down ; 
 
 Sweet to look forward, and behold 
 Eternal joys my own ; — 
 
 4 Sweet to reflect how grace divine 
 My sins on Jesus laid; 
 
 Sweet to remember that his blood 
 My debt of sulf'ring paid; — 
 
 5 Sweet to rejoice in lively hope. 
 That, when my change shall come, 
 
 Angels shall hover round my bed, 
 And waft my spirit home. 
 
 6 If such the sweetness of the stream. 
 What must the fountain be, 
 
 V/here saints and angels draw their bliss 
 Directly, Lord, from thee. 
 
 663 c. M. 
 
 Recovery from sickness. 
 
 MY God, thy service well demands 
 The remnant of my days ; 
 Why was this fleeting breath renew'd, 
 
 But to renew thy praise ? 
 2 Thine arms of everlasting love 
 
 Did this weak frame sustain, 
 When life was hov'ring o'er the grave, 
 And nature sank with pain.
 
 396 THE CXOSET. 
 
 3 I calmly bow'd my fainting head 
 Upon thy faithful breast, 
 
 And waited for my Father's call 
 To his eternal rest. 
 
 4 Into thy hands, my Saviour God, 
 Did I my soul resign, 
 
 In firm dependence on that truth 
 Which made salvation mine. 
 
 5 Back from the borders of the grave, 
 At thy command, I come ; 
 
 Nor will I ask a speedier fiight 
 To my celestial home. 
 
 6 Where thou appointest mine abode, 
 There would I choose to be ; 
 
 For in thy presence death is life, 
 And earth is heaven with thee. 
 
 664 6th P. M. 6 lines 7s. 
 
 2%6 gates of death. 
 
 OTHOU God who hearest prayer, 
 Every hour and everywhere. 
 Listen to my feeble breath. 
 Now I touch the gates of death : — 
 For His sake whose blood I plead. 
 Hear me in this hour of need. 
 
 2 Hear and save me, gracious Lord, 
 For my trust is in thy word ; 
 Wash 'me from the stain of sin, 
 That thy peace may rule witliin ; 
 May I Ijnow myself thy child, 
 Kansom'd, pardon' d, reconciled. 
 
 3 Thou art merciful to save ; 
 
 Thou hast snatch'd me from the grave : 
 I would kiss the chastening rod, 
 O my Father and my God ! 
 Only hide not now thy face, 
 God of all-sufficient grace.
 
 THE CLOSET. 397 
 
 4 Leave me not, my strength, my trust; 
 remember I am dust : 
 Leave me not again to stray ; 
 Leave me not the tempter's prey: 
 Fix my heart on things above ; 
 Make me happy in thy love. 
 
 665 c. M. 
 
 A SaUbaili in the sick-chamber. 
 
 THOUSANDS, O Lord of Hosts, this da} 
 Around thine altars meet ; 
 And tens of thousands tlu-ong to pay 
 Their homage at thy feet. 
 
 2 They sing thy deeds, as I have sunfr, 
 In sweet and solemn lays ; 
 
 Were I among them, my glad tongue 
 Might learn new themes of praise. 
 
 3 For thou art in their midst to teach, 
 "VYhen on thy Name they call ; 
 
 And tJiou hast blessings, Lord, for each,- 
 Hast blessings, Lord, for all. 
 
 4 I, of such fellowsliip bereft. 
 In spirit turn to thee : 
 
 O, hast thou not a blessing left, — 
 A blessing, Lord, for me ? 
 
 5 Behold thy pris'ner ; — loose my bands. 
 If 'tis thy gracious will; 
 
 If not, — contented m thy hands, — 
 Behold thy pris'ner stiE. 
 
 6 I may not to thy courts repair, 
 Yet here thou surely art ; 
 
 Lord, consecrate a house of prayer 
 In my surrender' d heart. 
 
 7 To faith reveal the things unseen ; 
 To hope, the joys untold ; 
 
 Let love, without a veil between, 
 Thy glory now behold.
 
 398 THE CLOSET. 
 
 G66 L. M. 
 
 Pleading for mercy in the hour of affliction. 
 
 CUT me not off, almighty Lord, 
 But use the rod, aud hot the sword : 
 Umieeded pain thou canst not give. 
 Nor without cause thy children grieve. 
 2 Though sorrow break this wretched heart, 
 And pam the soul and body part, 
 
 suffer not my soul to be 
 
 (Jne moment separate from thee. 
 S And now, in kind compassion, show 
 What means this providential blow ; 
 Tliat here I may thy mercy see. 
 And all the good design'd for me. 
 
 r»r)7 '^^ ^• 
 
 ^ ^ TJie Frieiid who conquers death. 
 
 WHEN death before my sight 
 Appears in dire array, 
 Ujiequal to the dreadful fight, 
 My courage faints away. 
 
 2 Plow shall I meet this foe, 
 Whose frown my soul alarms? 
 
 Dark horror sits upon his brow, 
 And vict'ry waits his arms. 
 
 3 But with the eye of faith. 
 Piercing beyond the grave, 
 
 1 see that Friend who conquers death, 
 Whose arm alone can save. 
 
 GG8 6th p. M. rWiW^ 7s. 
 
 The hwhand andfailier awaiting deaih, 
 
 OTHOU faithful God of love. 
 Gladly I thy promise plead ; 
 Waiting tor my last remove, — 
 
 Hast'ning to the happy dead: 
 Ix) ! I cast on thee my care ; 
 Breathe my latest breath in prayer. 
 
 (
 
 THE CLOSET. 399 
 
 2 Trusting in thy word alone, 
 I to tliee my cliildren leave : 
 
 Call my little ones thy own ; 
 
 Give them all thy blessings, give : 
 Keep them while on earth they breathe ; 
 Save their souls from endless death. 
 
 3 Whom I to thy grace commend. 
 Into thy embraces take ; 
 
 Be her sure, immortal Friend, 
 
 Save her, for my Saviour's sake : 
 Free from sin, from sorrow free, 
 Let ray widow trust in thee. 
 
 4 Father of the fatherless. 
 Husband of the widow, prove ; 
 
 Me and mine persist to bless ; 
 
 Tell me we shall meet above : 
 Seal the promise on rny heart; 
 Bid me then in peace depart. 
 
 G69 s.M. 
 
 For victory in the dying hour. 
 
 WHEN on the brink of death 
 T* My trembling soul shall stand, 
 Waiting to pass tliat awful flood, 
 Great God ! at thy command ; — 
 
 2 When every scene of life 
 Stands readjr to depart ; 
 
 And the last si^h that shakes the frame 
 Shall rend this bursting heart ; — 
 
 3 Thou Source of joy supreme. 
 Whose arm alone can save, — 
 
 Dispel the darkness that surrounds 
 The entrance to the grave. 
 
 4 Lay thy supporting hand 
 Beneath my sinking head ; 
 
 And with a ray of love divine 
 IlJurue my dying bed.
 
 400 THE CLOSET. 
 
 Leaning on Jesus' breast, 
 May I resign my breath ; 
 
 And 'in his kind embraces lose 
 The bitterness of death. 
 
 670 1st T. U. Q lines Si^. 
 Helpless, yet happy. 
 
 OTHOU, whose wise, paternal love 
 Hath brouglit my active vigour down, 
 Thy choice I thanktully approve ; 
 And, prostrate at thy gracious throne, 
 
 1 offer up my life's remains, — 
 
 1 choose the state my God ordains. 
 
 2 Cast as a broken vessel by, 
 Thy work I can no longer do ; 
 
 Yet while a daily death Idie, 
 
 Thy power I may in weakness show: 
 My patience may thy glory raise, — 
 My speechless wo proclaim thy praise. 
 
 671 1st p. M. 6 ZiWs 8s. 
 Aged and helpless. 
 
 IN age and feebleness extreme. 
 Who shall a helpless worm redeem ? 
 Jesus, my only hope thou art, — 
 Strength of my failing flesh and heart : 
 0, could I catch a smile from thee, 
 And drop into eternity ! 
 
 672 4th p. M. 886, 886. 
 The aged pilgrim. 
 
 THY mercy heard my infant prayer; 
 Thy love, with kind, paternarcare. 
 Sustain' d my childish days.: 
 Thy goodness watch'd my ripening youth, 
 And form'd my heart to love thy truth, 
 And fiird my lips with praise.
 
 THE CLOSET. 401 
 
 2 And now, in age and grief, thy Name 
 Doth still my languid heart inflame, 
 
 And bow my faltering knee : 
 O, yet this bosom feelsthe fire ; 
 This trembling hand and drooping lyre 
 
 Have yet a strain for thee ! 
 
 3 Yes; broken, tuneless, still, O Lord, 
 This voice, transported, shall record 
 
 Thy goodness, tried so long • 
 Till, sinking slow, with calm decay, 
 Its feeble murmurs melt away 
 
 Into a seraph's song. 
 
 G73 L. M. 
 
 The aged discipWs prayer. 
 
 FOEEWAKN'D by my Eedeemer's love. 
 I soon shall lay this body down; 
 But ere ray soul from earth remove, 
 
 may I put thine image on. 
 2 Saviour ! thy meek and lowly mind 
 
 Be to thine aged servant given ; 
 
 An<i glad I'll drop this tent, to find 
 
 My everlasting home in heaven. 
 
 (^7^ 5th P. M. 4 Zivie* rs. 
 
 The dying believer. 
 
 DEATHLESS spirit, now arise ; 
 Soar, thou native of the skies — 
 Pearl of price by Jesus bought, 
 To his glorious likeness wrought; — 
 
 2 Go to shine before the throne ; 
 Deck the Mediator's crown; 
 Go, his triumphs to adorn ; 
 Made for God, to God return. 
 
 3 Angels, joyful to attend, 
 Hov'ring round thy pillow bend ; 
 Wait to catch the signal given, 
 And convey thee quick to heaven. 
 
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 402 THE CLOSET. 
 
 4 Burst thy shackles ; drop thy clay ; 
 Sweetly breathe thyself away ; 
 Singing, to thy crown remove, 
 Swift of wing, and fired with love. 
 
 o Shudder not to pass the stream ; 
 Venture all thy care on Him — 
 Him, whose dying love and power 
 Still'd its tossing, hush'd its roar. 
 
 tj Safe is the expanded wave, — 
 Gentle as a summer's eve; 
 Not one object of his care 
 Ever suffer'd shipwreck there. 
 
 7 See the haven full in view ; 
 
 Love divine shall boar thee through ; 
 Trust to that propitious gale ; 
 Weigh thine anchor, spread thy sail. 
 
 8 Saints in glory, perfect made. 
 Wait thy passage through the shade; 
 Swiftly to their wish be given; 
 Kindle higher joy in heaven. 
 
 G75 40th P.M. 
 
 77i6 dying Christian to his soul. 
 ITAL spark of heavenly flame. 
 
 V 
 
 Quit, quit this mortal frame. 
 Trembling, hoping, liu^'ring, flying, 
 ( ) the pain, the bliss ot dying ! 
 Cease, fond nature, cease *thy strife, 
 And let me languish into life. 
 2 Hark ! they whisper : angels say, — 
 Sister spirit, come away ! 
 — What is this absorbs me quite,— 
 Steals my senses, shuts my sight, — 
 Prowns niy spirit, draws my breath? 
 Tell me, r.^'v soul, can this be death?
 
 THE SCEIPTTJEES. 403 
 
 3 The "world recedes : it disappears ; 
 Heaven opens on my eyes ; my ears 
 
 "With sounds seraphic ring. 
 Lend, lend your wings ! I mount ! I fly ! 
 O grave, where is thy victory ? 
 
 death, Avhero is thy sting? 
 
 THE SCEIPTUKES. 
 
 676 CM. 
 
 Riclies of GocTs word. 
 
 THE counsels of redeeming grace 
 The sacred leaves unfold; 
 And here the Saviour's lovely face 
 Our raptured eyes behold. 
 
 2 Here light descending from above 
 Directs onr doubtful feet; 
 
 Here promises of heavenly love 
 Our ardent wishes meet. 
 
 3 Our num'rous griefs are here redress'd, 
 And all our wants supplied : 
 
 Naught we can ask to make us blest 
 Is in this book denied. 
 
 4 For these inestimable gains, 
 That so enrich the mind, 
 
 O may we search with ea^er pains. 
 Assured that we shall find. 
 
 677 CM. 
 
 Excellency and sufficiency. 
 
 FATHER of mercies, in thy word 
 What endless glory shines; 
 Forever be thy Name adored 
 
 For these celestial lines. 
 2 Here may the wretched sons of want, 
 
 Exhaustless riches find ; 
 Riches above what earth can grant, 
 And lasting as the mind.
 
 404" THE SCEIPTUEES. 
 
 3 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
 And yields a free repast ; 
 
 Sublimer sweets than nature knows 
 Invite the longing taste. 
 
 4 Here the Eedeemer's welcome voice 
 Spreads heavenly peace around; 
 
 And life, and everlasting joys, 
 Attend the blissful sound. 
 
 ' 5 may these heavenly pages be 
 Our ever dear delight; 
 And still new beauties may we see, 
 And still increasing light. 
 
 6 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, 
 
 Be thou forever near ; 
 Teach us to love thy sacred word, 
 
 And view the Saviour there. 
 
 678 CM. 
 
 Light and glory of the sacred page. 
 'HAT glory gilds the sacred page ! 
 
 W 
 
 Majestic, like the sun, 
 It gives a light to every age; 
 It gives, tut borrows none. 
 
 2 The power that gave it still supplies 
 The gracious light and heat ; 
 
 Its truths upon the nations rise : 
 They rise, but never set. 
 
 3 Lord ! everlasting thanks be thine 
 For such a brisrht display. 
 
 As makes a world of darkness shine 
 With beams of heavenly day. 
 
 4 Our souls rejoicingly pursue 
 The steps of Him we love, 
 
 Till glory break upon our view 
 In^'brighter worlds above.
 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 405 
 
 679 c. M. 
 
 Tlie Spirifs enlightening influences. 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire ; 
 Let us thine influence prove ; — 
 tSource of the old prophetic fire ; 
 Fountain of life ana love. 
 
 2 Come, Holy Ghost, for moved by thee 
 The prophets wrote and spoke : 
 
 Unlock the truth, thyself the key ; 
 Unseal the sacred book. 
 
 3 Expand thy wings. Celestial Dove ; 
 Brood o'er our nature's night ; 
 
 On our disorder' d spirits move, 
 And let there nov.^ \)q light. 
 
 4 God, through himself, we then shall know. 
 If thou within us shine ; 
 
 And sound, with all thy saints below, 
 The depths of love divine. 
 
 G80 CM. 
 
 77ie revealing Spirit. 
 
 FATHER of all, in whom alone 
 We live, and move, and breathe ; 
 One bright, celestial ray dart down, 
 And cheer thy sons beneath. 
 
 2 While in thy word we search for thee, 
 (We seai-ch with trembling awe ;) 
 
 Open our eyes, and let us see 
 The wonders of thy law. 
 
 3 Now let our darkness comprehend 
 The light that shines so clear ; 
 
 Now the_ revealing Spirit send, 
 And give us ears to hear. 
 
 4 Before us make thy goodness pass, 
 Which here by faith'we know; 
 
 Let us in Jesus see thy face, 
 And die to all below.
 
 406 THE SCEIPTUEES. 
 
 681 CM. 
 
 Perfection of the Iww and testimony. 
 
 THY law is perfect, Lord of light ; 
 Thy testimonies sure ; 
 The statutes of thy realm are right, 
 
 And thy commandment pure. 
 2 Let these, God, my soul convert, 
 
 And make thy servant -wise ; 
 Let these he gladness to my ears, — 
 
 The day spring to mine eyes. 
 S By these may I be wam'd betimes; 
 
 Who knows 'the guile within ? 
 Lord, save me from presumptuous crimes; 
 
 Cleanse me from secret sin. 
 4 So may the words my lips express, — 
 
 The thoughts that throng my mind, — 
 O Lord, my strength and righteousness, 
 
 With thee acceptance find. 
 
 682 s.M. 
 
 Safety in keeping God's precepts. 
 
 HOW perfect is thy word, 
 Thy judgments all are just ; 
 And ever m thy promise, Lord, 
 May man securely trust. 
 
 2 I hear thy word in love ; — 
 In faith tny word obey ; 
 
 O send thy Spirit from above. 
 To teach me. Lord, thy way. 
 
 3 Thy counsels all are plain, 
 Thy precepts all are pure ; 
 
 And long as heaven and earth remain, 
 Thy truth shall still endure. 
 
 4 O may my soul, with joy. 
 Trust in thy faithful word ; 
 
 Be it through life my glad employ, 
 To keep thy precepts, Lord.
 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 407 
 
 683 CM. 
 
 Preciousness of the Bible, 
 
 HOW precious is tlie book divine, 
 By inspiration given ; 
 Bricrlit as a lamp its doctrines shine, 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts. 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 
 And life, and light, and joy imparts, 
 And banishes our fears. 
 
 3 This lamp, through all the tedious nig!it 
 Of life, shall guide our way; 
 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 684 CM. 
 
 Light ujjon tTie narrow path. 
 
 BRIGHT A\'as the guiding star that led, 
 With mild, benignant ray, 
 The Gentiles to the lowly shed 
 Where the Redeemer lay. 
 
 2 But lo ! the Scriptures' clearer light 
 Now points to his abode ; 
 
 It shines through sin and sorrow's night, 
 To guide us to our God. 
 
 3 let us tread the narrow path. 
 While light and grace are given; 
 
 And thus escape the coming wrath, 
 And reign with him in heaven. 
 
 685 1st P. M. 6 lines 88. 
 
 The divine Interpreter. 
 
 SPIRIT of Truth, essential God, 
 Who didst thine ancient saints inspire, 
 Shed in their hearts thy love abroad, 
 
 And touch their hallow'd lips with lire : 
 Our God from all eternity. 
 World without end we worship thee.
 
 408 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 2 Still we believe, almierhty Lord, 
 
 "Whose presence fills both earth and heaven, 
 The meannig of the written word 
 
 la by thy inspiration given ; 
 Thou only dost thyself explain 
 The secret mind of God to man. 
 
 3 Tome, then, divine Interpreter, — 
 The Scriptures to our hearts apply ; 
 
 And, taught by thee, we God revere ; 
 
 Him in three persons magnify; 
 And still the triune God adore,' 
 Who was, and is, forever more. 
 
 686 s.M. 
 
 The word of God, quick and po^cerful. 
 
 THY word, almighty Lord, 
 Where'er it enters in, 
 Is sharper than a two-edged sword, 
 To slay the man of sin, 
 
 2 Thy word is power and life ; 
 It bids confusion cease, 
 
 And changes envy, hatred, strife, 
 To love, and joy, and peace. 
 
 3 Then let our hearts obey 
 The Gospel's glorious sound ; 
 
 And all its fruits, from day to day, 
 Be in us and abound. 
 
 687 1st P. M. 6 lines 88. 
 
 DeligM in the word. 
 
 WHEN quiet in my house I sit. 
 Thy book be my companion still ; 
 My joy thy sayings to repeat, — 
 
 Talk o'er the records of thy will. 
 And search the oracles divine, 
 Till every heartfelt word be mine.
 
 THE SCKIPTUEES. 409 
 
 2 may tlie gracious words divine, 
 Subject of all my converse be ; 
 
 So will the Lord his foll'wer join, 
 
 And walk and talk himself with me: 
 So shall my heart his presence prove, 
 And burn with everlasting love. 
 
 3 Oft as I lay me down to rest, 
 may the reconciling word 
 
 Sweetly compose my weary breast; 
 While on the bosom of iny Lord 
 
 1 sink in blissful dreams away, 
 And visions of eternal day. 
 
 4 Rising to sing my Saviour's praise, 
 Thee may I publish all day long ; 
 
 And let thy precious word of grace 
 
 Flow from my heart, and fill my tongue : 
 Fill all my life with purest love, 
 And join me to the church above. 
 
 688 L.M. 
 
 The Saviour seen in the Scriptures. 
 
 NOW let my soul, eternal King, 
 To thee its grateful tribute bring; 
 My knee, with humble homage, bow; 
 My tongue perform its solemn vow. 
 
 2 All nature sings thy boundless love, 
 In worlds below, and worlds above ; 
 But in thy blessed word I trace 
 Diviner wonders of thy grace. 
 
 3 There, what delightful truths I read ! 
 There, I behold the Saviour bleed : 
 His name salutes my list'ning ear, 
 Bevives my heart, and checks my fear. 
 
 4 There Jesus bids my sorrows cease, 
 And gives my lab'ring conscience peace ; 
 Kaises my grateful thoughts on high, 
 And points to mansions in the sky.
 
 410 THE SCEIPTUEES. 
 
 5 For love like this, let my song, 
 Through endless years, thy praise prolong; 
 Let distant climes thy Name adore. 
 Till time and nature are no more. 
 
 689 s.M. 
 
 Their universal difftmon, 
 
 JESUS, the word bestow, — 
 The true immortal seed ; 
 Thy gospel then shall greatly grow, 
 
 And all our land o'erspread ; 
 Tiirough earth extended wide 
 
 Shall mightily prevail, — 
 Destroy the works of self and pride, 
 
 And shake the gates of hell. 
 2 Its energy exert 
 
 In the believing soul ; 
 Diffuse thy grace through every part. 
 
 And sanctify the whole : 
 Its utmost virtue show 
 
 In pure consummate love, 
 And fill with all thy life below. 
 
 And give us thrones above. 
 
 GOO CM. 
 
 Revelation loelconied and disseminated. 
 
 HAIL, sacred truth ! whose piercing rays 
 Dispel the shades of night ; 
 Diffusing o'er a ruin'd world 
 The healing beams of light. 
 
 2 Thy word, O Lord, with friendly aid, 
 Eestores our wand'ring feet ; 
 
 Converts the sorrows of the mind 
 To joys divinely sweet. 
 
 3 send thy light and truth abroad, 
 In all their radiant blaze; 
 
 And bid the' admiring world adore 
 The glories of thy grace.
 
 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 
 
 691 CM. 
 
 Tlie unwersal 'bond oflovs. 
 
 THE g]orioii3 universe around, 
 The heavens with all their train, 
 Sun, moon, and stars, are firmly bound 
 
 In one mysterious chain. 
 2 The earth, the ocean, and the sky, 
 
 To form one world agree ; 
 Where all that walk, or swim, or fly, 
 
 Compose one family. 
 S God in creation thus displays 
 
 His wisdom and his might. 
 While all his works with all his ways 
 
 Harmoniously unite. 
 
 4 In one fraternal bond of love, 
 One fellowship of mind, 
 
 The saints below and saints above 
 Their bliss and glory find. 
 
 5 Here, in their house of pilgrimage, 
 Thy statutes are their song ; 
 
 There, through one bright, eternal age, 
 Thy praises they prolong. 
 
 6 Lord, may our union form a part 
 Of that thrice happy whole ; 
 
 Derive its pulse from thee, the heart, 
 Its life from thee, the soul. 
 
 692 s. M. 
 
 One in Christ Jesus. 
 
 LET party names no more 
 The Christian world o'erspread; 
 Gentile and Jew, and bond and free, 
 Are one in Christ their Head.
 
 412 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 2 Among the saints on earth. 
 Let mutual love be found ; 
 
 Heirs of the same inheritance, 
 "With mutual blessings crown'd. 
 
 3 Thus will the church below 
 Kesemble that above ; 
 
 Where streams of bliss forever flow, 
 And every heart is love. 
 
 G93 c. M. 
 
 Love the test of dlwiplesMp. 
 
 OUR God i:* love ; and all his saints 
 His image bear below : 
 The heart with love to God inspired, 
 With love to man will glow. 
 
 2 None who are truly born of God 
 Can live in enmity ; 
 
 Then may we love each other, Lord, 
 As we are loved by thee. 
 
 3 Heirs of the same immortal bliss. 
 Our hopes and fears the same, 
 
 With bonds of love our hearts unite. 
 With mutual love inflame. 
 
 4 So may the unbelieving world 
 See how true Christians love ; 
 
 And glorify our Saviour's grace. 
 And seek tliat grace to prove. 
 
 694 s. M 
 
 Sweet communion. 
 
 BLEST are the sons of peace, 
 Whose liearts and hopes are one; 
 Whose kind designs to serve and please 
 
 Through all their actions run. 
 2 Blest is the pious house 
 
 Where zeal and friendship meet; 
 Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, 
 Make their communion sweet.
 
 COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 413 
 
 3 Thus on the heavenly hills 
 
 The saints are blest above, 
 Where joy like morning clew distils, 
 
 And all the air is love. 
 
 G95 c.M. 
 
 Tlie tond of perfectnesa. 
 
 THE sacred bond of perfeetness 
 Is spotless charity; 
 O let us. Lord, we pray, possess 
 The mind that was iii thee. 
 
 2 Grant this, and then from all below 
 Insensibly remove : 
 
 Our souls the change shall scarcely know, 
 Made perfect first in love. 
 
 3 With ease our souls through death shall glide 
 Into their paradise ; 
 
 And thence on wings of angels ride 
 Triumphant through the skies. 
 
 4 Yet when the fullest joy is given, 
 The same delight we prove ; 
 
 In earth, in paradise, in heaven, 
 Our all in all is love. 
 
 gQ^J 7th P. M. 8 Zwic« 73. 
 
 Sweet counsel. 
 
 GLOEY be to God above,— 
 God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 Make we mention of his love ; 
 
 Publish we his praise below: 
 Call'd together by his grace, 
 
 We are met in Jesus' name ; 
 See with joy each other's face, 
 
 FoU'wers of the bleeding Lamb. 
 2 Let us then sweet counsel take, 
 
 How to make our calling sure ; 
 Our election how to make. 
 
 Past the reach of hell, secure :
 
 414 CHEISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 Build we each the other up ; 
 
 Pray we for our faith's increase ; 
 Solid comfort, settled hope, 
 
 Constant joy, and lasting peace. 
 8 More and more let love abound: 
 
 Let us never, never rest, 
 Till we are in Jesus found. 
 
 Of our paradise possess'd : — 
 lie removes the flamincr sword, 
 
 Calls us back, from Eden driven; 
 To his image here restored. 
 
 Soon he takes us up to heaven. 
 
 G97 c. M. 
 
 AU-uniti7ig faith. 
 
 LET all in whom the Spirit glows, 
 Li whom God's word hath place, 
 The all-uniting faith disclose, — 
 
 The all-endearing grace. 
 2 Then shall the world, admiring, view 
 
 The gathered flock at rest; 
 And own the Son divinely true. 
 The saints divinely blest. 
 
 698 L. M. 
 
 Onefold and one Shepherd. 
 
 GIVER of peace and unity. 
 Send down thy mild, pacific Dove ; 
 We all shall then in one agree. 
 And breathe the spirit of thy love. 
 
 2 We all shall think and speak the sam( 
 Delightful lesson of thy grace : 
 
 One undivided Christ proclaim. 
 And jointly glory in thy praise. 
 
 3 let us take a softer mould, 
 Blended and gather'd into theo ; 
 
 Under one Shepherd make one fold, 
 Where all is love and harmony.
 
 COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 415 
 
 4 Regard tliine OTvn eternal prayer, 
 And send a peaceful answer down : 
 
 To us thy Father's Name declai-e ; 
 Unite and perfect us in one. 
 
 5 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. 
 
 G09 3d p. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 Bear ye one another's burdens. 
 
 THOU God of truth and love, 
 We seek tliy perfect way, 
 Eeady thy choice to' approve, 
 Thy providence to' obey ; 
 Enter into thy wise desi.srnj 
 And sweetly lose our will in thine. 
 
 2 Why hast thou cast our lot 
 In the same age and place ? 
 
 And why together brought 
 To see each other's face ; — 
 To join wiUi softest sympathy. 
 And mix our friendly souls in thee 1 
 
 3 Didst thou not make us one. 
 That we might one remain ; — 
 
 Together travel on, 
 And bear each other's pain ; — 
 Till all thy utmost goodness prove, 
 And rise renew'd in perfect lovel 
 
 4 Surely thou didst nnite 
 Our kindred spirits here, 
 
 That all hereafter might 
 Before thy throne appear ; — 
 Meet at the marriage of the Lamb, 
 And all thy gracious love proclaim.
 
 416 CimiSTIAN FELLOWSHir. 
 
 5 Then let us ever bear 
 The blessed end in vie^, 
 
 And join with mutual care, 
 To fi^ht our passage through ; 
 And kindly help each other on, 
 Till all receive the starry crown. 
 
 6 may thy Spirit seal 
 Our souls' unto that day! 
 
 With all thy fulness fill, 
 And then transport away, — 
 Away to our eternal rest. 
 Away to our Eedeemer's breast. 
 
 700 c. M. 
 
 AtuI »o fulfil the law of Christ. 
 
 TRY U3, God, and search the grotmd 
 Of every sinful heart : • 
 "VVhate'tr of sin in us is found, 
 bid it all depart. 
 
 2 If 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, 
 Eacli other's cross to bear: 
 
 Let each his friendly aid afford, 
 And feel his brotller'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.
 
 OOM^rUNION OF SAINTS- 417 
 
 6 Then, when the mighty work is wrotight, 
 
 Eeceive thy ready bride : 
 Give us in heaven a happy lot 
 
 With all the sanctified. 
 
 701 CM. 
 
 Safety in union. 
 
 JESUS, great Shepherd of the sheep, 
 To thee for help we fly : 
 Thy little flock in safety keep, 
 For O i the wolf is nigh. 
 
 2 He comes, of hellish malice full, 
 To scatter, tear, and slay; 
 
 lie seizes every straggling soul 
 As his own lawful prey. 
 
 3 Us into thy protection take, 
 And gather with thine arm ; 
 
 Unless the fold we first forsake, 
 The wolf can never harro. 
 
 4 We laugh to scorn his cruel power. 
 While by our Shepherd's side ; 
 
 The sheep he never can devour, 
 Unless ne first divide- 
 
 5 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. 
 
 702 L.M. 
 
 striving togeOierfor thefaifh of the Gospel. 
 
 UNCHANGEABLE, almighty Lord, 
 Our souls upon thy truth we stay ; 
 Accomplish now thy faithful word, 
 And give, O give us all one way. 
 27
 
 418 CHEISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 2 let ixs 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. 
 
 3 Thou only canst our wills control, — 
 Our wild,' unruly passions bind ; 
 
 Tame the old Adam in our soul. 
 And make us of one heart and mind. 
 
 4 Speak but the reconciling word. 
 
 The winds shall cease, the waves subside; 
 We all shall praise our common Lord, — 
 Our Jesus, and him crucified. 
 
 703 c. M. 
 
 See how these Christians love ! 
 
 Gn^ER of concord. Prince of peace, 
 Meek, lamb-like Son of God ! 
 Bid our unruly passions cease, 
 By thy atoning blood. 
 
 2 Eebuke our rage ; our passions chide ; 
 
 Our stubborn wills control ; 
 Beat down our wTath, root out our pride, 
 
 And calm each troubled soul. 
 
 S Subdue in us the carnal mind ; 
 
 Its enmity destroy; 
 With cords'of love our Spirits bind, 
 
 And melt us into joy. 
 
 4 Us into closest union draw, 
 And in our inward parts 
 
 Let kindness sweetly write her law, 
 And love command our hearts. 
 
 5 Saviour, look down with pitying eyes ; 
 Our jan-in^ wills control ; 
 
 Let cordial, kind affections rise, 
 And harmonize the soul.
 
 COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 419 
 
 6 O let us find the ancient way 
 
 Our wond'ring foes to move, 
 x^nd force the heathen world to say, — 
 
 See how these Christians love ! 
 
 704 c- ^^• 
 
 * ^ ^ Tlie loadstone of ITis love. 
 
 JESUS, united by thy grace, 
 And each to each endear' d, 
 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. 
 8 Make us into one spirit drink ; 
 
 Baptize into thy name ; 
 And let us always kindly think, 
 
 And sweetly speak, the same. 
 
 4 Touch' d by the loadstone of thy love, 
 Let all our hearts agree ; 
 
 And ever toward each other move, 
 And ever move toward thee. 
 
 5 To thee, inseparably join'd, 
 Let all our spirits cleave ; 
 
 O may we all the loving mind 
 That was in thee receive. 
 
 7Q5 5th P. M. 4 Zwes 7s, 
 
 Of one heart and of one mind. 
 TESUS, Lord, we look to thee ; 
 V Let us in thy name agree ; 
 Show thyself the Prince of Peace ; 
 Bid our jars forever cease. 
 2 By thy reconciling love, 
 Every stumbling-block remove ; 
 Each to each unite, endear; 
 Come, and spread thy banner here.
 
 420 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 3 Make 113 of one heart and mind, — 
 Courteous, pitiful, and kind; 
 Lowly, meek, irt thought and word, — 
 Altogether like our Lord. 
 
 4 Let us for each other care ; 
 Jlach the other's burden bear : 
 To thy Church the pattern give ; 
 Show how true believers live. 
 
 T) Free from anger and from pride, 
 Let us thus in God abide ; 
 All the depths of love express, — 
 All the heights of holiness. 
 
 f> I^t us tlien with joy remove 
 To the family above ; 
 On the wings of ancrels fly ; 
 Show how true believers die. 
 
 706 7th P. M. 8 Zi/i«« 7s. 
 
 Many, hut one. 
 
 CHRIST, from whom all blessmga flow, 
 Perfecting the saints below. 
 Hear us, who thy nature share, — 
 Wlio thy mystic body are. 
 Join us, in one Spirit join; 
 IvCt us still receive of thine: 
 Still for more on thee we call, 
 Thou who tillcst all in all. 
 
 2 Move, and actuate, and guide : 
 Divers gift.«i to each divide: 
 Placed according to tliv will, 
 Let us all our work fulfil : 
 Never from our office move : 
 Needful to each other ])rove : 
 Let us daily growth receive, — 
 More and more in Jesus live.
 
 COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 421 
 
 3 Sweetly may wc all agree, 
 Touch'd with softest sympathy ; 
 Kindly for each otlier care ; 
 Every member feel its share. 
 Many are we now and one, 
 We who Jesus have put on : 
 Names, and 8ect«, and parties fall : 
 Thou, Christ, art all lu all. 
 
 707 s. M. 
 
 Meeting, after absence, 
 
 AND are wc yet alive, 
 And see each other's face ? 
 Glory and praise to Jesus give, 
 
 For his redeeming (?raco. 
 Preserved bv power cliviuo 
 
 To full wifvation here, 
 Again in Jesus' praise we join, 
 iVud in his signt appear. 
 
 2 Wliat troubles have wo Been ! 
 
 "What conflicts have we past! 
 Fightings witiiout, and fears within, 
 
 Since wc assembled last ! 
 But out of all the Lord 
 
 Hath brought us by his lovo; 
 And still ho doth his help afford, 
 
 And liidea our lifo above. 
 
 8 Then let U3 make our boast 
 
 Of his redeeming power, 
 Which saves us to the uttermost, 
 
 Till wc can sin no more : 
 Let us take up the cross, 
 
 Till we the crown obtain ; 
 And gladly reckon all things loss, 
 
 So we may Jesus gain.
 
 422 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 708 C. M. 
 
 We shall see Jlim as he is. 
 
 THE heavenly treasure now we have 
 In a vile house of clay ; 
 But Christ will to the utmost save, 
 And keep us to that day. 
 
 2 Our Bouls arc in his mifrhty hand, 
 And he shall keep them still ; 
 
 And you and I phall surely stand 
 With him on Zion's hill. 
 
 3 Him eye to eye wc there shall see ; 
 Our face like* his sliall shine : 
 
 O what a glorious company, 
 When saints and angcls'join ! 
 
 4 O what a joyful meeting there ! 
 In robes of wlute array d, 
 
 Palms in our hands we all shall bear, 
 And crowns upon our head. 
 
 5 Then lot us lawftdly contend. 
 And fight our passiigc through ; 
 
 Bear in our faithful minds the end, 
 And keep the prize in view. 
 
 709 ^- ^ 
 
 Welcome to Church fellowship. 
 
 BRETHREN in Christ, and well beloved, 
 To Jesus and his servants dear, 
 Enter, and show yourselves approved ; 
 Enter, and find' that God is here. 
 
 2 Welcome from earth : lo, the right hand 
 Of fellowship to you we give : 
 
 With open hearts and hands we stand, 
 And you in Jesus' name receive. 
 
 3 Jesus, attend; thyself reveal ; 
 
 Are we not met iii thy great name ? 
 Thee in the midst we wait to feel ; 
 We wait to catch the spreading flame.
 
 LOVE-FEAST. 423 
 
 4 Truly our fellowship below 
 With thee and with the Father is : 
 
 In thee eternul lite we know, 
 And heaveirs unutteruble bliss. 
 
 5 Though but in part we know thee here, 
 We wait thy coming from nbove ; 
 
 And we shall then beliold thee near, 
 And bo forever lost in love. 
 
 LOVE-FEAST. 
 
 710 L.M. 
 T7i^ heavenly Guest invited. 
 
 SAVIOUR of nil, to tliee we bow, 
 And own thee faithful to thy word; 
 We hear tliy voice, and o()cn now 
 Our hearts to entertain our Lord. 
 
 2 Come in, come in. thou heavenly Guest; 
 Delight in what thvsclf \\a^t given ; 
 
 On thv own gifts autl graces feast, 
 
 And make the contrite lieart thy heaven. 
 
 3 Smell tlic sweet odour of our prayers ; 
 Our fiacriticc of praise approve ; 
 
 And treasure up our gracious tears, 
 Who rest in thy redeeming love. 
 
 4 Beneath thy shadow let us sit; 
 
 Call us thy friends, antl love, and bride ; 
 And bid us freely drink and eat 
 Thy dainties, and be satisfied. 
 
 711 c.M. 
 
 Perfect liarmony and joy unspeaJcdble. 
 
 ALL praise to our redeeming Lord, 
 Who joins us by his grace. 
 And bids us, each to each restored, 
 Together seek his face.
 
 424 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSIIir. 
 
 2 He bids us build each other up ; 
 
 And, ^ather'd into one, 
 To our liigh calling's glorious hope, 
 
 We hand in hand go on. 
 
 S The gift which he on one bestows, 
 
 We all delight to prove ; 
 The grace through every vessel flows, 
 
 In purest streams of love. 
 
 4 E'en now we think and speak the same, 
 And cordially agree, — 
 
 United all, through Jesus' name, 
 In perfect harmony. 
 
 5 We all partake the joy of one ; 
 The common jxtace wc feel ; 
 
 A TXiace to scn.-*ual minds unknown, — 
 A joy unspeakable. 
 
 6 And if our fellowship below 
 In Jesus be so sweet. 
 
 What height of rapture shall we know 
 When round his throne we meet ! 
 
 712 s.M. 
 
 Sympathy and mutual Ume. 
 
 BLEST be tlie tie that binds 
 Our hearts in Christian love ; 
 The fellowship of kindred minds 
 Is like to that above. 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne, 
 We pour our ardent prayers ; 
 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one, — 
 Our comforts and our cares. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes ; 
 Our mutual burdens bear ; 
 
 And often for each other flows 
 The sj-mpathizhig tear.
 
 LOVE-FE^VST. 425 
 
 4 When we asunder part, 
 It gives us inward pain ; 
 
 But we shall still be join'd in heart, 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 5 This glorious hope revives 
 Our courage by the way : 
 
 While eacli in expectation lives^ 
 And longs to see the day. 
 
 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, 
 And sin we shall be free: 
 
 And perfect love and fHenoship reigu 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 713 4th P. M. 886, 88G. 
 
 iHviiM conformity. 
 
 JESUS, fulfil our one dosiroj 
 And snreud the spark of hving firb 
 Througn every hallow'd breast: 
 Bless with divine conformity. 
 And give us now to find in theo 
 Our everlasting rest. 
 
 2 O that we now the power might feel. 
 To do on earth thy blessed will. 
 
 As angels do above: — 
 To walk in tlieo, the Truth, the Wity, 
 And ever }>erfectly obey 
 
 Thy sweet coustruining love. 
 
 Tl 4 6th P. M. 6 line» Ts. 
 
 Ilnnd in hand to hea'wen. 
 
 CENTRE of our hopes thou art ; 
 End of our enlarged desires : 
 Stamp thine image on our heart; 
 
 Fill us now with heavenly firea: 
 Join'd to thee by love divine, 
 Seal our souls forever thine*
 
 426 CIIKISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 2 All our works in thee be wrought, — 
 Levell'd at one common aim : 
 
 Every word and every thought 
 Purge in the refining flame : 
 Lead us, tlirongh tlie paths of peace, 
 On to perfect holiness. 
 
 3 I^t UB all together rise, — 
 To thy ^'lorious life restored ; 
 
 Here regain our Paradise, — 
 
 Here prepare to meet our Lord: 
 Here enjoy tlic earnest given: 
 Travel hand in hand to heaven. 
 
 715 r>th P. M. 4 ^/n«-j» 7a. 
 
 On« in Christ Josu* and trith each other. 
 
 Ij^ATHER, at thy footstool ece 
 Those who now are one in thee : 
 Druw ns by thy giace alone: 
 Give, give us to thy Son. 
 
 2 Jesus, Friend of human kind, 
 Let us in thy name be join'd ; 
 Each to each unite and bless ; 
 Keep UB Btill in perfect peace. 
 
 3 Heavenly, all-alluring Dove, 
 Shed thy overshadowing love; 
 Love, tlie sealing gnicc, impart; 
 Dwell within our single heart. 
 
 4 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Be to us what Adam lost ; 
 
 Let us in tliine image rise ; 
 Give us back our Paradise. 
 
 710 CM. 
 
 Rejoicing in hope, 
 
 LIFT up vour hearts to things above, 
 Ye f.m'wers of the Lamb," 
 And join with us to praise his love, 
 Aiid glorify his Name.
 
 LOVE-FEAST. 427 
 
 2 To Jesus' Name give thanka aud sing, 
 Whose mercies never end : 
 
 Rejoice I rejoice! the Ix)rd is King; 
 The King is now our Friend. 
 
 3 We for his sake count all tilings loan ; 
 On eartlily good look down ; 
 
 Aiid joyfully sustain the cross, 
 Till wo receive the crown. 
 
 4 let us stir each other up, 
 
 Our faith b^ works to' approve, — 
 By holy, purifying hope, 
 Aud tlie sweet task of love. 
 
 5 Let all who for the promise wait. 
 The Holy Ghost receive j 
 
 And, raised to our uusinuing state, 
 With God in Eden live: — 
 
 Live, till the Lord in glory come, 
 And wait his heaven to share : 
 
 Jle now is titling up your h(»nie; 
 (Jo on, wi-'ll nicL'L vou there. 
 
 717 4th P. M. 89^, 8<<»'.. 
 
 Unity (ff spirit and o/ purpose. 
 
 COME, wisdom, power, and grnco divine 
 Come, Jesus, iix thy name to join 
 A happy, chosen band ; 
 Who fuin would prove thine utmost will. 
 And all thy righteous laws fulfil, 
 In love's benign command. 
 
 2 If pure essential love thou art, 
 Thv nature into every heart, 
 
 "thy loving self, iusnire : 
 T?id all our simple souls be one, 
 United in a bond unknown, 
 
 Baptized with heavenly fire.
 
 438 CHKISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 3 Still may we to our centre tend, 
 To spread thy praise our common en 
 
 To help each other on ; 
 Companions through the wilderness, 
 To share a moment's pain, and seize 
 
 An everlasting crown. 
 
 4 Jesus, our tender'd souls prepare ; 
 Infuse the softest social car6, — 
 
 The warmest charity ; 
 The bowels of our bleeding Lamb, 
 Tlie virtues of thy wondrous name, 
 
 The heart that was in thee. 
 
 5 Supply what ever)" member wants ; 
 To found the fellowship of saints, 
 
 Tliy Spirit, Lord, supply ; 
 So shall we all thv love receive, 
 Together to thy glory live, 
 
 And to thy glory die. 
 
 718 rth P. M. 8 ?m«. 78. 
 
 WitiuMesfor JevtM. 
 
 COME, and let us sweetly join, 
 Christ to praise in hymns divine : 
 Give we all, Avith one accord, 
 Glory to our common Lord : 
 Hands, and hearts^ and voices raise; 
 Sing as in the ancient days ; 
 Ante-date the joys above, — 
 Celebrate the feast of love. 
 
 2 Strive we, in aifection strive; 
 Let the purer flame revive ; 
 Such as m the martyrs glow'tl, 
 Dying champions for their God: 
 \Ve like them may live and love ; 
 Call'd we are their joys to prove ; 
 Saved with them from future wrath; 
 Partners of like precious faith.
 
 LOVE-FEAST. 429 
 
 3 Sing we then in Jesus' Name, 
 Now aa yesterday the same ; 
 One in every time and place, 
 Full for all of truth and grace: 
 We for Christ, onr Master, stand, 
 Lights in a benighted land: 
 We our dying Lord confess ; 
 We are Jesuij' witnesses. 
 
 y I Q 7th r. M. 8 lirus Ts. 
 
 Tlie feast of endless love. 
 
 COME, thou high and lofty Lord, 
 Lowly, meek, incarnate Word; 
 Humbly stoop to earth again; 
 Come, and visit abject man. 
 .Jesus, dear expected guest. 
 Thou art bidden to the feast : 
 For thyself our hearts prepare ; 
 Come, and sit, and banquet there. 
 
 2 Jesus, we thy promise claim : 
 We are met inthv great name: 
 In the midst do thou appear ; 
 Manifest thy presence here, 
 fianctify us. Lord, and bless ; 
 Breathe thy Spiritj give thy peace ; 
 Thou thyself within us move : 
 Make our feast a feast of love. 
 
 3 Let the fruits of grace abound ; 
 Let us in thy bowels sound ; 
 Faith, and love, and joy increase, — 
 Temperance and gentleness ; 
 Plant in us thy humble mind. 
 Patient, pitiful, and kind: 
 
 Meek and lowly let us be, — 
 Full of goodness, full of thee.
 
 430 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 4 Make us all in thee complete ; 
 Make us all for glory meet ; 
 Meet to' appear before thy sight, 
 Partners with the saints in light. 
 Call, call us each by name, 
 To the marriage of the Lamb : 
 Let us lean upon thy breast ; 
 Love be there our endless feast. 
 
 720 7th P. M. 8 /»»«« 7.S. 
 
 Mutual love the bond of union. 
 
 WHILE we walk witli God in light, 
 God our hearts doth still unite : 
 Dearest fellowship we prove,— 
 Fellowsliip in Jesus' love : 
 Sweetly each, with each combined, 
 In tlie bonds of duty join'd, 
 Feels the cleansing blood applied, — 
 Daily feels that Christ hath died. 
 
 2 Still, Lord, our faith increase ; 
 Cleanse from all unrighteousness : 
 Thee the' unholy cannot see; 
 Make, make us meet for thee : 
 Every vile alfection kill ; 
 Koot'out everv seed of ill; 
 Utterly abolish sin; 
 
 Write' thy law of love within. 
 
 3 Hence may all our actions flow ; 
 Love the proof that Christ we know; 
 Mutual love the token be, 
 
 Lord, that we belong to thee : 
 Love, thine image, love impart; 
 Stiunp it now on every heart: 
 Only love to us be given : 
 Lord, we ask no other heaven.
 
 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 THE WARFARE. 
 
 721 L.M. 
 
 The panoply of truth. 
 
 BEHOLD the Cliristian warrior stand 
 In all the armour of his Goil* 
 The Si>irit's sword is in his hand, 
 Ills feet are with the Gospel shod ; — 
 
 2 In panoply of truth complete, 
 Salvation's helmet on his head; 
 
 With righteousness a breast-[>late meet. 
 And faith's broatl shield before lum spread , 
 
 3 Undaimted to the field he )?oes ; 
 
 Yet vain were skill and vafour there, 
 Unless, to foil his lepion foes. 
 He takes the trustiest weapon, prayer. 
 
 4 Thus, strong in liis Redeemer's stren^h, 
 Sin, death, and hell, he tramjUes down ; 
 
 Fights the good fight, and wins at length, 
 Through mercy, an immortal crown. 
 
 722 L. M. 
 
 77fcc »voord and shield. 
 
 ARM me with thy whole armour, Lord ; 
 Support my weakness with thy might 
 Gird on my thigh thy conqu'ring sword, 
 And shield me in the threat'umg fight : 
 From faith to faith, from grace to grace, 
 
 So in thy strength shall I go on ; 
 Till heaven and earth flee from thy face, 
 And glory end what grace begim.
 
 432 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 723 s.M. 
 
 Th^ standard oftTie cross. 
 
 HARK, how the watchmen cry ! 
 Attend the trumpet's sound ; 
 Stand to your arms, the foe is nigh,— 
 
 The powers of hell surround. 
 Who how to Christ's command, 
 
 Your arms and hearts prepare ; 
 The day of bottle is at liund, — 
 Go forth to glorious war. 
 
 2 See on the mountain top 
 The standard of your God ; 
 
 In Jesus' name 'tia lifted np, 
 All stain'd with hallow'd blood. 
 
 His standard-bearers, now 
 To all the nations call : 
 
 To Jesus' cross, ye nations, bow ; 
 He bore the cross for all. 
 
 3 Go up with Clirist your Head; 
 Your Captain's footsteps see ; 
 
 Follow your Captain, and be led 
 
 To certain victory. 
 All power to him is given ; 
 
 He ever reigns the same : 
 Salvation, liappiness, and heaven. 
 
 Are all iu Jesus' Name. 
 
 724 s.M. 
 
 ijontinued. — Spiritual enemi^ to he encountered. 
 
 ANGELS our march oppose. 
 Who still in strengtn excel, — 
 Our secret, swonij eternal foes, 
 
 Countless, invisible ; 
 From thrones of glory driven, 
 
 By flaming vengeance hurl'd, 
 They throng the air, and darken heaven, 
 And rule this lower world.
 
 THE WARFARE. 433 
 
 2 But shall believers fear ? 
 
 But shall believers fly ? 
 Or see the bloody cross appear, 
 
 And all their powers defj* ? 
 By all hoH's host withstood, 
 
 'We all hell's host o'crthrow ; 
 And, conqu'ring thcin through Jesus' blood, 
 
 We ou to conquer go. 
 
 725 s, M. 
 
 77(4 whol« armour of God. 
 
 SOLDIERS of Christ, arise, 
 AikI put your armour on, 
 .Stront,' in the etrength which God supplieg 
 
 Through his eternal Son ; 
 
 Strong in the Lord of Hosts, 
 
 And in his niiglitv power, 
 
 AVho in the strengtfi of Jesus trusta, 
 
 Js more than conqueror. 
 
 2 Stand then in his groat might, 
 With all his strength endued; 
 
 But take, to arm you for the fight, 
 
 The panoply of God ; 
 That having all thiiurs done, 
 
 And all your connicts past. 
 Vc may o''ercojne, througu clirist aloue, 
 
 And stand entire at last. 
 
 3 Leave no tmgaardcd place, — 
 No weakness of the soul ; 
 
 Take every virtue, every grace, 
 
 And fortify the whole : 
 Indissolubly'ioin'd, 
 
 To battle all proceed ; 
 But arm yourselves with all the mind 
 
 That was in Christ your Head, 
 28
 
 434 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 726 s. M. 
 
 The shield of faith, 
 
 SOLDIERS of Christ, lay hold 
 On faith's victorious shield ; 
 Arm'd with tliat adamant and gold, 
 
 Be sure to -w-iu the field : 
 If faith surround your heart, 
 
 Satan shall be subdued ; 
 Repeird his everj- fiery dart, 
 And quench'd with 'Jcsus' blood. 
 
 2 Jesuft hath died for you ; 
 
 "VVliat can his love withstand ? 
 Believe, hold fast your sliield, and who 
 
 Shall pluck you from his hand ? 
 Believe that Jesus reigns; 
 
 All power to him is given : 
 Believe, till freed from sm's remains; 
 
 Believe yourselves to heaven. 
 
 727 s. M. 
 
 Courage ensures victory. 
 
 URGE on your rapid course, 
 Ye bloocl-bespnnkled bands ; 
 The heavenly kingdom suffers force; 
 
 'Tis seized by violent hands : 
 See there the starry crown 
 
 That fflitters through the skies ; 
 Satan, the world, and Bin, tread down, 
 And take the glorious prize. 
 
 2 Tlirongh much distress and pain, 
 
 Through many a conflict here, 
 Through blood, yc must the entrance gain, 
 
 Yet, O disdam to fear : 
 Courage, — your Captiun cries, 
 
 (^Who all' vour toil foreknew,—) 
 Tod ye shall have, vet all despise ; 
 
 I have o'ercome wr you.
 
 THE WAEFARE. 435 
 
 3 The world cannot Avithstand 
 
 Its ancient Confperor; 
 Tlic world mnst sink beneath the Hand 
 
 Which arms U3 for the war : 
 This is the victory, — 
 
 Before our faith they fall • 
 Jesus hath died for you and mc ; 
 
 Believe, and conquer all. 
 
 728 s. M. 
 
 The weU-fimgJU day. 
 
 PRAY, without ceasing, pray, 
 (Your Captain gives' the word;) 
 His suunnous cheerfully olx;y, 
 
 And call upon the Lord: 
 To God your every want 
 
 In iuKtaut prayer display; 
 Pray alwavs ; pray, ana never faint ; 
 Pray, without ceasing, pray. 
 
 2 In fellowship,— alone, 
 
 To God with faith draw near; 
 Approach his courts, besiege his throne, 
 
 With all the power of prayer: 
 His mercy now nnnloro. 
 
 And now show forth his praise ; 
 In shouts, or silent awe, adoro 
 
 liis miracles of grace. 
 
 8 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 cr>'. 
 
 In all his soldiers,— -Come. 
 Till Christ the Lord descend from high, 
 
 And take the couqu'rors home.
 
 436 . DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 ^29 1st P. M. 6 Un^3 83. 
 
 Sober vigilance. 
 
 THIS slumher from m\ spirit shake ; 
 WarnM bv tlie Spirit's inward call, 
 Let me to righteousness awake, 
 
 And pray that I may never lall ; 
 Or give to sin or Satan place, 
 But walk in all thy righteous w|iy8. 
 
 2 O wouldst thou, Lord, thy servant guard 
 'Gainst every known or secret foe; 
 
 A mind for alf assaults prepared, 
 
 A sober vigilance bestow ; 
 Ever apprized of danger nigh. 
 And when to fight and when to fly. 
 
 3 never sulTcr me to sleep 
 Secure within the verge of hell; 
 
 But still my watchful spirit keep 
 In lowly awe and lovnig zeal ; 
 And bless me with a godly fear, 
 And plant tliat guardian angel here. 
 
 4 Attended by that sacred dread, 
 And wise from evil to depart, 
 
 Let me from sti-cngth to strength proceed, 
 
 And rise to puritv of heart : 
 Through all the patlis of duty move, 
 From humble faith to perfect love. 
 
 730 L. M. 
 
 JTenrenly zeal. 
 
 OKING of glory, tliy rich grace 
 Our feeble thoughts aurnasses far; 
 Yea, e'en our crimes, though numberless. 
 
 Less num'rous than thy mercies are. 
 2 Still, Lord, thy saving health display. 
 
 And arm our souls with heavenly zeal ; 
 So, fearless, shall we urge our way 
 
 Through all the powers of earth and hell.
 
 THE WARFARE. 437 
 
 731 s. M. 
 
 Perseverance. 
 
 MY soul, bo on thy guard ; 
 Ten tliousand foes arise ; 
 The hosts of sill urc pres.siiitr liard 
 To draw tlioe from the skies. 
 
 2 O watch, and figlit, and pray ; 
 • The battle ne'er give o'er; 
 Renew it boldly every day, 
 
 And help divine implore. 
 
 3 Ne'er think the vict'ry won, 
 Nor lav thine armour down : 
 
 The work of faith will not be done. 
 Till thou obtain the crown. 
 
 4 Then ncrdovere till death 
 Shall oring thee to thy God; 
 
 He'll take thee, at thy parting breath, 
 To his divine abode. 
 
 732 s. M. 
 
 Th£ mind that icas in Christ 
 
 EQUIP me for the war, 
 Auil teach my hands to fight; 
 My simple, upright heart prepare, 
 And guide my words aright. 
 
 2 Control my every thought; 
 My whole of sin remove : 
 
 Let all my worka in thco be wrought; 
 Let all be wrought in love. 
 
 3 O arm me with tlie mind, 
 Meek Lamb, that was in thee ; 
 
 And let my knowing zeal be join'd 
 With perfect charity. 
 
 4 With calm and temper'd zeal 
 Let me enforce thy call ; 
 
 And vindicate thy gracious will, 
 Which otters life to all.
 
 438 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 5 O may I love like thee, — 
 In all thy footsteps tread ; 
 
 Thou hatest all iniquity, 
 But nothing thou hast made. 
 
 6 may I learn the art, 
 "With meekness to reprove ; 
 
 To hate the sin with all my heart, 
 But Btill the sinner love. 
 
 733 1st P. M. 6 Un^^ 8b. 
 
 77le victory that overcometh the tcorld. 
 
 SURROUNDED by a host of foes, 
 Storni'd bv a host of f<X'8 within, 
 Nor swift to fiec, nor strong to' oppose, 
 
 Single against hell, earth, and bm : 
 Single, yet uudismay'd. I am ; 
 
 1 dare l>elicve in Jesus' name. 
 
 2 "What though a thousand hosts engage, 
 A thousand worlds, my soul to shake ; 
 
 I have a shield shall quell their rage. 
 
 And drive the alien armies back : 
 Portray'd. it bears a bleeding Lamb ; 
 
 1 dare* believe in Jesus' name. 
 
 734 CM. 
 
 Faith sees fhefnal triumph. 
 
 AM I a soldier of the cross,— 
 A foll'wer of the Lamb, — 
 And shall I fear to own his cause, 
 < )r blush to speak his name i 
 
 2 Must I be carried to the skies 
 On flowery beds of ease ; 
 
 While others fought to win the prize. 
 And soil'd through bloody seas? 
 
 3 Arc there no foes for me to face ? 
 Must I not stem the flood ? 
 
 Is this vile world a friend to grace, 
 To help me on to God .'
 
 THE WAKFARE. 439 
 
 4 Since I must fight if I would reign, 
 Increase my courage, Lord ; 
 
 I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
 5 Thy saints in all this glorious war 
 Shall conquer, though they die : 
 
 They ace the triumph from afar, — 
 
 By faith they bring it nigh. 
 When that illustrious day shall rise, 
 
 And all thy armies shine 
 In robes of viet'rv throutrh the skies. 
 
 The glory shalf bo thine. 
 
 735 s. M. 
 
 The violent take it by force. 
 
 OM.\Y thy powerful word 
 Inspire a toeble wonn 
 To rush into thy kingdom. Lord, 
 
 And take it aa by storm, 
 li O may wc all improve 
 
 The grace already givcn^ 
 To seize the crown of perlect love, 
 And scale the mount of heaven. 
 
 736 c. M. 
 
 Ileat^nly rest in anticipation. 
 
 WHEN I can rcatl my title clear 
 To mansions in the skies, 
 ril bid farewell to every fear. 
 And wijxi my weeping eyes. 
 
 2 Should earth against my soul engage, 
 And ticry darts be hurlM, 
 
 Then I can smile at Satan's rage, 
 And liice a frowning world. 
 
 3 Lot cares like a wild deluge come, 
 Let stonns of sorrow fall, — 
 
 So I but safely reach my home, 
 My God, my heaven, my all.
 
 440 DUTIES AND TKIALS. 
 
 4 There I shall bathe my weary soul, 
 
 In seas of heavenly rest, 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 
 Across my peaceful breast. 
 
 737 26th P. M. 70, 76, 76, 76. 
 
 No cause fw fear. 
 
 GOD is my strong salvation ; 
 What foe have I to fear ? 
 In darkness and temptation, 
 
 My lifiht, my help, is near: 
 Thoucrh hosts encanu) around rae, 
 
 Finn in the fight I stand ; 
 What terror can confound me, 
 
 With God at my right hand ? 
 2 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, 
 
 His love thy joy increase ; 
 Mercy thy days shall lengthen ; 
 
 The Lord will give thee peace. 
 
 738 s.M. 
 
 Viciory. 
 
 I THE goo<l fight have fought,— 
 O when shall I declare ! 
 The victVy by my Saviour got, 
 I long with Paul to share. 
 
 2 may I triumph so. 
 When all my warfare's past; 
 
 And, dying, find my latest foe 
 Under my feet at last 1 
 
 3 This blessed word be mine, 
 Just as the port is cain'd, — 
 
 Kept by the ]X)wer ot grace divine, 
 1 have the faith maintained.
 
 THE WAKFAKE. 441 
 
 4 The' apostles of my Lord, 
 
 To whom it first was given, 
 They could not speak a greater word, 
 
 Nor all the saints in heaven. 
 
 739 s. M. 
 
 The -universal victonj of the cross. 
 
 JESUS, the Conqueror, reigns. 
 In glorious strength array'd ; 
 Ilia 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. 
 2 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 oarlh abroad 
 
 The vict'ry of hia cross. 
 
 740 s.M. 
 
 Victory is on tha Lord's side. 
 
 ARISE, ye saints, arise ! 
 The Lord our leader is: 
 The foe before his banner fl.ies, 
 And victory is His. 
 
 2 We follow thee, our Guide, 
 Our Saviour, and our King ; 
 
 We follow thee, through grace supplied 
 From heaven^s eternal spring. 
 
 3 We soon shall see the day 
 When all our toils shall ceaae ; 
 
 When we shall cast our arms away, 
 And dwell in endless peace.
 
 442 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 4 This hope supports us here; 
 It makes our burdens light: 
 
 'Twill serve our drooping hearts to cheer, 
 Till faith shall end in sight : — 
 
 5 Till, of the prize possessed, 
 We hear of war no more ; 
 
 And ever with our Leader rest, 
 On yonder peaceful shore. 
 
 741 22d P. M. 83, 88, 84. 
 
 Crowm C4igt at the feet ofJesu». 
 
 HARK ! how the gosixjl trumpet sounds. 
 As through the world the echo bounds. 
 Proclaiming to a ruin'd race. 
 That through the riches of Ilis grace, 
 Sinners may see the Saviour's face. 
 In endless day. 
 
 •2 Hail, Jesus ! all-victorious Lord ! 
 Be thou bv all mankind adored ! 
 For us didst thou the fight maintain, 
 And o'er our foes the vict'ry gain, 
 That we, with thee, might ever reign. 
 In endless day. 
 
 3 And when, through grace, our course is run, 
 The battle fought, the vict'rv won. 
 
 Then crowns unfeding we snail wear, 
 Tlie glory of thy kingdom share, 
 With thee, our glorious leader, there. 
 In endless day. 
 
 4 Then, in thy presence, heavenly King, 
 In loftier strama thy praise we'll sing, 
 When with the blood-bought hosts we meet. 
 Triumphant there, in bliss complete. 
 
 And cast our crowns before thy feet, 
 In endless day.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 443 
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 
 
 742 S. M. 
 
 Tribulation to he ecrpeeted. 
 
 AS strangers here below, 
 With various woes opprcss'd, 
 We must through tribulation go 
 To our cterual rest. 
 
 2 Thus Christ, our glorious Head, 
 Ascended to his throne : — 
 
 Why should his servants fear to tread 
 The way their Lord has gone ? 
 
 3 The path to glory lies 
 Through conflict and distress : — 
 
 But joyful we at length sludl rise. 
 The kingdom to possess. 
 
 743 1st P. M. 6 Zm<'^ 8s. 
 
 CJirist our pattern and etramplf. 
 
 SA\^OUR of all, what hast thou done i 
 What hast thou sutfer'd on the tree ? 
 Whv didst thou groan thy mortal groan, 
 
 (Jbedicnt unto death for me i 
 The myst'ry of thy passion show, — 
 The cud of^all thy griefs below. 
 '2 Pardon, and grace, and heaven to buy, 
 
 My bleeding sacritice expired; 
 But \lidst thou not my pattern die. 
 
 That, by thy glorious Spirit fired, 
 Faithful to death I might endure. 
 And make the crown by sutTring sure? 
 3 Thou didst the meek example leave, 
 
 That I might in thy footsteps tread; 
 Mi<'ht like the Man of Sorrows grieve. 
 
 And ^roan, and bow with thee my Head : 
 Thy dving in my body bear. 
 And all thy state of suff'ring share.
 
 444 DUTIES AND TKIALS, 
 
 744 13th p. M. 10 10, 11 11. 
 
 T?ie Lord will provide. 
 
 THOUGH troubles assail, and dangers affright, 
 Though friends should all fail, and foes all 
 unite, 
 Yet one thing secures us, whatever betide, 
 The promise assures us, — The Lord will provide. 
 
 2 The birds, without bam or storehouse, are fed ; 
 From them let us Icani to trust for our bread : 
 His saints what is fitting shall ne'er be denied, 
 So long as 'tis written, — The Lord will provide. 
 
 3 When Satan appears to stop up our path, 
 And fills us with fears, wo trinmnh by faith; 
 He cannot take from us (though oti he has tried) 
 The heart-chccring promise,— The Lord will pro- 
 vide. 
 
 4 He tells us we're weak, — our hope is iu vain ; 
 The good that wc seek we ne'er snail obthin : 
 But when such suggestions our graces have tried, 
 This answei*s all questions, — The Lord will pro- 
 vide. 
 
 5 No strength of our own, nor goodness we claim : 
 Our trust is all thrown on Jesus's Name ; 
 
 In this our strong tower for safety we hide ; 
 The Lord is our power, — The Lord will provide. 
 C When life sinks apace, and death is iu view, 
 The word of his grace shall comfort us througfh : 
 Not fearing or doubting, with Christ on our side, 
 We hope to die shouting, — The Lord will provide. 
 
 745 c. M. 
 
 Light shining out of darkness. 
 
 GOD moves in a mysterious way, 
 His wonders to pertbrm ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 And rides upon the stonn.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. , 
 
 2 Deep in unfathomable mines 
 Of never-failinpr skill, 
 
 He treasures up his bright designs, 
 And works his sov'reign will. 
 
 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: 
 The clouds ye so much dread 
 
 Are big with mercy, and shall break 
 In blessings on your head. 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 But trust him for his grace ; 
 
 Behind a frowning providence 
 lie hides a smiling face. 
 
 5 His purposes will ripen fast, 
 Unfolding every hour: 
 
 The bud may have a bitter tast«. 
 But sweet will be tlic flower. 
 
 6 Blijid unbelief is sure to err, 
 And scan his work in vain : 
 
 God is his own interpreter. 
 And he will make it plain. 
 
 746 L. M. 
 
 A hlcHRin-gfor those who mourn, 
 
 DEEM not that they arc blest alone 
 Whose lives a peaceful tenor keep; 
 For (iod, who pities man, has shown 
 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 wo and pain, 
 Are promises of happier years. 
 
 3 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.
 
 446 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 4 Nor let the ^ood man's trust depart, 
 Though life its common gifts deny, — 
 
 Though with a pierced and broken heart, 
 And spurn'd of men, he goes to die. 
 
 5 For God has mark'd each sorrowing day, 
 And numbered every secret tear; 
 
 \nd heaven's eternal "bliss shall pay 
 For all his children suffer here. 
 
 f47 c. M. 
 
 At evening time it sTiall hs light. 
 
 WE journey through a vale of tears. 
 By many a cloud o'ercast; 
 And worldly cares, and worldly fears. 
 Go with U3 to the last. 
 
 2 Not to the last ! Thy word hath said, 
 
 Could we but read aright, — 
 Poor pilgrim, lift; in hope thy head ; 
 
 At eve it shall be light. 
 
 S Though earth-born shadows now may shroi 
 
 Thy tliorny path awhile, 
 God's blessed word can part each cloud, 
 
 And bid the sunshine smile. 
 
 4 Only believe, in living faith, 
 Ilis'love and power divine; 
 
 And ere thy sun shall set in death, 
 His light shall round thee shine. 
 
 5 "When tempest clouds are dark on high, 
 His bow or love and peace 
 
 Shines sweetly in the vaulted sky, — 
 A pledge that storms shall cease. 
 
 6 Hold on thy way, with hope unchillM, 
 By faith and not by sight, 
 
 Ana thou shalt own his word fulfill'd, — 
 At eve it shall be light.
 
 PATIENCE AND EESIGNA: <49 
 
 748 
 
 The only solace in 8orrm< 
 
 OTIIOU who driest tlie monrners tear, 
 How dark this world would be, 
 It", when deceived and wounded here, 
 
 We could not fly to thee. 
 2 The friends who in our sunshine live, 
 
 When winter comes, arc flown ; 
 And lie who has but tears to give, 
 
 Must weep tliose tears alone. 
 8 But Christ can heal that broken heart, 
 
 Wliich, like the plants that throw 
 Tlieir fragrance from tho wouudod part, 
 
 Breathes sweetness out of wo. 
 
 4 O who could bear life's stormy doom, 
 Did not His wing of love 
 
 Come brightlv watting throngh tho gloom, 
 Our peace-branch from above. 
 
 5 Then son-ow. toucli'd l)y Him, grows bright, 
 With more tnau rapture's ray ; 
 
 As darkness shows us worlds of light, 
 We never saw by day. 
 
 749 CM. 
 
 Crosses are hlessings, 
 
 SINCE all the varying scenes of time 
 God's watchful eve surveys. 
 O, who so wise to choose our lot, 
 
 Or to appoint our ways ? 
 2 Good, when ho gives — supremely good. 
 
 Nor less when he denies ; 
 E'en crosses, from his sov'reign hand, 
 
 Are blessings in disguise. 
 8 Why should we doubt a Father's love, 
 
 So constant and so kind ? 
 To his unerring, gracious will 
 
 Be every wiSi resigu'd.
 
 48 
 
 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 750 C. M. 
 
 Radiant Tvope. 
 
 OWHO, in such a world as this, 
 Could bear his lot of pain, 
 Did not one radiant hope of bliss 
 
 Unclouded yet remain ? 
 That hope the Bov'reiern Lord has given, 
 
 Who reigns above the skies ; 
 Hope that unites the soul to heaven 
 
 By faith's endearing ties. 
 2 Each care, each ill of mortal birth, 
 
 Is sent in pitving love, 
 To lift the ling ring heart from earth, 
 
 And speed its flight above. 
 And every pang that wringa the breast, 
 
 And every joy that dies. 
 Tell us to seek a purer rest, 
 
 And trust to holier ties. 
 
 751 L. M. 
 
 OcxTs jyreaen^e icith hU pcoplf, 
 
 WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved. 
 Out from the land of Vjondage came, 
 Her father's God before her moved. 
 An awful guide, in smoke and tlame. 
 
 2 Bv day, along the' astonish'd lands 
 The cloudy miliar glided slow ; 
 
 By night, Arabia's crimson'd sands 
 Returu'd the fiery colunm's glow. 
 
 3 Tlius present still, though now unseen, 
 "When brightly shines the prosp'rous day, 
 
 Be thoughts of thee a cloudy screen, 
 To temper the deceitful ray, 
 
 4 And O, when gathers on our path. 
 
 In shade and storm, the frequent night, 
 Be thou, long-sulfring, slow to wrath, 
 A burning and a shining light.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 449 
 
 752 CM. 
 
 Remember me ! 
 
 OTHOU from whmn all goodness flows, 
 I lift my soul to thee ; 
 In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes, 
 O Lord, remember me. 
 
 2 If, for thy sake, upon my name 
 Reproach and shame shall be, 
 
 ril hail reproach, and welcome shame ; 
 O Lord, remember me. 
 
 3 When worn with pain, di.sease, ami grief, 
 This feeble body see; 
 
 Grant patience, rest, and kind relief; 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 4 When, in the solemn hour of death, 
 
 1 wait thy just decree. 
 
 Bo this the prayer of my last breath, — 
 
 O Lord, remember me. 
 T) And when before thy throne I stand, 
 
 And lift mv soul to thee, 
 Then, with the saints at thy right hand, 
 
 O Lord, remember me. 
 
 753 L. M. 
 
 Remember Calvary ! 
 
 My sufferings all to thee are known, 
 Tempted in every point like mo ; 
 Keu'ard my grief, regard thine own : 
 Je.sus, remember Calvary ! 
 
 2 For whom didst thou the cross endure ? 
 Who nail'd thy body to the tree? 
 
 Did not thy death my' life procure? 
 let thy mercy an'^swer me. 
 
 3 Art thou not touch'd with human wo ? 
 Hath pity left the Son of man ? 
 
 Dost thou not all my sorrows know, 
 And claim a share in all mv paiu? 
 •I'd
 
 450 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 4 Thou w-ilt not break a bruised reed, 
 Or quench the smallest spark of grace, 
 
 Till through the soul thy power is spread, 
 Thy all-victorious righteousness. 
 
 5 The day of small and feeble things, 
 I know thou never wilt despise ; 
 
 I know, with healing in his wings. 
 The Sun of righteousness shall rise. 
 
 754 CM. 
 
 In fear and trembling. 
 
 FATHER of lightSj thy needful aid 
 To us that ask, nnpart; 
 Mistrustful of ourselves, afraid 
 Of our own trcaclrrous heart. 
 
 2 O'erwhelm'd with justcst fear, again 
 To thee for help we call : 
 
 Where many migntier have been slain, 
 By thee unsaved, we fall. 
 
 3 Ah ! what avails superior light, 
 Without superior love ! 
 
 We see the truth, we judge aright, 
 And wisdom's ways approve. 
 
 4 In spite of our resolves, we fear 
 Our own infirmity ; 
 
 And tremble at the trial near, 
 And cry, God, to thee I 
 
 5 Our only help in danger's hour, 
 Our only strength thou art; 
 
 Above the world and Satan's power, 
 And greater than our heart. 
 
 6 Us from ourselves thou canst secure, 
 In nature's slipp'ry ways ; 
 
 And make our feeble footsteps sure, 
 By thy sutficient grace.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 451 
 
 755 L. M. 
 
 JesvAy Vie friend of ih^ friendleu. 
 
 GOD of my lite, to tliec I call; 
 Afflicted, at thy feet I fall; 
 Wlicn the great water-floods prevail, 
 Leave not my trembling heart to fall. 
 'J Friend of the friendless, and the faint, 
 Where should I lodge my deep comphiiut ? 
 Where — but with thee, whose open door 
 Invites the helpless and the poor i 
 
 3 Did ever mourner plead with thee, 
 And thou refuse that mourner's plea? 
 Does not the promise still remain. 
 That none slmll seek thy face in vain ? 
 
 4 Poor I may be — despised, forgot, 
 Yet Godj my fiod, fc»rgets mo not ; 
 And he is safe, and must succeed, 
 For whom the Saviour deigns to plead. 
 
 756 L. M. 
 
 Me€ktie«» and patUncs, 
 
 THOU Lamb of Gotl, thou Prince of peace, 
 For thee my thirsty soul doth pine; 
 My longing heart implores thy grace ; 
 O make me in thy likeness shine. 
 
 2 With fraudless, even, humble mind, 
 Thy will in all things may I see; 
 
 In love be everv wish resigned, 
 
 And liallowM my whole lieart to thee. 
 
 3 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, 
 Ilowe'er life's various current flow; 
 
 With steadfast eye mark every step. 
 And follow where my Lord doth go.
 
 452 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 5 Thou, Lord, tlie dreadful fight hast won ; 
 Alone thou ha.-it the wine-press trod; 
 
 In me thy stren>rtirniug ffrace be shown : 
 O may 1 conquer through thy blood. 
 
 6 So, when on Zion thou shalt stand. 
 And all heaven's host atlore their King, 
 
 Shall I be found at thy right hand. 
 And, free from pain, thy glories sing. 
 
 t.yi L. M. 
 
 Patient thankfulness and trust. 
 
 INTERNAL beam of Light divine, 
 J Fountain of unexhausted love: 
 In whom the Fatlier's glories shine, 
 Through earth beneath, and heaven above :- 
 
 2 Josus, the wearj- wand'rer's rest, 
 
 Give me thy ea^y yoke to bear ; 
 With steadfast patience arm my breast, 
 
 With spotless love and lowly fear. 
 
 S Thankful I take tlie cup from thee. 
 Prepared and minirled nv tliv skill: 
 
 Though bitter to tlie taste "it be. 
 Powerful the wounded soul to heal. 
 
 4 Be thou, O Rock of ages, nigh ! 
 
 So shall each n»urm'rin<r thontrht be gone, 
 And grief, and fear, and care sliall fly. 
 As clouds before the mid-day sun. 
 
 5 Speak to my warring passions, — Peace ; 
 Say to my trembling heart, — Be still ; 
 
 Thv power my streuLrth and fortress is, 
 i''or all things serve thy sovereign will. 
 
 C O death I where is thy sting ? Where now 
 
 Thy boasted victorj', grave ? 
 Who shall contend with God i or who 
 
 Can hurt whom God delights to save ?
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 453 
 
 758 C. M. 
 
 Submiftsir^ vfinignation. 
 
 OLORD ! my host dosire fulfil, 
 And help me to rosiirn 
 Life, health, tiinl comlort to thy will, 
 And make thy pleas are miiio. 
 
 2 Why should I shrink at thy command, 
 Who80 lovo forbids my fears i 
 
 Or tremble at the gracious liand 
 That wipes away my tears ? 
 
 3 No ! rather let mo freely yield 
 What most I prize to thee, 
 
 Who never hast a good withheld, 
 Or wilt withhold from me. 
 
 4 Thy favour, all my journey through, 
 Sliall be my rich supply; 
 
 What else I want, or think I do. 
 Let wisdom still deny. 
 
 759 '-■ "■ 
 
 Kot my Tctll, Ixit thins he don^, 
 
 ALI.-WISE, almighty, and all-good, 
 In tlice I tirnily trust ; 
 Thv ways, unknown or understood. 
 Arc merciful and just. 
 
 2 May 1 remember that to thco 
 Whate'er 1 have I owe; 
 
 And back in gratitude from mc, 
 May all thy bounties flow. 
 
 3 Thv gifts arc only then cnjoy'd, 
 Wfien used as talents lent ; 
 
 Those talents only well employ'd, 
 When in thy service spent. 
 
 4 And though thy wisdom takes away, 
 Shall I arraign 'thy will ? 
 
 No ! let me bless thy Name, and say, — 
 The Lord is gracious stiU.
 
 464 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 760 L M. 
 
 Comfort in the promises. 
 
 OGOD ! to thee we raise our eyes ; 
 Calm resignation we implore ; 
 (,) let no murm'rmg thouglit arise, 
 But humbly let us still adore. 
 
 2 AVith meek submission may we bear 
 Eaeli needful cross thou sh'alt ordain ; 
 
 Nor think our trials too severe, 
 Nor dare thy justice to arraign. 
 
 3 For tliough mysterious now thy ways 
 Tf< erring mortals may appear, 
 
 Ilercalter wu thy Name'sluill j. raise, 
 For all our keenest sutT rings here. 
 
 4 Thy needful help, O Go<J, atford, 
 Nor let us sink \v\ deep despair; 
 
 Aid us to trust thy sacred word, 
 And find our sweetest comfort there. 
 
 7G1 CM. 
 
 Pdiirnt in tribulation. 
 IVITII trouble laden — grief oppreaa'd, 
 M AVings had I like a dove, 
 I'd fly away, and be at rest, 
 
 Within ft world above 1 — 
 2 A world where angels, pure as fair, 
 
 Swell Jesus' glorious train ; 
 Nor sin may make intrusion there, 
 
 Nor deatli an entrance gain ; — 
 8 Where God's own hand shall wipe away 
 
 The tears from every face ; 
 And Jesus to his saints display 
 
 His mysteries of grace. 
 4 Yet. Lord, each nuinn'ring thought control 
 
 Eacn anxious wish repress: 
 To thee I would resign my soul, 
 
 And wait till thou shalt bless.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION- 455 
 
 762 L.M. 
 
 Safety and security in Vut arms of Jesus. 
 r\OY) of my life, wliosi' trracious power 
 VJ Tliroiif^li varied deathrt my soul hath lu-i, 
 Or tuniM a.><i(lc the fatal huur, 
 Or lifted up my sinkiiij^ heutl; — 
 
 2 In all my ways thy hand I <»wn, — 
 Thy ruling itrovidencu I sec; 
 
 Assist mo stilt my course to run, 
 And still direet my paths to theo. 
 
 3 Whither, whither should I fly, 
 But to my loving Saviour's hrcast ! 
 
 Secure within thine arms to lie, 
 
 And safe beneath thy win^^s to rest. 
 
 4 I have no skill the snare to shun, 
 But thou, O Christ, my wisdom art: 
 
 1 ever into ruin run. 
 
 But thou art (greater than my heart. 
 6 Foolish, ainl impotent, and V)lind, 
 
 Lead me a way I have not knowni ; 
 Bring me where I my heaven nuiy tind,— 
 
 The heaven of loving thee alone. 
 
 7G3 CM. 
 
 Siinctiji^d affiictlon, 
 
 GLORY to thee, thon righteous God, 
 Righteous, yet kind to me ; 
 Fur under thy paternal rod, 
 Paternal love I see. 
 
 2 Though humbled in the lowest deep, 
 Thy gracious hand I bless ; 
 
 And, tliinkiiig of thy love, 1 weep, 
 For my unfaithfulness. 
 
 3 Thou dost in tenderness chastise, 
 And graciously reprove : 
 
 My Father ! — all within me cries — 
 Thy ways are truth and love.
 
 456 DUTIES AND TKIALS. 
 
 764 s. M. 
 
 The sours only refuge, 
 
 THOU refuge of my soul, 
 On tliec, when sorrows rise, 
 On thee, when waves of troublo roll, 
 My fainting hope relies. 
 
 2 To thee I tell my grief, 
 For thou alone canst heal ; 
 
 Tliv word can brintf a sweet relief 
 Ir'or every pain I feel. 
 
 3 But, O, when doubts prevail, 
 1 fear to call thee mine ; 
 
 The siirings of comfort seejn to fail, 
 Ana all uiy hopes decline. 
 
 4 Yet, Lord, where shall 1 flee ? 
 Thou art my only trust ; 
 
 And still my soul would cleave to thee, 
 Though prostrate iu the dust. 
 
 765 12th r. M. Tfi, re, 7!^, 76 
 
 Smarting under the rod. 
 
 FATHER, if thou must reprove 
 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 notliing, 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; 
 For when we our hearts resign, 
 
 O Jesus, to be fillM with thee. 
 Thou art ours, and we are thine, 
 
 Through all eternity !
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 457 
 
 766 CM. 
 
 Chastisement received with humility. 
 
 IT is the Lord, who doth not grieve, 
 Or needlessly reprove ; 
 Saviour, we thankfully receive 
 
 The tokens of thy love. 
 2 These tokens may we ever prize, 
 
 And anawer their intent, 
 By listening to thy word, that cries, — 
 Be zealous, aucl repent. 
 
 767 5th P. M. 4 Zi«^* 7». 
 Weak and h^lplean. 
 
 SON of God, thy blcRsingr jrrant ; 
 Still supjtlv niy e-very want; 
 Tree of life, tliine* inrtuonee slied: 
 From thy fulness I am fed. 
 2 Tend'rest branch, alas I am I, — 
 Wither witliont thoe and die; 
 Weak as helpless infancy: 
 O eontirm my soul ni tli'eo ! 
 S Unsustain'd by 'thee, I fall; 
 Send the lielp for which I call; 
 Weaker than a bruis^^.l reed. 
 Help I every moimnt need, 
 4 All my hopes on thee depend; 
 Love me, save me to the end; 
 Give me persevcriniT grace; 
 Take the everlasting praise. 
 
 768 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 God a very j^resent help in trouble. 
 
 OGOD, thy faithfulness I plead: 
 My present help in tinic of need, 
 My great doliv'rer thou ! 
 Haste to mine aid, thine ear incline, ' 
 And rescue this poor soul of mine ; 
 I claim the promise now.
 
 458 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 2 "Where is the way ? ah, show me where, 
 That I thy mercy may declare, — 
 
 The power that sets me tree : 
 How can I my destruction shun ? 
 How can I from my nature run i 
 
 Answer, O Lord, for me. 
 
 3 One onlv way the errinsr mind 
 
 Of man, sliort-si^hted man, can find, 
 
 From inbred sin to fly : 
 Stronger tlian love, I fondly thought 
 Deathj only death, can cut the knot, 
 
 Which love cannot untie. 
 
 4 But thou, O Lord, art fidl of grace; 
 Thv love can find a thousand ways 
 
 1*0 foolish man unknown : 
 My soul upon thy love I cast ; 
 
 1 rest me, till the storm be pa.st. 
 
 Upon thy love alone. 
 
 5 Thy faithful, wise, almighty love. 
 Shall everv 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. 
 
 7G9 CM. 
 
 77i^ Lord is my rock. 
 
 IIHOU Rock of my salvation, haste; 
 . Extend thine ample shade ; 
 And let it over me be cast, 
 To screen my naked head. 
 
 2 Defend me in this trying hour; 
 My sure protection be ; 
 
 Mv shelter from the teniixist's power, 
 'Till I am fix'd on thee.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 45k9 
 
 8 set upon thyself my feet, 
 
 And make moHurely stand; 
 From fierce temptation's rage and heat 
 
 Protect mo witJi thy hand. 
 
 4 Now let me in the cleft be placed; 
 
 Nor mv defence remove ; 
 Witliin thine arms of love embraced, — 
 
 Thine orma of endltas love. 
 
 770 r. M. 
 
 The shadow of n great rock in a ^cenry kind. 
 
 NOW to the haven of thy breast, 
 O Son of man, 1 fly; 
 lie thou my rei'ii^'e and mv rest, 
 For O ! the storm is higli. 
 
 2 Protect me from the furious blast ; 
 
 My shield and sliclter be: 
 Hide me, my Saviour, till o'erpast 
 
 The storni of sin I sec. 
 
 8 As welcome art the water-spring 
 
 Is to a barren place, 
 Jesus, descend on me, and bring 
 
 Thy swoet, refrcshini,' grace. 
 
 4 As o'er a parch'd and weary land, 
 A rock extends its sluidc, 
 
 So hide mc, Saviour, witii thy hand, 
 And screen my naked head. 
 
 5 In all the times of my distress 
 Thou hast my succour been; 
 
 And in my utter helplessness, 
 Kestraining me from sin ; 
 
 6 IIow swift to save me didst thou move 
 In every trying hour; 
 
 O still protect me with thy love, 
 And shield mc with thy power.
 
 460 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 77;[ 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 A sTult^r from tJie storm. 
 
 SAVTOUR. now in me perform 
 The Avork tliou hast Degiin ; 
 Be my shelter from tlie storm, 
 
 My shiulow from the sun : 
 Weary, parch'd with thirst, and faint, 
 
 Tlll'tliou the' abiding Spirit breathe: 
 Every moment, I>ord, 1 want 
 
 Tlie merit of thy death. 
 2 Never pliall I want it lesg 
 
 "Wlien tlion the pit\ hast given, 
 Fill'd me with thy righteousness, 
 
 And seal'd tlie heir of heaven; 
 
 1 will trust in thee, my God, 
 Till I thy perfect glory see ; 
 
 Till the sprinkling of tlly blood 
 Slmll speak me up to thee. 
 
 772 L. M. 
 
 Tlte Lord i« my rffugc. 
 
 WHY is my heart with grief oppress".' '. 
 Can airthe pains I feel or tear, 
 Make thee, my soul, forgot thy rest — 
 Forget that God, thy God, is near? 
 
 2 Ilast thou not often call'd the Lord 
 Thy refuse, thy Hhiiighty friend i 
 
 And eunst thou fear to trust that word 
 On whieh thy hopes of heaven depend : 
 
 3 Ix^rcl, form my temper to thy will; 
 If thou my faith and patience prove, 
 
 Ma\' every painful stroke fulfil 
 Thy purposes of faithful love. 
 
 4 may this weak, this fainting mind, 
 A Father's hand, adoring, see ; 
 
 Confess thee just, and wise, and kind. 
 And trust thy word, and cleave to thee.
 
 PATIENCE AND KESIGNATION. 461 
 
 773 L. M. 
 
 Trial and faith of At r aha m, 
 
 ABRAHAM, when severely tried, 
 His laitli hy liis obedience show'd ; 
 He witli the harsh eoinniand coinijlied, 
 Aud gave his Isaac V)ack to God. 
 
 2 His son tlie fatlier ofterM up, — 
 iSon of his afro, his only son; 
 
 Object of all his jov and hope. 
 And less bclovcJ than Gud alone. 
 
 3 O for a faith like his, that wo 
 The bright example may pursue ; 
 
 Mav gladly give up all to thoe, 
 '^o whom our more than all is due. 
 
 4 Is there a thing than life more dear? 
 A thing from which we caimot part? 
 
 We can: we now rejoice to tear 
 The idol from our bleeding heart. 
 
 5 Jesus, accent our sacrifice ; 
 
 All things tor thee wc count but Iobs; 
 Lo ! at thy word our idol dies, — 
 Dies on the altar of thy cross. 
 
 6 For what to thee, O Lord, we give, 
 A hundred-fold wc here obtain; 
 
 And soon with thee shall all receive, 
 And loss shall be eternal gain. 
 
 774 L. M 
 
 Hope in God. 
 
 GOD of my strength, in thee alone 
 A refuge from distress I see ; 
 O why hast thou thine aid withclrawn? 
 Why hast thou. Lord, forsaken me? 
 2 let thy light my footsteps guide ; 
 
 Thy love and truth my spirit fill; 
 That 'in thy house I may reside, 
 And worship at thy holy hill.
 
 462 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 3 Then will I at thine altar bend ; 
 My harp its softest notes shall raise, 
 
 And' from my lips to heaven ascend 
 The song of thankfulness and praise. 
 
 4 Why then, my soul, art thou cast down 
 Why art thou anxious and distressed ? 
 
 Hope Ihou in God, his mercy own, 
 For I shall yet enjoy his rest. 
 
 775 c. M. 
 
 Trusting in the mercy of God. 
 TyfllY, my soul, why depressed, 
 Tf And whence tliine anxious fears? 
 Let former mercies fix thy trust, 
 And check thy rising tears. 
 
 2 Affliction is a stormy deep, 
 Where wave succeeds to wave; 
 
 Though o'er mv head the billows sweep, 
 I know the Lord can save. 
 
 3 His grace and mercy trust, my soul, 
 Nor murmur at his rod : 
 
 In vain the waves of trouble roll, 
 While he is still thy God. 
 
 776 s. M. 
 
 AU-sytfflciency of Ilis grace. 
 
 JESUS, my l>ord, my God, 
 Thy proiniso I embrace ; 
 And hail, l>eneath the Father's rod, 
 Thy all-sulhcient grace. 
 
 2 My oft-rcpcatcd prayer 
 Tlie kindest answer gains, 
 
 Wlien, by thy gracious aid, I bear 
 Life's keen' and varied pains. 
 
 3 Should dread of want oppress. 
 And men or fiends assail, — 
 
 Infirmities my frame oppress. 
 And earthly comforts fail,—
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 463 
 
 4 Still may I trust in thee, 
 And calm each risin^f fear; 
 
 For none of these can injure mo 
 While thou, O Christ, art near. 
 
 5 My faith as gold refine ; 
 Each grace and virtue prove; 
 
 Tliat in my spotless life may shino 
 
 The liglit of perfect love. 
 h Thus shall thy mighty power 
 
 Upon thy servant rest; 
 Who glories in the trying hour, 
 
 By thee upheld and blest. 
 
 777 CM. 
 
 _77is Lord my portion. 
 
 ETERNAL Source of joys divine, 
 To thee my soul aspires* 
 O ! could I say, — Tiie Lord is mine ! 
 'Tis all my 'soul desires. 
 
 2 My hope, my trust, my life, my Ix)rd, 
 Assure me of thy love ; 
 
 «)! speak the kind, transporting word, 
 And bid my fears remove. 
 
 3 Then shall my thankful powers rejoice, 
 And triumph' in my Ood, 
 
 Till heavenly rapture tune my voice 
 To spread thy praise abroad. 
 
 778 CM. 
 
 In ITU presence there U/ulne«a of joy. 
 
 THY gracious presence, O my God, 
 AlLtliat I wish contains ; 
 With this, beneath affliction's load. 
 
 My heart no more complains. 
 2 This can my every care control, — 
 Gild each d'ark scene with light : 
 This is the sunshine of the soul ; 
 Without it all is night.
 
 464 DUTIES A^'D TPJALS. 
 
 3 linppy scenes above the sky, 
 "Where thy full beams impart 
 
 Unclouded beauty to the eye, 
 And rapture to' the heart*. 
 
 4 Iler portion in those realms of bliss, 
 My spirit lonjrs to know ; 
 
 Mv wisnea terminate in this, 
 ^'or can they rest below. 
 
 5 Lord, shall the breathings of my heart 
 Aspire in vain to thee ? 
 
 Contirm my hoj>e, that where thou art 
 I shall forever be. 
 
 C Then shall my cheerful spirit sing 
 
 Tlie darksome hours away, 
 And rise, on faith's expanded wing, 
 
 To everlasting dav. 
 
 779 s.M. 
 
 Whoso tntsteth in ihe Lord shall he safe. 
 
 COMMIT thou all thy griefs 
 And ways into his hands, — 
 To his sure' trust and tender care 
 
 "Who earth and heaven eonnnands ; 
 "Who ]>oints the clouds their course, 
 
 "Whoiu winds and seas obey : 
 lie shall direct thy wand'ring feet, — 
 lie shall prepare thy way. 
 
 2 Thou on the Lord rely, 
 
 So, safe, shalt thou go on ; 
 Fix on his work thy steadfast eye, 
 
 So shall thy work be done. 
 Ko profit canst tliou gain 
 
 Bv self-consuming care ; 
 To liim eommenil thy cause, — his car 
 
 Attends the softest prayer.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 465 
 
 780 S. M. 
 
 lie ruleth all things well. 
 
 GIVE to the winds thy fears; 
 Hope, uiul be undisiinay'J ; 
 God hears thv hii^lis and counts thy tears; 
 
 God sliall litl up thy head; 
 ThrouiLrh waves, and clouds, and storms, 
 
 He gently clears thy way ; 
 Wait thou ills time, so shall this night 
 Soon end in joyous day. 
 
 2 Still heavy is thy heart ? 
 Still sink thy spirits dowii? 
 
 Cast off tho weight, — let fear depart. 
 
 And every care be gone. 
 What tliough thou rulest not ; 
 
 Yet heaven, and eartli, and hell, 
 ProcUiini, — (Jod sittoth ou the throne. 
 
 And ruleth all things well. 
 
 3 Leave to his sov' reign sway 
 To choose and to conimanu: 
 
 So shalt thou, wond'ring, own his way. 
 
 How wise, how strong his hand I 
 Kar, far above thy thought 
 
 His counsel shall appear, 
 When liilly he the work hath wrought 
 
 That caused thy needless fear. 
 
 781 L. M. 
 
 He car dh for you. 
 
 PEACE, troubled soul, thou need'st not fear ; 
 Tliy great Provider still is near ; 
 Who fed thee last, will feed thee still: 
 Be cahn, and sink into his will. 
 2 The Lord, who built the earth and sky, 
 In mercy stoops to hear thy cry ; A 
 
 His promise all may freelv claim: ^^ 
 
 Ask and receive in Jesus' name. 
 30
 
 466 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 3 Without reserve give Christ your heart ; 
 Let him liis righteousness impart; 
 
 Then uU thinr,'s eJse he'll freely give; 
 With him you aU thhigs shall receive. 
 
 4 Thus shall the soul be truly blest, 
 That seeks in God Ids only rest; 
 May I that happy person be, 
 
 In time and in eternity. 
 
 782 c. K 
 
 Deliverance is at hand. 
 
 ATY span of life will soon bo done, 
 3i The passing moments say: 
 X'^ Icntrtirning shadows u"er the mead, 
 Proclaim the clotse of day. 
 
 2 O that my heart might dwell aloof 
 From all created things; 
 
 And learn that wisdom frojn above, 
 Whence true contentment springs. 
 
 3 Courage, my soul ; thy bitter cross, 
 In every trial here, 
 
 Shall bear thee to thy heaven above. 
 But shall not enter there. 
 
 4 The sigliing ones, that humbly seek 
 In sorrowing paths below, 
 
 >liall in eternity rejoice, 
 
 Wiiere endless comforts flow. 
 
 5 Soon will the toilsome strife be o'er, 
 Of sublunarv care, 
 
 And life's dull vanities no more 
 This anxious breast ensnare. 
 
 6 Counure, my soul; on God rely; 
 Deli v' ranee soon will come; 
 
 A thousand ways has Providence 
 To bring believers home.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 467 
 
 783 S. M. 
 
 Walking hy faith. 
 
 IF, on a quiet sea, 
 Tow'rd licavon we calmlv sail, 
 "With jrruteful iiearts, O God, to thee, 
 We'll own the liiv'rinjif K^le. 
 
 2 But Bhould the surges rise, 
 And rest delay to come, 
 
 Blest be the sorrow, kind the storm, 
 Wiiieh drives us nearer home. 
 
 3 Soon shall our doubts and fears 
 All yield to thy control : 
 
 Thv tender mercies shall illume 
 I'he mitlnij^ht of the soul. 
 
 4 Teach us, in every state, 
 To make thy will our own; 
 
 And when the joys of sense depart. 
 To live by faith alone. 
 
 784 L. M. 
 
 In Tiopf^ heli/^ng again/tt hope. 
 
 AWAY, my unbelievinj^' fear ! 
 Fear shull in me no more have place ; 
 Mv Saviour d<Uh not yet appear, — 
 
 lie hides the brif^htness of liis face : 
 But shall I therefore let him go, 
 
 And basely t<> the tempter yield? 
 No, in the strength of Jesus, no. 
 
 I never will give up my shiela. 
 2 AlthouGfh the vine its fruit deny, 
 
 AlthouLrh the olive yield no oil, 
 The witirriner fig-tree droop and die, 
 
 The fields elude the tiller's toil,— 
 The empty stall no Iierd afford, 
 
 And perish all the bleating race, 
 Yet will I triumph in the Lord, — 
 
 The God of my salvation praise.
 
 468 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 3 In hope, believing against hope^ 
 
 Jesus, my Lord, my God, I claim; 
 Jesus, my strengtli, shall lift me up ; 
 
 Salvation is iji Jesus' name. 
 To me he soon shall bring it nigh : 
 
 My soul shall then outstrip the wind ; 
 On ■wings of love mount up on hi^h. 
 
 And leave the world and sin behind. 
 
 785 c. M. 
 
 Casting aU your care vpon Jlinu 
 
 STILL on the Lord thy burden roll, 
 Nor let a care remain; 
 His mighty ann shall bear thy soul, 
 
 And all thy griefs sustain. 
 2 Ne'er will the Lord his aid deny 
 
 To those who trust his love ; 
 
 And they who on his grace rely, 
 
 Shall sing hia praise above. 
 
 786 CM. 
 
 Glorying in tribulations. 
 
 TIIEE, Jesus, full of truth and grace, 
 Thee, Saviour, we adore ; 
 Thee in affliction'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 wallc, unburnt, m fire. 
 
 3 Thee, Son of man, by faith we see, 
 And glorv in our Guide ; 
 
 Surroundett 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 perfect love.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 469 
 
 787 CM. 
 
 FearifM in Vie furnace of affliction. 
 
 GOD of tliinc Isruers faithful three, 
 Who bnived tlie tyrant's ire, 
 Who noMv HcornVl to'bow the knee, 
 
 Ami walkMj unhurt, iu tiro: — 
 O breathe their faitli into my breast, 
 
 In every trying liour; 
 And stani^l, O Son of man. confess'd 
 
 In all thy saving power! 
 2 While thou. Almighty Lord, art nigh, 
 
 My soul disdains to tear; 
 Both sin and Satan I defy, 
 
 Still inii>otontly near; 
 The earth and hell their wars may wage, — 
 
 I mark tiieir vain design: 
 And crtlmly smile to see them ruge 
 
 Against u ehild of thine. 
 
 788 s. M. 
 
 The unchnng^^ahle truth and love of Jeeui. 
 
 SUBMISSIVELY, my God, 
 I all ti) thee resign. 
 And bow before thy cnast'ning rod; 
 Nor will I, Lord, repine. 
 
 2 Why sliould my heart comnlain, 
 When wisdom,* truth, aiul lovo 
 
 Direct the stroke, inflict tlu- pain, 
 And point to joys above i 
 
 3 How short my sulfrings here; 
 How needful every cross : 
 
 Away with doubt, distrust, and fear, 
 Nor call my gain my loss. 
 
 4 Then give, or take away, 
 I'll bless thy sacred Name: 
 
 Jesus to-day, and yesterday, 
 And ever, is the same.
 
 470 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 789 1st P. M. 6 Zi»j« 88. 
 Steadfast reliance and confident anticipation. 
 
 THOUGH waves and storms go o'er my head, 
 Though strength, and health, and friendfl be 
 pono; 
 Though joys be wither'd all, and dead, 
 
 Though every eomfort be withdra^^Ti ; 
 On this my steadfast soul relics, — 
 Father, thy mercy never dies. 
 
 2 Fix'd 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. 
 
 790 1st r. M. rW/n/-* 88. 
 J veil! fear no evU,/or thou art with tm. 
 
 PEACE, doubting heart, mv (iod's I am; 
 Who fonu'd mc man fortids my fear; 
 The Lord hath call'd me by my name; 
 
 The Lord jirotccts, forever near: 
 Jlis blood for nie did once atone. 
 And still he loves and guards his own. 
 
 2 When^ passing through the watery deep, 
 1 ask m faith his i>romiscd aid, 
 
 The waves an awful distance keep. 
 
 And shrink from my devoted head: 
 Fearless, their violence I dare ; 
 They cannot hann, for God is there ! 
 
 3 To Ilim mine eye of faith I turn. 
 And througli the fire pursue my way ; 
 
 The fire forgets its |X)wcr to burn, — 
 
 The lambent flames around me play: 
 I own his power, accept the sign, 
 And shout to prove the Saviour mine.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 471 
 
 791 s. M. 
 
 TTie sure foundation. 
 
 IN every trying hour 
 My soul to .leaus flies; 
 
 1 truHt in liis nlinijrhty power, 
 Wlicii swelling billows rise. 
 
 2 His comforts boar me np; 
 I trust II fuitbful (iod; 
 
 The sure foundation of my hope 
 
 Is in my Saviour's blood. 
 8 Loud hallelujahs sin^, 
 
 To our Kedecmer's Name; 
 In joy or sorrow — life or death — 
 
 liis love is Btill the same. 
 
 792 l8t 1'. M. G ;/»«« 8ft, 
 T?iA servant shall b« as his Lord. 
 
 THY every sulTrinjr servant, Lord. 
 Shall as his perfect Master be; 
 To all thy inward life restored, 
 
 An«l outwardly conform'd to thee: 
 Out of tliv jrrave' the saints shall rist , 
 And gra-sp, throujzh death, the glorious pri. 
 2 This is the straight, the royal way 
 
 That lea^ls us to' the courts above ; 
 Here let us ever, ever stay. 
 
 Till, on the wings of pertect lo\"o, 
 We take our last, triumplmnt flight, 
 From Calvary's to Zion's height. 
 
 793 1st V. yi. e> lines 8s. 
 Triumphant confidence in th^ Saviour. 
 
 STILL nigh me, O my Saviour, stand, 
 And guard in fierce temptation's hour; 
 Hide in the hollow of thy hand; 
 
 Show forth in me thy saving power: 
 Still be thy anns my sure defence, 
 Nor earth nor hell shall pluck me thence./
 
 472 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 2 Since thou hast bid me come to thee, 
 (Good as thou art, and strong to save,) 
 
 ril walk o'er life's touipci=ituou8 sea, 
 Upborne by the unyielding wave ; 
 Dauntless, though rocks of pride ]>e near, 
 And yawning whirlpools of despair. 
 
 3 "When darkness intercepts the skies, 
 And sorrow's waves around me roll, 
 
 And high the storms of troubles rise, 
 
 And half o'crwhclm my sinking soul; 
 My soul a sudden calm shall feci. 
 And hear a whisjK'r, — Peace ; be still I 
 
 4 Though in affliction's furnace tried, 
 Unhurt, on snares and death I'll tread ; 
 
 Though sin assail, and hell, thrown wide, 
 
 Pour all its Hames upon my lu-ad : 
 Like Moses' bush I'll luount the higher, 
 And flourish, uncousumcd, in tire. 
 
 704 L. M. 
 
 It is I; be not a/raid. 
 
 WIIEX power divine in mortal fonn 
 Hush d with a word the raging storm, 
 In soothing accents Jesus said, — 
 Lo, it is 1 ; be not afraid. 
 
 2 So when in silence nature sleeps, 
 And lonely watch the mourner keeps, 
 (Jne thought shall every pang remove — 
 Trust, feeble man, thy Maker's love. 
 
 3 God calms the tumult and the storm ; 
 He rules the seraph and the worm: 
 
 No creature is by him forgot 
 
 Of tliose who know, or know him not. 
 
 4 Antl when the last drea<l hour shall come. 
 And shudd'rint; nat\ire wait her doom, 
 This voice shall wake the pious dead, — 
 Lo, it is I ; bo not afraid.
 
 PATIENCE AND RESIGNATION. 473 
 
 795 L.M. 
 
 His loving kindnesa U better Vian lifo. 
 
 OGOD, tliou urt my (iod alone; 
 i'jirly to thee my soul shall cry; 
 A pilj^rim in a land unknown, — 
 A tliirsty land, whose springs are dry. 
 
 2 Thcc, in the watches of the uight, 
 When I remember on my bed, 
 
 Thy presence makes the darkness light; 
 Thy guardian wings arc round my head. 
 
 3 Better than lifo itself, thy love ; 
 Dearer than all beside to me ; 
 
 For whom have I in heaven above. 
 Or what on earth, compared with thee ? 
 
 4 Praise with ray heart, my mind, my voice. 
 Fur all thy mercy 1 will give; 
 
 My soul hiiall still in (Jod rt-joice^ — 
 'My tongue shall bless thee whde I live. 
 
 79 G 12th P. M. 7*5, Tfi, 78, 7C. 
 
 Je«tu, tfu same yf«t^rday, to-day, and forever. 
 
 CAST on the fidelity 
 Of mv redeeming Lord, 
 
 1 shall his salvation see. 
 According to his word : 
 
 Credence to his word I give; 
 
 Mv Saviour in distresses past 
 Wilf not now his servant leave, 
 
 But bring me througii at last. 
 
 2 Better than my boding fears 
 To me thou oil hast proved; 
 
 Oft observed my silent tears. 
 
 And challenged thy beloved : 
 Mercy to mv rescue Hew, 
 
 And death ungrasp'd his fainting prey : 
 Pain before thy face withdrew, 
 
 And sorrow fled away.
 
 474 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 3 Now as ye?tordfty the same, 
 In all my troubles niffh, 
 
 Jesus, on thv ^Yord and name 
 
 I steadfastly rely: 
 Sure as now the 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 rcsign'd, 
 And stay'd on that alone. 
 
 I thy jK'rfect strength shall find, — 
 Thy faithful mercies own ; 
 
 Comj>assM round with songs of praise, 
 My all to my Kedeemer give ; 
 
 Spread thy miracles of grace, 
 And to "thy glory live. 
 
 TEADFASTXESS AND GROWTH IX GnA( I" 
 797 • C-. M. 
 
 Vanity of eartiJy enjoym^nU. 
 
 HOW vain arc all things here below ; 
 How false, and vet how fair! 
 Each pleasure hath its poison too, 
 Ana every sweet a snare. 
 
 2 The brightest things below tho sky 
 Give but a flatt'rinc light; 
 
 We should susiKi-t some danger nigh, 
 Where we possess delight. 
 
 3 Our dearest jdys and nearest friends, 
 The partners o'f our blood, 
 
 How thev divide our wav'ring mind*, 
 And leave but half for God.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 475 
 
 4 The fondness of a creature's love, 
 IIow Btrong it strikes the sense; 
 
 Thither the warm affections move, 
 Nor can we call them thence. 
 
 5 My Saviour, let thy hcftuticB he 
 My sotirs eternal food ; 
 
 And' grace conunand my heart away 
 From all created good. 
 
 798 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 Worldly pleasures renounced. 
 
 YATN are all terrestrial pleasures; 
 Mix'd witli dross tlic purest gold; 
 Seek we tlicn for heavenly treasures, — 
 
 Treasures never waxing old. 
 Let our best affections centre 
 
 On the things around the throne: 
 There no tliicf can ever enter; 
 
 Motli and rust are there unknown. 
 
 2 Tuirthly jov3 no longer please us ; 
 Here wouli we renounce them all; 
 
 Seek our only rest in Jesus, — 
 Ilim our Ix)rd and Master call. 
 
 Faith, our languid spirits cheering, 
 Points to brighter worlds above; 
 
 Bids us look for his appearing ; 
 Bids us triumph in his love. 
 
 3 May our light be always burning, 
 And our loins bo girded round, 
 
 Waiting for our Lord's returning, — 
 Longing for the welcome sound. 
 
 Thus tlic Christian life adorning, 
 Never need wc be afraid, 
 
 Should he come at night or morning, 
 Early dawn, or evening shade.
 
 476 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 799 s.M. 
 
 Self-consecra lion. 
 
 LORD, in the strcusrth of prace, 
 With a glad heart and free, 
 Myself, my residue of days, 
 
 1 consecrate to thee. 
 2 Thy ransom'd servant, I 
 
 Restore to thee thine own ; 
 And from thi.s moment live or die, 
 To serve my God alone. 
 
 800 T2th p. M. :•>, 7G, 78, 76. 
 
 D'termintd t> Arnoir nrihing Iml Jrtv ami kirn trufijM. 
 
 VAIN, delusive world, atlieu, 
 With all of creature good: 
 Only Jesu.s I pursue, 
 
 ^Vho bought mc with his blood : 
 All thy jileasures I forego ; 
 
 1 trample on thy wealth and pride; 
 Only Jesus will I know. 
 
 And Jesus crucified. 
 2 Other knowledge I disdain; 
 
 'Tis all but vanity : 
 Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain, — 
 
 lie tasted death for mc. 
 Me to save from endless wo 
 
 The sin-atoning Victim died; 
 Only Jesus will I know, 
 
 AJid Jesus crucified. 
 8 Hero will I set np my rest; 
 
 My fluctuating heart 
 From the haven of his breast 
 
 Shall never more depart: 
 Whither shouhl a sinner go ? 
 
 His wounds for me stand open wide; 
 Only Jesus will I know, 
 
 And Jesus crucified.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 477 
 
 4 Ilim to know \a life and peace, 
 
 And pleasure without end ; 
 This is* all my happiness, 
 
 On Jesu-» to depend; 
 Daily in his prat-e to tfrow, 
 
 And ever in his faith abide; 
 (^nly Jesus will I know, 
 
 And Jesus crucified, 
 f) O that I could all invite, 
 
 This savinj; truth to prove; 
 Show the length, the breadth, the height, 
 
 And depth of .Jesus' love '. 
 Fain I would to sinners show 
 
 The blood bv faith alone applied ; 
 Only Jesus will I know, 
 
 And Jesus crucified. 
 
 801 , CM. 
 
 Stead/cut faith. 
 
 MY God, I know, I feel thee mine, 
 And will not (juit my claim. 
 Till all I have is lost in thine, 
 
 And all renew'd I am. 
 J 1 hold thee witli a tremblinj» hand, 
 
 And will not let thee tro, 
 Till steadfastly by faith 1 stand. 
 And all thy goodness know. 
 
 802 • lOthV.'SL Slinks 6n. 
 
 Folloicing Vie Lamb. 
 
 WHAT now is my object and aim ? 
 What now is my hope and desire? 
 To follow the heavenly Lamb, 
 And after his image aspire : 
 My hope is all centred in thee; 
 
 I trust to recover thy love ; 
 
 On earth thy salvation to see, 
 
 And then to enjoy it above.
 
 478 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 803 1st p. M. 6 Ztn^ 88. 
 
 IicUlfoUmo ihf6 whithersoever thou goest. 
 
 MASTER, I own tin- lawful claim ; 
 Thine, wholly thine, I long to be ; 
 Thou scest, at last, I willing am. 
 
 Where'er thou goVt, to follow thee ; 
 Myself in all things to deny ; 
 Tliine, wholly thine, to live and die. 
 2 Pleasure, and wealth, and praise no nir.-. 
 
 Shall lead my captive pouI astray ; 
 Mv foud pursuits 1 all give o'er; 
 
 Thee, only thee, resolved to' obey : 
 My own in all things to resign, 
 And know no ct'i. r will Imt tliine. 
 
 804 L. M. 
 
 The vow ifiiUid at the cross. 
 
 LORD, I am thine, entirely thine, 
 Purchased and saved by Mood divine: 
 With full consent thine T would be, 
 And own thy sov'reign right in me. 
 
 2 Grant one poor sinner more a place 
 Among the children of thy grace ; 
 
 A wretched sinner, lost to God, 
 But ransom'd by Immanuers blood. 
 
 3 Thine would I live— thine would I die ; 
 Be thine through all eternity; 
 
 The vow is past beyond repeal, 
 And now I set the solemn seal. 
 
 4 Hero, at that cross where flows the blood 
 That bought mv guilty soul for God, — 
 Thee, my new Master, now I call, 
 
 And consecrate to thcc my all. 
 
 5 Do thou assist a feeble worm 
 The great engagement to perform ; 
 Thy grace can full assistance lend, 
 And on that grace I daro depend.
 
 GROWTH IN GEACE. 479 
 
 805 ^' ^• 
 
 The world has lost its charms. 
 
 LET worMly miiul;^ tlic world pursue ; 
 It has no charms for me: 
 ( >nce I admired its trifles too, 
 
 But grace hath t^et mc free. 
 2 Its pleasures can no longer please, 
 
 Nor happiness alVord: 
 Far from mv heart be jovs like these, 
 
 Now 1 have seen the Lord. 
 8 As bv the light of opening day 
 
 The stars arc all conceal'd, 
 So earthlv jjleasures fade away, 
 
 "When 'Jesus is revcard. 
 4 Creatures no more divide ray choice ; 
 
 I bid them all depart : 
 His name, his love, his gracious voice, 
 
 Have tix'd my roving heart. 
 
 806 ^•^• 
 
 JTeavmly hlisa in prospect. 
 
 ARISE, my soul, on wings sublime, 
 Above the vanities of time ; 
 Eet faith now pierce the veil, and see 
 The glories of eternity. 
 
 2 Born bv a new, celestial birth, 
 Whv should I grovel here on earth ? 
 AVhV grasp at vain and fleeting toys, 
 So near to heaven's eternal joys i 
 
 3 Shall aught beguile me on the road,— 
 The narrow roatl that leads to God i 
 
 Or can I love this earth so well. 
 As not to long with God to dweU ? 
 
 4 To dwell with God,— to taste his love, 
 Is the full heaven enjoy'd above : 
 
 The glorious expectation now 
 Is heavenly blisa begun below.
 
 480 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 807 CM. 
 
 His service is perfect freedom. 
 
 BEHOLD ! I come with jov to do 
 The Master's blessed will ; 
 My Lord in outward works pursue, 
 
 And serve his pleasure still. 
 Thus faithful to my Lord's commands, 
 
 I choose the better part, 
 And serve with careful Martha's hands, 
 But loving Mary's heart. 
 
 2 Tliouffh careful, without care I am, 
 Nor leel my happv toil, — 
 
 Preserved in peace W Jesus' Name, 
 
 Supported by his smile : 
 Rcjoicinj? thus my faith to show, 
 
 liis service my rewar<l ; 
 While every work 1 do below, 
 
 I do it to tlio Lord. 
 
 3 1 that the world the art might know 
 Of living' thus to thee; 
 
 And find their heaven be)?uu below, 
 
 And here thy glory see ; 
 Walking in all the works prepared 
 
 To exercise their grace, 
 They gain at last their full reward. 
 
 And see thy glorious face. 
 
 808 ('. M. 
 
 Stlf-dedication to th« Lord. 
 
 RETURN, my soul, unto thy rest ; 
 From (lod no longer roam ; 
 His hand hath bountifully blest; 
 His goodness calls thee home. 
 2 What shall I render unto thee, 
 
 My Saviour in distress. 
 For all thy benefits to mc. 
 So great and numberless ?
 
 GEOWTn IN GRACE. 481 
 
 3 This will I do for thy love's sake, 
 And thus thy power proclaim ; 
 
 The cup of thy salvation take, 
 And call upon thy Name. 
 
 4 Thou God of covenanted grace, 
 Hoar and record my vow, 
 
 While in thy courts I seek thy face, 
 And at thine altar bow: — 
 
 5 Heueeforth to tliee myself I give ; 
 With single lieart and eye 
 
 To walk before thee whilol live, 
 And bless thee when I die. 
 
 809 L. M. 
 
 Reverential joy and JUial fear. 
 
 IF, Tvord, I have acceptance fmnd 
 With thee, or favour in thy siirht, 
 .Still with thy grace and truth surmund, 
 
 And arm me with thy Spirit's might- 
 2 O may I hear thv warning voioo, 
 
 And timely fly tVom danger near; 
 With rcv'rence inito thee rejoice, 
 
 And love thoc with a filial foar : 
 <> Still hoM my soul in second life, 
 ^ And suftcr not my feet to slide : 
 Support me in the glorious strife, 
 
 And comfort me on every side. 
 4 give me faith, and faith's increase; 
 
 Fhiish the work In-gun in me ; 
 Preserve my soul in perfect peace, 
 
 And let me always rest on thee- 
 
 810 
 
 Fear qf offending God. 
 
 LORD, if thou hast bestow'd 
 On me this gracious fear. 
 This horror of offending God,- 
 O keep it always here ; — 
 81 
 
 S. M.
 
 482 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 2 And that I never more 
 
 May from thy ways depart, 
 Enter, with all thv nierev's power. 
 
 And dwell withlii my Iieart. 
 
 811 CM. 
 
 Tfie tteward of (he Lord. 
 
 FATTIER, into thy hands alone 
 I have my all restored: 
 Mv all, thy pVoperty I own : 
 ^riie steward of the Lord. 
 
 2 Confiding wholly in thv love, 
 Through Jesus strenitrtfrning me^ 
 
 1 wait thy faitlifiilness to j^rove, 
 And give Iwick all to thee. 
 
 3 Dctennined all thy will to' obc}'. 
 Thy Itlessings I restore; 
 
 Give, Lord, or take tliy gills away, 
 1 praise thee evermore. 
 
 812 CM. 
 
 .A'bf afihamfd of the Gospel. 
 
 I'M not ashamed to own my Lord, 
 Or to defend his cause ; 
 Maintain the honour of his w(»'d, — 
 The glorj' of his cross. 
 
 2 Jcsns, my Gotl I — I know Iiis name ; 
 His name is all my trust; 
 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
 Nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 3 Finn as lii.«* throne his promise stAnds, 
 And he can well secure 
 
 "Wliat I've committed to his hands, 
 Till the decisive hour. 
 
 4 Tiien will he own my worthleas name 
 Before his Father's iace, 
 
 And in the New Jerusalem 
 Appoint my soul a place.
 
 GROWTH IX GRACE. 483 
 
 813 L.M. 
 
 K(/t ashamed o/Jesua. 
 
 JESUS, and shall it evor be, 
 A mortal uum ashamed of thee ! 
 Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, — 
 Whose glories shine through endless days. 
 'J Ashamed of Jesus! — that dear Friend 
 ( )n whoni mv hopes of heaven dei>end ; 
 No ! — when I blush, be this my shame, — 
 That 1 no more revere his Name. 
 Z Ashamed of Jesns I — yes, I may, 
 When I've no guilt to wash away; 
 N(j tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fcai-s to quell, no soul to save. 
 
 4 Till then — nor is my boasting vain — 
 Till then, I boast a Saviour slain ; 
 And ( ), may this my glory be. — 
 That Christ is not ashamed of mo. 
 
 8U CM. 
 
 Waiting upon the Lord. 
 
 STILL, for thy loving-kindness, Lord, 
 I in thy tcniple wait: 
 
 1 look to find thee in thy word, 
 Or at thy table meet. 
 
 2 Here, in thine own appointed ways, 
 1 wait to learn thy will : 
 
 Silent I stand before thy face. 
 And hear thee say, — Be still ! 
 
 5 Be still I and know that I am God; — 
 'Tis all I live to know; 
 
 To feel the virtue of thy blood, 
 
 And spread its praise below. 
 4 I wait my vigour to renew, — 
 
 Thine image to retrieve ; 
 The veil of outward things pass through. 
 
 And gasp in thee to live.
 
 484 DUTIES AND TKIALS. 
 
 815 s. M. 
 
 T?ie signature of God's love. 
 
 LOKD, in thy hand I lie, 
 And wait thy will to prove ; 
 Mv Potter, stamp on me, thy clay, 
 
 *rhiue only stamp of love : 
 Be this my whole desire ; 
 I know that it is thine; 
 Then kindle in my soul a fire 
 "Which shall forever shine. 
 
 2 O plant in me thy mind ; 
 
 O n.\ in me tliy home ; 
 So shall I cry to' all mankind, — 
 
 Come to tlie waters, eome. 
 Jesus is full of graee ; 
 
 To all his bowels move ; 
 Behold hi me, ye fallen race, 
 
 That God is only love. 
 
 816 L.M. 
 
 Liring to the glory of God. 
 
 OTIIOU I who hast at thy command 
 The hearts of all men in thy hand; 
 Our wayward, errinsr hearts incline 
 To have no other will but thine. 
 
 2 Our wishes, onr desires, control ; 
 Mould every purpose of the soul ; 
 O'er all may we victorious prove 
 That stands between us ancl thy love. 
 
 3 Thrice blest will all our blessings be, 
 Wlien we can look through them to thee; 
 When ciich glad heart its tribute pays 
 
 Of love, and gratitude, and praise. 
 
 4 And while we to thy glory live, 
 May we to thee all glory give, 
 Until the final summons come. 
 That calls thy willing servants home.
 
 GEOWTH IN GRACE. 485 
 
 817 I.. M. 
 
 Living to serve the cause of Christ. 
 
 MY gracious Lord, I own tliy right 
 To every service I can ^lav, 
 And call it my supreme delight 
 To hear thy dictates, and obey. 
 
 2 What is my being but for thee, — 
 Its sure support, its noblest end i 
 
 'Tis my delight thy face to sec, 
 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 employ 
 To spread a sounding name abroad. 
 
 4 'Tis to my Saviour I would live, — 
 To him who for my ransom died; 
 
 Nor could all worldly honour givo 
 Such bliss as crowns me at his side. 
 
 5 His work my hoary age shall bless, 
 When vouthVul vi-rour is no more; 
 
 And my lust hour of life confess 
 His saving love, his glorious power. 
 
 818 4th P. M. 886, 886. 
 
 Lookmg ■unto Jesus. 
 
 ARE there not in the labourer's day 
 Twelve liours, in which he safely may 
 
 Ilis calling's work pursue i 
 Though sin and Satan still arc near. 
 Nor sin nor Satan can I fear, 
 
 With Jesus in my view. 
 2 Light of the world ! thy beams I bless ; 
 On thee, bright Sun of righteousness, 
 
 Mv faith hath fix'd its eye: 
 Guided by theCj through all I go, 
 Nor fear the rum spread below. 
 
 For thou art always nigh.
 
 486 DUTIES AND TEIALS. 
 
 3 Ten thousand snares my paths beset, 
 Yet will I, Lord, the work complete, 
 
 Which thou to me hast joriven; 
 EegardlesR of the pains I feel, 
 Close by the gates of death and hell, 
 
 I urge my way to heaven. 
 
 819 s.M. 
 
 strengthen the weak Jiands. 
 
 TIIOU scest our weakness, Lord ; 
 Our hearts are known to thco ; 
 O lift thou up the sinking liaud, 
 
 Confirm the feeble knee. 
 2 Let us in life, in death, 
 
 Thy steadfast truth declare; 
 And publish, with our latest breath, 
 Thy love and guardian care. 
 
 820 2d P. M. 6 /m^,« >^s. 
 
 lice image of the heavenly. 
 
 LORD over all, sent to fulfil 
 Thv gracious Father's sov'roii^n will, 
 To tliy dn^ad scc]>trc will I bow ; 
 "With duteous rcv'rcnec at thy feet, 
 Like humble Mar^-, lo 1 I sit; 
 Speak, Lord, thy servant hearcth now. 
 
 2 The world, sin, death, oppose in vain ; 
 Thou, by thv dving, death hast slain, 
 
 My great l>ellv'rer, and my God \ 
 In vaiu does the old dragon rage ; 
 In vain all hell ite powers eng:iffe ; 
 
 None can withstand thy conqu'riug blood. 
 
 3 Renew thine image. Lord, in me; 
 Lowly and gentle may I be ; 
 
 No charms but these to thee are dear; 
 No anger may'st thou ever find, 
 No pride in my unruffled mind, 
 
 But faith and hcaven-boni peace be there.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 487 
 
 4 A patient, a victorious mind, 
 That life and all thinurs casts behind, 
 
 Springs forth obedieut to tliy call; 
 A heart that no desire can move, 
 But still to' adore, believe, and love, 
 
 Give me, my Lord, lay life, my all! 
 
 821 L.M. 
 77is alU/niffici^nt Portion. 
 
 OLOVE, thv sov'roiirii aid impart, 
 And (^uartljthe gift thyself hast given : 
 Mv portion, thou, my treasure art. 
 My life, and liappiness, and heaven. 
 
 2 Wov\ld aught on earth my wiahes share i 
 Though dear tw life the iilol be. 
 
 The idol froni my breast I'll tear, 
 Resolved to seek my all in thee. 
 
 3 Whatc'er I fondly counted mine, 
 To thee, my LonL, 1 here restore ; 
 
 Gladly I all to thee resign ; 
 
 Give me tliytjclf, I ask no more. 
 
 822 1st P. M. 6 im^« 8s. 
 Circumspection. 
 
 WATrirD by the world's malignant eye, 
 \\ Who load us with reproach and shame, 
 As servants of the Lord most high, 
 As zealous for his glorious Name, 
 We ought ii\ all his paths to move 
 With holy fear and numblc love. 
 
 2 That wisdom. Lord, on us bestow, 
 
 From every evil to depart; 
 To ftton the mouth of every foe, 
 
 While, upright both in life and heart. 
 The proofs of godly fear we give, 
 And show them how the Ciiristians live.
 
 488 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 823 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s 
 Pressing toward the mark. 
 
 I THANK thee, uncreated Sun, 
 Tliat thy brig] it beams on nie have shiuecl : 
 I thank thee, wlio luist overthro'^^^l 
 
 My foes, aiKl heaPd my "wonnded mfud ; 
 
 1 tliank thee, •whose enlivenin^r voice 
 Bids my freed heart in thee rejoice. 
 
 2 Uphold me in the donbtfnl race, 
 Nor suffer me again to stray; 
 
 Strengtlien my feet, with steady pace 
 
 Still to press forward in tPly way; 
 My soul and flesh, Lord of nugnt. 
 Fill, satiate, with thy heavenly light- 
 j; Give to niinc eyes refreshinor tears ; 
 
 (iive to my heaj"t chaste, hallow'd fires ; 
 Give to my soul, with tilial fears, 
 
 Tiie love that all hc-avcn's host inspires. 
 That all my TX>wers, with aU their nught, 
 In thy sole glory may unite. 
 4 Thee will I love, my joy, my crown ; 
 
 Thee vdW I love, my Lord, my God; 
 Thee will I love, beneath thy frbwu 
 
 Or smile, thy sceptre or tliy rod. 
 What thuugli my flesh and heart decay; 
 Thee shall I love in endless day. 
 
 824 5th P. M. 4 «zw« 7s. 
 Christ liveih in me. 
 
 LO\T[NG Jesus, gentle Lamb, 
 In thy gracious hands 1 am ; 
 Make me. Saviour, wliat thou art ; 
 Live thyself within my heart. 
 2 I shall then show forth thy praise; 
 Serve thee all my happy days ; 
 Then the world shall always see 
 Christ the holy child in me.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 489 
 
 825 L. M. 
 
 Following the Saviour. 
 
 OTHOU, to wliose all-searcliino^ sight 
 The darkness shineth as the light, 
 Search, prove my heart, it pants fur thee ; 
 O burst these bonds, and set it free. 
 
 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. 
 
 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 wo, — 
 Jesus, thy timely aid impart, 
 
 And raise my head, and cheer my heart. 
 
 5 Saviour, where'er thv steps I sec, 
 Dauntless, uutircd, I follow thee; 
 O let thy hiuid support mo still, 
 And lead mo to thy holy hill. 
 
 6 If rough and thorny be the way, 
 My strength proportion to my day ; 
 Till toil, and grief, and i)ain shall cease, 
 Where all is calm, and joy, and peace. 
 
 826 
 
 F 
 
 L. M. 
 Evermore ffite its t7tii brectd. 
 
 ATIIER, supply my every need ; 
 ■ ■ li^e th^ " ■ ■ 
 
 Sustain the life thyself hast given ; 
 O grant the nevcr-failuig bread, — 
 
 The manna that comes down frcxn heaven. 
 2 The gracious fruits of righteousness, 
 
 Thy blessings' unexhausted store. 
 In me abundantly increase. 
 
 Nor over let me hunger more.
 
 490 DUTIES AND TKIALS. 
 
 3 Let me no more, in deep complaint, 
 My leannet^s, my leannesa ! cry : 
 
 Alone consumed with pining want, 
 Of all my Father's eliildreu I. 
 
 4 The painful thirst, the fond desire, 
 Thy jovous presence shall remove ; 
 
 But mv /'ull soul shall still require 
 A whole eternity of love. 
 
 827 KM. 
 
 Thf well of Hting tcater. 
 
 JESUS, the pift divine I know, 
 The gitl divine I ask of thee ; 
 The livin;,' water now hostow, 
 
 Thy Spirit and thyself, on mo. 
 2 For thou of life the fonntain art, 
 
 None else can give or take away; 
 O mav I find it in my heart, 
 
 And with me may it ever stay. 
 G Tims may I drink, — and thirst no moro 
 
 For drojT« of finite liappiness; 
 Spring uj), O well, in heavenlv pover, 
 
 In streams of pure perennial peace. 
 
 828 c. M. 
 
 Str^ngih renewed by teaitlng upon Oi* Lord. 
 
 LORD, I believe thy every word, 
 Tliy every pronnse true ; 
 And lol I wait on thee, my Lord, 
 Till I my ntrength renew. 
 
 2 If in this feeble flesh I may 
 Awhile sIjow forth tliy praip«, 
 
 Jesuii, Hupport the tott'ring clay. 
 And lengthen out my days. 
 
 3 If Bocli a worm as I can spread 
 The common Saviour's name, 
 
 Let Ilim who raised thee from tlie dead, 
 Quicken my mortal frame.
 
 GROWTH IN GEACE. 491 
 
 4 Still let me live thy blood to show, 
 
 Which purges every stain; 
 And gladly linger out below 
 
 A lew more years in pain. 
 
 829 1st P. M. 6 /i/i^«8s. 
 
 ChrUt in, you, tfw hope of glory. 
 
 THOU hidden love of God, whose height, 
 Wliose depth nntiithom'd, no man knows: 
 
 1 see from far thy Ijcautcous light; 
 Inly I sigh for thy repose : 
 
 My heart is pain'd, nor can it bo 
 At rest, till it finds rest in thee. 
 
 2 Is there a thincr beneath the snn, 
 
 That strives with thee my heart to share ? 
 Ah, tear it thence, and reign alone. 
 
 The Ijord of every motion there ; 
 Then shall my heart from earth be free, 
 When it hath found repose in thee. 
 
 3 O hide this self from me, that I 
 
 No more, but Christ in me, may live; 
 Mv vile aflfections crucify, 
 
 iNor let one darlincr last survive; 
 In all things nothing may I sec, 
 Nothing desire or seek, but thee. 
 
 4 O Love, thy sov' reign aid impart, 
 
 To save me from low-thoughted care; 
 Chaije this self-will throuirh all my heart, 
 
 Through all its latent mazes there: 
 Make me thy duteous child, that I, 
 Ceaseless, may Abba, Father, cry. 
 
 5 Each moment draw from earth away 
 My heart, that lowly waits thy call ; 
 
 Speak to my inmost soul, and say, — 
 
 I am thy love, thy God, thy all ! 
 To feel thy power, to hear thy voice, 
 To taste thy love, be all my choice.
 
 492 Dl'TIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 830 
 
 B 
 
 1st p. M. r, Ums 83. 
 A7i eye nngle to the glory of God. 
 
 EIIOLT) : the Pcrvant of the Lord, 
 I wait thy ^'uiilini: hand to feel; 
 To hear and "keep tliv every word, — 
 
 To prove and do tliy perfect will : 
 Joyful from niv own works to cease, 
 Glad to fulfil all rigliteousness. 
 2 And if thy praee vouchsafe to use 
 
 The meanest of thy creatures, me, 
 The deed, the time, the mannt-T choose ; 
 
 Ix-t all my fruit be found of thee : 
 T>et all my works in tliee Ihj wrought, — 
 By thee to full |H;rfeetion brought. 
 S My every weak, thoujjh potxl desi^, 
 
 O'errulc'or ehan<;e, aa seems thee meet: 
 Jesus, let all my work be tliine I 
 
 Thy w«irk, <) Lord, Is all cumj^letc, 
 And pleasiug in thy Father's hieht; 
 Tliou only hast done all things right. 
 4 Here, then, to thee thine own I leave ; 
 
 Mould as tliou wilt thy passive clay ; 
 But let me all thy stamp receive, — 
 
 But let me all thy words obey: 
 Serve with a single heart and eye, 
 And to thy glory live and die. 
 
 831 s.M 
 
 Pilgrims and ^ojonmert, 
 
 IN every time and place, 
 Who serve the IjonX most high, 
 Are caird his sov'reiim will to' embrace, 
 
 And still their own deny : 
 To follow his command. 
 
 On earth as pilkrrims rove, 
 And seek an undiscovcr'd land, 
 Aud house and iricudd above.
 
 GEOTVTII IN GRACE. 493 
 
 2 Fatlicr, tlie narrow path 
 
 To that far country show; 
 And in the steps of Abrah'm'a faith 
 
 Enable me to go : 
 A cheerftil f^ojonrner 
 
 Where'er tliou biiUVst me roam, 
 Till, guided by thy Spirit here, 
 
 I reach my heavenly home, 
 
 832 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 
 Th* pllgrim'a guide and guardian. 
 
 GUIDE mo, n thou great Jehovah, 
 Pilgrim througli this barren la*d: 
 
 1 am weak — but thou art miglity ; 
 Hold mc %vith thy powerful hkud: 
 
 Bread of heaven, 
 Feed me till 1 want no more. 
 
 2 Open now the cr^'stal fountain, 
 \\ licnce the licalMig waters tlow; 
 
 Let t]ie fiery, cloudy pillar, 
 Lead n>e all my journey througli : 
 
 Strong Dehv rer. 
 Be thou still my strength and shield. 
 
 3 When I tread the verge of Jordan, 
 Bid my anxious fears subside: 
 
 Ik-ar me thnniurh the swelling current; 
 Land me safe on Canaan's side ; 
 
 Songs (if j>raise3 
 I will over give to thee. 
 
 833 1st p. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 Ths pri»« of our high calUng. 
 
 JESUS, thy boundless love to mo 
 No thought can reach, no tongue declare : 
 O knit my thankful heart to theo, 
 And reign without a rival there : 
 Thine wholly, thine alone, I am ; 
 Be thou alone my constant flame.
 
 494 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 2 O grant thftt nothing in my soul 
 May dwell, but tliy pure love alone: 
 
 O may thy love possess me whole, — 
 
 My joy, my treasure, and my crown : 
 Strange flames far from my heart remove: 
 My ever)' act, word, thought, be love. 
 
 3 Unwearied may I this pursue ; 
 Dauntless to the high ]>rize aspire; 
 
 Hourly within my soul renew 
 
 This holy flame, this heavenly fire: 
 And day and niglit, be all my caro 
 To guard the sacretl trea-^Sre there. 
 
 4 In suff'ring be thy love my pence; 
 In weakness be thy love my |>ower; 
 
 And when the stonns of life sliall cease, 
 
 Jesus, in tliat important hour. 
 In death as life be thou my guide, 
 iVud save mc, who for mo host died- 
 
 834 c. M. 
 
 Th^ race for glory. 
 
 AWAKE, my soul! stretch every nerve, 
 And press with vigour on; 
 A heavenly race demands thy zeal. 
 
 And an immortal crown. 
 2 'Tis Gotl's all-animating voice 
 
 That calls thee from on high ; 
 'Tis he whose hand presents the prize 
 
 To thine aspiring eye. 
 8 A cloud of witnesses around 
 
 Hold thee in full survey; 
 Forget the steps already trod, 
 
 And onward urge thy way. 
 4 Blest Saviour I intrmlnccd by thee. 
 
 Our race have we begun ; 
 And, crown'd with vict'ry, at thy feet 
 
 "We'll lay our trophies aowu.
 
 GROWTH IN GEACK 495 
 
 835 2a r.^l.G lines Ss. 
 
 Cn*cijied itiih Chri«t. 
 
 HUMBLE, mid teaelmblo, nnd milJ, 
 () limy I, as a littlo cliiUl, 
 
 My lowly Master's ste[>s pursue! 
 Ik' uni,''(;r to my soul unknown ; 
 llato, envy, jealousy, be jr<>ne; 
 
 111 lovu create thou all things new. 
 2 Lot earth no nn^re my heart divide ", 
 With Christ may I be crueitied ; 
 
 To thee with my whole heart aspire : 
 Dead to the world and all its toys, 
 its idle pomp, and fadinir joys, 
 
 Be tho'i alone my one desire. 
 S My will Imj swnllow'd np in thoe; 
 LiL'lit in thy li^'ht still may I "ce, 
 
 Buholdini; thee with open face; 
 Caird the tuU power of faith to prove, 
 Let all mv hallow'd lieart be love, 
 
 And alf my spotless life \nt jiraise. 
 4 Oomo, Iloly Ghost, all-quiek'niujf fire, 
 My ciinsi'oratcil heart inspire, 
 
 Sprinkled with the atoning blood: 
 Still to my soul thyself reveal : 
 Thv mJLrlity working,' inay I t>el, 
 
 And know that 1 am one \vtih Go«l. 
 
 83G CM. 
 
 The sojoum/'r ; at (he feet ofjemu. 
 
 GOD of all >?raoo and majesty, 
 Supremely great and gtK)d, 
 If I have mercy found with thee 
 
 Through the atoning blood ; 
 The guard of all thy mercies give, 
 
 And to my pardon join 
 A fear lest 1 should ever grieve 
 The Comforter divine.
 
 496 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 2 If mercy is indeed with thee, 
 May I obedient prove, 
 
 Nor e'er abuse my liberty, 
 Or sin ajorainst thy love : 
 
 Tliis choicest fruit of faith bestow 
 On a poor sojourner ; 
 
 And let me pass my days below 
 In humbleness and fear, 
 
 3 Still may I walk as in thy sight; 
 My strict observer see ; 
 
 And thou, by rev'rent love, unito 
 3Iy child-like heart to thee: 
 
 Still let mc, till n>v tlays arc past, 
 At Jesus^ feet ahide : 
 
 So shall he lift me up at la.«<t, 
 And seat me by his side. 
 
 837 1st P. M. r, //rtA» ,«B. 
 
 Pilgrimt and $trongfr$; homcicard hatmd, 
 EADER of faithful souls, and guide 
 
 L' 
 
 Of all that travel to the sky, 
 Come, and with us, e'en us, abide, 
 
 Who would on thee alone rely; 
 On thee alone our spirits stay, 
 While held in life's uiicveu way. 
 
 2 Strangers and pilgrims here below. 
 This earth, we know, is not our place 
 
 But hasten through the vale of wo, 
 And, restless to behold thy face, 
 Swift to our heavenly country move, 
 Our everlastmg lionie above- 
 
 3 We've no abiding city here, 
 But sock a city out of sight; 
 
 Thither our steady course we steer, 
 Aspiring to the'plains of light, — 
 Jerusalem, the saints' abode, 
 W^hose founder is the living God.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 497 
 
 4 Patient the' appointed race to run, 
 This weary world we cast behind ; 
 
 From strength to strenj/th we travel on, 
 
 The New Jerusalem to find : 
 Our labour tliis, our only aim, 
 
 To find the New Jerusalem. 
 
 5 Through thee, wlio all our sins Imst borne, 
 Freely and graciously forgiven, 
 
 With 8on^s to Zion we return, 
 
 ( ■ontcnding for our native heaven ; 
 That palace of our glorious King, — 
 We liwd it nearer while we sing. 
 
 6 Euised by the breath of love divine, 
 
 We urge our way with strength reuew'd ; 
 The church of the first-born to join, 
 
 We travel to the mount of God: 
 With joy upon our heads arise, 
 And meet our ^saviour in tlie skie3. 
 
 838 r,th P. M. 4 /tne* 7s, 
 
 77ie pilgrim's song, 
 
 CHILDREN of the heavenly King, 
 As we journey let us sing; 
 Sing our Saviour's worthy j»raisc, 
 Gloriovis iu his works and ways. 
 
 2 We are trav'ling home to God, 
 In the v,'Siy our fathers trod; 
 They are happy now, and wc 
 Soon tlicir happiness shall see. 
 
 3 O ye banish'd seed, be glad; 
 Christ our Advocate is made : 
 Us to save our flesh assumes, — 
 Brother to our souls becomes. 
 
 4 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
 On the borders of our land ; 
 Jesus Christj our Father's Son, 
 jBids us undismayed go on, 
 
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 498 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 5 Lord ! obediently we'll go, 
 Gladly leaving all below : 
 Only thou our leader be, 
 And we still will follow thee. 
 
 839 c. ^L 
 
 God's pavilion. 
 
 GEANT me within thy courts a place, 
 Among thv paints a' seat, 
 Forever to befiold thy face, 
 
 And worship at thy feet : — 
 2 In thy pavilion to aV)ide, 
 
 "When storms of trouble blow, 
 And in thv tabernacle hide, 
 
 Secure trom every foe. 
 C Seek ye my face ; — without delay, 
 
 Wlien thus 1 hear thee speak, 
 Mv heart would leap for joy, and say, — 
 
 ^riiy face, Lord, will I seek. 
 4 Then leave me not when griefs assail, 
 
 And earthly comforts tiee ; 
 "When father, motlier, kindred fail, 
 
 My God \ remember mc. 
 
 840 L. M. 
 
 Tour life is hid tcitk Christ in God, 
 
 YE faithful souls, who Jesus know, 
 If risen indeed with him yc are, 
 Superior to the joys below, 
 Ilis resurrection's power declare. 
 
 2 Your faith by holy tempers prove: 
 Bv actions show your sms forgiven : 
 
 Ani.1 seek the glorious things above, 
 And follow Christ your head to heaven. 
 
 3 There your exalted Saviour see, 
 Seated'at God's right hand again, 
 
 In all his Father's majesty, 
 In everlasting pomp to reign.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 499 
 
 4 To liim continually aspire, 
 Contending for your native place ; 
 
 And emulate the angel choir, 
 And only live to Tove 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 coneeaFd, 
 Deep in the Father's bosom lies ; 
 
 And ghjrious as your Head reveaPd, 
 Ye soon shall meet him in the skies. 
 
 841 s.M. 
 
 Now we see through a glas% cUirkly. 
 
 THY way is in the sea; 
 Thy j)aths we cannot trace ; 
 Nor solve, O Lord, the mystery 
 Of thy unbounded grace. 
 
 2 Here the dark veils of sense 
 Our captive souls surrouiid ; 
 
 ^Mysterious deeps of providence 
 Our wond'ring tlioughts confound. 
 
 3 As through a glass we see 
 The wonders of thy love ; 
 
 How little do we know of thee, 
 Or of the joys above. 
 
 4 In part we know thy will, 
 And bless thee for the sight : 
 
 Soon will thy love the rest reveal 
 In glory's clearer light. 
 
 5 "With joy shajl we survey 
 Thy providence and grace ; 
 
 And spend an everlasting day 
 In wonder, love, and praise.
 
 500 DUTIES AXD TRIALS. 
 
 842 CM. 
 
 Walk in the light. 
 
 WALK in tlie liffht ! so slialt thou know 
 Tlmt fellowship of love, 
 His Spirit only can bestow 
 Who reigns in light above, 
 
 2 Walk in the light ! and tho; shalt find 
 Thy heart made truly I lis 
 
 Who dwells in cloudless light enshrined, 
 In whom no darkness is. 
 
 3 Walk in the light I and thou shalt own 
 Thy darkness i)ass*d away, 
 
 Because that Liglit hath on" thee shone 
 In wliich is j>erfeot day. 
 
 4 Walk in the light 1 and e'en the tomb 
 No fearful shade shall wear; 
 
 Glory shall chase away its gloom. 
 For Christ hath continer'd there. 
 
 6 Walk in the lis.'ht '. thy path shall be 
 Peaceful, serene, and bright ; 
 
 For God, by grace, slmll dwell in thee, 
 And God himself is light, 
 
 843 L. M. 
 
 HAPPY the meek, whose gentle breast, 
 (Ucar as the summer's evening ray, 
 Calm as the regions of the blest. 
 Enjoys on earth celestial day. 
 2 His heart no \)roken friendshins sting, 
 
 No jars his peaceful tent invaue ; 
 lie rests beneath the' Almighty's -wing, 
 Hostile to none — of none afraid. 
 
 5 Spirit of grace ! all meek and mild. 
 Inspire our hearts, — our souls possess ; 
 
 Eepel each passion rude and wild. 
 And bless us, as we aim to bless.
 
 H' 
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 501 
 
 844 S. M. 
 
 Chariti/, or love. 
 "AD I the ^ift of tongues, 
 Great God, without thv grace, 
 Mv loudest words, my loftiest songs, 
 \Vould be but sounding brass. 
 
 2 Though thou shouldst g-ive me skill 
 Each myst'ry to explain; 
 
 Without a lieart to do thy will, 
 My knowledge would be vain. 
 
 3 Had I such faith in God, 
 As mountains to remove, 
 
 No faith could work etfectual good. 
 That did not work by love, 
 
 4 Grant, then, this one request, — 
 Whatever be denied, — 
 
 That love divine may rule my breast, 
 And all my actions guide. 
 
 845 c. M. 
 
 Graiitiid^ 
 
 WHEN all thy mercies, my God, 
 My rising soul surveys. 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 2 how can words with equal warmth 
 
 The gratitude declare, 
 That glows within my ra^^sh'd heart? — 
 
 But thou canst read it there. 
 8 To all my weak complaints and cries, 
 
 Thy mercy lent an ear. 
 Ere yet my 'feeble thoughts had learn'd 
 
 To form themselves in prayer. 
 4 W^hen in the slipp'ry paths of youth, 
 
 With heedless steps", 1 ran; 
 Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe, 
 
 And led me up to man.
 
 502 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 5 Through hidden dangers, toils, and deaths, 
 It gently cleared my way ; 
 
 And through the pleasing snares of vice, 
 More to be fear'd than they. 
 
 6 Through every period of my life 
 Thy goodness I 11 nursuc ; 
 
 And after death, in distant worlds, 
 The pleading theme renew. 
 
 7 Through all eternity to theo 
 A grateful song I'll raise; 
 
 But 1 eternity's too short 
 To utter all thy praLic. 
 
 846 4th P. M. 8<^6, 886. 
 
 Gratitude evinced by living to God's gU>ry. 
 
 BE it mv only wisdom here, 
 To serve the Lord with filial fear, 
 
 With loving gratitude : 
 Sui>crior son^c may I display, 
 By shunning every evil wav, 
 
 And walking in* the good. 
 2 O 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 fiiid my way to heaven. 
 
 847 L. M. 
 
 Security and oa/rty. 
 
 GOD is our refuge and defence ; 
 In trouble our unfailing aid:. 
 Secure in liis omnipotence, 
 
 What foe can make our pouIs afraid ? 
 2 Yea, though the earth's foundations rock, 
 And mountains do\^^l the gulf be hurl'd, 
 His people smile amid the sliock : 
 They look beyond this transient world.
 
 GEOWTn IN GEACE. 503 
 
 3 There is a river pure and bright, 
 
 Wliose streams make glad tlie lieavenly pluiiis : 
 Wliere iu eteruity of light 
 The city of our God remains. 
 
 4 Built by the word of his command, 
 With his unclouded presence blest, 
 
 Firm as liia tlirone the Dulwarks stand ; 
 There is our home, our hope, our rest. 
 
 848 1st r. ^[. 6 ?t'/i^< 8s. 
 
 The good Sftepkerd. 
 
 THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, 
 And feed me with a shepherd's care ; 
 His presence shall my wants supply. 
 And guard me with a watcliful eye: 
 My ni>un-day walks lie shall attend, 
 Aiid all my midnight hours defend. 
 
 2 When in tlie sultry glebe I faint, 
 « >r on the thirsty mountain pant. 
 To fertile vales and dewy meads. 
 My weary, wand'ring steps lie leads. 
 Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, 
 Amid tlic verdant landscape flow. 
 
 3 Though iu a bare and rugged way, 
 Through devious, lonely wilds I stray, 
 Thy bounty shall my pains beguile, 
 Tlic barren wilderness shall smile, 
 
 With sudden greens and herbage orowa'd, 
 And streams shall murmur all around. 
 
 4 Though in the paths of death I tread, 
 With gloomy horrors overspread. 
 
 My steadfast heart shall feur no ill. 
 For thou, Lord, art witli me still : 
 Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, 
 Vn'd guide me through the dreadful shade.
 
 504: DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 849 • 2Tth p. M. 4 ///iM lis. 
 
 Rfjnicing in the care of the good Siiephn-d, 
 \V\\IV. Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I 
 i know ; 
 
 I fffd in preen pastures, .«<afe-f<>lded I rest; 
 II.- Uadcth my soul wiiere tl»e still waters flow. 
 Restores me when wandering, redeems when 
 oppress'd. 
 2 Through the valley and shadow of death though 
 I stray, 
 Since thoil art my guardian, no evil I fear ; 
 Thv rod shall defcn*! me, thy stalf be my stay ; 
 1^0 harm ean befall, with my Comforter near. 
 8 In the midst ot' nffliction my table in spread ; 
 Withbler<singsunmea.Hured my cup runneth o'or; 
 With oil and iK:Tfume tliou anointest my head; 
 () what shall I ask of thy providence more? 
 4 Let gooilness and mcrcv, my botintiftil God, 
 Still follow my stops till I njoet thee above; 
 I seek — by the path which my forefathers trod. 
 Tiirougli the land of their sojourn — thy khig- 
 dom of love. 
 
 850 c. M. 
 
 Are they not aU minUtering spirit* T 
 
 ¥IIiriI of the monarchs of the earth 
 (•an boast a guard like ours, — 
 Encircled from our second birth 
 \Vith all the heavenly powers ? 
 
 2 Myriads of bright, cherubic bands, 
 Sent by the King of kings, 
 
 Kojoice to bear us m their hands, 
 And shatlf us with their wings, 
 
 3 Angels, where'er we go, attend 
 Our steps, whate'cr betide ; 
 
 With watchful care their charge defend, 
 And evil turn aside.
 
 GROWTH IN GRACE. 505 
 
 4 Our lives those holy angels keep 
 From every hostile power; 
 
 And, unconccrn'd, wo sweetly sleep. 
 As Adam in his bower. 
 
 5 And when our spirits wo resign, 
 On out.stretch'd wings they bear, 
 
 And lodge us iu the arms divine, 
 And leave as ever there. 
 
 851 24th P. M. G6, G6, 86, 86. 
 
 T%e ffuardianthip o/anffels. 
 
 YE simple souls, that stray 
 Far from the patli of peace. 
 That imfrequeiitcil way 
 
 To life anil happiness: 
 IIow long will yc your folly lore, 
 
 And throng the downiward rood. 
 And imtc tlie wisdom from above, 
 And mock the sons of God i 
 
 2 &o wrctelied and obscure, 
 Tiie n>en whom ye despise, 
 
 Bo foolish, weak, and poor, — 
 
 Above your scorn we rise : 
 Our conscience in the Holy Ghost, 
 
 Can witness better thinirs; 
 For He whose blcxtd is all our boa&t. 
 
 Hath made lis priests and kings. 
 
 3 Riches unsearchable 
 
 In JcsMs' love we know; 
 And pleasures from the well 
 
 Of life, our souls o'erflow: 
 From him the Spirit we receive 
 
 Of wisdom, grace, and power; 
 And always sorrowful we live, 
 
 Rejoicing evermore.
 
 o06 DUTIES AND TRIALS. 
 
 4 Anffels our servants are, 
 
 Ana keep in all our wavs, 
 And in their hau<ls they tear 
 
 The sacred son.s of grace : 
 Our guardians to that'lieavenly bliaa, 
 
 Tliev all our steps attend ; 
 And God himself our Father is, 
 
 And Jesus ia our fricud. 
 
 852 1st P. M. 6 Zin^r* 8s. 
 
 Thefliuil eonqu^tt farplainA all txysOrtM. 
 
 THOU, Ix)rd, on wlimn I still dei>end^ 
 Sliult kcej) nie fiiithful to the end : 
 
 1 trust thy trutlu and love, aJiU power, 
 Shall save n»e till my latest hour; 
 
 \nd when 1 lay tliis body dowii^ 
 lie ward with aii iiuiuortal crown. 
 
 2 Jcsns, in thy great name I go, 
 To conquer death, my final foe ; 
 And when I quit thia cumbrous clay, 
 And soar on angels' wings away, 
 
 My soul the second death defies, 
 And reigns eternal iu the skies. 
 
 Z Eye hath not scon, nor onr hath heard, 
 What Ciirist has f<>r liis saints pref»ared^ 
 AVho oomjncr through their Saviour's might, 
 Who sink into perfection's hciirht. 
 And trample death beneath tlieir feet, 
 And gladly die their Lord to meet. 
 
 4 Dost thou desire to know or see 
 What thv mvstcrions name shall be? 
 <onti'ndfng for thy heavenly home, 
 Thv latest foe in <lcath oV-rcome ; — 
 Till then thou searchest otit in vain, 
 What only conquest can explain.
 
 HUMILIATION. 
 
 UNFAITHFULNESS MOURNED. 
 
 853 C. M. 
 
 Lamenting tpiritual sloth. 
 
 MY drowsy powers, wliy sleep ye so ? 
 Awake, inv Rlujjgish soul: 
 Nothing hath fiulf tliy work to do, 
 Yet nothiu^''s half so dull. 
 
 2 Go to the ants ! for one poor grain 
 See how they toil and strive ; 
 
 Yet we who have a heaven to' obtain, 
 IIow ucj^lij^ent we live ! — 
 
 3 We, for whose wike all nature stands, 
 And stars their courses move ; 
 
 "We, for wliose >juard the angel bands 
 ( 'ouic flying from above : — 
 
 4 We, for whom (iod the Son came do^nj. 
 And lalwur'd for our good ; 
 
 IIow careless to secure tliat crown 
 He purchased with bis blood ! 
 
 5 Lord, shall we live so sluggish still, 
 Autl never act our jmrts i 
 
 Come, holy iXjve, from the' heavenly bill, 
 
 And warm our frozen hearts ! 
 Give us with active warmth to move. 
 
 With vig'rous souls to rise ; 
 With hands of faith, and wings of love. 
 
 To fly and take the prize. * 
 
 854 L. M. 
 Zeal implored. 
 
 OTHOU, who all tilings canst control. 
 Chase this dread slumber from my soul; 
 With joy ami fear, with love and awe, 
 Give me to keep thy perfect law.
 
 508 HUMILIATION. 
 
 2 mav one beam of thv blest light 
 Pierce t1irou(irh, <lispel, the sliade of nipht: 
 Tench my cold broiist with lieuvenly fire; 
 With holy, conqu'riiij^ zeal inspire, 
 r. For zeal I wigh, for zeal I i)ant ; 
 Yet heavy is my soul, and faint : 
 ^\■ith ftteps unwavVinj.', undisniavM, 
 Oive me in all thy paths to tread. 
 
 4 With ontstretch'd hands, and streaming cyca, 
 Otl I K-jrin U) LTnisp tlic prize: 
 
 I trman, 1 strive, 1 \vut>.ii, I pray ; 
 But ah I my zeal soon dies away. 
 
 5 The deadly slumWr then I feel 
 Afresh upon my spirit stval : 
 
 Kise, I^nl, Btir'uj* thy <iuiik'nin>f power, 
 And wake me that 1 sleep uo more. 
 
 855 5th r. M.4/ir»«75. 
 
 Instahility. 
 
 JESrS, shall I never be 
 Firmly jrrounded upon thee? 
 Never by thy work abide ? 
 Never in' thy wounds reside ? 
 
 2 how wav'rinfj is my mind, 
 Toss'd almut with everj' wind ; 
 O how quickly doth mv heart 
 From the liviljg God depart. 
 
 ?> Jesus, let lay nature feel 
 Thou art Go«.l 'uncluiiii:oahlc : 
 Jau, Jemovah, jrreat I AM, 
 Speak into my soul thy Name. 
 
 4 Grant that every moment I 
 feel 
 
 May V>clieve and feel thee uigh ; 
 Steadfastlv behold thy .face, 
 'Stablidh d with abiding grace.
 
 UNFAITHFULNESS MOURNED. 509 
 
 856 L. M. 
 Inconstancy lamented. 
 
 WHEN, O my Saviour, shall it be, 
 Tliat I no more shall breiik with thcc ? 
 Wlien will this war of passion rcasc, 
 And I enjoy a lasting peace \ 
 
 2 Now I repent ; now sin again : 
 Now I revive; an<l now am slain: 
 Slain with the same malignant dart, 
 Which, O! too oticn vvoujkU thy heart, 
 
 3 Wlien, gracious Lord, wlien shall it be. 
 That 1 shall tiiid my all in thee,— 
 
 The t'iiliiL*ss of thy promise prove, 
 And feast on thine eternal love ? 
 
 857 C. M. 
 
 Tlie tanity of m^j'e formality. 
 
 LONG have I secinM to serve thee. Lord, 
 With nnavailint; pain; 
 i'astod, and pray'iC and read thy word, 
 And heard it preach'd in vain. 
 
 2 Oft did I with the' assembly join, 
 And near thy altar drew: 
 
 A form of go<lliness was mine,— 
 The power, 1 never know. 
 
 3 I rested in the otitward law^, 
 Nor knew its deep dcsiirn : 
 
 The Icnjrth and breadth, I never 8a\r, 
 And lieight, of lovo divine, 
 
 4 To please thee, tlins at length I see. 
 Vainly 1 hoix'd and strove ; 
 
 For what arc outward things to thee, 
 Unless they spring from love ? 
 
 5 I see the pcrfeet law requires 
 Truth in the inward parts ; 
 
 Our full consent, our whole desires, 
 Our undivided hearts.
 
 510 HUMILIATION. 
 
 6 But I of means liave made my boast ; 
 Of means an idol made : 
 
 The spirit in tiic letter lost, — 
 The substance, in the shade. 
 
 7 Whore am I now, or what my hope i 
 "What can my weakness do ? 
 
 Jesus, to thee my soul looks up : 
 'Tis thou muat make it new. 
 
 858 L. M. 
 
 No peace "but in thsfarmir cf Ood. 
 
 OWHEKK is now that lerlowini? love 
 That mnrk'd our union witli the Lord * 
 Our hearts were fix'd on tliin<rs above, 
 
 Nor could the world a joy atford. 
 2 "Where is the zeal that IchI us then 
 
 To make our Saviour's fxlory known? 
 Tliat freed us from the fear of men, 
 
 And kept our eye on him alone i 
 S Whcro are the liapnv seasons, sncnt 
 
 In fellowship with nim we loved ? 
 The sacred joy, the sweet content. 
 
 The blci<s"edness that then wc proved ? 
 4 Beliold, Ofrain wc turn to theej 
 
 O, cast US not away, thoufjh vilo: 
 No ]>eace we have, no joy wo see, 
 
 O Lord our God, but in thy smile. 
 
 8;") 9 L.M. 
 
 77*^ spirit ofthfi anH/'Tit irct'thi/'S. 
 
 OFOIt that flame of livincr tiro, 
 Which shone so bri^'ht in samts of old 
 Which bade their sonls to heaven aspire, - 
 
 Culm in distress, in danger bold. 
 2 Where is that Spirit, Lord, which dwelt 
 
 In Abniirm's breast, anil seal'd him thine ? 
 "Which made PauPs heart with sorrow melt. 
 And glow witli energy divine i —
 
 UNFAITHFULNESS MOURNED. 511 
 
 3 That Spirit, wliich from age to ago 
 Procltiim'd tliy love, and taught thy ways ? 
 
 BrightenVl Isaiah's vivid pxcro, 
 
 Aud breathed in David s hallowM lays ? 
 
 4 Is not thy crraee as mighty now 
 As when Elijali felt its power; 
 
 When glory beam'd tVom Mosos' brow, 
 Or Job endured the trying hour i 
 
 5 Romeinber, Lord, the ancient days ; 
 Konew tliy work; thy grace restore; 
 
 And while to thee our hearts wo raise, 
 On us thy Holy Spirit pour. 
 
 860 iBt P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 Broken vmcs lamented. 
 
 OGOD! how often hath thine ear 
 To nic in willing mercy b<:>w'd ; 
 AVhile, worshipi)ing thine* altar near, 
 
 Lowly I woj't, and strongly vow'd: 
 But ah'l the teebleness of man ! 
 Have I not vow'd and wept in vain? 
 2 Return, Lord of Hosts, return ! 
 
 Behold thy servant in distress ; 
 My faithlessness again I mourn; 
 
 Again forgive my faithlessness ; 
 Andr to thine arms of mercy take, 
 Aud bless me for the Saviour's sake. 
 
 861 s. M. 
 
 The itaming voice of Jesus. 
 
 GRACIOUS Redeemer, shako 
 This slumber from my soitl ! 
 Say to me now, — Awake, awake ! 
 
 And Christ shall make thee whole* 
 2 Lay to thy mighty hand; 
 
 Alarm me in this'hour; 
 And make me fully understand 
 The thunder of thy power.
 
 512 HUMILIATION. 
 
 3 Give me on thcc to call, — 
 Ahvavs to wutch an«l pray, 
 
 Lest J into tomptatiun fall, 
 And oast my shield away. 
 
 4 For each as!*ault prepared, 
 And ready may I be ; 
 
 Forever Htanding on my ^uard. 
 And l<M>kin>; up to thee. 
 
 5 do thoii ahvay? warn 
 My soul of evil near; 
 
 When to the ri^fht or left I turn, 
 Tliy vojee still let me hear: — 
 
 C Come back I this is the way; 
 Come bat-k. and walk therein; 
 
 O may I iK-arkcii an<l obey. 
 And »huu the patti.s o( sin. 
 
 8G2 l«*t r. M. T) lUict 6«. 
 
 PUadingJhr reniorinif graoe. 
 
 O'TIS enouirh, my (lod, my God ! 
 Here let nie prive my wanil'rings o'er; 
 No loncer tnimj'le on thy bUxKl, 
 
 And ^•rieve thy (rentleness no more; 
 No more thy lin<rViii); anjfor move, 
 Or sin atralnst thy li.i,'lit ami love. 
 
 2 O Tx>Td, if mercy Is with thee, 
 Now let it unto me be shown; 
 
 To me, the cjiicf of sliuu-ns me, 
 
 Who lunnblv fir thy mercy ^roan: 
 Mc to thy Fatln.T*s trraee restore. 
 Nor let jiie ever j;rie\ u thcc more. 
 
 3 Fountain of unexhausted love, — 
 Of infinite conipiL<».-*ion,— hear: 
 
 My Saviour, and my Triji-'c above. 
 Once more in my Ixjhalf npj>ear: 
 Kenentanee, faith, "and pardon give: 
 O Jet me turn again and live!
 
 UNFAITHFULNESS MOURNED. 51^ 
 
 8G3 C. M. 
 
 Faint, yet pursuing. 
 
 AS pants tlic hart for cooling streains, 
 Wlien licatc'd in tlic chase, 
 So loufTfj my soul, O God, for thee, 
 
 And tiiy refreshing grace. 
 2 For thee, my (iod — the living (iod, 
 
 My thirsty soul doth pine; 
 O, when shall I behold thy face. 
 
 Thou Majesty divine! 
 Z I siffh to think of happier days. 
 
 When thou, O Lord, wast nigh ; 
 When every heart was tuned to prni^o, 
 
 And none more blest than L- 
 
 4 Why restless, why cast down, my sou! 
 Hope still, and thou shalt sing 
 
 The praise of him who is tliy God, 
 Thy Saviour, and thy King. 
 
 8r>4 c. M. 
 
 J shall he 8ati'<fied tclun TaiaTke in Thy liken^its 
 
 JESUS, the all-restoring Word, 
 My fallen spirit's hope, 
 After thy lovely likeness. Lord, 
 
 Ah 1 when sliall 1 wake up ? 
 2 Thou, O mv God, thou onlv art 
 The Life, the Truth, the ^V'ay ; 
 Quicken my soul, instruct my heart. 
 My sinking footsteps stay. 
 
 5 Of all thou hast in earth below, 
 In heaven above, to give. 
 
 Give mo thy only love to know, — 
 
 In thee to walk and live. 
 4 Fill me with all the life of love ; 
 
 In mystic iinion join 
 Me to thvself, and let me prove 
 
 Tlic tollowship divine.
 
 514 HUMILIATION. 
 
 5 Open the intercourse between 
 
 My lon^inff soul and thee, 
 Never to be broke off again 
 
 To all eternity. 
 
 .'865 s.M. 
 
 Hestora my peace. 
 
 AND wilt thou yet be found, 
 And may 1 still draw near ■ 
 Then listen to the plaintive sound 
 Of a poor dinner's prayer. 
 
 2 .Tcsus, thine aid afford, 
 
 If still the same thou art : 
 To thee I look, to thee, my Lord, 
 I lift my lielpless heart. 
 
 3 Thou secat my troubled breast, 
 The strupglingB of my will, 
 
 The foes that interrupt my rest, 
 The agonies I feel. 
 
 4 O my offended Lord, 
 Restore my inward peace ; 
 
 1 know thoii canst ; pronounce the word, 
 And bid the tempest cease. 
 
 5 I lonpr to f»oe thy face ; 
 Thv Spirit I implore,— 
 
 The iiviut: water of thy grace, 
 TliHt J nmy thirst no more. 
 
 ■8G6 L. M. 
 
 DntiQfr ofjtnal apoHntty. 
 
 AH ! Lord, with trembliiiff I confess, 
 A >jraoiou« soul may fall from grat.^' ; 
 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.
 
 BACKSLIDINGS LAMENTED. 515 
 
 BACKSLIDINGS LAMENTED. 
 
 867 L.M. 
 
 Lukewa rmness. 
 
 GOD of unspotted purity, 
 Us, and our worlcs, canst thou behold ? 
 Justly are they abhorrM by thee. 
 
 Whose works are neither hot nor cold. 
 
 2 Better that we had never known 
 
 The way to heaven, through saving gni''o, 
 Than basely in onr lives diso\vTi, 
 
 And slight and mock thee to thy face. 
 
 3 O let us onr own works forsake ; 
 Ourselves and all we have deny : 
 
 Thv condescending counsel take ; 
 And conio to thee, pure gold to buy. 
 
 4 may wo through thy grace attain 
 The faith thou nover wilt reprove : — 
 
 The faith that purges every stain, — 
 The faith that always works by love. 
 
 868 L. M. 
 
 Jlumhle confession, 
 
 SAVIOUR, I now with shame confess 
 My thirst for creature happiness ; 
 Hy base desires I wrongVl thy love, 
 And forced thy mercy to remove. 
 
 2 Yet, the riches of thy grace ! 
 Thou, who hast seen my evil ways, 
 Wilt freely my backslidings heal, 
 And pardon on my conscience seal. 
 
 3 Yea, for thy truth and mercy's sake, 
 My comfort tliou wilt give me back; 
 And lead me on from grace to grace, 
 In all the paths of righteousness :
 
 16 HUMILIATION. 
 
 4 Till throntrhly saved my new-born soul, 
 And perfectly by faith made whole, 
 Shall bright in thy full imaue rise, 
 
 To share thy glory iu the skies. 
 
 869 CM. 
 
 Lamenting ihs abs^mce ofthf Spirit. 
 
 OFOR a closer walk with God, — 
 A calm and heavenly frame ; 
 A lieht to shine upon tlic road 
 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 2 Wlierc U the bleRsedness I knew, 
 
 When first I saw the l^rd ? 
 Where is the soid -refreshing view 
 Of Jesus and his word ? 
 
 5 What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd! 
 How sweet their mem'rv still! 
 
 But they have loft an aching void 
 
 The world can never fill. 
 4 Return, O holy Dove, return, 
 
 Sweet messenger of rest : 
 I liate the sins that made thee monm, 
 
 And drove thee from my breast. 
 f> The dearest idol I liave known, 
 
 Wliate'cr that idol be. 
 Help me to tear it from thy throne, 
 
 And worship only thee.' 
 
 6 So shall my walk be close with God, 
 C'alm and serene my frame ; 
 
 So purer liirht shall n'lark the road 
 Tliat Icmis me to the Lamb. 
 
 870 c. M. 
 
 Afoumtng d^pari^d joyn. 
 
 SWEET was the time when first I felt 
 The Saviour's j^ard'ning blood 
 Applied to cleanse my soul from gmWy 
 And bring me home to God.
 
 BACKSLIDINGS LAMENTED. 517 
 
 2 Soon as the morn the light reveal'd, 
 His praises tuned my tongue ; 
 
 And wiien the evening shades prcvail'd, 
 His love was all my song. 
 
 3 In prayer my soul drew near the Lord, 
 And saw his glory shine ; 
 
 And when I read his holy word, 
 I eall'd each promise mine. 
 
 4 But now, when evening shade prevails, 
 My soul in darkness mourns ; 
 
 And wiiun the morn the light reveals. 
 No light to me returns. 
 
 5 Kise, Lord, and help me to prevail ; 
 O make my soul th}' care ; 
 
 1 know thy mercy cannot fiul ; — 
 Let me that mercy share. 
 
 871 1st P. M. 6 lines 6a. 
 
 Ileal my tacksUdings. 
 
 JESUS, t\ill of truth and grace,— 
 More full of grace tiian I of sin, — 
 Yet once again I seek thy face; 
 
 Open thine arms and take me in ! 
 Ana freely my backslidings heal, 
 And love the faithless sinner still. 
 
 2 Thou know'st the way to bring me back, — 
 My fallen spirit to restore; 
 
 O! lor thy truth and mercy's sake, 
 
 Forgive, and bid me sin no more: 
 The ruins of mv soul repair, 
 And make my "heart a house of prayer. 
 
 3 Ah, give me. Lord, the tender heart, 
 That trembles at the' approach of sin; 
 
 A godjy fear of sin impart ; 
 
 Iinplaut and root it deep within. 
 That 1 may dread thy gracious power, 
 And never dare to' otiend thee more.
 
 518 HUMILIATION. 
 
 872 S.M. 
 
 liestore my peace. 
 
 JESUS ! full of grace, 
 To thee I mftke my moan : 
 Let me again behold tliv face- 
 Call hoine thy banished one. 
 
 2 Again my pardon seal, 
 Again my soul restore, 
 
 And freelv my backslidings heal, 
 And bill nic sin no more. 
 
 3 Wilt thou not bid me rise ? 
 Speak, and my soul shall live ; 
 
 Forgive,— mv gasping spirit cries, — 
 Abundantly forgive. 
 
 4 Thine utmost mercy show ; 
 Say to my drooping soul, — 
 
 In peace and full assurance go ; 
 Thy faith hath made thee whole. 
 
 873 CM. 
 
 Loss ofjlrst love. 
 
 OTIIAT I were as heretofore, 
 When, warm in my first love, 
 
 1 only lived my God to' adore, 
 And seek the tilings above. 
 
 2 Upon my liead his candle shone. 
 And, lavish of his grace. 
 
 With cords of love he drew me on. 
 And half uuvoil'd his face. 
 
 Far, far above all earthly things 
 Triumphantly I rode ; 
 
 1 soar'd to heaven on eagles' wings, 
 And found, and talk'd with God. 
 
 4 Where am I now ? from what a height 
 
 Of happiness cast down ! 
 The glory sjwallow'd up in night, 
 
 And faded is the crown.
 
 BACKSLIDINGS LAMENTED. 519 
 
 5 O God, thou art my home, my rest, 
 
 For which I pigh in pain ; 
 How shall I 'scape into thy breast? 
 
 My Eden how regain? 
 
 874 S. M. 
 
 God'' 8 absence deprecated. 
 
 OTIIOU, whose mercy hears 
 Contrition's humble sigh ; 
 Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the toar-i 
 From sorrow's weeping eye ; — 
 
 2 See, at thy throne of grace, 
 A wretched waud'rer mourn : 
 
 Hast thou not bid me seek thy face ? 
 Ilast thou not said, — Return ? 
 
 3 Shall guilty fears prevail 
 To drive me from thy feet? 
 
 O let not this last refuge fail, — 
 This only safe retreat. 
 
 4 Al)9ent from thee, my Light, 
 Without one cheering ray, — 
 
 Through dangers, fears, and gloomy niglif, 
 How desolate my way I 
 
 5 On this benighted heart, 
 With beams of mercy shine ; 
 
 And let thy voice again impart 
 A taste of joy divmc. 
 
 875 12th P. M. 76, 7G, 78, 76. 
 
 The d^ceitfulnees of sin. 
 
 JESUS, friend of sinners, hear 
 Yet once again, I pray ; 
 From mv debt of sin set' clear, 
 
 For I have naught to pay : 
 Speak, O speak the kind release ; 
 
 A poor backsliding soul restore ; 
 Lovo mo freely, seal my peace, 
 And bid me' sin no more.
 
 520 HUMILIATION. 
 
 2 For mv selfishness tind pride 
 Thou hast withdrawn thy grace ; 
 
 I>efl me long to wander wi'de, 
 
 An outcast from thy face; 
 But I now my sins confess, 
 
 And mercy, mercv, I implore ; 
 Love me freely, seal my peace, 
 
 And bid mc sin no more. 
 
 3 Sin's deoeitfulness hath spread 
 A hardness o'er my heart ; 
 
 liut if thou thv Spirit shed, 
 
 The stony shall depart : 
 Shed thy love, thv tenderness, 
 
 And let mc feef thy sf)rt'ning power; 
 Love me freely, seal my j>eacc. 
 
 And bid me sin no more. 
 
 S 7 G Cd p. M. 4 r.3 & 2 Ss. 
 
 S^^i-ing restoration. 
 
 WUT.RE is the Saviour now. 
 Whose smiles I oucc pos&ess'd ? 
 Till he return, I bow, 
 
 By heavv grief oppress'd : 
 My days of hai)piness arc gone. 
 And I am left to weep alone. 
 
 2 Where can the mourner go, 
 And tell his tale of trrief? 
 
 Ah, who can soothe his wo, 
 .\h, who can give relief? 
 l-Iurth caiuiot heal tlie wounded breodt, 
 Or give the troubled conscience rest. 
 
 3 Jesus, thy smiles impart; 
 Mv gracious Ixjrd, return. 
 
 Bind un my broken heart, 
 And bid mc cease to mourn : 
 Tiien shall this night of sorrow flee, 
 And i)cace and heaven be found m thee.
 
 BACKSLIDINGS LAMENTED. 521 
 
 877 lOth p. M. 8 lines 88. 
 
 Forgiveness implored. 
 
 HOW shall a lost sinner in pain, 
 Kecovcr his forfeited peace i 
 When brou(T;ht into bonda-.'o again, 
 
 What hope of a second release? 
 Will mercy itself be so kind 
 
 To spare a backslider like me ? 
 And 0, can I possibly find 
 
 Such plenteous redemption in thee i 
 2 Jesus, of thee I inquire, 
 
 If still thou art able to save, — 
 The brand to pluck out of the fire, 
 
 And ransom my soul from the g>-nve ? 
 The help of thy Spirit restore ; 
 
 0, show mo the life-giving blood ; 
 And pardon a sinner once more, 
 
 And bring mc again uuto God. 
 
 878 c. M. 
 
 Vain repentances. 
 
 TIMES without number have I prayVl, — 
 This only once forgive; 
 Kelapsing when thy hand was stay'd, 
 
 And sutier'd mc to live : 
 2 Yet now the kingdom of thy peace, 
 
 Lord, to my heart restore ; 
 
 Forgive my vain repentances. 
 
 And bid me sin no more. 
 
 879 Ist P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 Resolution to return. 
 
 YES, from this instant, now, I will 
 To my offended Father cry ; 
 My base ingratitude I feel; 
 
 Vilest of all thy children, I ; 
 Not worthy to be callM thy son ; 
 Yet will I thee my Father own.
 
 522 HUMILIATION. 
 
 2 Guide of ray life hast thou not been. 
 And rescueci 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 ? 
 
 3 If thou hast call'd me to return,— 
 If weeping at thy feet I fall, — 
 
 The prodigal thou' wilt not ppum, 
 
 But i)ity and fortrivc mo all, 
 In answer to my Jriend above, — 
 In honour of hib bleeding love. 
 
 880 s- M. 
 
 TTu tMtnderer retumin(;. 
 
 HOW oft this wretched heart 
 Has wandcr'd from the Lord; 
 How oft my roving thoughtfl depart, 
 Forgetful of his word. 
 
 2 Yet mercy calls. — Return ; 
 Saviour, to thee I come : 
 
 My vile ingratitude 1 mourn: 
 O take the wand'rcr home 1 
 
 3 Thy love, bo free, so sweet, 
 Blest Saviour, 1 adore ; 
 
 O, keep me at thy sacred feet, 
 And let me rove no more. 
 
 881 s. M. 
 
 Restored by grac*, 
 
 JESUS, if thy free grace 
 Again hatli raised mo up. 
 And caird me still to seek thy face, 
 
 And give me back my hofK?, — 
 Tkv timely help atford, 
 
 Thy loving-kmdncss show ; 
 O keep me, Keep me, gracious Lord, 
 And Bever let me go.
 
 BACKSLIDINGS LAMENTED. 523 
 
 2 By me, my Saviour, stand, 
 In sore temptation's hour; 
 
 O save me witli thine out-stretch'd hand, 
 And show forth all thy power. 
 
 Be mindful of thy word; 
 Sufficient frrace bestow ; 
 
 keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 
 And never let me go. 
 
 3 Give me a lioly fear. 
 And fix it in my heart ; 
 
 That thus I may from evil near 
 
 With timely care depart; 
 Be every sin abhorr'd. 
 
 Till thou destroy the foe; 
 O keep me, keep me, gracioas Lord, 
 
 And never let me go. 
 
 882 s.M. 
 
 Rejoicing in ChrisCs restoring love. 
 
 SPEAK that word again; 
 It cheers my drooping heart: 
 How sweetly doth it soothe my pain, 
 And bid my fears deport. 
 
 2 And dost thou deign to own 
 A worm so vile as I? 
 
 And mav I still approach thy throne, 
 And Abba, Father, cry? 
 
 3 My Saviour, by his word. 
 Hath turn'd my night to day ; 
 
 And all those heavenly joys restored, 
 Which I had sinn'd away. 
 
 4 I wonder and adore: 
 The grace is all divine : 
 
 Lord, keep me, that I sin no more 
 Against such love as thine.
 
 524 HUMILIATION. 
 
 883 12th p. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 Tears of joy. 
 
 LORD, and is thine nntrer gone, — 
 And art thou pacitied i 
 After all that I have done. 
 
 Dost thou no loufjer chide ? 
 Let thy love my heart constrain, 
 
 And all my restless passions sway : 
 Keep me, lest I turn aijuiu 
 Out of the narrow way. 
 
 2 To the cross, tliinc altar, bind 
 Mo with the cords of love ; 
 
 Freedom never let me find 
 
 From thee, my Lord, to move : 
 
 Tlmt I never, never more 
 Muy with my much-loved Master part, 
 
 To the T)Osts of mercy's door, 
 nail my willing ncart! 
 
 3 See my utter liclplcssnesa, 
 And leave me not alone ; 
 
 O preserve in perfect peace. 
 
 And seal me for thine nwu : 
 More and more thyself reveal, 
 
 Thy presence let me always find ; 
 Comfort, and confirm, and heal 
 
 My feeble, siu-sick mind. 
 
 4 As the apple of tliine eye, 
 Thy weakest servant keep; 
 
 Help me at thy feet to lie. 
 
 And there forever weep : 
 Tears of joy mine eyes o'erflow. 
 
 That I have any hope of heaven ; 
 Much of love I ou^ht to know, 
 
 For I have much forgiven.
 
 REJOICING: 
 
 DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE. 
 
 884 S. M. 
 
 Tlie loving-Tcindness of the Lord. 
 
 BLESS the Lord, my soul ; 
 Ilis grace to thee proclaim ; 
 And all that is within me, join 
 To bless his holy Name. 
 
 2 The Lord forgives thy sins, — 
 Prolongs thy feeble breath ; 
 
 lie healeth thme infirmities, 
 And ransoms thee from death. 
 
 3 He clothes thee Vith his love, — 
 Unhokls thee with his truth ; 
 
 And like the eagle he renews 
 The vigour of thy youth. 
 
 4 Then bless his holy Name 
 
 Whose grace hath made thee whole ; 
 Whose loving-kindness crowns thy dayi 
 O bless the Lord, my soul. 
 
 885 c. M. 
 
 Grateful acknowledgment. 
 
 I LOVE the Lord : he heard my cries, 
 And pitied every groan : 
 Long as 1 live, when troubles rise, 
 
 ril hasten to his throne. 
 2 I love the Lord : he bow'd his ear. 
 
 And chased my grief away : 
 let my heart no more despair, 
 
 While I have breath to pray. 
 8 The Lord beheld me sore distressed; 
 
 He bade my pains remove : 
 Return, my soul, to God thy rest. 
 
 For thou hast known his love.
 
 526 REJOICING IN 
 
 886 25th p. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. 
 
 FearlfiS in ihtjire of tribulation. 
 
 HEAD of the Church triumphant, 
 We joyfully adore thee ; 
 Till thou appear, thy members hero 
 
 Shall sing like those in plory; 
 We lift our hearts and voices 
 
 With blest anticination ; 
 And cry aloud, and g-ive to God 
 The praise of our salvation. 
 
 2 Thou dost conduct thy pcoplo 
 Through torrents of temptation ; 
 
 Nor will we fear, while thou art liear, 
 
 The fire of tribulation : 
 The world, with sin a»d Satan, 
 
 In vain our march opposes ; 
 By thee wo shall break through them all, 
 
 And sing the song of Moses. 
 
 3 By faith wo see the glory 
 
 To wliioh thou shalt restore us; 
 The cross despise for that high prize 
 
 Which thou ha>*t set before us: 
 And if thou count us worthy, 
 
 We each, as dying Stephen, 
 Shall see thee stand, at God's right hand, 
 
 To take us up to heaven. 
 
 887 2r>th r. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. 
 
 Triumphing in delivering grace, 
 
 WORSHIP, and thanks, and blessing. 
 And stren^h a.<»cribe to Jesus ; — 
 Jesus alone defends his own. 
 
 When earth and hell oppress us. 
 Jesus with joy we witness. 
 
 Almighty to deliver; 
 Our seals set to, that God is true, 
 And reigns a King forever.
 
 DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE. 527 
 
 2 Omnipotent Redeemer, 
 
 Our ransom'd bouIs adore thee ; 
 Our Saviour thou, we find it now, 
 
 And give thee all the glory. 
 We sing thine arm unshorten'd, 
 
 Brought through our sore temptation : 
 With heart and voice in tlieo rejoice, 
 
 The God of our salvation. 
 
 3 The world's and Satan's malice, 
 Tliou, Jesus, hast confounded ; 
 
 And by thy grace, with songs of praise, 
 
 Our "happy souls resounded. 
 Accepting our deliverance, 
 
 We triumph in thy favour ; 
 And for che love which now we prove, 
 
 Shall praise t!iy name forever. 
 
 888 Ist P. M. 6 ZjVj 8s. 
 
 The ever-preaent Saviour. 
 
 JESUS, to thee our liearts we lift. 
 Our nearts with love to thee overflow, 
 Witli thanks for thy continued gift, 
 
 Tliat ?till tliy gracious Name we know; 
 Retain our sense of sin forgiven, 
 And wait for all our inward heaven. 
 
 '2. What mighty troubles hast thou shown 
 Thy feeble, tempted foll'wers here: 
 
 Wo have through fire and water gone ; 
 But saw thee on the floods appear, 
 
 And folt thee present in the flame. 
 
 And shouted our Deliv'rer's name. 
 
 3 Thou who hast kept us to this hour, 
 
 keep us faithful to the end ! 
 When, robed in majesty and power, 
 
 Our Jesus shall from heaven descend, 
 1 1 is friends and witnesses to own, 
 And seat us on his glorious throne.
 
 528 KEJOICING IN 
 
 889 L.M. 
 
 God, my glory and my «7ij>W. 
 
 THE tempter to my pouI liath paid, — 
 There is no help' in God for thee; 
 ]^ord, lit't thou np tliy servantV head ; 
 
 My glory, Hhieid, and solac* be. 
 2 Thus to the Ix)rd I raised mv cry; — 
 
 He heard nic from his holy fiill ;* 
 At his command tlie waves roll'd by ; 
 
 Ho bcckon'd, — and the winds were etilU 
 S I laid me down and slept.— I woke; 
 
 Thou, Ix)rd, my spirit didst stistain; 
 Brijrht from the cast the morning broke,-- 
 
 Thy comforts rose on me again. 
 4 I will not fear, tliou^li arm<kl throngs 
 
 Surround my steps m all their wratii ; 
 Salvation to the Ix)rd belongs; 
 
 His presence guards his jKjople's path. 
 
 800 L. M. 
 
 ITIa ^erlatiing arm» oflovf. 
 
 HOW do thy mercies close me round I 
 Forever be thy Name adored ; 
 
 1 blush in all things to abound; 
 Tile servant is above his Lord. 
 
 2 Inured to poverty and pain, 
 
 A sulf'rinir life my Master led; 
 The Son of God. the Son of man, 
 
 He had not where to lay his hca<l. 
 r. Hut lol a iilace he hath prepared 
 
 Kor me, whom watchful angels keep ; 
 Yea, he himself becomes my guard; 
 
 He smooths my bed, and'gives me Bleep. 
 4 Jesus prolecta ; mv fears, begone : 
 
 Wimt (.-an the Rook of Agi-s move? 
 Safe m thy anns 1 lay nic down, — 
 
 Tliine everlasting arms of love.
 
 DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE. 529 
 
 891 L. M. 
 
 Continued. — Confident eectiriiy. 
 
 WHILE thou art intimately nigh, 
 Who, who siiall violate my rest! 
 Sin, earth, and hell, I now defy: 
 I lean upon my Saviour's breast. 
 
 2 I rest beneath the' Alini^'lity's shade, 
 My griefs expire, my troubles eease ; 
 
 Thou, Lord, on whom my 8oul is utay'd, 
 Wilt keep me still in perfect peace. 
 
 3 Me for thine own thou lov'st to take, 
 In time and in eternity; 
 
 Tliou never, never wilt forsake 
 A helpless worm that trusts in thee. 
 
 892 s. M. 
 
 steadfast reliance upon Vie promises. 
 
 AWAY, my needless fears, 
 And doubts, no lontrer mine; 
 A ray of iicjivenly lit^ht appears, — 
 A mes«cnger divine. 
 
 2 Thrice comfortable hope, 
 
 That calms n)y troubled breast; 
 My Fatiier'rt hand prcjiarcs the cup, 
 And what he wills is best. 
 
 3 If what I wish is good. 
 And 8uita 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 ; 
 
 Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power, 
 Engage to umke me blest. 
 
 ai
 
 530 EEJOICING IX 
 
 893 CM. 
 
 Grateful praise for delivering mercy. 
 
 OTIIOU, who, when we did complain, 
 Didst all our griefs remove ; 
 Saviour, do not now disdain 
 Our humble praise and love. 
 
 2 Since thou a pitying ear didst give, 
 And hear us wlien we pray'd, 
 
 "We'll call upon tliee while wo live, 
 And never doubt thy aid. 
 
 3 Palo death, with all his ghastly train. 
 Our souls cncoiiij)ass'd round; 
 
 Aniruish, and fear, and dread, and pain, 
 On every side wo found. 
 
 4 To thee, Lord of life, wo pray'd, 
 And did for succour Hee : 
 
 O save, — in our distress wo said, — 
 The souls that trust in thee. 
 
 5 How good thou art ! how large thy grace 
 How ready to forgive 1 
 
 Thy mercies crown our fleeting days ; 
 And by thy love we live. 
 
 6 Our eyes no longer drown'd in tears, 
 Our feet from falling free; 
 
 RedeemM from death and guilty fears, 
 Lord, we'll live to thee. 
 
 894 s. M. 
 
 AU things in Christ. 
 
 THOU very-present aid 
 In sutf 'ring and distress: 
 The mind which still on theo is stay'd. 
 
 Is kept in perfect peace. 
 2 The soul bv faith reclined 
 On the Redeemer's breast, 
 'Mid raging storms, cxnlts to find 
 An everlasting rest.
 
 DELIVEEANCE FEOM TEOUBLE. 531 
 
 3 Sorrow and fear are gone, 
 "Whene'er thy face appears ; 
 
 It stills the signing orphan's moan, 
 And dries the widow's tears. 
 
 4 It hallows every cross ; 
 It sweetly comforts me ; 
 
 Makes me forget my every loss, 
 And find my all in thee. 
 
 5 Jesus, to whom I flj. 
 Doth all my wishes fill; 
 
 What though created streams are dry I 
 I have the fountain still. 
 
 6 Stripp'd of each earthly friend, 
 I find them all in one : 
 
 And peace and joy which never end, 
 And heaven, in Christ, begun. 
 
 895 s. M. 
 
 Afflictions 'blessed. 
 
 HOW tender is thy hand, 
 thou most gracious Lord ! 
 Atttictions came at thy command. 
 And left us at thy word. 
 
 2 How gentle was the rod 
 That cliasten'd us for sin ! 
 
 How soon we found a smiling God 
 Where deep distress had been! 
 
 3 A Father's hand we felt, 
 A Father's love we knew: 
 
 'Mid tears of penitence we knelt, 
 And found nis promise true. 
 
 4 Now will we bless the Lord, 
 And in his strength confide : 
 
 Jehovah ever be adored. 
 There is no God beside.
 
 532 REJOICING. 
 
 896 CM. 
 
 The beiiffit ofafflktioTU 
 
 LORD, wlien to thee my f«inkmg bouI 
 Did in afflic-tiou fly ; ' 
 Thy mcroy <liJ my gnct« control, 
 Ami all my wunts supply. 
 
 2 How ofl, wlien (lark misfortime's band 
 Arouiul their victim hitoo«l, 
 
 The Hceming ill, at thy command, 
 lljith changed to real good ! 
 
 3 The tcmjKjst that obsciircd tho sky 
 lluth net my spirit free 
 
 From earthly care and sensual ioy, 
 And turn'd my thoughts to thee. 
 
 4 Afllietion's bliu»t hath mode mc learn 
 To feel for others' wo ; 
 
 And humblv Keek, with deep coneen), 
 My own defect.s to know. 
 
 5 Then rngc, ye stonns ; yc billows, roar ; 
 My heart defies your shock : 
 
 Yo make me cling to (i<xl the more, — 
 To God, my Bhclt'riug ro<.k. 
 
 897 c. M. 
 
 Delivrring grace celebrated. 
 
 TORD, thou ha.st heard thy servants cry, 
 J And rescued from the grave; 
 >nw shall we live — for none can die 
 Whom God delights to save. 
 
 2 Thv praise, more constant than before. 
 Shall fill our duily breath ; 
 
 Thv hand, that hath cha.«itiscd us sore, 
 r)et'ends us still from death. 
 
 3 Here, with the' a<»scmbly of thy sainte, 
 Our cheerful voice we niisc ; 
 
 Here wc have told thee our complainte, 
 And here wc speak thy prai>c.
 
 REJOICING: 
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 
 
 898 CM. 
 
 Fraise-a to the incarnate Son, 
 
 OFOR a thoujiand seraph tongues 
 To bless the' incarnate Word ! 
 O for a thousand thankful songs 
 In honour of my Lord I 
 
 2 Come, tune afresh your golden lyres. 
 Ye angels round the throne: 
 
 Ye saints, in all your sacred cnoirs, 
 Adore the' eternal Sou. 
 
 899 3d P. M. 4 6a & 2 8a. 
 
 liejoice evermore, and in eteryVdng give thank*. 
 
 RP: JOICE, the Lord is King ; 
 Your Lord and King adore; 
 Mortals, give thanks and sing, 
 And triumph evermore; 
 Lift up your hearts, litl up your voice ; 
 Kejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
 
 2 Jesus, the Saviour, reigns, 
 The God of truth and love ; 
 
 When he had purged our stains, 
 He took his seat above ; 
 Lift up your hearts, litl up your voice ; 
 Eejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
 
 3 Ilis kingdom cannot fail, — 
 
 He rules o'er earth and heaven; 
 The keys of death and hell 
 
 Are to our Jesus given ; 
 Lift up your hearts, litl up your voice ; 
 Kejoice, again I say, rejoice.
 
 534 REJOICING IN 
 
 4 lie sits at God's rifflit hand 
 Till all his foc-s submit, 
 
 And bow to his command, 
 And fall beneath his feet ; 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice; 
 Kejoice, again 1 say, rejoice. 
 
 5 Ho all his foes shall quell, 
 And all our sins destroy ; 
 
 Let every bosom swell 
 "With pure sernphic joy; 
 Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice; 
 Kejoice, again I say, rejoice. 
 
 6 Rejoice in clorious hope, 
 Jesus the Judge shall come, 
 
 And take his servants up 
 To their etenial home; 
 We soon shall hear the' archnngeVs voice; 
 The trump of God shall sound,— Rejoice ! 
 
 000 s. M. 
 
 Glory begun below. 
 
 COME, yo that love the Lord, 
 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 
 
 May speak their joys abroad. 
 2 The God that rules on high, 
 
 That all the earth surveys, 
 That rides upon the stormy sky, 
 
 And calms the roaring scaa ; 
 This awful God is ours. 
 
 Our Father and our Love ; 
 He will send down his heavenly powers, 
 
 To carry us above.
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 535 
 
 3 There we shall see his face, 
 AhcI never, never sin ; 
 
 There, from the rivers of his grace, 
 
 Drink endless pleasures in: 
 Yea, and before we rise 
 
 To that immortal state. 
 The thoughts of such amazing bliss 
 
 Should constant joys create. 
 
 4 The men of grace have found 
 Glory begun below: 
 
 Celestial fruit on earthly ground 
 From faith and hope may grow : 
 
 Then let our songs aoound, 
 And every tear be dry: 
 
 We're marching through Immanuel's ground, 
 To fairer worlds on high. 
 
 901 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 nUherto 7uith the Lord Tielped us. 
 
 COME, thou Fount of every blessing, 
 Tune my heart to sing thy grace: 
 Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
 
 Call for songs of loudest praise. 
 Teach me some melodious sonnet, 
 Sung by flaming tongues above : 
 Praise the mount — I'm'fix'd upon it; 
 Mount of thy redeeming love ! 
 
 2 Here I'll raise mine Ebenezer ; 
 
 Hither by thy help I'm come ; 
 And I hope, by thy good pleasure, 
 
 Safely to arrive at home. 
 Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
 
 Wand'ring from the fold of God ; 
 He, to rescue me from danger, 
 
 Interposed his precious blood.
 
 536 REJOICING IN 
 
 3 O I to grace how ^reat a debtor 
 
 Daily I'id constram'd to be ! 
 Let thv goo«lne8t«, like a fetter, 
 
 Bind my wandViii^ heart to thco: 
 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it — 
 
 Prone to leave the God I love : 
 Ilere'a u»y heart, O take and Benl it; 
 
 Seal it for thy oourta above. 
 
 002 c. M. 
 
 W,ilHn{; vfUA God. 
 
 TAT.K with U!*, Ixjid, thysvlf reveal, 
 While hen- o'er earth wo rove; 
 SjM'ak to our l>eartH, and let us feel 
 
 The kindling' of thy love. 
 2 With thee convt-rsinp, we forget 
 
 All time, an<l toil, and care: 
 Ijibour is rest, and jmin is sweet. 
 
 If thou, my Ciod, art here. 
 8 Here tlien, mv God, vouchsafe to stay, 
 
 And bid my )»eart rejoice ; 
 My bounding' heart shall own thy sway, 
 
 And eclio to thy voice. 
 A Thou callcst me to seek thy face ; — 
 
 'TLs all 1 wish to seek ; 
 To' attend tl»c whispers of thy grace, 
 
 And licar thc« inly six;ak. 
 5 Ixjt this mv every hour employ, 
 
 Till I thy gk>rv see ; 
 Enter into my Master's jor, 
 
 And find my heaven m thoe. 
 
 903 CM. 
 
 Triumphant )€>\/. 
 
 MY God, the spring of all my joys, 
 Tlie life of mv deliifhta. 
 The glorj- of my Grightcst days. 
 And comfort of my night**: —
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 537 
 
 S In darkest shades, if thou appear, 
 
 My dawning ia beffun" 
 Thou art my soul's brignt morning star, 
 
 And thou my rising sun. 
 
 8 The opening heavens around me shine 
 
 With Dcauis of sacred bliss. 
 If Jesus sliows liis mercy mmo. 
 
 And whispers I am liLs. 
 
 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay 
 At that transporting word, 
 
 Kun 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 
 Woiilcf bear me conqu'ror through. 
 
 904 s.M. 
 
 Creating and redeeming love. 
 
 FATHER, in whom wo live, 
 In whom we are, and move, 
 The glory, power, and praise receive 
 Of thy creating love. 
 
 2 Let all the angel throng 
 (live thanks to Gotl on high, 
 
 While earth repeats the joyful song, 
 And echoes through the sky. 
 
 3 Incarnate Deity, 
 
 Let all the ransom'd race 
 Kender in thanks their lives to thee, 
 For thy redeeming grace. 
 
 4 The grace to sinners show'd, 
 Ye heavenly choirs proclaim, 
 
 And cry, — Salvation to our God, 
 Salvation to the Lamb 1
 
 588 EEJOICING IN 
 
 1)05 S.M. 
 
 ConUn ued.— rtup€akaf>le Joy. 
 
 SPIRIT of liolincss, 
 Let all tliy sninth mlorc 
 Thv paiTcd energy, and bless 
 
 Thy luart-renemng power. 
 2 Not anpcl tongues can tell 
 
 Thy love's ecstatic height, — 
 The glorious jov unspcttkablc, 
 
 Tlic hcutific sight, 
 8 ?:ternal Trinne Lord ! 
 
 Let all the hosti< above, 
 Let all llie Rons of men reeord, 
 
 And dwell uiK>iu thy lovo : 
 4 \V))cn lu-avc-n and earth are fled 
 
 IJelbre thy glorious face. 
 Sing, all the saints liiy love hath ma«Ip, 
 
 Tlune cverlarttiug praise! 
 
 1)0(3 <•• M. 
 
 MY Saviour, my almighty Friend, 
 When I begin tliy praise. 
 Where will the growing ninnbers end, — 
 The numbers of thy grace f 
 
 2 I trnst in thy eternal word; 
 Thy gorulnes's I adoro : 
 
 Send* down thv grace, O blessed I^ord, 
 Tliat I may ^ove thee more. 
 
 3 Mv feet shall travel all the length 
 of the celestial road ; 
 
 And mareli. with courage in thy strength, 
 To ste the Lord my God. 
 
 4 Awake! awake! my tuneful powers, 
 Witli this delightful song; 
 
 And eutertain the darkest lioura, 
 Nor think the season long.
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 539 
 
 907 lOth p. M. 8 ^i/jtv? 83. 
 
 AU-wffioiency ofje^us. 
 
 HO"W tedious and tasteless the liours 
 When Jesus no long'er I sec ! 
 Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers, 
 
 Have all lost their sweetness to me ; — 
 Tlie midsuniuier sun shines but dim, 
 
 The fields strive in vain to look gay ; 
 But wlien I am happy in Ilim, 
 December's as pleasant as May. 
 
 2 His Name yields the richest perfume, 
 And sweeter than nnisic his voice ; 
 
 His presence disperses my gloom, 
 And makes all within me rejoice ; 
 
 I should, were he always thus nigh, 
 Have nothing to wisli or to fear ; 
 
 No mortal so ha])pv as I, — 
 My summer would last all the year. 
 
 3 Content with beholding his face, 
 My all to liis pleasure resigu'd, 
 
 No chantres of sea.^on or place 
 
 Would make any change in my mind: 
 
 While blest with a sense of his love, 
 A palace a toy would appear; 
 
 And prisons would palaces prove. 
 If Jesus would dwell with me there. 
 
 4 My Lord, if indeed I am thine, 
 If thou art my sun and ray song. 
 
 Say, why do I languish and pine \ 
 And why are my winters so long ? 
 
 drive these dark clouds from my sky; 
 Thy soul-cheering presence restore; 
 
 Or take me to thee up on high, 
 Where winter and clouds are no more.
 
 540 REJOICING IN 
 
 908 c. M. 
 
 God my alUtnifflci^nt portion. 
 
 MY God, mv portion, and mv love, 
 My evcrkstinp All, 
 I've none but thee in heaven above, 
 
 Or on this eartldy ball. 
 2 "What oniftty things arc all tlie Bkic?, 
 
 And this inferior elod I 
 There's uothinjr here deservcn my joy?, 
 
 There's nothing like my God. 
 8 To thee I owe my wealth, and friendt«, 
 
 And health, and safV alnKle: 
 Thanks to thy Name for meaner thingj*; 
 
 But they arc not my God. 
 
 4 How vain a toy is glitt'ring wealth, 
 If oni-e comjHircd to thee; 
 
 Or what'? my safety, or my health, 
 Or all ray friends to me \ 
 
 5 Were I possessor of the earth, 
 And call'd tho stars my own. 
 
 Without thy ^rraces and thyself, 
 I were a wretch undone. 
 
 6 Ix^t others stretch their arms like B«aa, 
 And gra.««p in all the shore; 
 
 Grant me the visits of thy grace, 
 Au'l 1 desire no more. 
 
 909 s. M. 
 
 Ileaven vpon earih. 
 
 MY Go«l, mv life, mv love, 
 To thee, to thee l' call : 
 
 1 oannot live if thou remove, 
 For thou art all in all. 
 
 2 Thv shining grace can cheer 
 This dungeon where I dwell: 
 
 'Tis paradise when thou art hero; 
 If thou depart, 'tis hell.
 
 COMMUNION -WITH GOD. 541 
 
 8 The smilinfrs of thy face, 
 
 How amiable they are ! 
 'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace, 
 
 And nowhere else but there. 
 
 4 To thee, and thee alone, 
 The angels owe their blii^s : 
 
 They sit around thy gracious throne. 
 And dwell where Je.-^ua is. 
 
 5 Not all the harps above 
 Can make a heavenly {>lace, 
 
 If God his residence remove, 
 Or but conceal his face. 
 
 6 Nor earth, nor all the sky, 
 Can one delight afford, 
 
 Nor yield one drop of real joy, 
 without thy presence. Lord. 
 
 7 Thou art the sea of love, 
 "Where all my pleasures roll: 
 
 The circle where my passions move, 
 And centre of my soul. 
 
 910 CM. 
 
 The rapture of love. 
 
 O'TIS delight withoiit alloy, 
 Jesus, to hear thy name: 
 My spirit leaps with inward joy; 
 I fuel the saered flame. 
 
 2 My passions hold a pleasing reign, 
 When love inspires my breast, — 
 
 Love, the divinest of the train, 
 The sov'reigu of the rest. 
 
 8 This is the grace must live and sing, 
 When faith and hope shall cease. 
 
 And sound from everv joyful string 
 Through all the realms 'of bliss.
 
 542 REJOICING IN 
 
 4 Swift I ascend the heavenly place, 
 And hasten to mv home ; 
 
 I leap to meet thv kind embrace : 
 I come, Lord, 1 conic. 
 
 5 Sink down, ye separating hills ; 
 Let sin and death remove ; 
 
 'Tis love that drives mv chariot wheels, 
 And death must yicll to love. 
 
 1 1 4th r. M. 886, 8S0. 
 
 Alwavt rfjoicing. 
 
 HOW happy, (fracious L<jrd 1 are we, 
 Divindy'drawn to follow theo, 
 Whose hounj divided are 
 Bt•t\^•^xt the mount and midtitude: 
 Our day is spent in doiji^: ^'(xkI, 
 Our night ni jtraise and prayer. 
 
 2 With ns no melancholy void. 
 No moment lingers uncmploy'd. 
 
 Or unimproved Ik-Iow : 
 (>ur wearinesij of life is gone. 
 Who live to serve our Ood alone, 
 
 And only thee to know. 
 
 8 The winter's night, and summer's day^ 
 (Jli.lc imperceptibly away, — 
 
 Too short to hing thy praise ; 
 Too few we find tlic hupry hours. 
 And ha«>te to join those ncaveuly powcra 
 
 In cvcrla»tilig lays. 
 
 4 With all who chant thy name on high. 
 And, II.->!y. lioly, holy, cr>', 
 
 (A bi" ' ' .iiious tlirongl) 
 
 Wc loi ^ t'> repeat, 
 
 And ce: : around thy seat 
 
 The Ucw tUrual song.
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 543 
 
 912 s.M. 
 
 ^^ Stand up, and bless the Lord forever.''^ 
 
 THOU, Lord, art God alone : 
 Those countless worlds of thine, 
 Those heavens and heavenly spirits, own 
 
 Thy majesty divine. 
 2 Earth is thy footstool made, 
 
 Great universal Lord ; 
 And all things are in being stay'd 
 
 By thy preserving word. 
 8 At thy command wo rise, 
 
 Tliy gracious Name to bless ; 
 And thee, the Lord of earth and skies, 
 
 We joyfully confess. 
 4 Our joy, to sing of thee ; 
 
 To triumph in thv love ; 
 And tills, transporting thought, shall be 
 
 Our endless work above. 
 
 913 s.M. 
 
 DeligJit in God. 
 
 LORD ! I delight in thee. 
 And on thy care depend ; 
 To thee in every trouble flee. 
 My best, my only Friend. 
 
 2 When nature's streams are dried, 
 Thy fulness is the same ; 
 
 With this will I be satisfied. 
 And glory in thy Name. 
 
 3 Who made my heaven secure. 
 Will here all good provide : 
 
 While Christ is rich, can I be poor? 
 What can I want beside \ 
 
 4 I cast my care on thee ! 
 I triumpli and adore : 
 
 Heucefortli my great concern shall be 
 To love and please thee more.
 
 644 RE.TOICING IN 
 
 914 Bth P. M. S7, 87, 47. 
 
 UalUlujah. 
 
 OTnOU God of my salvation, 
 Mv Redeemer from all sin : 
 Movetl by thv divine compassion, 
 Who liiaj»t (litil my heart to win, 
 
 I will pruise thee: 
 Where shall I thy praise bepin \ 
 
 2 Thonjjh nnscen, I love the Saviour; 
 He hath brought Milvation near; 
 
 ManifestH his imnrninsr lavour; 
 And when Jesuw doth appear, 
 
 Soul and body 
 Shall his j^jlurious imafic boor. 
 
 3 While the an^l cbr'irK are crying, — 
 (}li)ry to the trreot I AM. 
 
 I with thfin will htill Im.' v\itijf — 
 Glor\- I plory to the luimb I 
 
 (> how precious 
 la the sound of Jesus' name ! 
 
 4 Anpelf* now are liov'rincr roun<l ub, 
 Unnerceived onud the tiiromr; 
 
 Wond'rintr at tl»e love that crown'd ns, 
 Glad to join the holy song: 
 
 Ilallelujoli, 
 Love and ])ruiM to Clirist belong ! 
 
 915 21st P. M. r>f5, 84, 66, 84. 
 
 Triumphant tnttt in God, 
 
 MY Shei>hcr«rs nujrhty ai<l. 
 His dear redeeming love, 
 Ui.^ all-protecting jowcr disjilayM, 
 
 1 juy to ]>rove. 
 Led onward by my guide, 
 
 I view the vcrtlant wepe. 
 Where limpiii waters gently glid« 
 Through j^nxsture.s grecu.'
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 545 
 
 2 In error's maze my sonl 
 Shall wander now no more ; 
 
 His Spirit shall, with sweet control, 
 
 The lost restore : 
 My willing steps shall lead 
 
 In paths of righteousness ; 
 His power defend ; his bounty feed ; 
 
 His mercy bless. 
 
 3 Affliction's deepest gloom 
 Shall but his love display ; 
 
 He will the vale of death illume 
 
 With living ray. 
 My failing flesh his rod 
 
 Shall tliankfully adore; 
 My heart shall vmdicate my God 
 
 For evermore. 
 
 4 His goodness ever nigh, 
 His mercy ever free. 
 
 Shall while I live, shall when I die, 
 
 Still follow me. 
 Forever sliall my soul 
 
 His boundless blessings vrove ; 
 And while eternal ages roll, 
 
 Adore and love. 
 
 OIG loth r. M. 8 ;i«e« ss. 
 
 Longing/or still closer communion. 
 
 THOU Shepherd of Israel, and nunc, 
 The joy and desire of my heart, 
 For closer' communion I pine; 
 
 I long to reside where thou art : 
 The pasture I languish to find, 
 
 Where all, who their Shepherd obey, 
 Are fed, on thy bosom reclined, 
 And screen'd from the heat of the day.
 
 5-^6 EEJOICING IN 
 
 2 Tis there, with the lambs of tliy flock, 
 
 There only, 1 covet to rest; 
 To lie at the loot of the rock. 
 
 Or rise to be hid in thy breast: 
 'Tis there I would always abide, 
 
 And never a moment dej 'art, — 
 Conceal'd iu the cleft of thy side, 
 
 Eternally held in thy heart. 
 
 017 l8t P. li. C li/i^ Ss. 
 
 Jif*tt* aU and in all. 
 
 TnOU hifldon Houroe of calm repose, 
 Thou nli-huflicicnt Love divine, 
 My help uiul refucc from n)y foe.-*, 
 
 Secure I am whilf thou art mine : 
 An<l lo I from sin, and jrrief. and lihainc, 
 
 1 hide me, Jesus, in thy name. 
 
 2 Tliy tniK'hty name salvation is, 
 And keeps' my hapny soul above: 
 
 Comfort it orincs, and power, and i>c«co, 
 
 And joy, an<l evcrljistiuj; luvo : 
 To me, with thy jjrcat name, are given 
 Pardon, and holuicss, and heaven. 
 
 8 Jesns, m.v all in all thon art; 
 
 My rest in toil, \\\y ea**o in pain; 
 Tlio med'ciue of my broken heart ; 
 
 In war, my peace ; in loss, mv jfuin ; 
 My 8milc beneath the tyrant's trown ; 
 In shame, my glory anil my crown: 
 
 4 In want, my plentiful pupply ; 
 
 In weakness, mv almighty power; 
 In lx»nds, mv j>ertect liberty ; 
 
 My li^'ht, in Satan*8 darkest hoar; 
 In frriet, mv jov unsj>cakablc: 
 My life iu deatli, my all in all.
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 547 
 
 918 L.M. 
 
 My lieart is fixed; Ood, my lieart is fixed. 
 
 MY lieart is fix' J ou tliee, my God; 
 I rest my liope on thco alone ; 
 I'll spread tliy pucrcd truths abroad, — 
 To all mankind thy love make known. 
 
 2 Awake, my tongue ; awake, my lyre ; 
 With morinn;,''d earliest dawn arise ; 
 
 To 80n<js of joy my soul inspire, 
 And swell your music to tlie skies. 
 
 3 With those who in thy grace abound, 
 To thee I'll raise my thankful voice ; 
 
 Till every land, the earth around, 
 Shall hear, and in thy Name rejoice. 
 
 4 Eternal God, celestial Kin?, 
 Exalted be thy glorious Name; 
 
 Let hosts in heaven thy praises sing, 
 And saints on earth thy love proclaim. 
 
 919 CM. 
 
 Ceaseless praise. 
 
 THE glorious armies of the sky 
 To thee, almighty King, 
 Triumplumt anthems consecrate, 
 And hallelujahs sing. 
 
 2 But still their most exalted flights 
 Full vastly short of thee ; 
 
 How distant then must human praise 
 From thy perfections be. 
 
 3 Yet how, my God, shall I refrain, 
 When, to my ravish'd sense. 
 
 Each creature everywhere around 
 Displays thy excellence? 
 
 4 Thy num'rous works exalt thee, Lord, 
 Nor will I silent be; 
 
 rather let me cease to breathe. 
 Than cease from praising thee.
 
 548 REJOICING IN 
 
 920 25th p. M. 77, S7, 77, 87. 
 
 Joining; ihe angelic hosts in praOtet. 
 
 JESUS, take nil the glory : 
 Thy meritorious passion 
 The pardon bought, thy mercy brought 
 
 To us the great salvation. 
 Thco gladly we acknowledge 
 
 Our only Lord and Saviour, 
 Thv name confess, thy goodness bloss. 
 
 And triumph in thy favour. 
 2 With angels and archangels, 
 
 We prostrate fall before thee; 
 Again wc raise our souls in praise, 
 
 And thankfully adore tliee. 
 Honour, and {wiwer, and blessing, 
 
 To thee be ever given, 
 By all who know thy love l>elow. 
 
 And all the hosts of heaven. 
 
 921 CM. 
 
 Pfrpetual prai^. 
 
 YF,S, I will bless thee, O mv God, 
 Through all my fleeting ilays; 
 And to eternity prolong 
 
 Thy vast, thy boundless praise. 
 2 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim 
 
 The honours of my Gotl ; 
 My life, with all its 'active powers. 
 
 Shall spread thy praise abroad. 
 8 Nor will I cca<»e thy praise to sing, 
 
 When death shall close mine eyes; 
 My thoughts shall then to nobler heights 
 
 And sweeter raptures rise. 
 4 Then shall mv lins, in endless praise, 
 
 Their grateful tribute imy; 
 Tlie theme demands an angel's tongue, 
 
 And au eternal day.
 
 COMMUNION WITH GOD. 549 
 
 922 IGth p. M. 11 12, 11 12. 
 
 The foretaste of endless bliss. 
 
 MY God, I am thine ; wliat a comfort divine, 
 What a blessing, to know that my Jesus is 
 mine ! 
 In the heavenly Lamb, thrico happy I am ; 
 And my heart doth rejoice ut the sound of liis 
 name. 
 
 2 True pleasures abound in the rapturous sound, 
 And whoever hath found it, hath paradise found ; 
 My Redeemer to know, to feel his blood flow, 
 This is life everlasting — 'tis heaven below. 
 
 3 Yet onwavd I haste to the lieavenly feast ; 
 Tliat indeed is the fulness, but this is the taste; 
 And this I shall prove, till with joy I remove 
 To the heaven oi heavens in Jesus's lovo. 
 
 923 2d P. M. 6 Zm^5 8fl. 
 
 Ererla^iing praises. 
 
 I'LL praise my Alakcr while I've breath, 
 And when my voice is lost in death, 
 Praise shall employ my nobler powers ; 
 My days of jiraise sliall ne'er bo past, 
 "W'hile'life, and thouglit, and being last, 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 2 Happy the man whose hones rely 
 On Israel's God ; he made tlie sky. 
 
 And earth, and Beas, with all tlieir train ; 
 His truth forever stands secure ; 
 lie saves the' oppress'd, he feeds the poor, 
 
 And none shall find his promise vain. 
 
 3 The Lord pours eyesight on the blind ; 
 The Lord supports the fainting mind; 
 
 He sends tne laboring conscience peace; 
 He helps the stranger m distress, 
 The widow and the fatherless, 
 
 And grants the pris'ner sweet release.
 
 550 KEJOICING. 
 
 '. I'll praise him while ho lends me breath, 
 Aiui when my voice is lost in death, 
 
 I'ruise shall employ my nobler powers; 
 Mv days of praise shall "ne'er be past, 
 W'hile'life, and thouL'ht, and bcmg last, 
 
 Or immortality endures. 
 
 !)24 L.M. 
 
 God't praUf» crcfcn fttmiiy. 
 
 GOT) of my life, thron>,'h all my days 
 My grateful powers hhall sound tiiy praise 
 My song shall wake with ojiening light, 
 And cheer the dark and silent night. 
 
 J "Wlien anxious cares would break my reft, 
 And griefs would tear my throbbing breast, 
 Thy tuneful i>raises, raised on liigh, 
 ^liall check tac munimr and the sigh. 
 
 . "When death o'er nature shall rrevail, 
 And all the j^owcrs of lancuoge mil, 
 .loy through my swimming eyes shall break, 
 And mean tlie thanks I cannot speak. 
 
 4 But O, when that lfl.st conflict's o'er, 
 And I am ehain'd to e^rth no more, 
 With what glad accents shall I rise 
 To join the music of the skies ! 
 
 • I Soon shall I learn the' exalted strains 
 Which echo through the lieavenly plains; 
 And emulate, with joy unknown, 
 The glowing serapha round the throne. 
 
 ■ The cheerfid tribute will I give. 
 Long as a deathless soid shall live: 
 A work so sweet, a theme so high. 
 Demands and crowns etcruitv.
 
 r.EJOICOG: 
 
 IN 
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 
 
 925 4th p. M. 886, 886. 
 
 Bliss-inspiring hope. 
 
 COME on, my partners in distress, 
 My comrades through the wilderness, 
 Who still your bodies feel : 
 Awhile forget your griefs and fears, 
 And look beyond this vale of tears, 
 To that celestial hill. 
 
 2 Beyond the bounds of time and space, 
 Look forward to that heavenly place, 
 
 The saints' secure abode; 
 On faith's strong eagle pinions rise, 
 And force your passage to the skies, 
 
 And scale the mount of God. 
 
 3 Who puffer with our Master here, 
 We shall before his face appear, 
 
 And by his side sit down ; 
 To mtient faith the prize is sure ; 
 And all tliat to the end endure 
 
 The cross, shall wear the crown. 
 
 4 Thrice blesseil, bliss-inspiring hopel 
 It litts the fainting spirits up ; 
 
 It brings to life the dead: 
 Our conflicts here shall soon be past. 
 And you and 1 ascend at last, 
 
 Tri'umplumt with our Head. 
 
 5 That great mysterious Deitv, 
 We soon with open face shall see ; 
 
 The beatific sight 
 Shall fill the heavenly courts with praise, 
 And wide diffuse the golden blaze 
 
 Of everlastmg light.
 
 552 liEJOlCING IX 
 
 920 CM. 
 
 Tilt full as^urancf ofhopt. 
 
 HOW Imppy every clnlil of ijraoe, 
 Who known his sius forffivonl 
 Tliis earlli, lie cries, is not my place ; 
 
 I Hcck my place i'l heaven : 
 A country far from mortal sifht, 
 
 Yet, O,' bv faith I see ; 
 Tlie land or rent, tlio naints' delight,— 
 Tlie heaven prci>urod for mc. 
 
 2 O what a blci«»cd hope \& onrn I 
 
 While ! ' • "^M wo wtay, 
 
 Wo Uion lO hcuvculy powern, 
 
 kw\ nv \•^^• : 
 
 We ; 
 
 (' 
 An i _ , here 
 
 Our cortlicti \cwui» lili'd. 
 
 Z O would ho more of heaven bcatow ! 
 
 And when the vis.«.cOs hnak, 
 I^t our triumphant s)'irit.-* go 
 
 To pnwp the <Jo<l wc seik : 
 In rapturous awe on Him to jja/'', 
 
 Who Ixiuvrht the siirhl for me; 
 And shout and wonder at Ids grace 
 
 To all eternity. 
 
 027 <\ M 
 
 C F s'lUsM fJist in pro»pt>eL 
 
 A.: in the world l^low, 
 1 . 'urn herw; 
 
 Nor can iu happinetut or wo 
 rrov«'ko mv hopo or fonr: 
 Its . " 
 
 But < ■ 1 tend 
 
 Etcrnuliy hhull loat.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 553 
 
 2 To that Jerusalem above, 
 
 With singing I repair; 
 While in the flesh, my hope and love, 
 
 My heart and soul, are there. 
 There my exalted Saviour stands. 
 
 My merciful High Priest ; 
 And still extends his wounded hands, 
 
 To take me to hid brcatit. 
 
 928 s.M. 
 
 The goodly land. 
 
 ilAR from these scenes of night, 
 ' Unbounded glories rise, 
 And realms of joy and puro delight, 
 
 Unkno'YU to mortal eyes. 
 2 Fair land 1— could mortal eyes 
 
 But half \U charms explore, 
 How would our spirits long to rise, 
 
 And dwell on earth no more ! 
 8 No cloud those regions know, — 
 
 Kealms ever briglit ami fair; 
 For sin, the source of mortal avo, 
 
 Can never enter there. 
 
 4 O may the prospect ftro 
 Our hearts with ardent lovo. 
 
 Till wings of faith, and strong desire, 
 IV-ar every thought above. 
 
 5 Prepared, by grace divine, 
 For tliv bright courts on high, 
 
 Lord, bil our spirits rise and jom 
 The chorua ot the sky. 
 
 029 c. M. 
 
 The kingdotM are hut oiif. 
 
 HAPPY the souls to Jesus joiu'd, 
 Aiul s;ived by grace alone ; 
 Walking in all his ways, they find 
 Their heavou on earth begun.
 
 654 REJOICING IN 
 
 2 Tlic churcli triumphant in thy love, 
 Their mighty joys we know : 
 
 They sinsr the iJanib in hymns above, 
 And we in liymns below. 
 
 3 Thee in thy glorious realm they praiflc, 
 And bow before tliy throne; 
 
 We in the kimrdom of thy grace: 
 The kingdoms arc but one. 
 
 4 The holy to the holiest leads, 
 And thence our spirits rise; 
 
 For he that in thy statutes treads, 
 Shall meet thee in the skies. 
 
 930 CM. 
 
 77i^ h^arimly Cnnaan. 
 
 THERE is a land of i>nre delight, 
 Where s.-iints immortal reign; 
 Infinite day <'.\elu<lc:* the night, 
 
 And pleasures banish jmiu. 
 2 There everlasting spring abides. 
 
 And nover-Mitli'ring flowers: 
 l>cath, like a narrow t*oa, divi<lcs 
 
 This heavenly land from ours. 
 8 Sweet ftehls beyond the swelling flood 
 
 Stand drexs'd in living green; 
 So to the .lews old Canmin stood, 
 
 While Jordan rollM between. 
 4 Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
 
 And view the landscajx; o'er, 
 Not Jordan's Btrcam, nor death's cold floo 
 
 Should fright us frojn the shore. 
 
 031 C.M. 
 
 Th^ promU^d land. 
 
 ON Jordan's stormv banks I stand, 
 And eju«t a wish fill eye 
 To Canaan's fair and hapny land, 
 Where my posacasions lie.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 555 
 
 2 the transportin<^j raptnTons scene, ' 
 
 That rises to my sight ! 
 8weet fields array'd in living green, 
 
 And rivers of delight. 
 
 ^ There generous fruits that never fail, 
 
 On trees immortal grow ; 
 There rock, and hill, and brook, and vale, 
 
 With milk and honey flow. 
 
 4 O'er all those wide-extended plains 
 Sliines one eternal day; 
 
 There God the Son forever reigns, 
 And scatters night away. 
 
 5 No chilling winds, or pois'noxis breath, 
 Can reach that healthful shore ; 
 
 Rickuess and sorrow, pain and death, 
 Are felt and fear'd no more. 
 
 *] "When shall I reach that happy place, 
 
 And be forever blest? 
 When shall I see my Father's face, 
 
 And in his bosom' rest i 
 
 7 Fiird with delight, my raptured soul 
 
 Would here no longer stay : 
 Though Jorilan's waves around me roll, 
 
 Fearless I'd launch away. 
 
 932 s. M. 
 
 The pilgrirtCs fioms. 
 
 WHILE through this world we roam, 
 From infancy to age, 
 Heaven is the Christian pilgrim's home, 
 His rest at every stage. 
 
 2 Thither his soul ascends, 
 
 Eternal joys to share ; 
 There his adoring spirit bends. 
 
 While here he "kneels in prayer.
 
 556 KEJOICING IN 
 
 3 His freed affections rise, 
 To fix on things above, 
 
 "Where all hh^ bope of erlory lies, — 
 Where all is perfect love. 
 
 4 There we our treasure place ; 
 There let our hearts be found; 
 
 That still, where sin abounded, grace 
 May more and more abound. 
 
 5 Henceforth our converse bo 
 With Christ before the throne ; 
 
 Ere long we eye to eye shall see, 
 And know as wc arc known. 
 
 933 CM. 
 
 Th^ saints in glory. 
 
 GIVE me the wings of faith to rise 
 Within the veil, and see 
 The saints above, how great their joys, 
 
 llow bright their glories be. 
 2 Once they were mourners here below, 
 
 And pour'd out cries and tears ; 
 Thev wrestled hard, as wc do now, 
 With sins, and doubts, and fears. 
 
 8 I ask them whence their vict'ry came : 
 
 They, with united breath, 
 Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, — 
 
 Their triumph to his death. 
 4 They mark'd the footsteps that ho trod 
 
 His zeal inspired their breast; 
 And, following their incarnate God, 
 
 Possess the promLscd rest. 
 
 T) Our glorious Leader claims our praise 
 
 For his own pattern given; 
 "While the long cloud of witnesses 
 
 Show the same path to heaveu.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 557 
 
 934 7t\xV. 11.8 Urns 7a. 
 Partnership of the saints in UgM-. 
 
 JESUS is our common Lord ; 
 He our loviiiff Saviour is ; 
 By his death to life restored, 
 
 Misery we exchanfje for bliss ; — 
 Bliss to carnal minds unknown ; 
 
 O 'tis more tliaii toncfuo can tell; 
 Only to believers shown, — 
 Glorious and unspeakable. 
 
 2 Christ, our Brother and our Friend, 
 
 Shows us his eternal love : 
 Never shall our triumphs end, 
 
 Till we take our scats above. 
 Let us walk witli him in white; 
 
 For our bridal day prepare; 
 For our partnorsliip in lifjfbt, — 
 
 For our glorious meeting there. 
 
 935 11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 Tlie h«ttcr portion. 
 
 RISE, my soul, and stretch thy wings ; 
 Thy better |iortion trace ; 
 Kise from transitory things, 
 
 Tow'rd heaven, thy native place: 
 Sun, and moon, and stars decay; 
 
 Time shall soon this earth remove; 
 Kise, my soul, and haste away 
 To scats prepared above. 
 
 2 Rivers to the ocean run. 
 
 Nor stay in all their course; 
 Fire, ascending, seeks the sun ; 
 
 Both speed them to their source : 
 So a soul that's born of God, 
 
 Pants to view his glorious face ; 
 Upward tends to his' abode, 
 
 To rest in his embrace.
 
 558 EEJOICING IN 
 
 S Cease, ye pilerims, cca«e to mourn; 
 
 PresP onward to the prize; 
 Soon our Saviour will return 
 
 Triumphant in the skies : 
 Tl»ere we'll join the heavenly train, 
 
 Welcomed to partake the bliss ; 
 Flv from borrow, caro, and pain, 
 
 £o rcalina of endless peace. 
 
 03G rth P. M. 8 ^/J^ Ts. 
 
 Saint* and ang<l$ round (he throne. 
 
 LIFT your eyes of fuith, nnd 8oe 
 Sain'trt nn<r antrels join'd in cue : 
 What a count lesR company 
 
 Stantl before yon tlazzlintr throne ! 
 Each before liis Saviotir stuntls, 
 All in whitest rotws array'd : 
 Palms they carry in their hands, 
 Crowua of glorj- on their head. 
 
 2 Saint*, begin the endless sonjr ; 
 
 Cry aloud, in heavenly lays, — 
 Glory doth to God belong; 
 
 God the jflorious Saviour praise: 
 All Ralvation from him came, — 
 
 Ilim who reiirns enthroned on high : 
 Glory to the bleeding Lamb, — 
 
 Let the morning stars reply. 
 
 8 Anpel powers the throne surround ; 
 
 Next the saints in plory they ; 
 Lnll'd with the transjM»rtinjf sound, 
 
 They their silent honiaire pay ; 
 Prostrate on their face, belorc 
 
 God and his Messiah fiUl ; 
 Tlien in hjijms of pmise adore, — 
 
 Shout the Lamb that died for alL
 
 PEOSPECT OF HEAVEN. 
 
 937 36th P. M. 86, 886. 
 
 TTie land of rest. 
 
 THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, 
 To mourning wand'rers given ; 
 Tliere is a joy for souls distress'd, 
 A balm for every wounded breast, — 
 'Tis found above in heaven. 
 
 2 There is a home for weary souls 
 By sin and sorrow driven, 
 
 "When toss'd on life's tempestuous shoals, 
 "Where storms arise and ocean rolls, 
 And all is drear but heaven. 
 
 3 There faith lifts up the tearless eye. 
 To brighter prospects given ; 
 
 And views the tempest passing by, 
 The evening sJiadows quickly fly, 
 And all serene in heaven. 
 
 4 Tliere fragrant flowers immortal bloom. 
 And joys supreme are given ; 
 
 There rays divine disperse tlie gloom ; 
 Beyond the confines of the tomb 
 Appears the dawn of heaven. 
 
 038 l.'>th P. M. 11 9, 11 9. 
 
 Rapturous anticipation. 
 
 COME, let us ascend. 
 My companion and friend, 
 To a taste of the banquet above ; 
 
 If tliy lieart be as mine. 
 
 If for Jesus it pine, 
 Come up into the chariot of love. 
 
 2 "Who in Jesus confide, 
 
 We are bold to outride 
 The storms of affliction beneath ; 
 
 With the prophet we soar 
 
 To the heavenly shore, 
 And outfly all the arrows of death. 
 
 L
 
 560 REJOICING IN 
 
 8 By faith wc are como 
 To our permanent home ; 
 
 By hope we tlie rapture improve : 
 By love we still rii»e, 
 And look down on the skies, 
 
 For the heaven of heavens is lovo. 
 
 4 "WTio on eartli can conceive 
 
 IIow happy we live. 
 In the palac-e of Go«l the preat King 
 
 What a conecrt of pniise, 
 
 When our Jcwus's jrnieo 
 The whole heavenly company sing 1 
 
 r> What a mptnrons sonjr, 
 AVlu-n the ^rIorifie<l thn-)nif 
 
 In the si>irit of harmony j«»in I — 
 •loiti all the plad choirs, 
 lloarts, voices, and lyres. 
 
 And the burden is,— Mercy divine 1 
 
 6 Halleluiah, thev crv, 
 To the King of tfie sky,— 
 
 To tlic preat ovcrlastini; 1 AM; 
 To the l^mh that was hlain, 
 And that liveth airain, — 
 
 Hallelujah lu God and the Lamb! 
 
 03 J) loth P. M. 8 //n/* Sfl. 
 
 AWAY with our sorrow and fear, 
 Wc soon shall recover t>ur home ; 
 The city of saint« shall api>ear, — 
 
 The «lay of eternity come. 
 From earth we shall qiiiokly remove, 
 
 And mount to our native alwde ; 
 The house of our Father above, — 
 The palace of angels and God.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 561 
 
 2 Our mourning is all at an end, 
 
 When, raised by the life-giving Word, 
 We see the new city descend, 
 
 Adorn'd as a bride for her Lord : 
 The city so holy and clean. 
 
 No sorrow can breathe in the air : 
 No gloom of affliction or sin ; 
 
 No shadow of evil is there. 
 
 S By foith we already behold 
 
 Tliat lovely Jerusalem here : 
 Her walls are of jasper and gold; 
 
 As crystal her bnildinga are clear; 
 Immovably founded in grace. 
 
 She stcinds as she ever hath stood, 
 And brightly her Builder displays, 
 
 And flames with the glory of trod. 
 
 940 lOthV.yL S lines 8s^. 
 
 Contimied.— There shall be no night there. 
 
 NO need of the sun in that day 
 Which never is foUow'd by night, 
 Where Jcsus's beauties display 
 
 A pure and a jiermanent light : 
 The Lamb is their Light and their Sun, 
 
 And, lo ! by reflection they shine; 
 Witli Jesus ineffably one, 
 And bright in efifulgence divine. 
 
 2 The saints in his presence receive 
 
 Their great and eternal reward; 
 In Jesus, in heaven, they live, — 
 
 They reign in the smile of their Lord, 
 The flame of angelical love 
 
 la kindled at Jesus's face; 
 And all the enioyment above, 
 
 Consists in the rapturous gaze. 
 86
 
 562 EEJOICING IN 
 
 941 4th P. M. 8S6, 886. 
 
 TTis pUgritn'8 happy lot. 
 
 H 
 
 OW happv is the pilgrim's lot 
 fre' " 
 
 How free from every anxious thought, 
 
 From worldly hope an<l fear ! 
 Confined to neither court nor cell, 
 His soul disdains on earth to dwell, 
 
 He only sojourns here. 
 
 2 This happiness in part is mine, 
 Already saved from low design, 
 
 From every creature-love ; 
 Blest with the scorn of finite good, 
 My soul is lightened of its load, 
 
 And seeks the things above. 
 
 3 There is my house and portion fair; 
 My tre^usure and my heart arc there. 
 
 And my abiding home; 
 For me my elder brethren stay, 
 And angels beckon me away. 
 
 And Jesus bids me come. 
 
 4 I come, thy servant, I^rd, replies ; 
 
 1 come to meet thee in tlie skies, 
 Aiid claim my heavenly rest ! 
 
 Soon will the pilgrim's journey end ; 
 Then, O my Saviour, Brother, Friend, 
 Keccivo me to thy breast! 
 
 942 CM. 
 
 Th« goodly city in prospect 
 
 JERUSALEM ! my happv home I 
 Name ever. dear to me! 
 Wiien shall my labours hove an cud, 
 In joy, and peace in thee ? 
 
 2 O when, thon city of my God, 
 Shall I thy courts ascend, 
 
 "Where congregations ne'er break up, 
 And Sabbath has no end ?
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 563 
 
 3 Why should I shrink at pain and wo ? 
 Or feel, at death, dismay! 
 
 I've Canaan's goodly land in view, 
 And realms of endless day. 
 
 4 Apostles, martyrs, prophets there, 
 Around my Saviour stand; 
 
 And soon my friends in Christ below 
 Will join the glorious band. 
 
 5 Jerusalem ! my happy home ! 
 My soul still pants for thee; 
 
 Then shall my labours have an end. 
 When I thy joys shall see. 
 
 943 s. M. 
 
 At home in Jiea/cen. 
 
 FOREVER with the Lord ! 
 Amen, so let it be ! 
 Life from the dead is in that word, 
 'Tis immortality. 
 
 2 Here in the body pent. 
 Absent from Him I roam ; 
 
 Yet nightly pitch my moving tent 
 A day's march nearer home. 
 
 3 Forever with the Lord ! 
 Father, if 'tis thy will, 
 
 The promise of that faithful word, 
 E'en here to me fulfil. 
 
 4 So, when my latest breath 
 Shall rend the veil in twain, 
 
 By death I shall escape from death, 
 And life eternal gam. 
 
 5 Knowing as I am known, 
 How shall I love that word. 
 
 And oft repeat before the throne, 
 Forever with the Lord !
 
 564 REJOICING IN 
 
 944 2l8t p. M. 66, 84, 66, 84. 
 
 The God of Abraham; my God. 
 
 THE God of Abrah'm praise, 
 Who reigns enthroned above : 
 Ancient of everlasting days, 
 And God of love : 
 
 jp:iiovaii, great i am: 
 
 By earth and heaven confess'd ; 
 
 1 bow and ble^s the sacred Name, 
 Forever blest. 
 
 2 The God of Abrah'm praise, 
 At whose supreme command 
 
 From earth I rise, and seek the joys 
 
 At his ripht hand : 
 I all on earth forsake, 
 
 Its wisdom, fame, and power ; 
 And him my only portion make. 
 
 My fihield and tower. 
 
 8 The God of Abrah'm praise, 
 
 Whose all-snfficicnt prace 
 Shall puide me all my happy days 
 
 In all his ways ; 
 lie culls a wonn his friend : 
 
 He calls himself my God ! 
 And he shall save me to the end. 
 
 Through Jesuu' blood. 
 
 4 He bv liimself hath sworn: 
 
 I on "liis oath dejx-nd ; 
 I shall, on eagles' wings upborne. 
 
 To heaven ascend : 
 I shall behold hi* face; 
 
 I shall his power adore, 
 And sing the wonders of his grace 
 
 For evermore.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 565 
 
 945 21st p. M. 66, 84, 66, 84. 
 
 Continued.— Pressing toward the ma/rk. 
 
 THOUGH nature's strength decay, 
 And earth and hell withstand. 
 To Canaan's bounds I urge my way, 
 
 At His command ; 
 The wat'iy deep I pass, 
 
 With Jesus in my view ; 
 And through the howling wilderness 
 My way pursue- 
 
 2 The goodly land I see, 
 
 With peace and jplenty blest; 
 A land of sacred lioerty, 
 
 And endless rest. 
 There milk and honey flow, 
 
 And oil and wine abound; 
 And trees of life forever grow, 
 
 With mercy crown' d. 
 
 S There dwells the Lord our King, 
 
 The Lord our Righteousness, 
 Triumpliant o'er the world and sin, 
 
 The Prince of Peace ; 
 On Zion's sacred height, 
 
 His kingdom still maintains; 
 And, glorious, with his saints in light 
 
 Forever reigns- 
 
 4 He keeps his own secure; 
 
 He guards them by his side ; 
 Arrays nv garments white and pure 
 
 His spotless bride ; 
 With groves of living joys, 
 
 With streams of sacred bliss, 
 With all the fruits of paradise, 
 
 He still supplies.
 
 066 REJOICING IN 
 
 5 Before the great Three One 
 
 They all exulting stand, 
 And tell the wonders he hath done 
 
 Through all their land : 
 The lisfiiing spheres attend, 
 
 And swell the growing lame ; 
 And sing, in sonjrs whicli never end, 
 
 The wondrous rJame. 
 
 946 2l8t P. M. 66, 84, 66, 84. 
 
 Continue— Joining the fuavenlj choir. 
 
 THE God who reigns on high 
 Tlie great archangels sing, 
 And, Holy, holy, holy, or)'. 
 
 Almighty King I 
 Who was and i:i tlie same. 
 And evermore shall he ; 
 Jehovah, Father, great 1 AM, 
 We worship thee. 
 
 2 Before the Saviour's face 
 The ransom' d nations bow ; 
 
 O'erwhehn'd at his almighty grace, 
 
 Forever new ; 
 lie shows his prints of love, — 
 
 They kindle to a flame 1 
 And BO\ind, tliroiigh all the worlds above, 
 
 The blaughter'd Lamb. 
 
 3 The whole triumphant host 
 Give thanks to God on high; 
 
 Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 
 They ever cry: 
 Hail, Abrah'm's God, and mine! 
 
 ^I join the heavenly lays,) 
 All might and majesty are thine. 
 
 And endless praise.
 
 L 
 
 PEOSPECT OF HEAVEN. 567 
 
 947 , L. M. 
 
 The redeemed in Jieaven, 
 ! round the throne, a glorious hand, 
 The saints in countless myriads stand ; 
 Of every tongue redeem'd to God, 
 Array'd in garments wash'd in blood. 
 2 Through tribulation great they came ; 
 They bore the cross, despised the shame ; 
 But now from all their labours rest, 
 In God's eternal glory blest. 
 S They see the Saviour face to face ; 
 They sing the triumph of his grace ; 
 And day and night, with ceaseless praise, 
 To him their loud hosannas raise. 
 4 O, may we tread the sacred road 
 That holy saints and martyrs trod ; 
 Wage to the end the glorious strife, 
 And win, like them, a crown of Ufe. 
 
 948 1i\\V.ll.%Unes1s. 
 Tlie spirits of the just made perfect. 
 
 WHO are these array'd in white. 
 Brighter than the noon-day sun? 
 Foremost of the sons of light ; 
 
 Nearest the eternal tlirone ? 
 These are they that bore the cross ; 
 
 Nobly for their Master stood ; 
 BufTrers in his righteous cause ; 
 
 FoU'wers of the dying God. 
 2 Out of gijeat distress they came : 
 
 Wash'd their robes, by faith, below, 
 In the blood of yonder Lamb, — 
 
 Blood that washes white as snow ; 
 Therefore are they next the throne ; 
 
 Serve their Maker day and night: 
 God resides among his own, 
 
 Ged doth in his saints delight.
 
 568 REJOICING IN 
 
 949 27th p. M. 4 /•n« lis. 
 
 liDOuld not live alicay. 
 
 I WOULD not live alway; I ask not to stay 
 Whore 8tonn after stonn rises dark o'er the way; 
 The Ic-w hiriil morninj^s tliat dawn on ns here 
 Are enough lor life's joys, full enough for itscheer. 
 2 1 would not live alway; no — welcome the tomb ! 
 Since Jeans hath lain tiiere, I dread not its gloom : 
 There sweet bo my rest till he bid me arise, 
 To hail him in triumph descending the skies. 
 8 Who,whowould Uve alway, a way from hisGod — 
 Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
 Where rivera of pleasure flow bright o'er the 
 
 ])Iains, 
 And the noontide of glory eternally reigns ? 
 4 Tliere saints of all at'es in hannony mcot, 
 Their Saviour and brethren transported to jrreet; 
 While anthems of raiiture unceasingly roll, 
 And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul. 
 
 950 10th P. M. '^ II rut es. 
 
 ITaring a dfttire to depart 
 
 I LONG to behold Him array 'd 
 With glory and litrht from'abovo; 
 The King in his beauty display'd, — 
 His beauty of holiest love : 
 
 1 languish and sigh to Ik; there. 
 Where Jesus hath fix'<l his abode ; 
 
 O when shall wo meet in the air, 
 And fly to the mf>untaiii of God 1 
 
 2 With him I on Zion shall stand, 
 For Jesus hath spoken the word; 
 
 The breadth of Immanuel's land 
 Survey by the light of my Lord: 
 
 But when, on thy bosom reclined. 
 Thy face I am'strengthen'd to see, 
 
 Mv fulness of rapture 1 find, — 
 ilv heaven of heavens in thee.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEAVEN. 569 
 
 8 How happy the people that dwell 
 
 Secure in the city above ! 
 No pain the inhabitants feel, 
 
 No sickness or sorrow shall prove. 
 Physician of souls, unto me 
 
 forgiveness and holiness give; 
 And then from the body set free, 
 
 And then to the city receive. 
 
 951 10th P. M. 8 Urns 8s. 
 
 And to "be with Christ, which is far hetter, 
 
 OWHEN shall we sweetly remove, 
 Avhen shall we enter our rest, — 
 Keturn to the Zion above, 
 
 The mother of spirits distrcss'd ; — 
 That city of God tne great King, 
 
 Where sorrow and death are no more. 
 Where saints our Immanuel sing, 
 And cherub and seraph adore i 
 
 2 But angels themselves cannot tell 
 The joys of that holiest place, 
 
 Wliere Jesus is pleased to reveal 
 The light of his heavenly face : 
 
 When, caught in the rapturous flame, 
 The si^ht beatific they prove ; 
 
 And walk in the light of the Lamb, 
 Enjoying the beams of his love. 
 
 3 Tliou know'st in the spirit of prayer 
 We long thy appearing to see, 
 
 Kesign'd to the burden we bear, 
 But longing to triumph with thee : 
 
 'Tis good at thy Avord to be here ; 
 'Tis better in thee to be gone. 
 
 And see thee in glory appear. 
 And rise to a snare iii thy throne.
 
 570 REJOICING IN 
 
 W 
 
 952 s. M. 
 
 A hoMe not made with hands, et^cnial in the heaven*. 
 'E know, by faith we know, 
 If this vile house of clay, 
 This tabernacle, sink below, 
 In ruinous decay — 
 
 2 We have a house above, 
 
 Net made with mortal hands; 
 And finn as our Redeemer's love 
 
 That heavenly fabric stands. 
 8 It stands securely high, 
 
 Indi.s^olubly sure: 
 Our plorious mansion in the sky 
 
 Shall evermore endure. 
 
 4 Full of immortal hope, 
 We urue the restless strilo, 
 
 And hasten to be swullow'd up 
 Of everlasting life. 
 
 5 Lord, let us put on thco 
 In i>erfect holiness, 
 
 And rise prepared thy face to see, 
 Thy bright, unclouded face. 
 
 C Thy grace with glorj- crown, 
 Who hast the earnest given; 
 
 And then triumphantly come down, 
 And take us up to heaven. 
 
 053 ISthP. M. 10, 5, 11. 
 
 Eternity near. 
 
 COME, let us anew our journey pursue, 
 With vigour arise, 
 And press to our permanent place in the skies. 
 Of heavenly birth, though wand'riug on earth. 
 
 Tliis is not our place, 
 But strangers and pilgrims ourselves wo confess.
 
 PROSPECT OF HEA\^N. 571 
 
 2 At Jesus's call, we gave up our all ; 
 
 And still we torego, 
 For Jesus's sake, our enioyments below. 
 No longing we find for the country behind ; 
 
 But onward we move. 
 And still we are seeking a countiy above : — 
 
 3 A country of joy without any alloy; 
 
 We thither repair; 
 Our hearts and our treasure already arc there. 
 We march hand in hand to Immanuel's land ; 
 
 No matter what cheer 
 We meet with on earth, for eternity's here ! 
 
 4 The rougher the way, the shorter our stay ; 
 
 The tempests that rise 
 Shall gloriously hurry our souls to the skies : 
 The fiercer the blast,* the sooner 'tis past; 
 
 The troubles that come 
 Shall come to our rescue, and hasten us home. 
 
 954 s.M. 
 
 77i<3 joyful meeting. 
 
 SAVIOUR of sinful men, 
 Thy goodness we proclaim, 
 Whicli brings us here to meet again, 
 
 And triumnh in thy Name : 
 Thy mighty Name hath been 
 
 Our safeguard and our tower, — 
 Hath saved us from the world and sin, 
 And all the' accuser's power. 
 
 2 Awhile in flesh disjoin'd. 
 
 Our friends that went before 
 We soon in Paradise shall find, 
 
 And meet to part no more ; 
 In yon thrice happy seat. 
 
 Waiting for us they are ; 
 And thou shalt there a husband meet, 
 
 And I a parent there !
 
 572 REJOICING IN 
 
 955 s. M. 
 
 Continued.— God shall wipe uvoay aU taars. 
 
 OWHAT a mightv clian^e 
 Shall Jesvis' sun 'rers know, 
 While o'er the happy plains they rouge, 
 
 Incapable of wo ! 
 No ill-rcqiiitcd love 
 
 Shall there our ppirits wound : 
 No base ingratitude above, — 
 No sin in heaven is found. 
 
 2 There all our griefs arc spent : 
 There all our sorrows ena : 
 
 We cannot there the full lament 
 
 Of a departed friend ; 
 A brother dead to God, 
 
 By sin, alas ! undone : 
 No father there, in passion loud, 
 
 Cries, — O, my son ! my son ! 
 
 3 No slightest touch of pain, 
 Nor sorrow's lca*t alloy, 
 
 Can violate our rest, or stain 
 
 Our jnirity of ioy : 
 In that eternal Jay 
 
 No clouds or teinpesta rise ; 
 There gushing tears are wiped away 
 
 Forever from our eyes. 
 
 956 c. M. 
 
 Comjnunion ttith saints in hearen, 
 
 COMK, let us join our friends above, 
 Tiiat have obtain'd the nriza; 
 And on the eagle wings of lovo 
 
 To joys celestial rise. 
 2 lA?t all the saints terrestrial sing, 
 
 With those to glory {rone ; 
 For all the servants of our King, 
 Ib earth and heaven, arc one.
 
 PEOSPECT OF HEAVEN. 573 
 
 3 One family wc dwell iu Him, 
 One church above, beneath, 
 
 Though now divided by the stream, 
 The narrow stream, of death. 
 
 4 One army of the living God, 
 To his command we bow ; 
 
 Part of his host have cross'd the flood, 
 And part are crossing now. 
 
 5 Ten thousand to their endless home 
 This solemn moment fly ; 
 
 And we are to the margin come, 
 And we expect to die. 
 
 6 His militant embodied host, 
 With wishful looks we stand, 
 
 And long to see that happy coast, 
 And reach the heavenly land. 
 
 957 c. M. 
 
 Continued.— Full feliciti/. 
 
 OUK old companions in distress 
 We haste again to see, 
 And eager long for our release, 
 And full felicity. 
 
 2 E'en now, by faith, we join our hands 
 With those that went before ; 
 
 And greet the blood-besprinkled bands 
 On the eternal shore. 
 
 3 Our spirits too shall quickly jom, 
 Like theirs with glory crown'd, 
 
 And shout to see our Captain's sign, 
 To hear his trumpet sound. 
 
 4 Lord Jesus, be our constant guide : 
 And, when the word is given. 
 
 Bid death's cold flood its waves divide, 
 And land us safe in heaven.
 
 574 REJOICING. 
 
 CM. 
 
 958 
 
 7\^ protpect joyous. 
 
 AND let this feeble body fall, 
 And let it faint or die ; 
 My soul giholl quit the mournful vaJp, 
 
 And poar to worlds on hi^di : 
 Shall V'i'i the disc'tnbodied saints, 
 And find its lon^-^onirlit rest, — 
 That only l-licH for whi. h it (>ante, 
 lu the liedccnier's breast. 
 
 2 In hope of tliat jnimortal crown 
 
 I now the cross sustain. 
 And pla<lly wander up and dowai, 
 
 And snnlc at toil an<l |>uin: 
 1 suffer on mv threescore yearn, 
 
 Till my I>cliv'rer ettmc.' 
 And wijx" away his servant's* tearn, 
 
 Aud take his exile home. 
 
 8 O what hath Jesus houjfht for me ! 
 
 Before my ravish'd eyes 
 liivers of life divine I bee, 
 
 And trees of I'aradise: 
 I sec a world of spirits bright. 
 
 Who taste the pleasures there: 
 They all are robed in s|K»tles8 white, 
 
 And concju'ring j>ulmM they bear. 
 
 4 O what arc all my suirrinjjs here, 
 
 If. I>ord, thou count me meet 
 WitlJ that enraptiirp«l host to' appear, 
 
 And worshi] " "' ■ '' • 1 1 
 Give jov or pi ; -«• or pain, 
 
 Take 'life or ; ly, 
 
 Bat let me find litem uU ugaiu 
 
 lu that ctenial day.
 
 ERECTION OF CHURCHES. 
 
 LAYING A CORNER-STONE. 
 
 959 c. M. 
 
 The Kure fmindation. 
 
 BEHOLD the sure foundation-stono 
 Which God ill Zion lays, 
 To build our heavenly hopes upon, 
 And his eternal praise. 
 
 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, 
 We now adore thy Name ; 
 
 Wc trust our whole salvation here, 
 Nor can wo suffer shame. 
 
 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest. 
 Reject it with disdain ; 
 
 Yet on this Rock the church shall rest, 
 And envy rage in vain. 
 
 4 What thoufrh the pates of hell withstood, 
 Yet must this buildinj; rise ; 
 
 'Tis thine own work, almighty God, 
 And wondrous in our eyes. 
 
 960 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. 
 
 The living Name, 
 
 TIIOU, who hast in Zion laid 
 The true Foundation-stone, 
 And with those a cov'nant made 
 
 Who build on that alone : 
 Hear us, Architect divine ! 
 
 Great Builder of thy church below I 
 Now upon thy servants shine, 
 
 Who seek thy praise to show. 
 2 Earth is thine; her thousand hills 
 
 Thy mighty hand sustains ; 
 Jleaven thy awful presence fills ; 
 
 O'er all thy glory reigns :
 
 576 ERECTION OF CHUKCHES. 
 
 Yet the place of all prepared, 
 
 By rejral David's hivour'd Son, 
 Thv peculiar blessingr i*hnred, 
 
 AuJ stood thy chosen throne. 
 
 3 We, like Jessc'a son, wonld raise 
 A temple to the Lord ; 
 
 Sound throughout its courts his praise, 
 
 His saving; Name record; 
 Dedicate a house to Him 
 
 Wlio once, in mortal weakness shrined, 
 Sorrow'd, sutyer'd, to redeem, 
 
 To rescue, all nuaikiud. 
 
 4 Father, Son, and Spirit, send 
 The consecratintf flame; 
 
 Now in majcstv descend ; 
 
 Inscribe the ^ivin^ Name: 
 That jfreat Najue by which wo li%'«, 
 
 Now write on this accei)tcd stone; 
 Us into thy hand receive: 
 
 Our temple make thy throne. 
 
 961 LM. 
 
 Sifting a taWttiacl/'. 
 
 WHEN to the exiled seer were given 
 Tliose rapt'rons views of highest heaven, 
 All c'lorious tnoujfh the visioivs 'were, 
 Yet lie beheld no temple there. 
 
 2 The new Jemsulom on high 
 Hath one jK-rvading sanctity ; 
 No sin to mourn, no grief to mar, — 
 God and the lAinb its t«mple are. 
 
 8 But we, frail sojourners below, 
 The pilgrim-heirs of guilt and wo, 
 Must seek a tabernacle where 
 Our scatter'd souls may blend in prayer.
 
 LAYING A CORNEE-STONE. 577 
 
 4 O Thou! who o'er the cherubim^ 
 Didst shine in glories veil'd and dim, 
 With purer light our temple cheer, 
 And dwell in unveil' d glory here. 
 
 962 ^'^- 
 
 God's gvurdian presence. 
 
 THIS stone to thee, in faith, we lay; 
 This temple, Lord, to thee we raise ; 
 Thine eye be open night and day, 
 
 To guard this house of prayer and praise. 
 
 2 WithLii these walls let heavenly peace 
 And holy love and concord dwell ; 
 
 Here give the burden' d conscience ease, 
 And here the wounded spirit heaL 
 
 3 But wUl, indeed, Jehovah deign 
 Here to abide, no transient guest ? 
 
 Here will our great Kedeemer reign, 
 And hiere the Holy Spirii rest.' 
 
 4 Ne'er let thy glory hence depart: 
 
 Yet choose not, Lord, this shrine alone; 
 Thy Spirit dwell in every heart,— 
 In every bosom fix thy throne. 
 
 963 5th P. M, 4 ZiT^e^ 78. 
 
 Jeius CJirist the corner-stone. 
 
 
 
 N this stone, now laid with prayer, 
 d 
 
 Let thy church rise, strong and fair; 
 Ever, Lord, thy Name be known. 
 Where we lay this corner-stone. 
 *2 Let thy holy Child, who came 
 Man from error to reclaim, 
 And for sinners to atone, 
 Bless, with tliee, this corner-stone. 
 S May thy Spirit here give rest 
 To the heart by sin onpress'd, 
 And the seeds of truth be sown. 
 Where we lay this corner-stone. 
 87
 
 578 ERECTION OF CHUECHES. 
 
 4 Open wide, God, thy door. 
 For the ontcast and the poor. 
 Who can call no house their own, 
 "Where we lay this corner-stoue. 
 
 5 By wise master-builders squared, 
 Here be living stones prepared 
 
 For the temple near thy tnrone ; 
 
 Jesus Christ ita corner-stone. 
 
 DEDICATION. 
 
 964 3<i P. M. 4 <Ts & 2 8s 
 
 I»90ttn{; God't pretenct and hinting. 
 
 GKE.\T King of glori', c<^me, 
 And with thv favwir crown 
 Thir» temple as (liy liome. — 
 This people a-* thiuc own: 
 Beneath this ro«>f, O dei»?n to show 
 How God can dwell with men below. 
 
 2 Ilerc may thine ear» attend 
 Our Lnterceding (yn»9^y 
 
 And jBrrateful praise ascend. 
 Like incense to the skies: 
 Here may thy soul-convertintr word 
 With faith be preaoh'd, in faith be heard. 
 
 3 Here may onr unborn sons 
 
 And daughters sound thy praise, 
 And shine, like polishM stones. 
 
 Through long-succeeding days : 
 Here, Lord, display thy saving power, 
 While temples stand and men adore. 
 
 4 Here may the list'ning throng 
 Receive thy truth in love : 
 
 Here Christians join the song 
 (~)f the Redeem'd above ; 
 Till all, who humbly seek thy face. 
 Rejoice in thy al>ounding grace.
 
 DEDICATION. 579 
 
 965 s.M. 
 
 Tfut honour and safety of a nation. 
 
 GREAT is the Lord our God, 
 And let his praise be great ; 
 He makes his churches his abode, 
 
 His most delightful scat. 
 2 These temples of his grace, 
 
 How beautiful they stand: — 
 The honours of our native place, 
 
 And bulwarks of our laud. 
 S In Zion God is known, 
 
 A refuge in distress ; 
 How bright has his salvation shone 
 
 Through all her palaces I 
 
 4 In every new distress 
 We'll to his house repair; 
 
 We'll think upon his wondrous grace, 
 And seek deliverance there. 
 
 966 5th P. M. 4 ?i«^^ 7s. 
 
 Prayer and praise. 
 
 LORD of hosts ! to thee we raise 
 Here a house of prayer and praise : 
 Thou thy people's hearts prepare, 
 Here to "meet for praise and prayer. 
 2 Let the living here be fed 
 With tliy word, the heavenly bread : 
 Here, in hope of glory blest, 
 May the dead be laid* to rest. 
 
 5 Here to thee a temple stand, 
 While the sea shall gird the land : 
 Here reveal thy mercy sure. 
 While the sun and moon endure. 
 4 Hallelujah ! — earth and sky 
 
 To the joyful sound reply : 
 
 Hallelujah ! hence ascend 
 
 Prayer and praise till time shall end.
 
 580 ERECTION OF CHUKCIIES. 
 
 967 c. M. 
 
 A hUMxng 97ippli<:ated. 
 
 OGOD, though countless worlds of light 
 Thv power and (flory i?how, — 
 Though round thv throne, above all height, 
 
 Immortal seraphs glow, — 
 2 Yet, Lord, where'er thy saints apart 
 
 Are met for praise and prayer, — 
 "Wherever sighs a contrite lieart, 
 
 Thou, gnu'ious God, art t lie re. 
 o With gnitoful joy. thy children roar 
 
 This temple, Lord, to theo ; 
 Long may tlu.y sing thy praises here, 
 
 ,\nd here tliy beauty see. 
 
 4 Ill-re, Saviour, deign thy saintH to meet; 
 "With peace their lu?art8 to till; 
 
 And here, like Sliarun's ock>ure sweet. 
 May gfrace divine dLstil. 
 
 5 Here miiv thy truth fresh triumphs win; 
 Eternal Apiri't, here, 
 
 In many a heart now dead in sin, 
 A living tcuiplo rear. 
 
 DG8 L. M. 
 
 JehovaKt prttencf, 
 "XT' )T heaven's wide rantre of hallow'd space 
 i 1 Jchovuh's presence can eontinc ; 
 Nor auirels' clanns restrain his grace. 
 Whose glories through creation shine. 
 
 2 It lx?am'd on Ellen's guilty davs. 
 
 And traced redemption's woiulrous plan; 
 From tnlvarv', in bni;htest ravs. 
 It glow'd to guide lH?nightcJ man. 
 
 3 It« sacred shrine it fixes there. 
 Where two or three arc met to nuso 
 
 Tlieir holy hands in humble pravcr, 
 Or time their hearts to grateful praise.
 
 DEDICATION. 581 
 
 4 Be this, Lord, that honoiir'd place,— 
 The house of God, the gate of heaven ; 
 
 And may the fuhiess of thy grace 
 To all who here Bhall meet be given. 
 
 5 And hence, in npirit, may we soar 
 
 To those bright courts where seraphs bend ; 
 With awe like theirs, on earth adore, 
 Till with their antnems ours shall blend. 
 
 1)69 L.M. 
 
 Tlie tokens of Ilia grace. 
 
 AND will the great eternal God 
 On cartli estublisli his abode ? 
 And will he, from his radiant throne, 
 Accept our temples for his own ? 
 2 These walls we to thy hononr raise ; 
 Long may they echo with thy praise : 
 And thou, descending, fill the place 
 With choicest tokens of thy grace. 
 8 Here let tlie great Kedecmcr reign, 
 With all the graces of his train ; 
 While power divine his word attends, 
 To conquer foes, and cheer Ixis friends. 
 4 And in tlie great decisive day, 
 When God the nations shall survey, 
 ISIay it before the world appear 
 That crowds were bora to glorj- here. 
 
 970 L.M. 
 
 An hvmble offering to Jehovah, 
 
 THE perfect world, by Adam trod. 
 Was the first temple built by God ; 
 His fiat laid the corner-stone ; 
 He spake, and, lo ! the work was done. 
 2 He huu^ its starry roof on high. 
 The broad expanse of azure sky ; 
 He spread its pavement, green and bright, 
 And eurtaiu'd it with morning light.
 
 582 ERECTION OF CnURCIIES. 
 
 Z The mountains in tlioir places* stood, 
 The sea. the sky ; and all w as crood ; 
 And when its first j»ure praisi-s rang, 
 The nioniing stare together hang. 
 
 1 Lord, 'tiB not ours to make the sea, 
 And earth, and sky, a house for thee ; 
 But in thv si^rht our off'rinj? stiuids. 
 An liumblc temple, built with hands. 
 
 1)71 9th r. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 For ih* dtdicaiion qfa MametCn BetheL 
 
 Tllor, who «.n tl:. whirlwind ridcst. 
 At \\!i.-<' w.rd tiif thunder roarM, 
 ^Vll<> in iii;ij. >ty pn-^j.U.st 
 
 o'er the oceans un<l their shore*; 
 From those shoren and from the ocean, 
 We. the children of the sea, 
 •me to olfer our devotion, 
 And to give this house to thee. 
 
 2 When, for btisiness on prrat waters, 
 We po down to sea in aliips. 
 
 And our woepinjf sons and (langliteni 
 
 Hanp, at portinir, on our lips; 
 Tl»is our Bethel shall remind \\a 
 
 Tluit .Ielu)vuh heareth i>myer; 
 And that those wc have Uhind us 
 
 Arc thy faithful church'b care. 
 
 3 Wlien in port, caeh day tliat's holy 
 To this house we'll press in throngs; 
 
 When at sea, with spirit lowly. 
 
 We'll niK>at its sacred songs. 
 Outward boinid. shall we, in aadneM, 
 
 LojK.' it*i flag behind the seaa ; 
 Homeward lx>und, we'll greet with gladaess 
 
 Its first floating on the lirceze. 
 
 I
 
 MISSIONARY. 583 
 
 4 Homc'warcl bound 1 — with deep emotion, 
 
 "We remember, Lord, that life 
 Is a voyage o'er an ocean 
 
 Heaved" by many a tempest's strife. 
 Be thy statutes so" engraven 
 
 On our hearts and minds, that we, 
 Anch'ring in death's quiet haven. 
 
 All umy make our home with thee. 
 
 MISSIONARY. 
 D72 ^' ^i- 
 
 Souls perishing for lack of knowledge. 
 
 SHEPHERD of souls, with pitying eye 
 The tliousand* of our Israel see ; 
 To thee iii their behalf we cry, — 
 Ourselves but iicwly found in thee. 
 
 3 See where o''er desert wastes they err, 
 And neither food nor feeder have, 
 
 Nor fold, nor place of refuge near, 
 For no man cares their souls to save. 
 
 3 Thy people, Lord, are sold for naught, 
 Nor Know they their Redeemer nigh; 
 
 They pensh, whom thyself hast bought; 
 Their souls for lack of knowledge die. 
 
 ■i The pit its month hath open'd wide, 
 To swallow up its careless prey : 
 
 Wliy should they die, when tnou hast died- 
 Ilast died to bear their eins away? 
 
 5 Why should the foe thy purchase seize ? 
 
 Remember, Lord, thy dying groans : 
 The meed of all thy Sutferiugs these ; 
 
 claim them for thy ransom'd ones!
 
 584 MISSIONARY. 
 
 073 2Gth r. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 
 
 77i« cry of Vie heathen. 
 
 FROM Greenland's icy monntains. 
 From India's coral *8tran<l ; 
 "Where Afric's sunny fountains 
 Roll down their leolden sand ; 
 From many an ancient river, 
 From many a ralmy plain, 
 Thev call ns'to deliver 
 Their land from error'* chiun. 
 
 2 Wliat thonjrh the spicv breezes 
 
 Blow sofl o'er Ceylon b isle ; 
 Thoii^rh overv- prospect pleases. 
 
 And only man is vile : 
 In vain with lavish kindness 
 
 The trirts of God are stroi^-n ; 
 The heathen in his blindness 
 
 Bows down to wood and stone. 
 
 S Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
 
 With wisdom from on high, 
 Shall we to men benitrhted 
 
 The lamp of life deny ? 
 Salvation !— salvation ! 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim, 
 Till earth's remotest nation 
 
 lias learn'd Messiah's name. 
 
 4 "Waft, waft, ye winds, his story. 
 
 And vou, ve waters, roll, 
 Till, like a s*ea of glory, 
 
 It sjireads from pole to pole : 
 Till o er our ransom'd nature 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain, 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 In bliss returns to reign.
 
 MISSIONARY. 585 
 
 074 1st p. M. 6 ^i«^« 8s. 
 
 The ruined race. 
 
 LET God, "who comforts the distress'd, 
 Let Israel's Consolation, hear; 
 Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request, 
 And show thyself the Comforter ; 
 And swdl the' unutterable groan, 
 And breathe our wishes to the throne. 
 
 2 We wrestle for the ruin'd race ; 
 
 By sin eternally undone, 
 Unless thou magnify thy grace. 
 
 And make thy richest mercy known, 
 And make thy vanquish'd rebels find 
 Pardon in Christ for all mankind. 
 
 8 Father of everlasting love. 
 
 To every soul tliy Son reveal, 
 Our guilt and suff 'rings to remove. 
 
 Our deep, ori^'inal wound to heal; 
 And bid the fallen race arise^ 
 And turn our earth to paradise. 
 
 975 L. M. 
 
 The glorious predictions. 
 
 THE Law and Pronlicts all foretold 
 That Christ should die, and leave the grave ; 
 Gather the world into his fold. 
 The Chiu-ch of Jews and Gentiles save. 
 
 2 Yet, by the prince of darkness bound. 
 The nations still are wrapt in night ; 
 
 Tliey never heard the joyful sound; 
 They never saw the Gospel light. 
 
 S Light of the world, again appear. 
 
 In mildest majesty of grace. 
 And bring the great salvation near, 
 
 And claim our whole apostate race.
 
 586 MISSIONAEY. 
 
 976 L. M. 
 
 77i« latter day glory. 
 
 BEHOLD, the heathen waits to know 
 The joy the Gospel will bestow ; 
 The exiled eaptive to receive 
 The freedom Jcfius haa to give. 
 2 Come, let uf», with a eratclul heart. 
 In this blest labour pliare a jKirt; 
 Our pravers and <>rt''rinjr.s ^'la<ily brin(f 
 To aid tlie triumphs of our King. 
 Z Our hearts exult in ponifs of r^ralsc. 
 That we liave seen tl»e8e latter aaya, 
 ^Vhcn our Kedeomer pliall be known, 
 Where Satan long hath held his throne. 
 4 Where'er his bund hatli spread the skies, 
 Sweet incense to hin Name Mhall rise ; 
 And slave and freeman, Greek and Jew, 
 Jiy sovereign grace be form'd anew. 
 
 f)77 SfJtli r. M. 70, 76, 7(5, 7C. 
 
 Departing vii^ionari^a. 
 
 ROLL on, thou mighty ocean; 
 And, as thy billows flow, 
 Bear nuL'ssengcrs of mercy 
 
 To every land below. 
 Arise, yc gales, and waft them 
 
 Safe to the <lestined shore ; 
 That man may sit in darkness. 
 
 And death's black slmde, no morc. 
 2 thou eternal Ruler, 
 
 Wlu> hokk'st in thine arm. 
 The tempests of tlui ocean, 
 
 Protect them from all liarra ! 
 Thv presence, Lord, be with them, 
 
 Wherever they may be : 
 Tliough far from us who love them, 
 
 iitiU let tlicm be with thee.
 
 MISSIONAEY. 587 
 
 978 c. M. 
 
 Missionaries commended to God. 
 
 FATHER of mercies, condescend 
 To hear our fervent prayer, 
 Wliile these our brethren we commend 
 To thy paternal care. 
 
 2 Before them set an open door; 
 Their faithful labours bless ; 
 
 On them thy Holy Spirit pour, 
 And crown them with success. 
 
 3 Endow them with a heavenly mind ; 
 Supply their every need ; 
 
 Make them in spirit meek, resign'd, 
 But bold in word and deed. 
 
 4 In every temptinjz, trying hour, 
 Uphold'^them bv thy grace; 
 
 And guard them \>y thy mighty power, 
 Till they shall end their race. 
 
 5 Then, follow'd by a numerous train, 
 GatherVl from heathen lands, 
 
 A crown of life may they obtain 
 From their Kedeemer's hands. 
 
 979 i^- M. 
 
 The severed oUoe-'branch. 
 
 LORD, visit thy forsaken race ; 
 Back to thy "fold the wand'rers bring; 
 Teach them to seek thy slighted grace. 
 
 And hail in Christ their promised King. 
 '2 That veil of darkness rend in twain. 
 
 Which hides their Shiloh's glorious light ; 
 That scver'd olive-branch again 
 
 Firm to its parent-stock unite. 
 3 Hail, glorious day— expected long! 
 
 When Jew and Greek one prayer shall pour; 
 With eager feet one temple throng,— 
 
 With grateful praise one God adore.
 
 ''S8 MISSIONAEY. 
 
 080 s.M. 
 
 Jlfhrexc mUsionarif*. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Go<l of 1..V0, 
 Set up tlie' uttracting hijrn, 
 Aii'l Bummon whom thou dost approve 
 
 For mt'HJiciipers divine. 
 2 From favour'd Ahruli'm** Beed 
 
 Thfe new ai><)Mtles choo»c, 
 In isles and continent* to t«pread 
 
 The dead-rcvivini^ ncwB. 
 8 We know it shall be done ; 
 
 'Til* (ioil'n almighty word; 
 All Israel shall the Sivioiir own, 
 
 To their first »t«tc restored. 
 4 Send, then, thv nervantM forth 
 
 To call the Ilefjrcws home ; 
 From east and went, and Boiith and north, 
 
 lA*t all the wand'rem come. 
 f. With iHrael'H n • " "M, 
 
 Ix*t all the nati 
 And hIk'w tljc ni\ , i'd. 
 
 The faoiily coiuplclc. 
 
 981 L.M. 
 
 77is reMoration of hrafl. 
 
 ARISE, frreat God I and let thy trracc 
 Shed it* (jlad beams on Jacob's ra<-i ; 
 Kestorc the long-lo«t, Bcattcr'd band, 
 AHd call them to their native land. 
 2 Their mi»er>- let thy mercy heal ; 
 Their trcsnajiM hide, tlicir pardon acal ; 
 () God of Israel I hear our prayer, 
 And js'rnnt them Btill thy love to share. 
 y< How lonif shall Jacob's offspring prove 
 The s.id suspension of thy love ? 
 Lord, shall tliy wrath forever bum ? 
 And will thy mercy ne'er return \
 
 MISSIONAEY. 589 
 
 4 Thy quick'ning Spirit now impart, 
 And wake to joy each grateful heart ; 
 While Israel's rescued tribes in thee 
 Tlieir bliss and full salvation see. 
 
 982 
 
 For Vie, Jews and ihefxtlneM ofUie Geiitiles. 
 
 HEAD of the Church, whoso Spirit fills 
 And Hows through every faithful soul, 
 Unites in mystic love, and seals 
 Them one, and sanctifies the whole: — 
 
 2 Come, Lord, — thy glorious Spirit cries. 
 And pouls beneath the altar groan : 
 
 Come, Lord, — the Bride on earth replies. 
 And perfect all our souls in one. 
 
 3 Pour out the promised gift on all; 
 Answer tlie universal — Come ! 
 
 The fulness of the Gentiles call, 
 
 And take thine ancient people home. 
 
 4 To thee let all the nations flow; 
 Let ail obcv tlie Gospel word ; 
 
 Let all their mceding Saviour know, 
 Fiird \\\i\\ the glory of the Lord. 
 
 5 O. for thy truth and mercy's sake, 
 Tlic inirchasc of thy pa'^sion claim ; 
 
 Thine iieritagc, the Gentiles, take. 
 
 And cause the world to know tuy name. 
 
 983 s. M. 
 
 For the vorld'a conversion. 
 
 OGOD of Bov'reign grace, 
 We bow before thy throne ; 
 And pleadj for all the human race, 
 
 The merits of thy Son. 
 2 Spread through the earth, Lord, 
 
 Tne knowledge of thy ways ; 
 
 And let all lands, with joy, 'record 
 
 The great Redeemer's praise.
 
 590 MISSIONAEY. 
 
 984 5th p. M. 4 ^ne. 7s. 
 
 The banner of the cross. 
 
 GO, ye messengers of God ; 
 Like the beams of niorning, fly ; 
 Take the wonder-working rod ; 
 
 Wave the banner cross ou high. 
 2 Go to many a tronic isle 
 
 In the bosom of tne deep, 
 Where the skies forever smile, 
 
 And the' oppress'd forever weep. 
 8 O'er the pagan's night of care 
 
 Pour the living light of heaven ; 
 Chase away his wild despair; 
 
 Bid him hope to be forgiven. 
 4 Where the golden gates of day 
 
 Open on the palmy East, 
 Iligli the blcednig cross display ; 
 
 Spread the Gospel's richest least, 
 
 985 s, M. 
 
 Ittill gather all nations. 
 
 FATHER of boundless grace, 
 Thou hast in part fulftll'd 
 Thy promise made to Adam's race, 
 
 In God incarnate seal'd. 
 A few froui every laud 
 
 At first to Salem came, 
 And saw the wonders of thy hand, 
 
 And saw the tongues of name, 
 2 Yet Btill wo wait the end, — 
 
 The coming of our Lord ; 
 The full accomplishment attend 
 
 Of thy prophetic word. 
 Thy promise deeper lies. 
 
 In unexhausted grace ; 
 And new-discovcr'd worlds ariso 
 
 To sing their Saviour's praise.
 
 MISSIONARY. 591 
 
 3 Beloved for Jesus' sake, 
 
 By him redeem'd of old, 
 All nations must come in, and make 
 
 One undivided fold : 
 "While gather'd in by thee, 
 
 And perfected in one. 
 They all at once thy glory see 
 
 In thy co-equal Son. 
 
 986 CM. 
 
 The, earlh renewed in righteouanesa. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Spirit, now behold 
 A world by ein destroy'd: 
 Creating Spirit, as of old. 
 Move on the formless void. 
 
 2 Give thou the word : that healing sound 
 Shall quell the deadly strife ; 
 
 And earth again, like Eden erowTi'd, 
 Bring forch the tree of life. 
 
 3 If sang the morning stars for joy, 
 When nature rose to view, 
 
 What strahis will angel-harps employ. 
 When thou shalt all renew ! 
 
 4 And if the sons of God rejoice 
 To hear a Saviour's name, 
 
 How will the ransom'd raise their voice, 
 To whom the Saviour came ! 
 
 5 Lo, every kindred, everv tribe. 
 Assembling round the tlirone, 
 
 The new creation shall ascribe 
 To sov'reign love alone. 
 
 987 L. M. 
 
 The Sa/viour^s coming expected and prayed/or. 
 
 JESUS ! thy church, with longing eyes, 
 For thine expected coming waits : 
 When -n-ill the promised li^ht arise, 
 And glory beam on Ziou s gates I
 
 592 MISSIONARY. 
 
 2 E'en now, when tempests round ns fall, 
 And wintr}' clouds o ercast tho eky, 
 
 Thv words with pleasure we recall, 
 And deem that our redemption's nigh. 
 
 3 O ! come, and rei^n o'er every land ; 
 Ijct Satan from Ins throne bchurl'd, — 
 
 All nations bow to thy comnmnd, 
 And grace revive a dying world. 
 
 4 Teach us. in watchfulness and prayer, 
 To wait lor thine app.»intod hour; 
 
 And fit us, bv thy grace, to share 
 The triumpha of uiy couqu'ring power. 
 
 988 19th p. M. 664, 6664. 
 
 I^t ihtre hf UgfiL 
 
 TTIOU, whose almighty word 
 Chaos and darkncss'hcard, 
 And took their flight; 
 Jlcar us, we humbly pray, 
 And where the Gosj>el day 
 tSheds not its glurioub ray, 
 Let there bu ligliL 
 
 2 ThoTi, who didst come to bring, 
 Vi\ thy redeeming winir, 
 
 Healing and siirlit, — 
 lleAlth to the sick in mind, 
 Sight to the inly blind, — 
 O now, to all mankind, 
 
 Let there be ligliL 
 
 8 Spirit of truth and love, 
 liifc-givincr, holv Dove, 
 
 Speed fortli tfiy flight; 
 Move on the water's face, 
 Bearing the lamo of grace; 
 And in earth's darkest place. 
 
 Let there be light.
 
 MISSIONARY. 593 . 
 
 989 s.M. 
 
 The Red€emer''8 triumphant reign. 
 
 OTHOU whom we adore, 
 To bless our earth again, 
 Assume tliiue own almighty power, 
 
 And o'er the nations reign. 
 The world's Desire and Hope, 
 All power to thee is given ; 
 Now set the last great empire up, 
 Eternal Lord ot heaven. 
 
 2 "Where all thy laws are spnni'd, 
 Thy holy name profaned, 
 
 And where the runi'd world has mourn'd, 
 With blood of millions staiii'd : 
 
 Eeveal the glorious sc^nc ; 
 The heatlien claim for thine ; 
 
 And there the endless reign begin 
 With majesty divine. 
 
 3 A gracious Saviour, thou 
 Wilt all thy creatures bless ; 
 
 And every knee to thee shall bow, 
 
 And every tongue confess. 
 According to thy word. 
 
 Now be thy grace reveal'd; 
 And with the knowledge of the Lord, 
 
 Let all the earth be fill'd. 
 
 990 L. M. 
 
 Missionary meeting. 
 
 ASSEMBLED at thy great command, 
 Before thy face, dread King, we stand : 
 The voice that marshall'd every star, 
 Has caird thy people from afar. 
 
 2 We meet through distant lands to spread 
 The truth for which the martyrej bled ; 
 Along the line — to either pole — 
 The authem of thy praise to roll.
 
 594 MISSIONARY. 
 
 r, Our prayers assist ; accept our prawws ; 
 Our hopes' revive ; our courape raiae; 
 Our counsels aid ; — to cacii impart 
 The siuglo eye, the laithAil heart. 
 4 Forth witli thv chosen lieraKls come ; 
 IJecall the wand"^rinp spirits home ; 
 From Zion's mount send forth the sound, 
 To spread the s]>Qcious earth around. 
 
 991 s.M 
 
 Godi xrtmdrou* «ny anumg tAs haatiuii. 
 
 TO bless thy < 1 
 In merry, I. ; 
 
 And cause the 1 _ 'tthy luce 
 
 On all thy BoiulB lo bliine ; — 
 2 That so thy wondrous woy 
 
 May through the world Ihj known ; 
 "Wiiilc distmil laiuls their hona4ro i«y, 
 
 And thy ."alvaliun own. 
 8 Let all the nations join 
 
 To celebrate thv tajuc ; 
 And all tlio worhl, O I>ord, couibinc 
 
 To praise tliy glorious Name. 
 
 992 L.M. 
 
 Light for tho»« \cKo tit in darkrws*. 
 
 Tn<»r(ill now the nations sit Ix'neath 
 Tlie darkness ot' o'erspreadinj? death; 
 G(m\ will arise with li^jht divine, 
 On Zion'tJ holy towers to shine. 
 2 Tltat liffht shall shine on distant lands, 
 And wand'rintr trilK-s, in joyful baud.s, 
 ^^haIl come, thy jrUiry, I»rd, to sec, 
 And in thy coiirts to worship thcc. 
 8 light o( Zion, now ariao 1 
 Let the glad morning blests oar oyes; 
 Ye nations, catch the kindlint' ray, 
 \ud hail tlic splendoun* of the day.
 
 MISSIONAET. 595 
 
 993 3dP. M. 4 Gs & 2 8s. 
 
 On^ shall chase a tlimisand, 
 
 SA\^OUR, we know tliou art 
 In every age the same : 
 Now, Lord, in ours exert 
 
 The virtue of thv Name, 
 And daily, througii thy word, mcrease 
 Thy blood-besprinkled witnesses. 
 2 As thy command ordains, 
 
 Thy people, saved below 
 From all tiicir sinful stains, 
 
 Shall multiply and grow: 
 And one into a' thuusand rise, 
 To spread thy praise through earth and skica. 
 
 994 s.M. 
 
 Th« glorious Gospel. 
 
 THE nations of the earth. 
 Almighty Lord, are thine; 
 And in thy works from nature's birth, 
 
 Thy radiant glories shine. 
 2 Tliy love hath also sent 
 
 Thy Gospel to our race ; 
 Unveiling thy divine intent 
 
 Of rich redeeming grace. 
 S When shall these tidings roll 
 
 The spacious earth around, 
 And every tribe and every soul 
 
 Keceivc the joyful sound ? 
 
 4 Wlien shall the wand'rers meet. 
 That now in darkness rove, 
 
 And, gathered round Immanuel's feet, 
 Sing of his saving love ? 
 
 5 Lord, our efforts own, 
 
 To spread the gospel rays 
 
 And rear, on sin's demolished throne, 
 The temples of thy praise.
 
 596 MISSIONARY. 
 
 995 L. M. 
 
 TriumphM of mercy. 
 
 ARM of tlie Lord, owuko, awake I 
 Put on thy strenjfth— the nations shake, 
 And let the world, adorinj?, 8ee 
 Triumphs of mercy wrought by thee. 
 
 2 Say to the heathen, from thy throne, 
 
 1 ani .Ii'hovali — Grnl alone: 
 
 Thy voice their idols shall confound. 
 And ca.st their altars to the ground. 
 
 3 No mori' lot creature blood ha spUt — 
 Vain sacrifitc for human guilt I 
 
 But to each conscience Ik? applied 
 The blood that flowM from Jesus* sida 
 
 4 Almighty God, thy grace proclaim, 
 In every land, of eviry name: 
 
 Lot adverse i>owers l>ofore thoo fall, 
 And crown the Saviour Lord of ail. 
 
 99 G Mh P. .M. 4 ///u* 7g. 
 
 Christ « unirerttal rtign. 
 
 HASTEN. Lord, the jjlonous time, 
 When, Ix-noath Messiah's sway, 
 Every nation, every dinio. 
 Shall the gospel call ol>ey. 
 
 2 Mitrhtiost kintrs his power shall own; 
 Heathen tribes his Nante adore; 
 
 Satan and his host, o'erthrown. 
 Bound in cliains, shall hurt no more. 
 
 3 Then shall wars an<l tnnnilts cease; 
 Then l>c banish'd grief and pain ; 
 
 Riehteousness, and ioy, and peace, 
 Undistnrb'd, slial! ever rergn. 
 
 4 Bless wo, then, our crrftcinns Ix»rd; 
 Ever praise his glorious Name; 
 
 All his mighty acts record, — 
 All his wondrous love proclaim.
 
 MISSIONARY. 597 
 
 997 L.M. 
 
 TTie time to favour Zion. 
 
 SOV'REIGN of worlds! display thy power; 
 Be this thy Zion's favour'd hour; 
 Bid the bright morning star arise, 
 And point the nations to the skies. 
 
 2 Set up thy throne wliere Satan reigns, 
 On Afric's shore, on India's plains, 
 
 On lonely isles and lands unknown, 
 And make the nations all thine own. 
 
 3 Speak ! and the world shall hear thy voice ; 
 Speak ! and the desert shall rejoice ; 
 Scatter the gloom of heathen night, 
 
 And bid all nations hail the light. 
 
 998 CM. 
 
 Christy the Conqueror. 
 
 JESUS, immortal King, arise ; 
 Assert thy rightful sway ; 
 Till earth, subdued, its tribute brings, 
 And distant lands obey. 
 
 2 Ride forth, victorious Conqu'ror, ride, 
 Till all thy foes submit. 
 
 And nil the powers of hell resign 
 Their tropnies at thy feet. 
 
 3 Send forth thy word, and let it fly 
 The spacious earth around. 
 
 Till every soul beneath the sun 
 Shall hear the joyful sound. 
 
 4 O may the great Redeemer's Name 
 Through every clime be known, 
 
 And heathen gods, forsaken, fall, 
 And Jesus reign alone. 
 
 5 From sea to sea, from shore to shore, 
 Be thou, Christ, adored. 
 
 And earth, with all her millions, shout 
 Hosannas to the Lord.
 
 598 MISSIONARY. 
 
 990 L. M. 
 
 ChrtJtCa vnitertal and eterlatiing kingdom. 
 
 JP^l'S shall reign where'er the 8un 
 Doth liift successive journeys run; 
 His kinirdom spread from shore to shore, 
 Till moon sliall wax ami wane no more, 
 li From north to south the princes meet, 
 T«j jtay their homage at his feet; 
 While' western empires own their Lord, 
 And savai^e triK'S attend liis word- 
 
 3 To 1 mIIchh pmyer he nuide. 
 And < ••'* cn»wn hin b«.-ad; 
 
 His Nu .cot |»erfumc sliall ri«c 
 
 With everj' morning' hncrifice. 
 
 4 People and realms of every tonguo 
 J>well on lii.H lov« with awet-'test song, 
 And infant voii-cs shall pnx-laira 
 Their early blcshing-t ou hlb Name, 
 
 1000 83d r. M. 8 iino* 6s. 
 
 TV d^citX of martyrg. 
 
 FLUNG to the heedless winds, 
 Or on the waters oa«t. 
 The inartvrH* nnhes, watvh'd, 
 
 Shall pather'd In? at lm*t; 
 And from tliat scattcr'd dust, 
 
 Around us and abmad, 
 Shall sjmng a plenteous seed 
 
 Of witnesses for G<h1. 
 2 The Father hatli rect ived 
 
 Their Utest living brcAth ; 
 And vain i* Snt«n*«* lxia«*t 
 
 Of viot'r • ■ •' : 
 
 Still, still. . y speak, 
 
 And, tr . ] rodaim, 
 
 To'' many a uak'wi:!^' iiUtd, 
 
 The one availing Noiu«.
 
 MISSIONARY. 599 
 
 1001 26th p. M. 76, 76, 76, 70. 
 77i6 universal anthem. 
 
 WHEN shall the voice of singing 
 Flow joyfully alon^ ? 
 When hill and valley, ringing 
 With one triumphant song, 
 Proclaim the contest ended, 
 
 And Ilim who once was slain, 
 Ajrain to earth descended, 
 In righteousness to reign- 
 
 2 Then from the craggy monntains 
 
 The sacred shout sliall fly ; 
 And shady vales and fountains 
 
 Shall echo the reply. 
 Ilijrh tower and lowly dwelling 
 
 Shall send the chorus round. 
 All hallelujahs swelling 
 
 lu one eternal sound! 
 
 1002 7th P. M. 8 Zi/w« 7s. 
 The word glorijled. 
 
 SEE how groat a flame aspires, 
 Kindled by a spark of grace ! 
 Jesus' love the nations fires, — 
 
 Sets tlie kingdoms on a blaze. 
 To bring fire on earth he came ; 
 
 Kindled in some hearts it is : 
 O that all might catch the flame, 
 
 All partake the glorious bliss ! 
 2 When he first the work begun, 
 
 Small and feeble was his day: 
 Now the word doth swiftly run ; 
 
 Now it wins its widening way : 
 More and more it spreads and grows. 
 
 Ever mighty to prevail ; 
 Sin's strongholds it now o'erthrows, — 
 
 Shakes the trembling gates of hell.
 
 GOO MISSIONARY. 
 
 8 Sons of God, your Saviour praise ! 
 
 lie the door hath open'd wide ; 
 lie liath given the word of grace; 
 
 .Te!»u3' word is glorified. 
 JcHUs, mighty to redeem. 
 
 He alone tlio work hath wrought; 
 Vrortliy is the work of him, — 
 
 Him' who spake a world from naught. 
 
 4 Saw ye not tlic clond arise, 
 
 Little as a human hand t 
 Now it spreads along the .skies, — 
 
 Hangs o'er all the thirsty land; 
 Lo I the pron>isc of a shower 
 
 Drops nlrvji-ly from above; 
 But the I^>rd will shortly i»our 
 
 All the Spirit of his love. 
 
 1003 7th p. M. s r.iK* r. 
 
 77^ WatcAmnn'a report. 
 
 WATrHMAN, tell ns of the ni>rht, 
 W What its signs of promise are. 
 Trav'ler, o'er yon mountuin's height 
 
 Sec the glon-beaming star. 
 Watchman, does its beauteous ray 
 
 Aught of hope or joy foretell ? 
 Trav'ler, yes. it brings the day — 
 
 Promised day of Israel- 
 
 2 Watchman, toll us of the night ; 
 
 Higlicr vet that star ascends. 
 Tmv'U-r, t»lesse<lness and light, 
 
 Peace and truth, its course portends. 
 Watchman, will its Warns, alono. 
 
 Gild the spot that gave them birth? 
 Trav'ler, ages arc ita own; 
 
 Sec, it bursta o'er all the earth.
 
 MISSIONAEY. QQl 
 
 3 "Watchman, tell us of tlie nighty 
 
 For the Tnoriiing seems to dawn. 
 Trav'ler, darkness takes its flight; 
 
 Doubt and terror are ^^'ithdra^vn. 
 "Watchman, let thy wand'ring cease; 
 
 Hie thee to thy quiet home. 
 Trav'ler, lo ! the Prince of Peace, 
 
 Lo ! the Sou of God is come. 
 
 1004 7th -p. IL Z lines 7fu 
 
 The iong of jubilee. 
 
 HARK! the song of jubilee; 
 Loud as mighty thunders roar, 
 Or the fulness of the sea, 
 
 "When it breaks upon the shore: 
 Hallelujah ! for the Lord 
 
 (i(xl omnipotent shall reign ; 
 Hallelujah I let the word 
 Echo round the earth and main. 
 
 2 Hallelujah ! — hark ! the sound, 
 From the centre to the skies, 
 
 Wakes above, beneath, around, 
 
 All creation's harmonies : 
 See Jehovali's banners furl'd ; 
 
 Sheathed his sword : he speaks — 'tis doo^ 
 And the kingdoms of this world 
 
 Are the kingdoms of his Soa. 
 
 3 He shall reign from pole to pole 
 "With illimitable sway; 
 
 He shall reign, when, like a scroll, 
 Yonder heavens have pass'd away: 
 
 Then the end;— beneath his rod, 
 Man's last enemy shall fall ; 
 
 Hallelujah! Christ' in God, 
 God in Christ, is all in all.
 
 602 MISSIONAKY. 
 
 1005 L.M. 
 
 7^ 9ong of triumph. 
 
 SOON may tlio last ^lad sonij arise, 
 Throuiarh' all the inillionw ot the skies — 
 That song of triumph which records 
 That all tlio earth is now the Lord's*. 
 2 T^t thrones, and powers, and kingdoms, be 
 Obedient, mighty God, to thee ; 
 And over land, and stream, and maiUf 
 Now wave the soeptre of thy reign. 
 8 let tluit gloriouB anthem swell ; 
 l>ct host to host tiie triunij)h tell. 
 Till not one n-liel heart remains, 
 lint over ail the Saviour reigiiti. 
 
 100() ICth P.M. 11 12, 11 12. 
 
 AUfluia^ Vie Lord God omnipoU^t rei(pifth. 
 
 OJOIN ye the anthems of triumph, that riHc 
 From the throng of the blest, from the hosts 
 of the pkics : 
 Allclnia, they sing, in rapturous strains ; 
 Alleluia, the' Lord God omnipotent reigns. 
 
 2 He gave to the light its benofi«x;nt wings; 
 
 lie eontrolleth the counsels of senates and kings : 
 From his throne iu the elouds the lightnings an- 
 
 hurl'd. 
 And he ruleth the faetions that rage through tlu-, 
 
 world. 
 
 3 Rejoice, ye that love him ; his power cannot fail ; 
 His omnipotent goodness shall surely prevail; 
 The triumph of evil will shortly her i)ast, 
 
 And onniipotent mercy shall conquer at last, 
 
 4 Though Satan now maketh the nations his prey, 
 The dominion of darkness shall soon pass away : 
 Exulting, wc jf'in heaven's rapturous strains, — 
 Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns.
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 
 1007 c.M. 
 
 Blessedness of instnicting the young. 
 
 DELIGHTFUL work! young souls to win, 
 And turn tlic risinj,' race 
 From the deceitful paths of sin, 
 To seek redeeming grace. 
 
 2 Children our kind protection claim ; 
 And God will well approve 
 
 When infants learn to lisp his name, 
 And their Kedeemcr love. 
 
 3 Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way 
 To guide untutored youth, 
 
 And sliow the mind which went astray 
 Tlie Way, the Life, the Truth. 
 
 4 Almighty God, thine influence shed, 
 To aid this blest design: 
 
 The honours of thy Name be spread, 
 Aiid all the glory thine. 
 
 1008 5th P. M. 4 Zi«^ 78, 
 
 A blessing invoked on teachers. 
 
 MIGHTY One, before whoso face 
 Wisdom had her glorious seat, 
 When the orbs that people space 
 
 Sprang to birth beneath thy feet; 
 2 Source of truth, whose rays alono 
 
 Light the mighty world of mind ; 
 God of love, who "from thy throne 
 
 Kindly watchest all mankind ; 
 S Shed on those, who in thy Name 
 
 Teach the way of truth and right, 
 Shed that love's undying flame, — 
 
 Shed that wisdom's guiding light.
 
 604 SUNDAY- SCHOOLS. 
 
 1009 CM. 
 
 For a hUMing on thf children. 
 
 wisdom: wlioso unfa.linjj: power 
 licsidc tlie' Ktcrnal wtorxl, 
 To frame, in nature's earliest hour, 
 
 The land, the sky, the flcxxl ; 
 2 Yet didst thou not disdain awhile 
 
 An infant fonn to wear, — 
 To bless thy mother with a Kmile, 
 
 And lisj) thy faltcr'd prayer. 
 8 But in thy Father's own alnxlc, 
 
 ^Vith Isruel's ehlers round, 
 Converninjr hij?h with IsroerB God, 
 
 Thy chicfcst joy wa.H found. 
 4 So mav our yonth a«lorc thy Name ! 
 
 And. Saviour I dei^n to blesR 
 With fost'rintf ^rraco the timid flame 
 
 Of early holiucss. 
 
 1010 CM. 
 
 TV ChrUHan ehOd. 
 
 BY cool Siloam's shady rill 
 How sweet the lily ^ows I 
 How sweet the breath, beneath the hiil. 
 \ Of Sharon's dewy rose ! 
 
 2 Lo I such the child whose early feet 
 
 The paths of peace have tnxl — 
 "Whose secret heart, with inLflucuce sweet, 
 
 Is upward drawn to (Jod. 
 C Bv cool Siloam's shatly rill 
 
 Tlie lily must decay; ' 
 The rr^e'that blooms' beneath the hill 
 
 Must shortly fa<le away. 
 4 And soon, too soon, the wintry hoar 
 
 Of man's maturer ajrc 
 Will shako the soul with sorrow's power, 
 
 And stormy passion's rage.
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 605 
 
 5 Thou who givest Hfo and breath, 
 
 We seek thy grace alone, 
 In childhood, manhood, age, and death, 
 
 To keep us still thine own. 
 
 1011 1st P. M. 6 lin-e^ 83. 
 
 Sanctified knowledge. 
 
 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 To- whom we for our children cry, 
 The good desired, and wanted most, 
 
 Out of thy richest grace supply ; 
 The sacred discipline be given. 
 To train and bring them up for heaven. 
 
 2 Error and ignorance remove ; 
 
 Their blindness both of heart and mind: 
 Give them the wisdom from above, — 
 
 Spotless, and peaceable, and kind : 
 In knowledge pure their minds renew, 
 And Btore with thoughts divinely true. 
 
 3 Learning's redundant part and vain 
 Be here cut otF, and cast aside : 
 
 But let them, Lord, the substance gain; 
 
 In every solid truth abide ; 
 Swiftly acquire, and ne'er forcco 
 The knowledge fit for man to know. 
 
 4 Unite the pair so long disjoiu'd, 
 Knowledge and vital piety : 
 
 Learning and holiness combined. 
 
 And truth and love, let all men see 
 In those whom up to thee we give, 
 Thine, wholly thine, to die and live. 
 
 1012 CM. 
 
 Anniversary ; the childrerCa jubilee. 
 
 HOSANNA, be the children's song, 
 To Christ, the children's King ; 
 His praise, to whom our soula belong, 
 Let all the children sing.
 
 606 SUNDAY- SCHOOI^. 
 
 2 From little ones to Jesus brought, 
 
 Hosanna now be heard ; 
 Lot little infanta now bo taught 
 
 To lisp that lovely word. 
 
 S Ilosanna, pound from hill to hill. 
 And spread from plain to plain, 
 
 "While louder, sweeter, elearer s^till, 
 "NVooda echo to the strain. 
 
 4 Hosanna, on the wings of light, 
 O'er earth and ooean Hy, 
 
 Till morn to evo, and noon to night, 
 And heaven to earth, reply. 
 
 5 Ilosanna, then, our song i«hall bo ; 
 ll<»suniia to our Kin>r: 
 
 This is the children's jubilee; 
 Let all the children sing. 
 
 1013 CM. 
 
 ChUtlren recalling the example ofJetus. 
 
 WHEN Jesus lelY his Father's throne, 
 He chose an huinhlo Mrtli; 
 And, all unhonour'd and unknown. 
 He came to dwell on eartli. 
 
 2 Like him, may we l>o found below 
 
 In wisdom's path of mace ; 
 Like him, in gnioe aiKi knowledge grow, 
 
 As years and strength inereaMe. 
 
 8 Sweet were his words, and kind hia look, 
 "When mothers round him prcss'd ; 
 
 Their infants in his arms he took, 
 And on his bosom blest. 
 
 4 Safe from the world's alluring chamia, 
 
 Ik-noath his watchful eye. 
 Thus, in the circle of Ids arms. 
 
 May we forever lie.
 
 SUNDAY-SCHOOLS. 607 
 
 1014 26th P. M. 76, 76, 76, 76. 
 
 Grateful praise. 
 
 ¥E bring no glitt'rin^ treasures, _ 
 No gemH from earth's deep mme; 
 We come, with simple measures, 
 
 To chant thy lovo divine. 
 Children, thy favours sharmor, _ 
 
 Their voice of thanks would raise; 
 Father, accept our off 'ring, 
 
 Our song of grateful praise. 
 2 The dearest gift of Heaven, 
 
 Love's written word of truth, 
 To us is early given, 
 
 To guide our steps m youth ; 
 We hear the wondrous story, 
 
 The talc of Calvary ; 
 We read of homes m glory, 
 
 From sin and sorrow free. 
 8 Eedeemcr ! grant thy blessing 1 
 
 ! teach us how to pray, 
 That each, thy fear possessing, 
 
 May tread life's onward way; 
 Then where the pure are dwelling 
 
 We hope to meet again. 
 And sweeter numbers swelling, 
 
 Forever praise thy Name. 
 
 1015 ^•^• 
 
 Eosanna to t?ie Son of David. 
 
 WHAT are those soul-reviving strains 
 Which echo thus from Salom's plams? 
 What anthems loud, and louder still, 
 So sweetly sound from Zion's hill ? 
 2 Lo 1 'tis an infant chorus smgs 
 Hosanna to the King of kings : ^ 
 
 The Saviour comes '.—and babes proelaam 
 Salvation, sent m Jesus' name.
 
 608 SUNDAY- SCHOOLS. 
 
 3 Nor these alone their voice shall raise, 
 For we will join this sonp <>f praise; 
 Still Israel's cliildrcn furwunl press, 
 
 To hail the Lord their Ki^'hteousness. 
 
 4 Messiah's name shall joy impart 
 Alike to .few and Gentile heart: 
 He bk'd for ns, he bled for you, 
 And we will sinfr hosanua too. 
 
 ^ Proolairn hosannas, lou<l and clear ; 
 ^ce Ihiviil's Son and Lord appear! 
 All jirnisf on earth to liin) he jfiven, 
 Aud glury shout through highest heaven. 
 
 1010 CM. 
 
 ChUdren in hsav^n, 
 
 TliKIJE is a glorious world of light, 
 Above the starry sky. 
 Where saints departed, clothed in white, 
 Adore the Lord most high. 
 
 2 And hark, amid the sa<^"rod songs 
 
 Those lu'av«nly v<>io<'s rais<«, 
 Ten thousand thousand infant tongues 
 
 Unite in i>erfect praise. 
 : Those arc the hymns that we shall know, 
 
 If Jesus we ol>ey ; 
 That is the place where we shall gOj 
 
 If found in wisdom's way. 
 
 4 Soon will our earthly race be run— 
 
 Our mortal frame decay ; 
 Children and teoclicrn, one by one, 
 
 Must die and \>a»* away. 
 ' Great Gwl, impress this serious thought, 
 
 To-<lay, on every breast : 
 That both the teachcru an<l the tJinght 
 
 May dwell ajnong the blest.
 
 
 
 MISCELLAXEOUS. 
 
 PUBLIC FASTS. 
 
 1017 1st p. M. lines Ss. 
 
 Unfaithfulness acknmcUdged and lamented. 
 GOD, thy righteousness we own ; 
 Judgment is at thy house begun ; 
 "With humble awe thy rod wo hear, 
 And guilty in thy sight appear; 
 ■\Ve cannot in thy judgment stand, 
 But sink beneath tliy mighty hand. 
 2 Our month as in the dust we lay, 
 And still for mercy, mercy pray ; 
 Unworthy to behold thy hice, 
 Untaithfiil stewards of thy grace, 
 Our sin and wickedness we own, 
 And deeply for acceptance groan. 
 V> We liave not, Lord, thy gifts improved, 
 ]>ut basely from thy statutes roved; 
 Yet do not drive us from thy face, 
 A stitf-ncckM and hard-hearted race: 
 The melting power of love impart ; 
 fc>ufteu the marble of our heart. 
 
 B 
 
 1018 ,.^c.M. 
 
 Deprecating the anger of God. 
 
 KIIOLD, O Lord ! before thy throne 
 _ • Thy mourning people bend : 
 'Tis on thy sov'reign grace alone 
 
 Our huiiible hopes depend. 
 2 Tremendous judgments from thy hand 
 
 Thy dreadful power display ; 
 Vet mercy spares this guilty laud. 
 
 And yet we live to pray.
 
 610 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 3 An<l wliv, great God, are wc thus spared, 
 Unerateful as we arc? 
 
 O make thine awful warnings heard, 
 While mercy eric?, — Forbear! 
 
 4 O turn us, turn us, blessed Lord, 
 By thine almighty grace ; 
 
 Then shall our hearts obey thy word, 
 Aud evM seek thy face. 
 
 5 Hear thou our prayers, and grant us aid ; 
 Hid wars forever cease : 
 
 Ileal every breach that hin has made, 
 Aud blest) our loud with peace. 
 
 1019 9th p. M. ST, 97. 
 
 Pardon imptortd fx^r national tin*. 
 
 DREAD Jehovah! God of nations ! 
 Fnim thy temple in the skies, 
 Hear thy people's supplications; 
 
 Now 'for their deliv'^ranco rise. 
 2 lyo! with deep contritinn turning, 
 
 In thy holy place we bend; 
 Hear us, fasting, praying, mourning; 
 
 Hear ns, spare us, and defend. 
 S Though our sins, our hearts confounding, 
 
 Iy>ng and loud for ventroancc call. 
 Thou nast mercy more abounding: 
 
 Jesus' blood can cleanse them all. 
 4 T>ct that mercy veil transgression ; 
 
 I^t that blooti our guilt eiracc : 
 f^avc thy people from opr>res(*ion; 
 
 Save from spoil thy holy place. 
 
 1020 CM. 
 
 Impending judijmfnta. 
 
 COME, let our souls a<lorc the Lord, 
 Whose judgment.'* yet delay ; 
 Who vet suspcmls the' lifte*l sword, 
 And gives us lime to pray.
 
 PUBLIC FASTS. 611 
 
 2 Great 13 our Ruilt, our fears are great, 
 But let us not despair ; 
 
 Still open is the niqrey-seat 
 To penitence and prayer. 
 
 3 Kind Intercessor, to thy love 
 This blessed hope wc owe : 
 
 O let thy merits plead above, 
 While we implore below. 
 
 4 Thouorh justice near thy awful throne 
 Attends tliy dread command, 
 
 Lord, hear thy servants, hear thy Son, 
 And save a guilty land. 
 
 1021 S.M. 
 
 The dmj of vengeance. 
 
 SINNERS, the call obey— 
 Tiic latest call of gnice : 
 The day is come, the vengeful day 
 
 Of a devoted race : 
 Devils and men combine 
 
 To plague the faithless seed, 
 And phials full of wrath divino 
 
 Are bursting on your head. 
 2 Enter into the Roek, 
 
 Ye trembling slaves of sin — 
 The Rock of your salvation, struck 
 
 And cleft to take you in : 
 To shelter the distressed 
 
 lie did the cross endure ; 
 Enter into the clefts, and rest 
 
 In Jesus' wounds secure. 
 
 1022 S.M. 
 
 Contimied. — Our lielp cameth from the Lord. 
 
 JESUS, to thee we fly 
 From the devouring sword ; 
 Our city of defence is nigh ; 
 Our help is in the Lord.
 
 612 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 Or if the Bcouree o'erflow, 
 
 And lau^'h at iniKxxnce, 
 TliiiH' cverlastiiijr ann^*, we know, 
 
 Shall be our buuLs' defcuce. 
 
 2 We in thv word believe, 
 
 And on tliy promise wtay; 
 Our life, which wtill to thee we give, 
 
 Sliiill be to us a prey : 
 Our life with thee we hide 
 
 Above the furiou.n bhi.'*t. 
 And Hheltcr'd in thy w«»und» abide 
 
 Till all the stonus are post. 
 
 TIIANKSOIVINGS. 
 
 1023 I-M. 
 
 Gotr$ gocdm*» eroumt ihs y«ar. 
 
 Ij'TF.KNAL Source of every ioy, 
 li Well nuiy thy itraise our liiis employ. 
 While in thv teiiiiwe we appear, 
 Whose goodness crowns the cirelinflr year. 
 
 2 The flowery spring, at thy command, 
 Embalms the air, an»l i>aints the land ; 
 The summer mys with vigour shine, 
 '!''» raise the oorn, and cheer the vine. 
 
 Thy hand, in autumn, richly pours 
 Tiiruiit'h all our c<>a>»ts redundant stores; 
 And winters, softon'd by thy care, 
 No luorc a face of horror wear. 
 
 4 Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days, 
 l)emand successive songs of praise ; 
 Still be the cheerful homage j^aid. 
 With oi>cmng light and evening shade.
 
 THANKSGIVINGS. 613 
 
 5 may our more liarmonions tongue 
 In worlds unknown pursue the song; 
 And in those brigliter courts adore, 
 Where days and years revolve no more. 
 
 1024 L.M. 
 
 Kational llesainffs. 
 
 GREAT God of nations, now to thee 
 Onr hymn of gratitude we raise; 
 With humble heart, and bending knee, 
 We oiler thee our song of praise. 
 
 2 Thy Name we bless, almighty God, 
 Fur all the kindness thou liast shown 
 
 To this fair huul the pilgrims trod, — 
 This land we fondly call our own. 
 
 3 Here freedom spreads her banner wide, 
 And casts her soft and hallow'd ray; 
 
 Here thou our fatlicrs' steps didst guide 
 In safety through their dang'rous way. 
 
 4 We praise thee that the gospel's light 
 Through all our land its raiuance slieds ; 
 
 Dispels the shades of error's night. 
 And heavenly blessings round us spreads. 
 
 5 Great God, preserve us in thv fear; 
 In danger still our guardian be; 
 
 O, spread thy truth's briglit precepts here; 
 Let all the people worship thee. 
 
 1025 CM. 
 
 GocTs hountifuZ goodrt'Css. 
 
 I FOUNTAIN of mercy, God of love, 
 , How rich tiiy bounties are! 
 Tlie rolling seasons, as they move. 
 
 Proclaim thy constant care. 
 2 When in tlie bosom of the earth 
 
 The sower hid the grain, 
 Thv goodness mark'd its secret birth, 
 And sent the early rain.
 
 014 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 3 The sprin^'a Bweot influence, Lord, \r»8 thine 
 
 The plnntfl in beauty grew ; 
 Thou pav'Bt refuljrent'puns to ehinc, 
 
 And the refreshing dew. 
 
 ■1 These various mercies fVom above 
 
 Matured the Rwellin^ grain; 
 A kindly harvest crowns thy love, 
 
 And plenty Alls the pUun. 
 
 5 Wc own and hlc~ *' ; — \r,\iA sway; 
 
 Tiiy hand nil iia' 
 Sced-tinic u<>r har\ :;'jr day, 
 
 bummer nor winter, foil*. 
 
 I02G 19th p. M. «M, 66&4. 
 
 THE (tod of harvcftt praise; 
 In \o\\<\ thnnk'»irivi!ie raise 
 II.. 
 Th. 
 
 Kor. K', 
 
 The piaiiiB liicir (ribuiu bring, 
 The Blrcams rejoice. 
 
 2 Y. 
 
 An in 
 
 T;.. .^ ^ 
 
 To glory in your iol 
 Is cfutvi— but be not 
 God's bencflta forgot. 
 
 Amid your mirth. 
 
 n T! ' " ' "' '>fir\*est I'raisr ; 
 lltti :ind voicca, raise, 
 
 N\ .. rd: 
 
 Kr..- -.g, 
 
 lira 
 
 An. 
 
 M 
 
 Blcas yc the Lord. 
 
 ■■"«
 
 PEACE. 615 
 
 PEACE. 
 
 1027 L.M. 
 
 Thanksgiving for national peac^. 
 
 GREAT Ruler of the earth and skies, 
 A word of tliiiic nlini^'lity breath 
 (."an sink the world, or hid it rise: 
 Thy Hiiiile is life, thy frowu la death. 
 
 2 When an<;rry nations rush to arms. 
 And rage, and noise, and tumult reign, 
 
 And war resounds its dire alarms. 
 And slaughter dyes the hostile plain, — 
 
 3 Tiiv sovereign eye looks calmly down. 
 
 And marks their course, and lx)unds their power; 
 Thy law the angry nations own, 
 And noise and war arc heard no more. 
 
 4 Then peace returns with balmy wing; 
 Sweet i>caoc, with her what blessings fled! 
 
 Glad ^)lenty laugiis, the valleys sing, 
 Reviving conuncrce lifts her head. 
 
 r> To thee we pay our grateful Bongs ; 
 
 Thy kind protection still implore : 
 O may our liearts, and lives, and tongues,. 
 
 ConfosB thy goodness, and adore. 
 
 1028 4thP. M. 886, ? 
 
 In timf of peace. 
 
 A NATION God delights to bless, 
 Can all our raging foes distress, 
 Or hurt whom they surround? 
 Hid from the general scourge we are, 
 Nor see the bloody waste of war, 
 Nor hear the trumpet's sound.
 
 G16 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 2 may we. Lord, the jrraco improve, 
 liy lab'rine for the rest of love — 
 
 "The »unl-conji)osin>f power; 
 lileHs U8 with tliut internal j>oaoe, 
 Anil nil the fruit** of ri|L'hteou»nes8, 
 
 Till time shall be no more. 
 
 OUR COUNTRY. 
 
 1029 CM. 
 
 Xtiiional drlitfranc^t a»eribfd to God. 
 
 OLORD, our futhen* oft have told, 
 111 otir attentive ear*, 
 Thv wonders in thoir days perform'd, 
 
 And iu mure ancient yearw. 
 ti 'Twn« not their courajrc, or their Bword, 
 
 To them salvation ^ra^'c i 
 'Twos not tlieir number, or their Btrcngth, 
 That did their country save. 
 
 3 But tliy ritfht hand, thy powerful arm, 
 "Whoso Kuecour they implored, — 
 
 Thv ])rovidenee prr>teeted them, 
 V\'ho thy j^rent Nome adored. 
 
 4 Ah thee their God our fathers own'd. 
 So thou art still our Kiiii:: 
 
 ( ►. tlu;ref»>re, a.*« thou didst to them, 
 
 To us deliv'rance bring^. 
 r. To thee the (flory we ascribe, 
 
 From whom salvoticn cume; 
 In (i<Hl, our sliield. wr will rejoice. 
 
 And ever blt^s tliy Name. 
 
 1030 T.M 
 God, Vie tutUon^t guardian. 
 
 GREAT Go<l ! beneath whose piercing eye 
 The eartli's extended kinjfdomft lie; 
 Whose fav'rinjr smile upholds them all. 
 "Whose anger smites them, and thcr fall ; —
 
 OUK COUNTRY. 617 
 
 2 Wo bow before th}' heavenly throne ; 
 Thy power we see — thy greatness own; 
 Yet, cherish'd by thy milder voice, 
 Our bosoms tremble'aud rejoice. 
 
 3 Thy kindness to our fathers shown 
 Their children's children long shall own ; 
 To thee, with grateful hearts, shall raise 
 The tribute of exulting praise. 
 
 4 Led on by thine unerring aid, 
 Secure the paths of life we tread ; 
 And, freely as the vital air, 
 
 Thy first and noblest bounties share. 
 
 o Great God, our guardian, guide, and friend ! 
 O still thv sholt'ring arm extend ; 
 Preserved by thee for ages past, 
 For ages let thy kingdom last ! 
 
 1031 CM. 
 
 Prayer for our native land. 
 
 LORD, while for ah mankind wo pray. 
 Of every clime and coast, 
 O liear us lor our native land, — 
 The land we lovo the most. 
 
 2 O guard our shores from every foe ; 
 With peace our borders bless — 
 
 Our cities with prosperity, 
 Our fields with plenteousness. 
 
 3 Unite us in the sacrod love 
 
 Of knowledge, truth, and thee ; 
 And let our hills and valleys chant 
 • The songs of liberty. 
 
 4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee 
 Our country wo commend ; 
 
 Be thou her refuge and her trust— 
 Her everlasting friend.
 
 618 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT. 
 
 io:r2 CM. 
 
 SympaUiy xcith thf affiicUd. 
 
 11ATHEK of mercies, Pond thy grace, 
 All powerful, from above, 
 To form in our oWdicTit souls 
 
 The ima^'e of thy love. 
 2 OI may onr sympnthizinfr breasts 
 
 That jrciicrous pleii>urc know, 
 Kirullv to 8harc in olhcn*' joy, 
 
 And weep for other*' wo. 
 ?> When poor and helpless sons of grief 
 
 In deep di. "Stress arc laid. 
 Soft I>o our heart<< their pains to fed. 
 
 And swifl our Iiands to aid. 
 4 So Jesus look'd on dyinjj man. 
 
 When, throned above the skies, 
 And in the Father's bobom blest, 
 
 He felt comi«ii>3ion rise. 
 T) On wings of love the Saviour flew, 
 
 To bless a ruin'd race; 
 We would, O Ix)rd, thy steps pursue, 
 
 Thy bright example trace. 
 
 ior>:^ CM. 
 
 De^B of lor e^ for Christ* take, reward fd. 
 
 now blest the children of the I>ord, 
 Who, walking in his sight, 
 Make all the prerepts of his word 
 
 Tiieir study and delight. 
 •J That precious wealth shall be thoir dower, 
 
 Whicn cannot know <lecay; 
 Which moth or rust shall iic'cr devour. 
 Or spoiler take away.
 
 CHARITABLE AND BENEVOLENT. 619 
 
 3 For them that heavenly light shall spread, 
 Whose cheering ravs illume 
 
 The darkest hours ot' life, and shed 
 A halo round the tomb. 
 
 4 Their works of piety and love, 
 Perform' d througli Christ, their Lord, 
 
 Forever register'd above. 
 Shall meet a sure reward. 
 
 1034 CM. 
 
 Deeds of charity. 
 
 HIGH on a throne of liixht, O Lord, 
 Dost thou exalted sliine : 
 What can our poverty bestow, 
 Since all the world is thine ? 
 
 2 But thou hast brethren here below, 
 Partakers of thy grace, 
 
 Whose humble names thou wilt confess 
 Before thy Father's face. 
 
 3 In them may'st tliou be clothed and fed, 
 And visited and cheer'd ; 
 
 And, in their accents of distress. 
 The Saviour's voice be heard. 
 
 4 Whate'er our willing hands can give, 
 Lord, at thy feet we' lay ; 
 
 Grace will the humble giil receive. 
 And grace at length repay. 
 
 1035 L. M. 
 
 More blessed to give than to receive. 
 
 HELP us, O Lord, thy yoke to wear, 
 Delighting in thy perfect will ; 
 Each other's burdens learn to bear, 
 
 And thus thy law of love fulfil. 
 2 He that hath pity on the poor, 
 
 Lendeth his substance to the Lord; 
 And, lo ! his recompense is sure, 
 For more than all shall be restored.
 
 620 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 3 Teach xw, with jrlad, nncrrudein^ heart. 
 As thou haKt bleat our vnrions store, 
 
 From our obumlance to inipurt 
 A lib'ral jiortiuu to the poor. 
 
 4 To thee our all devotcfl bo. 
 
 In whom we breathe, and move, and live; 
 Freely we have reeeivcd from thee ; 
 Freely may we rejoice to pive. 
 
 5 And while we thus oV)oy thy word, 
 Ami every call of want relieve, 
 
 01 inuy we lind it, prueious Lord I 
 More ble!»t to give than to receive. 
 
 103G r. M. 
 
 A nnir^ritary of an orphan atylutn : by tKt cKildrtr 
 
 A < JAIN the kind revolving vear 
 Hiw brought this happy tfay ; 
 And wc in God'ti blest Itoude ap{>ear 
 Again our vowh to jjay. 
 
 2 Our watchful guardinns, robed in light. 
 Adore the licavenly King; 
 
 Ten thousand thousand seraphs bright 
 Incessant ]>rai»es »ing. 
 
 3 They know no want, they feel no care, 
 Nor ever 8itrh n^ we ; 
 
 Sorrow and sin are Ht rangers there. 
 And all is harmony. 
 
 If autrht can there enliance their blisa, 
 • >r raise their raptures hiirher, 
 \, w joyn in heaven at siirht** like this, 
 New anthems fill the clioir. 
 
 5 With what re»embling caro and lovo 
 
 IJoth worKls for us api»oar; 
 Our friendly guardians tnosc above, — 
 
 Our benefactors here.
 
 MARINERS. 621 
 
 MARINERS. 
 
 1037 5th r. M. 4 Zwi«« 7s. 
 
 Bmbarking. 
 
 LORD, whom winds and seas obey, 
 Guide us through the watery way; 
 In the hollow of thy liand 
 Hide, and brmg us safe to land. 
 
 2 Jesus, let our faithful mind 
 Rest, on thee alone reclined : 
 Every anxious thought repress ; 
 Keep our souls in perfect peace. 
 
 S Keep the souls whom now we leave ; 
 Bid them to eacli other cleave ; 
 Bid them walk on life's rough sea; 
 Bid them come by faith to thee. 
 
 4 Save, till all these tempests end, 
 All who on thy love depend ; 
 Waft our ha}>py spirits o'er ; 
 Laud us on the heavenly shore. 
 
 1038 CM. 
 
 God^a servcinia safe by sea or land. 
 
 HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord ; 
 IIow sure is their defence ! 
 Eternal wisdom is their guide, 
 Their help, — omnipotence. 
 
 2 In foreign realms, and lands remote, 
 Supported by thy care, 
 
 Through burnnig climes they pass unhurt, 
 And breathe in tainted air. 
 
 3 When by the dreadful tempest borne 
 High on the broken wave. 
 
 They know thou art not slow to hear, 
 Nor impotent to save.
 
 622 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 4 The storm is laid, the winds retire, 
 Obedient to thy will • 
 
 The sea, that roa'rs at tny command, 
 At tliy eommaiiJ is Ptill, 
 
 5 In midst of dangers, fears, and doatlis, 
 Thv goodness we'll adore ; 
 
 We'll praise thee for thy mercies pa*t, 
 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 C Our life, while thou preserv'st that life, 
 
 Tliy sacrifice shall be: 
 Anil death,— when deatn shall bo our lot,- 
 
 Shall join our souls to thee. 
 
 1039 12th P. M. 70, To, TS, TO. 
 Saf« *Hth Je»M in tha ahip. 
 
 TORD of earth, and air, antl sea, 
 J S;i;.-, !ii.' i:i ] ..n\, r and graci*, 
 ! I. !• r : !.\ t-iMr. .■• ; n \s e 
 
 < 'Mr -..^;'.- an i i.'>.;i.'H place, 
 liold an unkiuiwn land to try, 
 
 We launch into the foaming dec n ; 
 Ro«ks, and storms, anil depths dciy. 
 
 With Jesus in the ship. 
 2 Who the calm can understand. 
 
 In a believer's breast? 
 In the hollow of His hand 
 
 Our souls securely rest : 
 Winds nuiy rise, and se4is may roar; 
 
 We on his love our spirits stay ; 
 Him with f^uiet joy adore 
 
 Whom winds and seas obey. 
 
 1040 Sth P. M. 4 /»■/»« Ts. 
 (fOd'$ ttond^ra on the d*^. 
 
 THKY that toil -upon the deep. 
 And, in vessels light and trail, 
 O'er the niightv waters sweep, 
 Witli the billow and the gale, —
 
 MARINERS. 623 
 
 2 Mark what wonders God performs, 
 When he speaks ; and, uuconfiued, 
 
 Rush to battle all his storms. 
 In the chariots of the wind. 
 
 3 Up to heaven their bark is whirl' d, 
 On the mountains of the wave ; 
 
 Down as suddenly 'tis liurl'd 
 To the' abysses of the grave. 
 
 4 Then unto tlio Lord they cry ; 
 lie inclines a gracious ear, 
 
 Sends deliv'rance from on high, 
 Rescues them from all their fear. 
 
 5 O that men would praise tiie Lord, 
 For his goodness to their race ; 
 
 For the wonders of his word, 
 And the riches of his grace. 
 
 1041 L.M. 
 
 IT'is xcay U in the sea. 
 
 LORD of the wide, extensive main. 
 Whose power the wind, the sea, controls, 
 Whose hand doth earth and heaven sustain, 
 Whose Spirit leads believing souls: 
 
 2 *Tis here thine unknown paths wo trace, 
 Whieli dark to human eyes appear ; 
 
 While through the mighty waves we pass. 
 Faith only sees that God is here. 
 
 3 Throughout the deep thv footsteps shine , 
 We own thy way is in tlie sea, 
 
 O'erawcd by majesty divine. 
 And lost in thine immensity. 
 
 4 Thy wisdom here we learn to' adore; 
 Thme everlasting truth we prove ; 
 
 Amazing heights of boundless power, 
 Uufatnomable depths of love.
 
 624 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 1042 lOth p. M. 8 ?/n« 8s. 
 
 n« hoidfih ih* voters in Hit hand. 
 
 OTIIOr, who hast sprca.l out tlie skios. 
 And measured tlie dei>ths uf the sea, 
 Our incense of praise shall arise 
 
 In joyous thanksgiving to thee. 
 Forever tliv presence is near. 
 
 Thouffh lieaves our hark far from the IdU'l ; 
 "We ride on the deep without fear: 
 
 Tlie waters are held iu thy Lund. 
 2 Etoniitv oomes in the sound 
 
 Of ^ ' t never can sleep ; 
 
 Jelio. - us round ; 
 
 Our viilks on the deep. 
 
 Our Fullicr, we look up to thee, 
 
 As on tow'rd tlie haven we roll ; 
 And faith in our I'ilot shall bo 
 
 An anchor to steady the soul. 
 
 1043 L. M. 
 
 Calm in th* gtorm. 
 
 (1LORY to Thee, whoso jwwcrful word 
 j Hids the tempestuous winds arise; 
 (Jlorv to thee, the sov'reipn Lord 
 
 of uir, and earth, and sea, and skies. 
 'J Tx>t air, and earth, and skies ohey, 
 
 And seas thine awful will perforin : 
 From them we learn to own thy sway, 
 
 And shout to meet the pathVinjf storm. 
 S What though the floods lift up their voice; 
 
 Thou hearest, Ujnl, our loudt r cry; 
 Tliey cannot damp thy children's joys, 
 
 of shake the soul when God is ni^'h. 
 4 Headlonjr we cleave the yawning? deep, 
 
 .\iiil back to hi^'he!«t heavi-n are lx>rne. 
 Unmoved, though rapid whirlwinds sweep, 
 
 And all the watery world upturn.
 
 MAEINEES. 625' 
 
 5 Eoar on, ye waves ,* our souls defy 
 Your roaring to disturb our rest ; 
 
 In vain to' impair the calm ye try — 
 Tlie calm in a believer's breast. 
 
 6 Rage, while our faith the Saviour tries, 
 Thou sea, the servant of his will ; 
 
 Kise, while our God permits thee, rise, 
 But fall when lie shall say, — Be still. 
 
 1044 s.M. 
 
 Praise for protecting mercy. 
 
 WHEN o'er the deep we rode, 
 By winds and storms assail'd ; 
 Wc call'd upon the ocean's God, 
 Whose mercy never faU'd. 
 
 2 The tempest heard his voice, 
 The winds obey'd his will ; 
 
 The elements withheld their noise, 
 And all the floods were stdl. 
 
 3 With joy we hail'd the shore, 
 And sate the vessel moor'd ; 
 
 With frratcful hearts, that liapny hour, 
 We praised the ocean's Lord.' 
 
 4 Tlius, while o'er seas we roam, 
 Thy goodness. Lord, wc see ; 
 
 Tliougli distant from our native liome, 
 Wc are not far from thee. 
 
 5 And when this life is past. 
 And we are call'd to die. 
 
 O may we see thy face at last 
 In realms beyond the sky. 
 
 6 Tlien, as we join the bands 
 Bevond the swelling wave. 
 
 We'll praise thee with uplifted hands^ 
 And smg thy power to save. 
 40
 
 626 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 1045 29th P. M. 4 liruf 129. 
 
 5rtr<% Zorrf, or «y> p«ri*h ! 
 Al'^HEN tliroujrh the torn mail tho v>\\<X tempest 
 IT 18 utreaniiiip, 
 When o'er tlic dark wave the red lightning is 
 
 gleaming, 
 Nor hope lends a ray, the poor seaman to eherish, 
 Wf lly to our Maker,— Save, Lord, or wc pcrii»h! 
 '1 < ) J USUI*, once rock'd on the brca.'it of the billow, 
 Arousfil bytlic shriek of despair from thy pillow, — 
 Now Heated in glory, the mariner cherish, 
 Whoeries,inhibanguish, — Save, Lord, or we perish! 
 r. And, < >, when the whirlwind of jiaspion is rn^'inp, 
 NVIieii sin in our hearts its >ad warfare is wav^ii.g, 
 Tiien send down thyirrace,thyredeen»e<.l tocherisl.; 
 I.'i bnke tlic destroyer, — bave, Lord, or we j'eribL ! 
 
 104G 16th P. M. 10, 5, 11. 
 
 D^irerant^ from danger. 
 
 VLL pmipc to the Ix)rd, who rules with a word 
 The nntraotable sea, 
 And limits its nure by his steadfast decree: 
 \Vhose providence bintl» or releasea tho vinds, 
 
 And conjpels them again. 
 At hi» beck, to put on the invisible chain. 
 U E'en now he luith heard our cry, and nppear'd 
 
 On the face of the deep. 
 And commanded the temi>eht its distance to keep; 
 Jii.t piloting lumd hath brought us to laud, 
 
 And, no longer distrcss'd. 
 We are joyful again \v\ the haven to rest. 
 3 O that all men would raise His tribute of praise, 
 
 His g»K>lnet^8 declare, 
 And thankfully sing of his fatherly care; 
 With rapture approve His dealings of love. 
 
 And Uie wonders proclaim 
 Perfurm'd by the virtue ol Jesus's Name.
 
 TIME AXJ) ETERI^ITY. 
 
 WATCH-NIGHT. 
 
 1047 l^tP. M. 6 lines S^. * 
 
 A solemn vigil. 
 
 HOW many pa;*s the guilty night 
 In revelling and frantic mirth ! 
 The creature is" their sole delight — 
 
 Their happiness the things of earth : 
 For us sufnce the season past : 
 We choose the better part at last. 
 
 2 We will not close our wakeful eyes, 
 We will not let our eyelids sleep, 
 
 But humbly lift them to the skies, 
 
 And all a solemn vigil keep ; 
 So many nights on sin bcstow'd, 
 Can we not watch one hour for God ? 
 
 3 We can, Jesus, for thy sake. 
 Devote our every hour to thee; 
 
 Speak but the word, our souls sliall wake, 
 
 And sing with cheerful melody: 
 Tliy praise shall our glad tongues employ. 
 And every heart shall dance for joy. 
 
 4 Blest object of our faith and love, 
 We listen for thy welcome voice ; 
 
 Our persons and our works approve, 
 
 And bid us in thy strength rejoice ; 
 Now let us hear the mighty cry. 
 And shout to find the Bridegroom nigh. 
 
 5 Shout in the midst of us, King 
 Of saints, and let our joys abound ; 
 
 Let us rejoice, give thanks, and sing. 
 And triumph in redemption found; 
 We ask in faith for every soul ; 
 let our glorious joy be full I
 
 628 TIME AND ETEKNITV. 
 
 C O tnay we all trininpliant rise ; 
 
 With'jov upon our heads return; 
 All 1 far aSovc thepc netler skiop, 
 
 r>v thee on eagles' winj/s upborne, 
 Tlinnnfh all yon radiant circles move, 
 An! jrain tho liighcrtt heaven of love. 
 
 '1048 1st P. M. fi ?in« 8s. 
 
 A liring mcri/cf unto the Lord. 
 "Vl'I^^DOM ascribe, and might, and praiso, 
 \ \ To God, who lenptlien« out our day.«» ; 
 \'\\>) sjMires us yet nnotlur year, 
 All 1 inake«» us sec bis ir^Klnciigi here: 
 < > 1 1 III V wc all tlic time redeem, 
 Aj»d henceforth live and die to him! 
 •J How often, wlion his arm was bared, 
 Hiifh he our sinful Israel spared; 
 !>■? iiu' alone. — his mercy cried. 
 And tuni'd tlie venpeful bolt aside; 
 111 lulu'cd another kind re])rieve. 
 And stranjjely sutl'crM us to live. 
 8 Merciful God, how shall we raise 
 Our hearts to nay tliee all thy praise? 
 Our liearts sliall beat for tliec alone ; 
 Our lives shall make thy ^'oo<lness known; 
 O'lr souls and bodies shall be thine, 
 A living sacrifice divine. 
 
 1049 CM. 
 
 A midnight mmg. 
 
 JOIN, nil yc ransomM sons of grace, 
 The holy jov prolong, 
 And slioui'to tlie Kcdecmer's praise 
 
 A solemn n>idnight 8ong. 
 2 Blessing, and thanks, and love, and might, 
 
 Ik- to our .Ifsus given, 
 Wlio turns our darkness into lizht, 
 Who tum» our hell to heaven.
 
 WATCH-NIGHT. 629 
 
 3 Thither our faithful souls ho leads ; 
 
 Thither he bids us rise, 
 Witli crowns of joy upon our heads, 
 
 To meet Him m the skies. 
 
 1050 3d P. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 The Bridegroom cometh. 
 
 Y 
 
 E virgin souls, arise ; 
 AVith all the dead, awake ; 
 
 Unto salvatiou wise, 
 (.)il in your vessels take: 
 Upstarting at the midnight cry — 
 Behold the heavenly Bridegroom nigh ! 
 
 2 He comes, he comes, to call 
 The nations to his bar, 
 
 And take to glory all 
 Who meet for glory are : 
 M^adc ready for your full reward ; 
 Go forth with joy to meet your Lord. 
 
 3 Go, meet him in the sky, «» 
 Your everlasting Friend ; 
 
 Your Head to glorify, 
 
 With all his saints ascend: 
 Ye pure in lieart, obtain the grace 
 To see, without a veil, his face. 
 
 4 The everlasting doors 
 
 Shall soon the saints receive, 
 With seraphs, thrones, and powers, 
 
 In glorious joy to live; 
 Far from a world of "[rief and sin, 
 With God eternally shut in. 
 
 5 Then let us wait to hear 
 
 The trumpet's welcome sound : 
 To see our Lord appear. 
 
 May wo be watcliing found : 
 And when thou dost the heavens bow, 
 Be found — as. Lord, thou find'st us now.
 
 G30 TIMK AM) ITKKMTV. 
 
 IOjI nth r. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 
 7%^ tttidniyht cry. 
 
 HP' ARK EN to the Holcmn voice, 
 The ttwful mi.liii^flit cry; 
 
 >K*o. 
 
 M'liitin^f houIh, njoicf, n-j 
 
 And HOC the HrKli'pnx^ini \\\^\\: 
 
 Lo, lie comert to keen hitt wonl ; 
 Lijjht and joy hiB IooUh impart; 
 
 (Jo ya forth to njcct your Lonl, 
 And meet him in your hcurt. 
 
 2 Yo wlio faint Wnoatli the load 
 
 Of Bin, your hoadrt lid up; 
 Sec your >:reat red«H-minj( (lod; 
 
 II«' oomcB, nnd hids vuu lioj>o. 
 Ill the midnight of yciir k'riet, 
 
 .IiHU« doth hiB monriien* «'licor; 
 Lo, he brinjfB you Buro relief; 
 
 lleliove, and' feci him liere. 
 
 10.)2 T'l' !•• M- « /»■"«•* 7.. 
 
 J,''tro»Jfrrt nf a yulV. 
 
 WIIILK, with eru.HfIi'?»H eoumo, the Bun 
 Iluntod throii^fh the former yeur, 
 Many bouIh their race liave nut. 
 
 Nevermore to meet uh here : 
 Fix'd in an eternal htate, 
 
 Thev have (h>ne with all below; 
 We a little lont^er wait, 
 But how little— none can know. 
 
 2 Ab the winjfi^d arrow flies 
 
 .S|Kedily the mark to And : 
 As tin- Turhtninj; from the hki«» ^ 
 
 ]>artB, and leaves no trmv huhind, — 
 Swiftly thuH our Ihetin); dayB 
 
 liear uh down lifeV raj>id Btroam; 
 Upwanl, I/ord, our BpiritB ruine ; 
 
 All below in but n dreum.
 
 NKW-VKAK. 631 
 
 8 TlmnkH for luon'itis pust ri-ooivo; 
 
 runloii of our kImh roiicw ; 
 Tcat'li iirt lioiK'dfortli how to live 
 
 Willi (loniitv ill vinw : 
 lilosH tliy word to youiif; ami old ; 
 
 Kill iirt with a Siiviour^H lovi« ; 
 And \rh(iii iifo^H Hhort talc i^ tohl, 
 
 May wo roigii with thco ubovo. 
 
 N 1-: ^V - V V. A K. 
 
 \{)y,\ 1^1 1, r. M. 10, r., 11. 
 
 lii'llfWeil fldclillj illlll SrUtt. 
 
 (lOMK, lot UH aM(>w our joiiriicy pursuti, 
 J Roll roun<l with tlui year, 
 And never wtaiid f«till till tli<^ Master appear, 
 ills a.h)ral)le will let us Kindly fullll, 
 
 And our talents improve, 
 \\y tho putieiico of hope, and the labour of lovi-. 
 
 *J Our life ifl n drcnni; our tinui, ns a Htrcam, 
 
 Glides swil\ly away, 
 Aii<l tlie fugitive inonienl refuses to Htay. 
 Tile iirrow is llown, the Jiioniont is gone; 
 
 '['he millennial ^eur 
 liushos on to our view, and eternity's here. 
 
 .'} (> that caeli, in the day of His eoming, m:iy 
 say, - 
 1 liavo fought my way tlirouLrh ; 
 I have llnish'd tlio work thou didst give mo to do. 
 O thut each frotn hin Jjord muy rucoivo tho glad 
 word, — 
 Well and faithfully done! 
 J'lntor into my joy, unA sit down on my thron(>.
 
 632 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 1054 CM. 
 
 Renewing the covenant 
 pOME, let us use tlie praoe divine, 
 \J And all, with one accord. 
 In a pernetual covenant join 
 Ourselves to Christ the Lord ; — 
 
 2 Give up oun»elveB, through Jesus' power, 
 His Name to plorify; 
 
 And promise, in this sacred hour. 
 For God to live and die. 
 
 3 The covenant we tliis moment make 
 Be evfr kept in mind ; 
 
 We will no more our (iod forsake. 
 Or cAst his words behind. 
 
 4 We never will tlirow off his fear. 
 Who hears our polemu vow ; 
 
 And if thou art well pleased to hear, 
 Come ilown, and meet us now. 
 
 5 Thee, Father, iSon, and Holy Ghost, 
 Let all our hearts receive ; 
 
 Present with the celestial host. 
 
 The peaceful answer give. 
 C To each the ci>v'nant blood apply, 
 
 Whieh takes our sins awav ; 
 And register our nanus on High, 
 
 And Keep us to that day. 
 
 1055 CM. 
 
 With praise and thanksgiving. 
 
 SING to the great Jehovah's praise ; 
 All praise to him Wlongs ; 
 Who kindly lengthens out our days, 
 
 Demands our choicest songs : 
 His providence hath brought us tlirongh 
 
 Another various year ; 
 We all, with vows and anthems new, 
 Before our God appear.
 
 NEW-YEAK. 633 
 
 2 Father J thy mercies past -we own, — 
 Thy still continued care, — 
 
 To thee presenting, through thy Son, 
 
 Whute'er we have or are : 
 Our lips and lives shall gladly show 
 
 The wonders of thy love ; 
 While on in Jesus' steps wc go, 
 
 To seek thy face above. 
 
 3 Our residue of days or hours 
 Thine, wholly thine, shall be; 
 
 And all our consecrated powers 
 
 A sacrifice to thee, — 
 Till Jesus in the clouds appear. 
 
 To saints on earth forgiven, 
 And brin^ the grand Sabbatic year. 
 
 The jubilee of heaven. 
 
 105G 3d P. M. 4 6s cfc 2 8s. 
 
 The 'barren Jig-tree. 
 
 THE Lord of earth and sky, 
 The God of ages, praise. 
 Who reigns euthronod on high, 
 Ancient of endless days, — 
 Who lengthens out our trials here, 
 And spares us yet another year. 
 
 2 Barren and wither'd trees. 
 We cumbered long the ground ; 
 
 No fruit of lioliness 
 On our dead souls was found; 
 Yet doth he ns in mercy spare. 
 Another and another year. 
 
 3 When justice bared the sword 
 To cut the fig-tree down. 
 
 The pity of the Lord 
 Cried, — Let it still alone : 
 The Father mild inclines his ear, 
 And spares us yet another year.
 
 634 TIME AND etp:rmty. 
 
 4 Jesas, thy 8poakin>r blood 
 From God obtain'd tlic grace, 
 
 "Who therefore hath bcstow'd 
 Oil 08 a lonper snaco ; 
 Thon didst in our behalf appear, 
 And, )o I we see another year. 
 
 5 Then dig about the rf>ot ; 
 Break up our fallow ground; 
 
 And let our gra<'ifna frnit 
 To thv great i rid ; 
 
 () U-t us ull thy J 
 And fruit unto j » r ■ ar. 
 
 BREVITY AND UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE 
 
 1057 s. M. 
 
 On h<ginnin(/ a new year, 
 
 OUR few revolving vonn», 
 Ilow 8wif> they glide away; 
 How nhort tlie term of life appears 
 When \m»t — but a« a diiy 1 — 
 
 2 A dark and cloudy day, 
 
 Clouded by grief and »in ; 
 A host of cn'einiei* without, 
 
 DLntrcsHing fean* within. 
 
 8 Ix)rd, through another year 
 
 If thou |x;niiit our htay| 
 With diligence mav we pursue 
 
 The true and living way. 
 
 1058 CM. 
 
 FraOt^ o/li/is. 
 
 TIIEE we adore, eternal Namel 
 And humbly own to ihco 
 How feeble L* i»ur mortal frame — 
 What dying wontis are we !
 
 UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. 635 
 
 2 Our wasting lives grow shorter still, 
 As days and months increase ; 
 
 And every beating pulse we tell, 
 Leaves but the number less. 
 
 3 The year rolls round, and steals away 
 Tlie breath that first it gave : 
 
 "Whate'er wo do, where'er we be, 
 We're trav'ling to the grave. 
 
 4 Dangers stand thick through all the ground. 
 To nush us to the tomb ; 
 
 And ncrce diseases wait around, 
 To hurry mortals home. 
 
 5 Infinite joy, or endless wo, 
 Attends on every breath ; 
 
 And yet how unconccrn'd we go, 
 Upon the brink of deatli ! 
 
 C Waken, Lord, our drowsy sendo 
 
 To walk this dang'rous road; 
 And if our souls are hurried hence, 
 
 May they be found with God ! 
 
 1059 CM. 
 
 Man frail— God eternal. 
 
 OGOD, our help in ages past. 
 Our hoixs for years to come. 
 Oar shelter from the stormy blast, 
 And our eternal home : — 
 
 2 Under the shadow of thy throne 
 
 Still may we dwell secure; 
 Sufficient is thine arm alone, 
 
 And our defence is sure. 
 8 Before the hills in order stood, 
 
 Or earth received her frame. 
 From everlasting thou art God, 
 
 To endless years the same.
 
 636 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 4 A thonRand aj^s^ in thj sight, 
 
 Art' like an evening gone ; 
 Short as the watch that cndn the night, 
 
 Ik'forc the rising snn. 
 
 6 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, 
 
 Bears all its Hon» away; 
 They fly, forgotten, na a' dream 
 
 Dies at tlu; oi)cning day. 
 
 6 The biisv trilx^s of flesh and blood. 
 With nlf tlnir iiires and fears, 
 
 Are carried downwartl by the flood, 
 And lost in full' wing yean*. 
 
 7 O (iod, our help in aires pafit. 
 Our hojK- for years to come : 
 
 Be thou our guiile while life shall last. 
 And our iH.'ri»c'luttl honjc ! 
 
 lOGO L.M. 
 
 Earthly things rain and tranHtory. 
 
 HOW vain is all beneath the skies I 
 How transient every earthly blis.-j 1 
 How slender all the fondest ties 
 That bind us to a world like this! 
 
 2 The evening eloud, tlic morning dew, 
 The witJj'ring grass, the fading flower. 
 
 Of eartlily hojies arc euiblenm true — 
 The glory of a i»a.ssing hour. 
 
 3 But thoneh earth's fairest blossoms die. 
 And all iK'iieath the skies is vain, 
 
 There is a brighter world on high, 
 Ikyoiul the reach of rare and pain. 
 
 4 Then lot the hope of joys to como 
 Dispel our cares, aiidcfiase our fears: 
 
 If God be ours, we're trav'ling home, 
 Though paijsiug Uirongh a vale of tears.
 
 UNCEKTAINTY OF LIFE. 637 
 
 1061 s.M. 
 
 Plea for sparing mercy. 
 
 LORD, let mc know mine end ; 
 My clays, how brief their date ; 
 That I may timely compreheud 
 
 IIow frail my best estate. 
 2 My life is but a span ; 
 
 Mine a<?e is naught with thee; 
 And, in his liighest honour, man 
 
 Ls dust and vanity, 
 S At thy rebuke the bloom 
 
 Of earthly beauty flies ; 
 And grief shall like a moth cousume 
 
 All that delights our eyes. 
 
 4 Iluve pity on my fears; 
 Ilearkcn'to my ref^uest; 
 
 Turn not in silence trom my tears, 
 But give the mourner rest. 
 
 5 snare mc yet, I nray ; 
 Awhile my streni'th restore, 
 
 Ere I am summon'd hence away, 
 And seen ou earth no more. ' 
 
 1062 L.M. 
 
 TJis aovTs lest portion. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Maker of my frame. 
 Teach me the measure of my days ; 
 Teach me to know how frail I am. 
 And spend the remnant to thy praise. 
 
 2 My days are shorter thau a span ; 
 A^little point my life appears ; 
 
 How frail, at best, is dying man! 
 How vain are all his hopes and fears ! 
 
 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show ; 
 Vain are the cares which rack liis mind : 
 
 He heaps up treasures mix'd with wo. 
 And dies, and leaves them all behind.
 
 638 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 1 O be a nobler portion mine! 
 
 Mv God, I bow before thy throne ; 
 Kart'lj'H flectiiikf trciLsures I rt-siirn, 
 
 And fix my ho[>c on thee alone. 
 
 1063 s. M. 
 
 Our fiilh*r» ; vth^re or* tKe\/ T 
 
 HOW Hwift the torrent rolls 
 That boars u» to the aea; 
 Tlu' tide that hurries thoughtless 80uls 
 
 To va*t eternity. 
 J 'Hjr fat}jen«, where are they, 
 
 With all they cnllM their own? 
 Their ioyj* an<l (frirtV, and ho^tes and cures, 
 
 And we&lth and honour, gone. 
 ■ (Jod of our fnthern. hear. 
 
 Thou c\'erlafti' - *-"■ ■ ' ' 
 While we, as «>ii -t verge. 
 
 Our souls to t; m I. 
 
 t * »f all the j)ioiirt dead 
 
 May wo the fi><>tsteps trace. 
 Till with tlieni. in the land of liglit, 
 
 We dwell before thy face. 
 
 10G4 4th P. M. 8M, &S«. 
 
 Tfi^ hHnk offiiU. 
 
 To: on n ' k of land, 
 
 J 'Twixt • M.led peas, I stand, 
 
 Sf.-nrc, ill- - - . - 
 \ '.ut of time, a moment's space, 
 i. 'vo* me to that heavenly place, 
 
 ' T -LuVs me up iu liell. 
 •-■<»<.!. mine inmost soul convert. 
 Ah 1 .ill I ly on my thoughtftil heart 
 
 Ktenmi thiujrs impress: 
 (iive me to feel their solemn weight. 
 And tremble »>n the brink of fate, 
 
 And wako to right<}ou9ncss.
 
 UNCERTAINTY OF LIFE. 639 
 
 3 Before me place, in dread an-ay, 
 The pomp of that tremendous day, 
 
 When thou with clouds shalt come 
 To jud^e the nations at thy bar; 
 And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, 
 
 To meet a joyful doom ? 
 
 4 Be this my one great business here- 
 with serious industry and fear 
 
 Ktcrnal bliss to' ensure: 
 Tliine utmost counsel to fulfil, 
 And sutler all thv riifhteous will. 
 
 And to the end endure. 
 T) Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, 
 Transi>ort-ed frojn this vale, to live 
 
 Ana reitrn with tiiee above. 
 Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, 
 And hope in full, supreme delight, 
 
 And everlasting love. 
 
 10G5 
 
 L. M. 
 
 The inevitable doom. 
 
 TREMENDOUS God, with humble ftar, 
 Prostrate before thv awful throne, 
 The word unchangeable wo hear — 
 Thy sov'reign righteousness we own. 
 
 2 'Tis fit we should to dust return, 
 b^ince such the will of God Most High; 
 
 In «in conceived, to trouble born. 
 Born to lament, and toil, and die. 
 
 3 Submissive to thy just decree. 
 
 We all shall soon from earth remove; 
 But when tliou sendost. Lord, for me, 
 O let the messenger be love. 
 
 4 Whisper thy love into my heart ; 
 Warn me of my approaching end ; 
 
 And then I joyfully depart. 
 And then I to thy arms ascend.
 
 640 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 106G L.M. 
 
 A ptactfvl death. eenpecUd, and prayed for. 
 
 SHRINKING from the cold linnd of deaths 
 I soon shall patlur up my feet ; 
 Shall s*o(.n nsi).'ii tlii-> flcotiiiir brt-fttli. 
 And die, — my futhcn*' God to meet, 
 
 2 Nnmber'd amonp thy people, I 
 Expect with joy thyfnec to sec: 
 
 Becau!*o thon didst for sinnere die, 
 Jesus, in death remember me! 
 
 8 O that, without a lin^'riiv? (rroan, 
 I mav the welcome word rcivive; 
 
 My binly with my charjre Iny down. 
 And oooMC at once to work and live. 
 
 4 Walk with me thronirli the dreadful shaile, 
 And, certified that thou art mine, 
 
 Mv sj>irit, calm and undi.»may'd, 
 1 shall into thy hands rcsijjfn. 
 
 6 No anxious doubt, no fruilty ploom, 
 Shall damp whom Jesus' pfescuce cheers : 
 
 My Lijfht, my Life, my God is come, 
 And glory in his face api^ars. 
 
 10G7 LM 
 
 / am going the way of all the earth. 
 
 PASS ft few swiftly floetincr years, 
 And all that now in bodies livo 
 Shall rjuit, like me, the vale of tears, 
 Their righteous wntenfc to receive. 
 
 2 But all. ' '■ *' ■ e remove, 
 May mil Ivca prepare 
 
 In that et. <■ ; 
 
 And, my GuJ, bliall X be ther« ?
 
 A' 
 
 DEATH AND PJESUEEECTION. 641 
 DEATH AND RESUREECTIOX. 
 
 1068 S.M. 
 
 Solemn thougliU on the future. 
 
 ND am I born to die ? 
 To lay thifl body down ? 
 And must my tremljling spirit flj 
 
 Into a world unknown? — 
 A land of decpe^;t sliadc, 
 
 Unpierced by human thought ; 
 The arcary recrions of the dead, 
 Where all things are forgot! 
 
 2 Soon as from earth I go, 
 
 What will become of me? 
 Eternal happiness or wo 
 
 Must then my portion be : 
 Waked by the trumpet's sound, 
 
 1 from my eravc shall rise, 
 And sec tlic Judge, with glory crown'J, 
 
 And see the flaming skies ! 
 
 S How shall 1 leave my tomb — 
 
 With triumph or regret ? 
 A fearful or a if>yfnl doom, 
 
 A curse or blessing, meet? 
 Will angel bands convey 
 
 Their brother to the bar ? 
 Or devils drag my soul away, 
 
 To meet its sentence there? 
 
 4 Who can resolve the doubt 
 
 That tears my anxious breast ? 
 Shall I be with the damn'd cast out. 
 
 Or numbered with the blest ? 
 I must from God be driven, 
 
 Or with my Sa^•iour dwell ; 
 Must oome at his command to heaven, 
 
 Or else— depart to hell! 
 41
 
 642 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 10G9 CM. 
 
 A xolcffrom iht gravf. 
 
 n.\RK! from the tomb a doleful eouuU ; 
 Mv ears, attend the cry: — 
 Ve living' men, come view tlie ground 
 
 Wlicrc you must shortly lie. 
 '1 PrinccH, this clay mupt be your bed, 
 
 In finite of all your towers; 
 The tall, the wise, the reverend Lead, 
 
 Shall lie xs& low as ours. 
 S Great (totl I is thia our certain doom. 
 
 And are we still neoure \ 
 8tiU walking downward to the tomb, 
 
 And yet prepared no more f 
 4 Grant us the power of quick' ning graro. 
 
 To fit our souls to fly ; 
 Then, when we drop tliis dying flesh, 
 
 Wi'll rise above the sky.' 
 
 1(17(1 h. M. 
 
 { 'hriif» prt*mce makf» dftith «i#i/. 
 TyniV slionld wo start, aiid four to die ? 
 n What tim'rous worms we mortals arc ! 
 ]>eath is the gate to emlless jov, 
 And yet wo dread to enter there. 
 
 2 The pains, the groans, the dyinc strife, 
 Friglit our appronohing souls away ; 
 
 And wf shrink buck again to life, 
 Fond of our prison and our clay. 
 
 3 O Mould my Ix)r«l his servant meet, 
 
 My sold wo'uld stretch hor wings in lia-stc, 
 Flv fi-ariess throjigh doatli's iron L'tite, 
 N'or feel the terrors us ^he pa.-^s'd. 
 
 4 .lesus can make a dyini* bed 
 Feel sotl as downy pillows are. 
 
 While on his breast! lean my head, 
 And breathe my life out sweetly there.
 
 DEATH AND EESUEEECTIOX. 643 
 
 1071 c. M. 
 
 Death of children. 
 
 TIIY life I read, mv gracious Lord, 
 With transport all diviue ; 
 Thine image trace in every word, 
 Thy love in every line. 
 
 2 Methinks I see a thousand charms 
 Spread o'er thy lovely face, 
 
 While infants in' thy tender anns 
 Receive the smiling grace. 
 
 3 I take these little lambs, said he, 
 And lay them in my breast ; 
 
 Protection they shall find in me, 
 In me be ever blest. 
 
 4 Death may the bands of life unloose, 
 But can't dissolve my love ; 
 
 MilUons of infant souls compose 
 
 Tlie family above. 
 T) His words the happy parents hear, 
 
 And shout, with joys divine, — 
 <) Saviour, all we have and arc 
 
 Shall be forever thine. 
 
 1072 4th P. M. 8SC, 886. 
 
 The momentous qtiefMon. 
 i ND am I only born to die 1 
 A And must I suddenly comply 
 
 With nature's stern decree ? 
 What after death for me remains 1 
 Celestial joys, or hellish pains, 
 
 To all eternity. 
 2 IIow then ought I on earth to live, 
 While God prolongs the kind reprieve, 
 
 And props the house of clay ? 
 My sole concern, my single care. 
 To watch, and trenible, and prepare 
 
 Against that fatal day.
 
 644 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 5 No room for mirth or trifliufr here, 
 For worldly liope, or worldly fear, 
 
 If life POBoon is gone; 
 If now the Jiidcre is at the door. 
 And all mankin<l mnst stand before 
 
 The' incxorul>le throne ! 
 
 4 No matter which my thoughts employ, 
 A moment's misery of joy ; 
 
 But, (^ I when Iwth simll end, 
 "Where shall I tind my destined place? 
 Shall I my cverlanting days 
 
 With flunda ur angels B}»eDd ? 
 
 R Nothing is worth a thought beneath, 
 But how 1 may escape the death 
 
 Tlmt never, never dies! 
 IIow nuike mine own election anre ; 
 And when I fail on earth, Becure 
 
 A maubion in the skied. 
 
 6 Jesns, vonchsafc a pitvmg ray : 
 
 Be thou my (iuide, be tliou my Woy 
 
 To glorious happiness. 
 Ah I write the pardon on my heart; 
 And whens«>e'er I hence depart, 
 
 Let me depart in pcxicc. 
 
 1073 10th P. M. 8 /iV* Ss. 
 
 The grate dUarmed qfiU terrom. 
 
 MAN dieth and wantcth away. 
 And where is he ^ — Hark f from the skies, 
 1 hear a voice answer and say, — 
 Tlie sjjirit of man never dies ! 
 His body, which came from Uie earth, 
 Must minifle again with the sod ; — 
 His soiil, which m heaven had birth, 
 Keturus to the bosom of God.
 
 DEATH AND KESUEKECTION. 645 
 
 2 No terror has death, or the grave, 
 To those who believe iu the Lord — 
 
 Who know the Redeemer cau save. 
 And lean on tlie faith of his word : 
 
 While ashes to ashes, and dust 
 We give unto dust, in our gloom, 
 
 The light of salvation we trust. 
 
 Which bungs like a lamp in the tomh, 
 
 3 Lord God Almighty ! to thee 
 We turn, as our solace above ; 
 
 The waters may fail from the sea. 
 But never thy fountains of love: 
 
 O teach us thy will to obey, 
 
 And sing, with one heart and accord, — 
 
 He gave, and he taketh away, 
 And praised be the name of the Lord. 
 
 1074 CM. 
 
 Victory over t/iefeara of death. 
 
 OFOR an overcoming faith. 
 To cheer my dying liours, — 
 To triumnh o'er aitproaching death, 
 And all liis frightful powers. 
 
 2 Joyful, with all the strength I have, 
 My quivering lips should sing, — 
 
 Where is thy boasted vict'ry. Grave ? 
 And where, Death, thy stuig \ 
 
 3 If sin be pardon'd, I'm secure; 
 Death has no sting beside : 
 
 The law gives sin its damning power; 
 But Christ, my ransom, died. 
 
 4 Now to the God of victory 
 Immortal thanks be paid, — 
 
 Who makes us conqu'rors, while we die,
 
 646 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 lUT.J L. M. 
 
 JHt&mhodi/'d faint*, 
 
 THE paints wlio die of Clirist possess' d. 
 Enter into immediate rest ; 
 For them no further test remains, 
 Ot' pnrginff fires and torturing pains. 
 2 Who trusting in their Lord dej^art, 
 Cleansed from all sin, and pure m heart, 
 Tlic bliss unmix'd, the glonons prize. 
 They find with Christ in j>aradihe. 
 S Yet, glorified by grace alone, 
 Thev east their crowns before the Uironc, 
 Ana fill the echoini; courts abovo 
 ^Vi^h praises of rcaccming love. 
 
 1076 LM. 
 
 The Oiristian't porting hour. 
 
 n(^W sweet the hour of closing day, 
 When all is peaceful an<l serene, 
 And when the sun, with elondless ray. 
 
 Sheds mellow lustre o'er the scene! 
 2 Such is the Christian's partintr hour; 
 
 So i>caccfully he sinks to rest; 
 When faith, endued from heaven with power, 
 
 Sustains and cheers liis languid breast- 
 r, Mark but that radiance of hL* eye, 
 
 Tliat smile upon his wasted cheek; 
 Tiny tell us or hin glor>- nigh, 
 
 111 language that no tongue can speak, 
 
 4 A beam from heaven is sent to cheer 
 The jnlirrim on hii gloomy road; 
 
 And angels are attending near, 
 To bear him to their bright abode. 
 
 5 Wlio would not wish to die like those 
 Whom (iod"» own Spirit deigns to blees! 
 
 To sink into that soft repc.so, 
 Then wake to perfect happiness \
 
 DEATH AND KESUKEECTIOX. 64T 
 
 1077 37th P. M. CO, 86, 8S. 
 
 Friends separated for a season. 
 
 FRIEND after friend departs : 
 Who hath not lost a friend ? 
 There is no union liere of hearts 
 That finds not here an end: 
 Were this frail world our only rest, 
 Living or dying, none were blest. 
 
 2 Beyond the flight of time, 
 Beyond this vale of death, 
 
 There surclv is some blessed climo 
 Where life is not a breath, 
 Nor life's atieetion transient fire. 
 Whose sparks fly upward to expire. 
 
 3 There is a world above, 
 Where parting is unkno^mi ; 
 
 A whole eternity of love, 
 Form'd for the good alone: 
 And faith beholds the dying here 
 Translated to that happier sphere. 
 
 4 Thus star by star declines, 
 Till all are pass'd away, 
 
 As morning high and higher shines, 
 
 To pure and perfect day ; 
 Nor snik those stars in empty niglit, — 
 Tiiey hide themselves in heaven's own light. 
 
 1078 7th P. M. 8 ^^ne» Ts. 
 
 JBfssneclness of those who die in the Lord. 
 ARK ! a voice divides the skv : — 
 
 H 
 
 Happy are the faithful dead! 
 lu the Lord who sweetly die, 
 
 They from all their toils are freed; 
 Them'the Spirit hath declared 
 
 Blest, unutterably blest; 
 Jesus is their great reward, 
 
 Jesus is their endless rest.
 
 648 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 2 Follow'd b^- their work? they go, 
 
 "Whore tlieir Head is ^'t>no before; 
 Keconeiled by pracc below, 
 
 Grace hath oi>enM mercy's door; 
 Justified through fuith alone, 
 
 Here thev knew their sinn forplven; 
 Here thev luid their burden down, 
 
 IIallow'*U, and made meet for lieaven. 
 
 1079 ^thr.U.S Ums 7 f<. 
 
 0>nUnu/d.— 77i^ Saviour'$ tmile. 
 
 "IVHV slionld we lament the lot 
 IT Of a miint in Christ deceaeod ? 
 Let the world, whu know us not, 
 
 Call us ho}H;k'hR and unblest: 
 When from flesh tiie spirit, freed, 
 
 lla.-*tc'ns homeward to return, 
 Mortals cry,— A num is dead! 
 
 Angclh biiig,— A ckUd is bom ! 
 
 2 Bom into tlic world above, 
 
 They our happy brother preet; 
 Bear him to the throne of love, 
 
 Placx^ him at the Saviour's feet: 
 Jesus smiles, and says, — Well done I 
 
 Ciood and faithful servant thou! 
 Enter and receive thy crown ; 
 
 Reign witL mo triumpUout now. 
 
 S A nereis catch the' approving pound, 
 
 liow, und bless the just award ; 
 Hail the heir with ^lor>- crown'd. 
 
 Now rejoicinjr with his Lord, — 
 Fuller joys ordain'd to know, 
 
 Waiting for the pen'ral doom, 
 When the' archangel's trump shall blow,- 
 
 Rise, ye dead, to judgment come.
 
 DEATH AND EESUKEECTIOX, 
 
 649 
 
 1 QgQ 1st P. ]SL G lines Ss. 
 
 Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 
 
 JESUS was ever love like thine 1 
 Thy life a scene of wonder is ; 
 Thv death itself is all divine, , 
 
 While, pleased thy spirit to dismiss, 
 Thou dost out of the flesh retire, 
 And like the Prince of life expire. 
 
 2 Thy death supports the dyinj? saint; 
 Thv death my sov'reign comtort be; 
 
 While feehle flesh and nature faiut, 
 
 Arm wilh thy mortal a^ouy ; 
 And fill, while soul and body part, 
 With life, immortal life, my heart. 
 
 3 let thy death's mysterious power. 
 With all its sacred weight, descend, 
 
 To consecrate my final hour,— 
 
 To bless me with thy peaceful end : 
 And, breathed into the hands divine, 
 My spirit bo received with thmo. 
 
 1081 ^' ■^* 
 
 Let me die the death of tlie righteous. 
 
 OFOR the death of those 
 Who slumber in the Lord ! 
 O be like theirs my last repose, 
 
 Like theirs my last reward. 
 2 Their bodies in the ground, 
 
 In silent hope, mav lie. 
 Till the last trumpet's 3oyful sound 
 
 Shall call them to the sky. 
 S Their ransom'd spirits soar, 
 
 On wings of faith and love. 
 To meet the Saviour they adore, 
 
 And reigu with him above.
 
 650 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 4 for the death of those 
 "Who plumber in the Lord ! 
 
 be like theirs my last rcpopc, 
 Like theirs my last reward. 
 
 1082 CM. 
 
 Death gain to the faithful. 
 "II^IIY should our tears in sorrow flow 
 IT When God recalls his own, 
 And bids them leave a world of wn, 
 
 For an immortal crown ? 
 2 Is not e'en death a pain to those 
 
 "Whose life to God was given i 
 Gladly to earth their eyes they close, 
 
 To o|x;n them in heaven. 
 S Their toils are past, their work is done, 
 
 And they are fully blest ; 
 They foutrht the flt;ht, the victory won. 
 
 And cnter'd into rest. 
 
 4 Then let our sorrows cease to flow; 
 God has reoall'd his own ; 
 
 But let uur hearts, in ever}' wo, 
 Still say, — Thy will be done. 
 
 1083 L.M. 
 
 The end of that man is peace. 
 
 HOW blest the righteous when he dies I 
 When sinks a wear>' soul to rest! 
 How mildly beam the closing eves! 
 
 How j^^cntly heaves the' expiring breast I 
 2 So fades a summer cloud away; 
 
 So sinks the pale when storms are o'er; 
 So gently bhut** the eye of dav ; 
 So dies a wave along the sfiore. 
 
 5 A holy quiet reigns around, — 
 
 A culm which life nor death destroys; 
 And naught disturbs that peace profound 
 "Which liis unfetter'd soul enjoys.
 
 DEATH AND EESUKEECTION. 651 
 
 4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears, 
 Where lights and shades alternate dwell ! 
 
 How bright the' unchanging morn appears ! 
 Farewell, inconstant world, farewell! 
 
 5 Life's labour done, as sinks the clay, — 
 Light from its load the spirit flies. 
 
 While heaven and earth combine to say, — 
 How blest the righteous when he dies I 
 
 1084 CM. 
 
 The death of a pastor. 
 
 TO thee, God, when creatures fail. 
 Thy flock, deserted, flies; 
 And on the' eternal Shepherd's care, 
 Our steadfast hope relies. 
 
 2 When o'er thy faithful servant's dust 
 Thy saints assembled mourn, 
 
 In speedy tokens of thy grace, 
 O Zion's God, return ! 
 
 3 The powers of nature all are thine, 
 And tliine the aids of grace ; 
 
 Thine arm hixs borne thy' churclies up, 
 Through each succeeding race. 
 
 4 Exert thy sacred influence here, 
 And here thy suppliants bless ; 
 
 And change to strains of cheerful praise 
 Our accents of distress. 
 
 1085 1st P. M. 6 lines 8s. 
 
 Whose faith folloxo. 
 
 HE'S gone ! the spotless soul is gone, 
 Triumphant, to his place above ; 
 The prison walls are broken down ; 
 
 The angels speed his swift remove, 
 And, shouting, on their wings he flies. 
 And gains his rest in paradise.
 
 652 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 *J Saved by the merit of his Lord, 
 Glory Jii'nl praise to Christ he gives; 
 
 Yet Bti'll Ills merciful reward 
 
 Accordiii)? to his works receives ; 
 
 And with the seed he sow'd below, 
 
 His bliss eternally tsliall grow. 
 
 3 Father, to us vouchsafe the praco 
 
 Which broil erht our friend vict^trious through ; 
 Jx-t UH his shining f<>(>tstiM>8 truce; 
 
 Let us hii* steadfast fuitn [uirsue ; 
 Follow this full'wer of the Lamb, 
 Kud conquer all through Jesus' Name. 
 
 4 (> inav we all, like him, iH-lieve, 
 
 And keei> the faith, and win the prize I 
 Father, prepare, and then reeeivo 
 
 Our halluw'd Hpiritu to the skies, 
 Tu cluint, with all otir friends above. 
 Thy glorious, everlasting love. 
 
 1086 s.M. 
 
 77i^ crotcninff hour. 
 
 SERVANT of God, well done I 
 Thy glorious warfare's past; 
 The battle's fought, the race is won, 
 
 And thou art crowu'd at last ; — 
 2 ( >f all thy heart's desire 
 
 Triumphantly possessed ; 
 Lodged i>v the ministerial choir 
 
 In thy Redeemer's breast, 
 r. In condescending love. 
 
 Thy ceaseless prayer lie heard; 
 And bade tliee suddenly remove 
 
 To thy complete reward. 
 4 With saintfl enthroned on high, 
 
 Thou dost thy Lord proclaim, 
 And still to God salvation cry, — 
 
 Salvation to the Lamb !
 
 DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 653 
 
 5 liappy, happy soul ! 
 In ecstasies ot praise, 
 
 Long as eternal ages roll, 
 Thou secst thy "Saviour's face. 
 
 6 Redeem'd from earth and pain, 
 Ah ! when shall we ascencf. 
 
 And all in Jesus' presence reign 
 With our translated friend ? 
 
 1087 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. 
 
 At rest, and happy. 
 
 HOW blest is our brother, bereft 
 Of all that could burden his mind ! 
 How easy the soul that has left 
 This wearisome body behind ! 
 This earth is atfected no more 
 
 With sickness, or shaken with pain ; 
 Tlie war in the members is o'er, 
 And never shall vex liim again. 
 
 2 No anger, henceforward, or shame, 
 
 Shall redden this innocent clay : 
 Extinct is the animal flame, 
 
 And passion is vanish'd away. 
 This languishing head is at rest ; 
 
 Its thinking and aching are o'er; 
 This quiet, immovable breast 
 
 Is heaved by affliction no more. 
 
 8 The lids he so seldom could close, 
 
 By sorrow forbidden to sleep. 
 Now seal'd in their mortal repose, 
 
 Have strangely forgotten to weep ; 
 The fountains can yield no supplies ; 
 
 These hollows from water are free ; 
 The tears are all wiped from these eyes, 
 
 And evil they never shall see.
 
 654 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 1088 lOth p. M. 8 Zi;i^* SB. 
 
 Happy death of a iiater in the Lord. 
 
 HnSANNA to Jesus on liiph! 
 Another 1ms entt-rM his rest : 
 Another has VeapeJ to the sky, 
 
 And lodped in Ininmnuors treast; 
 The soul of our sister is gone. 
 
 To heighten the triumph above ; 
 ]:;.\altc<l to Jcsus's throne, 
 And clasp'd in the arms of his love. 
 
 2 How happy the angels that fall 
 Transported at JesusV name ; 
 
 Tlie saints whom he soonest shall call, 
 To shiire in the feast of the Lamb ! 
 
 No lon;:.r iinprison'd in clay, 
 
 Wlio next from the dungeon shall fly? 
 
 Who tirst shall be summou'd away ? — 
 My merciful Lord— Is it I? 
 
 3 O Jesus, if this bo thv will, 
 That suddenly I should depart, 
 
 Thv counsel of "mercy reveal, 
 
 And whisper thv call in my heart; 
 
 ffive Tuc a signal to know 
 
 If s<x)u thou wouldst have me remove, 
 And leave tlie dull body below, 
 And fly to the regions above. 
 
 1 081) 10th P. M. 8 lines 8«. 
 
 Triumpfuint dfath of a brother. 
 TirEEP not for a brother deceased; 
 f » Our loss is his infinite guin ; 
 A soul out of prison n:'lea**CfT, 
 
 And freed from its bodily chain ; 
 With songs let us follow his flight. 
 And mount with his spirit above, 
 Esca|>ed to the maiisions of light, 
 ^Vnd lodged in the Eden of love.
 
 DEATH AND EESUEEECTION. 655 
 
 2 Our brother the haven hath gam'd, 
 Outflying the tempest and wind ; 
 
 His Test he hath sooner obtain'd, 
 And left his companions behind. 
 
 Still toss'd on the sea of distress, 
 Hard toiling to make the blest shore, 
 
 Where all is assurance and peace, 
 And sorrow and Bin are no more. 
 
 3 There all the ship's company meet, 
 Who sail'd with the Saviour beneath ; 
 
 With shouting each other they greet, 
 And triumpli o'er sorrow and death : 
 
 The voyage of life's at an end; 
 The mortal affliction is past: 
 
 The age that in heaven they spend, 
 Forever and ever shall last. 
 
 1090 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 
 
 The dying Christian. i 
 
 HAPPY soul, thy days are ending, | 
 
 All thy mourning days below ; 
 Go, — the angel guards attending, — 
 
 To the sight of Jesus go. 
 Waiting to receive thy spirit, 
 
 Lo ! the Saviour stands above ; 
 
 Shows the purchase of his merit, 
 
 Reaches out the crown of love. 
 
 2 Struggle through thy latest passion, 
 
 To thy great Kedeemer's breast ; 
 To his uttermost salvation. 
 
 To his everlasting rest. 
 For the joy he sets before thee. 
 
 Bear a' momentary pain ; 
 Die, to live a life of glory ; 
 
 Suffer, with thy Lord to reign.
 
 G56 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 Klin L. M. 
 
 Th4 Qrare ahnli rtMore iU Irutl. 
 
 TJN'VKIL thy bosom, faithful tomb; 
 U Tuke this new treasure to thy trimt ; 
 And give these BacreJ relies room 
 
 To slumber in the silent dost. 
 1 Nor pain, nor (rrief, nor ftnxiotis fear 
 
 Invade thy l)ounds : no mortal woes 
 Can reach the peaceful nleeper licre, 
 
 While au^rcU watch the »oft repose 
 8 So Jc^wn i*lcpt ; — Goal's dyinj? Son 
 
 I*a<*sM tliroujjrh the prave', and blcfst tlic boil; 
 Rest lu-re, ble^t saint, till from l>is throne 
 
 The morning break, and pierce the sliatle. 
 4 Break from his thr<jno, illustrioui* morn ; 
 
 Attend. earth I his sov'reign word ; 
 Restore tiiy trust — a glorious form — 
 
 Call'd to' ajjccud and meet the Lord. 
 
 1092 7th P. M. 8 /in/-* 7«. 
 
 A^>$^nifiKtm the Itody—prfftrnt xcUh th« Lord. 
 
 LO '. the ]>ri.s*ncr is released, 
 Ligljten'd of his fleshly load ; 
 Where the weary are at rest, 
 
 He is pather'd into God ! 
 \jo\ tJie pain of life is pnf^t. 
 
 All his warfare now is o'er : 
 Deuth and hell Whind are cast ; 
 
 Ciricf and suff'ring are no more. 
 2 Join wo then, with one accord, 
 
 In the new and joyful song: 
 Absent from our loving Ixjrd, 
 
 We shull not continue lontf ; 
 We shall quit the house of clay, 
 
 We a i>ettcr lot sliall share. 
 Wo shall see the realms of day, 
 
 Moot our happy brotlicr there.
 
 DEATH AND KESUEEECTION. 657 
 
 1003 I^M. 
 
 Day dawns on the night of the grave^ 
 
 SHALL man, O God of light and life, 
 Forever moulder in the grave ? 
 «, iinst thou forget thy glorious work, 
 
 Thy promise, and thy power, to save I 
 2 In those dark, silent realms of night 
 
 Shall peace and hope no more arise ? 
 No future morning light the tomb, 
 
 Nor day-star gild tfie darksome sides? 
 o Cease — cease, ye vain, desponding fears: 
 
 Wlien Christ, our Lord, from darkneasspraiig. 
 Death, the last foe, was captive led, 
 
 And heaven with praise and wonder rang. 
 
 4 Fuith sees the bright, eternal doors 
 Unfold, to make his children way j 
 
 They shall be clothed with endless life, 
 And shine in everlasting day. 
 
 5 The trump shall sound — the dead shall w;ike; 
 From the cold tomb the slumb'rcrs sprinir : 
 
 Tiirough heaven, with joy their myriads riM . 
 And hail their Saviour' and their King. 
 
 1094 CM. 
 
 Ctrtainli/ of the rtntTTeetum dUpth the gloom of the grave, 
 
 WHY do we mourn for dying friends, 
 Or shake at death's alarms ? 
 'Tis but the voice that Jesus scuds, 
 
 To call them to his arms. 
 2 Are we not tending upward too. 
 
 As fast as time can move ? 
 Nor should we wish the hours more slow, 
 
 To keep us from our love. 
 •J Why should we tremble to convey 
 
 Their bodies to the ton)b? 
 T'loie once the flesh of Jesus lay, 
 And loft a lonir perfume. 
 42
 
 658 TIMK AND ETEKNITV. 
 
 4 llie prnvo* of nil his Paints ho blest, 
 
 Ai. I ' ' ' <vcrv Ik'J : 
 \\ I . (• thiiij; incml>cr8 rest, 
 
 i'..: . (lying llcad ( 
 
 :. Thcnco he nrosc, a'^ccndinjr high, 
 
 And BhowM our lect the way : 
 Up to tho Ix)rvl our llci*h shall lly, 
 
 At the great rising day. 
 
 C Tlun lot :" impct sound, 
 
 And hi«l : - 
 
 Awnkc, yc ;. ^:uuud; 
 
 Vc aaiuts, ascvud Liiu ekius. 
 
 lo:).') r. M. 
 
 Atr.ilinQ/t-om tJu dust tcWi shouts qf praim, 
 
 'PMKOrdll sorrow's niirht, and danger's jKith. 
 I Aiir ' •■> • ■• ■"■ -' • 
 
 Wc, f. 
 
 Aiu :.. 
 
 riicrc, when ilie turinoii i« uo more, 
 
 And all our i»<»\\crs deray, 
 «'nr cold rt'iiiain.H in h<»!it\tdo 
 
 Sliuil slceji the years away. 
 • . . - '1 -- ' ■■ -ircly Imd 
 
 .1 dnsL, 
 . io rtiu.iur* t I uiirih may ItcnL 
 V..t tK>' rhna hnruwj. or extinct, 
 ' ' !ie; 
 
 ' spark shall riao 
 
 Ky. 
 
 Tlto-K' ashes, too, this little dust, 
 Our KatherV rare shall keep, 
 .1 the last nncel rise and break 
 The lo.jj Olid dreary bleep.
 
 DEATH AND EESUKRECTION. 659 
 
 lOOG ^.M. 
 
 Sown a nfiiural body, raised a spiritual body. 
 A Nl> must this body die— 
 ix Tlii'^ wcU-wrontrlit frame decay? 
 Anl must tlicse active limbs of mine 
 
 Lie mould'rin*,^ in tlic clay ? 
 '2 Cornintioii, earth, and worms, 
 
 SluiU but rctino tliis flesh, 
 Till my triumphant spirit corac3 
 To put it on afresh. 
 
 3 Go'l my Kc Icemer lives, 
 And over froui the skies 
 
 Looks down, and watches all my dust, 
 Till he shall bid it rise. 
 
 4 ArrayM in glorious graco 
 Shall these vilo bodies shine. 
 
 And every gliape, and every face, 
 Be liciivenly and divine. 
 
 5 These lively hoj^es we owe, 
 Lord, to thy dyini; love: 
 
 O may we bless thy ffrace below, 
 And sing thy grace above 1 
 
 6 Saviour, accent the praise 
 Of these our nmnble sungs, 
 
 Till tunes of nobler soiukI wo raise 
 With our inunortal tongues. 
 
 1097 L. M. 
 
 Sown in weakneAn, raised in glory. 
 
 THE mornin.^ flowers display their sweets^ 
 And gay their silken leaves unfold, 
 As careless of the noontide heats, 
 As fearless of the evening cold. 
 2 Nipp'd bv the wind's untimely blast, 
 
 Parch'd by the sun's directer ray, 
 The momentary glories waste, 
 The short-lived beauties die away.
 
 660 TIME AND ETEKNITV. 
 
 3 So blooms the human face divino. 
 When youth its pride ot" beauty show**; 
 
 Fairer tlian Bprinp tlie colours shine, 
 Aud sweeter thou the virgin rose. 
 
 4 Or worn by slowly-roUinff vcars, 
 Or broke bv sickness in a ilay, 
 
 The fudinjr ^ffory disappeni-y>. 
 The short-lived beauties die awny. 
 
 r> Yet tlicsc, new risinjj from the toin}>. 
 
 With lustre brighter fur shall shine, 
 llcvivc with cvcr-durin^r bloc»m, 
 
 Safe from diseases and decline. 
 
 6 lx»t sickness bla^t, let death devour. 
 
 If heaven mtjst rcconi|H>n.>*o our pains ; 
 Perish the jrrass, and fatlc the flower, 
 
 If finn the word of tiod remains. 
 
 1008 s. M. 
 
 Thf pUdgr of immortality. 
 
 OUR (Treat Creator, (Jf^d, 
 Who built tliis house of clov. 
 Can re-inspire the breothle»» cfod, 
 
 In his aptMtinted day. 
 From dust he forin'd us man, 
 
 Aiul shall we doubt his j>ower? 
 No, surely the Almivrhty can 
 Our mouldcr'd du.«*t icstorc. 
 
 2 Who breathed into onr earth 
 
 The breath of life divino. 
 Can, by a new celestial birth, 
 
 (iod'and the sinner join: 
 Tluis we the pletlgc receive 
 
 Of immortality. 
 Sure that our l>o<lies too shall livo 
 
 Forever one witb thee.
 
 DEATH AND EESUEEECTION. 661 
 
 1099 1st p. M. 6 ^m^^ 8s. 
 In myfleih sluilll see God. 
 
 I CALL the worlrPa Redeemer mine ; 
 He lives who died for me, I know, — 
 Who bouj^ht my soul with blood divine: 
 
 Jesus shall re-apwar below, — 
 Stand in that drcacfful day unknown, 
 And fix on earth his heavenly throne. 
 
 •I Then tlie last jndgmcnt-day shall come ; 
 
 And though tlie worms this skin devour, 
 .L'he Jud<re sliall call me from the tomb, 
 
 Shall bid the gi'eedy grave restore, 
 And raise this individual me, 
 God in the flesh, my God, to see. 
 
 3 In this identic body, I, 
 
 With eyes of flesh refined, restored, 
 Shall see tliat self-same Saviour nigh, 
 
 See for myself mv smiling Lord; 
 See with inett'able delight^ 
 Nor faint to bear the glorious sight. 
 
 4 Then let the worms demand their prey, 
 Tiie greedy grave my reins eonsumo; 
 
 With joy I drop my niouldVing clay, 
 
 And rest till my'Kcdeemer come; 
 On Christ my life, in death rely, 
 Secure that I can never die. 
 
 1100 CM. 
 
 Exulting in the final victcrry. 
 
 WHEN the last trumpet's awful voioe 
 This rending earth shall shake, — 
 When opening graves shall yield their charge. 
 And dust to life awake, — 
 
 3 Those bodies that corrupted fell 
 
 Shall incorrupt arise, 
 And mortid forms shall spring to life 
 
 Immortal in the skies.
 
 (362 TIME AND ETEENITY. 
 
 o Behold, wlmt heavenly prophets sang 
 
 Is now at last fnlfillVl ; 
 And Death yield;* up his ancient reign, 
 
 Aud, vanquisli'd, quits tlic ticld. 
 
 4 Let Faith exalt licr joyful voice, 
 And now in triiunph hint?: — 
 
 O Grave, where is thy vietory i 
 And where, O Death, thy bting? 
 
 1101 7th r. M. S Zin^^ 
 
 CMhfd villi immorialit]/. 
 
 SriRIT, leave thy house of clay; 
 Linjj'ring dtist, resign tliy breath ; 
 Spirit, cast tliy cliuinj* away; 
 
 Dust, bo thou dissolved in death: — 
 Thus the miirhty Saviour s^»caks. 
 
 While the faithful Christian dies; 
 Thus the bonds of life he breaks. 
 And the ransoni'd captive llica. 
 
 2 Pris'ner, long dotninVl below, 
 I*ris'ner, now with freedom ble«*t, 
 
 Welcome from a world of wo ; 
 
 Welcome to a land of rest: — 
 Tims the choir of angels sing. 
 
 As they bear the soul on high, 
 While with hallelujahs ring 
 
 All the rcgioiui of the sky. 
 
 3 Grnve, the guardian of onr dnst, 
 Grave, the treasury of the skicB, 
 
 Every atom of thy trust 
 Rests in hope airain to rise : 
 
 Hark 1 the judgment triun|>et calls — 
 Soul, rcbuildthy huuso of clay ; 
 
 Immortality thy walls. 
 And eternity thy day.
 
 DAY OF JUDGMENT. 663 
 
 THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. 
 
 1102 4th r. M. SSO, 8Sfi. 
 Tokens of the judgment a source of;mj to the believer. 
 
 HOW happy arc tlic little flock, 
 Who, sate boncatli their giiardiau-rocic, 
 In all coinmotions rest! 
 When war's and tumult's waves run \i\^\\. 
 Unmoved, above the storm they lie, 
 Tliey lodge in Jesus' brctist. 
 
 U The plague, and dearth, and din of war. 
 Our Saviour's swift approach declare, 
 
 And bid our hearts arise : 
 Karth's basis shook, contirms our hope; 
 Us cities' tall, but lifts us up, 
 
 To meet thee in the skies. 
 
 r> Thy tokens we with joy confess. 
 The war proclaims tiie Prince of peace, 
 
 The earthquake speaks thy power: 
 The famine all thy tuhicss brings, 
 Tiic plaiTue ]M-cscnts thy healing wings, 
 
 And nature's finid hour. 
 
 4 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. 
 
 1103 8th P. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 Tl't! also shall appear xcith Him in glory. 
 
 LIFT your heads, ye friends of Jesus, 
 Partners in his patience here: 
 Christ, to all believers precious, 
 Lord of lords, shall soon appear: 
 
 Mark the tokens 
 Of his heavenly kingdoni near.
 
 G64 TIME AND ETEKNITY. 
 
 •J Sun and moon are both confounded, 
 Darken'd into endless niirht, 
 
 ^Vhcn, with unjfcl-host.s siirroiinded, 
 In his Father's plory bright, 
 
 liciiniR the Saviour, 
 Sliinca the everlasting light. 
 
 .". Sec the stars from heaven falling; 
 
 Hark, on earth the doleful cry ; 
 Mt-n on r<»eks and mountains eiilling, 
 
 While the frowning Judge draws nigh 
 Hide us, hide us, 
 
 Kocks and mountiiinA, from hi« eye ! 
 
 4 With what diff'rent exclamation 
 Shall the saints hi:) banner sco ! 
 
 IW the tokrns of his pa>«si()n, 
 By the marks received for mo : — 
 
 All disix>rn him : 
 .\Jl with uliouts cry out, — 'Tia lie I 
 
 .'' liol 'tis lie I our hearts' Desire, 
 (,'omc for his csi>oused below ; 
 
 < ;ome to join us with his choir. 
 Come to niake our joys o'crflow : 
 
 Palms of vict'ry, 
 Orowua of glorj', to bestow. 
 
 1104 Mh r. M. 4 ;»/i<^ 
 
 SiQfXM of approaching judgment 
 
 IN the sun, oinl moon, and st.'irs, 
 Rigns and w onden* there shall be ; 
 J juth shall quake with inward war», 
 Nations with perplexity. 
 
 2 Soon shall ocean's hoary deep, 
 ToHs'd with stronger tempcsti*, rise ; 
 
 Wilder storms the mountains sweep, 
 Louder thunders rock the skies.
 
 DAY OF JUDGMENT. 665 
 
 3 Dread alams shall shake the proud, 
 Pale amazement, restless tear; 
 
 \nd amid the thunder-cloud, 
 ' Shall the Judge of men appear. 
 
 4 But though from his awful face 
 Heaven shall fade, and earth shall fly, 
 
 Fear not ye, his chosen race, 
 Your redemption druwcth uign. 
 
 Jlie second advent. 
 
 H 
 
 L. M. 
 
 E comes! He comes! the Jndj^e severe. 
 xjL The seventh trumpet speaks hnn near, 
 His lightnings flash, his thunders roll ; 
 How welcome to the faithtul soul ! 
 2 From heaven angelic voices sound: 
 See the almighty Jesus crown d : 
 (iirt with omnipotence and grace, 
 And glory decks the Saviour s tacc. 
 :3 Descending on his great white throne, 
 Ho claims the king;loms tor his own ; 
 The kingdoms all obey his word. 
 And hail him their triumphant Lord. 
 4 Shout, all the people of the sky. 
 And all the saints of the Most High ; 
 Our Lord, who now his right obtains, 
 Forever and forever rcigna. 
 
 1106 c.M. 
 
 Secrets of the heart made known. 
 
 AND must 1 be to judgment brought, 
 And answer in that day 
 For every vain and idle thought, 
 
 And every word I say i 
 2 Yes, everv secret of my heart 
 Shall shortly be made known, 
 And I receive my just desert 
 For all that I fiave done.
 
 66Q TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 3 How •nrcfiil then ought I to live; 
 With what religious fear; 
 
 Wlio such a j*trict acconnt must givo 
 For my behaviour here. 
 
 4 Thou nwful Judge of quick and dead, 
 The watchful piwer bestow; 
 
 So shall I to luv ways take heed, — 
 
 To all I speak or do. 
 .'. If now thou standest at the door, 
 
 lot Tiic foci thuo near; 
 
 And make my ix?aco with God, before 
 
 1 at thy bar api^ar. 
 
 1107 s.M. 
 
 Prepare u»/or tfiat dny, 
 
 BKIK^LD! with awful pomp 
 The Judge prejvire* to come; 
 The' archangel sounds the dreadful trump. 
 And wukcs the gcu'ral doom. 
 
 2 Nature, in wild amaze, 
 
 Her dissolution mourns; 
 lilushc!* of blood the moon deface; 
 
 Tho Hun to darknc>» tumx. 
 
 5 The livincr look with drca«l ; 
 Tl>e frighted dead ari«e. 
 
 Start from the monumental bed, 
 An.l li!^ their gimslly eyes. 
 
 4 Horrors all hearts anpal ; 
 
 They quake, they adrick, they en**, 
 Bid rooks and mountains on them fall ; 
 
 But rocks and mountains fly. 
 
 6 Great God, in wliom we live, 
 I'rcpjire us. fi.r that tiny: 
 
 Help us in Jo.hus to l>clieve, — 
 To watch, and wait, and pray.
 
 DAY OF JUDGMENT. 667 
 
 1108 S.M, 
 
 Tlie solemn midnight cry. 
 
 TITOU JndjSfc of quick and dead, 
 Before wlioi^c bar severe, 
 With holy jov or fruilty dread. 
 
 We all shall soon appear; 
 Our caution'd souls prepare 
 For that tremendous day. 
 And fill us now with watchful care. 
 And stir us up to pray : 
 
 2 To prpy, and wait the hour, 
 That awful hour unknown, 
 
 When, robed in niajesty and power, 
 Thou shalt from lieavcn come down. 
 
 The' immortal Son of man, 
 To judjjc the human race, 
 
 Witliall thy Father's dazzlinfj train, 
 With all thy glorious grace. 
 
 3 To damp our earthly .ioys, 
 
 To' increase our trracious fears. 
 Forever let the archansel's voice 
 
 Be sound ins: in our cars 
 The solemn midnieht cry, — 
 
 Ye dead, the Judcre is como; 
 Arise, and meet hitn in the sky, 
 
 And meet your instant doom. 
 
 4 O may we all be found 
 Obedient to thy word, 
 
 Attentive to the trumpet's sound, 
 
 And looking for our Lord. 
 O may we thus ensure 
 
 A lot among the blest ; 
 And watch a moment to secure 
 
 All everlasting rest.
 
 G68 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 1100 l^M. 
 
 TV dreadful day. 
 
 THE day of wrath, tliat flrcsulfiil day, 
 When heaven and earth sliall pass away ! 
 What i)o\vor »hall be the sinner's stay? 
 How shall he meet that dreadful day— 
 'J When, shriv'linfr like a narchdd scroll, 
 The flamincr heavens together roll ; 
 And, louder yet, and yet ini)re dread. 
 Swells the hii:h trump that uakes the dead I 
 3 O, on tlmt day. that wrathful day. 
 When man to judgment wukes from cloy, 
 lie thou, O Christ, tiie sinner's stay, 
 Though heaven and earth shall pass away. 
 
 1110 C. M. 
 
 The great day of Hit tcrath. 
 
 WO to the men on earth who dwell. 
 Nor dread the' Almi>rhty's frown, 
 When (iod doth all his wrath reveal, 
 
 And shower his judgments down. 
 2 Sinners, expect those heaviest showers: 
 
 To njeet your (Jod, prepare ; 
 For, lo! the seventh angel poura 
 
 Ills vial on the air. 
 o Tx) ! from their scats the mountains leap; 
 
 Tne mountain-* arc not found; 
 Trunsnorted far into the deep, 
 
 .\ud in the ocean drown'd. 
 •1 Who then shall live and face the throne. 
 
 And see the Judge severe ? 
 When lieavcn and earth are fled and gone, 
 
 O where shall I ajipear i 
 '} Now, only now, against that hour 
 
 W'e mav a place provide ; 
 Beyond tlie grave, ncyond the power 
 
 Of hell, our spirits "hide :
 
 DAY OF JUDGMENT. 669 
 
 6 Firm in tlic all-destroying shock, 
 
 Mav view the final scene ; 
 For, lo ! the everlasting Eock 
 
 Is cleft to take us in. 
 nil 8th r. M. 8T, 87, 47. 
 
 Behold, ITe cometh ! 
 
 LO ' He comes, with clouds descending, 
 Once for favour'd sinners slain ; 
 Thousand thousand saints, attending, 
 Swell the triumph of his train: 
 
 Halleluiah! 
 God appears on earth to reign. 
 
 2 Evcrv eye shall now behold him 
 Kobed in dreadful majesty ; 
 
 Those who set at naught and sold him. 
 Pierced and nail'd him to the tree, 
 
 Deeply wailing, ^ 
 Shall the true Messiah see. 
 
 3 All the tokens of his passion 
 Still his dazzling body bears; 
 
 Cause of endless exulUition 
 To his ransom'd worshippers ; 
 
 With wliat rapture 
 Gaze we on those glorious scars. 
 
 4 Yea, Amen ! let all adore thee, 
 Hi^^h on thine eternal throne ; 
 
 Saviour, take the power and glory ; 
 Make thy righteous sentence known: 
 
 Jah ! Jehovah ! 
 Claim the kingdom for thine own. 
 
 1112 nth r. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. 
 
 — With the voice of the archangel. 
 
 JESUS, faithful to his word. 
 Shall with a shout descend : 
 All heaven's host their glorious Lord 
 Shall joyfully attend:
 
 670 TIIIE AND ETERNITY. 
 
 Christ phall como with drcadfnl noise; 
 
 Li;;htnlri:r3 swift nn>\ tliundcrs loud; 
 Witii the prcat ardmnp'orrt voice, 
 
 And wiih the trump of God. 
 
 2 First the dead in Christ shall rise ; 
 
 Tlicn we that yet remain 
 Shall be oau;;ht up to tl:o skies, 
 
 And Bce our Lord nfrain. 
 We shall meet him in iIjo nir; 
 
 All mpt u\y to heaven sliall l>c: 
 rind, and lovp, and praise him tliere, 
 
 To all eternity. 
 
 Who can tell the happlnos? 
 
 This plorious hope atl'ordb? 
 Jov unuttcrM wo possess 
 
 lu tlicsc reviving; words: 
 Happy wliile on earth wo breathe; 
 
 Mi;,'"itior bliss onlain'd to know: 
 Tramplinir down nin, hell, and death, 
 
 To ihc third heaven wc go. 
 
 Ill:] s.> 
 
 — A nd xcith Vi« trump of GckI, 
 
 IN expectation pweet, 
 We wait, and W\n>j, and pray, 
 Till ('hri:<t's triumplud ear we meet, 
 And Bee an etulless day. 
 
 2 He comes I — the ConqnVor comes; 
 Death falls beneath his swonl ; 
 
 Tlie joyful pris'ners burst their tombe, 
 And ri>o to meet their Lord. 
 
 3 The tnnnpct sounds,— Awake! — 
 Ye dead, to judpnient como I — 
 
 The pillars of creation shake, 
 Wliilc hell receives her doom.
 
 DAY OF JUDGMENT. 671 
 
 4 Thrice happy morn for those 
 
 Who love the ways of peace; 
 No nif^ht of sorrow o'er shall close, 
 
 Or sliadc their perfect bliss. 
 
 1114 CM. 
 
 Tlie dreadful sentence. 
 
 riTIIAT awful day will surely come, 
 1 The' appointed hour niakos haste, 
 When 1 must stand before my Judge, 
 
 And pass the solemn test. 
 •2 Jesus, thon source of all my joys, 
 
 Tliou ruler of my heart, 
 IIow could I bear to hear thy voice 
 
 Pronounce the word, — Depart ! 
 8 The thunder of that awf\d word 
 
 AVould so torment my ear, 
 'Twould tear my soul asunder, Lord, 
 
 With mo.-t tornieutin:^ four. 
 4 What, to be banisliM from my Lord, 
 
 And yet forbid to die ; 
 To linjjrer in eternal pain, 
 
 And death forever Hy ? — 
 ') O wretched state of deep despair, 
 
 To see my God remove. 
 And fix my doleful station where 
 
 1 must not tiiste his love. 
 
 1115 L.M. 
 
 Tlie final confiagration. 
 
 TIIR srreat archangel's trump shall sound, 
 (While twice ten thousaiid thunder*^ roar/' 
 Tear up the grraves, and cleave the ground, 
 
 And make tlie greedy sea restore, 
 li The greedy sea shall yield her dead ; 
 The earth 'no more her slain conceal; 
 Sinners shall lift their guilty head, 
 And shrink to sec a yawning hell.
 
 672 TIME AND ETERNITY. 
 
 3 But wp, who now onr Lord confess, 
 And faithful to the end endure, 
 
 Sliall stand in Jesus' rigfhteousness : — 
 Stand, OS the Eock of Ages, sure. 
 
 4 Wc. while the stars from heaven Bhall fall, 
 And mountains are on mountains hurl'd, 
 
 Shall stand unmoved amidst them all, 
 And smile to see a burning world. 
 
 '> The earth and all the works therein 
 Dissolve, hy raging llames destroy'd ; 
 
 While wc survey the awful scene. 
 And mount above the fiery void. 
 
 6 By faith we now transcend the skies. 
 And c)n that ruinM world look dowu: 
 By love above all height wo rise, 
 
 'And sliarc the cvc-rla^tiug throne. 
 
 1 1 1 G C. M. 
 
 Tilt dissolution of all Vungs, 
 
 J?>>rS, to thy dear wounds we flee; 
 We shelter in thy side; 
 Assured that all who trust in theo 
 Shall evennorc abide. 
 
 2 Then let the thund'ring trnip-^et sound ; 
 The latest li;rhtnings crlare ; 
 
 The mountains melt; the solid ground 
 Dissolve as liquid air; 
 
 3 The huge celestial bodies roll 
 Amidst the gen'ral fire; 
 
 And shrivel as a parchment scroll, 
 And all in smote expire : — 
 
 4 Yet still the Lord, the Saviour rcigna, 
 When nature is destroy'd; 
 
 And no created thing remains 
 Tiiroughout the flamin;; void. 
 
 (
 
 DAY OF JUDGME^s^T. 673 
 
 5 Sublime on liis eternal throne. 
 He speaks the' almighty word: 
 
 His iiat is obey' J : 'tis'doue ; 
 And paradise restored. 
 
 6 So be it ; let this system end ; 
 This ruinous earth and skies ; 
 
 The new Jerusalem descend, — 
 The new creation rise. 
 
 7 Thy power omnipotent assume; 
 Thy brightest majesty ; 
 
 And when thou dost in glory come, 
 My Lord, remember me. 
 
 1117 39th P. M. 87, 87, 687. 
 
 The end of things created. 
 
 GREAT God ! what do I see and bear ! 
 The end of things created ; 
 The Judge of mankind doth appear. 
 
 On clouds of glory seated : 
 The trumpet sounds ; the graves restore 
 The dead which they eontain'd before; — 
 Prepare, my soul, to meet him. 
 
 2 The dead in Cln-ist shall first arise, 
 At the last trumpet's sounding, 
 
 Cauo-ht up to meet liim in the skies, 
 With joy their Lord surrounding: 
 
 No gloomy fears their souls dismay ; 
 
 His presence sheds eternal day 
 On those prepared to meet him. 
 
 3 Great God ! what do I see and hear ! 
 The end of things created: 
 
 Behold the Judge of man appear, 
 
 On clouds of glory seated : ^ 
 
 Low at his cross I view the day 
 When heaven and earth shall pass awaj 
 And thus prepare to meet him. 
 43
 
 GT4 TIMK AND KTEKNITY. 
 
 1118 12th r. M. 76, 76, 78, ?• 
 
 Sf^urity qfthf Hght^nu at th« last dop. 
 
 STAND the' omnipotent decree; 
 , .Icliovuli'n will bo dono ; 
 Nnturr's I'lul wc wait to soo, 
 AikI luiir her Ihiul ^rroun. 
 Lot this I'urtli ilihHolvc, and Mend 
 
 In dentil the wicked nn<l the just ; 
 Let those i><»nd'rouR orh« descend. 
 And grind us into dust: — 
 
 2 MoHtu Hconrc the rijrhteous nmn ; 
 
 At l\is Kedeonier's hock, 
 Sure to' einerpc and rise «vaiTi, 
 
 And jnount above the wreck : 
 Lol tlie lieaviiid> Hpirit towers, 
 
 T/iko Ihinies o'er nature'i* t'unerul pyre; 
 Triuniplis in innnortal powers, 
 
 And chipH his wings of lire. 
 
 S Nothinjr hath the just to lose, 
 
 r.\ worltls on worlds destroN'd; 
 I'nr beneath his feet he views, 
 
 With smiles, the flaming void; 
 Sers this universe renew'd, — 
 
 Tlie grand millennial reign bocun ; 
 Sliouts, with all tlie sons of (lod, 
 
 Around the' eternal throne. 
 
 4 lusting in tliis glorions hope, 
 
 To be at last restored, 
 Yielil wt> now our hotlies up, 
 
 To ('arlh<iuake, plagtic, or sword : 
 List'ning for tlio cJiU <livino. 
 
 The latest triunpet of the seven, 
 Soon our soul and dust shall join, 
 
 And both lly up to heaven.
 
 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 
 
 1119 3d p. M. 4 6s & 2 8s. 
 
 Parting ; — to meat again. 
 
 JESUS, accept the praise 
 That to thy Name belongs ; 
 Matter of all our lays, 
 Subject of all our songs : 
 Throujrh thee we now together came, 
 And part exulting in thy" Name. 
 
 2 In flesh we part awhile, 
 But still in spirit join'd. 
 
 To' embrace the happy toil 
 Thou hast to each assign'd ; 
 And while we do thy blessed will, 
 We bear our heaven about us still. 
 
 3 O let us thus go on 
 
 In all thy pleasant ways. 
 And, arm'd with patience, run 
 
 With joy the' appointed race: 
 Keep us and every necking soul, 
 Till all attain the heavenly goal. 
 
 4 There we shall meet again. 
 When all our toils are o'er. 
 
 And death, and grief, and pain, 
 
 And parting are no more : 
 
 We shall with all our brethren rise, 
 
 And see thee in the flaming skies. 
 
 5 happy, happy day. 
 That calls thy exiles home ; 
 
 The heavens shall pass away. 
 The earth receive its doom : 
 Earth we shall view, and heaven, destroy'd, 
 And shout above the fiery void.
 
 676 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 
 
 6 According to his word, 
 Ilis oath, to sinners given, 
 
 We look to see restored 
 The ruinVi earth and heaven ; 
 In a new world his truth to nrove, 
 A world of righteousness ana love. 
 
 7 Tlion let us wait the Bound 
 Tliat shall our souls roleaso, 
 
 And labour to V»o found 
 Of him in spotless i>eaco: 
 In perfect holiness reuew'd, 
 Adom'd with Christ, and meet for God. 
 
 1120 CM. 
 
 separated, but in»^arobU. 
 
 GOD of all consolation, take 
 The plory of thy gmcc ; 
 Thy git\i4 to thee wo render back 
 In ceaseless songs of praise. 
 
 2 Through thee wc now together came. 
 In singleness of heart ; 
 
 Wc met, O .lesns, in thy Name, 
 And in thy Name wc part. 
 
 3 We part in body, not in mind ; 
 Our rninds continue one ; 
 
 And each to each in Jesus join'd, 
 We hand in hand go on. 
 
 4 Subsist as in ns all one soul ; 
 No power can make us twain ; 
 
 And mountains rise, and oceans roll. 
 To sever us in vain. 
 
 5 Present we still in spirit are, 
 An<l intimat<.-ly nigh ; 
 
 While on the wings of faith and prayer 
 Wc to each other fly.
 
 CLOSE OF WOKSHIP. 677 
 
 6 Our life is hid with Christ in God ; 
 
 Our Life shall soon appear, 
 And shed his glory all abroad 
 
 On all His members here. 
 
 1121 CM. 
 
 United,— thongh separated. 
 
 BLEST be the dear uniting love, 
 That will not let ns part : 
 Our bodies may far off remove, 
 We still are one in heart. 
 
 2 Join'd in one spirit to our Hoad, 
 Where he appomts we go; 
 
 And still in Jesus' footsteps tread, 
 And show his praise below. 
 
 3 may we ever walk in him, 
 And nothing know beside, — 
 
 Nothing desire, nothing esteem, 
 But Jesus crucified. 
 
 4 Closer and closer let us cleave 
 To his beloved embrace ; 
 
 Expect his fulness to receive, 
 And grace to answer grace. 
 
 5 Partakere of the Saviour's grace, 
 The same in mind and heart, 
 
 Nor jov, nor grief, nor time, nor place, 
 Nor life, nor death can part. 
 
 6 Then let us hasten to the day 
 Which shall our flesh restore ; 
 
 When death shall all be done away. 
 And bodies part no more. 
 
 1122 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. 
 Tribute of praise atpay'ting. 
 
 CHRISTIANS, brethren, ere we part, 
 Every voice and every heart 
 Join, and to our Father raise 
 One last hymn of grateful praise.
 
 078 CLOSE OF WORSHIP. 
 
 8 Tliongh wc hero should meet no more, 
 Yet Uicrc is a brighter ^ho^c ; 
 There, released (Vom toil ami \fa'm, 
 Therf m-^ s!) m«y m<»ct again. 
 
 ' 1 od of h(M%-en, 
 I : 
 
 '-• .• . ■ .;i%-inc, 
 
 May oar hcana bo ever thiuo. 
 
 1123 41iit p. M. 87, 87, PT. ^ 
 
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 2 Tl ' : w.-l blood 
 
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 To 
 Aixl ■ ^' in his sight 
 
 In- 
 4 For -..r's aako 
 
 W. TiY ; 
 
 With k''"r^ i''\ I,,-* iianio b« rrown*d, 
 
 ThroQgh heaven's eternal daj.
 
 CLOSE OF woiisnir. G79 
 1125 5th p. M. -1 /.-..'. T^. 
 
 Tor a gtnfral Hitting. 
 
 NOW may He who from tin; <lo!i.l 
 BroiiL'lit tlie Shcpher.l of the nhccii, 
 Jesus Cliri.st, our Kint: and IleuJ, 
 
 All our Bouls in safety keep. 
 •2 Mnv he teach us to fulfil 
 
 Wliat is pleasing' in hin sight ; 
 Make UH yttrfiM-t in his will, 
 
 An- 1 i-resorve us Jay and ni^ht. 
 .•5 To tliat (ffeat Kodcomer'n i>rttit»o. 
 
 Who the cov'nant scal'd with h!<".'.. 
 Lot our lii'urts and voices raise 
 
 l.oud tliiiuk»«givingii to our God. 
 
 ir2() 8th r. M. 87, 87, 47 
 
 For th* SptrWa iT\flu^nc^K 
 
 COME, thou soul-transfonnini; Spirit; 
 Uless tJK- sower and tli<- seel; 
 Let .'uoh heart thy ^'mce iiili<nt ; 
 Uui-'e the weak.— the hun),'ry tV<J ; 
 
 From tho Oospel 
 Now supply tliy people's nccl. 
 •J O mav all enjoy the blessincr 
 
 Whie)i tliy word's desi^jn'd t<. ?ive; 
 I^t us nil, thy l<n-e posscssin;:. 
 Joyfully the truth receive, 
 Aijtl forever 
 To t!>y praise and glory live. 
 
 1127 8th p. M. 87, 67, 47. 
 
 For thyfuln^sn o/j^ace and Joy. 
 
 T(>in>, dismiss us with thy bles^in^' ; 
 J Fill our hearts with joy and peace; 
 ].et us each, thy love possessing. 
 Triumph in redeeming grace : 
 
 O refresh us. 
 Travelling through this wilderness.
 
 
 
 680 CLOSE OF ^V()Rs^I^. 
 
 2 Thanks we ?ive, anil adoration, 
 
 For tliv Go«»jtor«< joyful f«oun<l ; 
 May the fruits of tliy salvation 
 
 In onr hearts and lives abonnd ; 
 May thj presence 
 
 "\Vitli us evermore be fonnd. 
 8 So, wlienc'er the aipial's given 
 
 Uh from earth to call awav, 
 Bonie on anjrels' wini^B to heaven. 
 
 Glad the Hiunmona to obey, 
 May we ever 
 
 Reign with Christ in endlesit dar. 
 
 1 1 28 r. M. 
 
 For a hU»»tmg on Ow #rMC%. 
 GOD, hy whom the noed ir* givm, 
 Hy whom the harvest ble»t; 
 \\ ho-«f word, like manna showcr'd from ho»\ 
 \* planted in our breast; — 
 
 2 I*re.ser\'e it from the pa.<»vHing fevt, 
 And plund'rers of the air; 
 
 The snitry nnn's int<^ser heat, 
 
 And weetls of worldly care. 
 Z Tliongh buried deep, or thinly strown, 
 
 IV» thou thy irnice »nji}»ly: 
 Ti.f hope in earthly fnrruwa »owu 
 
 Sliall ripen iu the sky. 
 
 1129 inh P. M. S7, R7, 87, S7 
 
 Tit* apottctic hfn^lictUm. 
 
 MAY the grace of Christ our Saviotir, 
 And the Father'n l)onndle»» lore. 
 With the Holy Spirit'a favour, 
 
 Kost npon us from above: 
 Tims may we abide in I'nion 
 
 With each Kher and the Lor<l ; 
 
 And possess, in sweet eommnnion, 
 
 Joys which earth cannot afford.
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 1130 L.M. 
 
 PRAISE God, from whom all blessings flow; 
 Praise liim, all creatures here Wlow ; 
 I'raiHe him alcove, ye lieavenly host; 
 I'raise Father, Son, and Holy' Ghost. 
 
 1131 CM. 
 
 mo Father, Son, and Holy GLost, 
 X Wlio s^veetlv all aj^ree 
 To save a worl(i of sinners lost, 
 Eternal glory be. 
 
 1132 CM. Double. 
 
 TIIK God of mercy be adored. 
 Who calls our souls from death, 
 Who saves by his redeeming word, 
 
 And new-ereatine breath; 
 To praise the Father and the Son, 
 
 And Spirit all-divine, — 
 Tlie One in Tliree, and three in One. — 
 Let saints and angels join. 
 
 1133 s. M 
 
 To God, the Father, Son, 
 And Spirit, One in Three, 
 Bo glory, as it was, is now, 
 And shall forever be. 
 
 1134 1st P. M. 6 line^ 89. 
 
 IMMOKTAL honour, endless fame. 
 Attend the' almighty Father's Name : 
 Tlio Saviour Son bo glorified, 
 "VVho for lost man's redemption died; 
 And equal adoration be, 
 E'.ornal Comforter, to thee!
 
 1 Per 
 
 G82 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 113.") 2d p. M. 6 /in/* 8». 
 
 V^>^V to the prront nnd sRorcd Three, 
 i\ Tho FHthcr, Son, nnd Spirit, be 
 ' ' raise and clory ^rivon, 
 
 tlio wf)rlJs where (.iod is knt A\ri, 
 1. .;ijrcls near the throne. 
 
 And ail the salutd in eartli and Leaven. 
 
 13G 3d p. M. 4 6s A- -2 
 
 fod the Father'« tlirono 
 ;q>etnal honours raise; 
 Iflof)' to God t!>e Son, 
 
 And to the Spirit praise : 
 With all our powers. Eternal Kinp, 
 Thy cverhujling pniisc we sinjf. 
 
 1137 4llj p. M. 88«, b8«. 
 
 TO Kother, Son, and Holy lihojit. 
 The CukI whom Ijcaven^s triumphant hot-: 
 And HAint«4 on earth adore; 
 lU' »flory iM in ages pat»t. 
 And now it is, and j»o ^iiall lant 
 When time bhall be no n>ore. 
 
 1138 Mh r. M. 4 ;i««^ :. 
 QFNO we to our Go<l above, 
 
 i^ I'raiso eternal an Ids love; 
 I'raisf him, all ye heavenly host, — 
 I uthor. Sou, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 1139 6lh p. M. (Win/^ 7. 
 
 PKAISE the Name of (;o<l most hi^h ; 
 Praise him all l>elow the sky; 
 Praise him, all ye heavenly host — 
 Fallier, Son, and Holy Ghost: 
 As through countless ages past, 
 Kvcrmore his prai««e shall last.
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 683 
 
 1140 8th r. M. 87, 87, 47. 
 
 GREAT Jehovah ! we adore thee,— 
 God the Father, God the Son, 
 God the Spirit, join'd in glory 
 Ou the 8ame eternal throne : 
 
 Endless praises 
 To Jehovah, Three in One. 
 
 1141 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 67. 
 
 PRAISE the God of our salvation; 
 Praise the Father's boundless love ; 
 I'ruise the Lamb, our expiation ; 
 
 Pmise the Spirit from above, — 
 Author of the new creation, — 
 
 Him by whom our spirits live ; 
 Undivided adoration 
 To the one Jehovah give. 
 
 1142 loth p. M. 4 :;«« 8-. 
 
 ALL praise to the Father, the Son, 
 And Spirit, thrice holy and blest, 
 The' eternal, supreme Three in One, 
 Was, is, and shall be still address'd. 
 
 1143 12th P. M. 70, 7G, 78, 76. 
 
 FATHER. Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 Thy Godhead we adore, — 
 Join with the celestial host, 
 
 Who praise thee evermore I 
 Live bv earth and heaven adored, 
 
 Tlie "Three in One, the One in Three ; 
 Holv, holy, holy Lord, 
 All glory be to thee I 
 
 1144 17th P. M. 4 Un^^ 10s. 
 
 TO Father, Son, and Spirit, ever blest, 
 Eternal praise and worship be address'd ; 
 From a^re to age, ye saints, his Name adore, 
 And spread his fame, till time shall be no more.
 
 684 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 1145 19th p. M. 664, 664 . 
 
 T( ) God— the Father, Son, 
 And Spirit— Three in One — 
 All praise be given : 
 Crown him, in ovon* »r*ns; 
 To him your li. ' ' 
 
 Let all his pni. 
 On tartii — ir 
 
 llli; 25th r. M. 77, 87, 77, 97. 
 
 To Father, Son, and Spirit, 
 At»cTihe we e«iual g\orj ; 
 One I»iity. in Perwoni* Three, 
 
 I>et all' thy worku ad«>re thee: 
 A« wftj* from the l>e(rinninp, 
 
 Glory to (iod l>e (riven. 
 By all who know thy Name IkjIow, 
 And all thy ho»t« iii heaven. 
 
 1147 26th P. M. 76, 76, 7«, 76. 
 
 TO thee be prai*e forever. 
 Thou fflonouH Kinjj of kings: 
 Thv wondrous love and favour 
 
 Fjich ranoom'd spirit Kings: 
 We'll celebrate thy glon.-, 
 
 With all thy 8ai'nt« abJove, 
 And nhout the joyful story 
 « •f thy redeeming love. 
 
 1 148 27tb P. M. 4 c.n-irii. 
 
 FATHER Almighty, to thee bo addrcaa'd. 
 With Christ and the St.irit, one God, ever 
 blest. 
 All glory and worship, from earth and from 
 
 heaven. 
 As was, and la now, and ahall ever be given. 
 

 
 INDEX OF FIRST LINES. 
 
 TUE FIOrrtES BKFER TO THE PAOE. 
 
 Abba, Father, hoar thy child C. WesUy 2S0 
 
 Abraham, when severely tried C. Wta^ley 4(51 
 
 According to thy frracious woTil . Montgomery l(»y 
 
 A cliHrixc to ki'C'j) 1 have C. Weshy 343 
 
 A Ibiintaiii of lite and ot'jjraco C. WesUy 171 
 
 Again tlic kind revolving year . . . .C. Wesley 6i!0 
 
 A goodly, formal waint C. WesUu 267 
 
 Ah, how Khali fallen man Epi*. (M. 189 
 
 Ah, Lord, with trembling I confessC. Wesky 614 
 
 Ah, whitht-r uhoidd I ^o 0. Wetiley 217 
 
 Alas, and did my Savmnr bleed WaUs 94 
 
 All glory and nraise to Jesus our . . .C. WeMey 126 
 
 All glory *o (fod in the bky C. U'esl^'y 82 
 
 All glory to the dving Lamb Watts 94 
 
 All hail ! happy clay G. H'ej<U>y 74 
 
 All hail the i>owor of Jesus' name. .PerronH 110 
 All praise to liim wlio dwells in bliss ^. We-^hy 369 
 All praise to our redceniing Lord. . C. If't-iUy 423 
 All jiraisc to the Father, the Son. . Unknown 683 
 All praise to the Lanibl accepted lam C. Wesley 275 
 All praise to the Lord, who rule.<«. . , C. WesUy 626 
 All thanks to tlie Lamb, who gives 6\ Wesky 36 
 All things are possible to him . . .C. Wesley 21.'3 
 All-wise, almijtjnty, and all-good Montgomery 453 
 
 All yesterday is gone PratVa Cot. 199 
 
 Alniighty Crod of love C. Wesley 588 
 
 Almighty Maker, God Watts 46 
 
 Almighty Maker of my frame iiteele 637 
 
 Almi'jhty Spirit, now behold. . .Montgomery 591 
 
 Am la soldier of the cross Watts 488 
 
 A nation God delights to bless C. Wesley 615
 
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 INDEX TO THK HYMNS. 687 
 
 I 
 
 ' Avrako, Jcniaalom, nwako (\ IIVaVv 14,'' 
 
 Awake, my .houI, juuI with tho *uu Km S.SS 
 
 Aw:iko, my 8oul ! strotoh every. .IkkUritiy^^ 4'.^ 
 Awake, my soul, to meet tho da^v JMiiriJ^f St>0 
 
 Awako. vo splints, aw rtke i^^UrtU IM 
 
 Away, niy neoiiloss toan* ('. UWUj/ S2y 
 
 Aw ay. my unlHlioviujj lonr ('. U'fjfi^f^ 4(^7 
 
 Away with our sorn.nv aiid tear. ...i\ ll\*sify it>0 
 
 li{»ptiw»d ij)to tliv name C HVW>jr 1,V» 
 
 Hoi'jMiso \\>T mo t^ie Saviour pmya .("*. UV+'^v *i."^«> 
 IVtoro .lohovah's ftwt^^l thrv^ne. ... * > 
 
 IVtoro thv mon\v-j»e.nt, (> lA^rvl. . . 
 
 IVhoKl I \ i\Mno with joy to do < 
 
 lH»hoKl, O L<ml, hoton> tl>y thr\>no . ^ .' 
 
 IVhold the rhristiim warrior .l/.>'/' ; 1 
 
 IvlioM, tho hoathon waits to kuow 
 IVhold tlio Saviour of mankind >". M'. ■ 
 BoluiKl, tho servant ot' tho Lorvl. . ' 
 1h>1u 111 the suri< Fouuihuiou-stono •' 
 
 KohoKi tlie throne ot'jrnuv ^ 
 
 IVhoKi wlmt eoi\dosoonding lovo/\.. .-■.., .. . 
 
 IVhold I with awt\d |HMnp . Jiuri 666 
 
 Uoinjr ot' Wiiurs, liod of K>vo t\ H'lW^y S3 
 
 1V< it my only wisilom here ('*. UV.«/<'y ."403 
 
 IVnoath' our toot, aiul o'er our h©««.l. IM^ 202 
 
 Kivl luo ot" men Ivware C. MVW<y SA9 
 
 l»lo.>*sinir and honour. nniise wul love*/. HVs/^nr 68 
 
 Hlost nrv> the pun» in heart Kjfhl* 299 
 
 Ulest ar\> tho sons ot'|H'.VN> U'att* 419 
 
 l>lost Ih'' our ovorla.>*tinir Lor\\ ('. nV.«/«-y «^l 
 
 Ulost 1h> the iloar \jnilinc lovo C. M'k«/<»y 6T7 
 
 r>lost he tho tie tliat hinds />««yW/ 4i4 
 
 IMost Oomtortor divine Prt*. IhL 117 
 
 r^low ye tho trutnivt, blow (\ UW**^ 180 
 
 ^^^^nl\Km in I'hvist, and well l>oloved(\ nv*>v 4'J'J 
 iMJsrht nnd joyt'ul is the morn. . . MoHt4jtUH<'r:j 7S 
 
 I'riijhtest :u\d Wst of the sons J/^htr 7^' 
 
 Urijrht was tho jruidin^ slijr that lod . . .Lyt* 4<'
 
 688 INDEX TO THE UYMNS. 
 
 But can it l)C tliat I t»honld provo. . C. WetiUy 808 
 
 By cool Siloam's nhft^ly rill Jldter 6f>-l 
 
 By faith I to the fountain fly C^. ^Vetley 274 
 
 By thy birth and by tl»y tears Grant 289 
 
 Caird from above, I rise C. Wfi»I«t/ 163 
 
 CaptAiu of our t*alvatiun, take C. HV^/*y 37C 
 
 Cast on the fidelity C. Wt^Uy 473 
 
 Centre of our hoj>es thou art C. Wtdty 4:..'> 
 
 Chastbcd by an indulgent God C. WuiUu Si"'2 
 
 ChiMren of'tb^ |,f.Rvenlv Kinjf Cennick 4S'7 
 
 CI ■• ■'■ '" ' -Ib.wr. WVv./^y 4-"i 
 
 <i \ ji.K.whiUcn 
 
 Ci = . .iK...i'.WfgUy \>1 
 
 Conic, and itl ui» HWet-llv ioiii 6'. IWtUy 42S 
 
 Come, Father, Son, and ifuly Ghost, Honour 
 
 the mtans orduin'd bv thJ-^j C. U'tsUu IM 
 
 Come. Father, Sun, and lloly Ghost, One God 
 
 in i-ersouH t lirce C. iVtsU'y 279 
 
 Conie, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost^^ To 
 
 whuni we for onr ehiUlren crv. . . C. WcsUy C".-> 
 Conie, Father, S<»n, and Holy (ihost. Whom 
 
 one all-ixjrfei-t (;<.d we own C. WcsUy 67 
 
 Coino, holv, celestial I>ovc C. WesUy 2M 
 
 Come, Ik.fy (ih«>st, all-quiek'ninvr C. IIVW/'w 330 
 Come, Holy (ihont, int«i)ire our. .Pratt's OA. b3 
 Come, lloIy Ghost, our hearts in. . C. Wtsley 4<i5 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove Watt4 12<> 
 
 Come, humble sinner, in whose breast. Jont* 21'] 
 Come, let our souls adore the Lord. . . .St^*U Cl'» 
 Come, let us anew our journey pursue. Roll 
 
 round with the year C. WffUy C81 
 
 Come, let us anew our journey pursue. With 
 
 vigour arise '. C. Wt^aUy 570 
 
 Come, let us a>ioend C. We«l^ 5'.9 
 
 Come, let us Join our cheerful sonjfs . \Vattt 9 
 Come, let im join our friends above C. iVf^Uy 672 
 Come, let us join with one accord . C. iVfsUy l.M 
 Come, let us tune our loJlic^ song .... Hw 9
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 689 
 
 Come, let us use the grace divine. . C. Wesley 632 
 Come, let us who iu Christ believe C. Wesley 8 
 Come, Lord, aud claim me for thine C. Wesley 3( o 
 Come, my soul, tl)y suit prepare . . . .Newton 3:3.') 
 Come, my God, tiie promise seal C. Wesley 3'JJ 
 Come, O my guilty brethren, come C. Wesley 2(i7 
 Come, my soul, in sacred lays . .Blnckloac oj 
 Come on, my partners in distress. . C. Wesley 5' 1 
 Come, O thou all-victorious Lord. . C. Wesley \\u 
 (Jomo, O thou greater than our heartt". Weslty 2\'l 
 Come, O thou Traveller unknown . C. Wesley 3.^7 
 
 (./Ome, thou universal Good C. Wesley 31 J 
 
 Come, ye sinnersj to the Lord. . . C. Wesley 21 J 
 Come quickly, gracious Lord, and. C. Wesley 32 i 
 Come, Saviour, Jesus, from above. .J. Wesley 3i \ 
 Come, sinners, to the gospel feast. . C. Wesley 2ti'j 
 
 Come, sound his praise abroad Watts 15 
 
 Come, Spirit, Source of light Beddoine lis 
 
 Come, thou almighty King Cnknowii -A 
 
 Come, thou Desire of all thy saints ^eeU 3ti 
 
 Come, thou everlasting Spirit C. Wesley lt>S 
 
 Come, thou Fountof every blessing i?^/^/;^?^^ o.T) 
 Come, thou high and lofty Lord. . . C. Wesley 4::'J 
 Come, thou onuiiscicnt Son of man. C. Wesley 3( j 
 
 Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit Jay (57'J 
 
 Come to Calvary's holy ixiO\\nia.\nMoiitgoinei'y 2(iS 
 
 Come, weary sinners, come C.Wesley 21 <5 
 
 Come, wisdom, power, and grace. . C. Wesley 427 
 
 Come, ye disconsolate Moore 1!- ) 
 
 Come, ye sinners, poor and needy Hart 2t'") 
 
 Come, ye that love the Lord Watts 03 1 
 
 Come, ye that love the Saviour's name Steele 1 i 
 
 Comfort, ye ministers of grace C. Wesley \[i.') 
 
 Commit tliou all thy griefs </. Wesley 4'j I 
 
 Cut me not off, almighty Lord C. Wesley St-S 
 
 Daughter of Zion, from the dust Montgomery 142 
 J »ay of God ! thou blessed day. .//. F. GauUl 152 
 
 1 "^atliless spirit, now arise Toplady 40/ 
 
 44
 
 090 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 Doom not that thoy nre blest alone . .Bryant AA^ 
 l)ccp arc the wounds which pin has. . .SUfU Iv 
 Deepen tlie wonnd thy hands have ('. W^*l^/ r.l i 
 l)clii:litful wnrk.yoiuiL'sonls to win ' ' " • 
 
 l>fiith of ineny I ran there be ' ' 
 
 l)i.l Christ o'er sinners weep . - - 
 
 Draw near, <> Son ofGo<l draw nearC. IWsUu l^j 
 Dread Jehovah! God or nations. . Cwi^. Cot. CI* 
 
 Fjimost of fntnre bliss Tonladu S: 
 
 }■.!;•• iiU':i--M with cloud8ofdistressxV<yr#^W. 'J. 
 
 1 - .les-ns now fudhin 1 1 \ 
 
 I II hijrh, Almighty . . .llumphritn 1: . 
 
 ].,,., .,.. iwr the war C.Wt*lfy A-.l 
 
 Kve mountains renrM their Sp. of Pmlmt '. • 
 
 Kternul Wntn of l.iirht divine C. Wf*Uy 4' J 
 
 Kt.-nml depth of !■ J. Wt^Uu »'.: 
 
 }>.rnnl Tower. ;\ i *>7/< V f ' 
 
 !•. ri:.;n'..v<r, AM ^ .L'-dc M'.T/r» i.- 
 
 1 c of every joy JioJdrid^e 01 j 
 
 I . e of joys divine SUrh 4'i • 
 
 1 . rii.i >i irit. God of truth I'nlnfnm IM 
 
 IC'.rn.nl Wisdom ! thee wc praise Watt* a: 
 
 Kvcr faintintr with ilesire C. Wethy T'i~ 
 
 lAcejit the Lord eondiiet the iilan . T. ir'-^Vy \". 
 l'\fept the 1-ord our labours bless. /»'<// A r/r^r r.;." 
 r.xpand tliy wings, eelestial Dove .C Wf*hy l-i' 
 KxtcDded on a cttreed tree J. WttUy ^ ^ 
 
 rnrff. ■' ' ■ •.vorld,"»)eTr<T//j» I'M 
 
 lar fr t Stf(U .V.:: 
 
 1 .ir fr' Cmrjtfr 'X'^ 1 
 
 Knther, at tliv lM..t^l<«jl bee C. Wtf^.ni AV^ 
 
 I iither, behold with ^Tieious eye*. C. Wfxl'j/ .' •> 
 1 .I'her divine, thy piereinjar <'ye . .I>f^1drul.?f ."> "■ 
 
 1 iulior. plorify tli'y Son C. Wfnhy I'jl 
 
 ] i.tl.cr. hear tlie bloo<l of Jesus. . . C. WfttUy l*^'' 
 i ri'l , r. hnw wide thv plorv shines . . . WaU* r.ti 
 1 i.tlicr. 1 dn-e believe . . . .' C. WftfUy sr.j
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 691 
 
 Father, if I may call thee so C. Wesley 233 
 
 Father, if thou must reprove G. Wesley 456 
 
 Father, into thy hands alouc C. WesUy 482 
 
 Father, in whom wc live C. Wesley 537 
 
 Father, I Btretoh my hands to thee C. Wesley 244 
 
 Father, I wait before thy throne Watts 279 
 
 Father of all, in whom alone C. Wesley 405 
 
 Father of all, whose L Wesley 50 
 
 Father of boundless grace C. Wesley 500 
 
 Father of eternal grace Munt<j(miery S12 
 
 Father of cverlastmg grace, Be .... 6'. Wesley 38 
 Father of everlasting grace, Thy . . C. Wesley 280 
 Father of heaven, whose love. . . Pratt's Col. 44 
 Fatherof Jesus Clirist,my Lord. My 6'. Wesley 264 
 Fatherof Jesus Christ, my Lord, I . C. Wesley 385 
 Father of Jesus Christ, the Just. . . C. W,sley 2'2G 
 
 Father of lights, from wliom C. WesUy 193 
 
 Father of lights, thy needful aid. . . C. Wesley 450 
 
 Father of me, and all mankind C. Wejiley 356 
 
 Father of mercies, bow thine car. . .BeJdome 133 
 
 Father of mercies, condescend Morell 587 
 
 Father of mercies, in thy word Steele 403 
 
 Father of mercies, send thy grace Doddrulfje 618 
 
 Father of our dying Lord C. Wesley 119 
 
 Father of spirits ! hear our prayer Bond 372 
 
 Father of sjiirits, nature's God-.S/p. of Psalms 56 
 
 Father, our hearts we lift C. Wesley 80 
 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Thy. <?. IFf.*/^// 683 
 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One. C.Wesley 315 
 
 Father, 8ui>ply my every need C. Wesley 489 
 
 Father, to thee my soul I lift C. Wesley 65 
 
 Flung to the heedless winds Liitker 59S 
 
 Forever here my rest shall be C. Wesley 315 
 
 Forever with the Lord Montgomery 563 
 
 ForewarnM by my Redeemer's \o\Q.C.Wesley 401 
 Forth in thy name, O Lord, I go . . C. Wesley 375 
 
 Fountain of life, to all below C. Wesley 356 
 
 Fountain of mercy, God of love Ch. Psalmist 613 
 Friend after friend departs Montgomery 647
 
 692 INDEX TO TIIK HYMNS. 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies . . WatU 13 
 From Civlvarj' a cry was heard. Cunningham 87 
 From every stormy wind that h]o\v s.Stoictll 33-2 
 
 From Greenland'.^ icy mountains JMfr 584 
 
 From the cross uplit"ted hijrh Jiaweu 211 
 
 From whence these direful -5". W(s!^u, jr. 88 
 
 Full of trembling exjicctation C. We^Uy 3&"> 
 
 Give me the wines of faith to rise Watt« h'^c^ 
 
 Giver and Guardian of our sleep . . C. WtsUy 361 
 Giver of concord, Prince of peace. . C. Wttley 41 S 
 
 Giver of ncaco and unitv C. \\\i*ky 414 
 
 Give to the winds thy tears J. Wf.^Uy iCut 
 
 Glad was my heart to hear Mont</otn<ry ir,i 
 
 Glorious thintrs of thoo are spoken.. ."Xetrton 144 
 
 Glory be to Goil above C. ]\'<«lty 41."] 
 
 Glory be to God on high C. M'tsUy 31 
 
 Glory to God on high /fart 16S 
 
 Glory to Go<l, whose sov'roii;n C. Wf*Uy 186 
 
 Glory to the aluii^'hty Father Bathumt 20 
 
 Glory to thee, my GckI. this nitrht Ktn 364 
 
 Glory to thee, thou rigliteous (Jod. C. M'csUy 4.^5 
 Glory to thee, wlK>se i>owerful wordC. Wesl^ 624 
 
 Gotl'is a name my soul atlores WattJi 70 
 
 Qod is pone up on hiirh ' " ' ' ' "0 
 
 God is in this and every place ' - ' 
 
 Got! is my strong salvation if< '.'» 
 
 God is our refuge and defence. .Monl.i<,iii<ry r.Oi 
 
 God moves in a mvsterious way '('<ncp^r 444 
 
 God of"" ' .'ion, take...' C. W<«Uy 67C 
 
 ( ;od of ion, The C. WfsUy 287 
 
 r.od ot . 1 majesty C. Wfsl^ 495 
 
 »;o<l of nl ^ • vcr. and truth, and. . C. We»Uy 297 
 
 God of ahniirhty love C. WtsU-y 341 
 
 God of eternal tnith and grace C WfsU-y 810 
 
 God of eternal truth and love C. We*l^ 158 
 
 Go<l of love, who hearest prayer . . C. WaUy 850 
 Go<l of my life, through all niy. . .Doddridge 550 
 God of my life, to thco I call .'. C</tpp^ 451
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 693 
 
 God of my life, to thee, My C. Wesley 391 
 
 God of my life, what just return.. . C. Wesley 221 
 
 God of my life, whose gracious C. Wesley 455 
 
 God of my salvation, hear C. Wesley 245 
 
 God of my strength, in thee alone Wranqham 4i.* 
 God of thine Israel's faithful throe V. ]Vesley 469 
 
 God of une.xamplcd grace C. Wesley 90 
 
 God of unspotted purity C. Wesley 515 
 
 God's holy law transfjrcss'd Bcdilome 177 
 
 Go, preach my gospel, saith the Lord. Watts 127 
 
 Go, yo messengers of God Md/sden 5'JO 
 
 Grace, 'tis a charming sound Doddridge 173 
 
 Gracious God, my sins forgive C. WesUy 234 
 
 Gracious Redeemer, shake 6'. We^l^y 511 
 
 Gracious Spirit, love divine Stacker 118 
 
 Grant me within thy courts a. . . Afont'jcwicrv 498 
 Great First of beings ! mighty. . .Boston Col. 48 
 
 Great God, accept a heart 6'. Wesley 64 
 
 Great God, attend, while Zion sings. . Watf^ 22 
 Great God, beneath whose piercing . .Roscoe GIG 
 Great God, indulge my humble clann. Watts 285 
 Great God, let all our'tuneful. .Ileijinbotham 373 
 
 Great God, now condescend FtUows 158 
 
 Great God of nations, now to. . The J'^almist CIS 
 Great God, this Imllowed day of. . . C. WtsUy 148 
 Great God, to me the sight alford. . C. Wesley G3 
 Great God, to thee my evening song.. .Steele 365 
 Great God, what do 1 sec and hear. . .Luther 675 
 
 Great is the Lord our God Watts 579 
 
 Great Jehovali ! we adore thee Unknoicn C83 
 
 Great King of glory, come Francis 578 
 
 Great Kuler of the earth and skies Steele 615 
 
 Great Shepherd of thy people, hear. .Newton 26 
 Great Source of being and of love. Z'o</<//7'(f<7e 141 
 Great Spirit, by whose mighty power IFaweis 117 
 Guide me, O thou great Jehovah Oliver 493 
 
 Had I the gift of tongues Stennett 501 
 
 Hail ! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost C. WesUy 67
 
 094 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 Hail: Father, wljosecrcntinffcall.*!'. Tr«/^y,yr. 69 
 
 Hail I holy. Loly, holv Lord CM <flrt/ 6»5 
 
 Ilail ! s.i ' ' 1 "f ■ piercing' 7-' ■''■ ^ "• 
 
 Hail! tl. Ml rise ..' 
 
 Hail! tl. . Jesus.... y 
 
 Hail! t<. .'~cd...JIo>.- 
 
 Hail!t.- / 
 
 Happy .-... ^- • ' ' ' ' ' 
 
 Happy soul, who ?-. 
 Happy \hr !un!i wlv 
 Hui 
 
 u.: 
 
 Hui 
 
 Hark ! i"ix»iu liic i<>iiil>n aUoiLJul fi-w 
 
 Hark ! how thefosiH'l truini>ct bouiuI 
 
 Hark ! 1. * ' 'i crv (...-../ i . 
 
 Hark ! : I oril rotrjxr 274 
 
 iiark ! t Saviour/W«/ri<^7« 70 
 
 Hark! t ing C.Wfsiry f-n 
 
 Hark! t; - siugine AVWy 11 
 
 ilark ! t c Montaomny 6« ' 1 
 
 Harklt! .vc and mercy. .rVonri* i*- 
 
 Ilark! " -^co lioly voices. ^Wf/wv/ 7". 
 
 ii:L time . , . . 
 
 11: 
 
 H.., iiphant.. ( 
 
 IIc«d ui , *hu^c Spirit.. ' 
 
 Hear, c! . inv humble pra\ 
 
 He-' •■• ■ ' 
 
 \l 
 
 11. 
 
 H . : L- r.l..> 
 
 Mr Judge. . ' 
 
 He ... . ... - : .^unera dies . . ■ 
 
 Help, Lord, to whom lor help I fly. C. Wesley 34.'» 
 Help na, O ^.r>r<\, thv vnko to wear . . . Annn. rtl-J 
 H..' . '• • .■.,•..•-...., 
 
 H. 
 
 H=: . ■'■:.. -J
 
 INDEX TO THE IIY^NS. 695 
 
 High on his cvcrla.stjii^ throne J. Wesley ICi 
 
 IIo'l every one that thirsts, draw . .J. Wesley '212 
 Holy, and true, and ri;^hteous Lord C. Wesley Ot'l 
 
 Iloiy as thou, O Lord, is none C. Wesley 6 > 
 
 Holy Ghost I dispel our sa<iuess Jay Vl^ 
 
 ! loly, holy, holy Lord C. Wesley *) \ 
 
 Holy Lanib, who thee receive /. Wesley 3'Ji 
 
 Holy Spirit, Fount of blessintf Anon. l_'l 
 
 Hd.sanna, be the children's Bon^ Monifionvery r, ". 
 
 llosaniui to Jesus on liiirh C. Wesley C \ 
 
 How are thy servants blest, O Lord Addison C_ I 
 
 1 low beauteous are their feet Watts 1.. 5 
 
 H<»w blest is our brother, bereft. . . C. Wesley CV:; 
 
 How blest the children of the Lord Lyte 61S 
 
 How blest the rijjhteous when ho .Barhaull 6.'> » 
 
 1 low can a sinner know C. Wesley '27') 
 
 How do thy mercies close me round C. Wesley r,^ \ 
 How great the wisdom, yowcr, and Bed<lome 170 
 
 How huppy are the little tlock C. Wesley GC:i 
 
 I low hai>py every child of grace. . , C. Wesley C>i'r2 
 How happy, gracious Lord, are wo C. Wesley 54 J 
 
 How hapi)y is the pilgrinrs lot J. Wesley 502 
 
 How happy the sorrowful man C. Wesley 381 
 
 How helpless nature lies Steele 18S 
 
 How large the promise, how divine... Watts 15'. 
 How nuuiy ]niss the cuilty ni<rht. . . C. W<'sley 027 
 How oft llavc I the Spirit grieved . C. Wesley 25 1 
 
 How oft this wretched heart iSteele 522 
 
 How perfect is thy word. . Altered from Watts 4O0 
 
 How precious is the book divine Faiccett 4(»7 
 
 How sad our state by nature is Watts IIH: 
 
 How shall a lost sinner in pain C. Wesley 521 
 
 How sweetly tlow'd tlie gospePs . . .Bowring 172 
 How sweet the hour of closing day .^a^^MZ-^i 040 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds 3>iu^/fc 177 
 
 How swift tlie torrent rolls Doddridge 633 
 
 How tedious and tasteless the howr^ . Neiotan 530 
 
 How tender is thy hand Hastln^gs 531 
 
 How vain are all things here below. . . Watts 474
 
 G96 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 How vain is all beneath the nkics PratdCd. C^. 
 Humble, and teachable, and mild .C. WetUy 43 « 
 
 I R'. ' ' " the Lonir T- • — ; 
 
 I a :.(>!»!* i 
 
 I *•- r mine. . ' 
 
 If death uur 1:. ■* divide.^ ' 
 
 If human kin.. return.. -^ 
 
 If, Lord, I hn^f ..v.. ,i....«\) found .' 
 
 If, on a quiet Kca I 
 
 If thoTi itiinnrt thvRclf to mo i <■ 
 
 1 1>! V Itcdccmcr lived, And cvtr 
 
 I r. H'm^I.'."- 
 
 I k: : ly Kedeomer lives, What joy 
 
 the ble»«i anBuranco gives M^Uy 11' 
 
 I lintpn for tho vni<H» C. Wt^^ I'TT 
 
 ril I ». . . M_. j.^.^ breatl " • 
 
 II d ( 
 
 II" I mv cries 
 
 I love u. 
 
 I love t. Mr». 
 
 Immortn . . ^- fame 
 
 I'm not :i -wn my I^rd. . . 
 
 In atrf- r.' ■* extreme ( 
 
 In :• lAand prayer*.' 
 
 In ice '. I 
 
 In. ' 
 
 In . Anim. 67«» 
 
 In" thine favceU 87 
 
 In ' " rnj.«e C. We$lry T>?. 
 
 In : : hoj-o...^'. nV«/<y 2fi:, 
 
 In r me MorirLm TA^ 
 
 In !* rr !U I lu.:;.iu: > 
 
 lnt«|.iri'r and hearer of prayer 
 
 In that Kad, menmrable ni^ht ( . ii „ . 
 
 In the aun, and moon, and atars Hel>^ 604 
 
 In thy name, O I/^rd, assemblinir AW/<y V,?, 
 
 In thy pre.Hcnce we appear 2font(;orn^ry r.4 
 
 Into thy prncious lianun I fall j'W'fnUi/ *.'C'.»
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 697 
 
 Is there a tiling too Imrd for tlicc. . C. Wesley 227 
 
 I thank thee, uncreated Sun J. Wesley 488 
 
 I tlie good fi;,'ht luivc fought C. WesUy 440 
 
 I thirst, tliou wounded Lamb of Godt/. WegUy 318 
 It is the Lord, whodothnotgiievc.6'. WesUy 457 
 
 I want n licart to i)ray C. WesUy 347 
 
 I want a principle within C. Wt^ileu 348 
 
 I would Ijc tliine, O take my heart Jueirs Col. 222 
 I would not live alway . , .'. Muhlenhurg 5GS 
 
 Johovah, God the Father, bless C. WesUy 352 
 
 Jehovah, God, thy gracious ..Dr. ThovipBon 65 
 
 Jerusalem, my liapi)y liumc Unknmcn 562 
 
 Jesus, accept the j)raise C. Wesley 675 
 
 Jesus, all-redcennng I^ord C. Wesley 165 
 
 Jesus, and sliall it ever be Griag 483 
 
 Jesus, at whose supreme command 6'. WesUy 161 
 Jesus, a word, a look from thee. . . C. Wesley 191 
 Jesus Christ, who stands between. C WesUy 262 
 
 Jcsu3 comes with all his grace 6'. Wesley 308 
 
 Jesus, faithful to hid word C. Wesley 669 
 
 Jesua, Friend of sinners, hear C. Wesley 519 
 
 Jesus, from whom all blessings How 6'. Wesley 140 
 
 Josus, fuUil our one desire C. Wesley 425 
 
 Josus, great Shepherd of tho sheep C. Wesley 417 
 Jl'Sus hath died that I might live. . C. WesUy 316 
 
 J^>sus, I fain wouhl find V. Wesley 345 
 
 Jesus, 1 fain would walk in thee. . C. WesUy 353 
 Jesus, if still the same thou art.. . . ('. WesUy 236 
 
 Jesus, if still thou art to-day C. WesUy 191 
 
 Jesus, if tliy free ^raoe '. C. WesU-y 522 
 
 Jesus, immortal King, arise Burder 597 
 
 Josus, in whom the Godhead's rays 6'. WesUy 351 
 
 Jesus is our common Lord C. Wesley 557 
 
 Jesus, kind, inviting Lord C. Wesley 157 
 
 Josus, let thy pitying eye C. Wesley 228 
 
 Josus, Lord, we look to thee C. WesUy 419 
 
 Josus, lover of my soul C. Wesley 234 
 
 Jesus, my Advocate above C. WesUy 105
 
 G98 INDEX TO THE IIVMNS. 
 
 .Jc«u9, my all, to heaven is gone Onnick 270 
 
 Jeaua, my life, thyRolf apply C. WtM^y 32o 
 
 Jesus, my Lord, attond C. Hui^y 34 li 
 
 JesiM, my Ix)r«l, I cry to thee (' \\'t»U>j 'i\'6 
 
 .rcsus. my Lord, mv Cioil If^uniKki 4fi-* 
 
 .IcflUri, my Faviour, lirotlier, Friend ('. M'r>'. y ?.\\ 
 Jesus, my sttren^'thund rifrhteousu J'. 
 
 Jesus, my strt'ii^nh, my hope r. 
 
 Josus, my truth, my w ay ( . 
 
 Jeftus, our bcht bclo'vcd Friend. J/y/*' 
 
 Jcstjs. plant and r'^tt in me (. 
 
 Jo. : ■ mkI i. 
 
 Jc . Lord..(. 
 
 Ji- L. i ,, 
 
 Jc> -Ml wiifrw't-r the suu . . . WatU b\>^ 
 
 Jo-" '• i* Iwnnor o'er us ...K. Hart Jfi'J 
 
 .1. ' -' ' r. y ' " 
 
 I, rd C. 
 
 J. _ :n» r. 
 
 '.■-ii>, ti.t ci\\ 'Vi\'.uv 1 know r 
 
 .loHus, the iJiuih ofCiod. hath hlod^ 
 .l.siis, the Life, the Truth, the Way' 
 
 .'■ >us, the I^rd of glory, died / 
 
 .IcrtHH, the N:n;ii' ' ••_''i f^vcr all ( . 
 
 Jc'us. tl.r ".to thee . < 
 
 Jc."*ns, tl u art 
 
 Jesus, thu . ' 
 
 Jesus, the word of murcy f?ivo .,,.'. 
 Jesu<*. thine all-viotoriourtlovo. ...('. 
 Jes ' 1' J Loul . . .t. ii fi "/ ■■■, 
 
 Jc^ C. HV*/«^y 810 
 
 Jcr. !i(jr Ifatts l-J 
 
 Jcsiis, t '■ joys C. WtsUu 11 
 
 Jesu..H, t ! SU^U 107 
 
 Jesus, t i . 1 < f ;. ! 1 . . r. M'fslry 8.' -■; 
 Jesus, tl • : isay. MV*/»y U'* 
 Jesus, tl/ > ...C. n'esUi/ -v.' : 
 Jesus! thy clii'.rcli, wi'h \in\^\U)^ . . liathurgt .'>;•! 
 Jcbus, thy far-c.\tcudcd fame C. WuUy 103
 
 INDEX TO T;iiE HYMNS. 699 
 
 Jesus, thy servants bless C. Wesley 133 
 
 Jesus, thy wand'ring sheep behold C. Wesley 129 
 
 Jesus, to thco I now can fly C. Wejsley 266 
 
 Jesus, to tlice our hearts we lift. . . C. Wesley 527 
 
 Jesus, to thee we fly C. Wesley 611 
 
 Jesus, to tliy dear wounds wo flee. 6". Wesley 672 
 
 Jesus, united by thy prace C. Wesley 419 
 
 Jesus, was ever love like thine C. Wesley 649 
 
 Jesus, wo litl our souls to thee Bec% 159 
 
 Jesus, Ave look to thee C. Wesley 28 
 
 Jesus, wo on thy words depend . . . C. Wesley 115 
 
 Jesus, wo thus obey C. Wesley 160 
 
 Jesus, where'er thy people meet C'lnoper 40 
 
 Jesus, while our hearts are. .Maternal If.B. 383 
 Jesus, whose glory's streaming rays «/, W'sley 246 
 
 Join all the glorious names * Watts 112 
 
 Join, all yo ransom'd sous of grace C. Wesley 628 
 
 Lamb of God, whoso dying lovo. . . C. Wesley 170 
 Loader of tiiithfal souls, and guide C. Wesley 496 
 Let all in whom the Spirit . . W. M. Bunthuj 414 
 
 Let all on earth their voices raise Watts 17 
 
 Let all who truly bear C. Wesley 162 
 
 Let earth and heaven agree C. Wesley 184 
 
 Let every mortal car attend Watts 181 
 
 Let every tongue thy goodness speak. Watts 59 
 
 Let God, who comforts the C. Wesley 583 
 
 Let llim to whom we now belong . C. Wesley 317 
 Let not the wise their wisdom boast 0. Wesley 261 
 
 Let party names no more Beddome 411 
 
 Let the redeemed give thanks C. Wesley 237 
 
 Let tho world their virtue boast. . . C. Wesley 260 
 Let worldly minds the world pursue Newton 479 
 Let Zion's watchmen all awake . .Doddrid/je 128 
 
 Lift your eyes of faith, and see C. Wesuy 558 
 
 Lift up your hearts to things above. 6'. Wesley 426 
 Lift your glad voices in triumph on high Ware 99 
 Lift; your lieads, yo friends ot Jesus C. Wesley 663 
 Light of life, seraphic fire C. Wesley 353
 
 00 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 Light of the pontile world, appear. C. We4l^y 222 
 
 Lijflit of these whose drear)- C. IVffUt/ 221 
 
 I/O ! (i'^A !•» horo ! let iis ndorc J. HV»'/-y 'j*- 
 
 I/' ■ ■■ Is ( '■ ' ' 
 
 JjK' ve thee .< 
 
 L<'' , . ns: own ( . ■ .1 
 
 Lo ! on tt nurruw nuek ul" land C Ufsi'i/ '•• > 
 
 Lord, all I nin is known to thoo Wa/t^ .' . 
 
 Ix>r' - ' • -• • '• V • • '. 
 
 U- 
 
 Lor 
 
 Lor..u . 
 
 lx)rd, h« t aro they 
 
 Ix)rd, h< '•<^ 
 
 1/ord, I ;. 
 
 l^rd, I :. 
 
 Lord, I i. 
 
 Lord, I believe ihy ever)' word....( 
 
 Lord, I tlelieht in tht*o 
 
 I/ord, I !!■ '■ Ileal C. ti '.<"-v --" 
 
 I^rd, if: C.WesUylsr 
 
 lx)rd, if- .1 r.Tr,><Vv4=;i 
 
 Ix>rd, in ■ ; ihuu Hhalt hear 
 
 lyord, in :. of fjmce ( 
 
 1/ord, in ;j. I i lie ( 
 
 l^rd, let nu' know niino end . . .JIoi, 
 
 Ix)r«l ofrnrtli. ntid r.ir, nnd sea i. ■ 
 
 lAtr ; r.il.He . Mont-jonnrj l~'J 
 
 Ia.i t... //fberZ7S. 
 
 l/oi - :..% proi.HC.... >/".V ."''•? 
 
 Lord oft near C. '■' 
 
 Lord of t lienr ti9 pniy7)« 
 
 IjOt ' " ■ . c main. f. »» . <.' v i.--i 
 
 Ix)r Watl$ 21 
 
 Lor J.WaUyiSa 
 
 Lord, Ihou iiH5i htiirU llty Hervnnta... Ha//* 532 
 Lord, thou wilt hear nie when I prny. WatU 367
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 701 
 
 T.ord, visit thy forsaken race Ejpia. Col. 587 
 
 L'jrd, wo arc vile, conceived in sin . . . WatU 187 
 Lord, wc believe to us and ours . . . C. Wesley 115 
 Lord, wo como before thee now. .Hammond 41 
 Lord, when to theo my sinking soul. .Anon. 532 
 Lord, when we bend before i\\y .PratVs Col. 43 
 Lord, while fur all mankind we pray Wre^ord 617 
 Lord, whom winds and seas obey. . C. Wesley 621 
 Lord, vrith a grieved and aching. . .Beddome 196 
 Lo ! round the throne a glorious i't'fl/vo/i'sCo^. 567 
 
 Lo ! the prirt'ncr i."^ released C. Wesley 650 
 
 Love divine, all love excelling C. Wesley 300 
 
 Lovers of pleasure more than God. C. Wesley 209 
 Loving JcBUs, gentle Lamb C. Wesley 488 
 
 Man dieth, and wastoth away. . G. P. Morris 644 
 
 Master, I own thy lawful claim C. Wesley 478 
 
 May I. throughout this day of C. Wesley 153 
 
 Muy the grace of Christ our Saviour .Neirtoii 680 
 
 Meet and right it is to ping C. Wesley 19 
 
 Mercy alone can meet my case. . Montrjomery 230 
 
 Messiah, joy of every lie'art C.Wesley 103 
 
 Micrhty One, before whose face Bryant 603 
 
 Millions within thy courts have Montgomery 370 
 
 Mortals, awake, with angels join Medley 75 
 
 ^ly drowpv powers, why sleep yo so. . Watts 507 
 
 My faith looks up to thee R. Palmer 350 
 
 My former hopes are fled Cowper 195 
 
 My God, how endless is thy love Watts 363 
 
 ^ly (lod, I am thine, what a comfortC'. Wesley 549 
 My (iod, I know, 1 feel thee mine. C. Wesley 477 
 
 My God, my God, to thee I cry C. Wesley 267 
 
 My God, my life, my love Watts 540 
 
 My (Jod, my portion, and my love Watts 540 
 
 My God, the spring of all my joys Watts 530 
 
 My God, thy service well tlcumnds Doddridge 395 
 My gracious Lord, I own thy right Doddridge 485 
 My heart is fix'd on thee, my God Wrangham 547 
 My hope, my all, my Saviour thou . Unknown 343
 
 702 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 My Mnker nnd my Kiiiff ^//<7/ r>?) 
 
 My opcniiif? cycx 'with rapture Kpi* 7 
 
 My Saviour from the wrnt u to come . ' 
 My Saviour, my almij:lity Friend. . . 
 
 My Shepherd's lni^'llly aid 'J . 
 
 My sou, know tliou the Lord. I'iUuo- 
 My Houl holuro thee prontrato lies. .' 
 
 My houl, he on thy guard 
 
 My 8oul, throuffh my HedeemerV . ( 
 My Roul, witli numhle iVrvour . . ./< 
 My hpan of lift- will poou 1>c doneJ/r- 
 MyauflcringA all to thee are kuowuc. n <.«. ^/ ; u 
 
 No need of the Pun In that day . . . . C. Wf*Uy r.Cl 
 
 Not hcaven'8 wide mnpo oi W<». ifag. /i'x' 
 
 Not here, ns to the pronhctV f>To C^mAtr L't, 
 
 Now, oven now. I v ' . ' ' "^ 'I' • ^v o2s 
 
 Now from tlic nlf«; n r^O'"" 
 
 Now 1 have found f > ■ 'j/ *J'>1 
 
 Now i» the ncccnte<l time ImAhU li*'- 
 
 Now let mr noul, eternal King. J/i<7inbotham 40'.' 
 
 Now, Ix>rif, fulfil tl^v •:-'■•••> •' M- ' '•- 
 
 Now may He who i 
 
 Now may the God < : 
 
 Now to the irreat and .'•acjL d TJii\o I hiufun C^-J 
 
 Now to the navcn of thy hreost C. Wt^Uy Ab\i 
 
 O nll-crcatinc God C. W«»Uy fi2 
 
 O hl<MM» tho frrd. mv nonl Jlontgomtry ft^2^ 
 
 o . • ' " ■■ i . c.WtfU^j ni3 
 
 () will r. WffiA/ 2.W 
 
 i\ riiec r. ir,«'/-, 241 
 
 O di^cl*>ti^; t liV lu\ tlv luoo ' ■ ' 
 
 O Father Almitrhty.' to thee he / t 
 
 Of Him who did Hfilvntion brinjr...( " ■.> /.'.^ 
 
 O for a clo}»or walk with God Oncprr h\C, 
 
 O for a faith that will not shrink. . .i/aMur»< 34*2 
 
 () lor a (rianoe of heavenly doy Hart 22*> 
 
 (.) for a hcort to praiic my God €. Wedey 801
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 703 
 
 C) for ftii overcoming faith \V<itts 645 
 
 O for a thousand seraph tongues . . C. WMey 530 
 i) for a thousand tongues to sing . . C. W*sley 7 
 
 <) for that flame of living fire Bathurst 510 
 
 U for that tenderness of heart 6'. Wesl^ 232 
 
 () for the death of those. . . Church Psalmody 649 
 
 ( >ft I in my heart liavc said C. Wcxiey 261 
 
 ( ) glorious hope of perfeet love C. W>>shy 295 
 
 ( ) God, hy whom the seed is given Heher 680 
 
 O God, how often hath X\\\\\^Wtn. M. Bvnting 511 
 
 () God, most merciful and true C. Wesley 302 
 
 ( ) God, my God, my all thou art . . .J. Wesley 3.59 
 ( ) (Jod, m"v hope, niy heavenly restC'. Wesley 62 
 
 ( ) (iod of liothel, hy' whose hand Logan 41 
 
 <) God, of good the unfathom'd sea-/". WesUu 58 
 
 ( ) God of sovereiirn grace Baptist Col. 589 
 
 ( ) God, our help in ages past Watts 635 
 
 <) God,ourstrongth, to theeour.s>).^//'M/nj* 89 
 O God, thou art my God i\\ou(i. .Montgomery 473 
 
 ( ) God, tliou hottomlesR ahyss J.WtsUy 70 
 
 <) (Jod, though eountk'ss worlds ,/./>. A'/JOM'/^-.* 580 
 <) (lod, thy faithfulness I plead ... C. Wesley 457 
 () God, thy righteousness wo own. 6'. Wesley 609 
 O God, to thee wc raise our. Wileock''s Stlec. 454 
 ( ) God, to wliom in flesh reveal'd. . C. Wesley 190 
 
 O God, unseen, yet ever near Uukiunvn 165 
 
 () God, we praise thee, and confess .Patrick 49 
 () Grod, what otr'ring shall I give. .J. Wesley 820 
 
 O God, who madcst earth and sky Heher 879 
 
 o happy dav, that fixVl my choice D(xi<i ridge 272 
 
 < ) happ'v, happv place . . . .' C. Wesley 138 
 
 O l-oJ V,* holy, holy Lord Conder 85 
 
 < ) how happy are'they C. Wesley 272 
 
 < ) how shall'a sinner perform C. Wesley 274 
 
 ( ) Jesus, at thy feet we wait C. Wesley 825 
 
 O Jesus, full of grace C. Wesley 518 
 
 O Jesus.full of truth and grace, More T, Wesley 517 
 ( ) Jesus, full of truth and grace, O all C. Wesley 314 
 U Jesus, in pity draw near C. Wesley 250
 
 04 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 () join ve tlio ftntlie^ms of trinTP»^li . AVT* Coi. «ih> 
 
 o j.. •■' • . '• • • • .•• '.. ■• '■'■' ■' •• 
 
 () 1. 
 
 O let Uio j>rir.'iiv!r'ii iiiouriiUil eric:'.''. M r^^.Vy ,„ \ 
 <) I»rU, onother dnv has flown. . Jl.K. WhiU ST J 
 <) T/oM, my K. • ' - •• ••' '' • --r 4:-. 
 
 <) \jon\, our !;i /y 6: '. 
 
 <) Ix>r<l,Mnr K v * 
 
 <) Ix)rd, thy h».;i\!.;;.I;. ^'::ici: haiurt. 
 
 <) 1/orJ, thy w(»rk revive / 
 
 () |.^ .. .r,.,'!,,. ijow swoot thou ort.' 
 O ! , what ha>»t tlu>n <lonc' . 
 
 O \ 'ro'L'n nitl iin|'art. . . ' 
 
 < ) : : word ' 
 
 <) ist with these' 
 
 O !• . ' . ■ .. 
 
 On nli ihc carUi Ihy Si.irit nhowcr . . //. JZ-^rf lu . 
 iywco tnorp. mv Hoiil, i\\c n«in>j <lnv. . . WaU$ Sr.n 
 
 Or ' " -.- our Ooil Hart .' - 
 
 i )v. . •« I i^tniul S. Stfnn*t( .'.'• 1 
 
 Oi. ' » my Go<l. . . hlppit "». . 
 
 On thic% ri'.' !u . huw l.ii I \vitlj'pmycr/'i>r/)r>n< f)77 
 
 On thv (luinh, O Power divmo'. /.y/*? l'-' 
 
 O renlicr than^- ' '- ' v.U,\c Tlitf ii- '■'■'" 1 ■ 
 O Saviour, w. ^ y heart /^<' 
 
 O ^rrnk thri* 
 
 O- ; J/*< 
 
 <) - ni«e ./ 
 
 O 1. .: . . receive....' i 
 
 O th»t 1 couUl rei^nl, i» that ('. WtiUtj Iv^ - 
 
 O th«t I oonJil rniwnr. With (\ U'-v/ry *.'*- • 
 
 OV : ' ' C. WfMftj 'J.'l 
 
 O • ro (\ WttUy y. ** 
 
 O: e(ff.ne...r. HVit^v nc: 
 
 O ihui • henvcns. . C. H'fj>U»/ *A'7 
 
 O thou lin ('. » W^-y 1 < ''.• 
 
 Othou J;.w...u, w. ,ve C.W'tsUt/ a'.>'i 
 
 O then, from whom all (roodncHS Hon^I/aten* 440
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 705 
 
 thou our Saviour, Brother, Friend . C. Wesley 355 
 O thou that hearest prayer .... PraWa Col. 116 
 thou that wouldst not have .... C. Wcaley 238 
 thou, to whom, in ancient time . . Pierpoixt 44 
 O thou, to whose all-searching sight /. ]m/.ey 489 
 thou, who all thiuM canst control /. Wesley 607 
 
 O thou, who art the Tight Bulmcr 2'J 
 
 thuu, who earnest from above . . C. Wc«lry 344 
 O thou, who driest the mourner's tear . Moore 447 
 O thou, who hast at thy command . . Cotteril 4>>4 
 (J thou, who hast our sorrows borne C. Wenky 223 
 U thou, w ho hast spread out the . H. F. Oould 624 
 () thou, who in the olive shade .... Ht-inaHa 381 
 O thou, whom all thy saints adore . C. Wcaley 25 
 thou, whom fain my soul would . C. Wesley 224 
 thou, whom once they flock'd to . C. Wcaley 192 
 
 O thou whom we adore C. Wesley 593 
 
 O thou, whose mercy hears Steele. 519 
 
 O thou, wliose off'ring on the tree . C. WesUy 1U3 
 O thou, whose wise, paternal love . C. Wcaley 400 
 thou, who, when we did complain C. Wesley 530 
 
 'tis delight without alloy WaWi . 541 
 
 'tis enough, my God, my God . . C. Wesley 512 
 
 Our blest liedeemer Lyte . 124 
 
 Our children thou dost claim . SalUhury Col. 157 
 Our Father, Ciod, who art in heaven . . Judson 334 
 
 Our few revolving years Beddorne 634 
 
 Our God is love, and all his Bickersteth" s Col. 412 
 
 Oui ereat Creator, God C. Wesley G60 
 
 Our heavenly Father, hear .... Montgomery 334 
 Our Lord is risen from the dead . . O. Wesley 98 
 Our old companions in distress . . . G. Wesley 573 
 
 Our sins on Clu-ist were laid Fawcett 85 
 
 Out of the depths of wo Montgomery 259 
 
 O what amazing words of grace . . . .Medley 176 
 
 what a mighty change C. Wesley 572 
 
 O what delight is this C. Wesley 167 
 
 O what shall I do, my Saviour to pr C. Wesley 275 
 
 wh£n shall we sweetly remove . . C. Wetley 5G9 
 
 45
 
 706 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 O where is now that glowing love . . . KeUjf . 510 
 O where sh^Jl rest be found .... }luntijomcry 201 
 O who, in such a world as this . . Munt-juntrry 44.S 
 O why should plf>«imy thoui,'hts arise Jhuitingi '215 
 O Wisdom ! whose uiifudiu^' IK) wt-r . . H-lcr . lii>4 
 
 wondrous power of faithlul prayer C. \S\sUy S37 
 
 Pas* a few swiftly fleeting vears . . C. Wealry C40 
 
 l'eu<- I M> ' • ' Jieart, myUod'sI am C. WtsLy 470 
 
 Tea 'lul Cnknoicn 4«>5 
 
 I'll:: :' of dirk ih'<:;iair . . . Watt*. K5 
 
 1 : -sflow Ken. 0>\ 
 ! ... i\jmUr iySi 
 1:.. — ,:: . Cnknoum 082 
 lY.i T SirJ.E.^nUk 42 
 IV?". i to raJM? . U'iff . 67 
 
 • . 72 
 
 331 
 
 , J 331 
 
 i'ray wit; . pray C iVeairy 435 
 
 IVince of I my will .... Anan. . 311 
 
 rrii'nent C. Wetlejf 326 
 
 I'ris'nen. • rong, be lx)ld C. Wr*Uy 2'.»5 
 
 rris'ners ip your heads C. WemUw 2'J4 
 
 IVocl.iim t iio BitptiMOd. 114 
 
 I'rostratc '. i^mnett 242 
 
 l*ro«traUs wiu: '■*'-, I see . C. We^ey 248 
 
 Quickcfi'd with ' J Head C. WctUy 329 
 
 Iledecmer of mankind C. Wedty 100 
 
 '• • ■•■ ' -• birth C. WmUy 79 
 
 1 ii Kin^ C.Wtdtg 533 
 
 . enjoy thy rest . . ASimmitt 152 
 Kl turn, lay ^juI, unto thy rest . Jfonttjowtfry 480 
 
 lletuni, V wanderer, return Coiytr 213 
 
 liise, nnr soul, and fttretch thy wingt Seagram 557 
 £U>ck of agw, deft for me Tfi^lad^ 346
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 707 
 
 Roll on, thou mighty ocean .... Pratt's Col. 5S6 
 
 Salvation! Othejo}-ful sound Watts. 175 
 
 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing Edntcnton 305 
 Saviour from sin, 1 wait to jirove . C. )Ve«hy 2'Jl 
 Saviour, I now with shame confess C. Wcvhy 515 
 Saviour, nuw in me jx?rform . . . . C. WaUy 4i)0 
 Saviour of all, to thee we bow . . . C. Wealey 423 
 Saviour of all, what hast thou done C. ]Ven(>y 443 
 Saviour of men, thy searchijig eye . C. WesUy 389 
 
 Saviour of sinful men C. We>il<y 571 
 
 Saviour of the sin sick soul C. Wvniy 325 
 
 Saviour, on me the grace bestow , . C. WtsUy 801 
 Saviour, I'rincc of Israel's race . . . C. WtnUy 231 
 
 Sanour, see me from above C. WtnUy 229 
 
 Saviour, tlie world's and mine . . . C. Wmlcy 817 
 
 Saviour, we know thou art C. WmUy 595 
 
 Saviour, w lien in dust to thee (jlfiul(j 339 
 
 See how great a llame asjures . . , C. Wmlty 599 
 
 See how the morning sun Stott . 3G1 
 
 See Israel's gentle Shei-herd . . . . I)<'<ldruhjr 156 
 See Jesus rising from tlie grave. . . A<"/'« VU. 102 
 See, Jesus, thy discijjles see .... ('. \\\nhy 27 
 See, sinners, in the gosjxl glass . . C. Wvlty 182 
 See the gosjiel Churoli secure .... ('. \V<>il>y 143 
 See the Lord, thy Keej»er, stand . . ('. Wfthy 339 
 See where our great High Priest . . C. Wtahy 108 
 
 Servant of tlod, well done C. Xuihy G53 
 
 Ber\-ants of God, in joyful lays . . Montymmry 18 
 Shall foolish, weak, sliort-sightcd . C. Wethy 71 
 Shall I, for fear uf feeble m:ui . . . J. Wi^lvy 391 
 Shall man, O God of light and life . . l^tci'Jit G57 
 Shepherd divine, our wants relieve . C. WeJcy 333 
 Shepherd of souls, with pitying eye C. Wivlcy 5S3 
 Show pity, Lord, Lord, forgive . . . Watts . 241 
 Shrinking from the cold hajia of . . C. Wtslry 640 
 Since all the varying scenes of time . Jicncy 447 
 Sing praise, the tomh is void .... Unknoicn 98
 
 708 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 Siivj to the prcat Jehovah's praise . C. Wedey 683 
 
 ' we the sonjT of those who . . Mi>ntij<^mrry 10 
 
 we tn our (fO<| attove C. HV«/ry 683 
 
 -IMIMTS, I'^' - "^ -*^ C. HV.Vy 11?3 
 
 Siniur*. .. ,1 . . . C. \s:.i.y -.Ml 
 Simieni, - call . . C. HV.Vy 179 
 
 Sinners, thccaU uUy . . '. . . . . C. UV.Z/y 611 
 Sinners, the voice of God regard . . . /Vffr-.rf L^C 
 
 Sinners, turn, while (t«d is near . . C. Wrxl'-y 214 
 
 Sinners, turn, whv will ve die . . . C. WrtUu 214 
 
 Hoftiv nn^ tho liiht of Aaj .... EpU rW. 304 
 
 Soli' -.. V. KrtUy 4:W 
 
 SoM hoM C. \Ve,lry 434 
 
 S.|. .rfh nnd . . . . ^..<Ki« 3>« 
 
 "^■ii - inp • itotitf/rtmrry 12 
 
 ^ •: -int . . . C.'\S'r,Uy 457 
 
 ... r. MV-Zry 169 
 
 • arise /Vaff'« ro?. iT02 
 
 . , • n high lindHrid'jt- 2«3 
 
 SoT'rei^ ot wori'l*, dispinr thj . IVtM'n (W. 597 
 
 SoT'r^j.nt Rnl.T. Urtl of ftll Rn/flm 243 
 
 ■ - <d .... }fnut,jr.mrrif 133 
 
 • >f clilV . . M<'u(f,mrry C<»3 
 
 i iwn .'.... r. W.olrjf 2H6 
 
 ■i C. Wr.Uy 538 
 
 «iential God . . . . C. \Vr,Uy 407 
 
 ■ • ' ' o. . . . r. HV,//-y 674 
 
 •it. . . r. HV.//-y 2.13 
 
 . f>ord . r. Wrtley 4ftS 
 
 ..i..ur, stand C Wr.hy 471 
 
 iirdenroU. /Vnff'« T..?. 4»« 
 
 //.iwru 4«9 
 
 Sun ^ . . . . r HWry 438 
 
 Swf ; V J/Jtrrin<^ii'« Col. 398 
 
 Swcvt is ihi- «.rk. luy (ijil. tnv King . U'lff* . 149 
 
 Sweet was the time when first "l felt. . .NVirCon 510 
 
 Talk with na. Lord. thy»elf reveal . C. WtA^ 5S«
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMXS. 709 
 
 Taught by our Ijord.we will not pray 0. Wedey 383 
 Torrible thought, shall I alone . . . C. WeaUy 203 
 Thank and praise Jehovah's name Jlontjomery 15 
 That awful tLiy will surely come .... Watt-n . 671 
 That doleful night before his death. . . Hart. 160 
 The counsels of redeeming grace . • ^S". St*'nn(tt 403 
 'JTie day of Christ, the dav of God . C. UVx/z-y 102 
 The day of wrath, that dreadful day . W. Scdtt 6GS 
 Tlie earth, with all her fulness, . . C. Wesley 54 
 Thee, in the watches of the night . C. Wtsley 371 
 Thee, Jesua, full of truth and grace C. Wcfhy 46S 
 Thee, King of saints, we praise . . C. ]\'ml*y 16(i 
 Thee to laud in songs divine . . . . C. ]\'e«lfy 72 
 
 Thee we udc-c, eternal Name Watt^t . 634 
 
 The gbirious armies of the sky . . J/r«. Jiotoe 647 
 The glori(jus universe around . . . Mwitijamery 411 
 
 The (iod of Abrah'm praise OlUxra 564 
 
 The God of harvest praise Montqiimery 614 
 
 The God of mercy be adored . . . .C. ^Wealey 681 
 The God of nature and of grace . Monttjomcry 48 
 
 The God who rei;,'n3 on high Olivrra 566 
 
 The gospel! O what endless charms . Steeifi . 171 
 The great archangel's trump shall . C. Wruhy 671 
 The head that once was crown'd .... Kel/y . 101 
 The heavenly treasiu-e now we have C. WtMl^y 422 
 The King of heaven his table .... Doddrihje 162 
 nie liaw and Prophets all foretold . C. Wesley 585 
 The long-lost son, with streaming . Unknoicn 259 
 The Lord descended from above . . Stcrnhold 51 
 llie Lord is my Shepherd ..... MonUjomery 504 
 
 The Lord is risen indeed Kelly . 96 
 
 llie Lord Jehovah reigns Wutta . 52 
 
 The Lord my pasture shall prepare . Addison 503 
 
 The Lord of earth and sky C. Wesley 633 
 
 The Lord of Sabbath let us . . . iS*. Wesley, jr. 95 
 The Lord oiu- God is clothed with H. K. White 53 
 The morning flowers display . . S. Wesley, jr. 659 
 The nations of the earth Gibbons 595
 
 710 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 The perfect wnrUl. by Adain trod . . . H7//m . 5S1 
 The power to Mess my house . . . . C. \Vr»le*f 37') 
 
 The prayiuc: spirit breathe C Wf»lry 535 
 
 There is a nmnUiin IJllJ with .... C-trprr 174 
 Tlnre is a jrlorioiH wurbl of lipht Janr Tty'or COS 
 There is a (»ml— all naturt> sneaks . . . Si^rU . 4.') 
 
 There is a laud of imre delight Wntta. ftM 
 
 There i« an hour of p*«ar.>fnl rest . . . Tnppnn WJ 
 ThtTc seems ii rv pale . Mr* (>i>ui 4G 
 
 The sacrwl K.: '««. . . C. Wrouy 4in 
 
 Tlu' Mi:it. w!. t . . . . r. WrtUy 64 r, 
 
 T\ ■ ill u lo hi-.»ven he . . Iktidriiljt 127 
 
 Ti ■ rmaiiunt on high . . . Addimjn 4.'> 
 
 Tl. •...-!. s . . . . S. WfUvJr. 00 
 
 V. nme . . (\ MWry Svj 
 
 V 'li iiith said J/tti.'; -.'rv •••."< 
 T! lU hate ....(' 
 
 T! .• / 
 
 T) " 'hysons, r 
 
 Ti ;. . . .i/.. 
 
 r ino . . . ./ 
 
 T: -n . Wit //./,../ -71 
 
 T' I his own Iktthu-a 14S 
 
 Ti . .....ilhmade . . L\fi^ . \'*^ 
 
 n :. 1 know C. UV.//-V J!-) 
 
 11 - 'TTi my spirit shake C. WfUy 4;.»» 
 
 T! i I faith, we . Mimttjnm^y 577 
 
 Tl came C. UV»/<y P9 
 
 T! • ^"c li.l.r.. ffart. 47 
 
 T! ... Axtn* in; 
 
 T .ir« r »»V«/'y 194 
 
 T: -i'lril. . . '•■ ■ '"• 
 
 V .U-cay ... 
 
 T" '. beneath / « 
 
 T d dan{*ers . AV-mv.** 444 
 
 Tl j-o o'er . J. W'rtfry 470 
 
 Tl. .,M. . . C. Wfi^ 306 
 
 Thou Ci. . . C7. HWey 415
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 711 
 
 Thou God of power, thou God . Pcarson^s Col. 25 
 
 Thou pjcat mysterious God C. Wesley 282 
 
 Thou hidden God, for whom 1 . . . C. Wc^hy 190 
 ITiou hidden love of God, whose . . J. Wcsky 491 
 Thou hidden Source of calm repose C. Weshy 546 
 Thou Judge of quick and dead . . . C. Wcdey 667 
 Thou Lamb of God, f<>r sinners . . C. Wculcy 250 
 Thou Lamb of God, thou Priuce of . J. Wesley 451 
 
 Thou, Ix)rd, art God alone C. Wesley 643 
 
 Tliou, Lord, hast blest my going . C. Wesley 377 
 Thou, Lord of life, whose . Floiccra of Poetry 368 
 Thou, Lord, on whom I still depend C. Wesley 606 
 
 Thou refuge of my soul Steele . 456 
 
 Thou rock of my salvation C. Wesley 458 
 
 Thousands, O Lord of hosts, this Montrpmery 397 
 
 Thou scest my feebleness C. Wesley 367 
 
 Thou scest our weakness. Lord . . . J. Wesley 486 
 Thou Shei)herd of Israel, and mine C. Wesley 545 
 Thou Son of God, whose flaming . . C. Wesley 197 
 
 Thou, the etenial Ix)rd C. Wesley 60 
 
 Thou very paschal Lamb C. Wesley 105 
 
 Thou very present aid C. Wesley 530 
 
 Thou, who liast in Zion laid . . Mrs. Bulmer 575 
 Thou, who on the whirlwind ridest . Pierpont 583 
 
 Thou, whose almighty word }farriott 592 
 
 Through sorrow's ni-iht, and . . . II. K. White 658 
 Thus far the Ix)rd hath led me on . . . Watts . 366 
 Thus saith the Ix)rd— 'tis God . , . C. Wesley 131 
 Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love . . C. Wesley 179 
 Thy every sulTring servant, Ix)rd , C. Wesley 471 
 Thy CTaclous presence, O my God . . . Steele . 463 
 Thy law is perfect. Lord of light . 3Iontffomery 406 
 Thy life I read, my gracious Lord . S. 'Bennett 643 
 Thy loving Spirit, Lord, alone . . . C. Wesley 299 
 Thy mercy heard my infant prayer , Glenelg 400 
 lliy name to me, thy nature grant C. Wesley 314 
 Thy presence, everlasting God . . . Doddridge 379 
 Thy presence, gracious God, afford . . Favxett 24
 
 712 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 
 
 Thy presence, Lord, the place shull O. WttUy 340 
 
 Tbj way is in the sea Fuiccttt A'JO 
 
 Thy word. ahni;,'hty Ij.)rd 3I<>Htj<>nyry 4<>s 
 
 Times without nuiuU'r have I . . . t'. W-nUy 52 1 
 'Tii linijih'd ! so the Saviour 8i\id . . St<')ni^ 92 
 •Tis tiiiish'd ! the Messiah dies ... (7. HV-A y 92 
 To bless thy chosen nieo .... TnU dt limiiy 594 
 To Father, S)n, and Holy (ihost, Th Unkumci 682 
 To F:i?h.T. Son. and Holy Ghost.Who . Watts. 681 
 T. 1, and Sj.irit, Ascribe C. Wrnhy ^\ 
 
 T' . and Spirit, ever . . I'lJcHotrn G*<3 
 
 Tu iher, .Sun /. HW^y 6HI 
 
 To (iod tiie Father. Son, And .... Vid'noim 6M4 
 To God th.« Fiith.r's throne ...... .H'irt*. C><2 
 
 To Jeso-. ' 1 Lord StrrU . 167 
 
 To thee vi-r fTnknaim GkA 
 
 To thee, t lure. I bow . C. W' .' .; P.'^i 
 
 To thee, U (.i<«l. when creatures . . /> I 
 
 To thee, our (r«Hl and Saviour 
 
 To the hi" ' ' *• - .S . . . . C. n-y ..■>- 
 
 To U.1 a « in... Jfontfjomrry 7*^ 
 
 To US a . !i C. \r',fry 79 
 
 Tremenduua livj«.l. w;ii» humble fear O. WcnUy 63;* 
 Try tts, O God, and search the . . . C H'cW<y 416 
 
 rnchanireable, almi'^^hty Lord . . . C. WrtUy 417 
 rnveil thy bosom, faithful tomb .... W'itu . 65«J 
 Urge on your rapid courae C. WcsUy 434 
 
 Vain are all terrestrial jtleasures .... Ford 475 
 Vain. delii.Hive world. adi«'U . . . . C. Wrtl-y 476 
 
 Vain man, thy fond pursuits Ilari . 203 
 
 Victim divine! thy prace we claim C. H>«/<y 166 
 Vital spark of heavenly dame Pi'pt . 402 
 
 Walk in the li-ht ! so shall thou . . R liirtnn 600 
 Watehd by the world's maliffnant . C. Wrtlry 487 
 Watchman, tell u« of the nigat .... Botcrii%g 6Q0
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 713 
 
 Weary souls, that wander wide . . G. Wesley 207 
 We bring no glitt'ring treasures . . . PldUipa 607 
 
 We by his Spirit prove C. Wesley 276 
 
 Weep not for a brother deceased . . C. Wesley 654 
 We have no outward righteousness C. Wesley 263 
 We journey through a vale of tears B. Barton 446 
 We know, by faith we Icnow . . . . C. Weshy 570 
 
 Welcome, sweet day of rest Wuttji . \\\) 
 
 We lift our hearts to thee /. Weeley oGl* 
 
 What am I, O thou glorious God . . C. Wesley 271 
 What are those soul-reviving . . . PratCs Col. 607 
 Wliat glory gilds the sacred page . . . Cowpcr 404 
 What is our calling's glorious hope C Wedty 289 
 
 What majesty and grace S. Stennttt 172 
 
 What ! never speak one evil word . C. Wenley 304 
 What now is my object and aim . . C. Wesley 477 
 \\Tiat shall I do my God to love . . C. Wesley 185 
 What v;u-iou3 hindi'ances we meet . . Cotrjier 336 
 ^Vhen all thy mercies, O my God . . Addison 501 
 
 When death before my sight Steele . 393 
 
 When first the Snirit left the throne . . Judkin 123 
 ^^^len, gi-acious Lord, when shall it C. W>sl-ry 252 
 When I can read my title clear .... Watts . 439 
 When Israel, of the Lord beloved . . W. Scott 443 
 When Israel out of Egypt came . . C. WesUy 51 
 When I survey the wondrous cross . . Watts . 93 
 When Jesus left his Father's . . . 2Iotit^jomery 606 
 When languor and disease invade . . "Poplady 395 
 When, my Savioiu-, shall I be ... (7. Wesley 303 
 
 When o'er the deep we rode Arion . 625 
 
 When, my Saviour, shall it be . . C. Wesley 509 
 
 When on Sinai's top I see MonUjomery 176 
 
 When on the brink of death Colyer 399 
 
 When power divine in mortal . . J. E. Smith 472 
 When quiet in my house I sit . . . C. Wesley 403 
 When rising from the bed of death . Addison 219 
 When shall I hear the inward voice C. Wesley 288 
 When shall I see the welcome hour C, Wesley 319
 
 714 INDEX TO IHE HYMNS. 
 
 \Micn shall the voice of fiin^ng . Fratfa fW. 5(>9 
 VSTien shall thy love constrain . . . C. WtKlcy l.'."'i 
 When the last trumpet's . . JiickcrtMh't Coh •'.'■. 1 
 
 \Micn throujj'h the torn sail Ifd/rr . d'J] 
 
 WTien to the exiled seer were . . G. liobiimon 570 
 
 Where are the dead J/^.M/.^.m^ry 2« •_' 
 
 ^^'he^eforc should I make my raoan ''• ' ' 
 
 Where is the Hcbrcw'g (tod ' ' 
 
 Where ii» the Saviour now J- 
 
 Where shall niv wond'rin^ soul . . ('. Uv« . 
 Wlierewith. l>ord. shall I draw . (WVr,. 
 Whirh of the monarchs of the . . . C. UV»' 
 While clead in trcspoiscs I lie . . . C. U>» '• 
 While life nml. i js •', ; ••. riotH li;;ht . /'"- 
 ^iNTiile •hcjih. r h.-ir Tnt.- (• 
 
 While thee 1 Vr.. //. M 
 
 While thou a: • nigh . . . ' ' 
 
 While ihroui:' \\e . . . JA 
 
 Whilf Trr T^T\! :i li;;ht . '' 
 
 W .• the sun 
 
 N\ hite . . '■ 
 
 M .. f. . , :: 
 
 ^^ ; of host* . . . JA»iir».f7i/-ry 141 
 
 ^^ thoM wii! pnf . r'w'.j^, irjo 
 
 w ■-.: 
 
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 \\ > . . ■ _ ■ _^ . ; ^ 
 
 ^^ il.'O why .' CviUfn A62 
 
 W r team in »mrTOw Cnmdrr^a Col. 65t) 
 
 W 1 , . . r." t,- .. .,~j 
 
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 ^^ . iUiJ fi.ir to liic . U<j.':- > ; J 
 
 ^ me reveal . . . C W'rtu v '■-1 
 
 W ' •• • •'• -\ . C. U'r*^y C->^ 
 
 \\ I.e. WfmUy h 
 
 Wr , .dPteMb. Ci^. 14 
 
 With jjy wc Lail the sacred day .... LyU. 30
 
 INDEX TO THE HYMNS. 715 
 
 With joy we lift our eyes Jervis . 35 
 
 With joy we meditate the grace .... Watts . 104 
 
 With statelv towers Auon . i;>9 
 
 With trouble lacUn Tudkin . A')\ 
 
 Worship, and thanks, and Llessinq C. Wrslry 52G 
 Wo to the men on earth who dwell C. Weahy GGS 
 Would .Ic'sus have the sinner die . . C. Wesley 01 
 Wretched, helpless, and distress'd . C. Weaky 200 
 
 Ye faithful souls, who Jesus know . C. Wesley 408 
 
 Ye prayin;:? souls, rejoice MMhy 338 
 
 Ye ransom'd sinners, hear C. Weafry 298 
 
 Ye servants of ( iod, your Master . . C Wcxf'-y 17 
 Yes, from thus instant, now, I will . C. Wealey 521 
 
 Ye simple souls, that stray J. Weafey 505 
 
 Yes, I will bless thee, ( ) mv Gwl HrfjiuUithmn 548 
 Ye that pass by, behold the Man . ('. Weahy 89 
 
 Ye virgin s<^)ul8, arise C. Weal/'y 629 
 
 Ye wretched, starving poor Stccfe . 210 
 
 Yield to mo now, f(»r I ara weak . . C. Wea/ey 388 
 Young men and maidens, raise . . . C. Wesley 18 
 
 Zion stands with hills sorronndcd . . . Keliy . 146
 
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 A> 
 
 A^ 
 
 A> 
 
 A • 
 
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 At^ 
 
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 Uk IM 
 
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 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 717 
 
 4b ^anto may the 
 Ab in the ancient 
 Aa o'er a parch'd 
 As round aU'Ut Je 
 As round Jerusale 
 As ROOD as in him 
 A( the apple of ih 
 Ab the bright Sun 
 As the winired ar 
 As theo their GM 
 As through a g\aa 
 Ab thy romnmnd 
 Ab we thy mercv 
 As welcome as tn 
 Ashamed of Jesiu 
 Ask but his prnce 
 AsseniMed h«-re w 
 Anccrt thy olnini, 
 Amarp my O'Tmrie 
 AetnifhM at thy 
 At Jesun's call, w 
 At Inst I own it ca 
 At thy rominand 
 At thy rebuke the 
 Att<-ndea by that 
 Anther an<l tiuaid 
 Authorof faith, to 
 Author of onrn^w 
 Awake, nwnke m 
 Awake, awake, p 
 Awake from ifuill 
 Awake, my V njru 
 Awed by a mortal 
 Awhile m flesh di 
 
 Back from the bo 
 Biiptlzo the nation 
 Barren and withe 
 Beallniyaadodli 
 3e darkness, at tb 
 Pe it ftocordin)5 to 
 
 thy wi>rd ; Ac co 
 Be It accordine to 
 
 thy word ; Now 
 Be it accordine to 
 
 thv word ; Red 
 Be this my one gr 
 Be ouTTi the blis.-). 
 Be still, and know 
 Be this, O L. rd, th 
 Bo thou my shield 
 Be thou my stren 
 B«thoti,OK«ko 
 Before his feet th 
 Before me place, i 
 before my Uith'a 
 
 Before otir Father 424 Breathe on ns, Lo 
 Before the peat 566 Bright Snn of righ 
 Before the hills in 635 Bright terrors gua 
 Befbre tlie radianc 69 Bring as again to 
 Before (he Sariea 566 Built by the word 
 Before them set an 581 ; Bum every breast 
 Before thy sheep, 855 Burst thy shackle 
 B<'fore thy throne 35 But, ab. 've all, afr 
 Before oe make th 4i)5 But aftt-r all that 
 Behold, again we 510 But art thou not al 
 Behold, fast strea 88 But all. before the 
 Behold, fur me the 267 1 Bat all the notes 
 Behold him, all ye 86 1 But angels thems 
 Behold hisUniple SO; But boUi in Jesus 
 Behold the Lamb 182 , But ean no sovere 
 Beb.ld the Sorrow 219 : But Christ can he 
 B'>hi>ld this fair an 4s But drope of grief 
 H-hold thy pris'n 397 1 But he that turns 
 
 lkhol,l,we fall bo 1R7 
 Behold, what hea 662 
 Behold your Lord. 10 
 Bring of beings! 29 
 Believe in Him w 9ii9 
 Believing on my 266 
 Beloved for Jesus' 591 
 Beneath thy shad 4"i3 
 BetUr than my bo 473 
 Better than life it 473 
 Better that we ha 515 
 Beyond ray highe 1471 
 Beyond the U.und 551 r.ut 
 Beyond the flight '-; 
 lieyond the reach 1 
 Beyond this vale . 
 Bless we, then, ou .' ■• 
 Bleuing, and tnan 6'.'> 
 Bl.-«t be that Nam 18 
 Blest is the pious 412 
 Bl-sl object of our 627 
 Blest Saviour I in 494 
 Blest Saviour, wh 15u 
 Blind unbelief is s 445 
 Bold shall I stand 110 
 Bom by a new ce 479 
 Bom into the wor 648 
 B<im they are, as 157 
 Bome aloft on ang 378 
 Borne up<.in their 12 
 Bow lo the sceptre 201 
 Bow'd down bene 246 
 Break, break, O L 196 
 Break from his th 656 
 Break off the yoke 307 
 Break off your tea 95 
 Break Thou, O br 941 
 Breathe, breath 300, 
 
 ut I of mriins ha 
 But if Ihim leave 
 But m thy Father 
 But lol a place he 
 But lo : the Script 
 But now. whon ev 
 Bul,0, thejeulons 
 But, O, when dou 
 But,0, when that 
 But our brief life's 
 But power divine 
 But faiuts are loT 
 Ih.-Iiever 
 
 • :.ir th 
 l; .t t. .ir- I will no 
 But, that my faith 
 But the mildglori 
 But the righteona 
 But there 's a voic 
 But thou art not al 
 But thon hastbret 
 But ihou, O Lord, 
 But thou, soul-sea 
 But though earth 
 But thoul^h from h 
 But though mv lif 
 But thy right lian 
 But we, frail frja 
 But we, who now 
 But when we view 
 But who shall quit 
 But will, indeed, J 
 But with the eye 
 But wi'i thee ism 
 By cool Siioam't i
 
 18 
 
 DsDEX OF ^XRSES. 
 
 By d«y, kloof th* 
 BrdMthaaabeU 
 Hy •rery nviw of 
 Uy futh I plo^a 
 Byfftilh ihanppar 
 By Uith <r« ■!« M 
 By t^iVh w« klTM 
 By <Witb w« know 
 By («iih w« MOW 
 By buth w* M« Ih 
 By BM, my Sarioa 
 Bytb«tfMp,«s]itr 
 
 By 
 By 
 By 
 
 By ttsia* agniiiiria 
 BythiMW>«rof4 
 By Uy 4iTiM, lr» 
 by Iky ftisttec ka 
 By Uiy kawla lk« 
 ByUiykMlTlM 
 By tby mmK arir 
 By ihy »o«t M«« 
 ByUiyi«MMiIti( 
 By Iky tfiri\ Lo 
 By thy tnuni|A o' 
 By wiM mMUr-b 
 
 itkro^H; 
 M M«y I ba ' 
 
 Cam«,ala[iifbtyU>SOO|Coald mv u«n fo »41 
 OoiM, all y* •ouU 910 Could w« Uv cUni kU 
 CoOM. ana pMMM tiM , Could w«, oo uxr M 
 a&d wonbip *!> Coon Uoffmia and tU 
 OoBMbacklUutia ilti Coonic«, uiy aoiU ; 
 
 on Jod rtly . . . 4M 
 
 OtHMtDMiraofna 81 
 Cona, artaod iby m 
 CooM, FaUtar, So S14 
 aaM,boi*CoiBib n 
 Cana4My«W>M, 
 
 Oa«a><oly«iMat, 
 
 fcrawTa4byU4M 
 OMMJIalyOkoM, 
 
 Ua8a*{av>ila tl 
 CgCBa^oly<3b«a«, 
 tbyMU laapraaa M 
 
 Coonic>, my (oul i 
 
 tb)- titt.r ttxjm UA 
 Cr«aUo«>,tvi*db Sy 
 4T« 
 
 Dw«anataii4 lb 6U 
 Dark and abaatU Ut 
 Day«Cfk>r7.day IM 
 Daw Kama. Iba l'.^ 
 Daaa*. tbas, tana in 
 Daalb aolan, and 103 
 Daatb, ball, and »3 
 DaaU may lb* b »U 
 
 .lialySplHl ISODMtb hd«a ua av «ai 
 Ca»a ta^ cona la, 4fl , D«(Mkd aa bilbM 4M 
 Cosa, ta aon«w «)• Daa» ta «ibtb« 4U 
 Chm ia Ibia metm SU Daaa oa nay baaf «t« 
 CbMala Ibypta* aS DauV'iaaea W aiy <»1 
 OaMa,lataa,wltk UtDftmA oa bia: ttl 
 OHaa,Lat<tbyW M Draad alanoa ab <tt 
 OaaM.LM4,Uyfft M DaaMod, «U Ut ttl 
 omdT lit DaaaaMliBf CM y M* 
 G<id, 191 DvWnauMd aU lb iS* 
 
 QUI tba« lata tby 
 CkU, wbila ba Bia 
 C«a a^t b«t |>o 
 Caa tbaaa a««ntb < 
 CM at a brokaa i 
 CmH oat Ibjr laaa, : 
 OfMM aitka raao 
 
 Oaaaa. «• pflgTua I 
 CWat^dbytkatw ' 
 CkBdraa aar kM I 
 
 o- 
 
 o- 
 
 Cbt .. 
 
 Qtrwi, our iir 'U>« 
 
 Quwa«rU>rdM 
 
 t:$ Cbcua, O my Sari 314 Did vrvr mourMr 4&I 
 
 CoOM ooifkl] 
 l<0|Cuaia, Sarwur.oo ttt Dtdal Uwki But 
 
 tSt CoOM, O my G<id, 
 
 ■-■ - my San 
 oifkly u. 
 
 • Ihdat tbou Out dia «N 
 
 tW Co«natba(raalda 19. o«f &.«h apuMkr M 
 IM CiMRa,tbaa.dlTUM 4M DU*I ibva u^\ in 
 Omtm tbao, for J« «5) | tb« iWb aMMar ttS 
 aMMtka«,Byka ttl , Didat tboa aataidlft 
 Oena tkaat, whb 11« , Diraes eoatrol, aa M» 
 Oaaa, lUa laaar tt ! Diatf«ctii« Iba^ M 
 
 a «IU>« I&^ Ih<m« lo'.ructur, AOi 
 
 'lo Ik* I . > .. . . . ; 1 
 
 rr^a t.« it. nt 
 
 fnaa tka a M 
 
 ' > tknmab lb U 
 
 i.'OBiuutc wDciiy v't 111*1 aad aaaaa I Ml 
 
 SI Oil* ■7. •^•fpa Mm s>pm, i ^mta ik tii 
 
 »4 roaAd wit IM 
 byltibaaka 141 
 > by Ujr aMa ai 
 
 •n 
 
 taaw m laekaai«,«a«kl««| 
 iiM IM lack araaW t^ *• 
 OnaaVer af kaU t» Back WMaaai dra 4*1 
 CMaa« wttfc kak IM Back Iboafkt aa IM 
 ma. Lard, Ml CMlaalad bow, «p IM Bafar «o« tkaa I Ml 
 I bia cf»tla It Ctmtni my arary 431 Bartk, from aikf . • 
 tU by pull tu;Con«Ptica,aank, Mf Bartk b tky SmM Ml
 
 IXDEX TO VEKSES. 
 
 719 
 
 Earth is thine ; he 575 
 E«rth. tremble on Si 
 Earthly joys no I 475 
 Easy to be entrea 374 
 E'en now, by fait 573 
 E'en now he bath 6'24i 
 E'en now we thin 4'J4 
 E'en now, when I 59i 
 E'er since, by fait 174 
 Empty of Him w li?9 
 ED<llesi life in hi 11 
 Endlesa scenes of 90 
 Endow thtin wit 587 
 Enter into the Ro 611 
 Enter thyself, and 351 
 Eut'ring into my 3»5 
 Enthroned nmid t 53 
 Equal strains of 20 
 Elrror and ijniora 605 
 Eternal are tny m 13 
 Eleraal God, cele 547 
 Eternal life to all 565 
 Eternal Source of 4-.' 
 Eternal Spirit, by 44 
 Eternal Spirit. Ir 156 
 Eteiual Sun of ri 279 
 Eternal triune Lo 5.1S 
 Eternal, undivide fi9 
 Eternal Wisdom 1>!1 
 Eternity conies in 6'.'4 
 Every eye shall n 669 
 Every human tie 146 
 Exert thy sacred 651 
 Expand thy wing 405 
 Extend to me thu 16 
 Kitol his kiiizly 441 
 y.iiol the Lamb o 1^0 
 Kitol theLambw 10 
 Kxulta our rising 276 
 Eye bath net see 506 
 
 Faded my rirtno 26S 
 Fain with them o 68 
 Fain woalJ I all t 3$5 
 Fain would I kno 193 
 Fain would I lear 3j7 
 Fain would I rise 47 
 Fair land 1 could 553 
 Faith criee out, — 3S0 
 Faith grasps the 393 
 Faith in thy chan 194 
 Faith in thy pow 265 
 Faith lends ita re 263 
 Faith, mighty fai 265 
 Faith eees the br 657 
 Faith to be heal' 257 
 
 Faithful, O Lord, 179 
 Faithful soul, pra 33S 
 Far, fur above all 51S 
 Far from the path 3S5 
 Far otr the Futhe 260 
 Farewell, coullict 051 
 Father, and ehall 12U 
 Father, God, thy 20 
 Father, if such Ih 158 
 Father, in me rev 283 
 Father, in these 156 
 Father, in ni thy 24 
 Father, of endless 34 
 Father of eveilaa 5,s5 
 Father of the fut 399 
 Father, regard ih 337 
 Father, Sun, and 426 
 Father, Sun, and 
 
 Si<irit,send. ... 576 
 Fatlier, the uarro 493 
 Father, thine eve 264 
 Father, thy K.iig 23'i 
 Father, thy mere 6W 
 Father, thy nuick 30 
 Father, to ua vou 652 
 Father, we auk in 337 
 Fear n<.l, brelhre 497 
 Fear not, said he, 73 
 Fear not, though 139 
 Fearless of hell a 537 
 Fill me with all I 513 
 Fill'd with delig 555 
 Fill'd with holy 11 
 Find in Christ tb 207 
 Finish then thy n SuO 
 Finn as his thruu 482 
 Firm, faithful, 
 
 watching >44 
 
 Finn in the all-d 669 
 Fir»t the dead in 670 
 Five blecdiue wo 2s5 
 Fix my new bear 377 
 Fix, O fix my wa 321 
 FixM on this gro 470 
 Flow, wondrous s 141 
 Follow'd by thei 648 
 Foolish, and impo 455 
 For each assault 512 
 For friends and b 1 55 
 For God has mar 446 
 For God made tie 63 
 For her my tears 147 
 For his truth and 15 
 For Jesus, my Lo 275 
 For Jesus' saJce a 231 
 For love like this 410 
 
 For me the burde S9 
 For me these pan 88 
 For more we ask 32 
 For my selfishnes 520 
 For never shall m 219 
 For the great Me 678 
 For thee delightf 376 
 For thee, niyGisi 513 
 For thee my thir 359 
 For thee the Sav 216 
 For them thai he 619 
 Fur these ine!>tim 4u3 
 F"r thine own co 2:9 
 Fur this, lis t«ugh 329 
 Fur this let men 3>9 
 Fur this the earth 48 
 For this the buuil 186 
 For this thuu has bi 
 Fur thuu art in th 897 
 For thou art thei 275 
 For thou of life t 490 
 For thou, within 40 
 For lli..u-h myst 454 
 For w hnl lo thee 461 
 For who by faith 49» 
 For whom duUt t 449 
 Fur wild the war 37» 
 Fur vuu the puip 208 
 Fur teal I sigh, f 503 
 Forbid it, Luid, t 93 
 Forbid them nut, 159 
 Forever with the 663 
 Forgive me, Lord 3M 
 Forgiveness on m 230 
 FiTciunner of the 195 
 Forth with thy c 694 
 Fountain uf unex 512 
 Froo from anger 420 
 Friend of tl:e frie 451 
 From all iniquity isS 
 From Christ, tlie 275 
 Frum Christ, they 121 
 From dark tempt 335 
 From death to lif 117 
 From each extre 392 
 From every place 44 
 From every sinful 140 
 From favour'd A 5S3 
 From heaven an 665 
 From heaven he c 17S 
 From heaven he 8 126 
 From his high th 108 
 From little ones 606 
 From mom till n 66 
 From north to so 593 
 From tea to tea, t^
 
 '20 
 
 INDEX OF \TRSES. 
 
 FniiB di^ IW n SI* 
 Fram Hm tk« «« US 
 Froa aorrow toU 4IS 
 FrDMaUvftfi^ lA 4a> 
 Fro* UkM IhAl I Me 
 From th««, thro* M 
 Frr«i tkr bow* M 
 F<U of iMBM^a 110 
 FbUj to aiy lif* MS 
 
 0«T« HIT rMMla in 
 
 MM • My f> »a 
 '!>• • •«w, • m 
 
 MoaUM*! Ill 
 .>««obMrtk n« 
 
 '<>« to trwt ta 
 
 ^ ma i&rMtf t Sl« 
 
 idi in 
 
 OiT«rWMaHM«l «» 
 «lorTi»6a4ateT «• 
 Cle*7loO<4l»to H 
 eiarr to Oo4. tai •• 
 O|MytolKM.0O U 
 
 0«.MM(ktetalk«« 
 
 IlMt thoa not <W ) 
 HMtihoaMtbM ) 
 IU«t thoa Dot oft* I 
 llMtrn, Lord,UM i 
 H*»'»n mvrcT lo ' 
 .. , moiUta, 
 
 Gr«M flrit f.^r.tr: K" 
 Gr«c«, in iiriwr '."4 
 6rae« tMifht my rs 
 Grmciaoi art tkoa 64 
 OniT*, tit* jpiaH M» 
 Grant, Lord, i*--* 
 Oraatmaoow 
 Grant ooa bo ■ 
 Oram that aH 
 
 • T»rv i - !!»<» ft 17 CO «» 
 
 Oraat, thM, tkii Ml Ha all km tof *b 
 Grant tkia, aad th 41S 
 GnMittbia,Obolr IM 
 
 « tkapDW Ml 
 G 
 Q 
 
 Ormt Oo4, fanpra «m 
 Otmi Ot*, la wh M' 
 Or««lO«4,totliili M. 
 - O«4,o«rri «r 
 
 Oo4.pra«a •! 
 
 ihajoyftj 
 frcy 
 
 Ha Ua* aa buiM 
 Ha brvaka Ika po 
 HabrkiB 
 HacMbaa 
 
 ea4,w«b« S 
 (M, wbat Vr 
 
 Oolalh*! 
 
 0«4 Min Iba !• 4tt 
 0«4 fcabUi bto la aw 
 ftrf bi «rii<l ■ tb 411 
 
 e«l ta te baaaaa. M 
 0«4liawamact U 
 0«4bawaMa.ba « 
 «a4laa4^Ml^m 
 
 ««S7lM«,lalb MB 
 
 •atf aaly k*a«a t Ml 
 ee4f«talb«abi( II 
 <M,tteaMlkbba 4M 
 
 Ooad, wbaa ba yt 441 
 OMaa aU Iba woe ITI 
 
 I Mcb U.... ^ 
 HaU! br all Iby : 
 Hailt rrMil lona P- 
 Hatl. gWt«M Ah i- 
 Hail. Mr. I. - 
 Hail,Jaa«!^ 
 Hafll 
 
 luiii 
 
 H«ai IbabaarM 
 
 HaUal^labl) 
 
 HatUI^I 
 
 lalak; lk«r 
 
 lUn 
 H.1.1 
 
 Hiyr «^* — . 
 
 wbaa* bafaa ra 14* 
 
 HMibawbap ^- 
 Ha>k I la tba «n IS'^ 
 HarkI tba ebM« M < 
 Harb! Ibar wUi 4»« H<- 
 Hartlbeabaaav tMIHa
 
 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 721 
 
 lie who, M p»tie 
 [{r K\\\e Umt I f\\ 
 }i>-Adl(iog we ele 
 Hiur und «uv« nie 
 Hear, for Uiou, O 
 H-nrhim, yedeuf 
 IlcKf, O huar our 
 Hear thou our prn 
 Heavenly, all-fillu 
 Keaveiily FathK- 
 Mcaveiily Guide f 
 I Icavenward cur 
 Hein <i( the Bimie 
 He'll n« »er <j».n 
 Help oa to tuilJ 
 Help us to make 
 H«lp u* to tve th 
 Hell' u», with hoi 
 Helpl.-M,h..weVr 
 Henre nuiy alt lu 
 Hriice (>ur b>-iirU 
 lletirp »pntn({ ihn 
 H'MiCe, ye \7i'iii ca 
 Uriirefi rth nmy u 
 lleiK.'f rthourro 
 II.Tic#f.rth t-1 the 
 H-r hati'U are Gil 
 Her p.rli. u liillix 
 Here at tliut cr>n 
 Here freejoiii ii|.r 
 Here I'll ruiv<- inm 
 H«Te I woulil ( re 
 Here m the li^dy 
 Here iii th'ir h>>nM 
 Here, in t>iu>e ow 
 Here Kt our fiet 
 Here kt (lie bluid 
 Here let tile prea 
 Here let the VMioe 
 Here light desi-eo 
 I lere nuiy our unb 
 Here d ay the Ust 
 Here may the wrc 
 Here ni;iy thine « 
 Here nuiy thy fai 
 Here may t)iy trut 
 Here pHrd"n, life, 
 >!ere, Siiviiu/, de 
 Here see the bre 
 Here the dark vei 
 Here the fuir tre^ 
 Here tlie Re.leom 
 Here the wble D 
 Here then I doubt 
 Here, then, my G 
 Here, Uien, V> the 
 
 li3 
 
 l-.'5 
 
 99 1 Here to thee a tem 
 2;tO' Here will 1 g^l up 
 6*4lHere,»ithtlie'as 
 3% Here's I.. ve and gT 
 31 I Hit.'h Heaven, tha 
 HiKhiii thy power 
 Hitrh oo liis holv 
 Hi(fh on thy Fain 
 H »'b throned on h 
 Hini bv Oiilli ue 
 Hiineyet.eye w 
 Huh th. u^-h higrli 
 Hiiiitoko-wiolif 
 Hinwelf prejiarett 
 41(>!HiHBUnbutc« Uiv 
 355lHuU.-~ldemniid 
 4;< HiH roiiiforlii bear 
 HiB fried afltfclio 
 Hu* ^1 'rvourdeii 
 Hu po.tlness eve 
 Hji tjovemniflDt • 
 HiN ^riice iiiid mo 
 Hm gnirt in m '«t 
 
 41 J 
 
 liM 
 
 H.H 1., 
 
 Hi^uii.iU!,tL:i>bo 
 Hi* mime bIiuU b« 
 His name the rum 
 His tiiinie yields 
 His only rip'hteou 
 Hu jhiwer, iiiorea 
 
 bl. 
 
 \Vi-i 
 SI!) 
 
 \ri 
 
 14X 
 
 WIS 
 566 
 4^1, I 
 
 n^; I 
 
 4fi4 
 
 4IM 
 
 613 
 MS 
 I7« 
 563 
 411 
 4x3 H 
 
 iut'i; ; :i 
 
 24 1 ^ 
 
 5-*! I r 
 
 S5 l: : w 
 
 4ua Hi. «^ >•'.•■ l-»v. 
 
 578 er, without our 
 61x1 His Spirit, whuh 
 
 403 His viol'ry hiith d 
 57>> His v.Mre sublime 
 ir>5 Hw witness witlii 
 5S«i' His word did out 
 171 j His wortls the hup 
 6-<0 His w'lrk my hoa 
 Isa Ho'.aUye hungr 
 499] Ho! ye that pant 
 4ii4| Hold on thy way 
 
 404 Holy Ghost, no m 
 61 H lvGh.ist,theC 
 
 5:9 Holy, holy, holy 
 636 H..nie ward bound 
 49S| Horuur and niigb 
 
 46 
 
 Horroni all hearts 
 
 Hosanna, on the 
 
 H'W beauteous ua 
 
 How blessed are 
 
 How blest are tlie 
 
 H iw can il be. th 
 
 How careful then 
 
 How ctmniiini^ is 
 
 H"W excellent, O 
 
 I! ow gentle wast 
 
 H ow^.ukI thouar 
 
 How preiit the ri 
 
 4771 H 'W ereat thy m 
 
 13'il Hi.w liappy are o 
 
 How biippy the a 
 
 H.'W hiippy t!iem 
 
 H w hiippy the !■« 
 
 H .w long, L rtl, 
 
 Horn- long shullJu 
 
 H ow oft iher I0.I 
 
 19!H.woft, whendn 
 
 4i'.-.'' H w often, when 
 
 71 How rieh the dep 
 
 60<'! How shall Menve 
 
 80' H « rhall I meet 
 
 63:V H ■» .hull p<.llule 
 
 i-.cl H w shall weuk 
 
 1*21! flow short my ru 
 
 673| How should uur so 
 
 la How strnoge, ho 
 
 1R5, How swift U.sav 
 
 M9J How then ought I 
 
 131 ! How rain a toy is 
 
 •JM How w..u!dmyfa 
 
 lfi'.» Humbly on iLce I 
 
 445 
 
 90 I a'k in cmfidenc 
 
 4CI t a.'k no higher Kt 
 
 9 I ask the blorwI-Ui 
 
 I a* k thoni whenc 
 
 16 I calmly bow'd m 
 
 277 I can but perish if 
 
 9'' I cannot rest till in 
 
 64 I cannot wash my 
 
 lis] I ciutt mv care on 
 
 5-1 j 1 c 'me, i?' thou my 
 
 64:5 I C"me, thy serva 
 
 4-<5| I deprecate llmt d 
 
 I-ljI Bod him lining 
 
 1(>1 I htite mvsins, no 
 
 44b 1 have ling with 
 
 2s0|lhuveno9killthe 
 
 119i I have the thinjp 
 
 ^^i\ I hear thy word in 
 
 6^ I hold thee with a 
 
 371 1 1, 1 olune have do
 
 722 LNDEX OF \r.K-r.-. 
 
 k»-w iK ' ' - 'I not*"** w r-! ' ■ - •■ ' ■ -^ 
 
 k»^« u 
 
 ' ant fwr. lb : . 
 
 kiam.. 
 
 IK4 tri iKm ; 
 
 irrjL'.,... 
 
 ■'"' ' *•• ' • 
 
 t.*tk«kl)wlf « . 
 
 
 k«C W a^ U>y : 
 
 
 ti. k u. h V .< • . 
 
 
 (ii*ft.<«« a. . 
 
 ■:. It. »-..t : 
 
 .*.»« 
 
 is! 
 
 iU Ms'laikBa«ll.4r«Mii> rtt 
 
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 INDEX OF MaiSES. 
 
 '23 
 
 fiiTftin the tfon», WlJeem l« (rlorifled t95|Knowing as I am 563 
 
 In TRinthiuftniff S-'TJf'suaU worthy to 9 
 
 lu vain we tune o l,>0,Je»ni, let all thy 131 I Ijim'-an I nm. T ta 9^9 
 Ib want, my \'\vn 546 Je«u»,lftiTiynntn 5- Ij.v i ■ i> v rnncht 511 
 In wiBil. m iriBiiit 67 Je«af, let our fait > ;■• rlin 3^ 
 
 in /ion Gfwl U Itn 619 Je»u«, mv all in al l.oiis' 4'>0 
 
 In'-iim;»!.-rv,!v.. S!»ll.?,^Ki, my G--.n I ■ r.-.lnn 60J 
 
 Ir* • ■ '■ " ' ■■-•■■ - ■ .,.• i,-t, my .S(t1 
 
 I' • •!• no iitikniaril i:i$ 
 
 I: .e to hi> X'V 4'.') 
 
 1- ■ l.y !'..• ti.'M 40 
 
 I< 't.Hiia 119 
 
 li r frT<>nt 
 
 1. cr, 1- "i r r u\ >-.;: Il,/lirri,-.t,llat IPO 
 
 Uhcn-iii. Ill that 19T J.eua, our L-tcI, VV 
 
 In II. t .•'.n .l.«ih ll'-i Ijr-n, nnr t.n.Ur 4'."* 
 
 Un.lt^ V ■> 
 
 U th. t.. 
 
 It 1.. ..h, 
 
 lU )>!vUA„Iti> >.; 
 
 )la >A< rt'tl rlirr ' 
 lai tlnraou lli« w . . 
 
 J-hrtTah,rhriiit,I W 
 J.b..vah, Kathor. 44 
 
 J !. \:h.r. .1 t!.n Zii 
 
 . S53 
 j. ■■ «7 
 
 J, ■ . 'i 5«3 
 
 Jcsu. .[.i iur 4fil 
 Jwiia all lb« (in* V73 
 
 .-i 31 
 
 JovfuJ, w 
 Juiltr.? D 1 
 Jually Ui- 
 
 Ke«p the aonls wb 
 KitiJ Inlerceyitr, 
 KuulletlhisreleDt 
 
 l^'t all lh<< fiiinu i^^i 
 
 l,t all wl,..r,r th 4i7 
 
 I . I ..II ». I ..,%w<> to «9 
 
 • loth. 8?» 
 
 ..'•w 439 
 
 -in e« S'$ 
 
 t hfn |)>1 
 
 uure 4»5 
 
 r l..ni; IS 
 
 •fvv 19 
 
 111 
 
 li 
 
 ■■■■1 
 
 ■ i 
 
 l.:..l 168 
 
 w,n.h 41 
 
 -, th 831 
 
 rfmm 119 
 
 rp,in490 
 
 .»itne »! 
 
 ' .ro231 
 
 ;"5 
 
 ;o 
 
 :.0 
 
 • ^.^(> 
 
 I. t Ml, M .,, r.. r.i -^ 
 
 I^t that nier.y ve 610 
 
 In-t the iliitiib wo Bl 
 
 I ■ ■ lheelil«ra prft 15 
 
 ■ the fmitaof jf 4-29 
 
 • the living htr 579 
 
 th« living (to 309 
 
 ' ., nra 15 
 liirhl I'JO 
 i (J.,!, 40« 
 -t h.p 365 
 . vrry 53« 
 . Hi.d p 604 
 ;;niul 134 
 
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 724 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 Lot t»iT t'/T-al tr «'I/T-» 
 
 . T «m h!in», rJC'V^r >>• W«rk H CM 
 
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 ••I rtin.mlNr 4M 
 
 u 
 
 r lifHl W 41t 
 
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 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 725 
 
 My mwioai ^flult 
 My heart, wliirh 
 My hniM-, my tn« 
 Mv liiiinl.lf.l »'ul 
 My life I w..ulilan 
 Mvlifeu»iul»»I> 
 My lifp, my bl.Knl 
 My liff, my |X'rti 
 My liflU-drv#,wit 
 My li|>(«liHlldwo 
 My li|i* wiib (till 
 My L..r.l. il in.l.o 
 My iiii-«iui|rff III fr 
 My mind, Uy Ihy 
 My <>rt-ri-pf-HU'<i 1> 
 My i>iie (lemre hi- 
 My piuiriii.iK hold 
 My |»'it.'c, my lif 
 My lirnvi r liiilti p 
 MyWi.i.r.l.yl.i 
 Mv S»vi..ur, I1..W 
 MySivi,,ur, l.-l 111 
 My niii'i iiiriirnM 
 My loll nin eiiirni; 
 MynoiilniidnllKii 
 My colli broitki (U 
 My KMil, in iili'iuii 
 Klywiul li<>« liuiiit> 
 My aoul <>)■<■%■■ the 
 Mv aoul nlmil th« 
 Mv~ult.it..M ,lt 
 
 My.i"n!,l. r.l.al 
 My »l--miriu.t n*! 
 My mfrrinit timn 
 My ih. iitrliu lir o 
 My tr.-!-!'.! ■ »»» 
 My ns.tl.K»ii..iil. r 
 My will 1,1. iw.n,. 
 My >»illini{»«'ul w 
 My Wi(d<'iii iinil 
 Myrind* of briKlil 
 i'>'»t;lf I mnni'ta* 
 Murh of uiy time 
 Muft 1 bo citrrioil 
 
 Nature, in wild « 
 Nav Uill jneld.l 
 ^'eiinor iin, nor 
 Ne'er Wl til) Kl'r 
 Ne'er think ihf vi 
 NeVr win a hj-arl 
 Ne'er will Ihe Lo 
 
 1 1 Nf r»r lit the wnr 851 
 Ifll I NVvff j.ivp nor io 91 
 4'>H J Ni-VL-rnhtill I wiin 460 
 'Mi Ntver wiU I rem 'i'j4 
 ;<♦)! 1 N.w lime, new fa 8firt 
 •WtllMiflit unto nifc'ht 3ft0 
 aso Nii'p'd by Iho wi (,hv 
 V5>* I No arceuU How, 893 
 ■ir.\ s.. „„/. r, I,.-,.. . f f,',:', 
 
 AM I .NO nii're 
 BHS NoiniTol 
 
 4.M N., „,. r.. 1 
 
 liti I No : Ui-'Ugli lb«> a 'i-b 
 8<I5 NoiieoUfl will be lol 
 ^n: 'Vutio who are Iru 41i 
 ', ni he in Ihe 'il 
 I lilceilinir bird IM 
 r-Hrth, m.r all Sll 
 • 1. I 111., t ■! -J-IS 
 
 :.i> 
 
 St a d.uUld lU -r.b 
 Nut nil <iur irmana 177 
 I N't all the har|« Ml 
 I N'^t aii(fid toni; V'l bi^ 
 Not in the nuine ■i.S 
 Nut in the t'mba 130 
 Not now on /.inn '1 44 
 Not one. but nil ou 15'i 
 N. t to tho lust ! T 4-11) 
 Not whiit we wi« 37H 
 Ni'thinK hutb the 674 
 Nothiiiif I Biik or 870 
 Nolhint? il worth W4 
 Nothing loM will 3-iS 
 Nutliiui; oD earth 305 
 Nothing ye inexc U\'i 
 Nuw 0* yuolerday 474 
 
 Vow Mpbii, thftn G 158 
 Now, Fiithor.Son SOS 
 Now.fr.iiithythr 235 
 Now God invlles; 19S 
 NowKlory IoO.mI 1 88 
 Now T reiieiif ; no 609 
 Niw, if lliy ({rurj -JSl 
 Nowin-lin.'iiieto 'iU 
 N. w II hii truth 9S 
 
 V il Ihe arocpt l'.i9 
 
 V , Jfiui, nnw l:'.6 
 
 > li-nd thy K'ra 3i4 
 
 > let me iT'i'D * 3 
 . let me in the 4^9 
 
 ImI our diirk 4" 6 
 
 - l.t the world 14S 
 
 ^ let Ihy Spirit ■i9<> 
 
 . . Ixinl, 1 hiiT 3^4 
 
 V, U.rd, tnwh 1><1 
 
 . . ..Iv 11.. w, a 6^^ 
 
 ', lile, K4 
 
 V fii ;v.'S 
 
 . '. •K-.'ll 
 
 ir, let :•,« 
 
 , iMis i.jiir, no 181 
 A the full ifhri 611 
 ^ , then, my U 3-^1 
 . •^, then, the ce 137 
 N..W tooureyuid IH 
 N. wtolheGiilof Mi 
 Now to thre, thou 67S 
 Now to thy hi use 3S-« 
 Now will wehUw &;!l 
 Now, ye nei-dy, CO 'iui 
 Number 'd aiaoug 640 
 
 Oarm mo with th 421 
 O be a nobler |«r 6A'* 
 O, be thou pre«tn y9 
 O believe the reco iOT 
 
 bid thii tnllini; 357 
 O, by theftn(fui»h S-l 
 OchnnRe tlu'xo he 1^8 
 O, clothe their wo 134 
 
 01 come, and rei^ 59i 
 Oc< me, nnd with -ilO 
 O, ronie t<j thy eer b-i 
 O death! where ii 4.'.i 
 Odonotiuffer hi 411 
 Odo thou nlwiij-e 5H 
 Center thii desol -^19 
 OFiilberof merri ZSi 
 O for a faith hke 401 
 O for a lowly, coo Sol 
 Oforatnimpilvo lb5 
 U fur that powvr lt)t
 
 726 
 
 INDEX OF \-ERSE3. 
 
 O (-r tU 4mU t4 tV) 
 
 O (Of Ikk k>T« k( « 
 O.lbrlbytnilkaB M 
 
 O rvf m« futh. i>l 
 
 Of 
 
 O'. 
 O' 
 
 Ou _. 
 
 U G«id e« U«. n 
 0C<i4,lW<«wtai •!• 
 
 OK«*N«v*bora tn 
 0Wr7k«<U 
 
 Oha|>prMM«*b«M 
 Ok*M7Mil«lki tl 
 
 o b«M a«rf-i ««•• iM 
 
 O b«Mk«« Id W «• 
 O bl4« Uui Mif fr «| 
 OMr.kUy.Mr M 
 Ohamtmm wmi Wl 
 OlM>«»luai Ilk* 
 0%cm m^t'rmtm W 
 
 O J«Mi< •MMT. 40 
 
 OJ«M»,cimiUlU Ml 
 O Jmiw. fbll of fff mi 
 O J««a«, If Uw U CM 
 O J«nM,tt»« ar tW 
 Oi«ni>,«f UmI 
 1) Jmm, mm rpc 
 O J«M>, n4««s. 
 O J«M^lWm to 
 OWinwWMlkr tM 
 O Wt M* MT«r M MO 
 
 O U« O^TMiiM Ml 
 
 O Wt ow b«wt M 1» 
 
 OMnttfkvWMy IM 
 UWllUtKV«WMMt 
 O U« IW MMM ttl »M 
 O Ui Um« ail tk* %4» 
 OMtWiiftirt |« 
 O bl IhM* aMlk 14* 
 OUlltlMMTlMS IM 
 O Ut Uiy riMa SM 
 O 1*1 U>y ^mU** M« 
 O.UlUy fT»r*ia U 
 OUiayltckli^y m 
 O Wl \hj k>f« My tl 
 O Wt ihr rM^ b* Ut 
 O kiikj mand «tft 
 
 O Wt thy Sf>«nt *h «4$ 
 O Wt ■§ all j.^ liA 4I> 
 O Wt w kr ikjr e> >r: 
 M M M tk* 419 
 
 o U(ki diTiM I m 
 
 OllChtarZ*«,M Ml 
 
 Olui«^MtrM«»44 IM 
 0LaH6o4AlM Ml 
 O Un, Wnw •!• M 
 O Lot4. If mmtrj M« 
 Larl. Mf •«>ft Mt 
 OI««<l.<»WikM M 
 0W««.ik^lx««««4 
 OL-iv* i> V. . ,. 4*1 
 
 O »»* ■ • -« 
 
 Omh7 I '-».m > • ^y 
 
 OaMyibM* Iky «il 
 
 SmmfttmnOM 4M 
 Myllo^bk««H 
 mmf I ••««? la Mi 
 OBMyltHMylk Mt 
 OMajlatininm KH 
 O BMV I traaifJi 440 
 OoMrlwi^ayii 14 
 On«X Bty W<4i»* 9I» 
 O ia*y ny •r«l, * 4M 
 O Mkjr so fWaiy Mt 
 O mtky tm» Wm M» 
 OwfovmMwk 411 
 Ot ■Mywtynif 414 
 MMy tk« grwto 4M 
 Obmij Um fTMl Mt 
 Ommf%k»Vfmfm M« 
 OMyttoVwZ* 14 
 Oa«ylk«Mceff M 
 OsMylkMakM* 4M 
 MMy IMm on IM 
 OaMyllili««^. 4r-> 
 O My Iky MWk !<• 
 
 IMVHiylMt. |k- 
 O MM* Uy SfWrt 
 
 •MiOvaMk.. 414 
 O wiy wt all k« 441 
 Ommfw*tUum4» 
 • ■My wall, III 4M 
 O say w« all in« Ml 
 Oaay «••«■« tn 
 
 O m«T w#, L/sH, 111 
 I) tiwT rnr Ihn-Of III 
 O. m«T w, xnfA S«1 
 ilti »!.l In « rm 9«) 
 <>r,> .fl.i.lr.l U &I4 
 (1 n. t»r »..(T^r n>» « ul 
 >\ ■ r l»»l.U- . ih f..." 
 O f;«oi tc rx i;.v 4M 
 ,0 txMT* tt* U> d> U4 
 O r> m > m >«r Bf to tt!> 
 O •••d Iky Itckt 410 
 OaHnn* tk>*«l 4U 
 0,ak*llao«*ana 144 
 Otrar* BMy*!,! Cr 
 OilMvatf lky«0« 49 
 OtkMallaMawo Art 
 0(teitMck,»lk 43) 
 Olkall«MUail Vf 
 O Ikat t VMld fof 3*4 
 IkM I ««>«M tk« »l 
 Otkalltt«M,wi tn 
 O tkal I Mictii ai tM 
 O Ual I ■iiffkt ao Ml 
 O ikal 1 8»rrt, a* tit 
 O Ikal I a»«. ft« m 
 Otkal laowlk* 
 Mmtgkt..... m 
 Ml I ar^lka 
 ..^tca anrkt... tM 
 
 SIkal ■> e» Ik* m 
 tkainaoarfMB M 
 OthataMvoaU Ml 
 O 11.U oiy k«art 4M 
 O ikM aiy imtm IM 
 OUatowlMika IW 
 OikalMfftaiMa IM 
 OUalMtlEiMk VM 
 OikallkaCMbr Ml 
 OlkallkapaHbctni 
 Oltel Ik* wcfU 
 
 ««ktk»a«... «i 
 Oikat Ika «Mri4 
 
 ■uffkilaM«aa4 HI 
 OllkaiUM»ari4 
 
 tk«**i mHr<M.. 4M 
 
 •' '-my »» 
 
 -c m 
 
 • \h 4« 
 tk III 
 (M;.«i«.iri T.«>4* 111 
 O Ikal, wiiltrvl a 4M 
 O lk« laatafoM k tit 
 Olk«li^»rt«a«IU 
 O IkM, aWa4,lB M 
 0.lteli»kal««a IM 
 OikM iliilikly »•
 
 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 727 
 
 O thou, by whom 
 O ihoQ deuT sutTri 
 O thou et»Ttial Ru 
 O thnit, to wliom, 
 OUiou wliopivest 
 O thou! wh" oVr 
 O thiiu who Boent 
 O! to f^ufe how 
 O tun# our U'nifTW 
 O lum UK, tiirii UF, 
 Ouiieiaini.l.Ml..v 
 O warm luv h-^rt 
 
 OwMnh Il'V , Ml -r 
 
 O willrl,, ■ 
 
 O »hHl R 
 
 O what u 
 what a i-ir.. ,1 
 O what ar^ all my 
 O what hath JfdU 
 O what tiMill « . 
 O wh<>n. • : 
 O a lien < 
 O who c 
 Ow.ridt . 
 0,w.«dr.u..>il.v. ■ 
 O would h.- m or • 
 O w-«il.| my I^'l 
 O... .11 . .1 
 
 O .Twhelni'd wit 
 
 O'-rwhrlmM with 
 
 thy It,,]- .1 .- 
 
 Of all tl 
 
 Of all til 
 f»f all 11. . 
 Of thin.- . 
 On n* I I . 
 Olt did 1 
 
 Of! I in : 
 
 839 lOn this Bt]>:rici<nM 151 
 ■■ . ^ . . . 5iy 
 
 On thia btniL'bted 
 On this cliul day 
 On thy redefmui|{ 
 On ui the Father'* 
 On winijs cf luvo 
 OiK-e th'-y wen; m 
 
 538! One army of th« 
 
 U...I1W.UJ -Jr 
 
 V Ixrliove, in li 
 
 : y Thre cinlrn 
 
 1 .^ I i| .nnitnffyi «ih 
 
 ft'H <;j»-n tiiv fajth". in 
 
 614 <H»-n n.'w lli..rrv 
 
 On i:u-, .-:: all go 
 On nietho fuitbdi 
 On my gad buart 
 On th*e ulone my 
 Ontheo,<m..d,m 
 Od thee we humb 
 
 11-.> 
 
 •^ '^ ^xultl W. 
 
 
 ■IvKat lU 
 
 
 -I'n^of 543 
 
 
 - d n.-, f.'.-" 
 
 
 
 ' hie M a drea 6;'.l 
 
 
 r life ishidwnt 677 
 
 
 ' irhfe, whilotho (.ii 
 
 y:: 
 
 K.rlivfsth.fle ho 5<iS 
 
 61 
 
 Oiir mis 'rv- doth fo W 
 
 :>vi 
 
 Oiirnv>«n'iineiial Siil 
 
 •is 
 
 Oir mouth a» in tb 609 
 
 89 Ournature shall n 3^7 
 
 811 
 
 Our nature's turn 971* 
 
 196 
 
 Ournum'ry.inpriB 403 
 
 Hi 
 
 Ouroffi-priiiif.etill 157 
 
 ^9(1 
 
 Our only help In 450 
 
 m 
 
 Uui prayers aaaut 6!»4 
 
 Onr Tesidnp of da 638 
 Our rifiiiR world 29 
 Oiir sons hencefor 37iJ 
 Oiir »oa\g and b-i- 
 
 dieg we rcgifm. 811 
 Our feiulu and bo. 
 dira we n'fij;n, 
 To fear and. . . 844 
 fi.irf. ..' nreiahi iii 
 
 ■ ii. n 37.! 
 •nn 404 
 
 i.ka \'A 
 gha 6-3 
 r pra 41 
 !iv«ai 6.;5 
 cua 6i(^ 
 
 . -1 w no 
 
 ..rd 4>-» 
 
 ii»tr 5^;' 
 
 ■ pre 3.^ 
 
 death, with 6^0 
 n.and irrace 44U 
 r. ..:,.! I«-«re 
 
 -nee 
 
 •t..,. Wi 
 
 •1, m 569 
 
 all lb Soi 
 
 N .ime 61 
 
 ,eS ffI7 
 
 '.hy 113 
 
 .-tin 31-; 
 
 ,.T.,.ol 4i^ 
 
 ,r,l,,g 74 
 
 !'. 1'. :i;i'l realm 596 
 IV. pie of m.iny a 370 
 I'erlrct fur ■..iiU 67e 
 r. rhai« he will a SI 7 
 Termit them Uiap 157 
 I'ltv and heal mv »>1 
 Pitv tbedavoffe liiS 
 r'.a.-e on Uw Lnrd 440 
 Pl.Hjnire, and we 47? 
 I'leiiteoue (Trace w tZh 
 p.. .rand vile in m %A 
 I'.-r I may bo— d 451 
 p.-.r, gmfuL thirel 175 
 P.'ur out till' pro 5^> 
 P wer o'er ine w 33A 
 Praise him, vewh 15 
 Praise with "my h 473 
 Pray for Jerusale 154 
 Praver ii the bur 331 
 Praveria theChn 331 
 i Prayer is tte cont 832
 
 728 
 
 INDEX OF VERSE3. 
 
 p„'. ...... ... . ...... .„. . ,1 .... c- . V. .. .. _. 
 
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 I ' 
 
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 I' 
 
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 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 729 
 
 Show them the bl 
 Shudder n>>t In ya 
 Shut upm unbelie 
 Since by thy lit;h 
 SiDoe I niuHt fijfht 
 Since thou » pitjn 
 Smoe thou hiutt bi 
 Since thnu would 
 Singrof hiB ihniiz 
 SiuK to the iJird 1 
 Sinif w*" Ihi-n in J 
 Sink down, ye se 
 Rinneni, exjiuct ih 
 5uiiirni, fnineiirt 
 Sinners, his lifi? fo 
 Sinners of lOd tho 
 Sinnere, turn ; wh 
 Sinoere, whi«« lo 
 8iun«?r», wriiiiK w 
 Sin'i dereitfiiliiei 
 6mi-ll the swr-fto 
 Smile oD tny iniua 
 Sonr we n'n* whe 
 go be It; let thin ■ 
 So bl>H<tn« the hu 
 So fudva It BiiniTiie 
 So I miiy Ihv Spir 
 So Jeitui I'M Ic'd I'D 
 So Jr«ii» Blejit , — 
 60 Ift tliy gritre 
 80 mHy our youth 
 80 iTiKy the uiibcli 
 So may the words 
 So shall I bless th 
 So thnll iny wulk 
 Snshull I'ursun'ir 
 So shHJl the britfh 
 So shuti the vi«iu 
 Soshall the world 
 Soshull ihy <-h..ic 
 So (hall we pniy 
 So when uisiltiii-e 
 So when my latus 
 So, when on /i.>D 
 So, whene'er the 
 So wrvtrlifd mid 
 Svlc, SuK-exibtini; 
 S^m^ of praise it 
 S..ii8ofG..d,y.ur 
 Soon AS frmn eurt 
 Soon as the evi-ni 
 Soon OS the in"m 
 
 the light reveitl 
 Soun as the uinm 
 
 with r'>tes 
 
 goon u w» imw 
 
 3S4 iSo^'n, b(im* on tim 
 4'1-j ]Soon fri.ni us the 
 •2'.'4 S'v-.n shnll I lenm 
 1!i3 Socn shttll ocean's 
 439 I Soon shall our dou 
 5:in|So.)n8hall wehea 
 47i Soi.n to come to e 
 3i6 Soon will our eart 
 8 ! Soon will the Uul 
 57 I Sorrow and fear & 
 4'.'i> jSoul of my soul, r 
 54'.' I Source of sweetes 
 
 Source of truth, w 
 Sov'reifrn Father 
 S|>euk ! and the w 
 S;)eiik but the re 
 Spe»k, ^racifiis L 
 Speak, LtJ, and 
 S|>*Mk the sec 'nd 
 Speak thy pitril'n 
 Speak to niv warr 
 S|vnk, with that 
 Spirit of fiiith, my 
 Sjnrit of grace '. a 
 Spirit of gnwce I O 
 S(urit of life, and 
 Spirit of lufht, ei 
 Si'irilof purity an 
 .Spirit of trui hand 
 Spirit of Inith, bu 
 Spotless, sincere, 
 Spn-ad for thee, t 
 Spreiiil throiitch th 
 S|>riiikle me, Kavi 
 Sprinkled now wi 
 Stitnd then in his 
 Standing now as 
 Still art thou over 
 Still h.avy u thv 
 Still hide me in tn 
 Still hold my soul 
 
 in life, I pray. . 
 Still b.ddmvsoul 
 
 m second fife. . . 
 Still h.Od the star 
 Still lei him with 
 Still let it on the 
 Still let me live th 
 Still let them cou 
 Still k't thy tears 
 Still let thy wisd 
 Still let us own ou 
 Stiil, Lord, thy sa 
 Still ninvl tnjstin 
 Still may I walk 
 SuU may iby dii 
 
 1 9^ ' Still m'.y we to on 429 
 3e4 Still, OLord, or.r 430 
 550 Still our Advocate lOS 
 664 Still restless natur 71 
 467 Still sure tome th 831 
 8 Still to the lowly 209 
 378 1 Still we believe, a 408 
 COS, Still we wait fur 22'2 
 4C6 , Strani^ers and pil 4S6 
 531 StnppM of each e 531 
 308 1 Strive we, in aCTe 4:8 
 lJ4|Stn.n? Create. r,S S:S 
 603;Strf.nt;er his love 3'.'4 
 
 31 Stronger than de ':'6 
 597 Struuiflo throuirh 6C5 
 41R Subdue in lu the 418 
 2:0iSubiIuethej)"weT 117 
 240 1 Sublime on his ei 6^3 
 3-.'5 Submissive I*' thy 633 
 IH SubsiKUasinusa 6*0 
 4ia Such blessiusn., fr il 
 l'.i7 Such IS the Chris 64g 
 153;Surnn(jSon.fin S".'3 
 COO I Sun ami moon are 6t".4 
 
 30|Siipen T to my fo SCO 
 lil|Supply whatevtr 4i8 
 12'2Siipruiiie anil alls 69 
 l';4|Sure lU Ihy truth 147 
 592,SurilyI»hull, tlie 341 
 l-.'2iSv:rely m us the b 2i>8 
 102, Surely thi^u canst 245 
 212 Surely thou didst 419 
 5K9 Sweet fields beyo 55 » 
 351 Sweet is the day 149 
 211 Sweet U>l>ok bac 3VS 
 433 Sweet to lo.kinw 395 
 
 Sweet U.relWth 395 
 Sweet to rejoics i 399 
 Sweet were his w 6118 
 Sweetly may we 421 
 Swift I ascend the 543 
 Swift through the 75 
 Swift to my reflcu 33i 
 Sworn to destroy 'ii% 
 
 Take, eat, thU is 180 
 2J^Tukeuiyi..Torhea 313 
 
 Take my soul aud 316 
 Take tlied>ar pur 355 
 Take us into thy 297 
 Teach all the uat 128 
 Teach me to live 364 
 Te.ich my weak h 10« 
 Teach them U) so 134 
 Teach us, in ever 461 
 Tevli tu, ia wato 198
 
 730 
 
 INDEX OF N^ERSES. 
 
 T<*S -J tf !•.<•. Vr T) • Isr-' !..tw 9^4 "Po »!n*'.>m T^^- «l 
 'f. . ' • ■ 1«T 
 
 T »t 
 
 .:» 
 
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 •i 
 
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 .1 
 
 : ".s 
 . 1 

 
 INDEX OF VERSES. 
 
 '31 
 
 Tho ronghoT the 
 The nwh of iinm 
 The oncred, true, 
 The BRints in his 
 The gftinU, when 
 The Bcuurfte, the 
 The neHbulielil hi 
 The stcrel ff the 
 The »eed iif ain's 
 The ihnrpnP5Hiif t 
 The sikrhiiiB vnoK, 
 The smilini:!<iif th 
 TheS"iu.fG.Mi ,D 
 Tlieii.ul l.y fi4ilh 
 The iprintf'n «vre 
 The Stnc the Lu 
 The Bt'Tiii is htid 
 The letiilH;st h.ii 
 Tlie tetii|«»l tbut 
 The thiiiiki I owe 
 Tlie thiri(; surpitM 
 The thiiii:* uukno 
 The thunder of ih 
 T)ie thuiidem <.( h 
 The t'.krm i.f tliy 
 The trump Bhull 
 The trumpet luu 
 The truth <.f our 
 Tlie tyi e» nnd fi(( 
 The imivenuil Ki 
 Tlio veil ia rtiit; i 
 The veil ■ f uiibel 
 1 he v.il thnl hid 
 Tlie viiieyiird of t 
 Tlie wiiti-hiui'ti jo 
 The water cannot 
 The WHY the holy 
 The wuv thou hu 
 The wel'l of life Ui 
 The wlolo crrali 
 The whole trium 
 The wiiiler'i, rii;;h 
 The w, rd of G.Hi 
 The wor.ii of lii9 
 The worl.l nnd S 
 The world .-HN ne 
 The World cnnno 
 The world ro.-ede 
 The World, sin, d 
 The world's and 
 The year rolls rou 
 The young, the ol 
 Thee all the choi 
 Thee, KM cur God, 
 Thee, Father, So 
 .Thee, holy Kath 
 
 571 IThee, in tiie wata 
 2fi9 Thee in thv plori 
 164lThee let the fath 
 5fil [Thee let us prais 
 Sfi'Theo, only thee, 
 87 (Thee, Son cf man 
 61 Thee the fir»t-bor 
 SlSJThee we expert, 
 313 Thee, while man, 
 311 iThee while the fi 
 466 'Thee will I love, 
 541 Thee will I set at 
 4iS Their b'Hlies in t 
 6;iii 'Tkeir misery let t 
 614 'Their ransoin'dfp 
 ISn'Th^ir souls with 
 P'.'J Their toils are ras 
 e.'.S Thnr w..rk» of pi 
 l:\i Their worihip no 
 ass Then, as we join 
 V65 I Then bless his bo 
 •2f,i \ Then dur aNjul th 
 611 ,Then ev.-rv inur 
 6J|Th.n, KnUier, an 
 161 Then, follow'd by 
 651;Th.-n from the c 
 610 Then give, «>r Ink 
 126|Th,n LnllflujHhl 
 9:! Then in a nobler, 
 \9 Thi-n, in thy pre* 
 93 I Then Icnvo uio n 
 913 1 Then let me on t 
 Se jThen let our hear 
 l^nlThen let our hum 
 IvS'Then Ictoorsorro 
 
 89 
 
 Then let the b. p« 63S 
 
 910 
 
 Then let the last, f.bx 
 
 166 
 
 Then let llio thun 612 
 
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 Then let the wor 661 
 
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 Th..n let us nd or 11 
 
 666 
 
 Then let us all th 3i>9 
 
 64-J 
 
 Then let us ever 416 
 
 «IM 
 
 Th.n let us tludl 299 
 Then K-t us liHsto 611 
 
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 Then Ktus in his 151 
 
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 Then let us luwfu 4i2 
 
 Hb 
 
 Then let us make 421 
 
 4(13 
 
 Then let ua see t 102 
 
 4n6 
 
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 Thcu let us still g 33S 
 
 C35 
 
 Then let us wail 
 
 142 
 
 the sound 616 
 
 S3 
 
 Then let us wait 
 
 86 
 
 to hear The tru 629 
 
 63-.> 
 
 Then, en thy pl'.ri 43 
 
 61 
 
 Then peace relur 615 
 
 Then p«>r»ievero ti 43t 
 Then rape, ye st 539 
 Then, Savi-ur, th 639 
 Th.n shiill God, 139 
 Then shall I Bee, a 149 
 Then shall my ch 464 
 Then shall my dr 046 
 Thin shall mvlip £43 
 Then Bhall my th 463 
 Then shall our he 3C 
 Then shall the wo 414 
 Tli>-n shall wars a 696 
 Then shall we lir 29 
 Then »<rrow, tou 447 
 Then lake voiir g 97 
 Then the lust jud 661 
 Thrn the Sun if r 15J 
 Then.tli.n. iiiyut 314 
 Then, tinfly war 20J 
 Then, W.lhy court 357 
 Then unt-i the !>• 623 
 Tlun. when ll>« 417 
 Then, when the w 3*9 
 Th.-n will he ow 4>*9 
 Thmwilk I at thi 469 
 Th.n will I tell t 9'rb 
 Then, wiib angel 89 
 Then with our sp 117 
 Thin, wiib Iho vi 3-7 
 Thence lie ar-se, 65^ 
 There all our gno 512 
 Thiro all the slii 653 
 1 hire dw.Us the 565 
 Th.re ev.-rliuitiii< 654 
 Tlure fuith Ufu 659 
 Thire f r roe the 244 
 There frn^rant fl 559 
 There gt-nerous fr &5S 
 There 1 slmll bat 440 
 There, if thy Spi 8t*4 
 There, in Worship 3^ 
 There is • day of 441i 
 There is n death, 201 
 Thi-re ia a erent 196 
 There ia a home 559 
 There is a place, 339 
 There is a river pu 5u3 
 There is a scene, 839 
 There is a world 647 
 There is my hmis 569 
 There Jesus bids 409 
 There let it f..r t 344 
 There let us all w 25 
 There, on a pi rio 109 
 There our High P 179 
 There loinU of al Md
 
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 Though nMe«n, I 
 Thoogh or worthy 
 Though we here 
 Tbre* in one, and 
 Thrico blesMd, bl 
 Tbriee blptt will 
 Thrice eomfwrUib 
 Thrice harpy tii'i 
 Thrice hofvl'thin 
 Through all rlt-ru 
 Throui;li all his ni 
 Through all iSoi-i. 
 Through ull the in 
 Through euch l* 
 Through e» «rry pe 
 Through grace we 
 Through huliletid 
 rhroiigh much di 
 Through the rich 
 Throuijh tht vitUe 
 Through Ihce.we 
 Through thee, wb 
 Through tribuluti 
 Throughout the 
 
 d.'C|. thy footat 
 Throughout the 
 
 dosrrl way 
 
 Throughout Ihe u 
 Thr^ugh'>ut the w 
 Thunder and hail 
 Tbu« choKtrn'd, c 
 Thua Chriat our g 
 Thu» fair was /.«< 
 Thai humbly t»u 
 1hua,Liird, while 
 Thuimay i druik. 
 Thu* Diny we all 
 Thu» may we «in 
 Thua might I hid 
 Thu» on the h-«v 
 Thua prueont itil 
 That lavivi. may 
 Thui shall th- •> 
 Thui ihiill Uiy m 
 Ihui iptikv the 10 
 Thua star by ttiir 
 Thua, ttrong in hi 
 Thus, Ih.uiih the 
 Thuf, Uiui niiiy I 
 Thui to the b^rd 
 Oliui, wh«n lifv's 
 Thua, whfu the n 
 Thua, while o'er 
 Thai, while onr g 
 Thua, while the 
 lAua. wlule thy 
 
 Thua will the cha 419 iThy only will be 340 
 Thus, with my th 36T Thv people. Lord, ei^a 
 Thuii Wiiulil my r 361 Thr p.>,.r were bo 371 
 Thy allfurroundi 56 Thy power, and tr 19'i 
 Thy augeU ahull 310 Thy jK.wer I pnni Vi 
 Thy blood and n^ 343 Thv i>'.wer ill hu 46'J 
 Thy bl.« d ahull o 'in Thy p..wer is in i 6J 
 Thv b-dy, broken 163 Thy powei omnip 6"3 
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 g.ntlo 111 
 giftK, aliu 
 
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 Thy loTe can che 
 Thy loTe bath a!s 
 Thy love, ao free. 
 Thy lore the p-iw ; 
 Thy loTing. powo 
 Thy mercy never 
 Thy monionoue a 
 Thy mighty Nura 
 Thy Name, Jehov 
 Thy name aaWat 
 Thy Name we bl 
 Thy nature be ni 
 Thy nature, graci 
 Thy needful help. 
 Thy nuin'roua wo 
 Thy on'nag atUl 
 
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 Till : : 
 
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 ,Tilltl.r.u;:il,snv 51(5 
 iTiiin", li«e on ev- 63« 
 iTiinr U' riiwntth V30 
 Tia done, (he gre STi 
 I Til done' the pre 81 
 Tudoryj.th.udo 8:9 
 ''T.-H:,!-: ■;,.■.!! t!i 93 
 
 6u,-r:^ uj- h.va.- ..p t-.'i 
 
 SiielTiahiiilhe droop 1*9 
 8ii-i Tih lifHUternnl to SfiS 
 4M 'Tis LoYS 111 Lo »-9 
 Ml Tia meify mer<- ^43 
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 W« now Ihy pro IMI W1i»U'«t iMiyor Ml I When thoo h»Aii 103 
 
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