FROM THE LIBRARY OF REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO THE LIBRARY OF PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY sec DWtaioa Sectloii Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from Princeton Theological Seminary Library http://archive.org/details/seleOOwesl SACKED POETRY ^ • ^ Sacred |3octrij. SELECTED FROM THE WORWs 01 THR REV CHARLE> WESLEY, MA. Of' Christ Church, Oxford, and Presbyter of the- Church of En-land EDITED BY A LAV MEMBER OF THH PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH. These abilities are the inspired gift of God, rarely bestowed ; and are of power to allay the perturbations of the mind, and set the affections in right tune ; brate in glorious and lofty hymns the throne and equipage of God 'i - and what he works, and what he suffers to be wrought, with high pr Church. M A M 1. S l'o i i p i r i . STSREOT YPER3 AND 9IN0ERS, NEW-rORK. RECORDED JUDGMENTS. " It may be affirmed that there is no principal element of Christianity, no main article of belief, as profi — 1 I Churches ; that i ml or ethical sentiment, peculiarly eharacteri-t'. - not find itself emphatically and pointedly and clearly conveyed in - ...:!•- Wes- •■ lidl of in-piration, tin- iiidat.-d into the • unutterable, till his plastic felicity embodied then in immortal Jama ELuoltov, DJ), •• Perhaps no poena hart leroatly eoi i memorj .a death hi I '• Thi« ferrent lyrist and Lai itrel of the modern church ; ■ I vi RECORDED JUDGMENTS. " 'Twere new indeed to see a bard all fire Toucli'd with a coal from heaven, assume the lyre, And tell the world still kindling as he sung, With more than mortal music on his tongue, That lie who died below and reigns above, Inspires the song, and that his name is Love." COWPER. " A comparison of the poetry of Doddridge, Watts, Kenn, and Wesley, would show that Doddridge rises above Watts from having caught the spirit of Kenn ; and Wesley is deep and interior from having added to the Chrysostomian piety of Kenn the experimental part of St. Augustine. Watts is a pure Calvinist, Kenn is a pure Chrysostomian. Doddridge is induced to blend both, and the effect is valuable and interesting. Wesley advances this union. He too adds the views of grace to those of advanced holiness ; but having derived the former from a more unadulterating medium, he is uni- formly practical and experimental. " I know no equal specimen of pure primitive piety, or rather Scriptural united piety, than this poetry ; and for clear views and expressions of the true evangelic religion, I know but one human parallel — the matchless liturgy of the Church of England. Alexandre Knox. PREFACE Tin-: recorded judgments upon the pre- ceding pages, of authorities eminent in the walks of literature and religion, and the introduction which follows, dispense with the necessity of an extended pre- face. Many persons of excellent taste and unaffected piety have expressed a desire t<> possess a wider range of this poetrj than can be found in any one collection; ani«.j>h»-t. Poetry i< the divinest of all ait- ; for it i- the breathing or expression of that principle or sentiment which i- deepest and Bublimest in human nature. " Ii liftfl the mind above ordinary life; gives it i respite from depressing cares, and awaken- the oon Bciousness of its affinity with what is pure and noble. In it- legitimate and highest efforts it has the same tendency and sim with Christianity ; that is, to spirit* ualize our natures. MP :i natural alliance with our beat affec- tions. The fiction! of genius art- often the vehicles <»!' the Bublimest verities; and its flashes often in -w regions of thought, and thro* n«w light apon v INTRODUCTION. the mysteries of our being. It is not true that the poet paints a life that does not exist; he only ex- tracts and concentrates life's volatile fragrance, brings together its scattered beauties, and prolongs its more refined but evanescent joys ; and in this he does well ; for it is good to feel that life is not wholly usurped by cares for subsistence and physical gratifications, but admits in measures which may be indefinitely en- larged, sentiments and delights worthy of a higher being."* Poetry La the sublime and beautiful expressed in measured language. It should be as music to the ear, pictures to the eye, and it should display all the sym- metry of architecture. It works principally by simile and melody, and in its perfect state gives as complete satisfaction to the moral faculties as it affords delight to the heart and senses ; for its final aim is to benefit man by means of delight. By poetry we also mean certain feelings expressed in certain language; for po- etical feelings are all the highest and best of our na- turc ; feelings which come like Bunbeams suddenly and rarely to our hearts, too constantly engrossed with earth and its cares; illuminating awhile our darkness, and leaving us with a gleam of light. Truly has the -aid: "Our better mind I< Like a Sunday's garment, thru put on When ire hare naught to do ; but at our n We irear b iroree for thrift." * Channing. INTRODUCTION. XI Almost every human being is alive to the influ- ence of poetry, and when virtue, by which the heart is fitted by its Author to receive its most sublime delights, is embodied in genuine poetry, its power is such that none but callous minds can resist it. Even the slave of vice is taken unawares, and must love his captivity, feeling a strange pleasure, to which lie would instantly sacrifice all his most valued grati- fications could he but hope to retain it for ever. Cold, selfish, and earthly as we are, no nature is altogether unpoetical, for let a chance circumstance touch the chord of love, rouse our devotion, or awaken noble feelings in our hearts, causing us to ourselves and to think only of the happiness and comfort of others, then do we rise as it were out of ourselves and experience poetical feelings ; for of necessity poetry exalts and ennobles as, elevating ii- to a higher state of mind than we commonly enjoy. noble and exalting feelings prose fails to ex- press, while her more heavenly sister, poetry, adopts them as her own and Bends them forth to the world imbued with a double portion of her spirit. We admire beautiful thoughts and Bublime in. in the unassuming garb of prose, bnf when they come in all tin- graces <»t" flowing rhythm and mu-ieal measure, our hearts are touched and our s.»ub charmecL Nor do we alone feel the effects of rhythm : the mosl barbarous nations are sensible of it- influ« xii INTRODUCTION. eiice, giving ample evidence that it is not earth- born, for " Verse comes from heaven like inward light, Mere human pains can ne'er come by it." Those impressions which the poet has imbibed into his own mind by observation, good poetry combines into living forms, and the faculty of producing from such impressions the distinctions of individual charac- ter, action, or scenery we call imagination. Words- worth says : "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings ; it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity." Byron also says : " Poet- ry is a distinct faculty, it will not come when called. I have revolved some of my compositions for whole years in my heart before I attempted to write them." Poetry is nearly allied to the fine arts, but possesses over them the great advantage of being able to assert a truth. As it is the only art which employs lan- guage for its instruments, it is the only one which can enunciate a proposition and command this chief tleineiit <>f the moral sublime. We will here add ZN 1 1 1 - ton's definition of poetry, which is in itself perfect — that it "ought to be simple, sensuous, and impas- sioned; that is to say, Bingle in conception, abound- in-- in sensible1 images, and informing them all with the spirit of the mind." Baying now shown what true poetry is, we will INTRODUCTION. xiil note a few characteristics of the true poet. The true poet is he who not only thinks and feels more deeply and intensely than his fellow-men, but expresses his thoughts and feelings more elegantly, more accurate- ly, and more musically. We cannot conceive un- musical poetry any more than we can conceive shapeless statuary. Form is as essential as subject. But whence the origin of the beautiful thoughts and images which the poet presents to us clothed in his own language ? They are not the creations of his own mind, as many think, not the emanations of his genius, or the productions of beauty out of the depths of his own personality — they are the creations of God; and the true poet moves as a seer and translator through the regions of beauty and truth that lie in the realities around him, seeking those things which are hidden from the mass of men, (whose eyea arc covered with the film of familiarity.) and finding them, he imparts to others all this truth and Loveli- which the Creator lias written everywhere in nature, whether flaming on the walls of space, smiling in the flowers that, adorn the green earth, or written on the human heart : it is thu< tin- poet givea us ap- parent pictures of onapparenl nature. Poetry may be divided into three class* — natural, moral, and religions. To be the Bnooeasfal poet <'t' nature needs but the poetic vision, and mooh culture in the use pf human speech; to be the - xiv INTRODUCTION. poet of life and the social relations, demands not merely poetic sensibility but also moral culture ; and to be the successful poet of religion needs not only the poetic vision and moral culture, but the vital action of religion on the soul: "An unction from the Holy One." In the daily wear of the spirit, if we can hardly keep fresh the affections appropriate to our relations of social and moral life, how much more difficult do we find it to preserve the affections and feelings relating to our spiritual life in all their purity and fervour. How great then the value of sacred poetry which addresses itself to the quickening and develop- ing of the religious affections. A great portion of the sacred writings contains poetry of the most impressive and spiritual charac- ter, and the Divine teaching is conveyed to us not in oratory but in the music and beauty of song, whose powers of influence for good are rarely appreciated. "There are no songs," says Milton, "comparable to the songs of Zion." There may be said to be two distinct forms or species of the poetry commonly called sacred, and these are characterized by two distinct principles or elements of power. One of these species deals chiefly with the form and movements of outward nature, grouping them in Midi various imagery of beauty or grandeur |S may serve INTRODUCTION. XV to excite the various sentiments of admiration, awe, and reverence. It is the poetry of natural religion in which the visi- ble creation stands forth as a grand symbol of Deity. But its religious quality is only incidental. In its essential character it is only the poetry of the im- agination, its processes and methods are simply de- scriptive, and its power is exclusively aesthetic. To this species belongs Byron's magnificent Address to the Ocean, beginning with. " Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty form ;" and even Addison's beautiful hymn on the glories of the heavens, which captivates the soul with its contemplations of the beauty, order, and harmony of creation, falls for the most part under the same species, addressing the sentiments more than the affections, and stirring the emotions of taste rather than inspiring the feelings of religious devotion. The other form or species of sacred poetry is essen- tially lyrical, and belongs more to the affections than to the imagination; it enlists the devotional element of our nature as its highest power, and recites in glowing language the fervid experiences of the Bonl in its communion with God, the Btrnggles of peni- tence, the triumphs of faith, and the aspirations of a holy hope, thai soars from the grave to the skies. The poet, merely as a poet, rails to apprehend xvi INTRODUCTION. the true power of this poetry, for its inspiration is not an endowment of natural genius, but a gift of regeneration, conferred only by the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. When the Psalmist exclaims, "As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God," though every one must feel the force and beauty of the natural imagery, yet only he who knows by actual experience what that Divine longing is, how ardent is the passion, and with what intensity it seizes and clings upon the soul, can appreciate the spirit of the verse, and feel the living truth more beautiful than its imagery, and more powerful than any form of mere poetry. But lest that fervour, which is the best characteristic of this species of poetry, should run into vulgar and irreverent extravagance, it should be guided by a truly poetic imagination and be chastised by a cultivated taste. Among the writers of sacred poetry none ex- hibit, in a more eminent degree, the qualities de- scribed in the preceding remarks, than Charles Wesley ; the variety of his compositions is great : they have Long enjoyed a well-established lame, and they stand upon their own intrinsic merits. As a valuable aid in the dissemination of Divine truth they are not unworthy of the praise oi' gaining "listening ears to the harmonies of heaven." In the diversity of this volume will be found some of the most beautiful paraphrases of numerous pas- INTRODUCTION. xvii sages of the Sacred writings, combined with the truest and highest ideal of evangelical religion — the media- torial and personal truths of Christianity — namely, grace and holiness. Xo similar compositions extant are so free from the blemishes usually to be met with in many writers of sacred poetry. They are neither obsolete in man- • ner nor abstruse in meaning, dry, rugged, or mystical, verbose or languid : they are pointed and powerful, no " middle flight " is aimed at ; the sentiment and diction being progressive and ascending, a lofty emi- nence is attained without effort. All their doctrines and phraseology have their root in the inspired Word, and find their utterance accordingly. Another strik- ing feature in this poetry is, that notwithstanding all its vigour, warmth of piety, and intensity of expres- sion, there is a total absence of any language ap- proaching a sentimental and fondling phraseology ; nothing of the familiar and colloquial style, so irrever- ent in our intercourse with the Deity, nothing con- trary to correct judgment and devotional taste. Bj those of refined perception and elevated religious Peel- ing, these compositions will he Pound to possess the Btrength, the purity, and the eloquence of the English language, combined with the highest degree of poetic inspiration. The author's genius is not only eonse- crated, hut subordinated to tin- higher principl piety, and every theme i- applied to the purpoe xvin IN FRODUCTION. vital personal godliness. " When poetry thus keeps its place as the handmaid of piety, it will attain, not a poor, perishable wealth, but a crown that fadeth not away." T. M. CONTENTS PART I. The Christian — Jacob's Ladder — A Song of Praise — Praise to the Re- deemer— Heavenly Wisdom— Heavenly Joy— The Invitation— A Thanks- giving— Happiness of Salvation— Happiness of Obedience — Happiness of Christ's Followers— Happiness of tub Righteous— The Good Shep- herd— Fob Believers— Image of God desired — The Kingdom of Grace, PART II. The Means of Grace — Christ hi:: Saviour (if all Men — Prayer for ■ring Grace— Bli>s:.d amm they that Mourn— The Mourner Comforted — Pleading fOB Salvation— Faith is Christ— The 1'atii of Faith— The Light of Faith— Christ the Author of Faith— The Righteousness "F Faith — Ti::. Faith — Prayer fur Faith — The Marks of Faith — The Power gg Faiiii— The Faith ok Aisraiiam — Cubist our Faith— Light in Darkness— Forgiveness Implored — Divine Light— Prayer against the Power o s of toe Soul— The Soul seeking its Rest— To Whom shall we Go?— The Woman of Canaan — The Good Samaritan— Seeking Rest in Christ — The Pool • — Why will ye Die • — Lukewarmm.-s- ■Pa to Christ— After a P. Sin— A PBAl Of— Prayer POB a Contrite Heart — Wrlstling Jacou — Repeniav e— Waii vation — The Peace of <;<>i< BOOSBI Christ— Ri < iiRi-i — Looking untm .1 —A E rtMonom O—ui oci Rnr— Tui ¥Taj — Tn I' Readv— The WilW Of Life, PART Hi. Tin: l.oiu/s Pi-v.ui— Desiring : P P V w i ttgft, XX CONTENTS. PART IV. Tiik Mystery of Godliness— Tin: 1Ik.vve.nly Fire— Moses's "Wish— For Renewed Grace— In Temptation— An Act of Devotion— The Love of Christ the Dinner's Plea— Divine Love, I., II., III., IV., V., VI., VII., VIII 117-133 PART V. Penitence and Love— The Propitiation for ocr Sins — Sorrow for Sin — Restoration to the Favour of God — Repentance of Believers— Re-Union to God — Christ ocr Advocate and Friend — Long-Suffering of God — A Penitential Hymn— The Prodigal's Return— Renunciation of Worldly Vanities— After a Relapse into Sin— Watch and Pray —Pay thy Vows— Christian Example— Filial Fear— Christian Re- sponsibility—The Captain of our Salvation— The Fear of God- Watch in all Things— For a Tender Conscience— For a New LIeart, 139-164 PART VI. Christ the Way— In Worldly Care— TnE Lord our Guide— The Sacri- fice of our Persons, I., II., III. — Desire for Salvation — The Author of all Good — Te Deum Laudamus— Praise to the Trinity— The Christian's Victory— The Reign of Christ— The Gift of Righteousness— Christ orn Intercessor — Gloria in Excelsis— The Trinity— The Kingdom of God— The Godhead of Christ— The Name of the Lord Proclaimed — Mystery uk the Trinity — The Sovereignty of God — The Peace of God — To God the Father — Prayer and Praise— Hymn to God tie: Father— In Temptation — Goodness and Mercy — Converse with God — Justice and Mercy — Christ All in All — Mercy and Pardon — Praise to the Redeemer — Free Grace — A Thanksgiving, I., II. — The Vear of Jubilee — Christ's Everlasting Love, 1G7-214 PART VII. The Promise of Sanctification— The God of Jeshurun— The Christ; i Rest — Holiness Dbbd PRA.YRR fOR S\nitieic\tii>n— Zion's Prosperi- ty— Tns New Creation — Purity OF Heart Desired — Christ OUB Sanc- tikication — The I'uee in lli:u:r — Re.iou ing in Hope. L, II.— Hymn to God the Svnvtieier - Hymn to the Bolt Qhobt— A Prayer for Holi- ness—Love the Fri.Fii.i.iNG Of the Law— The End Of Christ's Com- ing—Wait on the LORD — Pure Religion— Devoit Aspiration-- The Mind of Christ— Christ ocr Piivskun ind Purifier— The Inner Life— The P. utism Of the Spirit— Hope Of S\i\\imn Submission to Christ— l m\ I'miii IV.isoni .rs Of Hni-E -The Promised Land - Kstaiii.ish- :n Qbaoi -CHRIST OUR Righteousness — TBI Spirit of Rurning — The Oomnrmoa of Saints, L, EL, in.. i\\. v., vi., vn., vm., EX., I . XI 217-270 CONTENTS. x.vl PART VIII. The Church Militant— Zealous Love— The whole Armour of God — The Resignation — Trust ra Providence — The Voyage of Life — Spiritual Resurrection— The Refuge-- After Deliverance from Danger — In Af- fliction—Faithfulness of Christ — In Suffering — Christ our Pattern- Sympathy of Christ — The Trial of Faith — God our Protector — Christ ouu PKKtusKVJU— SmnmiHO Saints, 279-808 PART IX. The End of Life— The Traveller— Death Considered — Prelibation of Heaven— Death of the Righteous — The Glory to ee Revealed — The Dying Christian— Eternity Considered— Conflagration of all Things — Reward of the Righteous — The Seventh Angel — Christ's Second Coming, I., II., III.— The Judgment— The Wise Virgins— Thb Resttrrk- tiox— The Final Victory — The Ransomed of the Lord — The Saints Glorified — The Church in Glory— The Redeemed in Heaven — The In- numerable Multitude — The New Jerusalem — To Die is Gain — The City of God, PART X. Tin: Holy Scriptures, I., IE, III., IV., V., VI The Lord's Supper, I., IE, III., IV.. V., \I. VIE, VIII.,. Tj.e Incarnation Of Christ, E, IE, HE, IV., V., VI., VIE, V1IE, 861-869 I: -CRRECTION AND Ascension, E, IE, III., IV, V., VI., VIE. 370-87G The Extension of Christ's Kingdom, E, IE, III., IV., V., VI. , For the Restoration of the Jlv.s, . . ... ' PART XI. Morning Hymn, E, IE, III., IV. V.— Evening Hymn, *., IE. HE, IV — A MIDNIGHT Hymn — BotTHDAT Hymn, L, IE, HE, IV. — For Wiiitm l DAT, E, IE — T:i; ITEO06T — The New -Viae, E. IE, III. — In j-ant Baptism, E, IE — For children, I., IE — Adult Baptisx, E, ii On the Death of a Widow — The Hv \n<.i:i isi's Pratm — Duly Dl E, IE, III. — li, PART XII. A LlTAl ■ ■ mm union wiiii a BaWI D ' unity— ■Catholic OBJU0TIAHTTT— Coi I : >ii k I v Bbooyvry from Sick i' XXH CONTENTS. ter— Naomi and Ruth— Parental Suffering— On the Death of a Child —Epitaph on an Infant— On a Removal — Faith in God's Promises — On the Death of a Friend — On the Death of his Mother— In Pros- pect of his own Death— Prayer for Final Sanctification, . 437-4C7 selections from a Poetical Version of the Psalms of David, 480-694 Short Hymns, principally on Particular Texts in the Book of Psalms, ..." 601-687 Paraphrases on Miscellaneous Texts of Scripture, . . . 63S-644 SUPPLEMENT. The Lord's Prayer— The Christian Pilgrim— The Waters op Life- Hope in Death— Christian Zeal— God our Portion— Renouncing all for Christ— Redemption Found— The Believer's Triumph— The Change — God's Love to Mankind — A Prayer to Christ— Sufferings and Love of Christ— Confiding in God— Gratitude for our Conversion— Oh the Attributes of God— The Condescension of God — Trust in Providence — Living by Christ — Christ the Source of Grace — Redemp- tion Found— Christ Protecting and Sanctifying— The Soul seeking Re- pose in God— Morning Dedication to Christ— The Believer's Sup- port—In Affliction or Pain — Public Worship — TnE Faithful Am- bassador—God's Husbandry, G-15-G95 PART I "LY.RICA POES1S PIUM ELEMENTUM NOSTRA NATURE UT EJUS MAXIMAM VIM ATTRAHIT." Skurcb ^attxg. PART THE FIRST. THE CHRISTIAN. Who is as the Christian great ? Bought and washed with sacred blood ; Crowns he sees beneath his feet, Soars aloft, and walks with God. Who is as the Christian wise ? lie his naught for all hath given; Boughl the pearl of greatest price. Nobly barter'd earth for heaven. Who is as the Christian bless'd? He hath found the Long-sought Btoue; He is joined to Christ, hi- rest, He and happiness are one Earth and heaven together meet, Gifts in him and graces join ; .Make the eh:; met iT complete, All immortal, all step, from grace to grace. On thee we climb to heaven. A SONG OF PRAISE. A SONG OF PRAISE. Psalm 34 : I. Rev. 15:3. 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 thine ! Thee, the first-born sons of light, In choral symphonies, Praise by day, day without night, A 'id never, never cease. Angels and archangels, all Praise the mystic Three in One ; Sing, and stop, and gaze, and fall, O'crwhelmed before thy throne! Vying with that happy choir, \Vh<» chant thy praise above, We on eagle's wings aspire, The wings of faith and h>\ ej Thee ^/"//.sing with glory crown'd; Wi extol the Blanghter'd Lamb ; Lower if our voices Bound, Our subject is the -aim-. Father. God, thy love we praise. Which gave th\ Son to die; PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. Jesus, full of truth and grace, Alike we glorify ; Spirit, Comforter divine, Praise by all to thee be given, Till avc in full chorus join, And earth is turn'd to heaven. PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER, Isaiah 35 : 5, 6. 45 : 22. John 1 : 29. Matthew 11:5. 24 : 14. O for a thousand tongues to sing 3Iy great Redeemer's praise ! The glories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace ! My gracious Master, and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through all the earth abroad The honors of thy Name. Jesus! the Name that charms our fears, Thai bids our sorrows cease ; 'Tis music in the sinner's ears, 'Tis lite, and health, and peace. He breaks the power of canceled sin, lie sets the prisoner five ; Jlis blood can make the foulesl clean, His Mood availed for ///' . PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. He speaks, — and listening to his voice, New life the dead receive ; The mournful, broken hearts rejoice ; The humble poor believe. Hear him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb, Your loosened tongues employ ; Ye blind, behold your Saviour come, And leap, ye lame, for joy. Look unto him, ye nations ; own Your God, ye fallen race ; Look, and be saved through faith alone, Be justified by grace. See all your sins on Jesus laid : The Lamb of God was slain : His soul was once an offering made For every soul of man. Awake from guilty nature's sleep, And Christ shall give you light. Cast all your sins into the deep, And wash the iEthiop white. With me, yum- ohiefj ye then shall know, Shall feel, your sins forgii en ; Anticipate your heaven beloT? . And own that love is heaven. IO HEAVENLY WISDOiM. HEAVENLY WISDOM. Prov. 3 : i 3-1 S. Happy the man that finds the grace, The blessing of God's chosen race, The wisdom coming from above, The faith that sweetly works by love. Happy, beyond description, he Who knows "the Saviour died for me !" The gift unspeakable obtains, And heavenly understanding gains. Wisdom divine ! Who tells the price Of Wisdom's costly merchandise! Wisdom to silver we prefer, And gold is dross compared to her. Her hands arc fill'd with length of days. True riches, and immortal praise; Riches of Christ, cm all bestow'd, And honor that descends from God. To puresl joys she all invite-. Chaste, holy, spiritual delights; Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her flowery paths arc peace. Happy the man who Wisdom gains; Thrice happy, who his guest retains! He owns, and shall for ever own, Wisdom, and Christ, and Heaven arc one THE INVITATION. 11 HEAVENLY JOY. Rev. 22 : 17. A fountain of life and of grace In Christ, our Redeemer, we see ; For us, who his offers embrace, For all it is open and free : Jehovah himself doth invite, To drink of his pleasures unknown : The streams of immortal delight, That flow from his heavenly throne As soon as in him we believe, By faith of his Spirit we take. And freely forgiven receive The mere}-, for Jesus's Bake: We gain a pure drop of his love : The life of eternity know ; Angelical happiness pr< And witness a heaven below. THE INVITATION. Prov. 3 : i". 1 John 5 : II, John J WBABY BOUls" that wander u ide From the central point of bliss, Turn to Jesus crucified, Fly to those dear wounds of hit Sink into the purple th><"l : Rise into the life <>t" < rod. 12 A THANKSGIVING. Find iii Christ the way of peace, Peace unspeakable, unknown! By his pain he gives you ease, Life by his expiring groan ; Rise exalted by his fall,' Find in Christ your all in all. O 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. 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! A THANKSGIVING. Isaiah 35 : 10. Psalm 25 : 14. Psalm 89 : 15. Phil. 3 : 9. John 10 : 28. O what shall I do My Saviour to praise, So faithful and true, So plenteous in grace, So Btrong to deliver, So good to redeem. The weakest believer That hangs upon him! HAPPINESS OF SALVATION. M 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. Their daily delight Shall be in thy name ; They shall as their right Thy righteousness claim : Thy righteousness wearing, And cleansed by thy blood Bold shall they appear in The presence of God. For thou art their boast, Their glory and power; And I also trust To see the glad hour, My soul's new creation, A life from the dead, The day of salvation, That lifts up my head. For Jesus, my Lord, Is now my defence ; I trust in his Word, Xone plucks me from thence, Since I have found favor, He all things will do; My King and nn' Saviour Shall make me anew. Lord, I shall see The bliss of thine own, Thy secret to me Shall soon be made known ; For sorrow and Badness I joy shall receive, And share in the gladness Of all that beli HAPPINESS OF SALVATION. ] b 12 : 1-6. Happy bouI, who : e day, The glad day of gospel gn Thee, my Lord, (thou then wflt Tine w ill I for ever praise ; 14 HAPPINESS OF SALVATION. Though thy wrath against me burn'd, Thou dost comfort me again; All thy wrath aside is turn'd, Thou hast blotted out my sin. Me, behold ! thy mercy spares ; Jesus my salvation is ; Hence my doubts; away my fears; Jesus is become my peace : J ah, Jehovah, is my Lord, Ever merciful and just ; I will lean upon his Word ; I will on his promise trust. Strong I am, for he is strong; Just in righteousness divine: He is my triumphal song; All he has, and is, is mine ; Mine — and yours, whoe'er believe; On his name whoe'er shall call, Freely shall his grace receive ; He is full of grace for all. Therefore shall ye draw with joy Water from Salvation's well ; Praise shall your glad tongues employ, While his streaming grace ye feel. Each to each ye then shall say, " Sinners, call upon his name ; ( ) rejoice to see his day ; See it, and his praise proclaim !" HAPPINESS OF OBEDIENCE. 15 Glory to his name belongs, Great, and marvellous, and high ; Sing unto the Lord your songs, Cry to every nation, cry ! Wondrous things the Lord hath done, Excellent his name we find ; This to all mankind is known, Be it known to all mankind ! Sion, shout thy Lord and King, Israel's Holy One is He ! Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing, Great is he, and dwells in thee. O the grace unsearchable ! While eternal ages roll, God delights in man to dwell, Soul of each believing soul ! HAPPINESS OF OB ED I EN CI-.. John 13 : 17. Psalm 31 : 19 ; 40 : 3. Rev. 12 : 1. Eph. 3:19. How happy are they Who their Saviour ol And have laid up their treasures above I Tongue cannot express The sweet comfort :mf a soul in its earliest love ! That comfort was mine, When the favor divine T first found in the blood of the Lamb ; When my heart it believed, Wli.it a i I ivcd, W'lrit a heaven in JCi us's name ! 16 HAPPINESS OF CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS. Twas a heaven below My Redeemer to know, And the angels could do nothing more Than fall at his feet, And the story repeat, And the Lover of sinners adore. Jesus all the day long Was my joy and my song : Oh ! that all his salvation might see ! He hath loved me, I cried, He hath suffer'd and died. To redeem a poor rebel like me. On the wings of his love I was carried above All sin, and temptation, and pain ; I could not believe That I ever should grieve, That I ever should suffer again. I rode on the sky, Freely justified I ! Nor envied Elijah his seat ; My soul mounted higher, In a chariot of fire, And the moon it was under my feet. () the rapturous height Of that holy delight, Which I felt in the life-giving blood ! Of my Saviour posscst, I was perfectly blest, As if fill'd with the fulness of God. HAPPINESS OF CHRIST'S FOLLOWERS. Luke 6:12. Psalm 144 : 15. How happy, gracious Lord ! arc we, Divinely drawn to follow thee, Whose hours divided arc Betwixt the mount and multitude : Our day is spent in doing good, Our night in praise and prayer. HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. With us no melancholy void, No period lingers unemploy'd, Or unimproved, below : Our weariness of life is gone, Who live to serve our God alone, And only thee to know. The winter's night and summer's day, Glide imperceptibly away, Too short to sing thy praise : Too few we find the happy hours, And haste to join those heavenly powers, In everlasting lays. With all who chant thy name on high, And "Holy, Holy, Holy" cry, (A bright, harmonious throng !) We long thy praises to repeat, And restless sing, around thy scat, The new, eternal song. HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS Prov. I : zz. JuJe iS. 2 Cor. 6 : io. Rev. 3 : 4. Ye simple Boqls that stray Far from the path of peace, (That lonely, unfrequenl To life and happine . | Why will ye folly love, And throng the • !■»■.. rm ard i And h mi from ah And mock the - ona i 18 HAPPINESS OF THE RIGHTEOUS. Madness and misery Ye count our life beneath ; And nothing great or good can see, Or glorious, in our death : As only born to grieve, Beneath your feet we lie ; And utterly contemn' d we live, And unlamented die. So wretched and obscure. The men whom ye despise, So foolish, impotent, and poor, — Above your scorn we rise : "We, through the Holy Ghost, Can witness better things ; For He, whose blood is all our boast, Hath made us Priests and Kings. Riches unsearchable In Jesu's love we know ; And pleasures, springing from the well Of life, our souls o'erflow ; The Spirit we receive Of wisdom, grace, and power ; And always sorrowful we live, Rejoicing evermore. Angels our servants are, And keep in all our ways ; And in their watchful hands they bear The sacred sons of grace : Unto that heavenly bliss They all our steps attend ; And God himself our Father is, And Jesus is our Friend. THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 19 With him we walk in white ; We in his image shine ; Our robes are robes of glorious light, Our righteousness divine : On all the kings of earth With pity we look down ; And claim, in virtue of our birth, A never-fadine crown. THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Isaiah 40 : 11. Ezek. 34 : 12-23. Luke 15 : 4-7. John 10 : 11-16. Matt. 25 : 33. Happy soul, that, free from harms, Rests within his Shepherd's arms ! Who his quiet shall molest ? Who shall violate his rest ? Jesus doth his spirit bear : Jesus takes his every care : He who found the wandering sheep, Jesus, still delights to keep. O that I might so believe, Steadfastly to Jesus cleave ; On his only love rely. Smile at the destroyer nigh : Free from sin and servile fear, Save my Jesus ever near; All his care rejoice to i All hia paradise of I 20 FOR BELIEVERS. Jesus, seek thy wandering sheep, Bring me back, and lead, and keep ; Take on thee my every care ; Bear me, on thy bosom bear : Let me know my Shepherd's voice, More and more in thee rejoice ; More and more of thee receive ; Ever in thy Spirit live : Live, till all thy life I know, Perfect, through my Lord, below Gladly then from earth remove, Gather'd to the fold above : O that I at last may stand With the sheep at thy right hand ; Take the crown so freely given, Enter in by thee to heaven ! FOR BELIEVERS. John 17 : 3. My God, I am thine, What a comfort divine, What a blessing to know that my Jesus is mine ! In the heavenly Lamb Thrice happy I am, And my heart it doth dance at the sound of his name. True pleasures abound In the rapturous sound ; And whoever hath found it, hath paradise found : My Jesus to know, And feel his blood flow, 'Tis life everlasting, 'tis heaven below. IMAGE OF GOD DESIRED. 2! Yet onward I haste To the heavenly feast : That, that is the fulness ; but this is the taste : And this I shall prove, Till with joy I remove To the heaven of heavens in Jesus's love. IMAGE OF GOD DESIRED. 2 Peter I : 4. Coll. 3 : 10. Maker, Saviour of mankind, Who hast on me bestow'd An immortal soul, design'd To be the house of God : Come, and now reside in me, Never, never to remove ; Make me just, and good, like thee, And full of power and love. Bid me in thy image rise, A .lint, a creature new ; True, and merciful, and \. And pure, and happy too : This thy primitive design, That I should in thee In- bl Should, within the arm-; divine, For ever, ever r< Let thy will <>n me be done ; Fulfil my heart's desire, Thee to know- and love alone; And 1 i e in rapt ber : 22 THE KINGDOM OF GRACE. Thee, descending on a cloud, When with ravish'd eyes I see, Then I shall be fill'd with God To all eternity! THE KINGDOM OF GRACE. Happy the souls to Jesus join'd And saved by grace alone ; Walking in all his ways, they find Their heaven on earth begun. The church triumphant in thy love, Their mighty joys we know : They sing the Lamb in hymns above, And we in hymns below. Thee, in thy glorious realm, they praise, And bow before thy throne ; We, in the kingdom of thy grace: The kingdoms are but one. The holy to the holiest leads ; From thence our spirits rise ; And he that in thy statutes treads, Shall meet thee in the skies. PART II. antb Dflttrg. PART THE SECOND. THE MEANS OF GRACE. Psalm 51:6. 2 Cor. 3:6. 11 Tim. 3 : 5. Rom. 3 : 20. Psalm 46 : 10. Eph. 2 : 8. Long have I seem'd to serve thee, Lord, With unavailing pain ; Fasted and pray'd and read thy word, And heard it preach'd in vain. Oft did I with th' assembly join, And near thine altar drew ; A form of godliness was mine, The power I never knew. T<> please thee thus, at last I see, hi vain I hoped, and strove : For what are outward things to thee, Unless they Bpring from lore? I see the perfect law requires Truth in the inward parts, Our full consent, our \\ hole Our undivided heart thz means of grace But I of Lave made my be d idol made, spirit in the letter 1 The substance in the shade. I rested in the outward 1 r knew its deep design; The length and breadth I never saw, And height of love divine. Where am I now? or what my hope? t can my weakness do? thee my soul looks up, thou must make it n Thine is the work, and thine alone, But shall I idly sta: Shall I the written rule disown, And slight mv G rnmand? Ily shall I from thee turn back, A better path to fin Thir. forsake, It thy words beh! id it, gracious Lord, that I rn thee so ! let me with thy word comply, If I tl. Suffice for me, that thou my Lord, Hast bid me fast and pi will be v name adored, "J.- only mine t? ol THE MEANS OF GRACE. 2j Thou bidd'st me search the sacred leaves, And taste the hallow'd bread: The kind command my soul receives, And longs on thee to feed. Still for thy loving-kindness, Lord, I in thy temple wait ; I look to find thee in thy word, Or at thy table meet. Here, in thine own appointed ways, I wait to learn thy will: Silent I stand before thy face, And hear thee say, Be still! Be still, and know that I am God ! 'Tis all I live to know ; To feel the virtue of thy blood, And spread its praise below. I wait my vigour to renew, Thine image to retrieve, The veil of outward things pass through And gasp in thee to live. I work ; and own the labour vain ; And thus from work I cease : I strive and see my fruitless pain, Till God create my peace. I do the thing thy laws enjoin, And then the Btrife give o'er: To thee I then the whole resign, I trust in means do more. 28 CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN. I trust in Him who stands between The Father's wrath and me : Jesu! thou great eternal mean, I look for all from thee. Thy mercy pleads, thy truth requires, Thy promise calls thee down: Not for the sake of my desires — But O regard thine own! I seek no motive out of thee : Thine own desires fulfil: If now thy bowels yearn on me, On me perform thy will. Doom, if thou canst, to endless pains, And drive me from thy face ; But if thy stronger love constrains, Let me be saved by grace. CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN. Luke 23 : 34. 1 Cor. 15 : 22, 45. Luke 7 : 3S. 11 Ccr. 5 : 14. Would Jesus have the sinner die? Why hangs he then on yonder tree? What moans that strange expiring cry? (Sinners, he prays for you and me:) "Forgive them, Father, O forgive: They know not that by me they live!1' CHRIST THE SAVIOUR OF ALL MEN. 29 Adam descended from above, Our loss of Eden to retrieve ; Great God of universal love, If all the vrorld through thee may live, In us a quickening Spirit be, And witness thou hast died for me! Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb, Thee — by thy painful agony, Thy bloody sweat, thy grief and shame, Thy cross, and passion on the tree, Thy precious death and life — I pray, Take all, take all my sins away ! O let me kiss thy bleeding feet, And bathe and wash them with my tears The story of thy love repeat In every drooping sinner's cars ; That all may hear the quickening sound, Since I, even I, have mercy found! O let thy love my heart constrain, Thy love for every sinner free : That every fallen soul of man May taste the grace that found That all mankind with me may pi Thy sovereign, everli \ e! 30 PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. Hosea 14 : 4. Luke 7 : 34. Heb. 3:13. Jesus, Friend of sinners, hear, Yet once again I pray: From my debt of sin set clear, For I have nought to pay : Speak, O speak, the kind release, A poor backsliding soul restore ; Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. For my selfishness and pride, Thou hast withdrawn thy grace ; Left me long to wander wide, An outcast from thy face; But I now my sins confess, And mercy, mercy, I implore : Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. Though my sins as mountains rise, And swell and reach to heaven, Mercy is above the skies, I may be still forgiven : Infinite my sins' increase, But greater is thy mercy's store : Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. PRAYER FOR RESTORING GRACE. 31 Sin's deceitfulness hath spread A hardness o'er my heart; But if thou thy Spirit shed, The stony shall depart: Shed thy love, thy tenderness, And let me feel thy soft'ning power, Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. From th' oppressive power of sin My struggling spirit free : Perfect righteousness bring in, Unspotted purity : Speak and all this war shall cease, And sin shall Gjive its raffing o'er : Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. For this only thing I pray, And this will I require, Take the power of sin away, Fill me with chaste desire Perfect me in holiness ; Thine image to my soul restore, Love me freely, seal my peace, And bid me sin no more. 32 BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN. "BLESSED ARE THEY THAT MOURN." Matt. 5 : 3, 4, 6. Rom. 14 : 17. Rom. 8 : 26. Isaiah 60 : 1. 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 I am poor ; To me be all thy treasures given, The kingdom of an inward heaven. Thou hast pronounced the mourners 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. Where is the blessedness, bestow'd On all that hunger after thee ? I hunger now, I thirst for God ; See the poor fainting Binner, see, And satisfy with endless peace, And fill me witli thy righteousin I Ah, Lord, if thou art in that sigh, Then hear thyself within me pray; Hear in my heart thy Spirit's cry, Mark what my labouring soul would Answer the deep, onutter'd groan, And show that thou and I are one. THE MOURNER COMFORTED. 33 Shine on thy work, disperse the gloom! Light in thy light I then shall see ; Say to my soul, "Thy light is come; Glory divine is risen on thee : Thy warfare's past ; thy mourning's o'er ; Look up, for thou shalt weep no more." Lord, I believe the promise sure, And trust thou wilt not long delay : Hungry, and sorrowful, and poor, Upon thy word myself I stay ; Into thine hands my all resign, And wait till all thou art is mine. THE MOURNER COMFORTED. Isaiah 40 : 1. Heb. 12:6. Pialm 126 : 5, 6. icfobt, ye ministers of grace, Comfort my people, saith your God; Ye soon shall see his smiling face, Hi- golden sceptre, not his r And own, when now the cloud's removed, He only chasten'd whom lie loved. Who bow in tears, in joy shall reap; The Lord shall comfort all that mourn; Who now gO On their way and weep, With joy Ihey doubtless BhaU return, And bring their sheaves with vast mci And have their fruit to hollE 34 PLEADING FOR SALVATION. PLEADING FOR SALVATION. Psalm 8 : 4. Ezek. 37 : 4, 5. Rev. 13:8. Regardless now of things below, Jesus, to thee my heart aspires, Determined thee alone to know, Author and end of my desires : Fill me with righteousness divine: To end, as to begin, is thine. What is a worthless worm to thee? What is in man thy grace to move ? That still thou seekest those who flee The arms of thy pursuing love ? That still thine inmost bowels cry, "Why, sinner, wilt thou perish, why?" Ah, show me, Lord, my depth of sin! Ah, Lord, thy deptli of mercy show ! End, Jesus, end this war within ! No rest my spirit e'er shall know, Till thou thy quick'ning influence give : Breathe, Lord, and these dry bones shall live. There, there before the throne thou art. The Lamb ere earth's foundation slain! Take thou, O take this guilty heart! Thy blood will wash out every stain: No cross, no Bufferings I decline; Only let all my heart be thine. FAITH IN CHRIST. 35 FAITH IN CHRIST. 1 Thess. 5 : 10. 11 Cor. 9:15. Jesus hath died that I might live, Might live to God alone; In him eternal life receive, And be in spirit one. Saviour, I thank thee for the grace, The gift unspeakable! And wait with arms of faith t' embrace, And all thy love to feel. My soul breaks out in strong desire The perfect bliss to prove ; My longing heart is all on tire To be dissolved in love. Give me thyself; from ever)' boast, From every wish set free: Lx i ;ill I am in thee be lost ; Bnt give thyself to me, Thy -ift-. alas, cannot suffice, I 'hi.- thyself be given ; Thy presence makes my paradise, And where thou art is heaven! THE PATH OF FAITH. THE PATH OF FAITH. Hab. 1:13. Micah 6 : 6-8. 1 Peter 2 : 24. Wherewith, 0 Lord, shall I draw near, And bow myself before thy face ? How in thy purer eyes appear? What shall I bring to gain thy grace? Will gifts delight the Lord Most High ? Will multiplied oblations please? Thousands of rams his favour buy? Or slaughter'd hecatombs appease ? Can these avert the wrath of God? Can these wash out my guilty stain? Rivers of oil, and seas of blood, Alas ! they all must flow in vain : Whoe'er to thee themselves approve, Must take the path thy word hath show'd ; Justice pursue, and mercy love, And humbly walk by faith with God. 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. What have I then wherein to trust? I nothing have, I nothing am; Excluded is my every boast, My glory swallow'd up in shame. THE LIGHT OF FAITH. 37 Guilty I stand before thy face ; On me I feel thy wrath abide : "lis just the sentence should take place; Tis just;— but, O, thy Son hath died! Jesus, the Lamb of God, hath bled ; lie bore our sins upon the tree ; Beneath our curse he bow'd his head; ' Tis finish' d ! he hath died for me ! 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 ! He ever lives for me to pray ; lie prays that I with him may reign ; Amen to what my Lord doth say! Jesus, thou canst not pray in vain. THE LIGHT OF FAITH. Heb. 13:8. Heb. 11 : 1. John 3 : 36. A; raoB of faith, eternal Word, Whose Spirit breathes the active flame; Faith, like its Finisher and Lord, To-day, as yesterday the same : To thee our humble hearts a pire, And ai k the gifl unsp< akable : Increase in as the kindled fire, In us the work of faith fulfil. 38 CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF FAITH. By faith we know thee strong to save : (Save us, a present Saviour thou!) Whate'er Ave hope, by faith we have, Future and past subsisting now. To him that in thy name believes, Eternal life with thee is given; Into himself he all receives, Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. The things unknown to feeble sense, Unseen by reason's glimmering ray, With strong, commanding evidence, Their heavenly origin display. Faith lends its realizing light, The clouds disperse, the shadows fly ; Th' Invisible appears in sight, And God is seen by mortal eye. CHRIST THE AUTHOR OF FAITH. Matt. 7 : 7. Acts 17 : 23. Rev. 3:11. 12. Eph. 2 : S 2 Cor. 3:14. Author of faith, to thee I cry, To thee, who would'st not have me die, But know the truth and live : Open mine eyes to sec thy face, Work in my heart the saving grace, The life eternal >th me and all mankind. Be it according to thy word! Now let me find my pardoning L Let what I ask be given : The bar of unbelief remove, Open the door of faith and love, And lake me into heaven! -10 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH. THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF FAITH. Romans 10 : 6-10. Oft I iii 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 find him there, Where the angels praise their King, And gain the Morning-Star. 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 with me. But the righteousness of faith Hath taught me better tilings : u- 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." THE POWER OF FAITH. 41 THE POWER OF FAITH. Gen. 32 : 24-31. Matt. 21 : 22. Matt. 9 : 23. Matt. 15 : 28. Micah 7 : 20. God of eternal truth and grace, Thy faithful promise seal! Thy word, thy oath to Abraham's race, In us, even us, fulfil. Let us, to perfect love restored, Thy image here retrieve ; And in the presence of our Lord, The life of angels live. That mighty faith on me he-tow. Which cannot ask in vain, Which holds, and will not let the Till I my snit obtain : Till thou into my soul inspire The perfect love unknown, And tell my infinite desire, " VThate'er thou wilt, be done." But is it possible that 1 Should live and BUI DO UIOI Lord, if "ii thee I dare rely, The faith shall bring the poi < )n in.' that faith divine Which doth the mountain m And all my BpOtleSfl life -hall show TIT omnipotence "i" I 42 PRAYER FOR FAITH. PRAYER FOR FAITH. I Peter 3:18. Hebrews 12 : 2. Father, I stretch my hands to thee, Xo other help I know ; If thou withdraw thyself from me, Ah! whither shall I go ? What did thy only Son endure Before I drew my breath ; What pain, what labor to secure My soul from endless death! O Jesus, could I this believe, I now should feel thy power ; Xow all my wants thou would'st relieve In this, th' accepted hour. Author of faith, to thee I lift My weary, longing eyes: O let me now receive that gift, My soul without it dies. Surely thou canst not let me die; O speak, and I shall live ! For here I will unwearied lie, Till thou thy Spirit give. 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 gra THE MARKS OF FAITH. 43 THE MARKS OF FAITH. 1 John 1:3. 1 Cor. 2 : 12. Rom. 8:16, 38, 39. How can a sinner know His sins on earth forgiven ? How can my gracious Saviour show My name inscribed in heaven? What we have felt and seen, With confidence we tell ; And publish to the sons of men The signs infallible. We who in Christ believe, That he for us hath died, We all his unknown peace receive, And feel his blood appli ! ; Exults our rising soul, Disbnrden'd of her load, And swells unutterably full Of glory and of (Jod. His love, surpassing far The b>ve. of all beneath, We find within our hearts, and dare Tin- pointless darl ■ of death. Stronger than death and bell, The mystic pom er we prove; And, eonqm »i of the nv orld, \\ e dn
Lord, hath Bpoke, hath sworn, That 1 hall Berve thee \\ ithoul I 46 THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. Shall find the pearl which others spurn, Holy, and pure, and perfect here : The servant as his Lord shall be ; All things are possible to me. 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 formed again, And witness, from all sin set free, All things are possible to me. THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. Romans 4 : 16-2,5. Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord, My Saviour, and my Head, I trust in thee, whose powerful word Hath raised him from the dead. Thou know'st for my offence lie died, And rose again for me, Fully and freely justified, That I might live to thee. Eternal life to all mankind Thou hast in Jesus given; And all who seek, in him shall find The happiness of heaven. All nations of the earth arc blest In him, who would restore, THE FAITH OF ABRAHAM. And take them all into his rest, And bid them sin no more. O God! thy record I believe, In Abraham's footsteps tread; And wait, expecting to receive The Christ, the promised Seed. Faith in thy power thou seest I have, For thou this faith hast wrought ; Dead souls thou callest from their grave, And speakest worlds from nought. Things that are not, as though they were, Thou callest by their name ; Present with thee the future are, AVith thee, the great I AM. In hope, against all human hope, Self-desperate, I believe ; Thy quick'ning word shall raise me up, Thou shalt thy Spirit give. The tiling surpasses all my thought ; But faithful i - my Lord ; Through unbelief I stagger not, For < rod hath Bpoke the word. Faith, mighty faifh, the promi And Look* to that a] Laughs at impossibiliti And cries, " It shall be d< To thee the glory of thy pou er And faithful!. I | LT6J 48 CHRIST OUR FAITH. I shall in Christ, at that glad hour, And Christ in me shall live. Obedient faith, that waits on thee, Thou never wilt reprove: But thou wilt form thy Son in me, And perfect me in love. CHRIST OUR FAITH. Romans 6:1,2. John 8 : 36. Jesu, Redeemer of mankind, How little art thou known By sinners of a carnal mind, Who claim thee for their own ; Who blasphemously call thee Lord, With lips and hearts unclean ; But make thee, while they slight thy word, The minister of sin ? 0 wretched man! from guilt to dream Thy hardened conscience freed : When Jesus doth a soul redeem, He makes it free indeed. The guilt and power, with all thy art, Can never be disjoined; Nor will God bid the guilt depart, And leave the power behind. LIGHT IN DARKNESS. 49 Faith, when it comes, breaks every chain, And makes us truly free : But Christ hath died for thee in vain, Unless he lives in thee. What is redemption in his blood But liberty within? A liberty to serve my God, And to eschew my sin. LIGHT IN DARKNESS. Isaiah 45 : 15. Tnou God unsearchable, unknown, Who still conceal'st thyself from me ; Ileai* an apostate spirit groan, Broke off, and banish'd far from thee But conscious of my fall I mourn, And fain I would to thee return. Send forth one ray of heavenly light, Of gospel hope, of humble fear, To guide me through the gulf of night, .My poor desponding soul to cheer. Till thou in)- unbelief remoi 0, And show me all thy glorious low. A hidden God indeed thou art ; Thy absence I this moment feel ; Y.i tnu8l 1 on n it from my heart, ( 'onceal'd, thou art a s.i\ iour still ; And though thy face 1 cannot 1 know thine eye is I i \ " < I OH me. 5° FORGIVENESS IMPLORED. My Saviour thou, not yet reveal'd, Yet will I thee my Saviour call ; Adore thy hand, from sin withheld; Thy hand shall save me from my fall: Now, Lord, throughout my darkness shine, And show thyself for ever mine. FORGIVENESS IMPLORED. Col. 3 : 3. Psalm 73 : 25. O that I could my Lord receive, Who did the world redeem; Who gave his life, that I might live A life conceal' d in him! 0 that I could the blessing prove, My heart's extreme desire ; Live happy in my Saviour's love, And in his arms expire! Mercy I ask to seal my peace, That, kept by mercy's power, 1 may from every evil cease, And never grieve thee more! Now, if thy gracious will it be, Even now, my Binfl remove ; And set my soul at liberty, By thy victorious love. In answer to ten thousand prayers, Thou pardoning God, descend ! DIVINE LIGHT. 51 Number me with salvation's heirs, My sins and troubles end ! Xothing I ask or want beside, Of all in earth or heaven, But let me feel thy blood applied, And live and die forgiven. DIVINE LIGHT. Gen. 1 : 2, 3. 2 Cor. 4 : 6. Psalm 5:7. 2 Chron. 6 : zi, Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, And brooding o'er my nature's night, Call forth the ray of heavenly Love ; Let there in my dark soul be light ; Ami iill the illustrated abysa With glorious beams of endless bliss. "Let there be light," again command, And light there in our hearts shall be. We then through faith shall understand Thy great mysterious Majestj ; And by the shining of thy grace, Behold in ChrisJ thy glorious !', Father of everlasting grace, Be mindful of thy changeless word; We \\ orship toward that Holy PI In which thou dost thy name record, Dost make thy gracious nature known; That living Temple of thy Son 52 PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. Thou dost with sweet complacence see 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? With all who for redemption groan, Father, in Jesu's name I pray ! And still we cry and wrestle on Till mercy take our sins away : Hear from thy dwelling-place in heaven, And now pronounce our sins forgiven. PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. Isaiah 64: I. Mai. 4:1. Mark 10 : 27. Psalm 121:1. O that thou would'st, the heavens rent, In majesty come down ; Stretch out thine arm omnipotent, And seize me for thine own ! Descend, and let thy lightning burn The stubble of thy foe ; My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn, And make the mountains flow ! Thou my impetuous spirit guide, And curb my headstrong will ; Thou only canst drive back the tide, And bid the sun stand still. PRAYER AGAINST THE POWER OF SIN. 53 What though I cannot break my chain, Or e'er throw off my load? The things impossible to men, Are possible to God. Is there a thing too hard for thee, Almighty Lord of all ; Whose threatening looks dry up the sea, And make the mountains fall ? Who, who shall in thy presence stand, And match Omnipotence ? Ungrasp the hold of thy right hand, Or pluck the sinner thence ? Sworn to destroy, let earth assail; Nearer, to save thou art : Stronger than all the powers of hell, And greater than my heart. Lo ! to the hills I lift mine eye : Thy promised aid I claim : Father of Mercies, glorify Thy favourite Jesu's Name. Salvation in that name Lfl found, Balm of my grief and care ; A medicine for my every wound. All, all 1 want is there. .l.-n ! Redeemer, Sai i<>nr. Lord, Tlic w eary sinner's friend ; Come to my help, pronounce the won!, And bi light, .My midnight into day. Naked of thine imagej Lord, Forsaken, and alone, » 56 RESTLESSNESS OF THE SOUL. Unrenew'd, and unrestored, I have not thee put on : Over me thy mantle spread, Send down thy likeness from above ; Let thy goodness be display'd, And wrap me in thy love. Poor, alas ! thou know'st I am, And would be poorer still ; See my nakedness and shame, And all my vileness feel : No good thing in me resides, My soul is all an aching void, Till thy Spirit here abides, And I am filPd with God. Jesus, full of truth and grace, In thee is all I want ; Be the wanderer's resting-place, A cordial to the faint ; Make me rich, for I am poor ; In thee may I my Eden find ; To the dying health restore, And eyesight to the blind ! Clothe me with thy holiness, Thy meek humility ; Put on me my glorious dress, Endue my soul with thee ; Let thine image be restored, Thy name and nature let me prove ; With thy fulness fill me, Lord, And perfect ine in love. THE SOUL SEEKING ITS REST. THE SOUL SEEKING ITS REST And have I measured half my days, And half my journey run, Xor tasted the Redeemer's grace, Xor yet my work begun ? The morning of my life is past, The noon is almost o'er ; The night of death approaches fast, When I can work no more. Darkness he makes his sec- ret place. Thick clouds surround his throne ; Nor can I yet behold his 1' Or find the God Unknown. A God that hides himself he is, Far off from mortal sight ; An inaccessible Abj Of uncreated light. Far oil' he i~. yet always near ; He fills both earth and heaven, Bat doth not to my soul appear; My s«>ul from Eden driven. O'er earth a banUh'd man I rove, lint cannot feel him nigh : Where IS the ]»:n-.l< »ni n ■ I rO 1 of EiOl ^', \Yh«> Btoop'd for me t«» die ? 5$ THE SOUL SEEKING ITS REST. I sought him in the secret cell "With unavailing care : Long did I in the desert dwell, Xor could I find him there. Still every means in vain I try ; I seek him far and near ; Where'er I come constrain' d to cry : " My Saviour is not here." God is in this and every place : Yet oh ! how dark and void To me ! 'tis one great wilderness, This earth without my God ! Empty of him who all things fills, Till he his light impart ; Till he his glorious self reveals, The veil is on my heart. O Thou who seest and know'st my grief, Thyself unseen, unknown ! Pity my helpless unbelief, And take away the stone ! Regard me with a gracious eve ; The long-sought blessing give ; And bid mo, at the point to die, Behold thy face, and live ! A darker soul did never yet Thy promised help implore : O ! that I now my Lord might meet, And never lose him more ! TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? 59 TO WHOM SHALL WE GO? John 6 : 68. Psalm 139 : 23, 24. 1 Tim. 2 : 4. An ! whither should I go, Burden' d, and sick, and faint ; To whom should I my troubles 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 ! What is it keeps me back, From which I cannot part ? Which will not let my Saviour take Possession of my heart ? Some cursed thing unknown Must surely lurk within ; Some idol, which I will not own, Some secret bosom-sin. Jesus, the hind'rance show, Which I have fear'd to see ; Yet let me now consent to know What keeps me on1 of thee : Searcher of Bearts, in mine Thy n_\ Ing |h.\s cr display ; Into its darkest corners shine, And take the veil :i\\:i_\. I now believe, in thee Compassion reigni alone ; 60 THE WOMAN OF CANAAN. According to my faith, to me 0 let it, Lord, be done ! In me is all the bar, Which thou would'st fain remove Remove it, and I shall declare That God is only Love. THE WOMAN OF CANAAN. Matthew 15 : 22-28. Lord, regard my earnest cry ; A potsherd of the earth, A poor guilty worm am I, A Canaanite by birth : Save me from this tyranny ; From all the power of Satan save ; Mercy, mercy upon me, Thou Son of David, have ! To the sheep of Israel's fold Thou in thy flesh wast Bent ; Yet the Gentiles now behold In thee their Covenant : See me then, witli pity see, A sinner whom then cara'st to save! Mercy, mercy upon inc. Thou Son of David, have ! Still I cannot part with thee ! I will not let thee thine arms, And keep me ever there. 0 64 SEEKING REST IN CHRIST. SEEKING REST IN CHRIST. Matt. II : z8. 0 that my load of sin were gone ! O that I could at last submit At Jesu's feet to lay it down, To lay my soul at Jesu's feet ! When shall mine eyes behold the Lamb ? The God of my salvation see ? Weary, O Lord, thou know'st I am ; Yet still I cannot come to thee. Rest 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. Break off the yoke of inbred sin, And fully set my spirit free : 1 cannot rest till pure within, Till I am wholly lost in thee. Fain would I learn of thee, my God ; Thy light and easy burden prove, The cross, all stain'd with hallow'd blood, The labour of thy dying love. This moment I would lake it up, And after my dear MaBtet bear ; With thee ascend to Calvary's top, And bow my head and suffer there. THE POOL OF BETHESDA. 6$ I would, but thou must give the power ; My heart from every sin release ; 15 ring near, bring near, the joyful hour, And fill me with thy perfect peace. Come, Lord, the drooping sinner cheer. Nor let thy chariot-wheels delay ; Appear, in my poor heart appear ! My God, my Saviour, come away ! THE POOL OF BETHESDA. John 5 : 2-9. Jesus, take my sins away, And make me know thy name ! Thou art now as yesterday, And evermore tin- same i Thou my true BetJicsda be ; I know within thine arms is room : All the world may unto thee, Their House of Mercy, come. See me lying at the pool, And waiting" for tliy graofl : 0 COme down into my BCHll, Disclose tliy angel-faee ! If to me thy bowels move, [f now thou dost my Bioknoss feel. Let ili«' spirit of thy Lore The helpless Bipner beal 66 THE POOL OF BETHESDA. Persons thou dost not respect ; Whoe'er for mercy call, Thou in no wise wilt reject ; Thy mercy is for all : Thou would'st freely all restore, Would all the gracious season find, Fill with goodness, love, and power, And with a healthful mind. Mercy then there is for me, (Away my doubts and fears !) Plagued with an infirmity For many tedious years. Jesus, cast a pitying eye ! Thou long hast known my desperate case Poor and helpless here I lie, And wait the healing grace. Long hath thy good Spirit strove With my distemper'd soul ; But I still refused thy love, And would not be made whole : Hardly now at last I yield, I yield with all my sins to part ; Let my soul be fully heal'd, And throughly cleansed my heart. Pain and Bickness, at thy word, And sin, and sorrow flies : Speak to me, Almighty Lord, And hid my spirit rise ; Bid me bear the halloVd cross, Which thou, my Lord, hast borne before ; Walk in all thy righteous laws. And go and sin no more. WHY WILL YE DIE ? 6" WHY WILL YE DIE? Ezek. 18 : 31. Matt. 7 : 21. Isa. 5 : 4. John 5 : 40. Sixxees, turn, why will ye die ? God, your Maker, asks you why : God, who did your being give, Made you with himself to live : He the fatal cause demands, Asks the work of his own hands, Why, ye thankless creatures, why Will ye cross his lore and die ? Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? God, your Saviour, asks you why : God, who did your souls retrieve, Died himself, that ye might live. Will you let him die in rain? Crucify your Lord again P Why, ye ransom'd sinners, why Will you Blight his grace, and die? Sinners, turn, why will ye die ? God, the Spirit, asks you why: Be who all your lives hath Btrove, Wooed 3 "ii to embrace his love: Will yon do! his grace recoil e P Will yon -till refuse to live P Why, ye lonj Burners, why Will yon grieve your God, and die I Dead already, dead within, Spiritually dead in Bin : 68 WHY WILL YE DIE ? Dead to God, while here you breath Pant ye after second death ? Will you still in sin remain; Greedy of eternal pain ? O, ye dying sinners, why, Why will you for ever die? Let the beasts their breath resign, Strangers to the life divine ; Who their God can never know, Let their spirit downward go. You for higher ends were born You may all to God return ; Dwell with him above the sky; Why will you for ever die ? You, on whom he favours showers ; You, possest of nobler powers ; You, of reason's powers possest ; You, with will and memory blest ; Yon, with liner sense endued, Creatures capable of God : Noblest of his creatures, why, Why will you for ever die ? You, whom he ordainVl to be Transcripts of the Deity ; You, whom he in life doth hold: You, for whom himself was sold; You, on Whom lie still doth wait, Whom he would again create : Made by him and purchased, why, Why will you for ever die! WHY WILL YE DIE ? 69 You, who own his record true ; You, his chosen people, you; You who call the Saviour, Lord ; You, who read his written Word ; You, who see the gospel light ; Claim a crown in Jesu's right : Why will you, ye Christians, why Will the house of Israel die ? What could your Redeemer do, More than he hath done for you? To procure your peace with God, Could he more than shed his blood ? After all his waste of love, All his drawings from above, Why will you your Lord deny ? Why will you resolve to die ? Turn, he cries, ye sinners, turn ; By his life your God hath sworn, He would have you turn and live, lie would all the world receive. If your death were hi< delight, Would lie you to life invite ? Would Ik- ask, obtest, and cry, Why will you resolve to die? Sinners, turn, while God is De&r: Dare not think him insincere : Now, eves now, your Saviour stands; All day Long !"■ ipreadi his hands ; Ories, M Ye n ill not happy be. ! No, ye will not come to me .' 70 AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN. Me, who life to none deny : Why will you resolve to die ?" Can you doubt if God is love ? If to all his bowels move ? Will you not his Word receive? Will you not his Oath believe? See! the suffering God appears! Jesus weeps; believe his tears! Mingled with his blood, they cry, " Why will you resolve to die ?" AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN. Heb. 10 : 29. Luke 13 : 7, 8. Luke 22 : 61, 62. Ho Depth of mercy, can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God his wrath forbear? Me, the chief of sinners, spare ? I have long withstood his grace, Long provoked him to his face ; Would not hearken to his calls; Grieved him by a thousand falls. I have spilt his precious blood, Trampled on the Son of God ; FilPd with pangs unspeakable! I, who yet am not in hell! Whence to me this waste of love; Ask my Advocate above; See the cause in Jesn's fare, Now before the throne of grace. AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN. 71 Lo ! I cumber still the ground : Lo ! an advocate is found ! " Hasten not to cut liim down ; Let this barren soul alone :" Jesus speaks, and pleads his blood ! He disarms the wrath of God ! Now my Father's bowels move ; Justice lingers into love. Kindled his relent in gs are ; Me he now delights to spare ; Cries, "How shall I give thee up?" Lets the lifted thunder drop. There for me the Saviour stands ; Shows his wounds and spreads his hands 1 God is love ! I know, I feel ; Jesus weeps, and loves me still ! Jesus, answer from above: Is not all thy nature love? Wilt thou not the wrong forget? Suffer me to kiss thy feel ? If I rightly read thy heart, If thou all compassion art, Bow thine ear, in mercy bow! Pardon and accept me dow. Pity from thine eye let fill ; By a Look my boh! recall ; Now the stone t«> flesh convert, Cast a look, :mli deplore ; Weep, believe, and -in do more. J% LUKEWARMNESS. LUKEWARMNESS. Rev. 3 : 15, 18. 1 Tim. 5 : 6. Luke 13 : 24. 2 Tim. 3 : 5. 2 Pet. 2 : 21. Matt. 1 1 : 24. Gal. 5 : 6. Job 34 : 31. God of unspotted purity, Us and our works canst thou behold ! Justly we are abhorr'd by thee, For avc are neither hot nor cold. We call thee Lord, thy faith profess, But do not from our hearts obey; In soft Laodicean ease We sleep our useless lives away. We live in pleasure, and are dead. In search of fame and wealth we live : Commanded in thy steps to tread, We seek sometimes, but never strive. A lifeless form we still retain ; Of this we make our empty boast, Nor know the name we take in vain ; The power of godliness is lost. How long, great God, have we appear' d Abominable in thy sight! Better that we had never heard Thy word, or seen the gospel light. Better that we had never known The way to heaven through saving grace, Than basely in our lives disown, And slight and mock thee to tliv face. LUKEWARMNESS. 73 Thou rather would'st that we were cold, Than seem to serve thee without zeal ; Less guilty, if with those of old, We worshipp'd Thor and "Woden still. Less grievous will the judgment-day To Sodom and Gomorrah prove, Than us, who cast our faith away And trample on thy richer love. O let us our own works forsake, Ourselves, and all we have deny! Thy condescending counsel take, And come to thee, pure gold to buy. O might we, through thy grace, attain The faith thou never Avilt reprove ; The faith that purges every stain, The faith that always works by love ! O might we see in this our day, The things belonging to our peace, And timely meet thee in thy way Of judgments, and our Bins confe Thy fatherly chastisements own; With filial awe n-viiv \\\\ rod; And turn, witli zealous haste, ami run Into the ontstretch'd aim- of God. PRAYER TO CHRIST. PRAYER TO CHRIST. I John 2 : i. 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 ; If thou the secret wish convey, And sweetly prompt my heart to pray ; Hear, and my weak petitions join, Almighty Advocate, to thine ! Fain would I know my utmost ill, And groan my nature's weight to feel ; To feel the clouds that round me roll, The night that hangs upon my soul, The darkness of my carnal mind, My will perverse, my passions blind, Scatter' d o'er all the earth abroad, Immeasurably far from God! Jesu, my heart's desire obtain ; My caniost suit present, and gain; My fulness of corruption show, The knowledge of myself bestow; A deeper displacence at sin, A sharper sense of hell within, A stronger struggling to get free, A keener appetite for thee! O sovereign Love, t<> thee I cry; Give UK' thyself, or else I die ; Save me from death; from hell set free! A PRAYER UNDER CONVICTION. Jy Death, hell, are but the want of thee. Quicken'd by thy imparted flame, Saved, when possess'd of thee, I am ; My life, my only heaven thou art ; O might I feel thee in my heart ! PRAYER UNDER CONVICTION Matt. 6 : 8, 26. Isaiah 65 : 24. Rom. 7 : 21. Father of lights, from whom proc Whate'er thy every creature needs ; Whose goodness, providently nigh, Feeds the young ravens when they cry ; To thee I look : my heart prepare ; Suggest, an filial love, And peace overflows my ln-art. Prisoner of hope, 1 still attend The appearance of my Lord, These endless doubts and fears to end, And -peak my soul restored: Restored by reconciling gra< With present pardon blest, And fitted by true holin< For my eternal 82 RESIGNATION TO CHRIST. 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. My God, in Jesus pacified, My God, thyself declare, And draw me to his open side, And plunge the sinner there ! RESIGNATION TO CHRIST. John 6 : 68. Phil 2 : 8. Whex shall thy love constrain, And force me to thy breast? When shall my soul return again To her eternal rest? Ah ! what avails my strife, My wandering to and fro ? Thou hast the words of endless life All! whither should I go? Thy condescending grace To me did freely move ; It calls me still to seek thy face, And sloops to ask my love. Lord, at thy feet I fall ; I groan to be set fr I fain would now obey the call, And give up all lor thee. RESIGNATION TO CHRIST. To rescue me from woe, Thou clidst with all things part ; Didst lead a suffering life below, To gain my worthless heart. My worthless heart to gain, The God of all that breathe Was found in fashion as a man, And died a cursed death. And can I yet delay My little all to give ? To tear my soul from earth away, For Jesus to receive? Nay, but I yield, I yield; I can hold out no more I sink, by dying love compelPd, And own thee conqueror. Though late, I all forsake ; My friends, my all resign. Gracious Redeemer, take, 0 take, And seal me ever thine ! Conic, and possess me whole; Xor hence again remove : Settle and ti x my wavering Bonl Willi all tliv weight of love. ■ > My one desire be thii Thy only love to know ; T i lefe and taste no other Mi- \ o ol hi ■ good below. 84 RELIANCE ON CHRIST. My Life, my Portion thou, Thou all-sufficient art ; My Hope, my heavenly Treasure, nov, Enter, and keep my heart. RELIANCE ON CHRIST. Rev. 3 : 17. John 6 : 37. Wiiex, gracious Lord, when shall it be, That I shall find my all in thee ? The fulness of thy promise prove ; The seal of thine eternal Love ? A poor, blind child, I wander here, If haply I may feel thee near ! O dark ! dark ! dark ! I still must say, Amid the blaze of gospel day ! 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. Whom man forsakes, thou wilt not leave, Ready the outcasts to receive; Though all my simplcness I own, And all my faults to thee are known. Ah, wherefore did I ever doubt! Thou wilt in no wise cast me out, A helpless soul that comes to thee, With only sin and misery. LOOKING UNTO JESUS. Lord, I am sick — my sickness cure ; I want — do thou enrich the poor; Under thy mighty hand I stoop, O lift the abject sinner up ! 85 be thou my sight; Lord, I am blind Lord, I am weak A helper of the helpless be, And let me find my all in thee ! be thou my might LOOKING UNTO JESUS. Sol. 8 : 7. Lamb of God, for sinners slain, To thee I freely pray : Ileal me of my grief ami pain, O take my Bine away ! From this bondage, Lord, release : Xo Longer let me be opprest : Jeans, Master, seal my peace, And take me to thy breast ! Wilt thou east a sinner out. Who humbly cornea t«> thee? No, in} ( tod, f cannot doubt, Thy mercy is for me : Let me then obtain the grace, And be of paradise possest : Jeaut, Master, il my p< And take me tO thv breast ! 86 SALVATION SOUGHT. Worldly good I do not want, Be that to others given; Only for thy love I pant, My all in earth and heaven. This the crown I fain would seize, The good wherewith I would be blessed Jesus, Master, seal my peace, And take me to thy breast! This delight I fain would prove, And then resign my breath; Join the happy few whose love Was mightier than death ! Let it not my Lord displease, That I would die to be thy guest! Jesus, Master, seal my peace, And take me to thy breast! SALVATION SOUGHT. Rom. 8:15. Thou great mysterious God unknown, Whose love hath gently led me on, Even from my infant day- : Mine inmost soul expose to view, And tell me, it* I ever knew Thy justifying grace. If I have only known thy fear, - And follow'd, with a heart sincere Thy drawings from above ; j SALVATION SOUGHT. 87 Xow, now the farther grace bestow, And let my sprinkled conscience know Thy sweet forgiving love. 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 antepast of heaven. 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 ? Wnate'er obstruct* thy pardoning love — Or sin, or righteousness — rem< Thy glory to display ; Mine heart of unbelief convince, And now absolve me from my Bins, And take them all away. Father, in me reveal thy S. .11, And to my inmost sou] make known 1 [ow merciful thou ail : The Beeret of thy love rei And by thine hallowing Spirit dwell I >r 61 er in my heart ! 88 A SOLEMN REFLECTION. A SOLEMN REFLECTION. Matt. 24 : 30. Thou God of glorious majesty, To thee, against myself, to thee, A worm of earth, I cry ! A half-awaken'd child of man, An heir of endless bliss or pain, A sinner horn to die ! Lo ! on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas I stand, Secure, insensible : A point of time, a moment's space Removes me to that heavenly place, Or shuts me up in hell. O God, mine inmost soul convert, And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress : Give me to feel their solemn weight, And tremble on the brink of fate, And wake to righteousness ! Before me place in dread array The pomp of that tremendous day, When thou with clouds shalt come To judge the nations at thy bar ; And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, To meet a joyful doom ? Be this my one great business here, With serious industry and fear Eternal bliss t' ensure ; CHRIST OUR REST. Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, And suffer all thy righteous will, And to the end endure. Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, Transported from this vale, to live And reign with thee above — Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, And hope in full supreme delight, And everlasting love. CHRIST OUR REST. Luke 5:31. Gen 8:9. 1 Pet 5 : 10. Jesus, in whom the weary find Their late, but permanent repose, Physician of the sin-sick mind, Relieve my wants, assuage my woes; And let my soul on thee be cast. Till life's fierce tyranny be past. Loosed from my God, and far removed, Long have I wander'd to and fro ; O'er earth in ex&less circles roved, Nor found r hereon t«» resl beloti : Back to my God at last 1 fly, For 0, til*- waters still are high I Selfish pursuits, and nature's mace, The thin era of earth, for thee 1 leave : 90 THE WANDERER'S RETURN. Put forth thy hand, thy hand of grace ; Into the ark of love receive ! Take this poor fluttering soul to rest, And lodge it, Saviour, in thy breast ! Fill with inviolable peace, 'Stablish and keep my settled heart ; In thee may all my wanderings cease, From thee no more may I depart; Thy utmost goodness call'd to prove, Loved with an everlasting love. THE WANDERER'S RETURN. Acts 5:31. O 'tis enough, my God, my God ! Here let me give my wanderings o'er ; No longer trample on thy blood, And grieve thy gentleness no more ; No more thy lingering anger move, Or sin against thy light and love. O Lord, if mercy is with thee, Now let it all on me be shown; On me, the chief of sinners, me, Who humbly for thy mercy groan: Me to thy Father's grace restore ; Nor let me ever grieve thee more! Fountain of unexhausted love, Of infinite compassions, hear ! My Saviour and my Prince above, Once more in my behalf appear; Repentance, faith, and pardon give; O let me turn again and live! THE SINNER'S PLEA. 91 THE SINNER'S PLEA. 1 Tim. I : 15. Judges 6 : 39, 40. 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; I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. Happy they whose joys abound. Like Jordan's swelling stream : Who their heaven in Christ have found, And give the praise to him. Meanest follower of the Lamb, His steps I at a distance see ; I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me. I, like Gideon's fleece, am found, Unwater'd Mill and dry ; While tin- dew On all around Falls plenteous from tin- Bkj ; Yt" water divine! •8 PART III ;urcD ^bttrir. PART THE THIRD. THE LORD'S PRAYER. Matt. 6 : 9-13. FATiiKii of earth and Bky, Thy name we magnify : O that earth and heaven might join, Thy perfections to proclaim ; Praise the attributes «li\ me, Fear and love thv awful name ! When shall thy Spirit reign In every heart of man? Father, bring the kingdom near, I [onor thy triumphant Son ; ( rod of heai en, on earth appear, l-'i\ w iih us thv eriorious throne Thy good and holy w ill I : all on earth fulfil ; Men with minds angelic \ ie, Saints below \\ ith saints abo^ e. OO THE LORD'S PRAYER. Thee to praise and glorify, Thee to serve with perfect love This day with this day's bread Thy hungry children feed ; Fountain of all blessings, grant Now the manna from above ; Now supply our bodies' want, Now sustain our souls with love. Our trespasses forgive : And when absolved we live, Thou our life of grace maintain ; Lest we from our God depart, Lose thy pardoning grace again, Grant us a forgiving heart. In every fiery hour Display thy guardian power ; Near in our temptation stay, With sufficient strength defend ; Bring us through the evil day, Make us faithful to the end. Father, by right divine Assert the kingdom thine ; Jesus, Power of God, subdue Thy own universe to thee ; Spirit of grace and glory too, Reign through all eternity. X DESIRING TO PRAY. 101 DESIRING TO PRAY. Rom. 8 : 26. Luke 11 : 1. Jesus, thou sovereign Lord of all, The same through one eternal day, Attend thy feeblest followers' call, And, O instruct us how to pray ! Pour out the supplicating grace, And stir us up to seek thy face ! We cannot think a gracious thought, We cannot feel a good desire, Till thou, who call'dst a world from nought, The power into our hearts inspire ; And then we in thy Spirit groan, And then we give thee back thine own. Jesus, regard the joint complaint Of all thy tempted followers here ! And now supply the common want, And send us down the Comforter: The Spirit of ceaseless prayer impart, And fix thy Agent in our heart. To help our soul's infirmity, To lieal thy sin-siok people's care, T<> urge our God-oommanding plea, And make OUr hearts a house of prayer, The promised [nteroessor give, And let as now thyself receive. Qome in thy pleading Spirit down, To as who for thy coming stay ; ; ; r l»R V\ i R Of .ill l! | » Q .isk but OUO, Wo .>^iv tho I'oiisiiiiu power to pra) \ liulul- , i: . I 01 ,1. in tins ivfuM ; Thou oanst not then dom tho SBCRB r PR \\ IK. Pathsi of Jesus Christ, uw Lord, 1 humbh Reek ihj I Po ask i h\ pardoning | >'-,:. 1 The bnsj w arid exclude ; v , Hi i \ tow the paths of men, to thee i -..'\ ■". ,'\ thou \\ ho dost in wx \ Ml U\\ h\ V \ uish to reei v ■ . The spirit of love and poM Ulamelcss Iwtore thj lace to K.uu \ \ \v pi' .• i w ii hoi i < i asi ro 0 Fnthi 1, gflorii thj Son, \n'l -I .mi w I i.i i I rcquin l'..i .1. ii J . i i,i -ill i nc] dow M, Ind an w • i m< bj I Is iridic i \iu (1 .- 1 iii« of l<»\ < w it Lin \\ (ii* 1 1 1 1 1. 1 •. to Ik .i ■■ < ii || < - 1 1' I ; Ah'l li'.". I Ii- •.-. <,i I Oi "i ■'" I '" "in \V lii'd ■ ball in gloi v 1 1 "< I . , :/ i i ii 01 i 'i ING Phil -; I ■ ' i ' I I | ur, h< i."ili. in', bop < hi 1 1,. < I < ,i I W if Ii burnbh confld* \u i lool uji Ai.'i I rioM 1 1". i l*i G a id. < to "• ill - Till I < in .-ill thing do < )n tl»< • :.li/.i"l ' A I in i "l.t y to rOfK I .. i ' ',!,< i mind \ - ill. i i pi i do \ q ,i [nun -I to i i i i Hold 104 PRAY WITHOUT CEASING. 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. For ever standing on its guard, And watching unto prayer. I want a heart to pray. To pray and never cease Never to murmur at thy stay, Or wish my Bufferings less. This blessing, above all, Always to pray, I want ; Out of the deep on thee to call, And never, never faint. I want a true regard, A single, steady aim, (Unmoved by threat'ning or reward, To thee and thy great name ; A jealous, just concern For thine Immortal praise ; A pure desire thai all may learn, And glorify, thy grace. I real upon thy word : The promise i^ for me : My succour and salvation, Lord, Shall Barely come from thee : lint Let me stiil abide, Nor from my hope remove, Till thou my patient spirit -aide Into thy perfect love. PRAYER. PRAYER. Rom. 8 : 26. Gen. 32 : 26, 29. Deut. 3 : 27. Shepherd Divine, our wants relieve, In this our evil day : To all thy tempted followers give The power to watch and pray. Long as our fiery trials last, Long as the cross we bear, O let our souls on thee be cast In never-ceasing prayer. The Spirit of interceding grace Give us in faith to claim; To wrestle till we see thy face, And know thy hidden name. Till thou thy perfect love impart, Till thou thyself bestow, Be this the cry of every heart, "I will not let thee go. M I will Hoi [el thee '_:•>>, unless Thou tdl thy name t<> me ; With all thy great salvation ble88, Ami make me all like thee. "Then let me <>n the mountain-top, Behold t liy open face : Where faith in sight i^ BwallowM up And prayer in endless praise." 106 THE POWER OF PRAYER. THE POWER OF PRAYER. Exodus 17 : 12. Exodus 32 : 10. James 5 : 17. O wondrous power of faithful prayer ! What tongue can tell th' almighty grace ? God's hands or bound or open arc, As Moses or Elijah prays ; Let Moses in the Spirit groan, And God cries out: "Let me alone! " Let me alone, that all my wrath May rise, the wicked to consume ; While justice hears thy praying faith, It cannot seal the sinner's doom : My Son is in my servant's prayer, And Jesus forces me to spare." O blessed word of gospel grace, Which now we for our Israel plead ! A faithless and backsliding race, Whom thou hast out of Egypt freed ; O do not thou in wrath chastise, Nor lei thy whole displeasure rise! Father, we ask in Jesus1 name; In Jesus' power and spirit pray; Divert thy vengeful thunder's aim : O turn thy threat'ning wrath away! Our guilt and punishment remove, And magnify thy pard'ning love. Father, regard thy pleading Son, Accept his all-availing prayer ; AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY. 1C 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. "AVENGE ME OF MINE ADVERSARY." Luke 18 : I, 7. Gen. 3:15. Matt. 12 : 29. Rom. 16 : 20. Jesus, thou hast bid us prav. Pray always, and not faint; With the word a power convey To utter our complaint. Quiet shalt thou never know. Till Ave from sin art- fully lived ; O avenge us of our foe, And bruise the Serpent's head! We have now begun to cry, And we will never end, Till we II u< I salvation nigh, And gra$p the Sinner's Friend, Day and night we'll speak our wee, Willi thee Importunately plead : O avenge as , Thy only love resolved to know; Thy love my plea I make ; (live me thy love, 'lis all I claim ; Give, for the honour of thy name, (live, for thy mercy's sake. THE LOVE OF CHRIST THE SINNER'S PLEA. 125 Canst thou deny that love to me ? Say, thou incarnate Deity, Thou Man of Sorrows, say; Thy glory why didst thou enshrine In such a clod of earth as mine, And wrap thee in my clay ? Ancient of Days, why didst thou come, And stoop to a poor virgin's womb, Contracted to a span ? Flesh of our flesh why wast thou made, And humbly in a manger laid, The new-born Son of Man ? Love, only love thy heart inclined, And brought thee, Saviour of mankind, Down from thy throne above ; Love made my God a man of grief, Distressed thee sore for my relief: O mystery of Love I Because tli"n lov'dst, and diedsf for me, Cause me, my Saviour, to love thee, And gladly to resign Wnate'er I have, wnate'er 1 am ; My lilt' he all with thine the same, And all thy. death be mine. 126 DIVINE LOVE. DIVINE LOVE. I. Eph. 3 : 18, 19. Ezra 9:6. 2 Cor. 9:15. Infinite, unexhausted Love ! (Jesus and Love are one :) If still to me thy bowels move, They are restrain'd to none. What shall I do my God to love? My loving God to praise? The length, and breadth, and height to prove, And depth of sovereign grace ? Thy sovereign grace to all extends, Immense and unconfined: From age to age it never ends ; It reaches all mankind. 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. My trespass was grown up to heaven ; But far above the skies, In Christ abundantly forgiven., I see thy mercies rise ! The depth of all-redeeming love, What angel-tongue can tell ? O may I to the utmost prove The gift unspeakable ! DIVINE LOVE. 12; Deeper than hell, it pluck' d me thence ; Deeper than inbred sin, Jesus's love my heart shall cleanse, When Jesus enters in. Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take Possession of thine own ; My longing- heart vouchsafe to make Thine everlasting throne ! Assert thy claim, maintain thy right, Come quickly from above : And sink me to perfection's height, The depth of humble love. II. Luke 10 : 39. 1 Tim. 3:16. 0 Love Divine, how sweet thon art ! When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by thee ? 1 thirst, I faint, I die to prove The greatness < me ! Stronger his love than death or hell; It- riches are unsearchable : The first-born Bone of light Desire in \ rain its depths t<> see ; They cannot reach the mj Bterj , The Length, and breadth, and h 10 128 DIVINE LOVE. God only knows the love of God: O that it now were shed abroad In this poor stony heart ! For love I sigh, for love I pine : This only portion, Lord, be mine, Be mine this better part! O that I could for ever 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 hear the bridegroom's voice ! III. Eph. 3 : iS, 19. What shall I do my God to love, My Saviour, and the world's, to praise? Whose bowels of compassion move To me, and all the fallen race! Whose mercy is divinely free For all the fallen race, and me ! I long to know, and to make known, The heights and depths of love divine, The kindness thou to me hast shown. Whose every sin was counted thine! My God for me resign'd his breath ! He died to save mv soul from death! DIVINE LOVE. 129 How shall I thank thee for the grace On me and all mankind bestow'd ? O that my every breath were praise ! O that my heart were filPd with God ! My heart would then with love o'erflow, And all my life thy glory show See me, O Lord, athirst and faint ! Me, weary of forbearing, see ! And let me feel thy love's constraint, And freely give up all for thee ; True in the fiery trial prove, And pay thee back thy dying love ! IV. 2 Cor. 3 : 8. Love Divine, all loves excelling, Joy of heaven, to earth come down Fix in us thy humble dwelling, All thy faithful mercies crown : Jesus, thou art all compassion ; Pure unbounded love thou art ; Yi-it US with thy salvation; Enter every trembling heart. Come, almighty t«> deliver, Let us all thy grace reoen e j Suddenly return, and never^ Never more thy temples, leai e : Thee we would be always blessing; Serve thee as thy hosts aboi e j 130 DIVINE LOVE. Pray, and praise thee without ceasim Glory in thy perfect love. 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! V. Lam. i : 12. Phil. 3 : 8. Gal. 5 : 24. O Love Divine ! what hast thou done ! The immortal God hath died for me ! The Father's co-eternal Son Bore all my sins upon the tree : The immortal God for me hath died ; My Lord, my Love is crucified. Heboid him, all ye that pass by, The bleeding Prince of Life and Peace ! Come, see, ye worms, your Maker die. And say, was ever grief like his? Come, feel with me liis blood applied : My Lord, my Love is crucified. [a crucified for me and you, To brimr us rebels back to God: DIVINE LOVE. 131 Believe, believe the record true, Ye all are bought with Jesu's blood ; Pardon for all flows from his side ; My Lord, my Love is crucified. Then let us sit beneath his cross, Ami gladly catch the healing stream: All things for him account but loss, And give up all our hearts to him : Of nothing think or speak beside " My Lord, my Love is crucified." VI. Psalm 73 : 25. Jesus, all-atoning Lamb, Thine, and only thine, I am ; Take my body, spirit, soul ; Only thou possess the whole. Thou my one thing needful be; Let me ever cleave to 1 1 1. Let me choose the better part : Lei in'- give thee all my heart. Fairer than the sons of men, D<> not let me turn again, Leave the fountain-head <>t' bliss, Sioop to creature-happiness. 32 DIVINE LOVE. Whom have I on earth below ? Thee, and only thee I know ; Whom have I in heaven but thee ? Thou art all in all to me. All my treasure is above ; All my riches is thy love : Who the -worth, of love can tell ? Infinite, unsearchable ! Thou, O Love, my portion art : Lord, thou know'st my simple heart ! Other comforts I despise ; Love be all my paradise. Nothing else can I require ; Love fills up my whole desire ; All thy other gifts remove, Still thou giv'st me all in love! VII. O Love, I languish at thy stay ! I pine for thee with ling'ring smart, W"eary and faint through long delay : When wilt thou come into my heart ! From sin and sorrow set me free, And swallow up my soul in thee ! Come, O thou universal Good! Balm of the wounded conscience, come ! DIVINE LOVE. 133 The hungry, dying spirit's food, The weary, wand'ring pilgrim's home ; Haven to take the ship wreck' d in, My everlasting rest from sin ! Be thou, O Love, whate'cr I want : Support my feebleness of mind ; Relieve the thirsty soul, the faint, Revive, illuminate the blind; The mournful cheer, the drooping lead, And heal the sick and raise the dead. 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. The secret of the Lord thou art, The mystery so long unknown, Christ in a pure and perfect heart ! The nam.' inscribed on the white stone! The life divine, the little leaven, My precious pearl, my present heaven. VIII. Rom. q : ;. M v God ! 1 know, 1 feel thee mini Ami will not quil mj claim, Till all 1 have is lost in thine, And all renew 'd 1 am. 134 DIVINE LOVE. I hold thee with a trembling hand, But will not let thee go, Till steadfastly by faith I stand, And all thy goodness know. When shall I sec the welcome hour, That plants my God in me ! Spirit of health, and life, and power, And perfect liberty ! Jesns, thine all-victorious love; Shed in my heart abroad ; Then shall my feet no longer rove, Rooted and fix'd in God. Love only can the conquest win, The strength of sin subdue, (Mine own unconquerable sin,) And form my soul anew. Love can bow down the stubborn neck, The stone to flesh convert, Soften, and melt, and pierce, and break, An adamantine heart. () that in me the sacred lire Might now begin to glow, Barn up the dross of base desire, And make the mountains How! O that it now from heaven might fall, And all my sins consume! Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call, Spirit of burning, come! DIVINE LOVE. 135 Iiefining tire, go through my heart, Illuminate my soul ; Scatter thy life through ever}' part, And sanctify the whole. Xo longer then my heart shall mourn, While, purified by grace, I only for his glory burn, And always see his face. My steadfast soul, from falling free, Shall then no longer move ; But Christ be all the world to me, And all my heart be love. PART V acvcti ^bttrg. PART THE FIFTH. PENITENCE AND LOVE. Dent. 32 •. 39. Psalm 119 : 96. Deepen the wound thy hands have made In this weak, helpless soul, Till merry, with its balmy aid, Descends to make me whole. The sharpness of thy two-edged sword. Enable me to endure ; Till bold to say, My hallowing Lord Hath wrought a perfect cure. the exceeding broad command, Which all contains in one : Enlarge dij heart to understand The mystery unknown. ( I that with all thy Baints I mighl By bm eel experience prove, What ifl the length, and breadth, and height And dept b, <>f perfect lo^ e •' 140 THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS. "THE PROPITIATION FOR OUR SINS." Heb. 9 : zz. Heb. 13 : 8. Luke 7 : 42. God of my salvation, hear, And help me to believe! Simply do I now draw near, Thy blessing to receive. Full of sin, alas ! I am ; But to thy wounds for refuge ilee ; Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. Standing now as newly slain, To thee I lift mine eye ! Balm of all my grief and pain, Thy grace is always nigh : Now, as yesterday, the same Thou art, and wilt for ever be Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. Nothing have I, Lord, to pay ; Nor can thy grace procure ; Empty send me not away, For I, thou know'st, am poor: Dust and ashes is my name, My all is Bin and misery ; Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was she'd for me. No good word, or work, or thought, Bring I to gain thy grace ; SORROW FOR SIN. 141 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. Saviour, from thy wounded Bide I never will depart ; Here will I my spirit hide, When I am pure in heart. Till my place above I claim, This only shall be all my plea, Friend of Burners, spotless Lamb, Thy blood was shed for me. SORROW FOR SIX. Luke 15 : 4, 5. Matt. S : 3. Job 14 j 14. Jbsi b, thou know'st my sinfulness, My faults are not conceal'd from thee; A sinner in my last disttf To thy dear wounds 1 fain would flee, And never, never thenee depart, Close Bhelter'd in thy loving heart. I low shall I find the living way, i. i. and confused, and dark, and bliud? Ali, Lord, my son] is gone astray : Ah, Shepherd, Beek mj soul, and find, And in thy arms of mercy take, And bring the wean wanderer back. in 142 RESTORATION TO THE FAVOUR OF GOD. Weary and sick of sin I am; I hate it, Lord, and yet I love ! When wilt thou rid me of my shame? When wilt thou all my load remove, Destroy the fiend that lurks within, And speak the word of power, "Be cle; O Lord, if I at last discern That I am sin, and thou art love, If now o'er me thy bowels yearn, Give me a token from above ; And conquer my rebellions will, And bid my murmuring heart be still. Sin only let me not commit, (Sin never can advance thy praise,) And, lo! I lay me at thy feet, And wait unwearied all my days. Till my appointed time shall come. And thou shalt call thine exile home. RESTORATION TO THE FAVOUR OF GOD. Psalm -3:3- Prov. 3 : 7. Sox of God, if thy live grace Again hath raised me up : CallM me still to seek thy face And given me back my hope : Still thy timely help afford, And all thy loving-kindness show; Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go. RESTORATION TO THE FAVOUR OF GOD. 143 By me, O my Saviour, stand, In sore temptation's hour ; Save me with thine outstreteh'd band, And show forth all thy power ; O be mindful of thy word ! Thy all-sufficient grace bestow ; Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go. Give me, Lord, a holy fear, And fix it in my heart ; That I may from evil near With timely care depart ; Sin be more then hell abhorr'd, Till thou destroy the tyrant foe ; Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And never let me go. Never let me leave thy breast. From thee, my Saviour, str; • . Thou art my support and r< My true and living way ; .My exceeding great reward, In heaven above and earth below; Keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, And ii*'\ er Let me ■ \c\ er lei me go till T, Upborne on wings of 1"\ v. (lain the region of the And take my Beat aboT e : See thee by all hea^ en adoi And .-,11 thy glorious fulness know ; Keep me, keep me. gracious Lord, And never let i i 1 144 REPENTANCE OF BELIEVERS. REPENTANCE OF BELIEVERS. Judges 1 6 : 20. Isaiah 57 : 17-19. Psalm 103 : 12. Saviour, I now with shame confess My thirst for creature happiness, By base desires I wrong'cl thy love, And forced thy mercy to remove. Yet would I not regard thy stroke ; But when thou didst thy grace revoke, And when thou didst thy face conceal, Thy absence I refused to feel. I knew not that the Lord was gone, In my own froward will went on, And lived to the desires of men, And thou hast all my wanderings seen. Yet, O the riches of thy grace ! Thou, who hast seen my evil ways, Wilt freely my backslidings heal, And pardon on my conscience seal. For this I at thy footstool wait, Till thou my peace again create ; Fruit of thy gracious lips, restore My peace and bid me sin no more ! Far off, yet at thy feet, I lie, Till thou again thy blood apply ; Till thou repeat my sins forgiven, As far from God as hell from heaven. RE-UNION TO GOD. 145 But, for thy truth and mercy's sake, My comfort thou wilt give me back ; And lead me on from grace to grace, In all the paths of righteousness : Till, throughly saved, my new-born soul, And perfectly by faith made whole, Doth bright in thy full image rise, To share thy glory in the skies. RE-UNION TO GOD. Eccles. 7 : 29. Uprigiit, both in heart and will, We by our God were made ; But we turn'd from good to ill, And o'er the creature stray'd ; Multiplied our wand'ring thought, Which first was ii\M <>n God alone; In ten thousand objects sought The bliss we lost in our. From our own inventions vain Of fancied happiness, Draw us bo fchj self again, Ami bid "in- wrand'ringa oea Jesus, speak our soula restored, By loi e'a dh in*' simplicity ; Reunited to our Lord, Ami wholly Lost in thee! 146 CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE AND FRIEND. CHRIST OUR ADVOCATE AND FRIEND. 1 John 2:1. Hos. 14 : 4. Ezek. 11 : 19. Isa. 48 : 4. Weary of wandering from my God, And now made willing to return, I hear, and bow me to the rod ; For thee, not without hope, I mourn : I have an Advocate above, A Friend before the throne of Love. O Jesus, full of truth and grace, More full of grace than I of sin ; Yet once again I seek thy face, Open thine arms, and take me in ; And freely my backslidings heal, And love the faithless sinner still. Thou know'st the way to bring me back, My fallen spirit to restore ; O ! for thy truth and mercy's sake, Forgive, and bid me sin no more ; The ruins of my soul repair, And make my heart a house of prayer. The stone to flesh again convert ; The veil of sin again remove : Sprinkle thy blood upon my heart, And melt it. by thy dying love ! This rebel heart by Love subdue, And make it soft, and make it new. Give to mine eyes refreshing tears, And kindle my relentings now ; LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD. 147 Fill my whole soul with filial fears : To thy sweet yoke my spirit bow ; Bend by thy grace, O bend or break, The iron sinew in my neck ! Ah ! give me, Lord, the tender heart, That trembles at the approach of sin : A godly fear of sin impart ; Implant, and root it deep within ; That I may dread thy gracious power, And never dare to offend thee more. LONG-SUFFERING OF GOD. 2 Pot-.- 3 : 9. Rom. 8 : 21. O God, if thou art love indeed, Let it once more be proved in me. That I thy mercy's praise may spread, For every child of Adam free : () let me now the gift embrace : O let me now be saved by grace! If all long-i uffering thou hast shown On me, that others may believe, \o\v make ill)- Loving-kindness known, \'<>w Hi;* all-conquering Spirit give, Spirit <>f victory and p»»w it, That 1 may nei er grieve thee m< Grant my importunate request ; Ii is mil niv desire,- but thine ; A PENITENTIAL HYMN. Since thou would'st have the sinner blest, Now let me in thine image shine, Nor ever from thy footsteps move, But more than conquer through thy iove. Be it according to thy will; Set my imprison' d spirit free; The counsel of thy grace fulfil ; Into thy glorious liberty My spirit, soul, and flesh restore, And I shall never grieve thee more. A PENITENTIAL HYMN. Psalm 95 : 8. Heb. 4 : 3. Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay, Though I have done thee such despite ; Nor cast the sinner quite away, Nor take thine everlasting flight. Though I have steel' d my stubborn heart, And still shook off my guilty fears, And vex'd, and urged thee to depart, For many long rebellious years. 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 grie\ M Yet, O ! the chief of sinners spare, In honour . of my great High-Priest ; THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN*. 149 Nor in thy righteous anger swear To exclude me from thy people's rest. This only woe I deprecate ; This only plague I pray remove; Nor leave me in my lost estate ; Xor curse me with this want of love. Xow, Lord, my weary soul release, Up-raise me with thy gracious hand, And guide into thy perfect peace, And hring me to the promised land. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN. 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 he call'd thy BOB : Yet will I thee my Father own. Guide of my life hast thou not been, And rescued me from passion's power? Ten thousand times preserved from Bin, Nor let the greedy grave devour? And wilt thou now thy wrath retain. Nor ever love thy child again ? Ah : canst thou find it i" thy heart 'I'., give me up. so long panned I 50 RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY VANITIES. Ah! canst thou finally depart, And leave thy creature in his blood! Leave me, — out of thy presence east, To perish in my sins at last ! If thou hast will'd me to return, If weeping at thy feet I fall, The prodigal thou wilt not spurn, But pity, and forgive me all, In answer to my Friend above, In honour of his bleedimr love! RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY VANITIES. I Cor. 2 : 2. Hcb. 2 : 9. Psalm 116 : 7. Vain, delusive world, adieu, With all of creature-good ! Only Jesus I pursue, Who bought me with his blood : All thy pleasures I forego, I trample on thy wealth and pride : Only Jesus will I know, And Jesus crucified. Other knowledge I disdain, Tis all but vanity: Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain, lie tasted death for me. Me to save from endless woe, The sin-atoning Victim died: Only Jesus will I know. And Jesus crucified. RENUNCIATION OF WORLDLY VANITIES. 151 Turning to ray rest again, The Saviour I adore ; He relieves my grief and pain, And bids me weep no more. Rivers of salvation flow From out his head, his hands, his side : Only Jesus will I know, And Jesus crucified. Here will I set up my rest, My fluctuating heart From the haven of his breast Shall never more depart. Whither should a sinner His wounds for me stand open wide : Only Jesus will I know, And Jesus crucified. Him to know is life and peace, And pleasure without end ; This is all my happiii On .1 I depend ; Daily in his gn ow, And ever in his faith abide, Only JeSUS will I know, And Jesus crucified ! 0 that 1 could all invite, This sai ing truth to pr< Show the length, the breadth, th< And depth of ■'• e ! Fain I w ould to Binn ra bow The blood by faith alone applied ! Onlj Ji will 1 know, And J( crucified ! I AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN AFTER A RELAPSE INTO SIN Matt. 13:8. John 11 : 32. Job 42 : 5, 6. My God, my God, to thee I cry ; Thee only would I know ; Thy purifying blood apply, And wash me white as snow. Touch me, and make the leper clean, Purge my iniquity : Unless thou wash my soul from sin, I have no part in thee. But art thou not already mine ? Answer, if mine thou art ! Whisper within, thou Love Divine, And cheer my drooping heart. Tell me again my peace is made, And bid the sinner live : The debt's discharged, the ransom's paid, My Father must forgive. Behold, for me the Victim bleeds, His wounds are open'd wide: For me the blood of sprinkling pleads, And speaks me justified. O why did I my Saviour leave, So soon unfaithful prove ! J low could I thy good Spirit grieve, And sin against tliy love ! WATCH AND PRAY. 1 53 I forced thee first to disappear ; I turn'd thy face aside : Ah, Lord ! if thou hadst still been here, Thy servant had not died. But O, how soon thy wrath is o'er, And pardoning love takes place ! Assist me, Saviour, to adore The riches of thy grace. 0 could I lose myself in thee, Thy depth of mercy prove, Thou vast, unfathomable sea Of unexhausted love ! My humbled soul, when thou art near, In dust and ashes ]i< How shall a sinful worm appear, Or meet thy purer eyes ? 1 Loathe myself when God I see, And into nothing fall ; Content if thou exalted be, And Christ be All in All. WATCH AND PRAY. Eph. 5:14. Job 26 : 1 l 18 : 1, Hi ( Ji: \« 101 8 Redeemer, Bhakt This Blomber from mj bouI ! Say bo me nowi " Aw ake, awake ! \'i 1 And keep it Mill awake. 164 FOR A NEW HEART. 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 ! FOR A NEW HEART. Ezek. 36 : 26, 27. O Jesus, let thy dying cry Pierce to the bottom of my heart ; Its evils cure, its wants supply, And bid my unbelief depart. Slay the dire root and seed of sin ; Prepare for thee the holiest place ! Then, O Essential Love, come in ! And fill thy house with endless praise. Let me, according t<> thy word, A tender, contrite heart receive, Which grieves at having grieved its Lord, And never can itself forgive. A heart, thy joys and griefs to feel, A heart that cannot faithless prove : A heart where Christ alone may dwell, All praise, all meekness, and all love. PART VI. arrjcb Jflftrg. PART THE SIXTH. CHRIST THE WAY. John 14 : 6. Psalm 66 : 12. 1 Peter 5 : 10. J]>r. my truth, my way, My sure, unerring light, On thee my feeble steps I stay, Which thou wilt guide aright. My wisdom and my guide, My counsellor thou art ; 0 never let me leave thy side, Or from thy path- depart. 1 lift my eyes to thee, Thou gracious, bleeding Lamb, That I may now enlighten'd be, And never put t<> shame. Never will I remove Out of thy hands my ca l68 CHRIST THE WAY. But rest in thy redeeming love, And hang upon thy cross. Teach me the happy art In all things to depend On thee ; O never, Lord, depart, But love me to the end! Still stir me up to strive With thee in strength divine; And every moment, Lord, revive This fainting soul of mine. Persist to save my soul Throughout the fiery hour, Till I am every whit made whole, And show forth all thy power. Throuoh fire and water brins: Into the wealthy place ; And teach me the new song to sing, When perfected in grace! O make me all like thee, Before I hence remove ! Settle, confirm, and 'stablish me, And build me up in love. Let me thy witness live, When sin is all destroyed : And then my spotless soul receive, And take me home to God. IN WORLDLY CARE. 1 69 IN WORLDLY CARE. Luke 10 : 41, 42. Psalm 55 : 22. I Peter 5 : 7. Lo ! I come Avith joy to do The Master's blessed will: Him in outward works pursue, And serve his pleasure still. Faithful to my Lord's commands, I still would choose the Letter part ; Serve with careful Martha! & hands, And loving Marijs heart. Careful without care I am, Nor feel my happy toil, Kept in peace by Jesu's name, Supported by his smile: Joyful thus my faith to show, I find his service my reward ; Every work I do below, I do it to tlic Lord. Thou, O Lord, in tender love, I) things above, An. [ H\ it ever there ! Calm on tumult's w heel 1 sit, '.Mi. ha busy multitudes alone, Sweetly waiting .-it thj feet, Till all thy will he done. To the desert, or the cell, Let others blindly fly, I/O THE LORD OUR GUIDE. In this evil world I dwell, Unhurt, unspotted, I: Here I find a house of prayer, To which I inwardly retire, Walking unconcerned in care, And unconsumed in fire. Thou, O Lord, my portion art, Before 1 hence remove ! Now my treasure and my heart Are all laid up above: Far above all earthly things, While yet my hands are here employ'd, Sees my soul the King of kings, And freely talks with God. O that all the art might know Of living thus to thee ! Find their heaven begun below, And here thy glory see ! Walk in all the works prepared By thee to exercise their grace, Till they gain their full reward, And see thy glorious face ! THE LORD OUR GUIDE. Exodus 13 : 21. Captain of Israel's host, and Guide Of all who seek the land above, Beneath thy shadow we abide, The cloud of thy protecting love: THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS. 171 Our strength, thy grace ; our rule, thy word ; Our end, the glory of the Lord. By thine unerring Spirit led, We shall not in the desert stray ; We shall not full direction need, Xor miss our providential way ; As far from danger as from fear, While love, almighty love, is near. THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS. I. Job I : 21. Father, into thy hands alone I have my all restored ; My all, thy property I own, The steward of the Lord. Hereafter none can take away My life, or goods, or fame; Ready at thy demand to lay Them down I always am. Confiding in thy only lo Through Jems strengthening me, 1 wait thy faithfulness t«> pp And give hack all to thee. Take when thou wilt into thy hand>, And a-> t boa w ilt requi THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS. Resume by the Chaldean bands, Or the devouring fire. Determined all thy will to obey, Thy blessings I restore ; Give, Lord, or take thy gifts away, I praise thee evermore ! II. Father, 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. Vilest of the sinful race, Lo ! I answer to thy call : Meanest vessel of thy grace, Grace divinely free for all, Lo! I come to do thy will, All thy counsel to fulfil. If so poor a worm as I May to thy great glory live, All my actions sanctify, All my words and thoughts receive ; Claim me for thy service, claim All I have, and all I am. Take my soul and body's powers; Take my memory, mind, and will ; THE SACRIFICE OF OUR PERSONS All my goods, and all ray hours, All I know, and all I feel ; All I think, or speak, or do ; Take my heart ; — but make it new ! Xow, O God, thine own I am ; Xow I give thee back thine own ; Freedom, friends, and health, and fame, Consecrate to thee alone: Thine I live, thrice happy I! Happier still if thine I die. Father, 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. III. Rom. 14 : 3. Let Him to whom we now belong His sovereign right assert, And take up every thankful Bong, And ei ery Iot ing heart. lit- justly claims as for his own, Who bought u-< w itli a price ; Tin- Christian lives to Christ alone, To ( )hrist al< >ne he dies ! 174 DESIRE FOR SALVATION. Jesus, thine own at last receive, Fulfil our heart's desire, And let us to thy glory live, And in thy cause expire. Our souls and bodies we resign ; With joy we render thee Our all, no longer ours, but thine To all eternity. DESIRE FOR SALVATION. Gen. 49 : 18. Long have I waited, Lord, For thy salvation here, And hoped, according to thy word, To see it soon appear: To sec thee passing by, All-glorious from above, The Lord of hosts, the Lord most high, The God of pardoning love. Thyself Jehovah's Son, Discover to my heart, That when I have my Saviour known, I may in peace depart : May thee, the world's desire, Willi arms of faith embrace, And then, with yon enraptured choir, For ever sec thy face. THE AUTHOR OF ALL GOOD. 175 THE AUTHOR OF ALL GOOD. James 1 : 17. John 15 : 5. Phil. 2 : 13. Isa. 26 : 12. Father, to thee my soul I lift ; My soul on thee depend-, Convinced that every perfect gift From thee alone descends. Mercy and grace are thine alone, And power and wisdom too : Without the Spirit of thy Son We nothing good can do. We cannot speak one useful word, One holy thought conceive, Unless, in answer to our Lord, Thyself the blessing give. ]\\< blood demand- the purchased grace, His blood's availing plea Obtain'd the help for all oar race, And send • it down to me. Thou all our works in as bast wrought ; Our good i- all divine : The praise of every virtuous thought, And righteous word i> thine. Prom thee, through Jesus, we receive The power on thee to call ; In whom we arc, and m.»\c, and live, Onr God IS all in all. 13 176 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. Infinite God, to thee we raise Our hearts in solemn songs of praise ; By all thy works on earth adored, We worship thee, the common Lord ; The everlasting Father own, And bow ourselves before thy throne. Thee all the choir of angels sings, The Lord of hosts, the King of kings ; Cherubs proclaim thy praise aloud, And Seraphs shout the triune God ; And, " Holy, holy, holy," cry, "Thy glory fills both earth and sky!" God of the patriarchal race, The ancient seers record thy praise ; The goodly apostolic band In highest joy and glory stand ; And all the saints and prophets join To extol thy majesty divine. Head of the martyrs' noble host, Of thee they justly make their boast; The church to earth's remotest bounds, Her heavenly Founder's praise resounds ; And strives villi those around the throne, To hymn the mystic Three in One Father of endless majesty, All might and love they render thee; TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 17; Thy true and only Son adore. The same in dignity and power; And God the Holy Ghost declare, The saints' eternal Comforter. 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, Whose glorious mercies never end. Bent to redeem a sinful race, Thou, Lord, with unexampled grace, Into our lower world didst come, And stoop to a poor virgin's womb ; Whom all the heavens cannot contain, Our God appear'd a child of man ! When thou hadst render'd up thy breath, And dying drawn the sting of death, Thou didst from earth triumphant rise, And ope the portals of the ski« b, That all who trust in thee alone Might follow and partake thy throne. Seated at God's right hand again, Thou dost in all his glory reign ; Thou v(, thy Father's image, shine In all the attributes dii Lnej And thou with judgment olad shah come, ! il our everlasting doom. 178 TE DEUM LAUDAMUS. 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. Hallow, and make thy servants meet, And with thy saints in glory seat; Sustain and bless us by thy sway, And keep to that tremendous day, When all thy church shall chant above The new eternal song of love. Saviour, we now rejoice in hope, That thou at last wilt take us up ; With daily triumph we proclaim, And bless and magnify thy name; And wait thy greatness to adore When time and death shall be no more. Till then with us vouchsafe to stay, And keep us pure from sin to-day; Thy great confirming grace bestow, And guard us all our days below ; And ever mightily defend, And save thy servants to the end. Still let us, Lord, by thee be blest, Who in thy guardian mercy rest : Extend thy mercy's arms to me, The weakest soul that trusts in thee ; And never let me lose thy love, Till I, even I, am crown'd above. PRAISE TO THE TRINITY. 1 79 PRAISE TO THE TRINITY. A THOUSAND oracles divine Their common beams unite; That sinners may with angels join To worship God aright : To praise a Trinity adored By all the hosts above ; And one thrice-holy God and Lord Through endless ages love. Triumphant host! they never cease To laud and magnify The Triune God of Holiness, Whose glory fills the sky : Whose glory to this earth extends, When God himself imparts, And the whole Trinity descends Into our faithful hearts. By faith the upper choir we meet ; And challenge them to Bing Jehovah, on hits shining seat, ( > 1 ; r .Maker and OUT King. But God made flesh is wholly ours, And asks our nobler Btrain : The Father of oelestial po* i The Friend of earth-born man ! i8o THE CHRISTIAN'S VICTORY. Ye seraphs, nearest to the throne, With rapturous amaze On us, poor ransom'd worms, look down. For heaven's superior praise. The King, whose glorious face ye see, For us his crown resign'd; That fulness of the Deity, He died for all mankind! THE CHRISTIAN'S VICTORY. a Tim. 4 : 7. " I the good fight have fought," 0 when shall I declare? The victory by my Saviour got, 1 long with Paul to share. O may I triumph so, When all my warfare's past; And, dying, find my latest foe Under my feet at last ! This blessed word be mine Just as the port is gain'd, u Kept by the power of grace divine, I have the faith maintain'd." The Apostles of my Lord, To whom it first was given, They could not speak a greater word, Nor all the saints in heaven. THE REIGN OF CHRIST. 18 1 THE REIGN OF CHRIST. Phil. 4 : 4. Heb. 1 : 3. Rev. 1 : 18. Acts 2 : 34, 35. Rom. 6:6. 1 Thes. 4:16, 17. Rejoice, the Lord is King ; Your Lord and King adore ; Mortals, give thanks, and sing, And triumph evermore ; Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 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, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o'er earth and heaven ; The keys of death and hell Arc to our Jesus given ; Lift up your hearts, lift np your voice, Rejoice again I say, rejoice. He sits at God's right hand Till all hi>* foes Bubmit, And how t<» his command, And foil beneath his feet ; Lift up your hearts, lift up your voir.-, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. He :ill his foea Bhall quell, Shall all our sin- destroy : 182 THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. And every bosom swell With pure seraphic joy; Lift up your hearts, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. Rejoice in glorious hope, Jesus the Judge shall come, And take his servants up To their eternal home ; We soon shall hear the archangel's voice, The trump of God shall sound, Rejoice ! THE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. Jer. 9 : 23. 2 Cor. 10 : 17. Let not the wise his wisdom boast, The mighty glory in his might ; The rich in flattering riches trust, Which take their everlasting flight. The rush of numerous years bears down The most gigantic Strength of man ; And where is all his wis. lorn gone, When dust he turns to dust again. One only gift can justify The boasting soul that knows his God When Jesus doth his blood apply, I glory in his sprinkled blood. 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. CHRIST OUR INTERCESSOR. CHRIST OUR INTERCESSOR. Heb. 7 : 25. Rom. 8 : 15. Arise, 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. lie ever lives above, For me to intercede ; IIi< all-redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead; His blood atoned for all our race And sprinkles now the throne of grace. Five bleeding wounds he bears, Received on Calvary ; They pour effectual prayers, They Btrongly speak for me; Forgive him, O forgive, they cry. Nor let that ransom'd -inner die ! The Father hears him pray, His dear anointed One : He cannot turn away The presence of his Son : His Spirit answers to the I » I - And tells me I am born of ( tod. My God is reconciled, Hi> pard'ning voice I hear; . 184 GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear : With confidence I now draw nigh, And Father, Abba, Father, cry. GLORIA IN EXCELSIS. Glory be to God on high, God whose glory fills the sky : Peace on earth to man forgiven, Man the well-beloved of heaven. Sovereign Father, heavenly King, Thee we now presume to sing ; Glad, thine attributes confess Glorious all, and numberless. Hail, by all thy works adored ! Hail, the everlasting Lord ! Thee with thankful hearts we prove God of power, and God of love. Christ our Lord and God we own, Christ, the Father's only Son, Lamb of God for sinners slain, Saviour of offending man. Bow thine car, in mercy bow, Hear, the world's Atonement, thou ! Jesus, in thy name we pray, Take, O take our sins away ! THE TRINITY. 185 Powerful Advocate with God, Justify us by thy blood ; Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, Hear, the world's Atonement, thou ! Hear, for thou, O Christ, alone Art with thy great Father one : One the Holy Ghost with thee ; One supreme, eternal Three. THE TRINITY. Num. 6 : 24-26. Jehovah, God the Father, bless, And thy own work defend ! With mercy's outstretchM 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. Jehovah, <>.nl the Bon, reveal The brightness of thy face ; And all thy pardon'd people till Wiih plenitude of grace ! Shine forth with all the I ) » i t \ , Wnich dwells *m thee alone ; And lift n> up, thy la« . tC On thy eternal throne. 186 THE KINGDOM OF GOD. Jehovah, God the Spirit, shine, Father and Son to show ! "With bliss ineffable, divine, Our mvish'd hearts overflow. Sure earnest of that happiness, Which human hope transcends, Be thou our everlasting peace, When grace in glory ends! "THE KINGDOM OF GOD." Luke ii.m. a. Rom. 14 : 17. Father of me, and all mankind, And all the hosts above, Let every understanding mind Unite to praise thy love ; — To know thy nature and thy name, One God in persons three ; And glorify the great I AM Through all eternity. Thy kingdom come, with power and grace To every heart of man : Thy peace, and joy, and righteousness, In all our bosoms reign. Thy righteousness our sins keep down, Thy peace our passions bind ; THE GODHEAD OF CHRIST. 187 And let OS, in tliy joy unknown, The first dominion find. The righteousness that never ends, But makes an end of sin, The joy that human thought transcends, Into our souls bring in : The kingdom of established peace, Which can no more remove, The perfect power of godliness, The omnipotence of love. THE GODHEAD OF CHRIST. I John 1 : 7. Phil. 1 TnE day of Christ, the day of God, We humbly hope with joy to >« . Wash'd in the sanctifying blood Of an expiring Deity : Who did for Qfl his life resign : There i> DO other ( rod but one ; For all the plenitude divine Resides in tin- eternal Son. Spotless, sincere, without offence, O may we to his day remain ! Who trust the blood of Christ to eh Our souls from ei en rinful itain. 1 88 THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. Lord, we believe the promise sure ! The purchased Comforter impart! Apply thy blood to make us pore: To keep us pure in life and heart ! Then let us see that day supreme, When hoik; thy Godhead shall deny; Thy sovereign Majesty blaspheme, Or count thee less than the Most High When all who on their God believe, Who hear thy last appealing love, Shall thy consummate joy receive, And see thy glorious face above. THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. Exodus 34 : 5, 7. Gbeat God! to me the sight afford, To him of old allow M ; And let my faith behold its Lord Descending in a cloud. In that revealing Spirit come down, Thine attributes proclaim, And tO my inmost soul make known Tin- glories of iky name. Jehovah, Christ, I thee adore, Who gav'st my bouI to be | Fountain of being, and of power, And great in majesty. THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. 189 The L<>nl, the mighty God, thou art; IJni Let me rather prove That name in-spoken to my In-art, Tliai favourite name of Love. Merciful God, thyself proclaim In this polluted breast ; Mercy is thy distinguish'd name, Which suits a Binner best. Our misery doth for pity call, Our sin implores thy grace And thou art merciful to all Our lost apostate race. Thy ceaseless, unexhausted love, Unmerited and free, Delight - our ei il to rem< A1..I help our misery. Thou vraitest to be gracious still, Thou dost with Binners bear, That saved, we may thy goodness feel, And all thy grace declare. Thy goodness and thy truth t<» mc. To every soul, abound ; A vast unfathomable Wnere .ill our thought a are drovi n'd 1: ' ■: Ik- whole 'icat ion reach, the store ; Enough for all, enough I Enough for evermore. I ithful, < ) Lnnl, thy mci oies are ! A \>>ii that cannot mo^ 19° THE NAME OF THE LORD PROCLAIMED. A thousand promises declare Thy constancy of love. Throughout the universe it reigns, Unalterably sure ; And while the truth of God remains, His goodness must endure. Reserves of unexhausted grace Are treasured up in thee, For myriads of the fallen race ; For all mankind and me. The flowing stream continues full Till time its course hath run ; And while eternal ages roll Thy mercy shall flow on. Merciful God, long-suflering, kind, To me thy name is show'd; But sinners most exult to find Thou art a pardoning God. Our sins in deed, and word, and thought Thou freely dost forgive ; For us thou by thy blood hast bought, And died that I might live. Yet wilt thou not the guilty clear, If we to sin return : Thy wrath, vindictively severe, From age t<> age shall burn; Unless our sinful misery We, Belf-condemn'd, bemoan, And find an Advocate in thee, Before thy Eather?s throne. MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY. 19 1 MYSTERY OF THE TRINITY. Acts 17 : 28. Gen. 1 : 26. Hail ! Father, Son, and Spirit groat, Before the birth of time Enthroned in everlasting state, Jehovah, Elohim:! A mystical plurality We in the Godhead own, Adoring One in Persons Three, And three in Xature One. From thee our being we receive, The creatures of thy grace, And, raised ont of the earth, we live To sing our Maker's prai Thy powerful, wise, and Loving mind Did our creation plan J And all the glorious Persona join'd To form thy favorite, -Man. Again thou didst, in council met, Thy ruin'd work Established in. our first estate, To forfeit it do more. And when we rise in love renew'd, Our sonls resemble thee, An Image <»f the Triune < rod, To all eternity. "u 02 THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. The incommunicable right, Almighty God ! receive, Which angel-choirs, and saints in light, And saints embodied, give. Three Persons equally divine We magnify and love ; And both the choirs ere long shall join To sing thy praise above. Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, (Our heavenly song shall be,) Supreme, essential One, adored In co-eternal Three ! THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD. Prov. 8 : 15, 21. Blest be our everlasting Lord, Our Father, God, and King ! Thy sovereign goodness we record, Thy glorious power we sing. By thee the victory is given; The majesty divine, And strength, and might, and earth, am! heaven, And all therein are thine. The kingdom, Lord, is thine alone, Who dost thy right maintain, THE PEACE OF GOD. 193 And, high on thine eternal throne, O'er men and angels reign. Riches, as seemeth good to thee, Thou dost, and honour, give ; And Kings their power and dignity Out of thy hand receive. Thou hast on us the grace bestow'd Thy greatness to proclaim ; And therefore now we thank our God, And praise thy glorious name. Thy glorious name and nature's powers Thou dost to us make known ; And all the Deity is ours, Through thy incarnate Son. THE PEACE OF GOD. Numbers 6 : 26. Comb, Father, Son, and Holy Gh< One God in Persona Three, Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost l>y all mankind and me. Thy favour, and thy nature too, To me, to all restore ; Forgive, and after God renew, And keep as evermore. 94 T° GOD THE FATHER. Eternal Sun of Righteousness, Display thy beams divine, And cause the glories of thy face Upon my heart to shine. Light in thy light O may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove; Revived, and cheer'd, and bless'd by thee, The God of pardoning love. Lift up thy countenance serene, And let thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Godhead reconciled ! That all-comprising peace bestow On me, through grace forgiven The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of heaven ! TO GOD THE FATHER. Acts 17 : 28. Rev. 7 : 10. Rev. 20 : II. Father, in whom we live, In whom we are and move, The glory, power, and praise receive Of thy creating love. Let all the angel throng Give thanks to God on high, TO GOD THE FATHER. 195 While earth repeats the joyful song, And echoes through the sky. Incarnate Deity, Let all the ransom'd race Render in thanks their lives to thee, For thy redeeming grace : The grace to sinners show'd Ye heavenly choirs proclaim, Ami cry, Salvation to our God, Salvation to the Lamb ! Spirit of holiness, Let all thy saints adore Thy sacred energy, and bless Thy heart-renewing power. Not angel tongues can tell Thy love's ecstatic height, The glorious joy unspeakable, The beatific sight ! Eternal triune Lord, Let all the hosts above, Let all the sons of men, record, And dwel^ upon thy 1<»\ e : When heaven and earth are fled Before thy glorious fare. Sing, all the saints thy love hath made, Thine everlasting praise I 196 PRAYER AND PRAISE. PRAYER AND PRAISE. Thou, my God, art good and wise, And infinite in power : Thee let all in earth and skies Continually adore ! Give me thy converting grace, That I may obedient prove, Serve my Maker all my days, And my Redeemer love. For my life, and clothes, and food, And every comfort here, Thee, my most indulgent God, I thank with heart sincere ; For the blessings numberless, Which thou hast already given ; For my smallest spark of grace, And for my hope of heaven. Gracious God, my sins forgive, And thy good Spirit impart ! Then I shall in thee believe, With all my loving heart : Always unto Jesus look, Him in heavenly glory see, Who my cause hath undertook, And ever prays for inc. Grace, in answer to his prayer, And every grace bestow, That I may with zealous care Perforin thy will below; HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. 197 Rooted iii humility, Still in every state resign'd, Plant, almighty Lord, in me A meek and lowly mind. Poor and vile in my own eyes, With self-abasing shame Still I would myself despise, And magnify thy name: Thee let every creature bless ; Praise to God alone be given: God alone deserves the praise Of all in earth and heaven. HYMN TO GOD THE FATHER. Luke 15:21, 24. Thbe, 0 my God and King, My Father, thee I sing! Bear, well-pleased the joyous sound, Praise from earth and heaven receive Lost — I now in Christ am found, I lead - by faith In Christ 1 live. Father, behold thy son. In Christ I am thy own: Stranger long to thee, and rest, See the prodigal i • come \ i >pen n\ ide thine arms and breast, Take the \\ ean w andcrer home. 198 IN TEMPTATION. Thine eye observed from far, Thy pity look'd me near; Me thy bowels yearn'd to see; Me thy mercy ran to find. Empty, poor, and void of thee, Hungry, sick, and faint, and blind. Thou on my neck didst fall, Thy kiss forgave me all; Still thy gracious words I hear, Words that made the Saviour mine, " Haste, for him the robe prepare, His be righteousness divine !" IN TEMPTATION. Jesus, to thee I now can fly, On whom my help is laid : Oppress'd by sins I lift my eye, And see the shadows fade. Believing on my Lord, I find A sure and present aid : On thee alone my constant mind Is every moment stay'd. Whate'er in me seems wise, or good, Or strong, I here disclaim: I wash my garments in the blood Of the atoning Lamb. GOODNESS AND MERCY. 199 Jesus, my Strength, my Life, my Rest, On thee will I depend, Till summon' cl to the marriage-feast, When faith in Bight shall end. GOODNESS AND MERCY. Psalm 103 : 13. Psalm 5:12. Matt. 10 : 30. John 3:16. Good thou art, and good thou dost ; Thy mercies reach to all, Chiefly those who on thee trust, And for thy mercy call: New they every morning are; As fathers when their children cry, Us thou dost in pity spare, And all our wants supply. Mercy o'er thy works presidi - Thy providence display'd Still preserves, and still provides For all thy hands have made; Keeps, with most distinguish'd care The man who on thy love depends ; Watches every aumber'd hair, And all his steps attends. \Vh<> can Bound the depths unknown ( H thy redeeming gr Grace, that gave thine only Sou '1'.. gave a riiinM ra< I CONVERSE WITH GOD. Millions of transgressors poor Thou hast for Jesu's sake forgiven ; Made them of thy favour sure, And snatch'd from hell to heaven. Millions more thou ready art To sine, and to forgive! Every soul and every heart Of man thou would'st receive : Father, now accept of mine, Which now, through Christ, I offer thee ; Tell me now, in love divine, That thou hast pardon'd me ! CONVERSE WITH GOD. Luke 24 : 32. Psalm 27 : 8. Talk with us, Lord, thyself reveal, While here o'er earth we rove ; Speak to our hearts, and let us feel The kindling of thy love. Willi thee conversing, we forget All time, and toil, and care ; Labor is rest, and pain is sweet, If thou, my God, art here. Here then, my God, vouchsafe to stay. And bid my heart rejoice ; My hounding heart shall own thy sway, .And echo to tliv voice. JUSTICE AND MERCY. 201 Thou callest me to seek thy face ; 'Tis all I wish to seek ; To attend the whispers of thy grace, And hear thee inly speak. Let this my every hour employ, Till I thy glory see ; Enter into my Master's joy, And find my heaven in thee. JUSTICE AND MERCY. Psalm 90 : 2. Psalm 145 : 9. Psalm 62 : 12. Neh. 9 : 17. Eph. 1 : 7. < ii.onious God, accept a heart That pants to sing thy prai Thou without beginning art, And without end of da; Thou a Spirit invisible, I >os1 to none thy fulnef - show ; None thy -Majesty can tell, ( )r all thy Godhead know. All thine attributes we own, Thy w Lsdom, power, and might : I [appy iu 1 hyself alone, In goodness infinite, Thou iliy goodness bast displayed, ( )u thine every \\ ork imj Lov'sl \\ hate'er thy hands have made ■ Hut man t 1m m loi 'st the best. CHRIST ALL IN ALL. Willing thou that all should know Thy saving truth, and live, Dost to each, or bliss or woe, With strictest justice give : Thou with perfect righteousness Renderest every man his due ; Faithful in thy promises, And in thy threat'nings too. Thou art merciful to all Who truly turn to thee! Hear me then for pardon call, And show thy grace to me Me, through mercy reconciled, Me, for Jesu's sake forgiven, Me, receive, thy favour' d child, To sing thy praise in heaven. CHRIST ALL IN ALL. Acts 4:12. Col. 3 : 2. Thou hidden Source of calm repose, Thou all-sufficient Love Divine, My help and refuge from my foes, Secure I am, if thou art mine : And lo ! from sin, and grief, and shame, I hide me, Jesus, in thy Name. Thy mighty Name salvation is, And keeps my happy soul above ; Comfort it brings, and power, and peace, And joy, and everlasting love; MERCY AND PARDON. 203 To me, with thy clear Name, are given, Pardon, and holiness, and heaven. Jesus, my all in all thou art; My rest in toil ; my ease in pain The med'cine of my broken heart ; In war, my peace ; in loss, my gain ; My smile beneath the tyrant's frown ; In shame, my glory and my crown: In want, my plentiful supply; In weakness, my almighty power; In bonds, my perfect liberty ; My light in Satan's darkest hour ; In grief, my joy unspeakable ; My life in death; my heaven in hell. MERCY AND PARDON. z Saml. 7 : 8. Ezek. 16 : 6. Acts 4 : 12. What am I, O thou glorious God! And what my father's h0H86 to the.-. That thou such mercies hast bestow'd On me, the vilest reptile, me ! I take tlic blessing, from above, And w onder at thy boundless love. Me in my Ud thy love pass'd by, And Btopp'd, my ruin t<> retries Wept o'er my soul thy pitj ing ej Thy bowels yearn'd, and Bounded, "Live!" I04 PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. Dying, I heard the welcome sound, And pardon in thy mercy found. Honour, and might, and thanks, and praise, I render to my pardoning God; Extol the riches of thy grace, And spread thy saving name abroad; That only name to sinners given, Which lifts poor dying worms to heaven. Jesus, I bless thy gracious power, And all within me shouts thy Name : Thy Name let every soul adore, Thy power let every tongue proclaim ; Thy grace let every sinner know, And find with me their heaven below. PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. Acts 4 : ii. i Tim. i : 15 j 2 : 6. Let earth and heaven agree, Angels and men be join'd, To celebrate with me The Saviour of mankind ; To adore the all-atoning Lamb, And bless the sound of Jesu's Name. Jesus, transporting sound ! The joy of earth and heaven; Xo other help is found, No other name is given, PRAISE TO THE REDEEMER. By which' we can salvation have ; But Jesus came the world to save. 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 Jesu's face. His name the sinner hears, And is from sin set free ; 'Tis music in his ear-, 'Tis life and victory : New songs do now his lips employ, And dances lus glad heart for joy. Stung by the scorpion sin, My poor expiring bouI The balmy sound drinks in, And is at once made M'hole : See there my Lord upon the tree ! I hear, I feel, he die. I lor me. () unexampled love! 0 all-redeeming grace ! I low swiftly didst thou move To save a fallen ran- ! What diall I do to make it known. What thou for all mankind ha-t donoP o for a trumpet-voice, On all the world to call! 206 FREE GRACE. To bid their hearts rejoice In him who died for all ! For all my Lord was crucified ; For all, for all my Saviour died! FREE GRACE. Eph. 1:7. 1 Tim. 3:16. 1 Peter 1 : 12. Acts 12 : 6, 7. a Tim. 4 : 8. And can it be that I should gain An interest in the Saviour's blood ? Died he for me, who caused his pain V For me, who him to death pursued ? Amazing love! how can it be, That thou, my God, should'st die for me ! 'Tis mystery 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 angel-minds inquire no more. 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! Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fasl bound in sin and nature's night ; A THANKSGIVING. 207 Thine eye diffused 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. Xo condemnation now I dread ; Jesus, and 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 own. A THANKSGIVING. I. Exod. 14 : 13. Isaiah 43 : 2. My Father, my God, I long for thy love; () shed it abroad ; Send Christ from above! .My heart, ever fainting, lie only can cheer; And all things arc wanting, Till Jesus is here. 0 when shall my tongue Be fill'd with thy praise! While all the day long [ publish thy grace, Thy honor and glory To dinners forth BnOW, Till sinners adore thee, And own thoii art true. Thy strength and thy power I imw ran proclaim, ;' erved every hour Through Jesus'a Name; For thou art still by me, And boldest my hand; No ill can come nigh me, By faith while I stand. Lfi 208 a THANKSGIVING. My God is my guide : Thy mercies abound : On every side They compass me round : Thou sav'st me from sickness, From sin dost re- trieve, And strcngthen'st my weakness, And bidd'st me believe. Thou boldest my soul in spiritual life, My foes dost control, And quiet their strife ; Thou rulest my passion, My pride and self-will; To see thy salvation, Thou bidd'st me "stand still!" I stand, and admire Thine out-stretched arm ; I walk through the fire, And suffer no harm ; Assaulted by evil, I scorn to submit ; The world and the devil Fall under my feet. I wrestle not now, But trample on sin, For with me art thou, And shalt be within ; "While stronger and stronger In Jesus's power, I go on to conquer, Till sin is no more. II. Hcb. 4 : 1 6. Zcch. 4 : 10. Rom. 5 : 20. Matt. 21 : 16. O God of my salvation, hear, And help a sinner to draw near With boldness to the tin-one of Grace: Help me thy benefits to sing, And smile to sec me feebly bring My humble sacrifice of praise. A THANKSGIVING. 209 I cannot praise thee as I would ; But thou art merciful and good ; I know thou never wilt despise The day of small and feeble things, But bear me, till on eagles' wings To all the heights of love I rise. 1 thank thee for that gracious taste, (Which pride would not permit to last,) That touch of love, that pledge of heaven. Surely on me my Father smiled And once I knew him reconciled, Ami once I felt my sins forgiven. My Lord and God I then could b< My Saviour, who hath died for me, To bring the rebel near to God ; Thou didst, thou didst, thy peace impart ; Pardon was written on my heart, In largest characters of blood. Vilest of all the son-; of men, When 1 to lolly turn'd again, And ginn'd against thy light and love, (•race did much more than sin abound; Amazed, I still forgiveness found, And thank'd my Advocate above. Saviour, for this I thank thee now ; My Sa\ Lour to the utmost, thou Basl snatch'a4 me from the gates of hell; That I to all mankind may prove Thy free, thine everlasting love, Which all mankind with me may feci. A THANKSGIVING. The boundless love that found out me, For every soul of man is free ; None of thy mercy need despair; Valient, and pitiful, and kind, Thee every soul of man may find, And, freely saved, thy grace declare. A vile, backsliding sinner, I Ten thousand deaths deserve to die ; Yet still by sovereign grace I live ! Saviour, to thee I still look up ; I see an open door of hope ; And wait thy fulness to receive. How shall I thank thee for the grace, The trust I have to see thy face, When sin shall all be purged away ! The night of doubts and fears is past ; The Morning-Star appears at last, And I shall see the perfect day. I soon shall hear thy quick ning voice, Shall always pray, give thanks, rejoice - (This is thy will and faithful word ;) My spirit meek, my will resign'd; Lowly as thine shall be my mind ; The servant shall be as his Lord. Already, Lord, I feel thy power; Preserved from evil ('very horn-, My great Preserver I proclaim: Safely and strength in thee I have, I find, I find thee Btrong to save, And know that Jesus is thy name. THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. 2 11 By faith I every moment stand, Strangely upheld by thy right hand ; I my own wickedness eschew ; A sinner, I am kept from sin ; And thou shalt make me pure within, And thou shalt form my soul anew. Come, then, and loose my stamm'ring tongue, Teach me the new, the joyful song And perfect in a babe thy praise: I want a thousand lives to employ In publishing the sounds of joy, The gospel of thy general grace. Come, Lord, thy Spirit bids thee come; Give in'- thyself, and take me home; !')• now the glorious earnest given! The counsel of thy grace fulfil ; Thy kingdom come, thy perfect will Be done on earth, as 'lis in heaven. THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. Lev. i g : 9, i -5. I .11.1!) 61 : 1-4. Blow ye the trumpet, blow The gladly solemn Bound ; Lot all the nations kii<>u , To earth's remotest hound. The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd Burners, home 212 THE YEAR OF JUBILEE. Jesus, our great High Priest, Hath full atonement made ; Ye weary spirits, rest ; Ye mournful souls, be glad ; The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom' d sinners, home. Extol the Lamb of God The all-atoning Lamb ; Redemption through his blood Throughout the world proclaim : The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. Ye slaves of sin and hell, Your liberty receive ; And safe in Jesus dwell, And blest in Jesus live : The year of jubilee is come; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. Ye who have sold for naught Your heritage above, Receive it back unbought The gift of Jesu's love : The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. The gospel trumpet hear, The news of heavenly grace ; And, saved from earth, appear Before your Saviour's face : The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. CHRIST'S EVERLASTING LOVE. 2 1 CHRIST'S EVERLASTING LOVE. Isaiah 53 : 3, 5. Gloeious Saviour of my soul, I lift it up to thee ; Thou hast made the sinner whole, Hast set the captive free ! Thou my debt of death hast paid ; Thou hast raised me from my fall ; Thou hast full atonement made: My Saviour died for all. What could my Redeemer move To leave his Father's breast ? Pity drew him from above, And would not let him rest ; Swift to succour sinking man, Sinking into endless woe, Jesus to our rescue ran, And God appear'd below. God, in this dark vale of tears A man of griefs was seen : Here for three and thirty years He dwelt with sinful men. Did they know the Deity? Did they own him, who he was? See the Friend of Sinners, Bee! Be aange on yonder oro I Y. 1 tliy wrath I cannot fear, Thou gentle, bleeding Lamb! 214 CHRIST'S EVERLASTING LOVE. By thy judgment I am clear ; Heal'd by thy ^tripes I am; Thou for me a curse wast made, That I might in thee be blest; Thou hast my full ransom paid, And in thy wounds I rest. PART VII Swrrtb IJottrjr PART THE SEVENTH. THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATION. Ezek. 36 : 25-30. God of all Power, and Truth, and Gn Which shall from aire to age endure : Whose Word, when heaven and earth shall pass, Remains and stands for ever sure-: Calmly to thee my soul looks up, And waits thy promises to prove, The object of my steadfast hope, The seal of thine eternal Love. That I thy mercy may proclaim, That all mankind thy truth may Hallow thy great- and glorious Name, And pci-frct holiness in me. ( !hose from the world if n«»w 1 Btand, Adorn'd in righteousness dh Ine, If, broughl into the promis'd land, r justly call the S:t\ iour mine ; 218 THE PROMISE OF SANCTIF1CATION. Perform the work thou hast begun, My inmost soul to thee convert : Love me, for ever love thine own, And sprinkle with thy blood my heart. Thy sanctifying Spirit pour, To quench my thirst and wash me clean Now, Father, let the gracious shower Descend and make me pure from sin. Purge me from every sinful blot, My idols all be cast aside; Cleanse me from every evil thought ; From all the filth of self and pride. 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. O take this heart of stone away ! (Thy rule it doth not, cannot own ;) In me no longer let it stay ; O take away this heart of stone ! The hatred of my carnal mind Out of my flesh at once remove ; Give me a tender heart, resign'd, And pure, and fill'd with faith and love. Within me thy good Spirit place; Spirit of health, and love, and power ; Plant in me thy victorious grace, And sin shall never enter more. THE PROMISE OF SAN'CTIFICATION. 2 19 Cause me to walk in Christ my Way, And I thy statutes shall fulfil ; In every point thy law obey, And perfectly perform thy will. Hast Thou not said, who canst not lie, That I thy law shall keep and do? Lord, I believe, though men deny ; They all are false, but thou art true. <> that I now, from sin releas'd, Thy word might to the utmost prove! Knter into the promis'd rest, The Canaan of thy perfect love. There let me ever, ever dwell ; lie thou my God, and I will be Thy servant; (> set to thy seal! Give me eternal life in thee. From all remaining filth within, Let me in thee salvation have; From actual, and from inbred -in, My ransom'd soul persist to saw. Wash'out my old original stain: Tell me no more, It cannot be — Demons or men! The Lamb was slain, blood was all pour'd out for me ! Sprinkle it, Jesus, on my heart ; Our dr.»p of thy all-cleansing blood Shall make my sinfulness depart, And (ill me with the life of God. 20 THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATION. Father, supply my every need; Sustain the life thyself hast given; Call for the corn, the living bread, The manna that comes down from heaven. The gracious fruits of righteousness, Thy blessing's unexhausted store, In me abundantly increase ; Nor let me ever hunger more. Let me no more in deep complaint, " My leanness, O my leanness," cry, Alone consum'd with pining want, Of all my Father's children, I ! The painful thirst, the fond desire, Thy joyous presence shall remove ; While my full soul doth still require The whole eternity of love. Holy, and true, and righteous Lord, I want to prove thy perfect will; Be mindful of thy gracious Word, And stamp me with thy Spirit's seal. Thy faithful mercy let me find, In which thou eausest me to trust; Give me thy meek and lowly mind, And lay my spirit in the dust. Show me how foul my heart hath been, When .-ill lvncwM by grace I am : When thou hast emptied me of sin, Shew me the fulness of my shame. THE GOD OF JESHURUN. 221 Open my faith's interior eye, Display thy glory from above ; And all I am shall sink and die, Lost in astonishment and love. Confound, o'erpower me, with thy grace ; I would be by myself abhorr'd ; (All might, all majesty, all praise, All glory be to Christ my Lord !) Now let me gain perfection's height! Now let me into nothing fall ! Be less than nothing in thy sight, And feel that Christ is all in all. "THE GOD OF JESHURUN." Dcut. 33 : 26-29. None is like Jeshurun's I So great, so strong, so high: Lo! he spreads hi-; wings abroad, He rides upon the sky : Israel i< his first-born son : 1 rod, tin' Almighty < rod, is thine; aim to thy. help conic down, The excellence fix'd Oil things above ; Where Tear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect Love. 0 that I now the rest might know Believe, and enter in ! Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, And lit me cease from Bin ! Remove this hardness from my heart, This unbelief remoi e : To me the resl of faith impart, The sabbath of thj love. 1 would be thine, thou know'sf I would, And li.t\ e thee all mj on n ; 1.; 224 HOLINESS DESIRED. Thee — O my all-sufficient Good! I want — and thee alone. Thy Xaine to me, thy nature grant ! This, only this, be given : Nothing besides my God I want; Nothing in earth or heaven. Come, O my Saviour, come away ! Into my soul descend! No longer from thy creature stay, My Author and my End ! 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! HOLINESS DESIRED. Cor. 13:9. Heb. 8 : 8, 10, 12. John 17 : 3. Ezek. 16 : 62, 63. O God, most merciful and true ! Thy nature to my soul impart ; 'Stablish with me the cov'nant new, And write perfection od my heart. To real holiness restored, O let me gain my Saviour's mind! And, in the knowledge of my Lord, Fulness of life eternal find. PRAYER FOR SANCTIFICATION. 22 Remember, Lord, my sins no more, That them I may no more forget ; But sunk in guiltless shame adore, "With speechless wonder, at thy feet. O'erwhelmed with thy stupendous grace, I shall not in thy presence move ; But breathe unutterable praise, And rapturous awe, and silent love. Then every murmuring thought and vain Expires, in sweet confusion lost ; I cannot of my cross complain ; I cannot of my goodness boast. Pardon'd for all that I have done, .My mouth as in the dust I hide; And glory give to God alone, My God for ever pacified! PRAYER FOR SANCTIFICATION. Psalm i 30 : S. Jer. 4:14. F ■ 1 mi:, I dare- believe Thee merciful and true : Thou wilt m\ guilt} -<»iil forgive, My fallen bouI rene^i ; Come, then, for Jesu'e sake, And bid in\ heart be clean ; An cud of all my troubles m; An end of all m\ -ill. 226 ZION'S PROSPERITY. I will, through grace, I will, I do, return to thee; Take, empty it, O Lord, and fill My heart with purity! For power, I feebly pray: Thy kingdom now restore, To-day, while it is call'd to-day ; And I shall sin no more. I cannot wash my heart, But by believing thee, And waiting for thy blood to impart The spotless purity : While at thy cross I lie, Jesus, thy grace bestow ; Now thy all-cleansing blood apply, And I am white as snow. ZION'S PROSPERITY. Isaiah 35. Rev. 21 : 4. Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord, Ever faithful to thy word, Humbly we our seal set to, Testify that thou art true. Lo! for us tin1 wilds are glad. All in cheerful green arravM ; Opening sweets they all disclose. Bud and blossom as the rose. Hark! the wastes have found a voice Lonely deserts now rejoice, ZION'S PROSPERITY. 227 Gladsome hallelujahs sing, All around with praises ring. Lo ! abundantly they bloom ; Lebanon is hither come ; Carmel's stores the heavens dispense, Sharon's fertile excellence. See, these barren souls of ours Bloom, and put forth fruits and flowers ; Flowers of Eden, fruits of grace, Peace and joy and righteousness. We behold (the abjects, we !) Christ, the incarnate Deity ; Christ, in whom thy glories shine, Excellence of strength divine. Ye that tremble at his frown, He shall lift your hands cast down; Christ, who all your weakness sees, II- shall prop your feeble kin Ye of fearful hearts, In- strong; JeSUfl will not tarry long | Fear no1 Lest his truth should fail: Jesus is unchangeable. ( rod, your ( rod, shall -mvly come, Quell your foes, and seal their doom ; Hi- -hall come and Bave yon > We, <> Lord, ha\c found thee true! Blind we were, but now ire Deaf, we hearken n<»w to thi Dumb, for thee our tongues employ ; Lame, and, l<» ! w <• leap \'< >r j.'\ . 228 ZION'S PROSPERITY. Faint we were, and parch'd with drought, Water at thy word gush'd ont : Streams of grace our thirst repress, Starting from the wilderness. Still we gasp thy grace to know ; Here forever let it flow; Make the thirsty land a pool, Fix the Spirit in our soul. Where the ancient Dragon lay, Open for thyself a way ! There let holy tempers rise, All the fruits of Paradise. Lead us in the way of peace, In the path of righteousness, Never by the sinner trod, Till he feels the cleansing blood. There the simple cannot stray ; Babes, though blind, may find the way ; Find, nor ever thence depart ; Safe in lowliness of heart. Far from fear, from danger far ; No devouring beast is there ; There the humble walk secure, God hath made their footsteps sure. Jesus, mighty to redeem. Let our lot be cast with them; Far from earth our souls remove, Ransom'd by thy dying love. Leave us not below to mourn ; Fain we would to thee return, THE NEW CREATION. 229 Crown'd with righteousness, arise Far above these nether skies. Come, and all our sorrows chase, Wipe the tears from every face ; Gladness let us now obtain, Partners of thine endless reign. Death, the latest foe, destroy ; Sorrow then shall yield to joy ; Gloomy grief shall flee away Swallow'd up in endless day. THE NEW CREATION. Col. 3 : 10. Heb. 8 : 10. The thing my God doth bate That I no more may do, Thy creature, Lord, again create, And all my soul renew : .My soul shall then, like thine, Abhor the thing unclean, And, sanctified by love divine, For ever cease from sin. That blessed law of thine, Jesus, i«> me impart : The Spirit's law of life «li\ 'me. 0 WTite it in my heart ! Implant it deep \\ ilhin, Whence it may ne'er remo> o ; The l:iw of liberty from -in. The perfect law of l«>\ e. 230 PURITY OF HEART DESIRED. Thy nature be my law, Thy spotless sanctity, And sweetly every moment draw My happy soul to thee. Soul of my soul, remain ! Who didst for all fulfil, In me, O Lord, fulfil again Thy heavenly Father's will. PURITY OF HEART DESIRED. Psalm 51 : 10. Ezek. 36 : 26, 27. Rev. 2 : 17. Isaiah 57 : 19. O for a heart to praise my God, A heart from sin set free ! A heart that always feels thy blood So freely spilt for me ! A heart resign'd, submissive, meek, My great Redeemer's throne ; Where only Christ is heard to speak, Where Jesus reigns alone: A humble, lowly, contrite heart, Believing, true, and clean ; Which neither life nor deatli can part From liiin that dwells within: A heart in every thought renew'd, And full of love divine; Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, A copy, Lord, of thine! CHRIST OCR SAXCTIFICATION' Thy tender heart is still the same, And melts at human woe : Jesus, for thee distress'd I am, I want thy love to know. My heart, thou know'st, can never rest Till thou create my peace: Till, of my Eden re-possest, From every sin I cease. Fruit of thy gracious lips, on me Bestow that peace unknown, The hidden manna and the tree Of life, and the white stone. Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart; Come quickly from above ; Write thy new name upon my heart, Thy new, best name of love. CHRIST OUR SAXCTIFICATION. Phil. 3 : 10. Rom. 6 : 4, 6. Col. 2 : II, 13. Jssus, my life! thyself apply, Thy Holy Spirit breath* ; My vile affections crucify, Conform rate to thy death. ( lonqu'ror of hell, and earth, and Still with thy rebel strive ; Enter my bouI, and \\ ork w ithin, And kill, and make ali 232 THE PURE IN HEART. More of thy life, and more, I have, As the old Adam dies : Bury me, Saviour, in thy grave, That I with thee may rise. Reign in me, Lord, thy foes control, Who would not own thy sway; Diffuse thine image through my soul, Shine to the perfect day. Scatter the last remains of sin, And seal me thine abode : O make me glorious all within, A temple built by God ! THE PURE IN HEART. Matt. 5 : 8. Blessed arc the pure in heart, Prepared their God to see ; Jesus, to my soul impart The spotless purity : Let thy grace my soul overflow, And all my sinfulness remove: Thus the essential bliss bestow, The purity of love. Let thy Spirit to me explain The mystery unknown, Cleansed from every sinful slain, To love my God alone : REJOICING IN HOPE. 233 Give me, Lord, the grace to feel, The length, and breadth, and depth, and height ; Then thy glorious self reveal, And turn ray faith to sight. "REJOICING IN HOPE." I. Lam. 3 : 26. Rom. 12 : 12. Rom. 6 : 22. 1 John 1 : 9. Col. I : 27. 2 Tim. 2 : 12. Rom. 13 : II. Matt. 5 : 8. Ye ransom'd sinners, hear The- prisoners of the Lord, And wait till Christ appear. According to his word . Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me, We shall from all our sins be free. In God we put our trust : If we our sins confe Faithful he is, and just, From all unrighteousness To cleanse us all, both you and me ; We shall from all our Bins be free. Surely in as" the hope ( )l* -lory shall appear ; Sinners, your heads lift up, And Bee redemption near. \ ■ .in I -;i\ , rejoice with me, We Bhall from all our una be free. 234 REJOICING IN HOPE. Who Jesu's sufferings share, My fellow-prisoners now, Ye soon the wreath shall wear On your triumphant brow : Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me, We shall from all our sins be free. The word of God is sure, And never can remove ; We shall in heart be pure, And perfected in love : Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me, We shall from all our sins be free Then let us gladly bring Our sacrifice of praise ; Let us give thanks, and sing, And glory in his grace : Rejoice in hope, rejoice with me, We shall from all our sins be free. II. John 8 : 36. Eph. 3 : 18, 19. I know that my Redeemer lives, And ever prays for me ; A token of his love he gives, A pledge of liberty. I find him lifting up my head, He brings salvation near : REJOICING IN HOPE. 235 His presence makes me free indeed, And he will soon appear. lie wills that I should holy be ; What can withstand his will ? The counsel of his grace in me He surely shall fulfil. -.1 hang upon thy word; I steadfastly believe Thou wilt return and claim me, Lord, And to thyself receive. Joyful in hope, ray spirit soars To meet thee from above, Thy goodness thankfully adores; And snre I taste thy love. Thy love I soon expect to find, In all its depth and height ; To comprehend the Eternal -Mind, And grasp the Infinite. \Vli«n Christ doth in my heart appear And love erects it- throne, I then enjoy salvation here, And heaven on earth begun. When God is mine, and 1 am his, Qf paradise post I taste unutterable bliss, And everlasting rest. The bliss of those thai lulls dwell, Folly in thee beli< 2}6 HYMN TO GOD THE SAXCTIFIER. 'Tis more than angel-tongues can tell, Or angel-minds conceive. Thou only know'st who didst obtain, And die to make it known : The great salvation now explain, And perfect us in one. May I, may all who humbly wait, The glorious joy receive ; Joy above all conception great, Worthy of God to give. Lord, I believe, and rest secure In confidence divine; Thy promise stands for ever sure, And all thou art is mine. HYMN TO GOD THE SANCTIFIER. Rom. 8 : 1 6. Gal. z : 20. Psalm 36 : 9. z Cor. 3 : 1 Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire! Come, and my hallow'd heart inspire, Sprinkled with the stoning blood : Xow to my BOUl thyself reveal : Thy mighty working let me feel, And know that I am born of God. Thy witness with my spirit bear, That God, my God, inhabit- there, Thou, with the Father, and the Son, HYMN TO GOD THE SAXCTIFIER. Eternal light's coeval beam — J]c Christ in me, and I in him, Till perfect Ave are made in one. When wilt thou my whole heart subdue ': Come, Lord, and form my soul anew, Emptied of pride, and wrath, and hell Less than the least of all thy store Of mercies, I myself abhor: All, all my vileness may I feel. Humble, and teachable, and mild, 0 may I, as a little child, My lowly Master's steps pursue ! Be anger to my soul unknown; Hate, envy, jealousy, be gone; In love create thou all things new. Let earth no more my heart divide; With Christ may I be crucified, To thee with my whole bouI aspire ; Dead to the world and all it- toys, 1;- idle pomp, and fading joys, Be thou alone my one desire! Bo thou my joy, be thou my dread; In battle «-.»\ er thou my head : Nor earth, oor hell I then Bhall fear; 1 then -hall turn. my Btcady face — Want, pain defj -enjoy disgrace — Glory in dissolution aear My w ill be s\\ all«»\\ M up in t i Light in thy light still maj 1 Beholding thee \\ ith open fa 2j« HYMN TO THE HOLY GHOST. Call'd the full power of faith to prove, Let all my hallow'd heart be love, And all my spotless life be praise. Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire ! My consecrated heart inspire, Sprinkled with the atoning blood ; Still to my soul thyself reveal; Thy mighty working may I feel, And know that I am one with God. HYMN TO THE HOLY GHOST. Eph. 1:13, 14. Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening 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 ! If now thy influence I feel, If now in thee begin to live, Still to my heart thyself reveal ; Give me thyself, for ever give : A point my good, a drop my store, Eager I ask, I pant for more. Eager for thee I ask and pant ; So strong tin1 principle divine, Carries me out with sweet constraint, Till all my hallow'd soul is thine; A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. 239 Plunged iii the Godhead's deepest sea, And lost in thine immensity. 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. Come, then, my God, mark out thine heir ; Of heaven a larger earnest give ! With clearer light thy witness bear ; More sensibly within me live ; Let all my powers thine entrance feel, And deeper stamp thyself the seal! A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. John 2 : 5. Ezek. 36 : 26. Psalm 16:5. Eveb fainting with desire, For thee, O Christ, I call ; Thee I restli jsly require ; I want my ( rod, my All ! Jesus, dear redeeming Lord, 1 wait thy mining from ah<. Help me, Saviour, -peak the word, Ami perfect me in love. Wilt thou Buffer me t" Lamenting nil mj >1 i\ - P I i 240 A PRAYER FOR HOLINESS. Shall I never, never know Thy sanctifying grace ? Will thou not the light afford, The darkness from my soul remove ? Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love. Lord, if I on thee believe, The second gift impart ! With the indwelling Spirit give A new, a contrite heart : If with love thy heart is stored, If now o'er me thy bowels move, Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love. Let me gain my calling's hope ; O make the sinner clean! Dry corruption's fountain up, Cut off the entail of sin : Take me into thee, my Lord, And I shall then no longer rove: Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love. Thou, my Life, my Treasure be, My portion here below ; X. tilling would I Beet hut thee, Thee <>nly would I know, My exceeding great Reward, My Heaven on earth, my Heaven above! Help me, Saviour, speak the word. And perfect me in love. LOVE THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. 241 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 he here adored, And let me now the promise prove ; Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love. LOVE THE FULFILLING OF THE LAW. Gen. z : 7. Lev. 26 : 13. Gen. 17 : 1. Col. 3 : 10. Fatiiek, Bee this living clod, This spark of heavenly lire; my -mil, the breath of God, Doth after God aspire : Let it still to heaven ascend, Till I my principle rejoin, Blended with my glorious end, And lost in love divine. Lord, if thou from me hast broke The pnw ci- of outward sin, Burst this Babylonish yoke, And make me free within: Bid my inbred sin depart, And I thy utmost" word Bhall pr< Upright both in life and heart. And perfected in love, « led of all-sufficient grace, .M\ ( lod in Christ thou art ; 242 THE END OF CHRIST'S COMING. Bid me walk before thy face, Till I am pure in heart ; Till, transform'd by faith divine, I gain that perfect love unknown, Bright in all thine image shine, By putting on thy Son. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, In council join again To restore thine image, lost By frail, apostate man: O might I thy form express, Through faith begotten from above, Stamp'd with real holiness, And fill'd with perfect love. THE END OF CHRIST'S COMING. Titus 2 : 14. What is our calling's glorious hope, But inward holiness? For this to Jesus I look up, I calmly wait lor this. 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 This is the dear redeeming grace, For every Burner free ; WAIT ON THE LORD. 243 Surely it shall on me take place, The chief of sinners me. From all iniquity, from all, He shall my soul redeem ! In Jesus I believe, and shall Believe myself to him. When Jesus makes my heart his home, My sin shall all depart ; And, lo ! he saith, "I quickly come, To fill and rule thy heart ! "' Ue it according to thy word, Redeem me from all sin: My heart would now receive thee, Lord ; Come in, my Lord, come in ! WAIT ON THE LORD. m 39 : 1 3. La. 40 : 31. Lord, I believe thy every word, Thy every promise true ; And lo ! 1 wait on thee, my I Till I my strength renew. U in this feeble flesh I may Aw hile Bhow forth thy prai Jesu, Bupporl the tottering cl And lengthen out mj days. 244 WAIT ON THE LORD. If such a worm as I can spread The common Saviour's name ; Let him who raised thee from the dead Quicken my mortal frame Still let me live thy blood to show, Which purges every stain ; And gladly linger out below A few more years in pain. Spare me, till I my strength of soul, Till I thy love retrieve; Till faith shall make my spirit whole, And perfect soundness give. Faith to be heal'd thou know'st I have, From sin to be made clean ; Able thou art from sin to save, From all indwelling sin. Surely thou canst, I do not doubt, Thou wilt thyself impart ; The bond-woman's base son cast out, And take up all my heart. I shall my ancient strength renew : The excellence divine (If thou art good, if thou art true) Throughout my soul shall shine. I shall, a weak and helpless worm, Through Jesus strengthening ine, Impossibilities perform, And live from sinning free. , PURE RELIGION. 24; For this in steadfast hope I wait ; Now, Lord, my soul restore; Xow the new heavens and earth create, And I shall sin no more. PURE RELIGION. Luke 6 : 36. John 4 : 10, 15. James 1 : z~. Jesus, the gift divine I know. The gift divine I ask of thee ; That living water now bestow — Thy Spirit and thyself on me ; Thou, Lord, of life the fountain art ; Xow let me find thee in my heart. Thee lei me drink, and thirst no more For drops of finite happis Spring up, O Well, in heavenly power, In streams of pure, perennial pea In joy, that none can take away. In life, which snail for ever stay. Father, on me the grace best Unblamable before thy Bight, Whence all the Btreamfl of im-ivy flow J Mercy, thy own Bupreme delight, To me, for Jesu' . impart. And plant thy nature in my heart. Thy mind throughout my life l>e Bhown, While Listening to the wretch's cry, 246 DEVOUT ASPIRATION. The widow's and the orphan's groan, On mercy's wings I swiftly fly, The poor and helpless to relieve, My life, my all, for them to give. Thus may I show the Spirit within, Which purges me from every stain ; Unspotted from the world and sin, My faith's integrity maintain ; The truth of my religion prove, By perfect parity and love. DEVOUT ASPIRATION. Psalm 39 : 7. John 19 : 34. What now is my object and aim ? What now is my hope and desire ? To folloAv 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. I thirst for a life-giving God, A God that on Calvary died; A fountain of water and blood, Which gush'd from Emmanuel's side T gasp for the stream o\' thy love, The Spirit of rapture unknown: And then to re-drink it above, Eternally fresh from the throne. THE MIND OF CHRIST. 247 THE MIND OF CHRIST. Phil. 2 : 5. Jesu, shall I never be Firmly grounded upon thee ? Never by thy work abide, Never in thy wounds reside ? O how wavering is my mind, Toss'd about with every wind ! 0 how quickly doth my heart From the living God depart! Jesu, let my nature feel, Thou art God unchangeable: J ah. Jehovah, great I AM, Speak Into my soul thy Name. Grant that every moment I May believe, and feel thee nigh J Steadfast!} behold thy lace, 'Stablish'd with abiding grace. Plant, and root, and fix in me All the mind thai WB.B in thee ; Settled peace I then shall find J Jesifs is a the image of my Lord ; Witnessing to all mankind, Jesu's is a perfect mind. CHRIST OUR PHYSICIAN AND PURIFIER. 249 CHRIST OUR PHYSICIAN AND PURIFIER. Psalm 147 : 3. Titus 2 : 14. 2 Cor. 5:15. 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." Answer that gracious end in me, For which thy precious life was given ; Redeem from all iniquity; Restore, and make me meet for heaven. Unless thou purge my every Btain, Thy Buffering and my faith are vain. Didst thou not in the flesh appear. Sin to condemn, and man to sai That perfect love might east out tear? That T thy mind in me might have? In holiness show forth thy praise, And serve thee all my spotless days? Didst thou not die thai I might live NO Ion _'•!• to mj Belf hut thee ? Might body, soul, and spirit, give To him \\ ho. u:i\ e him-ilf to me ? Conic then, my Master, and my God, Take the dear purchase of thj blood. Thy own peculiar Bervanf claim, For thy own truth and mercy's Bako; THE INNER LIFE. Hallow iii me thy glorious name ; Mc for thine own this moment take, And change and throughly purify ; Thine only may I live and die. THE INNER LIFE. i Kings 19 : 11, 12. Lam. 3 : 26. 1 Cor. 2:7. 2 Cor. Christ, my hidden Life, appeal-; Soul of my inmost soul ! Light of life, the mourner cheer, And make the sinner whole ! Now in me thyself display ; Surely thou in all things art; I from all things turn away To seek thee in my heart! Open, Lord, my inward ear, And bid my heart rejoice ; Bid my quiet spirit hear Thy comfortable voice ; Never in the whirlwind found, Or where earthquakes rock the place, Still and silent is the sound, The whisper of thy grace. From the world of sin, and noise, And lmrry, I withdraw ; For the small and inward voice I wait with humble awe ; THE INNER LIFE. 2^1 Silent am I now and still, Dare not in thy presence move ; To my waiting soul reveal The secret of thy love. Thou didst undertake for me, For me to death wast sold Wisdom in a mystery Of bleeding love unfold : Teach the lesson of thy cross, Let me die with thee to reign ; All things let me count hut loss. So I may thee regain. Show me, as my soul can bear, The depth of inbred sin ; All the unbelief dec! The pride that lurks within : Take me, whom thyself hast bought; Bring into captivity Every high aspiring thought, That would not stoop to thee. Lord, my time is in thy hand, M\ -miiI fco thee convert ; Thou canst make me understand, Though I am slow of heart ; Thine in \\ hom I live and moi e, Thine the work, fche praise is thine; Thou .i ri Wisdom, Power, and I. And all thou art IS mine. 252 THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT. THE BAPTISM OF THE SPIRIT. John 14 : 26. Luke 3:16. I want the SjDirit of power within, Of love, and of a healthful mind; Of power, to conquer inbred sin ; Of love, to thee and all mankind ; Of health, that pain and deatli defies, Most vigorous when the body dies. When shall I hear the inward voice, Which only faithful souls can hear ? Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys Attend the promised Comforter; O come, and righteousness divine, And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine 0 that the Comforter would come ! Nor visit as a transient guest, But fix in me his constant home, And take possession of my breast, And fix in me his loved abode, The temple of indwelling God! Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire! Attest that 1 am born again ; Come, and baptize me now with fire, N"or let thy former gifts be vain: 1 cannot rest in sins forgiven ; Where is the earnest of my heaven? Where the indubitable seal That ascertains the kingdom mine? HOPE OF SALVATION. 253 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! HOPE OF SALVATION. Ps.ilm 17 15. Lev. 19 : 2. James I : 12. Deut. 3 : 27. John 4 : 14. 0 joyful sound of gospel grace! Christ shall in me appear ; I, even I, shall see his face; I shall be holy here. This heart shall be his constant home; I heal his Spirit's ciy: "Surely," he saith, "I quickly come," He saith, who cannot lie. The glorious crown of righteous] To me reach'd out I view : Conqu'ror through him, I soon shall seize, Ami wear it as my due. The promised land from Pisgah's top I now exult i" My hope ia lull (< > glorious hope !) ( )f immortality . 1 !•• \ i i; now the house of clay ; I I e Bhakea his future home : 254 SUBMISSION TO CHRIST. 0 wouldst thou, Lord, on this glad day, Into thy temple come ! With me, I know, I feel, thou art ; But this cannot suffice, Unless thou plantest in my heart A constant Paradise. My earth thou water'st from on high, But make it all a pool : Spring up, O Well, I ever cry, Spring up within my soul ! Come O my God, thyself reveal, Fill all this mighty void : Thou only canst my spirit fill r Come, O my God, my God ! SUBMISSION TO CHRIST. John 3 : 8. Whent, my Saviour, shall I be Perfectly resign'd to thee? Poor and vile in my own eyes, Only in thy wisdom wise ! Only thee content to know, [gnorant of all below : Only guided by thy light : Only mighty in thy might! ENOCH'S FAITH. 25$ So I may thy spirit know, Let him as lie listeth blow ; Let the manner be unknown, So I may with thee be one. Fully in my life express All the heights of holiness ; Sweetly let my spirit prove All the depths of humble love. ENOCH'S FAITH. 2 Cor. 5 : 17. Hcb. 11 : ^. O COME, and dwell in me, Spirit of power within ! And bring the glorious liberty From sorrow, fear, and sin. The seed of sin's disease, Spirit of health, remo^ e, Spirit of iinish'd holin Spirit of perfect love. Hasten the joyful day, Which -hall my sins consume, When old things shall he pass'd away, And all things new become. The original offence Out of my soul era Enter thyself, and drive it hen And take up all the pl:i is 2] ;6 PRISONERS OF HOPE. I want the witness, Lord, That all I do is right, According to thy will and word, Well-pleasing in thy sight. I ask no higher state ; Indulge me but in this, And soon or later then translate To my eternal bliss. PRISONERS OF HOPE. Mai. 3 : I. Gen. 32 : 26. Zech. 9: 12. 1 John 1 : 9. Prisoners of hope, lift up your heads ! The day of liberty draws near ; Jesus, who on the Serpent treads, Shall soon in your behalf appear : The Lord will to his temple come ; Prepare your hearts to make him room. 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 sius confi To cleanse rrom all unrighteousness. Yes, Lord, we must believe thee kind, Thou never canst unfaithful prove ; Surely we shall thy mercy find; Who ask, shall all receive thy love ; Nor canst thou it to me deny; 1 ask, the chief of sinners I! PRISONERS OF HOPE. 257 O ye of fearful hearts, be Btrong ! Your downcast eyes and hands lift up ! 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! Prisoners of hope, be strong, be bold ; Cast off your doubts, disdain to fear ! Dare to believe ; on Christ lay hold ! Wrestle with Christ in mighty prayer ; Tell him, " We will not let thee go, Till we thy name, thy nature know.*' Hast thou not died to purge our sin. And risen, thy death for us to plead ? To write thy law of love within Our hcarl-, and make us free indeed? That we our Eden might regain, Thou diedst ; and couldsl not die in vain. Lord, we believe, and wait the hour Which all thy great salvation l>ri The Spirit of Love, and health, and power, Shall conic, and mala' us priests and kings; Thou will perform thy faithful word, ••The servanl shall be as his Lord." The promise stands for ever sure, And we shall in thine image >hine, Partakers of a nature pure, Holy, angelical, dn ine ; In Spirit join'd to thee the Son, Aa thou art w Ltfa thy Father one. THE PROMISED LAND. Faithful and true, we now receive The promise ratified by thee : To thee the when and how we leave, In time and in eternity ; We only hang upon thy word, " The servant shall be as his Lord." THE PROMISED LAND. Deut. 3 : 27, 28. 0 glorious hope of perfect love ! It lifts me up to things above; It bears on eagles' wings ; It gives my ravish' d soul a taste, And makes me for some moments feast With Jesu's priests and kings. Rejoicing now in earnest hope, 1 stand, and from the mountain-top See all the land below : Rivers of milk and honey rise. And all the fruits of Paradise In endless plenty grow. A land of corn, and Mine, and oil, Favor'd with God's peculiar smile, With every blessing blest ; There dwells the Lord our righteousness And keeps his own in perfect peace, And everlasting rest. ESTABLISHMENT IX GRACE. 259 IP No more on this side Jordan stop, But now the land possess: This moment end my legal years ; Sorrows, and sins, and doubts, and fear A howling wilderness. Now, 0 my Joshua, bring me in! Cast out thy foes : the inbred sin, The carnal mind, remove ; The purchase of thy death divide ! And 0 ! with all the sanctified Give me a lot of love ! ESTABLISHMENT IN GRACE. Sol. I : 7. Ezek. 54 : 15. Thou Shepherd of Israel, and mine, The joy and desire of my heart ; For closer communion I pine. I long to reside when' thou art : The pasture I languish to find, Where all. who their Bhepherd ol Are fed, od thy bosom reclined, And Bcreen'd from the heat of the daj Ah ! show me that happiest place, Tin- place of thy people's abode, Where saint 3 in an ecstasy And hang <>n a crucified < rod : i :6o CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Thy love for a sinner declare, Thy passion, and death on the tree ; My spirit to Calvary bear, To suffer and triumph with thee. 'Tia there, with the lambs of thy flock, There only, I covet to rest, To lie at the foot of the rock, Or rise to be hid in thy breast : 'Tia there I would always abide, And never a moment depart ; Conceal'd in the cleft of thy Bide, Eternally held in thy heart. CHRIST OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. Zech. 13 : I. John 13 : 8, 9. Fob ever here my rest shall be, Close to thy bleeding side ; This all my hope, and all my plea, For me the Saviour died. * My dying Saviour, and my God, Fountain for guilt and sin, Sprinkle me ever with thy blood, And cleanse and keep me clean. Wash me, and make me thus thine own; \V:ish me, and mine thou art ; Wash me, but not my feet alone. My hands, my head, my heart. THE SPIRIT OF BURNING. 261 The atonement of thy blood apply, Till faith to sight improve, Till hope in full fruition die, And all my soul be love. THE SPIRIT OF BURNING. 1 King? 18 : 37, 39. Thou God that answerest by fire, On thee in Jesu's name we call ; Fulfil our faithful hearts' desire, And let on us thy Spirit fall. Bound on the altar of thy en Our old offending nature liei Now, for the honor of thy cause, 1 :\ and consume the sacrifice! Consume our Lusts as rotten wood, Consume our stony hearts within! Consume the dust, the Berpent's food, And dry up all the streams of Bin. [ts body totally desti Thyself Tht Lord, T7u »K approve! And iill our hearts with holy joj , And fervent seal, and perfect love. 0 that the fire from heaven might fall, Our Bins it- ready \ ictima find, Seize on our Bins, and burn up all, leave the least remains behind? 262 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. Then shall our prostrate Bonis adore, Tlie Lord., lie is the God, confess : He is the God of saving power ! He is the God of hallowing sracc ! THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS.1 I. Father, Son, and Spirit, hear Faith's effectual fervent prayer; Hear, and our petitions seal, Let us now the answer feel ; Still our fellowship increase; Knit us in the bond of peace ; Join our new-born spirits, join Each to each, and all to thine. Build as in one body up, Call'd in one high calling's hope : One the Spirit whom we claim; One the pure baptismal flame; Our the faith, and common Lord; One the Father lives adored, Over, through, and in us all ( rod incomprehensible. One with God, the source of bliss, Ground of our communion this: Life of all that live below, Let thine emanations flow ; THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 263 Rise eternal in our heart : Thou our long-sought Eden art ; Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Be to us what Adam lost. Other ground can no man lay ; Jesus takes our sins away ; Jesus the foundation is, This shall stand, and only this: Fitly framed in him we are, All the building rises fair; Let it to a temple rise, Worthy him who fills the skies 1 lu-hand of the church below, Christ, if thee our Lord we know, CTntO thee, betrothed in love, Always let us faithful prove ; Never rob thee of our heart, Never give the creature part : Only thou possess the whole ; Take our body, spirit, soul. Steadfast let us cleave to thee ; Love, the mystic anion be ; Union to the world unknown, Join'd to ( iod iii spirit one : Wait we till the Spouse > 1 1 : 1 1 1 come, Till the Lamb ♦-hull take as home, For hi- heaven the Bride prepare, Solemnize our nuptials th< Christ, our Head, gone up on high, Be thou in thy Spirit nigh: 264 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. Advocate with God, give ear To thine own effectual prayer I One the Father is with thee; Knit us in like unity ; Make as, 0 uniting Son, One — as Thou and He are one. Still, O Lord, (for thine we are,) Still to us his name declare ; Thy revealing Spirit give, Whom the world cannot receive. Fill us with the Father's love ; Never from our souls remove : Dwell in us, and we shall he Thine through all eternity. Christ, from whom all blessings now, Perfecting the saints below, Hear us, who thy nature share, Who thy mystic body arc. Join us, in one spirit join, Let us still receive of thine : Only thou possess the whole; Take our body, spirit, soul. Closer knii to thee, our Head ; Nourish us, O Christ, and feed ; Let us daily growth receive, More and more in Jesus live. Jesus, we thy members are ; Cherish us with kindest care: Of thy flesh, and of thy hour, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 265 Move, and actuate, and guide : Divers gifts to each divide : Placed according to thy will, Let us all our works fulfil ; Never from our office move, Needful to each other prove ; Y the day, When all shall be brought home ; Come, O Redeemer, come away, O Jesus, quickly come! THE COMMUNION OF SAIXTS. 269 V. Thy us, O God, and search the ground Of every sinful heart : Whate'er of sin in us is found, 0 bid it all depart! When to the right or left we stray,' Leave us not comfortless ; But guide our feet into the way Of everlasting peace. Help us to help eaeh other, Lord, Each other's cross to bear; Let each his friendly aid afford, And feel his brother's care. Help u< to build each other up, Oar tittle Btock improve ; Increase our faith, confirm our hope, And perfect us in love. Up into thee, our living II Let as in all things grow, Till thou hasl mad' us free indeed, And Bpotless here below. Then, when the mighty work is wrou Receive thy ready bride : <;i\e ii- in heaveu a happy h.t With all the sauetii: 270 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. VI. 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. In him we have peace, In him we have power. Preserved by his grace Throughout the dark hour ; In all our temptation He keeps us to prove His utmost salvation, His fulness of love. Through pride and desire Unhurt we have gone ; Through water and fire In him we went on ; The world and the devil Through him we o'ercame, Our Jesus from evil, For ever the same. When we would have spurn' d His mercy and gracn, To Egypt return'd, And fled from his face, He hinder'd our flying, (His goodness to show,) And stopped us by crying, " Will ye also go ?" 0 what shall we do Our Saviour to love? To make us anew, Come, Lord, from above ! The fruit of thy passion, Thy holiness, gr Give us the salvation Of all that believe. ive Come, Jesus, and loose The stammerer's tongue, And leach even us The spiritual song: Let us without ceasing Give thanks for thy grace And glory, and blessing, And honour, and grace, THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 27 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, O Love, in my heart, VII. See, Jesus, thy disciples see, The promised blessing give ! Met in thy name, we look to thee, Expecting to receive. Thee we expect, our faithful Lord, Who in thy name are join'd; We wait, according to thy word, Thee in the midst to find. With us thou art assembled here; But, O, thyself reveal ! of the living God, appear ! Let 08 thy presence feel. Breathe On us, Lord, in this our day, And these dry bones shall live : Speak peace into our heart-, and siv, "The Holy Ghosl receive!" Wlioni now we seek, 0 may we meet ! Jesus, the Crucified, show u thy bleeding hands and feet, Thou wh<> for us bast died L9 272 THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. Cause us the record to receive : Speak, and the tokens show : " O be not faithless, but believe In me, who died for you ! " VIII. Come, let us ascend, My companion and friend, To a taste of the banquet above ; If thy heart be as mine, If for Jesus it pine, Come up into the chariot of love. 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. By faith we are come To our permanent home : By hope we the rapture improve : By love we still rise, And look down on the skies, For the heaven of heavens is love. Who on earth can conceive How happy we live, In the palace of God, the great King? What a concert of praise, When our Jesus's grace The whole heavenly company sing ! What a rapturous song, When the glorified throng In the spirit of harmony join : Join all the glad choirs Hearts, voices, and lyres, And the burden is, "Mercy divine!" THE COMMUNION OF SAINTS. 273 Hallelujah, they cry, To the King of the sky. To the great everlasting I AM ; To the Lamb that was slain, And liveth again, Hallelujah to God and the Lamb ! The Lamb on the throne, Lo ! he dwells with his own, And to rivers of pleasure he leads ! With his mercy's full blaze, With the sight of his face, Our beatified spirits he feeds. Our foreheads proclaim His ineffable name ; Our bodies his glory display : A day without night We feast in his sight, And eternity teems as a day! IX. Li it up your hearts to things above, Xe followers of the Lamb, And join with as to praise his love, And glorify hi< name : To Jesn'e Name give thank- and Bing, Whose mercies never end : Rejoice ! rejoice ! the Lord is Kin The King is now