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^ROM THE LIBRARY OF 
 REV. LOUIS FITZGERALD BENSON. D. D. 
 
 BEQUEATHED BY HIM TO 
 
 THE LIBRARY OF 
 
 PRINCETON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY 
 
 
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ORIGINAL ANDSlfiBeTEO,- 
 
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 UESIGNED FOR THE USE OF THE 
 
 REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH, 
 
 AND ALL AVHO LOVE OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 
 
 By ISAAC" N. VANMETER, 
 
 OF MACOMB, ILLINOIS, 
 
 KI. DEROFTHE REGULAR BAPTIST CHURCH 
 
 "I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live." 
 
 GALESBURG, ILL. : 
 REGISTER PRINTiXG HOUSE. 
 
 J867. 
 
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 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by 
 
 I. N. VANMBTER, 
 
 In the Clerk's oflBce of the District Court of the United States 
 
 for the Southern District of Illinoiei, 
 
PREFACE 
 
 In presenting this little volume of Hymns to the Churche - 
 of Jesus Christ, and to the lo\ers of our Savior throughout 
 our Country, the Compiler deems it proper to offer some of 
 the reasons which have led him to do so, and to make a few- 
 explanatory remarks. 
 
 So far as he is acquainted, there is no such a work to be 
 found among our churches, North or South, as this little 
 volume claims to be — small, cheap, convenient for the pocket- 
 and of good paper and prhit, suitable for wealc eyes ; and, 
 which is more important, in harmony with God's word and 
 the teaching of the Holy Spirit. True, there are some small 
 selections of Hymns and Poems before the public; but, so 
 far as his knowledge and judgment extend, the publisher 
 believes that tney contain much matter that no orthodox or 
 intelligent Christian could either sing or sanction — it being 
 contrary to sound doctrine. Our denomination are supplied 
 with several large collections, such as Be.el>e!'s, Clark's, Thomp- 
 son's. Lloyd's, Butler's, &c. ; some of which are excellent selec- 
 tions, and should be found in every family; jet, such a little 
 volume as is here presented has, hitherto, not been published. 
 The want of such a work has long been felt by our churches 
 and ministers, in the United States, and the compiler has 
 been urged by brethren, for many years, to prepare such a 
 little volume for the press. During the past season, he met, 
 in his travels, with many able brethren, who solicited him to 
 make the selection at once ; and so,'after much reflection and 
 solemn prayer for direction, he undertook the task. Among 
 other reasons, not necessary to mention, why the compiler, 
 instead of soma more competent person, has been requested to 
 prepare the work fr,v the press was, that many have desired 
 iii 
 
IV PREFACE. 
 
 too see a few of his original Hymns interspersfd through the 
 work, and because he has been, for several years, unable to 
 perform manual labor, and could, ther^'fore, find a little 
 leisure time between his meetings to accomplish the work. 
 
 Out of a large mass of materials lefore him, the compiler 
 has found it difficult to decide whit to omit, and what to 
 retain, to compose so small a volume. 
 
 He hrts aimed to select the best, and generally the shortest, 
 of our standard Hymns, introducing a few that are not found 
 in any of our own selections, and also a few composed by 
 himself, imperfect as they are. At the suggestion of some- 
 brethren, he has abridged some of the longer Hymns in 
 common use. The little volume of Pocket Hymns is now 
 presented to the children of God containing three hundred 
 and fort5 -five Hymns, and in iLs first edition, in a plain dress, 
 and, doubtless, not without its defects, like all human pro- 
 ductions. It is thought best to printafew Hymns, of long 
 lines, in smaller type, to save space. It has but one Index to 
 the Hymns, and one to the Subjerts ; audit was not thought 
 necessary to embrace as wide a range of subjects in this as in 
 the larger works, as such, of course, should be on hand 
 wherever needed. 
 
 To his indulgent and charitable brethren and sisters in 
 Christ, far and near, and to all the lovers of our exalted 
 Redeemer, the compiler now dedicates this humble mite, in 
 Christian love and affection. And may the smiles of the God 
 of all grace rest upon them and upon it; and when we are 
 done lisping his praises here with stammering tongues, may 
 He bring us to sing in his heavenly kingdom, through Jesus 
 Christ our Redeemer. Amen. 
 
 ISAAC N. VANMBTER. 
 Maoomb, III., ) 
 July, 1867. J 
 
HYMNS. 
 
 GOD. 
 
 HIS BEING AND ATTRIBUTES. 
 
 1 L. M. Williams. 
 Tlie Unity of God. — Deut., vi. 4. 
 
 ETERNAL God ! Almighty Cause 
 Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown ; 
 AU things are subject to thy laws, 
 All things depend on thee alone. 
 
 2 Thy glorious being singly stands^ 
 Of all within itself possessed, 
 Controlled by none are thy commands, 
 Thou from thyself alone art blest. 
 
 8 To Thee alone ourselves we owe ; 
 Let heaven and earth due homage pay ; 
 All other gods we disavow, 
 Deny their claims, renounce their sway. 
 
 4 Spread thy great name through heathen lands ; 
 
 Their idol deities dethrone ; / 
 
 Reduce tlie world to thy command ; 
 And reign, as thou art, God alone 
 
 \ 
 
2 GOD. 
 
 a L. M. Watts. 
 
 God Supreme and Self-sufficient. 
 
 WHAT is our God, or what his name ? 
 Nor men can learn, nor angels teach ; 
 He dwells concealed in radiant flame, 
 Where neither eyes, nor thoughts can reach. 
 
 2 The spacious worlds of heavenly light, 
 Compared with him, how short they fall ! 
 They are too dark, and he too bright ; 
 Nothing are they, and God is all. 
 
 3 He spoke the wondrous word, and lo ! ■ 
 Creation rose at his command ; 
 Whirlwinds and seas their limits know. 
 Bound in the hollow of his hand. 
 
 4 There rests the earth, there roll the spheres, 
 There nature leans, and feels her prop ; 
 But his own self-sufficience bears 
 
 The weight of his own glories up. 
 
 5 The tide of creatures ebbs and flows, 
 Measm'ing their changes by the moon : 
 No ebb his sea of glory knows ; 
 
 His age is one eternal noon. 
 
 6 Then fly, my song, an endless round, 
 The lofty tune let Gabriel raise ; 
 
 All nature dwell upon the sound. 
 But we can ne'er fulfil the praise. 
 
 I 
 
UJ3 BKl«r. AND AITKIBUTBS. » 
 
 3 L. M. miliams' Ool. 
 Ood Self-existent and Immutahle. 
 
 ALL-POWERFUL, Self-existent God, 
 Who all creation dost sustain ; 
 Thou wast, and art, and art to come, 
 And everlasting is thy reign. 
 
 2 Fixed and eternal as thy days, 
 Each glorious attribute divine 
 Through ages infinite shall still 
 With undiminished lustre shine. 
 
 8 Foimtain of being ! source of good ! ^ 
 
 Immutable dost thou remain ; 
 Nor can the shadow of a change ^ 
 
 Obscure the glories of thy reign. 
 
 4 Earth may with all her powers dissolve. 
 
 If such the great Creator' s will ; 
 But thou forever art the same — 
 " I AM " is thy memorial still. 
 
 4 L. M. WatU. 
 
 Omniscience of God. 
 
 IN all my vast concerns with thee. 
 In vain my soul would try ♦ 
 
 To shun thy presence, Lord, or flee 
 The notice of thine eye. 
 
 2 Thy all-surrounding sight surveys 
 My rising and my rest ; 
 
My public walks, my private ways, 
 And secrets of my breast. 
 
 3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord 
 
 Before they're formed within ; 
 And ere my lips pronounce the word 
 He knows the sense I mean. 
 
 4 Oh, wondrous knowledge ! deep and high, 
 
 Where can a creature hide ? 
 Within thy circhngarms I lie, 
 Enclosed on every side. 
 
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 5 So let thy grace surround me still, 
 
 And like a bulwark prove, 
 To guard my soul from every ill. 
 Secured by sovereign love. 
 
 5 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Divine Sovereignty. 
 
 KEEP silence, all created things, 
 And vrait 5^our Maker's nod ; 
 My soul stands trembling while she sings 
 Tte honors of her God. 
 
 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, 
 Hang on his firm decree : 
 He sits on no precarious throne, 
 
 Nr.T bcirrow.s leave ^o he. 
 
HIS BEING AND ATTRIBUTES. 
 
 3 Chained to-his throne, a volume lies, 
 
 With all the fates of men. 
 With ev-ery angel's form and size, 
 Drawn by the eternal pen. 
 
 4 His providence unfolds the book, 
 
 And makes his council shine ; 
 Each opening leaf and every stroke 
 Fullills some deep design. 
 
 6 Here he exalts neglected worms 
 To sceptres and a cro\>Ti ; 
 And there the following page he turns, 
 And treads the monarch down. 
 
 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why. 
 
 Nor God the reason gives ; 
 
 Nor dares the favorite angel pry 
 
 Between the folded leaves. 
 
 7 My God, I would not long to see 
 
 My fate with curious e3^es, 
 What gloomy lines are writ for me, 
 Or what bright scenes may rise. 
 
 8 In thy fair book of life and grace, 
 
 Oh, may I find iiiy name, 
 Recorded in some humble place. 
 Beneath my Lord the Lamb ! 
 
6 GOD. 
 
 6 S. M. Vanmet&r 
 
 The Fool Ps. 14. 1. 
 
 n'^HE fool with impudence, 
 X Saith that "There is no God: 
 The whole creation came by chance — 
 The earth, the skies, the flood. 
 
 2 "By chance the sun arose. 
 
 And shone upon the earth. 
 Chance caused the whistling wind that blows, 
 And gave the planets birth." 
 
 3 Vain man ! if these things came 
 
 By chance, that thou canst see. 
 How many more things might we name ? 
 How many might there be '? 
 
 4 Might there not be a GOD ? 
 
 Might there not be a hell ? 
 May it not be the dire abode, 
 Where thou shalt ever dwell ? 
 
 K ' S. M. Watta. 
 
 Omniscience. 
 
 LORD, thou hast searched and seen me thro' 
 Thine eye commands with piercing view 
 My rising and my resting hours,. 
 My heart and flesh with all their powers. 
 
 2 My thoughts, before they are my own. 
 Are to my God distinctly known ; 
 
HIS BEING AND ATTRIBUTBS. 
 
 He knows the words I mean to speak 
 Ere from my opening lips they break. 
 
 3 "Within thy cirding power I stand ; 
 On every side I find thy hand ; 
 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 
 I am surrounded still with God. 
 
 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! 
 What large extent ! what lofty height ! 
 My soul, with all the powers I boast, 
 Ts in the boundless prospect lost. 
 
 5 Oh, may these thoughts possess my breast, 
 Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! 
 
 Nor let my weaker passions dare 
 Consent to sin, for God is there. 
 
 S C. M. Christian Psalrmst. 
 
 THERE'S not a tint that paints the rose. 
 Or decks the lily fair. 
 Or streaks the humblest flower that grows, 
 But heaven has placed it there. 
 
 2 There's not of grass a single blade, 
 Or leaf of lowliest mien. 
 Where heavenly skill is not displayed, 
 And heavenly wisdom seen, 
 
3 There's not a star whose twinkling light 
 
 Illumes the distant earth, 
 And cheers the solemn gloom of night, 
 But heaven gave it birth. 
 
 4 There's not a place in earth's vast round, 
 
 In ocean's deep, or air. 
 Where skill and wisdom are not found, — 
 For God is everywhere. 
 
 9 L. M. . Addison. 
 
 The Glory of God displayed in the Firmament. 
 
 THE spacious firmament on high, 
 With all the blue ethereal sky. 
 And spangled heavens, a shining frame, 
 Their great Original proclaim. 
 
 2 The unwearied sun, from day to day, 
 Does his Creator's power display, 
 And publishes to every land 
 
 The work of an Almighty hand. 
 
 3 Soon as the evening shades prevail, 
 The moon takes up the wondrous tale ; 
 And nightly to the listening earth 
 Repeats the story of her birth ; 
 
 4 While all the stars that round her burn, 
 And all the planets in their turn. 
 Confirm the tidings as they roU, 
 
 And spread the truth from pole to pole. 
 
ins BEING AND ATTBIBUTES. V 
 
 5 What though in- solemn silence all 
 
 . Move round this dark terrestrial ball ; 
 What though no real voice nor sound 
 Amidst their radiant orbs be found ; 
 
 6 In reason's ear th6y all rejoice, 
 And utter forth a glorious voice, 
 Forever singing, as they shine, 
 "The hand that made us i^ divine." 
 
 lO C. M. I^resbyterian Selection. 
 
 God Cele'brated in- his Worlcs. 
 
 I SING the almighty power of God, 
 That made the mountains rise, ■ 
 That spread the flowing seas abroad 
 And built the lofty skies. 
 
 2 I sing the wisdom that ordained 
 The sun to rule the day ; 
 The moon shines full at his commfind. 
 And all the stars obey. 
 
 8 I sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 That filled the earth with food ; 
 He formed the creatures with his word, 
 And then pronounced them good. 
 
 4- Lord, how thy wonders are displayed, 
 Where'er I turn mine eye ! 
 If I survey the ground I tread, 
 Or gaze upon the sky. 
 
10 GOD. 
 
 5 There's not a plant or Iflower below, 
 
 But makes thy glories known ; 
 And clouds arise and tempests blow 
 By order from thy throne. 
 
 6 Creatures, as numerous as they be, 
 
 Are subject to thy care ; 
 There's not a place where we can flee, 
 But God is present there. 
 
 11 S. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 The Omni2')resenc6 of God. 
 SPIRIT, guide my pen ; 
 
 
 
 Illuminate my mind 
 Help me to spread Jehovah's name 
 Abroad to aU mankind. 
 
 2 Enthroned above the skies, 
 
 He dwells in radiant light ; 
 Beyond the reach of mortal eyes. 
 And clothed in glories bright. 
 
 3 But still his works declare, 
 
 His awftil name abroad ; 
 
 Yes, every planet, every star. 
 
 Declares there is a God. 
 
 4 'Twas he that formed the sun. 
 
 By day to give us light ; 
 'Twas he that said : " Thou silver moon, 
 Illume the shades of night." 
 
HIS BEING AND ATTBIBUTBS. 11 
 
 5 Yea, every wind that blows, 
 And every cloud that flies. 
 And every spear of grass that grows, 
 Presents Him to our ej^es, 
 
 1 6 In all creation's frame, 
 
 No new event can rise ; 
 His vast concerns all lie before 
 His scrutinizing eyes. 
 
 7 Then let aR nations stand. 
 In awe before His throne ; 
 They rise or fall at His command — 
 Beside him there is none. 
 
 12 C. M. Watts. 
 
 The Mysteries of Providence. 
 
 (~1 OD moves in a mysterious way 
 X His \^ onders to perform ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea. 
 And rides upon the storm. 
 
 2 Deep in unfathomal)le mines 
 
 Of never-failing skill, 
 He treasures up his bright designs, ■ 
 And works his sovereign will. 
 
 3 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ; 
 
 The clouds ye so much dread 
 Are big with mercy, and shall break 
 In blessings on your hejwi. 
 
12 - GOD. 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 
 But trust him for his grace ; ■ 
 Behind a frowning providence 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 5 His purposes will ripen fast, 
 
 Unfolding every hour ; 
 The bud may have a bitter taste. 
 But sweet will be the flower. 
 
 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, 
 
 And scan his work in vain ; 
 God is his own interpreter, 
 And he will make it plain. 
 
 13 L. M. Vtrnmeter. 
 The Wisdom and PotDer of God. 
 
 WITH what unbounded power and skill, 
 Jehovah doth his work perform ? 
 He rules the nations at his will ; 
 
 Commands the seas and guides the storm ! 
 
 2 Now, he exerts creative power ; 
 
 Calls forth the earth and worlds unknown ; 
 And then turns realms and kinj?R)m.-; o'er, 
 That dare rebel against his thva«|. ^ 
 
 3 By power, divine, he formed the sun-^ 
 
 Prodigious fire ! amazing light ! 
 'Twas he that formed the silver moon 
 To cheer the gloomy shades of night. 
 
mS liRlNO AND ATTRIBUTES. 13 
 
 4 Ten thousand stars, at hij^ command, 
 
 And planets, roll along the skies ; 
 Sustained by his almighty hand, 
 Each, in its orbit, as it flies. 
 
 5 Hi's wisdom, like a boundless sea, 
 
 Fixed all his works ere time began : 
 Naught can disturb his high decree, 
 Nor change a feature of his plan. 
 
 6 He hath appointed bounds to all 
 
 The tribes and nations of mankind ; 
 Their time to rise, their time to fall, 
 Were fixed in his eternal mind. 
 
 14: L. M. Beddome. 
 
 The Wisdom of God. 
 
 WAIT, my soul, thy maker's will; 
 Tumultuous passions, all be still ! 
 Nor let a murmuring thought arise ; 
 His ways are just, his counsels wise. 
 
 2 He in the thickest darkness dwells. 
 Performs his work, the cause conceals ; 
 But, though his methods are unknown. 
 Judgment and truth support his throne. 
 
 3 In heaven, and earth, and air, and seas. 
 He executes his firm decrees ; 
 
 .4jid by his saints it sUinds c / ' j^, 
 
 That what he docs is ever 1 
 
14 GOD. 
 
 4 Wait then, my soul, submissive wait, 
 Prostrate before his awful seat ; 
 And 'midst the terrors of his rod, 
 Trust in a wise and gracious God. 
 
 15 L. M. WatU 
 
 God InvisiMe. 
 
 LORD, we are blind, we mortals blind, 
 We can't behold thy bright abode ; 
 'tis beyond a creature's mind 
 To glance a thought half way to God. 
 
 2 Infinite leagues beyond the sky 
 The Great Eternal reigns alone, 
 Where neither wings nor souls can fly, 
 Nor angels climb the topless throne. 
 
 8 The Lord of Glory builds his seat 
 Of gems incomparably bright, 
 And lays beneath his sacred feet 
 Substantial beams of gloomy night. 
 
 4 Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes 
 Look through, and cheer us from above ; 
 Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies, 
 Yet we adore, and yet we love. 
 
 16 L. M. Watts. 
 
 The Same. 
 
 €AN creatures to perfection find* 
 Th' eternal, uncre^tted mind ? 
 
 *Job xi. T. 
 
HIS BEING AMI) ATTRIBUTES. 15 ! 
 
 Or can the largest stretch of thought : 
 
 Measure and search his nature out ? i 
 
 2 'Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell, j 
 And what can mortals know or tell ? i 
 His glory spreads beyond the sky \ 
 And all the shining worlds on high. 
 
 3 But man, vain man, would fain be wise ; 
 
 Born like a wild young colt he flies j 
 
 Through all the follies of his mind, 
 And smells, and snuiFs the empty wind. 
 
 4 God is a King of power unknown. 
 Firm are the orders of his throne ; 
 If he resolves, who dare oppose. 
 Or ask him why, or what he does ? 
 
 5 He wounds the heart and he makes whole ; 
 
 He calms the tempest of the soul ; J 
 
 When he shuts up in long despair, . 
 
 Who can remove the heavy bar. ] 
 
 6 *He frowns, and darkness veils the moon 
 The fainting sun grows dim at noon ; 
 
 tThe pillars of heaven's starry roof ! 
 
 Tremble and start at his reproof. i 
 
 7 He gave the vaulted heaven its form, ] 
 The crooked serpent and the worm ; 
 
 He breaks the billow with, his breath, ; 
 
 And smites the sons of pride to death. ] 
 
 •Job xXT. B. tJob xxTi. 11., *c. 
 
16 CrOD. 
 
 8 These are a portion of his ways, 
 And who shall dare describe his face ? 
 Who can endure his light? or stand 
 To hear the thunders of his hand ? 
 
 It C. M. Fawcett. 
 
 Darlcness of Promdence. — 1 Cor. xiii. 9. 
 
 THY way, God, is in the sea, 
 Thy paths I cannot trace ; 
 Nor comprehend the mystery 
 Of thy unbounded grace. 
 
 2 Here the dark veils of flesh and sense 
 
 My captive soul surround ; 
 Mysterious deeps of providence 
 My wandering thoughts confound. 
 
 3 When I behold thy awful hand 
 
 My earthly hopes destroy ; 
 In deep astonishment I stand, 
 And ask the reason why. 
 
 4 As through a glass, I dimly see 
 
 The wonders of thy love ; 
 How little do I know of thee. 
 Or of the joys above ! 
 
 5 'Tis but in part I know thy will ; 
 
 T bless thee fot the sight : 
 When will thy love the rest reveal 
 In glory's clearer light? 
 
UIS BEING AND ATTRIBUTES. IT 
 
 6 With rapture shall T then survey 
 Thy providence and grace : 
 And spend an everlasting day 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 IS L. M. WatU. 
 
 The Darhiess of Providence. 
 
 LORD, we adore thy vast designs. 
 The obscure abyss of providence, 
 Too deep to sound with mortal lines, 
 Too dark to view with feeble sense. 
 
 2 Now thou arrayest thine awful face 
 
 In angry frowns, without a smile ; 
 AVe through the clouds believe thy grace, 
 Secure of thy com.passion still. 
 
 3 Through seas and storms of deep distress 
 
 We sail-by faith and not by sight ; 
 Faith guides us in the wilderness 
 Through all the terrors of the night. 
 
 4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod 
 
 Resolve to scourge us here below. 
 Still let us lean upon our God : 
 
 Thine arm shall bear us safely through. 
 
 19 L. M. Vanm^Ur. 
 
 God Sovereign, tut Man Irreconciled. 
 
 WHY should the Lord's divine decrees. 
 His sovereign and electing grace, 
 
The sons of men so much displease, 
 Or so offend the human race ? 
 
 2 Although they purpose and ordain 
 
 The works which their own hands perform 
 Yet, they still murmur and complain 
 Of Him, who rides upon the storm ! 
 
 3 Oh ! how irreconciled to God, 
 
 Are men in nature and in sin ! ^ 
 Unwilling that His sovereign nod 
 Should rule the world and all within. 
 
 4 By his almighty word and will, 
 
 The worlds were framed and made to stand ; 
 In 'all their spheres, the planets wheel 
 Their endless rounds at his command. 
 
 5 In heaven above, and earth, and seas. 
 
 His scepter sways, his words control ; 
 In all His providence and grace. 
 
 He reigns supreme, from pole to pole. 
 
 «gO L. M. Needham. 
 
 Wisdom and Knowledge of God. — Job xii. 13. 
 
 1 A WAKE, my tongue, thy tribute bring 
 j\_ To Him who gave thee power to sing ; 
 Praise Him who is all praise above, 
 The source of wisdom and of love. 
 
ins Kr,IN(J AKP ATTRfRl-TES;, l!^ 
 
 2 llow vast his knowledge ! how profound I 
 
 \ depth where all our thoughts are drowned ! ; 
 
 The stars he numbers, and their names 
 
 He gives to all these heavenly flames. ' 
 
 8 Through each bright world above, behold 
 
 Ten thousand thousa,nd charms unfold ; i 
 
 Earth, air, and mighty seas combine ■] 
 
 To speak his wisdom all divine. 
 
 4 But in redemption, oh, what grace ! \ 
 
 To save the sons of xVdam's race ; i 
 Here wisdom shines forever bright : 
 
 Praise him my soul, with sweet dchght. ; 
 
 *J1 S. M. Wafts. ' 
 
 OoiVs Awful Poicer and. G-oodness. ' 
 
 1 r\ THE almighty Lord ! ; 
 \J How matchless is his power ! 
 
 Tremble, earth, beneath his word, ■ 
 
 While all the heavens adore. 
 
 2 Let proud imperious kings .■ 
 
 Bow low before his throne; ~j 
 
 Crouch to his feet, ye haughty things, '' 
 
 Or he shall tread you down. i 
 
 3 Above the skies he reigns, -i 
 
 And with amazing blows 
 He deals unsufferable pains \ 
 
 On his rebeUious foes. ! 
 
20 GOL>. 
 
 4 Yet^ everlasting: Gou, 
 
 We love to speak thy praise ; 
 Thy scepter's equal to thy rod, 
 The scepter of th}'^ grace. 
 
 o The arms of mighty love 
 _ Defend our Zion well. 
 And heavenly mere}'' walls us round 
 From Babylon and Hell. 
 
 Salvation to the King 
 
 That sits enthroned above ; 
 Thus we adore the God of might, 
 And bless the God of love. 
 '^ • . 
 
 *^2 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Sincerity and Hypocrisy ; or, Formality in 
 Worship. John iv. 24. Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24. 
 
 1 ^^ OD is a Spirit just and vrise, 
 VX He sees our inmost mind ; 
 In vain to heaven we raise our cries, 
 
 And leave our souls behind. 
 
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 2 Nothing but truth before his throne 
 
 With honor can appear, 
 The painted hypocrites are knov/n 
 Through the disguise they wear. 
 
 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, 
 
 Their bending knees the ground ; 
 
HIS BSINQ AND ATTRIBUTIS. 21 
 
 But God abhors the sacrifice 
 Where not the heart is found. 
 
 4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways, 
 And make my soul sincere ; 
 Then shall I stand before thy face, 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
 23 L. M. Watts. 
 
 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne, 
 Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ; 
 Know that the Lord is God alone ; 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 2 Ere rolling worlds began to move, 
 
 Or ere the heavens were spread abroad. 
 Thy awful throne wan fixed above ; 
 From everlastins: thou art God. 
 
 3 His sovereign power, without our aid, 
 Made us of clay, and formed us men ; 
 And when like wandering sheep we sti^ayed, 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 [We are his people, we his care. 
 Our souls, and all our mortal frame: 
 
 What lasting honors shall we rear, 
 Almighty Maker, to thy name ?] 
 
22 GOD. 
 
 5 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs, 
 
 High as the heavens our voices raise ; 
 And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 6 Wide as the world is thy command ! 
 
 Yast as eternity thy love ! 
 Firm as a rock thy truth must stand, 
 When rolling years shall cease to move. 
 
 !24 L. M. ParMnson' s Selection. 
 
 LORD, how mysterious are thy wa5^s ! 
 How blind we are ! how mean our praise! 
 Thy steps no mortal can explore ; 
 'Tis ours to wonder and adore ! 
 
 2 Thy deep decrees, from creature sight, 
 Are hid in shades of awful night ; 
 Amid the lines, with curious eye. 
 Not angel minds presume to pry. 
 
 3 Great God, I would not ask to see 
 What in futurity shall be ; 
 If light and bliss attend my days. 
 Then let my future hours be praise. 
 
 4 Is darkness and distress my share ? 
 Then let me trust thy guardian care ; 
 Assured I am that love divine 
 At lengtJi through every cloud will shine. 
 
BIS BEINO AWD ATTRIBUTES. 23 
 
 6 Yet this my soul desires to know,^ 
 Be this my only wish below : 
 " That Christ is mine !" — This great request 
 Grant, bounteous God ! and I am blest ! 
 
 25 8. 8. 6. Mercer's Selection. 
 
 Wonderful Love of God. 
 ^T7ERE oceans, rivers, floods and lakes, 
 VV All that the name water takes, 
 Beneath the expanded skies, 
 Turned into ink of blackest hue, 
 And all the drops of fallen dew, 
 To make the wonder rise ; 
 
 2 Were there a book, could we suppose, 
 Which thinnest paper could compose, 
 
 Large as this earthly ball ; 
 Were every shrub and every tree, 
 And every blade of grass we see, 
 
 A pen to write withal ; 
 
 3 Were all who ever lived on earth. 
 Since nature first received her birth, 
 
 The aptest scribes declared, 
 To explain the fulness of that love 
 Found in the heart of God above, 
 
 To men by sin ensnared ; 
 
 4 Were each Methuselah in age. 
 And every moment wrote a page. 
 
 They'd all be tired and die; 
 
24 TUB FALL, 
 
 The pens would every one wear out, 
 The Dock be filled within, without, 
 The ink would all run dry. 
 
 5 And then to show that love, oh, then, 
 Angels above as well as men, 
 
 Archangels e'en would fail ; 
 Nay, till eternity shall end, 
 A whole eternity they'll spend, 
 
 Nor then have told the tale. 
 
 T II E FALL 
 
 S6 C: M. Watts. 
 
 Corrupt Nature from Adam. 
 
 BLESSED with the joys of innocence, 
 Adam, our father, stood, 
 'Till he debased his soul to sense, 
 And ate the unlawful food, 
 
 2 Now we are born a senfeual race, 
 
 To sinful joys inclined; 
 Reason has lost its native place, 
 And flesh enslaves the mind. 
 
 3 While flesh and sense and passion reign. 
 
 Sin is the SAveetest good : 
 
THE FALL. 25 
 
 We fancy music in our chain, 
 And so forget the load. 
 
 4 Eternal Spirit, write thy law 
 Upon our inward parts. 
 And let the second Adam draw 
 His image on our hearts. 
 
 2^ L. M. Watts. 
 
 Original Sin. 
 
 ADAM, our father and our head, 
 Transgressed, and justice doomed us dead; 
 The fiery law sjjeaks all despair, 
 . There's no reprieve nor pardon there. 
 
 2 Call a bright council in the skies : 
 Seraphs, the mighty and the wise, 
 Speak ; are you strong to bear the load, 
 The weighty vengeance of a God ? 
 
 3 In vain we ask ; for all around 
 
 Stand silent through the heavenly ground ; 
 There's not a glorious mind above, 
 Has half the strength or half the love. 
 
 4 But, oh, unmeasurable grace! 
 God's only Son takes Adam's place ; 
 Down to our world the Saviour flies. 
 Stretches his aians. and bleeds and dies ! 
 
i^6 THB FALL. 
 
 5 Amazing work ! look down, ye skies, 
 Wonder and gaze with all your eyes ; 
 Ye saints below and saints above, 
 All bow to this mysterious love. 
 
 28 C. M. DoMVs Selec 
 Mail's Fall and Recovery. — 2 Sam. xiv. 14 ; 
 
 1 Cor. XV. 49. 
 
 IN Adam's loins, by sin we fell. 
 And walked destruction's road, 
 Without a will or power to turn 
 To happiness and God-. 
 
 2 But God ordained the way to bring 
 
 His banished children home ; 
 And Christ fulfilled the wondrous plan 
 By his own death alone. 
 
 3 The Spirit brings his exiles back 
 
 As trophies of his love, 
 And plants within them holy fear, 
 No more from God to rove. 
 
 4 [Ye saints, proclaim Jehovah's praise, 
 
 And shout his honors high : 
 His grace shall be your lasting theme. 
 When time itself shall die.] 
 
 29 L. M. WatU. 
 
 The f.rst and second Adam. — Rom. v. 12. 
 
 DEEP in the dust before thy throne, 
 Our guilt and our disgrrace we own ; 
 
THE FALL. 2f 
 
 Great Grod! we own the unhappy name 
 Whence sprung our nature and our shame, — 
 
 2 Adam, the sinner : at his fall, 
 Death, like a conquerer, seized us all ; 
 
 , A thousand new-born babes are dead 
 By fatal union to their head, 
 
 3 But whilst our spirits, filled with awe, 
 Behold the terrors of thy law, 
 
 We sing the honors of thy grace, 
 That sent to save our ruined race. 
 
 4 We sing thine everlasting Son, 
 Who joined our nature to his own; 
 The second Adam, from the dust, 
 Raises the ruins of the first. 
 
 5 [By the rebellion of oiu man, 
 Through all Ms seed the mischief ran, 
 And by one man's obedience now 
 Are all his seed made righteous too.] 
 
 6 Where sin did reign, and death abound, 
 There have the sons of Adam found 
 Abounding life ; there glorious grace 
 Reigns through the Lord our righteousness. 
 
 30 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Original Sin ; o?', the first and second Adam. — 
 
 Rom. V. 12 ; Psa. ii. 5 ; Job xiv. 4. 
 
 BACKWARD with humble shame we look 
 On our original : 
 
28 THE FALL. 
 
 How is our nature dashed and broke 
 In our first father's fall ! 
 
 2 To all that's good averse and blind, 
 
 But prone to all that's ill ; 
 What dreadful darkness veils our mind ! 
 How obstinate our will ! 
 
 3 [Conceived in sin, (oh, wretched state !) 
 
 Before we draw our breath, 
 The first young pulse begins to beat 
 Iniquity and death. 
 
 4 How strong in our degenerate blood 
 
 The old corruption reigns, 
 And, mingling with the crooked flood, 
 Wanders through all our veins !] 
 
 5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root 
 
 Will all the branches be : 
 How can we hope for living fruit 
 From such a deadly tree ? 
 
 6 What mortal power, from things unclean. 
 
 Can pure jDroductions bring? 
 Who can command a vital stream 
 From an infected spring ?] 
 
 7 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love 
 
 Can make our nature clean. 
 While Christ and grace prevail above 
 The tempter, death, raid sin. 
 
I 
 
 THE FALL. 29 
 
 8'Tlie second Adiuii shall restore 
 The ruins of the lirst ; 
 Hosaiina to that sovereign power 
 That new-creates our dust. 
 
 81 L. M. Vanmeter 
 
 Man's Fall avd Recovery. 
 H ! painful truth, it is to tell, 
 
 
 
 That Adam, oub first father, fell, 
 And brought upon his unborn race, 
 Eternal miserj- and disgrace. 
 
 I 2 The law arose in mightj^ wrath, 
 I And passed the sentence of our death ; 
 The sword of justice then awoke 
 And raised o'er us its dreadful stroke. 
 
 3 Hold ! hold ! forgiving mercy cries ! 
 j For sin there is a sacrifice : 
 [ Behold ! the gracious Son of God 
 I Agrees to bear the heavy load ! 
 
 ;,4 Down from the realms of endless day, 
 ' With speed the Saviour makes his way 
 ' Fulfills the law, pours out his blood, 
 j To bring his people back to God. 
 
 5 0!^ let the world', with all its dross, 
 Withdraw, that I may view the cross ! 
 'Tis there I lean and take repose, 
 And thence my greatest comfort flows. 
 
 k 
 
35 THE FALL. 
 
 32 C. M. Watfi 
 
 Fatal Deprai^ity. 
 
 QIN, like a venomous disease, 
 O Infects our vital blood ; 
 The only balm is sovereign grace. 
 And the physician, God. 
 
 2 Our beauty and our strength are fled, 
 
 And we draw near to death ; 
 But Christ the Lord recalls the dead 
 With his almighty breath. 
 
 3 Madness by nature reigns within, 
 
 The passions burn and rage ; 
 Till God's own Son, with skill divine, 
 The inward fire assuage. 
 
 4 [We lick the dust, we grasp the wind, 
 
 And solid good despise : 
 
 Such is the folly of the mind 
 
 Till Jesus makes us wise. 
 
 5 We give our souls the wounds they feel. 
 
 We drink the poisonous gall. 
 
 And rush with fury down to hell ; 
 
 But heaven prevents the fall.] 
 
 6 [The man possessed among the tombs 
 
 Cuts his own flesh, and cries ; 
 He foams and raves till Jesus comes, 
 And the foul spirit flies.] 
 
THE FILI,. 31 
 
 33 L. M. VanmeUr. 
 
 The Effects of Sin. 
 
 SIN is the only evil thing 
 That we on earth are subject to ; 
 It gives to death its greatest sting, 
 And leads to misery and woe. 
 
 2 Sin hurled our parents from their bliss, 
 
 And ruined all their progeny ; 
 Destroyed their happiness and peace, 
 And made the earth a curse to be. 
 
 3 Yea, all the noble powers of man. 
 
 Were thus polluted by its stain ; 
 Through all his soul the poison ran, 
 Through all his life he suffers pain. 
 
 4 Sin dwells upon the sinner's tongue. 
 
 And reigns and rules within his heart ; 
 And as she makes her fetters strong. 
 Seizes and holds on every part. 
 
 i5 No earthly power nor human skill, 
 Can wash away the dreadful stain : 
 To cleanse the heart, renew the will. 
 Their works and efforts all are vain. 
 
 56 Nothing but Christ's atoning blood 
 Can wash the hateful stain away ; 
 And bring the sinner back to (xod, 
 And fit him for eternal day. 
 
leter^ I 
 
 32 THE FALL. 
 
 34 C. M. Vanmeter1{ 
 
 The N'aticre and Effects of Transgression. 
 
 WHEN man transgressed the law of God, 
 He ruined all his race ; 
 The raging poison spread abroad, 
 
 And plunged us in disgrace. ^^^ 
 
 2 Wretch, that he was, to thus rebel ^^^ 
 
 And prostrate all his seed ! 
 'Twas Satan, the foul fiend of hell, 
 The dreadful project laid. 
 
 3 First, he made known his hellish plot, 
 
 And man imbibed the sin ; 
 The eating was but acting out 
 The principle within. 
 
 4 Oh, horrid crime ! what mischief hung 
 
 Around that dreadful hour ! 
 Thence death and all the miseries sprung. 
 That spread creation o'er ! 
 
 5 Grod's justice claimed the sinner's blood, 
 
 His wrath was now revealed ; 
 And all the attributes of Grod 
 His condemnation sealed. 
 
 6 By the offense of the first man 
 
 Our condemnation came : 
 If poison at the fount began, 
 The streams partake the same. 
 
THE FALL. *? 
 
 ad C. M. Vunrmt^. 
 
 The Effects of Sin and the Reign of Grace. 
 
 OUR fatlier lost his innocence, 
 Incurred the frowns of heaven ; 
 From Eden's flowerj^ garden, thence, 
 By justice he was driven. 
 
 2 The seeds of sin put forth their roots 
 
 Through all the human heart ; 
 And all creation felt the fruits 
 Corruption did impart. 
 
 3 While justice guards, with jealous eyes, 
 
 The spotless throne of God, 
 No guilty rebel can arise 
 And dwell in his abode. 
 
 4 But Jesus is the glorious head 
 
 Of all his chosen seed ; 
 In Adam we behold them dead, 
 In Christ we see them freed, 
 
 5 The flaming sword of justice wakes 
 
 Against the Lamb of God ; 
 And Christ for his own body makes 
 Atonement by his blood. 
 
 6 In Adam we transgressed the law, 
 
 In Christ we kept the same ; 
 And his own robe of righteousness. 
 Our glorious robe became. 
 
I 
 
 24 THB FALL. 
 
 99 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Custom of Sin. 
 
 L^ ET the wild leopards of the wood 
 Put off the spots that nature gives, 
 Then may the wicked turn to God, 
 And change their tempers and their lives. 
 
 2 As well might Ethiopian slaves 
 
 Wash out the darkness of their skin, 
 The dead as well may leave their graves 
 As old transgressors cease to sin. 
 
 3 Where vice has held its empire long, 
 
 'Twill not endure the least control; 
 None but a power divinely strong 
 Can turn the current of the soul. 
 
 4 Great God, I own thy power divine, 
 That works to change this heart of mine ; 
 I would be formed anew, and bless 
 The wonders of creating grace. 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 ff 
 
 51 78. 2 Tim. Ill, 16. 
 
 Ths Scripture is an Instructor and Monitor to ths 
 
 Christian. 
 
 "OLY Bible! book divine! 
 Precious treasure ! thou art mine ! 
 Mine to teach me whence I came — 
 Mine to teach me what I am : 
 
 2 Mine to chide me when I rove — 
 Mine to show a Savior's love — 
 Mine art thou to guard my feet — 
 
 ^ Mine to judge, condemn, acquit: 
 
 3 Mine to comfort in distress, 
 If the Holy Spirit bless — 
 Mine, to show by living faith, 
 Man can triumph over death : 
 
 4 Mine to tell of joys to come. 
 And the rebel sinner's doom ; 
 thou precious book divine ! 
 Precious treasure ! thou art mine I 
 
 »8 8. 7. KeiBicH. 
 
 The Scriptures a Support to the Christian. 
 
 PRECIOUS Bible ! what a treasure 
 Does the word of God afford ! 
 
36 THK JfCKlPTUBK*. 
 
 All I want for life, for pleasure, 
 
 Food and medicine, shield and Hword 
 Let the world account me poor — 
 Having this, I want no more. 
 
 2 Food to wliich the world's a stranger, 
 
 Here my hungry soul enjoys ; 
 Of excess there is no danger-*- 
 Thougli it fills, it never cloys : 
 On a dying Christ I feed — 
 He is meat and drink indeed. 
 
 3 When my faith is faint and sickly 
 
 Or when Satan wounds my mind, 
 Cordials to revive me quickly. 
 Healing medicines here I find ; 
 
 To the promises I flee — 
 
 Each affords a remedy. 
 
 4 In the hour of dark temptation, 
 
 Satan cannot make me yield ; 
 For the word of consolation 
 Ib to me a mighty shield ; 
 
 While the scripture truths are sure. 
 From his malice I'm secure. 
 
 5 Vain his threats to overcome me, 
 
 When I take the Spirit's sword ; 
 Then with ease I drive him from me — 
 
 Satan trembles at the word ; 
 
 'Tip a sword of eonqueet made — 
 Keen the edge and fstrong the blade. 
 
 I 
 
THB S<'UlPTL'RBtt. %7 
 
 6 Shall I envy then the miser, 
 Doating on his golden store? 
 Sure I am, or should be wiser, 
 . , I am rich — 'tis he is poor : 
 
 Jesus gives me in his word, 
 
 Food and medicine, shield and sword. 
 
 89 C. M. Watts. 
 
 The Inspired Word^ a System of Knowledge and 
 
 Joy. Psalms, cxix. 105. 
 
 HOW precious is the book divine, 
 By inspiration given ! 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 
 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts 
 
 In this dark vale of tears ; 
 Life, light and joy it still imparts, 
 And quells our rising fears. 
 
 3 This lamp, through all the tedious night 
 
 Of life, shall guide our way; 
 Till we behold the clearer light 
 Of an eternal day. 
 
 40 C. M. Mrs. Steels. 
 
 The Excellence and SuMciency of the Holy 
 
 Scriptures. 
 
 FATHER of mercies! in thy word 
 What endless glory shines ! 
 
16 THK SCBIPTURES. 
 
 Foreyer be thy name adored 
 For these celestial lines. 
 
 2 Here, may the wretched eons of want 
 
 Exhaustless riches find ; 
 Riches above what earth can grant, 
 And lasting as the mind. 
 
 3 Here, the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
 
 And yields a free repast ; 
 Sublimer sweets than nature knows 
 Invite the longing taste. 
 
 4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice 
 
 Spreads heavenly peace around ; 
 And life, and everlasting joys, 
 Attend the blissful sound. 
 
 5 may these heavenly pages be 
 
 My ever dear delight ; 
 And still new beauties may I see, 
 And still increasing light ! 
 
 6 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord ! 
 
 Be thou for ever near ; 
 Teach me to love thy sacred word. 
 And view my Savior there ! 
 
 41 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Prophesy and Inspiration. 
 
 ^n^WAS by an order from the Lord, 
 J. The ancient prophete spoke hie word : 
 
THB SCBIPTUBBS. If 
 
 His Spirit did their tongues inspire, 
 
 And warmed their heartti with heavenly fire. 
 
 2 The works and wonders which they wrought 
 Confirmed the messages they brought; 
 
 The prophet's pen succeeds his breath 
 To save the holy words from death. 
 
 3 Great G-od, mine eyes with pleasure look 
 On the dear volume of thy book ; 
 There my Redeemer's face I see, 
 
 And read his name who died for me. 
 
 4 Let the false raptures of the mind 
 Be lost and vanish in the wind ; 
 Here I can fix my hopes secure, » 
 This is thy word, and must endure. 
 
 42 CM. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 &RE AT God, with wonder and with praise 
 On all thy works I look ; 
 But still thy wisdom, power and grace, 
 Shine brightest in thy book. 
 
 2 Here are my choicest treasures hid, 
 
 Here my best comfort lies ; 
 Here my desires are satisfied, 
 And here my hopes arise. 
 
 3 Lord, make me understand thy law ; 
 
 Show what my faults have been ; 
 
40 THE 8CRIPTUBHS. 
 
 And from thy gospel let me draw 
 The pardon of my sin. 
 
 48 C. M. WatU, 
 
 The Holy Scriptures. 
 
 LADEN with guilt, and full of fears, 
 I fly to thee, my Lord]; 
 And not a glimpse of hope appears 
 But in thy written word. 
 
 2 The volume of my Father's grace 
 
 Does all my griefs assuage ; 
 Here I behold my Savior's face 
 Almost in every page. 
 
 3 This is the field where hidden lies 
 
 The pearl of price unknown ; 
 That merchant is divinely wise 
 Who makes the pearl his own. 
 
 4 Here consecrated water flows 
 
 To quench my thirst of sin ; 
 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows. 
 Nor danger dwells within. 
 
 5 This is the judge that ends the strife, 
 
 Where wit and reason fail ; 
 My guide to everlasting life 
 TnTOugh all this gloomy valf. 
 
TH« SCRIPTURES. 41 
 
 6 Oh, may thy counsels, mighty G-od, 
 My roving feet command ; 
 Nor I forsake the happy road 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
 44 8. 8. 6. SonneU. 
 
 The Letter Killeth, hut the Spirit Giveth Life. 
 
 WHAT if we read and understand 
 The written word of Clod's command, 
 And give it credit meet ; 
 The word is but a looking-glass, 
 And only shows a man his face, 
 Unless the word we eat. 
 
 2 It raiseth no man from the dead, 
 .While seated only in the head, 
 
 But leaves him dry and faint : 
 It maketh matter for some talk, 
 But cannot give him leg-s to walk. 
 
 Nor make a man a saint. 
 
 3 The word consists of letters fair, • 
 But letters merely dead things are. 
 
 And cannot change the heart ; 
 The letter only bringeth death. 
 Unless the Spirit by his breath 
 
 A quickening power impart. 
 
 4 May thy commands obedience get. 
 And promisea yield comforlH sweet 
 
43 THB LAW. 
 
 And threateningB awe my soul ; 
 Let exhortations spur me on, 
 And cautions make me watcliful run, 
 
 And love inspire the whole. 
 
 5 According as my wants require, 
 Adapt the word as food and fire, 
 
 To nourish and to warm ; 
 Let every page afford new wealth, 
 Convey some life and godly health, 
 
 And guard my steps from harm. 
 
 THE LAW. 
 
 45 L. M. Wattt 
 
 The Law and Gospel DistiTiguished. 
 
 THE law commands, and makes us know 
 What duties to our Grod we owe ; 
 But 'tis the gospel must reveal 
 Where lies our strength to do his will. 
 
 2 The law discovers guilt and sin, 
 
 And shows how vile our hearts have been ; 
 Only the gospel can express 
 Forgiving love and cleansing grace. 
 
 3 What curses doth the law denounce 
 Against the man that fails but once ! 
 
YHl LAW. 4S 
 
 But in the gospel Christ appears 
 Pardoning the guilt of numerous years. 
 
 4 My soul, no more attempt to draw 
 Thy life and comfort from the law, 
 Fly to the hope the gospel gives ; 
 The man that trusts the promise lives. 
 
 46 S. M. WdtU. 
 
 The Law and Gospel. 
 
 THE Lord declares his will, 
 And keeps the world in awe ; 
 Amidst the smoke on Sinai's hill 
 Breaks out his fiery law. 
 
 2 The Lord reveals his face, 
 
 And smiling from above, 
 Sends down the gospel of his grace, 
 The epistles of his love. 
 
 3 These sacred words impart 
 
 Our Maker's just commands ; 
 The pity of his melting heart, 
 And vengeance of his hands. 
 
 4 [Hence we awake our fear, 
 
 We draw our comfort hence ; 
 The arms of grace are treasured here. 
 And armor of defence. 
 
 5 We learn Christ crucified. 
 
 And here behold his blood ; 
 
44 THB Li.W. 
 
 All arts and knowledges beside 
 Will do us little good.] 
 
 6 We read the heavenly word, 
 
 The record of his grace, 
 Obey the statutes of the Lord, 
 And trust his promises. 
 
 7 In vain shall Satan rage 
 
 Against a book divine ; 
 Where wrath and lightning guard^the page, 
 Where beams of mercy shine. 
 
 41 L. M. Watts. 
 
 The Practical Use^of the Law to the Convinced 
 
 Sinner. 
 
 HERE, Lord, my soul convicted stands 
 Of breaking'all thy ten commands ; 
 And on me justlyjmightst thou pour 
 Thy wrath in*one^eternal shower. 
 
 2 But, thanks to God ! its loud alarms 
 Have warned me of approaching harms ; 
 And now, Lord, my wants I see ; 
 Lost and undone I come to thee, j 
 
 3f|I see my fig-leaf righteousness 
 'Can ne'er thy broken law redress ; 
 Yet, in thy gospel plan, I see 
 There's hope of pardon e'en for me. 
 
THE l-AW. 46 j 
 
 i 
 
 4 Here I behold thy wonders, Lord ! 
 How Christ hath to thy hiw restored 
 Those lionors, on the atoning day, 
 
 Which guilty sinners took away. • i 
 
 5 Amazing wisdom, power and love, ' 
 Displayed to rebels from above ! 
 
 Do thou, Lord, my faith increase, ] 
 
 To love and trust thy plan of grace. ■ 
 
 48 L. M. VanmeUr, 
 
 The Laio and the Gospel. j 
 
 'T^HE law and gospel both agree 
 
 J_ In glorifying Deity ; 
 
 And yet a difference we must draw 
 
 Between the gospel and the law. ^ 
 
 I 
 
 2 The law exhibits to our view, 
 
 A God that's holy, just and true ; ' 
 
 But 'tis the gospel must express 
 How he extends his sovereign grace. 
 
 3 The law the guilty wretch condemns, i 
 And must have all its righteous claims : \ 
 The gospel sets the prisoner free, \ 
 And speaks the voice of liberty. \ 
 
 4 The law convinces us of sin, \ 
 And shows how vile our lives have been : '\ 
 The gospel doth a fountain show, \ 
 At once to cleanse and pardon too. j 
 
46 TB« LAW. 
 
 5 The law is holy, just and good, 
 
 And justly claims the sinner's blood : 
 The gospel shows that Jesus shed 
 His precious blood in sinners' stead. 
 
 6 Thus, from Mount Sinai we behold 
 The law came forth in days of old ; 
 But Calvary shows a sacrifice, 
 Whence all our hopes and comforts rise. 
 
 49 CM. Vanmeter. 
 
 The Insufficiency of a Law Rigliteouaness. 
 
 DO not frustrate the grace of Grod ; 
 For if our righteousness 
 Came by the law, then Jesus' blood 
 Is null and void of grace. 
 
 2 For by the deeds of Moses' law 
 
 No flesh is justified : 
 We can no hope of comfort draw 
 Till Jesus' blood's applied. 
 
 3 To him that works, is the reward, 
 
 Not reckoned of free grace ; 
 But faith in Jesus Christ, the Lord, 
 Is counted righteousness. 
 
 4 Why should the blessed Savior die, 
 
 And shed his precious blood ; 
 If man the law could satisfy 
 And make the payment good ? 
 
THK LAW. 4T 
 
 5 Not all the Jews e'er sacrificed 
 
 Could make the conscience clean ; 
 But the atoning blood of Christ, 
 Will cleanse from every sin. 
 
 5 Wash me, dear Savior, in thy blood, 
 And make me white as snow. 
 Then I will follow thee, my God, 
 And will no other know. 
 
 50 S. M. Songs in the Mght. 
 
 The Laio is Spiritual. -^'Kom.. vii. 14. 
 rPHE law of God is just, 
 J_ A strict and holy way ; 
 And he that would escape the curse 
 Must all the law obey. 
 
 I 
 
 Not one vain thought must rise. 
 Not one unclean desire ; 
 
 »He must be holy, just, and wise, 
 Who keeps the law entire. 
 
 3 If in one point he fail, 
 
 • In thought, or word, or deed, 
 The curses of the law prevail, 
 And rest upon his head. 
 
 4 Now let me bring my heart, 
 
 I ^ And with the law compare, 
 H And ask if I in every part 
 B Htve paid obedience tbert. 
 
48 THE LAW. « 
 
 5 I tremble and retreat ; 
 
 Behold, OGod! I'm vile : 
 
 Guiltj^, I fall before thy feet, 
 
 And own my nature's soil. 
 
 6 Lord I've transgressed thy law ; 
 
 I now lament my sin ; 
 Still I offend in all I do, 
 I'm carnal and unclean. 
 
 7 And does the curse still rest 
 
 Upon my guilty head ? 
 No : Jesus — let his name be blest ! — 
 Hath borne it in my stead. 
 
 8 He hath fulfilled the law, 
 
 Obtained my peace with God : 
 Hence doth my soul her comforts draw, 
 And leave her heavy load. 
 
 51 8s. ITent, 
 
 Jesus th-e End of the Law. 
 
 LET those who inhabit the Rock, 
 And out of his fulness receive, 
 Proclaim him the tower of the flock, 
 Still precious to them that believe ; 
 Our Prophet, our Priest, and our King, 
 
 'Tis life everlasting to know ; 
 His blood and his merits we sing, 
 
 For Christ is the End of the L« 
 
 tw. 
 
THE LAW. 40 
 
 2 "Tis liere, when with sorrows oppressed, 
 
 Believers iu Jesus shoukl flee ; 
 For those that are wears^ there's rest, 
 
 For siu-burdened sinners like me ; 
 If Justice pursues thee for blood, 
 
 His righteousness stands without flaw ; 
 And he that redeemed thee to God, 
 
 Is Jesus the End of the Law. 
 
 3 The types and the shadows are fled, 
 
 With all that prediction foretold ; 
 Since Jesus on Calvary bled, 
 
 _ His sheep shall return to the fold ; 
 Shall build upon him as a Kock, 
 1 Nor fear when the tempest shall blow, 
 I And nothing the building shall shock, 
 For Christ is the End of the Law. 
 
 ! i How sweet and delightful the strain, 
 i Salvation by grace to repeat ; 
 L ^hall sinners redeemed e'er refrain, 
 { Who stand as in Jesus complete? 
 From him, as the fountain of life^ 
 
 His saints their existence shall draw. 
 And live, though encompassed with strife, 
 K^For Christ is the End of the Law. 
 
 »9 C. M. Einf. 
 
 Law and GosjieL. — Phil. iii. 7-10. 
 
 WHEN from the precepts to the eross 
 Th« humble sinner turns, 
 
 4 
 
60 ME LAW. 
 
 His brightest deeds he counts but dross, 
 And o'er his vileness mourns. 
 
 2 God, on the table of his heart, 
 
 Inscribes his love and fear; 
 
 He loves the law in every part, 
 
 But takes no refuge there. 
 
 3 Thus gospel, law, and justice too, 
 
 Conspire to set him free : 
 Reflect, my soul, admire and view 
 What Grod hath done for thee. 
 
 5S L. M. Kenfs Selection. 
 
 Laid in Christ. — Psa. Ixxxix. 19. 
 
 T?ROM Sinai's mount to Zion's hill, 
 JL Insolvents, haste away ; 
 The law's demands ye can't fulfill, 
 For ye have naught to pay. 
 
 2 Then to the cross of Jesus, now, 
 
 Ye guilty souls, repair ; 
 There justice wears a smiling brow, 
 And mercy triumphs there. * 
 
 3 His work was great : 'twas to redeem. 
 
 And bring to glory all ^ 
 The chosen seed, beloved in him, 
 Selected frwn the fall. 
 
THB LAW. 31 
 
 4 And who but the Redeemer, say, 
 
 Was able to endure ^ \ 
 
 The weight of sin that on him lay, ; 
 
 And make salvation sure ? '; 
 
 5 Vindictive wrath, to sinners due, j 
 
 His sacred bosom tore ; i 
 
 And pains, that mortals never knew, 
 Brought blood from every pore. ■ 
 
 6 Yet he was able to fulfill \ 
 
 Salvation's glorious plan ; ; 
 
 The councils of Jehovah's will, . I 
 
 Before the world began. J 
 
 54 C. M. Jfe7it. 
 
 The Sinner seeJcing Life by the Worhs of the Law. \ 
 
 BEHOLD how Adam's helpless race, \ 
 
 Are striving, though in vain, { 
 
 Who think, by works, and not by grace, 
 Salivation to obtain. 
 
 2 Though dead in sin, they struggle hard, \ 
 
 And seek to enter in ; 
 
 The gate that flaming cherubs guard, \ 
 
 Forever shut by sin. \ 
 
 3 But when the killing law takes place, i 
 
 It makes their efforts null ; ! 
 
 Salvation then appears of gra«# 
 Abundant, free, and full. 
 
59 THE GOSPEL. 
 
 4 Now from the precepts to the cross 
 
 His eyes the sinner turns ; 
 His brighter deeds he counts but dross, 
 And o'er his vileuess mourns. 
 
 5 God, on the table of his heart, 
 
 Inscribes his k)ve and fear, 
 
 He loves the law in every part, 
 
 But takes no refuge there. 
 
 6 Give us, God, thy grace to see 
 
 The only fountain, thou — 
 Then shall we own salvation free, 
 And at thy footstool bow. 
 
 THE GOSPEL. 
 
 55 L. M. GoU. 
 
 Beginning at Jerusalem. — Luke xxiv. 47. 
 
 PROCLAIM my gospel, saith the Lord, 
 Ye preachers of my sacred word ; 
 Let every nation hear the theme, 
 Beginning at Jerusalem. 
 
 Z Go ; let the chief of sinners know, 
 That I have blessings to bestow : 
 Proclaim salvation in my name, 
 Beginning at Jtru^alem. 
 
THE GOSPEL. OS 
 
 3 Where I was treated with disdain, 
 Where I was crucified and slain, 
 There shall my gospel gain esteem, 
 Beginning at Jerusalem. 
 
 4 My pardoning love proclaim abroad, 
 And show the virtue of my blood ; 
 Till time shall end, proclaim my grace, 
 To every land, in every place. 
 
 5 In yonder world, behold the train 
 Of sinners saved from endless pain, 
 Ascribing glory to the Lamb, 
 Within the new Jerusalem. 
 
 56 C. M. Kent. 
 
 Prophesymg to the Dry Bones. 
 
 WHILE in the vale of vision, dead, 
 The house of Israel lie, 
 Jehovah to the prophet said, 
 Go thou, and prophesy. 
 
 2 G-o thou, nor reasoning scruples make 
 
 Because the bones are dry ; 
 My voice shall bid the dead awake : 
 Go thou, and prophesj\ 
 
 3 I'll bid the dying sinner live, 
 
 To lift my name on high ; 
 Eternal life 'tis mine to give ; 
 Go thou, and prophesy. 
 
m ^^HB GOSPlEL. 
 
 4 Hold Jesus to tlie sinners' vi«w, 
 
 And thither turn their eye ; 
 'Tis I must give to will and do : 
 Go thou, and prophesy. 
 
 5 From stones, to celebrate my graee, 
 
 While mercy's tidings fly, 
 My arm shall raise a numerous r^e, ^ 
 Gro thou, and prophesy. 
 
 57" L. M. e(^. 
 
 The Gosjjel a Joyful Sound. — Ps. Ixxxix.' 15. 
 
 COME, dearest Lord, who reigns above, 
 And draw me with the cords of love ! 
 And while the gospel does abound, 
 " Oh, may I know the joyful sound !" 
 
 2 Sweet are the tidings, free the gtfice, 
 It brings to our apostate race ; 
 
 It spreads its heavenly light around : 
 "Oh, may I know the joj'ful sound!" 
 
 3 The gospel bids the sin-sick soul 
 Look up to Jesus and be whole ; 
 
 In him are peace and pardon found : 
 " Oh, may I know the joj^ul sound !" 
 
 4 It stems the tide of swelling grief, 
 Affords the needy sure relief, 
 Releases those by Satan bound : 
 
 '' Oh, may I know the joyful sound V 
 
TflE GOSPEL. Wi 
 
 1 
 
 58 C. M. K&ri't. 
 
 The Joyful Sound of the Gospel. i 
 
 THE glorious gospel of our God \ 
 
 Is joyful news from heaven ; \ 
 
 Salvation free in Jesus' blood, j 
 
 And life eternal given. j 
 
 2 'Tis not tlie gospel's joyful sound ; 
 
 Thatrfallen men declare, ■ 
 
 When Sinai's thunders they confound | 
 
 With Zion's beauties fair. ' 
 
 3 He needs no creature-power or skill \ 
 
 His finished work to mend ; 
 
 But works his own eternal will, : 
 
 As wisdom did intend. I 
 
 4 When Uzzah stretched his puny hand, ; 
 
 Behold his awful fall ; 
 
 The shaking ark secure shall stand, ; 
 When Grod designs it shall. 
 
 5 If 'tis of works, and not of grace, i 
 
 No crown shall mortals have, ] 
 For all the good of Adam's'race 
 
 A single soul can't save. , 
 
 6 To Grod, the Father's, love divine, 
 
 The Spirit and the Son, ] 
 
 Let everlasting honors shine. j 
 While years eternal run. 
 
l't> THE GOSPEL. 
 
 5!> ' L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 The Gospel Herald. 
 
 IN j^our great Master's lioly name. 
 Go forth, yQ heralds, and prochiim 
 The heavenly news to fallen men, 
 That Jesus died, hut lives again. 
 
 2 Tell those who in His temple meet, 
 To wait and worship at His ^Qei, 
 That He delights to meet them there — 
 That He delights to answer prayer. 
 
 3 Tell doubting saints fresh courage take ; 
 That Jesus never will forsake ; 
 That all His promises shall stand, 
 Long as He holds divine command. 
 
 4 Teirmourning souls to trust His grace, 
 That Jesus hath prepared a place 
 For all the blind, and halt, and lame, 
 Who hate their sins and fear His name. 
 
 5 Yea, publish and proclaim His word, 
 'Till all Columbia's shores have heard 
 Of all the victories He hath won. 
 And all the wonders He hath done. 
 
 G Nor let His glories be confined 
 Short of the limits of mankind ; 
 That every kingdom, clime and place 
 May hear the gospel of His grace. 
 
THE GOSPEL. 57 
 
 60 L. M. Watts, 
 
 The Commission. _ 
 
 'T^ O preach my gospel," saith the Lord— 
 VT ''bid mourning souls my grace receive; 
 He shall be saved that trusts my word — 
 He shall be damned that won't believe. 
 
 2 ["I'll make your great commission known 
 
 And ye shall prove my gospel true, 
 By all the works that I have done — 
 By all the wonders ye shall do.] 
 
 3 ["Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, 
 
 Go cast out devils in my name; 
 Nor let my prophets be afraid, 
 Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme. 
 
 4 "Teach all the nations my commands — 
 
 I'm with you till the world shall end ; 
 All power is trusted in my hands — 
 I can destroy, and I defend." 
 
 5 He spake, and light shone round his head ; 
 
 On a bright cloud to heaven he rode ; 
 They to the furthest nation spread 
 The grace of their ascended God. 
 
 161 C. M. Kent. 
 
 Jesus the Sinn and Substance of the Gosjjel. 
 
 JESUS the sum and substance is 
 Of all the gospel scheme; 
 
58 THE GOSPEL. 
 
 In him salvation, all of grace, 
 Shines with refulgent beam. 
 
 2 Jehovah's councils and decrees, 
 
 Before the world began, 
 With all the gospel promises, 
 Respect his only Son. 
 
 3 Prophetic \ote declared his birth, 
 
 His mission, and his name; 
 Ages before to this our earth 
 The Friend of sinners came. 
 
 4 Favored Isaiah heard him groan. 
 
 Saw Justice smite his head ; . 
 Oppressed with sins, but not his own, 
 And to the slaughter led. 
 
 5 His one great sacrifice complete 
 
 Hath made his Israel free; , ., 
 The Paschal Lamb, by faith, they eat, 
 And this deliverance see. 
 
 6 His church he purchased with' his blood, 
 % And who shall dare condemn ? 
 
 But ne'er removed the wrath of God, 
 For Grod was love to them. 
 
 69 S. M. WaUi 
 
 Oospel Ministers. 
 OW beauteous are their feet 
 Who stand on ZioQ's hill ! 
 
 W 
 
THE GOSPEL. 6t 
 
 Who bring salvation ou their tongues, 
 And words of peace reveal ! 
 
 2 How charming is their voice ! 
 
 How sweet the tidings are ! 
 
 " Zion, behold thy Savior-King^ 
 
 He reins and triumphs here. 
 
 3 How happy are our ears 
 
 That hear this joyful sound, , 
 Which kings and prophets waited for, 
 And sought, but never found ! 
 
 4 How blessed are our eyes 
 
 That see this heavenly light ! 
 Prophets and kings desired it long. 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 5 The watchmen join their voice. 
 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 Jerusalem breaks forth in songs. 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 6 The Lord makes bare his arm 
 
 Through all the earth abroad ; 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Savior and their God. 
 
 (63 C. M. Watts. 
 
 ': Ths Different Success of the Gospel — 1 Cor. xxiii, 
 24. 
 
 CHRIST and his cross are all our theme: 
 The mysteries that we speak 
 
60 THl GOSPEL. 
 
 Are scandal in the Jew's esteem, 
 And folly to the Grreek. 
 
 2 But souls enlightened from above 
 
 With joy receive the word ; 
 They see what wisdom, power, and love 
 Shine in their dying Lord. 
 
 3 The vital savor of his name 
 
 Restores their fainting breath ; 
 But unbelief perverts the same 
 To guilt, despair, and death. 
 
 4 Till God diffuse his graces down, 
 
 Like showers of heavenly rain, 
 In vain Apollos sows the ground, 
 And Paul may plant in vain. 
 
 64 P. M. Abridged 
 
 The JiMlee. 
 
 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow 
 The gladly solemn sound ! 
 Let all the nations know, 
 
 To earth's remotest bound. 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Beturu. ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 2 ExalttheLambofGod, 
 The sin-atoning Lamb ; 
 Bedemption by his blood 
 Through all the lands proclaim : 
 
THE GOSPEL. 61 
 
 The year of Jubilee 1*8 come ; 
 Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 3 The gospel trumpet hear, 
 
 The news of pardoning grace ; 
 Ye happy souls, draw near, 
 
 Behold your Savior's face: 
 The year of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 4 Jesus, our great High-Priest, 
 
 Has full atonement made ; 
 Ye weary spirits, rest ; 
 
 Ye mournful souls, be glad ! 
 The j^ear of Jubilee is come ; 
 Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 
 
 ' 7s. 6s. Vanmeter. 
 
 Vho is suffickntfor these things ? ' ' — 2 Cor. , ii , 16. 
 
 ORD, who can be suflBcient to speak thy wondrous nam« 
 And to the heirs of promise thy gospel to proclaim f 
 preach, as thy salvation, a Saviour crucified, 
 ', Ispeakof all his counsels, concerning of his bride? 
 
 II we seek worldly wisdom, to fit us for the task ? 
 ;o to schools of learning, and there instructions ask f 
 II we seek filthy lucre, or preach for earthly gain ? 
 trive to please the fancy of vain and carnal men? 
 
 I 1 we, for fear of slander, the gospel sacrific* ? 
 \ ike a ba^e delinquent, conceal one-half the price ? 
 \ I we permit Assyrians to tread on holy ground, 
 fail to raise the shepherds* and cause the trump to BOand? 
 
 iab« T, 5. 
 
••;. THE GOSPEL. 
 
 Forbid It, 0, King JesnsI forbid that we ehoald fly, 
 Bat fight with holy weapoDS, and conquer though we dl9:; 
 To thee we look for courage, and patience to endure; 
 F«r wisdom and instruction, that we may feed the poor. 
 
 We ask thy Holy Spirit to give us light divine — 
 
 For what is worldly wisdom, compared, Lord, with thine? * 
 
 We'll bear the vile reproaches, of Jesus and his word, 
 
 And count them greater riches, than Egypt can afford. 
 
 Be this our constant study, to be approved of Ood — 
 To glorify our Savior and spread his name abroad, 
 To seek Messiah's kingdom, and trust in him alone. 
 For all our earthly comforts, and blessings of bis throo*; 
 
 66 L. M. K«fkU 
 
 The, Gospel Chariot. 
 
 (^ RE AT Salem's King, of old renowned, 
 T With wisdom blest, and honors crowaiEtd, 
 Prepared a chariot for his bride, ^ 
 That she in princely state might ride. 
 
 2 Behold the silver columns stand, 
 Fair and magnificently grand ; 
 'Twas paved with love, and all to proT» 
 How much he did this fair one love, 
 
 3 Fair type of Jesus, whom we love, 
 Who sent his chariot from above, 
 To fetch his church, without a stain, 
 With him in bliss to live and reign. 
 
 4 Thus shall the gospel chariot run 
 Till the last stage of time is done. 
 And bear in triumph to their God 
 The »an8omed race, redeemod with blodd..-i 
 
THE GOSPBL. 06 
 
 S Yet none shall in this chariot ride, 
 Save his elect, his ransomed bride; ' 
 With him, her Lord, in royal state, 
 She'll enter Zion's pearly gate, 
 
 5 Then, in a song of sweet accord, 
 With blood-bonght saints to hymn her Lord, 
 In strains more noble, sweet, and strong, 
 Than e'er were heard in seraph's song. 
 
 .BT S. M. Watif.^ 
 
 Moses and Christ. — John i, 17. Heb. iii,3,5. 6, 
 
 X, 28, 29. 
 
 THE law by Moses came, 
 But peace and truth, and love 
 Were brought by Christ' — a noble name, 
 Descended from above. 
 
 2 Amidst the house of God, 
 
 There different works are done ; 
 Moses, a faithful servant stood, 
 But Christ a faithful Son. 
 
 5 Then to his new commands 
 Be strict obedience paid ; 
 O'er all his father's house he stands, 
 The Sovereign and the Head. 
 
 I The man that dares despise 
 
 The law that Moses brought — 
 
64 THE GOSPEL. 
 
 Behold how terribly he dies 
 For his presumptuous fiiult. 
 
 68 L. M. W. Thompsc 
 The Gospel Presents Christ to the renewed Mind 
 
 for Comfort. 
 
 ^pHE Savior sent the gospel forth, 
 L From east to west, from south to north, 
 To nations scattered far and wide, 
 In lands remote, and ocean's tide. 
 
 2 Go tell the world what Christ hath done, 
 Go preach his righteousness alone^- 
 
 Go publish all he did and said, 
 
 And how he bruised the serpent's head. 
 
 3 When ears are given, men will hear- 
 When hearts to feel, they'll feel and fear — 
 When eyes to see, they'H view the prize 
 The gospel brings before their eyes. 
 
 4 Come, Holy Spirit, life impart — 
 Come know thyself — renew the heart; 
 With Gospel seed then sow the ground, 
 And in our lives let fruit be found. 
 
 69 C. M. W. Tliompion. 
 The Spirit must prepare the Heart to receive the 
 
 Gospel. 
 
 THE Holy Spirit must renew, 
 And give us life divine ; 
 
THE GOSPEL. 65 
 
 No means or agents arc employed — 
 The work is wholly thine. 
 
 2 The gospel and the written word 
 
 Are gifts the Lord bestows. 
 To teach his friends and feed his flock, 
 And vanquish all his foes. 
 
 3 This weapon is to Zion giyen,— 
 
 Her watchmen should it use ; 
 And Anti-Christ its power shall feel — 
 The Heathen, Greeks, and Jews. 
 
 1 4 By it the sheep and lambs are fed, 
 And every heir is taught ; 
 It is a light to guide their feet 
 Till they 're to glory brought, 
 
 ' yo C. M. Eippon's SeU6 
 
 The (}ospet a Feast. — Isa. xxv. 6. 
 
 ON Zion, his most holy mount, 
 God will a feast prei^are, 
 ' And Israel's sons and Gentile lands 
 Shall in the banquet share. 
 
 1 1 Marrow and fatness are the food 
 I His bounteous hand bestows ; 
 Wine on the lees, and well refined^ 
 In rich abundance flows, 
 
 I \ See to the vilest of the vile 
 ' A free acceptance given I 
 
66 THE OxOSPEL. 
 
 See rebels, bj' adopting grace, 
 Sit with the heirs of heaven ! 
 
 4 The pained, the sick, the dying, now 
 
 To ease and health restored, 
 With eager appetites partake 
 The plenties of the board. 
 
 5 But, oh, what draughts of bliss unknown, 
 
 What dainties, shall be given. 
 When, with the mjTiads round the throne, 
 We join the feast of heaven ! 
 
 6 There joys immeasurably high 
 Shall overflow the soul, 
 And springs of life that never dry 
 In thousand channels roll. 
 
 1 
 
 •n lis. Eart. 
 
 The Gospel— I Tim. i. 15. 
 
 THE gospel brings tidings to each wounded 
 soul, 
 
 That Jesus, the Savior, can make it quite whole ; 
 And what makes this gospel most precious to me, 
 It holds forth salvation so perfectly free ! 
 
 2 The gospel declares that God, sending his Son 
 To die for poor sinners, gave all things in one ; 
 This, too, makes the gospel most precious to me, 
 Because His a gospel as full as 'tis free ! 
 
criRisT. (57 
 
 Since Jesus has saved me, and that freely too, 
 I^iin would in all things my gratitude show ; 
 But as to man's merit, 'tis hateful to me ! 
 The gospel— I love it ; 'tis perfectly free ! 
 
 OHRIST-HIS DIVINITY AND 
 INCARNATION. 
 
 '^ 8s. Newton. 
 
 What thinh ye of Ghristf— M:\ti. xxii. 42. 
 
 WHAT thinivye of Christ? is the test 
 To try both your state and your scheme : 
 You cannot be right in the rest, 
 Unless you think rightly of him. 
 
 \ As Jesus appears in your view, 
 
 As heis beloved or not, 
 [ So God is disposed to you. 
 
 And mercy or wrath is your lot. 
 
 ;• Some take him a crenture to be. 
 A man, or an angel at most : 
 Sure these have not feelings like me, ^^ 
 
 J, Nor know themselves wretched and lost, f/ 
 
 So guilty, so helpless, am T. "tt 
 
 I durst not confide in his l)lood, ^^ 
 
^8 CilTJIST, 
 
 Nor on his protection relj% 
 
 Unless I were sure he was God* 
 
 5 If n«kcd what of Jesus I think, 
 
 (Tho' still my best thoughts arc but poor,) 
 I say, he's my meat and my drink. 
 
 My life, and my strength, and my store, 
 
 6 My Shepherd, my husband, my friend, 
 
 My Savior from sin and from thrall ; 
 My hope from beginning to end, 
 *My portion, my Lord, and my all. 
 
 •yS 8s. Maxwell. 
 
 UmearcJiaMe Riches of Christ. — Eph. iii. 8. 
 
 HOW shall I my Savior set forth ? 
 How shall I his beauties declare ? 
 Oh, how shall I speak of his worth, 
 Or what his chief dignities are ? 
 
 2 Hi.<5 angels can never express, 
 
 Nor saints, who sit nearest his throne. 
 How rich are his treasures of grace : 
 Oh, no! 'tis a raj'stery unknown. 
 
 8 [In him all the fulness of God 
 
 Forever transcendently shines ; 
 r^The Father's Anointed, he stood, 
 
 To finish his glorious designs.] 
 
 4 Though once he wns nailed to the cross, 
 Vile rebels fast bound to set free, 
 
HIS DIVINITY AND INCARNATION. 69 
 
 His glory sustained no loss, — 
 Eternal his kingdom shall be. 
 
 5 sinners, believe and adore 
 
 This Savior so rich to redeem ! 
 No creature can ever explore 
 
 The treasures of goodness in him. 
 
 6 [Come, sinners, who see yourselves lost, 
 
 And feel yourselves burdened with sin, 
 Draw near while with terror you're tossed, 
 Believe, and your peace shall begin,] 
 
 14 C. M. (Abridged.) Watts, 
 
 The Dloinity of Glirist. 
 rjIFIEE we adore. Eternal Word ! 
 X The Father's equal Son ; 
 By heaven's obedient host-; adored, 
 Ere time its course begun. 
 
 2 The first creation has displayed • 
 
 Thine energy divine ; 
 For not a single thing was made 
 By other hands than thine, 
 
 3 But ransomed sinners, with delight, 
 
 Sublimer facts survey ; 
 The all-creating Word unites *•> 
 
 Himself to dust and clay. 
 
70 CHRIST. 
 
 4 See the Redeemer clothed in Hesh, 
 
 And ask the reason why : 
 The answer tills my soul afresh, 
 • "To suffer, bleed, and die !" 
 
 5 God over all, forever blest. 
 
 The righteous curse endures ; 
 And thus, to souls with sin distrest, 
 Eternal bliss insures. 
 
 6 AY hat wonders in thy person meet, 
 
 My Savior, ail divine ! 
 I fall with rapture at thy feet, . 
 And would be wholly thine. 
 
 15 7s. 
 
 Immanuel. — Matt. i. 23 ; 1 Tim. iii. 
 
 (1 OD with us ! Oh, glorious name ! 
 X Let it shine in endless fame ; 
 God and man in Christ unite ; 
 Oh, mysterious depth and height ! 
 
 2 God with us ! amazing love 
 Brought him fi-om his courts above ; 
 Now, ye saints, his grace admire. 
 Swell the song with holy fire. 
 
 3 God with us ! but tainted not 
 With the first transgressors blot; 
 Yet did he our sins sustain, 
 
 Bear the guilt, the curse, the pain. 
 
.MS DIVINITY AND mCARNATION. 71 
 
 4 God Avith ns ! Oh, blissful theme ! 
 Let the impious not blaspheme ; 
 Jesus shall in judgment sit, 
 Dooming rebels to the pit. 
 
 5 God with us ! Oh, wondrous grace ! 
 Let us see him face to face. 
 
 That we may Immanuel sing, 
 As we ought, our God and King. 
 
 16 7s. Vanmeter, 
 
 Birth, Titles^ and Kingdom of Chriit. 
 
 UNTO us a child is born ; 
 Unto us a Son is given ; 
 Praise him, all ye saints forlorn. 
 Praise him, all ye choirs of heaven ! 
 
 2 On his shoulder shall be laid, 
 
 Rule, authority and power ; 
 Kings and lords are subject made — 
 Nations shall the child adore ! 
 
 3 Wonderful, his name shall be ! 
 
 Counsellor, the mighty God ! 
 Everlasting Father ! he 
 Rules the nations with a rod. 
 
 4 He shall be the Prince of peace. 
 
 Reconciling men to God : 
 Full of truth, and full of grace ; 
 He will cleanse us with his blood. 
 
72 CHKIST. 
 
 5 He shall sit on David's throne, 
 
 And establish endless peace : 
 In his kingdom shall be known, 
 Joys divine that never cease." 
 
 6 Jesus, Savior, we confess, 
 
 And adore thy wondrous name ! 
 May we realize thy grace. 
 As thy praises we proclaim. 
 
 t7 L. M. WatU- 
 
 Olory and Grace in the Person of Christ, 
 "XJOW to the Lord a noble song ! 
 _LN Awake, my soul, awake my tongue ; 
 Hosanna to the eternal name, 
 And all his boundless love proclaim. 
 
 2 See vrhere it shines in Jesus' face, 
 The brightest image of his grace ; 
 God, in the person of his Son, 
 
 Has all his mightiest works outdone. 
 
 3 The spacious earth and spreading flood 
 Proclaim the wise, the powerful God ; 
 And thy rich glories from afar 
 Sparkle in every rolling star, 
 
 4 But in his looks a glory stands, 
 The noblest labor of thy hands ; 
 The pleasing lustre of his eyes 
 Outshines the wonders of the skiei. 
 
HIS DIVINITY AND INCARNATION. 73 
 
 5 Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme ; 
 My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name ; 
 Ye angels, dwell upon the sound, 
 
 Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground I 
 
 6 Oh, may I live to reach the place 
 Where he unveils his lovely face, 
 Where all the beauties you behold, 
 Arid sing his name to harps of gold ! 
 
 78 L. M. Watts, 
 
 Christ's Incarnation. 
 
 THE Lord is come, the heavens proclaim 
 His birth : the nations learn his name : 
 An unknown star directs the road 
 Of eastern sages to their God. 
 
 2 All ye bright armies of the skies. 
 Go worship where the Savior lies : 
 Angels and kings before him bow, « 
 Those gods on high, and gods below. 
 
 3 Let idols totter to the ground, 
 
 And their own worshippers confound ; 
 But Judah shout, but Zion sing, 
 And earth confess her sovereign King. 
 
 ^9 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Ti/pes and Prophecies of Christ. 
 
 BEHOLD the woman's promised seed ! 
 Behold the great Messiah's come ! 
 
74 CHRIST. 
 
 Behold the prophets all agreed 
 To give him the superior room ! 
 
 2 Abram, the saint, rejoiced of old, 
 
 When visions of the Lord he saw ; 
 Moses, the man of God, foretold 
 This great fiilfiller of his law. 
 
 3 The types bore witness to his name, 
 
 Obtained their chief design, and ceased ; 
 The incense and the bleeding lamb. 
 The ark, the altar, and the priest. 
 
 4 Predictions in abundance meet 
 
 To join their blessings on his head ; 
 Jesus, we worship at thy feet. 
 
 And nations own the promised seed. 
 
 80 C. M. Watts. 
 
 The JfessiaTi's Coming and Kingdom. 
 
 JOY to the world ; the Lord is come ; 
 Let earth receive her King ; 
 Let every heart prepare him room, 
 And heaven and nature sing. 
 
 2 Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns ; 
 
 Let men their songs emplo}' ; 
 While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains. 
 Repeat the sounding joy. 
 
 3 No more let sins and sorrows grow, 
 
 Nor thorns infest the ground; 
 
HIS DIVIBITY AND INCARNATION. 7l| 
 
 He comes to make his blessings flow 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 
 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness, 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
 81 S. M. Watts 
 
 Ghrisfs Mission. — John iii. 16, 17. 
 
 RAISE your triumphant songs 
 To an immortal tune, 
 Let the wide earth resound the deeds 
 Celestial grace has done. 
 
 ? 2 Sing how eternal love 
 
 Its chief beloved chose, 
 And bid him raise our wretched race 
 From their abyss of woes. 
 
 3 His hand no thunder bears, 
 
 No terror clothes his brow. 
 No bolts to drive our guilty souls 
 To fiercer flames below. 
 
 i 
 
 4 'Twas mercy filled the throne. 
 
 And wrath stood silent by, 
 Whwi Christ was sent with mercy down 
 To rebels doomed to die. 
 
CHRIST— HIS INCARNATION AND 
 BIRTH. 
 
 H'Z P. M. MeUr, 
 
 The Achent. 
 
 HAIL the blest morn! when the great Mediator 
 DownfroiTi the mansions of glory descends, 
 Shepherds go worship the babe in the manger, 
 Lo ! for his guard the bright angels attend. 
 
 Brightest and best of t^ie sons of the morning 
 Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid; 
 
 Star in the east, the horizon adorning. 
 Guide where our infant Eodecmer is laid. 
 
 2 Cold on his cradle the dew-drops arc shining, 
 
 Low lies his head with the l)easts of the stall; 
 Angels adore him, in slumbers reclining, 
 
 Wise men and shepherds before him do fall. 
 Brightest and best, &c. 
 
 3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion. 
 
 Odors of Eden, and offerings divine, 
 Gems from the mountains, and pecirls from the 
 ocean. 
 Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine. 
 
 I 
 
Ills INCARNATION AND RIIlTn. 77 
 
 4 Vainly wc offer eacli ample oblation, 
 
 Vainly with p;ifts would his favor secure; 
 Richer b}' far i.^ tlic heart's adoration, 
 
 Dearer to God are the prayers of the pooh 
 Brightest and best, &c. 
 
 83 C. M. DohelVs Selec. 
 
 Natidity of Ghrist. — Luke ii. 8, 15. 
 
 WHILE shepherds watched their flocks by- 
 night, 
 All seated on the ground, 
 The angel of the Lord came down, 
 And glory shone around. 
 
 2 "Fear not," said he, (for mighty dread 
 
 Had seized their troubled mind ;) 
 "Glad tidings of great joy I bring 
 To you and all mankind. 
 
 3 "To you, in David's town, this day 
 
 Is born, of David's line. 
 The Savior, who is Christ the Lord ; 
 And this shall be the sign : 
 
 4 "The heavenly babe you there shall find, 
 
 To human view displayed. 
 All meanly wrapped in swathing-bands, 
 And in a manger laid." 
 
 5 Thus spake the seraph ; and forthwith 
 
 Appeared a shining throng 
 
78 CHRIST. 
 
 Of angels praising God, who thus 
 Addressed their joyful song : 
 
 (5 "All glory be to God on high, 
 And to the earth be peace ; 
 Good-will, henceforth, from heaven to men 
 Begin, and never cease." 
 
 84 • L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 The Birth and Life of Christ. 
 
 COME, see the Lord's anointed King, 
 Behold ! he in a manger lies ! 
 Raise your triumphant songs and sing : 
 Extol his name above the skies ! 
 
 2 See the young Prince at twelve years old, 
 
 Amidst the doctors and the wise ; 
 Such wisdom there he does unfold. 
 As strikes the council with surprise. 
 
 3 Behold him go to Jordan's flood. 
 
 To be immersed beneath its wave ; 
 To teach obedience unto God, 
 And represent his future grave. 
 
 4 But hark ! he now proclaims abroad. 
 
 The glorious news of gospel grace ; 
 Commands the storm, controls the flood, 
 And devils flee before his face ! 
 
 5 At his command the dead arise. 
 
 The blind, and lame, and halt are healed ; 
 
HIS LIFE AND CHARACTERS. 70 
 
 The law of God he magnifies, 
 
 And thus his wondrous love revealed, 
 
 6 But be astonished, my soul ! 
 
 The Savior dies that I might live ! 
 He rose, and now exalted high, 
 He has eternal life to give. 
 
 CHRIST — HIS LIFE AND CHAR- 
 ACTERS. 
 
 85 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Angels Attending Christ and Ms Saints. 
 
 SOON as the Son of God had made 
 His entrance on this earth, 
 A shining army downward fled, 
 To celebrate his birth. 
 
 2 And when, oppressed with pains and fears, 
 On the cold ground he lies, 
 Behold, a heavenly form appears 
 To allay his agonies. 
 
 8 Now to the hands of Christ, our King, 
 Are all their legions given ; 
 They wait upon his saints, and bring 
 His chosen heirs to heaven. 
 
80 
 
 CHRIST, 
 
 4 Pleasurs and praise run through then- host 
 
 To see a sinner turn ; 
 Then Satan has a captive lost, 
 And Christ a subject born. 
 
 5 But there's an hour of brighter joy^ 
 
 When he his angels sends 
 
 Rebellious sinners to destroy, 
 
 And gather in his friends. 
 
 5 Oh, could T say, without a doubt, 
 "There shall m}^ soul be found," 
 Then let the great archangel shout^ 
 And the last trumpet sound. 
 
 S6 0. M. (Abridged.) Stennett. 
 
 Excellencies of Christy &c. — Cant. v. 10, 16. 
 '"pO Christ the Lord let every tongue 
 JL Its noblest tribute bring ; 
 When he's the subject of the song, 
 Who can refuse to sing ? 
 
 2 Survey the beauties of his face, 
 And on his glories dwell ; 
 Think of the wonders of his grace, 
 And all his triumphs tell. 
 
 S Majestic sweetness sits enthroned 
 Upon his awful brow ; 
 His head with radiant glories crowned} 
 His lips with grace o'erflow. 
 
Ills i,ii-i: AVL) miAii AC''i;!i<. HI 
 
 4 No mortal can with him como-uc 
 
 Among the sons of mon ; 
 Fairer he is than all the fair 
 
 'fh-U iill the heavenly train. • - 
 
 5 lie saw m3 plan,ii;e;l in deep (listre>-;, 
 
 He Hew to my relief; 
 For me he bore the sh;unefnl cross, 
 And carried all my !2;i-ief. 
 
 G Since from his bounty I receive 
 )Such proofs of love divine, 
 Hid I a thousand hearts to i^ive 
 Lord, they should all be thine ! 
 
 HK L. M. J ',:.:.'. 
 
 WtlFN at a distance, L'^.d, we tv.ir? 
 The various glor-es of thy fi'3e, 
 What tran'-;port pjurs o'crdl o.u' breast, 
 And charms oar cai-es and woes to rcot '/ 
 
 2 AYith thee in th3 obscurest cell. 
 
 On some bleak mountain, would I dwell, 
 Rxther than pompous courts behold. 
 And share their grandeur and their gold. 
 
 3 Away, ye drc\m- of inortd joy ; 
 Raptures divine my thoughts employ ; 
 T sec the King of glor^v shine. 
 
 And fo;'! his love, :\'m\ call him mine. 
 

U\< I,II'i: AN'I) CII.VRAr'TEK'^. S"' 
 
 js, will vvj s'mghi.-; niitchlas.-^ niinj, 
 "[':h SA'j^t dcli^'Iit, ii')j- fjav tho shini? ; 
 hiui we'll b:->a.st, ;uici siii^, and talk, 
 io;r:;.i fools darMe and sinners mock. 
 
 (J. y.L Wrtts. 
 
 \EARli]3T of all the names above, 
 / Ay Jciii-i, and my Grod, 
 iio can resist th}^ lieavenly love. 
 Or triile with tiiy blood ? 
 
 is by the merits of tliy. death 
 The Father smiles agiin ; 
 is by thy interceding breath 
 The Spirit dwells with men. 
 
 II God in hum m iiesh I see, 
 My thoughts no comfort find ; 
 le holy, ja^(5, and s.icred Three 
 Are terrors to my mind. 
 
 it if Immanuel's face appear, 
 _My hope, my joy begins ; 
 is name forbids my slavish fear, 
 His grace removes my sins. 
 
 'hile Jews on their own laws relj*, 
 And G-reeks of wisdo n boast, 
 love the incarnate mystery, ^ 
 
 And tho^o I fix my trust. 
 
64: . M ;-r. 
 
 90 C. M. 
 
 ( 'O^irAKED is-ilh CliriBt, in all ho^' 
 V> iS'o coiiielinc:-!-; I fcc* 
 The one thing iieediiil, clearest Lor*!. 
 is to l:e Oiie Yvith tlice. 
 
 2 The sense oi'tli}- expiriug loYe 
 
 Into my I oiii convey ; 
 Thyself bestow : ibr^hee alone, 
 My All in all. I pray. 
 
 3 Less than thyself will not sufllte 
 
 My comfort to restore ; 
 3Iove tltiii tliyself J. carsnot crave. 
 And thou canst give no more. 
 
 4 Loved of my God, for h'nUf! gain 
 
 With love intciise I'd burn ; 
 Chosen of thee ei;e time began, 
 I'd choose thee in relun . 
 
 5 Whatever consists not with tliy ]ii\ o. 
 
 Oh, teach me to resign ; "" 
 I'm rich, to all the intents of bli;-s. 
 If thou, God, art liiiiic. 
 
 SI L. 11. n 
 
 The Glory niid Ilrjes'i/ of Citrisf 
 
 ''ri]]'] glories of my Lord were told. 
 J Ly holy men in d:\\s of old ; 
 
I 
 
 IfAIlACTEH^ 
 
 85 
 
 id ages j'-et to come, shall siiur 
 
 le pi'iiisc of this triiimphantKing. ^ 
 
 ithro;icd in hcavouly majesty, 
 is face, with woader, au.^els see ; 
 le sun, •nil moon, anb-tav?. \vith liim] 
 impare-1, appsav but faint and dim. 
 
 a.irels au'.l seraphs tune the lyi-e, 
 nd men rc5de:;:nod his love admire ; 
 : heaven and earth his namo is sung, 
 le burden oFcreatmn's tong-ae. 
 
 hile sinners feed upon the wind, 
 nd feast their vain and carnal min 1 : 
 y soul would gaze on -Je v.i-^' tae"i, 
 nd tast3 tlio riches oE^^his irr.i:.'.\ 
 
 AJ/ In AU.~0^)\. iii. 11. 
 
 iiri.^t I've all my coal's dcnre ; 
 il's Spirit does my heart inspire 
 /"ith boundless w^slie^, larg3 and V<s(\i. 
 .nd Christ will all my wants supply. '] 
 
 hr;--t is my hop?, my sir '^^ -^ -^^ 1 -tt' 1 ' 
 'or mo he Med. and c:ro ' K' 1 : 
 
 [e i^ my sun, to •"^--> !■• 
 lei^mysoirs 
 
 ■hr;^t 1^ t v\ so i.\j 
 Tv wi.^ lo n an] nr 
 
 Oi uii mv' .' 
 ••*f<:hf"e VI >• 
 
S6 CHRIST. 
 
 My Savior, Brother, and my Friend, 
 On liini alone I novr depend. 
 
 4 Christ is my Kirsr, to rule nnd bless, ; 
 And all iiiy troubles to redret-s ; 
 He's my salvation and my a!l, 
 Whate er on earth shall me beli^.ll. 
 
 5 Christ is my strength f^nd portion too 
 3^y soul iv hhv cr.n all thirrs do ; 
 Throua'h him I'll triumph o'er the grave, 
 And death and hell mv soul outbrave. 
 
 S3 S. II. IIosl 
 
 Bread of Life. — John vi. S5, 48, 51. 
 
 T^EHOLBthegiftofGod' 
 I^ Come, saints, adore h^'s name ! 
 AYho shed for us his preci'nis blood. 
 Who bore our curse and shame. 
 
 2 Behold the living bread ! _ 
 
 Wh'cli JeFus c^nie to give. 
 By dying in <he t inner' s stead. 
 That lie might ever live. 
 
 3 Behold the Favicr's love ! 
 
 Who .(rives his fech to eat; 
 N-^ver did rrgels taste nbove 
 Provisions half so sweet. 
 
 4 Ti.r. Tyord deb"g]i(> to giro : 
 
 ll<^ knows vouvc iiaueht to buv 
 
 11 
 
2 JeBu^, f}i'.)\^ ;<rt the living })rea<' 
 Ly vriiicli our needy souls are fed ; 
 111 thee alone thy children find 
 Enough to iTil the empty mind. 
 
 o Wtvhout this l:;ead I starve and die ; 
 No other can iry need supply ; 
 But this will suit my wretched case, 
 AbroiKl, at home, in every place. 
 
 -i 'Tis this relieves the hungry poor, 
 Who ask for bread at merc\'^s door; 
 This living foo<l de^cends from heaven. 
 As ma7ma to the Jews was given. 
 
 5 This precious food my heart revives ; 
 
 Whril strength, what nourishment, it gives I 
 Oh. let me evermore be fsd 
 With tliis divine, celestial bread. 
 
 L. M. Faircid. 
 
 Bridegroom. 
 
 JEvSUS. the heavenly Lover, gave 
 His life nv wretched soul to save ; 
 Resolve 1 to i.:ake his mercy known, 
 Tie kindly claims me for his own. 
 
 . T?ebfe.l:iou?. I *f>gainst' him strove, 
 T'll rne^'tcd and constrained by love ; 
 WHli sin and self I freely part, 
 Th^^ ];o:r\'en]v bridegroom wjns mv heart. 
 
HIS LIFE AN'D Cil A!r\ CTIJIS. S9 
 
 3 My guilt, my wretchediies.s, lie knows. 
 Yat takes and owns me for his spouse ; 
 My debts he pays, and sets me free, 
 And makes his riches o'er to me. 
 
 4 My filthy rags are hiid aside, 
 
 lie clothes me as becomes his bride; 
 Himself bestows my wedding dress, — 
 The robe of perfect righteousness. 
 
 5 Lost in nstonishmcnt, I see, 
 Jesus ! thy boundless lave to mc : 
 With angels I thy grace adore. 
 
 \!id long to love and praise thee more. 
 
 6 Since thou wilt take me for thy brido, 
 Savior, keep me near thy side i 
 
 T fain would give thee all my lioavt, 
 Nor ever from my Lord depart. 
 
 9T L. M. luimneter. 
 
 Je-dis, our only Hope. 
 
 LOKD, unto whom should sinners go? 
 Thou hast the words of endless life : 
 When sinking down with grief and wo. 
 Thy voioe affords us quick relief. 
 
 2 Thou hast all power in heaven above. 
 And all below the shining sun ; 
 The earth, and all the vforlds that mov.'. 
 Are subje-t to thy lofty tiiri);ie. 
 
)0 
 
 When wc beheld our h^st estate, 
 We sought for pardon in thy name 
 
 And as a tower of retreat, 
 We ran to thee, our bleeding lanilj. 
 
 4 Amidst temptations, sharp and long. 
 And tribulations here ])elow ; 
 Thy name is like a fortress strong 
 To which thy tempted children go. 
 
 5 
 
 ong 
 ren go. 
 
 •') When clouds and darkness veil the way, 
 And d(;ubts ;;nd fears our souls annoy 
 Thy pi-esence turns our nigr.t to day, 
 And all our doubts and fears to joy. 
 
 l> O, 1 ay the savor of thy name 
 
 Aiford us sweet relief in death ; 
 Give us thf} victory o'er the same 
 Whc'i ve resign our fleeting breath ! 
 
 fi^ s. 7. 2radan\^ Col. 
 
 ConsoLdtion. of Israel. — Lukeii. 25. 
 
 CQ^IE, thou long expected JesiiB ! 
 Born to set thy people free ; 
 Fro"^ our fears and sins release us, 
 
 Let us find our rest in thee : 
 Israel's strength and consolation. 
 l[',i)3 of all the saints thou art: 
 Peiv dos'vc of every nat'on, 
 .h^\ of ('vei'vl()))o-;!ie- he.irt. 
 
HIS LIFE -VXD CIlAltACTEKS. 
 
 2 l^n-11 thy peoiile to deliver : 
 
 Jioin a v'^hilcl, and .Vet a king ; 
 Born to roign in us forever, . 
 
 Now thy gracious kii-^gdoin brin.j 
 By thy oWii etcrn»l Spirit, 
 
 Ihile in iill our hearty alone ; 
 By thy all-suiiieient luerit, 
 
 liaise us to thy glorious throne. 
 
 9^> C. U. Boddrklfie, 
 
 The Door. — John x. i; ; Hoseaii. 15. 
 
 \ Vv^A-KE, our souls, and hloss his iinnic! 
 ^V Whose mercies nev<5r fail ; 
 Who opens wide a door of hupe 
 Iii Achor'a gloomy vale. 
 
 2 B-HoM . . .jdisplnyed, 
 
 The bi-iivj ;:> :-'ivoi-!g and f^ir; 
 y\''it':in are priotv.rei frerli and green. 
 
 i-jOiuL', ):;;, ;im;|. withcheCl 
 
 For jGf?Ti'; is the door ; 
 
 Oh, ni^y thy grace the nations lead, 
 And Je^vs ?»nd Gentilo.s conio,jji ' 
 
 .\11 travoHL; tlirough on^eauteous gali 
 Tit oiii' . u ! Hid Inji'^f ' 
 
Us. Vanmeter. 
 
 'he.!i%,m n£ the Lord is a Strong Tower.'' 
 
 IE name of the Lord is my tower of defence ; 
 My Rock, my foundation, my strong con- 
 fidence ; 
 sword and my helmet, in whom I will boast, 
 ^liicl 1 a-ul i'\y bucklei', my joy and my trust. 
 
 ir-; my gre^ii sliepiierd, and I shall be fed ; 
 blood is ni}^ drink, and his flesh is my bread; 
 iioal and my husbmd, my priest and my 
 kiiii-;, 
 
 ; : " '^^i i '• !"-■') ;)'vl uiy theme f)r to sing. 
 
 ' :i, lie i?; ii.y \vi<uom ;uid mv righteousness, 
 '■V sinctiilcation and myhiding place ; 
 : is my redemption, my way and mj-- end, 
 'y vsor, my cariJ^—' -, my judge and my friend. 
 
 ■ ffe is the gro.' rorage to which T repair, 
 
 LOU trials, r.n I troubles, and dangers appear ; 
 1 when I'm in darkness he is the great sun 
 r.lvs all my clou 1-; and turns night into 
 :ior)n. 
 
 : >llo',v thy footsteps below, 
 rander, thy Si)iritbestovs' ; • 
 last, to thy presence above, 
 i >r", and fonst on thv love I 
 
in- i.n-i: and cuAr'ACTi;!:-. 
 
 <H CM. 
 
 Door. — John x. 9. 
 ( UIKIST is tliii way to licnvc-uly ]•; 
 \j And Christ |^t]ic oiily d(^: 
 My soul, i)iii\-ue no way but this, 
 For this ;i]one is sine. 
 
 I 'Tis throu.srh this door, aud t 
 That thou art led to God ; 
 Then rest on what thy Lord has 
 And plead his precious bh^d. 
 
 \ [Jesus will guide tliee on to heaven 
 And give thee entrance in ; 
 And God will own thy sins foraivcn 
 However vile they've b- 
 
 Jesiis^ our only Tin.. 
 TESUS! 0, what a wondrous thi.me 
 ♦J For mortal tongues to sound-; 
 Awake my heart to sing his name. 
 And make his praise resound. 
 
 2 Jesus! a Savior, born to di'\ 
 
 Tliat I, a wretch, might ii% e ; 
 
 He rose, and now above the sky 
 
 Hath endless life to give ! .^ 
 
 3 He saw me bound in oifcins of sin, 
 
 And on the downwai-aroisd ; 
 
I 
 
 GimiST. 
 
 lid gave his life to ransoui mi! 
 And brliiX>-ii!e home to (?od. 
 
 p 
 
 .■osiis! 3ie 
 
 Let all tiiL- ; 
 
 And ^^aiIll■.'; abo 
 
 'j 
 
 And Oil.: >-^ 
 
 1 
 
 =♦ 
 
 nttS. 
 
 Christ the I^uUhiain. 
 
 13 E HOLD the sure foundution->it(>iic. 
 1} ^Vh'cdl God in Zion kys 
 To buikl our. lieavenly hopesii; on. 
 And liv.^ eternnl ]•■ ■■'■■-■ 
 
 I Chosen of God, to siiuicrs d^ar. 
 And saints adore the name, 
 Thej^ trust their whole saiyat: 
 Nor shall they suifer sluimc. 
 
 I The fooli«h builders, scribe and priest, 
 ileject it with disdain ; 
 Yet on this rock the churoli sirill rest, 
 And envy rage in vain. 
 
 i What tliough the gates of hell withstood, 
 Yet must thisjyuildiijg rise; 
 Tis tliy own w#k, Almighty Go \ 
 Aiid wondrous in our ej^os.' 
 
I-. I I mi: .vm) ('ii.\!i.\('Ti:;:.s. '.i 
 
 104- .. C. M. Cooyi > 
 
 The Fonntabi Opvmrl. — Zoch. xiii. 1. 
 
 ''PPIERE is a fountain filled with ^gHI. 
 L J)i\nvn from Iiiiii)inuers veiii< 
 And sinners phmacd beneath tliat flood. 
 
 * Lose all their guilty stains. 
 
 2 Tiie dying thief rejoiced to see 
 
 That fountain in liis day : 
 ,- And there may I, though vile as he, 
 W Wash all my sins aw;iy. 
 
 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy. precious blood 
 
 Shall never lost; its power 
 .Till all the ransomed ^liurcli of God 
 
 * Be saved, to sin no more. 
 
 1 E'er since by faith I saw the stream 
 Thy fiowirig wounds supply, 
 "Redeeniini!- love has been my then](^ ^' 
 An^UhallbetillTdie. 
 
 ^5 Then, in a nobler, sweeter song. 
 I'll sing thy power to save, 
 \¥4ien this poor, lispii^, stammering tongu< 
 ^ Lies silent in the giUfe. ^ 
 
 6 Lord, I believe thou hast prepared 
 (Unworthy though I be) 
 For me a ^liood-bought, free reiward. 
 A golden harp for me. 
 
7 Tis struiig and tuucil for cn(ilo>s years. 
 A]i(l furuKMl b)' powQr (liviiic. 
 To souiid^i God the Fatlier'^ears 
 lljj^othcr iKiiiie but thine : 
 
 S In hiiavonly strains, from every chord. 
 Still flow tlio charming sound, 
 The praise of my redeeming Lord. 
 A\^hi]c an,ti:e]^; wonder round. 
 
 . L. M. ye ir toll. 
 
 Frii'hd.- 
 
 pOOR. weak, aiifl worthless thougti T am, 
 L I' have a rich, almighty friend. 
 Jesus, the Savior, is his name, 
 lie freely loves, and without end. 
 
 '1 il.- ransomed rae from hell vritli blood. 
 And, l^y his power, my foes control le^l.; 
 lie found me wandering iay from God, 
 And brought me to his chosen fold. 
 
 :> He cheers my heart, my wants supplies. 
 And says that I shall shortly be 
 Enthroned with him above the skies : 
 Oh, what a frieu'l is Christ to me ! 
 
 . :}6 ^. M. Beddomei 
 
 Cii'Jt of Qoil. — John iii. 10; 2 Cor. ix. 15. 
 
 TESL'Smpy love, my chief delight. 
 For tiTee I Ions:, for thee T pray. 
 
HIS LIFE AXO CEARACTERt. 9T 
 
 Amid the shadows of the night, 
 Amid the business of the day ! 
 
 2 When shall I see thy smiling face,— 
 
 That face which I have often seen? 
 Arise thou Sun of Ptighteousness, 
 Scatter tbe clomds that intervene I 
 
 3 Thou art the glorious gift of God 
 
 To sinners weary and distrest ; 
 The first of all his gifts bestowed, 
 And -certain pledge of all the rest 
 
 4 Could I but say this gift is mine, 
 
 I'd ta-ead the world beneath my feeti, 
 No more at poverty repine, 
 
 Nor envy the ricli sinner's state. 
 
 5 The precious jewel I would keep, 
 
 And lodge it deep within my heart ; 
 At liome, abroad, awake, asleep, 
 It never should from thence depart. 
 
 107 L. M. Vam7i6ia\ 
 
 Jesus ^ the one Thing Needful. 
 
 ONE thing is needful," saith the Lord ! 
 "One pearl," a pearl of price unkuownl 
 Nor earth, nor heaven can aiford, 
 A source of joy but this alone. 
 
 r2 Jesus,'this one thing needful is ; 
 Behold, in him what richer dwell ! 
 
S3 CHRIST. I 
 
 An ocean of undying bliss 
 Is found in our Immanuel I 
 
 3 Well might an humble Mary choose . 
 
 Such honor and such company ! 
 While Greeks and unbelieving Jews» 
 Could in her Lord no beauties see. | 
 
 4 He loved her first, and won her heart, | 
 
 By his amazing, sovereign love ; ! 
 
 And now she cannot from him part, 
 But longs to reign with him above. 
 
 5 Lord, may I choose, like her, to sit 
 
 And hear thy wondrous words of grace ; 
 I'd humbly lie at Jesus' feet, 
 Could I but gaze upon his face ! 
 
 SOS C. M. Doddridge. 
 
 Read of the Church.— Ej^h. iv. 15, 16. 
 
 JESUS, I sing thy matchless grace 
 That calls a worm thy own. 
 Gives me among thy saints a place 
 To make thy glories known. 
 
 2 Allied to thee, our vital head, 
 We act, and grow, and thrive • 
 From thee divided, each is dead 
 When most he seems alive. 
 
 ^ Thy saints on earth, and those above, 
 H«re join in sweet accord ; 
 
HIS LIFE AND CIIARACTEKS. 99 
 
 One body all in mutual love, 
 And thou our common Lord. 
 
 4 Oh, may my faith each hour derive 
 
 Thy spirit with delight; 
 AVhile death and hell in vain shall strive 
 This bond to disunite. 
 
 5 Thou the whole body will present 
 
 Before thy Father's face, 
 Nor shall a wrinkle or a spot 
 Its beauteous form disgrace. 
 
 109 L. M. Doddridge. 
 
 Corner-Stone. — 1 Pet. ii. 6 ; Isa. xxviii, 16. 
 
 LOUD, dost thou show a corner-stone 
 For us to build our hopes upon, 
 That the fair edifice may rise 
 Sublime in light beyond the skies ? 
 
 2 We own the work of sovereign love ; 
 Nor death nor hell the hopes shall move 
 Which fixed on this foundation stand, 
 Laid by thy own almighty hand. 
 
 3 Thy people long this stone have tried, 
 And all the powers of hell defied ; 
 Floods of temptation beat in vain, 
 Well doth this rock the house sustain. 
 
UOO CHBIST. 
 
 4 When storms of wrath around prevail, 
 Whirlwind and thunder, fire and hail, 
 'Tis here our trembling souls shall hide, 
 And here securely they abide : 
 
 5 While such as scorn this precious stone, 
 Fond of some quicksand of their own, 
 Borne down by weighty vengeance die, 
 And buried deep in ruin lie. 
 
 IIO L. M. MedUy. 
 
 The Believer's Riding-Place. 
 
 HAIL, sovereign love, that first began 
 The scheme to rescue fallen man I 
 Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace, 
 That gave my soul a hiding-place. 
 
 2 Against the Grod that rules the sky 
 I fought with hands uplifted high, 
 Despised the gospel of his grace, ^ 
 Too proud to seek a hiding-place, 
 
 3 Enwrapped in dark Egyptian night. 
 Fonder of darkness than of light, 
 Madly I ran the sinful race, 
 Secure without a hiding-place. 
 
 4 But thus the eternal counsel ran : 
 "Almighty Love, arrest the man!" 
 I felt the arrows of distress, 
 
 And found I had no hiding-place. 
 
HIS LIFB AND CHARACTKRS. 101 
 
 5 Vindictive justice stood in view ; 
 To Sinai's fiery mount I flew, 
 
 But justice cried, with frowning face, 
 "This mountain is no hiding-place." 
 
 6 But lo ! a heavenly voice I heard, 
 And mercy for my soul appeared, 
 Which lead me on a pleasing pace 
 To Jesus as my hiding-place. 
 
 Ill lis. Christian P&almut, 
 
 Jacob'' s Ladder. 
 
 ^T7HEN Jacob, the pilgrim, was wearied 
 VV by day, 
 
 At night on a stone for a pillow he lay, 
 And saw in a vision a ladder so high. 
 Its foot was on earth, and its top in the sky. 
 
 CHORUS. 
 
 Hallelujah to Jesus who died on the tree, 
 To raise up this ladder of mercy for me,^ 
 Press upward, press upward, the prize is in 
 
 view; 
 A crown of bright glory is waiting for you. 
 
 2 This heavenly ladder is strong and well made, 
 Has lasted for ages, and is not decayed ; 
 The feeblest may venture with faith to go up, 
 And anffels will help them from bottom to top. 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
lOa CHKIST. 
 
 3 Lo! upward and downward they constantly go, 
 Extending a hand to the toilers below ; 
 And when a new climber sets out for the skies, 
 Then shouts to the top of the ladder arise. 
 
 Hallelujah, <&c. 
 
 4 "Another, another," they sing, in their love, 
 "Is seeking his home and his treasure above," 
 And angels in glory, responding, cry "Come," 
 And welcome each penitent sinner up home. 
 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 5 This ladder is Jesus, the glorious God-man, 
 Whose blood freely streaming from Calvary 
 
 ran ; 
 By Ms great atonement to heaven we rise, 
 And sing in the mansions prepared in the skies. 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 6 Come, sin-burdened brother, ascend with your 
 
 load ; 
 No — leave it behind you, and rise up to God; 
 8et foot on the ladder, and soon you will find, 
 The troublesome burden of sin left behind. 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 112 L. M. mwton. 
 
 Jesus — 'TAe Virgins love thee.'" — Cant. i. 3. 
 
 HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
 In a believer's ear! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 And drives away his fear. 
 
BIS UFB AND CHABACTEBS. 10§ 
 
 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
 
 And calms the troubled breast ; 
 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, 
 And to the weary rest. 
 
 3 Dear name! the rock on which I build, 
 
 My shield and hiding-place, 
 My never-failing treasury, filled 
 With stores of boundless grace. 
 
 4 Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, 
 
 My Prophet, Priest, and King, 
 My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End, 
 Accept the praise I bring. 
 
 5 Weak is the effort of my heart, 
 
 And cold my warmest thought ; 
 But when I"see thee as thou art 
 I'll praise thee as I ought. 
 
 6 Till then I would thy love proclaim 
 
 With every fleeting breath. 
 And may the music of thy name 
 Refresh my soul in death. 
 
 113 L. M. Watt's Lyrics. 
 
 Lorn to Christ, present or absent. 
 
 OF all the joys we mortals know, 
 Jesus, thy love exceeds the rest ; 
 Love, the best blessing here below, 
 The nearest image of the blest. 
 
 b 
 
1(^4 enaisT-; 
 
 2 While we are held in thy embrace, 
 
 There's uot a thought attempts to rove ; 
 Each smile u\yon thy beauteous face 
 Fixes, and charms, and jBres our love. 
 
 3 While of thy absence we complairif, 
 
 And long or weep in all we do, 
 There's a strange pleasure in the pain, 
 And tears have their own sweetness too. 
 
 4 When round thy courts by day we rove, 
 
 Or ask the watchmen of the night 
 For some kind tidings of our love, 
 Thy very name creates delight. 
 
 5 Jesus, our God. yet rather come ! 
 
 Our eyes' would dwell upon thy Saee ; 
 'Tis best to see oiiT Lord at home 
 Aiwlfeel the presence of his grace. 
 
 114 L. M» Steele. 
 
 Shepherd. 
 
 'YKJUIIiYj my Redeemer's near, 
 
 VV My Shepherd and my Guide, 
 I bid farewell to anxious fear, 
 My wants^are all supplied. 
 
 t To ever-fragrant meads, 
 
 Where rich abundance grows, 
 
 His gracious hand indulgent leads, 
 
 And guards my sweet repose. 
 
HIS LIKE AXD CHARACTERS. 1C»5 
 
 3 Along the lovely scene 
 
 Cool waters gently roll, 
 Transparent, sweet, ai*d all serene^ 
 To cheer my fainting souL 
 
 4 Here let my spirit rest ; 
 
 How sweet a lot is mine I 
 With pleasure, food, and safety blest ; 
 Beneficence divine ! 
 
 5 Dear Shepherd, if I stray, 
 
 My wandering feet restore ; 
 To thy fair pastures guide my way, 
 And let me rove no more. 
 
 C Unworthy as I am 
 
 Of thy protecting car?, 
 Jesus, 1 plead tJUy gracious i^m-Sr 
 For all my hopes are there. 
 
 115 7s. miVs Col 
 
 Seekiiig the She^erd's Little Flock. — Cant. i. 7. 
 
 TELL me, Savior, from above, 
 Dearest object of my love, 
 Where thy little flock abide, 
 Sheltered near thy bleeding side ? 
 
 2 Tell me, Shepherd all divine, 
 Where I may my soul recline; 
 Where for refuge shall I fly, 
 While the burning sun is high^ 
 
106 cHBisr 
 
 3 [Wilt thou let me run astray, 
 Mourning, grieving all the day ? 
 Wilt thou bear to see me rove, 
 Seeking base and mortal love ? 
 
 4 Never had I sought thy name, 
 Never felt the inward flame, 
 
 Had not love first touched my heart, 
 Given the painful, pleasing smart.] 
 
 5 Didst thou leave thy glorious throne, 
 Put a mortal raiment on. 
 
 As a cursed victim die, 
 For a wretch so vile as I ? 
 
 6 Turn and claim me as thine own ; 
 Be my portion, Lord, alone ; 
 Deign to hear a sinner's call, 
 
 Be my everlasting All. 
 
 116 L. M. Cennielc. 
 
 Way to Canaan. — Isa. xxxv. 8, 10. 
 
 JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone, 
 He whom I fix my hopes upon ; 
 His track I see, and I'll pursue 
 The narrow way till him I view. 
 
 2 The way the holy prophets went. 
 
 The road that leads from banishment, — 
 The^king's highway of holiness, — 
 I'll go ; for all his paths are peace. 
 
niS LIFH AND CHARACTERS. 10? 
 
 3 This Is the way I long have sought, 
 And mourned because I found it not ; 
 My grief, my burden long has been, 
 Because I could not cease from sin. 
 
 4 The more I strove against its power, 
 I sinned and stumbled but the more : 
 Till late I heard my Savior say, 
 "Come hither, soul, I am the way," 
 
 5 Lo, glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb, 
 Shalt take me to thee as I am ! 
 
 My sinful self to thee I give : 
 Nothing but love shall I receive. 
 
 6 Then will I tell to sinners round 
 What a dear Savior I have found ; 
 I'll point to thy redeeming blood, 
 And say, "Behold the way to God !" 
 
 1 11^ S. M. Watts, 
 
 Christ, the Wisdom of God.—ProY. viii. 1, 22, 32. 
 
 SHALL Wisdom cry aloud, 
 And not her speech be heard ? 
 The voice of God's eternal word, 
 Deserves it no regard? 
 
 2 "I was his chief delight. 
 His everlasting Son, 
 Before the first of all his works, 
 Creation was begun. 
 
3 ["Before the flying clouds, 
 
 Before the solid land, 
 ^ Before the fields, before the floods, 
 I dwelt at his right hand. 
 
 4 "When he adorned the skies, 
 
 And built them, I was there 
 To order when the sun should rise, 
 And marshal every star. 
 
 6 "When he poured out the sea, 
 And spread the flowing deep, 
 I gave the flood a firm decree 
 In its own bounds to keep.] 
 
 6 "Upon the empty air 
 
 The earth was balanced well ; 
 
 Witli joy I saw the mansion where 
 
 The sons of men should dwell. 
 
 7 "My busy thoughts at first 
 
 On their salvation ran, 
 Ere sin was born, or Adam's duat 
 Was fashioned to a man. 
 
 8 "Then come, receive my grace, 
 
 Ye children, and be wise ; 
 Happy the man that keeps my ways ; 
 The man that shuns them dies." 
 
 118 7s. Toplady. 
 
 Rod: of Ages. — Isaiah xxvi. 4. 
 
 EOCK of ages ! shelter me ! 
 Let me hide myself in thee ! 
 
I .:„..„.....„, ... 
 
 ^Ket the water and the blood, 
 ■from thy wounded side which flowed, 
 ^De of sin the double cure ; 
 Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 
 
 2 Not the labor of my hands 
 Can fulfill thy law's demands ; 
 Could my zeal no respite kno^, 
 Could my tears forever flow ; 
 AH for sin <3ould act aton^ : 
 Thou must save, and thou alone. 
 
 3 Nothing in my hand I bring, 
 Simply to thy cross I cling ; 
 Naked, come to thee for dress, 
 Helpless, look to thee for grace ; 
 Black, I to thy fountain fly. 
 Wash me. Savior, or I die. 
 
 i While I draw this fleeting breath, 
 When my eye-strings break in death; 
 When I soar to worlds unknown, 
 Se^ thee on thy Judgment throne ; 
 Rock of Ages, shelter me ! 
 Let me hide myself in thee ! 
 
 119 lis., Bennett. 
 
 Lead me to the Roclc. — Ps. Ixi. 2. 
 
 CONVINCED as a sinner, to Jesus I corae, 
 Informed by the gospel for such there is room; 
 Overwhelmed with sorrow for sin, will t cry, 
 *'L-ead me to the Rock that is higher than 1." 
 
110 CHRIST. 
 
 2 When tempted by Satan my Savior to leave, 
 Who sets forth religion as meant to deceive, 
 I'll claim my relation to Jesus on high, 
 
 The Rock of Salvation that's higher than I ! 
 
 3 When God from my soul shall his presence re- 
 
 move, 
 To try by his absence the strength of my love, 
 I'll rest on the promise of Jesus, and try \ 
 
 The force of that rock which is higher than I ! 
 
 4 When sorely afflicted and ready to faint, 
 Before my Redeemer I'll spread my complaint ; 
 Midst storms and distresses, my soul shall rely | 
 On Jesus, the Rock that is higher than I ! 
 
 5 When summoned by death before God to appear, , 
 Thy free grace supporting, I'll yield vrithout fear; 
 Most gladly I'll venture with Jesus on high 
 
 To enter the Rock that is higher than I ! 
 
 6 'Tis there, with the chosen of Jesus, I long 
 To dwell, and eternally join in the song 
 
 Of praising and blessing, with angels on high, 
 Christ Jesus, the Rock that is higher than I ! 
 
 lao L. M. VauTneter. 
 
 Jesus, the Theme of Praise. 
 
 
 
 HOW delightful is the theme. 
 
 How sweet the sound of Jehus' name ! 
 
HIS Lira AND CHABACTERS. Ill 
 
 His wisdom and his boundless grace 
 Exceed our highest songs of praise. 
 
 2 He saw his people captive led, 
 In sin and in trespasses dead ; 
 
 He broke the chains by Satan bound, 
 And gave his head a dreadful wound. 
 
 3 He died to set us prisoners free, 
 And rose with palms of victory ; 
 And when he rose he conquered hell, 
 And all the powers of darkness fell. 
 
 4 For them he lived, for them he died ; 
 With him their sins were crucified ; 
 For them he rose and did ascend, 
 Their intercessor and their friend. 
 
 5 Dear Savior, for such boundless grace, 
 Receive the tribute of our praise : 
 We would, but we can do no more. 
 Than love, and wonder, and adore ! 
 
CHRIST'S SUFFERINGS AND 
 DEATH. 
 
 lai L. M. Watt$. 
 
 Christ's Passion and Sinners' Salvation. 
 
 DEEP in our hearts let us record 
 The deeper sorrows of our Lord ; 
 Behold the rismg billows roll 
 To overwhelm his holy soul. 
 
 2 In long complaints he spends his breath, 
 While hosts of hell, and powers of death, 
 And all the sons of malice, join 
 
 To execute their cursed design. 
 
 3 Yet, gracious God, thy power and love 
 Have made the curse a blessing prove; 
 Those dreadful sufterings of thy Son 
 Atoned for sins which we had done, 
 
 4 The pangs of our expiring Lord 
 The honors of thy law restored ; 
 His sorrows made thy justice known, 
 And paid for follies not his own. 
 
 5 Oh, for his sake our guilt forgive 
 And let the mourning sinner live ; 
 
Christ's sufferings and death. 118 
 
 The Lord will hear us in his name, 
 Nor shall our hope be turned to shame. 
 
 fl'l L. M. Primitive. 
 
 Gethsemane. 
 
 '^PIS midnight ! — and on Olive's brow 
 
 JL The star is dimmed that lofty shone ; 
 'Tis midnight ! — in the garden now 
 The suffering Savior prays alone. 
 
 2 'Tis midnight ! — and from all removed, 
 
 Immanuel wrestles lone with fears ; 
 E'en the disciple that he loved 
 Heeds not his Master's grief and tears. 
 
 3 'Tis midnight ! — and for others' guilt 
 
 The Man of Sorrows weeps in blood ; 
 Yet he that hath in anguish knelt, 
 Is not forsaken by his God. 
 
 4 'Tis midnight! — from the heavenly plains 
 
 Is borne the songs that angels know ; 
 Unheard by mortals are the strains 
 That sweetly soothe the Savior's woe. 
 
 123 L. M. Stennett. 
 
 Attraction of tJie Gross. 
 
 YONDER — amazing sight ! — I see 
 The incarnate Son of Grod 
 Expiring on the fatal tree 
 And weltering in his blood. 
 
114 Christ's sufferings and death. 
 
 2 Behold a purple torrent run 
 
 Down from his hands and head : 
 The crimson tide puts out the sun ; 
 His groans awake the dead. 
 
 8 The trembling earth, the darkened sky, 
 Proclaim the truth aloud ; 
 And with the amazed centurion cry, 
 ''This is the Son of God/' 
 
 4 8o great, so vast a sacrifice 
 
 May well my hope revive : 
 If God's own Son thus bleeds and dies, 
 The sinner sure may live. 
 
 5 Oh that these cords of love divine 
 
 Might draw me, Lord, to thee ! 
 Thou hast my heart, it shall be thine, — 
 Thine it shall ever be. 
 
 124 L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Christ on the Cross. 
 
 LOOK down, with wonder and surprise, 
 Ye waiting angels round the throne f 
 Lo ! who is this that bleeds and dies ? 
 'Tis God's beloved, darling Son ! 
 
 2 Lo ! what a sight ! the Lamb divine, 
 In death bows his majestic head ! 
 Well may the sun refuse to shine, 
 And blush to see the Savior bleed ! 
 
CnRIST's SUFFERINGS AND DEATH. 115 
 
 ') AVell may the earth's foundations shake ; 
 Well may the graves give up tlieir dead ; 
 Well may the rocks asunder break, 
 While vengeance pours upon his head ! 
 
 4 Oh ! dreadful, yet auspicious day ! 
 
 Oh ! costly price, yet glorious end ! 
 He dies the sinner's debt to pay! 
 Oh ! Who is like the sinner's friend! 
 
 5 But now, the glorious work is done, 
 
 God's righteous law is satisfied ; 
 He rises and ascends his throne, 
 K An intercessor for his bride. 
 
 G Exalted now at God's right hand, 
 He pleads the merit of his blood ; 
 Till all his saints from every land, 
 Shall be conducted home to God. 
 
 125 L. M. Watfs. 
 
 Christ Dylng^ Rising^ and Reigning. — Rom. iv. 25, 
 
 HE dies! the Friend of sinners dies! 
 Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ! 
 A solemn darkness veils the skies ! 
 
 A sudden trembling shakes the ground I 
 
 2 Come saints, and drop a tear or two 
 
 For him who groaned beneath your load \ 
 He shed a thousand drops for you, 
 A thousand drops of richer blood ! 
 
^ 
 
 116 Christ's sufferings and death. 
 
 Here's love and grief beyond degree ! 
 
 The Lord of glory dies for men ! 
 But lo ! What sudden joys v/e see ! 
 
 4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ! 
 
 Up to his Father's court he files; 
 Cherubic legions guard him home, 
 And shou't him welcome to the skies I 
 
 5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell 
 
 How high our great Deliverer reigns ! 
 Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell. 
 And led the monster, death, in chains ! 
 
 6 Say, "Live forever, wondrous King, 
 
 Born to redeem, and strong to save !" 
 Then ask the monster, "Where's thy sting? 
 And Where's thy victory, boasting grave?" 
 
 126 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Crucifixion to the World dy the Cross of Christ. — 
 Gal. vi. 14. 
 
 '^Ty'IIEN T survey the wondrous cross 
 
 \ V On which the Prince of Glory died, 
 My richest gain I count but loss. 
 And pour contempt on all my pride. 
 
 2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, 
 Save in the death of Christ my God ; 
 All the vain things that charm me most, 
 I sacrifice them to his blood. 
 
Christ's sufferings and death. 117 
 
 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet, 
 
 Sorrow and love iiow mingled down : 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet? 
 Or thorys compose so rich a crown? 
 
 4 [His dying crimson, like a robe, 
 
 Spreads o'er his body on the tree, 
 Then am I dead to all the globe, 
 And all the globe is dead to me.] 
 
 5 Were the whole realm of nature mine, 
 
 That were a present far too small ; 
 Love so amazing, so divine, 
 Demands my soul, my life, my all. 
 
 12t C. M. Watts. 
 
 Godly sorrow arising from the sufferings of Christ. 
 
 ALAS ! and did my Savior bleed, 
 And did ray Sovereign die ? 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 For such k worm as I ? 
 
 2 [Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine. 
 
 And bathed in its ov/n blood, 
 While all exposed to wrath divine 
 The glorious sufferer stood.] •■' 
 
 3 Was it for crimes that I had done 
 
 He groaned upon the tree ? 
 Amazing pity ! grace unknown ! 
 And love beyond degree ! 
 
 4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, 
 
 And shut his glories in. 
 
118 CHRIST S SUFFERINGS AND DEATH. 
 
 Wlien Christ, the Lord, our Saviour died 
 For man the creature's sin. 
 
 5 Thus might I hide my blushing face 
 
 While his dear cross appears, 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
 And melt mine eyes in tears. 
 
 6 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
 
 The debt of love I owe ; 
 Here, Lord, I give .myself away ; 
 'Tis all that I can do. 
 
 128 C. M. Stennett. 
 
 The Coivderted Thief. — Luke xxiii. 42. 
 
 AS on the cross the Savior hung, 
 And wept, and bled, and died, 
 He poured salvation on a wretch 
 That languished at his side. 
 
 2 His crimes, with inward grief and shame, 
 
 The penitent confessed ; 
 Then turned his dying eyes to Christ, 
 And thus his prayer addressed : 
 
 3 *' Jesus, thou Son and heir of heaven. 
 
 Thou spotless Lamb of God, 
 I see thee bathed in sweat and tears. 
 And weltering in thy blood. 
 
 4 Yet quickly from these scenes of woe 
 
 In triumph thou shalt rise, 
 
Christ's suffeiungs and death. Ill 
 
 Burst through the gloomy shades of death, 
 And shine above the skies. 
 
 5 Amid tlie glories of that world. 
 
 Dear Savior, think on me, 
 And in the victories of thy death 
 Let me a sharer be." 
 
 6 His prayer the dying Jesus hears, 
 
 And instantly replies, — • 
 To-day thy parting soul shall be 
 With me in Paradise. 
 
 129 C. M. Swain. 
 
 Canticles ii. 1. 
 
 THE finest flower that ever blowed, 
 Opened on Calvary's tree, 
 When Jesus' blood in rivers flowed, 
 For love of worthless me ! 
 
 2 Its deepest hue, its richest smell. 
 
 No mortal can declare ; 
 Nor can the tongue of an,gels tell 
 How bright the colors are. 
 
 3 Earth could not hold so rich a flower, 
 
 Nor half its beauties show, 
 Nor could the world and Satan's power 
 Confine its sweets below. 
 
 4 On Canaan's banks, supremely fair, 
 
 This flower of glory blooms ; 
 Transplanted to its native air. 
 And all the shores perfumes. 
 
 k 
 
120 Christ's sufferings and death. 
 
 5 But not to Canaan's shores confined ; 
 
 The seeds which from it bloAV, 
 Take root within the human mind, 
 And scent the church below. 
 
 6 And soon on yonder banks above, 
 
 Shall every blossom here • ' 
 
 Appear a full blown flower of love, 
 liike him, transplanted there. 
 
 12.0 L. M. Stennett 
 
 It is Finished. — John xix. 30. 
 
 ^n^IS finished ! so the Savior cried, 
 
 X And meekly bowed his head and died ; 
 'Tis finished ! — j^es, the race is run. 
 The battle fought, the victory won! 
 
 2 'Tis finished ! — all that heaven decreed, 
 And all the ancient prophets said. 
 
 Is now fulfilled, as was designed, 
 In me, the Savior of mankind. 
 
 3 'Tis finished — Aaron now no more 
 Must stain his robes with purple gore ; 
 The sacred vail is rent in twain, 
 And Jewish rites no more remain. 
 
 4 'Tis finisher'' i — this, my dying groan, 
 Shall siin; of every kind atone : 
 Millions shall be redeemed from death 
 By this, my last, expiring breath. 
 
CnKISX's SUFFEEINGS AND DEATH. 121 
 
 5 'Tis finished ! — Heaven is reconciled. 
 And all the powers of darkness' spoiled, 
 Peace, love, and happiness again 
 Return and dwell with sinful men. 
 
 6 'Tis finished ! — let the joyful sound 
 
 Be heard through all the nations round,* 
 
 'Tis finished ! — let the echo ^y 
 
 Through heaven and hell, through earth and 
 
 sky. 
 
 131 S. M. Watt3. 
 
 ChrisVs Riimiliation and Reward. 
 
 LIKE sheep we went astrav, 
 And broke the fold of God, 
 Each wandering in a different way, 
 But all the downward road. 
 
 2 How dreadful was the hour 
 
 When God our wanderings laid, 
 And did at once his vengeance pour 
 Upon the Shepherd's head ! 
 
 3 How glorious was the grace 
 
 yriien Christ sustained the stroke ! 
 His life and blood the Shepherd pays 
 A ransom for the flock. 
 
 1 His honor and his breath 
 Were taken both away ; 
 Joined with the wicked in his death, 
 And made as vile as they. 
 
 1 
 
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122 Christ's SUFFERINGS and death. 
 
 5 But God shall raise his head 
 
 O'er all the sons of men, 
 And make him see a numerous seed 
 To recompense his pain. 
 
 6 I'll give him (saith the Lord) 
 
 " A portion with the strong ; 
 He shall possess a large reward, 
 And hold his honors long. 
 
 132 L. M. Presby. Selec, 
 The Lam Satisfied hy Ghrisfs Death. 
 
 WHEN on the cross my Savior died, 
 God's holy law is satisfied ; 
 My debts he paid, my sins he bore, 
 And justice now demands no more. 
 
 2 A healing balm his hand bestows,. I 
 To cure my wounds and ease my woes ; I 
 \nd a rich fountain still remains, 
 
 To wash away mj g-fuiiltj stains. 
 
 3 Here will I bathe my guilty soul. 
 Here blessings without number roll ; 
 My hopes and joys I hence derive, 
 For Jesus died that I might live. 
 
 133 L. M. Watts^ 
 The Priesthood of Christ. — Luke xxiii. 34. 
 
 BLOOD has a voice to pierce the skies ; 
 "Revenge !" the blood of Abel cries ; 
 
Christ's sufferings and death. 123, 
 
 But the dear stream, when Christ was slain, 
 Speaks peace as loud from every vein. 
 
 2 Pardon and peace from God on high ; 
 Behold, he lays his vengeance by ; 
 And rebels that deserve his sword, 
 Become the favorites of the Lord. 
 
 3 To Jesus let our praises rise, 
 Who gave his life a sacrifice ; 
 
 i Now he appears before our God, 
 And for our pardon pleads his blood. 
 
 134 C. M. 
 
 The Believer Near the Cross. 
 
 MY Savior ! on Mount Calvary, 
 And near thy cross I stand : 
 The most delightful place to me 
 In all Judea's land. 
 
 2 In those pierced hands, and feet, and side, 
 
 x\nd that distressed face, 
 ^Yith reverence let me always view 
 The Lord, my righteousness. 
 
 3 And were those piins endured for me? 
 
 Lord, help my feeble tongue 
 To spread the wonders of thy love 
 In a melodious song. 
 
124 CHRIST S SUFFERINGS AND DEATH. 
 
 135 C. M. Watts. 
 My Sins liave Gvucijied Him. 
 
 TNFINITE grief! amazing wo ! 
 JL Behold my bleeding Lord ! 
 Hell and the Jews conspire his death 
 And use the Roman sword. 
 
 2 the sharp pangs of smarting pain 
 
 My dear Redeemer bore ! 
 When knotty whips and jagged thorns 
 His sacred body tore ! 
 
 3 But knotty whips and jagged thorns 
 
 In vain do I accuse : 
 In vain I blame the Eomau bands, 
 And the more spiteful Jews. 
 
 4 'Twere you, my sins, my cruel sins, 
 
 His chief tormentors were ; 
 Each of my crimes became a nail, 
 And unbelief, a spear. 
 
 136 L. M. Perry. 
 
 It is Ghrlst that Died. — Rom. viii. 34. 
 OINNERS, rejoice, it's Christ that died ; 
 O Behold, the blood flows from his side, 
 To wash your souls and raise you high. 
 To dwell with God above the sky. 
 
 2 It's Christ that died, oh, love divine ! ; 
 
 Here mercy, truth, and justice shine ; 
 
CHRIST S SUFFERINGS AND DEATH. 125 
 
 God reconciled, and sinners bought 
 
 With Jesus' blood : how sweet the thought ! 
 
 3 It's Christ that died, a truth indeed 
 On which my faith would ever feed : 
 Nor let the v\'orks that I perform 
 
 Be named, to swell a haughty worm. 
 
 4 It's Christ that died, it's Christ was slain, 
 To save my soul from endless pain ; 
 
 It's Christ that died shall be my theme 
 While I have breath to praise his name. 
 
 CHRIST'S RESI^RRECTION 
 
 AND ASCENSION. 
 
 ISir 7s. Presbij. Selee. 
 
 Praise to the Risen Redeemer. 
 
 LO ! the stone is rolled away, 
 Death yields up his mighty prey ; 
 Jesus, rising from the tomb. 
 Scatters all its fearful gloom. 
 
 Praise him, ye celestial choirs, 
 Praise and sweep your golden lyres ; 
 Praise him in the noblest songs 
 From ten thousand thousand tongues. 
 
128 Christ's resfkrection 
 
 3 Every note with rapture swell, ' 
 And the Savior's triumph tell : 
 Where, death, is now thj^ sting? 
 Where thy terrors, vanquished king ? 
 
 4 Let Immanuel be adored, 
 Kansom, Mediator, Lord ! 
 To creation's utmost bound 
 Let the eternal praise resound. 
 
 13S ' CM. Doddridge. 
 
 Comfort to tliose who seeTc a risen Jesus. — Matt, 
 xxviii. 5, 6, 
 
 YE humble souls that seek the Lord, 
 Chase all your fears away, 
 And bow with pleasure down to see 
 The place where Jesus lay. 
 
 2 Thus low the Lord of life was brought ; 
 
 Such wonders love can do ! 
 Thus cold in death that bosom lay 
 Which throbbed and bled for you. 
 
 3 Then dry your tears and tune your songs, 
 
 The Savior lives again ; 
 Not all the bolts and bars of death 
 The Conqueror could detain. 
 
 4 High o'er the angelic bands he rears 
 
 His once dishonored head, 
 
AND ASCENSION. 137 
 
 And through unnumbered years he reigns 
 Who dwelt among the dead. 
 
 ) With joy like his shall every saint 
 His empty tomb survey, 
 Then rise, with his ascending Lord, 
 To realms of endless day. 
 
 139 8s. Virginia Selec. 
 
 Ghrisfs Resurrection the Saints' Triumph. 
 
 THE angels that watched round the tomb 
 Where low the Kedeemer was laid, 
 j When deep in mortality's gloom 
 j He hid for a season his head ; 
 
 That veiled their fair face while he slept, 
 1 And ceased their sweet harps to employ, 
 j Have witnessed his rising and swept 
 The chords with the triumph of joy. 
 
 I Ye saints, who once languished below, 
 I But long since have entered your rest, 
 I I pant to be glorified too, 
 ! To lean on Immanuel's breast! 
 ( The grave in which Jesus was laid 
 j , Has buried my guilt and my fears ; 
 I And while I contemplate its shade, 
 I The light of his presence appears. 
 
 Oh, sweet is the season of rest. 
 When life's weary journey is done ! 
 
 
128 CHRIST'S RESURRECTION 
 
 The blush that spreads over its west, 
 The last liD.^ering ray of its sun ! 
 
 Thoudi dreary the empire of uight, 
 I soon shall emerge from its gloom, 
 
 And see immortalitys light 
 
 Arjse on the shades of the tomb. 
 
 4 Then welcome the last rending sighs, 
 
 When these aching heart-strings shall 
 break ' 
 When death shall extinguish these eyes, 
 And moisten with dew the pale cheek. 
 No terror the prospect begets ; 
 
 I am not mortality's slave ; 
 The sunbeam of life as it sets 
 Paints a rainbow of peace on the grave. 
 
 140 L. M. Wallin. 
 
 Christ's Resurrection a Pledge of Ours. 
 ~\T7HEN I the holy grave survey 
 VV Where once my savior deigned to he, 
 I see fulfilled what prophets say, 
 And all the power of death defy. 
 
 2 This empty tomb shall now proclaim 
 
 How weak the bands of conquered death 
 Sweet pledge, that all who trust his name 
 Shall rise, and draw immortal breath I 
 
 3 [Our Surety, freed, declares us free, 
 
 For whose offences he was seized ; 
 
AND ASCENSION. 129 
 
 In his release our own we see. 
 And sliout to view Jehovah pleased.] 
 
 4 Jesiis, once numbered with the dead, 
 
 Unseals his eyes to sleep no more ; 
 And ever lives their cause to plead, 
 For whom the pains of death he bore. 
 
 5 Thy risen Lord, my soul, behold ! 
 
 See the rich diadem he wears ! 
 Thou, too, shalt bear a harp of gold, 
 To crown thy joy when he appears'. 
 
 6 Though in the dust I lay my head, 
 
 Yet, gracious God, thou wilt not leave 
 My flesh forever with the dead, 
 'Nor lose thy children in the grave. 
 
 141 C. M. WatU. 
 
 Mope of Heaven 'by the Resurrection of Ghriit. — • 
 1 Peter i. 3, 5. 
 
 BLEST be the everlasting God. 
 The Father of our Lord, 
 . Be his abounding mercy praised, 
 His majesty adored. 
 
 2 When from the dead he raised his Son, 
 And called him to the sky, 
 He gave our souls a lively hope 
 That they should never die. 
 
 9 
 
180 CHRIST'S INTERCESSION. 
 
 3 What thougli our inbred sin requires 
 
 Our flesh to sae the dust ? § 
 
 Yet as the Lord our Savior rose, 
 So all his followers must. 
 
 4 There's an inheritance divine 
 
 Reserved against that day ; 
 'Tis uncorrupted, undefiled, 
 And cannot waste away. 
 
 5 Saints by the power of God are kept 
 
 Till the salvation come ; 
 We walk by faith as strangers here 
 Till Christ shall call us home. 
 
 CHRIST'S INTERCESSION 
 
 142 0. M. (Abridged.) Toplady. 
 
 Chrisfs Intercession Prevalent. — John xvii. 24. 
 
 AWAKE, sweet gratitude, and sing 
 The ascended Savior's love ; 
 Sing how he lives to carry on 
 His people's cause above. 
 
 2 With cries and tears he offered up 
 
 His humble sin't below, 
 * But with antiiO'i.y he asks, 
 Enthroned in glory now. 
 
X 
 
 Christ's INTERCESSION. isi 
 
 For all that come to God by him, 
 
 Salvation he demands ; 
 Points to their names upon his breast, 
 
 And spreads his wounded hands. 
 
 ilis sweet atoning sacrifice 
 
 Gives sanction to his clami ; 
 "Father, I will that all my saints 
 
 Be with me where I am : 
 
 5 "By their salvation, recompense 
 
 The sorrows I endured ; 
 Just to the merits of thv Son, 
 And faithful to thy word." 
 
 6 Eternal life, at his request, 
 
 To every saint is given ; 
 Safety below, and, after death. 
 The plenitude of heaven. 
 
 143 L. M. Steele. 
 
 The Intercession of Christ. — Heb. vii. 25. 
 
 HE lives ! the great Redeemer lives, 
 (What joy the blest assurance gives !) 
 And now, before his Father, God, 
 Pleads the full merit of his blood. 
 
 2 Repeated crimes awake our fears. 
 
 And Justice, armed with frowns, appears, 
 But in the Savior's lovely fiice 
 Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace. 
 
laa CHRIST S INTERCESSION. 
 
 3 Heuce, then, ye black, despairiug thoughts! 
 Above our fears, above our faults, 
 His powerful intercessions rise. 
 And gailt recedes, and terror dies. 
 
 4: In every dark, distressful hour, 
 
 When sin and Satan join their power, 
 Let thjs dear hope repel the dart, — 
 That J esus bears us on his heart. 
 
 5 Great Advocate, Almighty Friend, 
 On him our humble hopes depend ; 
 Our cause can never, never fail, 
 For Jesus pleads, and must prevail. 
 
 144 8, 7. 
 
 Christ Interceding Above. 
 
 TESUS, hail, enthroned in glory, 
 J There forever to abide ; 
 All the heavenly hosts adore thee, 
 Seated at thy Father's side. 
 
 2 There for sinners thou art pleading ; 
 There thou dost our place prepare ; 
 i Ever for us interceding, 
 I Till in glory we appear. 
 
 i3 Worship, honor, power, and blessing, 
 
 i Thou art worthy to receive ; 
 
 s Loudest praises, without ceasing, 
 
 j Meet it is for us to give. 
 
 1 .' 
 
Christ's intercession. 18? 
 
 145 S. M. (Abridged.) Watts 
 
 Chrisfs Intercession. 
 
 'ELL, the Redeemer's gone 
 , , To appear before our Grod, 
 To sprinkle o'er tlie flaming throne 
 With his atoning blood. 
 
 A¥ 
 
 2 No fiery vengeance now, 
 
 Nor burning wrath, comes down ; 
 If Justice call for sinners' blood, 
 The Savior shows his own. 
 
 3 Before his Father's eye 
 
 Our humble suit he moves, 
 The Father lays his thunder by, 
 And looks, and smiles, and loves. 
 
 4 Now may our joyful tongues 
 
 Our Maker's honor sing, 
 Jesus the Priest receives our song?. 
 And bears them to the King. 
 
 14S 6, 6, 6, 6, 8, 8. Christ. Psalmist 
 
 ARISE, my soul, arise. 
 Shake otf thy guilty fears. 
 The bleeding Sacrifice 
 
 In. my behalf appears ; 
 Before the throne mv Surety stands, 
 
i 34 Christ's intercession. 
 
 2 He ever lives above, 
 
 For rne to .intercede ; 
 His all-redeeming love, 
 
 His precious blood, to plead ; 
 His blood atoned on Calvary, 
 And sprinkles now the throne for me. 
 
 3 Five bleeding wounds he bears, 
 
 Received on Calvary ; 
 They pour effectual prayers, 
 
 They strongly speak for me ; 
 *'Forgive him, oh forgive," they cry 
 ^'Nor let that ransomed sinner die !" 
 
 4 The Father hears him pray. 
 
 His dear anointed One : 
 He cannot turn away 
 
 The presence of his Son : 
 His spirit answers to the*blood, 
 And tells me I am born of Grod. 
 
 5 To God I'm- reconciled, 
 
 His pardoning voice I hear : 
 He owns me for his child, 
 
 I can no longer fear : 
 With^^onfidence I now draw nigh, 
 And Father, Abba Father, cry. 
 
UNION WITH CHKIST. 
 
 147 L. M. Kent, 
 
 Union icitJi Jems. 
 
 ^'T^WIXT Jesus and tlie chosen race, 
 X Subsists a bond of sovereign grace, 
 That hell, with its infernal train, 
 Shall ne'er dissolve, or rend in twain. 
 
 2 This sacred bond shall never break, 
 Though earth should to her center shake ; 
 Rest, doubting saint, assured of this, 
 For Grod has pledged his holiness. 
 
 3 He swore but once, the deed was done, 
 'Twas settled by the great Three One ; 
 Christ was appointed to redeem 
 
 All that the Father loved in him.* 
 
 4 Hail sacred union, firm and strong ! 
 How great the grace, how sweet the song]! 
 That worms of earth should ever be 
 One with incarnate deity ! 
 
 5 One in the tomb, one when he rose, 
 One when he triumphed o'er his foes, 
 One when in heaven he took his seat, 
 While seraphs sung all hell's defeat. 
 
18«. UNION With christ. 
 
 6 This sacred tie forbids their fears, 
 For all he is, or has, is theirs ; 
 With him their head, they stand or fall, 
 Their life their surety, and their all. 
 
 148 S. M. Kent. 
 
 Ye are all one in Christ. 
 
 IN union with the Lamb, 
 From condemnation free, 
 The saints from everlasting were. 
 And shall forever be. 
 
 2- Ip covenant from of old, 
 
 ' The sons of God they were ; 
 
 llie feeblest lamb in Jesus' fold 
 
 Was blessed in Jesus there. 
 
 3 Its bonds shall never break, 
 
 Though earth's old column's bow; 
 The strong, the tempted, and the weak. 
 Are one in Jesus now. 
 
 4 With joy lift up j^our heads,. 
 
 Ye highly favored few — 
 W^en through the earth destruction spreads, 
 For whats-hall injure you? 
 
 5 When storms or tempests rise. 
 
 Or sins your peace assail, 
 Your hope in Jesus never dies — 
 'Tis cast within the veil. 
 
UNION WITH CHRIST. 1ST 
 
 6 Here let the weary rest, 
 
 Who love the Savior's name ; 
 Though with no sweet enjoyment blest, 
 This covenant stands the same. 
 
 149 Ts, Cenniclc, 
 
 Rejoicing in Hope. — Isa. xxxv. 10 — Luke xii, 32. 
 
 pHILDREN of the heavenly King, 
 \J As you journey sweetly sing ; 
 Sing your Savior's worthy praise, 
 Glorious in his works and ways.. 
 
 2 Ye are traveling home to God, 
 In the way the fathers trod ; 
 They are happy now, and ye 
 Soon their happiness shall see. 
 
 3 0, ye banished seed, be glad i 
 Christ our Advocate is made ; 
 Us, to save, our flesh assumes. 
 Brother ta our souls becomes. 
 
 4 Shout, ye little flock, and blest ! 
 You on Jesus' throne shall rest; 
 There your seat is now prepared — 
 
 • There your kingdom and reward 
 
 5 Fear not, brethren, joyful stand 
 On the borders of your land ; 
 Christ, your Father's elder Son, 
 Bids you undismayed go on 
 
1B8 UNION WITH CHRIST. 
 
 6 Lord ! submissive make us go, 
 Grladly leaving all below ; 
 Only thou our Leader be, 
 And we still will follow thee. 
 
 150 L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Union with Christ. 
 
 A SACRED union we behold ; 
 Christ and his people all allied ; 
 He the great Shepherd of the fold, 
 And they the sheep for whom he died. 
 
 2 When they, like sheep had gone estray, 
 Their sins were laid upon his head ; 
 He gave his life their debts to pay, 
 And for their breach atonement made. 
 
 S He is their Father, they his sons, 
 Bound by indissoluble ties ; 
 All of his flesh and of his bones, 
 And heirs to mansions in the skies. 
 
 4 He is the Husband, and his love, 
 
 Has been eternal toward his bride ; 
 Nor will his strong affections move, 
 Until he seats her by his side. 
 
 5 She was insolvent, and he paid 
 
 The utmost farthing that she owed ; 
 She was in filthy rags arrayed, 
 And he a spotless robe bestowed. 
 
UNION WITH CHRIST. 189 
 
 Unite us gracious Lord, to thee, 
 
 By love and by a living faith ; 
 Till we have crossed this boisterous sea, 
 
 And moored beyond the gates of death. 
 
 »1 S. M. Doddridge. 
 
 'tal Union to Christ in Regeneration. — 1 Cor. 
 vi. 17. 
 
 DEAR Savior, we are thine, 
 By everlasting bonds ; 
 Our names, our hearts, we would resign, 
 Our souls are in thy hands. 
 
 To thee we still would cleave 
 
 With ever-growing zeal ; 
 If millions tempt us Christ to leave, 
 
 let them ne'er prevail. 
 
 Death may our souls divide 
 
 From these abodes of clay ; 
 But love shall keep us near thy side 
 
 Through all the gloomy way. 
 
 Since Christ and we are one. 
 
 Why should we doubt or fear ? 
 If he in heaven hath fixed his throne, 
 
 He'll fix his members there. 
 
 52 Ys. Sonnets, 
 
 Christ Presenting the Saints to the Hither. 
 ^nniS the Bridegroom's voice I hear, 
 
 X With his bride divinely fair, 
 Standing round Jehovah's throne, 
 Crowned with glory, lacking none. 
 
140 UNION WITH CHRIST. 
 
 2 "Here am I, and those with me, 
 Zion's numerous progeny ; 
 Fruit of all the pains I bore ; 
 Counted with precision o'er. 
 
 3 "None I've lost of all the race 
 Called a remnant saved' bj^ grace ; 
 None of heaven miscarried yet, 
 Bought by Calvarj^'s bloody sweat. 
 
 4 "Objects of eternal care, 
 
 By creation thine they were ; 
 Chosen sheep within thy fold. 
 Ransomed from the days of old, 
 
 5 "Thine by renovating grace, 
 Thine in love and faithfulness ; 
 Safely kept by grace divine. 
 
 In eternal wedlock mine. 
 
 6 "Thine they were, when dead in sin^ 
 Slaves to every lust obscene ; 
 
 With their Maker's ways at war, 
 Far from God, yea, ver}^ far. 
 
 7 "Thine in counsel and decree ; 
 Loved with love beyond degree. 
 Long before their father's fall, 
 Blest in Jesus, one and all. 
 
 8 "Thine by all the sacred ties, 
 Solemn oaths and promises, 
 God could give, or men receive, 
 Hope expect, or faith believe." 
 
DESTINATION AND ELEC- 
 TION. 
 
 # ■ 
 
 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Electing Grace; or, Saints Bsloved in Ghrist. 
 -^Eph. i. 8, etc. 
 
 JiSUS, we bless thy Father's narrie ; 
 Thy God and oiirs are both the same ; 
 What heavenly blessings from his throne 
 Flow down to sinners through his Son ! 
 
 I "Christ be my first elect," he said, 
 Then chose our souls in Christ our Head, 
 Before he gave the mountains birth, 
 Or laid foundations for the earth. 
 
 3 Thus did eternal love begin 
 To raise us up from death and sin ; 
 Our characters were then decreed, 
 "Blameless in love, a holy seed. 
 
 i Predestinated to be sons, 
 
 Born by degrees, but chose at once ; 
 
 A new regenerated race 
 
 To praise the glories of his grace. 
 & With Christ our Lord we share a part 
 
 In the affections of his heart ; 
 
 Ir shall our souls be thence removed 
 \ he forgets his first beloved. 
 I 
 
i 
 
 142 PREDESTINATION 
 
 154 L. M. TucU 
 
 Union loitli Christ. — 2 Tim. 1. 9. 
 
 EXPAND, my soul, arise and sing f 
 
 The matchless grace of Sion s King; ' 
 Whose love, as ancient as his n^ie, 
 Let aU thy powers aloud proclaim, 
 
 i 
 
 2 'Twas he, eternal ages past. 
 
 Formed his great plan from first to last ; | 
 And what his arm would e'er fulfill 
 Stood ever present to his will. 
 
 3 He saw, with one capacious glance, 
 World upon world to life advance, 
 And fixed the end, ere time began, 
 Of seraph, reptile, and of man. 
 
 4 Of man, chief work of aU below, 
 What wonders are we led to know ! 
 Wonders surpassing angels' thought 
 Are by our God in Jesus taught. 
 
 5 Grace, deep as the Eternal Mind, 
 Unutterable bliss designed 
 For man, ere worlds or sin were born, 
 Or angels sang creations' s morn. 
 
 6 Chosen of old, of old approved ; 
 In Christ, the eternal Son, beloved ; 
 Adopted too, and children ni^de. 
 Ere sin its baneful poison spread. 
 
AND ELECTION. 143 
 
 1^155 L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Chosen in Christ. 
 
 ETERNAL, ere the worlds were made, 
 Were all God's purposes of Grace ; 
 Nought can disturb the plan he- laid 
 To glorify his chosen race. 
 
 2 His first elect was Christ, his Son ; 
 In him he chose his numerous seed ; 
 They were in bondage and undone, 
 5> But lo ! he dies and they are freed. 
 
 8 To recompense his dying groans. 
 
 He gave him all for whom he died ; 
 Engaged the honors of his throne, 
 To seat his favorites at his side. 
 
 4 And now he sends his Spirit down, 
 
 To fit them for the blest abode ; 
 To make his covenant mercies known. 
 And guide them on the heavenly road. 
 
 5 He fixed their first and second birth ; 
 
 Ordained the manner, time and place ; 
 Their joys and sorrows here on earth, • 
 Their cups of grief and sweets of grace* 
 
 6 0, may my warmest passions move, 
 
 That such a worthless worm as I, 
 Should be an object of his love, 
 Aud taste of sueh a sacred joy ! 
 
144 PEfiDESTINATlON. 
 
 156 CM., Preahy.SeUG. 
 
 Summary of Doctrines. 
 
 LET me, my Savior and my God, 
 On sovereign grace rely ; 
 And own 'tis free, because bestowed 
 On one so vile as I. 
 
 2 Election ! 'tis a word divine ; 
 For, Lord, I plainly see, 
 Had not thy choice prevented mine, 
 I ne'er had chosen thee. 
 
 8 For perseverance, strength, I've none, 
 But would on this depend, 
 That Jesus, having loved his own, 
 Will love them to the end. 
 
 4 Empty and bare, I come to thee 
 
 For righteousness divine : 
 Oh, may thy glorious merits be 
 By imputation mine ! 
 
 5 Free grace alone can wipe the tears 
 
 From my lamenting eyes, 
 And raise my soul, from guilty fears, 
 To joy that never dies. 
 
 6 Free grace can death itself outbrave. 
 
 And take the sting away ; 
 Can sinners to the utmost save, 
 And give them victory. 
 
AND ELECTION. 145 
 
 15 "y 7s. (Abridged.) Byland. 
 
 Decrees of Ood. — Ps. xxxi. 15. 
 
 SOVEREIGN Ruler of the skies ! 
 Ever gracious, ever wise ! 
 All my times are in thy hand, 
 All events at thy command. 
 
 2 His decree, who formed the earth, 
 Fixed my first and second birth ; 
 Parents, native place, and time. 
 All appointed were by him. 
 
 8 He that formed me in the womb,. 
 He shall guide me to the tomb j 
 All my times shall ever be 
 Ordered by his wise decree. 
 
 4 Times of sickness, times of health, 
 Times of penury and wealth, 
 Times of trial and of grief; 
 Times of triumph and relief: 
 
 6 Times the tempter's power to prove ; 
 Times to taste a Savior's love ; 
 All must come, and last, and end, 
 As shall please my heavenly Friend. 
 
 6 Plagues and deaths around me fly ; 
 Till he bid, I cannot dip ; 
 Not a single shaft can hit 
 Till the God of love see* fit^ 
 
1416 PREDESTINATION 
 
 7 thou Gracious, Wise, and Just, 
 In thy hands my life I trust ; 
 Have I somewhat dearer still ? 
 I resign it to thy will. 
 
 158 0. M. Watts. 
 
 The Book of God's Decrees. 
 
 LET the whole race of creatures lie 
 Abased before their God ; 
 Whate'er his sovereign voice hath formed 
 He governs with a nod. 
 
 2 [Ten thousand ages ere the skies 
 
 Were into motion brought, 
 All the long years and w^orlds to come 
 Stood pi-esent to his thought. 
 
 3 There's not a sparrow or a worm, 
 
 But's found in his decrees ; 
 He raises monarchs to their thrones, 
 And sinks them as he please.] 
 
 4r If light attend the course I run, 
 'Tis he provides those rays : 
 And 'tis his hand that hides my sun, 
 If darkness clouds my days. 
 
 5 Yet I would not be much concerned, 
 Nor vainly long, to see 
 
AND ELECTION. 147 
 
 The volume of his deep decrees, 
 What months are writ for me. • 
 
 6 When he reveals the book of life, 
 Oh, may I read my name 
 Among the chosen of his love. 
 The followers of the Lamb ! 
 
 159 L. M. Burnliam, 
 
 Decrees of God. — Eph. i. 11. 
 jnnWAS fixed 'in God's eternal mind, 
 
 1_ When his dear sons should mercy find ; 
 From everlasting he decreed 
 When every good should be conveyed. 
 
 2 Determined was the manner how 
 
 We should be brought the Lord to know ; 
 Yea, he decreed the very place 
 Where he would call us by his grace. 
 
 3 [Vast were the settlements of grace 
 On millions of the human race ; 
 And every favor richly given 
 
 Flows from the high decrees of heaven. 
 
 4 In every mercy, full and free, 
 
 ■ The appointing God I wish to see ; 
 
 To see how grace, free grace, has reigned 
 In every blessing he ordained. 
 
 5 Yes, dearest Lord, 'tis my desire 
 Thy wise appointments to admire. 
 And trace the footsteps of my God 
 Through every part of Zion's road. 
 
 m^. 
 
148 PREDESTINATION 
 
 160 L. M. Kent. 
 
 Predestination to Eternal Life made Icnoijon by 
 Galling. 
 
 THERE is a period known to God, 
 When all his sheep redeemed by blood, 
 Shall leave the hateful ways of sin, 
 Turn to the fold and enter in. 
 
 2 At peace with hell, with God at war, 
 In sin's dark maze they wander far ; 
 Indulge their lust, and still go on 
 As far from God as sheep can run. ' • 
 
 8 But see how Heaven's indulgent care 
 Attends their wanderings here and there : 
 Still hard at heel, where' er they stray, 
 With piercing thorns to hedge their way. 
 
 4 When wisdom calls they stop their ear, 
 And headlong urge the mad career ; 
 Judgments nor mercies ne'er can sway 
 Their rgving feet to w*isdom's way. 
 
 5 Glory to God, they ne'er shall rove 
 Beyond the limits of his love ; 
 Fenced with Jehovah's shalls and wills^ 
 Firm as the everlasting hills. 
 
 6 The appointed time rolls on apace. 
 Not to propose^ but call by grace ; 
 To change the heart, renew the will. 
 And turn the feet to Zion's hill. 
 
AND ELECTION. 149 
 
 161 C. M. WatU, 
 
 Election Excludes Boasting. — 1 Cor. i. 26, 31.^ 
 
 BUT few among the carnal wise, 
 But few of noble race, 
 Obtain the ftivor of thine eyes, 
 Almighty King of grace. 
 
 2 He takes the men of meanest name 
 For sons and heirs of God ; 
 And thus he pours abundant shame 
 On honorable blood. 
 
 8 He calls the fool, and makes him know 
 The mysteries of his grace, 
 To bring aspiring wisdom low, 
 And all its pride abase. 
 
 4- Nature has all its glories lost 
 
 When brought before his throne : 
 No flesh shall in his presence boast, 
 But in the Lord alone. 
 
 SALVATION AND REDEMPTION. 
 
 162 L. M. Steele. 
 
 Redemption hy Christ alone. — 1 Peter i. 18, 19. 
 
 ENSLAVED by sin, and bound in chains 
 Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway. 
 And doomed to everlasting pains, 
 We wretched, guilty captives lay. 
 
150 SALVATION 
 
 2 Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace, 
 Nor the whole world's collected store 
 Suffice to purchase our release — 
 
 A thousand worlds were all too poor. 
 
 S Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God, 
 An all-suificient ransom paid : 
 Invalued price ! his precious blood 
 For vile, rebellious traitors shed. 
 
 4 Jesus the sacrifice became 
 
 To rescue guilty souls from hell ; 
 The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb 
 Beneath avenging justice fell. 
 
 5 Amazing goodness ! love divine ! 
 
 Oh, may our gi'ateful hearts adore 
 
 The matchless grace, nor yield to sin, 
 
 Nor wear its cruel fetters more ! 
 
 6 Dear Savior, let thy love pursue 
 
 The glorious work it has begun ; 
 Each secret, lurking foe subdue. 
 And let our hearts be thine alone. 
 
 163 7s. (Abridged.) EipporC s Selec. 
 
 Redeeming Love. 
 
 NOW begin the heavenly theme, 
 Siiig aloud in Jesus' name ! 
 Ye who his salvation prove. 
 Triumph in redeeming love. 
 
AND REDEMPTION. Ihl 
 
 2 Ye who sec the Father's grace 
 Beaming in the Savior's face, 
 As to Canaan on ye move, 
 Praise and bless redeeming love. 
 
 S Mourning souls, dry up your tears : 
 Banish all your guilty fears ; 
 See your guilt and curse remove, 
 Cancelled by redeeming love. 
 
 4 Ye, alas ! who long have been 
 Willing slaves to death and sin, 
 Now from bliss no longer rove, 
 Stop and taste redeeming love. 
 
 5 Welcome, all by sin opprest, 
 Welcome to his sacred rest : 
 Nothing brought him from above, 
 Nothing but redeeming love. 
 
 6 When the Spirit leads us home, 
 When we to his glory come, 
 We shall all the fullness prove 
 Of our Lord's redeeming love. 
 
 164 L. M. Vanmeter., 
 
 Redemption. 
 TJEDEMPTION! 0, the joyful news! 
 l\j To Gentile nations and to Jews : 
 What consolation it imparts, 
 To mourning souls and broken hearts J 
 
15^. SALVATION 
 
 2 In bondage and in prison bound, 
 No peace nor pardon could be found, 
 Till this redemption was revealed, 
 And by the blood of Jesus sealed. 
 
 P- Eedeemed from justice by his blood. 
 And from the righteous laws of God ; 
 O'er sin and Satan we'll proclaim 
 Redemption through the Savior's name. 
 
 4 Soon shall the saints of every place, 
 Be joined to sing redeeming grace ; 
 And every kindred, every tongue. 
 Shall add its music to the song. 
 
 165 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Redemption ly Price and Power. 
 
 JESUS, with all thy saints above, 
 My tongue would bear her part, 
 "Would sound aloud thy saving love 
 And sing thy bleeding heart. 
 
 2 Blessed be the Lamb, my dearest Lord, 
 AVho bought me with his blood. 
 And quenched his Father's flaming sword 
 In his own vital flood ; 
 
 8 The Lamb that freed my captive soul 
 From Satan's heavy chains. 
 And sent the lion down to howl 
 "Where hell and horror reigns. 
 
AND REDEMPTION. 158 
 
 ■4 All glory to the dying Lamb, 
 And never-ceasing praise, 
 While angels live to know his name 
 ■ Or saints to feel his grace. 
 
 166 L. M. Vanmeter, 
 
 Salvation. 
 
 SALVATION ! what a heavenly theme ! 
 Salvation free through Jesus' name ! 
 Let all the saints in concert join, 
 To sing salvation so divine. 
 
 2 Bound by the chains of sin, we lie 
 As rebels, justly doomed to die. 
 Till this salvation sounds release. 
 And bids us prisoners go in peace. 
 
 3 Salvation like a river flows. 
 
 With healing balm for all our woes ; 
 Its heavenly streams which flow abroad, 
 Make glad the city of our God. 
 
 4 Saved from the regions of despair. 
 And frera ten thousand dangers here ; 
 From doubts, and fears, and every foe ; 
 We'll sing salvation as we go. 
 
 5 Salvation ! 0, that we m^y sing 
 Salvation from the monster's sting I 
 And o'er the grave a victory gain. 
 And with King Jesus ever reign. 
 
 -M 
 
154 SALVATION 
 
 167 C. M. Kent. 
 
 The Lamh and his Virgin Company. 
 
 ON Zion's sacred mount I saw 
 The Lamb for sinners slain ; 
 His church, redeemed from endless woe, 
 Composed his glorious train. 
 
 2 This virgin throng, beloved of God, 
 All stood around him there, 
 With garments washed in his own blood. 
 Divinely bright and ftiir. 
 
 S I strove this blood-b|ought host to count, 
 Thus to my sight revealed ; 
 And found at last their full amount ; 
 'Twas all that God had' sealed, 
 
 4 They sung a song forever new, 
 
 And none could learn the same 
 But ransomed slaves and sinners who 
 From tribulation came. 
 
 5 They hymned the great, the dread I AM 
 
 Whose sacred name they wore, 
 With endless honors to the Lamb 
 Till time shall be no more. 
 
 6 Blameless before his throne they stand ; 
 
 They make a joyful noise, — 
 A called, a faithful, chosen band, — 
 And vent their sweUing joys. 
 
AND REDEMPTION. 155 
 
 168 L. M. Kent. 
 
 Sitlvntion hy Grace. 
 
 r\ OD, in the riches of his grace, 
 Vjr Did from eternity ordain 
 A seed elect, of Adam's race, 
 Eternal glory should obtain. 
 
 X God, in the riches of his grace 
 Hath Christ exalted over all ; 
 His goings forth of old we trace, 
 The sinner's surety in the fall. 
 
 5 God, in the riches of his grace, 
 riath Abram's seed exalted high, 
 "While sinning angels, from his face, 
 Reserved to wrath, in fetters lie. 
 
 4 God, in the riches of his grace, 
 
 Hath to the charge of Jesus laid 
 The sin of all that chosen race. 
 
 Whose debt of suffering Jesus paid. 
 
 5 God, in the riches of his grace. 
 
 Hath in the gospel Christ displayed. 
 Whose blood hath sealed the sinner's peace 
 And bruised the envenomed serpent's head. 
 
 6 God, in the riches of his grace, 
 
 We'll to eternity adore. 
 And wonders still on wonders trace. 
 But no'er this depth of love explore. 
 
158 SALVATION 
 
 169 L. M. Vanrmtef 
 
 Free Grace. 
 
 ^^"^IS grace, free grace, eternal grace ! 
 
 1_ Deserves our highest songs of praise ; 
 "We'll join and sing with hearts and tongues, 
 With grace the burden of our songs. 
 
 2 'Twas grace that found a rebel lost. 
 
 And brought him back, tho' great the cost : 
 Took off his rags, and in their place, 
 Gave him a robe of righteousness. 
 
 3 This costly robe's without a seam, 
 
 And hides my guilt, and sin, and shame ; 
 'Twas on a worthless worm bestowed, 
 The gift of God through Jesus' blood, 
 
 4 Grace brings the haughty monarch down, 
 Exalts the beggar to a crown ; 
 
 Makes hills and mountains melt away, 
 And valleys rise as high as they. 
 
 5 This grace is all the Christian's boast; 
 This is his hope, his joy, his trust ; 
 Free grace alone, from tirst to last, 
 Directs his way and holds him fast. 
 
 6 While T have breath this grace shall be 
 My only theme, my only plea ; 
 
 And may I, when this body dies, 
 Sing sovereign grace above the skies. 
 
AND REDEMPTION. 157 
 
 ^JfO 8s. Chappell. 
 
 Salvation. — Acts iv. 12. 
 
 SALVATION, how precious the sound 
 To sinners who see themselves lost ; 
 To Jesus their praises redound, 
 In Jesus they triumph and boast. 
 
 Salvation is finished and done, 
 
 Salvation is sovereign and free ; 
 Salvation by God's equal Son 
 
 My joy and rejoicing shall be. 
 
 Salvation is only of God, 
 
 To him all the praises are due ; 
 Ye saints, spread his honors abroad, 
 
 Who finished salvation for you. 
 
 Soon shall we behold him above, 
 
 Forever to sound his dear name ; 
 To sing the sweet song of his love. 
 
 Salvation to God and the Lamb t 
 
 HI L. M. Wattt. 
 
 Christ and his Righteousness. — Phil. iii. 7-9. 
 
 NO more, my God, I boast no more 
 Of all the duties I have done ; 
 I quit the hopes I held before, 
 To trust the merits of thy Son. 
 
 Now, for the love I bear his name, 
 What was my gain I count my loss, 
 
158 SALVATION 
 
 My former pride I call my shame, 
 And nail my glory to his cross. 
 
 3 Yes, and I must and will esteem 
 
 All things but loss for Jesus' sake: 
 Oh, may my soul be found in him, 
 And of his righteousness partake. 
 
 4 The best obedience of my hands 
 
 Dares not appear before thy throne; 
 But faith can answer thy demands, 
 By pleading what my Lord has done. 
 
 1T2 C. M. Eent. 
 
 Eoerlasting Love. 
 
 BENEATH the sacred throne of God 
 T saw a river rise, 
 The streams were peace, and pardoning blood, 
 Descending from the skies. 
 
 2 Angelic minds cannot explore 
 
 This deep, unfathomed sea ; 
 ■Tis void of bottom, brim, or shore, 
 And lost in Deity. 
 
 3 I stood amazed, and wondered when 
 
 Or why this ocean rose, 
 That wafts salvation down to men. 
 His traitors and his foes. 
 
 4 That sacred flood, from Jesus' veins. 
 
 Was free to take away 
 A Mary's or Manasseh's stains, 
 Or sins more vile than they : 
 
AND REDEMPTION. 159 
 
 6 Free to the sinner dead to God, 
 Who sought the road to hell, 
 That trampled on a Savior's blood, 
 And on his buckler fell. 
 
 6 Triumphant grace, and man's free will, 
 Shall not divide the throne ; 
 For man's a fallen sinner still, 
 And Christ shall reign alone. 
 
 173 S. M. Watts. 
 
 Salvation Inj Orace^ from first to last — Eph. ii. 5. 
 
 r\ RACE ! 'tis a charming sound ! 
 
 VX Harmonious to the ear ! 
 
 Heaven with the echo shall resound, 
 And all the earth shall hear. 
 
 2 Grace first contrived the way 
 
 To save rebellious man ; 
 And all the steps that grace display 
 Which drew the wondrous plan. 
 
 3 [Grace first inscribed my name 
 
 In God's eternal book ; 
 'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb, 
 Who all my sorrows took.] 
 
 4 Grace led my roving- feet 
 
 To tread the heavenly road ; i-^ 
 
 And new supplies, each hour, I meet, 
 While pressing on to God. 
 
 I 
 
160 SALVATION 
 
 6 [Grace taught my soul to praj, 
 And made my eyes o'erflow ; 
 'Twas grace which kept me to this day, 
 And will not let me go.] 
 
 6 Grace all the work shall crown, 
 Through everlasting days ; 
 It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
 And well deserves the praise, 
 
 l'y4 C. M. Rippon's Sdec. 
 
 By the Grace of God^ I am what I am. — 1 Cor. 
 XV. 8. 
 
 &REAT God, 'tis from thy sovereign grace 
 That all my blessings flow ; 
 Whate'er I am, or do possess, 
 I to thy mercy owe. 
 
 2 'Tis this my powerful lust controls, 
 And pardons all my sin ; 
 Spreads life and comfort through my soul, 
 And makes my nature clean. 
 
 8 'Tis this upholds me whilst I live, 
 Supports me when I die ; 
 And hence ten thousand saints receive 
 Their all, as well as I. 
 
 4 How full must be the springs from whenco 
 Such various streams proceed 1 
 The pasture cannot but be rich 
 On which so many feed. 
 
JUSTIFICATION. 161 
 
 115 S. M. ' Watti. 
 
 Bead to Sin ly the Cross of Christ. 
 
 SHALL we go on to sin 
 Because thy grace abounds, 
 Or crucify the Lord again, 
 And open all his wounds ? 
 
 2 Forbid it, might}'- God, 
 
 Nor let it e'er be said 
 That we whose sins are crucified 
 Should raise them from the dead. 
 
 3 We will be slaves no more, 
 
 Since Christ has made us free, 
 Has nailed our tjn-ants to his cross, 
 And bought our liberty. 
 
 JUSTIFICATION. 
 
 l^G C. M. Waff^. 
 
 Justification ly Faith, not hy Worhs ; or, the Law 
 
 Condemns, Grace Justifies. — Rom. iii. 19, 22. 
 
 YAIN are the hopes that sons of men 
 On their own works have built ; 
 Their hearts by nature all unclean, 
 And all their actions guilt. 
 
 2 Let Jews and Gentiles stop their mouths, 
 Without a murmuring word, 
 
1 62 JUSTIFICATION. 
 
 And the whole race of Adam stand 
 Guilty before the Lord. 
 
 3 In vain we ask God's righteous law 
 
 To justify us now, 
 Since to convince and to condemn 
 Is all the law can do. 
 
 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace ! 
 
 When in thy name we trust, 
 Our faith receives a righteousness 
 That makes the sinner just. 
 
 l-^t L. M. Watts. 
 
 Imputed Righteousness. — Jer. xxiii. 6; Isa. xlv. 34 • 
 
 JESUS, thy blood and righteousness 
 My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 
 Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed. 
 With joy shall I lift up my head. 
 
 2 When from the dust of death I rise 
 To take my mansion in the skies. 
 E'en then shall this be. all my plea : 
 "Jesus hath lived and died for me." 
 
 3 B^old shall I stand in that great day, 
 For who -aught to my charge shall lay? 
 While through thy blood absolved I am 
 From sin's tremendous curse and shame. 
 
 4 Thus Abraham, the friend of God, 
 Thus all the armies bought with blood, 
 
JUSTIFICATION. 163 
 
 Savior of sinners, thee proclaim ! 
 Sinners, — of whom the chief I am. 
 
 5 This spotless robe the same appears 
 When ruined nature sinks in years ; 
 No age can change its glorious hue : 
 The robe of Christ is ever new. 
 
 6 Oh, let the dead now hear thy voice ! 
 Bid, Lord, thy banished ones rejoice ; 
 Their beauty this, their glorious dress, 
 Jesus, the Lord, our righteousness. 
 
 lis L. M. Van meter. 
 
 Imputed RigJiteoumess. 
 
 I AM a miracle of grace ! 
 Snatched from the regions of despair : 
 My feet had well nigh reached the place, 
 When Jesus stopped my wild career. 
 
 2 \gainst him long I had rebelled, 
 
 And vanity was my delight ; 
 But when my danger I beheld, 
 I stood and trembled at the sight ! 
 
 3 To venture on, I saw would be, 
 
 My everlasting overthrow ; 
 To turn, would meet the Deity, 
 With awful vengeance on his brow. 
 
 4 Death seemed to stand on every side, 
 
 Yet I resolved my death to meet, 
 [Where one before had never died — ] 
 Imploring mercy at his feet. 
 
164 JUSTIFICATION. 
 
 5 But strange to tell, he bade me live ! 
 
 Just in the last extremity, 
 He smiled and said "I all forgive; 
 Believe, and thou shalt never die." 
 
 6 With joy, ineffable, I saw 
 
 That justice had been satisfied 
 In Christ, who had fulfilled the law, 
 And for his people bled and died. 
 
 7 "Thy sins were laid upon my Son," 
 
 In accents sweet, the Father said : 
 "His righteousness is now thy own. 
 Thou art his member, he thy Head.' 
 
 8 Not all the outward forms of men. 
 
 Can with this righteousness compare ; 
 It makes the guilty conscience clean, 
 Nor leaves a spot or blemish there. 
 
 It9 L. M. Kent. 
 
 Justification hy the Imputed Righteousness of 
 Christ. 
 
 BEFORE the covenant angel's face, 
 See Joshua stands in vile array, 
 Deep run in debt, a dreadful case ! 
 Unable one small mite to pay. 
 
 2 Weighed in the balance, found too light, 
 He hides his face, nor dares reply ; 
 Justice uplifts her sword to smite — 
 But must the trembling sinner die ? 
 
JUSTIFICATION. 165 
 
 3 Hear Jesus speak, while from his eyes 
 
 Immortal love and pity beam : 
 Take from him all his filthy guise, 
 And place my spotless robe on him. 
 
 4 Now, Justice, view the law-cursed wretch. 
 
 If aught deficient thou canst see, 
 But let thy hand forbear to touch — 
 That sinner's justified by me. 
 
 5 For him I bore the dreadful smart 
 
 Of hell's more dire eternal pain ; 
 Let this suffice, or through my heart 
 Thrust thy dread weapon once again. 
 
 6 Go, then, and to the law's demands, 
 
 Plead what thy sufiering Lord has done ; 
 Weep o'er thy sins that pierced his hands 
 And trust in his free grace alone. 
 
 180 C. M. Kent. 
 
 Insolvent Debtors Glad in the JRighteousness of 
 
 Christ, Jiistified from all Things. 
 
 JESUS hath magnified the law, 
 Hath banished hell and sin ; 
 And righteousness without a flaw 
 Brought once forever in. 
 
 2 Insolvents clad in this array, 
 Fear not Mount Sinai's din ; 
 'Twill stand when earth shall pass away ; 
 'Twas brought by Jesus in. 
 
166 JUSTIFICATION. 
 
 3 This change of raiment ye posses;*, 
 
 Is linen white and clean ; 
 'Tis called "Jehovah's righteousness;" 
 'Twas brought by Jesus in. 
 
 4 Zion shall make her boast of this, 
 
 And life eternal win ; 
 'Tis everlasting righteousness ; 
 'Twas brought by Jesus in. 
 
 5 This royal robe, this wedding dress, 
 
 Shall cancel all our sin, 
 Of crimes, the greater and the less; 
 'Twas brought by Jesus in. 
 
 6 This only robe shall God approve, 
 
 To hide thy stains of sin ; 
 
 'Twas wove by everlasting love, 
 
 And brought by Jesus in. 
 
 181 L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Justification throngJi Christ. 
 
 HOW can a sinner stand before 
 A God of holiness and power ? 
 What kind of robe ca,n he provide, 
 His guilt and nakedness to hide ? 
 
 2 Though he to Sinai's mountain flies, 
 There justice stands with flaming eyes ; 
 And pours its curses on his head, 
 And bids him fly, or dooms him dead. 
 
JUSTIFICATION. 167 
 
 3 Amazed, the sinner next repairs, 
 
 And seeks a shelter 'neath his prayers ; 
 But justice finds his hiding pLace, 
 And there presents his fiery face. 
 
 4 The sinnerJ now almost despairs ; 
 
 He's tried the law, and tried his prayers ; 
 
 He's tried morality in vain, 
 
 And feels his load of guilt remain. 
 
 5 But, midst his consternation, he 
 Beholds one hanging on a tree ; 
 And justice pours upon his head, 
 Its vengeance, in the sinner's stead ! 
 
 6 Yes, Jesus bears the heavy load, 
 And stays the justice of a God ! 
 The righteousness of Christ appears, 
 And is the robe the sinner wears. 
 
 182 C. M. Watts. 
 
 The Robe of Righteoumess and Garments of Sal- 
 '. vation — Isa. Ixi. 10. 
 
 f A WAKE, my heart, arise, my tongTie, 
 l\- Prepare a tuneful voice ; 
 In God, the life of all my joys, 
 Aloud will I rejoice. 
 
 2 'Tis he adorned my naked soul, 
 And made salvation mine ; 
 Upon a poor, polluted worm 
 He makes his graces shine. 
 
168 FORGIVENESS AND PARDON. 
 
 3 And, lest the shadow of a spot 
 
 Should on my soul be found, 
 He took the robe the Savior wrought, 
 And cast it all around. 
 
 4 How far the heavenly robe exceeds 
 
 What earthly princes wear ; 
 These ornaments, how bright they shine 
 How white the garments are. 
 
 5 The Spirit wrought my faith, and love, 
 
 And hope, and every grace ; 
 
 But Jesus spent his life to work 
 
 The robe of righteousness. 
 
 6 Strangely, my soul, art thou arrayed 
 
 By the great sacred Three ; 
 In sweetest harmony of praise 
 Let all thy powers agree. 
 
 FORGIVENESS AND PARDON 
 
 183 C. M. ParTcinson's Selec. 
 
 Remember me. 
 
 JESUS, thou art the sinner's friend ; 
 As such I look to thee ; 
 Now in the bowels of thy love, 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
> 
 
 FORGIVENESS AND PARDON. IW 
 
 Remember thy pure word of grace, 
 
 Remember Ccilvary ; 
 Remember all thy dying groans, 
 
 And then remember me. 
 
 Thou wondrous advocate with Grod, 
 
 I yield mj^self to thee ; 
 TVhile thou art sitting on thy throne» 
 
 Dear Lord, remember me. 
 
 4 I own I'm guilty, own I'm vile, ♦ 
 
 Yet thy salvation 's free ; 
 Then in thy all-abounding grace, 
 Dear Lord, remember me. 
 
 5 Howe'er forsaken or distressed, 
 
 Howe'er oppressed I. be, 
 • Howe'er afflicted here on earth» 
 Do thou remember me. 
 
 6 And when I close my eyes in death, 
 
 And creature-helps all flee, 
 Then 0, my dear Redeemer, Grod, 
 I pray remember me. 
 
 1S4 L. M. Gihhons, 
 
 Thy sins are- Forgiven thee. — Lukevii. 47, 48. 
 
 TT'ORaiVEXESS !^ 'tis a joyful sound 
 JL To malefactors doomed to die : 
 Publish the bliss the world around, 
 Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky I 
 
170 FORGIVENESS AND PARDON, 
 
 2 'Tis the ricli gift of love divine ; 
 
 'Tis full, oiitmeasuring every crime : 
 Unclouded shall its glories .shine, 
 
 And feel no change by changing time. 
 
 3 O'er sins unnumbered as the sand. 
 
 And like the mountains for their size, 
 The seas of sovereign grace expand, 
 The seas of sovereign grace arise. 
 
 4 For this stupendous love of heaven 
 
 What grateful honors shall we show? 
 Where much transgression is forgiven, 
 Let love in equal ardor glow. 
 
 185 CM. Doddridge. 
 
 JPr/rdoTi Spoken ly Christ. — Matt. ix. 2. 
 
 MY Savior, let me hear thy voice 
 Pronoimce the words of peace. 
 And ail my warmest powers shall join 
 To celebrate thy grace. 
 
 2 With gentle smiles call me thy child, 
 
 And speak my sins forgiven ; 
 Tlie accents mild shall charm mine ear, 
 All like the hari)s of heaven. 
 
 3 Cheerful, where'er thy hand shall lead, 
 
 The darkest path I'll tread ; 
 Cheerful I'.U quit these mortal shores, 
 And mingle with the dead. 
 
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 FORGIVENESS AND PARDON. 17t 
 
 4 "When dreadful guilt is done away, 
 No other fears we know ; 
 That hand which scatters pardons down 
 Shall crowns of life bestow. 
 
 186 C. M. Watts, {altered.) 
 
 Pardon and Sanctificcction in Christ. 
 
 IS there no shelter from the wratli 
 Ofan offended God? 
 Jesus, to thy dear cross I fly, 
 Thy sin-atoning blood. 
 
 2 I bless that stream that cries for peace 
 
 From every bleeding vein ; 
 Yet is my soul but half redeemed, 
 If sin, the tyrant, reign. 
 
 3 Lord, crush his empire, bid his throne 
 
 From its foundation fall ; 
 Ye flattering plagues, that.wrouglit my death. 
 Fly, for I hate you all. 
 
 4 Now to the Lamb, whose power and grace 
 
 Lift our bright hopes to heaven, 
 In songs above, and songs below, 
 Be endless glory given. 
 
 IS-t C. M. Steele. 
 
 Pardoning Love. — Jer. iii. 22 ; Hos. xiv. 4. 
 
 HOW oft, alas : this wretched he vit 
 Has wandered from the Lord ! 
 
173 FORGIVENESS AND PARDON. 
 
 How oft my roving thoiiglits depart, 
 Forgetful of his word ! 
 
 2 Yet sovereign mercy calls, "Return;" 
 
 Dear Lord, and may I come ! 
 My vile ingratitude I mourn : 
 Oh, take the wanderer home ! 
 
 3 And canst thou, wilt thou, yet forgive, 
 
 And bid my crimes remove ? 
 And shall a pardoned rebel live 
 To speak thy wondrous love ? 
 
 4 Almighty grace, thy healing power, 
 
 How glorious, how divine ! 
 That can to life and bliss restore 
 So vile a heart as mine. 
 
 5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet* 
 
 Dear Savior, I adore ; 
 Oh, keep me at thy sacred feet, 
 And let me rove no more ! 
 
 188 S. M. Watts, 
 
 Confessionand P ardon.- — 1 John i. 9; Prov. 
 xxviii. 13. 
 
 MY sorrows, like a ffood, 
 Impatient of restraint. 
 Into thy bosom, 0, my God, 
 Pour out a long complaint. 
 
 2 This impious heart of mine 
 Could once defy the Lord, 
 
FORGIVENESS AND PARDON, 1 7-3 
 
 Could rush with violence on to sin » 
 In presence of thy sword. 
 
 3 How often have I stood 
 
 A rebel to the skies ! 
 And 5'et, and yet — oh. matchless grace ! — 
 Thy thunder silent lies. 
 
 4 Oh. shall I never feel 
 
 The melting? of thy love ? 
 Am I of such hell-hardened steel 
 That mercy cannot move ? 
 
 5 O'ercome by dj^inglove, 
 
 Here at thy cross I lie, 
 And throw my flesh, my soul, my all, 
 And weep, and love, and die. 
 
 6 "Rise," says the Savior, ''rise ! 
 
 Behold my wounded veins ! 
 Here flows a sacred crimson flood 
 To wash away thy stains." 
 
 7 See, God is reconciled ! 
 
 Behold his smiling face! 
 Let joyful c'herubs clap their wings, 
 And sound aloud his grace. 
 
REGENERATION AND 
 CONVERSION. 
 
 189 0. M. Eoskins. 
 
 Ye must he lorn again. — John iii, 7. 
 
 SINNERS ! this solemn truth regard ! 
 Hear, ail ye sons of men ; 
 For Christ the Savior hath declared, 
 "Ye must be born again." 
 
 2 Whate'er might be your birth or blood, 
 
 The sinners boast is vain : 
 Thus saith the glorious Son of God : 
 ''Ye must be born again." 
 
 3 Our nature totally depraved, 
 
 The heart a sink of sin, 
 Without a change we can't be saved, 
 "We must be born again." 
 
 4 That which is born of flesh is flesh, 
 
 And ilesh it will remain ; 
 Then marvel not that Jesus saith, 
 "Ye must be born again." 
 
 5 Spirit of life ! thy grace impart, 
 
 And breathe on sinners slain ; 
 And witness, Lord, in every heart, 
 That we are born again. 
 
REGENERATION AND CONVERSION. 17ft 
 
 6 [Dear Savior, let us now begin 
 To trust and love thy word ; 
 And by forsaking every sin, 
 Prove we are born of God.] 
 
 190 8, 8, 8. KenVs Seleo 
 
 Recessity of Regeneraiion. 
 
 A WAKED by Sinai's awful sound, 
 JjL My soul in bonds of guilt I found, 
 
 And knew not where to go ; 
 O'erwlielmed v/ith sin, with anguish slain, 
 The sinner must he BORN AGAIN, 
 
 Or sink to endless woe. 
 
 2 Amazed I stood, but could not tell 
 
 * Which way to shun the gates of hell, 
 
 For death and hell drew near ; 
 I strove indeed, but strove in vain ; 
 The sinner must le born AGAIN, 
 
 Still sounded in my ear. 
 
 3 Then to the law I trembling fled, 
 It poured its curses on my head, 
 
 I no relief could, find ; 
 This fearful truth increased my pain, 
 2'he sinner must he born again, 
 
 O'erwlielmed my tortured mind. 
 
 4: Again did Sinai's thunders roll, 
 And guilt lay heavy on my soul, 
 
 A vast, unwieldy load ; 
 Alas ! I read and saw it plain, 
 
 i 
 
J 78 REGENERATIOISr 
 
 The sinner munt he born AGAIN, 
 Or drink tlie wratli of God. 
 
 5 The saints I heard with rapture tell 
 How Jesus conquered death and hel! 
 
 And broke the fowler's snare ; 
 Yet, when I found this truth remain^ 
 The miner must be born AGAIN, 
 
 I sank in deep despair. 
 
 6 But while I thus in anguish lay, 
 Jesus of Nazareth passed that way, 
 
 And felt his pity move ; 
 The sinner, "by his justice slain, 
 Now, by his grace, is born again, 
 
 And sings redeeming love, 
 
 191 C. M. Watts^ {altered.) 
 
 Regeneration. — John i. 13. 
 
 "VTOT all the outward forms on earth, 
 -L 1 Nor rites that God has given, 
 Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, 
 Can raise a soul to heaven. 
 
 2 The sovereign will of God alone 
 
 Creates us heirs of grace ; 
 Born in the image of his Son, 
 A new, peculiar race. 
 
 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, 
 
 Blows OB the sons of flesh, 
 
 Renews the spirit of the mind. 
 
 And forms the man afresh. 
 
AND CONVERSION. iTT 
 
 4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise 
 
 From the long sleep of death ; 
 
 On heavenly things we fix our eyes, 
 
 And praise employs our breath. 
 
 192 ^s, 7s. Swain, 
 
 Fraise for Conversion. — Jer. xxxi. 3. 
 
 ON the brink of fiery ruin, 
 Justice, with a flaming sword, 
 Was my guilty soul pursuing. 
 When I first beheld my Lord. 
 
 2 [Terrified with Sinai's thuPxder,* 
 Straight I flew to Calvary : 
 Where I saw with love and wonder 
 Him, by faith, who died for me. J 
 
 ' 3 "Sinner," he exclaimed, "I've loved tliee 
 V/ith an everlasting love ; 
 Justice has in me approved thee ; 
 Thou shalt dwell vfith me above." 
 
 4 Sweet as ang-els' notes in heaven, 
 
 When to golden harps they sounds 
 Is the voice of sins forgiven 
 To the soul by Sataa bound. 
 
 5 Sweet as angels' harp in glory 
 
 Was that heavenly voice tome,* 
 When I saw my Lord before me. 
 Bleed and die to set me free \ 
 
► 
 
 178 REGENERATION 
 
 6 Saints, attend with holy wonder I 
 Sinners, hear and sing his praise ! 
 'Tis the Grod that holds the thunder 
 Shows himself the God of grace. 
 
 193 7s. Vanmeter. 
 
 The Stranger. 
 ITRxlNGER, if thou want to know, 
 
 ^ 
 
 \\\\o I am, and hov/ I do, 
 Come and listen while I tell 
 Who I am, and where I dwell : 
 
 2 I was lost in nature's night ; 
 Witliout hearing, without sight ; 
 Faint with sickness, wounded, sore, 
 Deep in debt, and very poor. 
 
 3 Jesus found me in this state, 
 Kindly canceled ail my debt ; 
 Healed my sickness, gave me sight, 
 Filled my heart with pure delight ! 
 
 4 Jesus promised to defend, 
 And to be my constant friend : 
 "Though thy foes be great," said he, 
 "I will aid and succor thee." 
 
 5 In myself, I am unclean, 
 
 Vile and t^inful, base and mean ; 
 
 But in Jesus, I appear 
 
 "White and comely, bright and fair. 
 
AND CONVERSION. 17* 
 
 5 In myself, I own it true, 
 I'm condemned, and justly, too ; 
 But in Jesus, I am free 
 From the law that threatens me. 
 
 7 In myself, I'm led to see 
 
 lam worse than poverty ; 
 
 But in Jesus I possess 
 
 Hiches, fame, and righteousness. 
 
 B In m.yself I soon must die ; 
 In the dust my flesh shall lie ; 
 But in Jesus, (wondrous thought !) 
 I shall live his daj^s throughout ! 
 
 9 'Tis enough ! I ask no more : 
 Jesus hath laid up in store. 
 Riches, honor, life and peace — 
 Joys divine, that never cease ! 
 
 lOStranger ! wilt thou go with me ? 
 Christ hath plenteous grace for thee : 
 Wilt thou leave thy carnal toys, 
 For the Lord's eternal joys ? 
 
 194 P. M. ' Anonymous, 
 
 Conversio'ti. 
 ^piIEPtE is a spot, to me more dear, 
 X Than native vale or mountain ; 
 A spot, from which affection's tear, 
 
 Springs grateful from its fountain. 
 "Tis not where kindred souls are bound, 
 
 Though this resembles heaven ; 
 
180 REGENERATION 
 
 But where I first my Savior found, 
 And felt my sins forgiven. 
 
 2 Hard was my lot to reach the shore — 
 
 Long tossed upon the ocean ; 
 Above me was the thunder's roar — 
 
 Beneath, the wave's commotion. 
 Darkly the pall of night was thrown 
 
 Around me — faint with terror ! 
 In that dark hour how did I groan 
 
 And weep for years of error ! 
 
 3 Sinking and panting, as for breath, 
 
 I knew not help was near me : -\ 
 
 I cried ''Oh ! save me Lord, from death ! ' 
 
 ''Immortal Jesus, hear me !" 
 As quick as thought I felt him mine : j 
 
 My Savior stood before me ! 
 I saw his brightness round me shine, 
 
 And shouted "Glory, glory !" 
 
 4: ! sacred place ! Oh ! hallowed spot ! 
 
 Where love divine first found me ! 
 Wherever falls my distant lot, 
 
 My heart sliall linger round thee. 
 And when from e-srth I rise, to soar 
 
 Up to my home in heaven ; 
 DowQ, will I cast my eyes, once more, 
 
 Where I was first forgiven ! 
 
 195 G. M. Mioton. 
 
 A Sight of the Cross. 
 
 XN evil long I took delight, 
 Unawed by shame or fear, 
 
AKTD CONVERSION. 181 
 
 Till a new objoct struck my sight, 
 And stopped my wild career* 
 
 ! I saw one hanging on a tree, 
 In agonies and blood ; 
 Who fixed his languid eyes on me, 
 As near the cross I stood. 
 
 Sure never till my latest breath 
 
 Can I forget that look :_ ^ 
 It seemed to charge me with his death, 
 
 Though not a word he spoke. 
 
 My conscience felt and owned the guilty 
 
 And plunged _mc in despair ; 
 I saw my sins his bipod had spilt 
 
 And helped to nail him there. 
 
 Alas ! I knew not what I did, 
 
 But knew my tears were vain ; 
 Where shall my treiijbllng soul be hid, 
 
 For I the Lord have slain ! 
 
 A second look he give, which said, 
 
 "I freely all forgive ; 
 This blood is for thy rans'om paid ; 
 
 I die that thou mayst live." 
 
 With pleasing grief and mournful joy 
 
 My spirit now is filled. 
 That I should such a life destroy, 
 
 Yet live by him I killed. 
 
183 REGENERATION 
 
 196 7s, 6s. Newton 
 
 The Good Physician. 
 
 HOW lost was my condition 
 Till Jesus made me whole ! 
 There is but one Physician 
 Can cure a sin-sick soul ! 
 Next door to death he found me, 
 
 And snatched me from the grave, 
 To tell to ail around me 
 His wondrous power to save. 
 
 2 The worst of all diseases 
 
 Is light compared with sin ; 
 On every part it seizes. 
 
 But rages most within : 
 'Tis palsy, plague, and fever, 
 
 And madness, all combined ; 
 And none but a believer 
 
 The least relief can finct 
 
 3 Fr_om men, great skill professing, 
 
 I thought a cure to gain ; 
 But this proved more distressing, 
 
 And added to my pain : 
 Some said that nothing ailed me, 
 
 Some gave me up for lost : 
 Thus every refuge failed me 
 
 And all my hopes were crossed. 
 
 4 At length this great Physician 
 
 (How matchless is his grace !) 
 
AND CONVERSION. 188 
 
 Accepted my petition, 
 And undertook irs}'' case : 
 
 First gave me sight to view liim, 
 (For sin my eyes had sealed,) 
 
 Then bade me look unto him : 
 I looked, and I was healed. 
 
 INVITATIONS AND PROMISES. 
 
 im C. M. Medley. 
 
 Wnosoever will, let Mm come. — ^Rev. xxii. 17. 
 
 OH, what amazing .words of grace 
 Are in the gospel found ! 
 Suited to every sinner's ease 
 ' Who knows the joyful sound. 
 
 2 Poor, sinful, thirsty, fainting souls 
 
 Are freely welcome here ; 
 Salvation like a river rolls. 
 Abundant, free, and cle?^. 
 
 3 Come, then, with all your wants artd wounds, 
 
 Your every burden bring ; 
 Here love, unchanging love, abounds, 
 A deep celestial spring ! 
 
 4 W'hoever will (oh, gracious word !) 
 
 Shall of this stream partake ; 
 Come, thirsty souls, and bless the Lord, 
 And drink for Jesus' sake ! 
 
Ifi4 IKTITATlONi 
 
 5 Millions of sinners, vile as you 
 
 Have here found life and peace ; 
 Come, then, and prove its virtues too, 
 And drink, adore, and bless. 
 
 19S ^ C. M. Watts. 
 
 The FaitJhf Illness d^ God and his Promises. 
 
 BEGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme 
 xind speak some ]30undless thing, 
 The mighty works, or mightier name, 
 Of our eternal King. 
 
 2 Tell of his wondrous i\iithfulness, 
 
 And sound his power abroad. 
 Sing the sweet promise of his grace, •• 
 
 And the performing God. 
 
 3 Proclaim '"salvation from the Lord, 
 
 For wretched, dying men ;" 
 His hand has writ the sacred word 
 With an immortal pen. 
 
 4 Engraved, as in eternal brass, 
 
 The mighty promise shines; 
 Nor can the powers of darkness raso 
 Those everlasting lines. 
 
 5 [He that can dash whole worlds to death, 
 
 And make them when he please. 
 He speaks, and that almighty breath 
 Fulfills his great decrees. 
 
AND PROMISES. 186 
 
 6 His very word of graced strong v 
 As that which built the skies ; 
 The voice that rolls the stars along 
 Speaks all the promises.] 
 
 199 C. M. ^Dolell. 
 
 The Penitent Invited, 
 
 "\rE burdened souls to Jesus C3me, 
 X You need not be afraid ; 
 He loves to hear poor sinners cry, 
 He loves to hear them plead. 
 
 2 Ye humble souls, to Jesus come, 
 
 'Tis he who made you see 
 Your wretched, ruined, helpless state — . 
 Your guilt and misery. 
 
 3 Christ is a friend to mourning souls, 
 
 Then why should you despair. 
 Since Saul and Mary Magdalene 
 Found grace and mercy here ? 
 
 20 L. M. Vanmeter. 
 The Awakened Sinner. 
 
 AW4KENED soul, to Jesus fly, 
 He hath a balm to heal thy wound ; 
 Approach his throne, he'll not deny ; 
 'Tis there, alone, that pardon's found. 
 
 I ** I am too guilty to presume 
 To call upon his holy ,iame ; 
 
 18 
 
186 INVITATIONS 
 
 I fear his anger would consume 
 A wretch so vile and full of shame. 
 
 8 Although thy sins as scarlet be, 
 
 His blood can wash those sins away ; 
 His premaise is to such as thee, 
 
 The^ come, he will not say thee nay. 
 
 4 " How can a wretch, so vile as I, 
 
 Expect his mercy to receive ; 
 I fear I shall a sinner die ; 
 
 Lord, help a sinner to beheve ! " 
 
 5 The vilest have his mercy found, 
 
 And shared the richest of his store ; 
 He never on a beggar frowned, 
 
 Then trust his grace, and doubt no more. 
 
 201 L. M. Anon. 
 
 The Penitent Suppliant. 
 
 BEHOLD a sinner, dearest Lord, 
 Encouraged by thy gracious word, 
 l^Jpuld venture near to seek that bread 
 By wliich thy children here are fed. 
 
 2 Do not the humble suit deny, 
 Of such a guilty wretch as I : 
 
 But let me feed on crumbs, though small, 
 Which from thy children's table fall. 
 
 3 I am a sinne*-, Lord, I own : 
 By sin and guilt I am undone ; 
 
 Yet I would wait, and plead and pray, 
 Since none are empty sent away. 
 
i 
 
 AND PROMISES. 187 
 
 202 L. M. Vaiimeter. 
 A Soul in Distress. 
 
 DISTRESSED soul, to Jesus go, 
 He hath a bahii for all thy wo, 
 Mercy and grace he hath to give ; 
 He bids the dying sinner live. 
 
 2 With all thy guilt, and sin, and shame, 
 Approach the all-atoning Lamb ; 
 Thou shalt his pardoning grace receive ; 
 He bids the guilty sinner live. 
 
 He asks no price for all his grace, 
 His merit, blood or righteousness ; 
 Thy heart is all he will receive, 
 Then, come, poor sinner, come and live. 
 
 Though guilt and sin like mountains rise, 
 And seem to reach the upper skies ; 
 Mountains shall move if thou beUeve ; 
 Rise, laden sinner, rise and live. 
 
 « 
 
 203 S. M. Newton. 
 The Penitent at the Door of Mercy, 
 
 HUNGRY, and faint, and poor. 
 Behold us. Lord, again. 
 Assembled at thy Mercy's door, 
 Thy bounty to obtain. 
 
 2 Thy word invites us nigh, 
 Or we must starve indeed ; 
 
188 INVITATIONS 
 
 For we no money have to buy 
 No righteousness to plead. 
 
 3 The food our spirits want 
 Thy hand alone can give : 
 0, hear the prayer of faith, and grant 
 That we may eat and live. 
 
 S04 L. M. Vanmet&r, 
 
 The Heavy Laden Sinner. 
 
 LADEN with sin and guilt am I, 
 A sinner justly doomed to die ; 
 Had I a thousand worlds to give 
 They all should go that I might live ! 
 
 2 Great God ! shall I at last he down, 
 Beneath thy wrath, beneath thy frown ? 
 It were but justice, should I be 
 Cut ou from happiness and thee. 
 
 S Oh ! that I were some harmless bird, 
 That can not sin against the Lord ! 
 Nor be the olject of his wrath. 
 Nor fear his judgment after death ! 
 
 4 Were I some beast upon the plain, 
 Without a soul to suffer pain ! 
 A spreading tree, an opening flower, 
 ^\inX I might never dread his power ! 
 
AND PROMISES. 189 
 
 5 The pine can spread, the flower can bloom ; 
 The bird can sing, the beast can roam ; 
 But wo ! is me, for I must go 
 
 Down to the realms of endless wo ! 
 
 6 0, Savior ! hear a sinner cry, 
 
 And save a wretch condemned to die ! 
 Thine arm, alone, can reach my case ; 
 ! magnify thy sovereign grace ! 
 
 205 7s. Kent. 
 
 The Wells of Salvation. — Isa. xii. 3. 
 
 WATER from salvation's wells, 
 Thirsty sinner, come and draw; 
 Grace in Jesus' fullness dwells, 
 More than men or angels know. 
 
 2 Love's the fountain whence it rose, 
 Who its height or depth can tell ? 
 Christ the channel whence it flows, 
 O'er the banks of sin to swell. 
 
 8 Thousands now around the throne 
 Water from this fountain drew, 
 Felt their griefs and sorrows gone, 
 Sung his praise, and so should you. 
 
 4 Bring your empty vessels nigh, 
 Cups or flagons, great or small, 
 
 I 
 
190 INVITATIONS 
 
 To the brim in rich supply. 
 Love eternal fills them all. 
 
 6 Bring no money, price, or aught. 
 Deeds or alms, or pleasing frame, 
 Mercy never can be bought — 
 Grace is free in Christ the Lamb. 
 
 5206 0. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 ^^ Come unto me all ye that Labor y — Matth. xi. 28. 
 "pOME unto me," the Savior calls, 
 V^ "All ye that labor, come ; 
 I'll give you rest from all your toils, 
 And will conduct you home. 
 
 2 "Come, take my yoke, and learn of me, 
 
 I'm of a lowly mind ; 
 Ye shall find rest, and I will be 
 A covert from the wind. 
 
 3 "My yoke is easy, and I'll make 
 
 My burden to be light ; 
 • Then follow me, and for my sake, « 
 Keep all your garments white. 
 
 4 "He that would my disciple be, 
 
 Must daily bear his cross. 
 Deny himself and follow me, 
 
 And count the world but dross." 
 
AND PROMISES. 191 
 
 207 S. M. mwton. 
 
 The Pool of Bethesda.— John v. 2, 9. 
 
 BESIDE the gospel pool, 
 Appointed for the poor, 
 From year to year my helpless soul 
 Has waited for a cure. 
 
 2 How often hare I seen 
 
 The healing waters move. 
 And others round me, stepping in, 
 Their efficacy prove ! 
 
 •3 [But my complaints remain ; 
 I feel the very same — 
 As full of guilt, and fear, and pain — ■ 
 As when at first I came. 
 
 4 Oh, would the Lord appear, 
 
 My malady to heal ! 
 He knows how long I've languished here,, 
 And what distress I feel.] :• 
 
 5 How often have I thought, 
 
 Why should I longer lie ? 
 Surely the mercy I have sought 
 Is not for such as I ! 
 
 6 But whither can I go ? 
 
 There is no other pool 
 Where streams of sovereign virtue flow 
 To make a sinner whole. 
 
193 'IfcjVITATIONS 
 
 7 Here, then, from day to day, 
 
 I'll wait, and hope, and try: 
 Can Jesus hear a sinner pray, 
 Yet suifer him to die ? 
 
 8 No r he is full of grace ; 
 
 He never will permit 
 A soul, that fain would see his face, 
 To perish at his feet. 
 
 208 L. M. Watts. 
 
 A Penitent Pleading for Pardon. — Ps. 11. 
 
 SHOW pit}", Lord! 0, Lord, forgive; 
 Let a repenting rebel live ; 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 
 
 2 My crimes are great, but not surpass 
 The power and glory of thy grace ; 
 Great God, thy nature hath no bound, 
 So let thy pardoning love be found. 
 
 3 Oh, wash my soul from every sin. 
 And make my guilty conscience clean ; 
 Here on my heart the burden lies, 
 And past offences pain my eyes. 
 
 i My lips with sham.e my sins confess- 
 Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
 Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, 
 I am condcmfied, but thou art clear. 
 
AND PROMISES. 193 
 
 5 Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, 
 I must pronounce thee just in death ; 
 And if my soul were sent to hell, 
 
 Thy righteous law approves it well. 
 
 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there, 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 k 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN 
 
 a09 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Holy Fortitude. — 1 Cor. xvi. 13. 
 
 AM I a soldier of the cross, 
 A follower of the Lamb ? 
 And shall I fear to own his cause, 
 Or blush to speak his name ? 
 
 J Must I be carried to -the sWps 
 On flowery beds of ease ; 
 While ^- Uiers fought to win the prize, 
 And sailed through bloody seas ? 
 
 \ Are there no foes for me to face ? 
 Must I nQt stem the flood ? 
 Is this vile world a friend to grace, 
 To help me on to God ? 
 
194 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign : 
 
 Increase my courage, Lord ! 
 I'll bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
 5 Thy saints in all this glorious war 
 
 Shall conquer though they die ; 
 They see the triumph from afar, 
 And seize it with their eye. 
 
 6 When that illustrious day shaU rise, 
 
 And all thine armies shine 
 In robes of victory through the skies, 
 The glory shall be thine. 
 
 5810 8s. ParhmsoTi's Col. 
 
 Exjierience, 
 
 I AM a stranger here below, 
 And what I am is hard to know ; 
 I am so vile, so prone to sin, 
 I fear that Fm not born again. 
 
 2 Would I experience call to mind, — 
 I often find myself so blind, 
 AH marks of grace seem to be gone. 
 Which makes me fear that I am wrong. 
 
 8 I find myself out of the way ; 
 My thoughts are often gone astray ; 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 1*5 
 
 Like one alone I seem to be : 
 Oh, is there any one hke me ? 
 
 4 'Tis seldom I can ever see 
 Myself as I would wish to be ; 
 What I desire I can't retain, 
 From what I hate I can't refrain. 
 
 6 So far from God I seem to lie. 
 That often I'm constrained to cry ; 
 I fear at last that I shall fall. 
 Or, if a saint, I'm least of aU. 
 
 6 I seldom find a heart to pray, 
 
 So many things come in the way ; 
 Thus filled with doubts, I ask to know, 
 i Come tell me if 'tis thus with you? 
 
 7 By sore experience I do know 
 There's nothing good that I can do ; 
 I cannot satisfy the law, 
 
 Nor hope nor comfort from it draw. 
 
 3 My nature is so prone to sin, 
 And all my duties so unclean, 
 That, when I count up all the cost, 
 Without free grace I know Fm lost. 
 
 211 L. M. VanmeUr. 
 
 The Christian Warfare. — Rom. vii. 
 
 FULL of vain thoughts and worldly cares, 
 Oft I am made, with Paul, to cry, 
 
 r 
 
196 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 'Midst my temptations, doubts and fears : 
 "Oh ! what a wretched man am I !" 
 
 2 Though oft the throne I supphcate, 
 
 That I may from such evils fly ; 
 Yet do the very things I hate : 
 
 "Oh ! what a wretched man am I !" 
 
 3 Sold under sin, I always find 
 
 My flesh opposed to the most High ; 
 Not to his sovereign will resigned : 
 "Oh ! What a wretched man am I !" 
 
 4 The law is holy, just and good. 
 
 But I cannot with it comply ; 
 I cannot do the things I would : 
 
 "Oh ! what a wretched man am I !" 
 
 5 'Tis thus the Spirit and the flesh, 
 
 Both strive to gain the victory ; 
 Each day I feel the war afresh : 
 
 "Oh ! what a wretched man am I !" 
 
 6 But hark ! I hear my Savior's voice ? 
 
 My soul shall on his grace rely ; 
 He bids me in his name rejoice. 
 For he hath gained the victory. 
 
 212 L. M. ParUnson's Selet 
 
 Self-Examination. 
 
 "TT7HAT strange perplexities arise ! 
 V V "VYhat anxious fears and jealousies ! 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 197 
 
 What crowds in doubtful light appear ! 
 How few, alas ! approved and clear ! 
 
 And what am I? M}^ soul, awake, 
 And an impartial survey take ; 
 Does no dark sign, no ground of fear, 
 In practice or in heart appear ? 
 
 What image does my spirit bear ? 
 
 Is Jesus formed and living there ? 
 
 Say, do his lineaments divine 
 
 In thought, and word, and action shine ? 
 
 Searcher of hearts, oh, search me still ; 
 The secrets of my soul reveal ; 
 My fears remove. Let me appear 
 To God and my own conscience clear. 
 
 .3 S. M. Newton. 
 
 Lamentations i. 14. 
 
 LORD, can a soul like mine. 
 Unholy and unclean, 
 Dare venture near a throne of grace, 
 With such a load of sin ? 
 
 f I attempt to pray, 
 
 And lisp thy holy name, 
 •ify thoughts are hurried soon away ; 
 
 I know not where I am. 
 
 f in thy word I look, 
 Such dai'kness fills my mind, 
 
198 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 I only read a sealed book, 
 But no relief can find. 
 
 4 Myself can hardly bear 
 
 This wretched heart of mine ; 
 
 How hateful then must it appear 
 
 To those pure eyes of thine ! 
 
 5 ThatT blood which Jesus spilt, 
 
 That grace which is thine own. 
 Can cleanse the vilest sinner's guilt, 
 And soften hearts of stone. 
 
 6 Low at thy feet I bow, 
 
 Oh, pity and forgive ! 
 Here will I lie and wait till thou 
 Shalt bid me rise and live. 
 
 SB14 L. M. Vanmeter, 
 
 Gratitude for Fast Blessings. 
 
 AND yet, the Lord remembers me ! 
 He still protects me by his power ; 
 Each day his bounteous hand I see ; 
 His grace upholds me every hour. 
 
 2 Though oft I do forgetful prove, 
 
 His love to me is still the same ; 
 And yet, for such unchanging love, 
 My thanks and my returns how lame ! 
 
 3 Through many dangers I have come, 
 
 Where death appeared on every hand ; 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 199 
 
 Others have sunk into the tomb, 
 
 While I through grace, am left to stand ! 
 
 ni sing the goodness of the Lord, 
 While he permits me here to stay ; 
 
 And after death I will record, 
 
 His grace throughout an endless day. 
 
 815 8s and 7s. RoHnson. 
 
 Ehenezer. — 1 Sam. vii. 12. 
 
 COME, thou Fount of every blessing, 
 Tune my heart to sing thy grace : 
 Streams of mercy, never ceasing, 
 
 Call for songs of loudest praise : 
 Teach me some melodious sonnet. 
 
 Sung by flaming tongues above ; 
 Praise the mount ! Oh, fix me on it, — 
 Mount of thy redeeming love. 
 
 Here I raise my Ebenezer, 
 
 Hither by thy help Fm come ; 
 And I trust by thy good pleasure, 
 
 Safely to arrive at home. 
 Jesus sought me when a stranger, 
 
 Wandering from the fold of God ; 
 He to rescue me from danger, 
 
 Interposed his precious blood ! 
 
 Oh, to gi'ace how great a debtor 
 
 Daily I'm constrained to be ! 
 Let thy grace, L«rd, like a fetter. 
 
 Bind my wandering heart to thee ; 
 
200 THE CHRISTIAN, 
 
 Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it ; 
 
 Prone to leave the God I love ; 
 Here's my heart : oh, take and seal it ! 
 
 Seal it for thy courts above. 
 
 ai6 C. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Hope^ the Anclior of the Soul. 
 
 THOUGH sin and Satan both unite, 
 To overcome my hope ; 
 Jesus, in whom is my dehght, 
 I trust will bear me up. 
 
 2 "Why should I dread the storms that rise, 
 
 And howl around my head ; 
 Since Jesus manages the skies. 
 And promises his aid ? 
 
 3 Though tempests blow and billows roll, 
 
 And though my bark is frail ; 
 Yet hope, the anchor of my soul. 
 Is cast within the vail. 
 
 4 Why should I shun to bear my cross, 
 
 And undergo the shame ; 
 Since earth's best treasures are but dross, 
 Compared with Jesus' name ? 
 
 B Why should I dread cold Jordan's wave? 
 'Tis but a narrow stream ? 
 • Why need I shudder at the grave, 
 Since Jesus can redeem ? 
 
I 
 
 THE CHRISTIAN. 201 
 
 6 Yes, when the earth, and time, shall end, 
 Jesus, in whom I trust, 
 Will come, and like a faithful Friend, 
 Reanimate my dust. 
 
 •11"7 L. M. Beddome. 
 
 Patience. 
 
 DEAR Lord, though bitter is the cup 
 Thy gracious hand deals out to me, 
 I cheerfully will drink it up : 
 That cannot hurt which comes from thee. 
 
 'Tis full of thine unchanging love, 
 Nor can a drop of wrath be there ; 
 
 The saints forever blest above 
 Were often most afflicted here. 
 
 3 From Jesus, thy incarnate Son, 
 I'll learn obedience to thy will, 
 And humbly kiss the chastening rod 
 When its severest strokes I feel. 
 
 ai8 0. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 "ify Leanness, My Leanness^ — Isa. 24, 16. 
 
 HOW cold and barren is my soul ! 
 How lifeless is my heart ! 
 While doubts and troubles o'er me roll. 
 And gloomy hours impart. 
 
 2 There was a time I thought I loved 
 The Savior's precious name ; 
 
 14 
 
202 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 But how have my affections roved 
 And brought my soul to shame ? 
 
 3 "Where is the joy ? where is the peace, 
 
 That made my heart so glad ? 
 If I e'er tasted of his grace, 
 Why, now, am I so sad ? 
 
 4 How often am I led to fear, 
 
 That I have been deceived ; 
 So few the marks of grace appear, 
 I fear I've not believed. 
 
 5 Dear Savior ! if I'm thine, indeed. 
 
 Reclaim this wandering heart ! 
 If not, Oh ! cause it, Lord, to bleed ! 
 Eternal life impart. 
 
 219 ^ 8, 8, 6. B. Bill. 
 
 1 Timothy 6, 8. 
 
 TELL me no more of earthly toys, 
 Of sinful mirth and carnal joys. 
 The things I loved before ; 
 Let me but view my Savior's face, • 
 
 And feel his animating grace, 
 And I desire no more. 
 
 2 Tell me no more of praise and wealth. 
 
 Tell me no more of ease and health. 
 
 For these have all their snares : 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 203 
 
 Let me but know my sins forgiven, 
 And see my name enrolled in heaven, 
 And I am free from cares. 
 
 { Tell me no more of lofty towers, 
 Delightful gardens, fragrant bowers, 
 
 For these are trifling things ; 
 The little room for me designed, 
 Will suit as well ni}^ easy mind, 
 As palaces of kings. 
 
 [ Tell me no more of crowded guests, 
 Of sumptuous feasts and gaudy dress. 
 
 Extravagance and waste ; 
 My little table only spread 
 With wholesome herbs and wholesome bread, 
 Will better suit my taste. 
 
 • 5 Give me the bible in my hand, 
 A heart to read and understand. 
 
 And faith to trust the Lord ; 
 I'd sit alone from day to day, 
 Nor urge my company to stay, 
 
 Nor wish to rove alDroad. 
 
 •2'iO L. x\I. Wafts. 
 
 John i. 12. 
 
 "VTOT all the nobles of the earth, 
 
 !.> Who boast the honors of their birth, 
 
 Such real dignity can clnim 
 
 As those who bear the Christian name. 
 
204 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 2 To them the privilege is given 
 
 To be the sons and heirs of heaven ; 
 
 Sons of the God who reigns on high, 
 
 And heirs of joy beyond the sky. 
 
 8 On them, a happy chosen race, 
 
 Their Father pours his richest grace ; 
 To them his counsels he imparts. 
 And stamps his image on their hearts. 
 
 4 When, through temptation, they rebel. 
 His chastening rod he makes them feel ; 
 Then, with a father's tender heart. 
 He soothes the pain, and heals the smart, 
 
 221 L. M. Vanmeter 
 
 The Christian, Calm in Life and in Death. 
 
 ry HE child of God, how highly blessed, 
 J. Of honors, life and peace possessed ; 
 How calm his life, serene his path. 
 When he can walk the road by faith. 
 
 2 Though storm and tempest round him rise. 
 Calmly he views the troubled skies ; 
 
 And knows that God, the God of grace, 
 Can bid the storm and tempest cease. 
 
 3 Though persecution wield the sword. 
 His faith is centered in the Lord ; 
 Nor death, nor hell shall him affright. 
 For still he trusts the God of might. 
 
■ THE CHRISTIAN. 205 
 
 4 And when his final hour appears, 
 Jesus will calm his rising fears, 
 And bid his parting voice to sing 
 A triumph o'er the monster's sting. 
 
 22^ CM. Newton. 
 
 Amazing Grace. 
 
 AMAZING grace ! (how sweet the sound !) 
 That saved a wi'etch like me ; 
 I once was lost, but now am found; 
 Was blind, but now I see. 
 
 2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear. 
 And grace my fears reHeved ; 
 How precious did that grace appear 
 The hour I first believed ! 
 
 ^ 3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares, 
 I have already come ; 
 'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, 
 And grace will lead me home. 
 
 4 The Lord has promised good to me ; 
 
 His word my hope secures ; 
 He will my shield and portion be, 
 As long as life endures. 
 
 5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail. 
 
 And mortal life shall cease, 
 r shall possess within the veil 
 A life of joy and peace. 
 
206 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 6 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, 
 
 The sun forbear to shine, 
 But God, who called me here below. 
 
 Will be forever mine. 
 
 223 C. M. Vanniefer. 
 Joy Oder Conversion. 
 
 OHOW melodious was that voice, 
 Which bade my sins depart ! 
 That filled my soul with heavenly joys, 
 And healed my broken heart ! 
 
 2 ' Twas Jesus spake : and at his word, 
 
 My load of guilt was gone ! 
 I leaped for joy, and praised the Lord, 
 For what his grace had done ! 
 
 3 My soul was bordering on despair, 
 
 And sinking down with grief; 
 When Jesus, Savior, saw me there. 
 And ran to my relief. 
 
 4 ! wondrous love ! that snatched my feet, 
 
 From the abyss of wo ! 
 Here, all my warmest passions meet. 
 And hence my comforts flow. 
 
 224 7s. N'ewton. 
 Lowest Thou Me ? — John xxi. 16. 
 
 ^^rpiS a point I long to know, 
 i Oft it causes anxious thought : — 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 207 
 
 Do I love the Lord, or no ? 
 Am I his or am I not ? 
 
 If I love, why am I thus ? 
 
 Why this dull and lifeless fi*ame V 
 Hardly, sure, can they be worse 
 
 Who have never heard his name. 
 
 3 [Could my heart so hard remain, 
 
 Prayer a task and burden prove, 
 Every trifle give me pain. 
 If I knew a Savior's love ? 
 
 4 When I turn my eyes within, 
 
 All is dark, and vain, and wild. 
 Filled with unbelief and sin. 
 Can I deem myself a child ?] 
 
 5 If I pray, or hear, or read, 
 
 Sin is mixed with all I do : 
 You that love the Lord indeed, 
 Tell me, is it thus with you ? 
 
 6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will. 
 
 Find my sin a grief and thrall ; 
 Should I grieve for what I feel. 
 If I did not love at all ? 
 
 7 [Could I joy his saints to meet. 
 
 Choose the ways I once abhorred, 
 Find at times the promise sweet 
 If I did not love the Lord ?1 
 
208 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 8 Lord, decide the doubtful case ; 
 
 Thou, who art thy people's Sun, 
 Shine upon thy work of grace, 
 If it be indeed begun. 
 
 9 Let me love thee more and more, . 
 
 If I love at all, I pray ! 
 If I have not loved before. 
 Help me to begin to-day, 
 
 !i25 • L. M. Vanmster. 
 
 Christian Enquiry. 
 
 HOW can I be a child of grace, 
 While my affections are so cold ? 
 How could my heart remain so base, 
 If I belonged to Jesus' fold ? 
 
 2 When I enjoy prosperity, 
 
 My sinful heart grows proud and vain ; 
 And when I feel adversity, 
 
 How apt to murmur and complain. 
 
 3 When I behold the crooked path 
 
 In which my roving feet have trod, 
 And feel the weakness of my faith, 
 How can I be a child of God ? ' 
 
 4 When I approach before his throne, 
 
 To lay my griefs and sorrows there ; 
 How oft I find my heart is prone. 
 To rove and wander off elsewhere V 
 

 THE CHRISTIAN. 209 
 
 Through doubts and darkness oft I go, 
 And seem to reach the shades of death : 
 
 Ye saints of God, I ask to know, 
 Have you e'er ti-aveled in this path V 
 
 I want to serve the Lord, I know, 
 
 But such is my imperfect state. 
 The things I would I cannot do. 
 
 Yet do the very things I hate. 
 
 Oh ! gracious Lord, decide my case ! 
 
 Increase my faith, if I am thine : 
 If not, oh ! cause thy sovereign grace 
 
 In my benighted soul to shine ! 
 
 ^ne 'l. m. Mioct^* 
 
 R-'tnembering all the loay the Lord has led him.- 
 Deut. viii. 2. 
 
 T'HUS far my God hath led me on, 
 
 J- And made his truth and mercy known . 
 
 My hopes and fears alternate rise, 
 
 And comforts mingle with my sighs. 
 
 Through this wide wilderness I roam, 
 Far distant from my blissful home ; 
 Lord, let thy presence be my stay, 
 And guard me in this dangerous way. 
 
 Temptations everywhere annoy, 
 And sins and snares my peace destroy : 
 My earthly joys are from me torn. 
 And oft an absent G-od I mourn. 
 
 15 
 
210 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 4 My soul with various tempests tossed, 
 Her hopes o'erturued, her projects crossed, 
 Sees everj^ day uew straits attend, 
 
 And wonders where the scene will end. 
 
 5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road 
 Which leads us to the mount of God ? 
 Are these the toils thy people know 
 While in the wilderness below ? 
 
 6 'Tis even so : thy faithful love 
 Doth all thy children's graces prove ; 
 'Tis thus our pride and self must fall. 
 That Jesus may be All in All. 
 
 •12^ L. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Refiections at the End of the Year. 
 
 WHEN all thy mercies I survey, 
 Or try to count thy blessings o'er. 
 Lord, they are like a boundless sea, 
 Or like the sand upon the shore ! 
 
 2 Through all the dangers of the year, 
 
 Thy hand, unseen, hath led me on ; 
 By night and day thy guardian care 
 Hath been to me, a sinner, shown. 
 
 3 Death hath its thousands round me slain , 
 
 Aifliction seized its thousands more ; 
 And yet my life and health remain : 
 ! Lord, I would thy name adore ! 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 211 
 
 4 My daily wants have been supplied, 
 
 While some have begged their scanty bread' 
 : Thy bounteous hand hath not denied, 
 My humble board with food to spread ! 
 
 5 But ah ! ingratitude of heart ! 
 How oft have I my friend forgot ! 
 
 ' Been ready from him to depart, 
 
 And yet his kindness changes not ! 
 
 H What poor returns of love I pay 
 To him for blessings so divine ! 
 Lord ! may I give myself away, 
 For I, and all I have, are thine. 
 
 •128 C. M. Gowper. 
 
 Walking with God. — Gen. v. 24. 
 
 OH for a closer walk with God, 
 A calm and heavenly frame, 
 A light to shine upon the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb ! 
 
 Where is the blessedness I knew 
 When first I saw the Lord ? 
 
 Where is the soul -refreshing view 
 Of Jesus and his word ? 
 
 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed ! 
 
 How sweet their meniory still ! 
 But now I find an aching void 
 
 The world can never fill. 
 
212 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 T Return, Holy Dove ! return, 
 Sweet messenger of rest ! 
 I hate the sins that made thee mourn 
 And drove thee from my breast. 
 
 5 The dearest idol I have known, 
 Whate'er that idol be, 
 Help me to tear it from thy throne, 
 And worship only thee. 
 
 Ci So shall my walk be close with Grod, 
 Calm and serene my frame ; 
 So purer light shall mark the road 
 That leads me to the Lamb. 
 
 "1*29 L. M. VanQneter. 
 
 The Garnaland the Spiritual Mind. — Rom. viii. 6. 
 
 \17HAT little comfort do we find, 
 V V "When we indulge a carnal mind ? 
 But when the spirit rules the heart. 
 What life and peace it doth impart ! 
 
 2 When we allow the world to rise 
 In estimation in our eyes ; 
 It kills our life, and peace, and joy, 
 And our religious comforts die. 
 
 But when the heavenly mind prevails 
 The earth, with all its pleasure, fails 
 To show an object of delight, 
 But shrinks to nothing in our sight. 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 218 
 
 4 Betwixt the new man and the old, 
 A constant warfare we behold ; 
 But grace shall yet a conqueror be, 
 And wear a crown of victory. 
 
 5 The younger shall have his desire : 
 The love of God, that holy fire, 
 
 Shall reign, and rule, and mount on high, 
 Till flesh and blood grow old and die. 
 
 230 7s. Swain. 
 
 Mutual Encouragement. 
 
 BRETHREN, while we sojourn here, 
 Fight we must, but should not fear ; 
 Foes we have, but we've a Friend, 
 ^ One that loves us to the end. 
 Forward, then, with courage go, 
 Long we shall not dwell below ; 
 Soon the joyful news will come, 
 "Child, your Father calls: Come home." 
 
 2 In the way a thousand snares 
 
 Lie, to take us unawares ; 
 
 Satan, with malicious art, 
 
 Watches each unguarded part : 
 
 But from Satan's malice free 
 . Saints shall soon victorious be ; 
 
 Soon the joyful news will come, # 
 
 'Child, your Father calls: Come home." 
 
 H But, of all the foes we meet, 
 None so oft mislead our feet, 
 
214 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 None betra}' us into sin, 
 
 Like the foes that dwell within. 
 
 Yet let nothing spoil your peace, 
 
 Christ will also conquer these ; 
 
 Then the joyful news will come, 
 
 "Child, your Father calls : Come home.'" 
 
 !J31 8 s. Neioton. 
 
 None U])on the Earth I Desire lut Thee. — Ps. 
 Ixxiii. 24, 
 
 HOW tedious and tasteless the hours 
 When Jesus no longer I see! 
 Sweet projects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers 
 
 Have all lost their sweetness tome : 
 The midsammer sun shines but dim. 
 
 The fields strive in vain to look gay ; t 
 But when I am happy in him, 
 December's as pleasant as May. 
 
 2 His name yields the richest perfume. 
 
 And sweeter than music his voice ; 
 His presence disperses my gloom, 
 
 ■ And makes all within me rejoice : 
 I should, were he always thus nigh. 
 
 Have nothing to wish or to fear ; 
 No mortal so happy as I, 
 
 My summer would last all the year. 
 
 3 Content with beholding his face, 
 
 My all to his pleasure resigned. 
 No changes of season or place 
 Would make any change in my mind ; 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 215 
 
 While blessed with a sense of his love, 
 
 A palace a toy would appear, 
 And prisons would palaces prove 
 
 If Jesus would dwell with me there. 
 
 4 Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine, 
 
 If thou art my sun and my song, 
 Say, why do I languish and pine, 
 
 And why are my winters so long ? 
 Oh, drive these dark clouds from my sky. 
 
 Thy soul-cheering presence restore ; 
 Or take me unto thee on high, 
 
 Where winter and clouiis are no more. 
 
 23'1 7s. & 6s. Vanmeter. 
 
 ''''My Times are in thy Hand.'" — Ps. xxxi. 15. 
 
 pOME, all ye humble pilgrims, 
 \J And listen to my song ; 
 And I will try to tell you 
 
 How I do get along : 
 I pass through many changes 
 
 On the celestial road ; 
 Sometimes I'm doubting whether 
 
 I'm on the way to God. 
 
 Sometimes I'm carnal minded, 
 
 And all my comforts cease ; 
 Sometimes I'm in the Spirit, 
 
 And then I've joy and peace. 
 Sometimes, by faith, I triumph, 
 
 O'er Satan and his baud, 
 Sometimes I meet temptations 
 
 That I cannot withstand. 
 
216 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 3 Sometimes I'm cold and stupid. 
 
 And duty seems a load ; 
 Sometimes it is a pleasure 
 
 To praise and worship Grod. 
 Sometimes, upon tlie willows 
 
 My mournful harp is hung ; 
 Sometimes I find my Savior, 
 
 And then my harp is strung. 
 
 4 Sometimes I walk in darkness. 
 
 With scarce a ray of light ; 
 Sometimes the sun arises, 
 
 And breaks the shades of night. 
 Sometimes the Holy Bible 
 
 My condemnation reads ; 
 Sometimes I find a treasure 
 
 Of grace for all my needs. 
 
 5 Sometimes I am much troubled, 
 
 For fear I've been deceived ; 
 Sometimes my Savior whispers : 
 
 "You have on me believed." 
 Sometimes I hear the gospel, 
 
 And on its dainties feast ; 
 Sometimes I have no relish, 
 
 And do not get a taste. 
 
 6 Sometimes I think of dying, 
 
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 And fear that dreadful day , 
 Sometimes by faith I'm flying, 
 And long to soar away : 
 
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 THE CHRISTIAN. 217 
 
 Oh ! when shall I leave trials, 
 
 And be conducted home ! 
 Where there shall he no changes, 
 
 And troubles never come ! 
 
 a33 lis. K 
 
 Exceeding Great and Precious Promises.-l'Pei. i. 4. 
 
 HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, 
 Is laid for your feith in his excellent word! 
 What more can he say than to you he hatli said? 
 You, who -unto Jesus for refuge have fled. 
 
 2 In every condition, in sickness, in health, 
 In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth, 
 At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, 
 As thy days may demand, shall thy strength 
 
 ever be. 
 
 3 Fear not : I am with thee ; oh, be not dismayed! 
 I, I am thy Grod, and will still give thee aid ; 
 I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee 
 
 to stand. 
 Upheld by my righteous, onmipotent hand. 
 
 ( When through the deep waters I call thee to go, 
 The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow ; 
 For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, 
 And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress. 
 
 $ When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, 
 My grace, all-suflScient, shall be thy supply ; 
 The flame shall not hurt thee : I only design 
 Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 
 
 16 
 
218 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 6 Even down to old age, all my people shall prove 
 My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love ; 
 And, when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn, 
 Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne. 
 
 7 The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose 
 I will not, I will not desert to his foes ; 
 
 That soul, though all heU should endeavor to 
 
 shake, 
 ril never, no, never, no, never forsake. 
 
 234 P. M. Dupmi's Selec. 
 
 WHAT wondrous love is this, my soul, 
 my soul, 
 What wondrous love is this, my soul ? 
 What wondrous love is this, that caused the 
 
 Lord of bliss 
 To bear the dreadful curse for my soul, for my 
 soul, 
 To bear the dreadful curse for my soul ? 
 
 2 When I was sinking down, sinking down, link- 
 
 ing down, 
 When I was sinking down, sinking down, 
 When I was sinking down beneath God's right- 
 eous frovm, 
 Christ laid aside his crown for my soul, for my 
 soul, 
 Christ laid aside his crown for my soul. 
 
 3 Ye winged seraphs, fly, bear the news, bear| 
 
 the news. 
 Ye winged seraphs, fly, bear the news. 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 219 
 
 Ye winged seraphs, fly, like comets through the 
 
 sky, 
 Fill vast eternity with the news, with the news; 
 Pill vast eternity with the news. 
 
 4 To God and to the Lamb I will sing, I will sing. 
 
 To God and to the Lamb I will Bing, 
 To Cod and to the Lamb, and to the great I AM, 
 While millions join the theme, I will sing, I will 
 sing. 
 
 While millions join the theme I will sing. 
 
 5 Ye sons of Zion's King, join the pmse, join the 
 
 praise. 
 Ye sons of Zion's King, join the praise, 
 Ye sons of Zion's King, with hearts and voices 
 
 sing, 
 And strike each tuneful string in his praise, in 
 ' his praise, 
 
 And strike each tuneful string in his praise. 
 
 : '135 S. M. ^ Vanmeier. 
 
 God'' 8 Lo'oe in Adoption. — 1 John iii, 1. 
 
 BEHOLD ! what wondrous love 
 The Father hath bestowed 
 Upon us sinners, that we should 
 JBe called the sons of God ! 
 
 2 It doth not yet appear. 
 
 How great the saints shall be ; 
 But when the archangel's trump we hear, 
 We shall our Savior see. 
 
220 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 3 Then shall we all awake, 
 
 And in his likeness shine : 
 Be satisfied when we partake 
 Of glories so divine ! 
 
 4 These bodies that are sown 
 
 In weakness, he shall raise 
 In power, and fashion like his own, 
 And we shall sing his praise. 
 
 5 Enough, my soul replies ! 
 
 His goodness I'll adore t 
 Since I shall in his likeness rise, 
 I can desire no more ! 
 
 ^36 8s. & 7s. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 DARK and thorny is the desert 
 Through which pilgrims make their way ; 
 But beyond this vale of sorrow 
 Lie the realms of endless day. 
 Dear young soldiers, do not murmur 
 
 At the trouWes of the way ; 
 Meet the tem^st, fight with courage, 
 Never faint, but often pray. 
 
 2 He whose thunder shakes creation ; i 
 
 He that bids the planets roll ; 
 He that rides upon the tempest. 
 
 And whose scepter sways the whole ; 
 Jesus, Jesus, will defend you ; 
 
 Trust in him, and him alone ; 
 He has shed his blood to save you, 
 
 And will bring you to his throne, 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 321 
 
 3 There on flowery fields of pleasure, 
 
 And the hills of endless rest, 
 Joy, and peace, and love, shall ever 
 
 Reign and triumph in our breast. 
 There ten thousand flaming seraphs 
 
 Fly across the heavenly plain ; 
 There they sing immortal praises ! 
 
 Grlory, glory is their theme. 
 
 4 But, methinks, a sweeter concert 
 
 Makes the crystal arches ring, 
 And a song is heard in Zion 
 
 Which the angels cannot sing ; 
 Who can paint those sons of glory, 
 
 Ransomed souls that dwell on nigh, 
 Who with golden harps for ever 
 
 Sound redemption through the sky. 
 
 ^^K ' L. M. Vanmeter 
 
 ''All Things WorJc Together for Good:'-^ 
 
 Romans viii. 28. 
 
 WHAT heavenly comfort do we find. 
 To cheer the drooping saints of Grod ? 
 ^he Book declares, all things combined 
 Shall work together for their good. 
 
 2 Though they are through the furnace led, 
 
 Or through the storm, or through the flood; 
 They call to mind that he hath said : 
 "All things" shall prove to be their good. 
 
 3 Though persecution draws the sword, 
 
 And drives the church thro' seas of blood, 
 
222 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 She tYmis her ever faithful Lord, 
 Shall over-rule it for her good. 
 
 4 Though tribulations may surround, 
 
 And thorns infest her heavenly road ; 
 They may distress, but will be found 
 To work together for her good. 
 
 5 Yes, for her sake, all nations stand ; 
 
 For her the Savior sj)ilt his blood : 
 He hath all things at his command, 
 And makes them end in Zion's good. 
 
 6 And when her sufferings here shall end, 
 
 And she surrounds the throne of God ; 
 This heavenly anthem shall ascend : 
 "All things have ended in our good." 
 
 *138 L. M. HosMm. 
 
 John ix. 25. 
 'OW let my soul with wonder trace 
 The Savior's miracles of grace ; 
 Now let my lips and life record 
 The loving kindness of the Lord. 
 
 2 Till late I fancied all was well, 
 Though walking in the road to hell ; 
 But now, through grace divinely free, 
 I who was blind, am brought to see. 
 
 3 Long had I slept in nature's night, 
 But Jesus came and gave me light ! 
 Ten thousand praises, Lord, to thee, 
 That though once blind, yet now I see ! 
 
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THE CHRISTIAN. 223 
 
 4 Long I had wallowed in my sin, 
 Blind to the danger I was in ; 
 
 But now appeal, great God, to thee, • 
 That though once blind, yet now I see ! 
 
 5 Long did I on the law rely. 
 
 And pass the Friend of sinners by ; 
 But what a glorious mystery ! . 
 Though I was blind, yet now I see ! 
 
 6 Strengthen, O Lord, my mental sight ; 
 Increase my faith, increase my light ; 
 Then shall I praise the sacred Three, 
 In time and in eternity. 
 
 ^39 S. M. Watts. 
 
 God all and in all. — Ps. Ixxili, 25. 
 
 MY Grod, my life, my love. 
 To thoe, to thee, I call, 
 I cannot live if thou remove, 
 For thou art all in all. 
 
 2 [Thy shining grace can cheer 
 
 This dungeon where I dwell ; 
 'Tis paradise when thou art here, 
 If thou depart, 'tis hell. 
 
 3 [Not all the harps above 
 
 Can make a heavenly place, 
 If Grod his residence remove, 
 Or but conceal his face.] 
 
i^24 THE CHRISTIAN. 
 
 4 Nor earth, nor all the sky, 
 
 Can one delight afford, 
 No, not a drop of real joy, 
 Without thy presence, Lord, 
 
 5 Thou art the sea of love 
 
 Where all my pleasures roll. 
 The circfe where my passions move, 
 And center of my soul. 
 
 6 [To thee my spirits fly 
 
 With infinite desire. 
 And yet how far from thee I lie ! 
 Dear Jesus, raise me nigher.] 
 
 *240 S. M. Watts. 
 
 Eeamnly Joy on Earth. 
 
 COME, we that love the Lord , 
 ^ And let our joys be known ; 
 Join in a song of sweet accord, 
 And thus surround the throne. 
 
 2 The sorrows of the mind 
 
 Be banished from the place ! 
 Religion never was designed 
 To make our pleasures less. 
 
 3 Let those refuse to sing 
 
 That never knew our God, 
 But favorites of the heavenly King 
 May speak their joys abroad. 
 
THE CHRISTIAN. 22 o 
 
 4: [The God that rules on high, 
 And thunders when he please, 
 That rides upon the stormy sky, 
 x\nd manages the seas : 
 
 5 This awful God is ours, 
 
 Our Father and our love ; 
 He will send down his heavenly powers 
 To carry us above. 
 
 6 There we shall see his face, 
 
 And never, never sin ; 
 There from the rivers of his grace 
 Drink endless pleasures in.] 
 
 241 C. M. Varimeter. 
 
 Trust in the J^arae of Jesua. — Acts iv. 12. 
 
 r ^HE name of Jesus^ is my trust : 
 X None other name is given 
 Among the bright angelic host — 
 None other under heaven. 
 
 2 No other name could take the book. 
 
 And loose the seals thereof : 
 None other hath our sorrows took. 
 Nor shown us half the love. 
 
 3 Eternal life is treasured up 
 
 In this dear Lamb of God : 
 On him I build my only hope 
 Nor fear the raging flood. 
 
 17 
 
226 HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 
 
 4 Through all our trials here below, 
 Lord, guide our wandering feet ; 
 And when we leave this world of wo. 
 May we our Savior meet. 
 
 HEAVENLY PROSPECTS 
 
 242 L. M. FarMnaon's Selec. 
 
 Hopes of Heaven Brown Cares on Earth. — Heb. 
 xiii. 14. 
 
 ^TTE'VE no abiding city here : 
 V V This may distress the worldling's mkid, 
 But should not cost the saint a tear. 
 Who hopes a better rest to find. 
 
 2 "We've no abiding city here ;" 
 
 Sad truth, were this to be our home : 
 But let this thought our spirits cheer : ■ 
 
 "We seek a city yet to come." 
 
 3 "We've no abiding city here ;" 
 
 Then let us live as pilgrims do ; 
 
 Let not the world our rest appear, 
 
 But let us haste from all below. 
 
 4 "We've no abiding city here ;" 
 
 We seek a city out of sight : 
 Zion its name, — we'll soon be there ; 
 It shines with everlasting light. 
 
HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 227 
 
 5 Oh, sweet abode of peace and love ! 
 
 Where pilgrims freed from toil are blest : £| 
 Had I the pinions of a dove, " 
 
 I'd fly to thee and be at rest. 
 
 6 But hush, my soul, nor dare repine ; 
 
 The time my Grod appoints is best ; 
 While here, to do his will be mine, 
 And his to fix my time of rest. 
 
 243 C. M. Stennett. 
 
 The Promised Land. 
 
 ON Jordan's stormy banks I stand, 
 And cast a wishful eye 
 * To Canaan's fair and happy land. 
 Where my possessions lie. 
 
 2 Oh the transporting, rapturous scene 
 
 That rises to my sight ! 
 Sweet fields arrayed in living green , 
 And rivers of delight ! 
 
 3 There generous fruits, that never fail, 
 
 On trees immortal grow ; 
 There rocks and hills, and brooks and vales. 
 With milk and honey flow. 
 
 4 All o'er those wide-extended plains 
 
 Shines one eternal day ; 
 There God the Sun forever reigns, 
 And scatters night away. 
 
228 HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 
 
 5 No ehilliog wind, nor poisonous breath, 
 Can reach that healthful shore ; 
 Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, 
 Are felt and feared no more. 
 
 (] When shall I reach that happy place 
 And be forever blest ? 
 When shall I see my Father's face, 
 And in his bosom rest? 
 
 7 Filled with delight, my raptured soul 
 Can here no longer stay ; 
 Though Jordan's waves around me roll, 
 Fearless I'll launch away. 
 
 244 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Longing for Heaven. 
 
 I'M bound for New Jerusalem, 
 Thither my best-beloved is gone ; 
 The righteous branch of Jesse's stem, 
 'Tis he I've fixed my heart upon. 
 
 2 [Fain would I climb above the skies, 
 
 To see the beauties of his face ; 
 My faith would into vision rise. 
 And hope would cease in his embrace.] 
 
 3 I languish with extreme desire 
 
 The object of my love to see ; 
 
 Oh, let me in love's flames expire, 
 
 That I may with my Jesus be. 
 
HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 229 
 
 4 This life's a pilgrimage of care ; 
 
 When will the happy season come, 
 That I shall breathe celestial air 
 And settle in mj^ native home ? 
 
 5 I long to reach the shore of bliss. 
 
 And see the New Jerusalem ; 
 Where my beloved Jesus is. 
 And spend eternity with him. 
 
 245 C. M. Eckington's Col. 
 
 The Heam)iln Jerusalem. 
 
 ^ FERUSAL EM. my happy home, 
 J Oh, how I long for thee ! 
 When will my sorrows h:ive un end ? 
 Thy joys when shall I see ? 
 
 2 Thy walls are all of precious stone, 
 Most glorious to behold ; 
 Thy gates are richly set with pearl, 
 Thy streets are paved with gold. 
 
 8 Thy garden and thy pleasant green 
 5ly study long have been ; 
 Such sparkling light by human sight 
 Has never yet been seen. 
 
 4 If heaven be thus so glorious, Lord, 
 Why should I stay from thence ? 
 What folly 'tis, that I should dread 
 To die and go from hence ! 
 
230 HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 
 
 5 Jesus, my love, to glory's gone ; 
 
 Him will I go and see ; 
 And all my brethren here below 
 Will soon come^after me. 
 
 6 When we've been there ten thousand years, 
 
 Bright-shining as the sun, 
 We've no less days to sing God's praise 
 Than when we first begun. 
 
 *246 8s. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 WE speak of the realms of the blest, 
 That country so bright and so fair ; 
 And oft are its glories confessed, <l 
 
 But what must it be to be there ? 
 
 2 We speak of its freedom from sin. 
 From sorrow, temptation, and care. 
 From trials without and within — 
 But what must it be to be there ? 
 
 We speak of its service of love. 
 The robes which the glorified wear, 
 
 The church of the first-born above — 
 But what must it be to be there ? 
 
 Oh Lord, in thi» valley of wo. 
 Our spirits for heaven prepare. 
 
 And shortly we also shall know, 
 And feel what it is to be there. 
 
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HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 231 
 
 241 10s. Vanmeter. 
 
 Heaven. 
 
 f rp w AS far above the earth I fixed mine eyes, 
 
 X And lo ! I saw a region 'bove the skies, 
 Arrayed in peerless light and glory, far 
 Exceeding sun, and moon, and morning star. 
 
 2 A city, grand and lofty, paved with gold ; 
 Filled with seraphic joys which can't be told : 
 Salvation's walls encompass it around, 
 
 And naught but glorious forms is in it found. 
 
 3 There stands the Tree of Life, divin ely fair. 
 Spreading its boughs in the ambrosial air ; 
 And from its base an ancient river flows, 
 To water all this region of repose. 
 
 4 There sits, enthroned, amid this bright abode, 
 A conquering King, the exalted Lamb of God ; 
 Around whose feet, a bright, angelic throng, 
 And men redeemed, join in an endless song. 
 
 5 Refulgent beams through all this region spread 
 Eternal day round the Redeemer's head : 
 
 He calls his spouse, for whom he bled and died, 
 To enter in, and seats her by his side. 
 
 6 While thus beholding heaven's celestial plains. 
 My ears saluted with immortal strains, 
 
 I longed to leave these earthly shores, and fly. 
 To realize the glories of the sky ! 
 
•233 HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 
 
 •^48 lOs. {Time, Amhoy.) 
 
 A Home in Headen. 
 
 A HOME in heaven ! what a joyful thought! 
 As the poor man toils in his weary lot ; 
 His -heart oppressed, and with anguish riven, 
 Prom his home below to a home in heaven. 
 
 2 A home in heaven ! as the sufferer lies 
 On his bed of pain, and uplifts his e)^es 
 To that bright home, what a joy is given, 
 "With the blessed thought of a home in heaven! 
 
 o A home in heaven ! when our pleasures fade. 
 And our wealth and fame in the dust are laid ; 
 And our strength decays, and our health is riven, 
 We are happy still with our home in heaven. 
 
 -t A home in heaven ! when the sinner mourns. 
 And with contrite heart to the Savior turns ; 
 Oh ! then what bliss in that heart forgiven, 
 Docs the hope inspire of a home in heaven. 
 
 5 A h^me in heaven ! when our friends are fled. 
 To the cheerless grave of the mouldering dead ; 
 We wait in hope of the promise given, 
 We will meet again in our home in heaven. 
 
 •149 P. M. Ghrlstian Psalmist. 
 
 The Heavenly Clime. 
 
 HAVE you heard, have you heard of that 
 heavenly dime, 
 Undimmecl by sorrow, unhurt by time, 
 
HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. S3 8 
 
 Where age hath no power o^er the fadeless frame. 
 Where the eye is fire, and the heart is flame — 
 Have you heard of that heavenly clime ? 
 
 ' 2 A river of water gushes there, 
 
 'Mid flowers of beauty strangely fair, 
 And a thousand wings are hovering o'er, 
 The dazzling wave and the golden shore, 
 That are seen in that heavenly clime. 
 
 3 Millions of forms, all clothed in bright, 
 In garments of beauty, clear and white — 
 They dwell in their own immortal bowers, 
 'Mid fadeless hues of countless flowers, 
 That bloom in that heavenly clime. 
 
 4 Ear hath not heard, and eye hath not seen. 
 Their swelling song and their changeless sheen. 
 Their ensigns are waving, their banners unfurled 
 O'er jasper walls and gates of pearl, 
 
 That are fixed in that heavenly clime. 
 
 5 But far, far away in that sinless clime, 
 Undimmed by sorrow, unhurt by time ; 
 Where amid all things that's fair is given. 
 The home of the just — and its name is Heaven, 
 The name of that sinless clime. 
 
 250 C. M. WatU. 
 
 View of Semen. 
 
 THERE is a land of pure delight, 
 Where saints immortal reign ; 
 
 18 
 
2S4: HEAVENLY PROSPECTS. 
 
 Infinite day excludes the night, 
 And pleasures banish pain. 
 
 2 There everlasting spring abides, 
 
 And never-withering flowers : 
 
 Death like a narrow sea, divides 
 
 This heavenly land from ours. 
 
 3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood, 
 
 Stand di-essed in living green ; 
 
 50 to the Jews old Canaan stood, 
 "While Jordan rolled between. * 
 
 -1- But timorous mortals start and shrink 
 To cross this narrow sea, 
 And linger, shivering, on the brink, 
 And fear to launch away. 
 
 5 Oh! could we make our doubts remove, 
 Those gloomy doubts that rise. 
 And see the Canaan that we love. 
 With unbecloudcd eyes, — 
 
 C Could we but climb where Moses stood, 
 And view the landscape o'er, — 
 Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood, 
 Should fright us from the shore. 
 
 51 C. M. Dover's Selec. 
 Death and Jleavenly Happiness. 
 
 AND let this feeble body fail, 
 And let it fiint or die ! 
 My soul shall quit this moarnful vale. 
 And soar to worlds on high ; 
 
HEAVENLY PROSrECTS. 253 
 
 Shall join the disembodied saints, 
 
 And find its long-sought rest, 
 (That only biiss for which it pants,) 
 
 In the Redeemer's breast. 
 
 In hope of that immortal crown, 
 
 I now the cross sustain, 
 And gladly wander up and down. 
 
 And smile at toil and pain : 
 I suffer on my threescore years, 
 
 Till my Deliverer come, 
 And wipe away his servant's tears. 
 
 And take his exile home. 
 
 Oh, what hath Jesus done for me ! — 
 
 Before my raptured eyes 
 Rivers of life divine I sec, 
 
 And trees of paradise ! 
 I see a world of spirits bright. 
 
 Who taste the pleasures there ; 
 They are all robed in spotless white, « 
 
 And conquering palms they bear. 
 
 Oh, what are all my sufferings here, 
 
 If, Lord, thou count me meet 
 With that enraptured host to appear, 
 
 And worship at thy feet ? 
 Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, 
 
 Take life or friends away ; 
 But let me find them all again 
 
 In that eternal day. 
 
t»6 HBAVENLf PROSPfiCTS. 
 
 952 C. M. SoTigs of Zioiu 
 
 Longing for Some. 
 
 OLand of rest, for thee I sigh ! 
 When will the moment come 
 When I shall lay my armor by 
 And dwell in peace at home ? 
 
 2 No tranquil joys on earth t know, 
 No peacefal sheltering dome : 
 The world's a wilderness of wo ; 
 This world is not my home, 
 
 S To Jesus Christ I fled for rest ; 
 He bade me cease to roam, 
 And lean for succor on his breast. 
 And he'd conduct me home. 
 
 4 I would at once have quit the field 
 
 Where foes with fury foam, 
 But, ah ! my passport was not sealed ; 
 I could not yet go home. 
 
 5 When, by aflfliction sharply tried, 
 
 I view the gaping tomb, 
 Although I dread death's chilling tide, 
 Yet still I sigh for home. 
 
 • Weary of wandering round and round 
 This vale of sin and gloom, 
 I long to quit the unhallowed grouitd 
 And dwell with Christ at horn*. 
 
FAI TH. 
 
 1253 C. M. Wattt. 
 
 Faith of Things Unseen. — Heb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10. 
 
 FAITH is the brightest evidence 
 Of things beyond our sight, 
 Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense, 
 And dwells in heavenly light. 
 
 2 It sets times past in present view, 
 Brings distant prospects home, 
 Of things a thousand years ago, 
 Or thousand years to come. 
 
 8 By faith we know the worlds were mad* 
 By God's almighty word; 
 Abram, to' unknown countries led, <_ - 
 
 By faith obeyed the Lord. 
 
 4 He sought a city fair and high. 
 Built by the eternal hands, 
 And faith assures us, though we die, 
 That heavenly building stands, 
 
 254 L. M. Watts. 
 
 We wallc ly Faith^ not ly Sight. 
 -JrpiS by the faith of joys to come 
 
 J_ We walk through deserts dark as night ; 
 Till we arrive at heaven, our home, 
 Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 
 
2SS FAITH. 
 
 S The want of sight she well supplies ; 
 She makes the pearly gates appear; 
 Far into distant worlds she pries, 
 And brings eternal glories near. 
 
 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, 
 
 While faith inspires a heavenly ray, 
 Though lions roar arid tempests blow, 
 And rocks and dangers till the way. 
 
 4 So Abram, by divine command, 
 
 Left his own house to walk with God ; 
 His faith beiield the promised land, 
 And fired his zeal along the road. 
 
 255 L. M. Cliristian Psalmist. 
 
 AS body when the soul has fled, 
 As barren trees, decayed andjdead, 
 Is faith : a hopeless, lifeless thing. 
 If not of righteous deeds, the spring. 
 
 2 One cup of healing oil and wine. 
 One tear-drop shed on mercy's shrine, 
 Is thrice more grateful, Lord, to thee, 
 Than lifted eye, or bended knee. 
 
 3 In true, and heaven-born faith, we trace 
 The source of every Christian grace; 
 Within the pious heart it plays, 
 
 A living fount of joy and praise, 
 
 4t Kind deeds of peace and love betray, 
 Where'er the stream has found its way ; 
 
FAITH. 289 
 
 But where these spring not rich and fair, 
 The stream has never wandered there. 
 
 356 S. M. Beddoma, 
 
 Faith, its Autlior and Freciousness. — ^Eph. ii. 8. ' 
 
 inATTH ! — 'tis a precious grace 
 
 r Where'er it is bestowed ! 
 
 It boasts of a celestial birth, 
 And is the gift of God ! 
 
 2 Jesus it owns a King, 
 
 An all-atoning Priest : 
 It claims no merit of its own, 
 But looks for all in Christ. 
 
 3 To him it leads the soul, 
 
 When filled with deep distress, 
 Flies to the fountain of his blood, 
 And trusts his righteousness. 
 
 4 Since 'tis thy work alone, 
 
 And that divinely iree ! 
 Lord, send the Spirit of thy Son 
 To work this faith in me ! 
 
 HOPE. 
 
 25ir C. M. Coorribes, 
 
 Flying to Christ under Trouble. — Heb. vi. 18. 
 
 IN all my troubles, sharp and strong, 
 My soul to Jesus flies ; 
 
240 HOPZ. 
 
 My anchor, hope, is firm in him 
 When swelling billows rise. 
 
 ,, 2 His comforts bear my spirits up ; 
 ^- I trust a faithful God ; 
 
 The sure foundation of my hop© 
 Is in a Savior's blood. 
 
 8 Loud hallelujahs sing, my soul, 
 To thy Redeemer's name ; 
 In joy, in sorrow, life, and death, 
 His love is still the same . 
 
 258 L. M. 
 
 Hope in God. 
 
 THE God of my salvation lives ; 
 My nobler life he will sustain ; 
 His word immortal vigor gives. 
 
 Nor shall my glorious hope be vain. 
 
 2 Thy presence, Lord, can cheer my heart. 
 Though every earthly comfort die ; 
 Thy smile can bid my pains depart 
 And raise my sacred pleasures high. 
 
 8 Oh, let me hear thy blissful voice, 
 Inspiring life and joy divine ; 
 The barren desert shall rejoice ; 
 'Tis paradise, if thou art mine. 
 
 259 S. M. (Abridged.) Toplady. 
 Weah Believers Encouraged. — Ps. xxvii. 14. 
 
 YOUR harps, ye trembling saints, 
 Down from the willows take : 
 
HOPE. ti 
 
 Loud t« the praise of love diving 
 Bid every string awake. 
 
 Though in a foreign land, 
 We are not far from home ; 
 
 And nearer to our house above 
 "We every moment come. 
 
 2 His gi-ace will to the end 
 
 Stronger and brighter shine ; 
 Nor present things, nor things to come, 
 Shall quench the love divine. 
 
 4 [Fastened within the veil, 
 Hope be our anchor strong ; 
 
 His loving Spirit the sweet gale 
 That wafts you smooth along.] 
 
 5 Wait till the shadows flee ; 
 
 Wait thy appointed hour ; 
 Wait till the bridegroom of thy soul. 
 Reveals his love with power. 
 
 6 The time of love will come ; 
 Then we shall clearly see, 
 
 Not only that he shed his blood, 
 But each shall say, "for me>'* 
 
 i 
 
LOVE TO GOD 
 
 260 C. ]\r. (Abridged.) Doddridge. 
 
 Lovest tJiou mc ? Fbed my Lambs. — John xxi. 15. 
 
 DO not I love thee, my Lord ? 
 Bohold my heart and see; 
 And turn each cursed idol out 
 That dares to rival thee. 
 
 2 Do not I love thee from my soul ? 
 
 Then let me nothing love ; 
 
 Dead be my heart to ever}^ joy, 
 
 When Jesus cannot move. 
 
 3 Is not thy name melodious still 
 
 To my attentive ear ? 
 Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound 
 My Savior's voice to hear ? 
 
 4 Thou knowest I love thee, dearest Lord ; 
 
 But, oh ! I long to soar 
 Far from the sphere of mortal joys, 
 And learn to love thee more. 
 
 S61 7s. Oowper. 
 
 Lovest' Thou ILel—Zohxi xxi. 16. 
 
 HARK, my soul ! it is the Lord ; 
 'Tis thy Savior, hear his word; 
 
LOVE TO GOD. 248 
 
 Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee : 
 "Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me? 
 
 2 "I delivered tliee when bound. 
 
 And ^Yhen wounded, healed thy wound ; 
 Sought thee wandering, set thee right, 
 Turned thy daikness into light. 
 
 3 "Can a woman's tender care 
 Cease toward the child she bare ? 
 Yes, she may forgetful be : 
 
 Yet will I remember thee. 
 
 4 "Mine is an unchanging love, 
 Higher than the heights above, 
 
 Deeper than the depths beneath, ' 
 
 Free and faithful, strong as death. 
 
 5 "Thou shalt see my glory soon, 
 When the work of grace is done ; 
 Partner of my throne shalt be : 
 Say, poor sinner, lovest thou me?" 
 
 6 Lord, it is my chief complaint. 
 That my love is weak and faint; 
 Yet I love thee, and adore ; 
 
 Oh for grace to love thee more ! 
 
 • 263 L. M. Kent. 
 
 The Banquet of Love. — Can. ii. 4. 
 
 TO banquet once the spouse was led 
 By Him who for her pardon bled ; 
 
544 LOVE TO ao©. 
 
 There was her soul indulged to proT« 
 His looks divine and banner love. 
 
 2 Like her, my soul, beneath the word, 
 Was led to banquet with my Lord : 
 His flesh I ate, his love I sung. 
 While o'er my head his banner hung. 
 
 3 'Twas then I found a heaven within, 
 And pardoning blood for every sin, 
 While love eternal, great, and free, 
 Was still his banner over me. 
 
 4 Thus in his favor life I found 
 
 Wl^ose temples once with thorns were crown'd 
 While o'er my head, a wretch depraved, 
 In folds of love his banner waved. 
 
 5 Oh, sweet repast of living bread : 
 "Here let me die, my Lord," I said ; 
 "I'm sick of love, and faint to see 
 Thy bainner thus spread over me." 
 
 6 '"Twas for thy sin, my love," he said, 
 "Those poignant thorns surround my head; 
 I groaned and bled on Calvary's tree 
 
 To spread this banner over thee." 
 
 7 Jesus, when thou shall call, I'll fly 
 To join the marriage -feast on high, 
 And o'er thy glorious fulness rove, 
 And pay my Savior love for love. 
 
LOVE TO GOD. t4*t. 
 
 163 L. M. Watt$. 
 
 Religion txdn without Lotie. — 1 Cor. xiii. 1» 9. 
 
 HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, 
 And nobler speech than angels use, 
 If love be absent, I am found, 
 Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 
 
 2 "Were I inspired to preach and tell 
 All that is done in heaven and hell, 
 Or could my faith the world remove, 
 Still I am nothing without love. 
 
 3 Should I distribute all my store 
 To feed the bowels of the poor, 
 Or give my body to the flame 
 
 To gain a martyr's glorious name. 
 
 4 If love to God and love to men 
 Be absent, all my hopes are vain ; 
 Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal. 
 The works of love can e'er fulfil. 
 
 BKOTHERLY LOVE 
 
 a64 S. M. Fauoeett 
 
 Love to the Brethren. 
 
 BLEST be the tie that binds 
 Our hearts in f^hristis^n lov3 : 
 The fellowship -.f kindred minh 
 I« like to that above. 
 
246 BROTHERLY LOVE. 
 
 2 Before our Father's throne 
 
 We pour our ardent prayers ; 
 Our fears, our hopes, our aims, are one, 
 Our comforts and our cares. 
 
 3 We share our mutual woes, 
 
 Our mutual burdens bear. 
 And often for each other flows ^' 
 
 The sympathizing tear. 
 
 4 When we asunder part, 
 
 It gives us inward pain, 
 But we shall still be joined in heart, 
 And hope to meet again. 
 
 5 This glorious hope revives 
 
 Our courage by the way. 
 While each in expectation lives, 
 And longs to see the day. 
 
 6 From sorrow, toil, and pain, 
 
 And sin, we shall be free, 
 And perfect love and friendship reign 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 265 C. M. Watts. 
 
 Brotherly Lorn. — Ps. cxxxiii. 
 
 LO ! what an entertaining sight 
 Are brethren that agree. 
 Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite 
 In bands of piety ! 
 
BROTHERLY LOVE. 247 
 
 2 When streams of love from Christ the spring 
 
 Descend to every soul, 
 And heavenly peace, with balmy wing, 
 Shades and bedews the whole. 
 
 3 'Tis like the oil, divinely sweet, 
 
 On Aaron's reverend head ; 
 The trickling drops perfumed his feet, 
 And o'er his garments spread. 
 
 4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews 
 
 That f^ill on Zion's hill. 
 Where God his mildest glory shows, 
 And makes his grace distil. 
 
 266 S. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 Brotherly Love. 
 
 BOUND by the cords of love. 
 As kindred we unite ; 
 And sing the praise of him above. 
 With infinite delight ! 
 
 2 Heirs of the same estate. 
 The subjects of one King : 
 The tie of union is so sweet, 
 It tunes our voice to sing. 
 
 I We pledge our heart and hand, 
 This union to maintain 
 While traveling through this barren land 
 Of sorrow, toil and pain. 
 
 t As branches of one Vine ; 
 As members of one Head : 
 
Sustained alike, by heavenly wine, 
 And by one living bread. 
 
 6 We know each other's voice, 
 
 While wading through the deep : 
 
 '.'Rejoice with those that do rejoice, 
 
 And weep with those that weep." 
 
 6 Though we must bid adieu, 
 
 And heave the parting sigh ; 
 We hope this union to renew 
 In fairer worlds on high ! 
 
 7 Encouraged by this hope, 
 
 We'll patiently endure, 
 Till all our pains are swallowed up, 
 On heaven's delightful shore ! 
 
 36*7 8s. Baldwin 
 
 Union of Saints. 
 
 FROM whence does this union arise. 
 That hatred is conquered by love? 
 It fastens our souls with such ties 
 That distance nor time can remove. 
 
 2 It cannot in Eden be found, 
 
 Nor yet in a Paradise lost ; 
 It grows on Immanuel's ground, 
 And Jesus' dear blood it did cost. 
 
 3 My friends all so dear ara to md, 
 
 Our souls so united in love. 
 
THE CHURCH. 24> 
 
 Where Jesus is gone we shall be, 
 In yonder blest mansions above. , 
 
 i Oh, why then so loath now to part, \ 
 
 Since we shall ere long meet again? 
 Engraved on Immanuel's heart, 
 At a distance we cannot remaio. 
 
 THE CHURCH 
 
 268 L. M. Watts. 
 
 God the Glory and Defence of Zion. 
 
 HAPPY the church, thou sacred place, 
 The seat of thy Creator's grace ; 
 Thy holy courts are his abode, 
 Thou earthly palace of our Grod. 
 
 2 Thy walls are strength, and at thy gates 
 A guard of heavenly warriors waits ; 
 Nor shall thy deep foundations move, 
 Fixed on his counsels and his love. 
 
 3 Thy foes in vain designs engage, 
 Against his throne in vain they rage ; 
 Like rising waves with angry roar, 
 That dash and die upon the shore. 
 
 4 Then let us still in Zion dwell ; 
 
 Nor fear the wrath of earth and hell ; 
 His arms embrace this happy ground, 
 Like brazen bulwarks built around. 
 
 19 
 
250 THE CHURCH. 
 
 5 Grod is our shield, and Grod our sun ; 
 Swift as the fleeting moments run, 
 On us he sheds new beams of grace, 
 And we reflect his brightest praise. 
 
 SS9 L. M. Kent. 
 
 Zion, the City of 'God. 
 
 Z ION'S a city God hath blest 
 With peace and everlasting rest, — 
 A glorious city, strong and fair : 
 Jehovah dwells forever there. 
 
 2 Her ancient walls appear to be 
 The workmanship of Deity ; 
 Founded in grace they still appear 
 Without a flaw or chasm there. 
 
 3 Oft has this city's strength been tried 
 By desperate foes on every side : 
 
 But all in vain the attempts have been : 
 She bafflas all the assaults of sin. 
 
 4 Count ye her towers, how high they rise, 
 Her golden spires, they pierce the skies ; 
 Her golden streets are fair to view, 
 Her palaces and bulwarks too. 
 
 5 Then round her walk, her turrets tell, 
 Mark all her brazen bulwarks well ; 
 Spread far and wide her deathless falne, 
 Her p3arly gates and walls of flame. 
 
 8 Her founder's love has ever proved, 
 Like Salem's mounts,which ne'er were moved; 
 
THE CHURCH. 251 
 
 *Tis fixed on this eternal base, 
 The grace of God, and gift by grace. 
 
 StO 7s, 6s. Vanmeter, 
 
 Mount Zio7i.~Ps. 48, 2. 
 
 BEHOLD ! the mount of Zion ! % 
 
 The City of our God I 
 The beauty of creation. 
 
 And place of his abode : 
 Christ is the great foundation 
 
 On which this building stands ; 
 He reared, for his own glory, 
 This temple without hands, 
 
 2 Through everlasting ages. 
 
 This house shall stand secure ; 
 The Lord, for it engages 
 
 His wisdom, love and power ; 
 Nor shall the hosts of Satan 
 
 Against it e'er prevail ; 
 Though kingdoms be demolished, 
 
 And heaven and earth should fail. 
 
 3 The Rock, on which it's founded, 
 
 Will last without decay ; 
 With walls it is surrounded, 
 
 Which guard it every way. 
 Each stone is wisely polished. 
 
 And fitted to its place ; 
 And all are well cemented 
 
 With God's redeeming grac«. 
 
151 THE CHURCH. 
 
 4> Nor storms, nor persecutions, 
 
 Shall ever beat it down ; 
 Nor floods of tribulation 
 
 Shall move a single stone. 
 With Christ they all shall triumph 
 
 O'er sin, and death, and hell; 
 And with him, in his glory, 
 
 They shall forever dwell. 
 
 a'Vl 0. M. Watts. 
 
 Goin^'to Ghurch. — Ps. cxxii. 
 
 HOW did my heart rejoice to hear 
 My friends devoutly say, 
 "In Zion let us all appear, 
 And keep the solemn day !" 
 
 2 I love her gates, I love the road : 
 The church, adorned with grace, 
 Stands like a palace built for God 
 To show his milder face. 
 
 8 Up to her courts, with joys unknown, 
 The holy tribes repair ; 
 The Son of David holds his throne 
 And sits in judgment there. 
 
 4 He hears our praises and complaints, 
 And, while his awful voice 
 Divides the sinners from the saints, 
 We tremble and rejoice. 
 
 i Peace be within this sacred place, 
 And jo7 ft constant guest 1 
 
I 
 
 THE CHURCH. *5t 
 
 With holy gifts and heavenly grac« 
 Be her attendants blest ! 
 
 6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, 
 While life or breath remains ; 
 There my best friends, my kindred, dwell, 
 There God my Savior reigns. 
 
 2^2 S. M. Presly. Seleo, 
 
 Love to The Church. 
 
 LOVE thy kingdom, Lord, 
 The house of thine abode; 
 The church our blest Radeemer saved 
 With his own precious blood. 
 
 2 I love thy church, God ! 
 Her" walls before thee stand 
 
 Dear as the apple of thine eye, 
 Arxd graven on thy hand. 
 
 3 If e'er to bless thy sons 
 My voice or hands deny, 
 
 These hands let useful skill forsake, 
 This voice in silence die. 
 
 4 If e'er my heart forget 
 Her welfare or her woe, 
 
 Let every joy this heart forsake, 
 And every grief o'erflow. 
 
 5 For her my tears shall fall, 
 For her my prayers ascend ; 
 
 To her my cares and toils be given, 
 Till toils and cares shall end. 
 
254 THE CHURCH. 
 
 8 Beyond my highest joy 
 I prize her heavenly ways, 
 Her sweet communion, solemn vows, 
 Her hymns of love and praise. 
 
 273 L. M. (Abridged) Watts. 
 
 T/b3 Church the Garden of Christ. — Sol. Song, 
 
 iv. 12, 13, 15; and v. 1. 
 
 WE are a garden walled around, ' 
 Chosen and made peculiar ground; 
 A little spot enclosed by grace 
 Oat of the world's wide wilderness. 
 
 2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand, 
 Planted by Go:l the Father's hand; 
 And all his springs in Zion flow 
 
 To m ike the young plantation grow. 
 
 3 Awake, heavenly wind, and come. 
 Blow on this girden of perfume ; 
 Spirit divine, descend, and breath© 
 A gracious gxle on plants beneath. 
 
 4 Mike our best spices ^:)w abroad 
 To entertain our Savior-God; 
 
 And faith, and love, anil jay appear,. 
 And every grace be active here. 
 
 2'74 P. M. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 House of the Lord. 
 
 You ma}' Kins of tlio beauty of raonntniu and dale, 
 Of the silvery straiimletiuil flowers of the vale; 
 But the place most delightful thid earth can afiford. 
 Is the place of devotion— tb e bouse of the Lord. 
 
THE CHURCH. 255 
 
 2 Ton may boast of the swefitnes8 of day's early dawn — 
 Of the sky's softening sjrticea whon tho day ia just gone; 
 But thi^re's no otiier sna'^on or tim^ can conip-ire 
 With the hour of devotion — the season of prayer. 
 
 8 Yon miy value the friendships of yonth and of age, 
 And S'.'lect for yonr comrades the no'Vie and sage ; 
 But the friends tliat most cheer lue on life's rugged road. 
 Are the friends of my Master — the children of God. 
 
 4 Yon may talk of your pro=!pectg, of fame, or of wealth, 
 And the Iiopes thit oft flatter tiie favorites of health ; 
 But the hope of bright glory-r-of heavenly bliss 1 
 Take away every other, and give nie but this. 
 
 6 Ev^r hail, blessed temple, abode of my Lord I 
 I will turn to thee often, to hear from his word ; 
 I will walk to the altar with thoso that I love, 
 And delight in the prospects revealed from above. 
 
 275 8, 7, (Abridged.) Mwton, 
 
 ZiorCs Increase grayed for. — Ps. Ixxxv. 6. 
 
 SilVIOR, visit thy plantation ; 
 Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain ; 
 All will come to desolation 
 Unless thou return again: 
 
 Lord, revive us, 
 All our help must come from thee. 
 
 2 Keep no longer at a distance; 
 
 Shine upon us, from on high, 
 Lest, for want of thine assistance, 
 Every plant should droop and die : Lord, etc. 
 
 3 Surely once thy garden flourished, 
 
 Every part looked gay and green ; 
 Then thy word our spirits nourished, 
 Happy seasons we have seen : Lord, etc. 
 
 I 
 
2S6 THE CHURCH. 
 
 4 But a drought has since succeeded, 
 
 And a sad decline we see ; 
 Lord, thy help is greatly needed, 
 Help can only come from thee : Lord, etc. 
 
 5 Where are those we counted leaders, 
 
 Filled with zeal, and. love, and truth? 
 Old professors, tall as cedars, 
 Bright examples to our youth ! Lord, etc. 
 
 6 Some in whom we once delighted, 
 
 "VYe shall meet no more below ; 
 Some, alas, we fear are blighted. 
 Scarce a single leaf they show ; Lord, etc. 
 
 7 Younger plants — the sight how pleasant ! — 
 
 Covered thick with blossoms stood ; 
 But they cause us grief at present. 
 
 Frosts have nipped them in the bud: Lord, etc. 
 
 8 Dearest Savior, hasten hither. 
 
 Thou canst make them bloom again, 
 Oh, permit them not to wither, 
 Let not all our hopes be vain : Lord, etc. 
 
 9 Let our mutual love be fervent ; * 
 
 Make us prevalent in prayers ; 
 Let each one esteemed thy servant 
 Shun the Vv'orld's bewitching snares: Lord, etc. 
 
 10 Break the tempter's fatal power. 
 
 T.urn the stony heart to flesh, 
 And begin from this good hour 
 To revive thy work afresh : Lord, etc. 
 
DECEPTION OF MEMBERS. | 
 
 276 ' C. M. Watts. 
 
 ITot ashamed of the Gospel. — 2 Tim. i. 12. 
 
 I^M not ashamed to own my Lord, 
 Or to defend his cause, 
 Maintain the honor of his word, 
 The glory of his cross. 
 
 2 Jesus, my God, I know his name, 
 
 His name is all my trust, 
 Nor will he put my soul to shame, 
 Nor let my hope be lost. 
 
 3 Firm as his throne his promise stands, 
 
 And he can well secure 
 What I've committed to his hands 
 Till the decisive hour. 
 
 4 Then wiU he own my worthless name 
 
 Before his Father's face, 
 And in the New Jerusalem 
 Appoint my soul a place. 
 
 S'y'y C. M. Watts. 
 
 Thz Hope of Heavien our Support under Trials. 
 
 WHEN I can read my title clear 
 To mansions in the skies, 
 I'll bid farewell to every fear. 
 And wipe my weeping eyes. 
 
258 RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 2 Should earth against my soul engago, 
 
 And hslllsh dirU ba hurled, 
 
 Then [ can smile at Satan's rage, 
 
 And face a frowning world. 
 
 3 Let cares like a wild delude come, 
 
 And storms of sorrow fall, 
 May I but safely reich my home, 
 My God, my heaven, my all, 
 
 4: There shall I bathe my weary soul 
 In seas of heavenly rest. 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across my peacefal breast. 
 
 21S S. M. MubhUnlerg. 
 
 Th3 Arh of Sifety. 
 
 I' IKE Noah's weary dove, 
 J That soared the earth around, 
 Bat not a resting-place above 
 The cheerless waters found : 
 
 2 Oh, cease, my wandering soul, 
 On restless wing to roam ; 
 All the wide W3rld, to either pole, 
 Has not for thee a home. 
 
 S Behold the Ark of God, 
 Behold the open door ; 
 Hasten to giinthxt dexr abode, 
 And rove, my soul, no more. 
 
 4 There safe thou shalt abide. 
 
 There sweet shall be thy rest, 
 
RECEPTION OP MESIBERS. 259 
 
 And every longing satisfied, 
 "With full salvation blessed. 
 
 And when the waves of ire 
 
 Again the eai'th shall fill, 
 The Ark shill ri b the sea of fire, 
 
 Then rest on Zion's hill. 
 
 '^'9 7s. Christian Fsalmist. 
 
 PEOPLE of the living God, 
 I have sought the world around, 
 Paths of sin and sorrow trot, 
 Pea33 and comfort nDwh3re found. 
 
 Now to you my spirit turns — 
 
 Tarns, a fuijitive unblest; 
 Brethren, where your altar burns, 
 
 Oh ! re3eive me into rest. 
 
 Lonely, I no longer roam, 
 Like the cloai, the wini, the wave, 
 
 Where you dwell shall be my home, 
 Where you die, shall be my grave : 
 
 Mine the G:)d whom you adore. 
 
 Your R3 leemer shall be mine ; 
 Earth can fill my soul no more, 
 
 Every idol I resign. 
 
 S» C. M. " (Altered.) 
 
 ->me ill, thou Blessed of the Lord. — Gen. xxiv. 3, 
 
 CO.ME in, ye blessed of our God, 
 And join his children here ; 
 
260 RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 Washed in the Savior's cleansing blood, 
 For him, your Lord, appear. 
 
 2 Stay not within the wilderness, 
 
 Nor waiting at the door ; 
 Sweet Jesus will your woes redress, 
 "Were they ten thousand more. 
 
 3 Though fearing, trembling, rise and come ! 
 
 Yield to the Savior's voice; 
 For hungering, thirsting souls there's room; 
 Oh, make the blissful choice ! 
 
 4 Room in the Savior's gracious breast, — 
 
 That breast which glows with love ; 
 Room in the church, his chosen rest, 
 And room in heaven above. 
 
 I 
 
 5 "Why will you longer lingering stay, ° 
 
 When Jesus says, "there's room" ? 
 "Now is the time, the accepted day ;" 
 Arise ! he bids you come ! 
 
 aSl P. M. (Abridged.) Dover's Selec 
 
 The Joy of Assurance. 
 
 HOW happy are they 
 Who the Savior obey. 
 And whose treasures are laid up above ! 
 Tongue cannot express 
 The sweet comfort and peace 
 Of a soul in its earliest love. 
 
RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 261 
 
 That comfort was mine 
 
 "When the favor divine 
 I first found in the blood of the Lamb ; 
 
 When my heart first believed, 
 
 Oh, what joy I received, 
 What a heaven in Jesus' name ! 
 
 'Twas a heaven below 
 
 The Redeemer to know ; 
 And the angels could do nothing more 
 ;; Than to fall at his feet, 
 } And the story repeat, 
 And the Savior 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 suffered and died, 
 To redeem such a rebel as me. 
 
 What a mercy is this ! 
 
 What a heaven of bliss ! 
 *How unspeakably favored am I, 
 
 Gathered into the fold, 
 
 With believers enrolled. 
 With behevers to live and to die ! 
 
 Now my remnant of days 
 Would I spend to His praise 
 Who hath died my poor soul to redaero ; 
 
262 RECEPTION OP MEMBERS. 
 
 Whether many or few, 
 All my years are his due : 
 May they all be devoted to him ! 
 
 282 C. M. E. Jones. 
 
 The Successful Hesoloe.— 'Esther iv. 16. 
 
 COME, humble sinner, in whose breast 
 A thousand thoughts revolve, 
 Come, with your guilt and fear opprest, 
 And make this last resolve : 
 
 2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin 
 
 Hath like a mountain rose ; 
 I know his courts, I'll enter in, 
 Whatever may oppose. 
 
 3 Prostrate I'll lie before his throne, 
 
 And there my guilt confess ; . | 
 
 I'll tell him I'm a wretch undone, | 
 
 Withoat his sovereign grace. 
 
 4 I'll to the gracious King approach, 
 
 Whose scepter pirdon gives ; 
 Perhaps he may command my touch, 
 And then the suppliant lives. 
 
 5 Perhaps he will admit my plea, 
 
 Perhaps will hear my prayer ; 
 But if I perish I will pray. 
 And perish only there. 
 
 6 I can but perish if I go, 
 
 I am resolved to try ; 
 
RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 26S 
 
 For if I stay away, I kuow 
 I must forever die. 
 
 283 11, 8, Vanmeter. 
 
 ''My Grace is Sufficient for T'Aee."— 2 Cor. xii. 9. 
 
 .ESPOXDING believer, come, hold up thy head, 
 
 D' 
 
 Taouj:h iniiQv thy troubles niiw be; 
 I'or .Ie3U3. thy Savior, hath protnised aud said: 
 "My grace is sufiScient for thee." 
 
 2 Thftngh Satan may teiiptthee, and bufifet thee soro, 
 Yet he, at liis biildins, shall flee; 
 Posst'ssias on e irth and in heaven all power, 
 *• His grace is sufficient for thee." 
 
 8 The Lord will uphold tliee, and cause thee to stand. 
 While on the temi>estuous sea ; 
 And 'mid-it all thy troubles and trials on land, 
 '' Ilis grace is sufficient for thee." 
 
 4 Thp world may forsake thee, and set thee at naught ; 
 
 Rejoice when thy troub'e.s they see; 
 Yet Jfsus still loves t\vi dear «heep he has bought : 
 " Ilis grace is hufficient for theo." 
 
 5 And when thou shalt sink into death's cold enibraeft. 
 
 And earthly as:iistance shall flee ; 
 His boumlless, redeeming unmerited grace, 
 Will then be sufficieuc lor thee. 
 
 2S4 L. M. VanmnUr, 
 
 Leaving all for Christ. 
 
 ^^TF ye love me," says Christ, the Lord, 
 
 X "Keep my commandments and my word : 
 Take up your cross and follow me, 
 And ye shall my disciples bo. 
 
204 RECEPTION OF MEMBERS. 
 
 2 " Except a man, himself deny, 
 Of worldly lusts and vanity, 
 Forego the world's abuse and shame, 
 He is not worthy of my name. 
 
 3 " He must esteem my riches more 
 Than hills of wealth laid up in store : 
 His consort and his friends forsake, 
 If he would of my joj^s partake. 
 
 4 " He that will for his Savior leave 
 The world, shall in this life receive 
 A hundred fold, and shall enjoy 
 Eternal life with him on high." 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 285 S. M. Daniel. 
 Chrisfs Baptism an Example for us. 
 
 THE glorious Son of God 
 To John the Baptist came, 
 Wer^t meekly into Jordan's stream, 
 And was immersed by him. 
 
 2 Let each believer view 
 
 This blest example given, 
 And prove their love of his commands 
 And follow him to heaven. 
 
 286 C. M. Stennett, J 
 Immersion. I 
 
 THUS was the great Redeemer plunged 
 I» Jordan's pwelling flood, 
 
BAPTISM. 265 
 
 To show he must be soon baptised 
 In tears, and sweat, and blood. 
 
 2 Thus was his sacred body hxid 
 
 Beneath the jaelding wave : 
 Thus was his sacred body raised 
 Out of the liquid grave. 
 
 3 Lord, we thy precepts would obey, 
 
 In thy own footsteps tread. 
 Would die, be buried, rise with thee, 
 Our ever-living Head. 
 
 287 L. M. Daniel. 
 
 Primitive Practice Perpetuated. 
 
 WHAT lovely band is this I see. 
 All singing in sweet harmony, 
 Uniting round the water-side, 
 And praising Jesus crucified? 
 
 2 These are the followers of the Lamb ; 
 Here they are come to own his name ; 
 Their humble strains ascend the skies ; 
 In faith they're come to be baptised. 
 
 3 This brings to view the ancient days, 
 AATien first the gospel church was raised, 
 No other mode was then devised : 
 Believing souls were thus baptised : 
 
 4 Baptised into the Savior's death, 
 Arising, lived the life of faith : 
 Giving to Christ, the Lord, the praise, 
 By walking in his humble ways. 
 
 20 
 
266 BAPTISM. 
 
 '1S8 C. M. Ano7t. 
 
 Why tarriest thou? arise, and he baptized. — Acts 
 
 xxii. 16. 
 
 BELIEVING soul, " Why tarriest thou ! 
 Arise, and be baptised ;" 
 Yield to the word ; to Jesus bow ; 
 Let pride be sacrificed. 
 
 2 Buried in baptism with our Grod, 
 
 We bid the world adieu ; 
 Rising like him from Jordan's flood, 
 Begin our lives anew. 
 
 3 Ye gilded vanities, depart, 
 
 With all your flattering charms ; 
 I clasp my Savior to my heart, 
 He folds me in his arms. 
 
 4 Oh, may thine arms, Almighty Lord, 
 
 Support me through the way, 
 And, while I thus thy grace record, 
 Let sin be washed away. 
 
 •189 C. M. 
 
 Baptism— Matt iii. 13, 17. 
 
 DEAR Lord ! and will thy pardoning love 
 Embrace a wretch so vile ? 
 Wilt thou my load of guilt remove. 
 And bless me with thy smile ? 
 
 2 Hast thou the cross for me endured, 
 And ail its shame despised ? 
 
BAPTISM. 267 
 
 And shall I be asliamed, Lord, 
 With thee to be baptised ? 
 
 3 Didst thou the great example lead 
 
 In Jordan's swelling fiood^ 
 And shall my pride disdain the deed 
 That's worthy of my G-od ? 
 
 4 Dear Lord, the ardor of thy love 
 
 Reproves my cold delays ; 
 And now my willing footsteps move 
 In thy delightful ways ! 
 
 5190 L. M. Oadshy's Col. 
 
 ''^ Gan any man forhid water ^'' &c. — Acts x. 47. 
 
 nOME, ye beloved of the Lord, 
 
 \j Behold the Lamb, the incarnate Word : 
 
 He died and rose again for you ! 
 
 What more could your Redeemer do ? 
 
 2 We to this place are come to show 
 What we to boundless mercy owe ; 
 The Savior's footsteps to explore, 
 And tread the path he trod before. 
 
 291 1j. M. {Alteredhy B. Frand^) 
 
 Not ashamed of Ghrkt. 
 
 TESUS, and shall it ever be, 
 J A mortal man ashamed of thee ! 
 Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise, 
 Whose glories rise through endless days. 
 
268 BAPTISM. 
 
 2 Ashamed of Jesus ! sooner far 
 Let evening blush to own a star ; 
 He sheds the beams of light divine 
 O'er this benighted soul of mine. 
 
 3 Ashamed of Jesus ! just as soon 
 Let midnight be ashamed of noon ; 
 'Tis midnight with my soul, till he, 
 Bright morning Star ! bid darkness flee. 
 
 4 Ashamed of Jesus ! that dear friend 
 On whom my hopes of heaven depend : 
 No ; when I blush, be this my shame, 
 That I no more revere his name. 
 
 5 Ashamed of Jesiis ! yes, I may, 
 When I've no guilt to wash away, 
 No tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fears to quell, no soul to save. 
 
 6 Till then — nor is my boasting vain — 
 Till then I boast a Savior slain ! 
 And oh, may this my glory be 
 That Christ is not ashamed of me ! 
 
 !J9'2 8s, 7s. Ghristian Psalmist. 
 
 JESUS, I my cross have taken. 
 All to leave, and follow thee ; 
 Friendless, poor, despised, forsaken, 
 Thou, from hence, my all shalt be. 
 Perish, every fond ambition, 
 
THE lord's supper. 269 
 
 All I've sought, or hoped, or known ; 
 Yet how rich is my condition. 
 God and heaven are still my own. 
 
 Let the world despise and leave me ; 
 
 They have left my Savior too : 
 Human hearts and looks deceive me ; 
 
 Thou art not, like them untrue ; 
 And while thou shalt smile upon me ; 
 
 God of wisdom, love and might, 
 Foes may hate and friends disown me ; 
 
 Show thy face, and all is bright. 
 
 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 '193 L. M. (Abridged.) Watts. 
 
 The Lord's Supper Instituted, — 1 Cor. xi. 23. 
 
 TWAS on that dark, that doleful night, 
 When powers of earth and hell arose 
 Against the Son of God's delight, 
 And friends betrayed him to his foes. 
 
 2 Before the mournful scene began, 
 
 He took the bread, and blessed and brake: 
 What love through all his actions ran ! 
 What wondrous words of grace he spake ! 
 
 3 " This is my body, broke for sin ; 
 
 Receive, and eat the living food ;" 
 Then took the cup and blessed the wine ; 
 " 'Tis the new covenant in my blood." 
 
270 THE lord's SUPPER. 
 
 4 " Do this," he cried, " till time shall end, 
 In memory of your djdng friend ; 
 Meet at my table, and record 
 The love of your departed Lord." 
 
 5 [Jesus, thy feast we celebrate, 
 
 We show thy death, we sing thy name. 
 Till thou return, and we shall eat 
 The marriage-supperof the Lamb.] 
 
 294. C. M. Warn. 
 
 Divine LoDe mahing a Feast, &c. — Luke xiv. 
 
 17, 23. 
 
 HOW sweet and awful is the place 
 With Christ within the doors, 
 While everlasting love displays 
 The choicest of her stores ! 
 
 9 
 
 Here every bowel of our Grod 
 
 With soft compassion rolls ; 
 Here peace and pardon, bought with blood, 
 
 Is food for dying souls. 
 
 3 [AVhile all our hearts and all our songs 
 
 Join to admire the feast, 
 Each of us cry, with thankful tongues, 
 " Lord, why was I a guest !" 
 
 4 "Why was I made to hear thy voice. 
 
 And enter while there's room. 
 When thousands make a wretched choice. 
 And rather starve than come?" 
 
THE lord's supper. 271 
 
 5 'Twas the same love that spread the feast 
 That sweetly forced us in, 
 Else we had still refused to taste, 
 And perished in our sin. 
 
 •195 L. M. (Abridged.) Watts. 
 
 IncomparaUe Food; oi\ the Flesh and Blood of 
 Christ. 
 
 \\ JE sing the amazing deeds 
 V V That grace divine performs ; 
 The eternal God comes down and bleeds 
 To nourish dying worms. 
 
 2 This soul-reviving wine, 
 Dear Savior, 'tis thy blood ; 
 
 We thank that sacred flesh of thine 
 For this immortal food. 
 
 3 The banquet that we eat 
 
 Is made of heavenly things ; 
 Earth hath no dainties half so sweet 
 As our Redeemer brings. 
 
 -t The angelic host above 
 Can never taste this food, 
 They feast upon their Maker's love, 
 But not a Savior's blood. 
 
 5 Come, all ye drooping saints, 
 
 And banquet with the King, * 
 
 This wine will drown your sad complaint.'^ 
 And tune your voice to sing. 
 
272 THE lord's supper. 
 
 296 C. M. Stennett, 
 
 Eat, Friends!— Q^i^ni. v, 1. 
 
 I ORD, at thy table I behold 
 JLj The wonders of thy grace, 
 But most of all admire that I 
 Should find a welcome place. 
 
 2 I, that am all defiled with sin, 
 
 A rebel to my Grod ; 
 I, that have crucified his Son, 
 And trampled on his blood. 
 
 3 What strange, surprising grace is this, 
 
 That such a soul has room ! 
 My Savior takes me by the hand. 
 My Jesus bids me come. 
 
 4 " Eat, my friends!" the Savior cries ; 
 
 " The feast was made for you ; 
 For you I groaned, and bled, and died, 
 And rose, and triumphed too !" 
 
 5 With trembling faith and bleeding hearts; 
 
 Lord, we accept thy love ; 
 'Tis a rich banquet we have had : 
 What will it be above ! 
 
 6 Ye saints below and hosts of heaven, 
 
 Join all your praising powers ; 
 No theme is like redeeming love, 
 No Savior is like ours. 
 
THE lord's supper. 273 
 
 '^f}'7 C. M. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 THE King of heaven his table spreads, 
 And blessings crown the board ; 
 Not paradise with all its joys, 
 Could such delight afford. 
 
 ^ Pardon and peace to dying men, 
 And endless life are given. 
 Through the rich blood that Jesus shed. 
 To raise our souls to heaven. 
 
 o Millions of souls, in glory now, 
 Were fed and feasted here ; 
 And millions more, still on the way, 
 Around the board appear. 
 
 4 All things are ready, come away. 
 Nor weak excuses frame ; 
 Crowd to your places at the feast. 
 And bless the Founder's name. 
 
 29S L. M. Ghristian Psalmist. 
 
 HOW pleasing to behold and see 
 The friends of Jesus all agree, 
 To sit around his sacred board 
 As members of one common Lord. 
 
 2 Here we behold the dawn of bliss — 
 Here we enjoy the Savior's grace — 
 Here we behold his predious blood. 
 Which sweetly pleads for us with (jrod. 
 
 3 While here we sit, we would implore 
 That love may spread from shore to shore. 
 
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274 THE lord's supper. 
 
 'Till all the saints like us combine 
 To praise the Lord in songs divine. 
 
 •199 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Remember Jesus. — Luke xxii. 10. 
 ^'^HE Lord of life his table spread, 
 X With his own flesh and dying blood : 
 We on the rich provisions feed, 
 And taste the wine, and bless our God ! 
 
 2 May sinful sweets be all forgot, 
 And earth grow less in our esteem ; 
 Christ and his love fill every thought, 
 And faith and hope be fixed on him. 
 
 »iOO L. M. Farkinsoii' s Selec. 
 
 Godly Sorrow for Sin. 
 
 PITY a helpless sinner, Lord, 
 Who would believe thy gracious word, 
 But own my heart with shame and grief, 
 A sink of sin and unbelief. 
 
 2 Lord, in thy house I read there's room, 
 And, venturing hard, behold, I come ! 
 But can there, tell me, can there be 
 Among thy children room for me ? 
 
 ?. I eat the bread and drink the wine, 
 But ah ! my soul wants more than sign : 
 I faint unless I feed on thee, 
 And drink thy blood as shed for me. 
 
 •1 For sinners, Lord, thou camest to bleed, 
 Ajad I'm a sinner, vile indeed ! 
 Lord, I believe thy grace is free ; 
 Oh, magnify that grace in me ! 
 
BEFORE PREACHING. 
 
 301 L. M. (Abridged.) Watts. 
 
 The Enjoyment of Christ; or, Deliglit in Wor- 
 sliiiJ. 
 
 FAR from m}^ thoughts, vain world, begone, 
 Let my rcHgious hours alone : 
 Fain would my eyes my Savior see, 
 I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 
 
 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, 
 And kindles with a pure desire : 
 Come, my dear Jesus, from above. 
 And feed ni}'" soul with heavenly love. 
 
 3 Blessed Jesus, what delicious fare ! 
 How sweet thy entertainments are ! 
 Never did angels taste above 
 Redeeming grace and dying love. 
 
 4 Hail, great Immanuel, all divine. 
 In thee thy Father's glories shine ; 
 Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one. 
 That eyes have seen or angels known. 
 
 302 L. M. Watts. 
 The same. 
 
 I SEND the joys of earth away, . 
 Away ye tempters of the mind , 
 False as the smooth, deceitful sea, 
 And empty as the whistling wind. 
 
 2 Your streams were floating me along 
 Down to the gulf of dark despair, 
 
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 276 BEFORE PREACHING. 
 
 And whilst I listened to 5^our song, 
 .Your Streams had e'en conveyed me there. 
 
 8 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace, 
 That warned me of that dark abyss. 
 That dre^-me from those treacherous seas, 
 And bid me seek superior bliss. 
 
 4 Now to the shining realms above 
 
 I stretch my hands and glance my eyes ; 
 for the pinions of a dove 
 To bear me to the .upper skies ! 
 
 ^' There from the bosom of my God 
 Oceans of endless pleasure roll ; 
 There would I fix my last abode. 
 And drown the sorrows of my soul. 
 
 303 C. M. Hai 
 
 The same. — Cant. iv. 16. 
 
 ONCE more we come before our God : 
 Once more his blessing ask ; 
 0, may not duty seem a load 
 Nor worship prove a task. 
 
 £ Father, thy quickening Spirit send 
 From heaven, in Jesus' name, 
 To make our waiting minds attend. 
 And put our souls in frame. 
 
 3 May we receive the word we hear. 
 Each in an honest heart ; 
 Hoard up the precious treasure there, 
 And never with it part. 
 
BEFORE PREACHING. 277 
 
 4 To seek thee all our hearts dispose ; 
 
 To each thy blessings suit ; 
 And let the seed thy servant sows 
 Produce a copious fruit. 
 
 5 Bid the refreshing north wind wake ; 
 
 Say to the south wind, Blow ; 
 Let every plant the power partake. 
 And all the garden grow. 
 
 6 Revive the parched with heavenly showers ; 
 
 The cold with warmth divine ; 
 And as the benefit is ours, 
 Be all the glory thine. 
 
 304 S. M. Vanmetcr 
 
 LivoMng the Holy S^nrit. — See Luke xi, 13. 
 
 nOME, Holy Spirit, come, 
 \J And give us light divine ; 
 Remove our doubts, dispel our gloom, 
 And on our darkness shine. 
 
 2 Help our infirmities. 
 
 And teach us how to pray ; 
 And give the children large supplies 
 Of heavenly food to-day. 
 
 8 Console each troubled heart, 
 
 And make the feeble sti'ong ; - 
 Warm our affections, and impart 
 Devotion to each tongue. 
 
 4 Thy holy unction give, 
 
 To him that sows the seed ; 
 
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 8 BEFORE PREACHING. 
 
 And may our heai^ts the word receive, 
 And on its dainties feed. 
 
 305 C. M. Watt^. 
 The Holy Spirit Invoiced. 
 
 pOME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 \J With all thy quickening powers, 
 Kindle a flame of sacred love 
 In these cold hearts of ours. 
 
 2 Look, how we grovel here below, 
 Fond of these trifling toys ; 
 Our souls can neither fl}^ nor go, 
 To reach eternal joys, 
 o Tn vain we tune our forma: songs^ 
 In vain we strive to rise ; 
 Hosannas languish on our tongues. 
 And our devotion dies. 
 
 4- Dear Lord ! and shall we ever live 
 At this poor, dying rate ? 
 Our love so faint, so cold to thee, 
 And thine to us so great ! 
 5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, 
 With all thy quickening powers, 
 Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, 
 And that, shall kindle ours. 
 
 306 L. M. Stowell- 
 The Mercy-Seat. 
 
 FROM every stormy wind that blows, 
 From every swelling tide of woes, 
 
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 BEFORE PREACHING. 279 
 
 There is a calm, a sure retreat : 
 'Tis found beneath the Mercy-Seat. 
 
 2 There is a phice where Jesus sheds 
 The oil of gladness on our heads ; 
 A place of all on earth most sweet : 
 It is the blood-bought Mercy-Seat. 
 
 B There is a scene where spirits blend, 
 
 Where friend holds fellowsliip with friend, 
 Though sundered far : by faith they meet 
 Around one common Mercy-Seat. 
 
 4: Ah ! whither could we flee for aid, 
 When tempted, desolate, dismayed, — 
 Or how the hosts of hell defeat. 
 Had suifering saints no Mercy-Seat. 
 
 5 There, there^ on eagle-wings we soar. 
 And sin and sense seem all no more ; 
 And heaven comes down our souls to greet, 
 And glory crowns the Mercy-Seat. 
 
 () Oh, let my hand forget her skill, 
 My tongue be silent, cold and still, "IS 
 
 This bounding heart forget to beat, 
 If I forget the Mercy-Seat. 
 
 307 7s.^ Leland 
 
 Meeting. 
 DRETHREN, I am come again, 
 iJ Let us join to pray and sing ; 
 Joseph lives and Jesus reigns, 
 Praise him in the highest sti'ains. 
 
 2 Many days and weeks have past 
 Since we met together last ; 
 
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 380 BEFORE PREACHING. 
 
 Yet Qur lives do still remain, 
 Here on earth we meet again. 
 
 3 Many of our friends are gone 
 To their long eternal home ; 
 We are waiting here below, 
 Soon we after them shall go. 
 
 4 Brethren, tell me how you do ; 
 
 Does your lovv3 continue true ? #^ 
 
 Are you waiting for your King, 
 When he shall return again ? 
 
 5 If you want to know of me, 
 How I am, or what I be ; 
 Here I am, behold who will, • 
 Sure I am a sinner still. 
 
 *'> Weak and wounded, sick and lame, 
 All unholj^ all unclean : 
 Worse and worse mj^self I see, 
 Yet the Lord remembers me. 
 
 308 C. M. .Vaivineter- 
 
 The Broad and the Narrow Way. — Matth. vii- 
 
 13, 14. 
 
 BROAD is the road, and wide the gate, 
 That lead to death, where thousands mee^ 
 But straight and narrow is the way, 
 That leads to life and endless day. 
 
 •1 In these t#o roads, are all mankind, 
 Yet few this narrow way can find ; 
 While thousands shun this narrow path, 
 And choose the road that leads to death 
 
BEFORE PREACHING. 281 
 
 3 Behold ! the pilgi-im as he goes, ttf-^ 
 Meeting with sorrows, pains and woes jB^ 
 And see the heedless multitude, 
 Treading, Avith ease, the downward road : 
 
 4 But oh ! the difference in the end ! 
 -The wicked shall to hell descend ! 
 
 While heaven, with its eternal joys, 
 Awaits the pilgrhn when he di^js ! 
 
 30.9 C. M. Yanmettr. 
 
 Religion worth more than all else. 
 
 LET others compass seas and lands, 
 To gather earthly toys ; 
 Lord, may I follow thy commandB, 
 And seek for nobler joys. 
 
 2 Let kings and monarchs wear the crown. 
 
 And lords in affluence live ; 
 
 May I thy righteousness put on : 
 
 Thy gracious smiles receive. 
 
 3 Whilst others seek for carnal wecJtli, 
 
 And toil for golden ore _; 
 Lord, grant my soul religious health. 
 And I^desire no more ! 
 
 310 L. M. Hart. 
 
 Stony Heart. — Isa. l2^v. 1 ; Ezek. xi. 19. 
 
 OFOR a glance of heavenly day, 
 ^ To take this stuhborn .stone aw.'iy ' 
 And thaw, with bci^ms of love divine, 
 This heart, this frozen heart of mine. 
 
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 o2 CLOSING HYMNS. 
 
 T^I|||K)Gks can rend : the earth can quake, 
 Tn^bas can roar ; the mountains snake ; 
 Of feeling, all things show some sign, 
 But this unfeeling heart of mine. 
 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt, 
 Dear Lord, an adamant would melt! 
 But I can read each moving line, 
 And nothing moves this heart of mine. 
 
 Thy judgments, too, unmoved I hear, 
 (Amazing thought !) which devils fear : 
 Mercy and wrath in vain combine 
 To stir this stupid heart of mine. 
 But something yet can do the deed ! 
 And that dear something much I need ; 
 Thy Spirit can from dross refine. 
 And move and melt this heart of mine. 
 
 CLOSING HYMNS. 
 
 311 L. M. ffart. 
 
 Dismission. 
 
 DISMISS us with thy blessing. Lord, 
 Help us to feed upon thy word ; 
 All that has been amiss forgive, 
 And let thy truth within us live. 
 
 2 Though we are guilty, thou art good, 
 Oh, wash us in the SaviorV blood ; 
 Give every fettered soul release, 
 And bid us all depart in peace. 
 
CLOSING HYMNS. 288 
 
 ^V2 8s, rs. Jfewton. 
 
 May the Grace, &c. — 2 Cor. xiii. 42. 
 "\ /TAY the grace of Christ, our Savior, 
 iVJL And the Father's boundless love, 
 With the Holy Spirit's favor, 
 Rest upon us from above ! 
 
 2 Thus may we abide in union 
 
 With each other and the Lord ; 
 
 And possess, in sweet communion 
 
 Joys which earth cannot afford. 
 
 313 C. M. VanmeUr. 
 
 Religion. 
 T> ELIGION ! what a vast estate, 
 Xt On guilty worms bestowed ! 
 ' Not all the riches of the great. 
 Are worth this gift of God ! 
 
 2 How transient is all earthly bliss ! 
 
 How poor is shining gold ! 
 An^ mortal crowns, compared with this, 
 How worthless to behold ! 
 
 3 In all things else let me be cros.sed : 
 
 Lord, give this pearl to me ! 
 Without it I'm forever lost. 
 To all eternity ! 
 
 314 L. M. Watts. 
 
 Praise to God from all Nations. 
 
 FROM all that dwell below the skies 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 
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 284 CLOSING HYMNS. 
 
 Let^ie Redeemer's name be sung 
 ThrTOgli every laud, by every tongue. 
 
 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; 
 Eternal truth attends tliy word ; 
 Th]||^rai«e sliall sound from store to shore 
 Tjll^arth and time shall be no more. 
 
 315 * 7s. Masters. 
 
 Eeligion. 
 
 '"yiS religion that can give 
 
 -L Sweetest pleasures vrhile we live ; 
 'Tis religion must supply 
 Solid comfort when w^ die. 
 
 2 After death its joys will be 
 Lasting as eternity ! 
 Be the living God my friend, 
 Then my bliss shall never end. 
 
 316 C. M. Watts. 
 Sahntion. 
 
 Q ALVATION ! oh, the joyful sound ! 
 )0 Tis pleasure to our ears ; 
 A sovereign balm for every wound, 
 A cordial for our fears. 
 
 - Buried in sorrow and in sin, 
 At hell's dark door we lay ! 
 But we arise by gvace divine 
 To see a heavenly day. 
 
 Salvation! let the echo^fly 
 
 Thp -r./ir-imm .^;v,'fli firound. 
 
CLOSING HYMNS. 285 M 
 
 While all the armies of the sky ^ 
 
 Cpuspire to raise the sound. 
 
 31T C. M. ParUnson's Sel 
 
 A Parting Hymn. 
 
 BLESSED be the dear uniting love 
 Thfit will not let us part ! 
 Our bodies may far off remove, — 
 We still are joined in heart. 
 
 2 Joined in one spirit to pur Head, 
 
 Where he appoints we'll go, 
 And still in Jesus' footsteps tread 
 And show his praise below. 
 
 3 Oh, let us ever walk in him, 
 
 And nothing know beside ; 
 Nothing desire, nothing esteem. 
 But Jesus crucified. 
 
 4 Closer and closer let us cleave 
 
 To his beloved embrace ; 
 AVith joy and gratitude receive 
 The fulness pf his grace. 
 
 5 Oh, let us hasten to the day 
 
 Which shall our fiesh restore : 
 When death shall all be done away, 
 And bodies part no more. 
 
 318 C. M. (Abridged.) F 
 
 Pure Religion, &c. — James i. 2^7. 
 
 RELIGION is the chief concerr- 
 Of mortals here below : 
 
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 5B6 EXTRACTS. 
 
 May I its great importance learn, 
 Its sovereign virtue know ! 
 
 2 More needful this than glittering wealth, 
 
 Or aught the world bestows ; 
 Not reputation, food, or health 
 Can give us such repose. 
 
 3 Religion should our thoughts engage 
 
 Amidst our youthful bloom ; 
 'Twill fit us for declining age, 
 And for the awful tomb. 
 
 EXTRACTS: 
 
 TO BE SUNG BETWEEN PRAYER AND SERMON, AND ON 
 ANY OTHER SUITABLE OCCASION. 
 
 319 No. 1. P. M. 
 
 I HAVE sought round the verdant earth, 
 For unfading joy ; 
 I have tried every source of mirth, 
 But all, all will cloy. 
 Lord, bestow on me grace to set my spirit free : 
 Thine the praise shall be, mine, mine the joy. 
 No. 2. C. M. 
 
 THROUGH many dangers, toils and snares, 
 I have already come ; 
 ' Tis grace has brought me safe thus far, 
 And grace will lead me home. 
 
 2 The Lord has promised good to me ; 
 His word my hope secures ; 
 
EXTRACTS. *87 
 
 He will my shield and portion be, 
 As long as life endures. 
 
 No. 3. S. M. 
 
 G1 RACE led my roving feet, 
 r To tread the heavenly road ; 
 And new supplies, each hour, 1 meei. 
 While pressing on to God. 
 
 Grace all the work shall crown, 
 
 Through everlasting days ; 
 It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 
 
 And well deserves the praise. 
 
 No. 4. C. M. 
 
 WHY was I made to hear thy voice, 
 And enter while there's room, 
 When thousands make a wretched choice, 
 And rather starve than come. 
 
 'Twas the same love that spread the feast, 
 
 That sweetly forced us in ; 
 Else we had still reiused to taste, 
 
 And perished in our sin. 
 
 No. 5. S. M. 
 
 NOR earth, nor all the sky, 
 Can one delight afford ; 
 No, not a drop of real joy, * 
 
 Without thy presence, Lord. 
 
 Thou art the sea of love 
 
 Where all my pleasures roll ; 
 The circle where my passions move, 
 
 And center of my soul. 
 
288 EXTRACTS. 
 
 No. I. C. M. 
 
 DANGERS stand thick thro' all the ground, 
 To push us to the tomb ; 
 And fierce diseases wait around. 
 To huny mortals home ! 
 
 2 Good God ! on what a slender thread. 
 Hang everlasting things ! 
 The eternal states of all the dead, 
 Upon life's feeble strings ! 
 
 No. 7. L. M. 
 
 FAR from my thoughts, vain world, be gone, 
 Let mj^ religious hours alone ; 
 Fain would my eyes my Savior see, 
 I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 
 
 No. 8. 7s. 
 
 LET me love thee more and more, 
 If I love at all, I pray ; 
 If I have not loved before. 
 Help me to begin to-day. 
 
 DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 
 
 320 8s, 7s. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 \ NGELS ministered to Jesus, 
 jIjl When the subtle tempter fled 
 From the mountain of temptation, 
 When his dart had vainly sped : 
 Down to earth they fly from heaven, 
 See, what crowds are gathered round, 
 
DEATH AND Tl£E RESUllllEOTION. 280 
 
 \nd the scene of his fierce trial 
 Now becometh hallowed ground. 
 
 'Z Angels ministered to Jesus, 
 
 In the garden, when he lay 
 Praying unto God his Father, 
 
 That the cup might pass away : 
 He was strengthened there to drink it 
 
 For our fallen guilty race, 
 And his follower's purest feelings 
 
 Linger round that sacred place. 
 
 3 Angels ministered to Jesus 
 
 On the morn he left the tomb, 
 When the dawn of day eternal 
 
 Burst upon its cheerless gloom; 
 Down they struck the fearful soldiers, 
 
 Rolled the massive stone away. 
 And behold in death's dominions, 
 
 Life now holds its sovereign sway. 
 
 4 Angels ministered to Jesus 
 
 When he took his upward flight 
 From the world he came to ransom, 
 
 To the glorious realms of light ; 
 See, they form his willing escort, 
 
 As his chariot mounts the sky, 
 And the golden gates of glory 
 
 At their challenge open fly. 
 
 5 ffhey will minister to Jesus 
 
 When the skies are backward rolled, 
 And revealed high in heaven. 
 All the world their Judge behold : 
 
'-'90 DEATH ANi) THE RESURRECTION. 
 
 'Chey will gather nil his children 
 To their dear Redeemer's side, 
 
 Free from earth and all its sorrows, 
 With him ever to abide. 
 
 'i'-il 7s, lis. Vauiust^i 
 
 Short Life^ and the Vanity of earthly thingyi. 
 
 OUR days, alas ! how transient ! 
 How fast our moments fly ! 
 Each whispering, as it passes, 
 
 That we are born to die. 
 The wheels of time are rolling. 
 
 And death is hastening on ; 
 When all our earthly pleasures 
 Shall be forever gone. 
 
 "J (Shall we pursue such pleasures 
 As f\\de away and die ? 
 
 Can Ophir's golden treasures 
 Our wishes satisfy ? 
 
 Let honor, wealth and power, ^ 
 And crowns and kingdoms fall : 
 
 For there's a dying horn- 
 When we shall leave them all. 
 
 :'. On these low grounds of sorrow. 
 
 No lasting pleasures rise ; 
 Nor can the fields of nature 
 
 Afford unsullied joys ; 
 But there's undying pleasures * 
 
 Beyond the reach of time ; 
 And uucorrupted treasures, 
 
 And joys that are sublime. 
 
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. '^V* i 
 
 4 Be this my constant calling, 
 
 And this my chief concern, 
 To gh^rify my Savior, 
 
 And his salvation learn : 
 Mny I but feel his presence 
 
 When I am called to die, 
 And through his matchless merits 
 
 Ascend above the sky. 
 
 :J22 P.M. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 The old Gliurrh-Yard. 
 
 On com'', come with nieto thi- old church yard, 
 I w.-ll know the p:ith thron h tlie soft. grfMn sward; 
 Friends slnnil>er tliere v e were w>>nt to n-jjard, 
 We'll tiMc- out theii niines in the old church yard ; 
 Oh mourn not for them, their vtief is o'er. 
 Weep nor frr ihem. the\ weep no Miore. 
 For d«i -r' is 'Ivir slee,., tlion.ili c'A a'ld hard 
 Their pi'low niiiy he in the o d cliitrdi y «rd. 
 
 2 1 know ir se-ni-) vain when fr enN depart. 
 To iire;ithe k nd words t > th" hnikeri heart ; 
 I know th I' t'l jov- o lit' 8"em npirr'd, 
 
 Whiii vv e foll-'wonr friends to the o! 1 dnrch yard; 
 
 Bnt were I a' rest lien -atli yon tree. 
 
 Why 8 on' yon weep, dear fritiidt*. for me? 
 
 I'm way wi'ni and sad, Oh whv then retard 
 
 The rest that I seek in the ol I church yaid. 
 
 3 '■ Our Irieiids lin>;er ther<> in the sweetest r-po«e, 
 Released from' the world's sal her-avctnents and woes; 
 An 1 wh ' wo'ild not rest with the friend.s they regard, 
 ]n qnlefnd' swe.'t in the old church yard? 
 
 W-^'l rest i'l the hope of that hiiirhtday, 
 ^^ hi n ' e inty shall sprinir from th<- prison of clay, 
 When <i.|iiiiii's voice, and the triimi> of tlu Lord, 
 Shi awik'Mi riu- dejid in theohlchiich yard." 
 
 4 *' I >h ! weep not for me, I am anxions to go 
 To that li ive') of n-st where tears never How ; 
 I fear 'lor to e-iter that 1 irk. hfiely wird ; 
 For soon shall I rise from the old chnrch yard; 
 
-2'.) 2 DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 
 
 Yes, soon shall I join that heavenly band 
 • Of glorified souls at my Savior's right hand ; 
 Forever to dwell iu bright mansions, prepared 
 For the saints who shall rise from the old church yard." 
 
 :rZ2 S. M. Vanmi't^ 
 
 Death of an Infant. 
 
 IT was a blooming flower, 
 But oh ! it bloomed to fade ! 
 Our bopes were blasted in an bour, 
 And in the dust were laid. 
 
 2 Those tender cords of love 
 
 That twine around the heart, 
 Not death, nor time, can e'er remove, 
 Or rend the ties apart. 
 
 3 We tried, but tried in vain, 
 
 To keep it longer here : 
 Our weeping eyes could not refrain 
 From the parental tear. 
 
 i But let us weep no more, 
 But wipe our tears away ; 
 Its landed on the blissful shore 
 Of everlasting day ! 
 
 5 Its spirit could not stay 
 
 In such a world as ours ; 
 For there's a clime of endless day — 
 Of never-fiding flowers ! 
 
 6 Oh ! may it be our lot, 
 
 By God's redeeming grace, 
 To share its joys, and there behold 
 Its sweet, angelic face! 
 
DKATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 29S 
 
 *$i84 P. M. Christian Psal mut. 
 
 Farmcell. 
 J RED not a tecar o'er your friend's early V)ior, 
 
 S' 
 
 When T am gone, when I am gone ; 
 Smile, if the slow tolling bell yon shull hi;-r. 
 
 When I am gone, T am gone. 
 Weep not for me when you stand by my grave, 
 Think of the crowns all the ransomed shall have, 
 Think who has died his beloved to save. 
 
 When I am gone, I am gone. 
 
 2 Plant ye a tree which may wave over me. 
 When I am gone, when I am gone ; 
 
 Sing ye a song when my grave ye shall see, 
 
 When I am gone, T am gone. 
 Come at the close of a bright summer day, 
 Come, when the sun sheds his last lingenng ray, 
 Come and rejoice that I thus passed away, 
 
 When I am gone, I am gone. 
 
 3 Plant ye a rose that may bloom o'er my bed, 
 
 When I am gone, when I am gone ; 
 Breathe not a sigh for the blest early dead. 
 
 When T am gone, I am gone. 
 Praise ye the Lord, that I'm freed from all care, 
 Serve ye the Lord, that m)^ bliss ye may share, 
 Tjook up on high, and believe T am there. 
 
 When I am gone, I am gone. 
 
 ^*45 S. M. Vanmeter. 
 
 In the Grave. 
 A /T Y body's now at rest, 
 M My soul has fled on high, 
 
:i«4 DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 
 
 ,^Jfojivvell in mansions of the blest. 
 ^* 5ll till eternity. 
 
 _' Plirougli .sorrows I have eome. 
 Througfi dangers I have passed: 
 But uow I'm safely landed home. 
 And shall forever rest. 
 
 3 Once I was lost in sin, 
 
 AVith guilt and fear oppressed ; 
 But Jesus' blood has washed me clean. 
 And now I am at rest. 
 
 4 Let kingdoms rise and fall, 
 
 Let wars the nations waste ; 
 Let thunders rock this earthly ball. 
 But I shall be at rest. 
 
 ^ The miseries I endured. 
 Did but a moment last ; 
 But Jesus hath for me secured 
 An everlasting rest. 
 
 My soul no more annoj'^ed, 
 
 No more with sin oppressed, 
 But in the presence of its God, 
 Shall now forever rest ! 
 
 «-26 ' --■ L. M. Anon. 
 
 Sleeping in Jesus. 
 
 ASLEEP in Jesus ! blessed sleep, 
 From which none ever wake to weep ! 
 A calm and undisturbed repose, 
 Unbroken bv the last of foes. 
 
DEATH AND Tlir, RKSIIRKKOTION. iM 
 
 '1 Asleep in Jesus ! 0, liow sweet, 
 To be for such a sluraher meet ! 
 With hoJ^'^ confideiice to sing, 
 That death has lost his cruel sfpig. 
 
 :> Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest, 
 Whose waking is supremely blest ; 
 No fear, no wo shall dim that hour 
 That manifests the Savior's power. 
 
 1- Asleep in Jesus ! 0, for me 
 May such a blissful refuge be : 
 Securely shall my ashes lie, 
 Waiting the summons from on high. 
 
 5 Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee 
 
 Thy kindred and tlicir graves may be ; 
 But there is still a blessed sleep 
 From which none ever wake to weep. 
 
 .•5-27 C. M. Vanrn^/' 
 
 The Grnvc-ynrd. 
 
 C10ME'. thoughtless mortals, and behold 
 ) The mansions of the dead ! 
 Here lies the dust of young aitd old. 
 And here you must be laid. 
 
 t Behold the little mansion where 
 The smiling infjint lies ; 
 And lo ! its mother, see just there 
 A grave of larger size. 
 
 H The high, the low, the rich, the poor. 
 The great and small are here : 
 Alike confined, and shall no more 
 With living men appear. 
 
296 DEATH AND THE RESORRECTiON. 
 
 i Here lies the aged — there the youth, 
 Who died amidst his bloom ! 
 Here lies the saint that loved the*truth, 
 And th«e's the sinner's tomb ! 
 
 5 Reflect, oh ! man, as you pass by 
 
 These mansions of the dead ; 
 Reflect that you, also, must die, 
 And make this clay your bed ! 
 
 6 Have you a hope beyond the grave ? 
 
 Have you to Jesus fled ? 
 Whose powerful arm alone can save, 
 And rescue from the dead ! 
 
 18 'i§ [^'^ J 8s, 7s. Gkrlstlan Psalmist. 
 
 SISTER, thou wast mild and lovely, 
 G-eutle as the summer's breeze, 
 Pleasant as the air of evening, 
 When it floats among the trees. 
 
 2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber, 
 
 Peaceful in the grave so low ; 
 Thou no more will join our number, 
 Thou no more our songs shalt know. 
 
 3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us. 
 
 Here thy loss we deeply feel ; 
 
 But 'tis God that hath bereft us, 
 
 He can all our sorrows heal. 
 
 4 Yet again we hope to meet thee, 
 
 When the day of life is fled ; 
 Then in heaven with joy to greet thee, 
 Where no farewell tear is shed. 
 
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 297 
 
 »«9 C. M. Vanmeter 
 
 Death. 
 ^VHVj monster, Death, sweeps o'er the land, 
 L For young nor old he saves ; 
 Nor rich nor poor escape his hand, 
 But hasten to their graves. 
 
 'i One day the smiling infant falls 
 Beneath his heavy chains ; 
 And next the aged man he calls, 
 And o'er the earth he reigns. 
 3 'Tis thus vain man forsakes the earth, 
 His life, a fleeting breath ! 
 One day gives to the creature birth, 
 The next proclaims his death ! 
 i Oh. transient life ! inconstant world I 
 When will vain mortals learn 
 To know their fatal destiny, 
 
 And what's their chief concern? 
 
 5 Great God ! prepare us by thy grace, 
 
 For joys at thy right hand ; 
 Then cheerfully we'll run our race, 
 And wait for thy command. 
 
 6 If thou be with us when we die, 
 
 In triumph we shall sing : 
 "O, grave ! where is thy victory ? 
 O, death ! where is thy sting?" 
 
 SSO S. M. Christian PmlmUt 
 
 Sing to me of Heaven. 
 
 OSING to me of heaven, 
 • When I am called to die ; 
 
 i 
 
'298 DEATH AND THE RESURKECTION. 
 
 Sing songs of holy ecstasy, 
 To waft my soul on high. 
 
 'J When cold and sluggish drops. 
 Roll off my dying brow ; 
 Break forth in songs of joyfulness, 
 Let heaven begin below. 
 H AV'hen my last moments come, 
 Oh ! smooth my dying face ; 
 And catch the bright seraphic gleam, 
 That on my features plays. 
 
 i Assembled round my bed, — 
 Let one loud song be given ; 
 Let music cheer me last on earth, 
 xlnd greet me first in heaven. 
 
 5 Then close my sightless eyes. 
 And lay me down to rest ; 
 And clasp my cold and clammy hands 
 Upon my lifeless breast. 
 
 <> Around my lifeless clay, 
 xlssemble those I love ; 
 And sing of heaven — delightful heaven, 
 My glorious home above. 
 
 331 C. M. Christian P salmis f. 
 
 \T7HEN blooming youth is snatched away 
 VV By death's* relentless hand, 
 Our hearts the mournful tribute pay. 
 Which pity must demand. 
 
 i While pity prompts the rising sigh, 
 0, may this truth, imprest 
 
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 299 
 
 With awful power, "I too must die !" 
 Sink deep in every breast. 
 
 '5 Let this vain world engage no more ; 
 Behold the gaping tomb ! 
 It bids its us seize the present hour : 
 To-morrow death may come. 
 
 X The voice of this alarming scene, 
 May every heart obey : 
 NTor be the heavenly warning vain, 
 Which calls to watch and pray. 
 
 5 Oh, let us fly— to Jesus fly, 
 
 Whose powerful arm can save ; 
 Then shall our hopes ascend on high, 
 And triumph o'er the grave. 
 
 332 C. M. Vdmneter. 
 
 At the Loss of a Wife. 
 
 YE vanities of time, begone, 
 Let me indulge my tears ; 
 Forbid me not to mourn for one 
 Who shared my hopes and fears. 
 
 21 I've lost — and oh! the painful thought 
 Still lingers in my breast — 
 I've lost my spouse, to find her not. 
 And none can give me rest. 
 
 . She took a share in all my grief, 
 And doubled all my joy ; 
 t>nd often gave me sweet relief, ^ 
 When troubles did annoy. 
 
800 DEATH AND THE RESURREC5TI0N. 
 
 4 The memory of her virtues still 
 
 Entwine my broken heart : 
 And none the vacancy can fill, 
 Since death bade her depart. 
 
 5 But why, oh ! why should I thus grieve, 
 
 And mourn as others do. 
 Who have no hope beyond the grave, 
 No better world in view ? 
 
 6 Far from this vain, delusive clime, 
 
 Of mixed, uncertain joy, 
 She's gone, I trust, to joys sublime, 
 Eternal and on high ! 
 
 333 C. M. Vanmeter, 
 
 Death of an Aged Pilgrim. 
 
 BEHOLD the calm, the peaceful death, 
 The aged pilgrim dies ; 
 In Jesus he resigns his breath. 
 And soars above the skies ! 
 
 2 Here lies a man whose pilgrimage 
 
 Was long and full of years, 
 When God was pleased to call the sage 
 From this low vale of tears. 
 
 3 Weak was his body, sound his mind, 
 
 His eyes were growing dim ; 
 Almost a stranger to mankind, 
 And they almost to him. 
 
 4 His eyes had seen the raging war ; 
 
 Beheld returning peace ; 
 
DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION. 301 
 
 Had witnessed stern adversity, 
 Prosperity and ease. 
 
 5 The world had grown a tiresome place, 
 
 Of false, deceitful charms ; 
 He longed to see his Savior's face. 
 And dwell in Jesus' arms. 
 
 6 And when his destined hour was come. 
 
 Contented and resigned, 
 He left his clay for heaven, his home, 
 Without a look behind ! 
 
 S34 lis. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 Repose. 
 
 MY rest is in heaven— my home is not here, 
 Then why sliouM I nmrmnr when trials appear: 
 Be hnshed my sad spirit — the worst tliHl can come. 
 But shortens thy journey, and hastens thee home, 
 
 % A pilgrim and sttansrer, I seek not my Miss, 
 Nor lay up my treasures in regiops like this; 
 I look for a mansion wliich hands have not piled,-— 
 I lung for a city by sin umlefiled. 
 
 S Though foes and afflictions my progress oppose, 
 They only make heaven more sweet at the close; 
 Come joy or come sorrow — the wor^t may befall. 
 One moment in glory makes up for them all. 
 
 4 The thorn and the thistle nrouid me <i.ay grow, 
 I would not repo^p me on ro^es below ; 
 
 I ask not my portion — I eeek not my rest. 
 Till seated with Jesus, I lean on his breast. 
 
 5 No scrip for my journey — no staff in my hand, 
 A nilgrim impatient t pre^s to the land; 
 
 The path may be rugs d, it cannot be lone — 
 With hope I'll beguile it, and cheer it with song. 
 
TIME AND ETERNITY 
 
 :i35 C. M. VanmeUr. 
 
 The Stream of Time. 
 
 '^PHERE is a stream whose current flows 
 L As ceaseless as the sun ; 
 Onward, with sorrows, pains and woes, 
 Its troubled waters run. 
 
 2 Still onward, pressing to its source — 
 The ocean, whence it came ; 
 Nor stayed by circumstance nor force, 
 Is this resistless stream. 
 
 '^ On its broad bosom as it glides, 
 Are heedless mortals borne ; 
 And in the boundless ocean hides 
 The friends for whom we mourn. 
 
 4- The high, the low, are swept away, 
 The youth, in all his prime ; 
 The meek, the mournful and the gay, 
 By the great Stream of Time ! 
 
 5 Kternity ! unfathomed sea ! 
 
 Where all our thoughts are drowned ! 
 As boundless as infinity ! 
 Thither this stream is bound. 
 
 (I 8oon shall its current land us there. 
 
 Soon shall our days be o'er ; 
 
 \nd the arch-angel shall declare 
 
 That Time shall be no mxyre ! 
 
TIME AND ETERNITY. 308 
 
 ^SS L. M. Christian Psalmist. 
 
 ETERNITY is just at hand, 
 And shall I waste my ebbing sand ? 
 And careless view departing day, 
 And throw my inch of time away ? 
 2 Be this my chief, my only care — 
 My high pursuit — my ardent prayer — 
 An interest in the Savior's blood, 
 My pardon sealed, and peace with Grod. 
 
 8 But should my brightest hopes be vain. 
 The rising doubts, how sharp the pain : 
 My fears, gracious God, remove. 
 Confirm my title to thy love. 
 
 4 Search, Lord — search my inmost heart. 
 And light, and hope, and joy impart : 
 From guilt and error set me free. 
 And guide me safe to heaven and thee. 
 
 SSI C. M. (Abridged.) Watfs. 
 
 The Vanity of Man as Mortal. 
 
 TEACH me the measure of my days. 
 Thou Maker of my frame ; 
 I would survey life's narrow space 
 And learn how frail I am. 
 
 2 A span is all that we can boast. 
 
 An inch or two of time ; 
 . Man is but vanity and dust 
 
 In all his flower and prime. 
 li What should I wish or wait for, then. 
 
 From creatures, earth, and dust? 
 
'i 04 MISCELLANEOUS. 
 
 They make our expactatlons vain, 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 
 4 Now I forbid ray carnal hope, 
 My fond desires recall ; 
 I give my martal interest up, 
 And make my God my all. 
 
 MISCELLANEOUS, 
 
 S38 lis. Anari. 
 
 The Bride, the Lamb's Wife. 
 
 BBnOLD! a sweet wonier in Iteaven wa'^ seen! 
 The Br'<le of tlie Lamh, a most lieantiful queen! 
 The truth, like a garment, so fair to behold. 
 Adorned her with hangingt; much brightiT than goldi 
 % And clothed with the snn of God's love, she musk be 
 A wonder in heaven, a beanty to see! 
 A wonder, indeed, since Jehovah on his;h 
 Haa called her his bride from ail eternity. 
 
 3 Before the foandation of heaven was laid. 
 He owned his affection for this comely maid ; 
 Betrothed her and called her to be his San's wife , 
 Who, freely, lo save her, did lay down his life, 
 
 4 He crow ns her with glory, makes justice ber seat ; 
 The body of law he puts under her feet; 
 
 To travel the precepts to Jesus' arms, 
 
 He crowns her with glory, in smiling, sweet cbarmft. 
 
 & The ancient twelve patriarchs bow to behold, 
 All shining ingli»ry mnch brighter than goM, 
 And tbounandi of angel-^ whose garments are clean, . 
 All filled with wonder, admiring the Queen. 
 
 « The wedding is ready, the Brii»»groom won't stay,, 
 Ibe attendants are chosen, and will not delay ; 
 The lamb it is slain, and the supper is found. 
 And the wine is prepared on the table all aroand. 
 
I 
 
 INDEX TO SUBJECTS. 
 
 /• I HYMNS. 
 
 lod, is Being and Attributes, 1 — 25 
 
 he ]ill, 26- 
 
 he Siiptures, 37—44 
 
 he ijw, 45—54 
 
 he (jispel 55—71 
 
 brisj HisDivinity and Incarnation, 72 — 81 
 
 hrisl His Birth, 82—84 
 
 tirisl His Life and Characters, 85-120 
 
 hris| His Sufferings and Death, ; 121-136 
 
 tirisls Resurrection and Ascension.......... 137-141 
 
 jris''* Intercession, 142-146 
 
 niorwith Christ, 147 152 
 
 redatination and Election, 153-16] 
 
 ilvaaon and Redemption, 162-17t^ 
 
 i8til*;ation, 176-182 
 
 )rgi'ene8s and Pardon, 183-188 
 
 igej^ration and Conversion, 189-196 
 
 ivitjtions and Promises 197-208 
 
 le Oiristlan, 209-241 
 
 3a\ifnly Prospects 242-252 
 
 JtH 253-256 
 
 Dpi 257-259 
 
 'vWtoGod, 260-268 
 
 otiierly Lovo, 264-267 
 
 ephurch, 268.27?^ 
 
 caption of Members, 276-284 
 
 pHsm,. 286-292 
 
 e Lord's Supper, 293-800 
 
 fore Preaching. 301-310 
 
 )9lnfi: Hymns, 811-818 
 
 tracts, ...„^— — - 319 
 
 ath and the Resurrection, «.- 820-334 
 
 ne and Eternity, 885-887 
 
 scellanoQB........^ ^m.^^.. „. 838-84f) 
 
MISCELLANEOUS. \ 
 
 345 7s. Vam, 
 
 ACROSTIC. 
 
 TWAS almost in despair, 
 S inking down with grief and fear ; 
 A 11 mj sins around me rose, 
 A s so many mighty foes. 
 
 2 C on scions of my lost estate, 
 N ow I thought it was too late ! 
 V ain I saw my life had been, 
 A 11 unholy and unclean. 
 
 •'» N othing had my hands to give ; 
 M ercy did my spirit crave ; 
 E ndless life, the Lord bestowed : 
 Thus a wretch was brought to God. 
 
 ■i E verlasting praise shall rise, 
 R ighteous sovereign of the skieSy 
 To thy name, for such displays 
 Of thy rich and sovereign grace. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 TO THE 
 
 FIRST LINES OF THE HYMNS. 
 
 Adam, onr father and our head 27 
 
 A home in heaven! what a joyful thought"..™,....'.......... 24R 
 
 Alaa ! and did mv Savior hjeed..., ...' ..... ... 127 
 
 All powerful, self-existent God !...................,,........!.... ... 3 
 
 Araazinaerrace! how sweet the sound! ....."*.!*.................. 222 
 
 Am la soldier of the cross? ...........!...."...,"....... 209 
 
 And let this feeble Iiody fail ..//........'....".'..,.. 8M 
 
 And yet, the Lord remembers me .'....*.*..!'.!!.*.'."". 2l4 
 
 Ancrels ministered to Jesus ......'.'...!.."...!!.!." 320 
 
 Arise, my soul, arise " ........ 14fi 
 
 A body when the soul has fled 255 
 
 Asleep in Jesus! blessed sleep! ....'.'.'.'..'.'.'....'..... 326 
 
 A sacred union we behold .....'.'.'.'..'.'..'...'. 1.5(1 
 
 As on thp cro5s the Savior huu? .1". ....'..!!!!!.!.'.'....,.' l'2S 
 
 Awaked by Sinai's awful sound .V.V.'.*.*.'.'..'...V.V........*.. 190 
 
 Awakeni^d sonl, to Jesus fly ........'.'..'.'."...'.' 200 
 
 Awake, mj heart, arisf, mv tonsue !!!!..*...'. 1S2 
 
 Awake, ray tonsne.thy tribute brin^ 20 
 
 Awake, our souls, and bless his name..., !..'.'."'........'."'" 99 
 
 Awake, sweet jratitude. and sing .'...'.".'.',*.......*.*.'..*.*.'*.'' 14'^, 
 
 Backward, with hnmhle shame, vve 'ook.".."!!'.......!. ....."... 30 
 
 Before Jehovah's awful throne :....\'.."''.......... . 28 
 
 Before the covenant angfrs.face .........'.........'. 17?) 
 
 Besin. my soul, the heavenly sonjr .'.*.'.'.".....*.'.".'....*.. 34S 
 
 Bejin, my tongue, some heavenly theme ..*.'.".*.'......'*..'.'" 198 
 
 Behold! a sinner, dearest Lord.... ..''..'.."...'. 201 
 
 Behold ! a sweet wonder in heaven was seen "....'.*.'." 3.3.<* 
 
 Behold! how Adam's helpless race ....'.'.'.*..' 54 
 
 Behold! the calm, the peaceful death ff^fl 
 
 Behold! the ffift of Ood !.'.'."'.''.'!.'.'.";!;.'."""." «^ 
 
 Beho'd! the mount of .?ion .'. ..'.".....'*.".,.' 270 
 
 Behold the =ure foundation stone ,.*.',.'.,.'.'. lOS 
 
 Beho!d! the woman's promised seed ...'.*."'...'."*. 79 
 
 Behold! what wondrous love ..*....*..".". 23S 
 
 Believing: soul, why tarriest thou ?.'......'.".'.."'.'.!".'."'.*....*..'.".' '1^9 
 
 , Beneath the .sacred throne of God ..V..V....'.'.."......'. 17" 
 
 I Beside the srospel pool ..""."'.!"!.' 9,<' 
 
 ll 
 
11 INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 
 
 Blest be the everlasting God 141 
 
 Blest be the tie that binds 264 
 
 Blest be the dear uniting love 317 
 
 Blessed with the joys of innocence 26 
 
 Blood has a voice to pierce the skies 133 
 
 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 64 
 
 Bound by the cords of love 266 
 
 Brethren, I am come again 307 
 
 Brethren, while we sojourn here 230 
 
 Broad is the road and wide the gate 308 
 
 But few among the carnal wise 161 
 
 Children of the heavenly Kiny; 149 
 
 Christ and his cross is all our theme 63 
 
 Christ is the way to heavenly bliss 101 
 
 Come, all ye humble pilgrims, 232 
 
 Come, dearest Lord, who reigns above 57 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come 304 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 305 
 
 Come, humble sinner, in whose breast 2S2 
 
 Come in, ye blessed of our God 280 
 
 Come see the Lord's annointed King 84 
 
 Come thou fount of every blessing 216 
 
 Come, thou long expected Jesus 98 
 
 Come, thoughtless mortals, and behold 327 
 
 *'Come unto me," the Savior calls 206 
 
 Come, we that love the Loid 240 
 
 Come, ye beloved of the Lord 290 
 
 Compared with Christ, in all beside ,.... 9') 
 
 Convii,oed,asasiuner, to Jesus I came 119 
 
 Park and thorny is the desert 236 
 
 Dear Lord, anrl will thy pardoning love 289 
 
 Dear Lord, though bitter is the cup 217 
 
 Dearest of all the names above fi9 
 
 Dear Savior, we are thine 151 
 
 l)eep in the dust before thy throne 29 
 
 Deep in our hearts let us record 121 
 
 l)eproved minds on ashes feed 95 
 
 Desponding believer, come hold up thy head 283 
 
 Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord 311 
 
 Distressed soul to Jesus go 202 
 
 Do not frustrate the grace of God 49 
 
 Do not I love thee, my Lord 260 
 
 Enslaved by sin and bound in chains 162 
 
 Eternal, ere the worlds were made 155 i 
 
INDEX TO FIRST LINES. lil 
 
 Eternal God! almighty Cause 1 
 
 Eternity is just at hand 335 
 
 Expand my soul, arise and sing 154 
 
 Extracts .........."! 319 
 
 Father of mercies, in thy word 40 
 
 Faith is the brightest evidence 253 
 
 Faith, 'tis a precious grace 256 
 
 Far from my thoughts vain world begone 301 
 
 Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound "".'" ]84 
 
 From all that dwell below the skies 314 
 
 From every stormy wind that blows 306 
 
 From Sinai's Mount to Zion's hill 63 
 
 From whence doth this union arise 267 
 
 Full of vain thoughts and worldly cares 211 
 
 God, in the riches of his grace 16S 
 
 God is a Spirit, just and wise 22 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way 12 
 
 God with us! 0, glorious name 75 
 
 "Go preach my gospel," saith the Lord 60 
 
 Grace, 'tis a charming sound I73 
 
 Great God! 'tis from thy sovereign grace 174 
 
 Great God. with wonder and with praise 42 
 
 Great Salem's King, of old renowned 66 
 
 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews 263 
 
 Hail, sovereign love, that first began HO 
 
 Hail, the blest morn, when the great mediator 82 
 
 Happy the church, thou sacred place 268 
 
 Hark, my seul! it is the Lord .'._ 261 
 
 Have you heard, have you heard of that heavenly cinie ? 294 
 
 He dies, the Friend of sinners, dies 126 
 
 He lives, the great Redeemer, lives .'..*. 143 
 
 Here, Lord, my soul convicted stands 47 
 
 Holy Bible! book divine ' 37 
 
 How beauteous are their feet g2 
 
 How can a sinner stand before 181 
 
 How can 1 b<» a child of grace 225 
 
 How cold and barren is my soul „ „. 218 
 
 How did my heart rejoice to hear 271 
 
 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord 233 
 
 How happv are they - 281 
 
 How lost was my condition 196 
 
 How oft, alas! this wretched heart 187 
 
 How pleasing to behold and see _„ 298 
 
 How precious is the Book divine 89 
 
IV INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 
 
 How shall I my Savior set forth 73 
 
 How sweet and awful is the place 294 
 
 How sweet the name of Jesus sounrla 112 
 
 How tedious and tasteless the hours 231 
 
 Hungry, and faint, and poor 203 
 
 I am a miracle of grace 178 
 
 I am a stranger here below - 210 
 
 "I am the bread of life" 94 
 
 I came to the spot where the White Pilgrim lay 340 
 
 •'If ye love me," says Christ, the Lord 284 
 
 [looked, and lo! an awful gulf beneath 342 
 
 I love thy kingdom, Lord 272 
 
 I'm almost gone! just on the eve 344 
 
 I'm bound for New Jerusalem 244 
 
 I'm not ashamed to own my Lord 2T6 
 
 [n Adam's loins, by sin we fell 28 
 
 En all my troubles sharp and strong 257 
 
 In all my vast concerns with thee 4 
 
 In Christ, I've all mv soul's desire 92 
 
 In eighteen hundred thirty-three 339 
 
 In evil, long I took delight 195 
 
 Infinite grief! amazing wo 135 
 
 In union with the Lamb 14S 
 
 In your great Master's holy name •'>9 
 
 I send the joys of earth away 302 
 
 I sing the almighty power of God 10 
 
 Is there no shelter from the wrath 186 
 
 It was a blooming flower 323 
 
 I was almost in despair 845 
 
 Jehovah reigns, his throne is high 16 
 
 Jerusalem, my happy hiime 245 
 
 Jesus, and shall it ever be 291 
 
 Jesus, hail, enthroned in glory 144 
 
 Jesus hath magnifif^d the law ISO 
 
 Jesus, I my cross have tiiken » 292 
 
 Jeaus, I sing thy matchless grace 108 
 
 Jesus, my all, to ho^*ven is gone 116 
 
 Jesua, my love, my chief delight 106 
 
 Jesus! 0, what a wondrous theme, 102 
 
 Jesus, the sum and 3ul)stancei3 (^1 
 
 Jesus, the heavenly lover, gavf^ 36 
 
 Jesus, thou art the sinner's Friend 183 
 
 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness 17T 
 
 Jesus, we bless thy Father's name 15t 
 
INDEX TO FIRST LINES. V 
 
 Jesue, with all thy saints above 165 
 
 Joy to the world! the Lord is come 80 
 
 Keep silence, all created things 6 
 
 Laden with sin and guilt am 1 204 
 
 Laden with guilt, and full of fears 43 
 
 Let every saint employ his tongue 88 
 
 Let me, my Savior and my God 156 
 
 Let the wild leopards of the wood 86 
 
 Let others compass seas and lands 309 
 
 Lei the wiiole raceof creatures lie 158 
 
 Let those who inhabit the Kock 51 
 
 LiUe Noah's weary dove 2T8 
 
 Like sheep we went astray 131 
 
 Look down with wonder and surprise 124 
 
 Lord, at thy table I behold 296 
 
 Lord, can a soul like mine 218 
 
 Lord, dost thou show a corner-stone 109 
 
 Lord, how mysterious are, thy ways 24 
 
 Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through T 
 
 Lord, we adore thy vast designs 18 
 
 Lord, we are blind, we mortals, blind 15 
 
 Lord, unto whom should sinners go 97 
 
 Lord, who can be sufficient 65 
 
 Lo ! the stone is rolled away 187 
 
 LoJ what an entertaiuing sight 26? 
 
 May the grace of Christ, our Savior 312 
 
 My body's now at rest 325 
 
 My God, my life, my love 239 
 
 My rest is in heaven, my home is not here 384 
 
 My Savior, let me hear thy voice 186 
 
 My Savior on Mount Calvary 134 
 
 My sorrows, like a flood 188 
 
 No more, my God, I boast no more 171 
 
 Now-begin the heavenly theme 163 
 
 Now let my soul, with wonder, trace 288 
 
 Now to the Lord, anolde song 77 
 
 Not all the nobles of the earth 220 
 
 Not all the outward forms on earth 191 
 
 Of all the joys we mortals know 118 
 
 Oh ! come, come with me to the old churclvyard„ 322 
 
 Oh 1 fur a closer walk with God « 228 
 
 Oh I for a glance of heavenly day 310 
 
 Oh ! painful truth, it is to tell 81 
 
 0! how delightful is the theme 1^ 
 
 ^. 
 
 ^ 
 
V'l INDEX TO FIRST LINES. V 
 
 ! how melodious was that voice 223 
 
 0! land of rest, for thee I sing " 252 
 
 Once more we come before our God 303 
 
 "One thing is needful," saith the Lord 107 
 
 On Jordan's stormy batiks I stand 243 
 
 On the brink of fiery ruin 192 
 
 On Ziou, his most holy mount 70 
 
 On Zion's sacred mount I saw 167 
 
 01 singtome of heaven 330 
 
 0! Spirit, guide my pen 11 
 
 0! the Almighty Lord 21 
 
 Our days. ala«) ! how transient 321 
 
 Our father lost his innocence 35 
 
 0! what amazing words of grace 197 
 
 People of the living God 279 
 
 Pity a helpless sinner, Lord 800 
 
 Poor, weak and worthless though lam 105 
 
 Precious Bible! what a treasure 38 
 
 ''Proclaim my Gospel," saith the Lord „ 55 
 
 R'iise your triumphant songs 81 
 
 Redemption! 0, the joyful news! 164 
 
 Religion is the chief concern 318 
 
 Religion! what a vast estate! 313 
 
 Rock of ages, shelter me 118 
 
 Salvation, how precious the sound 170 
 
 Salvation, 0. the joyful sound 316 
 
 Salvation, what a heavenly theme 166 
 
 Savior, visit thy plantation 275 
 
 Stall wisdom cry alouit ? 117 
 
 Shall we go on to sin? 175 
 
 Shod not a tear o'er your friend's early bier 324 
 
 Show pity, Lord, 0, Lord forgive 208 
 
 Sin is the only evil thing 88 
 
 Sin, like a v nomous disease 32 
 
 Sinners, rejoice, it's Christ that died 136 
 
 Siuuers, this solemn truth regard 189 
 
 Sister, thou wast mild and lovely 828 
 
 Soon as the Son of God had made 85 
 
 Sovereign Ruler of the skies <. 157 
 
 Stranger, if thou wantest to know „ 193 
 
 Teach me the measure of my days 837 
 
 Tell me no more of earthly toys 219 
 
 Tell me, Savior, from above 116 
 
 The angels that watched round the tomb 189 
 
^ INDEX TO FIRST LINES. Vll 
 
 Thee, we adoro, eternal Word 74 
 
 The finest flower that over Mowed 129 
 
 The fool, with impudence 6 
 
 The glories of my Lor^i were told 91 
 
 The glorious o;o8pel of our God TiS 
 
 The glorious Son Of God 285 
 
 The God of my salvation lives 258 
 
 ■ The gospel brings tidings to each wounded sonl 71 
 
 The holy spirit must renew f 9 
 
 The King of heaven hie table spreads 297 
 
 The law and gospel both atiree 48 
 
 The litw l)y Mo^es came 67 
 
 Ihe law commands and makes us know 45 
 
 The law of God is just 50 
 
 The Lord declares his will ^6 
 
 The Lord is come, the heavens proclaim 78 
 
 The Lord of life his table sprc-ad 299 
 
 The monster, death, sweeps o'er the land 829 
 
 The name of .Jesus ismy trust 241 
 
 The name of the Lord is my tower of defence TOO 
 
 The Saint of God how hijrhly blest 221 
 
 The Savior sent the gospel forth B8 
 
 The spacious firmament on l;igh 9 
 
 There is a land of pure delight. 250 
 
 There is a fountain filU-d with blood 104 
 
 There is a period known toGod .'. 160 
 
 There is a stream who-^e current flows .33ri 
 
 There is a spot to me moie dear 194 
 
 There's not a tint that paints the rose S 
 
 Though sin ami satan both unite 216 
 
 Thus far my God hath led me on , 226 
 
 Thus was the great Kedeemer plunged 286 
 
 Thy way, 0. God, is in the sea 17 
 
 .'Tis by the faith of joys to come 2,54 
 
 ,^Tis a point I long to know 224 
 
 "-'Tis finished!" so the Savior cried 130 
 
 'Tis grace, free grace, eternal grace 169 
 
 ^Tis mid:ught, and on Olive's brow.., 122 
 
 'Tis religion that can give ,315 
 
 "Tis the Bridegroom's voice I hear * 152 
 
 To banquet once the spouse was le 1 262 
 
 To Christ, the Lord, h«t every tongue 86 
 
 'Twasbyan order from the Lord 41 
 
 Twas far above the earth F fixed mine eyes 247 
 
Vlll INDEX TO FIRST LINES. 
 
 'T\v.\s fixed ill God's eternal mind 159 
 
 "I was 01) tliatdark, that doleful night 293 
 
 'Twixt Jesus and tlieclioseii race , 147 
 
 Unto usachil'l is l>oin 76 
 
 Vain aie the hop'S the sons of men 176 
 
 \Vait. 0, '.iiy. soiil. thy Mal-ers will 14 
 
 Witter fion'. salvtion's wells ; 205 
 
 We are a gaiden \v;illed jironnd 273 
 
 Well, the Rer'eemHr's none 145 
 
 Were ocean*, river-, floods and lakes 25 
 
 TS'Pe sing tlte amazing deeds V95 
 
 W' 'ye iioahidinu city licr< 242 
 
 Vye speak of the realms of the hlest.; 246 
 
 What is onr God, or what his name 2 
 
 What if we read^mil inider>tard 44 
 
 What heavenly comfort do we find 237 
 
 What little comtort do We find 229 
 
 What lonely. band.is tlii< I see .:87 
 
 What, think ye of Christ? is the test 73 
 
 Wliat strange perplexi'ies arise 212 
 
 Wh;it wopdrous love is this 234 
 
 When all thy mercies I surv>*y 227 
 
 Whetj at a distance. Lord, wl- trace ; S7 
 
 When blooming yonth is snafch-:^d away 331 
 
 \\ lien fnmi the piereits to thei ros- ft2 
 
 Wh.'n.l.ran r^-ad niy title clear 277 
 
 When I s-orvt-y tlif- wundrons cross 126 
 
 W! enl th- holy -r.Mvr. Mirv^y 1-K^ 
 
 Wheo. Jacob, the pilgrim, w-hs wearied by day Ill 
 
 Wheu ni:\utraii!-4rrcs*ed the law <.f God 34 
 
 When ojitho cross. my Savior died 132 
 
 Whil.e-'.': f!iey.„i..- (.f vi-ion dead •' f> 
 
 Whievy Fedeemert near 1^4 
 
 Wlii;,^ ^hephei.di? W.Uclicd their floeks by night S3 
 
 Whyshouldthe Lord's divine de(-rre< 19 
 
 Wilb.wha: unbomided power and skill 13 
 
 Y« burdened sonts. to Jrsns cotno 199 
 
 i'e cjiildicn o1 Z'on and saints of the Lord 311 
 
 Ye humble sonls th.t seek <^he Lord ISS 
 
 Ye "^'aniiiesof time, besrouc. 
 
 _ 339 
 
 Yonder ama/ing i ijihi^ T see 1^-^ 
 
 Yon may sing the beauties of niouutain and dale... 274 
 
 Your.harps, ye trem'diug saints 259 
 
 Zioiis a city God hath blessed SbW 
 
ERRATA. 
 
 Hynm 7, for S. M. read L. M. 
 
 Hymn 25, second line read "name of water." 
 
 Hymn 37, read 2 Tim., iii, 16. 
 
 Hymn 53, for L. M. read C. M. 
 
 Hymn 101, second line, erase "is." 
 
 Hymn 112, for L. M. read C. M. 
 
 Hymn 114, for L. M. read S. M. 
 
 Hymn 123, for L. M. read C. M. 
 
 Hymn 167, third verse, read "blood-bought" 
 
 Uymn 177, third verse, read hold not behold. 
 
 Hymn 181, fourth verse, read "The sinner." 
 
 Hymn 295, for L. M. read S. M. 
 
 Hymn 308, for CM. read L., M. 
 
 Hymn 338 wrongly printed 228. 
 

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