Division ^(^^ 
 Section OOO 7 
 
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IN TWO PARTS. 
 
 PART I. 
 CONTAINING PSALMS AND HYMNS 
 
 ' PART II. 
 CONTAINING SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 DESIGNED FOR 
 
 FUBLIO AND PRIVATE WORSHIP. 
 
 BT 
 
 WILLIAM ''dOSSEY, 
 
 MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 ;hiiu( tnd admonishing one another in piainis an<1 hymns and ipirit**' 
 ■ougv uijgiiii; with frace id your heart> to the Lord — /*— 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 CHARLES De SILVER & SONS. 
 
Eut*(r»i>a acoordlni; to Act of Congress, in the y«ar 1831, 
 
 MY A B C. DOSSEY 
 
 tn the Clfcrli'8 Offloe of the Di-^trict Court of the United Su. -• 
 
 for the fiaj^tem Db»irict of Pennsylvuniii. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 It has been the desire of ihe Compiler lo furnish hn 
 brethren with a pocket manual of hymns and spiritual 
 »ongs, aaapted alike to every day's use, and the promoiM a 
 of relisious revivals. Havinjr had it tested by the expt ri 
 eiice of several years, and the fourth edition beinp called 
 for, he has been encouraged to give it a patient and crjii 
 cal review, and now sends it into the world in the besi 
 fiirm that his understanding, and the means within his 
 grasp, could furnish. If, in doing tliis, he has been com- 
 pelled lo make various alterations, he hopes that the im- 
 provement derived from them w ill be as acceptable lo its 
 friends as they are satisfactory for the labour which they 
 have cost him ; and e.<pecially, as it now assumes a fixed 
 form. 
 
 This is not the place to disclose all the reasons which 
 ha^e prevailed in excludin<r many coniposilions which 
 we-e in the former editions. Suffice il to say, thai his 
 views have undergone no change relative to the subjects 
 for which no hymns in this are exclusively applicable. 
 J'hi! work had become loo large. In abridging it, it was 
 obviously necessary to exclude such as could only be used 
 on occasions which seldom occur, and ottiers that wera 
 wa iting in animation. These, therefore, have been maiUi 
 to njve place lo others belter suited to the original ilesign 
 ot ihe work. 
 
 'I iughl by experience, he is persuaded thai a large Index 
 of s ihjects is of but little use. It originated in the desire 
 lo direct the mind to a suitable hymn with facility. The 
 jesire is laudable, but il fails of its object. Hymns are 
 ipldom so construf-tfd as to embrace only one leading 
 thougnt. Hence, what one man would place under one 
 uvad another wouM conoeive belonged lo a very d'Serest 
 
'^ ^RKFACE. 
 
 one The plan which he has adopted, is at once mo» 
 •imnle and useful. 
 
 Und.jr the yeueral heads of Praise, Oospel-Orace, and 
 Oospel-Ministinj. nill be fou.ui the hymns of most common 
 use for the pulp.t. The first embraces the object and ex- 
 ercise of pra.se. The second, the gracea of the Spirit, 
 gospel doctrine, invitations, and promises. The third 
 «uch as are assii^ned to the opening and concluding public 
 worship, associations, and missionary meetinirs. As ther« 
 are a great number of short, spirited hvmns'in this edi 
 tion suitable to be sung between sermons, or between 
 prayer and sermon, it has been thought best not to ajve 
 them a distinct place, as in the former, but to scatter them 
 through the whole, under their appropriate heads, addi.i" 
 to the simplicity and beauty of the work. The re-^t wi'' 
 be obvious by a mere glance at the Index of Subjects 
 
 In selecting for the Choice, the question has not been 
 «ill It be proper to publish the compositions of men whoni 
 views differ in some points from our own 1 but simply 19 
 the piece itself good, and adapted to the design i 
 
 In ail cases where the Author is known.liis name is 
 given. Where he is not, the work from which the stan- 
 ras are fa.ken is acknowledged. If 1 have made changes 
 ivhich are material, and especially in works not generally 
 known, it is expressed by mtered. If such changes are 
 not made, and the Author is not known, it is si-nified by 
 ^non._anonymous. In some of the pieces selected from 
 standard works, a few slight alterations have been made 
 which are not acknowledged, except here. The desire to 
 utribute them to their Author, is my apology ; and the 
 fact that the work is generally known, will enable tie 
 public to do justice to us both. The original compositions 
 plead rather for candour, than challenge criticism. They 
 are mostly on s.ibjects which were either not supplied, or 
 iupplied in an unsatisfactory manner. 
 
 The Rev. Mr. John Wesley says, that the greater part 
 of the hymns in his book, were composed bv the Rev 
 Charles Wesley It is a source of regret that t'ltv cannoi 
 
PREFACE * 
 
 BOW DC ideniified with their Author I 1 have made f i-'c* 
 »y free use of his book, and am inclined to think thai 
 the most of those selected from it were composet' by Mr 
 I). Wesley, but. as of this I am not certain. I have been 
 compelled to refer the readc^r to IVesley's Collection. 
 
 There is in the hymns of Mr. Wesley one excellence, of 
 which I cannot speak in terms of approbation too strong. 
 U consists in his personal addresses to God. He does noi 
 speak about him merely, but addresses him in humble 
 prayer, earnest pleading — and sends up his hymns directly 
 to hini in strains of lofty praise, [t is this that gives his 
 compositions that unction, which, operating as a (harm 
 on the congregation whilst singing, kindles in them inp 
 fervour of devotion without their knowing why. Trans 
 ported by the poet to the throne of God, they feel awed 
 irto reverence by the Majesty on high. 
 
 From a European work, published by the Synod of Re 
 liff, the Compiler has been enabled to select many hymn? 
 and songs which add to the value of his bocit, and thf, 
 more, because, in themselves valuable, thoy are, for thp 
 most part, unknown in this country. 
 
 The compositions of Dr. Walts .nore enrich the ChoioK 
 than any others. Without any wish to cause his general 
 work to be disused, the Compiler has been desirous to 
 make his own book more acceptable to the public, hj 
 adorning it with the beauties of this prince of lyric poets 
 Instead of making his hymns less useful, he liopes thereby 
 lo give them a more constant use in our worshipping as 
 *omblies. 
 
 By the publishers of spiritual songs the initnlgence of 
 the enlightened community has been so often bes[Kike. 
 that It has become common to conceive that a book, one 
 design of which is to circulate them, must necessarily be 
 deficient in poetic merit. But why may not compositions 
 of this kind be as worthy of acceptation as hymns ? Tiial 
 «iany which are so called, a" • destitute of claims lo pub 
 l»c favour, is admitted; but it is not the purpose of the Choic 
 
W\ PREFACE. 
 
 to circulate them. If ;he first part of it murils pubiie ap 
 wobation, the second alleges its claim also. 
 
 EXPLANATION. 
 
 In preparing the si.\th edition of the Choice for the prenh 
 the Compiler has revised and corrected the whole. Tti» 
 was partly done before the tifth was issued, and wou'C 
 have been completed, but for the pressure of other enga{;o 
 nients, and the immediate call for the work. A very few 
 miscellanies have been deemed necessary to make tht 
 volume complete. These have been added, and the arranj^e 
 ment preserved according to his pledge to the public. 
 
 Some explanation was needful, especially relati\e i« 
 song 64, and to avoid adding to the size of the book h« ha: 
 expunged so much of the former preface as to give it n onj 
 It had been originally too long and prosaic, and the *ur 
 ried manner in which it w^as abridged for the stereot} pet 
 excluded so many of the leading exercises as left it, ik« 
 the lame, unequal. The instrument of his first quickei ing 
 into life was not as clearly disclosed as it merited tc txa 
 The sword of the Spirit (John iii. 3—7.) in his own a', 
 mighty hand was the means first employed. A withered 
 blossom was the second. — It was due to the public and 
 himself to correct these inaccuracies, as far at least a« be 
 was able, and to place things in their proper order. 
 
 If the removal of a verse or composition has been 
 deemed necessary for the advancement of the work to 
 wards perfection, the trouble and expense are his; and 
 if the Church is benefited by it, this is his sufficient re 
 ward The form is just what was designed for the fourU 
 edition, and the whole as complete as he can make m 
 imall a pocket manuel.— May the Divine favour itlea' 
 L f«r Jesus' sake JJmen. 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 
 PART I 
 
 iN A nvnr of Christ 1 — * 
 
 Christ OUR Pattern 5 — 11 
 
 CuRJST Crucified 12 — 34 
 
 Resurrection and Ascension of Christ... 35 — 46 
 
 Christ's Mission 47 — 50 
 
 Intercession of Christ 51 — 54 
 
 Characters and Representations of Chrwt 55 — 80 
 
 Redemption 81 — 86 
 
 The Hoi.y Spirit 87—99 
 
 Praise 100—151 
 
 The Scriptures 152 — 155 
 
 Law and Sin 156—158 
 
 Gospel Grace 159—226 
 
 Gospel Ministry 227 — 301 
 
 The Penitent 302—322 
 
 Praver 323-a^7 
 
 Christian Testimony 358 — 364 
 
 Baptism 365 — 378 
 
 The Church 379-385 
 
 Covenanting 386 
 
 Receiving to Membership 387 — 399 
 
 Tmc Lords Supper 400—408 
 
 OrI'Inations 409 — 416 
 
 Chustian Exercises 417 — 448 
 
 Thi: Conflict 449—485 
 
 Circumstances of Life 486 — 491 
 
 Stages of Life 492 — 499 
 
 Death 500— .'07 
 
 Fudgment 508—514 
 
 Family Wokship 515—521 
 
 Parting 522—526 
 
 doxologies. 
 
INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 
 PART a. 
 
 Nativity of Christ 1-5 
 
 Crucifixion of Christ 6—13 
 
 Resurrection of (Christ 14 
 
 Exaltation of Christ 15 — P 
 
 (Characters of Christ 18 — 23 
 
 Praise 24—14 
 
 Triumphs of the Gospel 45 — 55 
 
 iwitations 5c 
 
 The Penitent 57 — 59 
 
 Public Prayer 60—63 
 
 Owning Christ 64 — 72 
 
 Baptism 73—76 
 
 Christian Fellowship 77—84 
 
 C'hristian Kxercises 85 — 102 
 
 Christian Conflict lOi? — 113 
 
 IjOnging for Heaven 114— 12'J 
 
 Contentment 124 — 12^/ 
 
 \kfliction 128—130 
 
 Death 131— m 
 
 Sinners Warned 135 — 137 
 
 Judgment 138—110 
 
 Meeting and Parting 141 — 144 
 
 Farewell 145- 14ii 
 
 VtlSCELLANIES 14*- IT*.' 
 
TABLE FOR THE HYMNS. 
 
 Acconling to thy gracious word 401 
 
 A charge to keep I have 228 
 
 Adam, our father and our head 24 
 
 After all that I have done 223 
 
 Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed 14 
 
 Alas! what hourly itanirers rise 442 
 
 All-seeing, powerful God 174 
 
 All, who through Christ the living way 466 
 
 Almighty God, I come to thee 308 
 
 Almighty God ! thy word is cast 249 
 
 Almighty Maker of my frame 488 
 
 Almighty Saviour! didst thou bleed 372 
 
 Almighty Saviour! Son of God 229 
 
 Almighty Spirit! O impart 227 
 
 Aloud we sing the wondrous grace 7 
 
 Amazing grace! how sweet the sound 209 
 
 Am I a soldier of the cross 450 
 
 An awful voice of thunder roll'd 358 
 
 A'ld let this feeble body fall 4:;5 
 
 And must this body die 507 
 
 Approach, my soul, the mercy seat 344 
 
 Arise my soul, my joyful powers 86 
 
 Arise, O King of grace, arise 3.S3 
 
 As beams of mercy round me shone "359 
 
 As new-born babes desire the nreast 195 
 
 As on the cross the Saviour hung 23 
 
 Assist thy servant. Lord 277 
 
 As water purifies 371 
 
 As when the weaiy traveller gains 17(5 
 
 Author and object of our faith 250 
 
 A iithor of 200(1 1 to thee I turn 337 
 
 Awake, and s'ng the song 145 
 
 Awake, my heart arise my tongue 122 
 
 Awake ! my soul, and use thy arms 451 
 
 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays 106 
 
 Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve 47S 
 
 Awake, my soul to meet the day 516 
 
 (\wak9 our souls awav, our fears 4''3 
 
 A-^ 
 
< -TiBLE FOR THE H^MNS 
 
 Opfiire Jehovali's awful throne. JGA 
 
 Before the <rreat Jehovah's bar 'J50 
 
 Beffiu the high, celestial strain 117 
 
 IJi'hohl, I send you forth, as shetp 44i) 
 
 Behold the Saviour of mankind 12 
 
 Behold the throne of grace 343 
 
 Behold what wondrous <;race 194 
 
 Believing soul, why tarriest thou 375 
 
 Beneath thy sacred, awful feet 32] 
 
 Beside the gospel pool 3)8 
 
 Be still ! and know that I am God 30i 
 
 Bestow, alminhty God 307 
 
 Beyond the glittering starry sky 41 
 
 Bid n»e of man beware. 450 
 
 Blest are the souls that hear and know 211 
 
 Blest are the souls whose sufferings show 47'J 
 
 Blest be the dear uniting love 522 
 
 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 2(18 
 
 Bought with the Saviours precious blood 384 
 
 Broad is the road tha t leads to death 4(i3 
 
 Brother in Christ, beloved thou 390 
 
 Buried in shadows of the night 196 
 
 By faint and glimmering light we view 506 
 
 Children of the heavenly King 434 
 
 Chosen and blest in Christ our Head 185 
 
 Christ tasted death for all our race 83 
 
 Come, all harmonious tongues 40 
 
 Come, and behold the Lamb of God 20 
 
 Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 102 
 
 Come, guilty souls, and flee away 173 
 
 Come, happy souls, approach your God 47 
 
 Come hither, all ye weary souls 172 
 
 Come, Holy Ghost, thine influence shed 369 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, come 96 
 
 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove &P 
 
 Come, humble sinner, in whose breast 169 
 
 Come in, thou blessed of the Lord .^96 
 
 Come in, ye blessed of our God . 3'.t2 
 
 Come in, ye blessed of the Lord 393 
 
 Come, let me love— or is my mind lift 
 
 Come, let our souls adore the Lord 354 
 
 Come, let us join our cheerful sonirs 115 
 
 Come, let us join our noblest songs . 109 
 
 Come, let us iift our j">yful eyes 53 
 
 (7ome, let us lift the voice of prayer 323 
 
 Come, let us use the grace divine 3«6 
 
 Come, Jet us worship and oow dowti 253 
 
TABLE FOR THE HYMNS. 
 
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 Come. Lord, and warm eadi languid hoart i43 
 
 •Jome, Lord, from above 
 
 Come rav soul, thy suit pr(;pare 
 
 Come. O iliou all-victonous Lord . . . 
 Come, sacred Spirit! from above. ... 
 Ccme sinners, to the bleeding Lamb 
 
 22G 
 
 Come rav soul, thy suit pr.jpare p^ 
 
 Come. O tliou all-victonous Lord «j|» 
 
 Come, sacred Spirit! from above.... ••j 
 
 to the bleeding Lamb -«' 
 
 to the Saviour conn; 
 
 Come, sinners, view the Lamb of God •• •• 
 
 255 
 
 view the Lamb of God 
 
 Conie sound his praise abroad ':^f^ 
 
 Come thou desire of all thy samls -fa 
 
 Come unto me, all ye who groan -■-:' 
 
 Come, ve that fear the Lord •^"•' 
 
 Come; weary souls, with sin distress d I :jj 
 
 Compar'dwithChrist. in all beside... ^^ 
 
 Conven'd from different parts, O Lord - -^ 
 
 Compar'dwithChrist. in all beside ^J 
 
 Conven'd from different parts, O Lc 
 
 Convinc'd that I against thy throne ^-f 
 
 Dangers of every shape ai\d name 4/8 
 
 Opacons, awake! the work fultfl 4i4 
 
 Dear centre of my souls desire J^ 
 
 De*r Lord, and has thy pardoning love •]'' 
 
 Dear Lord, the path to thi ne abode ^to^ 
 
 Descend from heaver, immortal Dove c^ 
 
 Destruction's dang'rous road • ^'^ 
 
 Did Christ the Saviour kneel ^^ 
 
 Didst thou, dear Jesus, suffer shanie 4o/ 
 
 Dismiss us with thy blessing. Lord ^j^o 
 
 Do not I love thee, O my Lord.. ■^^' 
 
 Down from the top of earthly bliss i<^' 
 
 Did Christ o'er sinners weep — " 
 
 Election !— tis most sweet to those 1^6 
 
 E' •^rnal Power, whose high abode ^-|j 
 
 Eternity is just at hand „ 
 
 Eternitv. with all its years.... 
 
 Exalted rrince, thou Prince of peace ^ 
 
 Extend thy conquests far and wide ^^^ 
 
 Fai th adds new charms to earthly bliss 201 
 
 Faith IS the Christian's evidence ^^ 
 
 Faith!— 'tis a precious grace. ..... --j^- •••• - 
 
 Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gone ^J 
 
 Father, I bow before thy throne fj^^ 
 
 Fat.ier, in the dust we lie ' „ 
 
 Father of Glorv! to thy name *r 
 
 Father of mercies, bend thine ear ^ 
 
 Father of mercies! from thy throne ^ 
 
 Father of mercies! send thy grace 1 
 
 father, to thee my soul I lift • •• 
 
XII TABLE FOR THE HVMNS. 
 
 F£.ther, whate'er of earthly bliss 3315 
 
 Few are thy (lays, and full of woe 492 
 
 Firm as the earth thy {:o-=|>el stands 21ii 
 
 For a season call'd to part 5ii4 
 
 For zeal I sigh, for zpal I pant 448 
 
 Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound 193 
 
 From ail that dwell below the skies 113 
 
 From Egypt lately freed 461 
 
 From deep distress and troubled thoughts ... 19«l 
 
 From heaven the sinning angels fell 141 
 
 From sin's dark, thorny maze "if^ij 
 
 From thee, my God, my joys shall rise J34 
 
 Give me the wings of faith to rise 126 
 
 Glory to God who reigns above 10" 
 
 Glory to thee, my God, this night j-20 
 
 Go forth, thou mighty CoiKjueroi, go 2dr> 
 
 Go forth, ye heralds, in my name 409 
 
 Go, preach my gospel, saith the Lord 2G9 
 
 Go, preach the gospel, saith the Lord 368 
 
 God is a Spirit, just and wise 424 
 
 God moves in a mysterious way 296 
 
 God of love, O hear our prayer 387 
 
 God of my childhood and 111 v youth 495 
 
 God, the offended God, most" Hiirli 239 
 
 Grace is a plant, where'er it grows 494 
 
 Grace! 'lis a charming sound 20fr 
 
 Grace! 'tis a most delightful theme 210 
 
 Grace ! 'tis a sweet, a cliaruiiiig theme 219 
 
 Grace triumphant on the throne 22C 
 
 Gracious Father, gracious Lord 274 
 
 Great God! how infinite are thou 112 
 
 Great God ! incline thy gracious ear 347 
 
 Great God, now condescend 356 
 
 Great God ! to what a glorious height 44 
 
 Great God! with wonder and with praise 152 
 
 Great is the Lord our God 38C 
 
 Great Prophet of the ransom'd church 60 
 
 Great Spirit of immortal love 97 
 
 Great Sov'reign of the earth and skies . .51 
 
 Great was the day, the joy was great 240 
 
 Happy beyond description he 200 
 
 Happy the church, thou sacred place 379 
 
 Happy the heart whi^re graces reign 204 
 
 Happy the man who finds the grace 62 
 
 flappy the soul whose wishes climb 13C 
 
 Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound 500 
 
 Hark! how thj waicinnen cry 454 
 
 Hark' the glail sound, the Saviour cornea 49 
 
TABLE FOR THE MVMNS XU; 
 
 Ha»-k ! the glad sound, me sjavioiir cdiiu's 4(4 
 
 Hark ! ihe lierald angels say .. 33 
 
 Hark! Ihe hi-rald anjrels sini.' 2 
 
 Hark! the Saviour of niaiikiiul su 
 
 Hark! 'tis the dyiiii.' Saviours cry 17 
 
 Hork ! 'tis the Saviours voice 1 liear IGfc 
 
 Head of ilie Churrh I thy rare we hlcss 415 
 
 Hf. dies! llie friend of siiHiors dies. 2(j 
 
 He dies! th(; heavens in mourning stood Ifc 
 
 He dies, the iniglity Saviour di^s Ifi 
 
 Hf knell, the Saviour knelt 29 
 
 U-i that distributes crowns and thrones 3? 
 
 H( who on earth as man was known ... 04 
 
 f le'p us. O I^ord ! each hour of need £44 
 
 Hence from my soul sad thoughts begone 42(1 
 
 Hish on the cross the Saviour hung 21 
 
 His death we mourn, w ho lately stood 504 
 
 Holy T.amb, who thee confess ti 
 
 Hosanna to the Prince of Light 37 
 
 How are thy glories here display'd 407 
 
 How are thy servants blest, O Lord 491 
 
 How beauteous are their feet 2'i3 
 
 How can 1 sink with such a prop J'J8 
 
 How charming is the plare 2H2 
 
 How closely join'd arc man and wife 4C7 
 
 How did my heart rejoict; to hear 2^0 
 
 How happy is the man who hears (il 
 
 How oft, alas! this wretched heart 1^2 
 
 How oft have sin and Satan strove 215 
 
 How pleasant, how div iiieiy fair 2r•:^ 
 
 How pleasant, how divinely swett i.-5 
 
 How precious is the hook divine 1.1,5 
 
 How sad 's my state ! — 1 know not how 313 
 
 Holy Spirit, from on high 324 
 
 How sweet and awful is the place 105 
 
 Iiow sweet the name of Jesus sounds 58 
 
 How sweet to leave the world awhile M6 
 
 How sweetly flnw'd the gospel sound 243 
 
 How vain are all things here below 437 
 
 Hungry, and faint, and poor 271 
 
 I am the way, the Saviour cries PO 
 
 I feel the s'rugglings of desire 303 
 
 I krow that my Redeemer lives .. 7? 
 
 I love my Saviour God — 3ti2 
 
 I love the windows of thy grace 4^1 
 
 I'm not asham'd to own mv Lord 45r 
 
 I send the joys of earth a*, ay 42'.« 
 
«V TABLE FOR TliE HVMNS. 
 
 I sinff my Saviours wondrous (ieatli 3t 
 
 I sing recleniplioii liirongh his blood bl 
 
 I sini; the Goil wiiose power and love 114 
 
 I waul a heart to pray 3A'i 
 
 In all my l^nrds appointed ways 4Hfi 
 
 In but one single point, if thou 157 
 
 Ir the cold prison of a tomb 136 
 
 I I the sweet season of thy youth 4^ 
 
 Ii thy great name, O Lord, we come 9ti 
 
 In ihy great name, Supreme of all 37^ 
 
 In vain the trembling conscience seeks 17fi 
 
 Indulgent God, how kind 170 
 
 Infinite excellence is thine 67 
 
 Is there ambition in my heart 207 
 
 Is there a trembling mourner here 256 
 
 Jerusa ?in, O hadst thou known 254 
 
 Jesus, and shall it ever be 37^ 
 
 Jesus, dear name, how sweet it sounds 167 
 
 jcsus, I fain would walk in thee 33t- 
 
 Jesus, I love thy charming name 59 
 
 Jesus, I sing thy matchless grace 72 
 
 Ji'sus ! in thy transporting name 56 
 
 Jesus, Lfrrd, we look to thee 388 
 
 J tfsus my all to heaven is gone 46 
 
 Jesus, my strength, my hope 334 
 
 Jesus, the heavenly lover, gave 57 
 
 Ji.'sus, the name to sinners dear 231 
 
 Jesus, thou art the sinner's friend 2S 
 
 Jesus, thou dying Lamb 373 
 
 Jesus, thou hast advised 360 
 
 Ji'sns, thou heavenly Lamb 76 
 
 Jesus, thou lover of mankiiul 306 
 
 Jesus, thy all-victorious love • • • 3^10 
 
 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness 78 
 
 Jesus, thy witness speaks within IdO 
 
 Jesus, to whom we now belong 242 
 
 Jesus, united by thy grace 230 
 
 Jfsus, with all thy saints above 84 
 
 Jv»y to the world, the Lord is come 4 
 
 Re-ep silence, all created thii gs 18^ 
 
 Ki.ig of Kings and Lord of Lords 105 
 
 Lartcn with guilt, and full of fears 154 
 
 Let every mortal car attend 159 
 
 Let me bnt hear my "'avio'ir say 181 
 
 Let all wl.o love th-> Saviour's name 389 
 
 Let th • r nc ? er fh> ^lor,. Lor*' 143 
 
TABLE FOR Tlli, IIYMNS. X^ 
 
 uet US adore the grace tliat seeks '2-24 
 
 Lei worldly minds the world pursue . . 4;}0 
 
 fjCt worms devour my wasting; flesh ..51] 
 
 Let Zion and her sor.s rejoice 4:5J 
 
 Let Zioii's watchmen all awake 'JUti 
 
 l^ife and immortal joys are given 15<? 
 
 (jife is the time to serve the Lord 4'Ja 
 
 Lift up your eyes to th' heavenly seats 51 
 
 Light of our souls! thyself reveal 24G 
 
 Lo ! the Redeemer leaves the tomb 36 
 
 Lo! there 's a voice of sovereign gr.ice Hi I 
 
 Lo! to the hills I lift mine eye 237 
 
 {x)ng have I seemd to serve thee. Lord 31;! 
 
 Look up, my soul, behold the prize 4e'2 
 
 liord, at thy feet I prostrate fall 3->J 
 
 • •ord, at thy feet we sinners lie 31'/ 
 
 Lord, how delightful 'tis to see 14(i 
 
 f^ord, how large thy bounties are J?0 
 
 Lord, if thou thy grace impart iiOii 
 
 fiord, in the morning I will send 517 
 
 Lord, smile on each divine attempt 2'.'U 
 
 Lord, we are blind, we nidrtals blind 103 
 
 Lord, what is man, that thou shouldsl look 8-2 
 
 Lord, when together here we meet 5i25 
 
 Love divine, how sweet the sound 221 
 
 Low would I bow beneath thy fee* 119 
 
 Man has a boul that never dies 2.12 
 
 Mortals awake, with angels join 1 
 
 My bowels yearn o'er dying men 513 
 
 My dear Redeemer and my Lord 10 
 
 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so 4G4 
 
 My former hopes are fled 315 
 
 My God, my Father, thou art wise 122 
 
 I\Ty God, my life, my love 12';t 
 
 My God, my portion, and my love 128 
 
 Mv God, the sprins of all my joys 432 
 
 My God. what silkr'n cord? are thine n3 
 
 My gracious, my Almighty Lord 4!l~ 
 
 My heart is fix'd— did David say 400 
 
 My rising soul, with strong desires 474 
 
 .My Saviour, my Almiijhty Friend 121 
 
 My sins and fears like biiiows rise 302 
 
 My 80ul, be on thy zuahI 453 
 
 My soul how lovely is the place 284 
 
 My soul how solemn is the word .... 49f, 
 
 Vy thoughts surniDii tit these lower ski 's 14« 
 
t TABLE FOR THE HYMNS- 
 
 My tiu 8 oi SOI row and of joy ISJ 
 
 .Myself I cannot save 3% 
 
 Not unto us, but Ihce alone 279 
 
 Nothing save Jesus would I know 34 
 
 Now by the bowels of my God 205 
 
 Now, ere the trumpet shakes 30« 
 
 Now let our souls, on wings suiiiinie 135 
 
 Now let our voices join.. 433 
 
 Now, Lord, inspire the preacher's heart 273 
 
 N')W may the Spirit's holy tire 94 
 
 Niivv shall my inward joys arit^e 428 
 
 Now to the throne of grace I 11 !;o 353 
 
 Now, while the gospel net is cast 270 
 
 O bless the Lord, my soul 104 
 
 O blessed souls are 'hey 191 
 
 O come I ye sinners, to the Loni 1C3 ^i 
 
 O for a closer walk with God 257 
 
 O for a heart to praise my God 341 
 
 O for a shout of sacred joy 42 
 
 O for a sweet, inspiring ray I'M 
 
 O for a thousand tongues to sing 100 
 
 O Lord, my best desires fulfil 4-23 
 
 O may I find in death 501 
 
 Of all our sins is pride 470 
 
 O Sa 7iour, help me to resolve 310 
 
 Osinners! could you see 11 
 
 O sinners, to the Saviour go 2G0 
 
 O that I could mv Lord receive 232 
 
 O that I could repent 312 
 
 O that my load of sin were gone 37d 
 
 O the delishts, the heavenly joys 45 
 
 O the sharp pangs of smarting pain 30 
 
 O thou, who didst for sinners die 326 
 
 O! what a sad and doleful nisht 22 
 
 O with v» hat pleasure we behold 398 
 
 O Zion, when shall I survey 484 
 
 Obedient to the word 307 
 
 O'erwhelm'd with restless griefs and feara 444 
 
 Oh ! for a dance of heavenly day 435 
 
 Or this delightful day ' 13S 
 
 On this sweet morn the Lord arose 13e 
 
 On willows, near to Babel's fiooil 44C 
 
 Once more before we part 523 
 
 Once more we come before our God 276 
 
 Our blessed Redeemer, ere he breath'd 87 
 
 Our Captain leads us on 453 
 
 Our God. how firm his promise stamls 814 
 
 Our Lord 19 risen from the (lead 43 
 
 Out of the world, O Lord, I come 391 
 
TABLE FOR 1 HE HYMNS. XVII 
 
 Puifcice divine!— how rich the grace 42fl 
 
 'itience! — O, what a grace divine 425 
 
 Perfection here below ... . 179 
 
 ''lung'd in a gulf of dark despair 116 
 
 Praise to the l^ord, wiio bows his ear 150 
 
 Pray, says the word, and never cease 351 
 
 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire 323 
 
 Prepare a thankful song 52 
 
 Proclaim sanation from the Lord 183 
 
 Pure are the joys above the sky i:i3 
 
 du'ck as the apple of an eye 333 
 
 Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye 156 
 
 Raise your triumphant songs 48 
 
 Rejoice, believer, in the Lord 222 
 
 Religion is the chief concern 286 
 
 Renew'd by grace, we love the word 399 
 
 Resplendent Sun ! thy rays impart 406 
 
 Revive thy work. Almighty Lord 349 
 
 Rous'd by th' gospel's powerful sound 314 
 
 Saints, at your heavenly Father's word 450 
 
 Salvation ! O, the joyful sound 217 
 
 Saviour, wast thou baptis'd in blood 3(")() 
 
 iiay, who is she that looks abroad 381 
 
 Search the Scriptures, saith the Lord 153 
 
 See, ye sinners see I the flame 204 
 
 i5eek, my soul, the narrow gate 233 
 
 Shepherd Divine, our wants relieve 3,32 
 
 Shepherd of Israel, thou dost keep 4i0 
 
 Shout, for the blessed Jesus reigns 292 
 
 Shout to the Lord, and let our joys 14!) 
 
 Show pity. Lord, O Lord, forgive 320 
 
 Since Jesus freely did appear 486 
 
 Sinners, behold the Lamb of God 245 
 
 So let our lips and lives express 278 
 
 S(ddiers of Christ, arise 452 
 
 Songs of praise awoke the morn ilO 
 
 Sovereign Ruler of the skies 490 
 
 Spirit Divine I we barren prcjve 99 
 
 Stand up, my s-iul, shake off thy feara 477 
 
 Strait is the way, the door is strait 188 
 
 Stretch'd on the cross, the Saviour dies 13 
 
 Sweet were the tears that once 1 shed 361 
 
 TcHch me the measure of my days 489 
 
 That awful dav will surelv come 508 
 
 That doleful night befr re lu.^ death 40^ 
 
«>m VABLK FOR THE H\.MN3 
 
 The blesl n-emonals of thy grief 408 
 
 The busy scenes of day are clos'd 518 
 
 Th- day is past and gone 519 
 
 Tile food on which my children live 272 
 
 The gospel light rolls down the sky 3 
 
 The hour of prayer once more is come 33J 
 
 The Judge descends from worlds on high 512 
 
 The kind Redeemer left his thro.ie 70 
 
 The law still curses those who break 2<)6 
 
 The Lord on high proclaims 7" 
 
 The Lord shall come, a glorious form 509 
 
 The Lord will happiness divine 436 
 
 The praying spirit breathe 329 
 
 The Saviour bids me come 311 
 
 The Saviour calls — let every ear I(j4 
 
 The Saviour comes! no outward pomp • • 31 
 
 The Saviour! O what boundless charms 55 
 
 The souls that would to Jesus press 471 
 
 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind 9? 
 
 The time will surely come 215 
 
 The vilest of the human race 25!) 
 
 The wandering star, and fleeting wind 443 
 
 The world can never give 26? 
 
 There is a fountain fill'd with blf»od 71 
 
 There's nothing round the spacious earth 417 
 
 These glorious minds, h"w bright they shine 132 
 
 Tins is the day the l^ord has made 248 
 
 'J'his morning let my praise arise 515 
 
 Thou art the way— to thee al-^". 65 
 
 "J'hough [ should seek to wasn me clean 54 
 
 Thron'd on a cloud our God shall come 510 
 
 Thus far my fJod hath led me on 402 
 
 Thus far the Lord has led ine on 521 
 
 Thus saith the High and Lofty One 171 
 
 Thy presence, gracious God, afford 275 
 
 Tis a point I lone to know 438 
 
 Tisftnish'd! — so the Saviour cried 85 
 
 Tis GofI the Spirit leads 90 
 
 'Tis my happiness below 4i>6 
 
 To bless the chosen race 2'.il 
 
 To-day the Saviour rose 140 
 
 To dwell in unity and love 241 
 
 To God, the only" wise 124 
 
 To him that lov'd the sons of men 10*; 
 
 To keep the lamp alive 21)? 
 
 To that dear world of light and bliss 419 
 
 I'o thee, O God, when creatures fail 353 
 
 I'o yffi, O mt n, I call Wi 
 
TABLE FOR THE HYMNS. Ill 
 
 f>jg<;ther with these symbols, Lord 4(12 
 
 Tremblinii; 1 stand before tlie Lord 3(H 
 
 Try us, O God. and search the ground 2:<8 
 
 Twas on liiat dark, thai doleful night 4IM) 
 
 Unshaken as the sacred Hill 1!C 
 
 Up to the fields where angels lie lifl 
 
 Up to the throne where Jesus reigns 32? 
 
 Up to ihy throne, O God of love 7 4] 
 
 Vain are the hopes the sons of men 
 
 Vain men, your fond pursuits forbear 2!t9 
 
 Warm was his heart, his faith was strong ;{3 
 
 Was it my sin that wounded thee 32 
 
 Wash'd in the Saviour's cleansing blood 3!»4 
 
 We are a garden wall'd around 3H2 
 
 We bow before thy gracious throne 3(tl 
 
 Welcome a nd precio^js to my soul 2U7 
 
 Welcome here, our friend and brother 3!>7 
 
 Welcome, sweet day of rest 137 
 
 Welcome, ye well-beloved of God 3'.»5 
 
 What jarring natures dwell within 445 
 
 What shall 1 do my God to love 101 
 
 What shall I do, the sinner cries 374 
 
 What shall I render to my God 3M 
 
 What various hindrances we meet 330 
 
 When all thy mercies, O my God 499 
 
 When any turn from Zion's way 467 
 
 When blooming youth is snatclid away 502 
 
 When Christ, who came my soul to save 365 
 
 When Christ, with all his graces crown'd 418 
 
 When first the Lord his grace reveal'd 439 
 
 V\'^hen I can read my title clear 479 
 
 ^Vhen I can say, My God is mine 4g3 
 
 VV^hen I survey the wondrous cross 404 
 
 When Jesus died, a suffering one 19 
 
 When Jesus dwelt in mortal clay 8 
 
 When Jesus smild, and said, arise 446 
 
 When, O dear Jesus, when shall I 147 
 
 Whence do our mournful thoughts arise 18j 
 
 Whene'er the angry passions rise 5 
 
 Where are the jrrateful tears I shed ... 447 
 
 Where Christ the Lord has planted grace 177 
 
 Where is the Judge that shall condemn 19S 
 
 Where'er ascends the sacrifice Ill 
 
 While carnal men, with all their miirht 475 
 
 **'hile in this dark and dreary land .7 63 
 
IX TABLE FOR THE HYMNS. 
 
 While my Redeemer 's near 60 
 
 Whilst tliee 1 seek, protucling Power .i57 
 
 Who can forbear to sing 12S 
 
 Why should the cliildren of a King 9i 
 
 Why tarriest thou ? arise 37(j 
 
 VVilh all my powers of heart and tongue 103 
 
 With earnest longings of the mind 4iiS 
 
 Witjli heavenly power, (J Lord, defend 411 
 
 With holy awe, and solemn dread 505 
 
 With joy we meditate the grace . . 75 
 
 Willi Mary's love, without her fear 251 
 
 With reverence let the saints appear 287 
 
 With Satan, Christ had fought 27 
 
 Would you win a soul to God 413 
 
 Where Babel's streams ran murmuring by 44) 
 
 fe dying sons of men IfiS 
 
 fe gii tiering toys of eartli, a»<ieu ft 
 
 Ve messengers of Christ 4 IS 
 
 Ve sin-sick souls, draw n if 17J 
 
 Ye wretched, hungry »i>»» ing poor 165 
 
 foader, amazing 4'f•^ ! <« iS 
 
wmm ©M®i© 
 
 NATIVITY OF CHRIST. 
 
 1. C. M Medley. 
 
 Behold I bring you good tidings of great foy 
 
 MORTALS, awake, with angels join, 
 And chaunt the solemn lay ; 
 Joy, love, and gratitude combine 
 To hail th' auspicious day. 
 I In hea\en the rapturous song began, 
 And sweet seraphic fire 
 Through all int- snmmg legions ran, 
 And strung and tun'd the lyre. 
 ? Swii'l through the vast expanse it flew 
 And loud the echo roll'd ; 
 Tlie theme, the song, the joy was new, 
 'Twas more than heaven could hold 
 \ Down through the portals of the sky 
 TL impetuous torrent ran. 
 And angels flew w ith eager joy. 
 To bear the news to man. 
 
 5 Hark I the cherubic armies shout. 
 
 And glory leads the song ; 
 Good \\-lll and peace are hoard throughout 
 Th' harmonious heaveniy throng. 
 
 6 O for a glance of heavenly love 
 
 Our hearts and songs to raise I 
 Sweetly to bear our souls above. 
 And mingle with their lays. 
 
 2. 7's. Anoji. 
 Glory to God in the highest 1 Luke u. 14 
 
 HA RK ! the herald angels sing, 
 ' Glory to the new-born king ; 
 
>ATIV1TV OF CHRWT 
 
 Peace on earth, and mercy mild. 
 •God and sinners reconcil'd.* 
 
 2 Joyful, all ye nations rise, 
 Join the triumph of the skies. 
 With the heavenly host proclaim, 
 
 * Christ is born in Belhleheui.' 
 
 1 Christ, by highest heaven ador'd, 
 Christ, the everlasting God, 
 Meekly lays his glory by. 
 
 Born for men, for men to die. 
 
 4 Ilail! thou heaven-horn Prince of Pea<«. 
 Hail ! thou Sun of Righteousness, 
 Risen with healing in thy wings, 
 Life and light thy rising brings. 
 
 3. L. M. 
 Good Tidings of Great Joy. Luke ii. 10- 14 
 
 THE gospel light rolls down the sky, 
 And frighten'd darkness Hies away ; 
 Fill'd with ecstatic heavenly joy. 
 Sweet angels hail the blisslul day I 
 
 2 Wrapt in the shades of mental night, 
 Deep sunk in guilt lay all the world ; 
 
 * When bursting, glorious, heavenly light. 
 The soul-reviving scene unfurl'd. 
 
 3 'Go, shepherds,' said the angel band, 
 
 * Go, and embrace your infant King ; 
 
 • Proclaim the joy through ever\' land, 
 
 • Let heaven and earth with rapture ring. 
 
 4 'GI'Ty to God on high be given,' 
 The bursting, joyful, tidings roll'd, 
 
 •Good will and peace desccn<l from heaven, 
 
 • To bless and save a sinking world.' 
 
 5 We'll spread the news the world around ; 
 Be this our lasting, sweet employ. 
 
 Till heaven and earth reflect the sound 
 And heathen nation is catch the joy. 
 
CHRIST OUR PATTERN i. i 
 
 4. C. M. IValts. 
 The Messiah's coming and kingdom. 
 
 JOY to the world, the Lord is come ; 
 Lei earth receive her king; 
 Let every heart prepare him room. 
 And heaven and nature sing. 
 I No more let sins and sorrows grow. 
 Nor thorns infest the ground ; 
 fie comes to make iiis blessings flow 
 Far as the curse is found. 
 3 He rules the world with truth and grdce. 
 And makes the nations prove 
 The glories of his righteousness, 
 And wonders of his love. 
 
 CHRIST OUR PATTERN. 
 
 5. L. M. Epis. Coll 
 
 Christ our pattern. 
 
 WHENE'ER the angry passion.s rise. 
 And tempt our thoughts or tongue* u. rtriff 
 To Jesus let us lift our eyes. 
 
 Bright pattern of the Christian life. 
 
 2 O how benevolent and kind I 
 
 How mild, huw ready to forgive! 
 Be this the temper of our mind, 
 And these the rules by which we live 
 
 3 To do his heavenly Father's will 
 
 Was his employment and delight ; 
 Humility and holy zeal 
 Shone through his life divinely bright 
 i Dispensincr good where'er he came. 
 The lalxjur of his life was love, 
 Then, if we bear the Saviour's name. 
 By his exanip.e let us move. 
 h Thy fair example may we trace. 
 To teach us what we ought to be ; 
 Make us, by thy transforming grace. 
 O Saviour, dailv more like ihee 
 
Cn-RIST OUR PATTERM. 
 
 6. 7'8. Wesley's Coll 
 Christ our pattern. 
 
 HOLY Lamb, who thee confesK 
 Followers of thy holiness. 
 Thee they ever keep in view. 
 Ever ask, what shall I do? 
 Govem'd by thy only will, 
 All thy words we would fulfil, 
 Woula in all thy footste[)s go. 
 Walk as Jesus did below. 
 While thou didst on earth appear 
 Servant to thy servants here, 
 Mindful of thy place above. 
 All thy life was pmyer and love 
 Such our whole employment be. 
 Works of faith and charity. 
 Works of love on man bestow'd, 
 Secret intercourse with God. 
 Early in the temple meet. 
 And our loving Saviour greet, 
 Nightly to the mount repair, 
 Join our praying Pattern there 
 ITiere by wrestling laith obtain 
 Power to work for God again ; 
 Glad to pray and labour on. 
 Till our earthly course is run. 
 
 7. C. M. Rippon's Selection 
 Ijove to enemies from the Example of L\rt^ 
 
 ALOUD we sing the wondrous grace 
 Christ to his murderers bare. 
 Which made the tori'ring cross its throne. 
 
 And hung its trophies there. 
 ' Father, forgive I' his mercy cried 
 
 With his expiring hrealh, 
 And drew eiornal blessings dowTi 
 
 On those who wrought his death 
 li>sus. thv wonJrous love we •■'ing.' 
 
 .Ami while we sing, admire- 
 
CHRIST OUR. PATTERN. I 
 
 Breatlke on our souls, ami kindle there 
 
 The same celestial tire. 
 Sway'd by thy dear example, we 
 
 For enemies would pray; 
 vVith love their }iatred, and their curse 
 
 With blessings, would repay. 
 
 8. L. M. Gibbons. 
 The he.nefcence of Christ for our imilaticm, 
 
 WHEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay. 
 What were his works from day to day * 
 Sweet miracles of power and grace, 
 That spread salvation through our race. 
 I Teach us, O Lord, to keep In view 
 Thy pattern, ami thy steps pursue; 
 Let alms bestow'd, let kindness done, 
 Be witness'd by each rolling sun. 
 
 3 That man may l/isl, but never Lives, 
 Wht) much receives, but nothing gives; 
 Whom none can love, whom none can thank. 
 Creation's bloL creation's blank. 
 
 4 But h.p who marlvs. from day to day. 
 In generous acts l.is rauiant wav, 
 i'reads the same path his Saviour trod, 
 The path to glory and to God. 
 
 9. C. M. Doddridge. 
 l\e good Samaritan. Luke x. 29 — 37 
 
 FATHER of mercies I send thy grace, 
 A.ll-ix)werful fn>m above. 
 To form in our obedient souls, 
 
 The image of thy love. 
 O, may our sympathizing breasts, 
 That generous pleasure know. 
 Kindly to share in others' joy. 
 And weep for others' woe ' 
 A When the most helpless sona of grief^ 
 In low distress are laid ; 
 Soft be our hearta tlieir pains to feel, 
 And swift our hands to aid. 
 H 
 
]t 11 CHRIST OUR PATTERW. 
 
 * So Jesus flew on wings of love, 
 To raise us from the g'-ound, 
 And shed the richest of nis blood, 
 A balm for every wound. 
 
 10. L. M. Wafts. 
 The Example of Christ 
 
 MY dear Redeemer and my Lord 
 I read my duty in thy word; 
 But in thy life the law appears, 
 Drawn out in living characters. 
 t Such was ihy truth, and such thy zeal. 
 Such deference to thy Father's will, 
 Such love, and meel^ness so divine, 
 I would transcribe and make them mine 
 
 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air 
 Witness'd the fervour of thy prayer; 
 The desert thy temptations "knew, 
 Thy conflict, and thy victory toe. 
 
 4 Be thou my pattern ; make me bear 
 More of thy gracious image here. 
 Then God, "the Judge, shatl own my ; 
 Amongst the followers of the Lamb. 
 
 11. S. M. 
 Chrixt our Pattern in Baptism. 
 S'NNKitS! could you see 
 Jesus, the Lamb of Ci(jd, 
 Extended on Mount Calvary 
 
 Groaning beneath your load: 
 Could you but hear hun say, 
 With his expiring breath, 
 "I die to bear your guilt away, 
 That you may live by faith;' 
 Could you but see htm rise, 
 
 From Jordan's rolling flood. 
 And hear him say, " be ye Itaptiz'd. 
 
 L'ke me your risuig Lord :" 
 Where is the heart of stone 
 Tb.ll would not melt or break, 
 
 o 
 
CHRIST CRUCIFIED- l^ 13 
 
 That would not bend lo God alone. 
 And all the world forsake ? 
 
 5 Forsake, as he advis'd, 
 Obey his pleasing rule, 
 And, like our Pattern, be baptiz'd, 
 
 Be buried from the world ? / 
 
 CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 
 12. C. M. Wesley's Coll. 
 Christ Crucifed. 
 
 BEHOLD the Saviour of mankind, 
 i\ail'd to tht shameful tree I 
 How vast the love thai him inclin'd 
 To bleed and die for me I 
 I Hark I how he groans, while nature shakes, 
 And earth's strong pillars bptirl . 
 The temple's veil in sunder breaks, 
 The solid marbles rend. 
 t"i 'TIS done ; the precious ransom 's paid , 
 Receive my soul, he cries; 
 See, where he Ikiws his sacred head. 
 He bows his head and dies! 
 C But soon he Ml break death's envious chain. 
 And in full glorv shine ; 
 O Lamb of God I was ever pain, 
 VVa:5 ever love like thine! 
 
 13. L. M. Sieele. 
 A dying Saviour. Mark xv. 29 — 38. 
 
 STRETCH'D on the cross, the Saviour dit« 
 Hark ! his expiring groans arise ! 
 
 See, from his hands, his feet, his side. 
 
 Runs down the sacred crimson tide I 
 i Did Christ the Lord, for sinners bleed I 
 
 .\nd could the sun behold the deed ? 
 
 No! he withdrew his splendid ray, 
 
 \nd darkness veil'd the mourning day. 
 I Csn I survey this scene of woe. 
 
 Where mingling grief and wonder flow 
 
14, IS CHRIST CRUCIFIEa 
 
 And j'^et my fieart unmov'd remain. 
 Insensible to love or pain? 
 4 Come, dearest Lord I thy grace impart. 
 To warm this cold, this stupid heart. 
 Till all its powers and passions move 
 In melting grief and ardent love. 
 
 14 C. M. Watls. 
 Godli sorrovj arixing from Christ's sufferings 
 
 ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed, 
 And did my Sovereign die! 
 Would he devote that sacred head 
 For such a worm as I ? 
 
 2 Thv body slain, sweet Jesus, thine, 
 
 And bathed in its own blood, 
 While all expos'd to wrath divine, 
 The glorious sufferer stood. 
 
 3 Was it for crimes that I had done 
 
 He groan'd upon the tree? 
 Amazing pity! grace unknown! 
 
 And love beyond degree! 
 1 Well might the sun in darkness hide 
 
 And stmt his glories in. 
 When God the mighty Maker died. 
 
 For man tlie creature's sin. 
 b Thus migtit 1 hide my blushing face 
 
 While his dear cross appears \ 
 Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, 
 
 And melt mine eyes to tears. 
 6 But drops of grief can ne'er repay 
 
 The debt of love 1 ow e ; 
 Here, Lord, I give myself away, 
 
 'Tis all that I can do. 
 
 15. C. M. Stennett. 
 The attraction of the Cross. John xu 7i 
 
 YONDER, amazing sight! I se« 
 Th' incarnate Son of God, 
 Ex})iring on ih'acccrsec' tree. 
 And weltering in his tjliMwJ 
 
CHRIST CRLTCIFIED. 
 
 I Behold a purple torrent run 
 
 Do\\7i from his hands and head 
 The crimson tide pits out the sun, 
 His groans awake the dead. 
 J The treniblin? earth, the darken'd sk} 
 Proclaim the irulh aloud : 
 And, with th'amaz'd centurion, crj', 
 ' This is the Son of God I' 
 ! So great, so vast a sacrifice, 
 May well my hopes revive; 
 i£ God's own Son thus bleeds and die», 
 The sinner sure may live. 
 • O, that these cords of love divine 
 Might draw me, Lord, to ihee! 
 Thou hast my heart, ii shall be thine; 
 Thine it sl'iall ever be. 
 
 H 
 
 16. CM. 
 The effects of Christ's death. 
 E dies, the mighty Saviour dies I 
 
 The purple streams run dowTiI 
 He closes his resplendent eyes! 
 All nature seems to mourn. 
 * The heavenly harps remain'd imstrung 
 In silence laid aside, 
 While " on the cross the Sa\-iour hung, 
 And wept, and bled, and died." 
 S His groans awake the sleeping dead. 
 Like light'ning Satan fell. 
 And when to death he bow'd his head, 
 He shook the powers of hell. 
 t Well might the sun withdraw his ray 
 Earth to its centre heave. 
 And darkness clothe the mourning day 
 And all creation grieve. 
 i Well might the Roman soldier say, 
 When he beheld that blood. 
 Aiii felt the earth beneath give way, 
 "This IS the Son oC God "" 
 
'7, 18 CHRIST CRrciFIF.n 
 
 6 Now let me lift my weeping eyes. 
 And to the cross repair ; 
 The cross of v\oe, where Jesus die*. 
 And find salvation there. 
 
 17. CM. 
 
 Sin the cause of Christ's pain. 
 
 HARK ! 'tis the dying Saviour's cry 
 Upon Mount Calvary; 
 My God ! my God ! O telTme, why 
 Hast thou forsaken me ? 
 
 2 Was it my sin that caus'd that fiown, 
 
 And prest my Saviour soro ? 
 That made the crimson Hood run down 
 From every opening pore ? 
 
 3 Yes, they transfix'd and tore his feet, 
 
 His hands and side ihey wound, 
 Till SI reams of blood each other meet. 
 And wet the purple ground. 
 
 i They threw a cloud around the God, 
 Roll'd back the tlootJ of day; 
 That those dear streams of precious blood 
 Might take my sins away 
 
 5 The pains that I have caus'd thee, Lord, 
 I never can relieve : 
 But, yielding to thy sacred word, 
 Myself to thee I give. 
 
 18. L. M. Waits. 
 Christ's death and resurrection. 
 
 HE dies! the heavens in mourning stood 
 He rises. — and appears a God ; 
 Behold the Lord ascending high. 
 No more to bleed, no more to die. 
 
 2 Hence, and for ever, from my heart, 
 I bid my doubts and fears oepart; 
 \nd to those hands my soul resign 
 Whirh bear credeniiak so divine. 
 
CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 19. 2L> 
 
 19. C. M. 
 
 Godly sorroii: of ifie. di/ing thief. 
 
 WHEN Jesiis <lic(], a suffering one 
 Was sof'tcn'd inio grief; 
 Touch'd by the Saviour's (l\ing groan 
 He songnt and found relief 
 
 8 Remember me, the sinner cries, 
 With his expiring breath; 
 The glorious Saviour lifts his eves, 
 And gives the conquering fallh 
 
 ? Now in thv kingdom, Saviour, God, 
 From all thv sufferings free, 
 Ixx)k from the place of thine abode, 
 And, O remember me. 
 
 20. CM. 
 T7ie Saviour's ogony. 
 
 COME, and behold the Lamb of Gou 
 The Lamb for sinners slain; 
 Kneeling beneath vour guilty load. 
 In agonizing pain 
 
 2 Stav here and watch, he meekly said. 
 
 Till I shall vonder go; 
 And there he knelt, and bow'd his heaci 
 And prayed wiih fervour loo. 
 
 3 And as he knell and pmyed to God, 
 
 The angels hf)ver round ; 
 But could no! siny the crimson flooQ, 
 It dropt u[wn the ground. 
 
 4 Methinks I hear them whispering say 
 
 Almighty, suffering Lord, 
 Be pleas'd to teach us how we may 
 Remove this painful load. 
 
 f» Be silent I all ye heavenly hosts, 
 
 Let human bosoms melt ; 
 
 Phis is a part of what it costs 
 
 To rescue souls from guilt 
 
tl. 82 CHRIST CRUCIFIED 
 
 6 None but your Sovereign and their Goc 
 For sinners can atone ; 
 Your Maker must sustain the load, 
 And bear it all alone. 
 
 21. C. M. Watts. 
 
 The. Brazen Serpent's Antitype. 
 
 HIGH on the cross the Saviour hunj; 
 High in the heaven he reigns! 
 Here sinners by th' old serpent stung, 
 Look, and forget their pains. 
 
 2 When God's own Son is lifted up, 
 A dying world revives; 
 The Jews behold the glorious hope, 
 Th' expiring Gentile lives. 
 
 22. CM. Hart. 
 Fehmvship with Christ iii his sufferings. Phil, m 
 
 O! WHAT a sad and doleful night 
 Preceded I hat day's morn. 
 When darkness sei/.'d the I^ord of light, 
 And sm was by him borne I 
 
 2 Forth from the garden, fully tried, 
 
 Our bruised Champion came. 
 
 To suffer what remain'd beside 
 
 Of anguish, grief, and shame. 
 
 3 Nail'd to the cross thniugh hands and feel 
 
 He hung in oi)on view ; 
 To make his sufforings (juite complete, — 
 Of God deserted too. 
 
 4 Through nature's works the woes he felt 
 
 With soft infection ran ; 
 The hanlest things could break, or melt 
 Kxcept the heart of man. 
 
 5 l»rd. thou hast fmid the mighty debt, 
 
 .And made believers dean; 
 
 But he knows nothing of it yet, 
 
 VVho it> not griev'd at sin. • 
 
CHRIST CRl'CTFIKD. 23 »4 
 
 6 O cause this flinty heart to melt I 
 Steep it in blooti divine! 
 Thai sweetest union may be felt, 
 Betwixt it. Lord, and thine. 
 
 23. C. M. Stennetl. 
 
 The Cnnver'ed Thief Luke xxiii. 4S 
 
 AS on the cross the Saviour hung, 
 And wept, and bled, and died, 
 He pour'd salvation on a wretch 
 That languish 'd at his side. 
 
 2 His crimes, with inward grief and shame 
 
 The penitent confess'd ; 
 Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ, 
 And thus his prayer address'd : 
 
 3 'Jesus, thou Son and heir of heaven! 
 
 ' Thou spotless Lamb of God ! 
 
 * I see thee balh'd in sweat and tears. 
 
 •And weltering in thy blood. 
 
 4 ' Yet quickly from these scenes of woe, 
 
 * In triumph thou shalt rise, 
 
 • Burst through the gloomy shades of death 
 
 * And shine above the skies. 
 
 5 'Amid the glories of that world, 
 
 * Dear Saviour, think on me, 
 •And in the vict'ries ot" thy r'.eath 
 
 Let me a sharer be.' 
 
 6 His prayer the dying Jesus hears. 
 
 And mstartly replies ; 
 •To-day thy parting soul shall he 
 'With me in Paradise.' 
 
 24. L.M Wuin. 
 Jesus our fSurety and ^Sax^iour 
 
 ADAM, our father and our head, 
 Transgrcss'd, and justice doom d u.«> dead 
 The fiery law speaks all desj)air; 
 There 's nc- reprieve nor pardon there. 
 
» CHRIST CRUCIFIEIX 
 
 2 But O. unutterable grace ! 
 
 The Son of God takes Adam's place, 
 Down to our world (he Saviour flies. 
 Stretches his amis, and bleeds, and die* 
 
 3 Justice was pleas'd to bruise the God, 
 And pay its wrongs with heavenly blood 
 What unknov\-n racks and pangs he borf 
 Then rose ; — the law could ask no more 
 
 4 Amazing work ! look down, ye skies 
 Wonder and gaze with all your eyes; 
 Ye heavenly thrones stoop Irom above 
 And bow to this mj'sterious lo\e. 
 
 5 Triumph and reign, victorious Lord, 
 By all the flaming hosts ador'd ; 
 
 And soy dear Conqueror, say how lonj} 
 Ere we snail rise to join their song ? 
 
 6 Send down a chariot from above, 
 With fiery wheels and pav'd W'th h. -'t 
 Raise us beyond th' etherial blue, 
 
 To sing and love as angels do. 
 
 25. C. M. Anon. 
 Lord, remember me. Luke rxi*' *A 
 
 JESUS, thou art the sinner's trie*"" 
 As such I look to thee, 
 Now in the bowels of thy love, 
 
 Lord, remember me. 
 
 Z Remember thy pure word oi grace. 
 
 Remember Calvary, 
 Remember all thy dying groans. 
 
 And then remember me. 
 3 Tliou wondrous Advocate with God 
 
 1 yield myself to thee ; 
 
 Whilst thou art sitting on thy throne 
 Dear Lonl. remember me. 
 t Howe'er forsaken or distress'd, 
 Howe'er opprest I be ; 
 
 Howe'er afflicted here on earth- 
 Do ihou remember me. 
 
CHRIST CRUCIV'ED. 16, IH 
 
 I own Fra giulty, own I'm vile. 
 
 Yet thy salvation 's free ; 
 Then in thy all-abounding prace. 
 
 Dear Lord, remember me. 
 And when I close my eyes in death. 
 
 And creature-helps all flee, 
 Then, O my dear Redeemer, God ! 
 
 I pray, remember me. 
 
 26. L. M. Watts. 
 Christ's dying, rising, and reigning. 
 
 HE dies! the friend of sinners dies! 
 Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around . 
 A solemn darkness veils the skies ! 
 A sudden trembling snakes the ground ! 
 Come, saints, and drop a tear or two. 
 For him who groan'd beneath your load ; 
 He shed a thousand drops ibr you, 
 A thousand drops of richer blood ! 
 Here 's love and grief beyond degree. 
 The Lord of glory dies for men I 
 But, lol what sudden joys we see! 
 Jesus the dead revives again ! 
 The rising God ibrsakes (he tomb, 
 Up to his Father's courts he flies ; 
 Cherubic legions guard him home, 
 And shout him welcome to the skies ! 
 Break ofl^ your tears, ye saints, and tell 
 How high your great Deliverer reign*; 
 Sing how he spoil'd the hosts of hell. 
 And led the monster, death, in chains ! 
 Say, ' live for ever, wondrous King, 
 ' Bom to redeem, and strong to save !' 
 Then ask the monster, ' Where 's thy sting t 
 And ' where 's thy victory, boasting grave *' 
 
 27. S. M. 
 The weight of GuiiU 
 
 WITH Satan. Christ had fought, 
 And conquer'd like a God ; 
 
D 
 
 i'fi, 89 CHRIST CRUCIFIKF 
 
 Upon the raging billows walk'd 
 And calm'd Lhem by a word :— 
 
 2 But when my guih had leave 
 
 To rest upon his head, 
 It made his sacred bosom heave, 
 And forc'd out streams of blood. 
 
 3 Trembling I see him kneel, 
 
 And hear his ardent prayer, 
 O Father ! if it he thy will. 
 The cup of wrath forbear. 
 
 4 O let it pass, away 
 
 From thy beloved Son ! 
 Yet, Father, I submissive pn- 
 Thy will, not mine, be do»- 
 
 23. S. M. 
 Chrisfs ngony improve»» 
 JD Christ the Savif>ur kneel. 
 And bleed, and pray for me? 
 And shall this bosom nothing feei? 
 My Saviour ! can it be ? 
 J O melt it into grief, 
 To penitential woe ! 
 Speak, and expel ray unbelief, 
 JBid sacred sorrow flow. 
 
 29. S. M. 
 Tlie Saviour's agony 
 "E knelt, the Saviour knell. 
 In sad Getbsemane ; 
 VVho can describe the pangs he feU 
 
 W^hilsi in that agony ? 
 And as l>e knelt, he bleci. 
 
 The dn>j>8 fell to the ground : 
 Sinner, lK'h«>ld tliat s^j)olless head 
 
 With streams of sorrow drown'd 
 Who can forbear to kneel, 
 
 When Christ the Saviour knelt t 
 Hard is the heart that cannot feel. 
 The heart that will not melt. 
 
 H' 
 
CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 30 S» 
 
 1 Saviour, to thee I kneel, 
 
 And humbly seek thy face ; 
 O make my frozen bosom feel 
 Thy sanctifying grace 
 
 30. CM. Watts. 
 Looking on Him whom we pierced. 
 
 OTHE sharp pangs of smarting pa. a 
 My dear Redeemer bore, 
 When knotty whips and piercing thorns 
 His sacred body tore I 
 
 2 But knotty whips, and piercing thorns. 
 
 In vain do I accuse ; 
 In vain I blame the Roman bands. 
 And the more spiteful Jews. 
 
 3 My cruel, my relentless sins, 
 
 His chief lormeniors were ; 
 Each of mj'^ crimes became a nail. 
 And unbelief the spear. 
 
 t They puU'd the heavy vengeance down 
 UfKjn his guiltless head : 
 Break, break, my heart ! O burst, mine eyes 
 And let my sorrows bleed. 
 
 '^ Strike, mighty grace, my flinty soul. 
 Till melting waters flow. 
 And deep repentance drown ray eyes 
 In undissembled woe. 
 
 31. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 Christ, the Man of Sorrows. 
 
 THE Saviour comes I no outward porap 
 Bespeaks his presence nigh ; 
 No earthly beauty shines in him. 
 To draw the carnal eye. 
 
 i Rejected and despis'd of men, 
 Behold a man of woe ! 
 Grief was his close companion etill, 
 Throuffh all his life below 
 
<8, J3 CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 
 
 3 Yet dl the griefs he felt were ours, 
 Ours were tlie woes he bore ; 
 Pangs, not his own, his s}x>tle9s soul 
 With bitter anguish tore. 
 I His sacred blood lias wash'd cu- •v-jjIs' 
 From sin's polluted s'ain; 
 His stripes have heafd us, and his deatxi 
 Reviv'd our hopes again. 
 -• He died to bear the guilt of men, 
 That sin might be forgiven ; 
 He lives to bless them, and defend, 
 And plead their cause in heaven. 
 
 32. CM. 
 Si7i the cause of Christ's pains. 
 
 WAS it my sin that wound.--', thee, 
 Thou sfwtless Lamb of God ; 
 That naifd thee to the fatal trcc- 
 That shed thy precious blood ? 
 I Twas sin that Christ my Lord betrayed, 
 'Twas sin that him denied ; 
 'Twas sin that bow'd his sacred head, 
 That piercd his bleeding side. 
 
 3 Twas sin that wagg d the head in scorn. 
 
 When Cl.'r;.st tne Saviour l)led,- 
 'Twjvs sin that laid him in the tomb, 
 Among the iileeping dead. 
 
 4 Tis sm that blinds the human mind 
 
 To all that 's right and good, — 
 TTiat all the world in fetters binds 
 
 Until releas'd by bloml. 
 i But O, the blood that thou hast sned 
 
 Upon Mount (Calvary, 
 Thou murdering sin, falls on thy head. 
 
 And slays and buries thee. 
 
 33. C. M. Feurce. 
 My Love is crucijied. 
 "ARM was his heart, his fiiith v\as atronf 
 Who thus in raplunt cried 
 
 vv 
 
CHRIST CRUCIFIED. 
 
 When on his way to martyrdoni, 
 ' My Love is crucified.' 
 
 2 Warm, also, be my love for llim, 
 Who thus for sinnei-s died ; 
 Long as I live, be this my theme, 
 ' My Love is crucified.' 
 
 'i Awake, my soul, behold him pierc'd 
 In hands, and leet, and side ; 
 And say, while he 's in blood immers'd, 
 ' My Love is crucified.' 
 
 i O that, in those dear wounds, my soul 
 Secure may ever hide. 
 And sing, as changing seasoas roll, 
 ' My Love is crucified.' 
 
 34. L. M. Transpuscd. 
 Desiring larger Communion with God 
 
 IVrOTHlNG save Jesus would I know ' 
 1^ My friend, and my companion ihou 
 Lord, lake my heart — assert thy riglit. 
 And put all other loves to flight 
 
 "i Each idol tread beneath thy feet. 
 And to thyself the conquest gel , 
 Let sin no more oppose my Lord, 
 Slain by the Spirit's iwo-edg'd sword. 
 
 i (>)nslrain my soul thy swav to own, 
 Self will, self righteousness dethrone 
 Emptied of earth I fain would be. 
 Of •iiii, of self, of all but thee. 
 
 4 Sequester'd from the noise and strife. 
 The lust, the pomp, the pride of lile: 
 I'repar'd for heav'n my noblest rare. 
 And have my convei-sation there. 
 
 *i Detach from sublunary joys. 
 One that would only hear thy voice 
 larger communion make me prove 
 With Thee, blest object of my love. 
 
36 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION 
 
 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSIOIN 
 
 35 7's. Anon. 
 Christ's Resurrection and Ascensiot 
 ARK I thfi herald angels say, 
 
 II 
 
 Christ the Lord is risen to-day;' 
 Raise your joys and triumphs high, 
 Let the glorious tidings fly. 
 
 2 Love's redeeming work is done • 
 The battle (ought, the victory won ; 
 L<jI the sun's eclipse is o'er, 
 
 Lol he sets in blood no more. 
 
 3 Vain the stone, the watch, the soum 
 Christ has burst the gates of hell; 
 Death in vain forbids his rise, 
 Christ has open'd Paradise. 
 
 4 Lives again our glorious King, 
 
 ' Where, O death, is now thy sting?* 
 
 Once he died our souls to save, 
 
 ' Where 's thy victory, boasting grave ' 
 
 5 Now, ye saints, lift up your eye.s, 
 See the Conqueror mount the skies. 
 Troops of angels on the road. 
 
 Hail and sing th' ascending God. 
 
 6 Praise him, ye celesiiai choirs, 
 Praise, and sweep the golden lyres ; 
 Praise him in the noblest songs, 
 From ten thousand thousand tongues. 
 
 36. L. iM. hurt. 
 If ye then be risen icilh Christ, &c. Col. iii 
 
 LO! the Redeemer leaves the tomb; 
 See the triumphant hero rise I 
 His mighty arms their strength resume, 
 And conquest sparkles in his eyes. 
 
 S Death has its mortal wound receiv'dj 
 An end of em is fu'.ly made ; 
 
OF CHRIST 
 
 PriB'ners of hope are quite repriev d 
 And all the dreadful debt is paid. 
 
 3 Believer.' lift ihy drooping head, 
 Thy Saviour hath the victory gain'd ; 
 See all thy foes in triumph led, 
 
 And everlasting life obtaiudi 
 
 4 Let all for whom the Lord was slam. 
 Give hira the purchase of his blood ; 
 Let sin no longer in you reign. 
 
 But dedicate your selves to God. 
 
 5 Earth's empty toys no more esteem ; 
 Your minds from worldly things remove, 
 Let your affections rise with him. 
 
 And set yuur hearts on things above. 
 
 37. CM. Walts. 
 The licsurrecliun arul. Ascension of Chrim 
 
 HOSA.\NA to the Prince ol" Light. 
 That cloth'd himself in clay, 
 Enter'd tiie iron gates of death, 
 And tore the bars away. 
 
 2 Death is no more the king of dread, 
 
 Since our Immanuel rose ; 
 He ujok the tyrant's sting away. 
 And spoil'd our hellish foes. 
 
 3 See how the Conqueror mounts aloft 
 
 And to his Father tiies. 
 With scars of honour in his flesh. 
 And triumph in his eyes. 
 
 4 There our exalted Saviour reigns, 
 
 And scatters blessings down ; 
 Our Jesus (ills the middle seat 
 Of the celestial throne. 
 
 i Raise your devotion, mortal tongue* 
 To reach his blest abode ; 
 Sweet be the accents of your songs 
 To our mcarnale (iod. 
 
* 39 RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION 
 
 38. L. M. Watts. 
 Christ's Humilialion, Exaliat'ion, and Tr'iumpk 
 
 HE ihat distributes crowns and tlirones. 
 Hangs on a tree, and bleeds, and groans . 
 The Prince of Life resigns his breath, 
 The King ol" Glory bows to death. 
 
 2 But, see the wonders of his powei. 
 He triumphs in his dying hour; 
 And, while by Satan's rage he fell, 
 He dash'd the rising liopes of hell. 
 
 3 Thus were the hosts of death sulxlued. 
 And sin was drown'd in Jesus' blood ; 
 Thus he arose, and reigns above, 
 
 And conquers sinners by his love. 
 
 39. CM. Watts. 
 Christ's Death, Victor}/, and Dnmmunt 
 
 ISIi\G ray Saviour's wondrous death: 
 He conquer'd when he fell: 
 Tis finish'd, said his dying brcatn, 
 And shook the gales of hell. 
 
 2 'Tis finish'd, our Immanuel cr.e&, 
 
 The dreadful work is done ; 
 Hence shall his sovereign throne ansa 
 His kingdom is begun. 
 
 3 His*cross a sure foundation laid 
 
 For glory and renown. 
 WTien through the regions of the dewl 
 He pass'd to reach the crown. 
 
 \ blxalted at his Father's side 
 Sits our victorious I^ord ; 
 To heaven and hell his hands divide 
 The vengeance or reward. 
 
 & The saints, from his propitious eye 
 Await their several crowns. 
 And all the sons of darkness (k 
 The terror of his frowns. 
 
40,4) 
 
 40. S. M Watts. 
 The Sufferings and Exaltation oj Christ. 
 
 COME, all hannonioas tongues. 
 Your nobiesl music bring, 
 Tis Christ the everlasting God, 
 And Christ the man we sing. 
 
 3 Alas! the cruel spear 
 
 Went deep into his side, 
 And the rich flood of purple gore 
 The murderous weapon dyed. 
 
 3 The waves of swelling grief 
 
 Did o'er his bosom roil i 
 And mountains of almighty wrath 
 Lay heavy on his soul. 
 
 4 Down to the shades of death 
 
 He lx)w'd his awful head. 
 
 Vet he arose lo live and reign 
 
 When death itself is dead. 
 
 5 No more the bloody spear. 
 
 The cross and nails no more ; 
 VoT hell itself shakes at his name, 
 And all the heavens adore. 
 
 41 C. M. W. & B.* 
 
 Christ adored by Angels. 1 Tim. iii. 16 
 
 BEYOND the glittering starry sky, 
 Far as th' eternal hills, 
 There in the boundless world of joy 
 Our great Redeemer dwells. 
 
 2 Legions of angels strong and fair, 
 In countless armies shine 
 At his right hand, with golden harps, 
 To offer songs divine. 
 
 S Thrrugh all his travels here below. 
 They did his steps attend 
 
 'Whenever IV. St B. occurs, it signifies IVilliams an* 
 
14 43 RESURRECTION ANU ASCENSION 
 
 Ofl wondering when, or where, or how, 
 riie mystic scene would end. 
 
 4 They saw his heart transfixt with wound*, 
 
 His crimson sweal and gore ; 
 They saw him break the bars of death, 
 \Vhich none e'er broive before. 
 
 5 They brought his chariot from above, 
 
 To beai him to his throne; 
 Clapt their triumphant wings, and cried, 
 ' The glorious work is done !' 
 
 42 C. M. Walls. 
 Christ asctndiiig and reigning. 
 
 OFOR a slionl oi' sacred joy 
 To God. the sovereign King! 
 Let every land their tongues employ. 
 And hymns of triumph sing. 
 
 2 Jesus our God ascends on high ; 
 His heavenly guards around, 
 Attend him rising through the sky, 
 With trumpets' joyful sound. 
 
 \ While angels shout and praise their King 
 Let mortals learn their sirains; 
 Let all the earth his honours sing; 
 O'er all the earth he reigns. 
 
 1 Rehearse his praise with awe profound, 
 
 Let knowledge guide the song, 
 iNor mock him with a solemn sound 
 L'jjon a thoughtless tongue 
 
 43. L. M. Kippon's Selection. 
 Chris/'s Asce?iKion. Psalm xxiv. 7 
 
 Ol'R Lord is risen from the dead; 
 Our Jesus is gone up on high ; 
 The powers of hell are captive Ted — 
 Dragg'd to the portals of the sky. 
 
 2 There h" triumphal chariot waits 
 And ansrels chant the solemn lay;— 
 
OF CHRIST. t^ ii 
 
 ' Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ! 
 • Ye everlasting doors give way !' 
 
 3 Loose all your bars of massy light, 
 And wide unfold the radiant srene; 
 
 He claims those mansions as his nght ; — 
 Receive the King of Glorj' in. 
 
 4 ' Who is the King of Glory, who?' 
 The Lord that all his foes o'ercame; 
 
 The world, sin, death, and hell, o'erthrew; 
 And Jesus is the Conqueror's name. 
 
 44. L. M. Watts 
 The Ministry of Avgels. 
 
 GREAT God ! to what a glorious heigh* 
 Hast thou advanc-'d the Lord thy Son 
 Angels, m all their robes of light, 
 Are made the servants of his liinjne. 
 
 2 Before his feet tbv armies wait. 
 
 And swift as flames of fire they move. 
 
 To manage his atflxirs of stale, 
 
 In works of vengeance, and of love. 
 
 3 Now they are sent to guide our feet, 
 Up to the gates of thine abode; 
 Through all the dangers that we meet. 
 In travelling up the heavenly road. 
 
 ^ Lord, when I leave this mortal ground. 
 And thou shall bid me rise and cDme, 
 Send a beloved angel down. 
 Safe to conduct my spirit home. 
 
 45. C. M. Walts. 
 The glory of Christ in heaven. 
 
 OTHE delights, the heavenly joyfc. 
 The glories of the place. 
 Where Jesus sheds the brighf^st be?"^ 
 Of his o'erflowing grace I 
 I Sweet majesty and awful love, 
 Sit smiling on his brow ; 
 And all the glorious mnks above. 
 At humble distanre 1>()W. 
 
W RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION OF CHRIVT. 
 
 3 Archangels sound his lofty praise, 
 Through every heavenly street. 
 And lay their highest honours down. 
 Submissive at his feet. 
 t Those soft, those blessed feet of his. 
 That once nide iron tore — 
 Hi^h on a throne of light they stand. 
 And all the heavens adore. 
 ■» His head, the dear majestic head, 
 That cruel thorns did wound — 
 See! what immortal glories shine 
 And circle it around ! 
 f? This is the Man, the exalted Man, 
 Whom we unseen adore ; 
 But when our eyes behold his face, 
 Our hearts shall love him more. 
 
 46. L. M. Cennick. 
 Jesus Christ, (he way to Heaven. John xiv ( 
 
 JESUS my all to heaven is gone. 
 He whom I fix my hopes upon; 
 
 His track I see, and I '11 pursue 
 
 The narrow way, till him 1 view. 
 i The way the holy prophet went. 
 
 The road that leads from banishment. 
 
 The King's high- way of holiness 
 
 1 '11 go; for all his paths are i)eace. 
 3 This is the way I long have sought, 
 
 And mourn'd because I found it not ; 
 
 My grief, my bunion, long has been, 
 
 Because I could not cease from sin. 
 I The more I strove against its |X)wer 
 
 I sinn'd and stumbled but the more, 
 
 Till late I heard my Saviour say, 
 
 'Come hither, soul, I am the way.' 
 y Lol glad I come, and thou, blest Lamb, 
 
 Shalt take me to thee as I am ; 
 
 My sinful self to thee 1 give — 
 
 ^'^othing brt love shall 1 receive. 
 
CHRIST S MISSION. 47 
 
 (» Then will I tell to sinners round, 
 Ulmt a dear Saviour I have found , 
 I '11 point to thy redeeming blood, 
 And say, ' Behold the way to God !' 
 
 CHRIST'S MISSION. 
 
 47. CM. Walts. 
 
 Christ's Commissinn John iii. 16 17. 
 
 OME, happy souls, approach your God 
 
 c 
 
 With new inel.^lioas songs; 
 Come, render to almighty grace 
 The tribute of your tongues. 
 
 2 So strange, so boimdless was the love 
 
 That pitied dying men. 
 The Father sent his equal Son 
 To give them life again. 
 
 3 Thy hands, dear Jesus, were not arm'n 
 
 With a revenging rod. 
 No hard commission to perform 
 The vengeance of a God. 
 
 4 But all was mercy, all was mild. 
 
 And wrath forsook the throne, 
 When Christ on the kind errand came. 
 And brought salvation down. 
 
 5 Here, sinners, you may heal your wountte^ 
 
 And wipe voar sorrows dry; 
 Trust in the mighty Saviour's name. 
 And you shall never die. 
 C See. dearest Lord our willing souls 
 Accept thine offer'd grace , 
 We bless the great Redeen.er's love 
 Ai.i give the Father praise. 
 
 48. S. M. Walts. 
 The same. 
 
 R-AISF your tnumphant song» 
 To an immortal tune- 
 
&, 50 Christ's mission. 
 
 Let the wide earth resound '.he dee* 
 Celestial grace has done. 
 
 2 Sing how eternal love 
 
 Its chief beloved chose, 
 And bid him raije our wreicned race 
 From their abyss of woes. 
 
 3 Twas mercy fiU'd the throne, 
 
 And vviatii stood silent by, 
 When Christ was sent with pardons down 
 To rebels doom'd to die. 
 
 4 Now smners dry your tears, 
 
 het hopeless sorrows cease. 
 
 Bow to the sceptre of his love. 
 
 And take the offer'd peace. 
 
 49. C. M. Doddridpe. 
 The Redeemer s Message. Luke iv. 18, 19 
 
 HARK! the glad sound, the Saviour c»m« 
 The Saviour promis'd long ; 
 Let every heart prepare a throne, 
 And every voice a song. 
 2 He comes, the broken heart to bind. 
 The bleeding soul to cure; 
 And with the trea.sures of his grace 
 T' enrich the him>ble poor. 
 
 5 Our glad hosannas. Prince of Peace. 
 
 Thv welcome shall proclaim \ 
 And heaven's eternal arches ring 
 Witii thy beloved name. 
 
 50. 7's. 
 Mission of the Saviotir. 
 
 HARK ! the Saviour of mankind 
 Comes, the broken heart to bind 
 Comes, the p>wers of hell to brave, 
 C^omes, the lost to seek and save. 
 E Arm'd with love's resistless sway. 
 Domi to earth he wings his way , 
 Stoops of woman to bip made,— 
 See Kim in the manger laid I 
 
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. 
 
 t Now upon the cross he hangs I 
 Dies in agonizing pangs! 
 Thence his banner wide unfuri'd. 
 Spreads salvation through the world 
 
 4 In the grave awhile he lay, 
 Pore the bars of death away ; 
 Thence ascended — took his throne, 
 Claims the kingdom as ins own. 
 
 & Mourning soul, melhinks I see 
 All thy fetlrrs on the tree; 
 If ♦^he broken links remain. 
 They no longer form the chain. 
 
 6 Now helieve that Christ is God, 
 That as man he shod his blood ; 
 Rose from death, and rose for thee, 
 This believe, and — thou art free. 
 
 L 
 
 INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. 
 
 51. CM. Watts. 
 
 The Intercession of Christ 
 
 IFT up your eves to th' heavenly testt 
 
 Where your Ivedoemer stays; 
 Kind Intercessor, there he sits. 
 And loves, and pleads, and prays 
 
 S Twas well, my soul, he died for thee. 
 And shed his vital blood, 
 Appeas'd stern justice on the tree. 
 And then arose to GoJ. 
 
 I Petitions now, and praise may rise. 
 And saints their offerings i)nng. 
 The Priest, with his own sacrifice. 
 Presents them to the King. 
 
 Jesus alon'- snaa near my crie."* 
 
 Tip to his Father's thnme. 
 He. dearest Jjurd, perfumes my sigha. 
 
 And sweetens ever)' gp'an 
 
£2. S3 INTERCESSION OF CHRirr. 
 
 5 Ten thousand praises to the King, 
 Hosanna in he highest; 
 Ten thousand thanks our spirits bring 
 To God and to his Christ. 
 
 52. S. M. Newton. 
 Christ our Redeemer and Advocate 
 
 PREPARE a thankful song 
 To the Redeemer's name ; 
 His praises should employ each tongue, 
 And every heart inflame. 
 
 2 Upon the cross lie died. 
 
 Our debt of sin to pay; 
 The blood and water from his side, 
 Wash guilt and filth away. 
 
 3 Pleading for us he stands 
 
 Before his Father's throne, 
 And answers all the law demands 
 With what himself hath done. 
 
 4 The Holy Ghost he sends. 
 
 Our stubborn souls to move. 
 
 To make his enemies his friends, 
 
 And comiuor them by love. 
 
 5 Hi& voice invites our hearts 
 
 To rise and seek his face ; 
 'Tis thus the love of sin departs. 
 And we are sav'd by grace. 
 
 ^ .4ssur'd that Christ our King 
 Will put our foes to flight. 
 We on the field of battle sing. 
 And triumph while we fight. 
 
 53. C. M. Walls. 
 
 Access to the Throne of Grace by a Medtato^- 
 
 COME, let us lift our joyful eyes. 
 Up to the courts alx)v'e. 
 And smile to see our Father there, 
 Upon a throne of love 
 
INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. 
 
 1 Onre 'twas a seat of dreadful wrath. 
 
 And shot devouring flame; 
 Our ikni appear'd consuming fire, 
 
 And vengeance was his name. 
 3 Rich were the drops of Jef us' blood 
 
 That calm'd his frownir.g face, 
 That sprinkled o'er the burning throne. 
 
 And lurn'd the wrath to grace. 
 i\ow we may bow before his feet, 
 
 And'A'enture near the Lord ; 
 No tiery cherub guards his seat. 
 
 Nor double flaming sword. 
 
 5 The peaceful gates of heavenly bliss. 
 
 Are open'd by the Son ; 
 High let us raise our notes of praise. 
 And reach th' Almighty throne. 
 
 6 To thee ten thousand thanks we brmg 
 
 Great Advocate on high ; 
 And glory to th' eternal K'-^fK, 
 That lays his fury by. 
 
 54. L. M. Epis. Coll. 
 The necessity of Christ's Mediation. 
 
 THOUGH I should seek to wash rae cle&XL 
 In water of the driven snow 
 My soul would yet its spot retain. 
 And sink to conscious guilt and woe. 
 
 2 The Spirit, in his power divine 
 Would cast mv vaunting soul to earth. 
 Expose the foulness of its sin, 
 
 And show the vileness of its worth. 
 
 3 Ah I not like erring man is Cod, 
 That men to answer him should dare ; 
 Condemn'd, and into silence avv'd, 
 They helpless stand before his bar. 
 
 f There must a Mediator plead, 
 
 Who God and man may Ixjth embrEce; 
 With God for man to intercetle. 
 And ofTer man the purchas'd grace 
 
k 56 CHARACTERS AND RKPRKSENTAT10N8 
 
 b And lo! the Son of God is slain 
 To be this Mediator rrovn'd ; 
 In him, my soul, be cleans'd from stain. 
 In hira thy righteousness be found. 
 
 CHARACTERS AND REPRESENT ATI0N8 
 OF CHRIST 
 
 55. C. M. SteeU 
 Jesus the Saviour of Sijinem 
 
 THE Saviour I O what boundless, rharras 
 Dwell in the blissful sound I 
 Its influenre ever)^ fiear disarms. 
 And spreads sweet comfort round 
 
 2 Here pardon, life, and joys divine, 
 In rich etfusion flow. 
 For guilty rebels lost in sin, 
 And doom'd to endless woe. 
 
 S In our first parents' crime we feel. 
 Our blood, our vital breath. 
 Deep tiiig'd with all the seeds of ill. 
 Sad heirs to sin and death. 
 
 4 Wrapt in tlic gloom of sad despair. 
 We helpless, hopeless lay ; 
 But sovereign mercy found us there, 
 And smil'd our fears away. 
 
 O the rich depths of love divine I 
 
 Of bliss, a Ixjundless store ; 
 Dear Saviour, l)id me call ibeo mme. 
 
 And 1 desire no more. 
 
 6^. CM. Steele. 
 We love him because he. first lii'e*i »»* 
 
 JESUS! in thy tnnsjTorting name 
 What blissful wonders rise I 
 lesus. the angels' sweelcsi theme, 
 The wonder of the skies ! 
 
OF ciimsT. 
 t Didst thou forsake thv radiant throne 
 And boundless realms of bliss. 
 For man to suffer, bleed and groar\' 
 
 Was ever love like diis ! 
 Through the deep horrors of thy pain. 
 
 Thy love triumphant smil'd ; 
 Earth trembled at the dreadfid seen** 
 And heaven was recontil'd. 
 4 Is there a heart that will not bend 
 To thy divine control ? 
 Descend, O sovereign love, descend, 
 And melt the stubborn soul. 
 i O may our willing powers confess 
 Thy sweet, thy gentle sway ; 
 Glad captives of resistless grace. 
 Thy pleasing rule obey 
 
 57. L. M. FavDcell. 
 Chrixl a Bridegroom and Husbati. 
 
 JESUS, the heavenly lover, gave 
 His life my wretched soul to save; 
 Resolv'd to make his mercy known. 
 He kindly claims me for his own. 
 
 2 Rebellious, I against him strove, 
 Till melted and conslrain'd by love; 
 With sin and self I freely part, 
 
 The heavenly bridegroom wins my heart 
 
 3 My guilt and wretchedness he knows, 
 Yet takes and owns me for his spouse ; 
 My debts he pavs and sets me free, 
 And makes his riches o'er to me. 
 
 4 My filthy rags are laid aside. 
 
 He clothes me as becomes his bride, 
 Himself bestows my wedding-<Jress, 
 The robe of perfect righteousness. 
 > Lost in astonishment I see, 
 Jesus, thy boundless love to me; 
 With angels I thy grace adore. 
 And long to love and praise ihee more 
 
B, 59 CH>RACTERS AND REPRESENTATIONS 
 
 6 Since ihoii wilt take nie for thy bride. 
 Keep me, O Saviour, near ihy side; 
 I fain would give thee all my heart, 
 Nor ever from my lord depart. 
 
 58. CM Newton. 
 Thy name is as ointment, poured forth. Cant 
 
 HOW sweet the name of Jesus sounds 
 In a believer's ear! 
 It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds, 
 And drives away hid fear. 
 
 2 It makes the wounded spirit whole, 
 
 And calms the troubled breast, 
 'Tis manna to the hungrj- soul, 
 And to the weaiy rest. 
 
 3 Dear name I the rock on which I build. 
 
 My shield and hiding jilace: 
 Mv never-failing treasury, fill'd 
 With boundless stores of grace. 
 
 4 Jesus I my shepherd, husband, Iriend, 
 
 Mv prophet, priest, and king ; 
 My Lord, my lite, my way, my end. 
 Accept the praise 1 bring. 
 
 5 Weak is the effort of my heart, 
 
 .'\nd cold my warmest thought, 
 But when 1 see thee as thou art, 
 I '11 praise thee as I ought. 
 
 6 Till then I would thy love proclaim 
 
 With every fleeting breafh ; 
 And may the music of thy name 
 Refresh my soul in death. 
 
 59. C. M. Doddridge. 
 Jesv.s precious. 1 Peter ii. 7 
 
 JESUS, I love thy charming name, 
 'Tis music to my ear; 
 Kain would 1 sound it out so loud 
 That porlh and iioaven muiht hear 
 
OF CHRIST 60. 61 
 
 1 Yes, thou art precious to mv soul, 
 
 ]My traiii^poil and my trust ; 
 Jewels to tlioe are gaudy toys, 
 And gold is sordid dust 
 
 3 All my capacious ix)\vers can wish, 
 
 In tliee doth richly meet; 
 Nor to my eyes is light so dear, 
 Nor friendship half so sweet. 
 
 4 Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart, 
 
 And shed it.s fragrance there ; 
 The noblest balm of all its wounds, 
 
 The cordial of its care. 
 6 1 'II speak the honours of thy name 
 
 With my last lab' ring breath ; 
 And dying, clasp thee in my arms, 
 
 The antidote of death. 
 
 60. C. M. Relief Hfjmns 
 Christ the Prophet of the Church- 
 
 GREAT Prophet of the ran?um'd churcb. 
 Command the light to shine ; 
 For stores of wisdom let us search 
 Thy word, the sacred mine. 
 
 2 Jesus, great oracle of truth, 
 
 O may we learn of thee ! 
 Receive true wisdom from thy mouth. 
 And live from error iree. 
 i One great event, by thee foretold. 
 Teach us to keep in' view; — 
 Thy coming' — when we shall behold, 
 And show thy glory too. 
 i Till then let all thy people here. 
 Walk with increasing light; 
 And when thy glory shall appear. 
 Welcome the joyful sight. 
 
 61. C. M. llelief Hymns 
 Wisdom\ Royal Bounty. 
 
 HOW happy is the man who beam 
 Instruction's warning voi(;e. 
 
I CHARACTERS AND REPRESENTATIONi 
 
 And who celestial wisdom makes 
 His early, only choice ! 
 
 S For she has treasures greater far 
 Than east or west unfold ; 
 And her rewards more precious are 
 Than all their stores of gold. 
 
 3 Tn her right hand she holds to view 
 
 A length of hajipy days ; 
 Riches, with splendid honours join d. 
 Are what her left displays. 
 
 4 She guides the young with innocence 
 
 In pleasure's path to tread ; 
 A crown of glory she bestows 
 Upon the hoary head. 
 
 5 According as her lalx>urs rise, 
 
 So her rewards increase ; 
 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, 
 .And all her paths are peace. 
 
 62. L. M. Dobell's Selection. 
 True Wisdom. Prov. lii. 13. 18. 
 
 HAPPY the man who finds the grace 
 The blessing of God's chosen race 
 The wisdom coming from above. 
 The faith that sweetly works by love. 
 
 Happy IS he who thus cap say, 
 "The Lord, the Saviour, died for me;" 
 The gift unspeakable obtains, 
 And heavenly understanding gains. 
 
 3 Her ways are ways of pleasantness. 
 .\nd all her flowery paths are peace ; 
 Wisdom to silver we prefer, 
 'Vnd gold IS dross compar'd to her. 
 
 I He finds, who wisdom apprehends, 
 A life begun that never ends; 
 The tree of life divine she is, 
 Set in the midst of Paradise 
 
OF CHRIST. 63. 64 
 
 5 Happy the man who wisdom gains. 
 In whose obeditnit heart she reigns; 
 He owns, and will for ever own, 
 Wisdom, and Christ, and heaven, are our 
 
 63. C. M. Relief Hymns. 
 The Lamb feeding the Saints 
 
 WHILE in this dark and dreary land 
 Where sorrows oft aissaii. 
 Let holy souls exalt their eyes, 
 To joys within the vail. 
 
 2 There sits enihron'd the glorious Lamt>, 
 
 While saints adore around ; 
 Angels, in shining circles, pay 
 Their homage most profound. 
 
 3 The Lamb illuminates the place. 
 
 With splendours here unknowTi, 
 And pours the rivers of his grace 
 Fresh from beneath the throne. 
 
 4 His flock he leads to scenes of bliss, 
 
 With joys unlading crown'd. 
 Nor can they thirst while living streams 
 Unfailing flow around. 
 
 5 Behold, our smiling God api)ears, 
 
 And bids our griefs remove, 
 
 And wipes away our falling tears 
 
 With the soft hand of love. 
 
 64. CM. Relief Hi/mjis. 
 Christ, the Rock and Refuge 
 
 HE who on earth as man was knowiv 
 And bore our sins and pains. 
 Now, seated on the eternal throne. 
 The God of glory reigns. 
 
 S His hands the wheels of nature guide 
 With an unerring skill; 
 And cm unless worlds, extended wide, 
 Obey his sovereign will. 
 
6ft, 66 CHARACTERS AND REPRESENTATIONB 
 
 S This land, through which his pilgrims go. 
 Is desolate and tiry ; 
 But streams of grace for ever flow. 
 Their thirst to satisfy 
 
 4 When troubles, like a burning sun. 
 
 Beat heavy on their head, 
 
 To this almighty Rock they run, 
 
 And find a soothing shade. 
 
 5 How glorious He ! how happy they 
 
 In such a constant Friend I 
 Whose love secures them all the way, 
 And crowns them at the end. 
 
 65. C. M. Epis. Coll. 
 Christ, the way, truth, arid life 
 
 THOU art the way — to thee alone 
 From sin and death I llee; 
 And he who would the Father own. 
 Must seek him, Lord, by thee. 
 
 i Thou art the truth — thy word alone, 
 True wisdom can impart; 
 Thou only canst inform the mind. 
 And purify the heart. 
 
 S Thou art the life — the rending tomb 
 Proclaims thy conquering arm; 
 And those who put iheir trust in thee, 
 Nor death, nor hell shall harm. 
 
 I Thou art the way, the truth, the life; 
 Grant us that way to know, 
 That truth to keep, that life lo win, 
 ^Vhose joys eternal How. 
 
 66. S. M. Steele. 
 Jesus, a Shepherd. Psalm xxiii. 1, 2, 3 
 
 WHILE my Redeemer 's near. 
 My shepherd and my guide, 
 I bid farewell to anxious lear 
 My wants are all supplied. 
 
OF CHRIST. 
 
 t To ever-fragrant meads. 
 
 Where rich abundance grows, 
 
 His gracious hand indulgent leads. 
 
 And guards my sweet repose. 
 
 3 Along the lovely scene, 
 
 Cool waters gently roll, 
 Transparent, sweet, and all serene, 
 To cheer my fainting soul. 
 
 4 Here let my spirit rest. 
 
 How sweet a lot is mine ! 
 With plca.siire, food, and safet}^ blesl, 
 Beneficence divine! 
 d Dear snepherd, if I stray, 
 
 Mv wandermg feet restore, 
 To thy fair pastures guide my way, 
 And let me rove no more. 
 
 67. C. M. Rippon's Seltction. 
 Christ the desire of aU Nations, flag li 
 
 INFINITE excellence is thme. 
 Thou lovely Prince ol" grace ! 
 Thy imcrealed beauties shine 
 With never-fading rays. 
 
 5 Sinners, from earth's remotest end. 
 
 Come bending at ihy feel : 
 To thee their prayers and vows ascend. 
 In thee their wishes meet. 
 
 3 T.i/ tiame as precious ointment shed 
 
 Delights the church around ; 
 Sweetly the sacred odours spread 
 Through all Immanuel's ground. 
 
 4 Millions of happy spirits live 
 
 On thine exhaustless store ; 
 I rom thee they all their blis.« receive. 
 And still thou givest more. 
 
 5 Thou art their triumph, and their joy, 
 
 They find their all in thee; 
 Thy glories shall their tongues employ 
 To all eternity. 
 
Y 
 
 SB, 69 CHARACTERS AND REPRESENTATIONS 
 
 68. C M. Steele 
 Jesus the Pearl of great price. Matt, xiii 45 46 
 
 E glittering toys of earth, adieu. 
 A nobler choice be mine ; 
 A real prize attracts my view, 
 A treasure all divine. 
 
 2 Begone, unworthy of my cares. 
 
 Ye specious baits of sense ; 
 Inestimable worth appears. 
 The Pearl of price immense. 
 
 3 Jesus, to multitudes unknown, 
 
 O name divinely sweet ! 
 Jesus, in thee, in thee alone. 
 Wealth, honour, pleasure meet 
 
 4 Should earth's vani treasures all depart- 
 
 Of this dear gift possess'd, 
 1 'd clasp it to my joyful heart. 
 And be for ever blest. 
 
 5 Dear sovereign of my soul's desires. 
 
 Thy love is bliss divine: 
 Accept the wish that love inspires, 
 Anu bid me call ihee mine. 
 
 69 C M. Topludy. 
 Jesus uU in all. 
 
 COMPAR'D with Christ, m al. besra* 
 _ No comeliness I see; 
 The one thing needful, dearest Lord, 
 Is to be one with thee. 
 
 2 The sense of thy expiring love 
 
 Into my soul convey , 
 Thyself bestow — li)r thee alone. 
 My all in all, I pray. 
 
 3 Less than thysell will not suffice 
 
 My comfort to restore ; 
 More than thyself I cannot crave. 
 And thou canst give no more. 
 
OF CHRIST. T^ '' 
 
 i Lov'd of my God, for him again 
 With love intense I W burn ; 
 Chosen of thee ere lime began, 
 I 'd choose thee in return. 
 6 Whate'er consists not with thy love, 
 O teach me to resign ; 
 I 'm rich to all th' intents of bliss 
 If thou, O God. art mine. 
 
 70. CM. St^de. 
 
 Jesus a Surety. Heb. vii. 22. Prov. xi IS 
 
 THE kind Redeemer left his throne, 
 His radiant throne on high,— 
 Surprising mercy, love unknown!— 
 To sutfer, bleed, and die. 
 i He took the dying traitor's place. 
 And sutfer"d in his stead ; 
 For man— O miracle of grace ! 
 For man the Saviour bled. 
 ^ Dear Lord, what heavenly wonders dvvft. 
 in thy atoning blood I 
 By this are sinners snatch'd from hell, 
 'And rebels brought to God. 
 
 4 Jesus, my soul adoring bends 
 
 To love so full, so free; 
 And may I hope this love extends 
 lt.s sacred power to me I 
 
 5 What el ad return can I impart 
 
 For favours so divine? 
 O take my all— this worthless heart. 
 And make it wholly thine. 
 
 71. C. M. Cowper. 
 Fountain opened. Zech. xiii. 1 
 
 rWlHKRE is a fountain fiU'd with blood 
 JL Drawn from Immanuel's veins; 
 \m\ sinners plung'd beneath that Hood 
 I»se all their guilty stains. 
 
1 CflARACTEIlS AND REPRESENTATIONS 
 
 2 The dying thief rejoic'd to see 
 
 That fountain in his day, 
 And there may I, tiidugh vile as he, 
 Wash all my sins away. 
 
 3 Dear dying Lamb, thy prerious blood 
 
 Shall never lose its power. 
 Till all the ransom'd church of God 
 Be sav'd to sin no more. 
 
 4 E'er since by faith 1 saw the stream 
 
 Thy flowing wounds supply, 
 Redeeming love has been my theme, 
 
 And shall be till I die 
 f» And when this lisping stammering tongue 
 
 Lies silent in the grave, 
 Then in a nobler, sweeter song, 
 
 I '11 sing thy {X)wer lo save. 
 
 72. C. M. Doddridge. 
 Christ IS the Head of the Church. Eph. iv 5, 16 
 
 JESUS, 1 sing thy matchless grace 
 That calls a worm thine own; 
 Gives me among thy saints a place 
 To make thy glories known 
 
 2 Allied to thee. f>ur vital head. 
 
 We act, and grow, and thrive; 
 From thee divided, each is dead 
 When most he seems alive. 
 
 3 Thv saints on earth, and those above. 
 
 Here join in sweet accord ; 
 One body all in mutual love. 
 
 And thou our common Lord. 
 i O mav mv faith each hour derive 
 
 Thy Spirit with delight ; 
 While de;uh and hell in vain shall slnve 
 
 This bond to disunite. 
 
 5 Thou the whole IkkIv wilt present 
 
 Before ihy Father's face; 
 Nor shall a wrinkle or a spot 
 Its benu'eous form disgrace- 
 
^74 
 
 7a L M. Medley. 
 I know that my Redeemer liveOi. Jub xix. 2b 
 
 *T KNOW that my Redeemer lives; 
 A What ronilbrt this sweet sentence gives! 
 He lives triumphant from the grave. 
 He lives eternally to save. 
 
 2 He lives to bless me with his love, 
 He lives to plead for me above. 
 He lives my hungry somI to feed, 
 He lives to help in lime of need. 
 
 3 He lives to banish all my fears, 
 He lives lo wipe my fiilling tears; 
 Lives to relieve my burthen'd heart. 
 And lives all blessings to impart. 
 
 4 He lives my kind, my faithful friend, 
 He lives and loves me to the end ; 
 He lives mv mansion to prepare. 
 And lives tt) bring me safely there. 
 
 5 He lives, all glory to his name ! 
 He lives;, my Jesus, still the same; 
 O the sweet joy this sentence gives, 
 * I know that my Redeemer lives 1' 
 
 74. C. M. Steele. 
 Chnst the Centre of Holy Desires 
 
 DEAR centre of my soul's desires. 
 And sovereign of^my heart. 
 What sweet delight thy name inspires! 
 What bliss thy smiles impart I 
 
 2 Jesus! O loveliest, dearest name! 
 
 And wilt thou condescend 
 To own the bold, yet humble claim. 
 My everlasting friend ? 
 
 3 Too oft, alas ! my passions rove 
 
 In search of meaner charms; 
 Trifles unworthy of my love 
 Divide vae from thy arms. 
 
f\ 76 CHARACTERS AND RRrRESENTATIONS 
 
 4 Come, dearest Lord, with jx^wcr divine. 
 And drive thy foes away ; 
 O be my heart, my passions thine, 
 And never, never stray. 
 
 75. C. M. Waifs 
 Christ's compassion to the weak oiid ttmpted 
 
 WITH joy we meditate the grace 
 Of our liigh priost above: 
 HiB heart is maiie of tenderness. 
 His bowels moh with love. 
 
 2 Tonch'd with a sympathy within 
 
 He knows our ieel)le frame ; 
 He knows what sore ten.plaliuns mean 
 For he has felt the same. 
 
 3 He'll never nucnch the smoking flax. 
 
 But raise it to a llamo ; 
 The bruised reed he never breaks, 
 Nor scorns the meanest name. 
 
 4 Then let our humble faith address 
 
 His nierfv and Ins i«)wcr; 
 We shall obtain delivering grace 
 In the distressing hour 
 
 76. S. M. Altered. 
 Faith in Christ our ^Sacnjice^ 
 • TKSUS. tlion heavenly Lamb, 
 •f 'J'ake all my sins awav; 
 (iive me to trust thy holy name. 
 And thy sweet rule ot>ey. 
 
 % My faith would lay her hand 
 Op that dear head ol" thine 
 While, like a i>oniient, I siana 
 And tliere confess my sin. 
 
 s Mv soul looks back to see 
 
 'Vuv burdens tln)u didst boar 
 When hanging on the cursed tree; 
 And hoj>tr«i . e' guilt was there. 
 
OP CHRIST. n. 7h 
 
 i tieheving, we rejoice 
 
 To see the curse remove ; 
 We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, 
 And sing his bleeding love. 
 
 77. S. M. W'alts. 
 Righteoiutness and strength in Chritit 
 
 THE Lord on high proclaims 
 His Godhead from his throne , 
 Mercy and justice are the names 
 
 * By which I will be knowTi.* 
 
 2 Ye dying souk that sit 
 
 * In darkness and distress, 
 
 ' Look from the borders of the pit 
 'To ray recovering grace' 
 
 S Sinners shall hear the sound. 
 
 Their thankful tongues shall own, 
 'Our righteousness and strength are founa 
 
 * In thee, the Lord, alone.' 
 
 4 In thee shall Israel trust, 
 
 And feel their guilt forgiven ; 
 God will pronounce the sinners just. 
 And take the saints to heaven. 
 
 78. L. M. Wesley's Coll. 
 Ttie Lord our righteousness. Jer. ixiii 6 
 
 JESUS, thy blood and righteousness 
 My beauty are, mv glorious dress; 
 'Midst flaming worlds,' in these array 'd. 
 With joy shall I lift up my head. 
 
 2 When from the dust of death I rise. 
 To claim my mansion in the skies. 
 E'en then shall this be all my plea — 
 Jesus hath liv'd and died for me. 
 
 5 This spotless robe the same appears 
 When ruin'd nature sinks in years ; 
 No age can change its glorious hue, 
 The robe of Christ is ever new. 
 
T9 80 CHARACTERS AND RKPRESENTATIONS OF CHRIST 
 
 i O let the dead now heai ihy voice, 
 Now bid thy banish'd ones rejoice , 
 Their beauty this, their glorious dress, 
 Jesus, 'The Lord our righteousness.' 
 
 79. CM. Watts. 
 Justification by faith. Rom. iii. 19 — 29- 
 
 VAIN are the hopes the sons of men 
 On their ouii 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 ; 
 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. 
 
 Jesus, how glorious is ttiy grace! 
 
 When in thy name we trust. 
 Our faith receives a righteousness 
 
 That makes the sinner jusu 
 
 80. L. M. 
 I am the vrny. John xiv ^ 
 
 XAM the way,' the Saviour cries. 
 ' The only way that leads to God ,•' — 
 Behold! he bleeds, he groans, he dies. 
 And marks the way with streams of blum. 
 
 2 ' A thousand ways in ruin end. 
 
 This only leads to joys on high ; 
 ' By this my willing stei>s ascend. 
 • Pleas'd with a journey to the sky.' 
 
 3 Faith only finds the heavenly way, 
 The faith that works by love to Ciod 
 And works )f love from day to ilay. 
 Still prove »!iat we are on the road. 
 
REDEMPTION 81. 83 
 
 REDEMPTION. 
 
 81. C. M. 
 Redemption, particular and comptete 
 
 I SING redemption through his blood 
 Who died to set me free ; 
 Redemption worthy of a God. 
 From endless misery, 
 t Redeem'd, — ^and yet to prison consign 'd, 
 And Ijound with iron chains I 
 No ; — God's redemption frees the mind 
 From sin and endiess pains. 
 
 3 Redemption breaks the captive's cham, 
 
 And sets the soul at large : 
 
 Washes the filthy leper clean. 
 
 Proclaims a full discharge 
 
 4 Redeem'd I — ye ransom'd sons of men. 
 
 Proclaim tlie truth abroad ; 
 Ye seraphs, catch the pleasing theme. 
 And bear it up to God. 
 
 82. CM. 
 
 Redemption hi/ Pricb. * 
 
 LORD, what is man, that thou shouldst :Ook 
 Upon our guilty race ? 
 Or write his name within thy book. 
 Thy book of life and grace ? 
 
 2 Conceiv'd in sin — expos'd to death 
 
 Ry thy revenging law ; 
 Soon as he draws the vital breath, 
 An heir of sin and woe. 
 
 3 the compassion of our GJod, 
 
 Of infinite degree! 
 Jesus sustains our guilty load, 
 .\nd dies to set us free I 
 
 4 Down to the cross he bends his way 
 
 Nail'd to the fatal wood ; 
 He groan'd his precious life away. 
 And purchas'd us with blood. 
 
dS,84,85 REDEMPTION. 
 
 83. CM. 
 
 Redemption of the Church. 
 
 CHRIST tasted death for all our rac«, 
 Kedeem'd the Church with blood 
 These are the chosen sons of grace, 
 The favourites of the Lord. 
 S For them he bore the painful cross. 
 And died to set them free, — 
 FulfiU'd his Father's injured laws. 
 And with him they shall be. 
 3 From sin, and sorrow, death and pain. 
 He will them all redeem ; 
 All those for whom the Lamb was slaip 
 Must be complete in him. 
 
 1 United to their living head, 
 
 They life and bliss derive; 
 And, till the Lord forgets his word. 
 They shall for ever live. 
 
 84. C. M Watts. 
 
 Redemption bi/ Price and Power. 
 
 JESUS, with all thy saints above 
 My tongue vv'ould bear her part, 
 Would sound aloud thy saving love 
 And sing thy bleeding heart. 
 
 2 Bless'd be the Lamb, my dearest Lord, 
 
 VVho bought me with his flood. 
 And quench'd his Father's flaming sword 
 
 In his own vital blood. 
 B All glory to the dying Lamb, 
 
 And never-ceasing praise. 
 While angels live to know his name. 
 
 Or saints to feel his grace. 
 
 'T 
 
 85. L. M. Stennett. 
 It is Finished. John xix. 'SO. 
 IS finish'd I — so the Saviour cried, 
 And meekly bow'd his head and died 
 
REDEMPTION « 
 
 "Vis finish'd — yes, the race is run. 
 The battle lought, the victory won. 
 t 'Tis finish'd — all that heaven decreed. 
 And all the ancient prophets said, 
 Is now fuUiU'd, as was design'd. 
 In me the Saviour of mankind. 
 
 3 'Tis finish'd— this my dying groan 
 Shall sins of ever}' kind atone: 
 Millions shall be redeem'd from death- 
 By this my last expiring breath. 
 
 4 'Tis fmish'd — heaven is reconcil'd, 
 And all the powers of darkness spoil'd : 
 Peace love, and happiness again 
 Return and dwell with sinful men. 
 
 5 'Tis finish'd — let the joyful sound 
 
 Be heard through all the nations round : 
 
 Tis finish'd — let the echo fly 
 
 Thro' heaven and hell, thro' earth and sky 
 
 86. CM. PVatts. 
 Updemplion and Protection f mm Spirilual FnemtM 
 A RISE my soul, my joyfiil powers, 
 XX And triumph in my "God; 
 Awake, mv voice, and lOud proclaim 
 His glorious grace abroad. 
 
 2 He raised me from the deeps of sin. 
 
 The gates of gaping hell, 
 And fixt mv standing more secme 
 Than 'tvvas before I fell 
 
 3 '.■'he anus of everlasting love 
 
 Beneath my soul he placed ; 
 And on the Rock of ages set 
 My slippery fwtsteps lasu 
 ■4 The city of my blest abode. 
 Is wall'd around with grace; 
 Salvation f^r a bulwark stands 
 To shield the sacred place. 
 5 Satan may vent his sharpest spite. 
 And all his legions roar 
 
17,88 THE HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 Almighty mercy guards my life. 
 And bJounds his raging power. 
 6 Arise, my soul, awake my voice. 
 And tunes of pleasure sing; 
 
 Loud hallelujahs shall address 
 My Saviour and my King. 
 
 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 87. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 
 The great Legacy. 
 
 OUR bless'd Redeemer, ere he breail.et 
 His tender, last farewell, 
 A Guide, a Comforter bequcath'd, 
 With us on earth to dwell. 
 
 2 He came in tongues of living flame, 
 
 To teach, convince, subdue ; 
 All powerful as the wind he came, 
 He came as viewless too. 
 
 3 He came, sweet influence to imparu 
 
 A gracious, willing guest, 
 While he can find one humble heart 
 One heart wherein to rest. 
 
 4 And every virtue we possess, 
 
 And every victory won. 
 And every thought of hohness, 
 Are his, and his alone. 
 
 5 Spirit of purity and grace, 
 
 Our weakness pitying see . 
 O make our hearts ihy dwelhng place, 
 O make them more like thee. 
 
 88. CM. Watts. 
 Breatldng after the Holy Spirit 
 
 COME, Holy Spirit, hoavejily Dove, 
 With all thy quickening powers. 
 Kindle a flame of sacrerl love 
 In these cold bear's of ours 
 
THE HOl.Y SPIRIT. 
 
 S Look now we grovel here below. 
 Fond of these triflmg toys ; 
 Our souls can neither fly nor go 
 To reach eternal joys'. 
 
 3 In vain we tune our formal songs. 
 
 In vain we strive to rise ; 
 Hjsannas 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 kLudle ours. 
 
 89. L. M. Watts. 
 The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven. 
 
 DESCEND from heaven, immortal Dove 
 Stoop down, and lake us on thy winga 
 And mount and bear us far above 
 The reach of these inferior things. 
 
 2 Beyond, beyond this lower sky 
 Up where eternal ages roll, 
 Where solid pleasures never die. 
 And fruits immortal feast the soul. 
 
 3 O for a sight, a plea.sing sight, 
 
 Oi our Almighty Father's fhrone ! 
 
 There sits our Saviour, crown'd with light, 
 
 Cloth'd m a body like our owti. 
 i Adoring saints around him stand, 
 
 And thrones and powere before him fall ; 
 
 The God shines gracious through the niaa, 
 
 And sheds new glories on them all. 
 5 When shall the day, dear Lord, appear, 
 
 That I shall mount to dwell above ; 
 
 And stand and bow amongst them there. 
 
 And view hy face, and sing thy love ? 
 
II^91.92 THK HOLY SPIRIT. 
 
 90 S. M. Relief hymM. 
 'TYs God that worketh in yen, 
 
 'flllS God the Spirit leads 
 
 X In paths before unknown , 
 The work to be perfbrm'd is ours, 
 
 The strength is all his own. 
 
 '2 Tis he that works to will, 
 'Tie he that works to do ; 
 His is the power by which we act, 
 His he the glory too. 
 
 91. C. M. Watts. 
 
 Vhe witnessing and sealing Spirit. Rom. via I4-- IC 
 
 WHY should the children of a King 
 Go mourning all their days ? 
 Great Comforter ! descend, and bring 
 Some tokens of tliy grace. 
 2 Da«t thou not dwell in all the saints. 
 And seal the heirs of heaven ? 
 V/hen wilt thou banish my complaints. 
 And show my sins forgiven ? 
 ;: Assure mv conscience of her part 
 In the Redeemer's blood ; 
 And bear thy witness with my heart» 
 That I am born of God. 
 » Thou art the earnest of his Dve, 
 The pledg-e of joys to come ; 
 Anil thv soil wings, celestial Dove, 
 Will safe convey me home. 
 
 92. C. M. Watt? 
 Regeneration. John li:. 3. 
 
 f flHE Spirit, like some heavenl]^ au^ 
 
 3. Blows on the sons of flesh : 
 New models all the <a'-nol mnio 
 And forms the man ofresn 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT 93, 91 
 
 % Our quicken'd souls awake, and rise. 
 
 From the long sleep of death ; 
 
 On heavenly things we fix our eyes, 
 
 And praise employs our breath. 
 
 93. CM. Doddridge. 
 Divine Drawings Celebrated. Hos. xi. 4. 
 
 MY God, what silken cords are thino ' 
 How soft, and yet so strong I 
 While power, and trulh, and love combine 
 To draw our souls along. 
 2 Thou sawest us erush'd beneath the yoke 
 Of Satan and of sin ; 
 Thy hand the iron bondage broke, 
 Our worthless hearts to win. 
 S The guilt of twice ten thousand sins 
 One moment takes away ; 
 And grace, when first the war begins, 
 Secures the crowning day. 
 4 Comfort, through all this vale of tears, 
 In rch profusion flows, 
 Aiid g ory of unnumber'd years 
 blteinity bestows. 
 ? Drawn by such cords, we onward move, 
 Till round thy throne we meet, 
 And captives in the chains of love. 
 Embrace our Conqueror's feet 
 
 94. C. M. Whitejield's Collection. 
 
 The Holy Spirit invoked. 
 
 ]V[OW may the Spirit's Holy fire, 
 -lII Descending from above. 
 His waiting family inspire. 
 With joy, and peace, and love 
 
 i Wake ! heavenly wind ; arise and come, 
 Blow on the drooping field ; 
 Our spices then sfiall breathe perfume. 
 And fragrarU mcense yield. 
 
 
V^ y6, 37 TI«E HOLY SPIRIT 
 
 a Touch with a living toal the lip 
 That shall proclaim thy word, 
 And bid each slumb'ring tiearer keep 
 Attention to the Lord. 
 
 i Then shall we prove thy worship sweet. 
 And love thy sacred ccjurts; 
 Where saints in blest communion meet. 
 And God, our God, resorts. 
 
 95. L. M. Doddridge. 
 Breathing after the Holy SpinU 
 
 COME, sacred Spirit! from above, 
 And fill our frozen hearts with love 
 Soften to flesh the flinty stone, 
 And let thy Godlike power be known 
 
 2 O let a holy flock awail, 
 
 iN umerous around thy temple-gate I 
 Each pressing on with zeal to be 
 A living sacrifice to thee. 
 
 3 In answer to our fervent cries, 
 Give us to see thy church arise , 
 Or, if that blessing be too great. 
 Give us to mourn its low estate. 
 
 %. S. M. C. Psalmody 
 The Holy Spirit implored 
 
 COME, Holy Spirit, come, 
 My stubborn will subdue; 
 Each evil passion overcome. 
 And form me all anew. 
 
 2 Mine will the profit be. 
 
 But thine shall be the praise; 
 And unto thee will I devote 
 \The remnant of my days. 
 
 G 
 
 97. L. M. Doddridgt 
 Destring to love the brethren utiJa ^nedlif 
 REAT Spirit of immortal love! 
 \ ouchsafe our frozen heai is to move • 
 
THE HOLY SPIRIT. 98. W 
 
 With ardour strong these breasts inflaiu* 
 To all ihat own a Saviour's name. 
 
 2 Still let the heavenly fire endure, 
 Fervent and vigorous, true and pure ; 
 Let every heart, and every hand, 
 Join in the dear fraternal band 
 
 3 Celestial Dove ! descend, and bring 
 The smiling blessings on thy wing ; 
 And make us taste those sweets below, 
 Which in the blissful mansions grow. 
 
 98. C. iM. DubeU's Selection. 
 The presence of God invoked 
 
 IN thy great name, O Lord, we come, 
 To worship at thy feet ; 
 O pour the Holy Spirit down 
 On all that now shall meet, 
 
 2 Teach us to pray, and praise, and hear 
 
 And understand thy word ; 
 To feel thy blissful presenre here, 
 And trust our living Lord. 
 
 3 Here lot thy power arul grace be felt, 
 
 Thv love and mercy known ; 
 make our frozen bosoms melt. 
 Dissolve these hearts of stone. 
 
 99. C. M. 
 The Holy Spirit invoked. 
 
 SPIRIT Divine! we barren prove, 
 Except thou fill the place ; 
 O breathe resistless power and love— 
 Diffuse thy conquering grace ! 
 
 2 Make stubborn sinners freely yield 
 Ttj thv superior snay — 
 Vanquish'd ApoUyon quit the field 
 And enemies obey 
 
00, 101 PRA18H 
 
 3 Display thy beams of love abroad. 
 
 That all mankind may see 
 
 The glories of thy sacred word 
 
 And millions bow to thee. 
 
 PRAISE. 
 
 100 C. M. Wesley's ColL 
 Desiring to praise the Redeema 
 
 OFOR a thousand tongues to sing 
 My dear Redeemer's praise ! 
 The glories of" my God and King, 
 The triumphs of his grace ! 
 
 2 My dear Redeemer, and my God, 
 
 Assist me to proclaim, 
 To spread through all the earth abroat. 
 The honours of ihy name. 
 
 3 Jesus, the name that calms our fears, 
 
 That bids our sorrows cease ; 
 'Tis music to the sinner's ears, 
 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 
 
 1 He breaks the power of cancell'd sia 
 He sets the pris'ners free ; 
 His blood can make the foulest clean. 
 His bluod avails for me. 
 
 5 Look unto him, ye nations — own 
 Your God, ye fiillon race; 
 Look, and be saved by Christ alone, 
 Be justified by grace. 
 
 101 C. M. Wesley s CoU 
 The boundless Love of God 
 
 WHAT shall I do my God to love 
 My loving God to praife ? 
 The length, and breadth, and height, lo ^.-ove. 
 And depth, of sovereign grace? 
 
PRAISK. Il>*2. \M 
 
 I My trespass was gn)\vTi up to heaven ; 
 But, far above the skies, 
 In Christ abundantly forgiven 
 • I see thy mercies rise I 
 
 3 The depth of thy redeeming love, 
 What angel tongue can tell ? 
 
 may I to the utmost prove 
 The gift unspeakable 
 
 1 Peeper than hell, it pluck'd me thence,— 
 Deepei than inbred sin ; 
 Jesus 's love my heart shall cleanse, 
 When Jesus enters in. 
 
 b Come quickly, gracious Lord, and take 
 Possession of thy own ; 
 My longing heart vouchsafe to make 
 Thy everlasting throne. 
 
 102. CM. Wesley's Coll. 
 The Trnine God invoked. 
 
 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 One God in persons three. 
 Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost 
 By all mankind and me. 
 
 t Thy favour, and thy nature too, 
 To sinners now restore; 
 Forgive, and after God renew. 
 And keep us evermore. 
 
 103. L. M. Watts 
 God invisible. 
 
 LORD, we are blind, we mortals blind 
 We can't behold thy bright abode, 
 
 01 'tis beyond a creature mind 
 
 To glance a thought half-way to God. 
 
 t Infinite leagues beyond the sky. 
 The great Eternal "reigns alone ; 
 Where neither wings nor souls can fly 
 Nor angels climb the topless throne. 
 
104. 105 PRAISE. 
 
 3 Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes 
 Look through and cheer us from abo~ 
 Beyond our praise thy grandeui flies,- 
 Yet we adore, and yet we love 
 
 104. S. M. Relief Hymn» 
 The soul excited to praise. 
 
 O BLESS the Lord, my soul. 
 His grace to thee proclaim 
 And all that is within me join 
 To bless his holy name. 
 
 2 .) bless the Lord, my soul, 
 
 His mercies bear in mind; 
 Forget not all his benefits ; 
 The Lord to thee is kind 
 
 3 He will not always chide, 
 
 He will with patience wait; 
 His wrath is ever slow to rise, 
 And ready to abate. 
 
 4 He pardons all thy sins. 
 
 Prolongs thy feeble breath ; 
 He heals thy sad infirmities. 
 And ramoms thee from death 
 
 5 He clothes thee with his love. 
 
 Upholds thee by his truth. 
 
 And, like the eagle, he renews 
 
 The vigour of thy youih. 
 
 6 Then bless his holy name, 
 
 VYhose grace has made thee whole. 
 Whose loving-kindness crowns thy dayf 
 O bless the Lord, mv soul I 
 
 105. 7's. Relief Hymns. 
 Jesus, King of kings. 
 
 KING of kings and Lord of lords . 
 These are great and awful words; 
 Tis to Je.sus they belf)ng, — 
 I^t his people raise their song 
 
106. \or 
 
 t Rich in glory, thou didst stoop, — 
 This is now thy people's hope ; 
 Thou wast poor that they might be 
 Rich in glory, Lord, with thee. 
 
 106. -L. M. Medlet/. 
 I voUl mention the loving kindness of the Lord 
 
 AWAKE, my soul, in joyful lays, 
 And sing thy great Redeemer's praise , 
 He justly claims a song from me. 
 His loving kindness, O how free I 
 
 2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall. 
 Yet lov'd me notwithstanding all. 
 He sav'd me from my lost estate. 
 His loving kindness, O how great! 
 
 3 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud. 
 Has gather'd thick, and thunder'd loud. 
 He near my soul has always stood. 
 His lovmg kindness, O how good ! 
 
 4 Oiten I feel my sinful heart 
 Prone from my Jesus to depart ; 
 But though I have him oft forgot, 
 His loving kindness changes noU 
 
 5 Soon shall 1 pass the gloomy vale. 
 Soon all my mortal powers must fail 
 O may my last expiring breath 
 
 His loving kindness sing in death. 
 
 ^ Tlien let me moimt and soar away 
 To the bright world of endless day; 
 And sing with rapture and surprise, 
 His loving kinaness in the skies. 
 
 107. L. M. Needham. 
 God so Invid the world that he gave hts Sen. 
 ^^ LDRY to God who reigns above, 
 VX Who dwells in light, whose name is lov» 
 Ve saints and angels, if ye can, 
 Occlare l^e love of God to man. 
 
108, 109 PRAISK. 
 
 2 O, what could more his love c« mmend. 
 His dear, his <'u[\ Sni lo send I 
 
 I'hat man, condemn d to die, might live 
 And God be just, and yet forgive. 
 
 3 Jesus, ttiy gospel firmly stands 
 
 A blessing to these favour'd lands • 
 No intidel shall be our dread. 
 Since thou art risen from the dead 
 
 108. CM. Relief Hymna. 
 Praise to (he Redeemer. 
 
 TO him that lov'd the sons of men. 
 And wash'd us in his blood, 
 To royal honours rais"d our head, 
 And made us priests to God ; — 
 
 2 To him let every tongue be praise. 
 And every heart be love , 
 All grateful honours paid on earth 
 And nobler soogs above. 
 
 109. CM. Relief Hvmnf. 
 Praise lo Christ our Priesi 
 
 COME, let us join our noblest songs 
 _ To our a-M-eudrd Priest ; 
 He enter'd heaven wiih all our names 
 Engraven on his breast. 
 
 2 Below, he wa.«!h'd our guilt away 
 
 Bv his atoning blood ; 
 And now he sits upon the throne, 
 And pleads our cause with God. 
 
 3 Cloth'd with our nature, still he know* 
 
 The weakness of our frame. 
 And sympathizes with our griefs. 
 Because he felt the same. 
 
 ♦ O may we ne'er forget his grace, 
 IS'or blush to hear his name; 
 Still may our hearts hold fast his faith. 
 Our ifps his praise proclaim. 
 
PRAISE 110. 111. lit 
 
 110. Tb. Relief Hymns. 
 
 Songs of Praise 
 
 SONGS or praise awoke the morn, 
 When the I'rinoe of Peace was bom; 
 Songs of praise arose when he 
 Captive led captivity. 
 
 2 Saints below, with heart and voice. 
 Still in soiigs of praise rejoice ; 
 Learning here, by faith and love. 
 Songs ol" praise to sing above. 
 
 3 Borne upon the latest breath. 
 Songs of praise shall conquer death; 
 Then, amidst eternal joy, 
 
 Songs of praise their powers employ. 
 
 111. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 God may be toorshipped everywhere. 
 
 HERE'ER ascends the sacrifice 
 Of fervent praise and prayer, 
 Or on the earth, or in the skies, 
 Jesus our Lord is there. 
 
 2 His presence is difTus'd abroad 
 
 Through realms, through worlds unknowB 
 Who seek the mercies of our God 
 Are ever near his th/one. 
 
 8 Be in our midst, — let faith rejoice, 
 Our risen Lord to view ; 
 iNow make our spirits hear thy voice. 
 Say, — " Peace be unto you I" 
 
 112. CM. Watt3. 
 
 God's eternal Dominion. 
 
 GREAT God ! how infinite art thou .' 
 Wnal worthless worms are we ! 
 liet the whole race of creaiures bow^. 
 And pay-lheir praise to thee. 
 
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13.114 PRAISE. 
 
 2 Thy throne eternal ages stooa. 
 
 Ere seas or stars were made , 
 Thou art the ever-living God, 
 Were all the nations dead. 
 
 3 Nature and time quite naked iie 
 
 To thy immense survey, 
 
 From the formation of the sky 
 
 To the great burning day 
 
 4 Eternity, with all its years. 
 
 Stands present in thy view; 
 To thee there 's nothing old appears, 
 Great God I there 's nothing new. 
 
 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn 
 
 And vex'd with trifling cares; 
 While thy eternal thoughts move on. 
 Thy undisturb'd aflfairs. 
 
 6 Great God ! how infinite art thou I 
 
 What worthless worms are we I 
 Let the whole race of creatures bow 
 And pay their praise to thee. 
 
 113. L. M. (117 Ps.) Watts. 
 Let all the world praise God. 
 
 FROM all that dwell below the skies. 
 Let the Creator's praise arise ; 
 Let the Redeemer's name be sung 
 Through everj' land, by every tongue. 
 
 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; 
 Eternal truth attends thy word ; 
 Thy praise shall sound from sht»re to shore 
 rill suns shall rise to set no more. 
 
 114. CM. 
 
 God's Majesty and Dominion 
 
 1SING the God whose power and love 
 Through all his works are shown; 
 Hie (iod who sits enthron'd al>ove 
 What creatures e'er have known 
 
PRAISE. 115 
 
 2 By his decree the sea is bound, 
 
 Nor can it farther move ; 
 This is the girdle thrown aroun. 
 The heirs of endless love: — 
 
 3 This is the gnlf for ever fixt, 
 
 And always must remain; 
 The unpnss'd gulf that lies betw' 
 The worlds of bliss and pain- 
 
 4 At his reproof the earth gives way 
 
 Its massy pillars bend ; 
 His voice the cherubim obey, 
 And tremblingly attend. 
 
 b O Thou, who didst salvation bring 
 My guilty soul befriend ; 
 Speak in my favour to the King, 
 Whilst at thy throne I bend. 
 
 When earth and seas thy presence fly 
 
 O then may I abide. 
 Protected by thy watchful eye. 
 
 And shelter'd by thy side I 
 
 115. CM. Walts. 
 Christ worshipped by all the Creation. 
 
 COME, let us join our cheerful songs 
 With angels round the throne; 
 Ten thousand thousand are their tongue*. 
 But all their joys are one. 
 
 2 '"Worthy the Lamb that died,' they cry, 
 ' To be exalted thus :' 
 'Worthy the Lamb/ our lips reply, 
 'For he was slain for us.' 
 
 Z Jesus is worthy to receive 
 Honour and power divine; 
 And blessings more than we can give, 
 Be, Lord, for over thine. 
 
 4 Let all that dwell above the sky, 
 And air, and earth, and seas, 
 
16, 117 PRAISE. 
 
 Conspire to lift thy glories high, 
 And speak thine endless praise. 
 
 5 The whole creation join in one 
 To bless the sacred name 
 Of him that sits upon the throne, 
 And to adore the Lamb. 
 
 116. C. M. Walls. 
 Praise to the Redeemer. 
 
 PLUNG'D in a gulf of dark despa^ 
 We wretched sinners lay, 
 Without one cheering beam of hope. 
 Or spark of glimmering day. 
 
 S With pitying eyes the Prince of Grace 
 Beheld oar helpless grief; 
 He saw, and, — O amazing love ! 
 He ran to our relief 
 
 3 Down from the shining seats shore 
 
 With joyful haste he fled, 
 Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh 
 And dwelt among the dead. 
 
 4 He spoil'd the powers of darkness thus. 
 
 And broke our iron chains; 
 Jesus hath freed our captive soids 
 From everlasting pains. 
 
 5 O for this love let rocks and hills 
 
 Their lasting silence break ! 
 And all harmonious human tongues 
 The Saviour's praises speak. 
 
 117. C. M. Anon. 
 He w Ike Head of all Principalities and Pc 
 
 BEGIN the high, celestial strain. 
 My ravish'd soul, and smg 
 A solemn hymn of grateful praise 
 To heaven's Almighty King. 
 
 2 Ye curling fountains, as ye roll 
 Your silver waves along, 
 
Whisper to all your verdan sh«<re»i 
 The subject of my song. 
 
 5 Bear it, ye winds, on all your wings. 
 
 To distant climes away, 
 And round the wide extended world 
 
 The lofty theme convey. 
 4 Take the glad burden of his name. 
 
 Ye clouds, as ye arise, 
 Whether to deck th^ golden mom, 
 
 Or shade the evening skies. 
 b Long let it tremble round the spherea, 
 
 And echo through the sky; 
 Till angels, with immortal skill, 
 
 Improve the sacred joy. 
 
 6 While we, with heavenly rapture flr'a. 
 
 The great Redeemer smg ; 
 And chant our consecrated lays 
 To our immortal King. 
 
 118. L. M. Wans. 
 Desiring to love Jesus. 
 
 COME, let me love... .or is my mind 
 Harden'd to stone, or froze to ice ? 
 I see the blessed Fair One bend 
 And stoop t" embrace me from the skie*' 
 
 2 I was a traitor doom'd to fire, 
 Bound to sustain eternal pains ; 
 He flew on wings of strong desire, 
 Assum'd my guilt and took ray chains. 
 
 3 Infinite grace ! Almighty charms I 
 Stand in amaze, ye rolling skies ! 
 Jesus, the God, extends his arms, 
 Hangs on a cross of love, and dies 
 
 i Did pity ever stoop so low, 
 Dress'd in divinity ancl blood? 
 Was ever rebel courted so. 
 In groans of an expiring God ? 
 
»I9, 1^ PRAISE. 
 
 6 Again he lives, and spreads his hands 
 Hands that were na^l'd to torturing smart; 
 • By these dear wounds,' says he, and stands, 
 And prays to clasp me to his heart. 
 
 6 Sure I must love or are my ears 
 
 Still deaf nor will my passions move ? 
 Lord ! meU this flinty heart to tears — 
 This heart shall yield to death, or love 
 
 119. CM. 
 
 Revelation cf God's purposes makes his Sauits happu 
 
 LOW would I bow beneath thy feet, 
 Thou infinite Unknown I 
 And humbly hope thy smile to meet, 
 Through thine exalted Son. 
 
 2 A crawling worm, thy name to praise, 
 
 Attempts the lofty song ; 
 Too high for seraphim to raise. 
 Too grand for Gabriel's tongue. 
 
 3 Long ere the hills or mountains stood. 
 
 Or sun or spheres revolv'd, 
 
 Th' Eternal, the Almighty God. 
 
 Had all his ways resolv'd. 
 
 4 Th' unbounded mind through future pierc'd 
 
 And saw creation rise; 
 All things, the last as well as first, 
 
 Were present in his eyes. 
 6 Things fit disclos'd, the rest conceal'd 
 
 From every creature's eye ; 
 Until most happily reveal'd. 
 
 To heighten joys on high. 
 6 Till I shall reach that happy place, 
 
 I would not anxious prove, 
 Only to feel thy saving grace. 
 
 And know that thou art Love. 
 
 120. Wafts. 
 
 God's greatJiess awes sinners to silenc*. 
 
 ITKR.NAL Power, whose high abode 
 
 Becomes the grandeur of a God 
 
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PRAISE. 121 
 
 (nfinite lengths beyond the bounds 
 Where stars revolve their Utile round*. 
 
 2 Earth from afar has heard thy fame, 
 
 And worms liave learn'd to li?p thy name ; 
 
 But, 01 the glories of thy mind 
 
 Leave all our soaring thoughts behind . 
 
 3 God is in heaven, and men below ; 
 Be short our tunes, our words be few ' 
 A solenui reverence checks our songs. 
 And praise sits silent on our tongues. 
 
 121. CM. Walls. 
 Christ cnir Strength and Righteousnesa 
 
 MY Saviour, my Almighty Friend, 
 When I begin thy praise. 
 Where will the growing numbers end, 
 The numbers of thy grace ? 
 
 2 Thou art mv everlasting trust 
 
 Tiiy goodness I adore ; 
 And since I knew thy graces first, 
 I speak thy glories more. 
 
 3 My feet shall travel all the length 
 
 Of the celestial road, ' 
 
 And march with courage in thy sirengtii 
 To see my Father God. 
 
 I How will my lips rejoice to tell 
 The victories of my King ! 
 Mv soul, redeem'd from sin and hell, 
 Shall thy salvation sing. 
 
 if InIv tongue shall all the dav proclaim 
 My Saviour and my God ; 
 EI is death has brought niv foes to shame 
 And drown'd them in Viis blood 
 
 5 Awake, awake, mv tuneful powers, 
 With this delightful song, 
 I 'II entertain the darkest hours 
 Nor think the season long. 
 
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 tSS. 123 PRAISE. 
 
 122. CM. Walts. 
 
 The Robe of Righteousness. 
 
 WAKE, my heart, arise my tonguOk 
 Prepare a tuneful voice ; 
 In God, the life of all my joys, 
 Aloud will I rejoice. 
 
 2 'Tis he adom'd my naked soul, 
 
 And made salvation mine ; 
 Upon a poor polluted worm 
 He makes his graces shine. 
 
 3 And lest the shadow of a spot 
 
 Should on my sf)iil be found. 
 He took the robe the Saviour wrought 
 And cast if 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 TTie Spirit wrought my laith and love 
 
 And hope and every grace ; 
 
 Bat Jesus spent his life to work 
 
 The robe of righteousness. 
 
 6 Strangely, my soul, art thou array'd 
 
 By the great Sacred Three! 
 In sweetest harmony of praise 
 Let all thy {lowers agree. 
 
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 123. L. M. Watts. 
 Restoring and Persevering Grace. 
 ITH all my powei-s of heart and tongue 
 
 I '11 praise my Maker in my s»)ng; 
 Angels shall hear the notes I raise, 
 Approve the song, and join the praise. 
 
 2 To God I cry'd when troubles rose ; 
 He heard me, and subdu'd mv foes; 
 He did my rising fears control, 
 ^ik' strr'ngth t'iffus'd through all my soul 
 
PRAISE. 124. I2f 
 
 The Clod of heaven maintains his state. 
 Frowns on the pmud, and scorns the great; 
 But from his throne descends to Lless 
 The humble souls that trust his grace. 
 Amidst a thousand snares I stand, 
 Upheld and guarded by thy hand ; 
 Thy words my fainting hopes revive, 
 And keep my dying faith alive. 
 Grace will complete what grace begins. 
 To save from sorrow and from sins ; 
 The work that wisdom undertakes, 
 Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. 
 
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 124. S. ISI. IVatts. 
 Persevering Grace. Jude, ver. 24, 5 
 
 O God, the only wise. 
 Our Saviour and our King. 
 Let all the saints below the skies 
 Their humble praises bring. 
 8 'Tis his Almighty love, 
 
 His counsels and his care. 
 Preserves us safe from sin and death. 
 And every hurtful snare. 
 3 I Te will present our souls 
 Unblemish'd and complete, 
 Before the glory of his tace. 
 With joys divinely great. 
 
 125. S. M. Swain. 
 The constraining motives to praise 
 
 WHO can forbear to sing. 
 Who can refuse to praise, 
 Wher Zion's high celestial King 
 His saving power displays ? 
 i When sinners at his feet, 
 Bv mercy conquer'd, fall ; 
 When grace and truth, and justice meeH 
 And pea{ e unites them all ?— 
 
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 126, 127 ?RAisK. 
 
 3 When the sweet gospel sound, 
 
 The silver trump of heaven. 
 Proclaims to contrite souls around, 
 That all their sin 's forgiven ? — 
 
 4 When heaven's expanding gates 
 
 Invite the pilgrims' feet. 
 And Jesus at their entrance waits. 
 To place them on his seat ? 
 
 5 Who can forbear to praise 
 
 Our high celestial King, 
 When sovereign, rich, redeeming grace. 
 Invites our tongues to sing ? 
 
 126. C. M. Watts, 
 rhe examples of Chnst and his Saints 
 IVE me the wings of faith to rise 
 
 Within the veil, and see 
 The saints above, how great their joys. 
 How bright their glories be I 
 
 2 Once they were mourning here below, 
 
 And wet their couch with tears ; 
 
 They wrestled hard, as we do now. 
 
 With sins, and doubts, and fears. 
 
 3 I ask them whence their victory came ? 
 
 They, with united breath. 
 Ascribe their conquest lt» the Lamb, 
 Their triumph to his death. 
 
 4 They mark'd the footsteps that he trod 
 
 His zeal inspir'd their lireasl; 
 And following their incarnate God, 
 Possess the promis'd rest ; 
 
 5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise. 
 
 For his owti pattern given ; 
 While the long cloud of witnesses 
 Show the same path to heaven. 
 
 127. L. M. Watts. 
 A sight of God mortifes us to the vwrld 
 
 P to the fields where angels Up 
 And living waters gently roll 
 
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PRAISE. 128 
 
 Fain would my thoughts leap out and fly 
 But sin hangs heavy on my soul 
 
 <J Thy wondrous blood, dear dying Christ, 
 Can make this load of guilt remove; 
 And thou caast bear me where thou fly'st, 
 On thy kind wings, celestial Dove ! 
 
 3 O might I once mount up and see 
 The glories of th' eternal skies ; 
 
 What little things these worlds would be' 
 How despicable to mine eyes I 
 
 4 Had I a glance of thee, my God, 
 Kingdoms and men would vanish soon. 
 Vanish, as though I saw them not, 
 
 As a dim candle dies at noon 
 
 5 Then they might fight, and rage, and rave. 
 I should perceive the noise no more 
 Than we can hear a shaking leaf. 
 While rattling thunders round us roar. 
 
 6 Great All m All, eternal King! 
 Let me but view thy lovely face. 
 
 And all my powers shall bow and sing. 
 Thine endless grandeur, and thy grace. 
 
 128. C. M. Watts. 
 God my only happiness. Psalm Ixxiii. 2d 
 Y God, my portion, and my love. 
 
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 My everlasting All ; 
 I 've none but thee in heaven above. 
 Or on this earthly ball. 
 
 2 What empty things are ail the skies. 
 And this inferior clod ! 
 There 's nothing here deserves my joys. 
 There 's nothing like my God. 
 
 2 1 In vain the bright, the burning sun. 
 Scatters his feeble light ; 
 "Tis Thy sweet beams create my noon : 
 if Thou withdraw, 'tis nighu 
 
129 I'RAISE. 
 
 4 And whilst ujxjn my restless bed. 
 
 Amongst the sliades I roll, 
 If my Redeemer shows his head, 
 'I'is morning with my soul.] 
 
 5 To thee we owe our wealth and frienda, 
 
 And health, and safe abode; 
 Thanks to thy name for meaner things, 
 
 But they are not my God. 
 ^ IIow vain a toy is glittering wealth. 
 
 If once compared to thee I 
 Or what 's my safety, or rny health, 
 
 Or all my Iriends" to me ( 
 "i Were I possessor of the earth. 
 
 And caird the stars my owa 
 Without thy graces, and thyself, 
 
 I were a wretch undone. 
 8 Let others stretch their arms like seas, 
 
 And grasp in all the shore ; 
 Grant me the visits of thy face, 
 
 And 1 desire no more. 
 
 129. S. M. Watts. 
 God all, and in all. Psalm Ixxii. 8ft 
 
 MY God, my life, mv love, 
 To thee, to thee, I call, 
 I cannot live if thou remove. 
 For thou art All in All. 
 
 2 The smilings of thy face. 
 
 How amiable ihev are I 
 'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace, 
 And no where else but there. 
 
 3 Not all the harps above 
 
 Can make a heavenly place 
 If God his residence remove. 
 
 Or but conceal his faCe : 
 i Nor earth, nor all the sky. 
 
 Can one delight aflbro, 
 No. not a drop of real joy, 
 
 WitJio'.ii thy presence, Lord. 
 
PRAISE. K%. 131 
 
 9 Tho" art the sea of love, 
 
 Where all my pleasures roll. 
 The circle where my passions move, 
 And centre of mv soul. 
 3 To Ihee my spirits fly 
 With infinite desire, — 
 And vet how far from thee I lie! 
 Dear Jesus, raise me higher! 
 
 130. C. M. Steele. 
 The Christian' s prospect. 
 
 HAPPY the soul whose wishes climk 
 To mansions in the skies ! 
 He kxjks on all the joys of time, 
 With undesinng eyes. 
 
 2 In vain soft pleasure spreads her charm* 
 
 And throws her silken chain ; 
 And wealth, and fame, invite his arms, 
 And tempt his ears in vain. 
 
 3 To things unseen by mortal eyes, 
 
 A beam of sacred light 
 Directs nis view, his prospects rise 
 All permanent and bright. 
 i His hopes are fixt on joys tc come 
 Those blissfiil scenes on high 
 Shall flourish in immortal bloom, 
 Wlien time and nature die. 
 b O were those heavenly prospects mine. 
 Those pleasures could 1 prove. 
 Rarth's fleeting joys I would resign. 
 And rfise my hopes above. 
 
 131. L. M. Steele. 
 The XDorship of Heaven. John xvii 2* 
 
 ^r\ FOR a sweet, inspiring ray, 
 V " To animate our feeble strains. 
 From the bright realms of endless day, 
 The blissful realms where Jesus reigns! 
 
132 PRAISE 
 
 2 There, low, before his glorious throne. 
 Adoring saints and angels fall ; 
 
 And, with delightful worship, own 
 
 His smile their bliss, their heaven their all. 
 
 3 Immortal glories crown his head ; 
 While tuneful hallelujahs rise. 
 
 And love, and joy, and triumph spread 
 Through all ih' assemblies of the skies. 
 
 4 He smiles, and seraphs time their songs 
 To boundless rapture, while they gaze ; 
 Ten thousand thousand joyful tongues 
 Resound his everlasting praise. 
 
 5 There all the favourites of the Lamb 
 Shall join at last the heavenly choir; 
 O may the joy-inspiring theme, 
 Awake our faith, and warm desire I 
 
 6 Dear Saviour I let thv Spirit seal 
 Our mterest in that blissful place ! 
 Till death remove this mortal veil, 
 And we behold thy lovely face. 
 
 132. C. M. Watts. 
 
 The saints glorified. Rev. vii. 13 <fco. 
 
 •nnHESE glorious minds, how bright they 8hu> 
 JL • Whence all their white array ' 
 How came they to the happy seats 
 • Of everlasting day ?' 
 
 2 From torturing pains to endless joys, 
 On fiery wheels they rode. 
 And strangely wash'd their raiment white 
 In Jesus' dying bloixl. 
 J Now they appi-oach a spotless God, 
 And bow before his ttirone ; 
 Their warViling harps, and sacred songs, 
 Adore the Holy One. 
 
 4 The unveil'd glories of his face, 
 Amongst his saints reside. 
 While the rich treasure of his grace 
 Sees all their wants supplied. 
 
PRAISE. 133 \M 
 
 5 Tormer/v;.* g thirst shall leave their souls. 
 And hunger flee as fast ; 
 The fruit of life's inuiiorlal tree 
 Shall be their sweet rejiasL 
 
 € The Lamb chall lead his heavenly flock. 
 Where living fountains rise, 
 And love divine shall wipe away 
 All sorrows from their eyes. 
 
 133. C M. Watts. 
 Heaven invisible and holy. 1 Cor. ii. 9, 10 
 
 PURE are the joys above the sky, 
 And all the rt^gion peace. 
 No wanton lips, nor envious eye 
 Can see. or taste the bliss. 
 
 2 Those holy gates for ever bar 
 Pollution, sin and shame ; 
 None shall obtain admittance there 
 But followers of the Lamo. 
 
 '6 He keeps the Father's book of life. 
 There all their names are found 
 The hypK>nrite in vain shall strive 
 To tread the heavenly ground. 
 
 134. CM. TVa«.s. 
 The beatific sight of ChrisL 
 
 FROM thee, my God, my joys shall nm 
 And run eternal rounds. 
 Beyond the limits of the skies. 
 And all created bounds. 
 
 2 The holy triumphs of mv soul. 
 
 Shall death itself outbrave. 
 Leave dull mortality behind. 
 And fly beyond the grave. 
 
 3 There, where my blessed Jesua reigns. 
 
 In heaven's unmeasur'd space, 
 I '11 spend a long eternity 
 In pleasrire. and in praise 
 
•35 PRAISE. 
 
 4 Millions of years n.y wondering eyet 
 
 Shall o'er thy heauties rove. 
 And endless ages I '11 adore 
 The glories of thy love. 
 
 5 Sweet Jesus ! every smile of tlune 
 
 Shall fresh endearments bring ; 
 \nd thousand tastes of new delight 
 VTom all thy graces spring. 
 
 6 Haste, my beloved, fetch my sou4 
 
 Up to thy bless'd abode, 
 
 Fly, for my spirit longs to see 
 
 My Saviour and my Cod. 
 
 135. L. M. Rippon's Selection. 
 The Christian rising to God 
 
 NOW let our souls, on wings subl.nw 
 Rise from the vanities of time. 
 Draw back the parting veil, and see 
 The glories of eternity. 
 
 2 Bom by a new seleslial birth, 
 
 Why should we grovel here on earth ? 
 VVhy grasp at transitory toys, 
 So liear to heaven's eternal joys? 
 
 3 Shall aught beguile us on the road. 
 When we are walking back to God ? 
 For, strangers into life we come, 
 And dying is but going home. 
 
 4 Welcome, sweet hour of full discharge 
 That sets our longing .souls at large. 
 Unbinds our chains, breaks up our cell 
 .\nd gives us with our God to dwell 
 
 I To dwell with God, to feel his love, 
 Is the full heaven enjoy 'd above; 
 And the sweet exptH-tation now, 
 I the young dawTi of heaven below 
 
rRAisE. 136, 137 lifl" 
 
 136. CM. Watts 
 
 The Lord's Day ; or, the Resurrection of Chn.< 
 
 IN the cold prison of a tomb 
 The dear Redeemer lay. 
 Till the revolving skies had brought 
 The thirfJ, th' appointed day. 
 
 2 Hell and the grave unite their force 
 
 To hold our God in vain ; 
 The sleeping Conqueror arose, 
 And burst their feeble chain. 
 
 3 To thy great name, Almighty Lord 
 
 These sacred hours we pay ; 
 And loud hosannas shall proclaim 
 The triumphs of the day. 
 
 137. S. M. Wat/s. 
 
 Ttie Lord's Day ; or, delight in Ordinanou^ 
 
 WELCOME, sweet day of rest. 
 Thai saw the Lord arise ; 
 Welcome to this reviving breast, 
 And these rejoicing eyes I 
 
 2 The King himself comes near, 
 
 And feasts his saints lo-day ; 
 Here we may sit, and see him here. 
 And love, and praise, and pray. 
 
 3 One day amidst the place 
 
 Where my dear God has been. 
 Is sweeter than ten thousand days 
 
 Of pleasurable sin. 
 i My willing soul would stay 
 
 In such a frame as this, 
 And sit and sing herself away 
 
 To everlasting bliss. 
 
 138. C. M. DobelVs Selection. 
 God's blessing invoked on Sabbath ercrcMB* 
 
 ON this sweet mom the Lord arose 
 Triiimphant o'er thr grave I 
 
He died to vanquish all my .^ 
 Again he lives to save. 
 
 2 No heavenly fire my heart can raise, 
 
 Without the Spirit's aid ; 
 His breath must kindle prayer and praise 
 Or I am cold and dead. 
 
 3 On all thy flocks thy Spirit pour, 
 
 And saving health convey ; — 
 A sweet, refreshing, heavenly showel 
 Will make them sing and pray. 
 
 1 Direct thy shepherds how to feed 
 The flocks of thy own choice ; 
 Give savour to the furnish 'd food, 
 And bid the folds rejoice. 
 
 139. 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8. 
 The Lord's Day delightful to Christiamtt^ 
 ,N this delightful day 
 The Saviour burst the tomb 
 And we to praise and pray. 
 Together here a-e come: 
 O Jesus, meet thy flock to-day. 
 Thy grace impart, thy power display. 
 
 8 On this delightful day, 
 
 Peculiarly thy ovati, 
 
 O Jesus, come away, 
 
 And meet us in thy dome: 
 Give us to join the heavenly lays. 
 And sing aloud thy worthy praise. 
 
 3 On this delightful day, 
 
 Thy saints in general meet ; 
 O, why should any stay 
 From thy transporting seat ! 
 May millions in the different parts. 
 This day to Jesus yield their hearta! 
 
 I On this delightful day, 
 ITie bread of life is given; 
 
 O 
 
PRAISE. 140 1 41 
 
 May Christ his grace display, 
 
 An antepast of neaven ; 
 And when we leave this earthly dome 
 May angel bands conduct us home. 
 
 140. S. M. DobelVs Selection. 
 The Lord is risen. Luke xxiv. 34. 
 
 TO-DAY the Saviour rose; 
 Our Jesus left the dead ; 
 He conquer'd our tremendous foes. 
 And Satan captive led. 
 
 2 He left his glorious throne. 
 
 To make our peace with God ; 
 Blessings for ever on his name ; 
 He bought us with his blood. 
 
 3 For us his life he paid — 
 
 '^or us the law fulfdl'd ; 
 On nim our loads of guilt were laid — 
 We by his stripes are heal'd. 
 
 1 Ye saints, adore his name 
 
 Who hath such merry shown ; 
 Ye sinners, love the bleeding Lamb, 
 And make his praises known. 
 
 14L L. M. Watts. 
 Angels punished and men saved 
 
 17^ ROM heaven the sinning angels fell, 
 And wrath and darkness chain'd them dowu 
 But man, vile man, forsook his bliss, 
 And mercy lifts him to a crown. 
 
 2 Amazing work of sovereign grace. 
 That could distinguish rebels so! 
 Our guilty treasons call'd aloud 
 For everlasting fetters too. 
 
 3 To thee, to thee, almighty Love, 
 Our souls, oiu^elves. our all we pay ? 
 Millions of tongues shall sound thy praise. 
 On the bright hills of heavenly day 
 
143. 143 PRAisK. 
 
 142. CM. Wattf 
 Praise for creation and redemption. 
 
 LET them neglect thy glorj', Lord, 
 Who never knew thy grace, 
 But our loud songs shall still record 
 The wonders of thy praise. 
 
 t We raise our sltouts, O God, to thee. 
 And send them to thy throne, 
 All glory to the United Three, 
 The undivided One. 
 
 3 Twas he, and we '11 adore his name. 
 That form'd us by a word, 
 Tis he restores our ruin'd frame ; 
 Salvation to the Lord. 
 
 143. CM. Steele. 
 The joys of Heaven. 
 
 COME, Lord, and warm each lang-.id hf«n 
 Inspire each lifeless tongue; 
 And let the joys u\' heaven impart 
 Their influence to our song. 
 
 2 Sorrow, and pain, and every care. 
 
 And discord there shall cease; 
 And perfect joy, and love sincere, 
 Adorn the realms of peace. 
 
 3 The soul, from sin for ever free, 
 
 Shall mourn its power no more; 
 But cloth'd in spotless purity. 
 Redeeming love adore. 
 
 4 There shall the followers of the Lamb 
 
 Join in immortal songs , 
 And endless honours to his name 
 Employ their tuneful tongues. 
 * The Saviour, dving, risi.ig, crown'd. 
 Shall swell the lofly strains; 
 Seraph and saint his praise resound. 
 Through all th' ethereal plains. 
 
PRAISE. 144. lit 
 
 6 Lord, June our hearts to praise and love, 
 Our feeble noles inspire ; 
 Till in the blissfu! courts above. 
 We join the heavenly choir. 
 
 114. CM. IVutts. 
 Meditation of heaven ; or, (he joy of Jaiih. 
 
 MY thoughts surmount these lower ski«u 
 And look within the veil ; 
 There springs of endless pleasure rise 
 The waters never fail. 
 i There I behold, with sweet delight. 
 The blessed Three in One ; 
 And strong affections fix my sight 
 On God's incarnate Son. 
 3 Elis promise stands for ever firm. 
 His grace shall ne'er depart ,• 
 He binds my name upon his arm. 
 And seals it on his heart. 
 1 Light are the pains that nature brings. 
 Flow short our sorrows are. 
 When with eternal future things 
 The present we compare I 
 ** I would not be a stranger still 
 To that celestial place, 
 Where I for ever hope to dwell, 
 Near my Redeemer's face. 
 
 145. S. M. Parkinson's Sdectim 
 Praise to the Ijamb. Rev. xv. 3. 
 
 AWAKE, and sing the .song 
 Of Moses and the Lamb ; 
 Wake, every heart, and every tongue 
 To praise the Saviour's name. 
 
 Sing of his dyuig love. 
 Sing of his rising power. 
 Sing how he intercedes alxjve 
 For all whose sins he bore. 
 
146, 147 pRAisft. 
 
 3 Sing till we feel our hearts 
 Ascending with our tongues; 
 
 Sing till the love of sin departs. 
 And grace inspires our songs 
 
 4 Sing on your heavenly way, 
 Ye ransom'd sinners, sing; 
 
 Sing on. rejoicing every day, 
 In Christ our sovereigp King 
 
 5 Soon we shall hear him say, 
 *Ye blessed children, come;' 
 
 Soon he will call us hence away, 
 And take his pilgrims home. 
 
 146. L. M. \\'aUs. 
 The presence of Christ in worship deligkt/u 
 
 LORD, how delightful 'tis to see 
 A whole assembly wonhip thee 
 At once they sing, at once they pray 
 They hear of heaven and learn the way 
 
 2 Here, gracious Lord, we still would stay 
 And sing the pleasing hours away , 
 
 Ah TalK>r's mount, the place is sweet, 
 Whene'er thy smiling face we meet 
 
 3 O write ujx>n each memory. Lord, 
 The text and doctrine of thy word, 
 That we may break thy laws no more, 
 But love thee better than before. 
 
 A With thoughts of Christ and things divine^ 
 Fill up this roving heart of mine ; 
 That hoping pardon through nis blwxl, 
 1 may retire and walk with God 
 
 147. CM. Cenuick. 
 Lord's day eveJiing. 
 
 WHEN, O dear Jesus, when shell I 
 Behold thee all serene; 
 Blest in perpetual Sabbath-day, 
 Without a veil between ? 
 
PRAISE. 14S. 149 
 
 S; A»ist me, while I wander here, 
 Amidst a world of cares ; 
 Incline my heart to pray with love, 
 And then accept my prayers. 
 
 S Thy Spirit, O my Father, give. 
 To oe my guide and friend, 
 To light my way to ceaseless joys. 
 To Sabbaths without end. 
 
 148. C. M. Watts. 
 
 7%c doctrine and use of the Trinity. 
 
 FATHER of Glory ! to thy name 
 Immortal praise we give, 
 Who dost an act of grace proclaim, 
 And bid us rebels live. 
 
 2 Immortal honour to the Son, 
 
 Who makes thine anger cease ; 
 Our lives he ransom'd with his own, 
 And died to make our peace. 
 
 3 To thy Almighty Spirit be 
 
 Immortal glory given. 
 Whose influence brings us near to thee 
 And trains us up for heaven. 
 
 4 Let men, with their united voice. 
 
 Adore th' eternal God, 
 And spread his honoui-s and their joys 
 Through nations far abroad. 
 
 5 Let faith, and love, and duty join. 
 
 One general song to raise ; 
 Lit saints in earth and heaven combine. 
 In harmony and praise. 
 
 149. C. M. Walts. 
 
 Of the Church when delivered from Enemiet. 
 
 SHOUT to the Lord, and let our joys 
 Through the whole nation run ; 
 Ye Christian skies, reflect the noise 
 Beyond the rising sun. 
 
'50. 151 PRAISE. 
 
 5J 1 hee, mighty God, our souls admire, 
 Thee, our glad voices sing. 
 And join with the celestial choir 
 To praise th' eternal King. 
 
 3 Thy poiver the whole creation rules, 
 
 And on the starry skies 
 SiU: smiling at the weak designs 
 l^hy envious (bes devise. 
 
 4 Almighty grace defends his church 
 
 From their malicious power; 
 Let Christians with united songs 
 Almighty grace adore. 
 
 150. L. M. Ripp*n's Seleclion 
 Thanksgiving for Nati07ial Dcliveranrt 
 
 PRAISE to the Lord, who bows his ea 
 Propitious to his people's prayer, 
 And, though deliverance long delay. 
 Answers in his well-chosen day. 
 
 2 Salvation doth to God belong ; 
 
 His power and grace shall be our song, 
 The tribute of our love we bring 
 To thee, our Saviour and our King. 
 
 3 Our temples, guarded from the flame. 
 Shall echo thy triumphant name; 
 And every peaceful, private home, 
 To ihee a temple shall become. 
 
 4 Still be it our supreme delight 
 
 To walk as in thy honour'd sight, 
 
 IJonce, in thy precepts and thy fear, 
 
 Till life's last hour to pereevere. 
 
 151. L. M. 
 A Thought on the Fourth of July. 
 
 GREAT Sov'reign of the earth and ek.t 
 Thy mandate, thy almighty breath 
 Van bid a thousand worlds arise. 
 Or da.sh a thousand worlds to death. 
 
THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 i The nations all beneath thine eye 
 Are nothing, vanity, and less; 
 At thy command tney live or die, 
 Or naught enjoy or all possess. 
 
 3 To thee, to thee, almighty Lord ! 
 The triumph of the day Belongs; 
 O let Columbia's sons record 
 
 Thy praise, in grateful, lasting songs 
 
 4 Unfurl thy banner, mighty God I 
 Make sin and tyrants bow to thee , 
 O'er all creation sway thy swurd. 
 And bid a rescu'd world be free ! 
 
 THt: SCRIPTURKS. 
 
 152. C. M. Epis. CoU. 
 
 God's Word. 
 
 GREAT God ! with wonder and with p 
 On all thy works I look; 
 But still thy wisdom, power, and grace 
 tjhiue brightest m thy book. 
 
 2 Here are my choicest treasures hid. 
 
 Here mv best comfort lies. 
 
 Here my desires are satisfied. 
 
 •And here my hopes arise. 
 
 3 Lord, make me understand thy law. 
 
 Show what my laults have been, 
 And from the gospel let me draw- 
 Pardon for all my sin. 
 
 4 Here would 1 learn how Christ has died. 
 
 To save my soul from hell ; 
 
 Not all the books on earth beside, 
 
 Such heavenly wonders tell. 
 
 5 Then let me love mv bible more. 
 
 And lake a fresh delight, 
 ^y dav to read these vvonaers o'er, 
 An] meditate by night. 
 
S' 
 
 153, 154 THE SCRIPTURES 
 
 153. 7'8 
 Search the Scriptures. John v. 39. 
 EARCH the Scriptures,' saith the Lord 
 ' They contain my holy word ; 
 'Search them, blinded pharisee, 
 ' They do testify of me.' 
 
 2 They alone can wound and heal. 
 Make the hardest heart to feel, 
 Speak, at once, our sins forgiven, 
 Guide us all the way to heaven. 
 
 i They disclose the Saviour's name, 
 And our frozen hearts inflame ; 
 Cheer our souls along the road, 
 Show us if we 're born of God 
 
 4 They can arm us for the fight. 
 Gird us with immortal might ; 
 Cause our foes to quit the field, 
 While the Spirit's sword we wield 
 
 5 Book of books ! of all, the best ; 
 Give me this, take all the rest; 
 Other books may souls betray 
 This can never lead astray. 
 
 6 Here I build my lasting hope, 
 Here my weakness finds a prop ; 
 Jesus, to thy arms 1 fly — 
 
 On thy word would live and die. 
 
 154. C. M. Watts. 
 The Holy Scriptures. 
 
 LADEN with guilt, and full cf feam, 
 I fly to thee, my Lord, 
 And not a glimpse of hope appears. 
 But in thy written word. 
 
 ^ The volume of my Father's grace 
 Does all my grief a's.suage ; 
 Here I behold my Saviour's face 
 Almost in every page. 
 
LAW AND SIN. 155, 25% 
 
 3 This IS the field where hidden Hes 
 
 The pearl of price unknown ; 
 That merchant is divinely wise, 
 Who makes this pearl his own. 
 
 4 Here consecrated water flows 
 
 To quench my thirst of sin ; 
 Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, 
 Nor danger dwells therein. 
 
 5 This iajhe judge that ends the strife, 
 
 Where wit and reason fail ; 
 My guide to everlasting life, 
 Through all this gloomy vale. 
 
 6 O may thy counsels, mighty God, 
 
 My roving feet command ; 
 Nor I forsake the happy road 
 That leads to thy right hand. 
 
 155. C. M. Rippon's Selection. 
 Knowledge and ioy,from 'Jie Word. 
 
 HOW precious is the book divine. 
 By inspiration given ! 
 Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine 
 
 To guide our souls to heaven. 
 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. 
 
 LAW AND SIN. 
 
 156. L. M. Medley. 
 
 The Law of God the test. Dan. v. 27. 
 
 AISK, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye 
 
 ' Behold the judgment drawing nigh. 
 
 R 
 
»57, 158 LAW AND SIN. 
 
 Behold the balance is display 'd, 
 Where thou must be exactly weigh'd. 
 
 2 See, in one scale, God's holy law : 
 Mark with what force its precepts draw , 
 Canst tnou the awful lest sustain ? 
 
 Thy works how light I thy thoughts how vaii 
 
 3 Behold I the hand of God appear^ 
 And writes in dreadful characters, 
 'Tekel !' thy soul is, wanting found ; 
 With trembling hear the solemn sound 
 
 4 One only hope can yet prevail, 
 Jesus, for thee, can turn the scale: 
 Can give iny guilty conscience peace 
 And save thee by nis righteousness 
 
 157. C. M. 
 The Nature and Desert of Sin 
 
 IN but one single point, if thou 
 OfTend God's holy Rule, 
 The vengeance of the broken Law 
 Rests heavy on thy soul. 
 
 2 Down to the deeps of endless woe, 
 
 One sin the angels hurl'd ; 
 One sin, and that a small one toor 
 Brought ruin on this world. 
 
 3 An evil thought, an idle word, 
 
 A cherish'd wrong desire. 
 Provokes the vengeance of the Lord, 
 Kindles an endless fire. 
 
 4 Tremble, my soul, before that God 
 
 Wht»se Rule must ne'er \>e broke 
 Obey the precepLs of his word, 
 Lest thou his wrath provoke. 
 
 158. L. M. Watts. 
 Faith and llepenlance, with their opposite^. 
 
 LIFK and immortal joys are given 
 To souls that mourn the sins they 've d(«w 
 Ch'idrcn of wrath made heirs of heaven. 
 By faiih in God's eternal Son. 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 15* 
 
 t Woe to the wretch that never fell 
 The in Aard pangs of pious grief, 
 But adds to all his crying guilt 
 The stjbbom sin of unbelief. 
 
 3 The law condemns the rebel dead ; 
 lender the wrath of God he lies : 
 He ''*'als the curse on his own head. 
 And \vith a double vengeance dies 
 
 GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 159. C. iM. Watts. 
 
 The Invitation of the Gospel. Isaiah l\ 1—7 
 
 LET every mortal ear attend, 
 And every heart rejoice ; 
 The trumpet of the gospel sounds 
 With an i jviting voire. 
 { Ho! all ye hungry starving souls, 
 That feed upon the wind, 
 And vainly strive with earthly toys 
 To fdl an empty mind ; 
 i Eternal wisdom has prepared 
 A soul-reviving feast. 
 And bids vour longing appetites 
 
 The rich provision taste. 
 Hoi ye that pant for living streams, 
 
 And pine away and die. 
 Here you may quench your raging thirel 
 With springs that never dry. 
 b Rivers of love and mercy here, 
 In a rich ocean join; 
 Salvation in abundance flows. 
 Like floo<l3 of milk and wine, 
 ft The happy gates of gospel-grace 
 Stand open night and day ; 
 Lorl we are come to seek supplies, 
 And drive our wanta away 
 
100. 161. 162 GOSPEL GRAClt. 
 
 160. L. M. Wal/s. 
 
 The inward IVilness to Chrisdamty. 1 John, v 10 
 
 JESUS, thy witness speaks within ; 
 The mercy which thy words reveal 
 Refines the heart Irom sense and sin. 
 And stamps its own celestial seal. 
 2 The guilty wretch, that trusts thy blood, 
 Finds peace and pardon at the cr«»ss ; 
 The sinful soul averse to God, 
 
 Believes and loves his Maker's laws. 
 
 161. CM. Watts. 
 The Invitations of the Gospel. 
 
 LO! there 's a voice of sovereign grace 
 Sounds from the sacred word. 
 ' Ho ! ye despairing sinners, come, 
 • And trust upon the Lord.' 
 
 2 My soul obeys th' almighty call. 
 
 And runs to this relief, 
 1 would believe thy promise. Lord, 
 O! help my unbelief! 
 
 3 To the dear fountain of ihy blood, 
 
 Incarnate God, I fly, 
 Here let me wash my spotted soul, 
 p>cm crimes of deepest dye. 
 
 4 Stretch out thine arms, victorious King, 
 
 My reigning sins subdue ; 
 Drive the old dragon from his seat. 
 With all his hellish crew. 
 
 5 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm. 
 
 On thy kind arms I fall : 
 Be thou my strength and righteousne« ; 
 My Saviour and my all. 
 
 162. 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8. Rippon's Selection 
 Yet there is room. Luke xiv. 22. 
 
 YE dying sons of men. 
 Immcrir'd in sin and woe. 
 
GOSrEL GRACE. l63 
 
 'Hie gospel's voice attend, 
 
 While Jesus semis to you: 
 Ye perishing and guiUy, come, 
 In Jesus' arms there yet is room 
 
 2 JNo longer now delay, 
 iNor vam excuses frame ; 
 He bids you come to-day, 
 Though poor, and blind, and .ame: 
 
 All things are ready, sinner, come, 
 For every trembling soul there 's rooni- 
 
 S Believe the heavenly word 
 
 His messengers proclaim ; 
 
 He is a gracious Lord, 
 
 And faithful is his name : 
 Backsliding souls, return and come. 
 Cast otf despair, there yet is room. 
 
 ^ Compell'd by bleeding love, 
 
 Ye wandering sheep, draw near; 
 Christ calls you from above, 
 His charming accents hear: 
 Let whosoever will, now come. 
 In mercy's breast there still is room. 
 
 163. L. M. IVesley's CoU. 
 Invitation to Sinners. 
 
 OCOME ! ye sinners, to the Lord, 
 In Christ to paradise restor'd ; 
 His protfer'd benefits embrace. 
 The plenitude of gospel grace : — 
 
 f A pardon written with his blood. 
 The favour and the peace of Goe 
 The seeing eye, the feeling sense. 
 The mystic joys of penitence : — 
 
 3 The godly fear, the pleasing smart, 
 The meltings of a broken heart ; 
 The tears that tell your sins forgiven 
 The faith that wafts the soul to heaven 
 
»b4. 165 GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 4 The overflowing power of grace. 
 The sight that veils the seraph's face; 
 The sperch'ess awe that dares not move, 
 And all the silent heaven of love. 
 
 164. C. M. Steele. 
 
 The Saviour's Tnviia1i(yp. John vii 37 
 
 THE Saviour calls — let every ear 
 Attend the heavenly sound ; 
 Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear 
 Hope smiles reviving round. 
 
 % For every thirsty longing heart. 
 Here, streams of Ixtunty flow ; 
 And life, and health, and oliss nupart 
 T(i banish mortal woe. 
 
 3 Here, springs of sacred pleasure rise 
 
 To ease your every pain ; 
 Immortal fountain! full supplies! 
 Nor shall you thirst in vain. 
 
 4 Ye moumei"s, come, — 'tis mercy's voice 
 
 The gracious call obey ; 
 Mercy invites to heavenly joys — 
 And can you yet delay ? 
 
 ft Dear Saviour! draw reluctant hearts, 
 To thee let sinners (ly 
 And take the bliss thy love imparts. 
 And drink, and never die. 
 
 165. CM. Steele. 
 
 Yet there is room. Luke xiv. 22. 
 
 YE \\ retched, hungr\% starvmg poor. 
 Behold a royal feast ! 
 Where mercy spreads her bounteous sttMV 
 For every willing guest 
 
 2 See, Jesus stands with open arms . 
 He calls, he bids you come; 
 Guilt holds you back, and fear aJarmsr— 
 But see^ there yet is nx)m.' 
 
GJSrKL GRACE. 166. 1' 
 
 3 Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart; 
 
 There love and pity meet ; 
 Nor will he h/id the soul depart, 
 That trembles at his feet. 
 
 4 come, and with his children taste 
 
 The blessings of his love ; 
 While hope attends the sweet repast 
 Of nobler joys above. 
 
 166. L. M. Steele. 
 The Weary and Heavij-laden Invited. 
 
 COME, weary souls, with sm distress 'd, 
 _ The Saviour offers heavenly rest^ 
 The kind, the gracious call obey. 
 And cast your gloomy fears av\ ay. 
 
 8 Here, mercy's bound lass (^cean flows. 
 To cleanse vour guilt, and heal your woes; 
 Pardon, and life, and endless peace — 
 How rich the gift! how free the grace! 
 
 3 Lord, we accept with thankful heart. 
 The hope thy gracious words impart ; 
 SVe come with trembling, yet rejoice, 
 And bless the kind inviting voice. 
 
 4 Dear Saviour, let thy powerful love 
 Confirm our faith, our feare remove. 
 And sweetly influence every breast. 
 And guide us to eternal rest 
 
 167. L. M. AUered. 
 Come and see. John i. 46. 
 
 JESrS. dear name, how sweet it sonndi 
 Repleie with balm for all my woumla! 
 His word declares ' his grace is free," 
 Come, needy siiuier, — 'come and see.' 
 
 % He left the shining courts on high, 
 Came to our world to bleed and die ; 
 Jesus, the God. hung on the tree. 
 Come, thoughtless sinner, — • come and "«e« 
 
£8. 169 GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 3 Your sins did pierce his bleeding heart, 
 'Till death had done its dreadful pmrt; 
 His boiindloss love extends lo thee. 
 Come, trembling sinner, — 'come and see.' 
 
 4 His blood can cleanse the foulest stain. 
 And make the filthy leper clear*; 
 This fountain open stands for thee, 
 (IJome, guilty sinner, — ' come and see.' 
 
 5 Come, and behold his glories shine, 
 Come, sing his praise in songs divine ; 
 He bleeds, he dies on Calvary! 
 Come, sinners, all, — 01 ' come and see.' 
 
 168. L.M. DobeU's Selection. 
 I will in no wise cast out. John vi. 37. 
 
 HARK ! 'tis the Saviour's voice I hear, — 
 Come, trembling souls, dismiss your fiev 
 He saith, and who his \\ ord can doubt ? 
 * I will in no wise cast you out.' 
 
 2 Approach your God, make no delay. 
 He waits to welcome you to-day ; 
 His mercy try, nor longer doubt, — 
 He will in no wise cast you ouu 
 
 3 Lord, at thy call behold I come. 
 A guilty soul, lost, and undone; 
 On ihy rich blood I cast my soul, 
 O make my wounded spirit whole .' 
 
 169. C. M. Jones. 
 I will go in unto the King. Esther .v. 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 '11 go lo Jesus, though my sin 
 Hath like a motmtain rose; 
 ' T know his courts, I '11 enter in. 
 Whatever nay oppose. 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. >7C 
 
 9 Prostrate I '11 lie before his throne, 
 'And there my guilt confess; 
 ' I 'II tell him I 'm a wretch undone, 
 ' Without his sovereign grace. 
 4 ' I'll to the gracious King approach. 
 ' Whose sceptre pardon gives ; 
 • Perhaps he may command my touch, 
 ' And then the suppliant lives. 
 I ' 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 resolv'd to try; 
 ' For if I stay away, I know 
 ' I must for ever die. 
 
 7 ' But if I die with mercy sought 
 
 ' When I the king have tried ; 
 ' This were to die— delightful thought ! — 
 ' As sinner never died.' 
 
 170 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8. DobelVs Selection. 
 God, Gracious: and Precious. Psalm cssxix 17 
 
 INDULGENT God. how kind 
 Are all thy ways to me I 
 
 Wliose dark, benighted mind. 
 
 Was enmity to thee ; 
 Vet now sub<lu'd by sovereign grace. 
 My spirit longs for thine embrace. 
 
 Preserv'd in Jesus, when 
 
 My feet made haste to hell; 
 
 And there should I have been, 
 
 But thou dost all things well ; 
 Phv love was great — thy mercy free, 
 Wliich from the pit deliver'd me. 
 
 A monument of grace, 
 
 A sinner sav'd by blood ; 
 
 The streams of love i trace 
 
 Up to their fountain God I 
 
T 
 
 !71 172,173 GOSPEL grace. 
 
 And in his sacred bosom see 
 Eternal thoughts of love to me. 
 
 171. L. M. Waits. 
 
 God dwells with the humble. Isa. Ivii. 15. !& 
 IHUS saith the High and Lofty One, 
 I sit upon my holy throne ; 
 
 * But I descend to worlds below, 
 
 * On earth I have a mansion loo. 
 
 2 ' The humble soul my words revive, 
 
 * 1 b-d the mourning sinner live, 
 •Heal all the broken hearts 1 find. 
 'And ease the sorrows ollhe mind.' 
 
 3 O may thy pard'ning grace be nigh. 
 Lest we should faint, despair, and die ! 
 Thus shall our better thoughts approve 
 The methods of thy cha.st'ning love. 
 
 172. L. M. Watts. 
 
 Ly/inst s invita'ion to simiPrs. Mat. xi. 28 — 31 
 '^~~10.ME hither, all ye weary soids, 
 
 \~J ' Ye heavy-laden sinners, come ; 
 
 I 'II give you rest from all your toils, 
 
 * And raise you to my heavenly home. 
 
 * Blest is the man whose shoulders take 
 My yoke, and bear it with delight j 
 
 * My yoke is easy to his neck, 
 
 'My grace shall make the burden light 
 3 Jesus, we come at thy command. 
 
 With faith, and hope, and humble zeal. — 
 Resign our spirits to thy hand, 
 To mould and guide us at thy will. 
 
 173. C. M. Topludij's ColUrtim 
 Now is the accepted time. 2 Cor vi. 2 
 
 COME, gtiilty souls, and flee away 
 To Christ, and heal your wountlw, 
 This is the welcome gospel day. 
 Wherein free grace alx)und3. 
 
GOSPE^ GRACE 174, 175. 176 
 
 2 God lov'd the world, and gave his Son 
 To drink the cup of wrath ; 
 And Jesus says he 'II cast out none 
 That come to him by faith. 
 
 174. S. M. Epis. CoU. 
 IfHio hath hardened himself, and prospered t 
 
 ALL-SEEING, powerful God ! 
 Who can with thee contend ? 
 Or who that tries th' unequal strife, 
 Shall prosper in the end ? 
 I The mountains, in thy wrath. 
 Their ancient seats forsake ; 
 The trembling earth deserts her place. 
 Her HKJted pillars shake. 
 t Ah, how shall guilty man 
 Contend with such a God I 
 None, none can meet him and escape. 
 But through the Saviour's blood. 
 
 175. 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8. DobelVs Selection. 
 God reasornng with men. Isa. i. 18, 
 
 YE sin-sick souls, draw near. 
 And banquet with your King, 
 
 I lis royal bounties share, 
 
 And loud hosannas sing: 
 Here morcv reigns, here peace abounds, 
 Hore's balm lo heal your bleeding wounds 
 
 But may a soul like mine, 
 
 .AH siaiii'd with guilt and blood, 
 
 .■V[iproach the throne of grace. 
 
 And converse hold with God ? 
 Y^sl Jesus calls — come, sinners, come, 
 n mercy's arms there yet is room. 
 
 170. L. M. Epis. C-^L 
 Heavai seen by faith. 
 
 VS when the weary traveller gain* 
 The height of some commanding hill, 
 
177 178 GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 His heart revives, if o'er the plains 
 He sees his home, though distant still:— 
 
 8 So, when the Christian pilgrim views 
 By faith his mansion in the skies, 
 The sight his fainting strength renews, 
 And wings his speed to reach the prize. 
 
 177. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 Joy a grace of the Spirit. 
 
 WHERE Christ the Lord has planted gr^r* 
 And made his glory known, 
 There fruits of heavenly joy and peace 
 Are fonntl, and there alone. 
 
 i A bleeding Saviour seen by faith, 
 A sense of pardoning love, 
 A hope which triumphs over death. 
 Give joys like those above. 
 
 3 To take a glimpse within the vail, 
 
 To know that God is mine. 
 Are springs of joy which never liiil. 
 Refreshing and divine. 
 
 4 These are the joys which satisfy, 
 
 And purify the mind ; 
 That make our spirits mount on high. 
 And leave the world behind. 
 
 I 
 
 173. L. M. Walts. 
 
 None hut Christ 
 
 N vain the trembling conscience seek* 
 Some solid ground to rest upon ; 
 
 With long despair the spirit breaks, 
 Till we api»ly to Christ alone. 
 
 2 Should all the forms that men devist 
 Assault my faith with treacherous ari 
 I 'd call them vanity and lies, 
 A.nd bind the gospel to my heart 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. ?79. 180. 18 
 
 179. S. M 
 Perfection. 
 
 PERFECTION here below -- 
 Let men say what they please— 
 Is not to be attain'd unto, 
 Except in small degrees. 
 
 8 By faith we trust the Lord, 
 By love we do his will, 
 By hope we wait to be restor'd, — 
 But are imperfect still. 
 
 The nearest, best approach 
 
 To sweet perfection we 
 Attain to in this lower church, 
 
 Is deep humility : — 
 
 4 Except v\e ought to say. 
 
 That patience is the crown ; 
 When patience has her perfect work, 
 The graces all are grown. 
 
 180. 7's. DohelVs Selection. 
 Compel them to come in. Luke xiv 23. 
 
 LORD, how large thy bounties are I 
 Tender, gracious, sinner's friend ; 
 What a feast dost thou prepare, 
 And what invitations send! 
 
 2 Now fulfil ihy great design. 
 
 Who didst first the message bring: 
 Every heart to thee incline, 
 Now' compel ihem to come in. 
 
 181. L. M. Wafti. 
 Christ our Sirengih. 2 Cor. xii 7—9, 10 
 
 LET me but hear my Saviour say, 
 ' Strength shall be equal to thy day,* 
 Then I rejoice in deep distress, 
 Leaning on aJ l-sufficient grace. 
 
S GOSPEL ORA*^*. 
 
 2 I glory m infirmity, 
 
 That Christ's own power may rest on me. 
 When I am weak, then am 1 strong, 
 Gmce is my shield, and Christ my song. 
 
 3 . can do all things, or can bear 
 
 All sufferings, if my Lord be there; 
 Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains 
 While his left hand my head sustains 
 
 4 But if the Lord be once withiirawn. 
 And we attempt the work alone, 
 When new temptations spring and rise. 
 We find how great our weakness is. 
 
 182. CM. Watts. 
 Strength from Heaveiu Isa. xl. 27 — 30. 
 
 WHENCE do our mournful thoughts ani 
 And where 's our courage fled ? 
 Has restless sin and raging hell, 
 Struck all our comforts dead ? 
 
 2 Have we forgot th' Almighty name 
 
 That form'd the earth and sea ? 
 And can an all-creating arm 
 Grow weary or decay ? 
 
 3 Treasures of everlasting might. 
 
 In our Jehovah dwell ; 
 He gives the conquest to the weak, 
 And treads their foes to hell. 
 
 4 Mere mortal power shall fade and die. 
 
 And youlhS^il vigour cease ; 
 But we triat wait upon the Lord, 
 Shall feel our strength increase. 
 
 % The saints shall mount on eagles' A^ingi^ 
 And taste the promis'd bliss; 
 Till their unwearied feet arrire 
 W^here perfect pleasure is. 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 183. 184 
 
 183. C. M. Watfs 
 
 The faithfulness (f God in his pra/mses. 
 
 PROCLAIM ' salvation from the Lord. 
 For wretched dying men I' 
 His hand has writ the sacred word 
 With an immortal pen. 
 
 2 Engrav'd as in eternal brass 
 
 The mighty promise shines; 
 Nor can the jx)vvers of darlaiess rase 
 Those everlasting linos. 
 
 3 He that caji dash whole worlds to death 
 
 And make them when ^e plea.'je. 
 He speaks, and that Almighty breath 
 Fulfils his deep decrees. 
 
 4 His every word of grace is strong 
 
 As that which built the skies; 
 The voice that rolls the stars along. 
 Speaks all the promises. 
 
 5 might I hear that heavenly tongue 
 
 But whisper, ' thou art mine,' 
 Those gentle words should raise my song 
 To notes almost oivine. 
 
 6 How would my leaping heart rejoice, 
 
 »nd think my heaven secure I 
 . trust the all-creating voice. 
 And faith desires no more. 
 
 184. C. M. Wafts. 
 God's Dominion and Decrees. 
 
 KEEP silence, all created things. 
 And wait your Mak«'r's nod ; 
 Mv soul stands trembling, while she sings. 
 The honours of her Go<l. 
 
 2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown 
 Hang on his firm decree ; 
 He sits on no precarious throne, 
 Nor borrows leave to ne. 
 P 
 
185 GOSPEL GRACK. 
 
 3 Chain'd to his throne a vohime liea, 
 
 With all the fates of men, 
 With every angel's form and size, 
 Drawn by th' eternal pen. 
 
 4 His proriilence unfolds the book, 
 
 And makes his counsels shine ; 
 Each opening leaf, and every stroke 
 Fulfils some deep design. 
 
 5 Here he exalts neglected worms 
 
 To sceptres and a crown , 
 And there, the following page he lum», 
 And treads the monarch down. 
 
 6 Not Gabriel asks the reason why , 
 
 Nor God the reason gives ; 
 
 Nor dares the favorite angel pr>' 
 
 Between the Iblded leaves. 
 
 7 My God, I would not long to see 
 
 My fate with curious eyes, 
 What gloomy lines are writ foi me, 
 Or what bright scenes may rise. 
 
 8 In thy fair book of life and grace. 
 
 O may I find my name. 
 Recorded in some humble place. 
 Beneath my Lord the Lamb 1 
 
 185. L. M. Altered. 
 Election the cause of salvalion. Eph i 4—6- 
 
 CHOSEN and blest in Christ our Head. 
 Before the world or heavens were made; 
 In Jesus sav'd before i.e died, 
 And by his merits justify'd. 
 
 2 Chosen to holiness within, 
 
 To freedom from the power of sin ; 
 To laith in Christ's atoning bloo<i. 
 Or else, no flesh shall see the Lord. 
 
 3 In Christ the Lord's appointed wme, 
 Thov feel, and mourn, the goili of sm; 
 With all their hearts return to Cod, 
 Fjnb-aee, and keep the heavenly road 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 18b, t81 |^» 
 
 186 L. M. 
 Election a most humbling doctrine to belieierf, 
 
 ELECTION !— 'tis most sweet to those 
 God hath from everlastinsr chose ; 
 
 With melting hearts thoy humbl\' cry, 
 
 O, Precious Lord I why was it I > 
 i Why brought to view thy smiling face. 
 
 And taste the sweetness of thy grace ? 
 
 Why was I not to ruin hurl'd 
 
 With Sodom, or a sinking world ? 
 3 Did God embrace me in his Son, 
 
 Ere man was form'd, or time begun ? 
 
 Eternal love I how rich, how free I 
 
 Lord. I resign myself to thee. 
 
 187. CM. Watts. 
 Diatinguishiug Love. 
 
 DOWTV from the top of earthly bliss 
 Rebellious man was hurl'd ; 
 And Jesus stoop'd beneath the grave, 
 To reach a sinking world. 
 
 2 love of infinite degree I 
 
 Unmeasurable grace I 
 Must heaven's eternal darling die. 
 To save a trait'rous race ? 
 
 3 Must angels sink for ever down. 
 
 And bum in Quenchless fire, 
 While God forsanes his shining thront. 
 
 To raise us wretches higher ? 
 * O ! for this love let earth and skies. 
 
 With hallelujahs ring. 
 And the fidl choir of human tongues 
 
 All hallelujahs sing. 
 
 188. C. M. Watts. 
 Christian Virtues ; or, the Difficult y of Converf 
 
 STRAIT is the way, the door is sLraii 
 That leads to joys on high ; 
 
189 GOSPEl. GRACK. 
 
 'Tis out a few that find the gate, 
 While crowds mistake and die. 
 
 2 Beloved self must be deny'd. 
 
 The mind and will reriew'd. 
 Passions suppress'd, and patience try'd. 
 And vam desires sulxlu'd. 
 
 3 F^esh is d dangerous foe to grace. 
 
 Where it prevails and rules ; 
 Flesh must be humbled, pride abas'd. 
 Lest they destroy our s')uls. 
 
 4 The love of gold be banish'd hence ; 
 
 All sinful pleasures fly, 
 And every member, every sense, 
 In sweet subjection lie. 
 
 5 The tongue, that most Jiiiruly power. 
 
 Requires a strong restraint ; 
 We must be watchful every hour, 
 And pray, but never faint. 
 
 6 Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm 
 
 Fulfil a task so hard ? 
 Thy grace must all the work perform. 
 And give the free reward. 
 
 189. S. M. Newton. 
 Few Saved , or, the Narrou) Waif. 
 
 DESTRUCTION'S dangerous road 
 What multitudes pursue I 
 ^\rhi\e that which leads the soul to God, 
 Is known or sought by few. 
 
 t Behevers enter in 
 
 By Christ the living gate, 
 But'those who will not leave their sin. 
 Complain it is too strait 
 3 Ifself must be deny'd. 
 And sin forsaken quite ; 
 They rather ch(X)se the way thut 's wide. 
 And strive to think it right 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 190 191 
 
 Obey the gospel call, 
 
 AnJ enter while you may; 
 The flock of Christ is always small 
 
 And none are safe but they 
 
 Lord, open sinners' eyes, 
 
 Their awful state to see ; 
 And cause them, ere the storm arise. 
 
 To thpe for safety flee. 
 
 F 
 
 190. L. M. IVaUs. 
 Pardoning Grace. 
 ROM deep distress and trrmbled thought 
 
 To thee, my God, I rais'd my cries ; 
 If thou severely mark our faults, 
 No flesh can stand before thine eyes. 
 But thou hast built thy throne of grace. 
 Free to dispense thy pardons there, 
 That sinners may approach thy lace 
 And hope, and love, as well as feai 
 
 3 As the benighted pilgrims wait. 
 And long, and wish, for op'ning dav 
 So waits ray soul before thy gate ; 
 When will my God his face display ? 
 
 i My trust is fixt upon thy word, 
 Nor shall I trust thy word in vain ; 
 Let mourning souls address the L<jrd 
 And find relief fnm all their pain. 
 
 5 Great is his love, and large his grace. 
 Through the redemption of his Son , 
 He turns our feet from sinful ways. 
 And pardons what our hands have done 
 
 19L S. M. Watts. 
 Forgiveness of ISins, tipon Confession 
 
 O BLESSED souls are they 
 VHiose sins are covered o'er I 
 Divmely olest, to whom the Lord 
 Imputes their guilt no more. 
 
192 GOSPEL GRACie. 
 
 2 They mourn their follies pa''^. 
 And keep their hearts with care 
 
 Their lips and lives, without deceit 
 Sliall prove their faith sincere. 
 
 3 While I conceal'd my guilt, 
 I felt the festering wound, 
 
 Till I contest my sins to thee, 
 And ready pardon found. 
 
 I Let sinners learn to pray i 
 
 Let saints keep near the throne ; 
 Our help, in times of deep distress. 
 Is found in God alone, 
 
 192. CM. Steele 
 Pardoning Love. Jer. iii 22. Hog. iiv 1, I 
 
 HOW oft, alas ! this wretched heart 
 Has wander'd from the Lord I 
 How oft my roving thoughts depart, 
 Forgetful of his word ! 
 
 2 Yet, sovereign mercy calls, * return,' 
 
 Dear liord, and may I come ? 
 My vile ingratitude 1 mouni ; 
 O take the wanderer home. 
 
 3 And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive, 
 
 A. id bid my crimes remove ? 
 Ana shall a pardon'd rebel live 
 To speak thy wondrous love ? 
 
 4 Almighty grace, thy healing power 
 
 How glorious, how divine I 
 That can to love and bliss restore 
 So vile a heart as mine. 
 
 5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so swoet, ' 
 
 Dear Saviour, I adore ; 
 O keep me at thy sacred feet, 
 And let me rove no m(tre. 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 193. )9i 
 
 193. L. M. Gibbons. 
 Divine Forgiveness. Luke vii 47 
 
 FORGIVENESS! 'tis a joyful sound 
 To malefactors doom'd to die ; 
 Publish the bliss the world around : 
 Ye seraphs, shout it fi-om the sky ! 
 
 1 'Tis the rich gift of love divine; 
 'Tis full, out-measuring even,- crime: 
 Unclouded shall its glories .shine, 
 And feel no change by changing time. 
 
 3 O'er sins unnumber'd a.s the sand. 
 And like the mountains for their size. 
 The seas of sovereign grace expand— 
 The sea-s of sr vereign grace arise. 
 
 i For this stupenuou.-- love of heaven 
 What grateful honour shall we show ? 
 Where much transgression is forgiven. 
 Let love in equal ardours glow. 
 
 5 By this inspired, let all our days 
 With various holiness be crown'd ; 
 Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise, 
 In all abide, in all abound. 
 
 194. S. M. Waifs. 
 Adoption. 1 John iii. 1 — 3. Gal. iv. 6t 
 
 BEHOLD what wondrous grace 
 The Father liath bestow'd 
 On sinners of a mortal race, 
 To call them sons of God ! 
 
 2 Nor doth it yet appear 
 
 How great we must be made 
 But when we see our Saviour here. 
 We shall be like our Head. 
 
 ? A hope so much divine 
 xMay trials weii endure, 
 May purge our souls from sense and sin. 
 As (Christ the Lord is pure. 
 
J5. 196 GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 4 If in my Father's love 
 
 I share a filial part, 
 Send (lowTi the Spirit like a dove, 
 To rest upt)n my heart- 
 
 195. C. M. Walts. 
 Characters of the Children of God 
 
 AS new-born babes desire the breaal 
 To feed, and grow, an(] thrive; 
 So saints with joy liie gospel taste. 
 And by the gospel live. 
 
 5 Grace, like an uncorrupted seed. 
 
 Abides and reigns within ; 
 Immortal principles forbid 
 The sons of God to sin. 
 
 3 Not by the terrors of a slave 
 
 Do they perform his will. 
 But with the noblest [lowers they have. 
 His sweet commands fulfil. 
 
 4 They find access at every hour. 
 
 To God within the veil ; 
 Hence they derive a qnick'ning power. 
 And joys that never fiiil. 
 
 5 Lord, I address thy heavenly throne 
 
 Call me a child of tnine ; 
 Send down the Spirit of thy Son 
 To form my heart divine. 
 
 There shed celestial joys abroad. 
 And make my comfoks strong ; 
 
 Then shall I say, ' My Father, God .'' 
 With an unwavering tongue. 
 
 196. L. M. Watts. 
 Chnst our Wisdom, Righteousness, Ac 
 
 BURIFD in shadows of the nighu 
 We lie till Christ reslou-s llie liehl; 
 Wisdom descends to heal the blind, 
 ^nd chase the darkness of the mind. 
 
GOSPEL GRACK. 197. I 9P 
 
 2 Our guilty souls are drown'd in leLrs, 
 Till his atoning blood appears ; 
 Then we awake from deep distress. 
 And sing * the Lord our righteousness.' 
 
 3 Our very frame is mixt with sin, 
 His Spirit makes our natures clean; 
 Such virtues from his sufferings flow. 
 A* once to cleanse and pardon too. 
 
 4 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns. 
 Binding his slaves in heavy chains; 
 He sets the prisoners free, and breaks 
 The iron bondage from our necks. 
 
 » Poor helpless worms in thee possess 
 Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness, 
 Thou art our mighty All, and we 
 Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thee 
 
 197. C. M. Walts. 
 The Saint's Trial and Safety. 
 
 UNSHAKEN as the Sacred Hill, 
 And firm as mountains be ; 
 Firm as a rock the soul shall rest 
 That leans, O Lord, on thee. 
 
 8 Not walls nor hills could guard so well 
 Old Salem's happy ground. 
 As those eternal arms of love 
 That every saint surround. 
 
 3 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere, 
 And lead them safely (Hi 
 To the bright gates of Paradi.^e, 
 Where Christ their Lord is gone. 
 
 198. CM. fVatls. 
 Mercies and Tlianks. 
 
 HOW can I sink with such a prop 
 As my eternal God, 
 Who bears the earth's huge oillars up 
 \na sureaiis me aeavens anroad 
 
l99. ^400 GOSPKL GRACE. 
 
 2 How ran 1 <lie while Jesus lives, 
 
 VV^lio rose and lefl the dead ? 
 Pardm and grace my soul receive* 
 From mine exalted Head. 
 
 3 All that I am, and all I have, 
 
 Shall be for ever thine; 
 Whatever my duty bids me give, 
 My cheerful hands resign. 
 
 4 Yet, if I might make some reserve. 
 
 And duty did not call, 
 I love my G(xl with zeal so great. 
 That I should give Him all. 
 
 199. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 Justification and Safety. 
 
 WHKRE is the judge that shall condemr 
 Whom Got! has justified I 
 Who shall charge those with guilt or crime. 
 For whom the Saviour died ? 
 
 2 The Saviour died, but rose again 
 
 Triumphant (iom the grave; 
 And pleads our cause at God's right hand. 
 Omnipotent to save. 
 
 3 Who. then, can e'er divide us more 
 
 Vmm Jesus and his love, 
 Or break the sacred chain that binds 
 Our souls to heaven above ? 
 
 4 Nor death, nor life, nor earth, nor hell. 
 
 Nor time's destroying sway. 
 Can e'er efface us from his heart. 
 Or make his love decay. 
 
 200. C. M. Needham. 
 The fear of God. Pnjv. xiv. 16. 
 
 HAPPY beyond description he 
 Who fears the Lord his God ; 
 Who hears his threats with holy awe. 
 And trembles at hia rod. 
 
GOPPKL GRACE 201 
 
 t Fear, sacred passirm, ever dwells 
 With its filir partner, love ; 
 Blending their beauties, lM)ih proclaim 
 Their source is trom above. 
 S Let terrors fright th' unwilling slave, 
 . The child with joy appears; 
 Cheerlhi he does his father's will, 
 
 And loves as much as fears. 
 I-^t fear and love, most holy God ! 
 
 Possess tnis soul of mine ; 
 Then shall I worship thee aright. 
 And taste thy joys divine. 
 
 201. C. M. Turner 
 The Power of Faith. 
 
 FAITH adds new charms ;o earthly bliat 
 And saves me from its snares ; 
 Its aid in every duly brings, 
 And softens all my cares : 
 I Extinguishes the thirst of sin, 
 And lights the sacred fire 
 Of love to God. anil heavenly things. 
 And feeds the pure desire. 
 S The wounded conscience knows its power 
 The healing balm to give ; 
 Thnt balm the saddest lieart can cheer. 
 And make th-^* dying live. 
 
 4 Wide it unveils celestial worlds, 
 
 Where deathless pleasures reign ; 
 And bids me seek my portion there. 
 Nor bids me seek ui vain : 
 
 5 Shows rne the precious promise, seal'd 
 
 With the Redeemer's blood ; 
 A^nd helps my feeble hopes to rest 
 Upon a faithful God. 
 f There, there uashaken, would I rest 
 Till this vile lx)dy dies, 
 And then. oi\ faith's triumphant wings 
 At once to glory rise! 
 
808,203 GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 202. L. M. Efis. Coll. 
 Faith, the Evidence of ihivgs unsttn. 
 
 FAITH is the Christian's evidence 
 Of things unseen by mortal eye; 
 It passes a) I the Iwiinds of sense, 
 And penetrates the inmost sky. 
 8 Things absent it can set in view, 
 
 And bring far distant prospects home; 
 Events long past it can renew, 
 
 And long foresee the things to come. 
 
 3 With strong uersuasion, from afar, 
 
 The heavenly region it surveys. 
 Embraces all the blessings there, 
 And here enjoys trie promises. 
 
 4 By faith a steady course we steer. 
 
 Through ruffling slorms. and swelling sew, 
 O'ercome the world, keep down our fear. 
 And still possess our souls in f)eace. 
 
 5 By faith, we pass the vale of tears 
 
 Safe and serene, though oft distress'd 
 By faith suMue the king of fears. 
 And go rejoicing to our rest 
 
 203. S. M. Beddoine. 
 Faith, its Author and Preciousness. Eph ii • 
 
 FAITH ! — 'tis a precious grace, 
 Where'er it is besJow'd ; 
 It boasts of a celestial birlh, 
 And is the gift of God. 
 
 2 Jesus it owns a King, 
 An all-atoning Priest: 
 
 It claims no merit of it.s own, 
 But looks for all in ChrisL 
 
 3 To him it leads the soul. 
 When fiU'd with deep distress; 
 
 Flies to the fountain of his blood. 
 And trusts his righteousness- 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 204, 205 
 
 4 Since 'tis thy work alone, 
 And that divinely free ; 
 Lord, send the Spirit of thy Son 
 To work this faith in me I 
 
 204. C. M. Watts. 
 Love to God. 1 Cor. xiii. 13. 
 
 HAPPY the heart where graces reign. 
 \Vhere love inspires the breaal: 
 Love is the brightest of the train, 
 And strengthens all the rest- 
 
 2 Knowledge, alas! 'tis all in vain, 
 
 And all in vain our fear, 
 Our stubborn sins will fight and reign. 
 If love be absent there. 
 
 3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet 
 
 In swift obedience move. 
 The devils know, and tremble too. 
 But Satan cannot love. 
 
 4 I'his is the grace that lives and sings 
 
 When faith and hope shall cease, 
 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings 
 In the sweet realms of bliss. 
 6 Before we quite forsake our clay. 
 Or leave this dark abode, 
 The wings of love bear us away 
 To see our smiling God. 
 
 205. L. M. IVatts. 
 
 Love and Haired. Phil. ii. 2. Eph. iv. 30- -3 
 
 IVTOW bv the bowels of my God, 
 l\ His sharp distress, his sore complaints, 
 By his last groans, his dying blood, 
 I charge mv soul to love the saints. 
 2 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, 
 Throueh all our lives lot mercy run; 
 ■^o God Ibreive.s our numerous faults, 
 ^^or /he dear sake of (Christ his Son- 
 
L 
 
 206, 207 208 gospel grace. 
 
 206. 7's. Ripporis Selection, 
 A Prayer for Humility. 
 QRD, if thou thy grace impart— 
 Poor in spirit, meek in heart, 
 I shall, as my Master, be 
 Rooted in humility. 
 
 2 Simple, teachable, and mild, 
 Chang'd into a little child ; 
 Pleas'd with all the Lord provides ; 
 Wean'd from all the world besides 
 
 2 Father, fix my soul on thee ; 
 Every evil let me flee ; 
 Nothing want beneath, above, — 
 Happy in thy precious love. 
 
 4 O, that all may seek and find 
 Every good in Jesus join'd ! 
 Him let Israel still adore. 
 Trust Him, praise Him evermore 
 
 207. CM. IVatls. 
 Humility and Submission. 
 
 IS there ambition in my lieart? 
 Search, gracious God, and see ; 
 Or do I act a haughty part ? 
 Lord, I appeal to thee ! 
 
 2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still. 
 
 And all my carriage mild, 
 Content, my Father, with thy will. 
 And quiet as a child. 
 
 3 The patient soul, the lowly mind, 
 
 Shall have a large reW^ard : 
 Let saints in sorrow lie resign'd. 
 And trust a faithful God. 
 
 208. S. M. Doddridge 
 Salvation by Grace. Eph. ii. 5 
 
 (■^ RAC-E I 'tis a charming sound I 
 H' Haruioriious to the ear! 
 
GOSPEL GRACE. 209 
 
 Heaven with the echo shall resound. 
 And all ihe earth shall hear 
 
 2 Grace first comriv'd the way 
 
 T? save rebellious rnan ; 
 And all the steps that grace display 
 Which drew the wondrous plan. 
 
 3 Grace first inscrib'd 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 ; 
 And new supplies each hour I meet. 
 While pressing on to God. 
 
 5 Grace taught my soul to pray. 
 
 And made my eyes o'ertlow ; 
 Twas grace that kept nie 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. 
 
 209. C. M. Cowper. 
 Salvation by Grace alone. 
 
 AMAZING grace! how sweet the 80ii« 
 Tuat saved a wretch like me ! 
 I once was lost but now am found, 
 Was blind but now I see. 
 
 t "Twas grace that taught my heart to fear, 
 And^race my fears relieved; 
 How precious did that grace appear. 
 The hour I fii-st believed I 
 
 3 Througn many dangers, toils, and snares, 
 I have already come ; 
 ris grace has brought me safe thus fer, 
 And grace will lead me home. 
 
21P GOSPEL GRACE. 
 
 4 Tlio Lord lias promis'd good to me. 
 
 His u'ord my hope secures, 
 He will my shield and portion be, 
 As long as life endures. 
 
 5 And when this flesh and heart shall fail. 
 
 And mortal life shall cease, 
 I shall possess within the vail 
 A life of joy and peace. 
 
 6 The world shall soon dissolve like snow 
 
 The sun forbear to shine. 
 But God, who call'd me here below, 
 Will be for ever mine. 
 
 210. L. M. Altered. 
 By Grace ye are saved. Eph. ii. 5 
 
 GRACE ! 'tis a most delightful them* 
 'Tis grace that rescues guilty men 
 'Tis grace divine ! all-conquering, free ! 
 Or it had never rescu'd me. 
 
 2 'T'va.0 grace that quicken'd me when deau 
 And grace my soul to Jesus led ; 
 
 Grace brought me pardon for my sin, 
 And grace subdues my lusts within. 
 
 3 'Tis grace that sweetens every cro.ss. 
 And grace supports in every loss; 
 
 fn Jesus' grace my soul is strong ; 
 Grace is my shield, and grace my song 
 
 4 'Tis grace defends when danger 's near. 
 By grace alone I persevere ; 
 
 'Tis grace constrains my soul to love. 
 And grace will bear me safe alx)ve 
 
 5 Of grace, free grace alone, 1 boast, 
 And 'tis in grace, alone, I trust ; 
 
 And when I rise to heaven, my home, 
 ( '11 ''.hout free grace ! free grace alone' 
 
B 
 
 GOSPEL GRACE. 211. 212. 2l3 
 
 211. C. M. Walis. 
 A blessed Gospel. 
 LEST are the souls that hear and know 
 The Gospel's joyful sound ; 
 
 Peace shall attend the path they go, 
 And light their steps surround. 
 
 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up, 
 
 Through their Redeemer's name ; 
 His righteousness exalts their hope. 
 Nor Satan dares condemn. 
 
 3 The Lord, our glory and defence. 
 
 Strength and salvation gives; 
 Jesus, our King, for ever reigns, 
 Our God for ever lives. 
 
 212. CM. Waits. 
 Saijits in the hand of Christ. John x. 28 29 
 
 FIRM as the earth thy gospel stands. 
 My Lord, my hope, my trust ; 
 If I am found in Jesus' hands, 
 My soul can ne'er be lost 
 
 2 His honour is engag'd to save 
 
 The meanest of his sheep ; 
 All that his heavenly Father gave. 
 His hands securely keep. 
 
 3 Nor death, nor hell, shall e'er remove 
 
 His favourites from his breast; 
 In the dear bosom of his love 
 They must for ever rest. 
 
 21.3. S. M. Daniel. 
 The Church Secure in Chn^t. 
 rilHE time will surely come, 
 JL When all the ransom'd race. 
 U ith angels shall go shouting home 
 To meet their Saviour's lace. 
 
214.215 GOSPEL GRA 
 
 2 The church of God on earth. 
 As well as those above. 
 
 Are shelter'd from the stornis of wrath. 
 In robes of dying love. 
 
 3 Xo trials that they meet 
 Shall rob them of their rest ; 
 
 For Jesus makes them all complete, 
 
 In his own righteousness. 
 
 All hail, thou conqu'ring King! 
 
 Come quickly from above ; 
 And all thy chosen race shall sing 
 
 Thy free redeeming love. 
 
 214. CM. WalUt. 
 
 Our comfort in (he coveng.nt of grace 
 
 OUR God, how firm his promise starda. 
 E'en when he hides his face I 
 He trusts in our Redeemer's hands 
 His glory and his grace. 
 
 2 Then why, ray soul, these sad complaints. 
 
 Since Christ and we are one ? 
 Thy God is faithful to his sanils, 
 Is faithful to his Son. 
 
 3 Beneath his smiles my heart has liv'd, 
 
 And part of heaven possessd ; 
 I praise his name for grace receiv'd, 
 And trust him for the resL 
 
 215. L.M. Watts. 
 
 God's covenant and promise sure, Heb. vi. 17 - 9 
 
 HOW oft have sin and Satan strove 
 To rend ray soul from ihee, ray God I 
 But everlasting is thy love. 
 And Jesus seals it with his blood. 
 2 The oath and promise of the Lf)rd 
 Join to confirm the wondrous grace ; 
 F-ienial power performs the word. 
 And fills all heaven wiuh endless praise. 
 
GOSPEL GRACE- 21*^.217 
 
 9 Amidst temptations sharp and long 
 
 My soul to this dear refuge flies ; 
 
 Hope is my anchor tlrra and strong, 
 
 WTxile tempests blow and billows rise. 
 4 The Gospel bears ray spirits up ; 
 
 A faithful and unchanging God 
 
 La\-s the foundation tor mv hope 
 
 In oaths, and promises, and blood. 
 
 216. S. M. StennetL 
 Christ's Sympathy. 
 
 DID Christ o'er sinners weep, 
 Aiid shall our cheeks be diyt 
 Let floods of penitential grief 
 Burst forth liom ever)- eye. 
 
 2 The Son of God in tears. 
 Angels with wonder see ; 
 Be thou astonish 'd. O my soul ' 
 He shed those tears for thee. 
 
 ^ He wept that we might weep, 
 Each sin demands a tear,- 
 In heaven alone no sm is ibund, 
 And there 's no weeping there. 
 
 217. CM. \yatls. 
 
 SalcalioTL 
 
 SALVATION :— O, the jo^-ful sound 
 'Tis pleasure to our ears: 
 A sovereign balm for ever)' wound, 
 A cordial for our fears. 
 
 2 Buried in sorrow and in sin. 
 
 At hell's dark door we lav ; 
 But we arise by grace divine. 
 To see a heavenly day. 
 
 3 Salvation ! — let the echo fly 
 
 The spacious eartn around, 
 
 Wtiile all the armies of the sky 
 
 Conspire to raise the sourui. 
 
218, 219, 220 GOSPEL grace. 
 
 218. S. M. Cowper 
 Dependence. 
 
 TO keep the lamp alive, 
 With oil we fill the bowl ; 
 "Pis water makes the willow thrive, 
 And grace that feeds the soul. 
 
 * The Lord's unsparing hand 
 Supplies the living si ream ; 
 It is not at our own command, 
 But still derived from him. 
 
 5 Retreat beneath his wings, 
 And in his grace confide ; 
 This more exalts the King of kings 
 Than all your works beside. 
 
 219. L. M. Watts. 
 
 Grace. 
 
 ^~i RACE ! — 'tis a sweet, a charming thenoA 
 Vl" My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name. 
 Ye angels, dwell upon the sound, 
 Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground. 
 
 2 O, may I reach that happy place 
 Where he unveils his lovely face, 
 There all his beauties to behold. 
 And sing his name to harps cf gold 
 
 220. 7's. Coivper 
 
 By grace ye are saved. Eph. ii. 5. 
 
 GRACE triumphant on the throne. 
 Scorns a rival, reigns alone: 
 Come, and bow beneath her sway, 
 Cast your idol-works away. 
 
 2 But the boasting heart replies, 
 ' Wlia! I the worthv and the wise. 
 Friends to lomperance and peace, 
 * Have nol these a righteousness?' 
 
GOSPEi. GRACE. 221 223 
 
 Banish every vain pretence, 
 Built on human excellence; 
 Perish ever}' thing in man, 
 But the grace that never can 
 
 221 7's. Altered 
 luove 'f Jems. 
 
 IOVE divine, how sweet the sound! 
 A May the theme on earth abound ; 
 May the hearts of saints below. 
 With the sacred rapture glow I 
 
 2 Love a^nazing ! large and free, 
 Love unknown, to think on me! 
 Jesus! of thy love possessed, 
 
 I am now, and shall be blest. 
 
 3 Better than this life of mine. 
 Saviour, is thy love divine ; 
 Drop the veil and let me see 
 Oceans of this love in thee. 
 
 222. C. M. Newt(r 
 YouT life is hid with Christ in God Col. lii S 
 
 REJOICE, believer, in the Lord, 
 Who makes your cause his own; 
 The hope that 's built upon his word 
 Can ne'er be overlhrowTi. 
 t Though many foes beset your road. 
 And feeble is your arm ; 
 Your life is hid with ('hrist in God, 
 Beyond the reach of harm. 
 3 Weak as you are, you shall not faint. 
 Or fainting shall not die ; 
 Jesus, the strength ot every saint. 
 Shall aid you from on high. 
 i Though sometimes unperceiv'd by sense, 
 Failh sees him alwa\-« near, 
 A guide, a glory, a defence, 
 Then what have you to fear ? 
 
223, 324 GOSPEL grace. 
 
 S As surely as he overcame, 
 
 And triumph'd once for you ; 
 So surely you that love his name, 
 Shall triumph in him too. 
 
 223. 7's. Altered. 
 Gratitude for Converting Graot 
 
 AFTER all that I have done, 
 Saviour, art thou pacified ? 
 How shall I thy love make known 1 
 How abase my sin and pride ? 
 
 2 Let me sink beneath the dust, 
 Full of holy shame adore ! 
 Jesus Christ, the good, the just, 
 Bids me go and sin no more. 
 
 3 O confirm the gracious word, 
 Jesus, Son of God and man. 
 Let me never grieve thee, Lord, 
 Never turn to sin again. 
 
 4 Keep my feeble, trembling heart ; 
 Cleanse me. Lord, Irom every stain; 
 Jesus, thou my Saviour art. 
 
 Make and kee[) me pure within 
 
 5 Guide me all my journey through, 
 Bring me to thy blest abode ; 
 
 Aid me all thy will to do — 
 Let me lose myself in God. 
 
 224. C. M. Relief Hijmns. 
 The Lord's Call to his Children 
 
 LET us adore the grace that seeks 
 To draw our hearts above ! 
 Attend, 'tis God the Saviour speaks. 
 And every word is love. 
 
 I " Come forth," he says, " no more pursue 
 The path that leads to death; 
 Look up, a bleeding Saviour view 
 Look, and be sav'd liy faith." 
 
GOSPEL GRAtTC. 235. 
 
 8 Lord, speak these words to every heart. 
 By thy almighty voice ; 
 That we may all from sin depart, 
 And make thy ways our choice. 
 
 225. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 The Weary and Heavy-laden Invited. 
 
 COME unto me, all ye who groan, 
 With guilt and fear opprest ; 
 Resign to me the willing heart, 
 And I will give you rest. 
 
 2 Take up my yoke, and learn of me 
 
 The meek and lowly mind ; 
 And thus your weary, troubled souls, 
 Repose and peace shall find. 
 
 3 For, light and gentle is my yoke ; 
 
 The burden I impose 
 Shall ease the heart which groan'd before 
 Beneath a load of woes. 
 
 226. P.M. Altered 
 God Invoked. — Sinners Invited. 
 
 COME, Lord, from above, 
 _ The mountains remove ; 
 Overturn all that hinders 
 The course of thy love. 
 
 2 My bosom inspire. 
 Enkindle the fire, 
 
 And wrap my whole soul 
 In the flames of desire. 
 
 3 Where sin did abound, — 
 How blissful the sound ! — 
 
 There grace and salvatioo 
 Much more shall abound 
 
 4 O sinners, believe. 
 And you shall receive, 
 
 For Jesus is ready. 
 And willing to give. 
 
827. 228 GOSPEL ministry 
 
 GOSi^EL MINISTRY. 
 
 227. CM. 
 At the Openvig of Public Worship. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Spirit! O impart 
 The power to {weach thy word ' 
 Sol'ten to flesh the stony heart. 
 And show thyself the Lord. 
 
 2 Disclose the suflfering Son of God 
 
 Nail'd to the cross of woe, 
 Bleeding beneath sin's nea\-y load, 
 And make our sorrows flow. 
 
 3 Saviour of men I thy love extends 
 
 Wide as thy suffering pain ; 
 In all thy conquering [wwer descend, 
 With love our hearts inflame. 
 
 4 Work in us both to will and do, 
 
 And all our feelings sway; 
 That we may work, with trembling too 
 Lest we be cast away. 
 
 5 Lift up our souls above the earth 
 
 And all its trifling toys; 
 Difl'iise through every breast the faitb 
 That guilt and shame destroys. 
 
 228. S. M. Wesley's ColL 
 Ministerial Responsibility 
 
 A CHARGE to keep I have, 
 A God to glorify, 
 A soul immortal to be sav'd, 
 And fitted for the sky. 
 
 t To serve the present age. 
 My calling to fulfil ; 
 O may .t all my powers engage. 
 To do my Master's will. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 229, 230 
 
 3 Arm me with jealous care. 
 As in thy sight to live, 
 And O thy servant, Lord, prepare. 
 The strict account to give. 
 
 229. C. M. Wesley's ColL 
 Before Preaching. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Saviour! Sou of God. 
 Thy blessing we implore ; 
 Open the door to preach thy word. 
 The great effectual door. 
 
 2 Gather the outcasts in, and save 
 
 From sin and Satan's power; 
 And let them now acceptance have, 
 And know their gracious hour. 
 
 3 Lover o^ souls ! thou knowest to prize 
 
 Whav 'hou hast bought so dear; 
 Come, then, and in thy peof 't eyes 
 With all thy wounds appes. 
 
 4 Appear, as when of old confest 
 
 The suffering Son of Gou ; 
 And let them see thee in thy vest 
 But newly dipt in blood. 
 
 5 The hardness from our hearts remove. 
 
 Thou, who for siiuiers died ; 
 Show them the tokens of thy love, 
 Thy hands, thy feet, thy side. 
 
 5 Ready thou art the blood t' apply 
 And prove the record true ; 
 And all thy wounds to sinners cry, 
 "I suffer'd this for you." 
 
 230. L. M. Newton. 
 Behold the Lamb of God. 
 
 COME, sinners, view the Lamlj of God. 
 Wounded, and dead, and hath'd m blond 
 Behold his side, and venture near. 
 The spring of cmiless Ide is there. 
 
X31.232 (JOSPEL MINIS i-RY 
 
 2 Here 1 forget my cares and pains ; 
 I drink, yet still my thirst remains; 
 Only the fountain-head above 
 Can fully quench the thirst of love. 
 
 231. C. M. Wesley's CoH 
 
 Jesus 
 
 JESUS, the name to sinners dear, 
 The name to sinners given ; 
 It scatters all their guilty fear, 
 It turns their hell lo heaven. 
 
 2 Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks, 
 
 And bruises Satan's head ; 
 Power into helpless souls it speaks, 
 And life into the dead. 
 
 3 O that the world might taste and see 
 
 The riches of his grace ! 
 The arms ol" love that compass me. 
 All willing souls embrace. 
 
 % His only righteousness I know, 
 His saving truth proclaim ; 
 'Tis all my business here below. 
 To cry, behold the Lamb! 
 
 5 Happy, if with my latest breath 
 I may but gasp his name ; 
 Preach him in life, and then in deatli 
 Resign my soul to Him. 
 
 232. C. M. Wesley's Coll 
 
 The Dtsire. 
 
 OTHAT I could my Lord receivi 
 Who did my soul redeem; 
 Who gave his life that I might live 
 
 A life conceal'd in him I 
 
 S O thai I could the blessing prove 
 My heart's extreme desire ; 
 Live happy in my Saviour's love 
 And in his arms expire ' 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 233, 234 
 
 233. 7's. Epis. Coll. 
 Many shall seek to enter in, and shall not be abU 
 
 SEEK, my soul, the narrow gale, 
 Enter ere it be too late ; 
 Many ask to enter there, 
 When too late to offer prayer 
 
 2 God from mercy-seat shall rise. 
 And for ever bar the skies ; 
 Then, though sinners cry wnthout. 
 He will say, — I know you not. 
 
 3 Mournfully will they exclaim. 
 Lord, we have profess'd thy name ; 
 We have eat with thee, and heard 
 Heavenly teaching in thy word 
 
 4 Vain, alas I will be their plea, 
 Workers of iniquity , 
 
 Sad their everlasting lot — 
 Christ v\dll say, — 1 know you not 
 
 234. C. M. W'esley's Cdl. 
 Prayer to he profiled by the Word. 
 
 COME, O thou all-victorious Lord, 
 Thy power to us make knowTi ; 
 Strike wuh the hammer of thy word. 
 And break these hearts of stone. 
 
 2 O that we all might now begin 
 Our foolishness to mourn ; 
 And turn at once from every sin. 
 And to the Saviour turn. 
 
 5 Give us ourselves and thee to know, 
 
 in this our gracious day ; 
 
 Repentance unto life bestow, 
 
 And take our guilt away. 
 
 4 Impoverish, Lord, and then relieve, 
 And then enrich the poor; 
 The knowledge of our sickness give. 
 The knowledge of our cure. 
 
ii>,4iXi GOSPEL MINISTRY 
 
 235. S. M. Watts. 
 Be/ore Strmon. 
 
 COME, sound his praise abroad, 
 And hymns of glory sing ; 
 Jehovah is the sovereign God, 
 The universal King. 
 
 2 Come, worship at his throne, 
 
 And bow before the Lord ; 
 We are his work, and not our own^ 
 lie forra'd us by his word. 
 
 3 To-day attend his voice 
 
 Nor dare provoke his rod ; 
 Come, like the people of his choice. 
 And own your gracious God. 
 
 4 Let not your heart refuse 
 
 The language of his grace, 
 
 Lest, like the unbelieving Jews, 
 
 You meet his frowning face. 
 
 236. C. M. Wesley's C<M. 
 Chr isl ia n Fellowsh ip. 
 
 JESUS, united by thy grace. 
 And each to each endear'd. 
 We humbly come to seek thy face, 
 O may our prayer be heard. 
 
 2 Still let us own our common Lord, 
 
 And bear thy easy yoke ; 
 A band of love, a lfiree-(()ld cord. 
 Which never can be broke. 
 
 3 All made into one Spirit drink, 
 
 Baptiz'd into thy name — 
 O make us always kindly think, 
 And sweetly speak the same. 
 
 ( To thee mseparably join'd, 
 Let all our spirits cleave ; 
 And may we all the loving mind 
 That wa-s in Christ receive. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 237.238 
 
 5 Grant this, and then from all below, 
 In ihy own time remove ; 
 To thy dear bosom let us go, 
 Made perfect in thy love. 
 
 237. C. M. Wesley's Coll 
 The healing Name of Jesus. 
 
 LO! to the hills I lift mine eye. 
 Thy promis'd aid to claim ; 
 Father of mercies, glorify 
 Jesus that favourite name. 
 
 8 Salvation in that name is found, 
 Balm of my grief and care ; 
 A healing cure for every wound, 
 All that I want is there. 
 
 238. C. M. Wesley's CoU. 
 Prayer for mutual Assistance. 
 
 TRY us, O God, and search the ground 
 Of every sinful heart ; 
 Whate'er of sin in us is found, 
 O bid it all depart. 
 
 2 When to the right or left we stray. 
 
 Leave us not comfortless ; 
 But guide our feet into the way 
 Of everlasting peace. 
 
 3 Help us to help each other, Lord, 
 
 Each other's cross to bear ; 
 
 Let each his friendly aid afford, 
 
 And feel his brother's care 
 
 4 Help us to build each other l\. 
 
 Our little stock improve ; 
 Licrease our faith, confirm our hope 
 And perfect us in love. 
 
 5 And, when the blessed work is wrougbt, 
 
 Receive thy ready bride ; — 
 Give us in heaven a happy lot 
 With all the sanctified. 
 
G 
 
 5139, 240, 241 GOSPEL ministry. 
 
 239. L M. Wesley's Coll 
 Be ye reconciled to God. 
 OD, the offended God, most High, 
 Ambassadors to rebels sends ; 
 His messengers his place supply, 
 And Jesus begs us to be friends. 
 
 2 You in the stead of Christ they pray, 
 You in the stead of God entreat; 
 O cast your arms, your sins away. 
 And find forgiveness at his feet. 
 
 240. L. M. Watts. 
 The descent of the Spirit on the Disciple t 
 REAT was the day, the joy was great. 
 
 G 
 
 When the devout disciples met, 
 Whilst on their heads the Spirit came, 
 And sat like tongues of cloven flame. 
 
 S He arm'd and sent the champions forth. 
 From east to west, from south to north ; — 
 Bold to assert the Saviour's cause. 
 And spread his doctrine and his laws. 
 
 3 These weapons of the holy war, 
 Of what almighty force they are! 
 To make our stubborn passions bow, 
 And lay the proudest rebel low. 
 
 4 Nations, the learned and the rude. 
 Are by these heavenly arms subdued. 
 And willing captives to their Lord, 
 Display the triumplis of his word. 
 
 5 Still wider may thy triumphs spread. 
 Till all shall own our glorious Head; 
 Obey the precepts ihou hast given. 
 And thus be led to God and heaven. 
 
 241. CM. Relief Hymn*. 
 Christian Unity. 
 
 T3 dwell in unity and love. 
 Becomes the heirs of grace: 
 
GOSI'KL MINISTRY. 242, 243 
 
 The Spirit is sent down to join 
 Them in the bonds of peace. 
 
 8 One body we, one spirit too, 
 One hope our calling gives ; 
 The hope of heaven each saint partal es, 
 And by this hope he lives. 
 
 3 In one baptismal rite we share, 
 
 The faith we hold is one ; 
 One Lord is King of all the earth, 
 Even Jesus on his throne. 
 
 4 One God of all, Father of all, 
 
 Exalted all above ; 
 Who by his power rules over all, 
 And in us all by love. 
 
 6 However various are our gifts. 
 The end is still the same ; 
 The good of all, the Author seeks,— 
 And blessed be his name. 
 
 242. C. M. Relief Hymns. 
 Living and Dying to Christ. 
 
 JESUS, to whom we now belong, 
 Thy sovereign claim assert ; 
 To ihee we owe the grateful song, 
 To thee the loving heart. 
 
 t Jesus, thy own e'en now receive. 
 Fulfil our heart's desire ; 
 O let us to thy glory live. 
 Ana in thy cause expire. 
 
 243. L. M. Relief Hymns. 
 ITie Preaching of Jesu^. 
 
 HOW sweetly flow'd the gospt. sound. 
 From lips of gentleness and grace I 
 When listening thousands gather'd round, 
 diui joy and reverence fdl'd the place. 
 
SM, 245 GOSPEL MINISTRY. 
 
 2 From heaven he came, of heaven he spoken 
 To heaven he led his followers' way, — 
 Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke, 
 Unveiling an immortal day. 
 
 3 Come, wanderers, to my Father's home, 
 Come, all ye weary ones, and rest : — 
 Yes, sacred Teacher, we will come, — 
 Obey thee, love thee, and be blesL 
 
 244. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 Divine Help implored. 
 
 HELP us, O Lord ! each hour of need 
 Thy timely succour give ; 
 Help us in thought, and word, and deed, 
 Each hour on earth we live. 
 
 2 O help us when our spirits bleed 
 
 With contrite anguish sore ; 
 And when our hearts are cold and dead. 
 Lord, help us still the more. 
 
 3 O help us through the prayer of faith, 
 
 More firmly to believe ; 
 For still the more the servant hath, 
 The more shall he receive. 
 
 4 O help us, Father, from on high, — 
 
 We know no help but thee ; 
 O! help us so to live and die. 
 As thine in heaven to be. 
 
 245. C. M. Presbyterian Standard 
 Behold the Lamb of God . 
 
 SINNERS, behold the Lamb of God 
 Who takes away our guilt; 
 Look to the precious, priceless blood, 
 That Jews and Gentiles spilu 
 
 2 He came to take the sinner's place, 
 And ransom us with blood ; 
 I et .Adam's guilty, ruin'd raco. 
 Behold the Lainb of God. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 246, 24/ 
 
 3 Sinners, to Jesus now draw near, 
 
 Invited by his word, — 
 The chief of sinners need not fear, 
 Behold the Lamb of God. 
 
 4 Spirit of grace, to us apply 
 
 Immanuel's precious blood , 
 Tliat we may with thy saints on high. 
 Behold the Lamb of God. 
 
 246. L. M. Pres. Standard. 
 Jesus, the True Light. 
 
 LIGHT of our souls ! thyself reveal ; 
 Thy power and presence let us feel. 
 And know, and see the wondrous things 
 Conceal'd from prophets, priests, and kings 
 
 2 Shine in our hearts, in mercy shine, 
 To give the light of truth divine ; 
 Shine, Jesus, still, from day to day, 
 Till all that 's dark be done away. 
 
 E 
 
 247. CM. 
 Sinners solemnly called. 
 TERNITY, with all its years, 
 Hangs on this point oi' time ; 
 
 Awake I our hopes, — awake I our fears. 
 Our hearts to God incline. 
 
 2 Simiers. attend the voice from heaven. 
 
 The moment is at hand ; — 
 He that believes shall be forgiven,— 
 He that rejects — be damn'd. 
 
 3 Breathe, sacred Spirit, make us feel 
 
 Our guilt a heavy load ; 
 Wound, and apply the balm to heal. 
 Balm of the Saviour's blood. 
 
 1 Wake I every shimbering soul, awake. 
 Flee from "the wrath to come ! 
 Almighty God, the nations shake! 
 Shake' Satan's kingdom dowTi! 
 G-2 
 
248,249 GOSPEL ministry. 
 
 248 C. M. Epis. CoU. 
 Lord's Day Worship. 
 
 THIS is the day the Lord has made, 
 Let young and old rejoice ; 
 To Him be vows and homage paid. 
 Whose service is our choice. 
 
 2 This is the temple of the Lord ; 
 
 How dreadful is this place I 
 With meekness let us hear his word, 
 With rev'rence seek his face. 
 
 3 The homage that the Lord requires 
 
 Of us, IS praise and prayer, 
 The soul's affections, hopes, desires, 
 Oui-selves and all we are. 
 
 4 While rich and poor for mercy call. 
 
 Propitious from the skies. 
 The Lord, the Maker of them all, 
 Accepts the sacrifice. 
 
 5 Well pleas'd through Jesus Christ his Son, 
 
 From sin he grants release ; 
 According to their faith 'tis done ; — 
 He bids them go in peace. 
 
 249. C. M. Relief Hymns 
 After Sermon. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God ! thy word is cast 
 Like seed into the ground ; 
 Now let the dew of heaven descend. 
 And righteous fruits abound. 
 
 2 Let not the foe of thee and man 
 
 This holy seed remove ; 
 But give it root in every heart. 
 To bring forth fruits of love. 
 
 3 Let not the world's deceitful caret 
 
 The rising plant destroy; 
 But let it yield a hundred-fold, 
 The fruits of i^eace and joy. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 250. 25i 
 
 4 Nor let thy word, in mercy sent 
 
 To raise us to thy tiirorie, 
 
 Return to tiiee, and sadly tell 
 
 That we reject thy Son. 
 
 5 Oft as the precious seed is sown, 
 
 Thy quickening grace bestow; 
 That all whose souls the truth receive, 
 Its saving power may know. 
 
 250. L. M. Pres. Standard. 
 
 Final Decision. 
 
 BEFORK the great Jehovah's har, 
 Soon must assembled worlds appear 
 And ever}' deed, and word, and thought. 
 Shall inio judgment then be brought. 
 
 2 Then all shall hear their righteous doom, 
 Of wrath or endless joys to come, 
 
 And each receive his just reward. 
 Of blias, or vengeance, from the Lord. 
 
 251. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 The Lord's day, and its ordinances. 
 
 WITH Marj-'s love, wilm ut her fear 
 Come, let us haste to pay 
 Our early visit to the tomb. 
 Where our Redeemer lay 
 The grave cannot our dust retain. 
 
 The stone is roU'd away ; 
 Well may we now our flesh resign 
 To rest where Jesus lay. 
 
 3 We welcome in the joyful mom. 
 
 Which bears the Saviour's name, 
 When from the dark atode of death 
 The Lord triumphant came. 
 
 4 Jesus, the name high over all," 
 
 Shall dwell upon our tongues, 
 And full, and free aalvation be 
 Ihe burden of our songs. 
 
STtS. 253, 254 gospel ministrv 
 
 252. CM. Walt9. 
 Tfie Immortal Soul committed to Jenu. 
 
 MAN has a soul that never dies ; 
 And once it leaves the clay, 
 Ye thoughts pursue it where it flies, 
 And track its wondrous way. 
 
 2 Up to the courts where angels dwell, 
 
 It mounts triumphant there ; 
 Or devils drag it down to hell. 
 In infinite despair. 
 
 3 And must this body faint and die ? 
 
 And must my soul remove ? 
 O for some guardian angel nigh. 
 To bear it safe above. 
 
 4 Jesus, to thy dear faithful hands 
 
 My naked soul I trust ; 
 And here my body waiting stands 
 To drop into its dust. 
 
 253 C. M. 95t?i Psalm. 
 Before Sermon. 
 
 COME, let us worship and bow uown 
 Before our Maker's (ace ; 
 Come, let us kneel before his throne. 
 His peaceful throne of grace. 
 2 We are the people of his choice. 
 And of his flock a part ; 
 To-day if you will hear his voice, 
 O harden not your heart ! 
 E They who despise the oflfer'd grace. 
 And spurn it from their breast. 
 Shall never see my smiling face, 
 Nor enter into rest. 
 
 254 C. M. 
 
 TJie Lamentation over Jerusalem 
 
 JERUSALEM, O hadst thou known. 
 In this thy day of grace. 
 
GOSPEL MIMSTRV. 255. 256 
 
 The things that to thy peace belong, 
 
 And sought the Saviour's lace! 
 I Hadsl thou o'er all thy follies griev'd, 
 
 Embrac'd the heavenly word, 
 And in Messiah hadst believ'd. 
 
 The Only Son of God;— 
 
 3 Then over thee I had not wept, 
 
 These tears had been restrain'd. 
 And then releas'd from conscious guilt, 
 Thou hadst in peace reinain'd. 
 
 4 But now, alas I those glorious things 
 
 Are from thine eyes concr-al'd ; 
 Conceal 'd from Priests, and haughty Kings 
 And unto babes reveal'd. 
 
 5 Saviour, to thee my heart incline, 
 
 In this my gracious day ; 
 To thee I all my powers resign, 
 Would all thy will obey. 
 
 255. CM. 
 Come to Christ Now. 
 
 COME, sinners, to the Saviour come, 
 Nor longer dare delay ; 
 His word declares there yet is room. 
 Why will you lingering stay? 
 ? Haste, sinners ! to the Saviour flee, 
 How dare you longer wait ! 
 Now is the time, or — it may be 
 Eternally too late. 
 
 256. L. M. 
 Spread of the Gospel. 
 
 AUTHOR and object of our faith. 
 Look do\Mi from thy resjdendent throne, 
 Scatter the shades of moral death. 
 And claim the nations for thy own. 
 i L<K)k, and the idol gods confound ; 
 
 Breath of the Lt^rd, salvation bring; 
 Speak, and the listening world around. 
 Shall yield to thee, their Sovereign King. 
 
t57 258 GOSPBJ. MINISTRY. 
 
 3 Arise ! thou brilliant sun, arise ! 
 Diffuse abroad thy cheering ray ; 
 Pour light divine on heathen eyes, 
 And guide them to the realms of day 
 
 257. C. M. Cowper. 
 Walkmg with God, Gen. v. 2i 
 
 OFOR a closer walk with God, 
 A calm and heavenly frame ; 
 A light to shine upon the road 
 That leads me lo the Lamb I 
 
 2 Where is the blessedness I knew 
 
 When first I saw the Lord ? 
 Where is the soul-refreshing vievi 
 Of Jesus and his word ? 
 
 3 What peaceful hours I then enjoy • 
 
 How sweet their memory still ! 
 But now 1 find an aching void 
 The world can never fill. 
 
 4 Return, O holy Dove, return. 
 
 Sweet messenger of rest ; 
 I hate the sins that made thee mov 
 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 
 
 6 So shall my walk be close with Gtx 
 
 Calm and serene my frame ; 
 
 So purer light shall mark the road 
 
 That leads me to the Lamb ! 
 
 258. CM. 
 Prayer for Mourners. 
 
 IS there a trembling mourner here 
 Lord, do not say — dejmrt ! 
 But wipe away the falling tear, 
 Bind up the broker heaxL 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 269, 86t 
 
 i Thy blood the sacred balm for sin 
 The great Physician thou ; 
 Ilnbar our bosoms, enter in ; 
 O Jesus, enter now. 
 
 3 Dfow IS the time, th' accepted time 
 The day of grace is now ; 
 Enfeebled age, and youthful prime. 
 To Christ the Saviour bow. 
 
 259. C. M. 
 Despairing Sinners encouragtu 
 
 THE vilest of the human race, 
 Who yet is out of hell. 
 May, if he will, be sav'd by grace, 
 And feel the Spirit's seal. 
 
 2 Despairing sinner, lift thine eyes 
 
 To yonder cr:)ss, and see, — 
 See I where the Prince of Glory dies. 
 And dies, my soul, for thee ! 
 
 3 Ah I mourner, he has died for thee, 
 
 And borne thy guilty load ! 
 
 Now make the effort to be free. 
 
 Yield up thy heart to God. 
 
 260. CM. 
 The Power of Faith. 
 
 O SINNERS, to the Saviour go! 
 Pour forth your ardent cries ; 
 Let streams of sacred sorrow flow 
 From all your weeping eyes. 
 
 2 Your sins have made the Saviour bleed. 
 
 Have pierc'd his wounded side; 
 Have crown'd with thorns his sacred nea^ 
 For you he bled and died. 
 
 3 'Tis sin that to destruction leads, 
 
 With pcM.'Jon strews the path ; 
 Now lift to Christ your guilty heads. 
 And conquer sin by faith. 
 
261, 262 GOSPEL MINISTRY. 
 
 4 He that in Christ tlu Lord believes, 
 
 Shall sin and hell outdo ; 
 Who Christ the conqueror receives. 
 Shall be a conqueror loo. 
 
 5 Faith in his name the dead awakes, 
 
 And makes the slothful move; 
 Tis faith that Satan's kingdom shakes. 
 The faith that works by love. 
 
 6 Arise ! believer, from the earth, 
 
 The conquering shield put on ; 
 
 Display the power of living faith, — 
 
 March on and take the crown. 
 
 261. L. M. 
 Invitation to Sinners. 
 
 COME, sinners, to the bleeding Lamb, 
 Receive salvation in his name ; 
 No longer stay from his embrace, 
 Whose heart o'erflows with boundless g^ttcm 
 
 2 O'er a lost world his bowels roll, 
 ile smiles on ever}' contrite soul ; 
 And yielding sinners shall receive, 
 All that a pardoning God can give. 
 
 262. S. M. 
 Invitation to receive Prayer. 
 
 TO you, O men, I call. 
 To each and every one; 
 The gospel message is to all ; 
 Whoever will, may come. 
 
 2 Sinners in unbelief, 
 
 I call you to believe ; 
 Let scbs of penitential grief 
 Your every bosom heave. 
 
 3 Come, kneel before his throne, 
 
 Who in Gcthsemane 
 Sustain'u the agony alone. 
 And knelt and jiray'd for the* 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 963. 254 
 
 1 Let all who wish to feel, 
 
 Now to his altar come, 
 And there in humble posture kneeL 
 And wait before his throne. 
 
 5 Come, Holy Spirit, come, 
 
 In this propitious hour, 
 And melt our frozen bosoms down. 
 By thy almighty power. 
 
 6 The fear of man remove. 
 
 By thy resistless grace; 
 Let mourners see the Father's love, 
 Beam in the Saviour's face. 
 
 263. S. M. Montgomery. 
 Eternal Life and Death. 
 
 THE world can never give 
 The bliss for which I sigh; 
 "Tis not the whole of life to live, 
 Nor all of death to die 
 
 2 Beyond this vale of tears 
 
 There is a life above, 
 Unmeasur'd by the flight of years. 
 And all that life is love. 
 
 3 There is a death whose pang 
 
 Outlasts the fleeting breath : 
 O what eternal horrors hang 
 Around the second death! 
 
 i God of truth and grace, 
 
 Teach us that death to shun ; 
 Lest we be banish'd from thy face, 
 And e\-ermore undone. 
 
 264. 7's. Wesley's CoU. 
 Sinners pointed to Christ 
 
 SEE, ye sinners, see ! the flame. 
 Rising from the slaughter'd Lamb 
 Marks the new, the living way, 
 Leading to eternal day. 
 
265, 266 GOSPEL ministry. 
 
 2 Jesus, when this light we see, 
 All our soul 's athirst for thee ; 
 
 When thy quickening power we prove, 
 All our heart dissolves in love. 
 
 3 Boundless wisdom, power divine, 
 Love unspeakable, are thine ; 
 Praise by ail to thee be given. 
 Sons of earth, and hosts of heaven! 
 
 265. C. M. Psalm c. Walts. 
 Praise to the Creator. 
 
 BEFORE Jehovah's awful throne. 
 Ye natioas bow with sacred joy ; 
 Know th&t the Lord is God alone ; 
 He can create, and he destroy. 
 
 2 His sovereign power, without our aid, 
 MaJe us of clay, and form'd us men ; 
 
 And when, like wandering sheep, w-e siray'd, 
 He brought us to his fold again. 
 
 3 We'll crowd thy gates with thankful songs. 
 High as the heaven our voices raise ; 
 
 And earth, with her fen thousand tongues. 
 Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise. 
 
 4 Wide as the world is thy command, 
 Vast as eternity thy love ; 
 
 Firm, as a rock, thy truth must stand, 
 When rolling yeare shall cease to move. 
 
 266. CM. Hart. 
 Salvation bu Christ alone. 
 
 THE law still curses those who break 
 One precept e'er so small ; 
 And where 's the man, in thought or deed, 
 That has not broken all ? 
 i Fly, then, awaken'd sinner, fly ! 
 Your case admits no stay ; 
 T^ie fountain 's open'd now for sin. 
 Come, wash your guilt away 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 26* 
 
 5 Behold, from Jesus' wounded side, 
 The water flows and blood ! 
 If vou but touch that purple tide, 
 You make your peace avith God. 
 4 By faith, alone, in Jesus' wounds, 
 The sinner gets release ; 
 No other sacrilice for sin 
 Will God accept but this. 
 
 267. C. M. Doddridge. 
 Lovest thou me 1 Feed my Lambs. 
 
 DO not I love ihee, O my Lord ? 
 Behold 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 every joy, 
 When Jesus cannot move. 
 ,•' Is not thy name melodious still 
 To mine attentive ear ? 
 Doih not each pulse with pleasure bound 
 My Saviour's voice to hear ? 
 i Hast thou a lamb in all thy flock, 
 I would disdain to feed? 
 Ha-st ihou a foe, before whose face 
 I fear thy cause to plead ? 
 
 3 Thou knowest I love thee, dearest Lord, 
 
 But, O I I long to soar 
 Far from the sphere of mortal joys, 
 And learn to love thee more. 
 
 268. 6.6.6.6.8.8. Toplady. 
 The Jubilee. Lev. xxv. 9—17. 
 
 BLOW ye the trumpet, blow 
 The gladly solemn sound 
 Let all the nations know, 
 To earth's remotest bound, 
 
869 GOSPEL MINISTRT. 
 
 The year of jubilee is come, 
 Return, ye ransom'd si oners, home 
 
 2 Exalt the Lamb of God, 
 The sin-aloning Lamb, 
 Redemption by his blood. 
 Through all the world prot-laim : 
 
 3 Ye slaves of sin and hell, 
 Yo\ir liberty receive ; 
 And safe in Jesus dwell. 
 And blest in Jesus live; 
 
 4 The gospel trumpet hear, 
 The news of pard'ning grace • 
 Ye happy souls, draw near. 
 Behold your Saviour's face; 
 
 6 Jesus, our great High Priest, 
 Hath full atonement made ; 
 Ye wean,' spirits, rest: 
 Ye iTioumful souls, be glad ! 
 The year of jubilee is come. 
 Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home. 
 
 269. L. M. Watts. 
 
 The gospel commission. Mark xiii. 15. 
 
 •/^O, preach my gospel,' saith the Lord, 
 VX • Bid the whole earth my grace recei» 
 
 * He shall be sav'd that trusts my word. 
 
 * He shall be damn'd that won't believe. 
 
 8 ' 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.' 
 
 3 He spake, and light shone round his head/— 
 On a bright cloud to heaven he rode ; 
 They to the farthest nations spread 
 The grace of their ascended God 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 2*0.271.273 
 
 270. L. M. Newton. 
 
 i\'ting the Gospel-net. Luke v. 5. John xxi. & 
 
 NOW, while the gospel-net is cast, 
 Do thou, O Lord, the effort own ; 
 From numerous disappointments past, 
 Teach us to hope in thee alone. 
 May this he a much-favour'd hour 
 To souls in Satan's Iwndage led ; 
 O clothe thy word with sovereign power. 
 To break the rocks, and raise the dead. 
 3 To mourners speak a cheering word. 
 On seeking souls vouchsafe to shine; 
 Let poor backsliders be restor'd. 
 And all thy saints in praises join. 
 
 271. S. M. Netvlon. 
 Desiring spiritual food. 
 
 HUNGRY, and faint, and poor, 
 Behold us. Lord, again. 
 Assembled at thy mercy's door. 
 
 Thy bounty to obtain. 
 
 Thy word invites us nigh. 
 
 Or we must starve indeed ; 
 For we no money have to buy. 
 
 No righteousness to plead. 
 
 The food our spirits want, 
 
 Thy hand alone can give; 
 O hear the prayer of faith, and grant 
 
 That we may eat and live ! 
 
 272. L. M Maday's Selection. 
 The bounties of Christ, rich and free. 
 
 THE food on which thy children live, 
 Great God, is thine alone to give ; 
 And we, for grace receiv'd, would raise 
 A sacred song of love and praise. 
 
273, 274, 275 gospel ministry 
 
 2 How vast, how sweet, how full, how free, 
 Dear Jesus I thj' ruh treasures )^ ; 
 
 To the full fountain of our joys. 
 We gladly come lor fresii supplies. 
 
 3 For this we wait upon thee. Lord, 
 For this we listen to thy word ; 
 Descend, like gentle showers of rain, 
 Nor let our souls attend in vain. 
 
 273. C. M. Newton. 
 A Blessing requested. 
 
 NOW, Lord, inspire the preacher's heart 
 And teach his tongue to speak ; — 
 FtHxi to the hungry soul imparl. 
 And cordials to the weak. 
 
 2 Furnish us all with light and powers. 
 To walk in wistlom's ways ; 
 So shall the benefit be ours. 
 And thou shalt have the praise. 
 
 274. 7's. Maclay's Selection. 
 Another. 
 
 GRACIOUS Father, gracious Lord, 
 Give us ears to hear thy word, 
 Give us hearts to love and fear, 
 Give us now to find thee near. 
 
 2 Let us know and praise thee more, 
 Let us live on mercy's store; 
 Let us sing our Saviour's love. 
 Till we join the saints alwve. 
 
 275. L. M. Maclay's Selection. 
 Desiring a preparation to hear the word 
 
 THY presence, gracious GikI, aflTord ; 
 Prepare us to receive tliy word ; 
 iNow let thy voice engage our ear. 
 And faith Be mixt with what we hear 
 
GfSrEL MIMSTR'S 276. 2T* 
 
 S Father, in us thy Son reveal, 
 Teach us to know and do thy will. 
 Thy saving pcwer ami love display, 
 And guide ns to the realms of day 
 
 276. CM. Hart. 
 Between Serinons. 
 
 ONCE more we come before our God ; 
 Once more his blessing ask • 
 O may not duty seem a load, 
 Nor worship prove a task! 
 
 2 Father, thy quick'ning Sph-it seinl, 
 
 From heaven in Jesus' name, 
 To make our waiting minds attend 
 And out our souls m frame. 
 
 V lo seek thee, all our hearts dispose ; 
 To earn thy blessing suit ; 
 And let the seed thy servant sows, 
 Produce a copious Iruit. 
 
 277. S. M. 
 Divine Assistance invoked- 
 
 ASSIST thy servant, Lord, 
 The gospel to proclaim ; 
 Let power and love attend the word, 
 And every breast inflame. 
 
 % Bid unbelief depart, — 
 Banish the fear of man ; 
 Take full possession of his heart, 
 And glorify thy name. 
 
 3 Make stubborn sinners bend 
 
 To thy divine control ; 
 Constrain the wandering to attend. 
 And make the wounded whole 
 
 4 Extend thy conquering arm, 
 
 With banner wide unfurl'd, 
 Until thy glorious grace shall charm. 
 And harmonize tlie world 
 
278. 279. .^80 gospel ministry. 
 
 278. L. M. Watts. 
 Holiness and Grace. Titus ii. 10 — 1& 
 
 SO let our lips a id lives express. 
 The holy gospel we profess ; 
 So let our works and virtues shine, 
 To prove the doctrine all divina 
 
 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad, 
 The honours of our Saviour God ; 
 When the salvation reigns within, 
 And grace subdues the power of sin. 
 
 i Religion bears our spirits up, 
 
 While we expect that blessed hope. 
 The bright appearance of the Lord, 
 And faith stands leaning on his word 
 
 279. C. M. Kippon's Selection. 
 A'ot unto us. Psalm ex v. 1. 
 
 NOT unto us, but thee alone. 
 Blest I^amb, be glory given; 
 Here shall thy praises he begim, 
 And carried on in heaven. 
 
 2 Till we the veil of flesh lay down. 
 Accept our weaker lays ; 
 And when we reach thy Father's thrjn* 
 We '11 give thee nobler praise. 
 
 280. CM. IVatls. 
 Uniting in IVorsliip. 
 
 HOW did my heart rejoice to hear 
 My friends devoutly say, 
 ' In Zion let us all appear. 
 And keep the solemn day!' 
 
 I love her gates, 1 love the road ; 
 
 The church, adorn'd with grace. 
 Stands like a palace built for God, 
 
 To show his milder face. 
 
GC'.PEL MINISTRY. 281, 28S 
 
 S IV to her courts, with joy unknown. 
 The hoi/ tribes repair; 
 The Son of David holds his throne, 
 And sits in judgment there. 
 
 4 He hears our praises and complainta , 
 
 And while his awful voice 
 Divides the sinners from the saints, 
 We tremble and rejoice. 
 
 5 Peace be within this sacred place, 
 
 And joy a constant guest ! 
 With holy gifts and iieavenly grace 
 Be her attendants l)lest. 
 
 6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, 
 
 While life or breath remains; 
 There my best friends, my kindred dwell. 
 There God my Saviour reigns. 
 
 281. L. M. Wafts. 
 The enjoyment of Christ in worship. 
 
 FAR from my thoughts, vain world, be gone 
 Let mv religions hours alone : 
 Fain would my eves mv Saviour see ; 
 1 wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 
 
 i My heart grows warm with ht»ly fire. 
 And kindles with a pure desire: 
 Come, mv dear Jesus, from above. 
 And feed^ my soul with heavenly love 
 
 282. S. M. Steniiett. 
 The Pleasure of Social Worship 
 
 HOW charming is the place. 
 Where my Redeemer God 
 Unveils the beauties of bis face, 
 And sheds his love abroad ! 
 
 i Tlere. on the mercy-seat. 
 
 With radiant glory crown'd. 
 Our jovful eve« behold him sit 
 And smile on all around. 
 
 H / 
 
S3 GOSPEL MINISTRIf 
 
 S To him their prayers and cries 
 Each linmble soul presents ; 
 He listens to their broken sighs, 
 And grants them ail their wants. 
 
 4 To them his sovereign will 
 
 He graciously imparls ; 
 And in return accepts 'vith smiles, 
 Tlie *ribute of their hearts. 
 
 5 Give me, O Lord, a place 
 
 Within thy blest abode, 
 Among the children of thy grace, 
 The servants of my God. 
 
 283. L. M. IVatls. 
 The Pleamirea of Public Worsl ip. 
 
 HOW pleasant, how divinely fa'ir 
 O Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are! 
 With long desire my spirit faints, 
 To meet th' assemblies of thy saints.. 
 
 2 My flesn would rest in thine abode, 
 My panting heart cries out for God ; 
 Mv God ! my King! why should I be 
 So far from all my joys and thee ? 
 
 3 Blest are the saints who sit on high, 
 Around thy throne above the sky ; 
 Thy brightest glories shine alx)ve, 
 And all their work is praise and love 
 
 4 Blest are the souls that find a place 
 Within the temple of thy grace ; 
 There they behold thy gentler rays. 
 And seek thy face, and learn thy praise. 
 
 5 Blest are the men whose hearts are set 
 To find the way to Zion's gate; 
 
 God is their strength, and through the roa' 
 They lean upon their helper God. 
 
 6 Cheerful they walk with grow insr strength 
 Till ell shall meet in heaven at length; 
 Till all before thy face appear, 
 
 And join in nobler worship ihero. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 284. 2i. 
 
 284. CM. Watts. 
 Delight in ^Vorship. 
 
 MY soul, how lovely is the place 
 To which thy God resorts, 
 Tis heaven to see nis smiling face 
 E'en in his earthly courts. 
 8 Here the great Monarch of the skies 
 His saving power displays, 
 And light breaks in upon our eyes. 
 With kind and quickening rays. 
 3 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove 
 Descends and fills the place, 
 And Christ reveals his wondrous love. 
 And sheds abroad his grace. 
 i Here, mighty God, thy words declare 
 The secrets of thy will, 
 And still we seek thy mercy here. 
 And sing thy praises still. 
 5 Lord, at thy threshold I would wait. 
 While Jesus is within. 
 Rather than fill a throne of state, 
 Or live in tents of sin. 
 
 285. L. M. Steele 
 
 The Happiness of Humble Worship. Psalra ixxxif 
 
 OW pleasant, how divinely sweet, 
 O Lord, thy sacred courts appear! 
 
 Fain would my longing passions meet 
 
 The glories of thy presence there. 
 2 One day within thy sacred gate 
 
 Affi^rdsinore real joy to rne, 
 
 Than thousands in the tents of state ; 
 
 The meanest plac? is bliss with thee. 
 5 Go<i is a sun ; our brightest day 
 
 From his reviving presence flows ; 
 
 (jod is a shield, through all the way, 
 
 To guard us from surrounding foes. 
 
 H 
 
Be GOSPEL MINISTRY. 
 
 4 He jKiurs his kindest blessings down. 
 Profusely down, on souls sincere ; 
 And grace shall guide, and glory crown. 
 The happy favourites of his care. 
 
 28G. CM. FawceU. 
 Religion, the one Thing Needful. 
 
 RELIGION is the chief concern 
 01" mortals here below ; 
 May I its great importance learn, 
 It^ sovereign virtue know. 
 
 2 More needful this than glittering wealth 
 
 Or aught th'3 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. 
 
 4 O may my heart, by grace renew'd. 
 
 Be my Redeemer's throne ; 
 And be my stubborn will subdu'd, 
 His government to own ! 
 
 PART II. 
 
 5 Let deep repentance, faith, and love, 
 
 Be join'd with godly fear ; 
 And all my conversation prove 
 My heart to be sincere. 
 
 6 Preserve me from the snares of sin. 
 
 Through my remaining days ; 
 And in me let each virtue shine 
 To my Redeemer's praise. 
 
 7 Le* lively hope my soul inspire; 
 
 Let warm affociions rise; 
 And may 1 wait wilh strong desire 
 To mount above the skie.s. 
 
OOSPEL JIINISTRY. 88*" 2* 
 
 287. CM. W^its. 
 Reverential Worship. 
 
 WITH reverence let the saints appt-ar 
 And bow before the Lord ; 
 His high commands with reverence hear. 
 And tremble at his word. 
 
 2 How terrible thy glories be ! 
 
 How bright thine armies shine ! 
 Where is the power that vies with thee, 
 Or truth compar'd to thine ? 
 
 3 The northern pole and southern, rest 
 
 On toy supporting hand ; 
 Darkness and da' from east to west, 
 Move round at thy command. 
 
 4 Thy words the raging winds control. 
 
 And rule the boisterous deep ; 
 Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll. 
 The roiling billows sleep. 
 
 5 Justice and judgment are thy throne. 
 
 Yet wondrous is ihy grace ; 
 >V'hile truth and mercy, join'd in one. 
 Invite us near thy face. 
 
 288. CM. 
 Psalm xlv. 3. 
 
 EXTEND thy conquests far and wide 
 I Thou glorious King of kings I 
 Gird on thy sword, majestic ride 
 O'er all mferior things. 
 
 2 From north to south, from east to west. 
 
 Send forth thy conquering sword ; 
 Command a trembling world to rest 
 On thy all-powerful word. 
 
 3 Let Asia's idols fall before 
 
 The sovereign ark of Gml ; 
 Let Europe lx)w, thy name adore. 
 And feel the Saviour's blood .— 
 
889. 290 «OSPEL MINISTRY. 
 
 4 Columbi'^, with fen thousand tongues. 
 
 Proclaim thy grace abroad ; 
 
 And Alric's sable sons, in songs, 
 
 Thy boundless love record. 
 
 5 Let white, and red, and black, combine, 
 
 One general song to raise, 
 ' And heaven and earth the chorus join, 
 ' And shout thine endless praise.' 
 
 289. L. M. Medley. 
 
 And he went forth conquering, &c. Rev. vi. % 
 
 GO forth, thou mighty Conqueror, go 
 In all the glories of thy power I 
 And make rebellious sinnei-s know 
 Thy great salvation, and adore. 
 
 2 Far, e'en to earth's remotest bound, 
 
 Be, Lord, thy glorious victories spread ; 
 Till millions, by the joyful sound, 
 In sweet captivity are led. 
 
 3 Hasten the bright, the glorious day. 
 
 When thou in triumph shall ai)pear. 
 Thy full salvation to display 
 
 On all whom thou hast conquer'd here. 
 
 4 Among th3m. Lord, may we be found, 
 
 Subdu'd by love and power divine; 
 Then, with celestial glories crown'd. 
 We shall with thee lor ever shine. 
 
 290. CM. Altered. 
 
 The Universal Triumph of the GospeL 
 
 LORD, smile on each divine attempt 
 To spread the gospel's rays ; 
 \nd build on sin's demo'ish'd throne. 
 The temples of thy praise. 
 2 Send forth thy word, and let it fly, 
 Arm'd with the Spirit's power; 
 Till thousands shall confess its sway. 
 And bless thr saving hour. 
 
GOSPEL MIMSTR'S. 291, 299 
 
 291. S. M. W. &B. 
 
 tm tke coming of Christ's Kingdom. Psalm hvii. 1 — 5 
 
 TO bless the chosen race. 
 In mercy, Lord, incline, 
 And cause the brightness of thy face, 
 On all thy saints to shine. 
 
 2 That so thy wondrous way. 
 
 May through the world be knowTi , 
 While distant lands their tribute pay, 
 And thy salvation own. 
 
 3 Ivet different nations join 
 To celebrate thy fame ; 
 
 Let all the world, O Lord, combine 
 To praise thy glorious name. 
 
 O i^t them shor.r and sing, 
 Dissolv'd in pious mirth, 
 For thou, the righteous Judge and King, 
 Shalt goveni all the earth. 
 
 292. L. M. Beddome. 
 The Increase of the Church. 
 
 SHOUT, for the blessed Jesus reigns I 
 Thro' distant lands his triumphs sprer*! 
 And sinners, freed from endless pains. 
 Own him their Saviour and their Head. 
 
 2 His sons and daughters, from afar. 
 Daily at Zion's gate arrive; 
 TriDse who were dead in sin befo!*e, 
 By sovereign grace are made alive. 
 
 3 may his conquests still increase, 
 And every foe his power subdue; 
 While angels celebrate his praise. 
 And saints his growing glories show. 
 
 ( Loud hallelujahs to the Lamb, 
 From all below and all al)Ove ; 
 In lofty son^s exalt his name. 
 In songs as lasting as his love. 
 
293,2*J4 GOSPEL MINISTRY. 
 
 293. S. M. Watts. 
 The blessedness of Gospel limes. Isa v. 2. '.— *C 
 
 HOW beauteoiis are their feet 
 Who stand on Zion's hill I 
 Who bring salvation on their tongues. 
 And words of peace reveal I 
 
 ? How charming is their voice ! 
 How sweet the tidings are ! 
 Zinn, behold thy Saviour King, 
 ' He reigns 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 desir'd it long, 
 But died without the sight. 
 
 b The watchmen join their voice, 
 
 And tuneful notes employ ; 
 
 Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, 
 
 And deserts learn the joy. 
 
 5 The Ijord makes oare his arm. 
 Through all tiie earth abroad , 
 
 Let every nation now behold 
 Their Saviour and their God. 
 
 294. L. M. 
 Desiring to be controlled by Divine Jj)ve 
 
 C^ONVEN'D from different part«». O Lord 
 ^ We bow before thv gracious throne ; 
 O may we speak, and hear thy word, 
 Kelying on thy grace alone. 
 
 2 May those that preach be well prepar'd 
 The solemn message to impart ; 
 In prayer and faith may it be heard, 
 And fmd arcoAs to ev( ry heart. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY 2y5, 2% 
 
 9 May love divine our feelings sway. 
 And all our actions sweetly guide ; 
 And sin and guilt be done away, 
 T.iro' Him that groan'd, and bled and died. 
 
 4 Awake, our souls, in sweetest lays, 
 Unite our noblest powers to sing, 
 And hearts and voices join to raise 
 The praise of Christ our sovereign King. 
 
 295. C. M. W. & B. 
 Asking for the Divine Presence. Psalm cxl. 13. 
 <OME, thou desire of all thy saints, 
 
 c 
 
 Our humble strains attend, 
 While, with our praises and complaints, 
 Low at thy feet we bend. 
 f When we thy wondrous glories hear, 
 And all thy sufferings trace. 
 What sweetly awful scenes appear! 
 What rich unbounded grace ! 
 
 3 How should our songs, like those above 
 
 With warm devotion rise I 
 How should our souls, on wings of love, 
 Mount upward to the skies ! 
 
 4 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise 
 
 In us the heavenly flame ; 
 Then shall our lips resound thy praise, 
 Our hearts adore thy name. 
 
 5 Dear Saviour, let thy glor\' shine, 
 
 And fill thy dwellings here. 
 Till life, and love, and joy divine, 
 A heaven on earth appear. 
 
 296. C. M. Doddridge. 
 
 Watching for soids. Heb. xln IT 
 
 ET Zion's watchmen all awake, 
 And Take the alarm they give; 
 Now let them, from the mouth ol (icxi, 
 Their awful charge receive. 
 
 L 
 
297 GOSPEL MINlSiri 
 
 2 Ti* not a cause of small import 
 
 The pastor's care demands; 
 But what might fill an angel's aeari. 
 And fiU'd a Saviour's har.ds. 
 
 3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord 
 
 Did heavenly bliss forego; — 
 For souls which must for ever live. 
 In boundless bliss or woe. 
 
 4 All to the great tribunal haste, 
 
 Th' account to render there ; 
 And shouldst thou strictly mark our faulti 
 Lord, where should we appear? 
 
 5 May they that Jesus whom they preach. 
 
 Their own Redeemer see ; 
 And watch thou daily o'er their souls. 
 That ttiey may watch for thee. 
 
 297. CM. Altered. 
 Conclusion of Sabbath worship. 
 
 WELCOME and precious to my soul 
 Are Sabbath-days of love ; 
 But what a glorious rest remains 
 To be enjoyed above ! 
 
 2 There, free from languor, pain, and sin. 
 
 Our weary souls shall rest. 
 With Jesus our exalted King, 
 And be for ever blest. 
 
 3 On these delightful, precious da)^. 
 
 My Lord I 've often seen ; 
 And feasting on his gracious word, 
 In raptures I have been. 
 
 t O if my soul, when death appears, 
 In this sweet frame be found, — 
 I'll clasp my Saviour in my arms. 
 And leave this earthly groimd. 
 
GOSPEL MINISTRY. 296 2^ 
 
 298. C. M. Cowper. 
 The Mysteries of Providence John xiiL 7. 
 
 GOD moves in a mysterious .vay, 
 His wonders to perform ; 
 He plants his footsteps in the sea, 
 Ami rides upon the storm. 
 
 2 Deep in unfathomahle 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 head 
 
 4 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, 
 
 Bui trust him for his grace ; 
 Behind a frowning providence, 
 He hides a smiling face. 
 
 5 His purtx)ses 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. 
 
 299. C. M. Hart. 
 The solemnities of death. 
 
 VAIN men, your fond pursuits forbear! 
 Repent ! your end is nigh : 
 Death, at the farthest, can't be far; 
 01 think before you die. 
 
 2 Reflect! you've each a soul to save; 
 Your sins, how high they mount ! 
 What a.'-e your hopes beyond the grave? 
 Ho»v stands that dark accoijnt i 
 
JOG. 3(ri GOSPEL MINISTRY. 
 
 3 Death enters, and there 's no defence; 
 
 His time there 's none can tell ; 
 He '11 in a moment call you hence, 
 To heaven, or else to hell. 
 
 4 Your flesh, perhaps your chiefest care, 
 
 Shall crawling worms consume , 
 But, ah ! destruction stops not there, 
 Sin kills beyond the tomb. 
 
 5 Today the gospel calls, to-day : 
 
 Sinners, it speaks to you I 
 
 Let every one forsake his way, 
 
 And mercy will ensue; — 
 
 6 Rich mercy, dearly bought with blood, 
 
 How vile soe'er he be; 
 Abundant pardon — peace with God, 
 All given entirely free. 
 
 300. S. M. VV. & B. 
 
 Judgment is disarmed of terror by Fattk 
 jVrOW, ere the tmmpet shakes 
 1^ The mansions of the dead. 
 Hark, from the gosj^el's peaceful voice. 
 
 What joyful tidings spread I 
 
 Ye sinners, seek his grace, 
 
 ' Whose wrath ye cannot bear, 
 Fly to the shelter of his cross, 
 And find salvation there.' 
 
 301. CM. Wesley sCoU. 
 Lord, search our hearts.' 
 
 WE bow before thy gracious throne 
 And think ourselves sincere ; 
 But show us. Lord, is every one 
 Thy real worshipper? 
 
 Is here a soul that knows ihee not, 
 
 Nor feels his want of thoe ? 
 A stranger to the blo<Ml that bought 
 
 His pardon on the tree { 
 
THE rB:NITK.NT. 30f 
 
 8 Convince him now of unbelief. 
 His desperate slate explain ,- 
 And fill iiis heart with sacred grief, 
 And penitential pain. 
 
 i Speak with the voice that wakes the dead 
 And bid the sleeper rise I 
 And make his guilty conscience dread 
 The death that never dies. 
 
 5 He must believe in Christ, or die ; 
 Repent and turn to thee, — 
 Or else in chains of guilt must lie 
 To all eternity. 
 
 THE PENITENT. 
 
 302. CM. 
 False Hope destroyed, — a good one insmred 
 
 MY sins and fears like billows rise, 
 And sweep my hopes away. 
 That prayers and tears w ill e'er suffice 
 My debt of sin to jiay. 
 
 I But while I see the Saviour's veins 
 Pour Ibrth a piu-ple tide, 
 Mv dying hopes revive again 
 iBeneath his bleeding side. 
 
 3 Now let me to this fountain go 
 
 To wash aw ay mv sin : 
 Tb<; sacred streams that from it flow 
 Can make the foulest clean. 
 
 4 Here, waiting at the pool I lie, 
 
 O speak the kind release ; 
 Speak, gracious Saviour, ere I die 
 And bid me go in peace. 
 
803. 304 THE PENITENT. 
 
 303. L.M. 
 
 The Captive struggling to be fret. 
 
 [FEEL the strugglings of desire 
 The value of my soul I feel ; 
 Almighty God, my breast iaspire 
 With coiK]uering faith and holy zeal. 
 
 2 Trembling I stand, and still afraid. 
 That man should see my bosom swell 
 Asham'd to lift my guilty head. 
 Expos'd to all the (lames of hell. 
 
 3 Reasoning I ask, why should I dread 
 The scoff of dying worms like me ? 
 Yet, just as soon could raise the dead, 
 As from this fear myself to free. 
 
 4 Thou whose voice can all control, 
 And set the guilty captive free, — 
 Speak thy salvation to my soul ; 
 Bid me arise, and come to thee. 
 
 5 SpeaK, and my broken chains shall fall, 
 And never bind my soul again ; 
 Speak, and releas'd from sin and thrall, 
 I shall arise and own thy name. 
 
 304. C. M. 
 
 T/ie Prayer of the Penitent. 
 
 TREMBLING 1 stand before the Lord 
 And know not what to do ; 
 My bosom heaves beneath a load. 
 A load of guilt and woe. 
 
 2 WTiere shall I go, or whither flee. 
 
 That I may ease receive ? 
 Divine Redeemer, pity me. 
 O p'ty and forgive I 
 
 3 S{)eak with the voice that wakes the deail. 
 
 And bid my guilt remove; 
 That voice sliall raise my drooping fiead. 
 And leach my heart to love. 
 
THE PENITENT 305. 306, 307 
 
 305. CM. 
 
 Be still and know that I am God, 
 
 BE still I and know that I am God, 
 Before my footstool wait; 
 Whene'er I lift my chast'ning rod, 
 Let guilty rebels quake. 
 
 2 I am Jehovah, I alone 
 
 Can kill and make alive; 
 Sinner, approach my gracious throne, 
 Believe in Christ and live. 
 
 3 Al.iiighty God, I fear thy power, 
 
 And trembling bend to thee; 
 I wait the joy-inspiring hour, 
 When thou shall say, — be free! 
 
 4 Sunk down beneath a guilty load, 
 
 I feel, alas ! undone ; 
 And wait to know thee as my God, 
 In Christ thy only Son. 
 
 5 I hear and ieel thy awful word. 
 
 Through grace 1 will be still, — 
 Be still and know that thou art God ; — 
 Bow to thy sovereign will. 
 
 306. C. M. 
 Prayer of the Penitent. 
 
 JESUS, thou lover of mankind, 
 Who did the church redeem, 
 Wilt thou my captive soul unbind 
 Break off these chains of sin ? 
 
 2 Righteous and true, Lord, thou art 
 In all thy glorious ways; 
 To thee I yield a broken heart — 
 O heal it by thy grace ! 
 
 307. S. M. 
 
 Prayer for Repentance and Faxtk- 
 
 BESTOW, Ahnighty God, 
 The penitent desire ; 
 
M, 30S THE PENITENT. 
 
 And by thy word diffuse abroad. 
 The pure, celestial fire. 
 
 2 Melt down my frozen tieart, 
 And bend my will to thee ; 
 The gift of penitence impart, 
 And set the prisoner free. 
 
 J The conquering faith bestow, 
 The chains of sin unbind ; 
 Now bid the rescued captive go, 
 And leave his guilt behind. 
 
 308. CM. 
 The same. 
 
 ALMIGHTY God, I come to thee. 
 For thou canst all things do, — 
 O take this flinty stone away, 
 My stubborn heart renew. 
 
 2 Melt down to penitential grief, 
 
 The soul that will not grieve; 
 Destroy the power of unbelief. 
 And help me to believe. 
 
 3 This moment, Lord, the gift bestow, 
 
 Nor let me longer wait ; — 
 
 For Jesus' sake bestow it now, 
 
 Lest it should be too late. 
 
 309. CM. 
 Haliivg between two apinions 
 
 CONVINC'D that I against thy throne, 
 A rebel, Lord, have been. 
 Sometimes I'm half inclin'd tc own, 
 And seek relief from sin. 
 
 2 I dread the awful sound, depart 
 Down to the flames of hell I 
 And yet this proud, rebellious heart. 
 Will scarce oiisent to kneel! 
 
THE PENITENT. 310. ?l\ 
 
 t If grace has e'er begun the work. 
 Now, Lord, the work complete ,' 
 If not, O let me feel the stroke. 
 That lays me at thy feet. 
 
 4 Kindly invited to return. 
 Invited, Lord, by thee ; 
 I hasten to thy gracious throne, 
 And bend the suppliant knee. 
 
 ^ O melt this stubborn heart of stone. 
 In thy dissolving blood ! 
 Then shall I bow to thee alone, 
 .\nd yield to Christ my God. 
 
 310. C. M. PART II. 
 
 The surrender. 
 
 O SAVIOUR, help me to resolve. 
 And cause my heart to bleed ; 
 Mav goodness now the stone dissolve. 
 That I may mourn hideed. 
 
 2 Here at thy gracious feet I fall. 
 And struggling to be free, 
 Forsaking sin, and self, and all, 
 I give myself to thee. 
 
 311. S. M. Weslei/s CoU. 
 The PenitenV s prayer aitd surrender 
 
 T' 
 
 Ah I why do I delay ? 
 He calls the wearj' sinner home. 
 And yet from hirn I stay. 
 
 2 What IS it keeps me back, 
 
 From w hich I cannot part ? 
 Which will not let the Saviour lake 
 Possession of my heart? 
 
 3 Jesus, the hindrance show. 
 
 The hindrance now remove 
 With all created things below, 
 I part for thee, ray love. 
 
SIS. 313 THE PENITENT. 
 
 312. S. M. Wesley's ColL 
 The breath of Repentance. 
 
 O THAT I could repent! 
 O that I could believe ! 
 Thou by thy voice the marble rent, 
 The rock in sunder cleave. 
 2 Saviour and Prince of peace, 
 The double grace bestow ; 
 Unloose the bamJs of wickedness, 
 And let the captive go. 
 2 Grant me my sins to feel, 
 
 And then the load remove ; 
 Wound, and pour in, my wounds to hea^. 
 The balm of pardoning love. 
 
 313. L. M. Anon. 
 Moral inability lamenl>:d. 
 
 HOW sad 's my state ! — I know not how 
 To please the Lord, or do his will- 
 Myself and God I want to know. 
 Yet ignorant of both am still. 
 
 2 I mourn, because I cannot mourn ; 
 I grieve, because I cannot grieve ; 
 I hate my sins, but cainiot lurn : 
 
 1 hear the truth, yet can't btliove. 
 
 3 Helpless am I, and self-condemn'd ; 
 Incurable I see my wound ; 
 
 I'd come to Thee, but am asham'd — 
 O, where shall help for me be found ? 
 
 i Where shall so great a sinner run ? 
 Dangers on every side I see \ — 
 I am undone, undone, undone I 
 Unless the Saviour comes to me. 
 
 5 Let pity move thee to appear. 
 Sinner-receiving Son of God ; 
 In my behalf be kindly near, 
 And quench my cr^-ing sias with blood. 
 
THE PENITENT. 314 311 
 
 314. CM. 
 Lord, I believe ; help thou mine unbelief. 
 
 ROUS'D by ih' gospel's powerful sound, 
 O'erwhelm'd with guilt and shame ; 
 Where shall the soothing balm be fbimd, 
 
 Balm to relieve my pain ? 
 Great God ! I've wander'd wide astray 
 
 From thy instruction given, 
 Nor can I find the narrow way, 
 That leads the soul to heaven. 
 
 3 that I had thy word obey'd. 
 
 And early sought thy face I 
 
 Spirit divine ' afford thine aid , 
 
 Bestow the pard'ning grace 
 
 4 'Tis thine the message to impart. 
 
 The wanderer to engage, — 
 Thine to relieve the broken heart. 
 And all its grieis assuage. 
 
 5 Guilty, beneath thy feet I lie. 
 
 And anxious seek relief; 
 Doom'd to eternal death, f cry 
 ' Help thou mine unbelief" 
 
 6 Thy word proclaims, ' there yet is rcxMC 
 
 For burden'd souls that come ; 
 0. burst my sin-inclosing tomb ! — 
 Release, and bring me home. 
 
 315. S. M. Cotvper 
 ITie Sfiining Light 
 
 Y former hopes are fled. 
 My terror now begins; 
 feel, alas ! that I am dead 
 In trespasses and sins. 
 Ah, whither shall I fly? 
 1 hear the thunder roar; 
 The law proclaims destruction mgh. 
 And vengeance at the door. 
 
 M 
 
6l6, 317 THE PENITENT 
 
 3 When 1 review my ways, 
 I dread impending doom; 
 
 But sure a friendly whisper says, 
 ' Flee from the wrath to come.' 
 
 4 I see, or thmk 1 see, 
 
 A gUmm'ring from afar ; 
 A beam of day that shines for me, 
 To save me from despair. 
 
 5 Forerunner of the sun, 
 
 It marks the pilgrim's way ; 
 I'll gaze upon it while I run. 
 And watch the rising day. 
 
 316. L. M. W.&B. 
 Tlie weary and heavy laden. Matt, xi 
 
 OTHAT my load of sin were gone ' 
 O that I could, at last, submit 
 At Jesus' feet to lay me downi. 
 To lay my soul at Jesus' feet I 
 
 2 When shall my eyes behold the Lamb, 
 The God of my salvation see ? 
 Weary with struggling, ly)rd, I am, 
 And yet I cannot come to thee. 
 
 3 Rest for iny soul 1 long to (ind. 
 Saviour, if mine, indeed, thou art. 
 Give me thy meek and lowly mind, 
 And stamp "thine image on my heart. 
 
 4 Ocome! the drooping sinner cheer. 
 Nor let thy chariot wheels delay ; 
 Appear, in my p(X)r heart, appear, 
 My God, my Saviour, cjme away. 
 
 317. C. M. Rippnn's Seloction 
 Humble pleadings for mercy. 
 
 LORD, at thv feet we sinners lie. 
 And knock at mercy's door ; 
 With heavy heart, and downcast eye, 
 Thv favour w implo'-e 
 
THE PENITENT 318 
 
 2 We sink, with all this weight oppresl. 
 
 Sink down to death and hell : 
 O, give our troubled spirits rest, 
 Our numerous fears dispel. 
 
 3 Tis mercy, mercy, we implore ; 
 
 O let thy bowels move ! 
 Thy grace is an exhaustless store 
 And thou thyself art love. 
 
 4 O, for thy own, for Jesus' sake. 
 
 Our many sins forgive ; 
 Thy grace our rocky hearts can break , 
 And, breaking, sorn relieve. 
 
 5 Thus melt us down, thus make us bend. 
 
 And thy dominion own ; 
 
 Nor let a rival more pretend 
 
 To repossess thy throne. 
 
 318. S. M. Newton. 
 The Pool of Bethesda. John v. 2—4. 
 
 BESIDE the gospel pool 
 Appointed for the poor. 
 
 From day to day, my helpless soul 
 Has waited for a cure. 
 
 How often have I seen 
 
 The healing waters move ; 
 And others, round me, stepping in. 
 
 Their efficacy prove ! 
 
 But my complaints remain ; 
 
 I feel the very same; 
 As full of guilt, and fear, and pain. 
 
 As when at first I came. 
 
 How often have I thought. 
 
 Why should 1 longer lie I 
 Surely, the mercy I have sought 
 
 Is not for such as I. 
 
 Yet still, from day to day, 
 
 I'll wait, and hope, and try; 
 C in Jesus hear a sinner pray 
 
 Yet suffer him to die ? 
 
S]9, 320 THE PENITENT. 
 
 6 No : he is full of grace, 
 And ne^er will permit 
 The soul that fain would see his face 
 To perish at his feet 
 
 319. C. M. \Vesleij\« CoU. 
 The deceived soul's acknowledgment. 
 
 LONG have I seem'd to serve thee, Lord, 
 With unavailing pain ; 
 Fasted and pray'd, and read thy word 
 And heard it preach'd in vain. 
 
 2 Oft did I vvith th' assembly join, 
 
 And near thine altar drew ; 
 
 A form of godliness was mine, 
 
 The power I never knew. 
 
 3 I rested in the outward law, 
 
 Nor saw its deep design, 
 The length and breadth I never saw. 
 And height of love divine. 
 
 4 To please thee thus, at length I see. 
 
 Vainly I hop'd and strove ; 
 For what are outward things to thee. 
 Unless they spring from love ? 
 V Where am I now, or what 's my hope ? 
 What can my weakness do i 
 Jesus I to thee my soul looks up, 
 'Tis thou must make it new. 
 
 320. L. M. Watts. 
 The penitent pleading for pardon. Psalm h 
 
 SHOW pity. Lord, O Lord, forgive. 
 Let a repenting rebel live ; 
 Are not thy mercies large and free ? 
 May not a sinner trust in thee ? 
 f O wash my soul from every sin. 
 And make my guilty conscienoe cl 
 Here on mv heart the iiurden lies. 
 And past oiffeiices pnin nune eves* 
 
THE PENITENT 321 , 32S 
 
 S My hps, witn shame, my sins confess. 
 Against thy law, against thy grace ; 
 Lord, should thv judgments grow severe, 
 I am coiidemn'd, but ihou art dear. 
 
 4 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 
 
 5 Vet, save a trembling sinner, Lord, 
 Whose hope, still hovering round thy woid, 
 Would light on some sweet promise there. 
 Some sure support against despair. 
 
 32L CM. 
 Sin acknowledged and forsaken for Ch'ist. 
 
 BENEATH thy sacred, awful feet, 
 A WTetch, dear Saviour, lies, 
 And upwards to the mercy-seat,' 
 Extends his faltering cries. 
 
 2 He owns his sins, of thought, ant. dee*, 
 
 Of heart, and life, and tongue ; 
 So great his guilt, he "s nought to plead. 
 But feels, alas ! undone. 
 
 3 U spare mo. Lord, and let me live 
 
 A monument of grace ; 
 Forgive my numerous sins, forgive. 
 
 And bid me go in peace. 
 t Hast thou not said. ' who all forsake 
 
 ' Shall be from sin set free V 
 A willing sacriHce 1 make 
 
 Of all, my Lord, for thee. 
 
 322. L. M. Altered. 
 Seek the Lord, and ye shall live. Amoe v. 4 
 
 IORD, at thy feet I prostrate fall, 
 i Oppress'd with guilt, to thee I call ! 
 R^eal thy pard'ning love to me. 
 A«« ' set my captive spirit free 
 
J23 PRAYER. 
 
 8 Hasl thou not said, ' seek ye rny face . 
 The invitation 1 embrace ; 
 I '11 seek thy face, thy Spirit give 
 O let me set thy face and live. 
 
 3 I'll wait, perhaps my Lord may come. 
 If back I turn, hell is my doom ; 
 Here begging in his way I '11 lie. 
 
 Till Christ, the Saviour, passeth by. 
 
 4 1 '11 seek his face, with cries and tears, 
 With secret sighs and fervent prayers, 
 And if not heard, 1 '11 wailing sit. 
 And perish at his sacred feet. 
 
 5 But canst thou. Lord, see all my pain. 
 And bid me see)', thy face in vain .' 
 Thy word has said — it can't deceive — 
 
 • Seek thou my face, and thou shall iiv* 
 
 PRAYER. 
 
 323. C. M. Mojitgnmery. 
 The nature of Prayer. 
 
 PRAYER IS the soul's sincere desire 
 Utter'd or unexprest , 
 The strugslings that to God aspire 
 
 Within the human breast. 
 Prayer is the simplest form of speech. 
 
 That infant lip can try; 
 Prayer, the sul)limest straias that reach 
 The Majesty on high. 
 
 3 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voire 
 
 lieturning from his ways; 
 W hile angels in their songs rejoice, 
 And cr)',— 'behold, he prays !' 
 
 4 Pmyer is the (Christian's vital breath. 
 
 The Christian's native air; 
 His watch-word at the gate of death— 
 He ••nters heaven with oray*^"- 
 
PRAYER 
 
 S O Thou . by whom we come to God, 
 The life, the truth, the \vay< — 
 The path of prayer thyself hast trmi — 
 O, teach us how to pray I 
 
 324. 7'3. Relief Hymnx 
 Intercession of the Spirit 
 
 HOLY Spirit, from on high. 
 Come, thy aid to us supply ; 
 
 By thy influence, now prepare 
 
 Humble hearts for fervent prayer. 
 8 Dove-like Spirit, now descend, 
 
 With our thoughts and feelings blend; 
 
 Thou, alone, canst teach ahvay 
 
 What to pray for — how to pray. 
 3 Come, inspiring fervent prayer, 
 
 Be our heavenly Monitor ; 
 
 Thought and speech of our's may err, 
 
 Be thou our Interpreter. 
 
 325. C. M. 
 
 The Efficacy of Prayer. 
 
 COME, let us lift the voice of prayei. 
 Up to our God on hich I 
 No trembling sinnrr need despair — 
 Delivering grace is nigh 
 
 2 Prayer's not confin'd by walls of stone 
 
 ]\or bound by iron rliains ; 
 It rises to th eternal tlirctnc, 
 The thntne where Jesus reigns. 
 
 3 The prayer of faith the sick shall heal, 
 
 The broken heart shall hmd ; 
 The hidden truth of God reveal 
 
 To soothe the troubled mind 
 1 The prayer of faith makes rebels shak» 
 
 And seek to be fjrgiven ; 
 The cords of sin a.sunder break. — 
 
 KxiMiids the gate of heaven 
 
82fi. 327. 328 rRAVER. 
 
 6 'Twas prayer that lock'd the iions' jaiw«, 
 And prayer rostrair/d the flame; 
 'Tis prayer that all our blessings drawt 
 From heaven in Jesus" name. 
 
 6 Yet, not on our pwor pravers alone, 
 O God have we relied ; — 
 Great Advocate before the throne 
 To thee we all confide. 
 
 326. CM. 
 7%e Request. 
 
 OTHOU, who didst for sinners die- 
 Grani me this one Request, 
 For ever al thy feet to lie, 
 Or lean upon thy breast. 
 
 2 No strength have I to walk or stand, 
 Just nothing can I do, — 
 O hold me. Saviour, with thy hand. 
 And never let me go. 
 
 327. Ts. 
 Fervent Fraijer In the Trinity 
 
 FATHER, in the dust we lie. 
 Upwards send the ardent cry. 
 Nought besides can satisfy. 
 Give us Christ or else we die. 
 
 2 Shed the Holy Spirit down. 
 Shed Him, Lord, on every one; 
 Father, Son, and Holy Gliost, 
 Now restore what Adam lost. 
 
 328. L. M. 
 Prayer and Pleading. 
 
 UP to the throne where Jesus reigns. 
 And scatters beams of light and joy 
 To God, who all the world sustains. 
 Come, let us lift the voice of prayer 
 
8 He sweetens every heaving sigh, 
 And hears ihe anxious sinner's groan; 
 O lot our thoughts and wishes ily, 
 In strong petitions lo his throne. 
 
 3 Perfum'd with sacred, heavenly blood, 
 , Fatiier. I send my cries to thee. — 
 
 Dispel this gloom — remove this load. — 
 In Christ may I accepted be. 
 
 4 His blood I plead, for nought I know 
 Bes.des, a sinking soul can find 
 
 To ea.se the heart opprest with woe. 
 And sofjthe the sorrows of the mind. 
 
 r 
 
 329. S. M. Wesley's CoLL 
 
 Prayer and Watchfulness. 
 
 HE pra^nng spirit breathe, 
 
 The watchful power impart; 
 From all entanglements beneath, 
 Call off my roving heart. 
 
 2 Mv feeble mind sustain, 
 
 JBy worldly thoughts opprest; 
 Appear, and bid me turn again 
 To my eternal rest. 
 
 3 Swift to my rescue come, 
 
 Thine own this moment seize. 
 Gather my wandering spirit home, 
 And keep in perfect peace. 
 
 4 Suffer'd no more to rove 
 
 O'er all the earth abroad ; 
 Arrest the prisoner of thy love. 
 And shut me up in God. 
 
 330. L. IM. Cowper. 
 F.Thnrlalion lo Prayer. 
 
 WHAT various hindrances we me«^, 
 In coming to the mercy-seat ! 
 Yet who, that knows the worth of praver 
 But wishes to be often there ' 
 
831 332 PRAYER. 
 
 2 Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraWr 
 Prayer ciimbs the ladder Jacob saw, 
 Gives exercise to failh and love, 
 
 Brings every blessing from above. 
 
 3 Restraining prayer we cease to fight : 
 Prayer makes the Christian's armour bright, 
 And Satan trembles when fie sees 
 
 The weakest saint upon his knees. 
 
 4 Were half the breath that 's vamly spent. 
 To heaven in supplication sent, — 
 
 Our cheerful song would oftener be, 
 * Hear what the Lord has done for me ." 
 
 331. CM. Medley. 
 At opening a Prayer Meeting. 
 
 THE hour of prayer once more is corae; 
 Once more, O Lord, we meet ; 
 Thanks to thy name, there yet is room. 
 To bow before thy seat. 
 
 2 The faith and hope, the joy and love. 
 
 Of all thy saints increase ; 
 Hardness and prejudice remove. 
 And fill our hearts with peace. 
 
 3 The sick, the weak, and those confin'd. 
 
 Upon our hearts we bear ; 
 May they be to thy will resign'd, 
 And thy compassion share. 
 
 1 Father! assist their souls, who may 
 Upon thee farther call ; 
 Banish the fear of man away, 
 And smile upon us all. 
 
 332. CM Wesley's CoH 
 The same subject 
 
 SHEPHERD Divine, our wanta reUev* 
 In this our evil day ; 
 To all thy tempted Ibl lowers gi\'e 
 The powei tc wauh and pray 
 
PRAYER. 3:^3. 33s 
 
 2 Long as our fiery trials last, 
 
 lx>ng as the cnjss we bear, 
 O let our souls on thee be cast 
 In never-ceasing prayer. 
 
 3 Till thou thy perfect love impart 
 
 Till thou thyself bestow, 
 Be tliis the cry of every heart, 
 ' I will not let thee go.' 
 
 333. C. M. Wesleifs Uvll. 
 Prayer for Tendtrness, and H' atchfulneu 
 
 aUICK as the apple of an eye, 
 O God, my conscience make , 
 Awake my soul when sin is nigh. 
 And keep it still awake. 
 
 2 If to the right or left I stray. 
 That moment, Lord, rej)rove. 
 And let me weep from dav to day 
 For having griev'd thy love. 
 
 J O may the least omission pain 
 My well-instructed soul, 
 And drive me to the blood again. 
 That makes the wounded whole. 
 
 334. S. M. Wesley s Coll. 
 Prayer for toaiifa to be reliex^d 
 
 JESUS, my strength, my hope. 
 On thee I cast my care. 
 With humble confidence look up. 
 And know thou hearest prayer. 
 
 2 Give me a sober mind, 
 
 A self-renouncing will 
 That tramples down am' casts behinfl 
 The baits of pleasing ill : — 
 
 3 .\ soul inurf'd to pain, 
 
 To hardship, grief, and loss; 
 Bold lo take u{) — lirm lo sustain 
 The consecrated cross. 
 
15 336, 337 prayk* 
 
 4 G ve me a godly fear, 
 
 A quick discerning eye 
 Thai looks to thee when danger 's near 
 And sees the tempter fly : — 
 
 5 A spirit still prepar'd. 
 
 And arm'd with jealous care, 
 For ever standing on its guard, 
 4.nd watching unto prayer. 
 
 335. PART II. 
 
 1WANT a heart to pray, 
 To pray and never cease, 
 Never to murmur at thy stay, 
 Nor wish my sufferings less: — 
 
 2 A jealous, just concern 
 For thy immortal praise ; 
 A pure desire that all may learn, 
 Arxd glorify thy grace. 
 
 336. L. M. Wesley's Coll. 
 SeeMng Blessiiigs from Jesus 
 
 JESUS, I fain would walk in thee. 
 From nature's every path retreat; 
 Thou art my way, my leader be, 
 And set upon the rock my feet. 
 
 2 Uphold me, Saviour, or I fall, — 
 
 O reach me out thy gracious hand ' 
 On thee alone for help I call. 
 Alone by faith in thee 1 stand. 
 
 3 O thou, my Saviour, brother, friend. 
 On whom I cast my every care ; 
 On whom for all things I depend. 
 Inspire, and then accept my prayer. 
 
 337. C M. Altered. 
 Acknowledgmeul and Feti/ioK. 
 
 AUTHOR of gfxnl ! to thee 1 turn 
 . Mv anxious longing eyes; 
 
PRAYER. 338, 33VJ 
 
 For thou canst all my wants discern 
 And grant nie rich supplies. 
 
 2 O let thy fear within me dwell, 
 
 Thy love my io<it.sicps guide ; 
 That love, shall sinliil loves expel, 
 That fear, all fears beside. 
 
 3 Since oft. by error's baits alhir'd. 
 
 My blind, my stubborn will. 
 Madly rejects the solid good, 
 And grasps the tenipting ill ; — 
 
 i Not to my wish, but to my wants, 
 Do thou thy gifts apply, — 
 Unask'd, what good thou knowest, grari, 
 What ill, though ask'd, deny. 
 
 338. C. M. S(e£le. 
 The Recjucst. 
 
 FATHER, whate'er of earthly bliss 
 Thy sovereign will denies. 
 Accepted at thy throne of grace. 
 Let this petiiion rise : — 
 
 8 'Give me a calm and thankful heart, 
 ' From ever\' murmur free ; 
 'The blessings of thy grace impart, 
 •And make me live to thee: 
 
 3 ' Let the sweet hoj^e that thou art mine, 
 • My life and death attend ; 
 * Thy "presence through my journey shine 
 And crow n my journey's end.' 
 
 339. S. M. JVeslei/'s Coll. 
 Inability, and Trust iri God 
 
 MYSELF I cannot save. 
 Myself I cannot keep ; 
 I seek for help in thee alone 
 Whose eyelids never sleep 
 
?40 341 PRAYER. 
 
 2 To thee, Almighty God, 
 
 My soul I dare commi-v^ • 
 
 For Jesus having lov'd his o«*K, 
 
 He loves them to the end. 
 
 340. C. M. Wesley's Coll 
 A Prayer for Purity of Heart, 
 
 JESUS, thy all-victorious love 
 Shed in my heart abroad ; 
 Then shall my feet no longer rove, 
 Hooted and fixt in Goo. 
 
 2 O that it now from heaven may fall, 
 
 \nd all my sins consume I 
 Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call, 
 Spirit of burning, come! 
 
 3 Refinmg fire, go through niy heart. 
 
 Illuminate my soul. 
 Diffuse thy life through every part, 
 And purify the whole. 
 
 341. C. M. Wesley's Coll. 
 'Hie Image of Christ desired. 
 
 FOR a heart to jiraise my God, 
 
 o 
 
 A heart from sin set free 
 A heart that always feels thy blood. 
 So freely spilt lor me! 
 
 2 .-K heart resign'd, submissive, meek, 
 My great Roilocmer's throne ; 
 Where only Christ is heard to speak 
 Where Jesus reigns alone : — 
 
 ? An humble, lowly, contrite heart. 
 Believing, true, and clean; 
 Which neither life nor death can pan 
 From him that dwells within: — 
 
 i A heart In every thought renew'd. 
 And full of love divine; 
 Perfect, and riirlit, ami pure, and good, 
 A copv, Ia rd, of ihitip 
 
PRAYER 342, 34: 
 
 » Thy tender heart is still the same, 
 And melts at human woe; 
 Testis, I long to know thy name. 
 And all thy mercy show 
 
 342. CM. 
 The Desired Blessing. Prov. xxx. 8. 
 
 FATHER, I how before thy throne, 
 To thee address my prayer ; 
 Though all my wants to thee are known, 
 I love to hsp them there. 
 
 2 Pure, meek, and patient, may I be, 
 
 To thy commands inclin'd ; 
 From every murmur kept for thee 
 To all thy will resign'd. 
 
 3 Kindly removed from wealth and want, 
 
 My simple need supplied : — 
 This blessing. Heavenly Father, grant 
 And I am satisfied. 
 
 343. vS. M. Newton. 
 Jesus on the Throne of Grace 
 
 BEHOLD the throne of grace ! 
 The promise calls me near; 
 There Jesus shows a smiling face. 
 And waits to answer prayer. 
 
 2 That rich atoning blood, 
 
 Which sprinkled round I see. 
 Provides for those who come to God, 
 An all-prevailing plea. * 
 
 3 Mv soul, ask what thou wilt. 
 
 Thou canst not be too bold ; 
 Since his o\\i\ blood for thee he epilL 
 What else can he withhold ? 
 
 i Beyond thy utmost wants. 
 
 His love and power can bless; 
 To praying .souls he always grants 
 More than they can express 
 12 
 
M4, 345 PRAYER. 
 
 5 Thine image, Loid, bestow. 
 
 Thy presence anrl thy love, 
 
 I ask to serve ihee here below 
 
 And reign with *hee above. 
 
 6 Teach me to live by faith. 
 
 Conform my will to thine; 
 Let me victorious be in death, 
 And then in glory shine. 
 
 344 C. M. Newton. 
 The Effort. 
 
 APPROACH, my soul, the mercy-eea t 
 Where Jesus answers prayer; 
 There humbly fall before his feet. 
 For none can perish there. 
 
 2 Thy promise is my only plea, 
 
 With this I ventm-e nigh ; 
 Thou callest burden'd souls to thee, 
 And such, O Lord, am L 
 
 3 Be thou my shield and hiding-place 
 
 That, sheller'd near thy side, 
 I may my fierce accuser face, 
 And tell him, 'Jesus died.' 
 
 4 O wondrous love I to bleed and die, 
 
 To bear the cross and shame. 
 That guilty sinners, such as I, 
 Might plead his gracious name. 
 
 5 'Poor tempest-tossed soul, be still, 
 
 •My promis'd grace receive;' 
 'Tis Jesus speaks — I must, I will, 
 1 can, I do believe. 
 
 345. 7's. JSewton. 
 Ask what I shall give Ihee. 1 Kings iii. 5 
 
 (^OME, my soul, thy suit prepare ; 
 J Jesus loves to answer prayer ; 
 He himself has bid thee pray 
 Therefoje will not say thee nay. 
 
9« 
 
 2 Thou art coming to a King, 
 Large petitions with thee bring; 
 For his grace and power are such, 
 None can ever ask too much. 
 
 3 With my burden I begin, 
 Lord, remove this load of sin ; 
 Let thy blood lor sinners spilt, 
 Set ray conscience free li-oin guilu 
 
 4 Lord, I come to thee for rest, 
 Take possession of mv breast ; 
 There thy blood-bought right maintain, 
 And without a rival reigni. 
 
 5 While I am a pilgrim here, 
 Let thy love my spirit cheer: 
 
 As my guide, my guard, my friend, 
 Lead me to my journey's end. 
 
 6 Show me what I have to do. 
 Every hour my strength renew; 
 Let me live the life of faith, 
 Let me die thy people's death. 
 
 346. L. M. Altered. 
 The presence of Christ makes worship sweeL 
 
 HOW sweet to leave the world a while. 
 And seek the presence of our Ix>rd ! 
 Dear Saviour, on ihy people smile, 
 And come, according to thy word 
 
 2 from busy scenes we now retreat, 
 That we may hert. converse with thee ; 
 Saviour, behold us at thv feet — 
 Let this the gate of heaven be. 
 
 S 'Chief of ten thousand,' now appear; 
 Bestow thy animating grace; 
 Give every soul thy voice to hear, 
 And with thy presence CU the place. 
 
347 348 PRAVKR 
 
 Sir C. M. Medley. 
 O Lord, revive thy work. Hab. iii 2. 
 
 GREAT God I inrline thy gracious ear. 
 And hear ihy cliildren's cry; 
 In mercy for our help appear, 
 Nor let our comforts die. 
 
 2 In this sad, dark, and gloomy day, 
 
 O keep our faith alive ; 
 Remove our loads of guilt away ; 
 ♦ And all thy work revive.' 
 
 3 Revive thy work within us all, 
 
 In holy peace and love ; 
 
 And let thy Spirit on us fall, 
 
 In blessings from above. 
 
 4 Then shall we flourish like the vine> 
 
 Refresh'd, and made to thrive ; 
 And all the glory shall be thine. 
 Who dost thy work revive. 
 
 348. L. M. Altered. 
 For a church in a low condition. Psalm li 18. 
 
 FATHER of mercies! from thy throne 
 Look with an eye of pity down, 
 On us thy church in deep distress, 
 And all our numorous woes redress. 
 
 2 We call to mind the happier days 
 
 Of life and love, of prayer and praise,* 
 
 When holy services gave birth 
 
 To joys, resembling heaven on earth. 
 
 3 But now the ways of Zion rnourn, 
 Her gates neglected and forlorn; 
 
 Our joy and l!Volincs.s are fled, ^ 
 
 And we are languid, cold, and dead. 
 
 4 Near to each other, and to thee, 
 Fallierl we ask heiicetJirth lo be;— 
 O, jKdir tliy Spirit fnnn on hiixh, 
 And all our numerous wants supply 
 
^9, 350 351 
 
 :i19. L. M. 
 O Lord, revive thy work. Ilab. iii. 2. 
 
 REVIVE thy work. Almighty Lord ! 
 Extend tlie coriquesls of thy sword ; 
 Ercrt thy throne in ever}' heart, 
 And hid each idol hence depart. 
 Spirit divine I thy erace diffuse , 
 Thy influence shed like heavenly Jew8 
 To make our drooping graces thrive; — 
 O gracious Lord I thy work revive. 
 .\ttracl with cor-ds of love divine, 
 These feeble, wanderinsr sheep of thine. 
 On thy rich pastures make them thrive ; 
 E'en now, thy gracious work revive. 
 Revive thy work, triumphant King! 
 Attune our lips thy praise to sing, 
 Our dying spark of love inflame, 
 And claim all glory to thy name. 
 
 3.50. L. M. W. & B. 
 
 Seeking direction in the choice of a Pastor- 
 
 FATHER of mercies, bend thine ear, 
 Thy servants' groans indulgent hear, 
 Perplext, distrest, to ihec we cr)'. 
 And seek the guidance of thine eye. 
 With longing eyes, behold, we wait, 
 In suppliant crowds, at mercy's gate, 
 Our drooping' hearts, O God, sustain 
 Nor let us seek thy face in vain. 
 O Lord, in ways of peace return. 
 Nor let thy flock neglected mourn ; 
 May our blest eves a pastor see, 
 Dear to ourselves and dear to thee. 
 
 351. L. M. Hart. 
 Pray without ceasing. 1 Thess. v. 17. 
 
 PR.\Y I' says the word, ' and never cease, 
 h' faith, and hope, and love sincere, 
 
Sf>2, 353 PRAYER. 
 
 Pray, till tnese graces all increase. 
 Ami still be found in fervent pra5'er. 
 
 2 Long ad they live should Christians pray, 
 For only while they pray they live ; 
 Their wants shall teach "them what to say, 
 And prayer shall all those wants relieve. 
 
 3 'Tis prayer supports the soul that 's weak. 
 Though thought be broken — language laaie. 
 Pray if you can, or cannot, speak. 
 
 But pray with faith in Jesus' name. 
 
 4 Depend on him — you cannot fail : 
 Make all your wants and wishes known 
 Fear not — his merits must prevail ; 
 Ask what you will, it shall be done. 
 
 352. C. M. 
 
 Prayer, and Dpdicalion to Christ. 
 
 IVrOW to the throne of grace I'll go 
 1^ To pour my sorrows there ; 
 And tell the Saviour all my woe. 
 Who loves to answer prayer. 
 
 2 The interceding spirit give. 
 
 The power of faith impart ; 
 Speak. Lord, and bid uie rise and live. 
 Renew and claim my heart. 
 
 3 Saviour, I feel the conquering power. 
 
 To thee I now resign ; 
 I yield my heart, — and from this hour, 
 1 would be wholly thine. 
 
 353. CM W &B. 
 A destilnfe Church seeking to God. 
 O thee, God, when creatures fail. 
 
 T 
 
 Thy flo>;k deserted flies; 
 And on th' eternal Shepherd's care 
 Our cheerful hope relies. 
 
PRA fER. ?54. 356 
 
 2 Exert thy sacred influence here. 
 
 And here thy suppliants bless; 
 And change to strains of cheerful praise, 
 Their accents of distress. 
 
 3 With faithful heart, with skilful hand, 
 
 May this thy flock be fed ! 
 And with a steady, growing pace, 
 To Zion's mountain led. 
 
 354. C. M. Stetle. 
 f, n Appeal to a Mediator, in view of National JuagmenU 
 
 CIOME, let our souls adore the Lord, 
 y Whose judgments vet delay. 
 Who yet suspends the lifted sword. 
 And gives us leave to pray. 
 
 2 Great is our guilt, our fears are great; 
 
 But let us not despair; 
 Still open is the mercy-seat, 
 To penitence and prayer. 
 
 3 Kind Intercessor ! to thy love 
 
 This blessed hope we owe ; 
 O let thy merits plead al)Ove, 
 While we implore below. 
 
 4 O gracious God, for Jesus' sake 
 
 Attend our humble cry I 
 Nor let the kindlmg vengeance break 
 Destructive from thine eye. 
 
 5 Though justice near thy awful throne 
 
 Awaits thy dread command. 
 Lord, hear thy servants, hear thy Son, 
 And save a guilty land! 
 
 355. CM. 
 Children dedicated to God in Scnptural form 
 
 F^ XALTED Prince, thou Prince of peace .' 
 J Behold our children here ; 
 .\nd with ihy word, impart thv grace. 
 That they ma»- leTn thy fear. 
 
&6 PRAYER. 
 
 2 Our offspring we would thus present. 
 To thy coinpnssiou, Lord ; 
 O let thy sov'reign grace prevent 
 Their choosing folly's road. 
 2 Conduct them through a world of care*. 
 And keep thtMU near to thee; 
 From sin's seducing baits and snares, 
 Teach them, O Lord, to flee. 
 
 4 Their parents bless with heavenly skill, 
 
 Their lender minds to sway 
 And bow each restiff stubborn will. 
 Thy precepts to obey. 
 
 5 And when our toils on earth are done. 
 
 And thou shalt bid us come, 
 Grant us the plaudit of ' Well done,' 
 And take our children home. 
 
 356. C. M. Rippon's Selection. 
 Prayer for children. 
 
 GREAT God, now condescend 
 To bless our rising race ; 
 Soon may their willing spirits bend 
 To thy triumphant grace 
 f O what a vast delight. 
 Their happiness to see ! 
 Our warmest wishes all unite, 
 To lead their souls to thee. 
 
 3 Thy gracious Spirit pour 
 Upon our infant seed ; 
 
 bring the long'd for happy hour. 
 That makes them free indeed. 
 
 4 May thev receive thy word, 
 Confess the Saviour's name; 
 
 Then follow their despised Lord, 
 Through the baptismal stream. 
 
 5 Thus let our favour'd race 
 Surround thy sacred board. 
 
 There to adore thy sovereign grac«, 
 And sing their Saviour God 
 
CHRISTIAN TESTIMONTf. 261 358 
 
 357. CM. Williams. 
 CalinJiess and T/iankfnlness desired. 
 
 WHILST thoe I seek, protecting Power 
 Be mv vain wishes still'd ; 
 And may this consecrated hour 
 With better hopes be fiUd. 
 
 2 Thy love the power of thought beslow'd, 
 
 T ) thee my thoughts would soar; 
 Th\ jnercy o'er my life has flow'd, 
 That mercy I adore. 
 
 3 In each event of life, how clear 
 
 Thy ruling hand I see ! 
 Each blessing to my soul most dear, 
 Because conferr u by thee. 
 
 4 In every joy that crowns my days, 
 
 In every pain I bear, 
 My heart shall find delight in praise, 
 Or seek relief in prayer. 
 
 5 UTien gladness wings my favour'd hour 
 
 Thy love my thoughts shall fill ; 
 Resign'd when storms of sorrow lower, 
 My soul shall meet thy will. 
 
 6 Mv lifted eye without a tear 
 
 *rhe gathering stoiTn shall see; 
 My steadfast heart shall know no fear 
 That heart shall rest on thee. 
 
 CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY 
 
 358. CM. 
 
 Prepare to meet thy God. 
 
 VjN awful voice of thunder roll'd, 
 " Prepare to meet thy God I" 
 SeizM wiih a solemn drcatl, my sou) 
 Sunk down beneath a load. 
 
35J» CHRISTIAN TESTIMONl 
 
 2 What shall I do to find relief? 
 
 Ah! whither shall 1 flee? 
 Or how be melted into grief? 
 Dear Saviour, pity me! 
 
 3 A word roll'd through mj' throbbing breast 
 
 I am the way to heaven ; 
 
 I am the weary sinner's rest* 
 
 Believe, and be forgiven. 
 
 4 I thought of Jesus when he died; 
 
 The cross, the nail, the spear; 
 
 I thought upon his wounded side, 
 
 And hop'd my guilt was there. 
 
 5 A change was fell through all the soul 
 
 And joy and sorrow flow'd ; 
 
 II made the wounded spirit whole, 
 Reliev'd me of ray load. 
 
 6 O may I never, never grieve, 
 
 My blessed Saviour more ! 
 With stronger faith may I believe, 
 With all my powers adore. 
 
 359. CM. 
 The. Mutual Acts of Hope and Femr 
 
 AS beams of mercy round me 8hoae» 
 To Christ I all resign'd, 
 And guilt, and fear of hell were gone. 
 As faith on him reclin'd. 
 
 2 The hope of everlasting rest. 
 
 My burthen'd heart reliev'd. 
 But soon a fear disturb'd my breast. 
 Lest I should be deceiv'd. 
 
 3 The different acts of hope and fe«. 
 
 While they themselves contend, 
 Awake the fervency of prayer. 
 And both my soul befriend. 
 
 4 Does unbelief mine eye bedira f 
 
 Fear hastes to seek relieC 
 
CHKKT'/N TESTIMONY. 360 361 
 
 And thence my hope revives again. 
 And triumphs o'er its grief. 
 
 5 The hope of his approving smile, 
 
 Fear of his chastening rod. 
 Move and assist us ail the while. 
 To intercourse with God 
 
 6 This filial fear, O Lord, increase. 
 
 All hurtful fears remove; 
 (irant me from sin a full release. 
 And fill me with thy love. 
 
 360. S. M. 
 Coming before the Church. 
 
 JESUS, thou hast advis'd 
 All needy souls to come 
 To thee, and yield to be baptis'd. 
 And make thy church their home. 
 
 Obedient to thy call, 
 
 I come to Zion now, 
 To o\\-n that ihou art all in all, 
 
 And do thy will below. 
 
 3 O, I remember well. 
 
 When lost to all that 's good. 
 And sinking to the flames of hell, 
 How I was sav'd by blood. 
 
 4 Dissolv'd in pious grief, 
 
 And venting broken sighs ; 
 I look'd to thee and found relief, 
 And wip'd my streaming eyes. 
 
 6 Saviour, if then I felt 
 
 The pangs of pious grief. 
 Now make my callous bosom melt. 
 And grant renew'd relief. 
 
 361. C. M. 
 
 The sweetness of Repentance. 
 ^WEET were the tears that once I shed, 
 ^ Sweet their remembrance now ; 
 
362 CHRISTIAN TESTIMONY. 
 
 Twos when by faith I saw Him bleed. 
 To whom my life I owe 
 
 2 Not all the tears that sitmers shed, 
 
 Could ever give repose ; 
 The voice of God awakes the dead, 
 And goodness conquers ibes. 
 
 3 Yet when I feel that he is good, 
 
 I'm melted to the ground, 
 And find in Chribt's atoning blood 
 " A balm for every wound." 
 
 4 O then how pleasing 'tis to weep! 
 
 O'erwhelm'd with grateful grief; 
 The tear of penitence is sweet, 
 And always brings relief 
 
 362. S. M. 
 We love Him, because He first Loved 
 
 I LOVE my Saviour Go<l, 
 Because he first lov'd me ; 
 Because he shed his precious blood, 
 To set my spirit free. 
 
 2 'Twas love my bosom felt, 
 
 And made me wipe my eyes. 
 When low before his throne I knelt. 
 To pour my feeble cries. 
 
 3 Touch'd by his dying love, 
 
 I melted into grief; 
 Swift on the wings of love he mov'd. 
 And brought me sweet relief 
 
 4 With my whole heart I love 
 
 The God that lov'd and bled ; 
 Who left the shining realms above. 
 And sufTcr'd in my stead 
 
 5 Who can forbear to love 
 
 A God so goo<l and kind ? 
 
 Sure he is worthy to l)e lov'd 
 
 By me and aU matikind. 
 
CHRISTIAN TEST.MONY. 363 3b 
 
 363. S. M. IStennelL 
 Prahe for Conversion. Psalm Ixvi 16. 
 
 COME, ye that fear the Lord, 
 And listen, while I tell, 
 How narrowly my feet est ap'o 
 The snares of death and hell. 
 
 Darkness, and shame, and grief, 
 
 Oppress'd my gloomy mnid ; 
 I look'd around me for relief, 
 
 But no relief could find. 
 
 3 At length to God I cried ; 
 
 He heard my plaintive sigh ; 
 He heard, and instantly he sent 
 Salvation from on high. 
 
 i Mv drooping head he rais'd ; 
 
 My bleeding wounds he heal'd ; 
 Pardon'd mv sms, and with a smile. 
 The gradlous pardon seal'd. 
 
 6 O, may I ne'er forget 
 
 The mercy of my God ! 
 Nor ever want a tongue to spread 
 His loudest praise abroaJ. 
 
 364. C. M. Psalm cxvi. IVatts 
 Gracious Deliverance acknowledgeO. 
 
 WHAT shall I render to my God, 
 For all his kindness shown? 
 My feet shall visit thine abode, 
 My songs address thy throne. 
 
 8 Among the saints that fill thy house, 
 My offering shall be paid ; 
 There shall my zpal perfcm the vows. 
 My soul in anguish made. 
 
 i How happy all thy servants are ! 
 How great thy grace to me ! 
 The life which thou hast made thy care. 
 Lord, 1 devote to thee. 
 
365, 366 BAPTISM. 
 
 4 Now I am thine, for ever thine 
 Nor shall my purpose move ; 
 Thy hands have loos'd my bonds of pain, 
 And bound me with thy love. 
 
 6 Here, in thy courts, I leave my vow, 
 And thy rich grace record ; 
 Witness, ye saints, who hear me now, 
 If I forsake the Lord. 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 365. CM. 
 Christ'' s Baptism. 
 
 WHEN Christ, who came my soul lo h*^ « 
 In Jordan was baptiz'd ; 
 Arising from the liquid grave, 
 A voice from heaven replies : — 
 
 8 Thou art my well-beloved Son, 
 Let men thy word obey ; 
 I am well pleas'd that thou hast shown 
 Thy flock this humble way. 
 
 3 heavenly Dove, who did descend, 
 And rest upon his brow ! 
 With all thy quickening power attend 
 Upon thine ordinance now. 
 
 i And while we in obedience move, 
 And thy command obey ; 
 O breathe the jwwer of faith and love. 
 And wash our sins away. 
 
 s 
 
 366. C. M. 
 
 Christ's Baptism inspires Faith. 
 
 AVIOUR, wast thou baptis'd in blooa, 
 
 Immers'd in woe ibr me I 
 And shall I not obey thy WDrd, 
 And be baplis'd with' theo I 
 
BAPTISM. 
 
 2 Didst thou reclaim my sinful heart, 
 
 From bondage set me free • 
 And shall I not with all tilings pa.t, 
 My gracious Lord, for thee ? 
 
 3 Didst <hou into the Jordan go, 
 
 To show my feet the path ? 
 Didst theu rise out of Jordan too?— 
 1 feel the inspiring faith ; — 
 
 i That ttiou art Christ the Son of God ; 
 Baptis'd beneath the stream; — 
 Faith that immersion is the mode 
 By which we own thy name. 
 
 5 O let me feel a conscience too, 
 At peace with God above! 
 For ever thy blest way pursue, 
 Nor ever from thee rove 
 
 367. S. M. 
 Baptism a voluntary act of its Subject. 
 
 OBEDIENT to the word, 
 He that would be baptis'd 
 Must be immei-s'd, like Christ the Lord, 
 Like Christ the Lord, arise. 
 
 2 Upon his name must call. 
 
 Who died to set us free. 
 Receiving him as all in all 
 A willing subject be. 
 
 3 Planted into his death. 
 
 His resurrection prove; 
 Possess an overcoming faith, 
 A faith that worivs by love. 
 
 i Must worship in the act. 
 The act nuist be his own; 
 His conscience answering to the fact, 
 That duty he has done. 
 
868 369 BAPTISM. 
 
 & But where the rile is forc'd, 
 Or is at best unkno\VTi, 
 There ^an no worship be address'd, 
 No peace of conscience known. 
 
 368. C. M. 
 Faith and Baptism. 
 
 '^ O, preach the gospel,' saith the Lord> 
 vX ' To all the sons of men ; 
 He that believes and is baptis'd, 
 ' Salvation shall obtain.' 
 
 2 That thou art Christ the Son of God, 
 
 I firmly do believe; 
 And in obedience to thy word, 
 Would now this Rile receive. 
 
 3 Smile, sacred Spirit, from on high, 
 
 And bless us in the ilood ; 
 
 The promise to our souls apply. 
 
 And seal us heirs of God. 
 
 369. CM. 
 Putting on Christ in Bc;«3<isOT. 
 
 COME, Holy Ghost, thy influence shed 
 _ On each and every heart, 
 Quick'ning to life the guilty dead — 
 Joy to the saints impart. 
 
 2 With holy zeal my breast inspire. 
 With love my heart inflame; 
 Father, beslow the pure desire, 
 To own thy sacred name. 
 
 ^ Obedient to thy g.-acious word 
 To put the Saviour on, — 
 Be buried in the yielding flood. 
 His awful name to own. 
 
 I To thee 1 ail my powers resign. 
 Thou holy One in Three ; 
 And by tTii«! Jii/e, this mystic sign. 
 Devote myself to thee. 
 
BAPTISM. 370. 371 
 
 370. CM. 
 
 Baptis'd info the Name of the frinitif 
 
 IN thy great name, Supreme of all, 
 We come to he baptis'd ; 
 And whilst to nothing here we fall, 
 O sp«*ik, and bid us rise I 
 
 2 Thv name makes all creation fear, 
 
 'The earth, and sea, and skies ; 
 And shall not we that name revere. 
 And in it be baptis'd ? 
 
 3 Into thy name, thou God of hosts. 
 
 Thou sacred One in Three, 
 Great Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 We would baptised be. 
 
 4 Renouncing all our former ways. 
 
 Henceforth would live to thee ; 
 And O may all our future days 
 To thee devoted be. 
 
 371. S. M. 
 
 Arise, and he haplised, and wash away ky nm 
 
 AS water purifies. 
 And makes the filthy clean ; 
 So faith the blood of Christ applies. 
 To cleanse the soul from sin. 
 
 9 " Call'd from above, I rise 
 " To wash away my sin ;" 
 Wilh Christ my Lord to be baptia'd, 
 And prove my love of Him. 
 
 3 Henceforth, vain world, adieu. 
 
 You have no cha rms for me ; 
 Once 1 was bound m love of you. 
 But Christ has set me free 
 
 4 Asjiiring to God, I rise 
 
 Above your llatlcring charms, 
 T(» heaven I lilt niv longing eyes. 
 To Christ extend mv arms. 
 K 
 
572, 373 BAPTISM 
 
 5 Dead be my heart to all, 
 To all below the ski'>s ; 
 My Saviour, I obey thy call. 
 And rise to be baptis d. 
 
 372. CM. 
 Grateful obedience in Baptiftm. 
 
 ALMIGHTY Saviour! didst thou bleed 
 And groan, and die for me ? 
 And poor become, that rich indeed 
 I might for ever be ? 
 
 2 Didst thou the cross for me sustain. 
 
 And bear my sinful load. 
 In agonizing svveat and pain, 
 That I might dwell with God ? 
 
 3 What can I do thy name to praise. 
 
 Who died to set me free ? 
 At thy command will he baptis'd, 
 Through grace, will (bllow thee. 
 
 4 O let thy Spirit he mv guide 
 
 Through all my future way; 
 To keep me near thy wounded aide. 
 Nor let me ever stray 
 
 373. S. M. 
 Following Jesus 
 
 JESUS, thou dying Lamb. 
 Take all my sins away,- 
 Thine is the sacrifice I bring. 
 And thee I would obey. 
 
 2 Within thy book I trace 
 
 The way that thou dids* go; 
 And by thy all-assisling grace. 
 I will that way pursue. 
 
 3 Baplis'd in Jordan's stream. 
 
 Was Christ my blessed Lord 
 O let me ever follow him. 
 Obedient to his word. 
 
371.375 
 
 371 CM. 
 Motives of Sirmers and ^aiJits Different. 
 
 WHAT shall I do, the sinner cries. 
 That I may get to heaven? 
 Believe in Christ, th*? word replies, 
 And ihou shalt be forgiven. 
 
 2 The grateful Saint looks upwards too, 
 
 And hopes w ith Christ to be, — 
 Sa\iour, he cries, what shall I do. 
 To prove my love of thee? 
 
 3 Come, follow me, the Lord replies, 
 
 Into the watery grave ; 
 He that believes, and is baptis'd, 
 I pledge my word to save. 
 
 4 Follow in all that I require; 
 
 Obedience is the road, 
 Bv which to heaven you should aspire. 
 By which commune with God. 
 
 B 
 
 375. C. M. 
 vfhy tarriest thou ? arise,and be baptised. Acta Kxii. U 
 ELIEVING soul, ' why tarriest thou? 
 Arise, and be baptised;' 
 Yield to the word — to Jesus bow ; 
 
 Let pride be sacrific'd. 
 Bury'd in baptism with our God, 
 
 We bid the world adieu; 
 Rising like him from Jordan's flood, 
 
 Begin our lives anew. 
 Ye gilded vanities depart, 
 
 VVith all your flattering charms ; 
 I clasp my Saviour to my heart, 
 
 He folds me in his arms. 
 may thy arms, Almighty Lord, 
 
 Support me through the way. 
 And while I thus thy grace record. 
 Lei sin be v» ash'd away. 
 
376. 377 BAPTISM. 
 
 376. 6. 6. 6. 6. 8 9. 
 Follow thou me. John xxi. 22. Malt. lii. ho--17. i 
 xxii. 16. 
 
 •XTfTHY tarriest thoii ? arise! 
 \w ' And be baptis'd straightway;' 
 
 This institution prize ; 
 
 O come without delay ; 
 If" Jesus has thy sins forgiven, 
 This is the way that leads to heaven. 
 
 2 This is the way he trod. 
 
 He bow'd beneath the stream ; 
 
 His Father and our God 
 
 Did not account it mean; 
 But loud proclaim'd, " This is my Son, 
 'And I'm well pleas'd with what he 's done." 
 
 3 Down irom the shining skies. 
 Descends the peaceful Dove, 
 To Jesus' head he flies. 
 
 His conduct to approve; 
 Thus Father, Son and Spirit too. 
 Unite to teach us what to do 
 i How can we then delay, 
 
 Since He our glorious head. 
 
 To show our feet the way, 
 
 Beneath the stream is laid ? 
 Believing soul, he speaks to thee. 
 And kindly says, come, follow me 
 
 377. C. M. Rippnn's Selection. 
 ITie love of Christ constrainelh us. 2 Cor v. 14 
 
 DEAR Lord, and has ihy pardoning love 
 Fmbrac'd a wretch so vile ? 
 Then kindly bid each cloud remove. 
 And bless me with thy smile. 
 2 Hast thou the cross for me endur'd. 
 And all its shame dospls'd ? 
 And shall I be ashaui'd. O Lord, 
 With ihce lo l)e ')iip:is\-^/ 
 
BAPTISM. 
 
 S Didst thou the great example ead, 
 In Jordan's swelling flood ? 
 And shall my prido disdain the deed. 
 That 's worthy of my God I 
 
 % Dear Lord, the ardour of thy love 
 Reproves my cold delay's ; 
 A.nd now my willing footsteps move 
 In thy delightful ways. 
 
 378. L. M. Francis. 
 Not ashamed of Jesus. 
 
 JESUS! and shall it ever be, 
 A mortal man ashamed of thee ! 
 Ashamed of thee whom angels praise, 
 Whose glories shine through endless day» 
 
 Asham'd of Jesus I sooner far 
 Let evening blush to own a star ; 
 He sheds the beams of light divine, 
 O'er this benighted soul of mine 
 
 • Asham'd 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. 
 
 4 Asham'd of Jesus I — yes, I may. 
 When I 've no guilt to wash away, 
 No tear to wipe, no good to crave, 
 No fear to quell, no soul to save : 
 
 5 Till then — nor is mv boasting vain — 
 Till then I boast a Saviour slain I 
 And O. may this my glory be. 
 
 That Christ is not ashamed of me I 
 
 8 His institutions would I prize. 
 Take up my cross — the shamo despise* 
 Dare to defend his noble cause. 
 And yield obedience to his laws. 
 
379 280 THE CHURCH. 
 
 THE CHbRCH. 
 
 3; 9. L. M. IVatfs. 
 
 God the girvji and defence of Zion. 
 
 APPY the cnurch, thou sacred place, 
 
 H 
 
 The seat o^ thv Cantor's frrace . 
 Thy holy courts are his abode, 
 Tliou earthly palace of our God. 
 
 2 rhy walls are strength, and at thy gates 
 A guard of hoA'cnU^ warriors waits ; 
 Nor shall thy ueep foundations move, 
 Fixi on his coiinsels and Ids love. 
 
 3 God is our shield, and God our sun, 
 Swift as the fleeting moments run. 
 On us he sheds new beams of grace, 
 And we reflect hit -i ^i..^t . misc. 
 
 380. S. M. Watts. 
 The Church is the honour and safety of a IVaticik 
 
 GRKA r is the Loni our Guti, 
 And let his praise be great ; 
 He makes his churches his alxide. 
 His most delightful seat- 
 
 These temples ot iiis grace, 
 
 How beautiful they stand I 
 
 The honour ol' our native [ilaee. 
 
 And bulwart\S of onr land. 
 
 In Zion God is known 
 A refuge in distress ; 
 How bright has his salvation shone 
 Through all her palaces! 
 
 In every new distress 
 Wo 'I! to his house repair. 
 We'll think upon his wondrous gm'ie. 
 An. I seek deiiveranee 'here. 
 
THE CHURCH 381 385 
 
 381. C. M. Rijrpon's Selection. 
 The Church described. Cant. vi. 10. 
 
 SAY, who is she that looks abroao 
 Like the sweet-blushing dawn, 
 When with her living light she paints 
 The dew-drops of the lawn ? 
 8 Fair as the moon when in the skies, 
 Serene her throne she guides, 
 And o'er the twinkling stars supreme 
 In full-orb'd glory rides ; 
 
 3 Clear a= the sun, when from the east. 
 
 Without a cloud, he springs, 
 And scatters bcjundless light and heat 
 From his resplendent wings; 
 
 4 Tremendous as a host that moves 
 
 Majestically slow, 
 With banners wide displaj^'d, all arm'd, 
 All ardent for the foe ? 
 
 5 This is the church by heaven array'd 
 
 With strength and grace divine ; 
 Thus shall she strike her foes with dread. 
 And thus her glories shine. 
 
 382. L. M. Watts. 
 Hie Church the Garden of Christ. Cant. iv. 12— If 
 
 WE are a garden wall'd around. 
 Chosen and made peculiar ground, 
 A little spot inclos'd by grace, 
 Out of the world's wide wilderness 
 
 2 Like trees of myrrh and spice we stand 
 Planted by God the Falhr r's hand ; 
 And all his springs in Zion flow 
 
 To make the young plantation grow. 
 
 3 Awake I O heavenly wind, and come. 
 Blow on this garden of perfume; 
 Spirit divine! descend and breathe 
 
 A gracious gale on plants beneath. 
 
383; 384 THE CHURCH. 
 
 4 Make our best spires flow abroad 
 To entertain our Savittur God . 
 And faith, and love, and joy appear 
 And every grace be active here. 
 
 383. C. M. Watts. 
 ^JHie Constitution of a Church. 
 
 ARISE, O King of grace, arise. 
 And enter to thy rest ; 
 Lo ! thy church waits with longing eye*. 
 Thus to be own'd and blest. 
 
 2 Enter, with all thy glorious train, 
 
 Thy Spirit and thy word; 
 All tnat the ark did once contain 
 Could no such grace afford. 
 
 3 Here, mighty God, accept our vows 
 
 Here let thy praise be spread ; 
 
 Bless the provisions of thy house, 
 
 And fill thy poor wiih bread. 
 
 4 Here let the Son of David reign, 
 
 Let God's Anointed shine; 
 Justice and truth his court maintain. 
 With love and power divine. 
 
 5 Here let him hold a lasting throne; 
 
 And as his kingdom grows, 
 Fresh honours shall ailorn his crown 
 And fchame confound his foes. 
 
 384. L. M J. B. Cook. 
 
 The stabiliti/ of the Churcn. 
 
 BOUGHT with the Saviour's precious bl«K)d 
 Thy church, O God, has firmly stood , 
 Built on the rock secure she stands, 
 Like some tall cliff in distant lands. 
 
 8 UTien hosts of foes against her came. 
 Regardless of thy powerful name. 
 Thine arm, Lurcl. salvation wrought 
 For them who thy protection so-ight. 
 
COVENANTING. 385 J8i 
 
 i Strike to the Lord each joyful string, 
 Awake each tuneful px)\ver ana sing; 
 Ye saints, redeein'd from sin and liell. 
 Loud let the pleasing anthem swell. 
 
 385. S. M. DobeU's Selectirm. 
 Coming up from the wilderness. Cant. viii. & 
 
 FROM sin's dark, thorny maze, 
 To Canaan's fertile plains, 
 A irav'lhng fair one in distress, 
 On her Beloved leaas. 
 I Through fire and flood she goes, 
 A weakling more than strong — 
 Vents in his bosom all her woes, 
 And leaning moves along. 
 & When dangers round her press, 
 . And darkness veils the skies, 
 She lean.s upon his righteousness. 
 Whence all her hopes arise. 
 4 When guilt, a mighty flood. 
 Her trembling conscience pains, 
 Then on his peace-procuring blood 
 This travelling fair one leans. 
 & She views his promise sure ; 
 Her hopes all centre there ; 
 And on his basom leans secure, 
 Whose temples bled for her. 
 6 O'er Jordan'^ chilling flood, 
 When call'd by death to go. 
 She, leaning on her faithful God, 
 Shall pass triumphant through. 
 
 COVENANTING. 
 
 386. C. M. Wesley'9 CoU 
 The Church Covenanting. 
 10ME. let us use the grace divine 
 ' And all ^vith one accord. 
 
 V 9 
 
i87 RECEIVING TO MEMBERSHIP 
 
 In a perpetual Covenant join 
 Ourselves to Christ the Lorf* »- 
 
 2 Give uo ourselves, through Jesiio' |>oweft 
 
 His name to glorify ; 
 And promise, in this sacred hour, 
 For God to live and die. 
 
 3 The Covenant we this moment mak^ 
 
 Be ever kept in mind ; . 
 O may we ne'er our God forsake, 
 Nor cast his words behind. 
 
 4 Through grace we will thy name revere 
 
 Who hears our solemn vow ; 
 And if thou art well pleas'd to hear, 
 Come down and bless us now I 
 
 5 To each the Covenant blood apply, 
 
 Which takes our sins away ; 
 And register our names on high, 
 Arid keep us to that day. 
 
 RECEIVING TO MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 387. 7's. Weslei/s CoU. 
 Prayer for Union, Simplicity, and VroUcHum 
 
 GOD of love, O hear our prayer : 
 Kindly for thy people care'. 
 We on thee alone depend — 
 Love us, save us to the end. 
 
 2 Save us in the prosperous hour, 
 From the flattering tempter's power 
 From his unsuspected wiles, 
 From the world's pemicious smile« 
 
 ^ Cut off our dependence vain 
 On the help of feeble man ; 
 Every arm of .lesh remo\ e 
 Stay us on eternal love 
 
RECEIVING TO MEMBERSHIP. 
 
 4 Men of worldly, low design. 
 Let not these tny people join, 
 Till they nothing know beside 
 Jesus, and hira crucified. 
 
 6 Save us from the great and wise, 
 Till they sink in their own eyes, 
 Tamely to thy yoke submit, 
 Lay their honours at thy feet. 
 
 6 Never let the world break in, 
 Fix a mighty gulf between ; 
 Keep us lowly and unknown, 
 Priz'd and lov'd of thee alone. 
 
 388. 7's. Wesley sCoa. 
 Prayer for Union and Holineu, 
 
 JESUS, Lord, we look to thee. 
 Let us in thy name agree ; 
 Show thyself the Prince of Peace, 
 Bid our jars for ever cease. 
 
 2 By thy reconciling love. 
 Every stumbling-block remove. 
 Each to each unite — endear ; 
 Come, and spread thy banner here 
 
 S Make us of one heart and mind. 
 Courteous, pitiful and kind, 
 Lowly, meek in thought and word 
 Make us like our blessed Lord. 
 
 4 Let us each for other care, 
 Each the other's burden bear, 
 To the world the pattern give, — 
 Show how true believers live. 
 
 i Free fnm anger — free from pride*— 
 Let us thus in God abide ; 
 All the depths of love express. 
 All the heights of holiness. 
 
^, 390, 391 RECEIVING TO BIZMBERSHIT. 
 
 389. C. M. 
 Invitation to the Chutth. 
 
 LET all who love the Saviour's 
 Come forth and make it known. 
 Be buried in the yielding stream, 
 That sacred name to own. 
 
 2 Enter his courts with holy joy, 
 
 His pleasing rule obey, 
 And every power for him employ, 
 Through all life's future way. 
 
 3 Why will you longer stay behind ? 
 
 Behold there still is room ! 
 Let 'ill who are by grace inclin'd, 
 T lOugh trembling, rise and come. 
 
 390. CM. 
 
 Receiving a haptised Brother. 
 
 BROTFIKR in Christ, beloved thou 
 Because thou lovest Him; 
 Enter and welcome — enter now, 
 And light with hell and sin. 
 
 2 Accept the testimonial hand. 
 
 Of love and union dear ; 
 Within the gate of Zion stand. 
 And prove thyself" sincere. 
 
 3 Be it thy future, constant aim, 
 
 Thy never-failing end ; 
 To glorify his sacred name, 
 And show thyself his friend. 
 
 391. CM. 
 
 Prayer at xiniting with the Chtirdk 
 
 Ol T of the world, O Lord. I come. 
 Thy precepts to obey ; 
 To make thy church my future home. 
 While here on earth 1 ?tay. 
 
 t All weaKness. and imholy too, 
 Saviotir, I dare not say. 
 
RECEIVING TO MEMBEKSHIP. 392, 31^0 
 
 ni never cease thy will to do, 
 ♦* But grant 1 never may." 
 
 9 nrant me tliy perfect love to know, 
 That love in me reveal ; 
 That I may honour thee below. 
 And with tliee ever dwell 
 
 392. C. M. Altered. 
 Coine in, thou blessed of the Lord. Gea \xi\ 3 
 
 COME in, ye blessed of our God, 
 And join his children here ; 
 Wash'd in the Saviour's cleansing blood, 
 For him, your Lord, appear. 
 
 2 Stay not within the wilderness, 
 
 i\or waiting at the door \ 
 Sweet Jesus will your woes redress. 
 Were they ten thousand more. 
 
 3 Though fearing, trembling, rise and come I 
 
 Yield to the Saviour's voice ; 
 For hung'ring, thirsiing souls, there's room; 
 O make the blisshil choice I 
 
 4 Room in the Saviour's gracious brea.st — 
 
 That breast which glows with love; 
 Room in the church, his chosen rest. 
 And room in heaven above. 
 
 5 Why will you longer lingering slay, 
 
 When Jesus savs, * there 's room V 
 ' Now is the time, th' accepted day — 
 •Arise I he bids you come!' 
 
 393. L. M. Altered. 
 An Invitation to Youug Coiiierls. 
 
 COME in, ye blessed of the Lord, 
 Ye that believe his holy word ; 
 Vour Sav.Dur's Uiundless g(xjdne.ss prove 
 And fea-st )n his redeeniinir love. 
 
51M. 395, 396 receiving to membershif. 
 
 2 V\Tiy should you longer stay without? 
 Why should you longer fear or doubt ? 
 Why will you longer lingering wait ? 
 
 enter now fair Zion's gate ! 
 
 3 Let every soul that 's bom again, 
 No longer wait, but now come in; 
 Vield to the Lord, and thenee receive 
 Whate'er a pardoning God ca.i give. 
 
 394. C. M. 
 Dedicafioji to Gfd. 
 
 WASH'D in the Saviour's cleansinc blood 
 Buried Ix^nealh the wave; 
 
 1 now approach ihv tlirone, my God, 
 
 And sing ihy ix)wer to save. 
 
 2 I yield to thy divine control ; 
 
 To thee I all resign ; 
 O take my flesh, my heart, my soul, 
 And make me wholly thine. 
 
 3 Thine may I live, thine may I die, 
 
 And thine for ever be; 
 Fain would I soar to w.trlds on higli. 
 And lose myself in thee. 
 
 395. L. M. Madai/'s Selection. 
 Admission of New Members. Gen. xxiv. 31 
 
 WELCOME, ye well-beloved of God, 
 Ye heirs of grace, redeem'd w\th blofhi ; 
 Welcome, with us vour hands to join. 
 As partners of our lot divine. 
 2 Embrace the cross, and bear it on ; 
 It shall be light, and not be long; 
 Soon shall we sit with Jesus down. 
 And wear a never fading crown. 
 
 39r). L. M. Maclai/g Selection. 
 Receiving an Individual. Gen. xxiv. 31 
 
 (^OME in, thou blessed of the Lord.' 
 _'' F^ter ip. Christ the Saviour's name ; 
 
RECEIVING TO MEMBERSHIP. 397. 39? 
 
 Wt) welcome thee with one accord, 
 And trust our Saviour does the same. 
 
 2 Thy name, 'tis hoped, already stands 
 Mark d in the book of life above ; 
 And now to thine we join our hands, 
 In token of our Christian love. 
 
 397. 8.7. Altered. 
 A hearty Welcome to Baptised Believers 
 
 WELCOME here, our friend and brother, 
 Welcome all our joys to share ; 
 Kind and faithful to each other, 
 May we feel a brother's care ! 
 
 2 Here expos'd to sore temptation. 
 
 Let us bear each other's load : 
 Till we gain complete salvation, 
 In the presence of our God. 
 
 3 Christians, thus together walking, 
 
 Mutual light and strength impart; 
 While of Christ the Saviour talking, 
 Love inflames their every heart. 
 
 i Welcome all who feel in union. 
 Who believe and are baptis'd ; 
 VVelcome here to full communion. 
 Welcome, soon, to endless joys. 
 
 398. C. M. Par kill son's Selection. 
 The Church rejoicirig at receiving Mejnberi 
 
 OWITH what pleasure we behold 
 Sinners to Canaan move ! 
 Leaving the fleeting things below, 
 For greater things a'oove. 
 
 f lliese, having openly confess'd 
 The great Immanuel's name, 
 Withi sacred pleasure we embrace, 
 As fiillowers of the Lamb. 
 
399. 400 THE lord's suppeRo 
 
 3 Lord, may they ever live to thee. 
 And grow in heavenly love ; 
 Still may they fight, and never flee, 
 Till crown'd with thee above. 
 
 399. L. M. Parkinson s Seleclum. 
 Young Members wishmg to live to God. 
 
 RENEW'D by grace, we love the word 
 And yield our souls to Christ the Lord} 
 Then to the church ourselves we give, 
 Ir. holy fellowship to live. 
 
 2 Lord, may we feel that we are thine, 
 .\nd sweetly on thy breast recline; 
 Thv name revere, thy word obey, 
 And never cease to watch and pray. 
 
 3 Mav we continue in thy ways. 
 Delight to pray — delight to praise; 
 Among thy samts abide in love, 
 Till caU'd to shine in realms above. 
 
 THE LORD'S SUPPER. 
 
 400. L. M. Walts. 
 
 Tfie Lord's Supper inxfitufed. 1 Cor. xi. 23 &fl 
 
 TflWAS on that dark, that doleful night. 
 JL When powers of earth and hell arose 
 Against the Son of (iod's d'-light, 
 And friends belray'd him to his foes: 
 
 2 Before the mournful scene began. 
 
 He took the bread, and bless'd, and brake: 
 What love through a'l his actions ran! 
 What wondrous words of grace he spake! 
 
 3 'Tin- is my body, broke fi)r sin, 
 Receive and eat the livins; fx)d ;' 
 
 Then look the cup, and hiess'd the \vine; 
 'Tis the ne r covenant m my blood.' 
 
THE lord's PUPICR. 401,409 
 
 1 ' IX) Ihis.' he cried, ' till time shall end. 
 In memory of your dying friend ; 
 Meet at my table, and record 
 
 The love of your departed Lord ! 
 
 401. CM. Relief Hymns. 
 Do this in Remembrance of Me 
 
 ACCORDING to thy gracious wora 
 In meek humility. 
 This will I do, my dying Lord, 
 I will remember thee. 
 
 2 Thy body, broken for my sake. 
 
 My bread from heaven shall be , 
 Thy tesianiental cup I take, 
 And thus remember thee. 
 
 3 When to the cross I turn my eyes, 
 
 And rest on Calvan^', 
 O Lamb of God, my sacrifice I 
 I must remember thee : — 
 
 4 Remember thee, and all thy pains. 
 
 And all thy love to me ;— 
 Vea, while a breath, a pulse remains, 
 I will remember thee. 
 
 5 And when these feel le lips grow dumb, 
 
 And mind, and memory .lee, 
 And thou shall in thy kingdom come, 
 Jesus, remember me. 
 
 402 C. M. Pres Sluvda'd. 
 
 The Holy Spirit Invoked al the Tahle 
 
 OGETHER with th^'se symbols, Lord; 
 
 T 
 
 Thy blesseii self impart; 
 \nd let thy sacred flesh and blood. 
 Feed the believing heart. 
 
 Let us from all our sins be wash'd 
 
 In thy atoning bkxxi ; 
 And let thy Spirit be the seal. 
 
 That we are bom of God 
 
«03, 404 THE lord's supper. 
 
 3 Come, Holy Ghost, with Jesu's love 
 Prepare us for the feast ; 
 
 let us banquet with our Lo^ 
 And lean upon his breast 
 
 403. CM. Hart 
 A remembrance of Christ at his tab 
 
 THAT doleful night before his death, 
 The Lamb, for sinners slain, 
 Did almost with his latest breath 
 This solemn feast ordain. 
 
 2 To keep the feast, Lord, we are met, 
 
 And to remember thee: 
 Help each poor trembler to repeat, 
 •The Saviour died for me.' 
 
 3 Thy sufferings, Lord, each sacred sign 
 
 To our remembrance brings ; 
 We eat the bread, and drink the wine 
 But think on nobler things. 
 
 4 O tune our tongues, and put in frame 
 
 Each heart that pants for thee, 
 To sing — Hosanna to the Lamb, 
 The Lamb that died for me. 
 
 404. L. M. Watts 
 Crnjcifixion to the World by the Cross of Christ. 
 
 WHEN I survey the wondrous cross, 
 On which the Prince of Glory d?ed, 
 My richest gain I count but loss, 
 And jK»ur contempt on all my pride. 
 
 2 Forbid it. Lord, that 1 should boast, ' 
 Save in the death of Christ my God ; 
 All the vain things that charm' me most, 
 
 1 sacrifice them to his blood. 
 
 3 See from his head, his hands, his feet. 
 Sorrow ami love flow mingled down ; 
 Did e'er such love and sorrow meet. 
 Or thoriu comiM)Re so rich a crown ? 
 
THE LORD S SUPPER. 40! 
 
 4 His dying crimson, like ^ robe, 
 Spnjads o'er his body on the tree ; 
 Then am I dead to all the globe. 
 And all the globe is dead to me, 
 
 i 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 
 
 405. C. M. 'Wa«s. 
 I'he Feast of Divine Love. Luke xiv. 17, 22, 23 
 
 HOW sweet and awful is the place 
 With Christ within the doors, 
 Where everlasting love displays 
 The choicest of her stores ! 
 
 ♦ (lere every bowel of our God 
 With soft compassion rolls, 
 Here peace and pardon, bought with bI(X)d, 
 Is food for dying souls. 
 
 3 W^hile 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 V 
 
 4 • Why was I made to hear thy voice, 
 
 And enter while there 's room ? 
 While thousands make a wretched choice, 
 And rather starve than come ?' 
 
 5 'Twas the same love that spread the feast, 
 
 That sweetly Ibrc'd us in, 
 Else we had still refus'd lo taste. 
 And perish'd in our sin. 
 
 P Pity the nations, O our God, 
 Constrain the earth to come; 
 Send thy victorious word abroad, 
 An<l bring the strangen home. 
 
•06, 407 THE LORD'S SUPPER- 
 
 406. CM. 
 Prayer al the Lord's Table. 
 
 RESPLENDENT Sun! ihy rays impart, 
 Shed forth thy light and heat; 
 Diffuse thy warmth through every heart ; — 
 Make our communion s\\ eet. 
 
 2 Celestial breeze, awake, and conic ; 
 
 Deecend, enlivening showers. 
 Breathe on our souls a rich perfume. 
 And cheer these withering Ibvvers. 
 
 3 Sweet odours then shall spread abroad 
 
 And fdl th» sacred place; 
 And we '11 address our Saviour God, 
 In songs of thankful praise. 
 
 407. C. M. Watts. 
 Divine Glories, and our graces. 
 
 HOW are thy glories here display'd. 
 Great God, how bright they shine 
 While at thy word we break the bread, 
 And pour the flowing wine. 
 
 2 Here thy revenging justice stands, 
 
 And pleads its dreadful cause; 
 Here saving mercy si)reads her hands, 
 Like Jesus on the cross. 
 
 3 Thy saints attend with every grace, 
 
 On this great sacrifice; 
 And love appears w ith cheerful face. 
 And faith with fixed eyes 
 
 4 Our hope in waiting jxisture sits, 
 
 To heaven directs her sight ; 
 Here every warmer passion meets, 
 And warmer powers unite. 
 
 5 Zeal and Revenge perform their part. 
 
 And rising sin destroy ; 
 K'jpeniance comes with aching heart. 
 Yet not forbids the joy. 
 
ORDINATIONS. ^OS, I 
 
 6 Dear Saviour, change our failh to sight. 
 Let sin for everdie: 
 Then shall our souls be all deligh/. 
 And every tear be dry. 
 
 408. C. M. //a; .. 
 'Pie Lord's Supper received in faith, hope, nnd :<m 
 
 THE blest memorials of thy grief, 
 Thy sufferings, and thy death. 
 We come, dear Saviour, to receive. 
 And would receive in faith. 
 
 , The symbols sent us to relieve 
 Our spirits when they droop, 
 We come, dear Saviour, to receive. 
 And would receive in hope 
 
 5 The pledges thou wast pleas'd lo leave. 
 Our mournfid minds to move. 
 We come, dear Saviour, to receive. 
 And would receive in love. 
 
 I Here, in obedience to thy word. 
 We take the bread and wine , 
 The utmost we can do, O Lord, 
 For all beyond is thine. 
 
 ORDINATIONS. 
 
 409. L. M. Epis. Coll. 
 Matt. X. 
 
 GO forth, ye heralds, m my name. 
 Sweetly the gospel trumpet sound; 
 The glorious jubilee proclaim. 
 Where'er the human race is found. 
 
 8 The joyful news to all imparl. 
 
 And teach them where salvation lies; 
 With care bind up the broken heart, 
 And wipe the tears from weeping eye* 
 
<10. 411 ORDINATIONS. 
 
 3 Be wise as serpents, where you go, 
 And harmless as the peacoful dove ; 
 A:jd let your heaven-taught conduct siiOD* 
 That yeVe commission'd'rrom aho\e. 
 
 1 Freely from me ye have receiv'd, 
 Freely, in love, to others give; 
 Thus shall your doctrine be believ'o, 
 And, by your labours, sinners live. 
 
 410. L. M. Doddridge. 
 I will give you pastors, &c. Jer. iii. 15. 
 
 SHEPHERD of Israel, thou dost keep, 
 With constant care, thy humble sheep ; 
 By thee inferior pastors rise. 
 To feed our souls, and bless our eyea 
 
 .■ To all thy churches such impart, 
 Form'd by thy own most gracious heart, 
 Wlinse courage, watchiulness, and luve, 
 IMcn may attest, and God approve. 
 
 3 Fed by their active, tender care, 
 Ifealthful may all thy sheep appeal ; 
 And, by their fair example led, 
 The way to Zion's pasture tread! 
 
 i Completely heal each former stroke. 
 And bless the shepherd and the flock, 
 Confirm the hopes thy mercies raise. 
 And bless this tribute of our praise. 
 
 411 L. M. Rippon's Selection. 
 TVie minister commended to God. 
 
 WITH heavenly power, O Lord, defend 
 Rim whom we now to thee commend { 
 His person bless, his soul secure. 
 And make him to the end endure. 
 
 2 Gird him with all-snfl^cient grace; 
 Direct his feet in paths of peace; 
 Fhy truth and faithfulness fiilfd, 
 Anc' help him to perform thy will 
 
ORDINATIONS. 412. 413 
 
 >» Before him thy protection send ; 
 O love him, save him to the end ! 
 JNor let him, as thy pilgrim, rove 
 Without the convoy of thy love. 
 
 412. S. M. Rippnn's Selection. 
 Ministers addressed and encouraged 
 
 YE messengers of Christ, 
 His sovereign voice obey ; 
 Arise ! and follow where he leads, 
 And peace attend- your way. 
 i The Master whom you serve, 
 Will needful streng'th bestow ; 
 Depending on his sovereign aid, 
 With sacred courage go. 
 3 Go, spread a Saviour's fame; 
 And tell his matchless grace. 
 To the most guilty and deprav'd 
 Of Adam's numerous race. 
 i We wish you, in his name, 
 The most divine success ; 
 issur'd that ' He who sends you forth.' 
 Will your endeavours bless. 
 
 413. 7's. DobelVs Selection 
 After the. charge. Prov. xi. 30. 
 
 WOULD vou win a soul to God ? 
 Tell him of the Saviour's blood; 
 Tell him Jesus' bowels move; 
 Tell him of redeeming love ; — 
 
 2 Tell him how the streams did glide, 
 From his hands, his feet, his side- 
 How his head with thorns was crown e 
 And his heart in sorrow drown'd ; — 
 
 3 Tell him how he suffer'd death— 
 Froelv viclded up his breath, 
 Uicd,"ahd rose to intercede, 
 
 As our advocate and Head 
 
ORDINATIONS. 
 
 ell him it was sovereign giace, 
 Wrought on you to seek his face — 
 Macie yon choose the better part — 
 Brought salvation to your heart. 
 
 414. C. M. 
 
 The deacons addressed, and chargetS,' 
 
 DEACONS, awake ! the work fulfil. 
 Tlie work to you assign'd ; 
 Discharge your sacred duties well. 
 With pure and upright mind. 
 
 2 The table of your gracious Lord — 
 
 The Lord for us who died ; 
 The church's poor, and pastor's board, 
 By you must be supply "d. 
 
 3 How great, how solemn your employ 
 
 Preserve a conscience pure ; 
 
 Be grave amidst your social joy, 
 
 And blameless and sincere. 
 
 4 Still let the mystery of your faith, 
 
 In bright effulirence glow ; 
 Hear what the Lord, your Saviour saith— 
 ' Fulfil your work below.' 
 t Then shall you up to glory rise, 
 .And fill that heavenlv place, — 
 That place of pure celestial joys 
 Assign 'd you by his grace I 
 
 415. L. M. Daniel's Selection. 
 At the setting apart of a deacon to his office 
 
 HEAD of the Chtirch I thy care we bleai 
 Thy lK)unties are both rich and large •• 
 While teachers on iheir teachin"; wait. 
 Our temp'rals are the deacon's charge 
 
 I ITp to thv throne we lift our eyes 
 For blessings to attend our 
 Of him whose generous 
 %all make •'yfaNour' 
 
ORDINATIONS 
 
 3 By purest love to Christ and truth. 
 Alay he obtain a good degree 
 
 Ol" boldness in -he Christian faith. 
 And meet the smile of thine and thee. 
 
 4 And when the work to him assign'd— 
 The work of love is fully done ; 
 
 Call him from serving tables here, 
 To heaven, his endless, blissful home. 
 
 416. C. M. J. B. Cook. 
 At a deacon'' s being set apart to office 
 
 UP to thy throne, O God of love. 
 Would we now lift our eyes ; 
 Grant us thy presence Irom above, 
 \nd hear our feeble cries. 
 
 Lipon my servant, call'd to fill 
 
 The deacon's sacred trust. 
 O, mav the spirit's grace distil, 
 
 And make him wise and just. 
 
 3 Help him thy table, Lord, to spreatl. 
 
 In memory of that night, 
 When powers of darkness at thy head 
 Aim'd their malignant spite. 
 
 4 By faith and prayer, may he uphold 
 
 'Ills faithful pastor's hands. 
 And to his lemp'ral wants afford 
 Such aid as God commarids. 
 
 5 Thy poor, the objects of thy love, 
 
 Who A>ant anci famine dread. 
 Towards them make his bowels more 
 And grant supplies of bread. 
 
 6 Thus may he use his office well, 
 
 And to himself procure 
 Great Ixildness in the Christian faith, 
 And find the promise sure 
 
17. 418 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 417. CM. Walts. 
 Aspiring to Heavenly Joys. 
 
 THERE'S nothing round the spacioiiB eardv 
 That suits my large desires; 
 To boundless joys and solid mirth. 
 My nobler thought aspires. 
 
 i Where pleasure rolls it.s living flood, 
 From sin and dross refin'd ,- 
 Still springing from the throne of God, 
 And fit to cheer the mind. 
 
 3 Had I the pinions of a dove, 
 1 'd climb the heavenly road ; 
 There sits my Saviour cloth'd in love. 
 And there my smiling God. 
 
 418. C. M. Walls. 
 PararHse on Earth. 
 
 WHEN Christ, with all his graces cmwu -. 
 Sheds his kind beams abroad, 
 'Tis a young heaven on earthly ground. 
 And glor}' in the bud. 
 
 2 A blooming paradise of joy 
 
 In this wild desert springs; 
 And every sense I straight employ 
 On sweet C')lestial things. 
 
 3 But, ah ! how soon my joys decay I 
 
 How soon my sins arise, 
 And snatch the heavenly scene away 
 From these lamenting eyes ! 
 
 4 When shall the time, dear Jesus, when 
 
 The shining day appear, 
 That I shall leave these clouds of sin. 
 And guilt and darkness here. 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES, 419. 4JP 
 
 6 Up to the fields above the skies 
 My hastj' feet would go, — 
 There everlasting flowers arise, 
 And joys un withering grow. 
 
 419. CM. W. «SiB. 
 Ijongivg for Heaven. Job iii. 17. vii. 16. 
 
 TO that dear world of light and bliss, 
 Above the starry skies, 
 Tir'd of the sins and griefs of this, 
 I lift my longing eyes 
 
 8 There Jesus, the unsetting Sun, 
 Darts forth his hrightesfrays. 
 And every heart and ever\' tongue 
 Unite to love and praise. 
 
 3 'Tis there the weary are at rest. 
 
 And all is peace within. 
 The mind with guilt no more opprest, 
 The conscience all serene. 
 
 4 Disco. d and strife, those regions fly. 
 
 Distrust and slavish fear; 
 No longer heaves the pensive sigh. 
 Or drops the briny tear. 
 
 5 And can I longer wish to stay. 
 
 So far from ^hat alx»de ? 
 Kind angels, bear my soul away, 
 That I may dwell with God. 
 
 420. C. M. IVatfa. ' 
 Doubts scattered ; or, Joy restored. 
 
 HENCE from my soul, sad thoughts, bey*«e 
 And leave me to my j(jys ; 
 My tongue shall triumph in rnv GjkI, 
 And make a joyful noise. 
 
 2 Darkness and doubts had veil'd my mind. 
 And drown'd m\- head in iears. 
 Till sovereign grace with shiping rays 
 Dispell'd my gloomy fears. 
 
121, 423 CHRISTIAN EXKRCISES. 
 
 3 O what immortal joys I felt, 
 
 And raptures all divine, 
 When Jesus told me 1 was his, 
 And my beloved mine ! 
 
 4 In vain the tempter frights my soul, 
 
 And breaks my peace in vain. 
 One glimpse, dear Saviour, of thy face. 
 Revives my joys again. 
 
 421. CM. Beddome. 
 Resignation , or, God our Portion. 
 
 MY times of sorrow and of joy, 
 Great God I are in thy hand ; 
 My choicest comforts come from thee. 
 And go p^ thy command. 
 
 2 If thou shouldst take them all away, 
 
 Yet would 1 not repine, 
 Before they were }x)ssess'd by me. 
 They were entirely thine. 
 
 3 Nor would I drop a murm'ring word, 
 
 Tlioiigh the whole world were gone; 
 But seek enduring happiness 
 In Thee, and Thee alone. 
 
 4 What is the world, with all its stores ? 
 
 'Tis but a bitter sweet, 
 NV^hcn 1 attempt to pluck the rose, 
 A piercing thorn I meet. 
 
 5 Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found, 
 
 The honey's mix'd with gall ; 
 'Midst changing scenes, and dying friend*, 
 Be Thou my all in all. 
 
 422. C. M. Steele. 
 Humble Reliance and Sulmiisini/n. 
 
 MY God, my Father, thou art wisei 
 O bend my will to thine! 
 Whate'er tny providence denies. 
 1 calmlv would resign 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. CB 
 
 t VVhate'er thy sacred will ordains, 
 O give me strength to bear I 
 And let me know my Father reigns. 
 And trust his tender care. 
 
 3 If oain and sickness reuid this frame 
 
 And life almost depart, 
 Is not thy mercy still the same, 
 To cheer my drooping heart? 
 
 4 If cares and sorrows me surround, 
 
 Their power why should I fear? 
 Mv inward peace tiiey cannot wound, 
 if thou, my God, art near. 
 
 5 Thy sovereign ways are all unknown 
 
 To my weak, erring sight ; 
 Yet let riiy soul, adoring, own 
 That all thy ways are right. 
 
 423. C. M. Couyper. 
 Submission. 
 
 OLORD, my best desires fulfil. 
 And help me to resign 
 Life, health, and comfort, to thy will, 
 And make thy pleasure mine. 
 
 I Why should I shrink at thy command, 
 Whose love forbids my fears ? 
 Or tremble at the gracious hand 
 That wipes away my teai« ? 
 
 3 No! let me rather freely yield 
 
 What most I prize, to thee. 
 Who never hast a good withheld, 
 Aor wilt withhold from me. 
 
 4 Thv favour, all my journey through 
 
 Tiiou art engaged to grant ; 
 What else I want, or ihink I do, 
 'Tis belter still lu want. 
 
 5 Wisdom and mercy guide my way 
 
 Shall I resist them both ? 
 
*34, 425 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 A poor blind creature of a day 
 And crush'd before the moth 
 
 6 But, ah I my inward spirit cries, 
 Still bind me to thy sway ; 
 Else the next cloud thai veils my skiea, 
 Drives all these thoughts away. 
 
 424. CM. JVaUs. 
 Formality in Wor!i/iip, detestable. 
 OD is a Spirit, jusi and wise, 
 
 G 
 
 He sees our imuost mind , 
 In vain to heaven we raise our cries 
 And \o^\e our hearts behind. 
 
 2 Nothing but truth belbre his throne 
 
 With honour can appear ; 
 The painted hyjxx^rites are known 
 Through the disguise they wear. 
 
 3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies, 
 
 Their bending knees the ground ; 
 But God abhoi"s the sacrifice, 
 Where not the heart is found. 
 
 4 lyjrd. search mv thoughts, and try my wayi 
 
 And make my soul sincere; 
 Then shall I stand h>efore thy face, 
 And find acceptance there. 
 
 425. L. M. Rippon's Selection- 
 In your patience possess ye your souls. 
 
 PATIENCE!— O. what a grace divine 
 Sent from the God of power and love 
 Submissive to its Father's hand. 
 As through the wilds of life we rove. 
 
 2 Bv patience we serenely bear 
 The troubles of our mortal state. 
 And wait contented our discharge, 
 Nor think our gl >rj' comes too late- 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. C26 
 
 S Though we, in full sensation, feel 
 The weight, the wounds, our Go<l ordairw, 
 We smile amid our heaviest woes, 
 And triumph in our sharpest pains. 
 
 4 O for this grace to aid us on. 
 
 And arm with fortitude the breast. 
 Till life's tumult'ous voyage is o'er — 
 We reach the shores of endless rest. 
 
 5 Faith unto vision shall resign, 
 Hope shall in full fruition die; 
 And patience in possession end 
 
 In the bright world of bliss on high. 
 
 426. C. M. 
 Tribulation worketh Patience. Rom. v 3. 
 
 PATIENCE divine I — how rich the grace 
 To pilgrims here below I 
 Till we shall meet our Saviour's face, 
 May we in patience grow. 
 
 2 She bears the chast'ning hand of God, 
 
 Nor at his will repines; 
 Nor ever drops a murm'ring word, 
 But owns her countless sms. 
 
 3 While threat'ning tempests beat and howl, 
 
 She hopes and wails serene; 
 Till God shall all their rage control. 
 And calm the boist'rous scene. 
 
 4 Just like the palm, beneath her load, 
 
 She lifts her head above, 
 Reclining on her faithful God. 
 Rejoicing in his love. 
 
 5 Water'd by many a painful tear 
 
 For sins and follies past. 
 Patience resigns to Jesus here 
 .Vnd mounts to heaven at last 
 
4S7, 428 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 427. CM. a Wesley. 
 Impoteyice confessed. James i. 17, IC 
 
 FATHER, to thee my soul I lift, 
 My soul on thee depends, 
 Convinc'd that every perfect gift 
 From thee alone descenus 
 
 2 Mercy and grace are thine alone 
 
 And {K)vver and wisdom too, 
 Without the spirit of thy Son, 
 We nothing good can do. 
 
 3 Thou all our works in us hast wrought. 
 
 Our good is all divine : 
 The praise of every virtuous thought 
 Or righteous work is thine. 
 
 4 'Tis not of him that wills, or runs, 
 
 That labours, or desires; 
 In answer to my Saviour's groans, 
 Thy love my breast inspires: 
 
 5 The meritorious cause I see, 
 
 That precious blood divine, 
 And I, since Jesus died for me, 
 Shall live for ever thine. 
 
 428. CM. Walls. 
 God's care of Zion. Isa. xlix. 13, ** 
 
 NOW shall my inward jojs arise, 
 And burst into a song; 
 Almighty love inspires my heart. 
 And pleasure tunes my tongue. 
 
 8 God on his thirsty Zion-hill 
 
 Some mercy-droi»s has thrown. 
 And solemn oallis have lx)und his lov 
 To shower salvation down. 
 
 3 Why do we, then, indulge our fears, 
 Suspicions and complaints? 
 Is He a God. anil shall his grace 
 Grow weary of his saints? 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISEa 429 
 
 4 Can a kind woman e'er forget 
 
 The infant she has borne ? 
 And 'mongst a thousand tender thoughts. 
 Her suckling have no room ? 
 
 5 ' Yet,' saith the Lord, ' should nature change, 
 
 'And mothers monsters prove, 
 Zion still dwells upon the heart 
 'Of everlasting Love. 
 
 C Deep on the palms of both my hands 
 ' I have engrav'd her name, 
 My hands shall raise her ruin'd walls, 
 'And build her broken frame. 
 
 I 
 
 429. L. M. IValls. 
 Parting with carnal joys 
 SEND the joys of earth away ; 
 
 Away, ye tempters of the mind. 
 False 35 the smooth deceitful sea. 
 And eiP'^iv as the whistling w ind. 
 
 2 Your wa\es were floating me along, 
 Down to the gulf of black despair; 
 And whilst I listen'd to your song. 
 Your streams had e'en convey'd me there. 
 
 ? Lord, I adore thy matchless grace. 
 That warn'd me of that dark abyss. 
 That drew me from those treacherous seas, 
 And bid me seek superior bliss. 
 
 4 Now to the shining realms above 
 
 I stretch my hands, and glance mine eyes , 
 O for the pinions of a dove. 
 To bear me to the upper skies! 
 
 5 There, from the bosom of my God. 
 Oceans of endless pleasures roll ; 
 There would I fix my last almde. 
 And dn)wn ihe sorrows of my soul. 
 
 L2 
 
130, 431 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 430. C M. Ntwton. 
 
 Old things are passed awny. 2 Cor. v. 17 
 
 LET worldly minds the world pursue, 
 It has no charms for me; 
 Once I admired its triHes too, 
 But grace ha** set me free. 
 2 Its pleasures now no longer please, 
 No more content afford, 
 Far from my heart be joys like these. 
 Since I have known the Lord. 
 S As by the lighl of opening day 
 The stars are all conceafd, 
 So earthly objects fade away. 
 When Jesus is reveal'd. 
 
 4 Creatures no more divide my choice, 
 
 I bid them all depart ; 
 His name and love, and gracious voice, 
 Have fixt my roving heart. 
 
 5 Now. Lord, I wotdd be thine alone, 
 
 And wholly live to thee ; 
 But may I hope that thou wilt own 
 A worthless worm like me ? 
 
 6 Yes, though of sinners I 'm the worst, 
 
 I cannot doubt thy will, 
 For if thou hadst not chos-e me first, 
 I had refus'd thee still. 
 
 431. C. M. Watts 
 
 Prayer heard, and Zion restored. Psalm Cw 1^ 21 
 
 LET Zion and her sons rejoice, 
 Behold the promis'd hour! 
 Her God has heard her mourning voice, 
 And comes t' exalt his power. 
 8 Her dust and ruins that remain, 
 Are precious in our eyes ; 
 Those ruins shall be built again. 
 And all that dust shall rise. 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 I He sits a sovereign on his throne, 
 With pity in his eyes, 
 He hears the dying pris'ners' groan, 
 And sees their sighs arise. 
 
 4 He frees the souls condernn'd to death. 
 And when his saints compJain. 
 It shan't be said that praying breath 
 Was ever spent in vain. 
 
 I This shall be known when we are dead, 
 And left on long record, 
 That ages yet unborn may read, 
 And trust, and praise the Lord. 
 
 M 
 
 432. C. M. Watts. 
 
 God^s presence is light in darknes. 
 
 Y God, the spring of all my joys. 
 The life of my delights. 
 The glory of my brightest days, 
 And comfort of my nights .' 
 
 In darkest shades if thou appear, 
 
 My dawning is begun ; 
 Thou art my soul's sweet morning star, 
 
 And thou my rising sun. 
 
 The op'ning heavens around me shine. 
 With beams of sacred bliss, 
 
 While Jesus shows his heart is rr.-ne. 
 And whispers, I am his I 
 
 My soul would leave this heavy clay, 
 
 At that transporting word ; 
 Run up, with joy, the shining way, 
 
 T' embrace my dearest Lord. 
 
 Fearless of hell, and ghastly death, 
 I 'd break through every foe ; 
 
 The wings of love, and arms of faith. 
 Should bear me conqueror through. 
 
433, 434 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 433. S. M. Doddridge 
 Rejoicing in the ways of God. 
 
 NOW let our voices join, 
 To form a sacred song ; 
 Ye pilgrims, m Jehovah's ways, 
 With music pass along. 
 Sweet flowers of paradise 
 In rich profusion spring ; 
 The Son of glory gilds the path, 
 And dear companions sing. 
 3 See Salem's golden spires 
 In beauteous prospect rise ; 
 And brighter crowns than mortals wear. 
 Which sparkle through the skies. 
 i All honour to his name 
 
 Who marks the shining way! 
 To Him, who leads the wand'rers on. 
 To realms of endless day. 
 
 c 
 
 434. 7's. Cmtiick. 
 Rejoicing in liope. Isa. xxxv. 1ft 
 "CHILDREN of the heavenly King 
 
 As ye journey, svveetiy sing; 
 Sing our Saviour's worthy praise, 
 Glorious in his works and ways. 
 
 2 We are trav'Uing home to God, 
 In the way the (at hers I rod ; 
 They are happy now, and we 
 Soon their happiness shall see. 
 
 3 O, ye banish'd seed, be glad ! 
 Christ our advocate is made; 
 Us to save, our flesh assumes; 
 Brother to our souls becomes. 
 
 1 Shout, ye little flock, and blest! 
 You on Jesus' throne shall rest : 
 There vour seat is now prepar'd; 
 There your kingdom and reward. 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES 435 436 
 
 5 Fear not, hrcihrcn, joyful stand 
 On the bordoi-s of our land ; 
 Jesus Christ, the Father's Son, 
 Bids us iindismay'd go on. 
 
 6 Lord ! submissive make us go, 
 Gladly leaving all bolovv; 
 Only thou our leader be. 
 And we still will follow thee 
 
 435. L. M. Hart. 
 The stony heart lamented. 
 
 OH ! for a glance of heavenly day. 
 To take this stubborn stone away, 
 And thaw, with beams of love divine, 
 This heart, this frozen heart of mine. 
 
 2 The rocks can rend, the earth can quake. 
 The seas can roar, the mountains shake ;— 
 Of feeling all things show some sign. 
 
 But this unfeeling heart oi" mine. 
 
 3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt, 
 Dear Lord, an adamant would melt ; 
 But I can read each moving line. 
 And nothing move this heart of mine. 
 
 4 But something, Lord, 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 
 
 436. C. M Ccmper 
 The contrite heart. Isa. Ivii 15. 
 
 THE Lord will happiness divine 
 On contrite hearts bestow , 
 Then tell me, gracious God, is mine 
 A contrite heart or no ? 
 t I hear, but seem to hear in vain. 
 Insensible as steel ; 
 If aiisht is felt, 'tis only pain 
 To find 1 cannot feel. 
 
43* CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 3 I sometmies think myself inclin'd 
 
 To love thee if I could ; 
 
 But often feel another mind, 
 
 Averse to all that 's good. 
 
 4 My best desires are faint and few, 
 
 I fain would strive for more; 
 But, when I cry, ' my strength renew. 
 Seem weaker than before. 
 
 5 Thy saints are comforted, I know, 
 
 And love thy house of prayer; 
 I sometimes go where others go, 
 But find no comfort there. 
 
 5 O, make this heart rejoice, or ache 
 
 Decide this doubt lor me ; 
 And, if it be not broken, break, 
 And heal it if it be ! 
 
 437. C. M. fVatts. 
 Love to the creatures dangerous. 
 
 How vain are all things here below 
 How false, and yet how fair! 
 Each pleasure hath its poison too, 
 And every sweet a snare. 
 
 2 The brightest things below the sky, 
 
 Give but a flattering light; 
 We should suspect some danger nigh. 
 Where we possess delight 
 
 3 Our dearest joys, and nearest friends. 
 
 The partners of our blood 
 How they divide our wavering inind% 
 And leave but half for God! 
 
 4 The fondness of a creature's love. 
 
 How strong it strikes the sense; 
 Thither the warm affections move 
 Nor can we call them thence. 
 
 6 Dear Saviour! let thy beauties be 
 
 My soul's eternal (bod ; 
 And grace command my heart away 
 From all created gtxxi. . 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 438 
 
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 438. 7's. Newton. 
 The believer anxious about his 
 
 TIS a point I long to know, 
 Oft it causes anxious thour^hl , 
 Do I love the Lord, or no; 
 Am I his, or am I not ? 
 
 t If I love, why am I thus ? 
 
 Why this dull and lifeless ^ravr^ • 
 Hardlv, sure, can they be wor*^^ 
 Who have never heard his nanR.v 
 
 H Could my heart so hard remain. 
 Prayer a task and burden pro - 
 Every trifle give me pain ; 
 If I knew a Saviour's love ? 
 
 4 If I pray, or hear, or read, 
 Sin is mixt with all I do ; 
 You tliat love the Lord indeed 
 Tell me, is it thus with you? 
 
 ^ Yet I mourn my stubborn will. 
 Find my sin a giief and thrall; 
 Should I grieve for what I feel. 
 If I did not love at all ? 
 
 6 Could I joy his saints to meet , 
 Choose the ways I once abhor. 'd 
 Find, at times, the promise swee* 
 l{ I did not love the Lord ? 
 
 7 Lord, decide the doubtful case, 
 ji'hou, who art thy people's sun. 
 Shine upx)n thy work of grace, 
 If it be, indeed, begun. 
 
 B Let me love thee more and mofe, 
 If I love at all, I pray ; 
 If I have not lov'd before, 
 Help me *o begin to-day. 
 
139. 440 CHRISTIAN KXKRCISES. 
 
 439. L. M. 
 
 Be not conformed to this world Rom. xii. 2. 
 
 WHEN first tlie Lord his grace reveal'd. 
 And blest me with a pardon seal'd ; 
 My soul was fdl'd with love and joy. 
 And prayer and praise my sweet employ. 
 
 2 With what deliglit 1 walk'd the road 
 To Zion, still my blest abode, 
 
 To mingle songs with kindred souls, 
 For here salvanon's current rolls I 
 
 3 But now, alas! those scenes have fled. 
 And left me joyless, dull, and dead ; 
 Now praver and praise a task I find. 
 And darkness shrouds my guilty mind. 
 
 4 Can this vain world e'er fill the place 
 Once occupied by cheering grace ? 
 Its glittering toys, its specious charm.s. 
 Thrust my Redeemer from my arms? 
 
 5 Deluding world I no more intrude; 
 Awake, awake, sweet gratitude, 
 Explore the blissful scenes oi.ce felt. 
 Perhaps this frozen heart may melt. 
 
 6 Arise, my faith, on wings sublime. 
 And bear this stupid soul of mine 
 To Calvary, where my dying God, 
 Shall drown the world and sin in blood. 
 
 440. C. M. 
 
 We linnsed our harps upon (he vnllovok 
 
 ON willows, near to Babel's flood, 
 Our tuneless harf« we hung, 
 While foes to us, and foes to God, 
 Said, ' sing us Zion's song.' 
 
 2 When love, and zeal, and joy dechne. 
 And darkness reigns within; 
 When doubts and fears assail the mind. 
 Is it a time to sing' 
 
CHRISTIAY EXERCISES. 44 
 
 3 \V<» call to mind ihose happier days. 
 When praise was our employ : 
 But now we weep, in silent lay 3 — 
 Yet tears, too, have their joy. 
 i Rememb'ring, Lord, how once we felt, 
 When first from guilt set free, 
 We ask thy love, our hearts to meit, 
 And draw us back to thee 
 5 Let sorrows yield to thine embrace ; 
 Let guilt and darkness fly ; 
 Then tuneful harps shall sound thy praise. 
 In strains of rapt'rous joy 
 
 441. L. M. 
 The same. Psalm cxxxvii. 1 — I. 
 
 WHERE Babel's streams ran murmuring Of 
 We hung our useless harps on high, 
 Our flowing tears increas'd the flood. 
 For we had wander'd from our God. 
 
 5 While thus our harps m silence hung. 
 Wo heard from many an impious tongue, 
 Wake to the lavs, ye Jews, and sing. 
 The praise of lion's sovereign King. 
 
 3 When impious men grow strangely bold. 
 When love declines, and zeal grows cold, 
 And harps are stript of every string, 
 
 Is it a time for sainls to sing ? 
 
 4 When darkness shrouds my trembling raicd. 
 And all my joys seem left behind. 
 
 And doubts and fears around me cling, 
 Is it a time for me to sing ? 
 '^ O Lord, arise I assert thy right, 
 
 And put our threatening foes to flight; 
 Tear from our hearts each idol fair. 
 And reign without a rival there. 
 
 6 Awake, our harps, in tuneful lays, 
 Sound to the dear Redeemer's oraise; 
 He comes our miseries to leilress. 
 
 From heaven he comes, his fiaints to bleat 
 
♦42, 443 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 442. C. M. .v/f p/e. 
 Watchfulness mid Praijer. Matt, xxvi i. 
 
 ALAS! what hourly dangers rise! 
 What snares be-set my way ! 
 To heaven, O let me lift my eyes, 
 And hourly watch and pray. 
 
 2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain. 
 
 And melt in flowing tears! 
 My weak resistance, ah! how vain! 
 How strong my f()es and fears ! 
 
 3 O gracious God, in whom I live. 
 
 My feeble efforts aid ; 
 Help me to watch, and pray, and strive. 
 Though trembling and afraid. 
 
 4 Increase my faith, increase my hope. 
 
 As foes and fears prevail ; 
 And bear my fainting spirit up, 
 Or soon my strengih will fail. 
 
 5 O keep me in thy heavenly way. 
 
 Ami bid the tempter flee; 
 And let me never, never stray. 
 From holiness and thee. 
 
 443. L. M. Beddome. 
 Inconslancy acknmdedistd. 
 rWlHE wandering star, and fleeting wind 
 X Both represent the unstable mind ; 
 The morning cloud, and early dew. 
 Bring our inconstancy to view. 
 
 2 But cloud, and vvind, and dew, and star. 
 Faint and imporfi;ct emblems are; 
 
 Nor can there aught in nature be 
 So fickle, and .s<3 ifalse. as we. 
 
 3 Our outward walk, and inward frame. 
 Scarce through a sinirle hour the same; 
 Wo vow, and siraifihl our vows li^rgel. 
 And. then, these vcrv vows reneat. 
 
CHRISTIAV EXKRCISES. 444 
 
 4 We sin forsake, to sin return ; 
 
 Are hot, are cold, n^joice, and mourn; 
 In deep disliess, llien raptures feel, 
 rs'dw on the moiuit, now in the vale. 
 
 5 With Howinsj tears, Lord, we confess 
 Our lolly, and unsteailfafetness; 
 When shall these hearts more fixed be, 
 Fixl hy thy grace, and (ixt f()r thee? 
 
 444. L. M. Steele. 
 Complaining at the throne of grace 
 'ERWHELM'D with restless griefs and fenir*. 
 
 o 
 
 Lord, I approach thv mercy-seat, 
 With aching heart, and flowing tears, 
 To pour my sorrows at thy feet. 
 
 2 Thy promises are large and free. 
 To humble souls who seek thy face 
 O where, for refuge, cpji I flee. 
 
 My God I but to the throne of grace . 
 
 3 Thou seest the tempest of my soul. 
 These restless waves of fear and sin , 
 Thy voice can all the rage control. 
 And make a sacred calm within. 
 
 4 My thoughts recall thy favours past, 
 In many a dark distressing hour. 
 The kind support my heart confess'd. 
 And own'd thy wisdom, love, and power 
 
 5 And still these bright [)er(ections shine, 
 Kte.-nal their unclouded rays; 
 L'nchanging liiithfulness is thine. 
 
 And just, and right, are all thy ways. 
 
 6 Let thy enliv'ning, healing voice. 
 The kind assurance of thy love. 
 Relieve my heart, revive my joys. 
 And all my sins and fears remove. 
 
445, 446 CHRISTIAN exercises. 
 
 445. L. M. Crntlenden. 
 Sin and Hnlinesa. Rom. vii. 23. Gal. v H 
 
 WHAT jarring natures dwell within 
 Al«)unding grace, remaining sni! 
 Nor this can reign, nor that prevail, 
 Though each bv turns my heart assail. 
 
 2 Now I complain, and groan and die; 
 Now raise my songs ol" triumph high; 
 Sing a rebellious passion slain. 
 
 Or mourn to feel it live again. 
 
 3 One happy hour beholds me rise. 
 Borne upwards to my native skies, 
 While faith assists mv soaring tiight. 
 To realms of joy, and worlds of light 
 
 4 Scarce a few hours or minutes roll. 
 Ere earth reclaims my captive ^oul ; 
 I feel its sympathetic "force. 
 
 And headlong urge my downward course 
 
 5 Great God! assist me through the fight, 
 Make me triumphant in ihy might; 
 Thou the desponding heart canst raise,— 
 The victory mine, and thine the praise. 
 
 446. CM. 
 Longing for Communion icilh C/mtL 
 
 WHEN Jesus smil'd, and said, ante! 
 Thy sins are all forgiven; 
 My bosom bloom'd a Paradise, 
 An antepast of heaven. 
 
 4 And though I wept o'er follies part, 
 
 My grateful bosom glovv'd ; 
 
 Believing I should meet at last, 
 
 The Saviour whom 1 lov'd. 
 
 3 lovely days of joy and grief. 
 All! whilher aro ye (led ? 
 Sweet Jesus, come to my relief 
 Lifl up my droopiiiii head.' 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 447. 44i! 
 
 4 Come, and restore mj' bleeding heart, 
 
 'I o love and joy again ; 
 With sin and earth 1 freely part, 
 Ommunion to regain. 
 
 5 Communion with my Saviour God — 
 
 To know my sins forgiven, 
 Is more than paradise restor'd ; 
 'Tis all the bliss of Heaven. 
 
 447. CM. 
 Declension in pious feeling, lamenU^d 
 "^T^THERE are the grateful tears I shed 
 \'\ Of joy and pious grief ; 
 The hope that beam'd u})on my head, 
 The laith that gave relief? 
 
 2 Where is the zeal with which I mov'd 
 Obedient to thy law ? 
 ^Vrplch that I am, to grieve my Love, 
 And cause him to withdraw! 
 
 ? {■ aviour, I own my sin with shame. 
 Do thou my sin forgive ! 
 ;j)eak, and niy heart with love shall flame. 
 My dyuig hope shall live. 
 
 4 "peak thv forgiveness to my soul, 
 And faith and zeal shall "burn ; 
 I'hv word shall make the wounded whole,— 
 The wanderer to return. 
 
 448. L. M. Weslefs Coil- 
 Prayer for holy Zeal. 
 f^OR zeal I sigh, for zeal I pant, 
 Yot heavy is my soul, and faint, 
 I groan, I strive. I watch and pray. 
 But ah I how soon it dies away. 
 
 2 O Thou, who all things canst control, 
 Chase this dead slumber from my soul. 
 Touch mv cold breast with heavenly fire. 
 With holy, conquering zeal inspire. 
 
449. 4dO the conflict. 
 
 THE CONFLICT. 
 
 449. CM. 
 Matt. X. 16, 17 
 
 BKHOLD, I send you forth, as sheep 
 Amidst a world of wolves! 
 Near to your watchful Sliepherd keep, 
 Commit to him your souls. 
 
 2 Beware of men — of what they state ; 
 
 The wisdom from alxjve 
 Will watch alike against their hate 
 And their insidious love. 
 
 3 Be sure you be as serpents wise, 
 
 And harmless as the dove ; 
 And let your whole atfectioiis rise, 
 And fix on God above. 
 
 4 Yes, Lord, I would beware of men ; 
 
 Beware of Satan too : 
 And more than all, the foe within, 
 My constant bosom-foe. 
 
 5 Assis' me, Lord, to watch and pray 
 
 And fight my passage through; 
 
 To grow in grace from day to day, 
 
 And onward, heavenward go. 
 
 450. S. M. Wesley's CoU. 
 The same subject. 
 
 BID me of men beware. 
 And to my ways take heed ; 
 Discern their every secret siiare. 
 And circumspectly tread. 
 
 2 O may 1 calmly wait 
 
 Thy succours from above. 
 And stand against thoir open liaie. 
 And well-dissembled love. 
 
THE CONFLICT. 451 452 
 
 3 My Spirit, Ix)rcl, alarm, 
 
 When men and devils join , 
 'Gainst all the pwers of Satan arm, 
 In panoply divine. 
 
 4 But, above all, afraid 
 
 or mj- own bo.som-foe, 
 Still let me seek to thee for aid, 
 To thee my bosom show ; — 
 
 5 Hang on thy arm alone. 
 
 With sell-ciislrusting care. 
 
 And deeply in the spirit groan 
 
 The never-ceasing prayer. 
 
 451. C. M. 
 
 77/e Soldiers of Christ exhorted' 
 
 AVV^AKEI my soul, and use thy arras, 
 The powers of hell are near . 
 Awake, to watchfulness and prayer 
 And thou hast nought to fear. 
 
 2 Awake I with gospel armour on, 
 
 In panoply complete ; — 
 Let hope, through grace, thy head edom. 
 And gospel pea<'-e thy feeL 
 
 3 Awake I and gird thyself vMth truth, 
 
 Almighty strength put on, — 
 Be sure to take the shield of faith. 
 And trust in Christ alone. 
 
 4 Pray! — always pray, and never fain*, 
 
 Watch in the Spirit too, — 
 With jierseverance pray lor saints. 
 Ami force thy passage through. 
 
 452. S. M. Wesley's ColL 
 Soldiers of Christ exhorted. 
 
 SOLDIERS of Christ, arise! 
 And put your armour on. 
 Strong in the strength that 'Jod suppliei 
 Through his eternal Son. 
 
<63, 454 THE CONFL.CT. 
 
 2 Strong in 'he Lord of hosts, 
 
 And of" his migiitj' power, 
 Who in the strength of Jesats trusta, 
 Is more than conqueror. 
 
 3 Stand then in his great might, 
 
 With all his strength endued, 
 And tal\e, to arm you for the fight, 
 The panoply of God. 
 
 4 That having all things done, 
 
 And all your conllicts past, 
 Vou may o'ercome through Christ alone 
 And be complete at last. 
 
 5 To God your every want 
 
 In instant prayer display; 
 Pray always — pray, and never faint. 
 And without ceasing, pray ! 
 
 453. S. M. Heath. 
 The Soul called upon to Watch and Pm% 
 
 MY soul, be on thy guard ! 
 Ten thousand loes arise ; 
 .-Vnd ujany a sin is pressing hard. 
 To draw thee from the skies. 
 
 2 Arise I and watch and pray. 
 
 The conflict ne'er give o'er; 
 Renew it boldly every' dav, 
 And help Divine imp.ore. 
 
 3 Ne'er think the victory won. 
 
 Nor once at ease sit down ; 
 The arduous work will not be done 
 Till thou hast got the crown. 
 
 454 S M. Wedey'si CoU. 
 Soldiers of Chris! encouraged 
 
 HARK I iiovv the waichnaen cry. 
 Attend the trumpet's sound I 
 Stand to your arms — the foe is nigh. 
 The powers of hell surround 
 
THE CONFLICT. ^'^- '•''* 
 
 2 Who bow to Christ's command. 
 
 Your arms and hearts prepare; 
 The day of battle is at hand, — 
 Go forth to glorious war ! 
 
 3 See, on the mountain top, 
 
 The standard of your God ! 
 In Jesus" name i lift it up. 
 
 AH stain'd with hallowed blood. 
 
 4 Grt) up with Christ your Head I 
 
 Your Captain's footstej^ see! 
 Follow ycur Captain, and be led 
 To certain victory. 
 
 455. PART II. 
 
 OUR Captain leads us on. 
 He beckons from the skies, 
 A.nd reaches out a starry crown. 
 And bids us take the prize. 
 
 2 Be faithful unt«) death ; 
 Partake my victory , 
 And thou shall wear this glorious wreath 
 And ever reign with me. 
 
 456. C. M. Watts. 
 Standfast in thtfailh. 1 Cor. xv: VL 
 
 AM I a soldier of the cross, 
 A foHow er of the Lamb ? 
 And shall I fear to own his cause 
 Or blush to speak his name I 
 
 2 Must 1 be carried to the skies, 
 Oa flow'ry beds of ease ; 
 While others fought to win the prize. 
 And sail'd through bloody seas \ 
 
 ■J Are there no foes for me to face ? 
 Must I not stem the flood ? 
 U this vile world a friend to grace. 
 To help me on to God i 
 M 
 
D 
 
 iSn THE CONFLICT. 
 
 4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ; 
 
 Increase my courage, Lord : 
 I '11 bear the toil, endure the pain, 
 Supported by thy word. 
 
 5 Thy saints in all this glorious war, 
 
 Shall conquer tliough they d.'e: 
 They see the triumph Irom afar, 
 Atid seize it with their eye. 
 
 6 When that illustrious day shall rise. 
 
 And all thy armies shine 
 In robes of victory through the skies, 
 The glory shall be thine. 
 
 457. C. M. Ballimore Collection 
 Breatlnng after Zeal and Courage 
 
 JDST thou, dear Jesus, suffer shamt 
 And bear the cross for me ? 
 And shall I fear to own thy name. 
 And thy disciple be ? 
 
 2 Forbid it. Lord, that I should dread 
 
 To suffer pain or loss ; 
 But iu thy footsteps let me tread. 
 And glory in thy cross. 
 
 3 Inspire my soul with life divine, 
 
 And holy courage bold ; 
 Let knowledge, faith, and meekness shin^- 
 Nor love, nor zeal grow cold. 
 
 4 Say to my soul, ' Why dost thou fear 
 
 ' The face of^ feeble man ? 
 ' Behold thy heavenly Captain here, 
 ' Before thee, in the van.' 
 
 5 0. liow my soul would up and run. 
 
 At that transjx)rting word ! 
 N'lr any painful suffering shun, 
 
 To follow thee, my Lf)rd ! 
 t> To thee I cheerfully submit, 
 
 And all my powers resign, — 
 Let wisdom poiru out what is (it. 
 
 Arid I 11 no more repme. 
 
THE CONFLICT. 458, 459, 4CAi 
 
 458. CM. Watts. 
 
 I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ. 
 
 J'M not ashamVl to own my Lord, 
 Nor to defend his cause ; 
 Maintain the honour of his word, 
 The glory of his cross. 
 
 Jesus, ray 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 will he own my worthless name 
 
 Before his Father's face. 
 And in the new Jerusalem 
 Appoint my soul a place. 
 
 459. L. M. Watts. 
 Submission and Deliverance. Gen. xxii. 6 — 13 
 
 SAI?»rrS, at your heavenly Fathers word, 
 Give up your comforts to the Lord; 
 He shall restore what you resign, 
 Or grant you blessings more divine 
 
 2 Just in the last distressing hour, 
 The Lord displays delivering jxiwer, 
 The mount of danger is the place 
 Where we shall see surprising grace. 
 
 460 C. M 
 
 My heart is f red. Psalm cviii. 1. 
 
 •"lY/f Y heart is fixt' — did David say? 
 i-TX May I not sav so too ? 
 Jesus, thv precious blood "s my stay , 
 I nothing go(xl can do 
 
461 THE CONFLICT. 
 
 2 'My heart is fixt' — it trusts in God, 
 
 My portion and my (-hoico ; 
 Firmly it rests upon his word, 
 And doth in him rejoice, 
 
 3 'My heart is iixt' — his power conlroji, 
 
 His wisdom guides me still ; 
 He calms the tempest, or it rolls 
 Obedient to his will. 
 
 4 ' My heart is fixt' — has satan then, 
 
 The power to break my hold ? 
 My Lord beholds, just how, and when, 
 'This woll" comes near his Ibid 
 6 ' My heart is fixt' — ye earthly toys, 
 It is not fixt on you; 
 Fly, then, ye treacherous, fleeting jo}?* ! 
 My Jesus I '11 pursue. 
 6 Though fickle in my inward frame, — 
 wu 
 
 My outward conduct ill ; 
 A^eet Jesus! in thy glor' 
 My heart is fixed still 
 
 Sweet Jesus ! in thy glorious name 
 dsti' 
 
 461 S. M. Newton. 
 The Pilgrivis Song. 
 
 FROM Egypt lately freed 
 By the Redeemers grace; 
 A dark and thorny pa'h we tread. 
 
 In hopes to see his face. 
 
 The promis'd land of peace, 
 
 F'aith keei)s in t-onstant view; 
 How different from the wilderness 
 
 We now are passing thmughl 
 
 Here, often, from our eyes 
 
 (Jlouds hide the light divine ; 
 There, we shall have unclouded skiea, 
 
 Our sun will always shine. 
 
 Here griefs, and cares, and paiiw, 
 
 And fears, distress as sore; 
 But there eternal ploasiire reigns, 
 
 And we shall weep no more 
 
THE CONFLICT. 402. 463 
 
 *> Lord, pardon our complaints. 
 We follow at ihy ^-all ; 
 The joy prepar'd, lor suffering saints, 
 Will make amends for all. 
 
 462. L. M. FaivceU. 
 Thou shall remember all this way. Deut. viii. 2 
 
 THUS Hir my God hath led me on, 
 And made his truth and mercy k.aowTi* 
 My hopes and fears alternate rise, 
 And comforts mingle with my si!:;hs. 
 
 2 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. 
 
 3 I'emptations ever^-^where annoy ; 
 
 And sins and snares my peace destroy; 
 My earthly joys are from nie torn, 
 And oft an absent God I mourn. 
 i My soul, with various tempests toss'd. 
 Her hopes o'erlurned, her projects cross'd. 
 Sees every day new 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. 
 
 463. PART 11. L. M. Walts 
 Few saved ; or almost Christian. 
 
 BROAD is the road that leads to death, 
 And thousands walk together there, 
 But wisdom shows a narrower path, 
 With here and there a traveller. 
 
<C4 THE CONFLTC 
 
 2 " Deny thyself and take thy cntss, 
 Is the Redeemer's great conniand ; 
 Nature must couiu her gold but dross. 
 If she would gain this heavenly lan(S 
 
 3 The fearful soul that tires and faints, 
 And walks the ways of God m more. 
 Is but esteem'd almost a saint, 
 
 And seals his own destruction sure. 
 
 4 Loid, let not all my hopes be vain. 
 Create my heart entirely new ; 
 Which hypocrites could ne'er attain, 
 Which false apostates never knew. 
 
 M 
 
 464. C. M. Waffs. 
 
 Complaining of spiritual sloth. 
 
 Y drowsy powers, whv sleep ye 9 
 
 Awake, my slutrgish soul I 
 Nothing has half thy work to do, 
 Yet nothing 's half so dull. 
 2 The little ants for one poor grain 
 Labour, and tug, and strive ; 
 Yet we, who have a heaven t' obtain. 
 How negligent we live ! 
 .3 We, for whose sake all nature stands, 
 And stars their courses move ; 
 We, for whose guard tlie angel bands 
 Come flying from above ; — 
 
 4 We, for whom God the Son came dowii, 
 
 And labour'd for our good ; 
 How careless to secure that crown, 
 He purchas'd with his blood ! 
 
 5 Lord I shall we lie so sluggish still. 
 
 And never act our parts ? 
 Come, holy Dove, from th' heavenly hill, 
 And sit, and warm our hearts. 
 
 6 Then shall our active spirits move, 
 
 Upward our soids shall rise ; 
 With hands of faith, and winirs of love. 
 We 'U fly, and take the pr'ze 
 
THE CONFLICT. 46o. 4GA 
 
 465. 7'8. Covoper. 
 Welcome, crnss. 
 
 TIS ray happiness below 
 Not to live without the cross, 
 
 But the Saviour's power to know 
 
 Sanctifying every loss. 
 8 Trials must, and will befall, 
 
 But for humble faith to see 
 
 Love inscrib'd u{)on them all 
 
 This is happiness to me. 
 ? Trials make the promise sweet, 
 
 Tria.s give new life to prayer; 
 
 Trials br'ng mo to his feet, 
 
 Lay me low, and keep me there. 
 4 Did I meet no trials here ; 
 
 No chastisement by the way; 
 
 Might 1 not with reason fear, 
 
 I should prove a cast-away ? 
 •5 Bastards may escape the rod. 
 
 Sunk in eart'hly, vain delight; 
 
 But the true-born child of God, 
 
 Must not, would not, if he might 
 
 466. C. M. 
 The daily cross. Luke ix. 23. 
 
 ALL, who through Christ the living way 
 Would e'er to heaven attain ; 
 Must bear the cross from dav to day, 
 Else all their hopes are vain. 
 
 2 ' A censuring world, a tempting fiend, 
 
 ' A heart a.s bad or worse, 
 'Have urg'd me oft to seek a friend, 
 ' To help me bear the cross, 
 
 3 'Beneath the cross this friend I found, 
 
 'Tn garments roll'd in blood; 
 With cords of love, on mc he bound, 
 'The painful, pleasing load. 
 
467, 468 THE CONFLICT. 
 
 4 ' These silken cords of love divine, 
 • So bind my soul to God, 
 And round my Saviour cling and twine, 
 ' That he sustains the load.' 
 
 4G7. C. M. Newto7i 
 Will ye also go avny ? John vi. 67 
 
 WHEN anv turn from Zion's v,ay, 
 Alas ! what nunr.bers do ! 
 Methinks 1 hear my Saviour say, 
 Wilt ihou forsake me too V 
 
 2 Ah Lord ! with such a heart as mine. 
 
 Unless Ihou hold me last, 
 I feel I must, I shall decline. 
 And prove like them al last. 
 
 3 Yet, thou alone hast power, I know, 
 
 To save a wretch like me; 
 To whom, or whither could I go. 
 
 If I should turn from ihee ? 
 ( The help of men and angels join'd 
 
 Could ni'vpr reach my case ; 
 Nor can I hope relief to find. 
 
 But in thy boimdless grace. 
 
 5 No voice but thine can give me rest. 
 
 And bid mv fears depart ; 
 No love but thine can make me blest. 
 And satisfy my heart. 
 
 6 What anguish has that question stirr'd 
 
 If I will also go ? 
 Yet, Lord, relying on thy word, 
 1 htimbly answer— No 1 
 
 468. C. M. Watts. 
 
 Desertion and Hope. Psalm xlii. l-^S 
 
 "m'ETITII earnest longings of the rauHl, 
 Vf My God, to thee I look ; 
 So pants the hunted hart to find 
 And taate the cooling brook 
 
THE CONFLICT. 40* 
 
 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace. 
 
 And meet my Cod again ? 
 So long an absence from thy face 
 My heart endures with pain. 
 
 3 Temptations vex my weary soul. 
 
 And tears are my repast; 
 The foe insults williout control, 
 
 'And vvhere 's your God at last V 
 i 'Tis with a mournnii pleasure now 
 
 1 think on former davs; 
 Then to thy house did numbers go, 
 
 And all our work was praise. 
 5 But why, my soul, sunk down so far 
 
 Beneath this heavy load ? 
 Why do mv thoughts indulge despair. 
 
 And sin against my God ? 
 P Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand 
 
 Can all thy woes remove ; 
 For I shall yet before him stand. 
 
 And sing restoring love. 
 
 469. CM. Watts. 
 The Saint's pilgrimage. 
 
 DEAR Lord, the path to thine abode 
 Lies through a horrid land ; 
 Yet, w'e would keep the heavenly road, 
 And run at thy command, 
 
 2 Our souls shall tread the desert through 
 
 With undiverted feet ; 
 Anrl luith, and flaming zeal, subdue 
 The terrors that we meet. 
 
 3 By glimm'ring hopes, and gloomy fears, 
 
 "We trace the sacred road; 
 Through dismal dee[)S, and dangeroua 
 We make our way to God. 
 
 4 See the kind angels at the gates I 
 
 Inviting us to come ; 
 There Jesus the f(>rcrimner waits, 
 To welcome trav'llcrs home. 
 
i70 471 THE CONFLICT. 
 
 470. S. M. Hart 
 Pnde. 
 
 OF all our sins is pride 
 The most to be abhorr'd ; 
 Do what we will, it haunts us still. 
 And keeps us from the Lord 
 
 2 It blows its pois'nojs brealh. 
 
 And bloats the soul with air ; 
 The heart uplifts wiih God's own gifts 
 And makes e'en grace a snare. 
 
 3 'Tis hurtful when perceiv'd ; 
 
 When not perceiv'd 'tis worse; 
 Unseen,vor ?een, it dwells within. 
 And works by fraud, or force 
 
 4 Against iLs influence prny, 
 
 It mingles with the prayer; 
 Against it preach, it prompts the speech 
 lie silent — still 'tis there. 
 
 5 This moment while I sing, 
 
 I feel its power within ; 
 My heart it draws to seek applause, 
 And mixes all with sin. 
 
 6 Exalted Son of God ! 
 
 Destroy this haughty foe I 
 Remove our pride, whate'er betide. 
 And lay, and keep us low. 
 
 471. C. M. Hart. 
 Tribulation. 
 
 THE souls that woiUd to Jesus prew, 
 Must fix this firm and sure; 
 That tribulation, more or less. 
 They must and shall endure- 
 
 i From this there can be none exempt, 
 'Tis God's own wise decree ; 
 Satan the weakest saint will tempt; 
 J\or is the strongest i'ree 
 
THE CONFLICT ' 471 
 
 S Ten thousand baits the foe prepares. 
 To catch the wandering heart ; 
 And seldom do we see the snares 
 Before we feel the smart. 
 
 4 Glad frames, too often, lift us up, 
 
 And then how proud we growl 
 Till sad desertion makes us droop, 
 And, down we sink as low. 
 
 5 But lei not all this terrify , 
 
 Pursue the narrow path ; 
 Look to the Lord with steadfast eye, 
 And fight with hell by faith. 
 
 6 Though we are feeble, Christ is strong , 
 
 His promises are true ; — 
 We shall be conquerors all, ere long, 
 And more than conquerors too. 
 
 472. L. M. Medley. 
 Blessed are they which are persecuted, &c. 
 
 BLEST are the souls whose suff'rings show 
 Their faith, and love, and zeal are true; 
 Who for their Saviour yield their breath. 
 And triumph over hell by faith. 
 
 2 For Him they pain and death despise. 
 Secure of life beyond the skies; 
 There, as their great and sure reward, 
 A heavenly kingdom stands prepar'd. 
 
 3 Prophets and saints, who 're gone before, 
 The same dark scenes have travers'd o'er ; 
 Through racks, and fires, and seas of blood. 
 They forc'd their way to meet their God. 
 
 4 Then let the suffering saints be glad, 
 
 Thus they 're conform'd to Christ, their Head 
 
 And all who sufl^er for his sake. 
 
 Of beavenly joys shall soon partake. 
 
473, 474 • THE CONFLICT. 
 
 473. L. M. Watts. 
 The Christian race. Isa. xl. 28—31. 
 
 AWAKE, our souls, away, our fears, 
 Let every trembling lliought be gone 
 Awake, and run the heavenly race. 
 And put a cheerful courage on. 
 
 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, 
 And mortal spirits tire and faint ; 
 But ihey forget the mighty God, 
 
 Who feeds the strength of every saint. — 
 
 3 The mighty God, whose matchless power 
 Is ever new, and ever young, 
 
 And firm endures, while endless years 
 Their everlasting circles run. 
 
 1 From thee, the overflowing spring. 
 Our souls shall drink a fresh supply. 
 While such as trust their native strengtn 
 Shall melt away, and droop, and die. 
 
 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air. 
 We '11 mount aloft to thine abode ; 
 On wings of love our souls shall lly, 
 Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. 
 
 474. L. M. Beddome. 
 Desiring communion with God. 
 
 MY rising soul, with strong desires. 
 To perfect happiness aspires! 
 With eiteady steps would iread the rr)ad 
 That leads to heaven — that leads to Goa 
 
 I thirst to drink tuiminglod love 
 From tb: pure founlaiii-hcad above: 
 My dearest Lord, I long to be 
 Emptied of sin and full of thee. 
 
THE COXFLICT. 475, 476 
 
 475. C. M. Bedilome. 
 Holy zeal, and diligence. 
 
 WHILE carnal men, with all their might. 
 Earth's vanities pursue ; 
 9ow slow th' advances which I make. 
 With heaven itself in view I 
 
 inspire my soul with holy zeal ; 
 
 Great God, my love inflame ; 
 Religion, without zeal and love. 
 
 Is but an empty name. 
 
 To gain the top of Zion's hill. 
 
 May I with fervour strive ; 
 Ind all those lowers employ for thee, 
 
 Which I from thee derive ! 
 
 476. C. M. Doddridge. 
 Aunning the Christian race. Phil. iii. IZ — 14 
 
 4 W\KE, my soul, stretch every nerve, 
 -jL And press with vigour on ; 
 A heavenly race demands thy zeal, 
 And an immortal crown. 
 
 8 Tis God's all animating voice 
 That calls thee from on high; 
 Tis his own hand presents the prize 
 To thine aspiring eye. 
 
 3 A cloud of witnesses around 
 
 Hold thee in full survey; 
 Fiyrget the steps already trod, 
 And onward urge thy way. 
 
 4 Blest Saviour I introduc'd by thee. 
 
 Have we our race begun; 
 And, crown'd with victory, at thy feet 
 We lay our laurels down. 
 
4/7 478, 479 the conflict. 
 
 4T7. L. M. Watts. 
 The Christian warfare. 
 
 STAND up, my soul, shake off thy fears, 
 And gird the gospel armour on ; 
 March to the gates of endless joy, 
 Where thy great Captain-Saviour 's gox)e. 
 
 2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course, 
 But hell and sin are vanquish'd Ibes, 
 Thy Jesus nail'd them to his cross, 
 And sung the triumph when he rose. 
 
 3 Then let my soul march Ijoldly on, 
 Press forward to the heav(>nly gate, 
 There peace and joy eiernal reign, 
 And glittering robes lor conquerors wait 
 
 478. L. M. Cowper. 
 The templed Christian\<i trusr. 
 
 DANGERS of every shape and name 
 Attend the followers of the Lamb, 
 Who leave the worlds deceitful shore. 
 And leave it to return no more. 
 
 2 Great God ! the pilot's part perform, 
 And guide, and guard us through the storm. 
 Defend us from each threat'ning 'll. 
 Control the waves, say — ' Peace ! be still. 
 
 479. CM. Walts. 
 
 Tfie hope of Heaven, our support under trial* 
 
 WHF..\ I can read my title clear 
 To mansions in the skies, 
 I bill firewell to every fear. 
 And wipe my Weeping eyes. 
 
 2 Should earth against mv soul engage. 
 And hellish darts he iiurl'd. 
 Then I can smile at Satan'.'< rage, 
 And face a frowning world 
 
THE CONFLICT. WU 
 
 8 Let cares like a wild deluge come. 
 And storms of sorrow fall. 
 May I but safely reach riiy home, 
 My God, my heaven, my all. 
 
 4 There shall I halhe my weary soul. 
 In seas of heavenly rest, 
 And not a wave of trouble roll 
 Across my peaceful breast. 
 
 480. C. M. Ryland. 
 Hinder me not. Gen. xxiv. 56 
 
 IN all my Lord's appointed ways, 
 Myjoiirnoy I '11 pursue: 
 
 • Hinder me not,' ye much lov'd saints. 
 
 For I must go with you. 
 
 2 Fa vain the world and satan try. 
 
 My journey to delay ; 
 •Hinder me not,' to both I cry, 
 ♦ For God hath crown 'd my way.' 
 
 3 Since Christ, my dear exalted Lord, 
 
 My soul to him hath wed, 
 
 * Hinder me not,' nor friends nor foes, 
 
 I '11 follow him my Head. 
 
 4 Through floods and flames, if Jesus lea«i, 
 
 I '11 follow where he goes; 
 
 • Hinder me not,' shall be my cry, 
 
 Though earth and hell oppose. 
 
 5 Through duty, and through trials too, 
 
 I '11 go at his command ; 
 
 * Hinder me not," for I am bound 
 
 To ray Immanuel's land. 
 
 6 And wlien mv Saviour calls me home, 
 
 Still this my cry shall be; 
 •Hinder me not,' come welcome death 
 I 11 gladly go with thee. 
 
481 482 THE CONFLICT. 
 
 481. CM. Watts 
 Sight through a glass, and fact *- -- 
 
 ILDVE the windows of thy jjraro 
 Through which my Lord is seen j 
 And long to meet my Saviour's faco. 
 Without a glass between. 
 
 2 O that the hnppy hour were come 
 
 To change my faith to sight; 
 I shall behold my Lord at home 
 In a diviner light. 
 
 3 Hiiste, my Beloved, and remove 
 
 These interposing days ; 
 Then shall my passions all be love, 
 And all my powers be praise. 
 
 482. C. M. Newton, 
 There the weary are at rest. Job iii. 
 
 IOOK up, my soul, behold the prize 
 J The Saviour's love provides; 
 Eternal life beyond the skies 
 For all, whom here, he guides. 
 
 2 The wicked cease from troubling there^ 
 
 The weary are at rest ; 
 SorroA', and sin, and pain, and care, 
 No more approach the blest. 
 
 3 A wicked world, a wicked heart, 
 
 With Satan now are join'd ; 
 Each acts a too successful part 
 In harassing my mind. 
 
 4 But fighting in my Saviour's strengtn. 
 
 Though miiihty are my foe8, 
 1 shall a conqueror be at length, 
 O'er all that can oppose. 
 
 5 Then why, my soul, complain or fearf 
 
 The crown of glory see I 
 The more I toil and sutTer here. 
 The sweeter rest will be. 
 
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 THE CONFLICT. 483, 484. 456 
 
 483. L. M. IVatls. 
 Enjeyment of Christ in worship 
 HEN I can say, ' My God is mine.' 
 
 When I can feel iiis glories shine, 
 J tread the world beneath my feet. 
 And all that earth calls gooci or great 
 
 2 While such a scene of sacred joys. 
 Our raptur'd eyes and souls employ«, 
 Here we could sit, and gaze away 
 A long, an everlasting day. 
 
 484. C. M. W. & B. 
 / am the way. John xix. 6. 
 
 OZIOxN ! when shall I survey 
 Thy blissful courts above. 
 Where sainLs enjov eternal day, 
 And rest in holy love ? 
 
 2 What rapturous zeai employs the tongues 
 
 Of disembodied saints! 
 Harkl how they sing in circling throngs. 
 Nor is there one that faints. 
 
 3 O glorious, consecrated way. 
 
 That leads to endless bliss I 
 When shall I end this mortal day, 
 And be where Jesus is ? 
 
 485. C. M. Wesley's CoU. 
 Rejoicing amid confiicts. 
 A ND let this feeble body fail, 
 ■tjL And let it faint or die. 
 My soul shall quit this mournful vale 
 And soar to worlds on high. 
 
 Shall join the disembodied saints 
 And find its^long-songht rest. 
 
 Thai only bliss for which it panta 
 In the Redeemer's breast. 
 
«86 CIRCUMSTANCKS OF LIFE. 
 
 3 In hopes of that immortal crown, 
 
 J now the cross sustain ; 
 And gladly wander iiji and down. 
 And smile at toil and pain. 
 
 4 1 suffer on my three-score years 
 
 Till my deliverer come, 
 To wipe away his servant's tears 
 And take his exile home. 
 
 5 Then what are all my suff 'rings here. 
 
 If, I^n-d, thou couni'st me meet 
 With that enraplur'd host to appear 
 And worship at thy feet? 
 
 6 Give joy or grief— give ease or pam, 
 
 Take life or friends away. 
 But let me find them all again 
 In that eternal day. 
 
 CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE 
 
 486. C. M. Anon. 
 The Wedding Hymn. John li. 1, %. 
 
 SINCE Jesus freely did appear 
 To grace a marriage feast, 
 We ask, O Lord, thy i)resence here, 
 To make a wedding guest. 
 
 Upon the bridal pair look down. 
 Who now have plighted hands; 
 
 Their union with thy favour crown. 
 And bless the nuptial bands. 
 
 With gifts of grace their he.<rts endow 
 
 Of all rich dowries best I 
 Their substance bless, and peac^ bestow 
 
 To sweeten all the reift. 
 
H 
 
 CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFK. 481 
 
 4 [n purest love their souls unite, 
 
 That they, with Christian care. 
 May make domestic burdens light, 
 By taking mutual share. 
 
 5 True helpers may they prove indeed 
 
 In prayer, and "faith!! and hope; 
 And see with joy a godiv seed, 
 To build their household up. 
 
 6 As Isaac and Rebecca give 
 
 A pattern chaste and kind ; 
 
 S(j may this married couple live. 
 
 And die in friendship join'd. 
 
 487. L. M. 
 The union of man and wife. 
 
 DW closely join'd are man and wife 
 
 In union lasting as the life ! 
 United nearls, united hands — 
 Their int'rest one— how strong the bands 
 
 2 Marriage the Lord's appointment is, 
 To soothe our woes, enhance our bliss — 
 To render each the other blest, 
 
 Let Christian love pervade the breast 
 
 3 'Tis kindred souls that form the tie; 
 That live in peace until thev^ die; 
 'Tis love controls the life, tite tongue. 
 Approves the right — overlooks the wrong 
 
 4 Let every man esteem his wife 
 
 His better half, his dearer life ; . 
 
 And every wife a rev'rence feel 
 
 F )r all her husband's lawful will. * 
 
 5 Thus shall they live in peace and love, 
 Thus shall they mutual helpers prove; 
 Thus shall the Lord their union bless, 
 A yd crown their efforts with success. 
 
A' 
 
 J88, 489 CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE. 
 
 488. L. M. Steele. 
 
 The shortness of lime, and frailty of man 
 
 LMIGHTY Maker of my frame. 
 Teach me the measure of my days! 
 Teach me to know liow frail I am. 
 And spend the renmant to thy praise. 
 
 2 My days are shorter than a span; 
 A little point my life appears; 
 How frail, at best, is dying man, 
 How vain are all his hopes and fears . 
 
 3 Vain his ambition, noise, and show, 
 Vain are the cares that rack his mind ! 
 He heaps up treasures mix'd with woe, 
 And dies, and leaves them all behind. 
 
 4 O, be a nobler portion mine, 
 
 My God I I bow before thy throne; 
 Earth's fleeting treasures I resign. 
 And fix my hopes on thee alone. 
 
 489. CM. Watts. 
 
 The vanity cf man as mortal Psalm xxxix. I-^T 
 
 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 lx)ast. 
 
 An inch or two of time ; 
 Man is but vanity and dust, 
 In all his flower and prime. 
 
 3 What should 1 wish, or wail for, then. 
 
 From creatures, earth and dust? 
 They make our expectations vain. 
 And disappoint our trust. 
 
 1 Now I forbid my carnal hope. 
 My fond desires recall , 
 T give my mortal interests up, 
 \m\ make my G(h1 my all 
 
CIRCUMSTANCES OF LIFE. 4<K). 41M 
 
 490. 7's. Rtjland. 
 My times are in thy hand. Psalm xxxi. 15. 
 
 SOVEREIGN Ruler of the skies! 
 Ever gracious, ever wise ! 
 All my times are in thy hand — 
 All events at thy command. 
 
 8 Plagues and deaths around me fly ; 
 Till he bids, I cannot die ; 
 Not a single shaft can hit, 
 Ti!'. the God of love sees fir. 
 
 3 O thou gracious, wise, and just, 
 In thy hands my life I trust ; 
 Have I somewhat dearer still ? 
 
 I resign it to thy will. 
 
 4 Thee, at all times, will I bless, 
 Having thee, I all jx)ssess; 
 
 I can ne'er bereaved be. 
 Since I cannot part with thee. 
 
 491. C. M Addison. 
 The Traveller's Psalm. 
 
 HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord ! 
 How sure is their defence ! 
 Eternal wisdom is their guide. 
 Their help Omni{X)lence. 
 
 2 In tbreign realms and lands remote, 
 Supported by thy care. 
 Through burning climes they pass unhiirt, 
 And breathe in tainted air. 
 
 i When by the dreadful tempest borne 
 High on the broken wave 
 They know thou art not slow to hear 
 Nor impotent to save. 
 
 t The storm is laid, the winds retire, 
 Obedient to thy will ; 
 The sea, that roars at thy command. 
 At thy command is still. 
 
492, 493 STAGES of life. 
 
 6 In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths. 
 Thy goodness we '11 adore ; 
 We'll praise thee for thy mercies past. 
 And humbly hope for more. 
 
 6 Our life, while thou preserv'st thai life, 
 Thy sacrifice shall be ; 
 And death, when death shall be our lot. 
 Shall join our souls to thee 
 
 STAGES OF LIFE. 
 
 492. CM. Relief Hynms. 
 
 The shortness of Life. 
 
 TT^EW are thy days, and full of woe, 
 jC O man, of woman born ! 
 Thv doom is written — dust thou art. 
 And shalt to dust return. 
 
 2 Determin'd are the days that fly 
 
 Successive o'er thy head ; 
 The number'd hour is on the wing, 
 That lays thee with the dead. 
 
 3 O may the grave become to me 
 
 The bed of peaceful rest. 
 Whence I shall gladly rise, at length 
 And mingle with the blest. 
 
 433. C. M. A7wn. 
 Remember thy Creator in the days of thy youtk 
 
 IN the sweet season of thy youth, 
 In nature's smiling bloom. 
 Ere age arrive, and trcnibliiig wait 
 Its summons to the toml), — 
 
STAGES OF LIFE, 494. 495 
 
 3 Remember thy Creator, God I 
 For Him thy jxjwers employ ; 
 Make Him thy fear, ihy love, thy hof«. 
 Thy confidence and joy. 
 
 3 He shall defend and guide thy youth 
 
 Through life's uncerlain sea. 
 Till thou art landed on ihe coast 
 Of bless'd eternity. 
 
 4 Then seek the Lord betimes, and choose 
 
 The path of heavenly truth ; 
 This earth affords no lovelier sight 
 Than a religious youth. 
 
 494. C. M. Cowper. 
 Youlli expostulaled with. 
 
 GRACE Is a p.ant. where'er it grows 
 Of pure and heavenly root; 
 But fairest in the youngest shows. 
 And yields the sweetest fruit 
 
 2 Ye careless (mes, now hear betimes, 
 
 The voice of sovereign love I 
 Your youth is stain'd with many a criroft 
 But mercy reigns above. 
 
 3 For you the public prayer is made. — 
 
 O- join the public prayer. 
 For you the trickling tear is shed, — 
 O. shed, yourselves, a tear! 
 
 4 We pray that you may early prove 
 
 J'he t^pirit's power to teach; 
 
 You cannot be too young to love 
 
 That Jesus whom we preach. 
 
 495. CM. Watts. 
 
 ITie aged Christian s prayer and sot^ 
 ^1 OD of rr.y childhood and my youth, 
 VI" The guide of all my days, 
 I have declar'd ihy heavenly truth, 
 And told thy wondrous ways. 
 
36 STAGES OF LIFE. 
 
 2 Wilt Thou forsake my hoary hairs. 
 
 And leave my fainting heart ? 
 Who shall sustain my sinking years. 
 If God. my strength, depart? 
 
 3 Let me thy power and truth proflaim 
 
 To the surviving age, 
 And leave a savour of thy nryiie. 
 When I shall cjuit the stage. 
 
 4 The land of silence and of death. 
 
 Attends my next remove; 
 O may these poor remains of hreatli. 
 Teach the wide world thy love. 
 
 496. C M. AUered. 
 Boast not thyself of fo-morrovi. Prov. xrvii. J 
 Y soul, how solemf is the word. 
 
 M' 
 
 Wiiich now ihine ear accosts I 
 May I attend it, gracious Lord, 
 * Ps'or of to-morrow hoo-st.' 
 
 8 Time I O how swilt us moments flow! 
 What millions have I lost! 
 Then, let me seize the golden now, 
 ' Nor of to-morrow boast.' 
 
 3 Before the present day is past. 
 
 My soul may meet its doom, 
 
 Now let me for salvation haste, 
 
 To-mor'r)vv ne'er may come. 
 
 4 To-<'av may I the Saviour know. 
 
 And ill his name helieve, 
 JNor let these |)recntu.s moments gc,— 
 Ti>morr(»w may tieceive 
 
 t Thy sparing mercies; still alx)una. 
 Ami I am out of hell ;— 
 To-day 1 am on mercy's gnmnd, 
 To-inorrow — who can tell ? 
 
M 
 
 STAGES i)F IJFK. 497 45*8 
 
 497. L. M Altered 
 Wliilher goest thou ? 
 Y gracious, my almighty Lord, 
 
 Let me attend thy sacred word, 
 Nor dare delay, but answer now, 
 Phis question, • Whither goest thou V 
 i Is ii lo death, and to thy bar, 
 To unseen worlds where spirits are, 
 To boundless joy. or endless pain, 
 Fixt there for ever to remain ? 
 
 3 Yes, I must shortly bid fareweli 
 
 To this vain world in vv lich I dwell ; 
 7() death and to the tonib must bow— 
 Mv soul, then, '"'hither goest thou V 
 
 4 O that the ageii and the yoimg. 
 And all the worldly, busy throng. 
 Would each one put this question now 
 My soul, ah I ' Whither goest ihon ?' 
 
 498. L. M. IValts. 
 Life the dai^ of grace and hope. Eccl. ix. 4, 5, 6 IC 
 
 LIFE is the tune to serve the Lord, 
 The time t' insure the great reward. 
 And while the lamp holds out to bum, 
 The vilest sinner may return. 
 
 2 Life is the hour that God has given, 
 To escape from hell, and fly to heaven, 
 The dav of grace, and mortals may 
 Secure the blessings of the day. 
 
 3 Then what my thoughts design to do, 
 My hands, with all your might pursue, 
 Since no device, nor work is ibund, 
 Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground- 
 
 4 There are no acts of pardon past 
 
 In the cold grave to which we haste, 
 l?Mt darkness, death, and long despair. 
 Keisrn in eternal silence there 
 
IB9L MO DEATH. 
 
 499 C. M. Addison. 
 Providential mercies reviewed. Psalm cui 1— • 
 
 WHEN all thy mercies, O my God 
 My rising soul surveys; 
 Transported with the view, I 'm lost 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 2 Unnumber'd comforts to nty soul 
 
 I'hy tender care bestow'd, 
 Before my infant heart conceiv'd 
 From \vhom those comforts flow'd 
 
 3 When in the slippery paths of youth. 
 
 With heedless steps 1 ran. 
 Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe 
 And led me up to man. 
 
 4 Ten thousand thousand precious gills 
 
 My daily thanks employ ; 
 JN'or is the least a cheerful heart. 
 That tastes those gifts with joy. 
 
 5 Through every period of my life, 
 
 Thy goodness I '11 pursue ; 
 A.nd "after death, in distant worlds, 
 The jileasing theme renew. 
 
 6 Through all eternity to thee 
 
 A grateful song I '11 raise ; 
 Rut O! eternity 's too short 
 To utter all thy praise. 
 
 H 
 
 DEATa 
 
 500. CM. Watts. 
 Funeral Thought. 
 
 ARK ! from the tombs a doleful souna 
 Mine ears, attend ll:e cry! 
 
 Ye living men, come view the ground, 
 Where you must shortly lie 
 
deaTH 501. 502 
 
 t Great God ! is this our certain doom ? 
 And are we still secure! 
 Still walking downwards to the tomb, 
 And yet prepard no more I 
 3 Grant us the power of quickening grace 
 To fit our souls to fly ; 
 That we may drop this dying flesh, 
 And mount above the sky. 
 
 O 
 
 501. S. M. Epis. Cdl. 
 God my Kefnge in Death. 
 
 MAY I find in death 
 A hiding place wlih God, 
 Secure from woe and sin, anv? call'd 
 To share his blest abode I 
 Cheer'd by this hope, I wait. 
 Through toil, and care, and grief, 
 Till my appointed course is run, 
 And" death shall bring relief. 
 
 .502. C. M. Steele 
 Death of a Youth 
 
 WHEN blooming youth is snatcn'd aw«y 
 By death's resistless hand, 
 Our (lenrts the mournful tribute pay. 
 Which pity must demand. 
 
 2 While pity prompts the rising sigh, 
 
 Oh, mav this truth, imprest 
 With awful power, — 'I hx) must die,' 
 Sink deep in every breast ! 
 
 3 Let this vain world engage no more 
 
 Behold the gaping tomb I 
 It bids us seize the present hour : 
 To-morrow death may come. 
 
 4 The voice of this alarming scene 
 
 May every heart obey ; 
 Nor be the heavenly warning vain. 
 Which calls to watch and pray 
 
503, 904 DEAr.i. 
 
 5 Oh. -et lJS fly — to Jesus, fly, 
 
 Whose powerful arni a:i save ; 
 Then shall our hopes ascend on high. 
 And triumph o'er the ^rave. 
 
 6 Great God ! thy sovereign grace impart, 
 
 With cleanBing, healing power; 
 This only can prepare t'l-^ heart 
 For death's surprising hour. 
 
 503. C.M. 
 Death or removo' of a Pastor. 
 
 FATHER, we bow befi)re thy throne, 
 With hearts oppre?t with grief; 
 Oar pastor's gone — we "^ left alone, 
 Where shall we find relief? 
 
 2 Thv word he faithfully u-oclaira'd, 
 
 His doctrine from it drew ; 
 Regardless whether prais'd or blamed, 
 So he thy will might of^. 
 
 3 I\or did he merely preach alone, 
 
 Obedience mark'd his way ? 
 His holy life, as well as dengue, 
 
 fnclin'd to enilless day. 
 \ We feel the k)ss of such a guide. 
 
 And now before thy throne, 
 We pray his loss may be supplied. 
 
 Supplied by thee alon 
 5 Give us a pastor in his room, 
 
 To wipe our falling tens ; 
 * And guide, and guard iw safely on. 
 
 From all our rising feiLi- 
 
 504. L. M. IkinieVs Selection. 
 
 The Heath of u Minister 
 
 IS death we mourn, .ho lately stoo^ 
 A herald of the mighty God ; 
 Proclaim'd the Saviour t .' oiir race, 
 .\nd bore the niess.age of his grace. 
 
 H 
 
2 Lalx>rion8 in his Master's cause ; 
 His view, nor lucrfc or applause ; 
 To spend and to he spent ro-sign'd. 
 If souls through Christ salvation find. 
 
 3 With txjinled language, flaming zeal, 
 He to the conscience did appeal; 
 With terror s'lught ;!^ soul to move, 
 Or draw it with the cords of love. 
 
 4 But all his labours now are o'er. 
 And we shall hear uu voice no mo e: 
 His dust lies silent in the tomb; 
 
 He 's gone to heave. / his final home. 
 6 Jesus ! though earthly shepherds die. 
 Do thou thy churcho- still supply 
 With gifts, instruction to import — 
 Pastors according t^ 'hy heart. 
 
 j05. C. M. J. Sminderif. 
 Thefiock approacii- ig (he Shepherd's (omtk 
 
 WITH holy awe, and solemn dread, 
 Approach th. ulent tomb I 
 Your shepherd lies beneath the shade 
 Of death's treme-''ous gloom I 
 2 How gentlp was the stroke divine, 
 VV'hich bow'd hio head in death ! 
 How peaceful did h. soul resign 
 His friends, his life, his breath I 
 
 5 E'en death to him is endless gain; 
 
 Though we are left to mourn : 
 Shepherd divine I tl flock sustam, 
 Nor leave thy fold forlorn. 
 
 4 Display thy pardonir^, healing grace ; 
 
 Assuage our rising grief; 
 Rever! thy smiling, cheering face, 
 A.'id grant us swec- relief 
 
 5 -liVe us to kiss the painful rod, 
 
 \or at thy will reninc, — 
 ' lie still, and know .• at thou an Goeu' — 
 To all thy will resign 
 
106, 507 DEATH. 
 
 6 Furnish thy church from shore U> snore. 
 With gospel truth and grace ; 
 And, while we thus our loss deplore, 
 E'en here thy flock increase. 
 
 506. L. M. Altered. 
 Death discloses the unknown world. 
 
 BY faint and glimmering light we view 
 The I nknown world we 're hastening to 
 Gk)d has lock'd up the mystic page, 
 And curtain'd darkness round the stage. 
 
 2 We talk of heaven, we talk of heli ; 
 But what can men or angels tell ? 
 Whether we will or not, we must 
 Take the succeeding world on trust. 
 
 3 Death soon to our astonish'd sight. 
 Eternal things will bring to light; 
 The curtain, none but he can raise, 
 Nor he, till God our sovereign please. 
 
 4 li we in Christ the Lord believe. 
 We shall eternal joys receive ; 
 But if we spurn his sacred name, 
 
 We sink, we bum m quenchless flame. 
 
 507. S. M. Watts. 
 The resurrection of the hod^ 
 
 4I\D must this body die 
 This morial frame decay ? 
 And must these active limlvo of mine 
 
 Lie mouldering in the clay ? 
 
 Corruption, earth, and worms. 
 
 Shall but refine this flesh. 
 Till my triumphant spirit cornea 
 
 To put it on afresh. 
 
 Got! mv Redeemer lives, 
 
 Anc' often from the skies, 
 I/>'ks down, and watches ail my duM, 
 
 Till he shall bid it rise. 
 
JUDGMEffT. 508 
 
 Airay'd in glorious grace, 
 
 Shall thesp vile bodies shine, 
 And every shape, and every face. 
 
 Look heavenly and divine. 
 
 These lively hopes we owe 
 
 To Jesus' dying love ; 
 We would adoic! his grace below, 
 
 And smg his power above. 
 
 Dear Lord, accept the praise * 
 
 Of these our humble songs. 
 Till tunes of nobler sound we ."aise 
 
 With our immortal tongies. 
 
 JUDGMENT 
 
 508. CM. Watts. 
 The Certainty and Awfulne w of Judgnntm 
 
 THAT awful day will surely come, 
 The appointed hour makes haste 
 When I must stand before my Judge, 
 And pass the solemn test. 
 
 2 Thou lovely Chief of all my joys. 
 
 Thou Sovereign of my heart, 
 
 How could I bear to hear thy voice 
 
 Pronounce the sound — depart I 
 
 3 The thunder of that dismal word 
 
 Would so distress muie ear, 
 'T would tear my soul asunder. Lord, 
 
 With most tormenting fear. 
 1 Jesus, I throw my arms around. 
 
 And hang upon thy breast ; 
 Without a gracious smile from thee. 
 
 My spirit cannot rest. 
 5 O, tell me that my worthless name 
 
 Is graven on thy hands ! 
 Show me some pronnse in ihy book. 
 
 Where my salvation stands. 
 
K)9. SIO,.*!]] jr:i)GMENT 
 
 509. L, M. R^^^ef Hymns. 
 
 THE Lord shall come— a glorious form. 
 With rainbow-wreath and robes of sttj»«a 
 On chenib wings, and wings of wind, 
 Appointed Judge of all mankind. 
 
 2 Can this be he who wont to stra^' 
 As jiilgrim on the world's highway, 
 Opprest by power, anu mock'd by pride. 
 The Nazarene — the crucified ? 
 
 ?. While sinnei-s in despair b.iall call, 
 Rocks, hide us — mountain", on ks fall I 
 The saints, ascending from the tomb. 
 Shall joyful sing — the Lf>'"d is come I 
 
 .'ilO. C. M. WaiU. 
 'The last judgment ; or, ff>e saijits rewarded 
 
 TI JRON'D on a cloud our God shall come 
 Bright flames pre pa -^ his way, 
 Thunder and darkness, fire and §torm. 
 Lead on the dreadiul d-'»y- 
 i Heaven from above his Ccii shall hear, 
 Attenduig angels come. 
 And earth and hell shall ' now and fear, 
 HisJMScice, and their doom. 
 
 3 ' But gather all my sainlf he cries, 
 
 ' That made their [leace with God. 
 By the Redeemer's sacrifice, 
 
 'And seal'd it with his 'ood. 
 i Their faith and works, brought forth to light, 
 
 ' Shall make the world 'onfess 
 My sentence of reward ... right, 
 
 ' And heaven adore the grace.' 
 
 511. L. M \Vans. 
 Happy rcsiir'-ection. 
 
 LET worms devt>iir niy wa.>5ling flesh 
 And crumble ali mv bones to dust. 
 My (iod shall raise uiy fr..,,ie afresh, 
 At the revival of the just. 
 
JUDGMENT. 512, 513 
 
 S Break, sacred morning! through the skies. 
 Bring tliat delightiuirdreadful Hay; 
 Cut short the hours, dear Lord, and come,— 
 Thy lingering wheels, how long they slay! 
 
 3 Haste, then, upon the wings of love. 
 Rouse all the pious sleeping clay. 
 That we may join m heavenly joys. 
 And smg the triumph ol" the day. 
 
 512. L. AI. Altered. 
 
 The end of all t/iiugs is at hand. 1 Peter iv. 7. 
 
 THE Judge descends from worlds on high; 
 The earth and heavens before hira fly I 
 \rise, mv soul, and trembling -sla.id ; 
 The end of all thnigs is at hand I' 
 
 2 Awake, ye sleeping, Christless souls, 
 Belbre the judgment thunder rolls; 
 Before the trumpet's dreadful sound 
 
 Cleaves the wide heaven, and shakes the ground 
 
 3 Belbre the vengeful lightnings fly, 
 ■^Fo bum the globe, and melt the sky; 
 Beiore the great tremendous day. 
 Shall Christ in awful pomp display, 
 
 i Before the summons from afar. 
 Calls men and devils to the bar; 
 A wake I this truth to understand, 
 ' The end of all things is at hand !' 
 
 5 Ye Christless souls, be this your care; 
 Be sober, watchful, much in prayer; 
 Let every holy path be trod. 
 And thus prepare to meet your God. 
 
 513. C. M. Cov)per 
 Sinners wanted of their danger 
 
 MY bowels yearn o'er dying men, 
 Doom'd to eternal woe ; 
 Fain would 1 speak — l)ut all is vain, 
 If God die* not speak too. 
 N2 
 
814 JUDGMENT. 
 
 8 nnners, lend a listening ear, 
 Lest hell sl.ould be your doou ; 
 Tis at your peril j'ou forbear, 
 When in God's name we come. 
 
 3 Where, guilty mortals, will you flee — 
 
 If destitute of grace — 
 When all the world the Judge must see, 
 And stand before his face ? 
 
 4 Might you but shun that dreadful sight, 
 
 How would you wish to fly 
 To the dark shades of endless night 
 From his all-searching eye I 
 
 5 But all the hosts of hell must come, 
 
 And all mankind appear. 
 To hear their dread, eternal doom, 
 From his impartial bar. 
 
 S Let not these warnings prcve in vain ; 
 The solemn message hear; 
 Lest they should aggravate your pain, 
 When plung'd in keen despair.' 
 
 514. L. M. Rippmi's Stleclion, 
 Eternity, joijful and tremendous. 
 
 I^TERNITY is just at hand I 
 -A And shall I waste my ebbing sand, 
 And careless view depa'-ting day, 
 And throw my inch of lime away ( 
 
 2 Eternity ! — tremendous sound ! 
 To guilty souls a dreadful wound ! 
 But, Oh.' if Christ and heaven be mine, 
 How sweet the accents I how divine I 
 
 3 Be this mv chief, my only care ; 
 My high pursuit, my ardent prayer; 
 An interest in the Saviour's blood — 
 My piirdon seal'd, and peace with God 
 
FAMILY WORSHIP. 515 516 
 
 I But should my brightest hopes be vain ! 
 The rising doubt, how sharp its pain ! 
 My fears. O gracious God I remove ; 
 Speak me an object of thy love. 
 
 d Search, Lord ! O search my inmost heart' 
 And light, and hu}>e, and joy, impart; 
 From guilt and error set me free 
 And guide me safe to heaven and thee. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP 
 
 515. L. M. Daniel. 
 Morning Praise. 
 
 THIS mornii;g let my praise arise. 
 To Him who all my need supplies 
 To Him who watch'd me through the nighi. 
 And brought me to the morning light. 
 M May I, this day, through grace, pursue 
 The work assignd for me to do ; 
 And when my work on earth is done, 
 May angels bear my spirit home. 
 
 516. C. M. Altered. 
 
 Vnto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righf.aua 
 ness arise. 
 A WAKE, my soul, to meet the day, 
 J\. Unfold thy drowsy eyes ! 
 Remove the pond'rous load away. 
 And rise to heavenly joys. 
 
 2 God's guardian shield wa.s round me sf>read 
 
 In my defenceless slee}),- 
 Let Him have all my waking hours, 
 Who doih my slumbers keep. 
 
 3 Pardon, O God. my fi)rmer sloth. 
 
 And arm my soul with grace; 
 As rising now I seal my vows. 
 To prosecute thy ways. 
 
*!" 518 FAMILY WORSHIP. 
 
 4 Bright Sun of righteousness, arise. 
 Thy radiant beams display, 
 And guide my dark, bewiider'd wul. 
 To everlasting day. 
 
 517. C. M. Altered. 
 Nearness to God prayed for. 
 
 LORD, in the morning I will senil 
 My cries to meet ihine ear; 
 Thou art my Father, and my Friend,— 
 My help for ever near. 
 
 2 O lead me, keep mo ail this day. 
 
 By thy sustaniing grace ; 
 Help me to watch, to watch and pray. 
 And live in love and peace. 
 
 3 Thus let my moments smoothiy run, 
 
 My hours thus pass away, 
 Tdl evening shades, and setting suns. 
 Be lost in endless day. 
 
 518 L. M. 
 Leaning on Jesus' bosom. John xi.i 
 
 rilHE busy scenes of day are clos'd, 
 X The evening shades invite to rest 
 Now let my soul remain comjxis'd. 
 Reclining on my Saviour's breast 
 
 "Z Jesus, to thee an evening song. 
 My soul in gratitude would raise ; 
 O could I mount and join that throng. 
 I'd vie with angels in ihy praise. 
 
 3 With tears of joy I 'd sing the (lod, 
 Who wept, and bled, and dietl (or me ; 
 Then hide benealh ilial precious blood 
 Uliich freely flowd (»n Calvary. 
 
 \ There, shelter'd, would my soul remain, 
 VVliile weary liml)s might seek rejxtse; 
 Nor from that foiuitain go again, 
 When morning should the light disclose 
 
FAMILY WORSHIP. 519 520 
 
 B And when, at last, nor siin nor moo?., 
 Nor stars shall light the pilgrim's way; 
 May angel-bands convey me home, 
 To realms of everlasting day. 
 
 519. S. M. Walker's Collection. 
 Retiring to rest : an emhlem of death. 
 
 THE day is past and gone, 
 The evening shades appear ; 
 O may we all remember well, 
 The night of death is near. 
 ; We lay our garments by, 
 Upon our beds to rest ; 
 So death will soon disrobe us sll. 
 Of what we now possess. 
 J Lord, keep us safe this night. 
 Secure from all our iears, 
 Beneath the pinions of thy love. 
 Till morning light appears : 
 t And when we early rise, 
 And view th' unwearied sun, 
 May we set out to win the prize 
 And after glor} run. 
 And when our days are past, 
 And we from time remove ; 
 may we in thy bosom rest, — 
 The bosom of thy love. 
 
 520. L. M. Baltimore Collection. 
 Whether we live or die, we are the Lord $ 
 
 GLORY to thee, my God, this night. 
 For all the blessings of the light ; 
 Keep me, O keep mc, King of kings. 
 Beneath thy own Almighty wings. 
 2 Teach me to live, that 1 may dread 
 The grave as little as my l>pd ; 
 Teach me to die, that so I may 
 Rise slorious at the awful <}av. 
 
521. L. M. Watts. 
 An evening Hymn. 
 
 THUS far the Lord has led me on, 
 Thus far his power prolongs my dayi 
 And every evening shall make known 
 Some fresh memorials of his grace. 
 
 2 Much of my time has run to waste, 
 And I, perhaps, am near my home ; 
 But he forgives my follies past, — 
 
 He gives me strength for days to come : 
 
 3 I lay my body down to sleep. 
 Peace is the pillow for my head, 
 While well appointed angels keep 
 Their watchful stations round my bed 
 
 4 Faith in his name forbids my fear; 
 O may thy presence ne'er depart! 
 And m the morning make me hear 
 The love and kindness of thy heart. 
 
 5 Thus when the night of death shall corae 
 My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, 
 And wait thy voice to rend mv tomb, 
 With sweet salvation in the sound. 
 
 PARTING. 
 
 522. C. M. Whitfield's CoU^titm. 
 A parting Hymn. 
 
 BLEST be the dear uniting love, 
 That will not let us part ; 
 Our bodies may far off remove, 
 We still are join'd in heart. 
 2 Jom'd in one spirit to our Head, 
 Where he apix)ints we '11 go ; 
 And in his holy footsle^is tread. 
 And show lus praise bolow. 
 
PARTING. 523. 584 
 
 3 O let us ever walk in him, 
 And nothing know beside; 
 Nothing desire, nor aught esteem, 
 But Jesus crucify 'd. 
 
 1 Closer and closer let us cleave, 
 
 To his belov'd embrace ; 
 And of his fullness still receive, 
 The fullness of bis grace. 
 6 Then let us hasten to the day. 
 Which shall our flesh restore ; 
 When death shall all be done away, 
 And bodies part no more 
 
 523 S. M. U-aM-er's Collection. 
 Pntse to God at parting. 
 
 ONCE more, before we part, 
 We 'II bless the Saviour's name 
 Record his merries every heart. 
 Sing every tongue the same. 
 
 2 Hoard up the sacred word, 
 
 And feed thereon, and grow, 
 
 Go on to seek to know the Lord, 
 
 And practise what you know. 
 
 524. 7's. Newton. 
 At parting. Acts xx. 32. 
 
 FOR a season call'd to part. 
 Let us now ourselves commend 
 To the gracious eye and heart 
 Of our ever-present Friend 
 
 2 Jesus, hear our humble prayei 
 Tender Shepherd of thy sheep 
 Let thy mercy and thy care 
 All our souls in safety keep. 
 
 3 In thy strength may we be strong i 
 Sweeten every cross and pain ; 
 Give us, if we live, ere long 
 Here to meet in peace again. 
 
685. 626 PARTING 
 
 525. C. M. Avon. 
 TVie parking of Christians painfiiL 
 
 LORD, when togetlier here we meet, 
 And taste thy heavenly grace, 
 Thy smiles are so divin«^ly sweet, 
 We 're loth to leave the place. 
 
 2 \ et. Father! since it is thy will 
 
 That we must part again, 
 O let thy gracious presence still, 
 With every soul remain ! 
 
 3 O may we all in Christ be one, 
 
 Bound with the cords of love, 
 Till we around thy glorious throne 
 Shall joyful meet al)ove: — 
 
 4 Where sin and sorrow from each heart, 
 
 And pain,and grief, shall fly; 
 And not a thought that we must part, 
 E'er interrupt our joy. 
 
 5 Deliver'd, then, from cares and paina^ 
 
 Our spirits ne er shall lire ; 
 But, in seraphic heavenly strains. 
 Redeeming love admire I 
 
 526. L. M. Hart. 
 Dismission. 
 
 DISMISS us with thy blessmg, Lord. 
 Help us to feed upon thy word , 
 All that has been amiss forgive, 
 And let thy truth within us live. 
 
 t Though we are guilty, thou art good, 
 Wa-sh all our .souls in Jesus' blood , 
 From sin, and guilt, and woo release, 
 4nd bid us all depart in peace. 
 
DOXOLOGIES 
 
 DOXOLOGIES. 
 
 rilO God the Father's throne, 
 M. Our humble songs we raise : 
 Glory to God the Son, 
 To God the Spirit praise : 
 With all our powers, eternal King, 
 Thy name we bless, thy nature sing 
 
 T 
 
 2. L. M. Waifs. 
 O God the Father, (iod the Son, 
 And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
 
 Be honour, praise, and glory given. 
 By all on earth, and all in heaven. 
 
 3. L. Al. Kejui. 
 
 PRAISE God, fron\ whom all blessings flo\ 
 Praise Him, all creatures here below; 
 Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, 
 Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 
 
 4. C. M. Walts 
 
 LET God the Father, and the Son, 
 And Spirit be ador'd, 
 Where there are works to make Him knowTa, 
 Cr saints to love the Lord 
 
 5. C. M. Altered. 
 rpO God the Father, God the Son, 
 -I Let all our voices raise, 
 And God the Spirit, Three in One, 
 An endless song of praise. 
 
 6. S. M. Walts. 
 
 ANGELS around the throne. 
 And saints that dwell below. 
 Worship the Father, praise the Son, 
 And bless the Spirit too. 
 
DOXOLOGIE8. 
 
 7. 7's. Epis. coH 
 
 HOLY Father, holy Son, 
 Holy Spirit, Three in One, 
 Glory, as of old, to Thee, 
 Now, and ever more, shall be. 
 
 8. 
 
 TO God the Father, Son 
 And Spirit, ever be 
 All praise and glory shown, 
 The sacred One in Three, 
 By angels in the heavenh world, 
 And men upion thia earthly ball. 
 
 9. St. Michaels Tune. 
 
 ALL praise to the Lord, supreme over aiT, 
 The Father, and Son, and Spirit divine; 
 One God in three persons, before thee we fall. 
 Be praise, and thanksgiving, eternally thine ' 
 
 10. 8. 8 6 Epis Coll. 
 
 TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 The God whom heaven's triumphant ban 
 And saints on earth adore ; 
 Be glory, as in ages past. 
 As now it is, and so shall last. 
 When time shall be no more. 
 
 11. 8. 7. 4. Epis CoU. 
 
 GREAT Jehovah ! we adore thee, 
 God the Father, God the Son, 
 God the Spirit, join'd in glory, 
 On the same eternal throne ; 
 Endless praises 
 To Jehovah, Three in One ! 
 
 12. ll's. 
 
 THOU Father Almighty, to thee we would nim 
 To th' Son, and the Spirit, one chorus of pnuae 
 As it was, and it is, and it ever shall be. 
 All glory and honour, Jehovah, to Thee. 
 
^V.-OfP«'*%^. 
 
 THE CHOICE 
 
 PART II. 
 
 COVTAINING 
 DESIGNED FOR 
 
 SOCIAL WORSHIP. 
 
 BY WILLIAM'^DOSSEY, 
 
 Minister of the Gospel. 
 
 r» »iBf trA admonishi ig one another in spiritual son^i. nnpaj ">» 
 
 6T»ce ii your Hearts tc the \jotA.--PenU. 
 
PART II. 
 
 NATIVITY OF CHRIST. 
 
 1. 11. 10. Heber. 
 Star of Bethlehem. 
 
 KAIL, the blest morn' see the great Mediator 
 Down from the regions of glon,' descend I 
 Shepherds, go worship your King in the mangez, 
 Lol for his guard the bright angels attend. 
 Brightest and best of the sons oi the morning. 
 Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid,' 
 Star of the East, the horizon adorning, 
 Guide where our Infant-Redeemer is laid. 
 
 E Cctld on his cradle the dew-drops are shining. 
 Low lies his head with the beasts of the stall. 
 Angels adore him in slumbers reclining. 
 Maker, Preserver, and Sovereign of all. 
 
 3 Say, shall we yield him, in costly devotion. 
 Myrrh from the forest, and gold fiom the mine. 
 Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean. 
 Odours of Edom, — or offerings divine ? 
 
 t Vainly we offer each costly oblation. 
 Vainly with gold would his favour procure. 
 Richer by fiir is the heart's adoration. 
 Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor. 
 
 2. ll's. Relief Hymns. 
 Advent of (he Saviour. 
 Ik/'E nations exult, for salvation is nigh; 
 M. The sta'" that announc'd it, has beam'd in Ika 
 sky,- 
 
3 NATIVITY Ot CHRIST. 
 
 The time is arriv'd by Jehovah's decree, 
 
 When the walkers in dari^ness his glory slialJ see 
 
 2 No longer by tyjws or in shadows conceai'd, 
 In light andin'tnith is redemption reveal'd, 
 No longer to tribe or lo region conlin'd, 
 The promise oi" Gotl is display'd lo mankind. 
 
 3 The angels beheld it— with joy who survey 
 The siiuier that turns from the guilt of hio way - 
 And voices celeslial an anthem began, 
 
 Of elorv to G(xi. and of mercy to man. 
 
 4 Ye lands of the Gentile, re-echo the strain I 
 Break forth into singing, ye isles of the main! _ 
 The winds to vour shores'the glad tidings shall I la^ 
 Rejoice in yoiir Saviour ! rejoice in your King ! 
 
 5 The word is gone forth, and the heathen around 
 The farthest, and fiercest, shall joy in the sound 
 All nations, all tongues, shall in unison raise 
 One hymn to their Maker,— one chorus of prais. 
 
 6 Then glory to Him, the great Father above, 
 Who sent with such blessings the Son of his lov • 
 And glory to Him who came dowu I'rom on high 
 To save, and to suffer, to triumph, and die. 
 
 3. Avon. 
 Unto you is born th'is day — a Saviour. LuKe i* 1 1. 
 
 HITHER ye faithful, ha.ste with songs of tr-.apt, 
 To Bethlehem haste, the Lord of lile to meet 
 To you this dav is born a Prince and Saviour, 
 O! come, and let us worship at his feel. 
 
 2 O Jesus! for such wondrous eondescension. 
 Our praises and rev'rence are an offtring mee' 
 Now is the Word made flesh, and dwells amo»^ ^ 
 O ' come, and let us worship at his ieet. 
 
 3 Shout his almighty name, ye choirs of angels, 
 .\nd let the celesiial courts his praise re).eal.' 
 Unto our God be glory in the highest I 
 
 C! come, and let us worship al his feet. 
 
NATIVITY OF CHRIST. t 
 
 4. A \ered. 
 T?k" Message of the Angels to the Shepherds, 
 
 FROM the regions of love, lo ! an angel descended. 
 And told the good news how the Babe was at- 
 tended ; — 
 Go, shepherds, and visit this wonderful stranger, 
 With transport go visit your God in the manger. 
 iHllelujah to the Lamb who hath purchas'd our pardoa 
 ■Ve '11 praise him again when we pass over Jordan. 
 
 ! 'G(Xjd tiding.s I bring to you and each nation, 
 •Good tidings of joy, — come, behold your salvation ,' 
 And audden a multili.de join their sweet voices, 
 And praise the Hedeemer, while heaven rejoices. 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 1 'AH glory to God in the highest be given, 
 'All glory to God, let if echo through heaven,' — 
 Around the whole earth let us tell the sweet stor}% 
 And smg of his love, his salvation and glory. 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 Enraptur'd, I burn with delight and desire, 
 Such love so divine sets my soul all on fire, — 
 Around the bright throne loud hosannas are ringing 
 O when shall I join them, and be ever singing? 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 O Jesus, ride on, thy kingdom is glorious. 
 
 Over sin. death, and hell, thou wilt make us j'\c\o 
 
 rious. 
 Thy name shall be prais'd in the great congrega'n-m 
 And saints shall delight in ascribing salvation. 
 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
 When on Canaan we stand, having gain'd the bles 
 
 shore, 
 With harps in our hands we 'II praise Him evermore 
 We '11 range the blest fields on the banks ol the rivei 
 And sing hallelujah lor ever .and ever. 
 
 Hallelujah, &c. 
 
NATIVITY OF CHRIST 
 
 5. 8.7. 
 Incarnation, death and resurrection of CftriM 
 
 FRAUGHT with peace and consolation 
 Angels from the court above 
 Flew to publish man's salvation, 
 Hear thorn sing redeeming love 
 Hallelujah, hallelujah I 
 We are on our journey home, 
 Hallelujah, hallelujah! 
 Jesus smiles and bids us come. 
 
 8 Floods of glory rountl then beaming, 
 Kindling darkness into day ; 
 Shepherds heard, with joy and trembling, 
 Christ the Saviour's born today. 
 
 3 Glorv to our God be given. 
 
 Peace on earth, good will to men 
 Thus the song broke forth in heaven, 
 Lei it rise to heaven again. 
 
 4 See him on the cross suspended, 
 
 Down the purple torrent ran ; 
 "It is finished" — all is ended — 
 God is reconciled to man. 
 
 5 Heavenly harps a while in mourning 
 
 Lav unstrung in silence by. 
 But the third, th' appointed morning. 
 Raised the song of triumph high. 
 
 6 Hell subdued, the grave demolish'd, 
 
 Down the heavenly message roll'd, 
 Sin atoned, and death abolish'd — 
 Bear the tidings through the world 
 
 7 Mourner, dry your trickling sorrow, 
 
 Jesus lives no more to bleed — 
 Join the song and sing for ever, 
 "Ctirist <he L"»rd is risen indeed." 
 
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. t 
 
 CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. 
 
 6. 10, 11. Saint Michael's Tune. 
 
 Vhe Midnight Prayer — Christ my All. 
 
 "f" ,.S night, and the world has sunk to repose 
 JL 'Tie midnight, and Christ retires to pray,— 
 V who can the scene in the Garden disclose. 
 The scene of his sorrows in Gethsemane : 
 
 '^me, sinners, attend the prayer of your God ; 
 
 O, come, .et us watch one hour with him. 
 And mingle repentance with tl.at precious blood. 
 
 The price of our pardon — redemption from sin. 
 
 Awake, sleeping souls ! and watch unto prayer. 
 Each other exhort — temptation is nigh ; 
 
 Live near to your Saviour. I too would live there, 
 Lest lalsely, like Peter, I him should deny. 
 
 O Jesus, in woe I see thee resign'd. 
 
 All cover'd in blood, the price of my soul; 
 
 On me, my Redeemer, bestow the same mind. 
 My heart, all my powers, in mercy control. 
 
 5 Awake me. dear Lord, and keep me awake, 
 Uphold by thy strengtii, or else I shall fall , 
 For thee, my Redeemer, I all things forsake. 
 Thou, thou art my portion, my God, and mv all 
 
 7. 8. 8. a Altered. 
 
 The Saviour's Sufferings and Triumph.. 
 
 HROUGHOUT the Savioiir's life, we trac« 
 The deepest woe — the richest grace ; 
 
 T 
 
 No period else is seen 
 When he, the spotless victim, fell. 
 Fie shook the earth and conquered helU 
 
 And made an end of sin. 
 O 
 
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. 
 
 2 On the cold ground methinks I see 
 The Saviour kneel and pray lor me : 
 
 For this I him adore : 
 Seiz'd with a crimson sweat ihroughoul. 
 It forc'd its painful passage out, 
 
 Through every opening })ore. 
 
 3 His temples bore the piercing thorn; 
 His back with cruel scourging torn, 
 
 Without a nuirmuring word : — 
 And now the fatal cross he bears. 
 Marking the way with h\oi)i\ and tears. 
 
 Fainting beneath the load. 
 
 4 Thus up the rugged hill he came. 
 While harden'd siimers mock his paia 
 
 And then his cross they rear;^ 
 And can I see the mighty God, 
 Struggling beneath sin's heavy load, 
 
 Without one thankful tear! 
 
 5 And now in flesh the God 1 see, 
 Expiring in anguish on the tree I 
 
 What tongue his woes can tell I 
 The shuddering rocks their heads recline. 
 The mourning sun refus'd lo shine. 
 
 When the Redeemer fell. 
 
 6 But though he bovv'd his head to death, 
 Hell and the grave are conquer'd both ; 
 
 He rises! — let me sing — 
 .n triumph he ascends on high. 
 Again he lives, no more to die — 
 
 The universal King. 
 
 7 Shout, brethren, shout ! in songs of prai»e, 
 He lx>w'd to death our souls lo raise. 
 
 From guilt and endless woe: 
 Bright Seraphs, raise your voices higher; 
 Bride of the Lamb, unite the choir — 
 
 And praise fjr ever flow. 
 
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. 
 
 8. P. M Dover Selection. 
 The Crucifixion. 
 
 SAW ye my Saviour ? 
 Saw ye my Saviour and God ? 
 O he died on Calvary, 
 To atone for you and me, 
 And to purchase our pardon with blood' 
 
 i See him extended— 
 
 Extended, and nail'd to the cross! 
 O he bows his awful head. 
 And is number'd with the dead: 
 To atone for a world that was lost. 
 
 3 Jesus hung bleeding. 
 Three dreadful hours in pain ! 
 
 O. the sun refus'd to shine. 
 When his Majesty Divine 
 Was derided, insulted, and slain. 
 
 4 Solemn the darkness — 
 
 How solemn the darkness that reign'd 
 Earth tc its centre shook, 
 And the solid rocks were broke, 
 
 When Jesus the Saviour was slain. 
 
 5 Now it is finish'd — 
 
 Now the atonement is made : 
 
 O sinners, but believe, 
 
 And forgiveness you'll receive — 
 The Saviour arose from the deac 
 
 6 Hail . mighty Saviour, 
 Prince and the Author of Peace ; 
 
 O, the grave he open threw. 
 And he past triumphant ihrovigh 
 To the mansions of glory and bliss. 
 
 7 Nnvv interceding — 
 
 Pleading that sinners may live, — < 
 
 O Father, I have di.-d. 
 
 Now behold my hands and side I 
 O Father! I pray thee forgive. 
 
CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIIT. 
 
 9 Hear it, ye sinners ! 
 
 Hear it, repent, and believe ; 
 
 O, through Christ's atoning blood. 
 
 Be ye rconcil'd to God, 
 And pardon you all shall receive. 
 
 9. P. M. Altered. 
 The sufferings of Christ. 
 
 WHEN sinful man my Lord betray a 
 And all my guilt was on Him laid 
 What glorious scenes were then di splay 'd 
 
 Upon Mount Calvary ! 
 His solemn groans all nature shook. 
 And rocks and tombs asunder broke ; 
 The sleeping saints tiieu grnv«» luiauuK* 
 And upw«-ds cast a hopelul look, 
 To worlds of endless joy. 
 
 2 He hung betwixt the earth and skies ; 
 He bows his awful head and dies! 
 
 O sinners, hear his mournfpi cries. 
 
 Behold his torturing pan." 
 The mourning sun withdrew hid 'ight. 
 Blush'd and relus'd to view the sight , 
 The azure cloth'd in robes of night, 
 And shroud*^: nature siood affright, 
 
 When Christ the Lamb was slain. 
 
 3 ' 'Tis finish'd !' thus the Saviour said, 
 'The great atonement now is made; 
 'Sinners, on me your guilt was laid. 
 
 ' For you I spilt my blood ; 
 ' For you my tender hearc did move, 
 ' For you 1 left the courts above, 
 'That you the length and breadth might prove 
 ' The depth and height of perfect love, 
 
 In me your smiling God.' 
 
 i Now see Him mount the throne of state. 
 And fill the Mediatorial seat. 
 And m lions bowing at his feet. 
 W J loud hosannas tell ; 
 
CRliCIFIXlOV OF i-MRJSl lO, 
 
 While he endurd exquisite- pains, 
 'He led the monster Death in chains I' 
 Thus saints and seraphs join their strains, 
 And sound throuf^li all the heavenly plain 
 'He conquer'd death and hell !' 
 
 10. 8. 7. 4. Rippon's Selection. 
 Fmished Redemption. 
 
 HARK! the voice of love and mercy 
 Sounds aloud from Calvary ! 
 See, it rends the rocks asunder, 
 Shakes the earth, and veils the sky .' 
 
 ' It IS fniish'd I' 
 Hear the dymg Saviour cry. 
 
 2 ' It is finish'd !' O what pleasure 
 Do liiese charming words afford ! 
 Heavenly blessings without measure. 
 Flow to us from Christ the Lord ; 
 
 It is finish'd ! 
 Saints the dying words record. 
 
 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, 
 Join to sing the pleasing theme ; 
 All in earth, and all in heaven, 
 Join to praise Immanuel's name. 
 
 Hallelujah I 
 Glorv to the conquering Lamb ' 
 
 11. P. M. Anon. 
 Christ's death, resurrection, and triumpi 
 
 JESUS drinks the bitter cup. 
 The wine-press treads alone; 
 Tears the graves and mountains up 
 
 With his expiring groan 
 Lol the powers of heaven he shake*, 
 
 Nature in convulsion lies — 
 Earth's profoundest centre quakes; 
 The great Jehovah dies I 
 
Ifl CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. 
 
 2 Dies, the glorious Cause of all . 
 
 The true eternal Plan — 
 Falls to raise us (rom our fall. 
 
 To ransom guilty man I 
 Well might the sun withdraw his lighl» 
 
 With the Sufferer sympathize; 
 Leave the world in sudden night. 
 
 While his Creator dies ! 
 
 3 O my God ! he dies for me ! 
 
 I feel the mortal smart ; 
 See him hrjiging on the tree, 
 
 A sight that breaks my heart • 
 O that all to thee would turn ; 
 
 Sinners, ye may love him too — 
 Jjook on him ye pierc'd, and mourn 
 
 For one who bled for you. 
 
 1 Weep o'er your Desire and Hope, 
 
 With tears of humblest love; 
 Sing, for Jesus is gone up. 
 
 And reigns enihron'd above: 
 Lives our Head, to die no more — 
 
 Power is all to Jesus given — 
 Worshipp'd as he was befiji-e, 
 
 Th' eternal King of heaven. 
 
 12. P. M. ALlercd. 
 Rejoidng in Christ crucified. Gai vi 14 
 
 VAIN, delusive world, adieu! 
 With all of creature-g(K)d ; 
 Onlv Jesus I pursue, 
 
 \Vlio bought me with his blood ; 
 All thy pleasures I forego, 
 
 I trample on thy wealth and pride, 
 Only Jesus will I know, 
 And Jesus crucified. 
 
 2 Other knowledge I disdain, 
 
 "^''is all but vanity ; 
 Christ the Lamli of God was slain. 
 He tasteci denlh for me. — 
 
CRUCIFIXION' OF CHRIS? 
 
 Me to save from endless woe, 
 The sin-atoning victim died ; — O y, &c. 
 
 S Here will I set up my rest 
 My fluctuating heart 
 From the haven of his breast 
 
 ^ha'l never more depart: 
 Whiciier should a sinner go? 
 His wounds lor me stand open v ^e ; — Only i 
 
 4 Him to know is life and peace. 
 And pleasure without end ; 
 This is all my happiness, 
 
 On Jesus to depend ; 
 Daily in his grace to grow. 
 
 And ever in his faith abide; — Qo » &c 
 
 ! O, that I could all invite, 
 
 This saving truth to prove ! 
 Show the length, and breadth, ai d h-^jrht, 
 
 And depth of Jesus' love ; 
 Fain would I to sinnei-s show 
 
 The blood by laith alone applied ; — 0»«ly &c 
 
 13. P. M. Waits. 
 Jesus, 'mfinitcly superior to all v.orldly ut^'ct*. 
 
 I'M tired of visits, modes, and forms. 
 And flatteries paid to lellow-worms • 
 Their conversation cloys ; 
 Thou- vain amours and empty stuff ; 
 But 1 can ne'er enjoy enough 
 Of thy sweet company, my Lord, 
 Thou Life of all my joys. 
 
 2 When he begins to tell his love. 
 Through every vein my passions mov«> 
 
 The captives of his tongue : 
 In midnight shades, on frosty ground, 
 I could attend the pleasing sound. 
 Nor should ' feel December cold, 
 
 Nor think the darkness long. 
 
14 RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. 
 
 8 There, while I hear my Saviour God 
 Count o'er the sins, a heavy load, 
 
 He bore upon the tree, 
 Inward I Wush with secret shame 
 And weep, and love, and bless the na.-xie, 
 Tha» knew not guilt nor grief ais own. 
 But bore it all for me. 
 
 4 I hear the glorious Sufferer tell. 
 How on the cross he vanqr.ish d hell. 
 
 And all the powers beneath ; 
 Transported and inspir'd, my tongue 
 Attempts his triumphs in a song ; 
 How hath the serpent lost his siing. 
 
 And where 's thy victory, death ( 
 
 5 But when he shows his hands, his heart, 
 ^nd those dear prints of dying smart, 
 
 He sets mv soul on lire : 
 Not the belo.ed John could rest 
 With more delight u^ioii liiat breast, 
 Nor Thomas pry into those wounds 
 
 With more intense desire. 
 
 6 Kindly he opens me his ear, 
 
 \nd bids mo pour mv sorrows there 
 
 And tell him all my pains: 
 Thus, while 1 ease my burden u heart. 
 In every woe he beare a ixirt, 
 His arms embrace me, and his .land 
 My drooping head sustains. 
 
 RESURRECTION OF CHRIST 
 
 14 S. M. Hart 
 The Resurrection of ChrhU 
 
 CHRISTIANS, dismiss yom fear. 
 Let hope and joy succeed ; 
 The great goml news with gladnew ne^ 
 The Lord is risen indeed.' 
 
EXALTATION OF CHRIST M 
 
 The shades of death withdravvn, 
 
 Kis eyes their beams displays 
 So wakes the sun, when rosy dawn 
 
 Unbars the gales of day 
 
 2 The p-orjise is fuIfilFd . 
 
 Sal ation's work is done 
 Justic'j with mercy reconoird. 
 
 And God has rais'd his Son. 
 He quits the dark abode, 
 
 From all corruption free, 
 The holy, harmless child of God, 
 
 Could no corruption see. 
 
 3 Angels, with saints above, 
 
 The rising Victor sing : 
 .And all the blissful seats of love 
 
 With loud hosannas ring; 
 Ve pilgrims, too, below. 
 
 Your hearts and voices raise; 
 Let every breast with gladness glow. 
 
 And every tongue sing praise. 
 
 i My soul, ihy Saviour laud ; 
 
 Who all thy sorrows bore ; 
 Who died for sin, but lives to God; 
 
 And lives to die no more. 
 [lis death procur'd ihy peace, 
 
 His resurrection thine ; 
 Believe — receive ihe full release; 
 
 'Tis sign'd with blood divine. 
 
 EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 
 
 15. 7's. Anon, 
 Christ's Ascension and Session 
 AIL the day that sees Him rise, 
 
 H 
 
 Ilavish'd from our wishful eves 
 Christ, awhile to mortals given, 
 keascends his native heaven! 
 
I EX4LTATI0N OF CHRIST. 
 
 There ttie pompous triumph waits, 
 • Lift your heads, ye crystal gates! 
 •Wide unfold the radiaiU scerje, 
 'Take the King of Glory in!' 
 
 2 Him though highest heaven receive* 
 Still he loves the earth he leaves; 
 Though returning to his throne, 
 Still he calls the church his own; 
 Still for us he intercedes, 
 Prevalent his death he pleads, 
 Next himself prepares our place, 
 Harbinger of human race. 
 
 3 Master ! may we ever say. 
 Taken from'our Head away ; 
 See, thy faithi'ul servants, see, 
 Ever gazing up to thee ! 
 
 Grant, though parted from our sight, 
 Far above von azure height, — 
 Grant our hearts niav thither rise, 
 FoU'wing thee beyond the skies. 
 
 4 Ever upwards may we move. 
 Wafted on the wings of love ; 
 Looking when our lx>rd shall corne. 
 Longms, gasping after home ! 
 There rnay we wiih thee remain. 
 Partners of thine endless reign ; 
 There thy face unclouded see. 
 Find a heaven of heavens in thee. 
 
 IG. Anon. 
 Uexiring to unite with heaven, in the worship oj Jn 
 
 BURST, ye emerald gates, an«^ brum 
 To my raptur'd vision, 
 All the ecstatic joys that spring 
 
 Round the bright Elysian : 
 Lo ' we lilt our longing eyes! 
 Burst, ye intervening skies ; 
 Sun of righteousness arise, 
 Open the gates of Paradise! 
 
EXALTATION OF CHRIST. 
 
 S Floods of everlasting light. 
 
 Freely flash belbre him ; 
 Myriads, with supreme delight 
 
 Instantly adore him : 
 Angol trumps resound his famo 
 
 Lutes ol' lucid gold proclaim, 
 All the music of his name. 
 
 Heaven ech'ing with the theme 
 
 S F'our and twenty elders rise, 
 FVora their princely station; 
 Shout his glorious victories, 
 Sing the great salvation ; 
 Cast their crowns before his throne, 
 
 Cr}\ in reverential tone, 
 Gior\' give to God alone; 
 Holy, holy, holy One ." 
 
 I Hark I the thrilling symphonies 
 
 Seem, methinks, to seize us ! 
 Join we to their holy lays, 
 
 Jesus, Jesus, Jesus! 
 Sweetest sound in seraphs' songs-~ 
 
 Sweetest note on mortal tongues 
 Sweetest carol ever sung — 
 
 Jesus, Jesus, roll along. 
 
 17. C. M. Rippnn's Selection 
 The r >ronation of Christ. 
 
 4 LL hail, tne power of Jesus' name 
 I\. Let angels prostrate fall ; 
 Bring tbrth the royal diadem, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 t Crown him, ye martyrs of our God, 
 \Vho from his altar call ; 
 Extol the stem of Jesse's rod. 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 3 Babes, men, and sires, who know his love, 
 \V' he feel your sin and thrall ; 
 Now join with all the host^s above, 
 And crown him Lord o\ all 
 
■^ CHARACTERS OF CHRI^T. 
 
 4 Let every kindred, every trine. 
 
 On this leneslrial hall, 
 To him all iriajesty ascribe, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 5 O that, with yonder sacred throng, 
 
 We at his feet may fall I 
 We '11 join the everlasting song, 
 And crown him Lord of all. 
 
 CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 
 
 18. &'s. Relief Hymns. 
 The Sympathy of Jesxis implored. 
 
 WHEN gathering clouds around I view 
 And days are dark, and friends are feT» 
 On him I lean, who, not in vain, 
 Ex^>a^ienced every human pain, — 
 \\r sees my wants, allay? my fears. 
 And counts and treasures up my tears. 
 
 2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray 
 From heavenly wistio.n's narrow way, 
 To flee the good I would pui-sue. 
 
 Or do the sin I would not do, — 
 Still he who felt temptation's power. 
 Shall guard me in that dange;'>us hour. 
 
 3 If wounded love my bosom swell, 
 Deceiv'd by those 1 priz'd too well, — 
 He shall his pitying aid bestow. 
 Who felt on earth severer woe, — 
 
 At once betray'd, denied, or fled, 
 By those that shar'd his daily bread. 
 
 i When vexing thoughts within me rise, 
 And, sore dismay'd- niv spirit dies. 
 He who, unmoved, vMilistood the power 
 Of darkness, in his ilviusj hour. 
 Shall sweetly soothe', shall gently dry 
 The throbbing heart, the streaming eye 
 
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 
 
 b When sorrowing o'er some stone I bend 
 That covei-s all was once a friend, — 
 And from his hand, his voice, his smile, 
 Divides me for a little while, — 
 My Saviou-- marks the tears I shed, 
 For Jestis wept o'er Lazarus dead. 
 
 And O I when I have safely past 
 Through every conflict but the last, 
 St'll, Lord, unchanging, watch beside 
 My dying bed, foi thou hast died ; 
 riien point to realms of cloudless day 
 And wipe the last sad tear away. 
 
 19. 7. 6. Newton. 
 Jesus (he good Physician. 
 
 HOW last was my condition. 
 Till Jesus made me whole! 
 There is but one Physician 
 Can cure a sin-sick soul ; 
 iVext door to death he foimd mc. 
 
 And snatch'd me from the grave 
 To ttU to all around me 
 His wond'rous power to save. 
 
 2 The woi-st of all diseases 
 
 Is light, compar'd with sin : 
 On every part it seizes. 
 
 But rages most within; 
 'Tis palsy, plague, and fever. 
 
 And madness, all combin'd; 
 And none but a believer 
 
 The least relief can find. 
 
 3 From men great skill [)rofessing, 
 
 I thought a cure to gain'; 
 But this prov'd more distressing, 
 
 And added to mvpam; 
 Some said that nothinir ail'd me. 
 
 Some gave me up'l()r lost; 
 Thus every refuge fail'd me. 
 
 And all my hopes were cross'd. 
 
20 CHARACTERS OF CHRU9T. 
 
 4 At length this great Physician. 
 
 How matchless is his grace ! 
 Accepted my petition, 
 
 And midertook my case ; 
 First gave me sight to view him, — 
 
 For sin my eyes had seal'd ; 
 Then bid me look unto him, — 
 
 I look'd, and I was heal'd. 
 
 5 A dying, risen Jesus, 
 
 Seen by the eye of lailh, 
 At once from anguish frees us, 
 
 And saves the soul from death; 
 Come, then, to this Physician, 
 
 His help he '11 freely give, 
 He makes no hard condition, 
 
 'Tis only look and — Live I 
 
 20. ll's. Altered. 
 
 The Lord is mi/ Shepherd — / wilX fear no evil. 
 
 rilHE Lord is my shepherd, my guard, and my trmoe 
 X. Whatever I want he will kindly provide ; 
 No harm can approach me, for he is my shii;ld, 
 From th' fowls of the air, and the beasi*? of the f^eia 
 
 'i What 'scapes to his merciful kindness I owe, 
 When rash and unguarded I sought my own woe 
 WTien lost in dark erroi-s, and wandering astray. 
 His word, like a sun-beam, illumin'd my way. 
 
 i Whene'er at a distance he sees me afraid. 
 He skips o'er the mountains, and Hies lo my aid ; 
 Then gently reproves me, and bids me abide 
 In the midst of his fold, and keep near lo his side. 
 To th' Fountain of fullness, whene'er I have need, 
 He leads me, and bids me on dainiies to feed ; 
 How' rich is the pasture — how sweet is the food! 
 To feast on the love of a crucify 'd God ! 
 
 b How safe in his keeping, how happy and Ireo, 
 Are all that come to him, though worthless as me 
 A fullness of blessing is found in his word — 
 Yea, blest are the people whose God is the Ijtrd. 
 
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 2l 
 
 » if liingry, or thirsty, just ready to faint. 
 Relief in due s/\'^un prevents their complaint; 
 His word, iike the manna that I'ell from the sky, 
 Is sent froiii their Shepherd, their wants to supply. 
 The Lord i? my shepherd — what then shall I fear 
 No foe shiL affi'iglu me while he is so near; 
 rlis presence mv sorrows and woes shall beguile, — 
 E'en death can't affright me if Jesus but smile- 
 
 21. 9. 8. Newton. 
 ChnsCs presence the ba^m of our woes. 
 
 WHE.\ my Saviour, my Shepherd is near, 
 How quickly my sorrows depart ! 
 New beauties around me appear, 
 New spirits enliven my heart. 
 His presence gives peace to my soul. 
 
 And Satan assaults me in vain ; 
 While my Shepherd his power controls, 
 I think I no more shall complain. 
 
 But, alas ! what a change do 1 find. 
 
 Whene'er he withdraws from my sight: 
 My fears all return to my mind, 
 
 My day is soon chang'd into night: 
 Then Satan his efforts renews 
 
 To vex and ensnare me again ; 
 All mv pleasing enjoyments 1 lose. 
 
 And then I lamen' and complain. 
 
 3 Bv these changes I often pass through, 
 
 I am taught my own weakness to know ; 
 I am taugnt what my Shepherd can do, 
 
 And how much to his mercy 1 owe: 
 It is he that supports me through all, 
 
 When I fault, he revives me again ; 
 He attends to my prayer when I call, 
 
 And bids me no longer complain. 
 
 I Why, then, should I murmur and grieve, 
 Since my Shepherd is always the same 
 And has promis'd he never will leave 
 The soul thai confides in his name I 
 
CHARACTERS OF CHR^tTT. 
 
 To relievo inc from all ihat I fear, 
 He was buflfeled, tempted, and slain. 
 
 And, at length, he will surelv appear. 
 Though he leaves me a while to complain 
 
 While I dwell in an enemy's land, 
 
 Can I hope to be always in peace? 
 Tis enough that my Shepherd "s ai hand. 
 
 And that shortly this warfare will cease ; 
 Ere long he will bid me remove 
 
 t'rom these regions of sorrow and pain, 
 To abide in his presence above, 
 
 And then I no more shall complam. 
 
 22. 8. 7. Anofi. 
 Come, good Shepherd, feed (In/ sheep. 
 
 LET thy kingdom, blessed Saviour; 
 Come, and bid our jarring cease ; 
 Come, O come, and reign for ever. 
 
 God of love, and Prince of peace , 
 Visit now ihy favour'd Zion — 
 
 See thy people mourn and weep ; 
 Day and night thy lambs are cr\ ing, 
 
 * Come, good Shepherd, feed thv sheep. 
 
 Saviour God, with courage arm us. 
 
 Help us still to persevere ; 
 Nolhing, we are sure, can harm us. 
 
 While our loving Shepherd 's near 
 Glor\\ glory be to Jesus, 
 
 At his name our hearis do leap ; 
 He both comforts us and frees us. 
 
 The good Shepherd feeds his sheep 
 
 Ijord, in us there is no merit. 
 
 We've been sinners from our vout/i; 
 
 (juide, O guide us by thy Spirit, 
 Help us to embrace the truth; 
 
 Help us on thy word to venture, 
 
 Till in death's cold arms we slee^i — 
 
 Ijove our Lord, adore our Saviour — 
 
 * Come, good Shepherd, feed thy sheef 
 
CHARACTERS OF CHRIST. 
 
 4 Here the Prince of thy sah ation, 
 
 Saying, ' Fear not, little flock, 
 I, myself, aia thy foundation, 
 
 'Thou art huih upon this rock ; 
 'Shun the paths of vice and folly, 
 
 ' Near thy Shepherd constant keep, 
 • Look to me. and be ye holy, 
 
 ♦ I delight to feed my sheep.' 
 
 5 Christ, alone, our souls shall rest on. 
 
 Taught by him we '11 own his name, 
 Sweetest ot all names is Jesus, 
 
 How it doth our hearts inflame I 
 iS'ow we '11 rush ihrougli what eucuiabera, 
 
 Evory hind'rance overleap ; 
 LTndismay'd by force or numbers, 
 
 The good Shepherd ieeds his sheep. 
 
 Y 
 
 23. P. M. Altered. 
 
 Motives to diligence and perseverance 
 
 E travellers to Paradise, 
 That holy, happy place, 
 
 Who love the blessed Jesus, 
 A.nd feel his pard'ning grace ; 
 
 Your highway lies before you. 
 And upwards doth ascend. 
 
 And leads you on to glor\', 
 To see your heavenly Fnend ; — 
 
 2 A friend that 's nearer to you 
 
 Than any brother here ; 
 Your Lord and onlj;^ Saviour, 
 
 Your great Redeemer dear; 
 Who once a human body 
 
 Upon himself did take, 
 Us sinners, heirs of glory 
 
 Eternally to make. 
 
 ? He suffer'd, bled, and groan 'd and died 
 UjX):! tlie Roman cross, 
 To make atonement for our sins. 
 And to -etrieve our loss : 
 
t4 PRAISK. 
 
 He seal'd our pardon when he died. 
 
 And so remov'd the curse, 
 And then ascended up on high 
 
 To intercede for us. 
 
 4 Exalted there at Gud's right hand. 
 
 The loving Lamh doth sit; 
 And shows his wounded body, 
 
 His head, his hands, his feet: 
 He pleads his matchless merit, 
 
 Before his Father's throne ; 
 And sends us down his Spirit, 
 
 And holds us out a crown ; — 
 
 5 A crown of life, of endless life, 
 
 The sovereign gift of God ; 
 Immensely rich the treasure ! 
 
 It cost the Saviour's blood ! — 
 Now on a state ol" trial. 
 
 But that will shortly end; 
 Then you '11 ascend to gloiy, 
 
 To meet your dearest Friend. 
 
 6 Not transiently to visit, 
 
 And thence to earth remove, 
 But live for ever near him, 
 
 And ever feel his love ; 
 There sin shall cease to trouble you, 
 
 Temptations will be o'er — 
 O, brethren! keep a closer walk, 
 
 And love your Jesus more 
 
 PRAISE. 
 24. 10. 11. Brady. 
 
 Saints called upon fo praise God. 
 
 O PRAISE ye the I^)ru, prepare your glaa vnic« 
 His praise in the great assembly to sing ; 
 In our great Creator let Israel rejoice. 
 
 And children of Zion l>e glad in their king. 
 
Pitj&iSE. 25, 2f! 
 
 \ Let them his great name for ever adore, 
 With timbrel and harp his praises express ; 
 Who sends forth the gospel lo comibrt the poor, 
 And always takes pleasure the humble to bless 
 
 25. P. M. I-^ls Coll. 
 Praise for the (Gospel. 
 
 ZIOX, the marvellous storv be telling. 
 The Son of the Highest — how lowly his birth 
 The brightest archangel in glory excelling, 
 
 He stoops to redeem thee — he re>grs upon earth. 
 Shout the glad tidings, exullingly -'ing, 
 Jeriisalem triumphs — Messiah i? K'lg. 
 
 C Tell how he comelh, from nation to nation 
 
 The heart-cheering news let the eartn eoN»o t^t^nA 
 How free to the convict he offers salvatic-i. 
 
 His saints shall with joy everlasting be v »v*« v 
 
 Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringinj- 
 And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise 
 
 \e angels, the full hallelujah be singing, — 
 
 One chorus resound through the earth and t V » 
 
 26. 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8. i^^oain. 
 Praise for Redemph n. 
 
 ON earth the song begins, 
 In heaven more sweet anel oud, 
 To Him that drowns our sin^ 
 In his atoning blood ; 
 To Him they cry in rapturous strain, 
 Be honour, praise, and power — Amen. 
 
 2 Ye saints on earth, repeat 
 
 What heaven with rapture owns, 
 And while helbre his feet 
 
 The elders cast their crowns, 
 Go, imitate the choirs above. 
 And tell the worlil your Saviour's love 
 
 3 Sing, as yo pass along, 
 
 With ioy ^nd wonder sing 
 
87 PRAISE. 
 
 Till others learn the song, 
 
 And own your Lord iheir King 
 Till converts join you as ye go, 
 And make a growing heaven below 
 
 4 Iniorm the listening world, 
 
 How Jesus, when he fell, 
 The powers of darkness hurid 
 
 Down to the deptlis of hell ; 
 And rising, bore tlie rescu'd yirize, 
 His church, in triumph through the 
 
 5 Alone he took the held ; 
 
 Alone the battle Ibught ; 
 With his own sword and shield, 
 Tlie mighty work he wrought; 
 The mighty work was all his own. 
 And let Him ever wear the crown. 
 
 6 Our feeble minds are lost 
 
 Beneath the lofty strain ; 
 But, Jordan's billows crtjss'd, 
 
 We '11 catch the sound again ., 
 In praise assist the heavenly choir, 
 Nor ever stop, nor ever lire. 
 
 27. S. M. JVaUn. 
 Heavenly Joy on FMrlh- 
 
 COME we that love the Lord, 
 And let our joys be known ; 
 Join in a song with sweel accord, 
 And thus surround the throne. 
 The sorrows of the mind 
 
 Be banish'd from lliis place! 
 Religion never was design'd 
 To make our pleasures less. 
 
 2 Let those refuse to sing. 
 
 That never knew our Ciod ; 
 But lavorites of the heavenly King, 
 J\Iuy s-^^ak their joys abroad. 
 
The God that rules on hign, 
 
 And thunders uiien he please. 
 That rides upon the stormy sky, 
 
 And manages the seas; 
 
 TTiis awfd God is ours, 
 
 Our Ft'lher and our Love, 
 He shuil s'i.'vd down his heaveniy powers 
 
 To cany U5 above. 
 There shnil v^^e see his face. 
 
 And never, never sin; 
 There, I'rom the rivers of his grace. 
 
 Drink endles*^ pleasures in. 
 
 Yes, and before we rise 
 
 To that immo.'fal state, 
 The thoughts of such amazing bliss 
 
 Should constant joys create. 
 The men of grace have found 
 
 Glory begun below ; 
 Celestial Iruits, on earthly ground, 
 
 From faith and hope may grow. 
 
 The hill of Zion yields 
 
 A thousand sacred sweets. 
 Before we reach the heavenly fields. 
 
 Or walk the golden streets. 
 Then let our songs alx)und. 
 
 And ever\- tear he dry; 
 We 're marching through Immanuel's grouno. 
 
 To fairer worlds on nigh. 
 
 E 
 
 28. 8. 6. IValts. 
 The everlasting song. 
 ARTH has engross'd my love too long . 
 
 'Tis time I lift mine eyes 
 Upward, dear Father, to thy throne, 
 
 And to my native skies : 
 Ttiere the blest man, my Saviour sits: 
 
 The Gwl I how bright he shinee I 
 And scatters infinite delights 
 
 On all the happy minds 
 
2 JSeraphs, with elevated strains, 
 
 Circle the throne arouni ; 
 And move and charm the" starry plain* 
 
 With an immortal somid : 
 Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs ; 
 
 Jesus, my love, they sing I 
 Jesus, the life of both our joys, 
 
 Sounds sweet from every string. 
 
 3 Hark ! how, beyond the narrow bound* 
 
 Of time and space, they run ; 
 And echo, in majestic sounds, 
 
 The Godhead of the Son! 
 \nd now they sink the lofty tune, 
 
 And gentler notes they play ; 
 And bring the l-'ather's equal do'WTi 
 
 To dwell in humble clay. 
 
 4 O sacred beauties of the man ! 
 
 The God resides within ; 
 His flesh all uure without a stain, 
 
 His soul without a sin. 
 But when to Calvary they turn, 
 
 Silent their harps abide ; 
 Suspended songs, a moment, mourn 
 
 The God that lov'd and died 
 
 5 Then, all at once, to living strains 
 
 They summon e^■e^v chtird. 
 Tell how he triuniph'd o'er his pains, 
 
 And chant the rising Lord. 
 Now let me mount and join their song 
 
 And be an angel too; 
 My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue 
 
 Here 's joyful work for you. 
 
 6 i v.'ould begin the music here, 
 
 And so my soul should rise : 
 O for some heavenly notes to bear 
 
 My passions to the skies I 
 There ye that love my Saviour sit. 
 
 There I would fain have place. 
 Among your thrones, or at your feet. 
 
 So 1 might see his face 
 
29. 6. 6. 6. 6 8. 8 Altered 
 Praise for redemp'ion. 
 
 LET earth and heaven agree, 
 Angels and men be join'd. 
 To celebrate, with me, 
 The Saviour of mankind ; 
 To praise the sin-atoning Lamb, 
 And bless the sound of Jesus' nanie 
 
 I His name the sinner hears. 
 
 And is from guilt set free ; 
 
 'Tis music in his ears, 
 
 'Tis life and libertv ; 
 New songs of praise his lips employ, 
 And his glad heart exalts for joy. 
 
 O unexampled love ! 
 
 O all-redeeminsr grace I 
 
 How swiftly didst thou move 
 
 To save our fallen race ! 
 What shall I do to make it known. 
 What thou for my poor soul hast done ? 
 
 I To serve thy blessed will, 
 Thy dying love to praise — 
 Tliy coimsel to fulfil. 
 And minister thy grace. 
 Freely what I receive to give, 
 And to thy name devoted live-. 
 
 3(1 11 's. Rippons Selection. 
 Tliefnmdaiion of the Christian s faith. 2 Peter . ft 
 
 HOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lonl 
 Is laid tor vour faith in his excellent word . 
 What more can ho say than to you he hath said, 
 You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled ? 
 
 In every condition — in sickness, in health. 
 
 In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth, 
 
 At home, or abroad, on the land, on the sea. 
 
 As thy days may dc'Txand, shall ihv stningth ever he 
 
51 PRAISE. 
 
 3 ' Fear not, I am with thee. O be not dismay'n ! 
 ' I, I am thy God I and w,]I still give l.iee aid , 
 'I'll strengthen thee, help ihee, and cause thee i« 
 
 stand. 
 ' Uphe\iJ by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 
 
 I ' When inrough the deep waters J call thee to go, 
 ' The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow ; 
 For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, 
 
 • And sanctify to thee thy deepest listress. 
 
 6 * Vyiien through fiery trials ihy pathway shall lie. 
 ' My grace, all-sufficient, shall be diy supply , 
 
 The llame shall not hurt thee, I only design 
 •Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 
 
 5 E'en ilown to old age, all my people shall prove 
 •My sovereign, eteri.al, imchangeable 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 halh lean'd lor repose, 
 ' I will not, I will not, desert to his foos; 
 
 ' That soul, though ail hell should endeavour to shake 
 ' I "11 never, no never, no never forsake !' 
 
 31. 8. 7. 8. 7. 4. 7. Wesley's Collection. 
 
 OTHOU Gof! of my salvation, 
 My r^edemcr from all sin, 
 Mov'd to this by great compassion, 
 Yearning bowels from within! 
 
 I will praise thee; 
 Where shall I thy praise begin? 
 
 Though unseen, 1 love the Saviour, 
 lie almighty grace has shown, 
 
 Pardon'd guilt, and purchas'd favour; 
 This he makes to mortals knowTi 
 
 Give him glory. 
 Glory, glory is his own. 
 
PRAisn. ^ 32. 33 
 
 i Angels now are hovering round U8, 
 Unperceiv'd, thoy mix the throng, 
 Wonder ng at the love that erown'd u«. 
 Glad to join and swell the song; 
 
 Hallelujah, 
 Love and praise to Christ belong. 
 
 32. P. M. Robinson. 
 Praise of Jesic 
 
 BRIGHTNESS of the Father s giory. 
 Shall thy praise unutter'd lie ? 
 Fly, my tongue, this guilty silence, 
 Sing the Lord who came to die. 
 
 2 Did the angels sing thy coming? 
 
 Did the shepherds learn their lays ? 
 Shame would cover me, ungrateful, 
 Should my tongue refuse to praise. 
 
 3 From the highest throne in glory. 
 
 To the cross of deepest woe ; 
 All to ransom guilty captives; 
 Flow, my praise, for ever flow. 
 
 4 Go, return, immortal Saviour, 
 
 Leave thv footstool, take thy throne; 
 Go. return, and reign for ever. 
 Be the kingdom all thine owTi. 
 Hallelujah, hallelujah. 
 None but Jesus will I know; 
 
 Hallelujah, hallelujah. 
 Flow, my praise, for ever flow 
 
 33. ll's. A7wn. 
 *^a. Lord, thoiL knowest. that I Jove thee. John rxi. If. 
 
 OJKSUS, my Saviour, to thee I submit. 
 With love and thanksgiving fall down at thv tp»^ 
 A -sacrifice offering of soul, flesh and blood : 
 Thou art my Redeemer, mv Lord, and iiiy God. 
 P " 
 
A. 35 PRAISE. 
 
 2 1 love thee, I love thee, I love hee, my Lord! 
 
 I love thee, my Saviour! ihy wavs and thy word 
 I love thee, 1 fovc thee, and that thou dost know 
 But how much I love thee I never can show 
 
 3 All human expression is empty arid vain; 
 Tongue cannot unriddle the heavenly flame ; 
 And sure, if the language of angels I had, 
 
 I could not, completely '^'^ mystery describe. 
 
 I 'm happy: I 'm happy! O, wondrous account! 
 My joys are immortal — I stand on the mount, — 
 I gaze on my treasure, and long to be there. 
 With angels my kindred, and Jesi's my dear. 
 
 34. ll's. Al/ered. 
 
 To feel that Christ is ours, eclipses all earthly objen 
 
 O JESUS, nr.y Saviour! to know thou art mine 
 Would cause me the pleasures of sense to resi^r 
 Of objects most pleasing, I love thee the best ; 
 Without thee I 'm wretched, but with thee am blen- 
 
 2 Thy Spirit first taught me to know I was blind- 
 Then taught me the way of salvation to find ; 
 And when I was sinking in gloomy despair. 
 Thy mercy reliev'd me, and bid me not fear. 
 
 3 In vain I attempt to describe what I feel. 
 The language of mortals or angels would fail; 
 My Jesus is precious — my soul 's in a Hame — 
 I rise into raptures while praising hh name. 
 
 ( I find him in singing, I find him in prayer. 
 In deep meditation he always is near. 
 Mv constant companion, O, never to part ; 
 All glory to Jesus ! he dwells in my heart. 
 
 35. 8.7. Neti>lon. 
 Gratefu recollection. 1 Sam. vii. 12 
 
 COME, thou Foimt of every blessing. 
 Tune my tieart to sing thy grace ; 
 Streams of mere never ceasing 
 Call fitr soncs of loudest praise : 
 
PRAISE. 
 
 Teach me some melodious sonnet. 
 Sung by flaming tongues above; 
 
 Praise the mount— I 'm fixt upon it- 
 Mount of thy redeeming love. 
 
 2 Here I raise my Ebenezer, 
 
 Hither uy thy help 1 'm come ; 
 And I hope, 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 Irom danger, 
 
 luterpos'd his precious blood 
 
 3 ! to grace, how great a debtor 
 
 Daily I 'm constrain'd to be ! 
 Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter, 
 
 Bind my wandering soul to thee 
 Prone to wander. Lord, I feel it — 
 
 Prone to leave the God 1 love ; 
 Here s ray heart — O take and seal xt. 
 
 Seal It lor thy courts above. 
 
 PART It. Unknown. 
 
 OTHAT day, when freed from sinning 
 I shall see thy lovely face; 
 Richly cloth'd in bl'ood-wash'd linen. 
 How I '11 sing thy sov'reign grace ! 
 Come, dear Lord, no longer tarry, 
 
 Take my raptur'd soul away; 
 
 Send thine angels down to carry 
 
 Me to realms of endless day. 
 
 8 If thou ever didst discover 
 
 To my faith the promis'd land, 
 Bid me Jordan's stream pass over. 
 
 On the heavenly Canaan stand ; 
 Speak, as thou didst once to Moses, 
 
 When most proper I should die. 
 Then remove whffte'er oppose* 
 
 Le.'. me to thy oosom fly. 
 
96,37 PRAISE. 
 
 36. ll's. Rippon s K^election 
 The boundless juercij of God. 
 
 THY merrv, my God, is the theme of my song 
 The joy o'f my heart, and the boast of my tongue 
 Thy free grace alone, Irom the tii-st to the last, 
 Hath won my affections, and bound my soul last- 
 
 2 Without thy free mercy I ceuld not live here, 
 Sin .<50(m would reduce me to utter despair : 
 
 But through thy rich goodness, my spirits revive, 
 And he that firet made me, still keeps me alive. 
 
 3 ITow sweet is the mercy that melts me to love. 
 And bids all the hardness of sin to remove ! 
 Dissolv'd by thy goodness. I fall to the ground. 
 And weep to the praise of the mercy I've found 
 
 4 The door of thy mercy stands open all day. 
 
 To the poor and the needy, who knock by the way 
 No sinner shall ever be empty sent back. 
 Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus' sake 
 
 5 Thy rnercy in Jesus exempts me from hell ; 
 Its glories 1 '11 sing, and its wonders I '11 tell ; 
 'Twas Jesus, my friend, when he hung on the cree 
 That open'd the channel of mercy to me. 
 
 i Great Father of mercies! thy goodness I own. 
 And th' covenant love of thy crucilied Son : 
 All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine 
 Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine. 
 
 37. L. M. Walls. 
 The All-seeing God. 
 
 LORD, thou hast search'd and seen me thn)ue 
 Tiiine eye commands, with piercing view. 
 My rising, and my resting houi-s, 
 My heart and flesh, witli all tlieir jiowers. 
 'O may these thoughts jiosscss my breast. 
 ' Where'er 1 rove, where'er I rest I 
 ' i\or let my weaker passions dare 
 ' Consent to sin. lor God is there.' 
 
PRAISE. 
 
 2 Within thy circling power 1 stand ; 
 On every side I find thy hand : 
 Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, 
 
 I am surrounded, still, with God. 
 
 3 Could I so false, so faithless prove. 
 To quit thy service and thy love, 
 Where, Lord, could 1 thy presence snuij. 
 Or from thy dreadful glory run ? 
 
 4 If up to heaven I take my flight, 
 
 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in hgn 
 Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns. 
 And Satan groans beneath thy chains. 
 
 5 If, mounted on a morning ray, 
 I fly beyond the western sea, 
 
 Thy sw-ii\er hand would first arrive. 
 And there arrest thy fugitive. 
 
 6 Or should I try to shun thy sight, 
 Beneath the spreading veil of night, 
 One glance ol tliine, one piercing ray. 
 Would kindle darkness into day. 
 
 7 Midnight and noon in this agree. 
 Great God, they 're both alike to thee; 
 JVot death can hide what God will ^y, 
 And hell lies naked to thine eye 
 
 38. Anrni. 
 God beheld in his works. 
 
 THROUGH all the world below, 
 God we see al'. around ; 
 Search hills and valleys through, 
 
 There he 's found. 
 The growing of the com, 
 The Uly and the thorn. 
 The pleasant and forlorn — 
 
 All declare God is there 
 In meadows dresl in greeii. 
 
 There he 's seen- 
 
39 PRAISE 
 
 2 See springs of water rise, 
 Fountains flow, rivers run; 
 The mist below the skies 
 
 Hides the sun ; 
 Then down the rain doth pom, 
 The ocean it dolh roar, 
 And dash against the shore, 
 
 All to praise, in their lays, 
 The God that ne'er declines 
 
 His designs. 
 
 S The sun, to my surprise. 
 
 Speaks of God as he flies ; 
 The comets in their blaze, 
 
 Give hnn praise : 
 The shining of the stars. 
 The moon as it appears. 
 His sacred name declares : 
 
 See them shine, all divine 
 The shades in silence prove 
 
 God 's abovt . 
 
 I Then let my station be 
 Here on earth, as I see 
 The sacred One m Three 
 
 All agree: 
 Through all the world is made, 
 The forest and the glade ; 
 Nor let me be afraid. 
 
 Though I dwell on the hill. 
 Since nature's works declare 
 
 God is there. 
 
 39. 8's. Altered. 
 
 I will praise thee at all timta. 
 
 Y God, my heart with love iiiiianiB 
 That I may in thy holy name 
 Aloud in songs of praise rejoi(te, 
 While I have breath to raise my voice; 
 
 M 
 
u 
 
 No more let my ungrateful heart, 
 One moment from thy praise depart; 
 But live and sing in sweet accord. 
 The glories of my sovereign Lord 
 
 2 Jesus' thou hope of glory, come. 
 
 And n ake my lieart thy constant home , 
 Through all the remnant of my days, 
 
 let me speak, and live thy praise ! 
 IncessantH' I want to pray. 
 
 And live rejoicing every day, 
 
 And give thee thanks for every thing. 
 
 And sing and shout, and shout and sing. 
 
 2 In thine embrace I then would die. 
 And rise to worlds of endless joy. 
 Till Christ the Lord in clouds shall come, 
 And Gabriel's trump shall rend my tomb 
 Then from the dust of death 1 'II spring, 
 And shout, 'O death, where is thy sting?' 
 ' O grave, where is thy victory T 
 
 1 '11 shout through all eternity. 
 
 40. Anon. 
 
 Behold lohal manner of love (he Father Jiaih bis(nu:?d 
 
 on us. 
 
 WHAT wondrous love is this; — O my suul! &:a: 
 W^hat wondrcius love is this, 
 That cans d the Lord of bliss 
 To bear the dreadful curse, For my soul, &c. 
 
 ? When I was sinking down. — Sinking down, &c 
 VV^hen I was «inking dowji, 
 Beneath God's righteous frown, 
 Christ laid aside his crown, For my soul, &c. 
 
 3 Ye winged seraphs fly I — Bear the news. &c. 
 Ye winged seraphs fly. 
 Like comets through the sky. 
 Fill vast eternity with the news, &c. 
 
 ( To God and to the Lamb, J will .«ing,'<SiC. 
 To God and to the Lamb, 
 
41 
 
 PRAISE. 
 
 And to the great I AM, 
 
 While millions join the therne, 1 will sing, &c 
 
 ^ Come, friends ot' Zion's King, Join the praise, •^xs. 
 Come, friends of Zion's King, 
 With hearts and voices sing. 
 And strike each tuneful string in his praise, &c. 
 
 '' Thus, while from death we 're free, we '11 sing on. A, 
 Thus, -.vhile Irom death we 're free, 
 We 'II sing, and joyi'ul be. 
 And through eternity we '11 sing on, &c. 
 
 Ajid when to that bright AAorld we arise, «fec. 
 
 When to that world we go, 
 
 Free fi-om all jiam and wue, 
 
 We '11 join the happy throng, and sing on, «Sic. 
 
 41 6. 6. 11. A7wn. 
 
 Hosanna to the So/i of David. 
 
 "OSANNA ! to Jesus, 
 
 'm fill'd with his praises ; 
 Come, O my dear brethren, and help me to sing 
 No theme is so charming, 
 No love is so warming. 
 It gives joy and gladness and comfort within. 
 
 2 Hosamia ! is ringing — 
 
 O how I love singing! 
 There 's notiiing so sweet as the sound of his nam ■ 
 
 The angels in glory. 
 
 Repeal the glad stor}' 
 Of Jesus's love whicii'is made known (o man. 
 
 ^< Hosanna ! to Jesus, 
 
 Who died to rede<'m us ; 
 I '11 serve him, and praise him wherever I goy— 
 He 's now gone to heaven — 
 The Spirit is given. 
 T^ quicken and comfort his people below 
 
 4 Hosanna ! for ever ; 
 His grace, like a river. 
 
 H 
 
PRAISE. IS 
 
 li rising and spreading all over the land ; 
 
 His love, tiiat 's unbounded, 
 
 To us is extended. 
 And we '11 join lo praise him in one social band 
 
 fi Hosannal is ringing, 
 
 For Christians are singing 
 The praises ol" Jesus, and lasting his love ; 
 
 Tiie sound 's gone to heaven, 
 
 The echo is given, 
 It rolls through my soul from the mansions above 
 
 6 Hosanna I lo Jesus, 
 
 My soul feels him precious, 
 I'm marching to glory, with bright, royal bands 
 
 Come, O my dear brethren. 
 
 Let 's all go to heaven, 
 For Jesus invites us, with crowns in his hands. 
 
 "^ Hosanna ! to Jesus, 
 
 My soul sweetly rises — 
 [ '11 soon be transported to yon happy clime. 
 
 Where I shall see Jesus, 
 
 And dwell in his praises, 
 And with him in glory eternally shine. 
 
 42. 8.8.8.6 
 Salvation realized in ex])enence. 
 ALVATION! O mysterious plan! 
 
 s 
 
 Nor saints, nor angels, ever can 
 IV.fold the love of God to man. 
 
 The boundless love of Jesus I 
 On Calvary's scenes 1 wondering gaze; 
 A nd raise to heaven the voice of praise , 
 But O how faint are mortal lays 
 
 To speak the love of Jesus I 
 
 2 The deeds that wondrous grace perforraB, 
 Can ne'er be told by mortal worms ; 
 Assist my song, ye heavenly forms, 
 To praise the name of Jesus • 
 ¥2 
 
tt PRAISE. 
 
 Let heaven and earlli the tidings spread. 
 The Saviour died and left the dead ; 
 For sinful man he groan'd and bled, 
 And from destruction frees us. 
 
 3 How welcome is this blissful sound, 
 To guilty souls in fetters bound I 
 'Twas in this state myself 1 found, 
 
 And fear'd Jehovah's ire; 
 Beneath the sword of justice slain. 
 And sinking down to endless pain, 
 Convinc'd i must be born again, 
 
 Or burn in quenchless fire. 
 
 4 Trembling I fell beneath his eye. 
 And rais'd to heaven the ardent cry 
 ' O Jesus save — I sink — I die — 
 
 'O hasten to deliver!' 
 Sweet beams of mercy, love, and grace 
 O'erspread his charming, smiling fiace; 
 My soul receiv'd the kind embrace. 
 
 That seals me his ibr ever. 
 
 43. 8. 8. 6. Anon. 
 Ye must be born again. John iii. 7 
 
 AWAK'D by Sinai's awful sound, 
 My .soul in guilt and thrall I found, 
 And knew not where to go : 
 O'erwhelm'd in sin, with anguish slain. 
 The sinner must be bom again. 
 Or sink to endless woe. 
 
 • i».i.az'd 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 be Lorn again,' 
 
 Still sounded in mine ear. 
 
 3 When to the law I trembling fled, 
 It pour'd its curses on my head, 
 I no relief could find ; 
 
PRAISE. II 
 
 This fearful truth increas'd my pair. 
 'Ttie sinner must be bom again,' 
 O'erwhelm'd my t^jrtur'd mind. 
 
 4 Again did Sinai's thunder roll, 
 And guilt lay heavy on my soul. 
 
 A vast unwieldy load ; 
 Alas I I read and saw it plain, 
 ♦The sinner must be born again,' 
 
 Or drink the wrath of God I 
 
 5 The saints I heard with rapture tell. 
 How Jesus conquer'd death and hell, 
 
 And broke the fowler's snare ; 
 Yet, when I found this truth remain, 
 'The sinner must be l)orn again,' 
 
 I sunk in deep despair. 
 
 But while I thus in anguish lay, 
 Jesus of IVaz'reth pass'd that way. 
 
 And felt his pity move ; 
 The sinner, by his justice slain, 
 JNow, by his grace, ' is born agam. 
 And sings redeeming love. 
 
 • To heaven the^ovful tidings flew. 
 The angels tun'd their harps anew. 
 
 And loftier notes did raise ; 
 All hail ! the Lamb that once was slain, 
 Unnumber"d millions ' bom again,' 
 
 Shall shout thine endless praise. 
 
 44. 10. 8. 
 Praise for free Grace. 
 
 "^~^ RACE ! — 'tis a sacred plant of heaven y 'jirts 
 
 \Jf "The seed descending from atove, 
 " Roots in a soil refin'd — grows high on earth, 
 "And blooms in life, and joy, and love." 
 
 2 Awake! my soul, this grace thou mayest obtain. 
 Now IS the time to urge tliy plea ; 
 Almighty grace, extend thy i)eacelul reign, 
 And draw my wandering soul to thee. 
 
15 TRIU.MI'HS OF THV GOSPEL. 
 
 2 Long time in gloomy darkness I have lain. 
 Beneath the clonus of death and sin. 
 And sporting on the verge of endless pain, 
 But grace prevents my tailing in. 
 
 4 To thee, my Saviour, and my heavenly King, 
 
 To thee my soul, my all 1 owe ; 
 Almighty arm I to me salvation bring, 
 Or 1 shall sink to endless woe. 
 
 5 As thus I lay upon the bnnk of hell, 
 
 And sought of God to find relief; 
 The Saviour smil'd — what tongue my joy can tel 
 Or fell the sweets of meltuig grief! 
 
 6 All glory be to Christ my Sovereign King, 
 
 Let saints and angels join their lays — 
 
 To thee, eternal God, our strains we bring, 
 
 Accept and wear the crown of praise. 
 
 7 Where are the saints who 've left the church belo^ 
 
 Who once were toiling here like me ? 
 They 're gone from all the scenes of sin and woe,- 
 My soul, they wait above for thee. 
 
 8 Then let me move with heavenly courage oi , 
 
 And ft)rce my passage to the skies; 
 With them to wear a nevcr-i'ading crown, 
 And dwell with Christ in paradise. 
 
 TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEL 
 
 45. IFs. Altered. 
 
 God (he Founlain of Love. 
 
 rilHE Gosf)el brings tidings of peace from alx>ve 
 X Of peace and good will from the Fountain of lo^« 
 This fountain is flow ing to Adam's lost race. 
 Tls infuiile goodness — 'tis rich and Ijree grace. 
 
TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEL. 4« 
 
 f How cheering the prospeot ! how pleasant the roail 
 When led down the sireani by the angel of God ; 
 Though shallow at first, yet we fiiKJ it at last, 
 A river so boundless it cannot be past. 
 
 3 Come, heart-broken sinner, this fountain is free, 
 'Twas open'd by Jesus, and open'd for thee ; 
 The Spirit invites you to come and partake. 
 The bride too entreats you for Jesus' sake. 
 
 4 If thou art a sinner, the vilest of all, 
 
 Twas such, not the righteous, the Lord came to cm, 
 
 O, why will you linger^ — Believe and obey. 
 
 The Judgment don't slumber, nor vengeance delay- 
 
 46. 7. 6. Altered. 
 
 The triumphs of the Gospel. 
 
 rilHE glorious light of Zion 
 X Is spreading far and wide 
 And sinners, now, are coming 
 
 Unto the gospel tide ; 
 The standard of King Jesus 
 
 Triumphant doth arise ; 
 And sinners crowd around it. 
 
 With bitter groans and cries. 
 2 The sufferings of our Saviour, 
 
 UfMjn mount Calvary, 
 Is sounded out to sinners. 
 
 And sets the prisoners free ; 
 And whilst this glorious message 
 
 Was circulating round. 
 Some souls, expos'd to ruin. 
 
 Redeeming love have found. 
 And of this happy number, 
 
 I ho[iO that 1 am one ; 
 And Jesus sure will fii.ish 
 
 The work he has begun i 
 He '11 cut it short in rightt 
 
 And I'll for ever be, 
 A monument of mercy. 
 
 To all eteniity 
 
TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPCk 
 
 4 I am but a young convert, 
 
 Who lately did enlist, 
 A soldier under Jesus, 
 
 My Prophet, King, and Pnea 
 I have received my bounty, 
 
 Likewise my martial dress, 
 A ring of love and favour, 
 
 A robe of righteousness. 
 
 5 Down, down into the water. 
 
 Where we young converts go, 
 FoU'wing our Lonl and Master, 
 
 In righteousness below ; 
 We lay (jur sinful bodies 
 
 Beneath the yielding wave, 
 An emblem of our Saviour, 
 
 When he lay in the grave. 
 
 6 Poor sinners, think what Jesus 
 
 Has done for vou and me ; 
 Behold, his mangled body 
 
 Hung tortur'd on the tree ! 
 His head, his hands, his bleeding sid 
 
 To you he dolh display ; 
 O, tell me, brother sinner. 
 
 How can you stay away ? 
 
 7 Come, all ye elder brethren. 
 
 Old soldiers of the cross. 
 Who, for the sake of Jesus, 
 
 Have counted all things loss, — 
 Come, pray for us young converts, 
 
 That we may travel on, 
 And meet you all in glory, 
 
 Where our Redeemer 's gone. 
 
 47. 8. 7. 4. Jlippon's Selection. 
 Longing for (he spread of the Gospel 
 
 O'ER the gloomy hills of darkness. 
 Look, my soul, be still and gaze; 
 
TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEU 43 
 
 411 the promises do travail 
 
 With a glorioiLS day ol" grace ; 
 Blessed jubilee, 
 
 Let thy glorious morning dawn ! 
 2 Kingdoms wide that sit in darkness, 
 
 Grant them, Lord, the glorious light i 
 And from eastern coast to western, 
 
 May the morning cnase the night; 
 And redemption. 
 Freely purchasd, win the day. 
 5 Fly abroad, thou glorious gospel, 
 
 Win and conquer, never cease ; 
 May thv lasting, wide dominions. 
 
 Multiply and still increase; 
 Sway thy sceptre, 
 Saviour, all the world around. 
 
 48. 8.8.8.7. 
 
 The spread and conquests of the Gospel 
 
 f riHE Gospel-dav breaks o'er the world. 
 X The banner of the Lord 's unfurl'd 
 And sin and idol-gods are hurl'd 
 
 To death and endless ruin; 
 The brilliant Star ascends the east. 
 And darts his rays e'en to the west, 
 The intervening world is blest. 
 
 And souls ibr life are suing. 
 
 2 Behold, on India's barren soil. 
 The Author of salvation smile I 
 The caste is broke— the funeral pile 
 
 Is sinking to oblivion : 
 The idol Juggernaut no more 
 Is drench'd with streams of human gore*, 
 His rescu'd worshippers atlore 
 
 And praise the God of heaven. 
 
 i In Otaheite the gospel sounds. 
 And every idol-god confounds, 
 And king's forsake their thrones and crawls' 
 To hear of sins forgiven 
 
J TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEL. 
 
 On Biirmah's sterile, joyless plains, 
 Where sin alx)unds, and Satan reigns. 
 The gospel peace and joy proclaims, 
 And i^>ints the way to heaven. 
 
 4 Almighty Lord ! thy sceptre sway. 
 
 And make the sinliil world obey, ^ 
 
 And spread abroad the joyliil day 
 
 Which from delusion frees us; — 
 When earth shall own thy sovereign claim. 
 And join with heaven in loud acclaim. 
 To spread the everla-sting fame 
 
 Of our exalted Jesus. 
 
 49. 8. 8. 6. Anon. 
 Ilie garden of the Lord, refreslid by his preseih^ 
 
 THE Lord into his garden comes, 
 The spices yield their rich perfumes 
 The lilies grow and thrive: 
 Refreshing streams of grace divine 
 From Jesus flow to every vine. 
 And make the dead revive. 
 
 2 O that this dry and barren ground. 
 In spruigs of water may abound 
 
 A fruitful soil become ; 
 The desert blossom os the rose, 
 And Jesus conquer all his foes. 
 
 And make his people one ! 
 
 3 The glorious time is rolling on 
 The gracious work is now begun ; 
 
 My soul a witness is: 
 I laste and see, that grace is free, 
 And all mankind, wlio ihiiher flee, 
 
 May rest on Christ and live. 
 
 4 Bfhold thecr\^stal Ibunfain run! 
 1*. issues from the glorious throne: 
 
 The throne of Ciod on high: 
 ft comes in floods I wc can't contain. 
 We drink, and drink, and drink again. 
 
 And yel we still arc dry. 
 
TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEL. M 
 
 • But, when to that blest world we rise 
 And meet our Savicur in the skies. 
 
 We '11 drink a full supply; 
 J^sus shall lead his armies Ibrth, 
 , To living streams of richer worth, 
 That never will run dry 
 
 6 There we shall shine, and sweetly sing 
 And make the heavenly mansions ring 
 
 When all the saints get home. 
 Come on, come on, my brethren dear, 
 We soon shall meet together there, 
 
 For Jesus bids us come. 
 
 *v Amen, amen, my soul replies, 
 I 'm bound to meet you in the skies, 
 
 ,^ Where sin and pain are o'er ; 
 Now here 's my heart, and here 's my hand. 
 To meet you in that heavenly land, 
 Where parting is no more. 
 
 50. ll's. Darhy. 
 The power and peaceful effects of the GospeL 
 
 FROM realms where the day its first dawiunf 
 extends, 
 The Sun of the gospel in glory ascends : 
 Ye forests, attend, while your children combine 
 In accents unusual, in transports divine. 
 
 2 Involv'd in uncertainty, darkness, and death. 
 The clouds of destruction hung over our path ; 
 Till yon rising Splendour illumin'd our wfy. 
 And pointed our steps to the regions of day. 
 
 3 A council on high has been had to inquire, 
 
 For help for mankind, and peace kindled the fire : 
 Provision was made for the nations distre.ss'd, 
 And with fhe rich treasure all lands shall be blect. 
 
 \ The chain of salvation let down from alx)ve, 
 Cemented by justice, and brighten'd by love; 
 The safety of hope, and the channel of grace, 
 Joins heaven and earth in its mighty embrace 
 
51 TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPBL. 
 
 5 (Jn high see our Jesus, the penitent's friend, 
 With banners of mercy compassionate bend, 
 Entreating the vvietched, rebellious, and vile, 
 From ruin to flee, and repose in his"" smile. 
 
 6 The Prince of salvation is coming — prepare 
 A way in the desert, his blessings to share : 
 
 He comes to release us from sins, and from woes. 
 And make the dark wilderness bloom like the ros* 
 
 7 His reign shall extend from the east to the west — 
 Compose all the tumults of nature to rest ; 
 
 The day-spring of glory illumine the skies, 
 4nd ages on ages of happiness rise. 
 
 51. 8's. DauieVs Selection. 
 The voice of the turtle is heard in our land. 
 
 HARK! don't you hear the turtle dove? 
 The token of redeeming love; 
 From hill to hill we hear the sound, 
 The neighbouring valleys echo round ; — 
 On Zion's mount, the watchmen cry, 
 'The resurrection 's drawing nigh,' 
 Behold ! the nations from abroad 
 Are flocking to the mount of God ! 
 2 Tne trumpet sounds both far and nigh, 
 O sinners, turn, why will you die ? 
 
 ♦ How can you slight the gospel's charms? 
 ' Enlist with Clu-ist— gird on your arms! 
 •These are the days that were foretold, 
 
 ♦ In ancient times, by prophets old — 
 
 ' They long'd to see this glorious light, 
 'But all have died without the sight. 
 S ' The latter day is verging on. 
 'And lugitives are flocking home: 
 Behold them crowd the gospel road, 
 
 ♦ All pressing to the mount of God ! 
 'O yes, and I will join that band ; 
 
 ' Now here 's mv heart, and here 's my narjd— 
 ' With Satan's band no more to be, 
 ' But fight for Christ and liberty ' 
 
TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSPEL. 52, 98 
 
 1 His banner soon will bo unfurl'd, 
 And he shall come lo judge the world, — 
 On Zion's mount we then shall stand, 
 Surrounded by fair Canaan's land : — 
 The sun and moon shall darken'd be, 
 And flames consume the land and sea! 
 And world on world together blaze, — 
 We '11 shout the great Redeemer's praise 
 
 52. 8 s. Altered, 
 rhe Mystery of Salvation. 
 
 O'TIS a glorious mystery, — 'tis a wondei. 
 That I should ever saved be I — 'tis a wooder 
 
 No heart can think, no tong'je can tell, — 'tis 
 
 rhe love of God unspeakable, — 'tis a &c. 
 » Great mysterj', that God should place, 
 
 His love on any of Adam's race I 
 
 Tliat 1 should also share a part. 
 
 And find a mansion in his heart! 
 3 Great mystery, I can't tell why 
 
 That Christ for sinful worms should die. 
 
 Should leave the boundless realms of bliss. 
 
 And die for sinners on the cross! 
 X O why was I not left behind, 
 
 Among the thousands of mankind. 
 
 Who run the dangerous, sinful race. 
 
 And die and never taste his grace? 
 5 Twfis love that spread the gracious feast, 
 
 'Twas love that made my soul a guest, 
 
 'Tvvas love that brought him from above, 
 
 'Twas love — O matchless, boundless love . 
 I Not all the heavenly hosts can scan. 
 
 The glories of this noble plan; 
 
 O, 'tis a glorious mystery ! 
 
 And will be to eternity. 
 
 53. P.M. Heher. 
 
 The Call of the Heathen to ChrittUau 
 
 FROM Greenland's icy mountaini, 
 From India's coral strand. 
 
I TRIUMPHS OF THE GO»PM> 
 
 Where Afric's sunny fountains 
 Roll down their golden sand ; 
 
 From many an ancient river, 
 From many a palmy piain, 
 
 Thev call us" to deliver 
 
 Tneir land from error's chain. 
 
 2 What though the spicj' breezes 
 
 Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle — 
 Though every prospect pleases 
 
 And only man is vile ? — 
 1 vain, with lavish kindness. 
 
 The gilts of God are strown , 
 The heathen, in his blindness. 
 
 Bows dowTi to wood and stone 
 
 3 Shall we, whose souls are lighted 
 
 With wisdom from on high; 
 Sliall we, to man benighted. 
 
 The lamp of life deny I 
 Salvation I — O salvation ! 
 
 The joyful sound proclaim, 
 Till earth's remotest nation 
 
 Has leam'd Messiah's name 
 
 4 W^aft — waft, ye winds, his story, 
 
 And you, ye, waters, roll. 
 Till, like a sea ol" glor>'. 
 
 It spreads ti-om pole to pole^ 
 Till o'er our ransom'd nature. 
 
 The Lamb for sinners slain. 
 Redeemer, King, Creator, 
 
 Returns in bliss to reign. 
 
 54. 7's. Anon. 
 The Gospel Jubilm. 
 
 HAIL! the gospel Jubilee — 
 Jesus comes to set us free; 
 Jesus shed for us his blood, 
 Jesus brings us back to God. 
 Jesus did for sin atone — 
 Glorj' be to Cod alone ! 
 
TRIUMPHS OF THE GOSI'EL. SI 
 
 Free salvation be our boast, 
 Ever mindful what it cost^ 
 Ever grateful lor the [)rize — 
 Let our praises reach the skies. 
 Finn united let us be. 
 In the bonds of charity ; 
 As a band of brothers join'd, 
 lyjving God, and ai! mankind. 
 
 I Rise I ye heralds of the Lord, 
 Take the breast-plale, shield, and sword. 
 Now against hell's hosts proclaim 
 War in Christ's all-coni]uering name — 
 Rise I assert vour liberty, 
 March to glorious victory. 
 
 Learn on Jesus lo depend. 
 
 He 'II the cause of truth defend- 
 Ever place oil him your trust. 
 
 He 's almighty, wise, and just. 
 
 Firm, united, let us .stand, 
 
 Firm, an undivided band. 
 
 Bretiiren dear, in Jesus join'd, 
 
 Fill'd with aJl his constant mind. 
 
 3 iound the gospel trumpet, sound 
 To the earth's remotest liound ; 
 Let the name of Christ our God 
 Spread through all the world abroad , 
 Sinners, come, " behold the flame. 
 Rising from the siaughter'd Lamb;' 
 
 By the rich, atonuig blood. 
 Be ye reconoil'd to God ; 
 Now's the time — no more delay — 
 Bow to Christ the l/)rd to-day. 
 Hail! the gospel Jubilee, 
 Jesus comes to set us free ; 
 When he comes no more to bleed. 
 We shall then be free indeed. 
 
 4 Now the Sovereign of the sky. 
 Comes, the tro-^ps of hell must fly;— 
 Captain of salvation, thou 
 
 Lead us on to Dnuuest now; 
 
8B S6 mviTATioNn. 
 
 Shield us by thy mighty power. 
 Till the last decisive hour 
 
 Brings us, with the throng above. 
 
 To adore redeeming love ; 
 
 Evermore to shout and sing, 
 
 Glory to our conquering King? 
 
 Firm", united, lei us move, 
 
 In the bond? of Chribtian love. 
 
 And the Ijand of brothers join'd, 
 
 Shall eternal glory find. 
 
 55. ll's. 
 The Missionary's Ddight. 
 
 OHOW I am pleas'd through the desert to lovt 
 And point ihe wild-man of the forest abo7?I 
 To he but the index to point out ihp road, 
 Through Christ the Redeemer, to one livmg Go*.-. 
 
 2 That (iod lov'd the world, which by sin is undoj c 
 S(J lov'd it he gave^up to death his dear Son : — 
 And hear him, inquiring, say — " read that again. 
 Did Christ, the Redeemer, die for the wild-man' 
 
 3 He died for the Indian, the Greenlander too; 
 He bleti lor the Burman, — poor negroes, for you ' 
 O, how I delight through the desert to rove, 
 And point the wild-man of the forest above ! 
 
 i O, blessed Redeemer, look down from thy thror* , 
 And bid the poor wild-man no longer to roam ; 
 Let ravs ol" thv mcrcv descend from above, 
 And capture the wild-man. and tame hnn to ^om 
 
 INVITATIONS 
 
 56. 7.6. 
 Mounie'S Invited. 
 
 COME, every mourning sinner 
 _ And go with us above ; 
 Give up vour heart to Jesus, 
 He 'II fill it with his love; 
 
"RHfi PENITENT. 
 
 He kindly now nvites iis. 
 And holds uii ml a crown. 
 
 And angels ho> ^r round us, 
 To guide us albly home. 
 
 Farewell to ol companions. 
 
 We 're bouj J to worlds unknowx 
 On all your a» /ful pleasures. 
 
 With pity ;e look down ; 
 Fain wouhil /e take you with us, 
 
 But if y»> will not go. 
 We're boiv»J to follow Jesus, 
 
 And bid /ou all adieu. 
 
 3 Could we but hope to meet you 
 
 When we arrive at home, 
 'T would leighten our enjoyment 
 
 Whil^rt we are traveling on: — 
 C come, poor careless sinner. 
 
 And view the Lamb of God 
 Beneath your load of sorrow. 
 
 And sweating drops of blood ! 
 
 4 No longer dare to linger, 
 
 But look to Calvary, 
 And see the lovely Saviour 
 
 Expiring on the tree ; 
 Be melted into sorrow, 
 
 To pemteniial grief — 
 Fly to the dear Redeemer, 
 
 And there obtain relief 
 
 THE PENITENT 
 
 57. 11. 12. 
 The hrok m heart encouraged. 
 
 HOW sad is my state I says the heart-broken sii n« 
 Not one ray of comfort arises for uie I 
 And is there no refuge to shield me fiom danger » 
 No covert to which the distressed may flee ? 
 
60 THE PKNITENT. 
 
 Alas I I 'm a wreteh, on ihe brink of destruction 
 Whose heart, all polluted by Satan's seduction, 
 Has urg'd me astray from the Saviour's instructioo 
 Whose love is unbounded, whose mercy '» free 
 
 2 Mount Sinai in thunder discharges its fire. 
 
 And justice purs'ies me, how awful its claim! 
 The thundering trumpet proclaims it still higher 
 
 'The soul that has sinned shall surely be slam 
 f sink. O thou Saviour, I sink in deep water I 
 . O reach forth thy hand, as thou didst unto Peter 
 Thv grace, and thy mercy, alone, can deliver; 
 
 Thy love is unbounded, ihy mercy is free. 
 
 3 Thou Saviour of sinners' f bow under sufT'ring; 
 
 My heart, though polluted, 1 give unto thee ; 
 Unworthy and {X)or, I acknowledge the ofi'ring 
 
 Yet, O, kind Redeemer! remember thou me! 
 The means of thy grace, I have long, long negleoiee 
 And like the mad Legion, thy mercy rejected 
 But Legion subdu'd, was by Jesus accepted, — 
 
 His love is unbounded, his inercy is free. 
 
 i Though blind as Bartimeus, like him I'll be crying 
 To Jesus for mercy on my sinking soul ; 
 ~'hough weak as the impotent man who was lying 
 
 At Bethesda, still I will wail at the iX)ol : 
 Like Mary, I '11 come to the feet of the Saviour, 
 He cannot, he will not exclude me for ever, 
 For Saul and Manasseh obtain'd his fi-ee favour; 
 His love is unbounded, his mercy is free. 
 
 5 Though sad is my state, and forlorn my condition, 
 To thee, O my Saviour, I look lor relief; 
 
 Like Esther the queen, I 'II present rny petition. 
 .•\nd hope fi)r the mercy that pardon'd a thief; 
 
 The queen, tho' she trembled, was kindly accepted 
 
 Nor was a poor penitent ever rejected ; 
 
 Then why should I languish, and ieei so dejected • 
 His love is unbounded, his mercy is free. 
 
 b Tj see him descending, on Calvary bleeding. 
 To vie*\- h'm arising and claiming his throne. 
 
THE l•ENITE^T i 
 
 (yerpowerb my heart with a ming-icd emotion- - 
 
 take it, my Saviour, and seal it tny own 
 While gazing and singing, I rise into rapture, — 
 Sway, triumphant Jesus! the gospel, thy sceptre 
 The vilest of rebels, 1 know thou canst conque- 
 
 Thy love is unbounded, thy mercy is free 
 
 ' Thy pardoning grace, how unbounded the blessirg 
 
 1 feel it in torrents run down from above ; 
 Let gratitude rise unto God without ceasing, 
 
 Until we ascend to the ocean of love ; 
 There, there we sliall meet this exalted Redeemei 
 There, there all the ransom'd, united together, 
 hall swell the sweet chorus for ever and ever, 
 
 ' His iove ;» unbounded, his mercy is free !' 
 
 58. 7. fi Arioii. 
 The Fenitenl's Pita. 
 
 GOD of my salvation, hear. 
 And helf) me to oelieve ; 
 •dimply would I now draw near, 
 
 Thy blessing to receive ; 
 Full of guilt, alas I I am ; 
 But to thv wounds for refuge fire ; 
 Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb. 
 Thy blood was shed for me. 
 
 2 On the throne as newly slain, 
 
 To thee I lift mine eye; 
 Balm of all my grief and pain. 
 
 Thy blood is ever nigh: 
 Now, as yesterday, the same 
 Thou art, and wilt for ever be - -Friend, <toc 
 
 I \othing have I, Lord, to pay, 
 
 Nor can thy grace procure ; 
 Fmpty send me not away, 
 
 For L thou know'st, am poor; 
 Nought have I but sin and shame, 
 ^ut this affords a plea with ihee.— Friend, &'\ 
 
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66 THE PENITENT. 
 
 4 Without money, without price. 
 
 To thee I would draw nigh; 
 From myself would turn mine eyes, — 
 
 The chief of sinners 1 ; — 
 Take, O take me as I am, 
 And let me lose myself in thee. — Friend iScA 
 
 5 Saviour, from thy wounded side 
 
 O let me ne'er depart I 
 Here I would my spirit hide. 
 
 Till I am pure in heart, — 
 Till my place above I claim. 
 This, this alone shall be my plea, 
 Friend af sinners, spotless Lamb, 
 
 Thy blood was shed for me. 
 
 59. 7.6. W. &B. 
 Tfie backslider's earnest prayer 
 
 JESUS, let thy pitying eye 
 Call back a wandering sheep; 
 False to th -e, like Peter, I 
 
 Would fain, like Peter, weep; 
 Let me be by grace reslor'd. 
 On me be all its fullness shown ; 
 Turn and look upon me, Lord, 
 And break my heart of stone. 
 
 2 Saviour, Prince, enthron'd above, 
 
 Repentance to impart. 
 Give me, through thy dying love. 
 
 The humble, ccmtrite heart, — 
 Give, what I have long implor'd, 
 A portion of thy love unknown ; — Turn, Ac. 
 
 3 See me, Saviour, from aly^ve. 
 
 Nor suffer me to die ; 
 Life, and happiness, and love. 
 
 Drop from ihy gracious eye: 
 Speak the re« onciliiig word, 
 And let thy mercy melt me down;- -Turn, &c 
 
PUBLIC PRAYER 
 
 i Look, as when thine eye piirsu'd 
 The first apostate man, 
 Saw him weltering in liis blood, 
 
 And bade him rise again ; 
 Speak my paratlise restor'd ; 
 Redeem me by thy grace alone ; — Tiiin. &C. 
 
 5 Lc.'k, as when thy grace beheld 
 
 The harlot in distress, 
 Dried her tears, her pardon seal'd, 
 
 And bade her go in peace : 
 Foul, like her, and self-abhorr'd, 
 I at thy feet for mercy groan : 
 Turn and look u{K)n me. Lord, 
 
 And break my heart of stone. 
 
 PUBLIC PRAYER. 
 
 60. 8.7. 
 Prayer for the Holy Spirit 
 
 JESUS, we are met to worship. 
 And adore tliee as our God ; 
 Send us down the Holy Spirit, 
 
 To attend upon the word : 
 All is vain except the power 
 
 Of the Holy One be fell , 
 Shed the pure, celestial fire. 
 Make our frozen bosoms melt. 
 
 2 Saviour, are there trembling mourners. 
 
 Who begin their case to ieel ? 
 We can only preach the gospel. 
 
 Thou alone canst save from hell : 
 Speak, and earth and hell shall tremble, 
 
 And the chains of sin give way, — 
 Proudest souls shall then be humble, 
 
 Darluiess kindle into day. 
 
 S Breathe, Almighty, conquering Spirit ! 
 Make this vale of bones to live ; 
 
8] PUBLIC PRAYER. 
 
 Heavenly Wind ! diffuse salvation — 
 
 We to thee will glory give: 
 North and south, givo up your captives. 
 
 Yield them up without delays 
 Saviour, claim thy blood-lx Might purchai«e 
 
 Claim and seal us thine to-day. 
 
 4 Breathe through every soul, the spirit 
 
 Of untiring, fervent prayer; 
 Wrestling Jacobs, conquering Israels, 
 
 We shall be, if thou art here : 
 Till thou come, O God, and bless us, 
 
 Till our souls thy goodness know. 
 Give us humble faith in Jesus, 
 
 Faith that will not let thee go. 
 
 61. 8. 7. Dover Selection. 
 At the opening of Worship. 
 
 BRETHREN, we have met to worship. 
 And adore the Lord our God ; 
 Will you pray with all your power. 
 While we try to preach the word? 
 All is vain, unless the Spirit 
 
 Of the Holy One come (iov\ n — 
 Let us pray, that holy manna 
 May be scatter'd all around. 
 
 2 Look I and see pooreijiners round you. 
 
 Trembling on the brink of woe; 
 Death is coming — hell is moving — 
 
 Can you hoar to let them go ? 
 Let us tell thom of the Saviour, 
 
 Tell them that he may be found — 
 Let us pra", that holy manna 
 
 May be scatter'd all around. 
 
 3 Is there here a trembling Jailor, 
 
 Seeking grace, and fill'd with fearef 
 ie there here a weeping Mary, 
 Pouring for'h a Hood of tears ? 
 
PUBLIC PRAYER. 
 
 Lei us join our prayers to help thrra. 
 
 Let our faith and lave abound — 
 Let us pray, that holy manna 
 
 May be scatter'd all around. 
 
 4 Let us love our God supremely, 
 
 Let us love earh other too ; 
 Let i\.* j\e and pray for sinners. 
 
 Till our God their "souls renew. 
 Then we '11 love them still the better 
 
 Take them to our kind embrace ; 
 Journey with them on to glory, 
 
 There to sing redeeming grace. 
 
 62. 6. 6. 6. 6. 8. 8. Newton. 
 The Beggar's suit. 
 
 ENCOURAG'D by thy word. 
 Of promise to the poor. 
 Behold a beggar. Lord, 
 Waits at thy mercy's door; 
 No hand, no heart, O Lord, but thine. 
 Can help or pity wants like mine. 
 
 i have no right to say. 
 
 That though I now am poor, 
 
 Yrtl once there was a day 
 
 When I possessed more; 
 Thou know'st that from my very birth, 
 i 've been the poorest wretch on earth 
 
 Nor dare I to profess. 
 As beggars often do, 
 Though great is my distress. 
 My faults have been but few ; 
 If thou shouldst leave my soul to starve 
 it would be what I well deserve. 
 
 'T were folly to pretend 
 
 I never begg'd before, 
 
 .•Vnd if thou now befriend, 
 
 1 '11 trouble thee no more ; 
 Thou ollen hast reliev'd my pain 
 And often I mast come again. 
 
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*^ PrjBLIC PRAVWi. 
 
 5 Though crtimhs are much too goon 
 For one so vile as I, 
 
 j\o less than children s food 
 My soul can satisfy,- 
 
 do not frown and bid me go, 
 
 1 must have all thou canst bestow. 
 
 6 JVor can 1 willing be 
 Thy bounty to conceal 
 Vnm others, who, like me. 
 Their wants and hunger feel ; 
 
 1 '11 tell them of thy mercy's store. 
 And try to send a thousand more. 
 
 7 Thy ways, thou only Wise. 
 
 Our ways and thoughts transcend ; 
 
 Far as the arched skies 
 
 AlK»ve this earth extend : 
 Such pleas as mine men would not hear, 
 But God accepts a beggar's prayer. 
 
 63. P.M. Relief Hymns. 
 Confession of Christ before men. 
 
 AND art thou, gracious Master, gone, 
 A mansion to prepare (or me ? 
 Shall I behold thee on thy throne. 
 
 And there for ever sit with thee ? 
 Then let the world approve or blame, 
 I 'II triumph in thy glorious name. 
 
 2 Should 1, to gam the world's applause. 
 
 Or to escape its harmless frown, 
 Refiise to countenance thy cause. 
 
 And make thy people's lot my own. — 
 What .shame would (ill me in that day, 
 When thou thy glory shall display! 
 
 3 And what is man, or what his smile? 
 
 The terror of his anger, what? 
 Like grass he flourishes a while. 
 
 But soon his place shall know htm not 
 Thntugh ioar of such a one, shall I 
 Tlic Lord of beavcn -iwl earth deny? 
 
OWNING CHRIST. 
 
 t No ; — let the world cast out my name. 
 And vile accourit me, if thev will; 
 ff to confess the Lk^hI be shame, 
 
 I purpose to be viler still ; — 
 For thee, my God, 1 all resign, 
 Content if I may call thee mine 
 
 5 What transport then shall fill my heart. 
 When thou my worililess soul wilt own' 
 When I shall see thee as thou art. 
 
 And know as I mysell' am known! 
 From sin, and fear, and sorrow free. 
 My soul shall find its rest in thee. 
 
 OWNING CHRIST. 
 64. 7.6. 
 
 Experience. 
 
 WHEN first my heart was wotinaed. 
 Deep by the Spirit's sword, 
 From all the world I wander'd, 
 
 To pray and seek the Lord ; 
 Just like the lep'rous Hebrew 
 
 The Church and world between. 
 Unfit to be with Christians, 
 
 Afraid to live in sin. 
 AUur'd by vain amusement. 
 
 This truth I own with shame,— 
 T'^ntil a wither'd blossom 
 
 Transfixt mv heart again ; 
 Then I beheld my frailty, 
 
 And in it read my doom, — 
 The blooming scene around me. 
 
 Was curtain'd into gloom. 
 While many harden'd sinners 
 
 Were soften'd into grief, 
 Resign'd themselves to Jesua, 
 
 And thus obtain'd relief. 
 My guilty heart resisting 
 
 Though sinking to despair, 
 Too prouu to ask assistance, 
 
 Refus'd the ofTer'd ora^ er 
 
65 OWNING CHRIST. 
 
 4 At length when far retir'd, — 
 
 Twelve months had roUd aw«f 
 'Twas in the vemai season, 
 
 The flowery month of May, — 
 A beam was shed from glory, 
 
 And hope, that cheering ray, 
 Awoke up in my bosom, 
 
 As Christ was seen the way 
 9 My faith was fixt upon him, 
 
 My heart appro v'd the way, 
 But It was so mysterious, 
 
 I scarce knew what to say ; 
 When I beheld him willing 
 
 To save a wretch like me, 
 My yielding heart responded. 
 
 I give myself to thee. 
 
 6 And now without an effort, 
 
 I mehed into grief 
 Twas most delightful weeping 
 
 Attended with relief; 
 My load of guilt was banish'd, 
 
 The fear of hell was slain, 
 But O ! I felt unholy. 
 
 And so I still remain. 
 
 7 The church appear'd like Eden, 
 
 Array 'd in living green, 
 And Jordan roll'd his current. 
 
 Her feasts and me between. 
 And I was too unworthy 
 
 With holy saints to join, 
 My heart was so polluted, 
 
 Mv prayers all mixt with lia 
 
 8 Thou ever-blessed Saviour, 
 
 I hang upon ihy name, — 
 If thou hast shovMi me favour. 
 
 Be pieas'd to make it plain; 
 If I am unconverted. 
 
 My load of guilt revive, 
 And if I am a Christian, 
 
 The bless'd assurance gir* 
 
OWNING CHRIST. 
 
 9 A. length I follow'd Jesus, 
 
 Was laid beneath the stream. 
 
 And came with songs to Zion, 
 Rejoicing in his name ; 
 
 And though I've many conflicts 
 To meet upon the road, 
 
 1 try to do my duly. 
 
 And leave the rest to God. 
 
 66. C. M. Nev)t(m. 
 Wounding and healing from the CroM. 
 
 IN evil long I look delight, 
 Unaw'd by shame and fear ; 
 Till a new object sirujk my sight. 
 And stopt my wild career. 
 
 2 I saw one hanging on a tree 
 
 In agonies and blood, 
 Who fixt his dying eyes on me, 
 As near his cross I stood. 
 
 3 Sure never to my latest breath 
 
 Can I forget that look ; 
 It seem'd to charge me with his death. 
 Though not a word he spoke. 
 
 4 My conscience felt, and own'd the guilt 
 
 And plung'd me in despair; 
 
 I saw my sins his blood had spilt. 
 
 And help'd to nail him there. 
 
 5 A second look he gave, and said, 
 
 I freely all forgive ; 
 This blood is for thy ransom paid, 
 I die that thou mayest live. 
 
 6 Thus while his death my sin display*, 
 
 In all its blackest hue, — 
 Such is the mystery of his grace, 
 It sea Is my pardon too. 
 
 •J With pleasing grief, and mournful joy 
 My spirit now is filTd, 
 That I should sucli a life destroy 
 Yet live by him I kill'd. 
 
67,68 OWNING CHRIST 
 
 67. 8,7. 
 Hope, bottomed upon Christ 
 
 A l.L within was dvirk and glooroy 
 J\. And the future solemn dread ; 
 Till a ray was shed from glory, 
 
 Beaming hope upon my head : 
 Blessed hope, and blessed Author, 
 
 Jesus, thou art all to me ; 
 None besides could me deliver, 
 
 None shall have my heart but thee. 
 
 2 Void of strength, and claims to favoui 
 
 Potent enemies to meet, 
 I would fly to thee, my Saviour, 
 
 Hide beneath thy sacred feet: 
 Spurn me not, although unworthy 
 
 To approach the King of kings. 
 Justify and make me holy, 
 
 And protect me with thy wings. 
 
 3 If it please thee to inspire 
 
 Faith in thee, my constant Friend 
 I can trust thee in the fire. 
 
 Hang upon thee to the end ; 
 If thou hide thy face, I wither, 
 
 If withdraw, I sink to hell : 
 " I forsake thee I no, — I '11 never,'' 
 
 Thou hast said,— and, all is well 
 
 4 On that blood that shook creation, 
 
 Cloth'd the world in robes of night, 
 Heav'd the earth to its foundation. 
 
 Made the sun roll back his light ; 
 Tore the vail and rocks asunder, 
 
 Silenc'd all the heavenly host, 
 Caus'd the angel-hands to wonder — 
 
 On that blood alone 1 trust. 
 
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 68. 8's. Newton. 
 Krperience. 
 HEN drawn bv the Father, 1 cnnm 
 All laden with guilt, to the Lord , 
 
OWNING THRIST. 6t 
 
 Soriviiided with terror, and shame, 
 
 Liriable to utter a word : — 
 At first he look'd slern, and severe ; 
 
 What anguish then pierc'd through my n?art* 
 Expecting each moment to hear 
 
 The sentence — thou cursed, depart ! 
 
 2 But O, what surprise when he spoke ! 
 
 While tenderness beam'd in his face, 
 Mv heart all to pieces was broke, 
 
 Overwhelm'd. and confounded by grace. 
 ' Poor sinner, I know thee full well. 
 
 By thee I was sold, and was slain, — 
 'I died to redeem thee from hell, 
 
 'And raise thee in glory to reign:' — 
 
 3 ' I'm Jesus, whom thou hast blasphem'd 
 
 'And crucified often afresh ; 
 But let me, henceforth, be esteem'd 
 
 'Thy brother, thy bone, and thy flesh 
 * My pardon 1 freely bestow ; 
 
 'Thv wants I will fullv supply; 
 'I'll guide thee, and guard thee below, 
 
 •And then will receive thee on high:' 
 
 4 Go, publish to sinners around, — 
 
 'That they may be willing to come, — 
 'The mercy that thou hast obtain 'd, 
 
 'And tell them that yet there is r<x>ra.' 
 O, sinners, the message obey I 
 
 No more vant excuses pretend — 
 O, come, without further delay. 
 
 To Jesus, our brother, and friend 
 
 69. ll's. Altered. 
 Erperievce. 
 
 COME, brethren and sisters, who 're now on (he 
 way, 
 March on toward Zion. and make no delav : 
 Press fijrward with courage to meet your dear lyird 
 Whi/e I shall his mercy and giHjdness re* ord — 
 
70 MVMNG CHRIST. 
 
 2 Reraenihering th days of my sorrow and pain. 
 When I of my hardness of heart did complain, 
 And thought of a! sinners that I was the chief. 
 And rov'd in the «."sc!rts of sorrow and grief. 
 
 3 Stern justice was Irownmg in vengcunce on me, 
 And I to Mount Sinai for slieher did flee, 
 
 But Sinai in thunder proclaim'd very loud, 
 ' No shelter for rebels this Mount can afford !' 
 
 4 1 now thought my day of salvation was past, 
 And I into torment- should quickly be cast; 
 But Jesus, benignant, look'd down from above. 
 And smilinglv bid all my guilt to remove. 
 
 5 By failh 1 beheld him — delightful the view! 
 And all things around me seem'tl joyful and new 
 1 'm sure 1 was happy, and thought 1 'd ne'er sin. 
 And ne'er should be tempted by Satan again. 
 
 o But though of my burden and sorrow reliev'd 
 The thought soon occurr'd, ' you 're by Satan deeeiv'(i 
 And now my condition seem'd worse than belbre— 
 I sought for my burden, but (bund it no more. 
 
 7 But while I was seeking my load to regain. 
 
 The Scripture convinc'd me my seeking was vain, 
 The Saviour had nail'd it so last to the tree, 
 I ne'er could obtain it, and hence 1 am free I 
 
 8 All gl()r\' to Jesus. I now can proclaim. 
 
 Let heaven and earth join in praising his name ; 
 Let all the creation unite in the song. 
 And eternal ages the theme still prolong! 
 
 70. ll's. 
 Salcalton Rowing froni the Cross. 
 UK fountain of mercy rolls down from the akt 
 
 T 
 
 And angels proclaim the ineffable jov 
 Bui when the Redeemer on Calvary died. 
 The streams of salvation pour'd forth from his tiJa 
 
OWNING CHRIST. 7i 
 
 I Methinks as he languish'd and died on the iree, 
 His eye ro'l'd in pi'.y, and tix'd upon me; 
 The lf»ok overwhehn"d ine, and fonquer'd iry heart, 
 And bound nie unto him — O ! never to part. 
 
 i The tears of contrition in torrents did flow ; 
 Will this bleeding Jesus such lavour bestow? 
 Unworthy such kindness, O Lord, to receive : — 
 ' Arise,' said the Saviour, ' I freely forgive.' 
 
 By love I am conquer'd, in tears I rejoice, 
 O, may I but praise him in action and voice: 
 And if up to heaven I 'm finally borne. 
 The praise of salvation be to Him alone. 
 
 71. L. M. Altered. 
 ExpPTience. 
 
 YE brethren, who profess the Lord, 
 I pray draw near and hear a word 
 Lift up your eyes, behold, and see, 
 What a good God has done for me I 
 
 2 O'erwhelm'd with guilt, in deep distress, 
 1 day nor night could take no rest; 
 
 But when in sad extremity, 
 Thj Lord reveal'd his love to me 
 
 3 When 1 by faith was brought to see 
 My Jesus bleeding on the Tree, 
 
 My soul wilh joy and sorrow flow'd, 
 That he should bear my guilty load. 
 
 4 My heart, that was so dreadful hai-d 
 Was melted down in love to God I 
 My soul was humbled to the ground, 
 When I the blessed Jesus found. 
 
 6 Then on my bended knees did fall — 
 O, Jesus ! he was all in all — 
 Yea, where to go I did not know, 
 For I did love my Jesus so. 
 
72, 73 OWNING CHRIST. 
 
 6 And now, my friends, who love the Lord, 
 I pray live nearer lo his word ; 
 And don't you hurt that wounded side 
 Of my dear Jesus crucified I 
 
 72. L. M. Altered. 
 Experience. 
 
 OjNCE in the time of pressing need 
 1 thought I saw the Saviour bleed. 
 And heard his kind forgiving voice, 
 ' Arise, my love, in me rejoice.' 
 
 2 Now to my mind did one appear 
 Wounded with whip, and nail and spear, 
 Bearing niy sii^, a mighty load. 
 
 To make me child and heir of God. 
 
 3 On wings of faith and love I rose, 
 Trans|X)rled with those heavenly views, 
 I count all earthly things but loss, 
 
 And glorj' in my Saviour's cross. 
 
 4 My youthful friends, a long adieu, 
 Uidess you '11 love my Jesus too ; 
 And if bv men I am despi8etl, 
 
 I '11 yield to him and be baptised. 
 
 73. P.M. 
 
 Experience. 
 
 WOUNDED by the Spirit's sword, 
 I, like the bleeding deer, 
 Fled from all the playful herd, 
 
 O'erwhelm'd with gloomy fear; 
 Lonely vales were my retreat. 
 
 My bosom heav'd the anxious prayer, 
 There 1 sought the mercy-seat. 
 And {X)ur'd my sorrows there. 
 9 Own'd by neither church nor world. 
 And leper-like remov'd, 
 ^ I am to ruin hurl'd, 
 Tis wliat I well deserve; 
 
Mercy, Lord, on mj bestow, 
 For mercy is my only plea, 
 
 bestow that mei cy now. 
 And take my guilt away. 
 
 3 Far beneath a shady grove. 
 
 All prostrate as I lay, 
 Melted by the Father's love. 
 
 My load ( f guilt gave way, 
 Mingling joy and sorrow flow'i. 
 
 As Christ the Saviour past between, 
 God is good, I feel him good, 
 
 But O, how vile I 've been ! 
 
 4 There amidst the doubtful strife. 
 
 And humbled to the dust, 
 Christ the way, the truth, the life. 
 
 Became my only trust ; 
 All my hopes on him were hung. 
 
 But O the mystery ! wliy and how ? 
 Checks the bold, th' aspiring song. 
 
 And lays the inquirer low. 
 
 5 Zion permanent and strong. 
 
 In bold relief was seen, 
 Jordan roll'd his stream along. 
 
 Her feasts and me between ; 
 Were I worthy to be there, 
 
 And holy like the flock of God, 
 Here I would dismiss my fear, 
 
 And make it mine abode. 
 
 BAPTISM. 
 
 74. 8.7. Altered 
 
 Baptism a solemn ordinance. Rom. vi. 4 CoL ti li 
 
 JESUS, Master, pray discover 
 Pleasure in us, while we stand 
 On the margin of this water. 
 To fulfd 'hy great command. 
 
9 BA.TtSM. 
 
 Here the world, the flesh, and devii 
 
 We would solemnly renounce. — 
 Help us. Lord, to cease from evil, 
 
 And a life to thee announce. 
 • As an emblem of thy pa^ssion. 
 
 And thy victory o'er the grave. 
 We who know thy great salvation, 
 
 Are immers'd beneath the wave; 
 Fearless of the world's despising 
 
 We the ancient mode pursue — 
 Buried with our J^ord, and rising 
 
 To a life divinely new. 
 
 3 On our way we go rejoicing. 
 
 Conscious of our pleasing God •, 
 FoH'wing Jesus, ever walking 
 
 In the path the Saviour trod : 
 Be this stream a test and token 
 
 Of our solemn vows to God ; 
 May these vows be never brok^Ji, 
 
 May we ne'er forsake ihee, Lord. 
 
 75. L. M. 
 Teach the nations and baptise. Matt, xxviii. 19 
 
 Facts showing how this command was oJ^served. 
 
 WHEN Christ the Lord, had left the dead 
 Ere he a.«cended to the skies — 
 He unto his apostles said, 
 'Go, teach the nations, and baptise. 
 2 This great command they understof)d. 
 
 And loud proclaim'd the way to heaven. 
 Through faith in his atoning blood, 
 Ere the bapti.smal rite was given. 
 ? ' Repent, and be baptis'd,' said he, — 
 
 Thus Peler spake to great and small — 
 * The promise is lv)th large and free. 
 To all the Lord our God sh-ill call.' 
 
 4 With joy ihey th'Mi receiv d the wcrd, 
 
 And were baptis'd without delay; 
 
 Three thousand souls lo (Christ the Lord 
 
 Were wedded on that blissful day. 
 
BAPTTSM 7* 
 
 5 Samaria next the trutn retciv'd — 
 No other plan was then devis'd — 
 When Philip's preachint.'- they believ'd. 
 Both men and women were baptis'd. 
 C The Eunuch taught — m Christ believ'd — 
 • Jesus is God's eternal Sun !' 
 Beneath the siream this rite receiv'd, 
 And onward went rejoicing home. 
 
 7 The master of" the Roman band, 
 
 With all his house in Christ believe, 
 Yielding to his supreme command, 
 He and his house this rite receive. 
 
 8 Taught by the gospel's cheering light. 
 
 The jailor and his house believ'd, 
 And were baptis'd that very night. 
 In which they had the truth receiv'd. 
 
 9 Lydia receives the kind embrace; 
 
 Her household feel the cheering beam- 
 Welcome the message of his grace, 
 Ann bow beneath the flowing stream. 
 L Where is the text? — Where found when sought 
 Where 's the command that God has given, 
 To baptise those who ne'er were taught. 
 By thith in Christ, the way to iieaven I 
 11 Buried beneath the yielding stream, 
 We thus decla.e our death to sin ; 
 Rising from thence, we loud proclaim, 
 Jesus arose and lives again. 
 
 76. 11 's. Altered. 
 Take up the cross, and follow me. Mark x. 21. 
 
 COME, soldiers for Jesus, attend to this way 
 Arise, be baptis'd, and no longer delay ; 
 Though flesh should be backward, find dulv seem nuni, 
 Be bold and determin'd to follow vour Lord ; 
 The way he conducts you will prove to be best. 
 He'll crown you with conquest and bring you to cmd 
 *<4 When from his disciples about to remove, 
 A lasting commission he gave them in love 
 
TJ CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 • Go teacn all the nations my erraee lo recewe, 
 Baptising them all who proless to believe, 
 ♦Observe my commanclmonls, and come after me, 
 'And I will protect and be with you alway.' 
 
 3 Apostles attended to what he had done ; 
 
 They preacii'd and baptis'd in the way he had shown 
 They publish'd the gospel, and when 'twas receiv a 
 They buried in baptism them that believ'd: — 
 O Christians, your Saviour's dene great things x>i 
 
 you. 
 Then take up your crosses and follow him too. 
 
 4 Arrav'd in bright glory he '11 shortly appear, 
 
 T' receive ail his children who love him sincere ; 
 Then let us be marching to meet him, my friends, 
 Behold into Jordan the Saviour descends! 
 And as he came out of the water}- tomb. 
 The Father approv'd of what Jesus had done. 
 
 i If friends should oppose you and try to retard, 
 Be steadfastly looking lo Jesus yoiif Lord ; 
 If troubles, and trials, and crosses you bear, 
 Be earnest, and fervent, and constant in prayer. 
 And \"hen you this world of ail sorrow shall leav«. 
 Your Jesus,' you follow, your souls will receive. 
 
 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 77 8. 7. Relief Hymns. 
 Forsaking all to follow Christ. 
 
 JESUS, I my cross have taken. 
 All to leave, and follow thee, 
 Naked, poor, despis'd, forsaken, 
 
 Thou, from hence my all shall be, 
 Let the world despise and leave me. 
 
 They have left my Saviour too : 
 Human looks and hearts deceive me. 
 But my Saviour will be true. 
 
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 7 
 
 8 1 have call'd thee, Abba, Fathcx-, 
 
 Thou hast fixt my heart on thee ; 
 Storms may howl, ami clouds may gather, 
 
 All must work for good to me : 
 Man may trouble and distress me, — 
 
 'Twill but drive me to thy breast : 
 Life with trials hard may press me, — 
 
 Heaven will bring me sweeter rest. 
 
 3 Know, my soul, thy full salvation, 
 
 Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; 
 Joy to find in every station 
 
 Something still to do or bear: 
 Think what spirit dwells within thee. 
 
 Think what Father's smiles are thine. 
 Think how Jesus died to win thee ; — 
 
 Child nf heaven, canst thou repine ? 
 
 4 Haste thee on from grace to glory, 
 
 Arm'd with faith, and wing'd with prayer, 
 Heaven's eternal day's before thee, 
 
 God's own hand shall guide thee there. 
 Soon shall close thy earthly mission. 
 
 Soon shall pass thy pilgrim-days, 
 Hope shall change to glad fruition. 
 
 Faith tv. sight, and prayer to praise. 
 
 78. Anon. 
 The Captive delivered. 
 /~iOME, all ye who ever have mercy obtain'd, 
 Vy The hope of salvation and pardon regained. 
 Come, join in an anthem, let praises resoinid. 
 And tell all around us what treasures we 've founc 
 
 I When sin, like a mountain tremendously great, 
 My soul fiU'd with horror to view ner sad slate. 
 On the brink of destruction bewailing my cas<i. 
 No hope of obtaining the favour of grace. 
 
 3 W.hen crj'ing for mercy all prostrate m dust, 
 (If danm'd, I must own that the sentence is juslj 
 A voice bid me hearken, my sorrows lo cea.se- 
 Thy sins are forgiven, arise, go in peace.' 
 
79 CHRISTIAN FEIXOWSHIP. 
 
 4 Like a captive deliver'd from bondage and pam. 
 Who long in a dungeon of darkness had lain, 
 While the mountains and valleys with praises did tin^ 
 All glory to Jesus, my Saviour and King. 
 
 b Adieu to the world and its foolish delights. 
 No longeV your pleasure my passions invites; 
 I'll follow my Jesus, who Ireedom doth give, 
 
 1 'mnow bound to praise him as long as I live. 
 
 6 When time rolls around, and eternity 's near, 
 
 And Gabriel's loud voice like a trump we shall hcnt 
 With saints and with angels, through grace I shall suijz 
 Hosanna to Jesus, and make heaven ring. 
 
 79. 9. 8. 
 Mourning souls encouraged. 
 
 COME, all who are traveling to Canaan 
 _ Your voices together unite. 
 In praising the Lord, the Redeemer, 
 
 Who fills us with love and delight; 
 The theme is so charming, melodious, 
 
 'Twill help us devoutly to move. 
 While Jesus's name, like sweet odours. 
 Attracts all our powers above. 
 
 2 When first he beheld me in nature, 
 
 Pursuing the road unto pain ; 
 My soul he renevv'd by his goodness. 
 
 And brought me to trust in his name: 
 How sweet were the accents of pardon! 
 
 How quickly my guilt did remove! 
 When first I beheld the sweet wonder, 
 
 That God such a sinner did love! 
 
 2 0'erix)wer'd with mingled emotion, 
 ' A sinner, O Lord,' 1 exclaim'd ; 
 • Was ever a wretch so unworthy, 
 
 ' So utterly guilty, reclaim'd ?' 
 From gratitude, tears in libation, 
 Like torrents abundantly flow'd ; 
 riiv sins,' said the Lord, 'are ibrgiven' 
 I U-li •/) rely mi his word. 
 
CHRISTIAN FKLLOWSHIP. 
 
 4 And now I am pressing to Canaan. 
 
 But Jordan is rolling before; 
 And sometimes I haltingly tremble ; 
 
 Its billows how loudly ihey roar! 
 Would Jesus divide the deep water, 
 
 And cause all its raging to cease, 
 Or bear me up as he did Peter, 
 
 I'd walk through its valley in peace 
 
 5 His rod and his staff shall support me, 
 
 His pastoral voice I shall hear ; 
 Then why shouUl bold Jor<ian affright me 
 
 He 's promis'd to be with me there : 
 On seraphic wings he will bear me. 
 
 To join happy spirits above, 
 Where sorrow, and pain, and temptation, 
 
 Shall yield to the ocean of love. 
 
 6 Dear mourners, continue to seek him, 
 
 Though long you have lain at the pool 
 Attend to the Saviour's instruction, 
 
 Believe in his name and be whole: 
 Poor sinners, it grieves me to leave you. 
 
 I once more entreat you to go ; 
 O, hasten to Jesus the Saviour, 
 
 Who d-ed to redeem us from woe. 
 / O. look to the blessed Redeemer, 
 
 And hxjpe in his mercy alone ; 
 For sinners he sweat in the garden ; 
 
 For sinners he lay in the tomb : 
 Behold him on Calvary bleeding! 
 
 Arise! he invites ycu to come — 
 Believe, and sing on towards heaven — 
 
 Believe, and — then heaven's your home 
 
 80. 8. 8. 8. 8. 7. Anoiu 
 Htavenbj Union. 
 
 ATTEND, ye saints, and hear me tell 
 The wonders of Immanuel, 
 Who sav'd me from a burning hell, 
 And brought my soul with him to dwell. 
 To feel a heavenly union. 
 
) CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 
 
 2 He view'd me from the courts on high. 
 And saw my soul in ruin lie. 
 
 And l()ok'(i on me vvilh pitying eye, 
 And said to me, as he pass'd by, 
 ' With God you have no union.* 
 
 3 Then I began lo mourn and cry; 
 To look this way and tiiat, to fly; 
 It griev'd me so that I must die; — 
 1 strove relief from guilt to buy, 
 
 But still I had no union. 
 
 4 At length the Saviour took me in. 
 
 And in the fountain wash'd me clean 
 And caus'd me to forsake my sin; 
 And, 01 what seasons I have seen 
 With Christ and saints in union! 
 
 5 I prais'd the Lord, both night and day ; 
 I went from house to house to pray • 
 And if I met one on the way. 
 
 It till'd my soul a word to sav 
 About this heavenly union. 
 
 6 I wonder why old saints don't sing. 
 And praise the Lord ufxjn the \\ nig. 
 And make the heavenly arches ring 
 W^ith loud hosannas to their King, 
 
 Who brought their souls to union. 
 
 7 O come, backsliders, come away, 
 And mind to do as well as say. 
 And learn to watch as well as pray, 
 And bear the cross from day to day, 
 
 And then you '11 feel this union. 
 
 8 We soon shall break all nature's ties. 
 On wings of love our souls shall rise, 
 .And shout salvation through the skies. 
 And gain the crown, and win the priz^ 
 
 And sing in endless union. 
 
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP. 
 
 81. 6. 6. 9. Wesley s Call 
 Christians rejoicing in Fellowship 
 
 C'lO.ME away to the skies, 
 ^ My beloved, arise, 
 And rejoice in ihe day thou wast bom. 
 On this festival day. 
 Come exulting away. 
 And with singing to Zion return. 
 
 2 We have laid up our love 
 And our treasure above, 
 
 Though our bodies continue bel'jw; 
 
 The redeem'd of the Lord, 
 
 We remember his word. 
 And. with singmg, to paradise go. 
 
 3 With singing we praise 
 The original grace, 
 
 Bv our heavenly Father bestow'd , 
 
 Our being receive 
 
 from his bounty, and live 
 To the honour and glory of God. 
 
 4 For thv glorv, we are 
 Created to sliare 
 
 Both the nature and kingdom divine 
 
 Created again. 
 
 That our souls may remain 
 In time and eternity thine. 
 
 5 Witn thanks we approve 
 Ttie design of thy love. 
 
 Which hath join'd us in Jesus's nam« 
 
 So united in heart. 
 
 That we never can part, 
 Till we meet at the feast of the Lamb. 
 
 5 There, there at his feet. 
 
 We shall suddenly meet. 
 And be parted in body no more I 
 
 We shall sing of his love. 
 
 In the regions above. 
 And our SaviDur in glory adore. 
 
42 CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP 
 
 7 Hallelujah we Ml sing, 
 To our Father and King, 
 
 And his rapturous praises repeat; 
 
 To the Lamb that was slain, 
 Hallelujah again, 
 Sing all heaven and fall at his feet. 
 
 8 In assurance of hope. 
 We to Jesus look up. 
 
 Till his banner unfiirl'd in the air; 
 
 From our graves we shall see. 
 
 And cry out, it is He '. 
 And fly up to acknowledge him there. 
 
 82. 6. 6. 9. Anon. 
 Union with Christ, (he Source rf Jo%, 
 
 OHOW happy are they 
 Who the Saviour obey. 
 And have laid up their treasure alxtve . 
 Tongue cannot express 
 The sweet comlbrt and peace 
 Of a soul in its earliest love. 
 
 I That sweet comfort was mine. 
 
 When the favour divine 
 [ first found in the blooti of the I^-xrab 
 
 When my heart it believ'd, 
 
 What a joy I receiv'd ! 
 What a heaven in Jesus's name! 
 
 t 'Twas a heaven below, 
 
 My Redeemer to know, 
 And "the angels could do nothing mo?e 
 
 Than to fall at his feet. 
 
 And the story repeat, 
 And the Saviour of sinners adore. 
 
 4 Jesus all the day long 
 
 Was mv joy and my song ; 
 O 1 that all his salvation could sec' 
 
 He hath lov'd mc, I cried. 
 
 He hath sufTir'd and died, 
 To redeem such a rebel as me 
 
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIl. 
 
 5 On the wings of his love 
 I was carried alK>ve 
 
 All the fear of temptation and pain ; 
 
 1 could not bolieve 
 
 That I ever should grieve, 
 That I ever should suffer again. 
 
 6 O the rapturous height 
 Of that holy delight 
 
 Which I felt in the life-giving blood! 
 
 Of the Saviour possess'd, 
 
 I was perfectly bless'd. 
 Overwhelm'd with the goodness of God 
 
 7 What a mercy is this I 
 What a heaven of bliss I 
 
 How unspeakably happy am I ! 
 
 Gather'd into the Ibid, 
 
 With believers eriroU'd, 
 With believers to live and to die. 
 
 9 Now my remnant of days. 
 
 Would I spend to his praise 
 Who has died my poor soid to redeem 
 
 Whether many or few, 
 
 All my years are his due ; 
 Vlay they all be devoted to Hira. 
 
 83. P. M 
 God, (he Refuge of the Church- 
 *'^^0D is our refuge in disiross, 
 \^ "A present help when dangers prc«; 
 "In Him undaunted I'll confide, 
 " Though earth were from her centre toss'd, 
 •* And mountains in the ocean last, 
 " Tom piecemeal by the roaring tide." 
 
 t 'Midst desolation.s of the earth, 
 He only means to try my faith, 
 
 H.s streams refresh my tainting soul : 
 He in the midst of Zion dwells, 
 Performs his work — Himself conceals ; 
 
 But makes the wounded 'spirit uho> 
 
I CHRISTIAN FFLI.OUSHIP. 
 
 3 The neatnen rag'd, the kingdoms mov'd, 
 But GoC prolects wlioin once he lov'd. 
 
 And HAs his feeble ones on high: 
 The Lord of hosts is with us now. 
 Let sinners fear, let rebels bow, 
 
 And yield to Christ the Ixird, or die. 
 
 4 ' Be still, and know that 1 am God,' 
 And when I lift my chastening rod, 
 
 Exalted through the world I'll he; 
 Then wars shall cease at my comman . , — 
 My church, protected by my hand, 
 
 Shall find her refuge still in me. 
 
 6 O Lord of hosts, my dwelling place. 
 Refresh me by the streams of grace 
 
 From Christ the Saviour's wounded sid* 
 Let me but know that thou art mine. 
 And I to thee will all resign. 
 
 And ever in thy truth confide. 
 
 84. P. M. Wesleif's Coll. 
 TJiine anger is turned mmy. Isa. xii. 1 
 
 LORD, and is thine anger gone, 
 .\nd art thou pacified ? 
 After all that 1 have done. 
 
 Dost thou nu longer chide ? 
 Infinite thy mercies are, 
 
 Beneath their weight 1 cannot move , 
 O! 'tis more than 1 can bear, 
 The sense of pard'ning love! 
 
 2 Let it still my heart constrain. 
 
 And all my passions sway ; 
 Keep me, lest I turn again 
 
 Out of the narrow way , 
 Force my violence to be still, 
 
 And caiitivate my evcr\- thought; 
 Charm, and melt and change my wiU, 
 
 And bring me down to nought 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISKS. 
 
 5 If I have bo^un once more, 
 
 Thy sweei return to ieel : 
 If e'en now I lind ihy power 
 
 Preseiil my r'oui lo heal ; 
 Still ami <]Uiel may I lie, 
 
 iNor siru'^glf oni of ihme embrace— 
 Never iiKire resist or liy, 
 
 Fr'iiii ihv pursumg grace. 
 4 To ihe cross, thine altar, bind 
 
 Me uiih the conls of love; 
 Freedom never let rne find 
 
 From mv dear L,ord to rove, — 
 Tliat I never, never more 
 
 May with my much-lov'd Master part; 
 To the postij of Mercy's door, 
 
 O bind my willing heart, 
 ;> See tnv utter helplessness. 
 
 And leave me not alone; 
 O preserve in perfect peace. 
 
 And seal me for thine oa\ti? 
 More and more thyself reveal ; 
 
 Thy presence let me alvvaj^ find ; 
 Comlbrt, and confirm, and heal. 
 
 My feeble sin-sick mind. 
 
 6 As the apple of an eye 
 
 Thy weakest servant keep ; 
 Help me at thy feet to 'ie. 
 
 And there for ever wait ; 
 Teaj-s of jov mine eyes o'erflow. 
 
 That I have any hope of heaven- 
 Much of love 1 ought to know. 
 
 For I tiave much forgiven. 
 
 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 85. L. M. 
 
 The Desirf. 
 rW^\S mv desire with God to walk, 
 jL ' And with his children pray and talk 
 Though I shoid^l pei-secut"d be, 
 
86 CHRISTIAN EXKRCISES. 
 
 ? [' Tis my desire baptis'il to be. 
 As a coniinand, O Lord, from thee ;' 
 To bo baptis'd, like Christ. m\' God, 
 Who was immei-s'd in Jordan's flood.^ 
 
 3 rTis my desire, around thy board 
 
 To meet the saints, my dearest Lord; 
 
 In union with thy churc-h to be. 
 
 And oft commune with them and thee. 
 
 4 Tis my desire to bear the cross, 
 Aiid yield to all my Saviour's laws; 
 To follow where my Jesus leads, 
 
 In all his words, iti all his deeds. 
 
 5 Tis my desire to flee Irom sin. 
 
 And ever i\eep my conscience clean ; 
 For Christ to count all things hut loss, 
 And glory in my Saviour's c/oss. 
 
 6 'Tis my desire to watch and pray. 
 And serve the Lord from day to day, 
 To own that Jesus is my King, 
 
 And yield to him m every thing. 
 
 7 'Tis my desire above the rest. 
 
 To lean upon my Saviour's breast ; 
 To live as I would wish to die, 
 And then to dwell with God on high- 
 
 86. L. M. Altered. 
 Longing for a revival. 
 
 I LONG to see the season come, 
 When sinners shall come flocking 
 To fea.st on (iod's eternal love. 
 And be prepar'd fur realms above. 
 Ilaik I how the gospel trumpet sounds, 
 ln\ iling sinners all around, — 
 Behold I your loving Saviour stands. 
 And spreads for you his bleeding hand* 
 i IK- now is kiKxiving at your heart, 
 Waiting salvitinu to impart, — 
 He '11 wash you m atoning blood. 
 And seal \-oi; sons and heirs of God. 
 
ffy CHRISTIA.'* EXERCISES. 
 
 4 A few rno'-e days, and we iiiiist go 
 Tu realms nf joy or endless woe; 
 In realms alx)vo with Chrisi to dwell 
 Or sink beneath his frowiis to hell' 
 
 *> Come, sinners all, now warning take, 
 And all your sinful ways Ibrsake; 
 This world give o'er, leave sin behind, 
 And full salvation you shall find. 
 
 6 Take your companion b\- the hand, 
 And all the children m the band, 
 And give them up to Jesus' call. 
 And he will bless and save them all. 
 
 87. U's. Alter td. 
 The joys of a revival Longed for. 
 
 OHOW I have long'd for the coming of God I 
 And sought him by praying and searching hi 
 word : 
 With watching and fasting my soul was imprest, 
 Nor could 1 give over iill Jesus had blest. 
 
 2 The tokens of mercy hegni to appear. 
 
 And Jesus, the Saviour, has answer'd my prayer. 
 And rich consolalioiLs descend to my soul, — 
 Salvation from Zion 's begmning to roll. 
 
 3 The streams of his mercy are spreading abroad. 
 And sin/iers are crying, and coming to God, 
 The tears of contrition t.ow pour like a flood, 
 And some have foimd punlon through Jesus's blood 
 
 4 Here's more, my dear Saviour, who fall at thy feet 
 Op[)ress'd with a burden enormously great ; 
 
 O raise them, dear Jesus, to tell of thy love. 
 And shout hallelujah, like th' angels al)Ove. 
 
 5 We wait for thy chariot to roll down the skies. 
 To bear us to glory with lov and surprise, — 
 We long to be singing niid shouting above. 
 With angels o'erwhelm'd in the ocean of love 
 
 ( SliMUi. all the creation, below and alx)ve, 
 Aicribiu'T salvation to Jesus's love, — 
 
88 CHRISTIAN KXnIlCI&KS. 
 
 Break forth into singing, ye trees of the ivond. 
 For Jesus is bringing losi sinners to God. 
 7 Let all that have being unite in t-he song, 
 And ages on ages the theme still prolong. 
 And when they are lost in an unmensurd lime, 
 Sweet Jesus! the glory and praise shall be thine 
 
 88. 8's. Newlon. 
 None upon earth I deaire hcsidcs Thee. Psalm Ixxiii 2d 
 
 HOW tedious and tasteless the hours, 
 When Jesus no longer I see I 
 Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flov^e^s, 
 
 Have all lost their sweetness with me ; 
 The midsummer sim shines but dim, 
 
 The fields strive in vain lo look gay ; 
 But when I am happy in Him, 
 
 December's as pleasant as May. 
 % 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. 
 b Content with beholding his face, 
 
 My all to his pleasure resign'd ; 
 No changes of season or place. 
 
 Could make any change in my mind ; 
 While blesi 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 I^id, 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? 
 O drive these dark clouds from my sky. 
 
 Thy soul-cheering presence restore ; 
 Or take me unto thee on high. 
 
 Where winter and 'ilouds are no mure 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 89, 'JO 
 
 89. P. i\I. Anon. 
 TJ^e friendship of Jesus recollected in triaU 
 
 THERE is a heaven above the skies — 
 A heaven where pleasure never dies — 
 This heaven I sometimes hope to see, 
 Bur fear again 'tis not for me. 
 Sweet Jesus, Jesus is my friend, 
 O hallelujah I hallelujah I 
 Jesus, Jesus is my friend. 
 
 2 The way is difficult and strait, 
 And narrow is the gospel gate ; 
 Ten thousand dangers are therein ; 
 Ten thousand snares to take us in. 
 
 3 I'm trav'lling through a world of woes — 
 Through conflicts sore my spirit goesi 
 The tempter says, I ne'er shall sttuid 
 
 On Canaan's fair and happy land. 
 
 4 Through glimm'ring hopes, and gloomy fears 
 The heavenly way but just appears ; 
 
 But 'tis the way that leads to God, 
 
 "Tis mark'd with tracks of heavenly blood. 
 
 5 These are the footsteps of the Lord, 
 Who on the cross sustain'd my load ; 
 'Twas on that dark, that doleful day, 
 With streams of blood he mark'd the way. 
 
 C Come life, come death, or come what will, 
 
 His footsteps I will follow still : 
 
 Though dangers threat, and hell alarms, 
 
 I still am safe in Jesus' arms 
 7 Then, O my soul, arise and sing 
 
 The glories of thy God and King ; 
 
 He is thy husband, shepherd, friend. 
 
 And soon will make thy sorrows end 
 
 90. P. M. Altered. 
 Minister and doubting Christian 
 
 M. /^CTME, my Hend, and let us try 
 ^-^ For a little season. 
 
W CHRISTIAN EXERCISM. 
 
 Every burtlen to lay by, 
 Coine and lei us reiison : 
 
 What is this that casts thee down? 
 Who are those that grieve thee? 
 
 Speak, and let the woi-st be known ^ 
 Speaking may relieve thee 
 
 %Ch.'0\ I sink beneath the load 
 •Of my nature's evil; 
 •Fill'd with enmity to God, 
 
 * Tempted by the devil : 
 Restiess as the troubled seas; 
 
 ' F'eeble, faint, and fearful, 
 Plagu'd with every sore disease— 
 
 • How can I be cheerful ?' 
 
 3 M. Think on what thy Saviour bore 
 
 In the gloomy garden, 
 Sweating blood' through every pore. 
 
 To procure thy pardon ; 
 View him strctch'd u])on the tree. 
 
 All thy load sustaining; 
 See, he sufTers this for thee ! 
 
 Therefore cease complaining 
 
 4 Ch. ' Once 1 had this pleasing view, 
 
 'And my guilt was banish "d ; 
 ' But my sins, return'd anew, 
 
 ' Fill mv soul with anguish : 
 • Then I thought nor ease, nor pain, 
 
 'The world, nor sin, nor Satan, 
 ' K.'er could make me doubt aguin— 
 Jesus was my jxtrtion.' 
 
 5 M Jesus, O transporting name! 
 
 Those he 's once ibrgiven. 
 He will keep, protect, sustain , 
 
 Bear them sale to heaven. 
 Lt)ok to Calv'ry's scenes again. 
 
 Seek renevv'd forgiveness. 
 See the cleansing, healing stream. 
 
 Pours a mighty fullness 
 
CHRISTIA.^ EXERCISES. 91 
 
 C Ch. ' Now, with joy and grief, I see 
 
 'That I should not murmur; 
 'Come, my li-iends, and join with me 
 
 'Help me praise the Saviour! 
 ' IS'ow I feel his cheering grace, 
 
 •All my sins forgiven; 
 ' Now I view his smiling face — 
 
 * Hallelujah ! praise him !' 
 
 91. 6. 6. 10. Altered. 
 The PiJg rim's nightly Song. 
 
 I'LL sing my Saviour's grace, 
 And his dear name I'll praise. 
 While in this vale of sorrows I remain 
 My sorrows soon shall end, 
 And my poor soul ascend 
 To Jesus, free fr^m sorrow, sin and pain. 
 
 2 A pilgrim here helow, 
 
 In this vain world of woe. 
 I, like a banish'd exile, vvand'ring rove ; 
 
 My days in sorrow roll, 
 
 And oft my wearv soul. 
 With earnest longing, pants to mount above. 
 
 3 Though few my days have been, 
 Much trouble I have seen. 
 
 And deep afflictions I have waded through; 
 
 For thorny is the way 
 
 That leads to end]»«s' day, 
 Yet, in the strength of Christ, I 'U onward eo. 
 
 4 Another dav is gone, 
 And the declining sun 
 
 Hi's veiTd his radiant beams behind the screea 
 
 While gloomv darkness reigns 
 
 Through earth's extensive plains. 
 And clos'd in solemn silence is the scene. 
 
 5 Thus swiftly flies away 
 The next succeeding dav. 
 
 And life's declining light draws to a close : 
 R-2 
 
98 CHRISTIAN F.XERCISES. 
 
 Ere inng life's setting siin 
 Shall sink in silence down, 
 And lay my weary limbs in calm repose 
 
 6 What sweet supreme delight, 
 Will then attend my flight — 
 
 When freed fi-om this dull clog of cumb'roiis c^j 
 
 On eagles" wings of love, 
 
 My soul shall mount alxjve, 
 And find admittance into endless day 
 
 7 With Joy I then shall meet, 
 And bow beneath the feet 
 
 Of Him who sufTer'd, groan'd and died for me 
 
 Who bore my load of sin, 
 
 Of sorrow, grief and pain, 
 To make me happy, and to set me free. 
 
 8 Ye heavenly arches ring, 
 Suig hallelujah, sing I 
 
 Hail ! holy, holy, holy bleeding Lamb ! 
 
 Once we were dead in sin, 
 
 But, lo ! we live again — 
 And glory, glory, glory to thy name ! 
 
 92. 10. 10. 11. 11. Newton. 
 I will trust, and not be afraid. 
 
 BEGONE, unbelief, my Saviour is near. 
 And for my relief will surely appear: 
 By prayer let me wrestle, and he will perform , 
 With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm. 
 
 8 Though dark be my way, since he is my guide, 
 'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide ; 
 Though cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail, 
 The word he has spoken shall surely prevail. 
 
 3 His love in time past forbids me to think 
 He '11 leave me at last in trouble to sink : 
 Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review. 
 Confirms his good pleasure lo help me quite through 
 
 Determin'd to save, he watch'd o'er my path, 
 When Satan's blind slave, 1 sjxjrtei' with death. 
 
CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 93 
 
 And can he have taught me to trust in his name ; 
 And thus far have brought me to put me to shame. 
 
 b Why should I complain of want or distress ? 
 Temptation or pain ? he told me no less; 
 The heirs of salvation, I know from his word, 
 Through mucli tribulation must follow their Lord. 
 
 6 IIow bitter that cup, no heart can conceive, 
 Which he drank quite up that sinners might live: 
 His way was much rougher and darker than mine 
 Did Jesus thus suffer, and shall 1 repine i 
 
 'i Since all that I meet shall work for my good, 
 The bitter is sweet, the raed'cine is food ; 
 Though painful at present, "twill cease before long, 
 And then, 01 how pleasant, the conqueror's song! 
 
 93. 8. 8. 6. Wesley's Collection. . 
 We have here no continuing city, ^c. 
 
 O GLORIOUS hope of perfect love ! 
 It lifts me up to things above. 
 And bears on eagles' wings , 
 It gives my ravish"d soul a taste. 
 And makes me for some moments feast 
 With Jesus, priests, and kings. 
 i The things eternal 1 pursue; 
 A happiness beyond the view 
 
 Of those that basely pant 
 For things by nature felt and seen, 
 Their honours, wealth, and pleasures mean, 
 I neither have nor Wa..., 
 
 3 Nothing on earth I cpII rny own : 
 A stranger to the world unknown, 
 
 I all its g<X)d despi='e I 
 I trample on its whole delight. 
 And seek a country out of sigiit, 
 
 A country in the skies. 
 
 4 There is my house and portion fair, 
 My treasm-e and mv heart are there. 
 
 And mv abiding home ; 
 
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 For me my elder brethren stay 
 And angels beckon me away 
 
 And Jesus bids me come. 
 5 1 come, my Lord, thy servant cries, 
 I come to meet thee in ilie skies. 
 
 And claim a heavenly rest ; 
 ■Now let the pilgrim's journey end. 
 And, O ray Saviour, brother, friend, 
 
 Receive me to thy breast I 
 
 94. L. M. rarkhisons Collection. 
 Cotnej ye blessed of my Father, iidieril the kvi^soift 
 
 COME, ye that love the Lord mdeed. 
 Who are from sin and bondage Ireed, 
 Submit to all the ways of (Jod, 
 And walk this narrow, hafrpy road. 
 
 Behold the righteous marching home. 
 And all the angels bid them come I 
 While Christ, the JudiiC. with joy proclaims. 
 Here come my saints, I own their names. 
 
 2 Great tribulation you may meet. 
 
 But soon shall walk the golden street ; 
 Though hell may rage and vent her spite, 
 Jesus will save his heart's delight. 
 Behold the righteous, &c 
 
 3 The happy day will soon appear. 
 When Gabriel's tnmipet we shall hear 
 Sound through the earth, and down to hell. 
 To call the nations groat and small 
 
 Behold the righteous, «!tc. 
 
 4 Ye everlasting doors, Hy wide, 
 
 * Make room — receive my rescu'd bride 
 •Ye harps in glory, sound aloud, 
 ' Here comes the purchase of my blood. 
 Behold the riglileous. &c. 
 
 5 In grandeur see the royal line 
 
 In glilienng robes the sun outshine! 
 See sauils and angels join in one, 
 A'ld luanii in sfilendonr to lli(> throne' 
 LJr.'iivjld Llie rigUlcus. A;c. 
 
CHRISTIAN EXKRCISES. 
 
 U They stand with wonder, and look on. 
 They join in one eternal song, 
 The great RetJeemer to admire, 
 While rapture sets tlieir souls on fire! 
 Behold the righteous, die. 
 
 95. 8. 8. 6. Rippmi's Selection. 
 God's presence Jills his people with Joj. 
 
 CO.ME, Lord, and help ua to rejoice. 
 In hope that we shall hear thy voice, — 
 Shall one dav see our Gcxl ; 
 Shall cease from all our painful strife. 
 Handle and taste the word of life. 
 And feel the sprinkled blood. 
 
 i l^et us not always make our moan, 
 Nor worship thee a God unknown ; 
 
 But let us live to prove 
 Thy people's rest, thv suints' delight. 
 The length and breadth, the depth and height, 
 
 Of thy redeeming love. 
 
 } Rejoicing now in earnest hope 
 f stand, and, from and mountain-top, 
 
 See all the land bciovv: 
 Rivers of milk and honey rise, 
 And all the fruits of paradise 
 
 In endless plenty grow. 
 
 i A land of corn, and wine, and oil. 
 Favour d with God's peculiar smile. 
 
 With everj'biessiiig blest ; 
 There dwells the Ivord our righteousness — 
 And keeps his own in perfect peace 
 And everlasting rest. 
 
 5 O, when shall I at once go up, 
 Nor this side Jordan longer stop, 
 
 But the good land possess ? 
 When shall I end our lingering years, 
 Oi sjirii w, sin, and dot bts and feare, — 
 An hi vling wilderness. 
 
B CHRISTIAN EXERCISKS. 
 
 6 O deareol Joshua I hnng us m ; 
 Display thy grace, forgive our sin. 
 
 Our unbeliel' remove : 
 The heavenly Canaan, Lord ! divide ; 
 And O, with all the sanctified. 
 
 Give us a lot of love ! 
 
 96. P. M. Anon. 
 Christians happi/ in the house of God. 
 
 YE. happy children, Avho follow Jesus 
 into the house of prayer and praise. 
 *.Vho are join'd in union, while love increase*. 
 
 Resolv'd this way to spend your days : 
 Although we 're hatod by the world and Sataa 
 
 And flesh, and such as know not God, 
 Yet, happy moments, and joyful seasons, 
 We oft-times find on Canaan's road. 
 
 2 Though oft assaulted by sore temptations. 
 
 We '11 keep our great high priest in view , 
 f>ur Jesus irav'lled through tnbulation. 
 
 And he will bring his people through. 
 Though hell, with all its frightful legions, 
 
 Opjxxse our wav, and round us roar, 
 Fear not, we'll gain ihose peaceful regions. 
 
 And shout on Canaan's happy shore. 
 
 3 While we 've been waiting on loving Jesuo 
 
 We 've fell some streams coming from alio%- ; 
 Our hearts have burn'd with holy rapture, 
 
 We long to be absolv'd in love ; 
 Then let us hold fast what is given, 
 
 And trust in God for time to come; 
 Sure we shall find our way to heaven, 
 
 S<j, farewell brethren, I'm going home. 
 
 4 On Zion's holy, celestial mountain, 
 
 I hope again to meet you all ; 
 To bathe in love's eternal fountain. 
 
 And round the throne divine to fall ; 
 Sweetly united to one another. 
 
 When to our Father's house we come 
 
CHRf:niAN EXERCISES. fi 
 
 There 's l< >virig Jesus, our elder brother , 
 
 So, farewell hr. ilnen, I 'm going home 
 5 But, as we go, let us praise our Jesus 
 
 And pray lor those that spuni his grace, 
 That thej' may taste love's richest treasures, 
 
 And live to see God's smiling face; 
 Now here 's my hand, and my best wishes, 
 
 In token of my Christian love — 
 In hopes with you to praise my Jesus ; 
 
 So, farewell brethren, we '11 meet above. 
 
 97. P. M. Altered. 
 RistJig to heaven. 
 
 YF. children of Zion, who' re DOund to the kmf 
 dom, 
 Attune all your voices, and help me to sing 
 Sweet anthems of praises to my blessed Jesus, 
 
 For he is my Prophet, my Priest, and my King, 
 
 When Jesus hrst found me, to hell I was going — 
 
 His love did surround me, and save me <"rom ruin , 
 
 He kindly receiv'd me, and from guilt reliev'd me. 
 
 And taught me, aloud, his swee^ praises to sing. 
 
 I Why should vou go wand'ring from such a PhysicisiA 
 
 Who "s able and willing your sickness to cure ? 
 
 Come to him believing, though bad your condition. 
 
 His Father has promis'd your case to insure : 
 My soul he has heated, my heart it rejoices, 
 He 's brought me to Zion to join the glad voices ! 
 I '11 serve him. and praise him, and always adore him 
 Till we meet in glory where parting "s no more. 
 B Mv heart's now in heaven to Jesus ascended, 
 
 1 'm bound to press forward to the mark of iue 
 prize ; 
 And when my temptatioas and trials are ended. 
 On th' wings of bright seraphs I hope to arise • 
 
 Christians! I 'm happy in this contemplation ; 
 My soul is refresh'd with the streams of salvation, 
 
 1 long to be flying that I may be vying 
 
 With sain'5 and bright angels that shout in th* 
 skies^ 
 
98 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 4 Cheer up, ye dear pilgrims, fair Canaan 's before yon 
 Ascend tiie bright mountain still sliouting fre* 
 grace! 
 On Salem's strong tower we '11 sing hallelujah, 
 
 Reviv'd with the smiles of sweet Jesiis's face: 
 No sorrow, no sighing, no weeping, no mourning, 
 To those who there enter there is no returning. 
 But loving, and feasting, and shoiuing, and singiug 
 All glory to Jesus the source of free grace. 
 
 98. 7's. Altered 
 Christians feasting on grace's bounties. 
 
 COME, and taste along with me, 
 Consolations running free. 
 From our Father's gracious throne. 
 Sweeter than ttie honey-comb. 
 
 2 Wherefore should I feast alone ? — 
 l\foarning souls, there yet is room ! 
 Come, O come, to Zion's hill, 
 
 Th' banquet will he sweeter still. 
 
 3 Sinful nature, prone to vice, 
 Cannot stop the work of grace. 
 While there is a (iod to give. 
 And poor sinners to receive. 
 
 4 Goodness, running like a stream, 
 Through the new Jerusalem, 
 Doth, by constant breaking forth, 
 Sweeten earth and heaven both. 
 
 5 Saints m glory sing aloud 
 In the praises of our God ; 
 We, who sing in faith below, 
 So(3n to glory, too, shall go. 
 
 •> Sweetness here, and glory there ! 
 Comf()rts flowing everywhere — 
 This I lx)ldly ran attest, 
 F)r my soid has got a feast 
 
 7 Now I g<» rejoicing home. 
 From tlie banquet of jwrfum© 
 
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 Finding manna on the road, 
 Dropping from the mount of God. 
 
 I thanii God, and yon ihank God, 
 And I ran praise my Jesus ! 
 Vou love God, and T love God, 
 And we '11 praise God together I 
 
 99. 8's. Altered. 
 Happy in the Love of Christ. 
 
 fWMUS day my soul has caught new fire, 
 A To heavenly raptures I aspire, 
 I long to leave this cumbrous clay, 
 With angel bands to soar away: 
 When Christians join in fervent prayer, 
 Jehovah-Jesus meets them there — 
 They wield the Spirit's glittering sword, 
 And hosts are conquer'd by the word. 
 
 S See Gideon marching out to fight, 
 .'.iaving a trumpet, and a light I 
 He took his pitcher and a lamp. 
 And storm'd the Midianitish camp! 
 Saint Paul and Silas bound in jail, 
 Would sing and pray in spite of hell, 
 And 1 will also praise my King, 
 Although oppos d bv earth and sin. 
 
 ^ Amidst temptations sharp and strong. 
 Rejoice — tiie victory 'II soon be won! 
 Fight on, ye sgi:is of liberty, 
 /^nd you shall reign eternally; 
 And since I am in Jesus blest, 
 r 'in traveling to a world of rest. 
 To join the angels round the throne, 
 Where sin and sorrow ne'er can come. 
 
 1 The hottest battle is begun. 
 Come, stand the fire until 'tis done ! 
 Some foes are wounded, others slain — 
 Fighr on ! and you with Christ shall reign 
 J<'h()\ah, the eternal King, 
 With love, will sav. ' Mv saints, come in ! 
 
IW' CI'RISTIA.N KXERCISFS 
 
 ■ Thro' flotxis and (larnrs yoii 've reach'd the short 
 'Come, reigri with tne lor overmore.* 
 •) ' Come, wear ihe crown, and let your tongiie 
 ' Sing Gabriel's new eternal song:' — 
 Then we shall lay our weapons by, 
 And shout with angels through the sky . — 
 All glory, glory to the Lamb I 
 Throughout my soul I feel the flame — 
 Expand your wings, ye hosts above, 
 And bear me to the God of love! 
 
 100. 7's. CoiL-per. 
 Lovest thou me? John xxi. 16. 
 
 HARK ! my soul, it is the Lord ; 
 'Tis the Saviour, hear his word: 
 
 Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee — 
 
 ' Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me ? 
 2 ' I deliver'd thee, when bound, 
 
 •And, when wounded, heal'd thy wound 
 
 ' Sought thee wand'ring, set thee right, 
 
 'Turn'd thy darkness into light. 
 2 * Can a woman's tender care, 
 
 ' Cease towards the child she bare ? 
 
 ' Yes, she may forgetful be, 
 
 • Vet will I remember thee. 
 
 4 ' Mine is an unchanging love, 
 
 ' Higher than the heights above, 
 ' Deeper than the deptbs beneath — 
 
 • P^ree 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, iHx>r sinner, lov'st thou me ? 
 
 6 Lord, it is my chief complaint. 
 That my love is weak and faint. 
 Yet I love thee and adore — 
 
 O (or grace to love thee more! 
 
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 CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 101 
 
 101. P. M. Mrs. Jones 
 
 The aiitepast of heaven. 
 
 RIGHT scenes of glory strike n v senae 
 And all my passions capture; 
 
 Eternal beauties round me shine, 
 
 Infusing warmest rapture: 
 I d ve in pleasures deep and full — 
 
 In swelling waves ol glory; 
 And feel my Saviour in my soul, 
 
 And groan to tell my story. 
 
 2 I feast on noney, milk and wine ; 
 
 I drink perpetual sweetness, — 
 Mount Zion's glories through me shine. 
 
 While Christ unfolds his greatness. 
 ]\o mortal tongue can show my joys, 
 
 i\or can an angel tell them ; 
 Ten thousand times surpassing all 
 
 Terrestrial worlds or emblems. 
 
 5 My captivated spirits fly 
 
 Through shining worlds of beauty; 
 Dissolv'd in blushes loud I cry, 
 
 In praises sweet and mighty ; 
 And here I '11 sing and swell the strains 
 
 Of harmony delighted, 
 And with the millions learn the notes 
 
 Of saints in Christ united. 
 
 4 The bliss that rolls through those above. 
 
 Through those in glory seated — 
 Which causes them loud songs to sing, 
 
 Ten thousand times repeated. 
 Darts through my soul with radiant bearna, 
 
 Constraining loudest praises, 
 O'erwhelraingall my jv^vvors with joy. 
 
 While all within me blazes. 
 
 5 When earth and seas shall be no more, 
 
 And all their glory peri.sli; 
 When sun and nujon sliall cease to shine, 
 And stars at midnight languish — 
 
lot CHRISTIAN EXERCISES. 
 
 Mv jojrs refin'd shall brighter shine, 
 
 MJunt heaven's radiant glory 
 And tell through one eternal day, 
 
 Love's all-immortal story. 
 
 10'2. 7. 8. Anon. 
 Che Pilgmn encouraged from the proapect oj heaveik 
 
 rilHERE is a land of pleasure, 
 JL Where streams of joy lor ever roll ; 
 
 'Tis there I have my treasure, 
 And there 1 long to rest my soul. 
 
 Long darkness dwelt around me. 
 With scarcely once a cheering ray. 
 
 But since the Saviour found me, 
 A lamp has shone along my way. 
 
 2 My way is full of danger, 
 
 But 'tis the path that leads to God, 
 
 And like a faithful soldier, 
 I '11 march along the heavenly road : 
 
 Now I must gird my sword on. 
 My breast-plate, helmet, and my shield. 
 
 And fight the hosts of Satan, 
 Until I reach the heavenly fi«ld. 
 
 3 I 'm on the way to Zion, 
 
 Still guarded by my Saviour's hand ; 
 
 O, come along, dear smners. 
 And view Immanuels happy land: 
 
 To all that stay behind me, 
 I bid a long, a long farewell, 
 
 O ' come, or you 'II repent it. 
 When you do reach the gates of hell. 
 
 t The vale of tears around me. 
 And Jordan's current rolls before; 
 
 O ! how I stand and tremble. 
 To hear th^ -^'ismal vaters roar I 
 
 Whose hand shall then supjiort mo. 
 And keep my soul from sinking there. 
 
 From sinking down to darkness, 
 And to tl e resrions of desnair ' 
 
CI KISTIAN CONFLICT. 
 
 > fhe Stream shall not affright me, 
 Although 'tis deeper than the grave, 
 
 If Jesus stand beside me, 
 I'll smoothly ride on Jordan's wave; 
 
 His word has calm'd the ocean ; 
 His lamp has cheer'd the gloomy vale 
 
 OI may this friend be with me, 
 When through the gate of death 1 sail. 
 fi Then, come, thou king of terrors, 
 And with thy dagger lay me low ,• 
 
 Soon I shall reach those regions, 
 Where everlasting pleasures flow ;— 
 
 O sinners, shall I leave you, 
 No more to join your social band, 
 
 I\o more to stand beside you, 
 Till at the judgment-bar we stand ? 
 
 7 Soon the archangel's trumpet 
 
 Shall shake the globe from pole to pole. 
 
 And all the wheels of nature 
 b''iall, in a moment, cease to roll; 
 Then we shall see the Saviour, 
 H'ith shining ranks of angels, come 
 
 To execute his vengeance, 
 ^Jid take his ransom'd people home 
 
 CHRISTIAN CONFLICT. 
 
 103. 8.7. 
 Soldiers of Christ exhorted. 
 
 f 11 RUMP of war! awake the soldier,— 
 
 JL Ah! methinks he sleeps too long,— 
 Soldier, rouse I behold the danger! 
 
 See thy foes a thousand strong: 
 Think besides an untokl number, 
 
 S<jrae without, and some within, 
 Rise, and buckle on thy armour — 
 
 Figli* the hpsts of hell and sin 
 
104 CHRISTIAN CONFLICT. 
 
 2 Fiery lakes behind are burning ; 
 
 Foes bes jt thee all around ; 
 Forward go! — there s no reluming; 
 
 Death or conquest is the sound : 
 Bind the truth a girdle round ihee, 
 
 With this plume adorn ihy head, 
 Hope through grace, the proven helmel: 
 
 In the path of precept tread. 
 
 'i More than all, thy shield rely on, 
 
 Faith in God's elernal aid ; 
 Take the two-edg'd glorious weapon, 
 
 Spirit's sword, nor be afraid ; 
 On thy knees still light with courage. 
 
 Trusting in thy Captain's might. 
 Fervent prayer 's a conquering weapon, 
 
 On thy kriees still stand and light 
 
 4 Has thy Captain come to succour ? 
 
 Have thy enemies all lied I 
 Watch and pray, there still is danger. 
 
 Though they 're gone, they are not dead 
 Soldier ! now be doubly watchful, 
 
 Mark with care the victory won ; 
 Let not self assume the honour. 
 
 That belongs to Curist alone. 
 
 5 O thou captain of salvation, 
 
 I to thee for succour fly ; 
 At thy feel 1 bend repentant, 
 
 Save me, save me ! or 1 die. 
 Often thou hast led to conquest, 
 
 And through thee 1 conquering go, — 
 Jesus, save me from my weakness, 
 
 Save me from my bosom foe. 
 
 104. ll's. Hopkins. 
 Why sleep ye ? 
 
 HY sleep ye, my brethren I— *omo let lis an»w 
 O, why should we slumber in sight of the prize 
 Salvation is near — our days are far spent, 
 O, let us be active — awake ! and repent 
 
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IIRISTIAN ^;o.\FL!CT. 104 
 
 t O, how can we slumber ! the Master is come, 
 And calling on sinners to seek them a home: 
 The Spirit and Bride now ia concert unite, 
 The weary thev welcome — the careless invite. 
 
 3 O how can we slumber I our foes are awake; 
 To ruin poor souls ev'ry effort they make ; 
 
 T' accomplish iheir object no means are untried 
 The careless they comtbrt — the wakeful misguide. 
 
 4 O, how can we slumber I when so much was done, 
 To purchase salvation bv Jesus the Son! 
 
 Now mercy is profft^-'d, and justice display 'd, 
 Now God can be honour'd, and sinnei-s he sav'd. 
 6 O, how can we slumber! whsn death is so near. 
 And sinners are sinking to endless despair ! 
 Now prayers may avail, and they gain the high prize 
 Before thev in torment shall lift up their eves. 
 
 5 O, how can we slumber! — ye sinners, look round, 
 Before the last trumpet your hearts shall confound 
 Now Av to the Saviour, he calls you to-day ; 
 While mercy is waiting, O make no delay I 
 
 105. 7's. Swain. 
 Child ! come home. 
 
 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 — 
 Ijong we shall not stay below, — 
 SfMjn the joyful news will come, 
 Child, your Father calls— come home. 
 
 ^ \Y\ the wav a thousand snares 
 jie, to take us unawares; 
 >atan, with malicious art, 
 tV'atches each unguarded part ; 
 But from Satan's malice free, 
 l<aints shall all victorious be ; — 
 Sx>n the joyful news will come, 
 C\iild, your Father calls — come nome. 
 
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 8 But, of ah the foes we meet, 
 None so oft mislead our feet. 
 None betray us into sin, 
 Like the foes that dwell within ; — 
 Let not all this spoil our peace, 
 Christ shall also conquer these, — 
 Then the joyful news will come. 
 Child, your Father calls — come home 
 
 106. ll's. Altered. 
 
 I 
 Sinners vxirned, and Saints encouraged. 
 
 COME, soldiers of Jesus, awake from your sleef 
 Ye trav'llei"S to Zion, how slowly you creep' 
 Awake from your slumber, and march on your wav 
 Through earth's dreary regions to eternal day. 
 
 Awake, and attend to the Saviour's sweet voice 
 'Tis music so charming, we all should rejoice. 
 And leave all behind us, and fly to his arms. 
 Though sinners reject him for stores and for farms 
 
 O sinners, you're passing from life unto death, 
 A few scenes remaining will finish your breath; 
 Your bodies must moulder, and crumble to dust. 
 Till the resurrection of just and unjust. 
 
 4 Reflect, for a moment ! if then in your guilt, 
 No change for the better can ever be felt, — 
 Depart, ye accursed, then Jesus will say, 
 When once I invited, you would not obey. 
 
 How happy the righteous I whom angels convey 
 From all their afflictions, to glory avvav, 
 To dwell with sweet Jesus, bright angels, and samiu 
 Where all is enjoyment — there are no complaint.s. 
 
 8 And when the archangel the trumpet shall sound. 
 To wake all the nations that sleep under ground. 
 With shouts, all triumphant, their Ixxlies shall ri«e 
 And fly to meet Jesus the Lord, in the skiea 
 
CHRISTIAN CONFLICT. 107, 108 
 
 107. 8.fc 6. Wesley's ColL 
 Mutual encouragement. 
 
 C10ME on, my partners in distress, 
 J My coniraues iliroiigh the wildemea 
 Who still your bodies t'eel ; 
 Awhile forget your grieis and fears, 
 And look beyond this vale of tears, 
 To that celestial hill. 
 
 % Beyornl the bounds of time and space, 
 Look forward to that heavenly place^ 
 
 The saints' secure abode ; 
 On faith's strong eagle pinions rise. 
 And force your passage to the skies, 
 
 And scale the mount of God. 
 
 Who suffer with our Master here, 
 We shall before his face appear, 
 
 And by his side sit down ; 
 To patient hope the prize is sure, 
 And ail that to the end endure 
 
 The TOSS, shall wear the crown. 
 
 Thrice blessed, bliss-inspiring hope. 
 It lifts the fainting spirit up, 
 
 And brings to life the dead ; 
 Our conflicts here shall soon be pasi. 
 \nd you and I ascend at last. 
 
 Triumphant with our head. 
 
 5 In hope of those ecstatic joys, 
 Jesus, we now sustain the cross. 
 
 And at thy footstool fall ; 
 Till thou our hidden life reveal. 
 Till thou our ravish'd spirits fill. 
 
 And God be All in All. 
 
 108. 8.6. 
 Soldiers of the Cross encouraged- 
 
 re soldiers of the cross, 
 ,'our armour on : 
 
 AWAKE : ye 
 And gird y( 
 
108 CHRISTIAN CONFUrr. 
 
 Behold Apo'.lyon on the march. 
 
 With enemies unknown 
 Awake, and on your Capiam call, 
 
 Equip you for the Held ; 
 The armour of your God put on, 
 
 Resist, and never yield. 
 
 8 Stand, girt about the loins with tru'Ji, 
 
 Stand, in your Captain's might ; 
 Let righteousness preserve your breaal. 
 
 And never think of flight; 
 Sta::!d, firmly stand on gospel peace, 
 
 Let hope defead your head ; 
 Be sure you take the shield of laith 
 
 To strike opposers dead. 
 
 3 Pray! always pray, and never faiin.; 
 
 In watchlulness abound ; 
 Pray in the spirit, for the saints. 
 
 And pray lor all around ; 
 Pray on, in perseverance pray, 
 
 And wield the Spirit's sword, 
 And you shall surely win the day, 
 
 Through Chrm your conquering Lore 
 
 4 In one united column move. 
 
 With banner wide display'd, 
 United in the bonds of love — 
 
 March on, nor be afraid : 
 Of all the foes you have to meet. 
 
 Be most aware of sin ; 
 Seek, ardent seek your Captaiu's aid, 
 
 Resist this foe within. 
 
 5 Look to the cross where Jesus dies. 
 
 All stain'd with hallowed blood ; 
 And as you wipe your grateful eyes. 
 
 Hold fast the conquering sword ; 
 LtKjk upwards to the heavenly world, 
 
 Beholu the conqueror's crown ! 
 See f>ll your foes to ruin hurl'd. 
 
 And then, with Christ, sit dowu. 
 
CHRISTIAN CONFLICT. lH 
 
 109 P. M Altered. 
 Thf Christian Warfare. 
 
 AT « distance from heaven, in a world of cent en 
 lion. 
 To cultivate peace was our wish and intention, 
 But though by her olive we wish to be shaded. 
 We 11 boldly resist when the truth is invaded. 
 
 An^, believer! arise, believer ! 
 And firmly resist when the truth is invaded. 
 
 • O Zion, by peace is thy interest promoted, 
 
 To love peace and truth may thy sons be devoted , 
 Bui Solan and sin will presume your suppression. 
 And dare you to war by their hostile aggression: 
 
 Arise, believer! arise, believer! 
 Arise, and repel every hostile aggression. 
 
 Defence, be the cry of the heirs of salvation, 
 To defend ourselves let us make jjreparation ; 
 Let as gird on the armour the gospel 's provided. 
 And quit us like men till the conflict's decided: 
 
 Arise, believers! arise, believers! 
 And quit you like men till the conflict's decided 
 
 4 Then peace be the cry of the heirs of salvation, 
 Let peace and goud will be proclaim'd through 0^ 
 
 nation ; 
 Let us love all mankind, and adore our sweet Jesus. 
 And press to the world that from sin shall release us 
 
 Arise, believer! arise, beuever! 
 And press to the world that from sin shall release us 
 
 The smile of our Jesus our souls shall enliven. 
 And bring us all safe through our conflicts to heavec 
 Inspire new joy at the kindling reflection. 
 His banner's unfurl'd for the church's protection: 
 
 Arise, believer ! arise, believer ! 
 H:'s banner 's unfurl'd t' insure you protection. 
 
 • A few conflicts more, and the war will be ended 
 Aiid you. with your Captain. lo glory ascended, 
 
"0 CHRISTIAN CONFLICT. 
 
 Thdre join the bright army, and sliout forth his praise* 
 And make heaven ring with the iame of your Jesu* 
 
 Arise, believer! arise, believer! 
 And make the earth ring with the fame of your JesuJ 
 
 1 10. Newton 
 Coldness Lamented : A Revival Desirea. 
 
 SAVIOUR, visit thy plantation, 
 Grant us, Lord, a gracious rain; 
 All will come to desolation, 
 Unless thou return again. 
 Chorus. — Lord, revive us, — 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, revive us, &c. 
 
 3 Surely, once thy garden flourish'd, 
 
 Every part look'd gay and green, 
 Then thy word our spirits nourish'd, 
 Happy seasons we have seen. 
 Lord, revive us, &c. 
 
 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, revive us, &c. 
 
 5 Where are those we counted leaders, 
 
 Fill'd with zeal, and love, and truth! 
 Old professors, tall as cedars, 
 Brisht examples of our youth ? 
 Lord, revive us, &c. 
 
 6 Some in whom we once delighted, 
 
 We shall meet no more below ; 
 Some, alas! we fear are blighted, 
 Scarce a single leaf they show I 
 Lord, revive us, &c. 
 
 7 Younger plants, — the sight how pi 
 
 Cover'd thick with blos.soms stood 
 
CHRISTIAN CONFLICT, 111 
 
 But they cause us grief at present. 
 Frost has nipt them in the bud 
 Lord, revive us, &c, 
 
 8 Dearest Saviour, hasten hither. 
 
 Thou canst make them bloom again j 
 O permit them not to wither. 
 Let not all our hopes be vain. 
 Lord, revive us, &c. 
 
 9 Let our mutual love be fervent, 
 
 Make us prevalent in prayer, 
 Let each one esteem'd thy servant. 
 Shun the world's bewitching snarea 
 Lord, revive us, &c. 
 10 Break the tempter's fatal power. 
 Turn the stony heart to flesh, 
 A nd begin from this good hour, 
 To revive thy work afresh. 
 Lord, revive us, &c. 
 
 111. 8's. Anon. 
 Eacuicragement to holiness of heart and h/t 
 
 SAY now, ye lovely, social band. 
 That walk the way to Canaan's land ; 
 Ye, who have fled from Sodom's plain. 
 Say, wish you to return again ? 
 Have you just ventur'd to the field. 
 Well arm'd with helmet, sword and shield 
 And shall the world, with dread alarms. 
 Compel you now to grountl your annsi 
 
 2 Beware of pleasure's syren song 
 
 Alas I it cannot soothe you long ; 
 
 It cannot quiet Jordan's wave. 
 
 Nor cheer the dark and silent grave: 
 
 O let your thought delight to soar. 
 
 Where sinful pleasures all are o'er ; 
 
 Explore by faith the heavenly llelds, 
 
 Aii.l pluck the fruit that Canaan yields 
 9 There see the glorious hosts on wing, 
 
 And liear the heavenly seraphs siag' 
 
ilP CHRISTIAN CONFLICT 
 
 '<^e snining ranlts in order stand, 
 Or move like lightning at command 
 There sits the Saviour on his throne, 
 And there Jehovah reigns alone ; 
 There angel-bands submissive wait. 
 And armies worship at his feet. 
 
 4 Behold ! I see among the rest, 
 An host in richer garments drest, 
 And nearer to the throne they stand, 
 With palms of vict'ry in their hand ; 
 There, on that peaceful, happy shore, 
 They 're met at last to part no more, 
 Where flesh and sin shall ne'er control 
 The sacred pleasures of the soul. 
 
 5 These are the foll'vvers of the Lamb, 
 Whose robes are wash'd from every stain, 
 Wlio once were fill'd with pain and care, 
 But now they heavenly garments wear : 
 Soon on the wings of love you 11 fly, 
 
 To join them in that world of joy; 
 Then be it now your chiefesi care, 
 The image of your Lord to bear. 
 
 112. ll's. Alfered. 
 Ministers exhorted and encouraged. 
 
 AWAKE, my dear brethren, who trust in the \jon. 
 And take yonr commission to preach from b> 
 word ; 
 Go, teach all the nations, and when they believe. 
 Then lead them to Jordan and baptism give 
 
 2 Be sober, be prudent, and watch unto prayer, 
 And be ye examples ol piety here, 
 
 Tilat others, beholding the vvorks that you do. 
 May glorify Jesus in righteousness too. 
 
 3 Be faithful, dear brethren, and stand for his cause 
 And preach for his honour, and not lor applause; 
 The glory to Jesus be careful to (rive. 
 
 And he will be with vou as long as you live 
 
CHRISTIAN CONFLICT. 112 
 
 4 Th« world and the devil against yon w il rage. 
 To spjil all your lalx)iir most fiercely engage, 
 But he will protect voii and prosper your way. 
 And crown you with glory in that coming day. 
 
 b Then stand for your Master whatever you do, 
 And suffer as freely as he did (i)r you ; 
 And should you be call'd 'mto prison or death, 
 Like Stephen the martyr surrender your breath 
 
 6 And when the great day of redemption is come, 
 And Jesus in grandeur descends on his throne, 
 He '11 give to his angels a special command 
 
 To place you in order u[3on his right hand. 
 
 7 This glorious Redeemer will then to you say. 
 
 Well done faithful servants, you are welcome to m« 
 'Twill be the best welcome thai ever was heard, 
 A welcome to Jesus, — to Jesus your Lord. 
 
 113. 7. 6. Altered. 
 Having a desire to he with Christ 
 
 OH ! when shall I see Jesus, 
 And dwell with him above ; 
 And from the flowing fountain, 
 
 Drink everlasting love ? 
 When shall I be deliver'd 
 
 From this vain world of sin. 
 And, with my blessed Jesus, 
 Drink endless pleasures in ? 
 
 2 But now I am a soldier, 
 
 My Captain 's gone before ; 
 He 's given me my orders. 
 
 And bids me not give o'er — 
 His promises are faithful — 
 
 A crown of life he '11 give, 
 And all his faliant soldiers 
 
 Eternally shall live. 
 
 3 Through grace I am determin'd 
 
 To conquer, though I die ; 
 And then away to Jesus, 
 On w-ngs of love I '11 fly— 
 
8 CHRISTIAN CONKUCT 
 
 Farewell to sin and sorrow, 
 
 I bid you all adieu — 
 And, O my friends, prove faithful, 
 
 And on your way pursue. 
 
 4 And if yon meet with troubles. 
 
 And trials on the way, 
 Then cast yonr care on Jesus, 
 
 And don't forget to pray ; 
 Gin! on the gospel armour, 
 
 Of faith, and truth, and love, 
 And when the combat 's ended, 
 
 You '11 rise to God above. 
 
 5 O do not be discourag'd, 
 
 For Jesus is your friend. 
 And if you lack for knowledge, 
 
 He '11 not refuse to lend ; 
 IVcilher will he upbraid you. 
 
 Though often you reque.=;t. 
 But give you grace to conquer. 
 
 And take you homo to rest. 
 
 6 Our race will soon be ended. 
 
 And we '11 ascend to God, 
 To dwell with precious Jesus, 
 
 Who bought us with his blood ; 
 With saints we 'II join to praise hiM, 
 
 For grace divinely free. 
 And rise in glorious raptures 
 
 To all eternity. 
 
 / And when the last loud trumpet 
 
 Shall rend the vaulted skies, 
 And bid the entombed milliona 
 
 From their cold beds arise, 
 Ourransom'd dust revived. 
 
 New beauties shall put on, 
 And soar to the blest mansion, 
 
 Where our Redeemer 's gone. 
 
 'he Saviour's face bch 
 
 rapti: 
 :)ld; 
 
LONGING FOR HEAVF.N. il« 
 
 Our feet no more diverted, 
 
 Shall walk the streets of gold ; 
 Our ears shall hear, vviin transport, 
 
 The hosts celestial sing, 
 Our tongues shall chant the praises 
 
 Of our immortal King. 
 
 J 
 
 LONGINCx FOR HEAVEN. 
 
 114. P. M. Altered. 
 The Love of Christ unspeakable. 
 ESUS, thy boundless love to me. 
 
 No thought can reach, no tongue declare 
 O knit my thankful heart to ihee ! 
 
 And reign without a rival tiiere; — 
 Thine, wholly thine, O may I l)e. 
 In time, and in eternity I 
 
 2 O Love ! how cheering is thy ray I 
 All pain before thy presence liies ; 
 
 All care and sorrow melt away. 
 Whene'er thy healing beams arise. 
 
 O Jesus, nothing may I see. 
 
 Nothing desire or seek but thee ! 
 
 8 O that I, as a little child, 
 
 May follow thee, and never rest, 
 fill sweetly thou hast breath'd thy mild 
 
 And Lovely unage in my breast I 
 Unite ray trembling soul to thee. 
 And may we never parted be. 
 
 t Still let thy love point out my way, 
 Direct my work, inspire my thought, 
 Nor let me ever go astray — 
 
 Secure the soid thy love hath Iwught" 
 In death as life, be thou my guide, 
 .And .save me who for me hast died. 
 S2 
 
us 116 LONGING FOR HEAVEM 
 
 115. ll's. Epis. Coll. 
 
 I would not live alway. Job vii. 16 
 
 I WOULD not live alway, thus fetter'd by sin ; 
 Temptation without, and tormption within; 
 E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fiears. 
 And the fup of thanksgiving with penitent tears. 
 
 2 I would not live alway, no — welcome the tomb. 
 Since Jesus hath lain there I dread not its gloom; 
 There, sweet be my rest, till he bids me arise. 
 To hail nim in triumph descending the skies. 
 
 3 .Ah! who vvoild live alway, away from his God, 
 Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, 
 Wnere the riv<^rs of pleasure flow o'er the brii^h 
 
 plains, 
 And the noontide of glory eternally reigns- — 
 
 4 Where the saints of all ages in harmony meet, 
 Their Saviour and iirethren, transported to greet; 
 While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll. 
 And the smile of the Lord is the lieast of the soul' 
 
 116. 8. 6. Hnrnson. 
 
 The Exercises of several Graces. 
 
 SAYS Faith, look yonder ! see the crown 
 Laid up in heaven above ; 
 Says Hojie, ere long it shall be mine, — 
 
 I long to wear it, says Love: 
 Desire says, what ! is ihere my crown ? 
 
 Then to that plac.^ 1 '11 flee, 
 I cannot bear a longer stay. 
 My rest I fain would see. 
 
 2 But stay, says Patience, wait awhile. 
 
 The crown 's fl)r them that fight — 
 
 The prize for those v\ho run the race 
 
 By faith, and not by sighi 
 Thus F'aitli dolli lake a plea.^ng view 
 Hope waits — love stjars and sings; 
 Desire, she flutters to be gone, 
 But ixitiencc clips her uings. 
 
I.ONGING FOIi HKAVKN. 117. US 
 
 117. n 's. CIn islian Lyre^ 
 The Saint's Sweet Home. 
 
 AN alien from God, and a stranger to grace, 
 I wanderM through earth, its gay pleasures to 
 taste ; 
 In the pathway of sin I continued to roam. 
 Unmindful, alas ! that it led me from home 
 Home, home, sweet, sweet home, 
 Prepare me, dear Saviour, for glory, my .>ome. 
 
 t The pleasures of earth, I have seen fade away, 
 
 They bloom for a season, but soon they decay ; 
 
 But pleasures more lasting in Jesus are given, 
 
 Salvation o;i earth, and a mansion in heaven. 
 
 Home. Iiome, sweet, sweet home, 
 
 The saints in those mansions are ever at home. 
 
 8 Allure me no longer, ye false glowing charms! 
 The Saviour invites me, I'll go to his arms; — 
 At the banquet of mercy, I hear there is room 
 And there would I feast with his children at home. 
 Home, home, sweet, sweet home, 
 O when shall I share the fruition of home! 
 
 4 The days of my exile are passing away. 
 
 The lime is approachipg, when Jesus will say, 
 Well done, failhfid servant, sit dcvn on my throne 
 And dwell in my presence for evei at home. 
 Home, home, sweet, sweet home, 
 O then I shall rest with my Saviour, at home. 
 
 5 Affl»''tion, and sorrow, and death, shall be o'er. 
 The saint-s shall unite to be parted no more; 
 Their loud hallelujahs fill heaven's high dome. 
 They dwell with the Saviour ibr ever at home 
 
 Home, home, sweet, sweet home, 
 
 They dwell with the Saviour for ever at home 
 
 118. Anon. 
 Longing to meet Jesus. 
 
 JKSUS, thou odoriferous name I 
 The heavenly choir's trans^K rting theme. 
 
V^ LONGING FOR HEAVKN. 
 
 The object of transcendant love, 
 In and by whom all creatures move,— 
 Grant me perpetual smiles, whilst I 
 Struck by glory, 
 Fall before thee. 
 Holy holy, noly, cry. 
 
 i When I shall quit this house of clay. 
 Glorious angels shall convey, 
 Tpon their golden wings shall I 
 Be wailed far above the sky ; 
 There to behold him free from harnw 
 Beauties vernal. 
 Spring eternal 
 In my lovely Saviour's arms. 
 
 3 What hath the world to equal this? 
 The solid joys of heavewly bliss; 
 The joys immortal — love divine; 
 The love of Jesus ever mine ; 
 
 p\)r greater joys I 'm bound to know 
 
 From terrestrial. 
 
 To celestial. 
 When I up to Jesus go : 
 
 4 There, in sweet, silent raptures wait, 
 rill the saints' glory is ccmplete ; 
 Till the last trump of Go<i shall sound, 
 Break up the graves and tear the ground* 
 
 And then, descending with the LamU 
 
 Every spirit 
 
 Shall inherit 
 Bodies of immortal frame. 
 
 5 O tiresome world — when will it end ? 
 When shall 1 see my heavenly Friend? 
 When will the lovely Saviour come, 
 And take his weary pilgrim home? 
 
 When shall I meet him in the sky. 
 
 There adore him. 
 
 Fall belbro him, 
 ^el( ome, welcome, welcome, cry ? 
 
LOM'JING FOR HEAVEN. 119 
 
 119. 8. 6. Bronddus's Collection. 
 
 The bliss of the Christian's state. 
 
 HOW happy s every child of gracp » 
 
 That feels his sins forgiven! 
 This earth, he cries, is not my place 
 
 I seek, a place in heaven ; — 
 A country far from mortal sight. 
 
 Yet. O, by faith I see — 
 The land of rest, the saint's delight, 
 A heaven prepar'd for me I 
 
 % A stranger in this world below, 
 
 I only sojourn here ; 
 Nor can its happiness or woe. 
 
 Provoke my hope or fear ; 
 Its evils in a moment end — 
 
 Its joys as s(wn are past ; 
 But, 01 the bliss to which I tend, 
 
 Eternally shall last. 
 
 3 To that Jerusalem above. 
 
 With .singing I repair; 
 While in this vale, by hope and love 
 
 Mv ravish'd soul is there — 
 There mv exalted Saviour stands, 
 
 xMy merciful High Priest, 
 And still extends his wounded nands, 
 
 To take me to his breast. 
 
 4 What is there here to court my slay 
 
 Or keep me hack from home. 
 When angels beckon me away, 
 
 And Jesus bids me come ? 
 Shall 1 regret to leave my liiends 
 
 Here in this vale conlin'd / 
 To Christ the Lord my soul ascend*— 
 
 Farewell to all ^hitidl 
 
 b O what a blessed hope is ours. 
 While here on earth v e stay I 
 We more than taste the ^ eavenly power*. 
 And antedate that day 
 
130 LONGING FOR HEAVEN 
 
 We feel t. e resurrcrtion near, — 
 Our life in Christ conceal'd — 
 
 And witli his glorious presence here. 
 Our longing hcaris are fill'd. 
 
 6 When he shall more of heaven bestow, 
 
 Anil t)id my soul remove. 
 And let my trembling spirit go 
 
 To meet the God i love ; 
 With rapt'rous awe on him I '11 gaze, 
 
 Who died to set me free, 
 And sing and shout redeeming grace, 
 
 Through all eternity. 
 
 o 
 
 120. C. M. Eiilarg&d. 
 
 Desiring t/ie promised land. 
 
 N Jordan's stormy banks I stand, 
 a wishful 
 
 And cast a wishful eye 
 To Canaan's fair and happy land, 
 
 Where my possessions lie: 
 O the transporting, rapturous scene, 
 
 That rises to my sight I 
 Sweet fields, array'd in living green. 
 
 And rivers of dfelight ! 
 
 There generous fruits, that never fail. 
 
 On trees immortal grow : 
 There rocks, and brooks, and hills, and vale*, 
 
 With milk and honey flow : 
 O'er all those wide-extendtd plains 
 
 Shines one eternal dav ; 
 There God, the Sun, for ever reigns. 
 
 And scatters night away. 
 
 ISo chilling winds, nor jxiis'nous breath,. 
 
 Can reach thai healthful shore ; 
 Sickness and sorrow, pain and death, 
 
 Are felt and fear'd no more : 
 When shall I reach that happy place, 
 
 And be for ever blest? 
 When shall I see my Father's face 
 
 And in his bo.som rest? 
 
LONGING FOR HEAVKN. 18. 
 
 i Fill'd with delight, my raptur'd soul 
 
 Can here n^ longer stay ; 
 Tliough Jordan's waves around me roll, 
 
 f'earless I'd launch away ; 
 With joy exciiange all earthly things, 
 
 For God's eternal love : 
 Ye angel bands, expand your wings. 
 
 And bear my soul above I 
 
 121. C. M. Atwn. 
 The Christian's Home. 
 
 JERUSA LExM ! my happy home, 
 O how I long for thee I 
 When will my sorrows have an end? 
 Thy joys, when shall I see I 
 
 2 Thy walls are all of precious stones. 
 
 Most glorious to behold ? 
 Thy gates are richly set with pearls. 
 Thy streets are pav'd Wilh gold. 
 
 3 Thy gardens and thy pleasant green, 
 
 My study long have been; 
 Such sparkling light, by human sigh* 
 Has never yet been seen. 
 
 1 Jerusalem I — my gracious Lord I — 
 Whv should I stay from thence ? 
 What "folly 'tis that I should dread 
 To die and go from hence I 
 
 5 Reach down, reach down thine arm of grace 
 
 And cause me to ascend 
 Where ccmgregations ne'er break up, 
 And Sabbaths never end. 
 
 6 Jesus, my love, to gloiy's gone, 
 
 Him \\ill I go and see ; 
 And all my brethren here below 
 Will soon come after me. 
 
 7 My friends, I bid you all adieu, 
 
 1 leave you in God's care. 
 
 And if I here no more see you. 
 
 Go on, 1 '11 meet you there 
 
lit LONGING FOR HEAVEN. 
 
 8 There we shall meet, no more to part. 
 
 And heaven shall ring with praise; 
 While Jesus' love, in every heart, 
 Shall tune the song free grace. 
 
 9 Millions of years around shall riin. 
 
 Our song shaii still go on, 
 To praise the Father, and the Son, 
 And Spirit, Three in One. 
 
 122 8. 6. Granade. 
 The prospect of Heaven is deUghtf^. 
 
 SVVKET rivers of redeeming love 
 Lie just before mine eyes ; 
 Had I the pinions of a dove, 
 
 I 'd to those rivers rise ; 
 I 'd rise superior to my pain ; 
 
 With joy outstrip the wind, 
 And cross bold Jordans stormy main. 
 And leave the world behind. 
 
 2 While I'm imprison'd here below 
 
 In anguish, pain, and smart, 
 Oft-times my trr^iiblcs I forego, 
 
 While love surrounds my heart 
 In darkest shadows of the night. 
 
 Faith mounts the upper sky, — 
 1 then behold my heart's delight. 
 
 And could rejoice to die. 
 
 3 I view the moa«!ter death, and smiifS, 
 
 For he has lost his sting ; 
 And ?atan trembles all the while. 
 
 Triumphant I can sing: 
 I hold my Saviour in my arms. 
 
 And will not let him go; 
 I'ni so delighted with his charms. 
 
 J\o other g«Kxi I know 
 
 4 A tew more days or years nl most. 
 
 My troubles wi je o er ; 
 And I shall join the heavenly h<jst. 
 On Canaan's | fjaceful shore: 
 
LONGING FOR HEAVEN. ItJ 
 
 ily happy soul shall drink and feast 
 
 On loves unbounded sea — 
 The glorious ho|)c of endless rest. 
 
 Is pleasing news to me. 
 
 i O oiiie. my Saviour, come away, 
 
 And bear me fhrough the sky,- 
 Nor let thy chariot wheels delay,— 
 
 Make haste and bring it nigh ! 
 I long to see thy beauteous face 
 
 And in thy image sliine — 
 To triumph in victorious grace, 
 
 And be for ever thine. 
 
 6 Then I shall tune my harp of gold, 
 
 To praise th' eternal King ; 
 In ages that can ne'er be told, 
 
 1 'Tl make his praises ring ; 
 And hail the glorious Son of God, 
 
 Who died on (.'alvarj, 
 .And sav'd us by his precious blood, 
 
 From entlless nusery I 
 
 7 'I en thousand thousand joui in one. 
 
 To praise th' eternal Three; 
 f rostrate before his throne they fall. 
 
 In deep humility ; 
 Then rise and tune their harps of gold. 
 
 And sweep ih' immorlal lyre, 
 'fl ages that can ne'er be tolU, 
 
 They '11 raise iiis praises li^her. 
 
 123. ll's. Altered. 
 The dying Christian in a happy frame. 
 
 MY soul 's full of glory, inspiring my tongue ; 
 Could I meet with bright angels. T'd sing 
 them a song, 
 I 'd sing of my Jesus, and tell of his charms. 
 And beg them to bear me to his loving arms. 
 O Jesus I s\\ eet Jesus I thou Jalm of my soul, 
 'T\^ as thou my dear Saviour, that made my heart 
 whole : 
 
124 CONTENTMENT. 
 
 bring me to view thee, thou precious swtet Kin|^ 
 In oceans of glorj' thy praises to sing. 
 
 3 A. glimpse of bright glory o'erjxivvers my soul, 
 
 1 sink m sweet visions lo view the brignt goal 
 My soul, while 1 m singing, is leaping to go, — 
 This moment, for Jestis I 'd leave all below. 
 
 i Farewell, my dear brethren ; my Loro bids me come 
 Farewell to all sorrow, I 'm now going home • 
 Tho' worms my poor lx)dy may claim is their prey, 
 Twill outshine, when rising, the sun at noon-day 
 
 I The sun shall be darken'd — the moon tum'd to bloxt 
 The mountains all melt at the presence of God : 
 Amid vivid lightnings, and thunder's loud roar. 
 We *ll ascend to sweet Jesus, to praise evermore. 
 
 CONTENTMENT. 
 
 124. 11 's. Altered. 
 
 Master, it is good to he here ! Mark ix. 5 
 
 RETIR'D from man, in some lonely recess, 
 To convei-se with (iod in the dulyof prajsr 
 With fervent devotion his throne I address. 
 And feel it is pleasant, indeed, to be here ' 
 
 2 The Bible I open, my duty lo learn. 
 
 And hear the blest volume his glory declare,— 
 Tis Jesus can mii;e my heart iji me to burn. 
 And fill me with raptup: — 'tis good to be here' 
 
 3 With brothers and sisters in Christ I unite. 
 
 And often with singing to Salem repair; 
 His worship affords nje sulistaiitiai delight ; 
 
 How precious the season! — 'tis good to be here 
 
 4 When some sore affliction deprives me of rest, 
 
 And Satan's temptations exhibit despair; 
 If then with the smile of my God I am blest. 
 'Tis sweet conveisation — 'tis go-xl to be here! 
 
 5 When some Christian brother. whf«e heart bur-ji 
 
 with love, 
 By sweet consolaticu dispels gloomy lear 
 
CONTENTMENT 125 
 
 And shows me the worth of my treasure Abo\ e, 
 How cha rilling the prospect I 'tis good to be here 
 
 6 How oft w hen thick darkness mv way dotli surVound 
 And r unto Salem (or worship repair, 
 While hearing the gospel, how blissful the soimd ' 
 My heart burns within me — 'lis good to bt it;r» 
 
 125. 8. 8. 6. Harrison 
 Contentment ,• or, the world renounced. 
 
 TELL me no more of earthly toys, 
 Of sinful mirlh and carnal joys, 
 The things I lov'd before ; 
 I et me but view my Saviour's face, 
 \nd feel his soul-reviving grace, 
 And I desire no more. 
 
 2 Tell me no more of blooming health. 
 Of ease and plenty, fruits of wealth, 
 
 For these have all their snares; 
 Let me but feel my sins forgiven, 
 And see my name enroH'd in heaven. 
 
 And I am free from cares. 
 
 3 Tell me no more of lofty towers. 
 Delightful gardens, fragrant bovvers, 
 
 For these are trifling things ; 
 The little room for me design'd. 
 Will suit as well my easy mind 
 
 As palaces of kings. 
 
 4 Tell me no more of crowding guests. 
 Of sumptuous fcast.s and gaudy dress, 
 
 Extravag.ance and waste ; 
 My little table, only spread 
 With simple herbs and wholesome bread, 
 
 Will better suit my taste. 
 
 5 Give me the Bible in mv hand, 
 A heart to read and understand. 
 
 And faith to trust the word ; — 
 I 'd sit alone from day to day. 
 And urge no com[)anv to stay, 
 
 IN'jr wish to -ove abroad. 
 
195, 127 CONTENTMENT. 
 
 126. 10. 11. Ai>07i. 
 , The vanity of the world. 
 
 OTELL me no more of this world's vain etore, 
 The time for such irilles with me now is o'er 
 A country I 've found, where true joys alx^und. 
 To dwell I 'm delermin'd on thai happy ground. 
 
 2 No mortal doth know what ('hnsi can bestow, 
 What lifp, strength and coinlort — go after him, go! 
 So onward I move to meet him above — 
 
 None knows how delightful my journey shall prov# 
 
 3 Great spoils I shall win. from death, hell, and sin, 
 'Midst outward afilictious iia\e cunilbrl within: 
 And still, which is best, 1, in his dear breast, 
 
 As at llie beginning, find pardon and rest. 
 
 4 When I am to die, receive me, 1 'II cry, 
 For Jesus hath lov'd me, I cannot tell why; 
 But this I do find, we two are so join'd, 
 
 He '11 not live in glory and leave me behind. 
 
 5 In praises we'll meet, and harmony sweet — 
 All glory to Jesus! I 'II then be complete. 
 This blessing be mine, through favour divine, 
 And O, my Redeemer ! the glory be thine. 
 
 127. P. M. Altered. 
 Submission to Providence. 
 
 INFINITE goodness teaches us submission, 
 Bids us be quiet under all his dealings ; 
 Never repining, but for ever praising 
 God our Creator. 
 2 Well may we praise him, all his ways are perfect 
 With a resplendence infinitely glorious. 
 Dazzling in glory on the sight of mortals 
 Struck blind by lustre. 
 * Good is Jehovah in bestowing sunshine. 
 No loss his goodrfss in the storm and thunder: 
 Mercic? and jnlcr:ipnis. both proceed frrm kindiieB» 
 Infinite kindness. 
 
AFFLICTIO'*. 12> 
 
 I Clouds and thick darkness, though his throne sui 
 rounding, 
 Teach us, like Moses, to approach and tremble : 
 Light from his presence, like resplendent sunbeam 
 Breaks through and cheers na. 
 
 4 Then to the wisdom of my Lord and Master, 
 i will commit ali that I have or wish fo. , 
 Sweetly as babes -leep will I give m;- ii*^ va. 
 When call'd to vield ii 
 
 AbFLICTION. 
 
 12^ S. 7. Pearce. 
 Afflictions r^in^ ns nearer to God. 
 
 IN the floods of tribulation. 
 While the billows .»'er mo roll, 
 Jesus whispers consolc.ti<^n. 
 
 And supports my faintint? soul: 
 Thus the lion yields me honey. 
 From the eater food is given; 
 Strengthen'd thus, I tiius press forward 
 Singing as I wade to heaven. 
 
 2 Mid the gloom the vivid lightnings 
 
 With increased brightness play; 
 And, of nights, the darkest season 
 
 Oft precedes the dawn of day 
 Thus, in darkest dispensations. 
 
 Doth my faithful Lord appear. 
 With his ricuest consolations. 
 
 To reanimate and clieer. 
 
 % Floods of tribulation heighten, "■ 
 
 Billows still around me roar ; 
 Those that know not Christ, they flighted 
 
 But my soul delies their power: 
 In the sacred page recorded. 
 
 Thus his word securely stands, — 
 • Fear not, I 'ra in trouble near thee, 
 
 'Nought shall pluck thee frora my haiul^ 
 
IW AFFLICTION. 
 
 4 All T meet I fine] assists me 
 
 In the p.ith to heavenly joy. 
 Where, though trials now attend me. 
 
 Trials never more annoy; 
 Wearing there a weight of glor)', 
 
 I the path shall ne'er forget ; 
 But, reflect on how it led me 
 
 To my blessed Saviour's feet. 
 
 129. C. M. Newton. 
 The Pudigal Son. Luke xv. 11—24. 
 
 AFFLICTIONS, though they seem eeveru 
 In mercy ofi are sent ; 
 They stopp'd the prodigal's career. 
 
 And Ibrc'd him to repent; 
 Although he no relenlings felt 
 
 Till he had spent his store. 
 His stubborn heart began to mell 
 When famine pinch'd him sore 
 
 2 ' What have I gain'd by sin,' he said. 
 
 ' But hunger, shame, and fear? 
 ' My father's house abounds with bread 
 
 ' While I am starving here: 
 ' I '11 go and toll him all I 've done, 
 
 'And fall befiire his (ace; 
 ' ITinvorthy to be call'd a son, 
 
 ' I 11 seek a servant's place. 
 
 3 His lather saw him coming back. 
 
 And kK)k'd, and ran. and smil'd ; 
 And threw his arms around the iieck 
 
 Of his rebellious child ; 
 * Father, I 've sinn'd — but, O forgive'— 
 
 ' Enough,' the father said, 
 Rejoice, my house — my son 's alive, 
 
 * For whom I mourn'd as dead I 
 
 t ' Now let the fatted calf be slain, 
 
 • (io spread the news arotmd 
 Mv son was dead, but lives again, 
 
 ' Was lost, but now is found.' 
 
DEATH. 130. 131 
 
 Tw thus the Lord his grace reveals, 
 
 To call poor sinners lionie; 
 More ihan a fiilher's love he feels. 
 
 And bids the needy come. 
 
 130 ll's. Altered. 
 ITie presence of (Jod makes affliction light 
 
 j^TY Jesus I I pray ihee t ) be ever near, 
 aJm. O grant me thy presence, and nought shall 
 
 tear; 
 Although I 'ra afflicted and torlur'd with pain, 
 This balm shall support me — I will not complain. 
 Let all thy good pleasure be done unto me. 
 And make me submissive, my Lord, unto thee; 
 And while m the furnace, if ihou will sustain. 
 And draw me unto thee. I will not complain. 
 New mould my affections, and fix them above. 
 Attract all my a(*tions ^' motives (jf love: 
 And then, should affliction convulse all my trame. 
 My God, 1 '11 adore thee, and will not complain 
 The time's fast approaching, my b<xly shall rest — 
 Be fi-ee from affliction, and all my distress :— 
 My soul, unencumber'd by this mortal frame 
 Shall rise up to Jesus, no more to complain. 
 
 DEATH. 
 
 131 L. M. Relief Hymns 
 The Great Journey. 
 
 BEHOLD the path that mortals tread 
 Down to the regions of »he dead. 
 Nor will the fleeting moments stay, 
 JVor can we measure back our way 
 Our kindred and our friends are gone. 
 And soon their doom will be our own \ 
 Feeble as theirs our mortal frame. 
 The same our way — onr house the 
 
tx 
 
 i From vital air, from cheerful light, 
 To iho cold grave's perpetual night, 
 From scenes of duty, means of grace, 
 Must we to God's tribunal pass! 
 
 4 Important journey! awful view. 
 
 How great the change! the scenes how n*>w 
 The gale of heaven or hell display d — 
 The H'alms of light, or gloomy shade 
 
 5 Awake, my soul, for death prepare, 
 And lose in tliis each niorial care: 
 With steady feet that path be trod. 
 Which through the grave conducts to God. 
 
 6 Jesus, to thee my all I trust. 
 
 And if thou < all me down to dust, 
 Give me to know thy voice and hand, 
 And die in peace at thy command. 
 I 
 
 132. 8. 6. \Vesley\s Coll 
 The Serious Concern. 
 
 NO room for mirth or trifling here, 
 For \\orldly tiope or worldly care, 
 If life is but a s^ian ; 
 The Judge of all the earth shall soon 
 Pronounce the everlasting doom 
 Of every child of man ! 
 
 2 How then ought I on earth to live. 
 While God prolongs the kind reprieT* 
 
 And props this house of clay! 
 My sole concern, my single care, 
 To watch, and tremble, and prepare 
 
 Against that fiital day ! 
 
 i Nothing is vVorth a thought beneath, 
 But how I may esca})e the death 
 
 That never, never dies! 
 How make mv own election sure, 
 \nd when I fail on earth, secure 
 \ mansion in the skies 
 
m 
 
 ft Jesus, vouchsafe a pitving rayi 
 Be thou my guide, be ihou my way 
 
 To glorious happiness ! 
 O, write forgiveness on mv heart, 
 And whensoe'er I hence depart, 
 
 Bid me dejiarl in peace I 
 
 133. L. M. Anon. 
 'Hie time of my departure is a' hand. 2 Tim. iv. S 
 
 THE time draws nigh, i must go homo. 
 Resign my body to the tomb ; 
 f leave you all in Jesus' arms, 
 Whose Dosorr bears the tender iambs. 
 
 t He saw me wandering far from God, 
 He call'd me oft and very loud, 
 Till by th' entreaties of his tongue. 
 He rous'd my heart and brought me home. 
 
 3 He 's kept me safe these many years, 
 Sometimes thro' hope, sometimes thro' fears, 
 Sometimes mv soul would mount on high 
 Like warbling larks towards the sky. 
 
 4 Sometimes I 'm like the lonesome dove. 
 Mourning, she flies through all the grove: 
 With notes of grief I then complain. 
 Till my dear Lord returns again. 
 
 5 My sun has past the meridian line 
 My body 's to the dust inclined, 
 But still mv mind moves gently on, 
 To meet my Lord u[x>n his throne. 
 
 S Then fly. my sun, fast to the west, 
 Since I sliall be with Jesus blest. 
 And join the song near to the throne, 
 Where sin and sorrow ne'er are known. 
 
 7 Farewell, my brethren, all in pain. 
 The Lord who hears you oft complain. 
 Your darkness soon will turn to day, 
 And chase your doubts and leai-s away 
 T 
 
134 
 
 8 Farewell, dear people, whom I love. 
 Prepare to meet me soon aliove, 
 Where we shall join to sing and tell, 
 How Jesus saved our souls from hell. 
 
 9 There we shall be with Jesus blest, 
 In that eternal world of rest. 
 
 On golden harps to sing and tell 
 Redemption thro' Emanuel 
 
 134. Anon. 
 The rapid flight of time, and the solemnities of etemu^ 
 
 MY days, my weeks, my months, my yean. 
 Fly rapid as the whirling spheres 
 Around the steady pole. 
 Time, like the tide, its motion keeps. 
 And I must launch the boundless deeps 
 Where endless ages roll. 
 
 2 The grave is near the cradle seen, 
 How swift the moments pass between! 
 
 And whisper as they fly — 
 'Unthinking man, remember this, — 
 Though fond of sublunary bliss. 
 
 That thou must gasp and die ' 
 
 3 My soul attend the solemn call, 
 Tliine earthly tent must shortly fall. 
 
 And thou must take thy flignt 
 Beyond the vast extensive blue, 
 To sing above as angels do, 
 
 Or sink in endless night. 
 
 t Eternal bliss or endless woe. 
 Hangs on this inch of time below— 
 
 On this precarious breath; 
 The God of nature only knows, 
 VVhether another year shall cloM 
 
 Ere I expire in death. 
 
5 Long ere the stiri shall run his r^und, 
 I may be buried under ground, 
 
 Aiid friends ihc loss deplore i 
 Alas I one hour may close the scene, 
 And ere twelve monihs shall roll between 
 
 My name be heard no more. 
 
 6 But shall my soul be then extinct. 
 And cease to live, and cease to think? 
 
 It cannot, cannot be : — 
 No. my immortal cannot die: 
 What wilt thou do, or whither fly, 
 
 When death shall set thee free ? 
 
 7 Will mercy then her arms extend ? 
 Will Jesus be thy guardian friend, 
 
 And heaven thv dwelling place? 
 Or shall insulting fiends appear, 
 To drag thee down to keen despair 
 
 Beyond the reach of grace. 
 
 8 A heaven or hell, and these alone. 
 Beyond the present life are known ; 
 
 There is no middle state. 
 To-day attend the call divine. 
 To-morrow may be none of thine. 
 
 Or it may be too late. 
 
 SO! do not pass this life in dreams : 
 Vast is the change, whate'er it seems. 
 
 To poor unthinking men! 
 Lord, at thy footstool I would bow, 
 Bid conscience tell me plainly now 
 
 What it must tell me then. 
 
 10 If in destruction's road I stray. 
 Help me to choose that better way 
 
 VVhich leads to joys on high : 
 Thy grace impart, my guilt forgive. 
 Nor let me ever dare to live 
 
 Such as I would not die. 
 
lis, 136 SINNERS WARNKD. 
 
 SINNERS WARNED. 
 135. L. M. Altered. 
 Young people eipostulaled miih to come to Ckrw" 
 ■y youthful friends, to ruin bound. 
 
 M 
 
 Amid the gospel's joyful sound, 
 Come, go with us, and seek to prove 
 The joys of Christ's redeeming love. 
 
 8 To-day, if you will hear his voice, 
 Now IS the time to make your choice; 
 Say, will you to Mount Zion go ? 
 Say, will you have this Christ or no? 
 
 3 Say. would you be for ever blest ? 
 Come to the Saviour, in him trust : 
 From guilt and pain would you be free? 
 Flee from your sins, to Jesus flee. 
 
 4 [If we must leave you bound to hell, 
 Kesolv'd with foulest fiends to dwell, 
 To rush in carnal pleasures on 
 
 And sink in endless ruin down ; — 
 
 5 If you 're determin'd not to pray. 
 Arid put far oflf the evil day, 
 Farewell, my friends, a long farewell. 
 For I 'm resolv'd with Christ to dwell.] 
 
 6 And since his love is still the same, 
 I once more ask vou in his name. 
 Say, will you to Mount Zion go? 
 Say, will you have this Christ or no ? 
 
 136. 8.8.8.8.7. Altered. 
 Opposers expostulated with. 
 
 WHILE angels strike their tuneful stnnjf^ 
 And veil iheir faces w ith their wmg« , 
 Each saint on earth his Jesus sings. 
 And joins to praise the King of kingSr 
 "That sav'd his soul from ruin 
 
SIWKRS WARNED. 136 
 
 ? But Sinners fond of earthly toys, 
 
 Mock and deride, while saints reijoicc ; 
 They close their ears at Jesn.s' voice ; 
 They make the workl and sin their choice 
 And force their way to ruin. 
 
 S The preachers warn them night and day ; 
 For them the Christians w eep and pray : 
 But sinners laugh and turn away, 
 \nd join the w-icked, vain, and gay, 
 And throng the road to ruin. 
 
 4 Sometimes by preaching sinners see 
 They 're doom'd to hell and misery ; 
 To turn to God they then agree. 
 But O I 'tis wicked company 
 
 That leads them on to ruin. 
 
 5 Sometimes, when nothing else will do. 
 Affliction will his danger show. 
 
 And bring the haughty sinner low ; 
 Then he '11 repent, and pray, and vow 
 To leave the road to ruin. 
 
 6 In dreadful visions of the night. 
 The Lord doth guilty souls affright 
 They tremble at the awful sight. 
 But often with the morning light 
 
 Pursue the road to ruin. 
 
 1 When every way is tried in vain — 
 No more the Spirit strives with man — 
 The blow is struck — the sinner 's slain — 
 O'erwhelm'd with guilt, and fear, and paii^ 
 He sinks to endless ruin. 
 
 8 O sinners, turn — long time you've stood 
 Opjws'd to God and all that 's good : 
 Lay down your arms, submit to God, 
 And thus be sav'd, through Jesus' blood 
 From sin and endless ruin. 
 
137 138 JUDGMENT. 
 
 37 11 's. Christian Lyre. 
 Turn ye I why will you die ? 
 
 OTURN. guilty sinners, O why will you die. 
 When God in his mercy is coming so nigh f 
 Now Jesus invites you, the Spirit says, come, 
 And angels are waiting to welcome you home. 
 
 2 How vain the delusion, that while you delay. 
 Your hearts may grow better by slaying away I 
 Come wretched, come starving, come just as you be 
 \Vhilo streams of salvation are llovviiig so li^ee. 
 
 3 Now Jesus is ready your souls to receive ; 
 
 O how can yon question, if you will believe ? 
 If sin is your burden, why will you not come? 
 "Tis you he bids welcome, — he bids you come home 
 
 4 In wealth, and in pleasuip what can you obtain 
 To soothe in affliction, or banish your pain \ 
 To bear up your spirits when sunimon'<l lo die, 
 Or waft you to mansions of jflory on high ? 
 
 5 Why will you be starving and feeding on air? 
 There 's mercy in Jesus, enough and to spare; — 
 If still you are fearing, make trial and see, 
 And prove that his mercy is boundless and free. 
 
 6 Come, give us your hand, and the Saviour your heart 
 And trusting in heaven, we never shall part ; 
 
 O how can we leave you ? Why will \ou no' come 
 We '11 journey together, and soon be at home 
 
 JUDGMEIVT. 
 
 138. 8.6. Altered. 
 TTie end of time. 
 
 ARISE and shine, O Zion, fair, 
 Behold thy light is come ; 
 Thv glorious conq'ring King is near; 
 To lal e his exiles home : 
 
JUDGMENT. 138 
 
 ITie trumpet's thund'ring through the skies 
 
 To set ^K)or captives tree ; 
 The day of wonder now is come. 
 
 The year of jubilee. 
 
 2 Ye heralds blow the trumpet loud, 
 
 Throughout the earth and sky ; 
 Go spread the news from pole to pole. 
 
 Behold the judgment 's nigh ! 
 Enthron'd on clouds the Judge descend*,- 
 
 Inviting saints to come, 
 And angels whisper us avvay 
 
 To their eternal home 
 
 5 * Arise! ye natio'is, from the tomb, 
 
 * Before the Judge appear!' 
 All tongues and languages must come, 
 
 Their final doom to hear. 
 Blow out the sun, bum up the earth, 
 
 Consume the roiling flood ; 
 Let nature groan .in pangs of death— 
 
 The moon be turn'd to blood ! 
 
 4 The joyful news of gospei grace, 
 
 To smners now is o'er ; 
 The trump in Zion now is still, 
 
 And to be heard no more : 
 The watchmen all have left their walk 
 
 And with their flocks above, 
 Thev join with all the heavenly hosts, 
 
 To sing redeeming love. 
 
 6 Behold a pilgrim as he dies. 
 
 With glory in his view ; 
 To heaven he lifts his longing eyes. 
 
 And bids the world adieu ! 
 While friends are weeping all around. 
 
 And loth to let him go, 
 He shouts with his expiring breath, 
 
 And leaves them all below 
 
 Farewell, my brethren in the Lord, 
 I hope to meet you there ; 
 
Rf Jl'DGMKNT. 
 
 Although you tread e.ichaiUed ground. 
 
 Be bold, and never fear; 
 Fight on, fight on, ye conquering souls. 
 
 The heavenly land's in view; 
 I soon shall gain fair Canaan's shore, 
 
 And hope to meet with you 
 
 139. 8.8.6. Altered. 
 The trump of Jubilee. 
 
 WHAT sound is this salutes mine earl 
 Methinks the jub'lee trump I hear—- 
 Long look'd for now is come — 
 It shakes the heaven, the earth, the sea. 
 Proclaims the year of jubilee, 
 Return, ye exiles, home. 
 
 2 Behold ! the new Jerusalem. 
 Illuminated by the Lamb, 
 
 In glory doth appear! 
 Fair Zion rising from the tomb. 
 To meet the Bridegroom, now he's come, 
 
 And hail the jub'lee year. 
 
 3 King Jesus takes her to his arms ; 
 Transported with his heavenly charms, 
 
 She thus begins to sing ; 
 From sins, and cares, and sighs, and paiiM» 
 I rise, where joy immortal reigns, 
 
 • To view the rosy Spring.' 
 \ As larks and linnets sweetly sing, — 
 And hills and valleys roi'.nd them ring— 
 
 'Scap'd from the fowler's snare ; 
 A thousand years she here shall dwell. 
 And sing while Satan 's chain'd in helJ, 
 
 Which endi the jub'lee year, 
 rhe seventh trumpet we shall hear, 
 A g/eat white throne shall then appear, 
 
 "Ten thousand angels round ; 
 An angel turns the moon to blood. 
 Puts out the sun, consumes the flood. 
 
 And burns *he solid ground. 
 
JIIXJMENT. 140 
 
 6 Arise, ve naiions. and rome for Ih ! 
 From east to west, iron, south to north, 
 
 BthoUl the Judge is come! 
 What hoirors seize the guihy breast! 
 Compell'd to stand the solemn test, 
 
 And hear the linal doom ! 
 
 7 ' Depart, ye curs'd I go down to hell, 
 
 With howling fiends for ever dwell, 
 
 ' No more to see mv lace ' 
 
 ' My solemn warnings you withstooil, 
 
 * You set at nought my precious blood 
 
 ' And scoff'd at sovereign grace.* 
 
 8 See parents anu their children parti 
 Some shout for joy, some bleed in heart — 
 
 No more to meet again . 
 In fiery chariots Zion flies. 
 And quickly gains the upper skies 
 
 On Canaan's dazzling plain. 
 
 9 My soul is struggling to be there, 
 I long to rise and wing the air, 
 
 And trace the heavenly road — 
 Adieu! adieu, all earthly things! 
 O that I had an angel's wings, 
 
 I 'd quickly see my God ! 
 
 140. 8. 8. 6. Annn. 
 Lunging for a place at the right hand of the Judge. 
 
 WHEN thou, my righteous Judge, shalt oomc 
 To take thy ransom 'd people home. 
 Shall I among tnem stand ? 
 Shall such a worthle&s worm as T, 
 Who sometimes am afraid to die. 
 Be found at thy right hand ? 
 \ I love to meet amongst them now, 
 Beibre thy gracious feet to bow, 
 Thougb vilest of them all : — 
 How can I bear the piercing thought, 
 VVliat if my name should be left out. 
 When thou for them sbalt call ? 
 T2 
 
141 MEBHINO A.NM) I'AR'IING- 
 
 3 Prevent, prevent it by thy grace I 
 Be thou, dear Lord, my hidmg-place - 
 
 In that accepted day ; 
 Thy pard'ning voice, O ! let me hear, 
 To still my unbelieving fear, 
 
 And teach me the right way. 
 I Let me among thy saints be found, 
 When the archangel's trump shall sound, 
 
 To see thy smiling face ; 
 That I thy lofty praise may sing. 
 And make the heavenly mansions ring 
 
 With shouts of sovereign grace. 
 
 MEETING AND PARTING. 
 
 141. 7's. Leland. 
 How do you do ? 
 
 BRETHREN, I am come again, 
 Let us join to pray and sing ; 
 Joseph lives, and Jesus reigns, 
 Praise him in the highest strains. 
 
 2 [Many days and weeks have past 
 Since we met together last. 
 
 Yet our 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 love continue true ? 
 Are you waiting for your King, 
 When he shall return again ? 
 
 5 If yo I wish to know of me, 
 How I am, or what I be, — 
 Here I am, behold who will. 
 Sure 1 am a sinner <»till : — 
 
MEETING AiND PARTING. 142| 143 
 
 6 \\ eak and wounded, sick and lame, 
 AH unholy, all unclean ; 
 Yet I would from sin be free, 
 And the Lord remembers me. 
 
 142. P.M. Tune — Ferracn. 
 A Social or Union Meeting Hymn. 
 " T\RAW nigh to us, Jehovah, 
 
 -Lr " In our social meeting ; 
 " In this propitious hour, 
 "O nay we feel thy power, 
 " In. our social meeting!" 
 
 2 Draw nigh, thou blessed Jesus, 
 
 In our social meeting; 
 In mercy now revive us, 
 In mercy. Lord, revive us. 
 
 In this social meeting. 
 
 3 Draw nigh, AliDighty Spirit, 
 
 In our social meeting, 
 Reveal the blessed Jesus, 
 O melt, renew, and cleanse us, 
 • In this social meeting. 
 
 4 O Father, Son, and Spirit, 
 
 Bless our social meeting; 
 In Christ the Mediator, 
 Unite us all together. 
 
 In this social meeting. 
 
 5 Draw us to thee, Jehovah, 
 
 In our social meeting ; 
 Give us to feel in union, 
 O grant us sweet communion, 
 
 In this social meeting. 
 
 143. ll'a. Anon. 
 Affectionate parting of brethren. 
 
 WITH gladness, dear brethren, we m*^ tX Jiif 
 place. 
 To speak and to hear of God's rich and free „.ace 
 For all that are needy, a^icted and poor, 
 The Saviour has balsam ind riches in store. 
 
144 MEKTIXG ANO PAHTiNG. 
 
 2 U hungry and thirsty, and biirden'd with gv.ilt, 
 For j^ou. the dear Saviour, his blood freely spilt; 
 If naked and wounded, just ready to die, 
 
 He waits, Irom his fullness, your wants to supply 
 
 3 You 're welcome, pour sinners, no longer delay. 
 The gospel invites you to Jesus to-day; 
 
 If you are but willing you need not to doubt, 
 For those that come to him he will not cast out 
 
 4 On parting, my brethren, I give you my hand, 
 In token of friendship, that unitmg band, 
 Smce we here togethf>r no longer can stay. 
 Be sure you continue devoutly to pray. 
 
 5 Farewell, my dear brethren, belov'd of the Lord. 
 The footsteps of Jesus you '11 find in his word 
 Then follow your Leader wherever he goes. 
 Stand fast and unshaken whatever oppose. 
 
 6 The time 'tis approaching when Christ shall apjieaJ 
 In glory, and then all his saints shall be there. 
 
 No fear then of parting, or grief or complaint, 
 Shall ever be heard from the tongue of a saint. 
 
 T But praise and thanksgiving shall be our employ 
 Our souls always feasting, yet never shall cloy, — 
 New scenes then unfolding, new joys will afford 
 All glory and honour, and praise to the Lord. 
 
 144. L. M. Anon. 
 The parting hand. 
 
 MY Christian friends in bonds of love, 
 Whose hearts in sweetest union prove 
 Vour friendship's like a drawing band, 
 Yet we must take the parting hand. 
 
 2 Your company 's sweet, your union dear. 
 Your words aelightful to mine ear. 
 
 Yet when I see that we must part. 
 You draw like cords around my heart. 
 
 3 How sweet the hours have pass'd aw«y, 
 Since we have met to sing and pray, 
 
WKF.riNG AND PAKTINU 
 
 How 01 h are we lo leave the place. 
 Where Jesus shows his smiling Ibce ! 
 
 4 O, could I stay with friends 30 kind, 
 How would it cheer my drooping mind . 
 But duty makes me understand, 
 
 That we must take the parting hand. 
 
 5 And dince it is God's holy will 
 We must be parted for a while, 
 fn sweet submission, all as one. 
 
 We '11 say our Father's will be done. 
 
 6 My youthful friends in Christian ties. 
 Who seek for mansions in the skies, 
 Fight on, we '11 gain that happy shore, 
 Where parting will be knowTi no more. 
 
 7 How oft I 've seen your flowing tears. 
 And heard you tell your hopes and fears? 
 Your hearts with love were seen to flame 
 Which makes me hope we '11 meet again. 
 
 8 Ye mourning souls, lift up your eyes 
 To glorious mansions in the skies": 
 O, trust his grace : — in Canaan's land 
 We '11 no more lake the parting hand. 
 
 9 And now, my friends, both old and young 
 I hope in Christ you '11 still go on, 
 
 And if on earth we meet no more, 
 O may we meet on Canaan's shore. 
 
 10 I hope you '11 all remember me 
 If you on earth no more I see. 
 An interest in your prayers I crave, 
 That we may meet beyond the grave 
 
 17 O, glorious day I O. blessed hope I 
 My soul leaps forward at the thought, 
 When on that happy, happy land. 
 We 'li no more take the parting hand. 
 
'45 146 FAREWELL. 
 
 FAREWELL. 
 
 145. P. M. Anon. 
 The Pilgrim's farev.-ell 
 
 FAREWELL, my friends, I must be gone, 
 I have no home nor slay with you; 
 I '11 take my staff and travel on, 
 Till I a better world can view ; 
 I '11 march to Canaan's land, 
 
 I '11 rest on Canaan's shore ; 
 Where pleasures never end. 
 And parting is no more : 
 Farewell, my loving friends, farewell ! 
 
 2 Farewell, my friends, time rolls along, 
 
 Nor vvait.s lor mortal cares or bliss ; 
 I '11 leave you here and travel on, 
 Till I arrive where Jesus is. 
 
 3 Farewell, my brethren in the Lord, 
 
 I'o you I 'm bound with cords of love 
 If we believe his gracious word. 
 We all ere long shall meet alx)ve. 
 
 4 Farewell, ye blooming sons of God, 
 
 Sore conflicts yet remain for you ; 
 But dauntless keep the heavenly road. 
 Till Canaan's fertile land you view. 
 
 5 Farewell, old soldiers of the Cross, 
 
 You 've struggled long and hard for heavtn , 
 You 've counted all things here but loss — 
 Fight on, the crown shall soon be given. 
 
 Farewell, poor graceless sinners, too, 
 
 It grieves my heart to leave you here' 
 Eternal vengeance waits for you — 
 O turn and see salvation near. 
 
 146. ll's. Altered. 
 The Minister's fareuxll. 
 
 AM) now, my dear brethren, I bid you fareweD 
 1 m going lo tnivel, glad tidings to tell, 
 
 1 'm going to travel this wilderness through. 
 Therefore, mv dear brethren I t)id you adieu 
 
FAREWELL. 14* 
 
 t May heaven prcteci vou, be Jesus your guide, 
 On the walls of fair Ziou rnay wo still abide; 
 Though we live at a distance, and you I ne'er see, 
 On th' banks of cold Jordan acquainted we'll be 
 
 i There all things are plenty, like Eden in bloom. 
 To those blissful uiansions no sorrow can come, 
 No sin or temptation shall enter that place, 
 But there ac shall join in a song of free grace 
 
 I Farewell to all sorrow, temptation and pain, 
 I m going to Jesus, for ever to reign ; 
 
 1 'm going to Jesus, 'tis him I adore. 
 
 With saints and bright angels to dwell eveimor© 
 5 Live near to the Sav.our, be fervent in prayer, 
 And while 1 am aljsent remember me there ; 
 That Jesus his gospel would crown with success. 
 And my poor exertions to thousands would bless. 
 ( And when we meet Jesus in the mansions above, 
 Where saints and bright seraphs are fiU'd with his lov« 
 O, then, I shall look for these mourners now here 
 How glad we shall be to meet each other the»e I 
 
 147. 7. 6. Anon. 
 The love of Christ constraineth us. 
 
 WHILE in this vale of sorrow, 
 I travel on in pain. 
 My heart is fiy'd on Jesus, 
 
 1 feei mm form'd withm; 
 Bu^ when I come to bid' adieu 
 
 To those I dearly love, 
 Mv heart is often melted. 
 It is the grief of love. 
 
 2 I 'm on my way to glory, 
 
 By faith I look above. 
 And view a smiling Jesus, 
 
 Wliich fills my soul with love ; 
 'Tis this that so constrains me. 
 
 Poor sinners to persuade, 
 I 'm ^Kjiind to do my duty. 
 
 Though they should not be sav'd 
 
»48 FAREWELL. 
 
 3 While in my Master's vineyard, 
 
 I toil and travel on, 
 O, pray (or me, my brethren, 
 
 Until my work is done ; 
 Though lands and rivers roll between. 
 
 We'll still in spirit meet; 
 And pray for Jesus' coming. 
 
 And confidently wait. 
 
 4 Farewell, my loving brethren. 
 
 Until we meet again. 
 Perhaps in worlds of glory. 
 
 With Christ the Lord to reign : 
 Be faithful to your Saviour God. 
 
 And keep the prize in view, 
 That if I reach those mansions, 
 
 I there may meet with you. 
 
 5 There sickness, pain and sorrow 
 
 Will all be done away. 
 And we shall meet each other, 
 
 To spend an end less day ; 
 There we shall meet with Jesus, 
 
 Our Saviour and our Friend, — 
 Farewell, my loving brethren. 
 
 Love Jesus to the end. 
 
 148. ll's. Anon. 
 The Christian's farewell. 
 
 FAREWELL, my dear brethren, the time ia »< 
 hand. 
 Tnat we must be parted from this social band ; 
 Our several engagements now call us away. 
 Our parting is needful, and we mtist obey 
 
 8 Farewell my dear brethren, farewell lor a while. 
 We'll soon meet again, if kind Providence smile; 
 But while we are parted, and scaller'd abroad. 
 We '11 pray for each other, and trust in the Lord. 
 
 3 Farewell, faithlul soldiers, you '11 soon Im? discharg'tl 
 The war will be ended, your lx)uniy enlarg'd. 
 With shouting and singing, tho' Jordan mav roar, 
 V<Mi "11 enter fair Canaan, and rest on the shore. 
 
MISCELLANrES. 149 
 
 4 Farewell, younger brethren, just listed for war. 
 Sore trials await you, but Jesus is near; 
 Although you must travel this dark wilderness. 
 Your Captain's before you, he '11 lead you to peace- 
 
 5 The world and the devil, and sin, all unite. 
 And bold persecution, your souls to affright^ 
 But Jesus your Leader is stronger than they, 
 Let this animate you to march on your way. 
 
 6 Farewell, trembling mourners, with sad broken heart, 
 
 hasten to Jesus, and choose the good part. 
 He 's full of compassion, and mighty to save, 
 His arms are extended your souls to receive 
 
 7 Farewell, careless sinners, for you I must mourn. 
 To think of your danger, if still unconcem'd, 
 
 1 read of the judgment, where all must appear, 
 How will you stand trembling with tormenting fear . 
 
 8 Those tix)lics and jjastimes in which you delight. 
 Will serve to torment you with dreadful affright. 
 You '11 think of those sermons which you've heard iTi 
 
 vain — 
 All hope 8 gone for ever of hearing again. 
 ^ Farewell, my dear brethren, farewell, all around. 
 Perhaps we'll not meet till the last trump shall sound .; 
 To meet you in glory, 1 give you my hand, 
 Our Saviour to praise in a pure social band. 
 
 MISCELLANIES. 
 
 149. L. M. Altered. 
 Sabbath morning ; or, God's presence invoked. 
 
 AWAKE, my heart! my soul, arise! 
 This is the day believers prize ; — 
 Improve this Sabbath, then, with care,— 
 Another may not be thy share. 
 2 O, solemn thought ! Lord, give me powei 
 Wisely to fill up every hour ; 
 O, for the wings of faith and love, 
 To bear ray heart and soul above ! 
 
150 MISCELLANIES. 
 
 3 Be with me in thy house to-day, 
 
 And tune my heart to pruise and pray ; 
 Command thy word to fall like dew. 
 Refreshing, quickening all anew. 
 
 4 Command my thoughts — teach them to i 
 O'er the green pastures of thy love; 
 And let not sin prevent my rest. 
 
 Nor keep my Saviour from my breast 
 
 5 Give to thy church a large increase • 
 Send her prosperity and peace ; 
 
 Let trembling mourners join to bless 
 The triumphs of abounding grace. 
 
 150. 7's. Cowper. 
 The Refuge. 
 
 JESUS, lover of my soul. 
 Let me to thy bosom fly, 
 While the raging billows roll 
 While the tempest still is high. 
 
 2 Hide me O my Saviour hide. 
 
 Till the storm of life is past. 
 Safe into the haven guide — 
 
 receive my soul at la.st ' 
 
 3 Other refuge have I none. 
 
 Hangs my helpless soul on thee 
 Leave, ah ! leave me not alone, 
 Still support, and comfort me. 
 
 4 All my trusf on thee is stayed, 
 
 All my help from thee I bring— 
 Cover my defenceless head. 
 With the shadow of thy wing. 
 
 5 Just, and holy is thy name, 
 
 1 am all unrighteousness ; 
 Vile, and full of sin I am. 
 
 Thou art full of truth, and grace. 
 
 6 Plenteous grace in thee is found — 
 
 Grace to par Ion all my sin; 
 Let the healing streams abound, 
 Make, and keep me pure withiik 
 
MISCELLAN^KS 161 
 
 T Thou of life the fountain art — 
 Freely let me take of thee ; 
 Spring thou up within my heart- 
 Rise to all eternity. 
 
 S 
 
 151. P. M. Newton. 
 
 Sinners Warned. 
 
 TOP, poor sinners, stop and think. 
 
 Before you farther go ; 
 Can you sport upon the brink 
 
 Of everlasting woe ? 
 Hell beneath is gaping wide. 
 
 Vengeance waits the dread command, 
 Soon to stop your sport and pride, 
 
 And sink you with the damn'd ! 
 
 O be entreated now to stop. 
 
 For, unless you warning take. 
 
 Ere you are aware you '11 drop 
 
 Into the burning lake. 
 
 2 Sav, have you an arm like God, 
 
 That you his will oppose ? 
 Fear you not that iron rod 
 
 With which he breaks his foes? 
 Can you stand in that «iread day, 
 
 When he judgment shall proclaim?— 
 Earth and skies shall melt away, 
 
 Like wax before the flame! 
 
 3 Ghastly death will shortly come. 
 
 And drag you to the bar. 
 There to hear your awful doom. 
 
 Will fill you with despair : ' 
 All your sins will round you crowd, 
 
 Sms of deepest crimson dye. 
 Each for vengeance crying loud. 
 
 And can you then reply ? 
 
 I TTiough your heart be made of steel, 
 Your forehead iin'd with brass, 
 G<k1, at length, will make you feel. 
 He will not let you pass: 
 
152 MISCEI.LAitlKb 
 
 Sinners then in vain shall Pall — 
 Thougli tbey now despise the 
 
 Rocks and mountains on us fall. 
 And hide us from his face! 
 
 5 But there is a blessed hope. 
 
 You may his mercy know , 
 Though his arm be lified upv 
 
 He still forbears the blow, 
 Twas for sinners Jesus died — 
 
 Sinners he invites to come: 
 None that come shall be denied 
 
 He says — ** there still is room.** 
 
 152. Anon. 
 Behold, I atand at the door and knock. Rev in SO 
 
 NOW the Saviour stands a pleading 
 At the sinner's bolted heart. 
 Now in heaven he 's interceding 
 On the burden'd sinner's part. 
 
 2 Come, behold your God and Saviour, 
 
 Hear his gracious voice to-day ; 
 Turn, O turn and seek his favor, 
 Now 's the time, no more delay. 
 
 3 Open now your hearts before him, 
 
 Bid your Saviour welcojnae in ; 
 
 Now believe, receive, adore him, — 
 
 Take a full discharge from sin. 
 
 4 Now he 's waiting to be gracioos. 
 
 Now he stands and looks mi thee; 
 See what kindness, love and pity. 
 Shine around on you and me. 
 
 % Come, for all things iy>w are ready, 
 Yes, there 's room for mar.y TOOt 
 Oye blind, ye lame, ye needy. 
 Come to this exhauslless store. 
 
MiscEiXANies. 153, IM 
 
 153. li'& Altered. 
 Sinners warned, and invited 
 
 AWAKE! careless sinners, believe and obey, 
 The gospol oi Jesiis invites you to-day , 
 Corae, now be eiurealed to turn from your sin. 
 Wait not till to-cnorrow before you begin. 
 
 % O why will you tarry till tionseience is sear'd 
 And why by the tempter be ferther ensnar'd f 
 While Jesus invites you a crown to obtain. 
 Say not, I to-morrow will hear thee again. 
 
 i Of ail hell's devices poor souls to decoy, 
 Tis procrasrination the ntost doih destroy ; 
 Now, now is the season, then no longer wait, 
 To-naorrow. poor sinner, it may be too late. 
 
 I Dear mourners, don't linger — obey the sweet v(«c« 
 Of Jesus, and in him believe and rejoice. — 
 Chor»e hira for your portion — resign all below 
 Unite with his children, and heaven-ward go, 
 
 154. 8. 7. 4. Hart. 
 Come, and wdaane, to Jeaus Christ, Isa. iv. i 
 
 COME, ye sinners, poor and wretched. 
 Weak and wounded, sick and sore, 
 Jesus ready stands to save you, 
 F«j11 of pity, love and power : 
 
 He is able. 
 He is willing, doubt no niore. 
 
 2 Let not conscience make you linger. 
 Nor of fitness fondly dream ; 
 
 All the fitness he requires. 
 Is to feel your need of him,- 
 
 This he gives you ; 
 Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 
 
 3 Come, ye weary, heavy-laden, 
 Bruis'd and mangled by the fall; 
 If you tarry till you 're better. 
 You will never oorae at all : 
 
 Not the righteous, 
 Siimers Jaaua came to calL 
 
MISCELLANIES. 
 
 4 Agonizing m the garden, 
 
 Lo . vour Maker prostrate lies ; 
 On the bloody tree beliold him. 
 Hear him cry before he dies, 
 
 'It is fmish'd!' 
 Sinners, will not this suffice ? 
 
 5 Lo ! th' incarnate God ascended, 
 Pleads the merit of his blood ; 
 Venture on him, venture wholly, 
 Let no other trust intrude ; 
 
 None but Jesus 
 Can do helpless sinners good. 
 
 6 Saints and angels, join'd in concert, 
 Sing the praises of the Lamb ! 
 While the blissful seats of glory. 
 Sweetly echo with his name : 
 
 Hallelujah ! 
 Sinners here may do the same. 
 
 155. 8. 7. 4. Parkinson. 
 God is able and willing. 
 
 COME, dear brethren in the Saviour 
 Though we 're few let 's not despfe. 
 Jesus able is to favour ; 
 Fly to him with every care : 
 
 He is able, he is able, 
 Zion's drooping head to rear. 
 
 2 If but two or three remaining, 
 Meet for prayer, he 's in the midst ; 
 Let us then, without complaining, 
 Wait till he shall us increase; 
 
 He is able, he is able, 
 Soon he '11 make our sorrows cease. 
 
 3 By him stars and spheres were framed, 
 Light and darkness Jesus made; 
 From their graves the dead he raised 
 Shall not his redeem'd be sav'd ? 
 
 He is able, he is able. 
 To bestow what we have crav'd. 
 
A 
 
 MISCELLANIES. IM 
 
 4 Well, ii.y friends, since Christ is aoie. 
 Of his will we dare not doubt. 
 Since for all the Father gave him, 
 Full salvation he wrought out : 
 
 Sure he never, sure he never 
 Spilt his prec.ius blood for naught 
 
 5 Let us love, adore, and praise him. 
 As the Lord our righteousness, — 
 Own hira in our whole behavior, 
 Singing, ' we are sav'd by grace,' 
 
 Till in heaven, till in heaven 
 He shall give us all a place. 
 
 156. 8's, Miss lIarrif,oTu 
 
 Doubts dispersed. 
 
 WAY, my doubts, begone, my fear. 
 The wonders of the Lord appear ; 
 The wonders that my Saviour wrought, 
 O, how delightful is the thought ! 
 The wonders of redeeming love. 
 When first my heart was drawTi above, 
 When first I saw my Saviour's face, 
 And triumph'd in his pard'ning grace. 
 
 S Pursue, ray thoughts, tnis pleasing themo, 
 Twas not a fancy, nor a dream ; 
 Twas grace descending from the skies. 
 And shall be marv'llous in mine eyes ; 
 Long had I mourn'd like one forgot, 
 Long had my soul for comfort sought ; 
 Jesus was witness to my tears, 
 And Jesus sweetly calm'd my fears .•— 
 
 ! He cleans'd my soul, he cnang'd my dre« 
 And cloth'd me with his righteousness; 
 He spake, at once, my sins forgiven, 
 And I rejoic'd, a.^ if in heaven ; 
 How was I struck with sweet surprise, 
 While glory shone before mine eyes! 
 How did 1 sing from dav to day, 
 And vvrish'd to sing my schU away. 
 
MISCEl-LANIES. 
 
 4 The world, with all its pomp, withJre«K 
 "Twas less than nothing in my view; 
 Redeeming love was all my theme, 
 And life appeared an idle dream ; 
 
 I gloried in my Saviour's grace, 
 I sung my great Redeemer's praise; 
 My soul then long'd to soar away, 
 And leave her tenement of clay. 
 
 5 The powers of hell in vain combin'd 
 To tempt or interrupt my mind ; 
 
 I saw, and sung in joyful strains. 
 The monster ^tan held in chains : — 
 These are the wonders I record ; 
 The marv'llous goodness of the Lord! 
 O for a tongue to speak his praise. 
 And tell the triumphs of his grace ! 
 
 157. S'«. Rippons Selection, 
 Trust amid darkness, Hab. iii 17, 18 
 
 AWAY, my unbelieving fear ! 
 Let fear in me no more take piaofi^ 
 My Saviour doth not yet' appear. 
 
 He hides the brightness of his face 
 But shall I therefore let him go, 
 
 And basely to the tempter yield ? 
 No, in the strength of Jesus no ! 
 I never will give up ray shield. 
 
 % Although the vine its fruit deny. 
 
 Although the olive yield no oil. 
 The with'ring fig-tree droop and die. 
 
 The fields elude the tiller's toil — 
 The empty stall no herd aflTord, — 
 
 And perish all the bleating race ; 
 Yet, will I triumph in the Lord — 
 
 The God of my salvation praise ! 
 
 3 Away, my unbelieving fear ! 
 
 Let fear to cheering hope give place; 
 My Saviour will at length appear, 
 .Vid show the brightness of hif fac«f 
 
MISCELLANIES. > i 
 
 Though now my prospecus all be croaa'd. 
 
 My blooming hopes cut off I see, 
 Still uill I in my Jet^ue tru£t, 
 
 Who^e boundiees love caii reach to 106^ 
 
 i In hof)e, believing against hope, 
 
 His promife'd mercy will I claim; 
 His gracioup word shall bear me up. 
 
 To seek salvation in his name ; 
 Soon, my dear Saviour, bring it nigh ! 
 
 My soul shall then outstrip the wind. 
 On wings of love mount iin on high, 
 
 And leave the world and sin behind. 
 
 158. 8. 7. 
 Young soldiers in the spiritual luar encouraged. 
 
 DARK and thorny is the dessert, 
 Through which pilgrims make their ^rmy 
 But beyond this vale of sorrow, 
 Lie the realms of endless day. 
 Dear young soldiers, do not murmur 
 
 At the troubles of the way ; 
 Meet the tempest — fight with courage; 
 Never feint, but often pray. 
 
 2 He whose thunder shakes creation ; 
 
 He that bids the planets roll ; 
 He that rides upon the tempest, 
 
 And whose sceptre sways the whoifr— 
 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 >— 
 
 3 There on flowery fields of pleasure, 
 
 And the hills of endless rest, 
 Joy and peace, and love, shall ever 
 
 Reign and triumph in your breast 
 There, a million flaming seraplis 
 
 Fly across the heavenly plain ; 
 There, they sing immorlal praises— 
 
 Glory, grory. is their theme. 
 
Uil9 MISCh-I.LAMKti- 
 
 4 But, methinks, a sweeter concert 
 
 Makes the crystal arches ring, 
 And a song is beard in Zion, 
 
 Which the angels cannot sing : 
 Who can paint lliose sons of glory, 
 
 Kansoin'd souls that dwell on high, 
 Who, with golden harps, for ever 
 
 Sound redemption through the sky! 
 
 5 See the heavenly hosts in rapture 
 
 Gazing on this shining band ; 
 Wondering at their costly garments, 
 
 And the laurels in their hand : 
 There, upon the golden pavement. 
 
 See the raiisom'd march along I 
 While the splendid courts of glory 
 
 Sweetly echo with their song ! 
 
 6 Here 1 see the under shepherds. 
 
 And their flocks they fed below ! 
 Here, with joy, they dwell together 
 
 Jesus is their shepherd now. 
 Hail ye happy, happy spirits! — 
 
 Welcome to the blissful plain- 
 Glory, honor, and salvation, 
 
 Reign, sweet Shepherd, ever reign, 
 
 159. 11. 8. Rippon's Selection, 
 Distinguishing grace, Jer. xxxi. 3. 
 
 I N songs of sublime adoration and praise 
 A Ye pilgrims, for Zion who press. 
 Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of day», 
 His rich and distinguishing grace, 
 f His love from eternity fix'd upon you. 
 Broke forth and discover'd its flame, 
 When each with the cords of his kindness he drew 
 And brought you to love his great name. 
 8 O had he not pitied the state you were in. 
 Your bosoms his love had ne'er fell. 
 You all would have liv'd, would have died too, ill 
 sin. 
 And sunk with the load of your guilu 
 
B 
 
 MISCELLANIES 16A 
 
 4 What was there in you that could merit esteem, 
 
 Or gi%e the Creator delight I 
 Twas 'even so. Father I" you ever must sing, 
 ' Because it seem'd good in thy sight.' 
 
 5 Twas all of his grace we were brought to obey. 
 
 While others are suffer'd to go 
 The road, which by na'ure we chose as our way. 
 Which leads to the regions of woe. 
 
 6 Then give all the glory to his holy name, 
 
 To him all the glory belongs ; 
 Be yours the high joy still to sound forth his amc 
 And crown him in each of your songs. 
 
 160. 7's. Rippms Selection. 
 
 A.doptmg grace ; or, the privileges of the sons of God 
 
 LESSED are the sons of God ; 
 They are bought with Jesus' blood; 
 They are ransomed from the grave ; 
 Life eternal they shall ha\e : 
 
 With them number'd may we be, 
 Now and in eternity. 
 
 2 God did love them in his Son, 
 Long before the world begun ; 
 They the seal of this receive. 
 When in Jesus they believe. 
 
 3 They are justify 'd by grace, 
 They enjoy a solid peace ; 
 All their sms are wash'd away, 
 They shall stand .n God's grea* day. 
 
 4 They produce the fruits of grace 
 In the works of righteousness: 
 Born of God, they hate all sin, 
 Gknl's pure word remains within: 
 
 5 They have fellowship with God, 
 Through the mediator's blood; 
 One with God, through Jesus one, 
 Glory is in them begun: 
 
161 MISCELLANIES. 
 
 6 Though they suffer much on earth. 
 Strangers tc. the worldling's mirth. 
 Yet ihey have an inward joy, 
 Pleasures which can never cloy: 
 
 7 They alone are truly blest — 
 
 Heirs of God, joint heirs with Chrint; 
 They with love anu peace are fill'd ; 
 They are by his spirit seal'd ; 
 
 With them number'd may we be 
 
 Now and in eternity. 
 
 161. 8. 7. Altered. 
 Sinnerg invUed lo end/race Salvatum 
 
 HARK ! the jubilee is sounding ; 
 Lo ! the joyful news is come I 
 Love and joy, and peace, abounding, 
 Flow lo man through God the Sor : 
 Now we have an invitation 
 
 To the meek and lowly Lamb . 
 Glory, honor, and salvatiou ! 
 Christ «he Lord is come to reign. 
 
 8 Now let each one cease from sinning- 
 
 Seek the Lord without delay; 
 Christ the Saviour is beginning 
 
 Sin and guilt to purge av\ ay : 
 Gdlden moments, we 've neglected ; 
 
 O, the time we 've spent in vain ! 
 But the Saviour long predicted, 
 
 Now appears on earth to reign. 
 
 3 Happy children, praise your Jesus; 
 
 Love and praise him evermore ; 
 Free salvation should constrain us 
 
 Praise to sound from shore to shor* 
 He is worthy to be praised; 
 
 He is our exalted King ; 
 Glory, honor. an«l salvation I 
 
 IjCt the saints for ever sing 
 
MISCKJXAXtKS. 162. Ifi3 
 
 1G2. Second Part. 
 
 Sinrifrs invited and encouraged to ccrme to CkrxsL 
 
 H.ARK ! the gospel trumpet 's sounding. 
 Sinners hear the call and come ; 
 Christ in pxtrdoning love abounding, 
 Now invites the weary home. 
 
 ? Though your crimes have reaclid to hearen. 
 And of deepest die appear — 
 Ask, and they shall be forgiven, 
 Seek, and you shall find him near. 
 
 3 Cast your load of guilt behind you. 
 
 To the Lord {or mercy flee. 
 Though the strongesft fetters bind j^oa, 
 Jesus Christ will make you free : — 
 
 4 Free from hell's eternal pwison. 
 
 UnbeliePs tormenting chain. 
 
 Endless woe and dire perdition. 
 
 Free frwn everlasting pain. 
 
 5 Broken hearts, with guilt distressed 
 
 yield to Christ without delay, 
 
 Poor and needy, lost and wretched. 
 
 Come, you need not stay away. 
 
 6 Hark I ye blind, the Saviour calls yon. 
 
 Wait no \cfngeT, there is room. 
 Cast your rags of sin behind yoti. 
 
 Rise, behold, he bids you come. 
 T Angels join with saints in heaven, 
 
 Sound the praise of his dear name 
 Let the world and church forgiven 
 
 Echo back the lofty theme. 
 
 163. 8. 7. Altered. 
 Mourners invited to Christ 
 'IIREMBLING moumere, woo»d-be Chrwtiam 
 
 1- Who are seeking Christ the L(Hd; 
 "Midst vour woes and tribulations. 
 Hear the gospel's cheering wwnd 
 
IW MISCELLANIES. 
 
 Christ h?s sent me to invite you 
 
 To • - <"^« fy rd V js>' / least, 
 Let not shame and pride prevent you^— 
 
 Come, the rich provision taste. 
 
 2 If you have a heart lamentmg, 
 
 And bemoan your w^retched case; 
 Come to Jesus Christ repenting, 
 
 He will grant you pard'ning grace: 
 If, like Mar}', you ve oeen keeping 
 
 Seven fiends in your embrace ; 
 Fly, like her, to Jesus, weeping, 
 
 He will bid you go in peace. 
 
 3 If vour heart is unbelieving, 
 
 t)oubting Jesus' pard'ning love , 
 Wait before his temple pleading, 
 
 Till the Saviour's bowels move. 
 Faith aad .ove, and joy and pleasure. 
 
 All are stor'd in Christ the Lord ; 
 Heavenly blessings, without measure. 
 
 Mourning hearts shall soon record 
 
 4 If, like Peter, you are sinking 
 
 In the sea of unbelief; 
 Wait with patience, constant praying 
 
 Christ will grant j-ou sweet relief: 
 He will give you grace and glory, — 
 
 All your wants shall be supplied— 
 Canaan, Canaan lies before you, 
 
 Rise and cross tlie swelling tide. 
 
 5 Death shall not destroy your comfort; 
 
 Christ shall guide you through the gloom 
 IX>wn he '11 send a heavenly convoy, 
 
 To conduct you to his home 
 There vom 'W spend your days in pleasure, 
 
 Free from every want and care — 
 Come, O come, my blessed Saviour, 
 
 Fain my Spirit would be there. 
 
MISCELLANIES. 154 
 
 1&4. 7. 6. Anon 
 Vht Piigrim encouraged from a view of his journey's end 
 
 GOOD morning, brother pilgrim, 
 ' What, bound for Canaan's comlt 
 ' March to the new Jerusalem, 
 ' And join the heaven'y host : 
 ' Pray, wherefore are you smiling, 
 
 ' While tears run down your face * 
 ' We soon shall cease from toiling, 
 ' And reach that happy place.' 
 
 2 To Salem I am hastenmg 
 
 To join the heaven Iv throng, 
 Hark I from the banks of Jordan, 
 
 How sweet the pilgrim's song! 
 Mv Jesus there is pleading, 
 
 hy faith I have this view; 
 I smile, and weep, and praise hiro 
 
 And on my way pursue. 
 
 3 If sinners should despise me. 
 
 And treat me with disdain; 
 My former comrades slight me. 
 
 And cast me off as mean ; 
 Or if I 'm tempted sorely 
 
 While marching on this way, 
 My Jesus will defend me 
 
 In the distressing day. 
 
 \ The frown of old companions 
 
 We 're willing to sustain, 
 Their case we know is awfuJ, 
 
 They 're bound to endless pain 
 But Christ, our lovely Saviour, 
 
 Our Comforter and Friend 
 Preserves us in all danger. 
 
 And will c'JT case defend. 
 
 •'' Shall we not prav for sinners. 
 While Jesus fills our souls, 
 While he doth speak within us. 
 And lOve's sweet curient rolli? 
 
6£ MISCELLANIES. 
 
 We ')'. praise with ever\' pow««i 
 
 And sing, and shout aloud, 
 Uniil thai happy hour 
 
 When we ascend to God. 
 f) With streams of consolation 
 
 I 'm fiil'd, as with new wine, 
 I die to iransient pleasures. 
 
 And live to things divine; 
 I sing with holy transport. 
 
 While viewing things above- 
 All glory to my Saviour ! 
 
 Mv soul is lull of love. 
 
 7 In yon bright world of pleasure 
 
 Behold the shining throng ! 
 Salvation to the Saviour, 
 
 Is llowing from each tongue ; 
 The sparkling gales are open. 
 
 The golden streets I view; 
 My liappy soul would join then;, 
 
 And praise my Jesus too. 
 
 8 The gales of grace are blowing. 
 
 My soul is on the wing, 
 Salvation's current 's flowing, 
 
 And well may Christians sing : 
 The fiery chariot 's rolling 
 
 To bear me through the skie»— 
 To precious loving Jesua 
 
 Away my spirit flies. 
 
 165. 8. 6. Altered. 
 The Pilgrimage. 
 
 YE weary, heavy-laden souls, 
 \\ lie are oppressed sore. 
 Ye travelers through this wildeme*. 
 
 To Canaan's peaceful shore; 
 Throuph criilluig winds, and boating i 
 
 And waters deep and cold. 
 
 And enemies surrounding you— 
 
 Take courage and be bold. 
 
MISCKLLAMES. 16S 
 
 I Though -stomis and hurricanos arise. 
 The desert all around, 
 And fiery serpenis oft appear. 
 
 In this enchanted ground ; 
 Dark nights, and clouds, and gloomy fears, 
 
 And wolves and lions roar; 
 
 Vet, in our great Redeemer's strength. 
 
 We '11 press to Canaan's shore. 
 
 ' We're often like the lonesome dove 
 
 That mourns her absent male. 
 
 From hill to hill, from vale to vale 
 
 Hei woes she doth relate ; 
 But Canaan just before us lies. 
 Sweet spring is coming on, 
 A few more beating winds and rain«. 
 
 And winter will be gone. 
 Sometimes like mountains to the skies. 
 
 The waves of Jordan roar. 
 And make us feeble pilgrims fear, 
 
 We never shall get o'er ; 
 But let us gain mount Pisgah's top, 
 
 And view the vernal plain; 
 To fright us then let Jordan roar, 
 
 And hell may rage in vain. 
 Methinks I now begin to see 
 The borders of that land ; 
 The trees of grace, with heavenly fruit, 
 
 In beauteous order stand , 
 These storms will soon be overblown. 
 
 The llowers of spring ap}>ear, 
 The fiftieth year is rolling on. 
 
 That great Sabbatic year. 
 O what a glorious sight appears 
 
 To my admiring eves I 
 By faith I see Jerusalem 
 
 Descending from the skies! 
 Sweet angels whisp'ring me away, 
 
 ' O, come to glory, come ' 
 And 1 am waiting to be erone 
 To my eternal home. 
 U2 
 
fi6 MISCKI.LANIKS. 
 
 ■7 Farewell, my brethren in '.lie Lorr*^ 
 
 Who are to Canaan bound , 
 And if we never meet again, 
 
 Ti'l Gabriel's trump shall sound, 
 O, may we meet Together there. 
 
 On that delightful shore. 
 In oceans of eternal bliss, 
 
 Where we shall part no more. 
 
 166. 11. 8. Anon. 
 Christ the chiefest of ten thousands. 
 
 O THOU, in whose presence my soul takes delieh 
 On whom in affliction I call ; 
 My comfort by day, and my song in the night, 
 My Hope, my Salvation, my All ! 
 
 2 Where dost thou at noon-fide resort with thy sheep, 
 
 To feed on the pastures of love '. 
 Sav. why in the valley of death should I weepj 
 Or alone in the wilderness rove I 
 
 3 O, why should I wander an alien from thee. 
 
 And cry in the desert for bread ? 
 Thv li>os will rejoice when my sorrows they see. 
 And smile at the tears I have shed. 
 
 4 Ye daughters of Zion, declare, have ye wen 
 
 Tlie Stiir that on Israel shone ? 
 Sav, if in your tents my Beloved has been, 
 And wherewith his flock he is gone ? 
 
 5 ' What is thy Beloved, thou dignified fair; 
 
 ' What excellent beauties has he ? 
 His charms and perfections be pleas'd to declare, 
 'That we may embrace him with thee /' 
 S This is my Beloved, his form is divine ; 
 His vestments spread odour around ; 
 The lo<'ks on his head, are as gra[)es on the vine. 
 When autumn with plenty is crown'd. 
 * Tlie roses of Sharon, the lilies that grow 
 In the vales on the banks of the streams. 
 On his cheeks in the beauty of excellence blow 
 A nd his eyes are as quivers of beams. 
 
MISCELLANIES. 16" 
 
 * liis voKc, as itie sound of the dulcimer sweet. 
 Is lu'uni llm)iipli ihe snadovNS of dealh ; 
 The cedai-s of Lehaiioii Dow at his ieet, 
 The air is [)erfiinrd with his bre«Ih. 
 
 9 His h[is as the (oimtain of righteousness flow, 
 
 That waters the garden of grace ; 
 From which their salvation llie Gentiles shall ki*tiv%i 
 Atui task in (he smiles of liis face. 
 
 10 Love sits in his evehds, and scatters delight 
 
 Through all the bright mansions on high : 
 Theii faces the Chernbim veil in his sight, 
 •And tremble with fullness of joy. 
 
 11 He looks — and ten thousands of angels rejoice. 
 
 And millions attend on his word ; 
 He speaks — and eternity, fiU'd with his voice. 
 Re-echoes the praise of its Lord. 
 
 li Such is my beloved, in excellence bright. 
 
 When pleas'd he looks down from above — 
 Like ihe morn when he breathes from ihe chamber* 
 of light — 
 And comforts his people with love. 
 
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 167. 8. 7. 4. Swoin. 
 Tht coming <ij Christ to judgment 
 
 O ! he comes, array 'd in vengeance. 
 Riding down theheavenly roaJ; 
 Floods of fury roll befor*^ him - 
 Who can meet an angry God ? 
 
 Tremble, sinners, 
 WIio can stand before his rod ? 
 
 2 Lo I he comes, in glory shining , 
 S;iints, arise, and meet your King I 
 Glorious Captain of salvation, 
 Welc-ome ! welcome !' hear them sing 
 
 Shouts of triiunph 
 Make the heavenly mansions ring. 
 
lAH MISCELI A^MES. 
 
 3 [Now, ciespisers, look and wonder f n 
 Hear the dreadllil sound — ' Depart." 
 Rattling, like a peal oi' thunder. 
 
 Through eath gudty rebel's heart — 
 
 Lost for ever — 
 Ihjpe and sinnei-s here must part I 
 
 4 Still they hear the awful sentence, 
 Hell resounds the dreadful roar. 
 
 While their heart-strings twinge with angiiial. 
 Trembling on the burning shore I 
 
 Justice seals it — 
 Dow n they sink to rise no more !] 
 ^ Hark ! ten thousand harps resoundmg, 
 Forind in bright and grand array, 
 See the glorious armies rising. 
 While their Captain leads the way I 
 
 Heaven before them 
 Opens an eternal day ! 
 
 IfiS 7's. Altered. 
 If I pen ah, 1 perish. Eslher iv. 16 
 
 T I perish, I will go 
 To the blessed Saviour's feet: 
 If his mercy he bestow, 
 
 I shall sweet forgiveness meet 
 If I perish. 1 will go — 
 
 Jesus, Saviour, pity me! — 
 If I sink to endless woe, 
 
 All is just, and right with thee. 
 If I perish, I will go, 
 
 Go to Jesus, and will cry, 
 Saviour, now thy grace bestow 
 
 On a wretch so vile as I. 
 Who can perish at his throne. 
 
 Pleading his atoning blood? . 
 He has said, ' I '11 cast out none "*— 
 
 I will venture on his word. 
 Shall I perish ? — no, not I ; 
 
 None can perish at his feet: 
 Son of God ! didst thou not die, 
 
 Die to Day my {juilty debt ? 
 
 I' 
 
MISCELLANIES 63 
 
 6 Jpstjs. advocate above, 
 
 l*lea(l my cause before the throne. 
 Fill my soul with holy love— 
 C'lauii and seal me for thy own. 
 
 If I 'm willing to be thine, 
 
 .Now roceivf and lunke me whole 
 
 If unwilling— Lord, incline, 
 And in mercy save my soul. 
 
 169. (Ps. 121.) WaKs 
 God, our Preserver 
 
 UPWARD I lift mine e,es. 
 From God is all my aid, 
 The God that t^uili the skie.s, 
 
 And eartli and nature made. 
 G'kI is the tower to which I {\y, 
 His grace is nigh in every hour. 
 
 2 Mv feet shall never slide, 
 
 •And fall in fatal snares, 
 Sim^e God, mv guard and guide. 
 
 Defends me from mv fears ; 
 Those wakeful eyes that never sleep, 
 5>hall Israel keep when dangers rise. 
 
 3 No burning heats by day, 
 
 iN'or bla.sts of eve'nins: air, 
 Sh.aU take my health away, 
 
 If God be "with me there : 
 Thou art my sun, and thou my shade. 
 To guanl my head by night or noon. 
 
 1 Hast thou not given thy word. 
 
 To .save my soul from death ? 
 And I car trust my Lord, 
 
 U'ho kee()s mv "morlal breath : 
 I 11 go and come— nor iear to die. 
 Till from on high thou call me hom«» 
 
MISCELLANIES. 
 
 170. 7's. Lelarid, 
 Baptism in cold weather. 
 
 CHRISTIANS, if your hearts be wiirm, 
 Ice and snow can do no hann • 
 Fire and water lx)th agree, — 
 Winter soldiers never Hee. 
 
 2 If you love ilie blessed Lord, 
 Yield obedience to his word; 
 Now be buried, then arise — 
 Force your passage to tlie skies, 
 
 171. C. M. 
 Hymn to the Spirit. 
 
 SPIRIT Divine I attend our prayer 
 And make this house thy home ; 
 E)escend with all thy gracious power, 
 O come, great Spirit, come. 
 
 I Come as the dew, and sweetly bless 
 This consecrated hour; 
 Let barrenness rejoice to own 
 Thy fertilizing power. 
 
 3 Come as the wind, with rushing sound 
 
 And pentecostal grace ; 
 That all the sons of men may see 
 The glorj' of thy face. 
 
 4 Spirit Divine ! aitend our prayer, 
 
 Make a lost workl thy home ; 
 Descend w ith all thy gracious power, 
 O come, great Spirit, come. 
 
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 MISCeLLAMES. 172, 179 
 
 172. CM. Altered. 
 
 Tht Flower of Wonders. 
 
 flE finest flower that e'er was known. 
 
 Open'd on Calvary's tree, 
 When Christ the Lord was pierc'd and torn, 
 For love of worthless me. 
 
 2 It faded as in crimson streams, 
 
 lis healing balm r,"in down, 
 But soon reviv'd and blooms again. 
 In beauties all unknown. 
 
 3 On Canaan's banks supremely fair, 
 
 This flower of wonders blooms, 
 Transplanted to its native air, 
 And all the shores perfumes 
 
 4 Whene'er its fruitful seeds descend. 
 
 And fall upon the mind, 
 Its sweet perfumes and beauties blend. 
 And all our passions bind. 
 
 5 Love is the sweetest bud that blows, 
 
 Its beauty never dies ; 
 tti earth among the saints if grows. 
 
 And blossoms in the skies. 
 
 173. L.M. 
 The Faded Flower : A Tribute. 
 
 WHERE life's faint stream ran smoothly 3jr> 
 A wither'd flower was seen to lie ; 
 I 'd lately seen it rich in bloom. 
 But lo ! it faded at the tomb. 
 
 2 And yet her hof)es in safely htmg, 
 Around a living Vine she clung. 
 And upwards still was seen to move 
 T<» bloom in paradise above. 
 
r4 MISCELLANIES. 
 
 3 In Christ our kindred spirits join'd. 
 Around this V^irie of Life entvvin'd; 
 And friendship no abalement knowB, 
 Which from the heavenly fountain flowBi 
 
 4 With what delight she incense shed, 
 To cheer the heart, exalt the head! 
 For generous flowers emit perfume, 
 And make the dreary desert bloom. 
 
 5 Open and frank as beams of day, 
 Dignity mark'd her radiant way ; 
 
 But when the bleeding breast she heal'd. 
 Herself she nobly kept conceal'd. 
 
 6 Such was the sw^eetness of thai flower, 
 That faded in one fatal hour ; 
 
 Faded to blossom o'er the tomb, 
 And flourish in immortal bloom. 
 
 174. L. M. 
 
 Desiring submission in pain, 
 
 FATHER, is not my soul inclined 
 To yield to all thy sovereign will 
 To ease or pain to be resign'd. 
 To life or death submissive still ? 
 
 2 But while I feel the pure desire, 
 When pains my feeble frame assail, 
 My trembling nopes almost expire. 
 My strongest resolutions fail. 
 
 3 Fain would I kiss the smarting rod. 
 But flesh is fearful, frail, and weak. 
 My spirit seeks to thee, my God, 
 
 O let me find the God I seek. 
 
 4 Then shall I triumph o'er my pain. 
 In all the ways of duty run; 
 Then shal'. I count mv loss my gain 
 And say, tliy holy will be done. 
 
MISCELLANIES. 175, JtTi 
 
 9 Then shall I fear nor pain, nor death. 
 But vield to all thy sovere.gn sway ; 
 For thee shall spend my every breath. 
 And rise through Christ to endless day. 
 
 175. L. M. Wads 
 Christ's presence makes death easy. 
 
 WHY should we start and fear to die f 
 VVhaC timorous worms we mortalfi aie. 
 Death is the gate of endless joy, 
 And yet we dread to enter there. 
 
 2 The pains, the groans, the dying strife, 
 Fright our approaching souls away, 
 Still we shrink uack again to life, 
 Fond of our prison and our clay 
 
 3 O if my Lord would come and meet, 
 
 My soul should stretch her wings in haste, 
 Fly fearless through death's iron gate. 
 Nor feel the terroi-s as she pass'd. 
 
 4 Jes-is can make a dying bed, 
 Feel soft as downy pillows are. 
 While on his breast I lean my head, 
 And breathe my life out sweetly there. 
 
 176. C. M. [Vatls. 
 The Burial of a Christian. 
 
 WHY do we mourn departing friendi. 
 Or shake at death's alarms? 
 Tis but the voice that Jesus sends. 
 To call them to his arms. 
 
 2 VVhv should we tremble to convey 
 Their bodies to the tomb ? 
 There the dear flesh of Jesus lay. 
 And left a long perfume. 
 
 5 The graves of all his 3aints he blest. 
 
 And si»ften'd every bed ; 
 Where "hould the dying members rest, 
 But with their dying head ? 
 
«77 MISCELLANIES. 
 
 4 Thence he arose, ascended high. 
 
 And show'd our feet the way; 
 dp to the Lord our flesh shall fly, 
 At the great rising day. 
 
 5 Then lot the last loud trumpet sound. 
 
 And bid our kindred rise ; 
 Awake ! ye nations under ground, 
 Ye saints, ascend the skies. 
 
 177. L.M. 
 Dedication to God. 
 
 TREMBLING I fall before thy thro^ 
 Mysterious Three, Almighty On« 
 O help me now from all to part. 
 And yield an undivided heart. 
 
 2 O mell it, mould it all anew. 
 
 For thou alone the work canst do, — 
 Father, I bring no plea l>eside. 
 Save Jesus and him crucified. 
 
 3 My kind Redeemer, can it bo 
 
 That thou hast bled for worthless me ? 
 
 let me feel thy healing power, 
 In this devoted,'anxious hour. 
 
 4 Eternal Spirit, gracious Lord, 
 
 1 would, I do believe thy word, — 
 And if I have not, help me now, 
 My heart to yield, thy will to do. 
 
 5 Give me repentance, give me faith, 
 The faith that triumphs over death; 
 The faith that works, and works by Iov« 
 And waffs the soul to jo}-s above. 
 
 6 May this be the propitious time. 
 When thou wilt make me wholly thine 
 When all my powers shall be subdued. 
 And sin forever drowu'd in blood. 
 
MISCELLANIES. l77 
 
 7 To tlie*^, Almighty Lord of hosts, 
 Great Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, 
 I raise the song, thy name adore. 
 And long to praise thee evermore. 
 
 8 But O. the loftiest strain is lost. 
 
 And thine, thou sweet, celestial hos*, 
 Unstrung the harj) — be mute the lay»,- 
 Let s»^lemn " silence muse his praise.'* 
 
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TABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 A fflictions, thoiigrh they seem severe VJ9 
 
 All hail, the power of Jesus' name 17 
 
 All within was dark and gloomy ()7 
 
 An alien from God, and a stranper to grace 117 
 
 And art thou, gracious Master, gone (13 
 
 And now, my dear brethren, I bid you farewell 146 
 
 Arise, and shine, O Zion fair 138 
 
 At a distance from heaven, in a world of contention. 109 
 
 Attend, ye saints, and hear me tell &0 
 
 Awak'd by Sinai's awful sound 43 
 
 Awake! careless sinners, believe and obey 153 
 
 Awake, my dear brethren, who trust in the Lord 1 12 
 
 Away my doubts, begone, my fear 156 
 
 Awake, my heart ! my soul, "arise 149 
 
 Away, my unbelieving fear 157 
 
 Awake, ye soldiers of the cross 108 
 
 Begone, unbelief my Saviour is i.ear 92 
 
 Behold the path that mortals tread 131 
 
 Blessed are the sons of God K)0 
 
 Brethren, I am come again 141 
 
 Brethren, we are met to worship 61 
 
 Brethren, while we sojourn here 1(V5 
 
 Bright scenes of glory strike my sense 101 
 
 Brightness of the Father's glory 32 
 
 Burst, ye emerald gates, and bring 16 
 
 Christians, dismiss your fear 14 
 
 Christians, if your hearts he warm 170 
 
 Come we that love the Lord 27 
 
 Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched l.">4 
 
 Come, dear brethren in the Saviour 15.^ 
 
 Come, thou Fount of every blessing 35 
 
 Come, every mourning sinner '. 56 
 
 Come, brethren and sisters, who 're now on the way. 69 
 
 Come, soldiers for Jesus, attend to this way 70 
 
 Come, all ye who ever have mercy obtain'd 7* 
 
 473 
 
TABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL SONOB. 
 
 •5ome. all wlio are trav'lling lo Canaan 79 
 
 Come, and laste alonjr with me 98 
 
 Como away to the skies fil 
 
 Come, Lord, and help us to rejoice ,. 91 
 
 Come, my friend, and lei us try 90 
 
 Come on! my partners in distress 107 
 
 Come, soldiers of Jesus, awake from your sleep lOti 
 
 Come, ye that love the Lord indeed 91 
 
 Park and thorny is the desert 158 
 
 J)iaw niirh to us, Jehovah H3 
 
 Rartii has engross'd my love too long.' '.58 
 
 Hiicoiirasd by thy word &2 
 
 father, is not my soul inclin'd 1/4 
 
 Farewell, my friends, I must be gone 1 lo 
 
 Farewell, my dear brethren, the time is at hand ! H 
 
 Fraught with peace and consolation 5 
 
 From Greenland's icy mountains .13 
 
 From realms where the day its first dawning extends 50 
 
 Fron; the regions of love, lo! an angel descended 4 
 
 God is our refuge in distress H3 
 
 God of my salvation, hear 5^. 
 
 Good morning, brother pilgrim 164 
 
 Grace ! 'tis a sacred plant of heavenly birth 44 
 
 Hail, the blest morn ! see the great Mediator 1 
 
 Hail the day that sees him rise 15 
 
 Hail! the gospel Jubilee 54 
 
 Hark! the jubilee is sounding ICi 
 
 Hark ! the gospel trumpet 's sounding 162 
 
 Hark ! the voice of love and mercy 10 
 
 Hark ! don't you hear the turtle-dove 51 
 
 Hark! my soul, it is the Lord ]0C 
 
 lliili!-r. ye faithful, haste with songs of triumph 3 
 
 How (irm a foundation, ve saints of tlie Lord ."iO 
 
 How happy 's every child of grace II!) 
 
 How lost was my condition 10 
 
 How sad is my state ! says the heart-broken sinner. . 57 
 
 How tedijus and tasteless the hours 88 
 
 H(»8anna ! to Jesus 4] 
 
 If I perish, I will go I6g 
 
 i il sing my Saviour's grace 9] 
 
 474 
 
TABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL SONG* 
 
 f lonji t(t see the sPtison come P 
 
 I'm tired of visits, modes, anil formfl 1^ 
 
 Iri soii<;s of sublime a<loratioM and praise 159 
 
 [n evil lon<; I took deli<;lit tiO 
 
 Infinite goodness teaches us submission 129 
 
 In the floods of tribulation 12? 
 
 I would not live alway, thus fetter'd by sin IJj 
 
 Jerusalem ! my happy home lit 
 
 lesus, lover of my soul Im 
 
 Jesus drinks the bitter cup 11 
 
 Jesus, I my cross have taken 77 
 
 lesits, let thy pitying eye 5^ 
 
 Jesus, Master, pray discover 74 
 
 Jesub, thou odoriferous name ll- 
 
 Jesus, thy boundless love to me 114 
 
 Jesus, we are met to worship GO 
 
 Let earth and heaven agree 09 
 
 Let thy kingdom, blessed Saviour 22 
 
 Lo! he comes, array'd in vengeance 167 
 
 Lord, and is thine anger gone 84 
 
 Lord, ihou hast search'dand seen 37 
 
 My Christian friends in bonds of love 144 
 
 My days, my weeks, my months, my years 134 
 
 My 'Jod, my heart with love inflame 39 
 
 My Jesus, I pray thee to be ever near - 130 
 
 My soul 's full of glory, inspiring my tongue . 23 
 
 My youthful friends, to ruin bound 135 
 
 IVo room for mirth nor trifling here 132 
 
 Now the Saviour stands a pleading 15^ 
 
 0*er tlie gloomy hills of darkness 17 
 
 h' tis a glorious mystery "JO 
 
 O glorious hope of perfect love 93 
 
 O how happy are they ft.' 
 
 O how I am pleas'd through the desert to rove 55 
 
 O how I have long'd for the coming of God 87 
 
 O Jesus, my Saviour ! to know thou art mine .34 
 
 O Jesus, my Saviour, to th*"} I submit 33 
 
 O praise ye the Lord, prepare your glad voice 24 
 
 O tell nie no mor'' of tliis world's vain store 12C 
 
 O thou God of my salvation 31 
 
 O thou, in whose presence my soul takes delight 10* 
 
 475 
 
TABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 t> turn guilty sinners. O why will you die 137 
 
 Oh ! when shall I see Jesus 113 
 
 On earth the sdtif: beciiis 26 
 
 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand 120 
 
 Once in the time of pressing need 72 
 
 Retird from man, in some lonely recess 124 
 
 Savio'ir. visit thy plantation 110 
 
 Salvation ! O mysterious plan 4.1 
 
 Say now, ye lovely social band Ill 
 
 Says Faith, look yonder ! see the crown ] 10 
 
 Saw ye my Saviour •< 
 
 yiop, poor sinners, stop and think lol 
 
 ,veet rivers of redeeming love 12? 
 
 jrit Divine! attend our praver 
 
 Tell me no more of earthly toys 125 
 
 The fountain of mercy rolls down from the sky 70 
 
 Thi elorious light of Zion 46 
 
 Th? gospel brings tidings of peace from above 45 
 
 The 2os()el-day br<>aks o'er the world 48 
 
 The finest flower that e'er was known 172 
 
 The Lord into his garden conies 49 
 
 The Lord is my Shepherd, my guard 20 
 
 The time draws nigh. I must go home ITG 
 
 There is a heaven above the skies 89 
 
 There is a land of pleasure 102 
 
 This day my soul has caught new fire !»9 
 
 Through all the world below 38 
 
 Throughout the Saviour's life we trace 7 
 
 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song ^ 36 
 
 'Tis my desire with God to walk '. QH 
 
 'Tis night, and the world is sunk to repose 6 
 
 Treiiiblinff I fall before tliv throne 177 
 
 Treuiblinc mourners, would-be Christians '.03 
 
 Trump of war! awake the soldier i03 
 
 ['pward Ilift mine eyes 1G9 
 
 Vain, delusive world, adieu 12 
 
 What sound is this salutes mine ear 139 
 
 What wondrous love is this, O my soul . . 40 
 
 vVhen Christ, the Lord, had !eft the dead 75 
 
 When drawn by the Father, I came 08 
 
 VVhen gathering clouds around I view 28 
 
 When my Saviour, my Shepherd, is near 21 
 
 476 
 
TABLE FOR THE SPIRITUAL SONGS. 
 
 When sinful tiian my Lord betray'd ft 
 
 When thou, my rigliteous Judge, shall come 140 
 
 While angels .strike their tuneful strings l;)ti 
 
 While in this vale of sorrow 147 
 
 Why sleep ye, my brethren ? — come let us arise 104 
 
 With gladness, dear brethren, we met at this place. . . W.* 
 
 When first my heart was wounded ti4 
 
 Where life s faint stream ran smoothly by. .. 17:t 
 
 Why do we mourn departinj: friends '. ]7() 
 
 VA'hy should we start and fear to die 175 
 
 Wounded by the Spirit's sword 73 
 
 Ve brethren, who profess the Lord 7J 
 
 Ye children of Zion, who "re bound to the kingdom. .. 97 
 
 Ve happy children, who follow Jesus 9t; 
 
 Ye nations e.xult, for salvation is nigh 2 
 
 Ye travellers to Paradise 23 
 
 Ye weary, heavy-laden souls IbS 
 
 Z)UR tlie marvellous story be telling .. !2i 
 
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