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ANDOVER-HARVARD THEOLOGICAL LIBRARY

CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS

HYIklNS

FOR

CHRISTIAN MELODY.

SELECTED

FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS

filled with die Spirit— teaching and admonkhliig In palm and hymiK and tpiritoal iongi' rin^ng mOoij in your hcarta to tlie Lord.— wffXMflB PmO.

DOVER:

rVBLIlHXD BY THE TRUSTEES OF THE FREE-WILL BAPTIST CONNXCTIOir.

1841.

Bntered according to Act of Congreu, in the year 1639, by Datio Hakks, in the Clerk*e Offlco of the Dlitrlct Coort of Maaaachoietta

STEBBOTTFED AT THE BOntni TTRB AND STEREOTTPE FOUNDRT.

PREFACE.

Maict choice collections of hymns are already before the pablic. Almost every Christian sect bas its Hymn Book, adapted to its own conve- niency. Nor can this course be a bad one, since it is the duty of all Christians to do what lies in their power to promote the kingdom of Christ on earth.

This publication is designed to Aimish churches of the Free-will Baptist Connection with a Hymn Book, combining a sufficient va- riety of matter with a convenient ai]^ange- ment of subjects : and possessing sentmienta consistent with their views of Scripture doc- trine. Such a work was thought to be much needed. Our last General Conference expressed views of this nature, and requested their pub- liahing committee to compile and publish a suitable Hymn Book for the use of the Con- nection.

The following is the result of their labors. It is not supposed to be perfect. Yet no pains have been spared to render it as tree from fliult as the time allowed for its preparation would admit. In selecting from a larse number of authors, however, some expressmns may have passed, that would allow of a change for the oetter. But, in general, we believe the senti- ments are Scriptural.

Parts of hymns that were exceptionable, or of little value, have been freely omitted. But nymns that could not be admitted without considerable alteration, have been laid aside for others more ■oitable.

As this was designed to be a standard work Ibr tile Connection, those pieces only have been ■ought, which possess poetic merit. Experience lias pioved, that no composition of an inferior eluuracter can long be used to edification. Y^t. ander several heads, sacred poetry could n' found which bad the desirable qualities.

PRJSFACE.

onlv course, then, was, to omit putting bymns under those heads, or use such as could be ob- tained. On some subjects, very many hymns appeared to be almost' equalhr worthy. And some may be disappointed to find their faTorite hymns left out. But, as others, too, have their favorite hymns, and many must be omitted^ it became necessary to make that selection which promised the greatest useflilness. Some may have t)een retained instead of better ones that have been rejected, though it is hoped such in- stances are not frequent.

For conveniency, the hymns are arranged under heads. The Attributes of God, Charac- ters of Christ, and the Christian Graces, are severally arranged under their heads in alpha- betical order. The articles under Scripture Doctrine, the hymns on the Seasons, and a few others, stand in their supposed natural order. Under the other heads, the hymns are, in gene- ral, arranged alphabetically.

The Index of Scriptures, and Index of Sub- jects, are believed to be copious and accurate An improved Table of First Lines has also been

Erepared. With these advantages, we hope the ook will be found sufficiently convenient. As many singers desire the names of tunes to be placed over each hymn, they have been in- serted. If some do not wish it, no harm is done to them, and to>other8 it may be useful.

When it is considered that the judicious se- lection and arrangement of one thousand hjrmns, must be attended with some difficulty, it is hoped the imperfections of our work will not be viewed with an unfriendly eye. Having en- deavored to prepare the Hymn Book in that form best calculated to promote the interests of Zion, we would submit it to the candor of our Chris- tian brethren, while we humblv implore the di- vine blessing on our labors, and on the Israel of God universally.

HENRY HOBBS, 1 Publisbinf CoBunlttee,

SAMUEL BEEDE, V^ISIISL^^^.S^

WILLIAM BURR, J SffiSSS?' ""* ^^

lamerickt J^rri^, 189

HYMNS.

BEING AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

1L. M. Old Hundred, LowdL

Being qf Ood. Pti. 104. 1 riiHERE is a God— all nature speaks, ■■■ Thro' earth, and air, and sea, and skies See, from the clouds hia glory breaks^ When the first beams of morning rise.

S The rising sun, serenely bright.

O'er the wide world's extended frame, Inscribes, in characters of light. His mighty Maker's glorious name.

3 Te curious minds^ who roam abroad, And trace creation's wonders o'er, Ck>nfe8s the footsteps of the God :— Bow down before him — and adore.

Btbblk.

2 I'* M. Bothwdk 1 np HERE is a God, who reigns above,

J. Lord of the heaven, and earth, and seas ; I fear his wrath, I ask his love. And with my lips I sing his praise. S There is a law which he has writ. To teach us all what we must do; My soul, to his commands submit, For they are holy. Just, and true.

3 7*1»T8 Is a gospel rich fai grace.

Whence sinners all their emnforts draw liord, I repent and seek thy &ee. For I have oilen broke thy law.

3, 4 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES

4 There is an hour when I must die,

Nor do I Icnow how soon 'twill come; How many, younger much than I, Have passed by death to hear their doom.

6 Let me improve the hours I have, Before the day of grace is fled ; There's no repentance in the grave, Nor pardon offered to the dead. Watts.

3S. M. Watchman.

Compassion of Ood. Ps. 103.

1 Ji/i'Y soul, repeat His praise, ITX Whose mercies are so great ; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate.

8 His power subdues our sins.

And his forgiving love. Far as the East is from the We«t, Doth all our guilt remove.

3 The pity of the Lord,

To those that fear his name. Is such as tender parents feel ; He knows our feehle frame.

4 He knows we are but dust.

Scattered with every breath: His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death.

5 Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour.

6 But thy compassions, Lord,

To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. Watts.

4L. M. Nantwl^

Cojulescennon of Ood*

1 ffiHY &vors. Lord, surprise our souls: X Will the ExsiurAi. dwell with us? What canst thou find beneath thQ poles. To tempt thy chariot downward thuir

9 Still might he fill his starry throne.

And please his ears with Gabriel's songi ; But heavenly Majesty comes down, And bows to hearken to our tongues

OF GOD. §2^

3 Great God ! whtlt poor retumi we pay, For love eo infinite ae thine : s

Wmrda are bat air, and tonsues but clay, But tby compassioa's all oivine. Watts.

0 L. M. Fortqpl, Truro.

1 ¥TF to tbe Lord, who reigns on hieh, tJ And views the nations firom atar, Let everiasting praises fly.

And tell how large his bounties are.

9 He who can shake the worlds he made. Or with his word, or with his rod,— His goodness, how amazing great. And what a condescending God !

3 Our sorrows and our tears we pour

Into the bosom of our God ; He hears us in the moumAil hour. And helpe to bear the heavy load.

4 In vain mi|^t lofty jnlnces try

Such condescension to perform ; For worms were never rused so hlfl^ Above their meanest fellow-worm.

6 Oh t could our thankAil hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace — To the third heaven our songs should rise. And teach the golden harps thy praise.

Watts.

6L. M. OldHiiiid«ad,lMi«d. Domtdtm tf Ood. Fs. 93.

1 fEHOYAH reigns! he dwells in liglit, •^ Girded with majesty and might; The world, created bv his hands, 8til] on its lint foundation stands.

3 But ere this spacious worid was made, Or bad its first foundation laid, Tliy throne eternal ages stood, Thyaalf the ever4iving God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise. And aim their rage against the skws ; Vain floods, that aim their rage so blfk At thy rebuke the billows die.

4 Fi»r ever shall thy throne endure ; Thy promise stands for evwr sure ;

?l 8 BEING AND ATTSIBUTBS

An^ everiftfting holineas

Becomes tbe dwelliogs of thy graeef

Watti.

f S. P. M. D«l|l9B.

1 (TtHG Lord Jehorah reignsi

X And royal state maintauii ; His head with awAiI glories crowned j

Arrayed in robes of light,

Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of mi^esty around.

S Upheld by thy commands,

The world secorely stands. And skies and stars obey thy word :

Thv throne was fixed on high,

Before the starry sky : Eternal is thy kingdom, Lord.

3 Let floods and nations rage, * And all their powers engage, —

JLet swelling tides assault the sky : The terrors of thy frown Shall beat their madness down :

Thy thione for ever stands on hig|i

4 Thy promises are true, Thy Krace is ever new :

Th^re fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove :

Thy saints, with holy fear,

Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. Watt**

8C M. iLnwU, pnlBtTN,

Eternity <^ God.

1 OISB, riae, my soul, and leave the ground, JV SueUh all thy thoughts abroad,-* And rouse up every tuneful sound, To praise the eternal Crod.

9 Long ere the lofty skies weiD spreadt Jehovah filled his throne ; Or Adam formed, or angels made, J«l)ovaji lived alone.

S Hli boundless years can ne'er decrease, But still maintain their prime ; Etenilty*^ his dwelling-placa, And av BE is his tima.

, OF GOD. 9, 10

4 WMle like a tide our minutes flow,

Tlia preflent and the past— > He fills his own immortal NOW, And sees our ages waste*

5 The sea and sky must perish too,

And vast destruction come ; The creatures—look, how old they grow, — And wait their fiery doom !

6 Well, let the sea shrink all away.

And flame melt down the skies ;-^ My God shall live an endless day. When old creation dies. Watts.

f C. M. St. Ann'k, Caatertwy

1 riiHOU didst, O mighty God, exist

X Ere time began its race 3 Before the ample elements Filled up the void of space ;

2 Before the ponderous earthly globe |

In fluid air was stayed ; ''*•

Before the ocean's mi^ty springs Ulieir liquid stores displayed. «

3 And when the pillars of the world

With sudden ruin break, ^d aU this vast and goodly frame Sinks in the mighty wreck ;—

4 When from her orb the moon shall start.

The astonished sun roll back ; WhJtte aU the trembling starry lamps Their ancient course forsake , — § For erer permanent and fixed, Fnmi agitation firee, Unchanged, in everlasting years, Shall thy existence be. Bowk.

1 A L. M. Furtogal, Wells, Shod.

•■•" FaWtfiilMss of Ood.

1 '^tX humble saints, proclaiqn abroad X The honors of a faithfiil God ; Bow just and true are all his ways. How much above your highest praise I

9 He wiU not his great self deny : Ji God all tiuth can never lie : Afl well might he his being quit, As break his oath, or word forget.

1 1 , 12 BRING AND ATl'RIBUTES

li ).et ftrigbted riven change their course,

Or backward hasten to their source ; . Swift through the air let rocks be hurled. And mountains like the chaff be whirled ; —

4 Let suns and stars forget to rise, Or quit their stations in the skies ; Let heaven and earth botli pass away, Eternal truth shall ne'er decay.

5 True to his word, Grod gave his Son, To die for crimes which men had done ; Blest pledge ! he never will revoke

A single promise he has spoke. Nbbdham.

II

G. M. Birtiy, Swanwick.

Ooodness of Ood. Ps. 145.

1 ^JWEET is the memory of thy grace, ^ My God, my heavenly King;

Let age to age thy righteousness In soUnds of glory sing.

2 God reigns on high : but ne*er conftneg

His goodness to the skies: Through the whole earth his bounty shines, And every want supplies.

3 How kind are thy compassions, Lord !

How slow ttiine anger moves !— But soon he sends his pardoning word, To cheer the souls he loves.

4 Creatures, with all their endless race.

Thy power and praise proclaim ; But saints, who taste thy richer giae^ Delight to bless thy name. Watts.

L. M. Naatirkb, Ortaad.

Goodness qf Ood, Ps. 103. 1 ¥1 LESS, O my soul, the living Ood : D Call home thy thoughts that rove aliroad ; Let all the powers within me Join, In work and worship so divine.

8 Bless, O my soul, the God of grace ;

His favors claim thy highest praise ;

Why should the wonders he hath wnmght

Be lost in silence and forgot? 3 'Tis he, my soul, who sent, his Son,

To die for crimes which thou hast done j

He owns the mnsom, and forgives

TJie hourly ft»nies of our lives.

12

OF 60S. 13, 14

4 The vices of the mind he heals. And cures the pains that nature feels ; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting life fi'om threatening graves.

5 Our youth, decayed, his power repairs ; His mercy crowns our growing years u He satisfies our mouth with good, And fills our hope with heavenly food.

WaTT».

13

C M. CUraDdoB.

Nahum i. 7.

1 "^TE humble souls, approach your €rod, X With songs of sacred praise ; For he is good, immensely good, And kind are all his ways.

d All nature owns his guardian care, In him we live and move ; But nobler benefits declare The wonders of his love. !

3 He gave his Son, his only Son,

To ransom rebel worms ; ^

'Tis here he makes his goodness known, In its divinest forms.

4 To this dear refuge. Lord, we come ;

*Tis here our hope relies : A safe defence, a peaceful home, When storms of trouble rise.

5 Thine eye beholds, with kind regard,

The souls who trust in thee ; Their humble hope thou wilt reward With bliss, divinely free.

6 Great God, to thy almighty love ;

What honors shall we raise? Not all the raptured songs above Can render equal praise. Stbilx

L. M. iUtlgiBL, Blndaa

14

1 \rE sons of men, with Joy record JL The various wonders of the Lord : And \et his power and goodness sound, Tfanwgh aU your tribes the earth around.

9 Let the high heavens your songs invite. Those spacious fields of brilliant ttglM \

15, 16 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES

Where sun, and moon, and planets roll, And stars, that glow from pole to pole.

3 But oh ! that brighter world above. Where lives and reigns incarnate Love i God's only Son, in flesh arrayed.

For man a bleeding victim made.

4 Thither, my soul, with raptures soar j There, in the land of praise, adore j The theme demands an angel's lay, Demands an everlasting day. Doddbidob

I /r L. M. Old Hundrad, filendoa

'■^ Greatness qf Ood,

1 TITHAT is our God, or what his name,

** Nor men can learn, nor angels teach ; He dwells concealed in radiant name. Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach.

2 The spaicious worlds of heavenly light.

Compared with him, how short they fall ! They are too dark, and he too bright; Nothing are they, and God is all.

3 He spoke the wondrous word, and, lo !

Creation rose at his command ; Wliirlwinds and seas their limits know, Bound in the hollow of his hand.

4 There rests the earth, there roll the spheres j

There Natute leans, and feels her prop ; But his own self-sufficience bean The weight of his own Tories up.

5 The tide of creatures ebbs and flows,

Measuring their changes by the moon ; No ebb his sea of glory knows ; His age if one eternal noon.

6 Then fly, my song, an endless round ,

The lofty tune let Gabriel raise ; All nature dwell upon the sound ; But we ean ne'er fulfil Uie praise.

Watts.

Ifl L. M. OnoDX Naatwicb.

•■•" Ps. 145.

I IVT^ ^d, my King, thy various pr»ifle i'l- Shall fill the remnant of my daya , Thy grace employ my humble tongue, Till death and gloiy raise the song.

OP GOD. 17, 18

~ r. 'I

2 The wings of every hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to tliine earj And everv setting sun shall see New works of duty, done for thee.

3 Thy works with boundless glory shine. And speak thy majesty divine:

Let every realm with joy proclaim The sound and honor of thy name.

4 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise ; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labor of their tongue.

5 But who can speak thy wondrous deeds? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds: Vast — and unsearchable thy ways,

Vast — and immortal be thy praise. Watts.

1^ CM. Bwby, RocbMter.

■■■ • OreatnesB and vteref of CM. P». 145.

1 f ONG as I live I'll bless thy name M^ My King, my God of love j My work and joy shall be the same, ' In the bright world above.

3 Great is the Lord ; his power unknown ; And let his praise be great: 111 sing the honors of thy ^throne, Thy works of grace repeat.

3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue ;

And while my lips rejoice, The men, who hear my sacred song, dhall join thehr eheerfUI voice.

4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy name,

And children learn thy ways ; Ages to come thy truth proclaim, And nations soand thy praise.

5 The world is managed by thy hands j

Thy saints are ruled by love ; And thine eternal kingdom stands, tnioagh rocks and hills remove. WAtrs

I Q C.U. AbrU^TMk

^O E^HiUis qf God,

1 TTOLY and reverend id the name XI Of our eternal King ; Thrice holy, Lord, the angeli ery ; Thrtoe holy, let us siBg.

19, aO BEING AND ATTRIBUTES

9 Holy is he in all his works, And truth is his delight : But sinners and their wicked ways Shall perish from his sight.

3 The deepest reverence of the mind

Pay, O my soul, to God ; Lift with thy hands a holy heart To his sublime abode.

4 With sacred awe pronounce his name,

'Whom words nor thoughts can reach $ A broken heart shaU please him more Than the best forms of speech.

5 Thou holv God ! preserve my soul

From all pollution finee; The pure in heart are thy delight, And they thy face shall see.

Riproic's Cou.

J.«/ L. M. WdliyWiadbm

1 C<HALL the vile race of flesh and blood i^ Contend with their Creator, God? Shall mortal worms presume to be More holy, wise, or Just than he ?

9 Behold, he puts his trust in none Of all the spirits round his throne : Their natures, when compared with bis, Are neither holy, just, nor wise.

3 But how much meaner things are they. Who spring from dust, and dwell in clay! Touched by the finger of thv wrath.

We fkint, and vanish like the moth.

4 Almighty Power, to thee we bow : How frail are we ! how dorious thou \ No more the sons of earth shall dare With an eternal God compare. WAtrs

C^£K B* ^* Donr, Watdnw

^U Bemman tmi wngeanee tf Chd, Pa. 90. 1 pHXALT the Lord our God, •Li And worship at his feet: His nature is all holiness, And mercy is >hi8 seat. 9 When Israel was his church, When Aaron was his priest,—

OP GOD. 21,22

When Moses cried, when Samuel piuyed, — He gftTe his people rest.

3 Oft he forgave thpir sins^

Nor would destroy their race ; And oft he made his vengeance kAowii. When they abused his grace.

4 Exalt the Lord our God,

Whose grace is stilt the same : Still he's a God of holiness, And Jealous for his name. Watth.

^1 L. M. Blendoa, Monnuwlh.

mX IneempreheiinJntity tf Ood,

1 l^REAT God ! in vain man's narrow view vT Attempts to look thy nature through; Our laboring powers with reverence own Thy Ivories never can be known.

9 Not the high seraph's mighty thought, Who countless years his God has sought, Such wondrous height, or depth can mid, Or fully trace thy boundless mind.

3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show ' Enough for mortal man to know ; '

While wisdom, goodness, power divine, . Tbroiif^ all thy works ana conduct shine.

4 O may our souls with rapture trace Thy works of nature and of grace ; Explore thy sacred name, and still

Ptms on to know and do thy will. Kippu.

22

L. M. Green's Handredtb.

JSMomprehensi^iUty qf Ood,

1 f^GD M a name my soul adores; or The almighty Three, thq eternal One'! Natore and grace, with all their powers, Ckinfesi the Infinite Unknown.

9 Tram, thy great self thjr being springs : Thou art thy own original) Made up of uncreated things,' And self^fficience bears thetft all. <

3 Tby voice produced the seas and spheres. Bid the waves roar and planets shine ; Bat nothing like thyself appears Thronfh all these spacious works of thine

23, 24 BEING AND ATTBIBUTES

, I ■ I — „

4 8tUl restless nature dies and grows ;

From change to change the creatures run ; Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs are one. Watts.

^^ h^finity of God.

1 rriHY names, how infinite they be! jL Great, everlasting one ! Boundless thy might and majesty, And uuconfined thy tbrojie.

8 Thy mysteries of creation lie Beneath enlightened minds: Thouehts can ascend above the sky, And fly before the winds ;

3 Reason may grasp the massy hills,

And stretch from pole to pole ; BOt half thy name our spirit fills, And overloads our soul.

4 In vain our haughty reason swells.

For nothing*8 found in thee But boundless inconceivables, And vast eternity. Watvs.

-I- 111 1 1' I - ^ ■ — — —

0 J^ L. M. Wdds. ^r AmUibilitif o/ Ood,

1 T ORD, we are blind, poor mortals, blind ; Jlj We can't behold thy bright abode j

Oh ! *tis beyond a creature mind, To glance a thought half way to God

9 Infinite leagues beyond the sky. The gr^at Eternal reigns alone; Where neither wings nor souls caa ily. Nor angels climb the topless UiroBe.

3 The Lord of glory builds his seat

Of gems insufierably bright ; And lays, beneath his sacred feet, Substantial beams of gloomy night.

4 Yet, ghvioiM Lord, thv gracious eyes

Look through and cheer us from above: Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies, Yet we adore, and yet we love.

W^ws.

OF GOD. 25. d6

■ ■ ■■ ■ I It

aifc

^*^ IBndnesa of God. P». 14B.

1 nno God I made my sorrows know^^ X Prom God I sought relief; Ih long complftiitts, before his throne, r poured out all my grief.

9 My soul was overwhelmed with woes. My heart began to break ; My Goid, who all my burden know^i He knows the way I take.

3 On every side I cast mine eye,

And found my helpers gone ; While friends and strangers passed ttut'by, Negleoted and unknown.

4 Then did I raise a louder cry.

And called thy mercy near : «« Thou art my portion when I die,— > " Be ttioU my refUge here."

5 Lord, I aita brought exceeding low ;

Now let thine ear attend-; And make my foes, who vex me, kntiw" I*Te an Almighty Friend.

6 From my tad prison set me ft«Q,

Th«n shall I praise thy name ; And bolr men ihal! join with me. Thy kindness to proclaim. Watts.

L. M. Pbitofd, A^Stnai.

Ma^eghf «f Ood, 1 T|0 dioa, my soul, in sacred lays, mJ Attanipt thy great Creator's praise L But, oh ! what tongue can speak his* faU^ I* What mortal vene can reach the themh !' % Before his tlirone a glittering band. . Of seraphim and angeli^, stand ; Ethereal spirits, who, in flight. Ontwin^ the active rays of ligntl

3 To God alt nature owes its birth ;

He formed thii ponderous globe of earth f He raised the i^orious arch on higb, And measured out the azure sky.

4 In all ny Maker's grand dedans,- Omnipoleno*, with wisdom, shines*

26

27

37, 28 BEING AND ATTRIBUTES

Hji works, tbrough all this wondrous firarae, Bear the great impress of his name.

6 Raised on deyotion*8 lofty wing, Do thou, my soul, his glories sing: And let his praise employ thy tongue, Till listening worlds applaud the song.

Uptoit*! Sblsotioh.

(!/. M. Aiiiogtoii, WaladL

Long'Su^f^ng of Chd,

1 A ND are we, wretches, yet alive ! . >»• And do we yet rehel! 'TIS boundless— 'tis amazing love, That bears us up from hell !

9 The burden of our weighty guilt Would sink us down to flames ; And threatening vengeance rolls above, To crash our feeble frames.

3 Almighty goodness cries — ^Forbear I

And straight the thunder stays : And dare we now provoke his wrath, And weary out his grace?

4 Lord, we have long abused thy loye,

Too long indulged our sin : Our aching hearts e'en bleedf to see What rebels we have been.

5 No more, ye lusts, shall ye command,

No more will we obey j Stretch out, O Grod, thy conquering hand. And drive thy foes away. WaYts.

OQ ' ^: ^* Watcb^an, Sk

^^ iMe and Mercy «f Chd,

1 "DAISE your triumphant sonf^

MM0 To an immortal tune ;

Let the wide earth resound the deeda Celestial grace ha$ done.

8 Sing bow Eternal Love

Its chief Beloved chose : And bid him raise our ruined race , From their abyss of woes.

9 His hand no thunder bears.

No terror clothes his brow ; No bolts to drive our guilty souls To florcer flames below.

29

OP GOD. 89, 80

4 *Twaa mercy filled the throne,

And wralSi stood nlent by— When Christ was sent with pardons down, To rebels doomed to die.

5 Now, sinners, dry your tears,

Let hopeless sorrow cease j

Bow to the sceptre of his love,

And take the offered peace.

6 Lord, we obey thy call ;

We lay an humble claim To the salvation thovL hast brought ; And love and praise thy name.

L. M. Qneicj, Duke StjrM^

Mc^esty tmd Condesti«uion nf Ood,

1 "^TE servants of the Almighty King,

•X- In every age his praises sing:

Wherever the sun shall rise o^ set.

The nations shall his praise repeitf.

9 Above the earth — beyond the sky. Stands his high throne of majesty $ Nor time nor place his power restrain— Nor bound his universal reign.

3 Which of the sons of Adam dare. Or angels, with their God compare ? His glories how divinely b'ri^t. Who dwells in uncreated li^t !

4 Behold his love ! he stoops to view What saints above and angels do ; And condescends, yet more, to know The mean afiUrs of men below.

5 From dust, and cottages obscure. His grace exalts the humble poor; Gives them the honor of his sons.

And fits them for their heavenly thrones.

Watts

S. M. WaldBiiaa.

Mt^0at0 of God and ioiek$dM»$ qfnum. Fs.36

XirHEN man ^w« bold in sin, * V Hy heart within me cries, ** He hath no^ faith of God within, ** Nor fear befine his eyes."

His lietrt is ftlse and fool. His words an smooth aad-lUr ;

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31 BEING AND ATTEIBUTES

Wisdom is banished from bis soul, ' And leaves no goodness there. 9 He plots upon his bed

New mischiefs to fulfil: He sets his heart, and hands, and head.

To practise all that's ilh

4 But there's a dreadfld God,

Though man renounce Hio fearj His justice, hid behind a cloud, Shall one great day appear.

5 His truth transcends the sky.

In heaven his mercies dwell j Deep as the sea his judgments lie, His anger burns to hell.

6 How excellent his love.

Whence all oor safety springs ! O never let my soul remove

/ .

From underneath his wings ! ■ WA-ns

S. M. Dover

Merey of Qod, Ps. 103.

31

1 f\ BLESS the Lord, my soul; Vf Let all ^thin me join } And aid my tongue to bless bit naaey Whose fykvom are. divae S O bless the Lord, my sou. Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness And without praises die.

3 'Tis he forgives thy sins :

'Tis he v^ieves thy pain ; *Tis he who heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again.

4 He crowns thy life with love.

When ransoiped from the grkv*; He, who redeemed my soul &om hell, Hath sovereign power to save* >

5 He fills the poor with good.

He giyes the wB^t^tn r«st ; The Lord hath judgment for the |nntd| And justice for the oppressed.

6 His wondrous watkn and wafS

He made by Moses k«ow»; But sent the world hi* tniUi and* ni^ By his hcfletod S«i. Watti

OF GOP. 32; 33, 34

00 C. M. Lebanon. ^^ Ommseieitee and Omnipreamce, Ps. 139.

1 T ORD, thou, with an unerring beam, JLi Surveyegt all my powers:

Mt rking steps are watched by thee. By thee my resting hours. S Hy thoughts, scarce struggling Into tirtb, Great Uod, are known to thee ; Abroad, at home, still I'm enclosed With thine immensity. 3 To thee the labyrinths of life In open view appear ; Nor ste^s a whisper from my lips Without thy listening ear. '^ Blacklock

00 L. M. Portugal. ^^^ Omnipresitiee.

1 "EjiATHBE of spirits ! Mighty God I

■1^ Our inmost thoughts are known to thee ; Thop, Lord, canst hear each idle word.

And every private action see. 9 Could we on morning's swiftest wings

Furaue our flight through trackless air, Or dive beneath deep ocean's springs,

Tbj preaence still would meet us, there.

3 Ib vain may guUt. attempt to, fly, ^

C!oncealed^^oeath the i>idl of night i One i^Mice ^m thy all-piercing eye Can kindle darkness into light.

4 Search thoa our heactf, and there destroy

Each evil thouf^t, each secret sin j An4 fit US for those realnu of joy. Where nooght impure riiall enter in;

SriaiT or thx V$jkiMB,

Q^ L* M. 6l. Morning Bymn.

^^^ Qod amn^»ma and omnUeient, Ps. 139. 1 ^EARCHEE of hearts, to thee are known

^ The Inmost secrets of my brelEist ;

At home, abroad, in crowds, alone, Tboii nark^ my rising and my rest,

My thoughts fiv off, throng every mase,

Soorce, ilieun and i8sae,-~all my ways. 9 JOow from thy pnes^ce should I go.

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39» 40 BEING AND ATT|tIBUTE8

8~Treft8^res of eyerlasting migbt In our Jehovah dwell ; He gives the conquest to the weak, And treads their foes to hell.

4 Mere mortal powers shall fade and die^

And yoathful vigor cease j But we) who wait upon the Lord, Shall feel our strength increase.

5 The saints shall mount on eagles' winfs.

And taste the promised bliss,- Till rtieir unwearied feet arrive Where perfect pleasure is. Watts.

S. M Dover, Witrhwpa

Povoer qf CM. 1 i^H ! Abe almiehty Lord, V^ How matchless is his power ! Tremble, O earth, beneath his word,-" WhOe all the heavens adore.

5 Above t)ie skies he reigns ;

And, with amazing blows. He deals insufferable pains On his rebellious foes.

3 Yet, everlasting God,

We love to speak tlty praise ; Tl^ sceptre's eoual to thy rod, The sceptre or thy grace.

4 The arms of mighty Love

-Defend our Zion well ; ' And heavenly mercy waJls u« loand, From Babylon and hell.

6 Salvation to the Kins,

Who sits .enthroned above ; Thus THe adore the God of might,. And bless the Qo^ of love. WAtTs.

A£k C. M. ~ RyvNft.

^^ Power and JHaie$tif i^ Chi. Ft. 89

a KI/ITH reveveqce let the salntt iqcpMr, V V And bow tai^ore the Lord , His high commands with xavereniBe kear* And tremble at tiis word. S How teorihle thy glories rise 2 How blight thy beauties Qbi|ie ! Where is the power with thae that .viep^ Or truth compared with thine?

OP GOD. 41, 42

3 The northern pole, and soutbern, rest

On tby supporting hand j Darkness and day, from east to west, Move round at thy command.

4 Thy words the ra^ng winds control,

And rule the boisterous deep ; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, . The rolling billows sleep.

5 Heaven, earth, and air, and sea are thine,

And the dark world pf bell : How did thine, arm in vengeance shine. When Egypt durst rebel 1

6 Justice and judgment are thy throne,

Yet wondrous is tby grace i -While truth and mercy, joined in one. Invite us near tby face. Watt*.

___^_ . - — - ■- — ■ — — — — — —

^"t L. M. Duke Street, Hrfim.

1 l^OVAH rei.g;iM, his throne is high> •^ His robes are. lipl^t anil majesty ; His glory shines with beams so bright, No mortal can sufiiain the sight.

2 His tenors keep the world in awe. His justice* guards his holy law ', — His love reveals a smiling face.

His truth and promise seal the grace.

3 Through all his works his wisdom shines, And baffles Satan's deep de8i|ns ;

His power is soveteign to fUlSl The notdest counsels of his wUl.

4: And will this glorious Lord descend, ■To be my Father and my friend ? ^en let my songs with angels join 1 licaven is secure, if GoA be mine. Wajts

^O L* M. BleodoB, Fuk street.

1 ^REAT is the Lord, exalted iiigb, ^J Above all powers and every Sb^rone ; Wlmte'er i» please^ in earth or sea Or heaven 4Nr heU, his hand hath dene S At hii command the vapors viae.

The lightnings flaah, the thundws roar. He pours Mm rain, he briniss - i.e wind And tempcpl Irom his airy stere !

43,

43, 44 pEING AND ATTRIBUTES

3 'Twas he those dreadful tokens sent.

O Egypt, through thy stubborn land ! When all thy first4>om, beasts and men, Fell dead by his avenging hand !

4 What mighty nations, mighty kings,

He slew, and their whole country gave To Israel, whom his hand redeemed, No more to be proud Pharaoh's slave !

5 His power the same, the same his grace,

That saves us from the hosts of hell ; And heaven he gives us to possess, Whence those apostate angels fell. Watts.

C M. Coklieiter, Fony.

* WUiom ofGodin thsformatum 4(fMan.FB,t39 I TITHEN I, with pleasing wonder stand, T* And all my firame survey, Lord, 'tis thy w(A-k ! I own thy hand That built my humbl^ clay.

3 Heaven, earth, and sea, and fire and wind, Show me thy wondrous skill ; But I review myBelf. and find Diviner wonders still.

3 Thy awAil glories round me shine, Mv flesh proclaims thy praise: Lora, to thy works of nature Join Thy miracles of grace.' Watts.

A A G. M. 8tJohn,atMw(ia.

t^ Praiie to tht Deitf,

' 1 p^ATHEE of glory, to thy name 1/ Immortal praise- we give. Who dost an act of grace proclaim. And bid us rebelp live.

S Immortal honor to the Son, Who makes thine anger cease ; Our lives he ransomed 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 the eternal God, And spread his honors, and their joys, Through nations fhr abroad.

OF GOD. 45, 46

5 Let faitb, and love, an<l duty Join, One general scAng to taise ; Let saints, in earth and heaven, combine :

In harmony and praise.' Watts '

^ ^ CM. Anmid [

4t> Trinity. j

I XXAIL, Father, Son, and Hoiy Ghoat ! ! Xl. One God in person^ three ;

Of thee we make our joyful boast, ^

And homage pay to thee. :

3 Present alike in every place, 1

Thy Godhead we' adore: !

Beyond the bounds of time and space, ]

Thou dwelPst for evermore. !

3 In wisdom infinite thou art,

Thine eye doth all things see ; And every thought of every heart '

Is fhlly known to thee.

4 Whatever thou wilt, in earth below.

Thou dost, in heaven above ; '

But chiefly we rejoice to know i

The Almighty God of love.

5 Thou lov'st whatever thy hands have made;

Thy Koodness we rehearse. In Bhinmg characters displayed

Throagbout our universe. C Mercy,' with love, and endless grace.

O'er all thy works doth reign ; Bnt mostly thou delight'st to bless

Thy fiivorite creature man. 7 Wherefore let every creature give - I

To thee the pndse designed : . Bat chiefly, Lord, the thanks receive,

The hearts' of all mankind, ^sth. Coll.

46

L. M. OidHaDdndfFDrt^d. Unity of Ood,

ETERNAL God ! Almighty Cau89

Of earth, and seas, and worlds unknown, |^

All thincs are subject to thy laws, |g

All thmm deoend on thee alone. u

All things depend on thee alone. S Thy ^rious being sin gly. stands. Of all within itself possessed ; Controlled by none are thy commands ; Thnn ftom thvself alone art blessed.

47, 48 CREATION AND. PROVIDENCE. 3 To thee alone ourselves we owe :

-w .„„« »<vito uuiBcives we owe: Let heaven and earth due homage oav :

All other gods we disavow, * ** J' >

Deny their claims, renounce their sway

* ®^w ^X groat name through heathen lands : 1 heir Idol deities dethrone : '

Reduce the world to thy commands : And leign, as thou art, God alone.

WlLLIAMB'f PSAUCS.

CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.

47 „ P^ ^' Bruntree, DevoH.

CnaUng Wisdom,

' Fi'^J?K^^'^^ Wisdom, thee we praise, ^^ Thee the creation sings j With thy loved name, rocks, hills, ajnd teaa. And heaven's high palace rings.

2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the; sky!

How glorious to behold ! Tinged with the blue of heavenly dye And aftBured with sparkling gold. *

3 Thv glories blaze all nature round.

And strike the gazing" sight,

^ «?V^» *^*®*' and seas, and solid ground. With terror and delight. ^ • *

4 Almighty power, and equal skill,

Shme through the worlds abroad. Our souls with vast Wazement fill. And speak the builder, God.-

5 But still, the wonders of thy grace

Our softer passions' move,: Pity divine in Jctsus* face We see, adore, and love. Watts

48 r, ^' ^' ^*^ Briir«r.

^ Creation^ Provideneey and Orace. Vn» 136.

1 fWTE to our God immortal praise : v« Mercy and truth are all his ways : Wonders of graQs to God belong, Repeat his mercies ija your song,

** He built the earth, he spread the sky, nd fixed the stariy lights on high ;

49

CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 49, 50

Wonders of grace to Grod belong, Repeat his mercies in your song.

3 He Bent his €on with ppwer to rave From guilt, and darkness, and the grave} Wonders of grace to God belong, Repeat his *mercies in your song.

4 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The Kin^ of kings with glory crown } His mbrcies ever shall endure,

When lords and kings are known no more.

Wa***.

C. M. Devises, St. Martuk

Out Bodies frail, and Ood our Preserotr, 1 T £T others boast how strong they be, Xj Nor death nor danger fear; But well confess^ O Lord, to th^e. What feeble thmgs we are.

9 Fresh as the grass our bodies stand. And flourish bright and gay: A blasting wind sweeps o*er the laoid; And fades the grass away.

3 Our life contains ^a thousaad springs,

And dies, if one be gone ; Sttaolge ! that a harp of thousand string! Should keep in tune so long.

4 But ^s our God supports our frame.

The €>od who built us first; Salvatibn to the Almighty Name, TImC reared us from the dust.

5 While We have breath, or use our tongues,

Our Maker we'll adore ; His 0f^fril moves our heaving lungs, Or they would breathe no more; ^Aitra

Xi% G, M. WiBter, ClaranioB

•^^ OAttf<m tf the World.

1 ** TV^^ '** * spacious world arise," 1^ Bftid the Creator Lord ; At once tbe c^dlent earth and skiet Rom at his sovereign word.

9 Be gKn the Tfon and the worm At once their wondrous birth: And grazing beasts, of vuriona retm Boee ftom the teeming etutli!.

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51, 52 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE.

3 Adam was formed of equal day,

Thoagb sovereign of the rest, Designed for nobler ends than they, With 6od*8 Qwn image blest.

4 Thus glorious in the Maker's eye,

The young creation stood ; ■ He saw the building irom on high; His word pronounced it good.

5 Lord, while the frame of nature stands,

Thy praise shall fill my tongue; But the new world of grace demands A more exalted song. Watts

L. M. TtaxOf Dok* Strett

T%e Creation and Dissolution cf ike WorUU 1 C<IN6 to the Lord, who built the skies, ^ The Lord, who reared this stately fhune j Let all the nations sound his praise,. And lands unknown repeat his name. 9 He formed the seas, and formed the- hills, Made every drop and every dust j Natuxe and time, with all their wheels, And put them into motion first.

3 Now from his high imperial throne.

He looks ikr down upon the spheres; He bids the shinmg orbs roll on. And round he turns the hasty yean.

4 Thus shall this moving engine last.

Till all his saints- are sathered in ; Then for the trumpet's dread{\il blast- To shake it all to dust again!

5 Tet when the sound shall tear the skies,

And lightning bum the globe below. Saints, you may lift your joyftil eyes. There's a new heaven and earth for yoa.

Watts.

KO S. M. AylMtny,

^^Tks Mystery <ff Providence welded, Pb. 73. 1 CSURE there's a righteous God,

^ Nor is religion ^n ;

ThouKb men of vice may boast aloud. Ana men of grace complain.

S I saw the wicked rise, And felt my heart repine ;

UNIVERSAL PRAIBE. ^

While baaghty fools, witb scomfUl eyes, In robes of honor shine.

3 The tomulu of mv thbngfat

Held me in hard suspense ; Till to thy house my fee^ were brought. To learn thy Justice thence.

4 Thy word, with light and poller,

Did my mistakes amend ; I viewed the sinners* lives before, But here I learn their end.

5 On what a slippery steep

The thoughtless wretches go! And, oh ! that dreadfUl, fiery deep. That waits their fall below !

6 Lord, at thy Seet 1. bow, .

My thottriits. no more repine ; I call my God my portion now ; And all my powers are thine. Watti

UNIVERSAL PRAISE.

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53

1 A N6ELS, assist to sing * xlL The honors of your God ; Touch every tuneAil string. And sound bis name abroad : Poor the trem))ling notes along j' Swell the grand, immortal song.

9 And ye of meaner birth, Tour Joyful voices raise ; Inhabitants of earth. Your great Redeemer praise:

Let your loud hosannas rise ;

Sliake the earth, and piercd the skies

3 Let day and dusky night.

In solemn order, Join Bis praises t6 recite.

And ^eak his power divine : Every hill, and every vale, ■cbo with the sacred tale

54, 55 UNIVERSAL PRAISE.

Ye winds and raging seas,

Witb wild, tempestuous roar, Resound, in mightier lays, His name from shore to shore: Thunders, 8prea4 his name abroad; Lightnings, flash before your God.

5 Let every creature sing

The honors of our God ;— Touch every tunefUl stringy And spread his praise abroad: Pour the trembling notes along } Swell the universal song.

Gem* or Sacrbd Postkt.

prA C't P. M. Raptara, Kew.

O^ Ctmcut ttf. Praise, Ps. MS.'

I llEGIN, my soul, -the exalted lay. •D Let each enraptured thought ooey,

And praise the Almighty's name ; Lo ! heaven and earth j and deas and skies, In one melodious concert rise,

To swell the inspiring theme.

S Thou, heaven of heavens, his vast abode, Ye oiottds, proclaim your Maker, God;

Te thunders, , speak his power: Lo! on the lightning's fiery wing. In triumph walks the etemid King :

The astonished worlds adore.

3 Te deeps, with rbaring billows rise, To join ther thunders of the skies ;

Praise him, who bids yon roll:— ' ' His praise in softer notes declare. Each whispering breeze of yielding air,

And breathe it to the soul.

4 Let man, by nol/ler passions swayed. Let man, in God's own image made,

■ His breath in praise employ ; Spread wide his Maker's name around. Till heaven nhall echo back the sound.

In songs of holy joy. Ogiltis. ^^— — < , I,

KCi L. M. Old HaBdrad, Weill.

^*^ Ood KcdUed above ajl Praue.

1 INTERNAL Power! whose high abode

Jli Becomes the grandeur of a God ;—

In vain the tallest angel tries

To reach thine height with wtrndering efet.

UNIVE&SAL PAAISE. 56, 57

3=C

9 Lord, what shall earth and ashes do f We should adore our Maker too ; From sin and dust to thee, we cry, The Great, the Holy, and the Hi(p !

3 Earth ftt>m afar has heard thy fame,

And worms have learnt to lisp thy name; Bat oh ! the glories of thy mind. Leave all oar soaring thoughts behind.

4 God is in heaven, but man below ;

Be short our tunes 3 our words be few ; A sacred reverence checks our songs, And praise sits silent on our tongues.

^ Watts.

56— L.M. ^..^

PraiM to Ood Ihrotigh the tekoU ^ our Exutmee, 1 l^OD of my life, through all its days, VT My gratefhl powers shall sound thy praise ; The song shall wake with opening lifht, And warble to the silent night. 9 When anxious cares would break my rest, And grief would tear my throbbing brcMWt, Thy toneftU praise 1*11 raise on high, And check the murmur and the siih. .

3 When death o*er nature shall prevail, ' And all its powers of language fail,

Joy through my swimming eyes shall bnak, And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

4 Bat oh 1 when that last conflict's o'er. And I am chained to flesh no more. With what glad accents shall I nse To Join the mujBic of the skies !

5 Soon dMlI I laara the' exalted straini. Which echo through the heavoily iiniiic ; And emnlate, with joy unknown.

The Rowing seraphs round thy throne.

Etars's Oouu

£r^ B. M. 8L Ttaaii^ lUbam

^ * UmnmA Praioe, Fs. 148.

1 T ET every creature Join JLj To pnue the eternal God ; Fe hefliveikl^ hosU, Ae song begin, And touid hie name abroad. 3

5fl» 50 UNIVERSAL PRAISE.

2 Thou still, with golden beams,

And moon, with paler rays, ■ Ye starry lights, ye twinklmg (lames. Shine to your Maker*s praise.

3 He bijilt those worlds above,

And fixed their wondrous fhtme ; By his command they stand or move, And ever speak his name.

4 By all his works above.

His honors be expressed ; But saints, who taste his saving l<»v«; Should sing his praises best. WATta.

58

G; M. DbvIjibb, Mrifc

Praise to Ood frotn all Creatures, I rpHE glories of my Maker, God, M. My Joyful voice shall sing ; And call the nations to adore Their Former and their King. 3,*Twas his right hand that shtiped <mt eitiy« And wrought this human frame} But from his own immediate breath Our nobler spirits came.

3 We bring our mortal powers to God,

And worship with out tongues j We claim some kindred with the skiec, And Join the angelic songs.

4 L6t grovelling beasts of every shap^.

And fowls of every wing. And rocks, and trees, and fires, atd i«a#» Their various tribute bring.

5 Te planeis, to his honor shine.

And wheels of nature roll ; Praist him in yWLt unwearied c6aMe, Atotind tb6 steady polft.

6 The brightfiess of out Mttker^ irtoflW

Tito wide creation fills ; And his unbounded grandeur flies Beyond the heavenly hills. WAtf i.

I iita

^Q S. H. St thoaiM,Wtirii— ».

1 rriBB Lord, tbe sovereign King. 1 Hath fixed his ihtoni Ofi tiit^ \ O'er alt th6 h«ave&ls worlA hd i^lM* And all beUMitA t&» «k^.

FALL OP MAN. 60, 61

'•'• ■ ^ ,t

S Te angels, great in might, And swift to do bis will, Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye ilillll.

3 Let the bright hosts, who wait

The orders of their King, And guard his ehurches when they ptAy, Join in the praise they sing.

4 While all his wondrous works

Through his vast ki^igdom, shew Their Maker's tlory. thou, my soul, Shalt sing his praises too. Watt*

/•/\ L. M. OldHoadradtMiiBBiMth.

vU Prmse to wr Creator. Ps. 100. 1 yj^ nations of the earth, rejoice

-I- Belbre the Lord, your sovereign King ; Serve him with ebeerAil heart and voioe ; With all your tongues his glory «ing> 9 The Lord is God ;— 'da he alone

Doth life, and breath, and being give > We are* his work, and not our own ; The sheep that on his pastures live.

3 Enter his gates with songs of Joy,

With praises to his courts repair j And make it your divine employ. To pay your thanks and honors there.

4 The Lord is good -, the Lord is kind ;

Creat is his grace, bis mercy sure ; And. the whole race of man shall find Hif truth frbm age to age endure. Watts

FALL OF MAW.

C. M. WlBdMr» ttnj

I O LBS8K) with the Joys of ianoeence, -LF Aiam, our fother« etobd^ Till he debased his soul to senae.

61

Ab4 ate the imlawful food*

9 Now we are bom a sensual race, To rinftd Joys inclined ;

62 FALL OP MAN.

62

Reason has lost its native place, And flesh enslaves the mind.

3 While flesh, and sense, and passion reigns,

Sin is the sweetest good ; We fancy music in our chains, And 80 forget the load.

4 Great Qod ! renew our ruined frame,

Our broken powers restore ; Inspire us with a heavenly flame, ^d flesh shall reign no more !

5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law

Upon our inWard parts, And let the second Adam draw His image on our hearts. Watts.

L. M. LimebouM^ Fataex.

JRViZI and Recovery €f Mtat. " [ 'TVECEIVED by subtle snares of hell, mJ Adam, our head, our father, fell ! When Satan, in the serpent hid. Proposed the fruit that God forbid i

I Death was the threatening ; death began To take possession of the man ; His unborn race received the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground.

3 But Satan found a worse reward; Thus saith the vengeance of the, Lord, ** Let everlasting hatred be "Betwixt the woman's seed and thee.

4 " The woman's seed shall be my Son ; " He shall destroy wh^ thou hast done ; " Shall break thy head, and only fedl "Thy malice raging at his heel."

5 He spake— and bid four thousand years Roll on J— at length his Son appears ) ' Angels with joy descend to earth. And sing the young Redeemer's faiirth.

6 Lo ! by the sons of hell he dies ; But, as he hung twlzt earth and skies He gave their prinee a fiital blow. And triumphed o'er the powers below

THE SCRIPTURES. 63, 6^

THE SCRIPTURES.

1 piATHER of mercies, in thy word -I^ What endless glory shines I Forever be thy name adored For these celestial lines.

3 Here may the wretched sonjs of want Exhaustless riches find ; Riches above what earth can grant, And lasting as the mind.

3 Here the fkir tree of knowledge grows,

And yields a free repast ; SuUimer sweets than nature knows Invite the longing taste.

4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice

Spreads heavenly peace around; Ana life, and everiasting Joys, Attend the blissful sound.

5 O may thesd heavenly pages be

My ever dear delight; And still new beauties may I see. And still increasing light.

6 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,

Be tboa forever near ; Teach me to love thy sacred word. And view my Saviour there. Stbbui

64 L. M. Trara, Uibridn

1 /rj.OD) in the gospel of his Son, vv Makes his eternal counsels known | Tia here his richetit mercy shines, And truth is dnwn in faurest lines.

S Here siniien of an humble Aame May taste his Krace, and learn iiia bum : Tia writ In charactere of bloo4» Severely Just, immensely good.

3 Wisdom its dictates here imparts, To ffllte our minds, to eheer oar hearts ' Its inflnence makes the sinner live, tt bids the droo|Rinf saint revive

66^ 66 THE SCRIPTUREa.

4 Our raging passions it controls, And comfort yields to contrite ■cols; It brings a better world ia view, And guides us all our Journey through

$ May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart, and 'near my eye, Till life's last hour my soul engage, And be my chosen heritage! Bbddomb.

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C. M. Bart^, Londaa.

Tke Seripttwes a Sgatein of Knowledge,

1 fTOW precious is the book diyine, ■LX By inspiration given ! Bright as a lamp its doctrines 8hin<^ To guide our souls to heaven.

S It sweetly cheers our drooping hoaits In this dark vale of tears ; Life, light, and joy it still impart*, An4 quells our rising fears.

3 This lamp, through all the tedious Qigl^t Of life, shall guide our way j Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day. Rirroif's SkIm

66 I"- P* ^- Eatop, 40Ui ruiia.

1 T LOVE the volumes of thy word | JL What light and Joy these leaves aflbri

To souls benighted and distressed ! Thy preeepta guide -my doubtful way^ Thv fear forbids my feet to stray,

Thy promise le'ads my heart to rest S From the discoveries of thy law, The perfect rules of life I draw:

These are my study and delights Not honey so invites thetasttf. Nor gold that has the fhraace iwraad, x

Appears eo pleaeing to the jtght.

3 Thy threatenings' wake ^y slumberfng eyet. And warn me where ray danger lies {

But 'tis thy biased gospel. Lord, That makes my guilty c<Mucieiiieo cImb, Convertt my soul, fubdiMs my ain.

And give* a free, b«t IffSft rawatd

TgB 8CEIPTUREB. 67, ^

«iiiiaa» - III iluijK

4 Who knows tbe errors of oU thoa^tfi / My God, forgive my secret faults ;

And from presumptuous sins res^r^ : Accept my poor attempts of praisei That I have read thy book of grace

And book of nature not in vain. Watts

I'll 11 I ■! » I I I I I

rw S. M. Watehauui.

vlf Seareking the Seriptwreg,

I TMF08TURE shrinks from light,

Jl And dreads the curious eye:

But sacred truths the test invite | They bid us search and try

% O may we still maintain A meek, Inquiring mind , Aisured we shall not search in vaim, Bat hidden U«asures End.

3 With understanding blessed,

Created to 'be free, Oiv faith on man we dare not reet. Subject to none but thee.

4 Lord, give the light we need. j

With soundest knowledge fill ; From noxious error guard our creed, From prejudice our will.

5 The truth thou shalt impart,

May we with fimmess own ; Abhorring each evasive art. And fearing thee alone. Soott

g!^Q L. M. 6l. EatoBb

Do Prater M I^ht, in 1M SmpUuttM, 1 TNSPIRER of the ancient seers,

J- Who wrote from thee the s^cr^d P9|P,

TIm same through all succeeding yean ; To us, in our degenerate age,

TiM Spirit of thy word impart, .

And breathe Xhfi life into our heart.

9 Whil* Abw thine oracles' we read) /

With earnest prayei^ and strong 4iBira»

O let thy Spirit from thee proceed. Oar tfioiM t' awaken and inspire :

Our weakness lielp, our darkness cqaso.

And guide us by the light of grace.

3 Tbe swpvd lewens of thy gr^ce,

Trtasmitted through thy wor4» Itepe^

69, 70 MORAL AND

And train us up in all thy ways,

To make us m tby wilt complete: FuMl tjiy love's, redeeming plan, And bring us to a perf^t man.

4 Furnished out of thy treasury^

O may we always ready stand. To. help the souls redeemed by thee,

In what their various states demand ; To teack, convinee, correct, reprove ; And build them up in holiest love.

Mkth. Coix.

Oc/ C M. Bnintwe, Prtwbowimlfc

1 npHE counsels of redeeming grace ■L These sacred leaves unfokt; And here the Saviour's lovely fiice Our raptured eyes behold.

5 Here light, descending from above^

Directs our doMbtftfl feet: Here promises of heavenly love . ' Our ardent wishes meet.

3 Our numerous gnefs are here redresaetf,,

And aVl our wants supplied : Nought we can ask to make us blessed. Is in this book denied.

4 For these inestimably gains.

That so enrich the mind, O may wo search with eager potas. Assured that we shall find ! STxirirarr.

MORAL AND CEEEMONIAL LAW.

C. M. GnlHia, MmMsI^.

Contrietim by the Lam,

70

1 T ORD, bow secure my Gonseieiiee Wm, JL« And felt no inward dread ! I was tf ive without the law, And thott^t .my sins were dead.

9 My hopes of heaven were firm and briglit» But, since the precept came With a convincing power and tt^i I find how vUe I am

CEREMQNIAL LAW. 71, 72

3 I'm like a helpless captive eold

Under the power of sin ; I cannot do the good I would, Nor keep my conscience clean.

4 My God, I cry with every breath

For some kmd power to s&ve; To break the yoke of sin and death, And thus redeem the slave. Watts

71

C. M. Buby, Cunbridifc

Our* Duty to God,

1 npHAT God, who made the worlds on high M. And air, end earth, and sea, Own as thy God, and to his name In homage bow the knee.

S Let not a shape, which hands have made, Of wood, or clay, or stone. Be deemed thy. God ; nor thmk him like Aught thou hast seen or known.

3 Take not in vain the name of God ;

Nor must thou ever dare. To make thy falsehood pass for truth. By his dread name to swear.

4 That day on which he bids thee rest

From toil, to pniy and praise, Tbat day keep holy to the Lord. And consecrate its rays.

5 O may that God, who gave these laws.

Write them on every heart, That all may feel their living power. ffor from his pi^ths depart ! Gibbow s

L. M. Amkjt WoodiNnra.

The Law and Oospd distinguMtd,

I rriHE law commands, and makes us know M. What duties to pur God we owe ; But tis the gospel must reveal Where lies our strength to do his wUL

9 The law discovers guilt and sin, And shows how vile our hearts have been Only the gospel can e;i:pres8 Forgiving love and cleansing grace.

S Wliat ewses does the law denounce Against the man who ^Is bat once? Bat in the cospel Christ appears, Pariioninf the guilt of numerous years.

72

73, 74. MORAL AND

4 My soul, BO mora attempt to draw Thy life and comfort ttom tbe law j Fly to the hope the gospel gires; The man who truBts the promUw livas.

Watt».

73

L. M« Bath, Hffl^iijMm-

Love to God and our Neighbor, 1 nniiUS saith the first, the great command, ■I- " Let all thy inward powers unite "To love thy Maker, and thy God, " With utmost vigor and delight. 8 " Then shall thy neighbor, next in plaee, " Share thine affection and esteem ; " And let thy kindness to thyself " Measure and rule thy love to him.*'

3 This is the sense that Moses spoke ;

This did the prophets preach find prome ; For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law's Ailfiiled by love.

4 But oh ! bow base our passions are ! .

How cold -our charitv and zeal! Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy wUl.

^^^ WATTf.

lyj C, M. Yaris, JonUn.

• A Obedi&ut better than Saorifice, ' Ps. 50,

1 ripHUS saith the Lord. " The spkcious fields, -■■ <* An4 flocks and nerds are miae : *< 0*er all ,the eattle of fhe hill« " I claim a right divine.

3 " I ask no sheep for sacrifice. " Nor bullocks burnt with flie j " To hope and love, to pray and pmlse, "Is all that I require,

3 " G«1JI npon me when trouble's nev,

** My hand shall set thee fl-ee ; "Then shall thy thankfhl lips dec}arp " The honors due to m^. .

4 '*■ The man who offers humble pralne,

" He glorifies roe best : ■ .

" An* those who trejid ray holy v^w%^ •* Shall my salvation tJ^ste.*' • fVAXTi.

CEBBMONIAL LAW. 75, 76

The Law and Oupd.

75

1 ^IITHILB Sinai roars, andnraod the eaxtb f ▼ Thunder, and Are, and vengeance flhlBf Jesus, thy dear, expiring breath And Calvary, apeak gentler th^gs v^ 9 Pardon, and grace, and boundless love. Streaming along a Saviour's blood j And life, and joys, and crowns above. Purchased by our redeeming Gdd.

3 Hark ! how be prejrs (the charming sound Dwells on his dying lips) — "FoRoiyftS** And every groan, and gaping wound. Cries, *< Father, let the rebels liv9 V* A Go. ye that rest upon the law,

And toil and seek salvation there } Look to the flames that Moses 9aw, And shrink, and tremble, and devpftir. 5 But J*n retire beneath the eroM : Saviour, at thy dear feet I'll lie : And the keen sword that Justice draws^ Flaming and red, shall pass me by.

WATTf.

.IIIIWgBgWgggB

VANITY OF. CREATED THINGS. i

Af|* L. M. - Sanrce, WiMUmi

# O ThB Famhf if Creatures. .

1 1|M' AN has' a soul of vast desires ;

1*1- He bttms within with resttess fires !

Tossed to and (t9, his passiona fly

From vaniQr to vani^. 9 In irnin on earth we Jiope to find

Some solid good to fill the mfaid :

We try new pleasures-^'but we flMl

The inward thirst and torment itill.

3 fk» when a raginc fever bums. We shift from side to side by toms ; And *ti« a poor relief we gain, To change the |d«ee, but keep th* p«in>

4 OnaC Ood ! subdue tiila vicious thirst. This love to vnnitgr and dust ;

77, 78 . VANITY OP

Cure the vile fever of the mind, And feed our souls with joys refined.

' ' Wattb.

'yfy C. M.' St. Annt, Ferry, Bedfard.

' ' Chd my only Happiness.

1 IVf Y God, my portion, and my loVe, X'lL My everlasting All, I've none but thee in heaven above, Or on this earthly ball.

S What empty things are all the skies ! And this inferior clod! There's nothing; here deserves my Joys, There's nothing like my God. .

3 To thee we owe our wealth and friends,

And health and safe abode -, Thanks to thy name for niieaner things, But they are not my God.

4 How rain a toy is glittering wealth,

If once compared to thee ! Or what's my safety or my healt^. Or all my fHends to me ?

5 Were I possessor of the earth.

And called the stars my own , Without thy graces and thyself, I were a wretch undone.

6 Let others stretch their arms like seas.

And grasp in all the -shore j Grant me the visits of thy face. And I desire no more. Watts.

C. M. WiodMr, Ivaanl Tba^tA, Tke Misery of being witknU God. '

78

i IV^iJ '^^* ^^^ '^^"^ ^^ mony j

i-^ who grow profknely great, i

Though they increase their golden itortt, j

And riffe to wondrous hei^t. !

8 They ta«te of all the Joys that grow Upon the earthly clod ; Well, they may search the creature tlunouf h For they have ne'er a God. J Shake off the thoughts of dying, too, And think your fife your own : But death comes hastening on to yoa To mow your glory dow«.

CREATED THINGS. 79, 80

4 Yes, yon must bow your stately head ^

Away your spirit flies ; And no kind angel near your bed, To bear it to the skies.

5 Go. now, and boast of all your stores.

And tell how bright they shin,e : Your heaps of glittering dust are yourw. And my Redeemer's mine. ^ Watts.

MfQ C. M. Bangor, Oreenwdk.

/ */ 7^ lutabHity of toorldly Enjeymada, 1 rpHE evils that beset our path, X Who can prevent or cure? We stand upon the brink of death, When most we seem secure.

9 If we to-day sweet peaoe possess,. It soon may be withdrawn ^ Some change may plunge us in distress Before to-morrow's dawn.

3 Disease and pain invade our health,

And find an easy prey ; And oft, when least expected, wealth Takes wings and flies away.

4 The grounds from which we look for firuit

Pnrauee us often . paiu ; A worm unseen attacks the root, And all our hopes are vain^ ^

5 Since sin has filled the earth 'with wo,

And creatures fade and die; Lord, wean our hearts from things below.

And fix onr hopes on high. Gowpbb

^^^■^.—^..i^i"— ™'^^~"""~~ -""— ^^^'^■^""""^^■"^^""^"."^

Cyf\ L* <^* Amtler, MiMdooh

OU Ftmity of the World.

1 npHE joy that, vain amusements give, J- To him who thoughtless sports and sings Is like the honey of a hive, When guarded by teh thousand stings.

9 Tis thus the world rewards, the fools. Who live upon her treacherous smilee : She leads them blindfold, by her rules. And ruins all whom she beguiles. 3 'Tirf thus that thousands hasten down Fiom pleasure into endless wo; And wiUi a long, despairing croan, Blmspheme their Maker as they go.

81, 62 VANITY OF

4 Warned by their woes, may we be wiaet I)eli((hting in a Saviour's charms ; Then God will take us to the skies. Embraced in everlasting arms. Cowris.

ol CM. Doiwt

1 Tl/G watader in a tbornjr masd,

** A vale of doubts and fears; ■A night, illumed with sickly rayS|

A wildemesf^ of teacs : Wa wander, bound to empty show, The slaves of boasted will ; ■ We wander, dupes to hop6 untrue, And love to wander still.

2 We wander j while unfading joy

We ne*er with zest approve. The bliss that sparkles to destroy . Secures our warmest love. Some siren leads our steps astray.

But speaks no peace within ; We wander in a flowery way,

We wander, heirs of stai (

3 We wander ; but though oft we roam,

L^d by allurements strong. Yet from our heavenly Father's home

We would not wander long. Cleanse us, O Saviour! from tbii stain.

In mercy's living flood j B«store the lost, and bring again

Th6 Wanderers back to God. TAPfAR.

82

C. M. Carthafe,H7aMl 7^ Supreme Good, 1 TXTHEN fkncy spreads ber boldest wiuga, V V And wanders unconflned Amid the unbounded scene of thlngl, > Which entertain the mind, —

S In vain we trace creatloh 0*er, In search of sacred tekt ; tlie whole creation, is too poor, Too mean, to make vA blest*

3 In TSin would this low world etsx^Xtlf Eaeh flattering, speeious wile; There's nought can yield a real j^, But out Ciaator't imUe.

ORBATED THINGS. ffl, 84

4 Let eaith And all her ehanns depart^ Unworthy of the mind j In God alone this restless heart An equal bliss can find. Stbclk.

QQ C> ^> CitMadbili

00 7^ World's three ehitf Temfftatioiu.

1 TXTHEN, in the light of faith divine,

▼ » We look on things below. —

Honor, and gold, and sensual joy,

How Tain and dangerous too!

3 Honor's a pnlT of noisy breath ; Vet men expose their blood, And Tenture everlasting death, ) Td |{ain that airy good.

3 While others starve the nobler mind,

And fbed on shining dust, They rob the serpent of his food, T* Indulge a sordid lust.

4 The pleasures that allure our s^nta,

Are dangerous snares to souls ; There's but a drop of flattering sweet, And dashed with bitter bowls.

5 God is mine all-suflicient good,

My portion and my choice : In him my vast desires are mled, And all my powers rejoice.

6 In Vain the world accosta my ear,

Aad tempts my heart anew ; I eannot buy your bliss so dear, Nor pan with heaven for ynu. Watti

CHRIST AND HIS INCAHNATION

OA ^ -^^^ Blcndot, RoUndaai.

o4 Ofd tk$ Son tftuU toith the A(her.

1 flRIGHT King «f glory, dreadAil Go« ! Jt> Ow spirita oow before thy seat ; To thee we lift an humble^ thought. And worship «l thine awful fe^t.

9 A tlioiiaand seritphs, Mrottg and bright, 8ta«4 toMd IM gIdrioQS Deity ;

85

85, 86 CHRIST AND HIS

■ I. ■ . . ' ■ ■ ~-3^Ba3

But. who. amongst tlie loiui of ligbt. Pretends comparison with thee ?

3 Yet there is one, of human ftame,

Jesus, arrayed in flesh and blood, y Thinks it no robbei^ to claim A Aill equality with God.

4 Then let the name of Christ our King

With equal honors be adored; His praise let every angel sing, And all the nations own him Lord. Watts.

L. M. Cutis Street, Mt. Tenon. Tkt Deitf and mLmamty cf CkrisL

ERE the blue heavens were stretched abroad. From everlasting was the Word j With God he was ; the Word was God ! And must divinely be adored.

By his own power were all things' made ;

By him supported, all things stand j He is the whole creation's head,

And angels fly at his command. But lo ! 'he leaves those heavenly forms :

The Word descends and dwells in clay. That he may bold converse with worms,

Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.

Mortals, with jov behold his fiice, The Eternal Father's only Son ;

How tall of truth ! bow fkill of grace ! When thro* his eyes the Godhead shone.

Watts.

86

8*s, 7's it 4. OivMTille.

Chod TldingB tf great Joy to att PoopU*

ANGELS, flrom the reahns of gl<M7, Wing your flight o'er all the earth, Ye who sang creation's stdry. Now proclaim Messiah's birth ; Come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King

Shepherds, in the field abiding, Watching o'er your flocks by night,

God with man is now residing, Yonder shines the inftint li^t ; Come and worship,

Worship Chnst, the new-bom Kia^

INCARNATION. 87

3 Sages, leave your contemplationi,

Brighter visions beam afar ; Seek the great desire of nations ;

Ye have seen his natal star ; Come and worship, >Vorship Christ the new-born King.

4 Saints, before the altar bending.

Watching long in hope^nd fear, Saddenly the Lord, descending,

Ia his temple shall appear; • Come and worship. Worship X^hrist the new-bom King..

5 Sinners, wrung- with true repentance

Doomed for guilt to endless pains, . Justice now revokes the sentence, Mercy calls you, — ^break your chains j Come and worship, Worehip Christ the new-bom King.

Pratt's Ooil.

7's. Alcsiter, lauiiam

Birth qf tA« Saviour »

87

I TTARK! the herald luigels sing, XJ. "Olory to the new-born Kinc! ** Peace on earth, and mercy mila, ** God and sinners reconciled I**

8 ^ovAil. all ve natioHb. rise, - Join tne triumph of tne skies ; With the angelic hoet proclaim, Cluist is born in Bethlehem.

3 Mild, he lays his gtory by ; Bom, that man no more may die ; Bom, to raise the -sons of earth; Born, to give them second birth.

4 Veiled in fleslh— the Godhead see ; Hail the incarnate Deity! Pleaaed as man with men t' appear. Bee the great tSmmanuel here.

5 Hail the heaven-bora Prince of Peace ( Hail the Sun of Righteousness I Ufht and life to aU he brines, Siaen with healing in: his wings.

&irroit>s Gov

8^,89

GHBIST AND HIS

88

O. M. Aniiid0l,8tBi*flMbIMkuik

1 TOY to the world— the Lord in come! «F Let earth leceive her King: Let every heart prepare him room, And heaven and nature aing.

9 Joj to the eartf^ — the Sayioor reigna ! Let men their songs emplovi While fiel48 and floods, rocks, hiui and plains. Repeat the- sounding Joy.

3 No more let sin and sorrow grow,

Not thorns infest the ground ; He comes to make his blessings flow, Faraa the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace ;

And makes the nations prove The dories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. Watvs.

QQ 8, 6, ^ 5. Chilg>m»

1 T IFT up your heads in JoyfUl hope, „ La Salute uie happy mom:

Each heavenly power,

Proclaim the glad h<]ur : Lo, Jesus the Saviour is bom!

9 All glory be to God on high, To him all praise is due ; The promise is sealed — The Saviour's revealed — ' And proves that the record is true.

3 Let Joy around like rivers flowj Flow on, and stiil increase ;

Spread o'er the glad earth, At ImmanUers birtlt^ For heaven and earth are at peace'.

4 Now the food will of God is shown Towards Adam's helidess' race;

Messiah is eome— To ransom his own — To sav^ them by tefinit* grace.

Maoah*! Coll.

90

IKCARNATION. 90, 91

CM.' BnJotrN, Hvrimm. Ckri$t*s JVWvtty.

OBTALS, awake ; with angels Join, . And chant the solemn lay: Joy. love, and ^titude, combine To hail the auspicious day.

S In heaven the rapturous so^g hefn, And sweet seraphic fire Through all the shining legions ran, And strung and tuned the lyre.

3 Bwift, throu]^ the vast eznanse, it ilew,

And load the echo rolled; The theme, the song, the joy was new, >Tw«s mpre than heaven could hdd.

4 Down through the portals of the sky

The impetuous torrent ran : And angels flew with eager joy To bear the news to man.

5 Hark ! the cherubic armies shout,

And % dory leads the song; Good win and peace are heard throuj^oul The harmonious heavenly throng*

MsixtvT

C. M. CunbridfB, Cliflbri.

91

1 C9HEPHEBDS, rejoice; lift up your eyes, ^ And send your fears away : News ftom' the regicm of the skies^ Salvation's bom to day ! % " Jmus, the God whom angels fear, « Comes down to dwell with you; '* To-day he makes his entrance lin9, **But not as monarchs do. /

3 <• No gold, nor purple swaddling liuids,

** Nor royal shinmg things ; ** A manger for his cradle stands. •• And holds the King of kings !

4 •> Go, shepberds, where the In&nt lies,

' *' And see his humble throne ; •« With tears of ioy in all your eyes, •* Go, shepherds, kiss the 6on.*' 9 Tbns Gabriel saiiff-«nd strUght weui4 The heavenly umlee tfamif :

d2, 93 CHRIST'S LIFE

They tune their harps to lofty sound, And thus conclude the song: 6 " Glory to Grod who reigns above ; " Let peace surround the earth : "Mortals shall know their Maker's loTe, " At their Redeemer's birth." Watts.

92

L. M. Nantwidv New SablMfli.

JlfiraeUs at the Birth of. Chrut. 1 rriHE King of glory sends his Son, •I- To madce his entrance on this earth ; Behold the midnight bright as noon. And heavenly hosts declare his birth!

3 About. the young Redeemer's head,

What wonders, and what glories meet! An unkndwn star arose, and led 'The eastern sages to his feet.

3 Simeon apd Anna both conspire

The in&nt Saviour to proclaim ; Inward they felt the sacred fire, And blessed the babe,^nd owned his name.

4 Let Jews and Greeks blaspheme aloud,

And treat the holy, child with scorn $ Our souls adore the Eternal God, Who condescended to be bom. Watts.

LIFE AND MINISTRY OF CHRIST.

£\Q ^- ^' AnaMt BoltOB.

ifO SuMinUtry,

I TJ ARK,— the glad sound !-the Saviour comas, XX The Satiour promised long! Let every heart prepare a thron»— And every voice a song.

S He comes—the prisoners to release, In Satan's bondage held ; The gates of brass before him bunt^ The iron fetters yield !

3 He comes^from thickest films of .vice To clear the mental ray ; And on the 6ye4)alls of the blind To poor celestial day.

94

AND MINISTRY. 94, 95

He comes — ^the broken heart to bind —

The bleeding eoul to core ; And, with the treasures of his |race,

T' enrich the humble poor. Our glad hosannas. Prince of Peace,

Thy welcome shall proclaim : , And heaven's eternal arches ring

With thy beloved name.. Doddeidos

li. M. Bath, EffiaglHUB

7^ example ttf'Chriet.

1 IkM'Y dear Redeemer^ and my Lord, 'Iv-I- I read my duty in thy word j But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters.

9 Such was thy truth,^ and such thy teal. Such deference to thy Father's vt^ill^ Such love,, and meekness so divine — I would transcribe and make them mine

3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witnessed the fervor of thy prayer ; The desert thy temptations knew, Tliy conflict, and thy victory too.

4 Be thou my pattern-^ make me bear • More of thy gracious image here !

Then God, the Judge, shall own my naaie, Amongst the followers of the Lamb.

Watts

95

L. M. WindbuB, MMtdoBut Oetk*emane, jrwMS midnight— and on Olive's brow,

X The star is dimmed that lately shone i lis midnight in the garden now. The suflbring Saviour prays alone.

*Tis midnight — and, from all removed, Emmanuel wrestles lone with fears;

E*en the disciple that he loved Heeds not his Master's grtef and tears

>Tls midnight— and for others' guilt. The man of sorrows w^ps in blood j

Tet be that hath in anguish knelt, Is not fotsaken by his God.

*TS« midnight— and from ethef plains li borne the song that angels Vnow ;

96, 97 CHRIST'S 8UFFBBINGS

c— -^ ■ ' ■ •' ■'■■ . ' ■ — =

Unheard by mortals are the straina That sweetly soothe the Savioar*fl wo.

96

Ii. M. Aatigai, Fltagroro.

Ckrut^9 Tran^lgurati«n,

1 TX7HEX at this distance, Lord, we. trace ▼ ▼ The ▼arioua glories of thy fkce, Wbat transport pours o'er all our breast. And charms our cares and woes to rest!

S Away, ye charms of mortal joy !. Raptures divine my thoughts employ ! I see the King of glory shine ; — I feel his love, and call him mine.

3 Yet still, O Lord, my waiting eyes To nobler visions long to rise ; That grand assembly would we Join, Where all thy saints around thee shine.

Watts.

CHRI8TS SUFFERINGS AND DEATH.

97

' C. M* Ftmenl llDBi^ flmmirril

9 nri WAS in an'hourw^en wrath pravaltod, X And powers of darkness rose,

A sudden groan my ear assailed, Expressing dying woes.

I turned, then wondered as I stood

At what mine eyes surveyed ! A Prince expiring in his blood.

And on a cross displayed !

I knew him, thou{^ his thorny cn>w«

Dimmed his majestic air; Then I demanded, with a frown, ^

« What traitor fixed him there ?**

No answer to my voice I heard,

Nor could discern a foe ; When, Id ! bis &inting head be raarad^

And spok^ in words of wo— *< Cease, wretch, from vain iaquii:^ pert ;

**' My cruel murderer eee ;

AND DEATil. 98, ^

** Tb^ fills have rent my bleeding toettM, "And nailed ne to the tree.**

6 Trembling I fell, and kissed his wooticftf,

And wq»ed the gore away ; I saw hipi smooth his killing frowns^ And heard him gently say —

7 ** Rise ; let thy heart its grief compose,

*« Thy Saviour will forgive j '* He 'feels the burden of thy woes, •* And dies to bid ,thee live.

HuMramsY't OoLL.

QQ L. M. BMkfWiiAau.

1 O TRETCHED on the croes, the Savloor diet ; ^ Hark I his e:q>1rin|[ groans, arise : See^fkom his hands, his feet, his side. Bans down the saered erimson tide!

S But life attends the deathfiil sound, And flows ftom every bleeding wound ; The vital stream, bow frpe it flows. To save and cleanse Us rebel foes I

3 Oui I sotvey this scene of wo. When mingling grief and wonder flow ; And yet my heart unmoved remain, iBsansiUe to love or pain ?

4 Come, dearest Lorcl, thy gracA impart^ To warm this cold, this rtupid heart, Tin all its powers and iMSSums move

In melting grief and ardent love. Stssls.

CM. adamtanvlWU^

99

1 nEHOLD the Savioiir of manklntf ■D Mailed to the sbamefifl tree ! How vast the love that him Inclined To Meed and die for th«e!

9 Hark, hoir he groans !• while natttra ihafces. And earth's stroiig pillars bend ! The temnle'a veil in aonder iMvaks, Tha salld marUes fend.

3 Tie done ! the pivefons ran8om*\i paid ! ''iMMiVe fay soul," be cries ; 0e« wkere he berws nis sacied headt Ha bows Mtf Head, and dies!

100, 101 CHRIST'S .SaFFEKINGS

4^Bttt soon he'll break death's enyioua chain, And in fiill glory thine : O Lamb of God, was ever pain, Was ever love, like thine f Mxth. Coix.

L. M. Annk7, Windbua.

Christ's Passion and Sinners' Salvativtu

100

1 T^EEP in our hearts, let us record ■■-^ The deeper sorrows of our Lord j Behold the rising billows roll. To overwhelm his holy soul :

9 In long complaints he apehds his breath. While hosts of hell, and powers of deattk, And all the sons or inallce. Join To execute their cursed design.

3 Yetj gracious God, thy power and love Have made the curse a blessing prove ; Those dreadful sufferings, of thy Squ Atoned for sins that we had done

4 Oh, for his sake, our guilt forgive. And let the mourning sinner live f The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shaH our hope be turaed to shamo.

Watts.

L. M. Gl. CunAvm, NtwSanit

101

1 f\ LOVE divine, what hast thou done ! ^-^ The Lord of life hath died for me ! The Father's co-eternal Son '

Bore all my sins upon the tree ; The incarnate God for me hath died, The Lord, my love, was crucified.

9 Sinners, behold, as ye pass by,

The bleeding Prince of life and peaea ; Come, sinners, see your Saviour die, Ana say, was ever grief like his ? Come, feel withi me his blood applied j The Lord, my love, was crucified—

3 Is crucified for you and me.

To bring us, rebels, back to God $ Salvation nbw for us is free ;

His church is purchased with his blood ; Pardon and life flow from his aide • The Ziord, my love, is crucified.

AND DEATH. 102, 103

4 Then let us sit beneath his cross,

And gladly catch the healing straatni AU thinss for him account but dross. And giye up all our hearts to him; Of nothing speak, or think beside. The Lord, my love, was crucified. • ■ Mbth. Coia.

•t |>Q ^* ^* ' China, C«Bibrid|B.

1 'OROM whence these direflil omens round, •l>^ Which heaven and earth amaze! Wlierefore do earthquakes cleave the itroand t Why hides the sun his rays ' 9 Well may the earth astonished shake. And nature sympathizes The sun as darkest night be black— , Their Maker, Jesus—dies. f;

3 Behol^, fast streaming from the tree

His all-atoning blood ! Is this the Infinite?— *Tis he— Ify Sikviour aad my God.

4 For me— these pangs his soul assail,

For me — this death is borae; My sins ^ve sharpness to the nail.

And pomted every thorn. i liSt sin no more my soul enslave \

Break, Lotd, its tyrant chain ; O save me, whom thou cam'st to save -,

Nor bleed— nor dio in vain.

RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

lOo Va. Flejrd'bHjFma, LbMolk

I A N61IL8 ! loU the rock away !

«£*• Death I yield up thy mighty prey j

Bee ! he rises from the tomb,

Blaea with immortal bloom.

% *Tifl the Baviopr: mngels, raise Tour triumphant shouts of praise ; Let the eaith^s lemotest bound Hear tlie io|r4iMpiring sound.

104, 1(^ RESURRECTION

SSKS

3 Lift, ye saints— lift up your eyes ! Now to glory sec him rise ! Hosts of angels on the road

Hail and sing the incarnate God.

4 Heaven unfolds its portals wide': Gracious conqueror! through them ride; King of glory t mount thy throne ; ■Boundless empire i$ thine own.

5 Praise him, aU ye heavenly ehofats, Praise, and sweep your golden lyres; Praise him fu the noblest son^ FraiBe him from ten thousand tongues.

Gimioffi.

104

C. M . ft. iltt«i)|, BedfM. Hope qf Reavan ly Chtitt. 1 1^ LEASED be the everlasting God, O The Father of our Lord ; Be his abounding mercy praised, His majesty adored. S When from the dead he raised hia Bob, And called him to the sky, He gave our souls a lively hope That they should never die.

3 What though our inbred sins requiie

Our flesh to see the dust ! Yet, as the Lord our Saviour roM, So all his followers must.

4 There's an inheritance divine, .

Reserved against that day ; 'Tis uncorrupted, undefiled. And cannot waste away.

5 Saints by the power of God are kept.

Till the ttlvntioa come -, We walk by faith, as strangers here. Till Christ shaU call us home. W,

ATTS.

105

7»s.

CkrUt*9 RuurMc^tu,

I IT ARK! the herald angels say, n. Christ, the Lord, Is riMii to^ay! Raise your joys and triumphs hi|^| Let the i^orious tidings fly.

9 Love*s redeeming work Is dono ! The battle's fou^t, tlio victory woa !

OF cmusT. 106

liO ! the sun'B eclipae is o'er ; Lo! lie seta in blood bo more.

3 Vain tbe stone, tbe watch, the seal — Chrut has burst the gates of hell ; Death in vain forbids bis rise} Christ has opened Paradise.

4 Lives again our ^orious King ;

<< Where, O death, is now thy sting?"

Once he died our souls to save ;

** Where's thy victory, boasting giave ?'*

5 What though once we perished all, Partners of our parents' faU!-~ Second life we shall receive.

And in Christ for ev^r live. Cuowobtr.

106

L* M. Drawlaii, ])u-«ca»

ChrUOs Dffinff, Rising and Reigniitg,

1 iJfE dies ! — the Friend of sinners dies ! XJ. Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ! A solemn darkness veils the skies I A sudden trembling shakes the ground!

S Come, saints, and drop a teat or two,

For him who groaned beneath your load i He shed a thousand drops for you— A thousand drops of richer blood. *

3 Here's love and grief beyond degree^

Tbe Lord of {^rv dies for men ! Bat, Iq ! what sudoiBQ Joys we see ! / Jesus, the dead, revives ai^n !

4 The risinff €k)d forsakes the tonb !

Up to Us Father's court he flies ! Clisrabic legions guard him homoi And shout him welcome tb the skies !

5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and teli

How ki^ our peat Deliverer reigns } Sing how he spoiled the hosu of hell. And led the tyrant Death in chains.

6 Bay* " Live for ever, glorious Ung,

*'jBom to redeem, and strong to save!'* Then ask—** O death, where u thy sting? *' And where thy victory, boasting grave?**

Watm

107, 108 RESURRECTION OF CHRIST.

J £\fy S. M. Cooooid, BmvMcB.

1 U ff RssvrrMtion of Ch- mC

1 " rpHE Lord is riecn indeed j»» ,

jL And are the tidings true? Yes, we beheld the Saviour bleed, And saw bim living too. '

9 The Lord is -risen indeed ;

Then Death has lost his prey, With him is risen the ransomed seed, To reign in endless day.

3 The Lord is risen indeed ;

Attending angels hear ; tip to the courts of heaven, with speed, The JoyfUl tidings bear.

4 Then take your golden Ivres,

And strike each cheerful chord ; Join all the bright celestial choirs, To sing our risen Lord. Kxixr.

||> Q L. M. Wells, Moont Tunioa.

1 TTPRISIX6 firom the silent tomb^ ^ See the victorious Jesus come ! The Almighty Captive quits the prison, And angels teU, " The Lord is risen."

9 Ye mourning saints, no longer grieve ; Hear the glad tidings, and believe ; God's holy law is satisfied. And Justiee now is on your side.

3 When ye in guilt's dark dungeon lay, Mercy cried, ** Spare," and Justice, ** Slay j» But Jesus answered, " Set tl\em free, "Forgive their guilt, and punish me.**

4 Your Surety now before your God Pleads the rich ransom of his blood j No new demand, no bar remains, But mercy oU triumphant reigns.

5 Believers, bless your risen Head, The first-begotten from the dead t Your resurrection'e sure throudi His,

To endless life and boundleis bliss ! Haet

ABCEN8I0N OF CHRIST. 109, 110

ASCENSION OF CHRIST.

lU«7 L« M. Old HandrodfFkrk Street

Ckrisft Death, Resurrection, and Jiseenaion, 1 |^0M£, tune, ye saints, your noblest straina, ^^ Youi dying, rising Lord to sing; And echo, to the heavenly, plains. The triumphs of your Saviour King. 9 In flongs of grateful rapture tell

How he subdued your potent foes ;

Subdued the powers of death and hell,

And, dying, finked all your woes.

3 Then to his glorious throne on high

Returned ; while hymning angels round Through the bright arches of the sky, The God, the conquering God, resound.

4 Almighty love,* victorious power !

Not angel tongues can e'er display The wonders of that' dreadful hour— . The joys of that illustrious 'day.

5 Then well may mortals iry in vain,

In vain their feeble voices raise ; Tet Jeaus bears the humble strain, And kindly owns our wish to praise.

6 Dear Saviour, let tliy wondrous grace

FUl every heart, auad every tongue ; Till the fill! glories of thy ftce Inspire a sweeter, nobler song. StssLS.

XXU CM. Colcheiter,' ChmdOB

I ¥T is the voice of love divine, JL Tliat strikes the listening ear, That soothes his mourning followers' grief. And wipes the falling tear. S ** Because I leave this world," he cries, ** Your weeping eyes o'erflow j '*]hit thoa^ I seek my native sides, ** liy heart remains below.

3 '< My Spirit shall descend, sad rest, *< upon each fliithAil head ; ** Till I, your Lord, return to call «* My servants from the dead."

Ill, 113 ASCENSION OP CHRIST.

4 He said — and lifting up his bands.

Pronounced his parting prayer: When« lo ! a bright descending cloud . Conveyed . him through the air.

5 With. solemn awe bis followers viewed

"Die splendor of the scene, While the unfolding gates of light Received the Saviour in.

6 Burning with holy zeal, they qiread,

Through distant lands, his word : . And we, like them, with faith and Jej, ' Expect oiyr risen Lord. Coixt«ii«

111 H. M. EaclaStnet, FkiiifleliL

1 I^OME, every pious heart

^ Thdt loves thJ3 Saviour's name, ■ Your noblest power exert To celebrate his fkine: Tell all above, and all belowi The debt of love to him you owe. • *

2 He left his starry cr&wn,

And laid. his robes aside; On wings of love came down.

And wept, and bled, and died: What he endured, oh, who can tell. To save our souls from death and hell t

3 From the durk grave be rose.

The mansion of ^the dead ; And thence his mighty foes

In glorious triumph led : Up through the sky the conc^ueror rode» Afid reigns on high, the Sunour God.

4 Jesus, we ne'er can pay

The debt we owe thy love i Tet tell us how we may Our gratitude approve: Our heart»— oqr all to thee we give: The gift, .though smaU, do thou re<ieive.

SrsmrxTT.

1 1 Q L. M. Cnthi^ WiodhMB.

1 J. i& Chrigt*i St^firUtga md EaeaUatiom Pv. S2.

'OW let oiir moumftU songs record '

The dying sorrows of our Lord ; When he complained in tears aad Mood, As one forsaken of his God.

i

>N'

ASCENBION OF CHRIST. 113, 114

9 But God bia FaUier heard hui cry ; Raised from the dead, he relgna on Ufh ; The nations learn his rigbteousnessy And humble sinners taste bis graee.

Watts

mL. M. TVnro, Anbeim, Apfkltam Chrigt*s Jlseenaion.

I /^UR Lord is risen from the dea4 : v/ Our Jesu» is gone up on high : ' Tbe powers of bell are captive led| Jhiggpd to tbe pdrtals of the sky.

9 There his triumphal chariot waits ; And angels chant the solemn lay — .*( lilft op your heads, ye heavenly gates ! ** To everlasting doors, give way !" S Loose all your bars of massy light| And wide unfold tbe radiant scene; He claims those mansions as bis right; Receive tbe Kin^ of glory in.

4 " Who is the King of glory— who?"

The Lord, that all his foes o'ercame ; Tb« world, sin, death and bell o'erthrew j And Jesus is tbe conqueror's name.

5 X«o ! his triumpl^I chariot waits.

And angels chant the solemn lay ! <• Lift up your heads, ye heavenly sates !" " Ye everlasting doors, give way 1"

6 ** Who is the King of glory— who?"

TN liOid, of boiua(dleflB power possessed Tb« B^g of saints and angels too : God over all, for ever blest. whilst

"t ■% yi S. M. PKUuun, Fairfiald

IX^ Christ^* Kmgiam and Jdajub^. Ps. 99.

1 rriHS God Jehovah reigns ! X Let sU the nations fear ; Let sinners tremble at his tbnme, And saints be humble there. 9 Jesnis, the Saviour, reigns! Let «Mth adore to Lord ; Jbricbt chemhs his attendants stand, Swift to iblfil his word. 3 Ib Zlon is his tbvoBs, Hto hoMis aro diviiif ;

115, 116 INTERCESSIpy OF CHRI3T. .

IBs cburcb shall make his wonders known ; For there his glories shine.

4 How holy is his name! How terrible his praise! Justice and truth, and Judgment Join, Ib all his works of grace. Watti.

' ' ■ II. - 1. . ,

llO L. M. OM Haadrad, AdS|«.

1 npHE mighty frame of glorious grace, ■■- That brightest monument of praise That e'er the God of love designed. Employs and fills my laboring mind.

9 He, that distributes crowns and tturones, Hangs on a tree, and bleeds, and groans ; The Prince of life resigns his breath— The King of glory bows to death.

3 But see the wonders of his power ! He triumphs in his dying hour; And. while by Satan's rage he fell, He dashed the rising hopes of hell.

4 Thus were the hosts of death subdued. And sin was jdrowned in Jesus' blood ; Then he arose, and reigns above,

And conquers sinners. by his love. Watts.

INTERCESSION OF CHRIST.

116

^H

L. M. fiothwdl, Latoa, Bhad.

E lives ! the great Redeemer lives i (What Jov the blest assurance gives !) And now, before his Father. God, Pleads the full merit of his b!ood>

Repeated crimes awake our fears, And Justice, armed with frowns, appears j But in the saviour's lovely face Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace.

Hence, then, ye black, despairing thou^ti I Above our fears, above our faults. His powerAiI intercessions rise: And guilt recedes, and terror qfee.

CQftONATION OF CHRIST. 117, 118

^ne^iy dark, distressing hour, Wben sin and Satan join tbeir power, This, this dear hope repels t^e dan — That Jesus bears us on his heart. Sthub.

, . 1 ,

IIT C» M. BartrjTjFflny.

Christ tke auistanee of the LniUedl Prie$tko9d, 1 r¥iHE true Messiah now appears, ■■■ The tjrpes are all withdrawn * 8o tly the shadows and the stan, Before the risinf dawn. S No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs. Nor kid, nor bullock, slain ; Ineense and spice, of costljr named, Would all be burnt in rain.

3 Aaron must lay his robes away,

His mitre and his Test, When God himself comes down to, be The offering and the priest.

4 He took our mortal flesh, to show

The wonders of his love ; For us be paid his life below. And prays for us above.

5 « Father »» be cries, «« forgive their tins,

** For I myself have died f* And then he shows his 6pened veins. And pleads his wounded side. Watti.

COKONATION OF CHRIST.

XXo CM. Deriaai^ Coiontmii

I klAj liall, the great Imnanqrt*8 name !

i»> l4et angels prostrate AU j

Bring forth the royal diadem, And canown him-— Lord of alL

S Crown him, ye mar^ns of omr Qod, Who from his altar call *, Extol the stem of Jesse's rod. And erown himr— Lord ot aiL 3 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, T« ransomed from the ftll S

tig CORONATION OF OHBI8T.

Hail him who saves you by his grace, And Cfown him — ^Lord of all.

i ,9lfi,ner>) wboee love can de'er tojtgtit The wormiitood and the gall, Go. spread your trophies at his feet, Ana crown him— nLiord of all.

5 Let every kindred, every tribe. On this terrestrial ball, To him all majesty ascribe. t

And crown him— Lord or all. Jhr

ReAH.

X X«7 H. M. TKim^ph,

1 P^^PIP^:, the Lord is King { ■■■«' Our Qod and King ador? $ • « Mortals, give thanks and ping,

And triumph evermore : Lift up the heart, lift up the voicf. Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rcu'oic^.

9 Rejoicf, the 6aTipi|ir iseigns.

The God of truth and love ; iVhen he h^ purged our sUiim,

He took his s^at above i Lift up your hearts, lift up your vqIm. Rirjoice aloud, ye saints, zejoice.

3 H}i kingd<»n cannot fail,'

He rulef o'er earth and bMV«9; . The keys of death and hell ' Are to our Jesufi given : Lift -up the heart, lift up the voice, Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoice.

4 He all his foes shall quell.

Shall all our sins destroy : And every bosom swell

with pure seraphic joy : Lift up the heart, lift up the voiee, > Rejoice aloud, ye saints, rejoios.

5 Rejoice in glorious hope*

Jesus, the Judge, shall come. And take his servants up To their eternal home : ' We soon shau bear tlie arcbangel*s yoipe, The trump or Qod shall sound, rejoice.

lti»»oi«.

C^ARACTBRfi OF OHRIST. 120, 121

120 Praise U CkruL

1 '^E angels, who-'stand round the Uorone. jL And view my ImmanuePs face. In niptutoas songs make him known, l\tne, tune your soft harps to his ptaife : / Be formed you the spirits yoa are, So happy, so noble, so good ; ' When others sAnk down in despair, Confirmed hy- his pow^ ye stood,

9 Ye saints, who stand nearer than- they.

And cast your bright crowns at his ffet^, His ^race and his ^ry display,

And all his rich men^ repeat ; He snatched you from hell a«d the nave,

He ransomed from death and demwir; For you he w^ mighty to* save,

Almighty, to bring you safe were.

3 O, when will the^riod appear,

When I shall unite in your Song? I'm weary of lingering here.

And I to your Saviour belong ! I'm fettered and chained up in elay,

I struggle and panl to be, free; f iMig to be soaiihg away.

My God and my Savioiur to sea !

4 1 want 'to put on. my attire,

W^hed white in thie blood of the %AJ^hi ' 1 want to be one of your choir.

And tune my sweet harp to his namt : I want— O, I want to be there.

Where sorrow and sin bid aaieu ; Your joy and your friendship to share, To wonder 4nd worship with you. GmM»

tm

OHABACTERS OF CHRIST.

121 H.M. a.ih«m

i YODT aSX the glorious qmd^ V Of ff^soom, love, ana iiQW«r,

That wpt ipqn^ k^ew. That anfMs ever bore :

122 CHABACTERS OF CHRIST.

All are too mean, jToomeantoset To ipeak bis worth ; | My Saviour forth. 9 Bat O, what gentle terms, What condescending ways, Does -our Redeemer use, To teach his heavenly jprace ! Mine eyes, with joy i What forms of love And wo^aer, see | He bears for me.

3 Jesus, my great High-Priest,

Offered Ms blood, and died ; My guilty conscience seeks

No sacrifice beside: His powerful blood I And now it pleads Did once alone, ] Before the throne.

4 My dear Almi^ty Lord,

My Genqueror and my King, Thv sceptre and thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing: Thine is the powei ; I In willing bonds, Behold I 9i^ | Beneath thy feeU

5 Now let mv soul arise,

And tread the tempter down ; My Captain leads me forth

To conquest and a crown: A feeble saint I Though death and hell

Shall win the day, | Obstruct the way.

X^£d Cfyritt our JtdvoeaU,

1 TXTHERE is my God? does he reth^d ▼ ▼ Beyond the reach of humble si^ ? Are these weak breathings of desire Too languid to ascend the skies?

8 Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye ^ See where the great Redeemer stands, The glorious Advocate on hidi. With precious incense in bis hands.

3 Be sweetens every humble groan,

He recommends each broken pmyer ; The softest call before his throne May rise and find acceptance there.

4 Teach my weak heart, O gracious Lord,

With stronger fkith to call thee mine ; Bid me pronounce the bUssflil word, My Father, God, with Joy divine. Stbils.

CHABACTEHB OP CHRIST. 123,124, 125

123

Ckrigt the Eternal Life, 1 YESUS, oar Saviour and our God, O Anayed in majesty and blood, Thou art our life ; our louLi in thee Poeiees a full felicity.

9 All our immortal hopes' are laid In thee, our Surety and our Head ; Thy cross, thy cradle, and thy throne Are big with glories yi^t unknown.

3 Let atheists scoff, and Jews blasphedie The eternal ilfe and Jesus* name j

A word of thy almighty breath Dooms the rebellious world to death

4 But let my soul for ever lie • Beneath ^e blessings of thine eye : 'Tie heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above. To see thy face, and taste thy love. Watts

124

88, & 7s. OrattviUa, ftgqmH. . Friend of Sbmurg, 1 ^NE there is, above all othen, Vf Well deserves the name of Friend; His is love beyond a brother's,

Costly, free, and knows no end. Which of all our friends, to save us.

Could, or would, have shed his blood?— But this Saviour died to. save us, Becondled in him to God.

9 When ha lived on earth abased,

Friend of Sinners was his name ; Now, above all gloiy raised, •

He rejoices in the same. Oh. for grace our hearts to soften !

Teajdi us. Lord, at length to love , Wo, alas 1 forget too often, "^

What a Friend we have above. Nbwyov.

125 CM.. ClUM,])wla»

1 'M'AJESTIC sweetness sits enthnmad IvJ- Unoo the Saviour's 1»ow$ His beaa with radiant ivories crowned. Ilia Upa with graea o*oiflow.

196, 129' cHARAOTtais OP cgftigy.

I ~iY I \nmru 9 No mortal caii with him compare Amoag the sons of men j Fairer is He than all the mir, Who fill the.heayeRly train.

3 He saw me plunged in deep didtivM^

And flew to my relief; For me He bore the shameflil croM, And carried all my grief.

4 Since from his bounty I reeelve

Such prooA of love divine, Had I a thousand hearts to give, Lord, they should all be thin^.

^ C%£* ^* 'Bs* JtKitUf Bnlijr.

l^D Head ef the Ckureh.

1 1 ESUS, I sing thv matchless gntc^, , V That cidls a worm thy own ; Give tne among thy saints a place To make thy glories known.

ft Allied to thee, our vital Head, We act, ana gfow, and thrive ; From thee divided, each is dead When most he seems alive.

3 Thy saiiiti on eatth, aiid thoM Kbove,

Here Join in sweev accord : One body AU in mutual love. And. thou our conimon Lord.

4 Thou the whole body wilt present

Before thy Father's fhce ; Nor shall a wrinkle of a spoC Its beauteous form disgrace. Dobli»*iDOir.

Xm4 7^ gretU JBtghrPrietL

1 TXrHEKB high Che heavenly tsmpla standiy

▼ ▼ ^The house of Ood not madtf whh iMMids, A great High-Priest our hature weuv, The guardiaa of mankind i^ipean.

2 He who for men their surety stood, Attd poured on earth his precious Dldo4» Punq^s in heaveik hie migbQr plan, The Saviour and the Friend <» man.

3 Thabgh now MesadBd. sp oa high* > He bends oa etttB a bMlhirtt't ey< ;

128

eHARACTBHS OF. fSUJUST.

Partaker of the human name.

He knows the frailty of our nrame.

4 Our fellofw-mifrerer yet retains . A fellow-feeling of our jmins,:

And still remembers in the skie« His tears, his agonies, and cries.

5 In every pang that rends the heaxt^ The Bfan of sorrowii has a part { He sympathizes with our gnef, And to the sufferer sends relief.

6 With boldness, therefore, at the thrbd^^ Iiot us make all otir sorrows known^ And ask the aid of heavenly power

To help us in the, evil hour. , CFiki

I ■ ' ill I li t {hh , I

Chtiatithe Judgfe,

I npHE last loud trumpet's Wondrotai lioiind X Shall throu^ the rending tombs refbound, And wake th& nations under ground.

S Natiire and d/atfa shall, with surprise, Behold the pale offenders rise. And view the Judge with coliscioui^ eyes.

3 Th^ shall, with universal dread. The sacred, mystic book be read. To try the living and the dead.

4 The Judfe ascend^ hii^ aWfUl thttihe $ He makes each secret sin be' known. And all with shanie confers their. owft.

5 O, then, what interest shall I make", With whom shall I my refuge take. When the most just have cause to qudie t

6 Thou mighty, formidable King, Thou mercy's unexhausted spring. Some comfortable pity bring!

7 ForfBt not What ihy ransom cost. Nor let my dear-bought soul be lost.

In storms of guilty terror tost. iNswTon

JMk. tUi byaai^^ ibnc In t raondn ImitidMlktam

189, 130 CHARACTERS OP CHBIST.

129

S. M. LMioB« Fbckbaa.

FuUh w ChriH omr Saerifiee,

NOT all the blood of beasts, On Jewish altars slain. Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain.

But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,

Takes all our sins away ; A Sacrifice of nobler name, >

And richer blood than they. My faith would lay her hand

Oh that dear head of thine. While like a penitent I stand,

And then confess my sin. My soul looks back to see '

The burdens thou didst bear. When hanging on the cursed tree.

And hopes her guilt was there. Believing, we rejoice

To see the curse remove \ We bless the Lamb with cheerfUl voice.

And sing his bleeding love. Watts.

130

X'* M. Babylon, WiBdlMB.

Phf/ridaiH qf the Soul.

1 "TIEEP are the wounds which sin has made ; •L/ Where shall a sinner find a cure f In vain, alas ! is nature's aid ; The work exceeds all nature's power.

8 Sin, kike a raging fever, reigns With Altai strength in every part; The dire contagion fills the veins, And spreads its poison to the heart.

3 And can no sovereign balm be found?

And is no kind physician nigh To ease the pain, and heal the wound, Ere life and hope for ever fly?

4 There is a neat Phjrsician near !

Look Qp, O fkinting sou), and live ; See, in his heavenly smiles appear Such ease as nature cannbt give !

5 See, in the Saviour's dyinc blood,

Life, health, and Uiss, skbondant flow !

CHABACTER8 OF CHRIST. 131, 188

a— Bui 1 1 » ■ -■ . .. f I. . ■ III ^ ' I 11 II e

*Ti> only Udi dear sacred flood Can ease thy pain, and heal thy wo.

Stsiuus.

mC. M. Ferry, FtfBib

Pearl rf great 'Price.

1 \7^ glittering toys of earth, adieu ; X A nobler choice be mine ; A real prize attracts my view, A treasure all divine. S Beflone, unworthy of my cares, Te spacious baits of sense $ Inestimable worth appears, The pearl of price uimense !

3 Jesus, to multitudes unknown,

O name divinely sweet ! Jesus, in thee, in thee alone, Wealth, honor, pleasure meet.

4 Should both the Indies, at my call,

Their boasted stores resign, With joy I would renounce them all, For leave to call thee mine.

5 Should* earth's vain treasures All depart.

Of this dear gift possessed, I'd clasp it to my JoyAil heart. And think myself most blessed.

6 Dear sovereign of my soul's desires

Thy love is bliss divine; Accept ^e wish that love inspires, And bid me call thee mine^ Stxbu.

•m QO ^' ^* ClaKndoii, Toraar, Oarialh

JL OiS Jesut preeunu to them that brieve,

I YESUS, I love thy charming name j «r *Tis music to my ear; Fain would I sound it out so 'loud, That earth and heaven might hear. 9 Whate*w my noblest powers can wish, In thee doth rlcfalv meet; N<v to my eyes is lisht so dear, Ifor friendship half so sweet. 8 Thy naee shall dwell upon my heart. Ana shed its fragrance there; Tbe noUest balm of all its wounds. The eofdial of its cM-e,

^J34 CHARACl'JBRS OF CHKXSii'.

ft I'll speak the Hotlors of thy nacb0) WitH my fast laboring^rdath j Tbeit. speechless, clasp thee in my arms — And trust thy love iii death. DoobaiDdf.

' tm

1 QQ ^1b 4p lOs. The Lord is my Sbephonl.

XOO The Lord our Shepherd, Ps. 25.

I rpHE Lord is my Shepherd ; he makes me X repose'

Where the pastures in beauty Kte nowing }

He leads me afar from the woirld and its woes,

Where in peace the still waters- are flowing.

S He strengthens my ^irit, he shows me ttiepath Where the arms of his love shall enfold nie t And when I walk throagh the dark valley of . death,' His rod and hit staff will uphold me.

SpraiTUAU Soir«»v '•'-'■ ' - . - . ,

1 o4 119 8c, lOtf. th<< Loid it luy SlM|>lMnl.

The Shepherd and his Flock desired. S. Songs, i. 7,8.

1 f\ TELL me, thou life and delight of liiy «oal , Vf Where the flock ofthypastur«ai* feeding; I seek thy protection, I need thy control :

I would go where my Shepherd is leading.

2 O tell me tiie place where thy flocklftre at rest.

Where the noon-tide will find them re- posing? 'PM tempest rtow tages, my soul is dicftfMr. And the pathway of peace I am loiAng.

3 O, why lAdruid I stray with the flo^s of th^

foes, '

Mid the desert wher* now they are toviikg. Where hunger and thirst, where afflictions and wo^s, And temptations their ruin aire pioviiif ?

4 O, when shall my woes and my waudbr-

in^ cease? And the follierfthatt fill me Wfth#eepirtgi! Thou Shephetd of Israel! nitotH m that

peitce Thou dost give to th« fl<i«ft<tlMHf irf Meplng.

FRAIBBTO CHRIST. 135, 196

=g — .- ":..'. I... 'a I '■■■8

5 A Toice fkom the Blieptaerd ndw bids tha« retum By tb» way Whtfe the fboH>iiiit«are lyiiig . No lonnr to wander, no longer to mourn ; O, mix one ! now homeward be flying.

MB

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

■ <

1 ^OME iet as Join our cbeerftil eon^p, V/ With' angels round the throne; - Ten thousand thousand are their fAngnai, Bat all their joye are one.

9 Worthy the Lamb that died^ they cry, To be exalted thus: Worthy the Lamb, our lips rej^ly, For he was slain for us.

9 Jttms ia worthy to receive Honor and powet divine ; And blessings, more than we eail |(tfo» Be, Lord, tor ever thine.

4 Let all who dwell above the «ky.

And air, and earth, and seas, Oenspird to lift thy Tories high. And apeak thine endless preise.

5 The whole creation Join in one, .

To bless the sacrea name . Of him who qits upon the throne, And to kdore the Lamb. Tvatts

'gg^^ C* ^* Aj1iiidel,dfMtiailM.

lOO JTarks tf Mom and ^Hu Lamb. 1 ffOW strong thine arm is. mighty QodS JlI. Who would not fear tny name ? Jeaos, how sweet thy graces are ! Who would not love the Lamb? 9 Christ has done more than Moaea did« Oux Pwphet and our Kina t From boada of hell he frped aof sonla, Aiidta«cb» Mr MfB to stag.

137, X38 PBAIBE TO CHBIBT.

3 In the Red Sea, by Mosei'' hand,

The Egyptian host was drowned ; But his own blood hides all our sin/i. And guilt no more is found.

4 When through the desert Israel went,

With manna they were fed : Our Lord invites ua to his flesh. And calls it living bread.

5 Moses beheld the promised landi

Yet nevfix reached the place : But Christ shall bring -his followers home, To see his Father's face.

6 Then shall ouii love and Joy be AiU,

And feel a warmer flame ; And sweeter voices tune the song Of Moses and the Lamb. Watts.

1 QM' L. M. Dmden, totoB.

xOi Song <^ Praise to God iko Redutmat,

1 T ET the old heathens tuna their song JLi Of great Di^na and of Jove ; But the sweet theme that n^oves my tongue Is my Redeemer and his love. H Behold a God descends and dies. To save my soul from gaping hell : Bow the black gulf where Satan lies. Yawned to receive me when I fell !

3 How Justiee fVowned, and vengeanee .stood,

To drive me down to endless pain \ But the great Son proposed his blood, And heavenly wrath grew mild again.

4 Infinite Lover ! gracious Lord !

To thee .be endless honors given ; Thy wondrous name shall be adored. Round the wide earth, and wider heaven.

Watts,

138

tboe,

' 88, 78, fc 4. FrtAoo to the Redotmor. X MIGHTY God, while angels bl< ITJ. Hay an infant lisp thy name f Lord of man, as well as angels. Thou art every creature's theme. Halleluiah.

Hallelujah, Hatleli^ah, Amen

PRAISE TO CHBIST. 139

rv ' ' '/ 'I.. . . ■ ' " ■ , ■ ■ i ■

9 Ixurd of every land and nation, Ancient of eternal days ! Sounded through the wide creation,' Be thy just, exalted ptraise. Hal.

3 Brightness of the Father's glory, •

Shall thy praise unuttered lie? Fly J my tongue, such guilty silence! Smg the Lord who came to die. HaL

4 Did the angels sing thy coming?

Did the shepherds learn their lays? Shame -would cover me. unghtteAil, Should my tongue rerase to praise. Hat.

5 From the highest throne in glory,

To the cross of deepest wo— All to ransom ^ilty captives! Flow my praise, for ever flow. Hal.

6 Goy return, immortal Saviour; «

. Leave thy footstool, take thy throne; Thence return, ^nd reign for ever; Be the kingdom all thine own. •

Hallelujah, &c. RosiNtoii

139 L.M.

1 T\TOWto the Lord, who makes us know i^ The wonders of his dying love, Be humble honors paid below, And strains of nobler praise above.

9 *Twas he who cleansed our foulest sins, And washed us in his richest blood ; *Tis he wlio makes us priests and kings, And brings us rebels near to Gtod*

3 To Jesus, our atoning Priest,

To Jesus, our superior King, Be everlasting power confested, Atod every tongue his glory sing.

4 Behold, on flying clouds he comes,

Aad every eye shall see him move ! ' Though with our sins we pierced him <nie« Thai be displays his pardoning love.

5 The unbelieving world shall wail,

While we rejoice to see the day : Come, Lord, nor let thy promise fUl. , Nor let thy chariot long delay. Wat

140, 141 PRAISE TO CHRIST.

9 5s 111. jLb! Mitel BUssingt tf the Chgpd,

140

1 f\ JESUS, our Lord,

w Thy name be adored, For all the rich blewinp eonveyed thtofigli thy wwd.

9 In Spirit we trace

The wonden of grace ; And Joyfiil unite in a nmeeit of pralia. p Thrice happy an they

Who hear and obey. And share in the Meeeingp of this jnni/df:

4 This blessing is mine Through fkyor divine,

put O, my Redeemer, the gMtrj be tUae.

5 The trumpet of Ood If eouading abroad.

In language <tf mercy, tlmough Jesus our Lord.

6 The Ancient of days His ilory displays, .

And shines on his cliosett with .cherishing vifi.

7 Ye sinners, draw nigh! O, why will ye dier

-DfiniiM Bot the riches of f^oiy ou Ugh*

Spiit,iTU4i< Sovot.

'>»■"■ ill! III.! I III iin.^,^—^

■tA-i CM. Iruh,8t. Bhrllii\6tTlai.

l^X Praue to tts AsdassMr.

1 r\ FOR a thousand tongues to aini w My dear Redeemer's pmise I The Ivories of my God and King, The triumphs of his grace I S My gracious Master and my God, Assist me to proclaim, To spread through oU the ewicli ahiMld The honors of thy name.

3 Jesus, the name that calms our Aam,

That bids our sorrows cease $ *Tis music in the sinner*p ears | *Tis life, and health, and peac«.

4 He breaks th9 power of reigning ilp^ ]

Ha fet9 the jpriaooer ftee ; fflalilood cao mska ^ Ibiuloft (Oftai His blood availed for me.

fiOSPEL. WyWS

STM'Hb obey } we tb^n ab^ll know^ BbaU fed! our 9va» forgiTen ; Anticipate our heaven below, And own that loye i|i beavea.

Bartto^d Cou.-

GOSPEl..

142 C. M. B^,B.tei«^9qgh.

1 Tl LEST wr* the souls who htw and taow •■-' The foepel's JoyAil sound ; Peace shall attend the paths ^ay go, And light their steps surround. S Their joy shall bear their spirits up, Thiongh their Bedeemer's nam* ; Hfa righteousness exalts their ho|pe, Kor Satan dares condemn'.

3 The Lord, our glory and defeiice, Stcength and salvation gives; Iinel, thy King for ev^r reigns, Thy God for ever lives. 1??att».

■' - ' ' ' ' > I . L

H ^m\ ^' ^' St. ThomaijWorwilw.

■■•^^^ Tke BUstedneas qf Oospd Timet.

1 TTOW beauteous are their fieet, XX Who stand on Zion's hill ! Wbo bring salvation on their tongues, . And words of peace reveal ! 9 How charming is their voice ! '

How sweet their tidings are ! ■«Zion, behold thy Saviour, Kipg, " He reigns and triumphs here I'

3 How happy are onr ears.

That hear this JoyAiI sound !— Which kings and prophets waited Iw^ And son^t, but neyer found !

4 How blessed are oi^r eyes.

That see this heavenly light ! ' Prophets aad kings desired It long But died w!th«cit the tlgliti

144, 145 GOSPEL.

The watchmeu Join their voicei

And tuneful notes employ; Jenisalem breaks forth in songs,

And deserts learn the joy. The Ix)rd makes bare his arm.

Through all the earth abroad ; Let every nation now behold

nieir Saviour and their God. Watts.

144

L. M. llotliwell,NewaMiih. Th4 iMoard WUneas to Ckritkamiff,

1 f\ UESTIONS and doubts be heard no more ; ^cafr Let Christ and joy be all our theme ; His spirit seals his gospel sure To every soul that trusts in him.

9 Jesus, thy witness speaks within : The mercy which thy words reveal, Beflnea the heart firom sense and sin, And stamps its own celestial seal.

3 The guilty wretch ^at trusts thy blootf

Finds peace and pardon at the cross ; The sinral soul, averse to God, Believes, and loves his Maker's laws.

4 Learning and <irit may cease their strife,

When miracles with glory shine : The voice that calls the dead to life Must be almighty and divine. Watts.

-g Af^ C. M. Londoii, B«dford.

X nbd Dtfence qf tke ChspeL

I QHALL atheists dare insult the cross ^ Of our incarnate €Sod ? Shall infidels revile his truth, And trample on his blood? i What if he choose mysterious ways To cleanse us from our faults? Mav not the works of sovereign graco 'Aanscend our feeble thougbtsf

3 What if his gospel bid us strivo

With flesh, and self^ and sin? The prize is most divmely bright That we are called to win.

4 What if the men despised on earth

Still of his grace partake '

GOSPEL. XiQ^Ji^

This bat confinns hii truth the more j for lio the prophets ^ake.

6 Db tome, that own his sacred truth', Induti^ their «ouls in tin ? None should reproach th6 Savioiff*^ namA; His laws are pnre and clean.

6 Then let our faith ft^ firm' and itiorii. Our ftps profess his word ; Nor ever shun those holy men* \

Who fbar and love the Lord. W^rrs.

146

L. M.. Blndms OIdHttnlBllI^ Pomet cf ike OospA,

1 rpHIS fi the word ot truth dnd foV^, X Sent to the nations from abcfve; Jehovah here resolves to show What his almighty grace can do.

9 This remedy did wJsdom And, To heal diseases of the mtnd ; This sovereign balm, whose virtueif cfin Restore the mined creature man

3 The gospel bids the dead revive ; Sinners obey the voice, aitd live i

Dry bones %re raised, and vClothea afreaffifj And hearts of stone are turned to fle^.

4 Mi^ but this grace my soul renew, ^i sinners gaze, and hiate me too ;

' The word tliat saves me does engage , . . A sure defence tsom all their rage. Wi^i|

CM. BrttntK^, G^^aiHII^i Prai$9 fitr tk» Chspet, Ps. 98;

1 npO' our AlmTg'ity Milker, God, JL New honors be addressed ; His grMt saivatfbn shines abroad. And mak«s the nations blessed.

9 He spake the word to Abraham first; His truth fulfils his grace ; The Geiitilet make his name their tnUtj- And learn his righteousness.

3 I<et th^ wluile car^ his love proclaim With all her different tongues': Jin& wptmA the honors' dt mt liiW ^ In melody ant Mn^. Wik

147

148, 149. 60SPKL.

148

L. M. Rbthwell, OiteStiwt. 7%e ChupA worthy 9f aO. JieeeptaHnu

THAT shall the dying sinner do, That seeks relief from all his wo ?

Where shall the guilty conscience find

Saie for the torment of the mind ? 9 How shall we get our crimes forgiven.

Or form our natures fit for heaven?

Can souls^.oU o'er defiled with sin,

Make their own powers, and passions clean? S In vain we search, in vain we try,

Till Jesus brings his gospel ni^ ;

Tie there that power and clory dwell

That save rebellious souls from hell. 4 This'is the pillar of our hope

That bears our fkinting spirit up ;

We read the grace, we trust the word.

And find salvation in the Lord.

f Let men or angels dig the mines Where nature's golden treasure shinei; Brought near the doctrine of the cross, • AU nature's gold appears but dross.

i Should' vile blasphemers, with disdain. Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain, We'll meet the scandal and the shame. And sing and triumph id his name. Watt»

149

C. H. Iter,

THeglorunu Ootpd.

1 'IXTHAT wisdom, mAjesty and grace V V Through all the gospel shine !. 'TIS Ood that speaks, ana we confess The doctrine most divine.

9 Down fh>m his starry throne on hi|^. The almighty Saviour comes ; Lavs his bnght lobes of glory by, And feeble flesh assumes.

3 The mighty debt that sinnen owed,

0pon the cross he pays ; Then through the clouds ascends to Ck>d, HidBt shouts of loftiest praise.

4 Then he our great High Priest aroean

Biive his Aber*s Uiranf

SCBiyrUllE DOCTRINE. 150, 151

Ifjni^es his merits with our tears, And poors. salvation down. «

Great God^ with reverence we adore

Thy Jnaotoe and thy grace ; And on thy faithfulness and power

Our firm dependence place. Stshiibtt.

SCRIP*rURE DOCTRINE.

DEPRAVITY,

1 TT^OOIJB, in their hearts, believe and say, r (« That aU reUgion*s vain ; ** There is no 6pd that reisns on hl^, ** Or minds the affairs of men.'*

S The Lord, from his celestial throne. Looked down on things below. To And the man that sought his grace, Or did his Jnstito know.

3 By nature all are cone astray ;

Their practice afi the same: Tbete's none that fears his Maker's hand. There's none that loves his name.

4 Their tongues are used to speak deceit ;

Their slanders never cease ; How swift to mischief are their feet ! Nor know the paths of peace.

5 O that salvation mig^t proceed

Prom Zion's sacrea place, Tm Israel's captives all are freed,

And sing recovering grace. « Watts

— .»^— .— — ^"^—^— — .— — — ^«— — ^1^— —

L. M. Batli, Lqrdca, l^oe

1 g^ OD, from hid, throne, with piercing eye, ^3r Naked does every heart behold ; But B«v«r, till we ooma to die, Win h« to Mtha view oafeld

151

fi Should sin, in naked form appear, Just as it riseiT ift the heart, And otfiets know and see it theta In every feeling, every tbougfct;

3 The fire of heU must kindle sooit.

How envy and Avenge would iwn€t One heart woiild urge another on, TU) rage and vengeanee want a name.

4 Sin in its nature would appear

A living death to form a hell ; The Wotat of mfsetleB erttaturei fcNii', The worst of plagues the tongue can tell.

5 Unveiled 'and naked, etety heart

Before the judgment seat must stand, Sin act no mere a double part, * But meet a death trom its own band.

C^.The fieiy lake will hotter grow

Froih the fierce clash of sinful souls'j

IBteb bosom like a fbrftace glow.

Nor Crod the rage or fire control.

1 . " ■ ■ ■ .^ - _.j>A-... — »

I e'Q L. M. Putner, Annley.

1 0 ^ Custom, in Stn.

I T ET' the wild leopards of ^he wood

•Li Put off the spots that nature rives ;

Then may the wicked turn to God, And change their tempers and their lives.

S As well might Ethiopian slaves

Wash' out the darkness of their skin ; The dead as well may leave their graves, As old transgj'essors cease to sin.

3 Where vice has held its empire long,

'Twill not endure the least control } None but a power divinely strong Can turn the current of the soul.

4 Great God ! I own thy power divine.

That works to change this heart of mlae j I would be formed anew,> and bless The wonders of creating grace. Watts

•|-PQ L* M. An&Ie^, WbidUr

XOO Original and oeftutf Sin eoitfeasedL 1 T OBt), I att vile, oeneeivttd la siik, J-J And) bom OAtoiy and an«leaii ; Sprung {torn the miM wftoie guUtf flai tlornipta ti* tfUfo i«tf «f *tv u* sll

PBfUATinr. IM, l»

J!

154

9 Soon ai we dimw ouf lofunt breath, The leedii of bib fpow vp for doiitH : T}iy i»w demands a perfisct hearty But we're defiled in every pail,

3 Behold, I fall before thy face} BIy only refuge is thy grace:

No outward forme can make me jeiee^ : l*he leprosy uep deep within. ,

4 Mo bleeding bird, nojr bleeding beast| Mor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling prieff, Nor ninninff brook, nor flood, nor sea* Can wash the dismal stai{i away.

5 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone Qath/ power sufficient to atone : ~?kY blood can inafce me White af fnew,

lo Jewish types can cleanse me so, W4.TTt

O.. M. Bedford, St Awh.

9ti» ew^aed, Ps. 11. 9. 1 Y ORD, I would spread my sore distress J-^ And guilt before thine eyes ; A^nst thy laiys, against thy grace, How \A^ my crimes arise I

9 Bom in a worid of guilt, I drew ConU|gi«ii with my breath : And as my days advanced, i grew A Joater prey I6r death.

3 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my son!

With tliy feigiving love j O make my broken spiiit whole, And bid msr pains remove.

4 I«et not thy sphrit quite depart.

Nor drive me from thy mce ; * -

Create anew my vicious heart, And fill it with thy grace.

5 Tken wUl I make thy mercy known

Beft)ra the aons of men : Backsliders s^aU address thy throne. And turn to God again. Watts

155

C. M. WAntan, Ch^hnt

1 ^IN has a ^onsand treaeher^s arts ^ To practise «iki the mind ; With llastoitBg looiEsahe tempts vat Imv But IfWM a aIim; Nblad.'^

156, 157 SCRIPTURE DOCTEINE.

8 With names of virtae she deceives The aged and the young ; And, while the heedless wretch believes, She makes his fetters strong.

3 She pleads for all the joy' she brinp,

And gives a fkir pretence ; But cheats the soul of heavenly things/ And chains it down to sense.

4 So. dn a tree divinely foir, /

Grew the foil)idden food ; Our mother took the poison there, And tainted all her blood. Watts.

156

C. M. Bangor, Ouoliai.

The Distemper , FoUy and MtbAitu qf Sin. 1 C! IN, like a venomous- disease, ^ Infects our vital blood ; The only balm is sovereign grace, And the physician, Goo.

S Our beauty and our strength are fled. And we draw near to death j But Christ the Lord recalls the dead With his almighty breath.

3 Madness, bv nature, reigns within,

The passions, bum and i^e. Till God's own Son, with skill divine. The inward fire assuage.

4 We lick the dust, we fpmsp the wind.

And solid good despise: Bttch is the folly of the mind, Till Jesus makes, us wise. Watts.

157

L. H. Annle7,Bi]lh.

Sin and EoUms*. Gal. T. 17. 1 TXT'HAT jarring natures dwell within— V ▼ Imperfect grace, remaining sin I Nor this can reign, nor that prevail. Though each by turns my heart assail.

S Now I complain, and sroan, and die, Now raise my songs of triumph high, Sing a rebifllious psission slain, Or mourn to feel it live again.

3 One happy boor beholdi me rise, Borne upwards to my native skies,

DEPRAVITY. 168

While faith ossista my Boaring flight To lealnu of Joy and wdrlds of light.

4 Searcy a few boon or minutes roll, Sra earth reclaims my captive soul ; I ftel its sympathetic fo^cej

And headlong urge my downward cooxia

5 Great God, assist me through the fight. Make me triumphant in thy might; Thou the deqionding heart canst raise. The Tictoiy mine, and thine the praile.

CauiTxnosif.

^ f Q C. M. tiebuoB, New '.

±0^ M-dweOing Sin lamaUed.

1 "IIITITH tears of anguish I lament, . V Y Here at thy feet, my God, My passion, pride and discontent, And vil^ ingratitude.

S Sore tbeiv was ne'er a heart so base. Bo Also as mine has been ! So lUthless to its promises. So prone to eveiy sin !

9 My reason tells me thy commands Ave holy, Just and true ; l>li8 me whatever my God commands Is his most righteous due.

4 Reason I bear, her counsels wei|^. And all her words approve ; But stiU I find it hard t* obey. And harder yet to love. .

i How long, dear Savioor, shall I frei TbMe strugi^es in my breast? When wilt tnou bow my stubborn will, And give my conscience rost ?

i Bnak, sovereign giaoe, O break the ehaim, And set the captive fiee | Roreal thine own almigb^ arm, And naste to rescue me. Sraxnan

Ifidy 160, 161 SCSJPTU££ DOCTRINE.

JiT ■■.-,■■. ■

ATONEMENT.

0. M. Abri|)ip,|^d|bi«.

TTie AtonemeiU qf ChriaU

159

1 TTQW are our natures spoiled by sin ! * XX Yet nature ne'er hatn found The way to make the conscieuce c^e/^, . Or heal the paihful wound.

8 In Tain we seek for peace with God * By methods of our own :

Jesus, there's nothing but thy blood Can bring us near the throne.

3 'Tis by thy death we live, O Lord : 'Tis on thy cross we rest; ' ^

For ever be thy love adorpd. Thy name for ever blest. WAm.

xOU ^' M. Qorry, J^nnky.

1 T¥OW shall the sons of men appear. XI Great God, before thine awfUl barf How may the guilty hope to find Acceptance with the eternal Mind ?

9 Not vows, nor |;roans, nor broken cxi«f. Not the most costly sacrifice, '' Nor infant blood profusely spUt,

Will e;(piata a sinner's guilt. 3 The blood of Jesus Christ, alone, Hath sovereign virtue to atone ; Here we will rest oiir only pleft, Wheii Y(e approac}), great G«j|, t9 tfiM.

8Ta|t»STT.

REPENTANCE.

161 Oi M. 8tMirtlB\

1 nEPENT, the voice celestial criei, Xl/ Nor longer dare delay : The wretch that icoma the mandate ikm^ And meets a fieiy d^r.

SNo more the soyereign eye of iGod O'erlook* tbe crimes of men ; Hie bertdde are despatched abroad To warn the world of un.

3 Together in his presence bow,

And all your guilt confess ; Accept the offered Saviour now, Nor trifle with bis grace.

4 Bow, ere tbe awful trumpet w>«nd.

And call you to bis bar ; For mercy knows tbe appointed bcAind, Ax^d turns to vengeance there.

5 Amazing love, that yet will call,

And yet prolong our days l Our hearts, subdued by goodness, fall. And weep, and love, and praise.

DODDRIDOS.

JIO^ R^ewtanee and free Pardon. Ps. V.

1 T»L£ST is tbe man, for eyer bl«et, £? Whose guilt is pardoQed by hlv Oo4, Wliose sins with "sorrow are confessed, Aud covered witb hip Saviour's blm. S Blest is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not bis iniquities: He pleads no merit of reward. And hot on works, but grace, relief.

3 From guile bis heart and lips are ficee j

His humble joy, bis holy fear Wftli deep repentance well agree, And join to prove bip mitb sincere.

4 How gloriousiis that i;ighteousneas

Tbat hides and cancbls all his sins! Wliile a bright evidence of grace TliHHigh his whole life appears and ebinef*

Wasti.

163

S. M. Doter, Silver 8t>pat

Forgvuneat nf Sit^ vpon Cai|/^«tfn. Ps 60- 1 g^ BLESSED Boi||g we tbiur, \J Whose sins sfe covered o*er: mvinely Wert, ^mpn? tl^e Lojfd* ImiRitei tSA 'i0t w mf^

164, 165 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE.

9 They mouxn their follies past. And keep their hearts with care ; Their lips and lives, without deceit, Shall prove tlifeir faith sincere.

3 While I concealed my guilt.

I ftlt the festering wound: Till I confessed my sins to thee, And ready pardon found.

4 Let sinners learo to pray,

Let saints keep near the throne ; Our help in times of deep distress Is found in God alone Watts.

FAITH.

164 !*• M* C«»wpw,WtBfc

] T IFE and immortal Joys are given MJ To souls that mourn the sins theyhra

done; Children of wrath, made heirs of heaven, By fkith in God's etenwl Son.

S Wo to the wretch who never felt The inward pangs of pious gi:ief ! But adds to all his crvlug guilt The stubborn sin of unbelief.

3 The law condemns the rebel dead ; Under the wrath of God he lies : fie seals the curse on his own head. And with a double vengeance dies.

Watts.

165

C. M. Toik, BoadiaCi

Jt Utnng FaUk.

I I^ISTAKEN souls ! that dream of heaven, x" And make their empty boast Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, While they are slaves to lust. S Vain are our fiincy's airy flights. If fkith be cold and dead ; None but a living power unites ^Te Christ the filing head.

FAITH. l()6,lg7

3 'Tifl faith that changes all the heart ;

'Til fhith that works by love ; Tbat bids all sinf^il Joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above.

4 Tis fiiith that conquers earth and beU

By a celestial power; This is the grace that wall prevail In the decisive hour. Wa^ts

1 ^g* ^ L* ^« Kitb, Wiadwitar

J.OO faith eomueUd toith Salvation.

1 IV*^*^ ^y ^^® ^^^" ^^ innocence JLH Can Adam's sons arrive at heaven ; New works can give us no pretence To have our ancient sins forgiven.

5 Not the best deeds that we have done

Can make a wounded conscience whole; Faith is the grace, — and faith alone, — That flies to Christ, and saves the soul.

3 Lord. I believe thy heavenly word ^

Fain would I have my soul renewe4-; I mourn for sin, and trust the Lord, To have it pardoned. and subdued.

4 O may thy grace its power display ;

Let guilt and death no longer reign} Save me in thine appointed way, Nor let my humble faith be vain. Watts

167

L. M. Bath, Brid(ew«(w

BelievB and be saved,

1 1\rOT to condemn the sons of men, 1^ Did Christ, the Son of God, appeal : Vo weapons in his hands are seen. No flioning sword, nor thunder tiiere.

S Saeb was the pity of our God,

He loved the race of man so well, He sent his Son to bear our load Of ains, and save our souls ftom hell.

3 Sinners, believe th^ Saviour's word.

Trust in his mighty name, and live ; A thousand Joys his lips afiord. His hands a thousand blessings give

4 Bvt vengeanco and damnation lies

Oni rebels who refUse his grace ;

I6i, 16* SCBIPTURA BOCTBINE.

Who 6od*0 eternal Son despise, The hottest hell shall be tbehr pUide.

WAfTi.

?T— f»

G. M.

lUO JVittA encouraged, Heb. iL 13.

I n ISE, O my scrtil ; pursue the padi JLl/ By ancient worthies trod; Aspirin gj view those Jioly men, Who lived and walkea with God.

9 Though dead, they speak in reason's eor. And in example live \ Their fttith, and hoi)e, and mig^Qr deeds, Still fresh instruction give.

3 'Twas through the Lamb's most preci^iiy

blood, Tliey conquered eveiy foe ; And to his power and matchless grace. Their crowns of life they owe.

4 Lord, may I ever keep m view.

The patterns thou hast given; And ne'er forsake the blessed road, .That led them safe to heaven. Nscdham.

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1 /*f| L. M. OldHoBdradfFdaj.

1 IJV JiVutik tuOodin TitM ^ Dietrut,

X C9 HOULD famine o'er the mourning fislj ^ Extend her desolating reign. Nor spring her blooming beauties yield. Nor autumn swell the ripening grain |—

5 Should lowing herds, and bleating sheep,

Around their famished master die, And hope itself, expiring, weep. Whilst life deplores its last supply j-—

3 Amidst the dark, the deathAil scenOi

If I can say. The Lord is mine, , The Joy shall triumph o'er the pain. And glory dawn, thou^ life decline.

4 The God of my salvation lives ;

My nobler life he will sustain ; His word immortid vigof gives, Nor shall my hope or trUst be vain.

STIIBLn.

FiUTH. J70, Vf%

Ai

1 1 U 7^ iratm SerpaUf or Uokvng to JtkuS.

I ClO did the Hsbrew prophet raue ^ \ The brazen serpent nigh ', The woonded felt immediate ease. The camp forebore to die.

3 " Look upward in the dying hour, « And live !" the prophet crlesr j But Christ performs a nobler cure, When faith lifts up her eyes.

3 Hidi on the cross the Saviour hung !

High in the heavens he rei^s * Here sinners, Vy th' old serpent sCttJtg, Look, and forget, thefr pains.

4 When God's own Son is lifted n]^',

A dying wotid revives ; The Jews behold the glorioils hope,

Tbe etpirmg Oentile Iwea. Wxrhrs

t — " ' ■

m8s. Lunbdh.

Foitk eonqturing. 1 npHE moment a sinner beneves, ■I. And trusts in his crucified 6<|d, His pardon at once he receives:-^ <

RMemption in taW through his blood. Tie laith that still leads us along, . And liws under pressure and load, That makes us in weakness more stfongy And draws the soul upward to Go<l.

9 It treads on the world and on hell^

It vanquishes death and despair $ And oh t let us wonder to tell.

It wrestles and conquers by pray^i": Permits a vile worm of the dust.

With God to commune as a friend; To hope his forgiveness as Just,

And leofc for his love te the end.

3 It aayt to the mountains, " Depart,"

That stand- between God and the soul ;«— It binds up the broken in heart,

And mnes w^ovnded conscienees* #hole^ ; Bids sins of a cfimson-like dye

9e' apocleMi as snow, and as ^hita y And raises the siniiep on JUgh.

To dwell with the angsls or light Hart

178, 173 SCRIPTURE boCTRINE.

^ Mf^ C. M. ClareadoB, Wh.

±4 ^ LMHamg at Tkagg wumiu

1 TvrHlT should the woild*s alluring toys T T Detain oar hearts and eyes, Regardless of immortal joys, And strangers to the slues.

9 These transient scenes will soon decay; They fade upon the sight ; And quickly will their brightest day Be lost in endless ni^t.

3 Lord, send a beam of light divine

To guide our upward aim^

With one reviving ray of thine

Our languid hearts inflame.

'4 Then shall, on faith's sublimest wing. Our ardent wishes rise To those bright scenes where pleasures •pring Immortal in the skies.

REGENERATION.

173 C. M. Wladny

1 g^AS aught beneath a power divine

V/ The stubborn wiU subdue?

*Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine To form the heart anew.

S *Tis thine the passions to recall. And upvrard bid them rise; And make the scales of error &I1 From reason's darkened eyes.

9 To chase the shades of death away. And bid the sinper live. A beam of heaven, a vital ray-- 'Tis thine alone to give.

4 Oh, change these wretched hearts of oun, And give them life divine ; Then shall our passions and our powen, Almighty Lord, be tliina

MSGENEBATION. 174, 175

1T4 ^' ^* Dondee, While*

•* • * MegeneroHmi.

1 ffi JITTERS, tbis solemn truth regard ;

K^ Hear, all ye sons of men ;

For Ciuist the Saviour Jiath declared, "^ Ye ipust be bom again."

9 Tl^te'er might be your birth or blood. The sinner's boast is vain : TbuB saith the glorious Son of God, ** Ye must be bom again.''

3 Oor nature'^ totally depraved—

The heart a sink of sin ; Without a change we can't be saved • " Ye must be born again." '

4 BjpML of life, thy grace impart,

And breathe on sinners slain ; Bear witness. Lord, in ^very heart. That we are bom again. HosKiirs.

M.4 O C. M. RetKling, Oreenmlk.

1 CJ TRAIT is the way, the door te strait, »^ That leads to joys on high : »Tte but a few that find the gate. While erowds mistake and die. 9 Beloved self must be denied, The mind and will renewed; PUsion suppressed and patience tried, And vain desires subdued.

3 The love of gold be banished hence.

That vile idolatry ; And oveiy member, '^very sense. In sweet subjection lie.

4 The tongue, that most unruly power,

Beqnires a strong restraint : We must be watchfbl every hour, And pmy, but never faint.

5 Lord ! can a feeble, helpless worm

Fulfil a task so hard ? thy nace must all my work perform, . And give the free reward Watts

176, 177 SCBIPTintE POCTRINE.

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PARDON.

ITO C. M. 6prin«fida, Windaor.

1 A S on the cross the Savionr hung, A And wept, and bled, and died, He ponred salvation on a wretch, That languished at his side.

5 His crimes, with inward grief and sliame^

The penitent confessed ; Then turned his dying eves to'CIn^Ml, And thus his prayer addressed :

3 "Jesus, thoa Son and heir of heaven,

** Thou spotless Lamb of God ! '*! tee thee bathed in sweat and ieai^, " And weltering in thy blood.

4 " Yet quickly flrom these scenes of wo,

**In triumph shall thou rise, ''Bhrst throxrgh the gloomy shades of desfir, "And shine above the skies.

IJ''^Araid the glories of that world, ('Dear Bamur, think on me, " And in the victories of thy death ** Let me a sharer be.'*

6 Bit prayer the dying Jesus hears.

And instantly replies, *< To-day thy parting soul shall be "Witrr me in paradise." STsiri^xfr.

L. M. BadHAndifyC

Pardoning Chraet* 1 IT^ROM deep distress, and troubled thou^ts, X^ To thee, my (}od, I raise my cries : If thou severely mark our faults. No flesh can stand before thine eyes.

5 But thou hast built thy throne of grace,

Free to dispense thy pardons there ; That sinners may approach thy face,;

And hope and love, as well as fear* 3 My trust is fixed upon thy word,

Nor shall I trust thy word in vainj Let mourning souls address the Xjord,

And find relief from all their pain

177

|kABi>Off. 178, IW

4 Great is hit lore, and larffr hit gnuM, Through thft rederapcioli df hii 8M ( He turiM our feet from sini^ri ways. And pardons what wu hands hare 4one.

^ Wactj.

1T8 C. AL OelckMMrrft HvdaV

fh-m Patdan and sineert ObtHnue. Pa. 99. 1 YTAPPT the Man to whom his eM aJ. No more imputes his sin | Bat, washed in his Redeemers blood, Hath made his garments clean ! 9 Happy, hevond expression, he

Ivhose debts are thus discharied ; And, from the guAty Ixnidage flea, He feels his soul enlarged.

3 His spirit hates deceit and lies,

His words are all sincere ; He guards his heart, he guard* iilf agres, To keep fate conscience clear.

4 While I my inward guilt suppreisad.

No quiet could 1 find ; Thy wrath lay burning in my bieast, And racked my tortured ndnd.

5 Then I confessed ray troubled tbonghtSy

If y secret sins revealed ; Thy pardoning grace forgaire my fludti. Thy pmee my pardon sealed,

6 Thia shall invite thy siteta to pnf ;

Wbea^ like a ragmg flood. Temptations rise, our strength and t^ Is a forgiving God. WLm

179 CI. Bl. CutaMIt,

1 UfOW olt, a!av! fhft wrettlMd h^it ■El. Has wandered tmm the liori! Bow oft ny roving thouglits da]^ait^ Forgetftil of htt wotd 1 - 9 Tec oovereicn mttty ctiM^-^BMMl}» Doar Lof£ and may I MMl»f My vile kMMltnde I AOiiMl t O take the WiilderiV h4iM«

% And eanat thoa.«wlll ttan iMIMfi, AjhI hM «ty crimaa mMoI

180 BCKIPTURE DOCTKINE.

And shall a pardoned rebel live, To speak thy wondrous love ?

4 Almighty grace, thy healing power,

How glorious — how divine ! That can to life and bliss restore So vile a heart as mine.

5 Thy pardoning love — so free— «o sweet-

Dear Saviour, I adore : O ke^ me -At thy sacred feet. And let me rove no more. Stbslk.

JUSTIFICATION.

180

H. M« W«7Moiith.

1 A KISE, my soul, arise, J^ Shake off thy guilty fean, Th« bleeding Sacrifice In my behalf appears ; Before the throne my Surety stands, My name is written on his hands.

9 He ever lives above.

For me to interoede ; His atl-redeeming love,

His precious blood to plead ; His blood atoned for all our race. And sprinkles now the throne of grbce.

3 Five bleeding wounds he bears,

Beceived on Calvary ; They pour effectual pravers, They strongly speak for me : Forgive him, O forgive, they cry. Nor let that ransomed sinner die !

4 The Father hears hhn pray.

His dear anointed One: He cannot torn away The presence of his Son : His Spirit answers to the blood. And tells me I am bora of God.

5 My God is reconeUed,

His pardKNulag iroiee I hear :

JUSTIFICATION. 181, 183

He owns me for hk child, I can no longer fear : With confidence I now draw ni^h. And Father, Abba, Father, civ.

MCTH. Coix.

18]

C: M. Yoik,T«iiefw

1 A WAKE, my heart, arise my tongue, xl. Prepare a tunefol voice; In God. the life of all my Joys, Aloud will I rejoice. S 'Tis he adorned my naked soul. And made salvation minej Upon a poor polluted worm He makes his graces shine.

3 How far the heavenly robe exceeds

What earthly princes wear ! These ornaments, how bright they shine ! How white the garments are !

4 The Spirit wrought by fkith and love.

And hope in every crace ; But Jesus spent his life, to work The robe of righteousness.

5 Strangely, my soul, art thou arrayed

By the great Sacred Three ! In sweetest harmony of praise Let all thy powers agree. Watts.

xOm S* ^* WaickiBUi.

1 TJTOW can a sinner know Xl His sins on earth forgiven? How can my gracious Saviour show My name inscribed in heaven ?

.3 What we have felt and seen With confidence we tell j And publish to the sons of men The signs infallible.

3 We. who in Christ believe

That he for us hath died, We all his unknown peace receive, And feel his blood applied.

4 Exalte our rising soul,

Pisburthened of her load.

te&,184 SCRlPTtmB DOCTRINE.

And swells ttnutteralfly Ain Of glory and of Ood.

5 His love, surpassing far

The lore of all beneath, We find within our hearts, and dare The .pointless darts of death.

6 Stronger than death or hell

The sacred power we prove ; And, conquerors of the world, we dwell In heaven, who dwell in love.

MxTR. Coll.

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10i> JustifietOion by Faith, not by Works. 1 '17'AIN are the hopes the sons of mea ▼ On their own works have built; Their hearts by nature all unclean, And all their actions guilt.

9 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths. Without a munnnring 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, Bince to convince and to condemn Is all the law can do.

4 Jesus, how glorous is thy grace !

When in thy name we trust, Our faith receives a rigbteousBesaf That makes the sinner Just. VfAttt*

GRACE.

184 O. M. Arlii«tM^apriqiMiL

1 A MAZINir grace ! how sweet the floond, xl. That saved a wretch tike me ! I. once was lost, but now am found-— Was blind, but now I see. ft >Twas grace that tan|(ht my heitrt to ftmr, And grace mv fears relieved ; How precious did that gnte« aMeif , The henr I fiN* belittled.

185

-• ORAOB. 186, 186

-aB5g5^= ■'.,.;

8 Through many dangers, toils, and anares,

I bav« dread V eome; >Tia craee that brought me safe thus fiHr* And grace will lead me home.

4 And when thia flesh and heart shall &il, Avd mortal life shall cease: I shall possess within the reil A life of joy and peace, NswTojr.

8. H. Shirlaiid, BoQaBd.

Salvation by Once.

1 i^KACS! *tis a charming sound, VT Harmonious to the ear ! Heaven with the echo '•ball reiound. And all the earth shall hear.

9 Chcac^ first contrived the way

Tb save rebellious man ; And all the steps that grace display. Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace led mv roving feet

To tread the heavenly road : And new supplies each hour, 1 meet, While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown,

Through everlasting days ; It lays in heaven tlie topmost stone. And well deserves the praise.

DoODKIDOa.

•m Qg* ^' ^* FwYt BtopbiBi.

JLOD Bji ^ Grace qf Oodf I am vhai I am,

1 /*^BEAT God, >tis ftom thy aovereign graee, U That all my blessings flow ; Whatever I am, or do posatss, I to thy mercy owe.

9 Tia this my powerful tusta eontral, And pardons all my sins I Spreads lifio and emnfoK through nqr Mm, And makes my nature clean.

3 *TIb thia upholds me whUe I Uv«, Supports me when I die ) And neaee ton thousand saints rteeive Tbefr all, aa wen as I.

/

187,188 SCRIPTURE DOCTRINE.

I Qmf C» M.

J. 9 ff SabfoUcn bf Grace.

I T ORD, we confess our numerous fiuilti; ■Li How great our guilt has been! Foolish and vain were all our thou^iti, And all our lives were sin.

9 But, O my soul, for ever praise, For ever love bis name, Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways- Of folly, sin and shame.

3 >TiB from the mercy of our God

That all our 'hopes begin: *Tis by the water ard the olood Our souls are washed from sin.

4 Tis through the purchase of his death.

Who hung upon the tree, The Spirit is sent down to breathe On such dry bones as we.

5 Raised from the dead, we live anew;

And, Justified bv grace, ' We shall appear m glory too. And see our Father^s face. WAtn«

188

PERSEVERANCE.

1 ¥ ESUS, my Saviour and my God, V Thou hast redeemed me with thy blood t By ties both natural and divine, I am, and ever will be thine.

9 But, ah I should my inconstimt heart. Ere I*m aware, from thee depart. What dire reproach would fkU on me^ For such ingratitude to thee !

3 The thought I dread, the crime I hato, The guilt, the shame J deprecate: And yet, ao mighty are my foes,

I dare not trust my warmest vows.

4 Pity mv frailty, dearest Lord j Grace in the needfhl hour afford

BAWCTIFICATION. 189 I

O steel tbls timorous beart of mine Witb fortitade and love divine.

5 So flball I triompb o'er my fears, And gatber Joys from all my tears : So shall I to the world proclaim Thellonorsof the Christian name. Srxi^v i

189 CI. M. Fetflrixnonih, Cuak I

1 YTNSHAKEN as the sacred hiU, ^ And fixed as mountains be, Finn as a roek. the soul shall rest, That leans, O Lord on thee.

9 Not walls nor bills could guard so well Old Salem's happy ground, As thoM eternal^ arms of love, That every saint surround.

3 Deal gently, I^ord with souls sincere,

And lead them safely on To the briffht gates of paradise, Where Ghrist their Lord is gone.

4 Bat If we trace those crooked ways

Which the old serpent drew, The wrath that drove him first to hell. Shall smite his followers too. Wa'

SANCTIFICATION.

1 Q/\ C. H. , Cmbridfa^

X ttfU A State qf ^Ttture and qf Qrace.

1 1\r^'^ ^^ malicious nor profiuoe, 1^ The wanton, nor the proud, Mor thieves, nor slanderers shall obtain The kingdom of our God.

S Swprising grace ! and such were we By nature and by sin. Heirs of inunoctal misery. Unholy and unclean.

3 But we are washed in Jesus' blood, We're pardoned through bis name : And the good Spirit of our God Has sanctified our frame.

4 d for a pi^rwyering power

To keep tj^ just comraanda I . We would de01e our hearts na more,^ No mon poUute our hands. W 4Tf s.

mL. M. Bteotfoid, Neif S«li^flL ffoUnut and Qrc»9, 1 ^O let our lips and lives express K7 Tb« holy gospel we profess; So let our works and vlrtaes shine, To prove Xh9 doctrine all divine.

fi Thus shail we best proclaim abroad The honors of our Saviour God ; Whtu the salvation reigns witliin} And grace subdues tbe power of sin.

3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, FM>ion and eavy, lust and pride ; Whilst Justice, tempennce, truth and |o?«» Our inward pi^ty approve.

4 Religion bears our fpMts op, While WB expect that blessed hope, The brighl appearaoce of the liord ;— And FaSth stands Iwwiog on his w«4.

REDEMPTION.

1 f\C% t»» H> WlachMlg,

JLsf J0 Hedemptun by CkriH alone. 1 IT^NSLAyED by sin, and liound in chala$ Hi Beneath its dfeadftd tyrant sway, And doomed io everlasting pains, We wretched guilty captives lay.

fi Jesus, the Lord, the mighty Ood, An all-4ttffieient ransom paid : Invalued price ! his precious blood. For vile rebellious traitors shed.

I Jesofl the sacrifice became.

To rescue guilty souls from hoH ; The spotless, bleeding, dying Laml^ Beneath avenging Justiee fell

AJt>OPTION. 193

4 Amaxtng goodUieM I loro divine ! O maj our gnXefvd hearts adore The matctalest grace ; nor ;^ield to tin. Nor wear tti eruel fetters more. STaSLB.

ADOPTION.

193

78.

Priofltgtt of JidopHcn,

1 'DLESSED are the sons of God; JD They are bought with Christ's own Wood, They are ransomed from the gntv^; Lilb eternal they shall have : With them aumbejed may we be, Bera, and in eternity.

9 They are Justified by grace ; They enjoy a solid peace ; i

All their sins are washed away j TImr shall stand in God's great day : Wita them numbered may we ba. Here, and in eternity, i

3 They produce the fruits of grace, In the woriCB of righteousness ; They are hannless, meek, and mild. Holy, blameless, undefiled :

Whli thefli numbered amy we be, Ben, and in eternity.

4 They are li^ts npon the earth, Qittdvan of a h^venly blitii ; On# wMi God, with Jesus one ; Q%mf \b la them begun :

With them iMimbered may we be,

Ban aa4 In eternity. QviinMits

194)19^ BCRIPTPRE DOCTRINE.

194

SALVATION.

C« M.

Solvation.

SALVATION ! O, the joyful sound I *Ti8 pleasure to our ears ; A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears.

Buried in sorrow, and in sin,

At bell's dark door we lay; But we arise by grace divine, , To see a heavenly day. Salvation ! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around. While all the armies of the sky

Conspire to raise the sound. Watti.

PRECIOUS PROMISES.

1 Q p' lis. FartogiMM Btidii.

XcfO Preeioua Promises.

1 TTOW firm a foundation.ye teints of the Lord, ■tl Is laid for your faith m his excellent word! What more can he say than to you he hath said, You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled ?

S Fear not, I am with thee, O be not disquiyod ; I now am thy God, and will still give thee aid ; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, anofcausetheoto

stand. Upheld by my righteoua, omnipotent hand.

3 When through the deep waters I call thee to go, The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow ; For I will be with thee, thy troubles to blesa, And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

4 When through fiery trials thy path-way shall

lie, My grace all-sufficient shall be thy supply ; The flames shall not hurt thee ; I only design Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.

THE GOSPEL CALL. 196, 197

5 Eren down to <dd age, all my people sball

prove Impftitial, eternal, nncfianfeable love ; And when -taoaiy bain shall Uieir templea

adorn, Like Iambs they sball still in my bosom be

borne.

0 The soul ^at on Jesns doth lean for repose, I wiU not, I will not, desert to his foes ; That soul, though all hell should endeavor

to shake, 111 never, no never, no never, forsake.

THE GOSPEL CALL.

196 L. M. ft*.

1 I^OME, sinners, to the gospel feast ;

v/ Let every soul be Jesus' suest :

Ye need not one be left behind, ,

For God hath bidden all mankind. 9 My message as from God receive ;

Te all may come to Christ, and live:

O let bis love your hearts constrain.

Nor suffer him to die in vain !

3 His love is mighty to compel j

His conquering love consent to feel : Yield to his love's resistless power. And light against your God no more.

4 Bee him set forth before your eyes,

That plecious, bleeding sacrifice ! ;

His onMred benefits embrace.

And mely now be saved by grace ! i

5 Tliis is the time ; no more delay ! I This 1m the acceptable day :

Come in this moment at his call, ' And live fmr him who died for all. | • Mkth. Coll.

19T 1" ^« iBTitetab

1 UTO ! every one that thirsts, draw nig^ $ n >Tis God invites the fkllen race ;

196 THE GOOPBh CALL.

Mercy and &ee salvation buy, Buy wine, and milk, and go«peI frace.

S ** Wlijr Baek ye tbat wbieh is sot kwtf , *'NQr can your hungry sonlBWiatain? " On ashes, husks, and air. ye feed j '" 7e epeiid your little all in Tain.

3 " In search of empty joys below,

<( Ye toil with unavmUng strife j ** Whither, ah ! whither would ye » f " I baya the words of endless life.

4 " Hearken to me with earnest caic,

^ And fkieely eat substantial food ; " The sweetness of my mercy share, " And taste that I alone am good.

5 ** I bid you all my goodness prove,

" My promises for all are mp i ** Come, taste the manna of my love, "Ana let your souls delight, in me.

^ "Tour willing ear and heart incline, " My words believingly receive } " Quickened, your souls, by faith divlnt, " An everlasting life shall live.*> Wmlit.

1 QQ CM. SocbMlv,

XftfO hmtationqftiu ChtpeL

I T ET every mortal ear attend, JLi And every heart rejoice ! The trumpet of the gospel sounds. With an inviting voice.

S Ho ! an ve hungry, starving sonls. Who feed upon the winaf, — And vainly strive, with earthly tUT*, To illl an empty mind ;—

3 Eternal wisdom has prepared

A soul-reviving feast j >

And bids your longing appetltet ' The rich provision taste.

4 Ho ! >e who pant for living strsams,

And pine away and die } Here you may quench your vmgiAf Chin* With springs that never dry.

( The happy gates of gpspel grace Btand open all the day : hotit we are come to Mek w^tpUaa, Aii4 diiv9 pur wania ^w^y. WaTrt.

THK GOSPEL CALL. 19^,800

, m »l ^t^^am^ 1 r ... I - -1 1. I

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199 JOsHlIv. 8kMki«(%>

il FfiHT faithAilnAfli, Lord, each moment we 1 find,

8o trae to tby word, so loving and kind } , Thy mercy so tender to all the lest race, The yileat offender may turn and dnd greee.

9 The mercy I feel, to others I show, I set to my seal that Jesus is trae : Ye all may find favor, who come at his call : O eome to my Saviour, his grace is for all. .

3 To save what was lost, from heaven he' came. Come, sinners, and trust in Jesus's name ! He offew you pardon ; he bids you be ti6Bi ** If sin be jhat burden, O etna* unto toe'!*'

4 O let ns comnetod my Savloor to yoa ; The pnUlcanVi Friend, and Advocate too $ For fou be is pleading his merits and daafli. With ieath interceding for sianett beneath.

5 Then let us submit, his grace to receive } Fall down at his feet, and i^adly belleVe : We all are (bigiven, fur Jesus's sake : Our title to heaven, his merits we taifie.

200 78. 8L. BodiuiirfV^nw

1 mUKN, he cries, ye sinners, turn : M. By his life your God hath ^wom, He would hsve you turn and live ; Be would all the woAd receive ; jBTvopr death were his delight. Would he you to life inviter Would lie ask, beseech, and «y, Why will ye resolve to die ?

9 Sinnen, tofn, wOtlle Gfod k ile«^ i Dare not thhik bim indnMre : Now, even tow, your Bsrvtour sthatti. All day kmg he spvet^ his hand*) Cttoa, " To will not hapyy be t ** No, ye will net cotte to me > « Mil vlK> lifo to noDodei^: «• Wisr wlH.yo iseelve to die?"

aOl, 202 ALARM^WQ.

3 Can ye doubt if .God is love ? If to all his bowels move ? Will ye not bis vord receive? WiU ye not bis OATH believe ? See, the sufferini^ Grod appears ; ;

Jesus weeps ! believe bis tears : Mingled with his blood they cry, " Why will ye resolve to die ?**

Mbth* Coix.

ALARMING.

201

L. M. Annl^, Wiodlam.

film tmd Misery ecmuded,

1 /\H, wretched souls are thev, who bear yj with flcom. the sound of ([ospel grace ; For sorrow walks along with sm. Although they keep hot equal pace.

9 How blindly sinners grasp their chains ! And yet of freedom vninly boast ; They look for happiness and peace, Nor think by sin their peace is lost.

3 Apbroaching vice is decked in charms,

And smiles with promises of gain j No sooner past— its Joys are fled. And all il^ pleasures changed to pain.

4 Sinners may for a time reloice—

Till storms of threatened wrath ariae— Till Justice grasp the avengins sword : And then the wretch, the sinner} dlei.

TXWABO.

L. M. Hvwcb, WindbHB. R^Uetion,

202

1 A LAS, alas ! how blind Pre bean ! xl. How little of myself I've seen * Sportive I. sailed the sensual tide, Tlieughtless of God,, whom I defied.

f I heard of heaven, I heard of heU, Where bliss and wo eternal dwell ; But mocked the threats of truth divine. And eeomed the place when angelt iUn«

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9 Tbe aUaring world controlled my choic« ; When conscience spoke, I hushed its voice j Securely laughed along the road, Wkich hapless millions first had trod.

4 Now the Almighty God comes near. And makes me shake with awAiI fear ; His terrors all m^ strength exhaust, Mj fear grows high, my peace i» lost.

5 Tl^th keen remorse I feel iny wound , And seem to hear the dreadful sound, ** Depart from me, thou wretch undone, " Go reai^ thy sin, and feel my frown."

4 Thus ends my thoughtless, mirthfUl life, Filled up with folly, guilt and strife ; Perhape I sink to endless pain, Nor bear the voice of Joy again.

203

C. M. Elfin, Fiineiml Hyiii» The Scoffer,

1 A lL ve yirho laugh and sport with death, •Cm- And Bay, there is no hell; Tbe gaap of your expiring breath Will send you there to dwell.

3 When iron slumbers bind year flesh. With strange surprise you'll find Immortal vigor spring afresh. And torturea wake tbe mind !

3 Tben you'll confess, the frightfUl namei

Of plagues, you scorned before. No more aball lOok like idle dreams, like focriisb tales no more.

4 Tben shall ye curse that fatal day.

With flames upon your tongues, When yoo exchanged your souls awav For vanity and songs. Watts

-'

Oil A CM. Bufejr, Dante

^U'l s Rtprwif to the Conud.

1 A WAKE, arise, ye stupid souls ; -LM. No longer waste your breath In earnal Joys, and sensual bowls, 0o neaf eternal death.

5 Te little think those hours you spend

In laughter and in mirth,

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Will bring all pleasures to an end, And close in andless death.

3 Then He who made you. will detest

Your nature and your name. Who might have been for ever blest With heaven's immortal fame.

4 O turn, ye poor deluded men.

And seek for joys above ; Why will ye choose eternal pain, Before eternal love ? AitnrB.

L. M. Leydan, tote.

Tks MgU eometk, J<An ix. 4. 1 A WAKE, awake^ my sluggish soul; •^a- Awake, and view the setting tun ; See how the shades of death advance. Ere half the task of life is done. ft Death I—'tis an awful, solemn sound ) Oh, let it wake the slumbering ear ! Apace the dreadfUl cenqueror comes, With all his pale companions near. -'

3 Thv drowsy eyes will soon be closed,—

These friendly wamines heard no more : Soon will the mighty Judge approach j E'en now he stands before the door*

4 To-day attend his gracious voice ;

This is the summons that he sendp^ "AwaJce,-^for on this transient hour " Thy long eternity depends."

HxOUfMTrtUK.

S* M. AykriAiiT,!

F$w mceed, Luke xiii^ m.

206

1 piSerfRUCTION'S dangeroas nad •LF What multitudes pursue ! . While that which leads the soul to God Is knowli or sought by few. 1 Believers find the way

Through Christ the living gate ; But those 1 who hate this hSy wtt • Complain It is too strait. S If self naust be denied, And sin no more caressed. They r»^ choose the way tfnu** 1H4«, And strive to think It belt.

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a—n^a—— — Muui ..r ' i' I..* I I.I I laas,

4 EncompaMed by a throng,

On numbere they depend ; Tbey say, so many cant be wrong, ' And miM a happy end.

5 But hear the Saviour's word,

" Strive for the heavenly gate ; **Many will call upon the LKird, ** And find their cries too late."

6 Obey the gospel call.

And enter while you may ; The flock of Christ is always small, And none are safe but they.

7 Lord, open sinners' eyes,

' Their awful state to see ; And make them, ere the storm arise, To thee for safety flee. Nswveir*

C%i\i'y L. M. Luther's Hynw, Old HuDdr«d

mXJ 4 The Wreck cf Jfature, Isa. xxiv. 18,-80

1 TTOW great, how terrible that God, ' Xl. Who ediakes creation with his nod !

He frowns— earth, sea, all n^dre^s frame>

Sink in one universal flame. ■'

S Where now, oh ! where shall sinners seek For shelter in the general Wreck? Bhall falling rocks be o'er them-ihrown? See rocks, like snow, dissblving^down!

3 In vain -for mexov now they cry ; Jm lakes of liquid fire they lie; There, on the flaming billows tossed, For ever— oh ! for ever lo«ft !

4 But saints, undaunted and serene. With calmness view the dreadftil tcdiKr' Their Saviour lives, the woilds expire, And earth and skies dissolve in fire.

5 Jesae, the hopeless creature's fHend^ To thee my all I dare commend ; Thou canst preserve my feeble soul. When lightnings blaze from pole to pole.

Past. DAVtit.

208

L. M. Luton, EUMtiu«p«

T9»4aff» Heb. iv.7.

I tr ASTBN, O slniier, to b« Wistu n And stay nei ftrlbe matnm^

809, 210 ALARBflNG.

The longer Wisdom yon d^apiie. The harder is she to be won«

9 Oh, hasten, mercy' to implore.

And stay not for the morrow's sun, For fear thy season should be o'er. Before tinM evening's coarse be run.

3 Hasten, O sinner, to retum>

And stay not for the morrow's sun, For fear thy lamp should fail to bum, Before the needAil work is done.

4 Hasten, O sinner, to be blest,

And stay not for the morrow's sun. For fear the curse idlould thee arrest, Before the morrow is begun.

^09 L. M. MaofldoDia, WiBdhBB.

1 TTEAB, O ye careless sinners, hear ! •1^ This life, is short, and death is near; Soon will you leave this mortal shore, And all your gods will be no more.

5 In vain you hope in earth to find Pleasures to' satisfy the mibd j For surely all t)ie joys of earth Will leave you at the hour of death.

3 O leave the world's delusive road, And seek the favor of your 6od ; He bids you welcome to a feast ; Come, taste, and l)e for ever blest. Aluhu.

£iX U S. M. OunlNur, UtOe Mulboroim^

Pr^orotum for ikt Juignumt, Rev. zz. 11. 1 ITOW will my heart endure XX The terrors of that day, i When earth and heaven, before the Jad§», Astonished shrink away! 9 But ere that tnHnnet shakes The mansions of the dead. Bark ! from the sospel's cheering sound. What Joyfhl tidings spread ! I Te sinners, seek his grace. Whose wrath ye cannot bear^ Fly to the abeiter of his «roM, And 0nd pnlvation there.

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4 fik> shall that curse remove, By whicli the Saviour bled ; And the last awfUl day shall pour His blessings on jour head. Dodd&iooi.

Cit "i C. M. BonaxdH, CambridgB.

£1 i The rich mrldling. Luke zii. 1&-^.

1 ** fUfY bams are ftill, my stores increase ; ITX ♦« And now, for many 'years, ** Soul, eat, and dtink, and take thine ease, "Secure from wants and fears."

9 Thus while a worldling boasted once, As many now presume. He heard the Lord himself pronounce His sudden hwfhl doom :—

3 ** This night, vain fool, thy sou] most ihhm

**Into 9. world unknown: **And who shall then the stores possess, " Which thou hast called thine own ?*'

4 Tbos blinded mortals fondly scheme

For happiness below ', Till death destroys the pleasing dream, And they awake to wo. NxwToif,

^1 (% "^ C. M. Tunbridco, npiiptoa.

MLm JWww tht MuplBd TYiiM.

1 I^OW is the time, the accepted bouif ; .

•L^ O sinners, come away;

The Saviour's knocking at your door ; • Arise without delay.

9 Oh ! don't reAise to give him room, jLest merqr should withdraw ; Hell then in robes of vengeance coma To execute his law.

3 Then where, poor mortals, will you be,

If destitute of grace. When you your injured Judge shall see. And stand before his face?

4 Oh ! conl4 you shun that dreadiU sight,

How would you wish to fly To the dark shades of endless night, From that all-searching eye !

5 Tbe dead, aw^ed, must all vppvu.

And you among them atand,

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Baton the great impartial bar, Arraigned at Cbri0t*fl left band.

6 L^t not tliese warnings be In vftin. But lend a listening ear ; Lest you should meet them all again, When Wrapped in keen despair.

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L. M. MbniBODUi, Utnrm.

The ng-trte, Mark zi. 20.

1 /^N£ awAU word which Jeaus tpoke vr Against the tree which bore no froft, More dreadful than the lightning's ttrok^ Blasted and. dried it to the root.

9 How many, who the gpspel hear.

Whom Satan blinds uad sin deoeiyes^ Mav with thie withered tree compare !-> They yield no flruit, but only leaves.

3 Knowledge, and zeal, and gifts, and talM,

Unless combined with faiui and Ioto,. And witnessed .by a gospel walk, WUl not a true profession prove.

4 Without such flnlt .as God expects.

Knowledge will mak)6 our state Uie wons $ The fruitless sinners he rejects, And soon will blast them with his ciine*

KaWToir.

214 L* H. Bdbjkm, WolMia.

7%e Sinner vtightd, and found wantinif, Dan. y. S17.

I T> AtSE, thoughtless sinner, raise thine ey«— m\» Behold God's balance lifted high ! There shall bis Justice be displayed, And there thy hope and life be weighed.

8 See in one scale his perfect law ; Mark with what force its precepts draws Wonldst thou the awftil test sustain ?— Thy works how light ! thy thoughts how vain !

8 Behold the band of God appears, To trace those dreadful characters ; " Tekd-^y soul is wanting found, " And wratfi shall tmite thee to tbtf graand* *'

ALABMJNO. S15, 916

BaOMMM

4 Let sudden fl»ar thy neires uabmoe ; Let honor shake thy tottering knees ; Through all thy tboqgbts let aaguish nKif And deep rep^tanee melt thy soul.

5 One only hope may yet prevail— Christ has a weight to turn the seals ; Still does the goepel publish peace. And show a Saviour's righteoasaees.

6 Great God. exert thy power to save; Deep on tne heart these truths engrtiva ; The ponderous load of guilt j»move, That trembling lips may sing thy love

DooDiuaax

V^nF>M^i^»^^

215 -7*- M«rwMk.

1 fii JB£K» my soul, die narrow gate ; ^ Enter, ere it oe too late ; Many ask to enter there* When too late to offer prayer.

1 God ftom mercy's seat shall rise, And for ever bar the skies ; Then, though sinners cry without. He will say, "I know you not.**

3 MoumfUly will they ox!i:laim,

** Lord, we have professed tl^y name ; ** We have ate with thee, and haaxa <* Heavenly teaching in thy word."

4 Vain, alas \ will be their plaa« Workers of iniquity ;

Bad their everlasting lot- Christ will say, **I know you not."

iSXO Shmmt, prepare to nuet Ood,

1 Cf INNER, art thou still secure? ^ Witt thou still ref\ise to pray? Can thy heart or hand endure. In the Lord's avenging day?

9 Bee, his mighty arm is bared ! Awftil ternNTS clothe his brow ! For bis judgments stand prepared ^ Thon must either break or bow

3 Aft hia presanee wv^ure shakea s Baith, affiightadt to«rtas to ^ef i

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' Bolid mountains melt like wax: What will then become of thee ?

4 Who hifl advent may abide?

fou, who glory in your shame, Will you find a place to hide. When the world is wrapped in flame?

5 Lord, prepare us by thy grace ;

' Soon we must resign our breath. And oar souls be called to pass Through the iron gate of death.

6 Let us now our day improve ;

Listen to the gospel voice $ Seek the things that are above ;- Scorn the world's pretended Joys. NawTow

JiLi CM. MMT.Bdwud^

1 ^ INNER, behold that downward road *^ Which leads to endless wo ; What multitudes of thoughtless souls The road to ruin go! S But yonder see that narrow way Which leads to endless bliss ; There see a happy chosen few, Redeemed by sovereign grace. |

3 They from destruction's city came.

To Zion upward teudj The Bible is their precious guide. And God himself tfateir Mend.

4 Lord, I would now a pilgrim be ;

Guide thou my feet aright; I would not, for ten thousand worlds. Be banished ftom thy sight. Dobbxx

Ql Q " 7s &.6s.

^AO Warning,

I ffilNNER, stop ! O stop and think, ^v^ Nor onward dare to go : Will you sport upon the brink

Of everlasting wo ? On the verge of ruin stop ;

Now the timely warning take ; Stay your footsteps, ere you drop Into the burning lake. • Bay, have you an arm like God, That yOQ his wUl oppose?

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Fear yoa not that iron rod.

With which he breaka hia foes ? Can you stand, in that dread day,

Which his Justice shall proclaim, 'When the earth shall melt away,

Like wax before the flame !

3 Ghastly death will quickly come.

And drag you to the bar; Then to hear your awAil dooih

Will fill you with despair: Sinners then in vain will call,

Those who now despise his grace, "Rocks and mountains on us mil,

And hide us from his face."

- I ■ I ■ "I I. ■ I ■ .III

219 C* M. ?lyiiMmt^

1 rriSRRIBLE thought! shall! alone, M. Who may be saved, shall I, Of all, alas ! whon^ I have known, Throu|^ sin for ever die?

S While all my <rid companions dear, With whojn I once did live, Joyftil at God*8 right hand appear, A blessing to receive, — ' ,

3 Shall I, amidst a ghastly band,

Pragged to the Judgment seat, Far on the left with horror stand. My fearftd doom to meet?

4 Ah ! no :-— I still may turn and live,

For still his wrath delays ; He now vouchsafes a kind reprieve. And offers me his grace.

5 I wiU accept his offers now,

From every sin depart; P«Hbrm my oft repeated vow, And render him my heart.

6 I will improve what I receive.

The (pace through Jesus given ; , Sore, if with God on earth I live. To live with God in heaven.

220 C. M. Rynoatfa, DandM.

OotPs Regmriia tisaetieelif Pious. Mai. iii. 16, 17 1 rwimTLord on mortal worms looks dowr I- From his celestial throne ;

801, S&e ALAHHINe.

And wben the wicked swami around, He well discerns his own.

8 He sees the tender hearts that mouni The scandals of the times ; And Join their efforts to oppose The wide-prevailing crimes.

3 The chronicles of heaven shall keep

Their words in transcript f&hr; In the Redeemer's book of life Their names recorded are.

4 " Yes." saith the Lord, « the world shall know

" These humble souls are mine : *< These) when my Jewels I produce, "Shall in full lustra shine.

$ « When deluges of fiery wrath " My fees away shall bear, . " That hand which strikes the wicked throngli " Shall all my children spare." PODDaioon.

OOI H. M. BedMria, Eij^e StfBct

'^^X Rom. iii. 16.

1 '11/'^^^ frowning Death appeals,

V ▼ And points his Iktal i^art, What dark roreboding feais Dii^tract the sinner's heart \ The dread fUl ^low I But, torn wwy, No arm can stay ; | He sinkn to wo.

S Now, every hope denied, <

Bereft of every good^ He must the wrath abid^ Of an avenging God ; No mercy there I Nor wipe the tear

Will greet his ear, | Of black despair. 3 Signers, awake, attend, < And flee the wrath to come: '

Make Christ, the Judge, your mend, And heaven shall be your home. His mercy, nigh, I That leadS'from dentil Now points the path | To joys on high.

Las.

B. M. Olnqr, JjiMkWf.

j^pMtaey. 9 Pet. li. St.

222

1 "V^ ^^^ ^^ fonnar daya jL Were found at Zion^t

gate

iKvmNg. 883, IBM

Wbo Memed to walk in wisdom's wayt.

And Kdd your happy state ;— 9 But now to sin draw back,

And love again to stray, The narrow path of life forsake.

And choose the beaten way ^

9 Think not your names above Are written with the saints ; The promise of unchanging love Is his who never fhints. 4 Your transient Joy and peace Your deeper doom have Sealed, Unless you wake to righteousness, (Une Judgment is revealed. Htdb

INVITING.

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MdUtS 11«. BninaidvRlntaB.

1 ACaUAINT thyself QuieUy, O sinner, Jr%L Vith God. And Joy, like the sunshine, shall beam oa

thy road ; And peace, like the dew drops, shall ftdl oa

thy Dead, And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed. 1 Aeqaaiat thyself quickly, O sinner, with Ck>d« And he shall be with thee whei^ fears are

abroad; Thy safeguard in dangers that threaten thy

path ;

Thy Joy in the valley and shadow of death.

— ■ - 1

224t ^' AI. ciuMidoB, Newimk

1 A MAZIHG sight ! the Saviour standi ./m. And knocks at every door ! Ten thousand blessings in his hands To tatiafy the poor. 1 « Behold,** he saith, «* I bleed and die *»To briof you to my reet ;— «* H^i^, eiimerf , wliUe I'm paesing by, «Oljid be for ever blest

226, 226 INVITING.

3 " Will you despise my bleeding lore,

" And choose the way to hell ? (( Or, in the glorious realms above, (< with me for ever dwell ?

4 ** Not to condemn your guilty race

" Have I in Judgment come ; *< But to display unbounded grace, "And bring lost sinners home.

5 *< Will yoor.go down to endless night,

" And bear eternal pain ^ "Or, in the glorious realms of light, ** With me for ever reign ? '

6 ". Bav, will you hear my gracious voice,'

" And have your sins forgiven f " Or will you make that wretched 'choice, "And bar yourselves from heaven?"

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225

1 A ND will the Lord thus condescend -t*- To visit sinful worms ?

Thus at the door shall mercy stand In all her winning forms ?

2 Surprising grace! — and shall my heart

Unmoved and cold remain ? Has this hard rock no tender part f Must mercy plead in vain ?

3 Shall Jesus for admission sue>

His charming voice unheard? And this vile heart, his rightfUl due> Remain for ever barred?

4 *Tis sin, alas ! with tyrant power.

The lodging has possessed : And crowds of traitors bar tne door, Against the heavenly ^est.

5 Ye dangerous inmates, hence depart j

Dear eteviour, enter in, And guard the passage to my heart, And keep out every sin. Stbblb

226

'A

8s & 7b. NoitlMmplaB Chtpd, Sldliia HyoM . John iii. 14:

S the serpent, raised by Moaes, Healed the burning serpent's bite \

INVITING, 227

Jestu thus himself discloses To the wounded sinner's sight

9 Hear bis fracious invitation :

** I have life and peace to give j ' ** I have wrought (mt full salvation : " Sinner, look to me and live.

3 " You bad been for ever wretohed,

** Had I not espoused your part ; ** Now, behold my arms outstretched, ** To receive you to my heart.

4 ** Well may shame, and joy, and wonder,

** All your inward passions move ; ** I could crush you with my thunder, " But I speak to you in love."

5 Dearest Saviour, we adore thee

For thy precious life and death : Melt each stubborn heart before toee. Give us all the eye of faith. Ncwton.

227

L. M. Kiasabridfe^ DmitbbL Behold, I stand at the Door. Rev. iii. SO. [EHOLD a strancer at the door ! * He gently knocks, has knocked before— Hath waited long— is waiting still ; Ton treat no other friend so ill.

9 Oh, lovely attitude ! he stands With melting heart and loaded hands ! Ob. matchless kindness ! and he shows Thk matchless kindness to his foes'.

3 Bat will he prove a friend indeed ? He will j^the very friend you need ; The friend of sinners— yes, tis He, With garments dyed on Calvary.

4 BJse, touched with gratitude divine , Tom out his enemy and thine, That soul-destroying monster, sin. And let the heavenly stranger in.

5 Admit him, ere his anger bum ; Hie feet, departed, ne'er return ; Admit him, or the hour's at hand Toall at his door rejected stand.

VlLLA«X COU.

206, 2S9 iNiriTING.

228

H. M. jyblkt, 4l«lMnU

Jubilee,

1 flLOW ft ibm trumpet, blow, •D The gladly solemn sound ; . Let all the nationa know,

To earth's remotest bound ; The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, bMOte* 3 Jesus, our great High-Priest,

Hath ftiU atonement made ', Ye weary spirits, rest.

Ye moumfUl souls, be glad ; The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

3 Extol the Lamb of God,

The all-atoning Lamb : Redemption in his blood ,

Throughout the world proclaim ; The year of Jubilee is coma j Return, ye ransomed ainners, home.

4 Ye slaves of sin and hell,

Your liberty receive, And safo in Jesus dwell,

And blest in Jesus live ; The year bf Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, bom*.

ft Ye who have sold for noa^t

Your heritage above, Bhall have it back unbought.

The gift. of Jesus' love; The year of Jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinnert, hone.

TOPLAVT.

229

8s & 78«

1 /^OBfE, poor sinner, come to Jeraa, vy Weanr, heavy-laden, weak; None but Jesus Christ can ease us, Come ye all, his mercy seek. 8 "Come," it is his invitation; ' *< Oome to me,*' the Saviour says; Why, O why, such hesitation. Gloomy doubta, and base delays?

INVITING. 830, 2S1

3 Do ye fear your own unfitness,

Burdened hmjovl are with sin? Tie the Holy Spirit's witness ; Christ invites yon j-^-enter in. .

4 Bo your sins, and your distresses.

'C^ainst this sacred record plead ? Enow that Christ most kindly blesses Those who fee! the most their need.

5 Hear his wprds, so true and cheering,

Fitted just for the distressed ; Dwell upon the sound endearing : « Mourners, I w^l give you rest."

• Btur not pondnring on your sorrow; Torn mnn your own self away } Dare not linger till to-morrow } Come to Cnrist without delay.

230

JVeary SottU imnted to Beat.

1 ^OME, weary souls, with sins distressed, \^ Cone, and accept the promised rest j The Saviour's gracioua call obey, And cast your gloomy fears away.

9 Oppressed with guilt, a painful load, O come, and spread your woes abroad $ Divine compassion, mighty love. Will all the painful load remove.

3 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows.

To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes ; Pardon and life, and endless peace ; flow rich the gift, how free the grace 1

4 Lord, we accept, with thankful heart. The nope thy gracious words impart : We come with trembling, yet rejoice.

And blese tUe kind inviting voice. BTttLi.

231

8s &. 7s. litflitaB.

7^ FomUain opened,

I i^OBfE to Calvary's holy mountain, y^ Sinners, ruined by the fhll j Here a pure and healing fountain

Flows to yon— >to me — Uf all*- tat a Itall, perpetual tide<~ Optmpd wfien the Saviour died.

232 INVITING.

S Come, in sorrow and contrition, Wounded, Impotent, and blind; Here, tbe guilty, free remission —

Here, the troubled, peace may find : Health diis fountain will restore ; He that drinks shall thirst no more.

3 He that drinks shall live for ever ; *Ti8 a soul-reviviuK flood : God is faithful ;— God will never Break his covenant in blood ; Signed when our Redeemer died,— Sealed when he was ^loHfied. Gxiis.

232.

8s, 7s Jb 4. ChvebvUIe, Qoipet OfeO. <9iniiar« iumted to ChrisL Matt. zL S8— 30. 1 /^OME, ye weary, heavy-Jaden,* vy Lost and ruined by the foil; If you tarry till youhre better, You will never come at all;

Not the righteous- Sinners Jesus came to call.

5 Let not conscience make you linger,

Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth. Is to feel your need of him :

This he gives you — ^ *Tis the Spirit's rising beam.

3 Agonizing in the garden,

Lo I your Maker prostrate lies . On the Moody tree behold him 9 Hear him cry before he dies,

"It is finished:" Sinners, will pot this suffice ?

4 Lo ! the 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, joined in coijcert,

Sing the praises of the Lamb ; ' While the blissful seats of heaven Sweetly echo with his name: