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THE

PSALMIST:

NEW COLLECTION OF HYMNS FOR THE USE OF
BAPTIST CHURCHES.

BAROX STOW and S. F. SMITH.

SUPPLEMENT;

BY RICHARD FULLER,

PASTOR OF THE SEVE.VIU BAPTIST CnUECH, BALTIMORE, UD,
AND

J. B. JETER.

PASTOR OF THE FIRST EAPTIST CHURCH, RICHMOND, YA.

BOSTON:

GOULD AND LINCOLN.

PHILADELPHIA: AMERICAN BAPTIST PUBLICATION SOCIETY.

NEW YORK! SHELDON', BLAKEMAX & CO.

CHARLESTON, S. C : SMITH AND WHILDEX.

CINCINNATI : GEO. S. BLANCHARD.

UTICA, K. Y. : J. W. FULLER AND CO.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

NOTE.

The stereotype plates of this "Pew Edition," (of which there have been two
Bets,) having, by constant use, become much worn, and, in many cases, imperfect,
the publishers have felt justified in procuring, at great expense, a set of elegant
electrotype plates, giving an impression nearly equal to copper-plate en-
graving. They have also procured a material enlargement of the " Si kutikk
Index," and the addition of a new" Index of First Links or BACH '
in the Book," the great convenience of which will be felt by those whonotunfre-
quently have occasion to quote or refer to some particular verse or hymn con-
taining the same, and can recall only a line or two of that single stanza,

Boston, April 1, 13^4.

PREFATORY NOTE.

The Board of Directors of the American Baptist Publication and Sun-
day School Society, induced by the numerous and urgent calls which,
for a long time, have been made from various sections of the country, for
a new collection of Hymns, that should be adapted to the wants of the
churches generally, resolved, in the year 1841, to take immediate meas-
ures for the accomplishment of this object. With this view, a commit-
tee, consisting of Rev. W. T. Brantly, D. D., of South Carolina, Rev. J.
L. Dagg, of Alabama, Rev. R. B. C. Howell, of Tennessee, Rev. S. W.
Lynd, D. D., of Ohio, Rev. J. B. Taylor, of Virginia, Rev. S. P. Hill, of
Maryland, Rev. G. B. Ide and R. W. Griswold, of Pennsylvania, and
Rev. W. R. Williams, D. D., of Xew York, was appointed to prepare and
superintend the proposed selection. It was, however, subsequently as-
certained that a similar work had been undertaken by Messrs. Gould,
Kendall, and Lincoln, Publishers, of Boston : and that Rev. B. Stow and
Rev. S. F. Smith, whose services they had engaged, had already com-
menced their labor. From the well-known ability of these gentlemen,
there seemed good reason to expect a valuable collection, and one that
would fully meet the end which the Board contemplated. In order,
therefore, to avoid the unnecessary multiplication of Hymn Books, it
was deemed expedient, by the Board, to unite, if possible, with the above-
named Publishers. Accordingly, the manuscript of Messrs. Stow and
Smith having been examined, and found quite satisfactory, arrangements
were made to have the sheets, as they were issued from the press, sub-
mitted to the committee of the Board, with the understanding, that, if,
after such alterations and improvements as might be suggested, it should
meet their approval, the Board would adopt it as their own. This ap-
proval having been obtained, the Board voted, unanimously, to adopt and
publish the work, and have negotiated with Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln,
to that effect.

Sinned by order and on behalf of the Board.

J. M. PECK,

Cor. Sec Amer. Bap. Pub. Soc
Philmjelphia, May 13, 1843.

CERTIFICATE.

The undersigned, having been requested, by the Board of Directors
of the American Baptist Publication and Sunday School Society, to ex-
amine the piOOf-ghoetB Of "The Psalmist," edited by the Rev. ]',. BtOW
and Rev. 8. F. Smith, and to suizgest such emendations as mighl stein
expedient to render the work more acceptable to the churches throughout
our country, hereby certify that they have performed the service assigned
them, and unite in recommending the work as one well adapted to the
purpose for which it was designed.

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PREFACE.

Worship most have it? own forms of utterance. These forms can be
neither didactic nor expository. Worship is not designed to communicate
illumination to the intellect of him who offers it, nur information to the

omniscient Being to whom it is offered. It" it be confined to the under-
standing, or if it pass from the heart to the understanding, and thus be-
come a merely intellectual exercise, it departs fruin its proper aim. Wor-
ship is prompted by emotion. Its first object is praise ; after this, the
expression of emotions of penitence, joy, humility, hope, love, cr depend-
ence, in such a manner as to involve an acknowledgment of God, and
thus to glorify him. It is the offspring of religious eiuoUi n. From what-
ever feeling it takes its rise, it tends towards G .d. If it begins in our
own misery, it elevates the soul to the contemplation of the divine mercy.
It is, in truth, the utterance of the spirit of man. aspiring upward to its
Creator.

The nature of worship determines the proper mode of its expression.
As it is an act of the heart, it should be expressed in the language of the
heart. This is not cold, nor in the manner of common conversation, but
fervent and iinpa-sioned. Acceptable worship is the fruit of deep and
true emotion. The expression of worship should be in language suited
to such emotion Sacred harmony is the union of measured sounds with
the words of worship. In order "to be sung well, ri.e words of worship
must be expressive of the emotions which be! ong to worship; and any
want of mutual adaptation is immediately felt by a sensitive mind. It is
the want of adaptation of the words to" the music, or oi the music to
the words, which often renders singing heavy. The words are either
expositor}-, or di lactic, or in some other way prosrac. They are expres-
sive of no emotion, or destitute of poetry, and therefore unsuited to be
sung. Or, on the other hand, the leader, having no t; :e poetic feeling,
selects a tune which indicates an emotion of a chad ter different from
that which is indicated by the words of the hymn. The music and the
words should breathe one spirit. Both should" breathe the spirit of a fer-
vent, humble, spiritual wor.-hipper.

- ie lyrical excellence, there are other requisites of a cood hymn,
.iry — treating of only e opening to

the close. It should be a complete composition, having, however short it
maybe, a beginning, middle, and end. Ever Id aid some-

thing to the preceding, making the sense, finally, complete, and raising
the soul to the highest conception of the theme The sentences should
be brief. The sense should not extend from one verse into another.
Parenthetic clauses should be avoided. The style should be simple, and
the words, generally, short, and easy to be understo d. The accent
should be uniformly on the same syllables in e ' profusion of

ornament should be avoided. A Bounding epithet should novcr be used
merely to furnish the requisite number of syllables. The whole spirit of
the hymn should be lyrical. It should be adapted not only to be read,
but to be sune.

It is hoped tint this compilation will be successful in exemplifying
many of these principles. The hymns of Dr. Warts take the lead, being
more numerous than those of any other author. All his pieces are inserted
1* 5

PREFACE.

which posse Ml lyrical spirit ami are suited to the worship of a Chri-tian
assamMy. 1 Dtains, also, a large number of hymns of Bed-

dome, ►Steele, Doddridge, and other standard writers, whose prodi.
have become consecrated by use. Besides tliese, numerous hymn b
both anciem and modem, and many other books, together with vi
periodicals, American and foreign, have been carefully examined. !
these sources many hymns have been .-elected, whose decided merit and
high spiritual tone eminently adapt them to the purpose." of worship.

The hymn books known as WinchelTs Watts, and Watts and Rippon,
have tilled a lame and honorable space in our American psalmody. But,
since the first publication of those collections, many excellent hymns have
been composed, suited to aid The devotional in the worship of God. A
correct and elevated taste, and a pious spirit, alike sanction the introduc-
tion of such pieces into our collection of hymns for the sanctuary.

The authorship of the hymns has been stated, where it was practica-
ble ; but, in consequence of the variety and irrespoiiMbleness, in this re-
spect, of some of the sources from which they have been drawn, a few
are still anonymous. In some instances, a hymn has been ascribed, in
various collections, to different authors j and no means exist of identify-
ing the true one. In such cases, it is possible that err. rs may have oc-
curred ; but it is believed that they are very few. Any errors of this
kind, which may hereafter be discovered, will be promptly corrected.

Alterations have been made in the forms of expression, where it was
necessary, in order to adapt the hymns to be sung. The spirit of the au-
thor has been, in every case, retained. The changes are mainly such as
were demanded in consequence of the faulty accentuation in the original.
A mere reader of hymns can hardly appreciate the injury to the singing,
and the inconvenience which is felt by choirs, resulting from the mis-
placement of the accented syllables in a line. So extensive is this fault,
that a collection could not be entirely expurgated without rewriting a
large part of the hymns now in existence.

An effort has been made to arrange the hymns agreeably to the natural
order of mental association and of Christian experience, so that a person
disciplined in evangelical truth and pious emotion will find in his own
bosom an index to the sequence of the successive topics. It is hoped that
hymns will be found in the collection adapted to every important subject
on which a minister of Christ would be likely to address a congregation.

The demand for a new compilation of hymns, for the use of the Baptist
churches, has been, for several years, urowim: more and more imperative.
The public voice has called for an effort to fill up the acknowledged de-
ficiencies of our existing collections. The present offering is an attempt
to meet that demand. The editors have been deepl - I their

responsibility in the undertaking. The work is dedicated to Christ and
the church. If it shall tend to the elevation of evangelical taste, the in-
terest of worship, the diffusion of a more fervent piety, and the glory of
God, their aims will be accomplished.

Boston, June, 1843.

PREFACE

THE SUPPLEMENT.

The Psalmist contains a copious supply of
excellent hymns for the pulpit. We are ac-
quainted with no collection of hymns combining,
in an equal degree, poetic merit, evangelical
sentiment, and a rich variety of subjects, with
a happy adaptation to pulpit services. There is,
however, a serious obstacle to its general use,
especially in the South. Many hymns have ac-
quired a high local popularity. Having been
long in use. they are prized, not merely for their
intrinsic worth, but for then tender and delight-
ful associations. Old songs, like old friends, are
more valued than new ones. A number of the
hymns best known, most valued, and most fre-
quently sung in the South, are not found hi the
Psalmist. Without them, no hymn book, what-
ever may be its excellences, is likely to become
generally or permanently popular in that region.
To supply this deficiency in the Psalmist, as far
as may be, is the design of the following Sup-
plement.

These hymns have been mostly selected, not
on account of their poetic beauty, but their estab-

PREFACE.

lished popularity. They will, we think, be found
not seriously defective as metrical compositions ;
but their chief excellence consists in their adap-
tation to interest and affect the heart. They
are, with few exceptions, inserted as they are
known and sung among us, without abridgment,
or any attempt at improvement. If we are not
deceived, they will form an acceptable appendix
to the Psalmist. Adapted chiefly to social wor-
ship, they will, we trust, contribute greatly to the
interest and profit of our prayer and protracted
meetings.

Though this selection has been made with
special reference to the taste and wants of the
South, we know no reason why it should not
be acceptable to other portions of the country.
Many of the hymns in the Supplement are of
high reputation in all parts of our country, as
appears from the fact that they are found in
almost every collection enjoying a local pop-
ularity.

Supplying the place of the Chants in the
Psalmist, which, in many portions of our coun-
try, arc seldom used, the Supplement will add
very little to the bulk, and nothing to the price,
of the book.

We now dedicate this small offering to the
churches, earnestly imploring the " Father of
Lights" that it may tend to increase the fervor
of their devotions and the spirituality of their
minds.

RICHARD FULLER,
J. B. JETER.

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

^CT An Index of first lines of Verses will be found at the end of
the volume.

A BROKEX heart, my God, my King L. M 4C3

A debtor to mercy alone 8s " 7

A Friend there is — your voices join C. Bi 289

Again from calm and sweet repose C. M 1012

Again our earthly cares we leave CM 27

Again returns the day of holy rest 1 Is 37

A glory in the wurd we find CM 396

Ah, how shall fallen man S. M 464

A host of spirits round the throne CM 796

Alas ! and did my Saviour bleed CM 472

Alas ! how p x>r and little worth Bs & 4s 752

Alas ! what hourly dangers rise C M 724

All hait, incarnate God II. M 872

All hail, the power of Jesus' name C M 333

All ye nations, praise the Lord 7s 69

All yesterday is none B. M 443

All ye wh j 1 we the Lord, rejoice CM 83

Almighty G 4, eternal Lord C. M 53

Almighty God, thy constant care L. II 942

Almighty L .rd. before thy throne C M 988

Almighty Ruler of the skies L. M 114

Amazing sight ! the Saviour stands C M 434

Am I a sold er r( the cross CM 721

And am I b rn t • die S. M 1125

And are we wretches yet alive CM 486

And can mine eyes without a tear C M 403

And can my heart aspire so high CM C73

And cant th «, -inner, slight S. M 442

And did-t thri, Jesus, condescend C M 218

And did the Holy and the Just C M 210

And must I part with all I have C M 55*

And must this h> dy die S. M 1122

And now another week begins CM 36

And now, my somI, another year CM 1045

And now the -okmn deed is done L- M 954

And will the great, eternal God L. M 941

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

And will the Judge descend S. M 1145

And will the Lord thus condescend C. M 499

Angels, from the realms of glory 8s, 7s &l 4 204

Angels, roll the rock away 7s 234

Another d:iy is past S. Al J 028

Another six days' work is done L. M 35

Arise, and bless the Lord S. M 87

Arise, arise, with joy survey L. M 909

Arise in all thy splendor, Lord L. M 8G0

Arise, my soul, arise II. M 2G1

Arise, my soul, my joyful jwwers C. M Ill

Arise, O King of grace, arise CM 927

Arm of the Lord, awake, awake L. M 861

As, bowed by sudden storms, the rose C. M 1094

As flows the rapid river 7s & Gs 1059

Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep L. M 1109

As o'er the past my memory strays C. M 4G0

Assembled at thy great command L. M 914

Assembled in our school once more L. M 967

As showers on meadows newly mown L. M 3G4

As vernal flowers that scent the morn L. M 1095

A throne of grace ! then let us go C. M 643

At length the wished-for spring is come C. M 1039

Auspicious morning, hail Gs &, 4s 1007

Author of good, to thee we turn CM 588

Awake, all conquering Arm, awake L. M 857

Awake, and sing the song S. M 313

Awake, awake the sacred song CM 329

Awake, my drowsy soul, awake CM 714

Awake, my soul, and with the sun L. M 1017

Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue L. M 93

Awake, my soul, stretch every nerve C M 796

Awake, my soul, to sound his praise C. M 78

Awake, my tongue, thy tribute bring L. M 140

Awake, our drowsy souls H. M 241

Awake our souls, away our fears L. M 725

Awake, ye saints, awake H. M 38

Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes C. M 1047

BAPTIZED into our Saviour's death CM 822

Before Jehovah's awful throne L. M 2

Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay C. P. M 98

Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme C M 100

Begin the high, celestial strain C. M 97

Behold, behold, the Lamb of God C M 273

Behold th' amazing sight S. M 223

Behold, the day is come S. M 1141

Behold, the gift of God S. M 283

Behold the glories of the Lamb C. M 343

INDEX OF FIRST LLNES.

Behold, the grace appears S. M 208

Behold, the heathen waits to know L. M S55

Behold the Lamb of God, who bore C M 555

Behold, the lofty sky S. M 391

BehoUL the morning sun S. M 403

Behold, the mountain of the Lord C M 899

Behold, the Trince of Peace S. BJ 215

Behold the Saviour of mankind C M 0*24

Behold the sin atoning Lamb L. M 256

Behold the sure foundation stone CM 7-7

Behold the throne of grace S. M 642

Behold the western, evening light CM 1102

Behold thy waiting servant. Lord C. M 612

Behold, what pity touched the heart C. -M 260

Behold, what wondrous grace B. M 191

Be joyful in God, all ye lands of the earth lis & 8s 990

Believing souls, of Christ beloved L. M ^29

Be merciful to us, O God CM 358

Beneath our feet, and o'er our head CM 1081

Be ours the bliss, in wisdom's way CM 969

Bereft of all, when hopeless care CM 584

Bestow, O Lord, upon our youth CM 774

Be thou exalted, O my God L. M 113

Be thou, O God, exalted high L. M 70

Be thou, O Lord, my treasure here C M 576

Beyond the glittering, starry sky CM 250

Beyond where Cedron's waters flow 5s & 6 220

Blessed be thy name forever Bs. 1033

Bless, O my soul, the living God L. M 186

Blest are the men whose mercies move L. M 750

Blest are the pure in heart S. M 665

Blest are the sons ot peace S. M C94

Bles: are the souls that hear and know C M 408

Blest be the everlasting God CM 1126

Blest be the Father and his love L. M 117

Blest be the tie that binds S. M 1063

Blest Comforter divine S. M 356

Blest hour, when mortal man retires L. M 54

Blest is the hour when cares depart Ss & 6s 947

Blest is the man whose softening heart C M 741

Blest Jesus, while in mortal flesh CM 536

Blest morning, whose young dawning rays C M 240

Blest Saviour, we thy will obey L. M 513

Blow ye the trumpet, blow H. M 407

Bread of heaven, on thee we feed 7s 847

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning Us & 10s 202

Bright glories rush upon my sight C M 1 150

Bright Source of everlasting love C M 743

Bright was the guiding star that led C. M 551

INDEX OF FIRST LOU

Broad is the road that leads to death L. M 686

Brother, rest from sin and sorrow 8s & 7s 1107

Brother, thou art gone to rest 7s, Gs Ac 8 1093

Brother, though from yonder sky 7s 1098

Buried beneath the yielding wave ('. II 802

Buried m Bhadowi "f the night L. M 517

But who shall see the glorious day CM 924

By cool Siloam's shady rill CM 773

CALM on the li-teninn ear of night C. M 205

Cea-e. ye mourners, cease to languish Bfl k 7s HIS

Children, hear the melting story 8s, 7s ^4 777

Children, in years and knowledge young L. M 776

Chri-t and hia cross are all our theme C. M 411

Christ, the Lord, Is risen to-day 7s 235

Christ, whose glory fills the skies 7s, 6 l. 278

Come, all ye saints of God Gs &. 4 314

Come, blessed Spirit, source of light L. M 369

Come, gracious Lord, descend and dwell L. M 26

Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove L. M 368

Come, guilty sinners, come and see L. M 263

Come, happy souls, adore the Lamb L. M 799

Come, happy souls, approach your God C. M 268

Come hither, all ye weary souls L. M 417

Come, Holy Spirit, calm my mind L. M 358

Come, Holy Spirit, come, Let thy B. M 361

Come, Holy Spirit, come, With energy S. M 362

Come, Holy Spirit, Dove divine L. M 807

Come, Holy Spirit, from above CM 355

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove C M 353

Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, O come L. M 826

Come in, thou blessed of the Lord, Stranger C. M 827

Come, let our voices join H. M 970

Come, let our voices join to raise L. M 80

Come, let us anew 5s Sc 12s 1050

Come, let us join our cheerful songs C. M 346

Come, let us join our friends above C M 791

Come, let OS join our souls to God C. M 405

Come, let us join with sweet accord C. M 39

Come, let its lift our joyful eyes CM 102

Come, let us pray ; 'tis sweet to feel C H. M '14

Come, let 03 strike our harps afresh C. M 1069

Come, Lord, and warm each languid heart C M 1158

Come, O my soul, in sacred lays L. M 94

Come, O thou King of all the saints C M 22

Come, praying souls, rejoice S. M 645

Come, sacred Spirit, fr..m above L. M 354

Come, saints, adore your Saviour. God L. M 820

Come, saint-, let us join in the praise, tc Ila 347

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Come, saith Jesus' sacred voice 7s. 413

Come, sinner, to the gospel feast CM 413

Come, sound his praise abroad S. M 79

Come, thou almighty King 6s & 4s 123

Come; thou eternal Spirit, come L. M 3.57

Come, thou Fount of even- blessing Bfl <ic 7> 610

Come, thou soui-transfurming Spirit 8s, 7s oc 4 63

Come to the house of prayer BL M 11

Come, wean- sinner, in whose breast C. M 433

Come, weary souls, with sin distressed L. M 421

Come, we that love the Lord S. M

Come, ye disconsolate, <fcc." lis & 10s 635

Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched 6s, 7s <k 4 41o

Come, ye that know and fear the Lord C. M 156

Come, ye that love the Saviour's name C M 330

Come, ye who love the Lord H. M 322

Consider all my sorrows, Lord CM 590

Crown his head with endless blessing Ba &z 7s 334

DARK was the night, and cold the ground C M 201

Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness lis 792

Daughter of Zion, from the dust CM 894

Day of judgment, day of wonders 8s, 7s <5c 4 1144

Dear as thou wert, and justly dear C ML.' 1097

Dearest of all the names above CM 307

Dear Father, to thy mercy-seat CM G19

Dear Refuge of my wear}' soul CM 617

Dear Saviour, prostrate at thy feet C M 474

Dear Saviour, we are thine S. M 3;3

Dear Saviour, when my thoughts recall C M

Death cannot make our souls afraid C M 1075

Deathless spirit, now arise 7s 159

Death may dissolve my body now C M 735

Deep are the wounds which sin has made L. M 279

Deep in our hearts let us record L. M 255

Delay not, delay not, O sinner, <fcc lis 433

Depth of mercy ! can there be 7s 476

Descend, celestial Dove H. M 514

Did Christ o?er sinners weep S. M 471

Didst thou, dear Saviour, suffer shame CM '

Dismiss us with thy blessing, Lord L. M 64

Do this, and remember the blood, &zc lis 843

Do we not know that solemn word L. M I '

Down to the sacred wave S. M 813

Dread Sovereign, let my evening song CM 1021

EARLY, my God. without delay C M 13

Ere mountains reared their forms sublime L. M 1056

Eternal Father, God of love CM 754

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Eternal God of love and power CM 1029

Eternal God, our wondering souls ( *. A 603

Eternal Power, almighty God ('. M 158

Eternal Saviour, God of love C. M 785

Eternal Source of every joy I,. M 994

Eternal Source of life and light , C. M G49

Eternal Spirit, God of truth C M 360

Eternal Spirit, heavenly Dove L. M 816

Eternal Spirit, we confess L. M 37G

Eternal Sun of Righteousness C. M 5>

Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise C. M 127

Exalt the Lord our God S. M fc9

FAITH adds new charms to earthly bliss C. M 507

Faithful, O Lord, thy mercies are CM Ib6

Faith is a precious grace S. M 5C5

Faith is the brightest evidence CM 506

Faith is the Christian's prop S. II. M 512

Far as thy name is known S. M 786

Far from mortal cares retreating 8> & 7s 711

Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gone L. M 849

Far from these narrow scenes of night C M 1 170

Father divine, thy piercing eye C. M 641

Father, forgive, the Saviour cried CM 763

Father, how wide thy glories shine CM 318

Father, I know thy ways are just C M 660

Father, in whom we live S. M 122

Father, I sing thy wondrous grace CM 315

Father, I stretch my hands to thee C M 508

Father of all, in whom alone C M 58

Father of all our mercies, thou CM C 47

Father of glory, to thy name CM 119

Father of heaven, whose love profound L. M 123

Father of mercies, bow thine ear L. M 940

Father of mercies, condescend C M S8h

Father of mercies, God of love L. M, 6 l 524

Father of mercies, in thy house L. M (MS

Father of mercies, in thy word CM

Father of mercies, send thy grace C M 742

Father of our feeble race 7> 19

Father of spirits ! nature's God L M 132

Father, whate'er of earthly bliss CM .( K '4

Father, who in the olive shade 8s, 6s <Sc 4 678

Firm as the earth thy gospel stands CM 561

Fixed on the sacred hills H. M 928

Flung to the heedless winds Ts 1 120

For a season called to part 7s 1065

Forever blessed be the Lord C M 616

Fountain of mercy, God of love CM 997

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Friend after friend departs S. H. M 1000

From all who dwell below the skies L. H 926

From deep distress and troubled thoughts L. M 5-23

From every stormy wind that blows L. M 636

From Greenland's icy mountains 7s & Cs 917

From the cross uplifted high 7s, 6 l 406

From thee, O God, our joys shall rise C. BI 764

From thy dear pierced side H. Bi 502

From whence these direful omens round C. M 999

GIRD thy sword on, mighty Saviour Ss, 7s & 4 868

Give me the wings of faith to rise C. 81 7-27

Give thanks to God most high H. M 154

Glorious in thy saints appear 7s 61

Glorious things of thee are spoken 8s & 7s 930

Glory, glory everlasting 8s, 7s &: 4 340

Glory, glory to our King 7s, 6 l 339

Glory to God on high 6s & 4s 328

Glory to God the Father's name C. H 125

Glory to thee, my God, this night L. H 1031

Go, and the Saviour's grace proclaim C. M 888

God, ifi the gospel of his Son L. M 404

God is a Spirit, just and wise C. M 133

God is love ; his mercy brightens 8s Sc 7s 155

God is my strong salvation 7s <5c 6s 194

God is the fountain whence S. BI 189

God is the refuge of his saints L. M 172

God moves in a mysterious way C. BI 148

God, my supporter and my hope C. BI 175

God of eternity, from thee L. M 1044

God of mercy, God of grace 7s 462

God of mercy, hear our prayer 7s 976

God of my childhood and my youth CM 731

God of my life, my morning song CM 1015

God of my life, through all my days L. M 103

God of our lives, thy various praise C M 1052

God of the morning, at thy voice L. M 1010

God of the world, thy glories shine L. M 152

God's holy law, transgressed S. II 2C2

Go, messenger of peace and love L. M STB

Go, preach my gospel, saith the Lord L. M 339

Go, spirit of the sainted dead L. M 1100

Go to dark Gethsemane 7s, 6 l 707

Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime 10s 1116

Go when the morning shineth 7s & 6s 638

Go, ye messengers of God 7s 8S0

Grace! 'tis a charming sound S. M 520

Gracious Saviour, we adore thee 8s, 7s Sc 4 815

Gracious Spirit, Love Divine 7s 371

INDEX OF FIRST LINKS.

Great Father of mankind II. M 940

Great Father of our feeble race CM 373

Great God, as seasons disappear L. M 995

Great God, attend, while Zion sings L. M 00

Great God, beneath whose piercing eye L. P. M 996

Great God, how infinite art thou (\ M 128

Great God, indulge my humble claim L. M 192

Great God, in vain man's narrow view L. M 146

Great God, in whom we live and move ('. M 972

Great God, 1 own thy sentence just C. M 1087

Great God, let all my tuneful powers L. M 998

Great God, now condescend S. M 980

Great God, the nations of the earth C M 862

Great God of nations, now to thee L. M 1001

Great God, to thee my evening song L. Bf 1G25

Great God, wert thou severe to mark C. M 529

Great God, we sing that mighty hand L. M 1051

Great God , we would to thee make known C. M 975

Great God. what do I see and hear 8s &c 7s 1132

Great God, whose universal sway L. M 853

Great God, with wonder and with praise C M 393

Great is the Lord our God S. M 797

Great King of glory and of grace CM 492

Great King of glory, come H. M 933

Great Maker of unnumbered worlds L. M 985

Great Ruler of all nature's frame CM 179

Great Shepherd of thy people, hear C M 16

Great Sovereign of the earth and sky C M 936

Great Spirit, by whose mighty power C M 367

Guide me, O then great Jehovah 8s, 7s &c 4 606

HAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews L. M 703

Hail, everlasting Spring II. M 544

Hail, great Creator, wise and good C M 107

Hail, happy day, thou day of holy re?t 10s 42

Hail, mighty Jesus, how divine C. M 337

Hail, sarred truth, whose piercing rays C M 399

Had, thou long-expected Jesus 8s & 7s 209

Hail to the Lord's Anointed 7s 6c 6s 910

Hail to the Sabbath day S. M 48

Happy, forever happy, he CM 747

Happy the church, thou sacred place L. M 931

Happy the heart where graces reign C. M 749

Happy the souls to Jesus joined C. M 7f'3

Hark ! from the tombs a warning sound C. M 1079

Hark ! fn m yonder mount arise 7s & 4 228

Hark ! hark! a shout of joy 0, 7s & 8 901

Hark ! hark ! the notes of joy H. M 203

Hark, sinner, while God from on high, <fcc 12s &c lis 454

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Hark ! ten thousand harps and voices ?s ic 7s, 6 l. 323

Hark ! that shout of rapturous joy 7s 1133

Hark ! the glad sound, the Saviour comes CM 211

Hark '. the herald angels sing 7s 207

Hark '. the nutes of angels singing >s <Jc 7s 327

Hark ! the song of jubilee 7s 916

Hark ! the voice of love and mercy Be, 7s & A 225

Hark ! 'tis the prophet of the skies CM 923

Hark ! what celestial sounds H. M 206

Hark ! what mean those holy voices Be ^ 7- 201

Hasten, L^ rd, thy promised hour 7s 873

Haste. 0 sinner, now be wise 7s 441

Have mercy, Lord, on me S. M 479

' I sinner ; mercy hails you 6s, 7s 6c 4 439

Heart of stone, relent, relent 7s. 6 l 477

Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims C M 1104

Heaven has confirmed the dread decree C M IQBS

Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord 7s 115

He dies ! the Friend of sinners dies L. M 232

He knelt ; the Saviour knelt and prayed C H. M 222

He lives ! he lives ! and sits above L. M

He lives ! the great Redeemer lives L. M 296

He reigns \ the Lord, the Saviour reigns L. M 1134

Here a: thy cross, incarnate God L. M 531

Here, at thy table, Lord, we meet CM

Here, gracious God, do thou H. M 53

Here, in thy name, eternal God L. M 934

Here. Saviour, we would come S. M

High in the heavens, eternal God L. M 151

High in yonder realms of light 7s 1177

Holy and reverend is the name CM 159

Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness BsAc 7a 3C5

Holy Ghost, with light divine 7s 372

Holy Source of consolation Ss 6c 7s 370

Huly Spirit, from on high 7s 303

Hosanna 1 let us join to sing L. M

Hosanna to our conquering King CM 350

Hosanna to the Prince of light C M 242

Hosanna, with a cheerful sound CM 1019

re thy servants blest, O Lord CM 964

How beauteous are their feet S. M 949

How beautiful the sight H. M 700

How blest is he who fears the Lord C M 733

How blest the children of the Lord C M 748

How blest the man whose cautious feet L. If C09

How blest the righteous when he dies L. M 1103

How blest the sacred tie that binds L. M 693

How calmly wakes the hallowed mora C M 810

How can I sink with such a prop C. M 620

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INDEX OF FIRST LINE?.

dom ran we see the children, Lord C. M 979

How oortdoecoodtog and how kind C. M 840

H »w did my heart rejoice to hear C. M 3

How firm the saint's foundation stands C. M 174

Bow gfeaj the wisdom, power, and grace C. M 311

Bow happy are the souls above C. M 1178

How happy is the child who hears , C. M 775

How happy is the Christian's state C. M 578

How happy they who know the Lord C. M 602

Bow heavy is tlie night S. li 516

Bow halpbw guilty nature lies ; C. M 518

How honored is the place S. M 794

How long shall death, the tyrant, reign CM 1124

Bow oft, alas this wretched heart C. 31 C90

Bow oft have sin and Satan strove L. M 5G3

How pleasant, how divinely fair L. M 5

How pleased and blest was I S. P. M 12

How pleasing is the voice II. M 1037

How precious is the book divine CM 392

How sad our state by nature is C M 500

How shall the sons of men appear L. M 258

How shall the young secure their hearts C M 770

How short and hasty is our life C M 1054

How should our souls delight to bless C M 973

Bow .-weet and awful is the place CM 835

How sweetly flowed the gospel sound L. M 40(3

How sweet on thy bosom to rest 8s 593

How sweet, how heavenly, is the sight C. M 697

How >wcct to bless the Lord S. M 32

How sweet the hour of closing day L. M 1111

How sweet the melting lay S. M 639

Bow sweet, upon this sacred day G*'M 46

II tw swift, alas ! the moments fly C M 1057

How ten !er is thy hand S. M 600

How vain are all things here below C M 751

How vain Is all beneath the skies L. M 1149

Humole souls, who seek salvation 8s & 7s 806

I CAXXOT call affliction sweet CM 582

If human kindness meets return C. M 842

If I must die, O, let me die C M 1077

If on a quiet sea S. M 513

I languish for a sight S. M 542

I hit my soul to Cod S. M 718

I'll praise my Maker witli my breath L. P. M 91

I'll think upon the wops H. M 579

I looked upon the righteous man C. M 1110

I love the Lord : he heard my cries C M 754

I love the volume of thy word L. P. M 394

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

1 love tliy kingdom, Lord S. M 788

1 love to sec tlie Lord below C M 7

I love to steal awhile away C. M 637

Pin not ashamed to own my Lord C M 552

In all my Lord's appointed ways C. M 812

In all my vast concerns with thee C. M 134

In duties and in Bufferings too CM 702

In evil long I took delight C M 469

In one fraternal bond of love CM 790

Inscribed upon the cross we see L. II 270

In the cross of Christ I glory 8s & 7s 271

In thy name, O Lord, assembling 8s, 7s & 4 23

In trouble and in grief, O God C M 733

In vain I trace creation o'er CM 593

In vain my roving thoughts would find L. M 575

In vain the world's alluring smile L. M 532

In vain we lavish out our lives C M 550

In vain we seek for peace with God CM 272

I send the joys of earth away L. M 539

I set the Lord before my face CM 1 127

Isles of the south, awake H. M 908

Is this the kind return S. M 883

It is the Lord, enthroned in light C M 987

It is the Lord, our Saviour's hand L. M 1071

I would not live alway, <Scc lis 1148

I waited patient for the Lord CM 501

JEHOVAH lives, and be his name C M 180

Jehovah reigns ; he dwells in light L. M 141

Jehovah reigns; his throne is high L. M 143

Jerusalem, my glorious home CM 1166

Jesus, and shall it ever be L. M 554

Jesus, delightful, charming name C M 305

Jesus demands this heart of mine L. M 457

Jesus, hail ! enthroned in glory 8s <Sc 7s 345

Jesus, I love thy charming name CM 306

Jesus, immortal King, arise CM 670

Jesus, I my cross have taken 8s <Sc 7s 530

Jesus, in thy transporting name CM 302

Jesus invites his saints S. M 832

Jesus is cone above the skies L. M 845

Jesus, mighty King in Zion 8s & 7s 819

Jesus, my Saviour and my God CM 342

Jesus, my truth, my way S. M 281

Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy throne CM 335

Jesus, our Lord, how rich thy grace C M 746

Jesus, refuse of my soul 7s. 255

Jesus shall reisrn where'er the sun L- M 854

Jesus, the Conqueror, reisns S. M 300

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JeSUS, th' eternal Son of God C. M .259

Jesus, thou euufee of culm repose L M.Gu 299

Jesus, thj blessings arc sol few C. M 428

Jesus, thy bouudlesi lost le me L. M 549

Jesus, to thy wounds I fly 7> 2^4

Jesus, \vc look to thee S. M 30

Jesus, where'er thy people meet L. M 288

Join all the glorious namee H. M 301

Join, every fcngue, to praise the Lord L. M 992

Joy to the world : the Lord is come C. M 213

KEEP silence, all created things C. M 147

Kind are the words that Jesus speaks C. M 503

Kindred, and friends, and native land C H 886

Kindred m Christ, for his dear sake L. M

Know, my soul, thy full salvation 8s &c 7s 568

LABORERS of Christ, arise . ft. M 737

Laden with guilt and full of fears CM 398

Let all the earth their voices raise L. P. H 913

Let all the heathen writers join C M 386

Let children hear the mighty deeds CM 116

Let earth, with every isle and sea C. M 332

Let everlasting glories crown L. II 388

Let even- creature join II. M 92

Let every heart rejoice and sing P. M 1005

Let every mortal ear attend CM 422

Let me but hear my Saviour say L. M 546

Let party names no more S. M 696

I,et plenteous grace descend on those C. M 824

Let sinners take their course S. M 761

Let them neglect thy glory, Lord CM 104

Let thy grace, Lord, make me lowly 8> <fc 7s 8W

Let us awake our joys Bfl vk 4< 320

Let vain pursuits and vain desires C M 850

Let worldly men from shore to shore CM 401

Let Zion and her sons rejoice C M 895

Let Zion's watchmen all awake O. M

Life i< a span, a fleeting hour C M 1123

Lift not thou the wailing voice 7s « 8i 1101

Lift up to God the voice of praise C M

Lift up your heads, eternal gates C M 246

Light of those whose drear}- dwelling 8s & 7s 651

Like Israel, Lord, am I SL M 465

Like sheep we went astray S. M 231

Lo ! he comes with clouds descending 8s, 7s & 4 1136

L<» ! he cometh — countless trumpets 8s, 7s & 4 1140

Long have we heard the joyful sound C. M 758

Look, ye saints 3 — the sight is glorious 8, 7s &, 4 336

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

U>rd, at thy table we behold C. M 837

..ord, dismiss us with thy bles&ing 8s, 7s &: 4 1 S

.^>rd, help me to resign S M.

»A>rd, how secure my conscience was CM. 476

Lord, I am thine, and in thy aid CM

Lord, I approach the mercy-seat C M 519

Lord, I have made thy word my choice C M 4 •■>

Lord, I would come to thee S. M o4 )

Lord, m the morning thou shall hear CM. «

Lord, lead the way the Saviour went I ".

Lord, let thy goodness lead our land L. M

Lord, look on all a<-embled here C M

Lord, my times are in thy hand 7s

Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean 8s cc 7-

Lord of hosts, to thee we raise 7 s

Lord of the worlds above II. M

Lord, send thy servants forth 8. M

Lord, send thy word, and let it fly C 1 1 - -

Lord, should we leave thy hallowed feet C M

Lord, teach thy servants how to pray C M 34

Lord, thou hast scourged our guilty land C* M 987

Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through L. M

Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray C M

I»rd, through the dubious paths of life C M

Lord: we adore thy vast designs L. M ]42

Lord, we come before thee now 7a 25

Lord, we confess our numerous faults CM

Lord, what a feeble piece SL Id

Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I L. M 756

Lord, what a wretched land is this C M 734

Lord, when thou didst ascend on high L. M 247

Lord, when we bow before thy throne CM 21

Lord, while for all mankind we pray C ; ] j > 3

Lord, with a grieved ar.d aching heart L. M 175

Loud hallelujahs to the Lord L. M 104

Love divine, all love excelling Bfl <sc 7- C53

Lo ! round the throne at God's right hand L. M 1179

Lo I what a glorious sight appears C I

Lo ! what an entertaining sight C M

Lowly and solemn be Cs 6c 4s -

MAJESTIC sweetness sits enthroned C M

May the grace of Christ, our Saviour 8b Jt 7a 68

Meekly in Jordan's holy stream C. M - B

Men of G >d, go take your stations Bs, 7- i: 4 881

Mighty G»d, while angels bless thee Bs - 7i 341

Mine eyes and my de-ire S. M

lea souls that dream of heaven C M 514

Morning breaks upon the tomb 7s 233

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Most gracious to fulfil thy word C M 866

My country, 'tis of thee 6s <5c 4s 1000

My dear Redeemer and my Lord L. M 704

.My faith looks Dp to thee ft & 4s 783

My Father's bouse OB high S. M 1 159

My former hopes are fled S. M 491

My God, how endless Is thy love L. M 1011

My God, I thank thee , may no thought L. M G05

My God, my everlasting hope C. M 732

My God, my Father, blissful name C. M 177

My God, my Father, while I stray 8s & Cs C59

My God, my King, thy various praise L. M 108

My God, my portion and my love C M 188

My God, my prayer attend & M 648

My God, permit me not to he L. M C30

My God, permit my tongue S. M 655

My God, the spring of all my joys C. M.. .,. . .681

My God, thy boundless love 1 praise C. P. M 99

My God, thy service well demands C. M 788

My gracious Lord, I own thy right L. M., 556

My Maker and my King S. M C89

My never-ceasing song shall show O. M 161

My opening eyes with rapture see L. M 41

My Saviour, fill my soul S. M 662

My Saviour, my almighty Friend CM .".-24

My Shepherd will supply my need C M 198

My- son, know thou the Lord S. M 446

My soul, be on thy guard S. M 717

My soul forsakes her vain delight CM 543

My soul, how lovely is the place CM 14

My soul lies cleaving to the dust C M

My soul, repeat his praise S. M ]£3

My soul shall praise thee, O my God C. M 110

My soul, triumphant in the Lord C M 713

My soul, with joy attend S. M -J'.))

My spirit looks to God alone L M 601

My spirit sinks within me, Lord L. M 756

My times of sorrow and of joy C M 596

My thoughts surmount these lower skies C M 629

NAKED as from the earth we came C M 572

Nature, with all her powers, shall sing L. M 101

Nature with open volume stands L. M 251

No change of time shall ever shock C M 170

No more-, my God, I boast no more L. M 253

Nbl eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard: C M 1153

Not all the blood of beasts S. M 254

Not all the outward forme on earth CM 377

Not to condemn the sons of men L. M 212

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Not to the terrors of the Lord CM 789

Hot with our mortal eyes S. M 547

Now begin die heavenly theme 7s '275

Now he my heart inspired to sing L M 333

Now fbf a tune of lofty praise L. M 244

Now, gracious Lord, thine arm reveal C. M 1053

.Y w is th' accepted time 0. Jl 435

Now is the day of grace B. M 430

Now let my soul, eternal King L. M 387

Now let our cheerful eyes survey CM 297

Now let our mournful songs record L. M 836

Now let the angel sound on high L M 911

Now the shades of night are gone 7s 1013

Now to tiie Lord a noble song L. M 319

Now to the Lord, who makes us know L. M 321

Now to the power of God supreme L. M 252

O, ALL ye nations, praise the Lord, Each with C. M 84

O, all ye nations, praise the Lord, His glorious C M 8.5

O, blessed souls are they S. M 495

O, bless the Lord, my Mill, Mis grace S. M 96

O, bless the Lord, my soul, Let all S. M 182

O, cease, my wandering scul S. M 613

O Christ, what gracious words S M 276

O, could I find, from day to day CM 661

O, could we speak the matchless worth C P. M 30-1

O'er the gloomy hills of darkness 8s, 7s <Sc 4 891

O'er the realms of pagan darkness 8s, 7s <Sc 4 877

O Father, good or evil send C M 570

O Father, though the anxious fear CM 51

O for a closer walk with God C M 691

O for a faith that will net shrink C M 511

O for a heart to praise my God C M 663

O for an overcoming faith C M 1076

O for a shout of joy II. M 157

O for a shout of sacred jcy CM 248

O for a sight, a pleasing sight L M 1154

O for a thousand seraph tongues CM 351

O for a thousand tongues to sing CM 343

O for that tenderness of heart C M 488

O for the death of those S. M 1114

OGod, my inmost soul convert C P. M 1133

O God, my strength, my hope S. M 676

O God of merc»hear my call C. M 485

O God of sovereign grace S. M 859

O God, our help in ages past C M 760

O God, though countless worlds of light C M 939

O God, to earth incline S. M 856

O God, to thee my sinking soul C. M 597

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

O happy Christian, who can boast C. M *66

O happy NUAtp, who dwell in light L M 1180

O, help us, Lord, each hour of need <;. M C56

O here, if ever, God of love C. M 848

(> holy Lord, our God Gs &i 4< 952

O, how divine, how sweet the joy C II 7£0

O, how I love thy holy law C. M 389

O, in the morn of life, when youth C. M 772

<>, lay not up upon this earth 8s &. 7s 580

O, let my trembling soul be still L. M. G l 585

O, let our thoughts and wishes fly C M 11G9

O Lord, and shall our fainting souls L. M 383

O Lord, and will thy pardoning love C. M 800

O Lord, behold us at thy feet CM 978

O Lord, I fall before thy face L. II 470

O Lord, if in the book of life C. If 5GG

O Lord, I would delight in thee C. If 538

O Lord, our God, arise S. M..'. 879

O Lord, our God, how wondrous great .C M 163

O Lord, our heavenly King. S. II 1G4

O Lord, thou art my Lord S. M 537

O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart L. M G72

O Lord, thy perfect word S. M 390

O Lord, thy tender mercy hears CM 482

O Lord, we in thy footsteps tread CM 823

O Lord, when billows o'er me rise CM 504

O my soul, what means this sadness S, 7s & 4 753

Once more, my soul, the rising day C M 1009

Once more we meet to pray S. M 480

On Jordan's stormy banks I stand C M 1173

On God we build our sure defence. C. M 1G9

On that great, that awful day 7s 1131

On thee, each morning, O my God C M 1018

On the mountain's top appearing 8s, 7s &; 4 902

On, through Judea's palmy plain CM 982

Onward, onward, men of heaven 8s & 7s 883

Onward speed thy conquering flight 7s & 5s 892

O, praise the Lord in that blest place L. M BG

O Saviour, welcome to my heart C. M 557

O, sing to Him who loved and bled C. M 31C

O sinner, bring not tears alone CM 986

O sinner, why so thoughtless grown L. M 450

O, speed thee, Christian, on thy way C M 722

O, stay thy tears, for they are blest L. M 110S

O that I knew the secret place C M 046

O that the Lord's salvation 7s & 6s 919

O that the Lord would guide my ways C M 709

O that thy statutes every hour C M 669

O thou, from whom all goodness flows C. M 607

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O thou, my soul, forget no more L. M 844

O thou Sun of glorious splendor 8s & 7s 871

O Thou that hearest prayer H. M 359

O Thou that hear'st the prayer of faith C. P. M 498

O Thou that hear'st when sinners cry L. M 407

O Thou, to whom all creatures how C. M 165

O Thou, who hearest prayer Gs & 5s 1030

O Thou, who once on Israel's ground L. M 920

O Thou, whose compassionate care 8s 599

O Thou, whose mercy guides my way C. M 595

O, turn, great Ruler of the skies L. M 522

Our hlest Redeemer, ere he breathed 8s, 6 & 4 252

Our Captain leads us on.... S. M 730

Our country is Immanuel's ground C. M 729

Our Father, God, who art in heaven C. M 058

Our fathers! where are they S. M 106S

Our God, how firm his promise stands C. M 562

Our heavenly Father, hear S. M 050

Our Helper, God, we bless his name L. ft 1046

Our little bark, on boisterous seas C. M 961

Our Saviour bowed beneath the wave L. M 804

Our sins, alas ! how strong they are CM 1155

Our spirits join to praise the Lamb L. M

Out of the deeps. O Lord, we call C. M 521

O, what amazing words of grace CM 410

O, what is life ? — 'tis like a flower C. H. M 1064

O, where is now that slowing love L. M 684

O, where shall rest be found S. M 115*3

O, worship the King, all glorious above 10s & lis 72

O. ye immortal throng H. M 249

O Zion. tune thy voice H. M 897

PALMS of glory, raiment bright 7s 1164

Pastor, thou art from us taken 8s & 7s 1117

Peace, troubled soul, &c L. M. 6 l 419

People of the living God 7s 695

Permit me, Lord, to seek thy face C M 671

Planted in Christ, the living vine C M 929

Plunged in a gulf of dark despair C. M 308

Praise the Lord, his glory bless 7s 73

Praise the Lord ; ye heavens, adore him 8s & 7s 77

Praise to thee, thou great Creator 8s & 7s 10§

Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee 5 There shall C M 105

Praise waits in Zion, Lord, for thee ; Thy saints L. M 31

Praise ye Jehovah's name 6s & 4s 74

Praise ye the Lord ; my heart shall join L. M 95

Praise ye the Lord; on every height C. M 66

Prayer i- the breath of God in man C. M 634

Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice C. M 633

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Prayer ia Ibe ('. M 635

• t in cottage ii' mes I- M

view thy cross <\ M

Proclaim the ...317

RAISE your triumphant nogs . . .269

B • b I. i . is Ki _- ft M

Religion ia th< rn CM

ml . ..1048

urGod

Remember thee, redeeming Lord I . M 846

Remember thy Creator . . .778

Re|>ent ! the voice celestial cries C. M

Return, my roving heart, return L. M 490

Return, my wandering soul, return L. M

crowned with light, <5cc IQb 900

'■. and stretch thy wings . . .719

1 my soul, pursue the patli C. M

B > .- _ . ri-e II. M

Rock t f ages, cleft for me

Roll on, thou mighty ocean ... 890

BAFELT through another week 7<, 6 l 47

Salvation is forever nigh L.

Salvation ! O, the joyful Bound

Saviour, bless thy word to all 7- 60

Saviour, breathe an evening blessing Bs .-c 7- 1032

Saviour, I thy word believe . . .374

Savi wr, thy law we love S. si

Saviour, when in dust to thee 7s . . . .

See, daylight is fading, fcc ... 1021

See, from Zion's sacred mountain . . .086

See how the fruitless fig-tree stands CM 458

See, in the vineyard of the Lord C. H 456

See Israel's gentle Shepherd stand

See the leaves around us falling . .1041

Serene I laid me down S. M 1016

Serva II done SL M 1118

Shall we go on to sin S. M

Shepherd divine, our wants relieve C. M

Shine, mighty God, on Zion shine C. M 898

Show pity, Lord . 0 Lord, forgive L. M

Since all the varying scenes of time C. M 190

Sinn t i the Li id Jehovah's name C. M

Sing t > the Lord, in joyful strains C M

Sim: t i the Lord most high H. M 68

Sin- to the Lord, ye distant lands G M 214

thee from thy sleep 7s 457

Sinner, the voice of God regard CM 447

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

Sinners, turn : why will ye die 7? 448

Sinner, what ha* earth to show 7s 444

Sinners, will you scorn the message 8s, 7s <k 4 449

wast mild and lovely 8s & ?s 1096

. blooming flower L. M 1088

gently-breathing notes L. M 525

Softly fides the twilight ray 7s 56

i »f day 7> 1086

Soldi* arise B M 723

So let our lips and lives express L. M 706

Soon a- I heard my Father say C. II 5'J4

Sck.ii may the last glad song arise L. M 903

Sound, sound the truth abroad Cs &. 4s t64

Source of eternal joys divine CM 541

Sovereign of worlds above EL If 863

Sovereign of world-, display thy power L. II 865

Sovereign Ruler, Lord of all 7s 265

Sow in the mom thy seed 8. M 740

Spirit divine, attend our prayer CM 937

Spirit, leave thy house of clay 7s 1083

Spirit of holiness, descend CM 3S4

Spirit of holiness, look down CM 355

of peace and holiness \ . L. M 953

Spirit of peace, celestial Dove C M 701

Spirit of power and might, behold CM 875

Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears L. If 720

Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay L, M 330

Stem Winter throws his icy chains C M 1043

Still evening comes, with gentle shade L. II 1022

Still nigh me, O my Saviour, stand L. If. dr 254

Still on the Lard thy burden roll C M 560

Strait is the way, the door is strait , CM

Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies L. M 220

Stricken, smitten, and afflicted 8s & 7s 227

Submissive to thy will, my God C If 581

Suppliant, lo ! thy children bend 7s 906

Supreme in wisdom, as in power CM

Sweet is the friendly voice which speaks CM

Sweet is the memory of thy grace C M 187

Sweet is the prayer, whose holy stream C M C40

Sweet is the thought, the promise sweet L. M. 6 l 1105

Sweet is the work, my God, my King L. M 50

Sweet is the work, O Lord S. If 45

Sweet was the time when first I felt C M 759

Swell the anthem, raise the song 7a 999

TEACI1 me the measure of my days C M 1055

That awful day will surely come C M 1142

The awful message came 6s, 8s & 4s 687

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

The billows swell, the winds are high L. M 957

The blessed Spirit, like the wind C M 379

The countless multitude on high L. M 349

The day approaches, 0 my soul CM 1137

The day of wrath, that dreadful day L. M 1130

Tiie dove let loose in eastern .-kits C. M 1 168

Thee we adore, eternal Name CM 1061

The God of glory sends his summons forth 10s & lis 1139

7'he God of grace and glory calls C M 565

The God of grace will never leave C M 381

The God of harvest praise 6s & 4s....

The happy morn is come H. M '243

The heavens declare thy glory, Lord L. M 76

The heaven of heavens cannot contain C M 167

The hoary frost, the fleecy snow CM 1043

The Ki;:g of heaven his table spreads C M 424

The leaves around me falling 7s & 6s 1040

The long-lost son, with streaming eyes C M

The Lord is great, ye hosts of heaven, &c lis & 8s 71

The Lord is my Shepherd, no want, &c lis 200

The Lord is risen indeed S. M 237

The Lord Jehovah calls S. M 412

The Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state S. P. If 145

The Lord Jehovah reigns; His throne II. M 138

The Lord my pasture shall prepare L. M. C l 197

The Lord my Shepherd is, And he my H. M 196

The Lord my Shepherd is ; I shall be S. M 195

The Lord of glory is my light CM

The Lord of glory reigns ; he reigns, &c 10s &. lis. 6 l 144

The Lord on high proclaims S. M 405

The Lord our God is clothed with might C M 139

The Lord our God is Lord of all CM 135

The Lord will come ; the earth shall quake L M 1135

The man is ever blest S. M 607

The mellow eve is gliding 71s & 6s 1027

The morning light is breaking 7s & 6s 912

The perfect world by Adam trod L M 938

The pity of the Lord ft M 184

The Prince of salvation in triumph, &c 12s, 11 & 8 906

The promise of my Father's love CM 838

The promises I sing H. M 102

The race that long in darkness pined C M 217

There is a calm for those who weep 8 s <t 4 1085

There is a fountain filled with blood C M 274

There is a glorious world of light C. M 968

There is a hope, a blessed hope d M 736

There is a house not made with hands C M 1147

There is a land mine eye hath seen L. M 1172

There is a land of pure delight C. M 1146

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

There is an hour of hallowed peace C. M 1167

There is an hour of peaceful rest 8s <fc 6s 1168

There is a place of sacred rest C. M 1171

There is a region lovelier far L. M 1174

There is a world of perfect bliss C. M 1157

There seems a voice in even- gale L. M 75

There's not a star whi>se twinkling light CM 126

The Saviour bids us watch and pray C. M 716

The Saviour calls ; let ever}- ear CM 423

The Saviour kindly calls S. M 981

The Saviour lives, no more to die L. M 295

The Saviour now is gone before C M 712

The Saviour ! O, what endless charms CM 309

These glorious minds, how bright they shine C M 1175

These mortal joys, how soon they fade C. M 757

The Spirit in our hearts S. M 431

The Sun of Righteousness appears C M 239

The san that lights yon broad, blue sky C M 948

The swift declining day S, M 445

The true Messiah now appears C M 216

The truth of God shall still endure C M 160

They who on the Lord rely 7fi 622

Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love L. 31 55

lay the Lord hath called his own L. If 52

This God is the God we adore 8s 178

the day the Lord hath made CM 34

This is the word of truth and love L. M 409

This place is holy ground S. H. M 1099

This world would be a wilderness C M 535

Thou art gone to the grave, &c 12s & lis 1 106

Thou art my portion, O ray God C M 615

Thou art, O God, the life and light L M. 6 l 129

Thou art The way ; — to thee alone C M 2S0

Thou boundless Source of every good C M C54

Thou Fount of blessing, God of love CM 677

b [ walk Through the gloomy vale L. M 199

the nations sit beneath L. M 6^9

Thou God of hope, to thee we bow L. M 7"9

Thou God of sovereign grace S. M 974

Thou hast said, exalted Jesus 8s, 7s &: 4 817

Thou, Holy Spirit, art S. M 303

Thou Lord of all above S. M 483

Thou Lord of all the worlds on high C M 559

Thou lovely Source of true delight CM 509

Thou only Sovereign of my heart L. M 548

Thou P'-.ver supreme, whose mighty scheme C M 631

Thou, that dost my life prolong 7s 1014

Thou, who didst stoop below 6s & 10s 553

Thou, whose almighty word , , .6s & 4s 876

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

Through all the changing scenes of life C. M 193

Through endless years thoa art the same C. M 131

Through every age, eternal God L. M

Through sorrow's Dlghl and danger's path C. M

Through thy protecting care Gs &. 5s

Thus far the Lord has led me on L. M 1033

Thy bounties, gracious Lord S. M

Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess C. M 150

Thy kingdom, Lord, forever stands CM 149

Thy name, almighty Lord S. M 925

Thy Spirit pour, O gracious Lord CM 375

Time is winging us away 7s <L

'Tis a point I long to know 7s

Tifl by the faith of joys to come L. M 515

'Tis done — the great transaction's done L. M

Tis done — th' important act is done L. M 'Jol

'Tis faith supports my feeble soul CM 170

Tis faith that lays the sinner low C M 510

'Tis finished! — so the Saviour cried L. M 230

Tis God, the Father, we adore CM 811

Tis God, the Spirit, leads S. M 378

Tis midnight, and on Olive's brow L. M 219

To bless thy chosen race S. M 918

To-day the Saviour calls 6s & 4s 453

To God, the only wise S. M 564

To heaven I lift mine eyes II. M 173

To heaven I lift my waiting eyes CM 168

To Him from whom our blessings flow C M 1002

To Him who chose us first II. M 121

To Him who loved the souls of men C. M 851

To Jesus, the crown of my hope 8s 1086

To-morrow, Lord, is thine S. M 1063

To our Redeemer's glorious name C M 310

To spend one sacred day II. M 13

To thee, before the dawning light C M 710

To thee, my righteous King and Lord CM 112

To thee, my Shepherd and my Lord C M 292

To thee, O blessed Saviour 7s & 6s 971

To thee this temple we devote C M 944

To thy temple we repair 7s 28

Twas by an order from the Lord L. M 400

'Twas God who fixed the rolling spheres C. M 137

Twas in the watches of the night C M

Twas on that dark, that doleful night L. M 831

TNSFI AKEN as the sacred hill C. M 621

Unto thine altar, Lord S. M 527

Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb L. M 1078

Up to the fields where angels lie L. M 618

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

VAIN are the hopes the sons of men C. M 494

Vital spark of heavenly flame P. M 1080

WAKE the song of jubilee 7s 915

Wanderer from God, return, return L. M 414

Watchman, tell us of the night ?s 893

Weary sinner, keep thine eyes 7s, 6 l 427

We bid thee welcome in the name E. M 950

We come, O Lord, before thy throne C M 953

Weeping saint, no longer mourn 7s 523

Weeping sinners, dry your tears 7s 429

Weep not for the saint that ascends 8s &, 9s 1119

We give immortal praise H. M 118

We have met in peace together 8s oc 7s 905

Welcome, delightful morn H. M 44

Welcome, sweet day of rest S. M 40

We sing the Saviour's love S. M 293

What are those soul-reviving strains L. II 331

What equal honors shall we bring L. M 344

What glory gilds the sacred page CM 395

What shall I render to my God C. M 15

What shall the dying sinner do L. M 497

What sinners value I resign L. M 1165

What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe C. M 592

What though the arm of conquering death C. M 1115

When Abrah'm, full of sacred awe CM 954

When all thy mercies, O my God CM 693

When, as returns this solemn day L. M 49

When, bending o'er the brink of life CM 174

When blooming youth is snatched away C M 1091

When brighter suns and milder skies C M 1033

Whence do our mournful thoughts arise C M 623

Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll C M 571

When fainting in the sultry waste C M 591

When floating on life's troubled sea C M 10G7

When forced to part from those we love 8s &: 7s 10C6

When gloomy thoughts and fears S. M 70S

When God is nigh, my faith is strong L. M 1128

When God revealed his gracious name C M 782

When 1 can read my title clear CM 1156

When [ can trust my all with God C H. M 583

When I survey the wondrous cross L. M 834

When languor and disease invade C M 627

When, marshalled on the nightly plain L. M 959

When morning's first and hallowed ray C M 1008

When musing sorrow weeps the past C M 626

When overwhelmed with grief S. M. 6525

When power divine, in mortal form L. M 569

When rising from the bed of death CM 459

INDEX OF FIRST LINES,

When shrill the voice of singing 7s & Cs 907

V hi d shall wt meet again 6s & 5e 1070

When sickness abakes tlie languid frame C. M 024

When >ins and fears, prevailing, rise L. M

Borv0Wi round ua roll S. M 545

11 ben the last trumpet's awful voice CM 1191

V. hi D the vale of death appears 7s & 4 I0fc4

When the worn spirit wants repose ( . R| 33

thickly heat the storms of life L. M 171

When thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come C. P. M 1143

When through the torn sail, <jcc 12s 960

When thy harvest yields thee pleasure 8s & 7s, 0 l 745

When thy mortal life is tied 7s 455

. verdure clothes the fertile vale C. M 1036

When we pass through vender river 8s &l 7s 1161

Where can we hide, or whither fly L. M 130

Where is my Saviour now II. M

Where is my God? — does he retire L. M 614

Where shall we go to seek and find L. M 935

While I keep silence, and conceal L. II

While in the tender years of youth C. M

While in this sacred rite of thine C. M

While life prolongs its precious light L. M 451

While my Redeemer's near S. M 291

While thee I seek, protecting Power C. M 17

While, with ceaseless course, the sun 7s 1049

Who are these in bright array 7s 1176

. but thou, almighty Spirit 8s, 7s <k. 4

Who can describe the joys that rise L. II 779

Who can forbear to sing S. M 781

Who, O Lord, when life is o'er 7s 1151

Why do we mourn departing friends C. M 1099

Why droops my soul, with grief oppressed L. .M 526

Why, O my soul, O, why depressed C M 628

Why on the bending willows hung L. M 922

"Why should the children of a King CM 382

Why should we start and fear to die L. M 1079

Why will ye waste on trifling cares L. M 437

Wide, ye heavenly gates, unfold 7s 245

Will God in very deed descend C. M 943

With all my powers of heart and tongue L. M 106

With earnest longings of the mind C. M 586

With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues L. P. M 1004

With guilt oppressed, bowed down with sin C. II

With humble heart and tongue S. M 771

Within thy house, O Lord, our God C. M 29

With joy we hail the sacred day C. M 43

With joy we meditate the grace C. M 298

With my whole heart I've sought thy face CM 5c9

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

With one consent, let all the earth L, M 1

With sacred joy we lift our eyes CM 9

With songs and honors sounding loud C. M 1035

With tears of anguish I lament C. Bl 473

With willing hearts we tread S. M 798

Would you behold the works of God L. II 963

Would you win a soul to God. 7s 956

YE angels, bless the Lord S. M 312

-els, who stand round the throne Ba 1163

Ye boundless realms of joy H. M 90

Ye Christian heralds, go proclaim L. M 889

Ye earthly vanities, depart CM 533

Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu C. M 534

Leu lamps of heaven, farewell C. M 1113

Ye humble souls, approach your God C. If 153

Ye men and angels, witness now C. M S30

Ye messengers of Christ S. M 887

Ye nations round the earth, rejoice L. M 6

Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim 10s & lis 326

Ye sen-ants of the Lord S. M 715

Yes, God himself hath sworn 6s, Ss & 4s 574

Ye sinners, fear the Lord S. M 440

Yes, my native land, I love thee 8s, 7s <Sc 4 SS9

Ye sons of earth, arise S. M 432

Ye sons of men, with joy record L. M 185

Yes, there are joys that cannot die ,. C. M 1160

Yes, the Redeemer rose H. M 236

Yes, we trust the day is breaking Ss, 7s £c 4 904

Ye that obey th' immortal King CM 4

Ye trembling captives, hear S. M 430

Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears C. M 611

Ye tribes of Adam, join H. M 67

Ye, who in his courts are found 7s, 6 l 415

Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor CM 420

Your harps, ye trembling saints S. M J -

ZION, awake ; thy strength renew L. M 896

Zion stands with hills surrounded 8s, 7s & 4 795

GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

WORSHIP ^32

THE SABBATH 33—65

PR A I SE TO GOD 66-116

PRAISE TO THE TRINITY 117—125

ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

1. In Himself ]Of i£0

2. With Reference to his Creatures 163—200

CHRIST 201-250

SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST 251—277

CHARACTERS OF CHRIST 27S— 307

PRAISE TO CHRIST 308—351

THE HOLY SPIRIT 352—385

THE SCRIPTURES 386—403

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL 404—433

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION 434-458

REPENTANCE AND FAITH 459—515

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES 51-

THE CHURCH 78

BAPTISM 796

CHURCH FELLOWSHIP BSfr-

TU E LORD'S SUPPER B31-

MISSIONS 859—926

CONSTITUTION OF A CHURCH 927—931

DEDICATION HYMNS 932—944

ORDINATION HYMNS 945—956

SEAMEN'S HYMNS 957— 9 '4

PABBATH SCHOOL HYMNS 965—973

MATERNAL HYMNS 974—982

FAST AND THANKSGIVING 983—999

GENERAL itfi)EX OF SUBJECTS.

NATIONAL HYMNS 1000—1007

MORNING HYMNS 1008—1020

EVENING HYMNS 10*21—1034

THE SEASONS 1035—1043

OPENING AN D CLOSING YEAR 1044—1053

SHORTNESS OF TIME 1054—1004

MEETING A^iD PARTING 1005—1070

DEATH 1071—1120

RESURRECTION 1121—1129

JUDGMENT DAY 1130—1145

HEA YEN 1146—1180

DOXOLOGIES Page 692

CHANTS, AND SELECTIONS FOR CHANTING Page 697

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

The figures designate tJu J/'/mns.

ABBA FATHER, 191, 261, 559.
Abraham, faith of, 506.
Absence from Christ deprecated,
542, 543, 586, 591, 614, 646,
1148.
final, from God, intolerable,
1142.
Absent Saviour, gone to prepare a
place, 845.
love to thee, 1086.
Accepted time, 412, 435-441, 445-

447, 451, 453.
Access to God through Christ, 102,

280, 296-298, 614.
Adoption, desiring evidence of, 177,

191, 532, 559, 673.
Advent of Christ, 208, 209, 211, 213,
331.
design of the, 211, 212.
first and second, 214.
second, 332, 336, 1134-1136,
1L38, 1140, 1141.
Adversity, rejoicing in, 592.

God seen in, 17, 569-572, 583-
37, 600.
Afflicted, afterthought of the, 582.

sympathy with the, 741-745.
Affliction, asking mercy in, 595.
benefit of. 590, 597, 600.
blessedness of submission in,

541, 583, 597, 627.
from God, 179, 599.
and mercies from God, 572.
God a support in, 171, 545, 583,

584, 590, 595, 628, 631.
light, 581, 629.
merciful visitations, 605.
patience in, 579.
prayer in, 142, 597, 599, 675,

678, 680.
sanctified, 590, 598-600.

Affliction, sweetness of the prom-
ises in, 598, 027.
submission in, 177, 179, 513,

570-573, 579, 581-583, 585,

587, 588, 590, 592, 595-597,

599. 600, 005, 024, 026-623,

631, 654, 659, 600, 664, 667,

668, 678, 680, 733.
trusting God in, 585,593, 601,

602, 605.
Aged, God the support of the, 731.

732.
Alarm, 459, 491, 1145.
All in all, God, 174, 175, 188, 189,

618.
Almost Christian
Anchor, hope a i
Angel, mission,,,
Angels, song of, 201, 203-208, 245-

248.
rejoicing in ion of

sinners, 779, 780.
sympathy of. with Christ, 249,

250.
Apostate, perishing, 686.
Apostles, commissioned, 852.
Ark of refuge, 013.
Arm of the Lord made bare, 857,

860, 861, 949.
Armor, the Christian, 720, 722, 723.
Ashamed, not, of Christ, 552, 554,

721, 800, 807, 819.
Asleep in Jesus, 1109.
Assurance of divine favor, desiring,

177, 532, 541, 545, 559, 577.
triumph of, 20,1,574, 1156.
Atonement, reiving on the, 470, 502,

504.
suffkiencv of. 258, 272, 274,

275, 410, 410, 421, 426-428,

470. 485, 497, 502, 504.
Awakened sinner, 460-403, 465-

492, 497, 498, 500, 501.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

BACKSLIDER warned, 686, 687.
Backsliding and repentance, 682,

return from, desired, 467, 468,
684, 685.

691,609
Baptism, an act of obedien

801, 809. S13.
an act of worship, 511.
a Christian profession, 515.
burial with Christ by, Bl"

823.
cheerfulness; in. B12, BBL
emblem of Christ's death, 5n5.
of Christ. 81
in imitation of Christ, 799, 802,

■ 6, 619.
into Chris;.
6elf-consecration in, 803, 811,

6-25.
the Spirit invoked in, BOO

after.
Barren fig-tree, 456. 455.
Beatitudes, the. 665, 741. 7 .
Beauty of Christ, 257, 304-306^319,
3*23.
of the church, 786, 759. 794.
796.
Believe and be saved, 212, 254. 255,

Bethlehem, star of, 202. 561, 959.
Birth d i naee, 377.

Blessedness of the dead in the Lord,
1101, 1104, 1107-
1109, 1112,' 1114.
ri times, 949.
of ^heaven, 1146, 1152-1155.
1166-1180.
Blood of Christ, relvins on. 223, 254,
274, 282,
74* 485, 502, 504,

the ciiiv way of salvation, 264,
497. 49
Boasting excluded, 253.
Book ot nature and Scripture. 391.
393.
of God's decrees. 147.
of life, 147, 190, 566.
Broad and narrow way, 65
Broken heart and a bleeding Sa-
viour, 477, 527.
Brotherly love, 694, 697-700.

CAXlL of the sospel, 417, 418, 420-
424, 43<M32, 439, 440, 453.

Calvary, 223-232, 597
Captain of salvation, 720, 7

Care of God for his ;

564-567, 569-573.
Casting care on God, 176, 535, 538,

Change produced bv the gospel, 409,

Charitv to the poor, 73.*, 739, 741-

Children. Christ regarding, 977.
Christ blessing, 981, 982.
exhorted, 446.
hosannas of, to Christ, 33 L.

praising God, 114. 92
praising God in heaven, 968.
praver for, 425, 773, 774, 974-

982.
solicitude for conversion of, 974»
Christ, advent of, 211-213, 331.
advent, first and second, 214.
advent^ second, 332. 336, 1134-

1136, 1135, 114.). 1141.
our advocate, 102, 296-298, 300,

614.
all and in all, 257, 299, 342,

662.
and Aaron. 216.
baptism of; " - ■:. B04,

B, B23L
birth of. 201-209, 217.
blood of. 223, 254. 2

272. 274. 252. 316, 470, 474,

455. 502, 504, 527, B5L
bread of life. 253. -
Doming olj first and second, 211,

213-217. 1135, 1136, 1141.
commission
compassion ot. 210, 260, 302,

833, 840.
condescension of, 339, 499. 833.

540.
a conqueror, 241. 242, 320. 333,

337, 868, 870, 872.
corner stone

coronation 338L

the Creator,
on the cross, 223-23
crucified, glorying i
the theme of preaching,
death of. 223-232. 470.
death and resurrection of, 232.
deitv, humiliation, and exalta-
tion of. 244.
enthroned and worshipped, 323,

343.
equal with the Father, 244.
exaltation of, 342, 345.
exaltation and interces

300, 614.
our example. 702, 704. 707, 763.
excellence of, 257, 304.

PARTICCLAU INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Christ, faithfulness of, 294, 501, 611,

616, (.-Jo, 639.
forgiving bis enemic
fountain of life, 286, 503, 544.
final triumph of, 241, 330, 337,
I, 803, 868, 371,
I L 911.
friend, 178, 289,324.
in Gethsemane, 219-222, 707.
God in, 307.
God incarnate, 209, 232, 234,

239, 340, 242, 245, 307, 309,

329.
God and man, 239.
guide, 281.

high priest, 316, 297, 298, 321.
hoeanna to, 248, 331, 350.
humiliation of, 207, 210, 329.
humiliation and triumph of,

322..
indebtedness to, 257.
king, 325, 3:32, 333, 339.
king of glory, 245, 246.
king of saints, 330.
kingdom of, among men, 854,

879, 905, 910, 911, 915.
kingdom and priesthood of, 335.
Lamb of God, 273, 343, 344,

527, 5." ■:
life eternal in Christ alone, 547.
our life, 2S7, 303.
light of the world, 215, 217.
living and almighty Saviour,

295.
love o'f, 223, 224, 228, 293, 302,

308-310, 329, 340, 549, 833,

834.
mediation of, 210,209, 294, 315,

345.
mediator, 102, 29G-298, 300.
miracles of, 218.
names of, 217.
new song to, 343.
not ashamed of, 554, 705, 800.
pardon in, 272, 279, 470, 471,

474-477, 497, 498, 500, 528.
pardon through his sufferings,

255.
peace through his intercession,

396.
physician, 279, 599.
praise to, 36, 244, 308-351, 851.
prayer, watting to answer, 289.
preceded his people in the

grave, 233, 1092.
precious, 276, 306, 30G, 348.
present in his churches, 30, 288,

927, 1002.
prophet, priest, and king, 301.
propitiation, 185, 180, 231, 264,

470, 474. 485, 498, 844.
ransom, 224, 227-231, 243, 250.

Christ, redeemer and judge, 321.

refuge, 282, 285.
rememberii

resurrection of, 235MJ43.
resurrection of, celebrated, 34j

resurrection and ascension of,

242, 343.
rock of aces, in.
our sacrifia 1,254,

259, I, 472,

474, 485, 498
salvation through,!

258-200, 36! . 272,

494.
Saviour; 223-230, 310.
seen of angels, 249, 250.
shepherd, 231, 290-292, 540,

977, 1005.
substance of Levitical priest*

ho<»d, 216.
sufferings of, 219-231, 528, 834.
sufferings and exaltation of,

836.
sun of righteousness, 278, 529*
support in temptati
teaching of, 406.
triumphant ascension of, 245-

248.
unchangeable friend, 178, 289.
unseen, vet beloved. 547. 1086.
victories of, 337, E
victorv and exaltation of, 241,

320,* 333.
vision of, anticipated, 704,

1086, 1087.
vital union to, 303.
way, truth, and life, 280.
welcome to, 275, 4 in. -115-424.
welcomed a< a Saviour, 209.
worship offered to, 310-351.
Christian, the almost, 080.
anxious. 69
not ashamed of Christ, 552,

554, 721, BOO, 807, 819.
backsliding and returning,
■ I, 522, 524, .
34, 185, 691, •

1042.
bearing shame for Christ, 705.
benevolence, 737"
blessedness of, 578, 007, 094,

750, 766, 1101, 1103, 1104,

1108, 1111.
breathing after God, 591, 614,

tils. 661-669, 677.
brotherly love, 090-701, 703,

burdened with guilt, 406-475.
burial of, 1078, 1096, 1098,
1107.
38

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECT&

Christian, rating care on God. 176,

J, 601, 602.
cheered by God's presence, 175,

604, 616, 619, 625.
Christ, the strength of, 33
Christ, all in all to, 25

- ~ . 292, 299, 305-

307, 547, 556, 662, 681.

comforted in prospect of death,

233, 553, 1072, 1092, 1104,

1105, 1108.

communing with God, 630,679,

confessing sin. 264-266, 432,

confiding in Christ, 178, 253,

254. 296, 324, 783.
contented, 573, 579, 590, 592,

>, 664.
contrite, 4 1, 463, 462, 525.527.
conversing with heaven, 629.
dead to the world and sin, 536,

delighting in God, 54, 538, 681.
delighting in the scriptures,

387-390, 394-403, 615.
delivered in answer to praver,

501, 7.54.
depending on Christ, 253, 516,

517, 524, 536, 527, 531, 544-

546, 553.
depending on mercy, 529.
depending on the Spirit, 353,

356-375, 378-385, 518.
depravity, his sense of, 492,

desiring various blessings. See

Prayer.
doubting, 577.

dying », 1092. 1093.

'1097, 1099, 1100, 1101-1104,

1107, 1110-1114, 1157.
encouraged, 623, 708, 720, 725.

753, 782.
enjoying assurance, 261, 552.

559. 574.
enjoying presence of Christ, 42.

832, a35, 849.
example of Christ, following,

230, 221, 530, 551, '

i 3, 793-800, 802, 804.
- )7, 811, 812, -

filial trust of, 191, 540, 559, 673.
finding mercy in Christ, 550.
fleeing to Christ. 268, 269, 433,

. . 671.
fleeing to the mercy-seat, 519,

619.
follow ng example of departed

saints, 727, 723, 1062.
forgiven, 495.

Christian, forgiving enemies, 763.
godly Borrow < t, 460-463, 472,

477.
grace, preserved by, 546, 564.
grace, relying
grare, saved by, 232, 266, 349,

520.
grace, sufficient f
gradual pn e
gratitude of," 15, 86, 93. 9

110, 112,543, 610, 655, 669,

693.
guilt, his sense of, 464, 460,

476, 487.
in the hands of Christ, 303,

561.
happiness of the.
happiness of, only in God. 175,

181, 188, 199. :
heaven, anticipating, 32, 304,

330, 629, 713, 1158, 1165,

1168.
heaven, looking to. 550, 735,

114?, 1154.
heaven, the reward of the,

1146-1180.
heavenly joy of, on earth, 767.
hoping only in G d, 1 7.7.-177,
. 594,' 617, 619,

imitating Christ. 220, 221, 530,

55:. 763, 798-

- 6, 807, 811,

815, 817-823.

indwelling sin, lamenting, 473,

475. m

ingratitude, his sense of, 461,

justified, 243, 261.

lamenting absence of Chri-t,

542,591, 66;.
lamenting inconstancy and

coldness. 22,
lamenting indwelling sin, 473,

475,47-
lamenting lost comforts, 684,

91.692,759.
leaving all for Christ. 53 l, 532,

533-535, 537-539, 543.

556 -.r"
living by faith,' 513. 536.
looking to Jesus. 536, 553.
loving the church. 75?. 789k
mutual fellowship of, 697, 826-

1068.
obeying Christ, 801, 809, 812,

321, 823.
parting with the world, 188,

531 532-534. 537. 539, 543,

54?. 556-558.
patient in sniTering, 579.
peace of the penitent, 489, 493.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Christian, perseverance of the, 520,

561, 564-567.
pleading merits of Christ, 534.
pleading promises, 30, 519,

9 13.
praying fur various blessings.

Sec Prayer.
profited by affliction, 500, 597,

GOO, 733.
promises sweet to the, 598, 627.
race, 719, 720, 728, 724-726, 729

-731.
rejoicing in adversity, 592.
religion exemplified l>y the, 706.
renouncing sin, 486, 670.
repentance and faith of, 460-515.
resignation of, 177, 179, 190,

513. 570-573, 579, 581-583,

585, 587, 588, 590, 592, 595-

597, 599, 600, 605, 624, 626-

628, 631, 654, 659, 660, 664,

667, 668, 678, 680, 733.
resorting to God in trouble, 176,

560, 604.
safety of, 111, 168-174, 193,

194.
safety of, in Christ, 281, 282,

285, 290, 294, 297, 552, 562.
safety of, in the cross, 531.
safety of, in God onlv, 174, 535,

563, 613, 621, 622,*628.
salvation of, secure, 552, 567.
not satisfied by the world, 575,

576.
self-dedication, 537, 620, 784,

785,803,811,825.
self-denial for Christ, 558, 688,

689.
self-examination, 490, 577.
steadfastness of the, 281, 533,

536, 537, 557, 672.
sustained by God, 189, 194-200,

608, 620-624.
thoughts of, in affliction, 581,

582, 587, 596-600, 626.
trusting in Christ for pardon,

253, 258, 260, 266, 268, 269,

272, 498, 548.
trusting in divine mercy, 521.
trusting in God, 153, 168-170,

173, 180, 523, 594, 605, 616,

617, 625, 655, 718.
trusting in Providence, 570, 585.
union of, 694, 696-701, 790, 791,

793, 796.
union of, to Christ, 303.
waiting at the throne of grace,

523, 671.
waiting on God, 586.
warfare, 714-730.
welcoming Christ to the heart,

557-

Christian, and wicked. 607, 609, 761.
Church, beauty of th. .

.
Christ the foundation of the,

constitution of a, 929.

God in tin-, 931.

joining ti;«'.

love t<» the,

new members welcomed, 826-

829.
one, 696. 789-791,793, 1
safety of, 794, 795, 797, 930, 93L
victorious, 7fl -
Cleansing blood. ^'cAtiinkm£xt.
Cloud of wit di

Coldness and inconstancy lament-
ed, 22, 758.
Comforts lost, deplored, 684, 685,

690-C92, 759.
Commission of Christ, 268.

of the apostle
Communion of saints, 789-791, 793,
796.
with Christ, desired, 849.
Condescension of God, 138, 139,
158, 163-165, 167, 935, 941,
943.
Conqueror, Christ a, 241, 242, 320,

333, 337, 868, 870, 872.
Conquerors, Christians moro than,

294.
Conscience, secure and awakened,
478.
tender, 488, 589, 663, 676.
Confession of sin, 265, 462, 480,
Confidence in Christ, 783.
Contentment, 573, 579.

desired, 664.
Contrition, 461, 482, 525.
Conversion of sinners, joy for, 779-
781.
joy on account of, 782.
Conviction by the law, 478, 494,
Corner stone, Christ the, Tr-7.
Coronation of Christ, 334, 336, 338,
Corruption of nature, 492, 500.
Covenant, the new, sealed, 563,

838.
Created good, unsatisfving, 576,

580,751,757, 1149.
Creation, love of God seen in, 99,
126.
praising God, 75, 76, 97, 98.
Cross, 270, 271. See Atonement.
glorying in the, 253, 271.
repentance flowing from the,

254, 472, 834.
safety in the, 531.
subdued by the, 469.
welcome from the, 228, 426,
427.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Crown of glor
Crucifixion to the worl .
Crucifying Christ afresh, tiTO.

DAILY devotion, 4, 103, 108, 641,

710, 1008.
Danger of delay. See Delay.
Darkness of Providence, 142, 148,
585.
.rnce, 435-441, 443.

at. See Judgment

Dead m sin, raised by the gospel,

in the Lord blessed, 1092, 1099,

1101, 1104, 1107-1109, 1112,
1114.

to the world, 536.
Death and judgment appointed to

all, 1082/
asleep in Jesus, 1109.
desiring to be with Christ,

1086.
disarmed, 1072, 1076, 1171.
dying Christian, 1075, 1076,

1093, 1097, 1106, 1107.
dying Christian tranquil, 1099,

1102, 1110, 1111, 1114.
dying Christian not to be la-
mented, 1097, 1098, 1101,
1112.

dying Christian, address to,

1100.
Hying Christian, soliloquy of,
"1080, 1089.
dying Christian, farewell of,

1113, 1157.
comfort in death of Christians,

1100, 1112.
Christian's burial, 1078, 1098.
burial of a friend, 1094, 1107.
burial of a pious young female,

1096.
farewell to a departed friend,

1106.
fear of, taken awav bv the

death of Christ, 233, 1092.
friends separated by, 1090.
cf Christian friends, 1092.
of an infant, 1088, 1095.
of a young person, 109L
of the martyrs, 1120.
of a minister, 1115.
cf an aged minister, 1118.
of a young minister, 1116.
of a missionary, 1119.
of a pastor, 11*17.
man dies, but God lives, 1071.
4*

Death, hope of meeting after, 1066,
1068, 1070, 1090, 1096, 1105.
prayer for support in, 680, 1074,

1*084.
preparation for, 1077.
God a support in, 19.5-200.
presence of Cod makes it easy,

553, 1072, 1075.
welcomed, 735.
righteous blessed in, 1103, 1104,

1108, 1111.
summons of, 1083.
victory over, 1076.
victory over* in hope of resur-
rection, 1087, 1128.
and the grave, 1085.
warning from the grave, 1081.
meditation on the tomb, 1079.
Decrees of God, 147, 148.
Dedication hymns.

God's condescension, 941, 9.13.
house of prayer and praise, 932

935.
house of prayer for all people,

940.
presence and blessing of God
invoked, 29, 933, 934, 936,
937, 939, 94-2, 944.
temple of nature, 948.
Dedication, self, 15. 260, 537,557,

620,784, 785, 803,811,838.
Defence, God a, 168-174.
Delay, danger of, 437, 441-443, 456,

458, 1059, 1061, 1063,1137.
Delight in God, 54, 538, 681.
Deliverance, prayer for, 465.

granted, 501, 754.
Denial of self, 686, 706.
Departure from God, lamented, 6S4,

685, 691.
Dependence on Christ, 516, 517,
524, 526, 527, 544, 545, 553.
on the Spirit, 353, 356-375, 373

-385, 518.
on mercy, 529.
Depravity, 492, 500.
Desertion and hope, 586. 612.
Despondency, trusting God in, 756.
Devotion, daily and nightly, 4.
habitual, 17, 710, 1008."
enjoyment in, 849.
Difficulties of the way of life, 686,

688.
Diligence, Christian, 714-717, 719-

730.
Dismission, 62-65.
Divine guidance, 602, 603, 649, 654.
Divinity of Christ, 209, 232, 244,

307, 309, 323, 343.
Doubting Christian. 382, 521, 523,
541, 577, 623, 628, 646, 682,
756, 759.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

EARTH, looking from, to heaven,

735, 1149.
Effort nothing Without Christ, 411,

874
Election, 121; 125,252,293,835.
Employments of heaven, 704, 1154,
1155, 1158, 11G4, 1175, 1176,
1178-1180.
Enemies of the church, 792, 795,

797 902.
Encouragement, G23, 708, 720, 725,
753, 782.
to faithfulness, 730.
to Zion, 896, 902, 930.
Enjoyment of Christ's love, 549.
Evening hymn, 1021.

confidence in God's protection,

1032.
daily mercies recognized, 1029.
devotion. 1034.
God's goodness acknowledged,

1024.
praise, 108, 1033.
prayer, 1021, 1024-1032, 1034.
reflections, 1022, 1023, 1025,

1028, 1111.
thoughts at sunset, 1026, 1027.
Examination, self, 490, 577.
Example of Christ, 702, 704, 707,
763.
of the good, following, 727, 728,
1062.

FAITH, act of, 254, 264, 2G5, 285,
309,500,531,784,785, 1142.

characteristics of, 510.

effects of, 509.

evidence of things unseen, 506.

excellence of, 512.

exercise of, 433, 470, 472, 498,
500, 537, 783.

gift of God. 508, 510.

justification hy, 261.

a living and dead, 514.

living hy, 513,536.

office of, 505.

power of, 494, 507.

praver for strong, 511.

walking hv, 515, 1126, 1147.

weak, 758, 1146.
Faithfulness of God, 77, 100, 160-

162, 535, 552, 561-565, 598.
Fall of man, 492, 500.
Family relation, 974-982.

conversion of children, 974-980.

Christ blessing children, 981,
982.

FastinL' and praver, 480.

public, 9b!',
Favor of God preferred to sinners*

prosperity, 76L
Fear M death taken away hv the

death ofChri
Feast, toe gospel, 418, 420, 422, 424,

Fellowship of Christiana, 008, 826-

829,929, :
Fervency in devotion, desired, 7,
. 26, 353, 3o>. .
58(3,671.
Few saved, 680, 688.
Fig-tree, the barren, 1."
Filial confidence, 540, 559.

submission, 673.
Following Christ, .051 , 729, 730, 812.
Food, spiritual, 831, 835, 839, b47,

849.
Forbearance of God, 184, 476, 486,

499.
Foretaste of heaven, 32, 35, 50, 54,
55, 1150, 1154, 1159, 1165,
1170
Forgetfulness, 758.
Forgiveness of enemies, 763.

of sin, on confession, 495, 496*.
prayed for, 74-477,

479, 480, 483, 484, 486.
plenteous, 156, 523.
Formality, lamented. 353, 362.
Forms, outward, vain, 133.
Forsaking all for Christ, 530,533,

534, 539, 542, 576.
Foundation, Christ a, 787.
Fountain, the cleansing, 274.
Frailtv of man, 184,760, 1071, 107a
Friend, Christ a, 289, 304, 324.

God a, 178.
Funeral hymns. See Death.

GENTlLES coming into the

church, 930.
Glorified body, the, 1122, 1123, 1129,
Glory, ascribed to Christ, 238, 312,
314, 316, 317, 327, 328, 339,
340, 345, 350.
Glorying in the cross, 253, 271.
God," all things of, 126, 129, 135.
all-sufficient refuge, 508, 601,

628.
ark of safety, 613.
author of salvation, 109.
breathing after, 542, 586, 591,

614, 618, 710, 712.
character of, seen in the gospel*
318.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

God, communion with, 630, 679,

710, :
condescension of, 138, 139, 158,

5, 167, 935, 941,943.
confidence in, 194, 611.
creator, 127, 109, 130.
defence, 169, 170.
delight in, 54, 538,681.
dominion of, 144.
dominion, eternity, and immu-
tability of, 41.
eternity of, 123, 131, 141, 1056.
eternity of, and human frailtv,

760, '1071, 1073.
exalts and casts down, 147.
faithfulness of, 77, 100, 160-162.
father, 177, 191, 192.
gives and takes awav, 5 , .

596.
glory of, 72, 141, 143.
glory and grace seen in Christ,

153, 319.
glory in his works and word,

76, 150.
goodness of, 150, 152, 185-187,

190.
goodness acknowledged, 15, 93,

96, 108, 113,610,754.
goodness celebrated, 185-187,

992, 994.
goodness of, moderating afflic-
tion, 179, 598-600.
goodness of, seen in his works,
~ 1 7, IS

goodness of, universal, 998.
goodness of, and truth, 68, 166.
greatness of, 71.
guardian, 168, 169.
guide and strength, 606.
heart-searching," 132, 133, 641.
holiness of, 89, 159.
in all, 135, 610.
incarnate, 531.
in Christ, 307, 319.
incomprehensible, 146.
justice of, 263, 265, 464, 479, 484,

494.
kind to our frailty, 184.
love of, 153, 155-157.
love of, seen in creation, 99,

126.
love of, seen in the death of

Chlist, 212. 268, 269.
majesty of, 94, 139, 145.
mercy of, 183, 405.
mercy to soul and bodv, 152.

189.
omnipotent, 137, 139, 141.
omnipresent, 130, 132, 167.
omniscient, 133, 134, 136, 641.
omniscient and omnipresent,

134, 136.

God, one God forever, 178.
over all, 138, 139.
perfections of, 151.
perfections displayed in his

government, 143'.
a physician, 599.
portion, 174, 175, 181, 188, 189,

1055.
praised by children, 114, 968,

971-973."
present with his people, 14, 167.
preserver, 168, 173,
providence of, 149, 1052.
dark providences, 142, 147, 148,

refuge and portion, 153, 172.

rock, 170, 171, 540.

safety in, ISO, 193, 617, 620-

628.
searcher of hearts, 132, 133, 641.
seen in his works, 126, 127.
seen in creation and the gospel,

153, 154, 185.
shepherd, 19.5-200.
a suvcreign, 557.
sovereign purposes of, 147, 143.
strength in, 608, 760.
support, 176, 601, 602.
three in one, 629.
unchangeable, 131, 178, 563,

567.
waiting to be gracious, 80, 81,

wisdom and knowledge of, 140.

works recounted to posterity,
116.
Goodness, year crowned with, 994.
Good, following the example of the,
727, 728," 1062. 1114.

works, 738, 739, 741-748, 1151.

works not saving, 282, 377, 414,
510.
Gospel, 76, 150, 153.

armor, 717, 720-723.

attested by miracles, 852.

exemplified in the lit

feast, 418, 420, 422, 424, 835.

fountain of living water, 410.

glad tidings of, 277, 449.

invitations of the, 404-433.

jubilee, 407.

and law, 494.

not ashamed of, 552.

order.

originating in mercv, 404.

power of, 409, 428. '

rejoicing in the, 408, 949.

reliable, 384.

savor of life or death, 411.

success of, 912. See Mission-s.

suited to give peace, 419, 497.

summons, 901.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Gospel, trumpet, 422, 430.

universally diffused, 85G-872,

876, 877, 879, 896, 899, 903-

917, 949.
Grace of God, seen in Christ, 251,

319.
in adoption, 191.
Converting, 366, 492.
day of, 435-441, 44a
electing, 121, 125, 252,293, 520,

835.
preserving, 564, 566-568.
relying on, 526.
constraining, 835.
salvation by, 252, 266, 349, 520.
sanctifying and saving, 2G6.
sufficie'ney of, 503, 528, 575,

611.
supporting, 546, 578.
throne of, accessible, 102, 298,

614, 619, 636, 642-646.
Gratitude, 15, 108, 110, 112, 189,

324, 610, 689, 693, 1014-1016,

1018, 1024, 1025, 1029, 1051,

1052.
and praise, 86, 93, 96, 103, 324.
sacrifice of, 989.
Grave, the lot of all, 1079, 1082.
triumphed over, 1087, 1126.
warning from the, 1079, 1091.
Guide, Christ a, 551, 553.
God a, 602, 603, 649, 654.
the Holy Spirit a, 356-358, 368

-371, 378, 380.
Guilt, burden of, 466, 475, 483, 485,

519.

HAPPINESS, true, 751.

none on earth, 576, 580, 757,

1149.
only in God, 593.
Hardness of heart, 466, 473, 476,

477, 487, 488, 499, 683.
Harvest hymn, 997.
joy in, 995.
past, 440, 454.
praise to the God of, 993.
Health preserved, 964.
restored. 762.

submission under the loss of,
627.
Hearing the gospel profitably, 16,
28, 58, 59.
unprofitabiy, 758.
Heart, known to God, 132-134, 136,

641.
Heathen, prayer for, 876, 877, 913.
state of, 917. See Missions.
Heaven, 1171.

Heaven, alone unfading, 757, 114&
the heavenly Canaan, 1145.
the better land, 1172.
heavenly mansion, 1147.
anticipated, 32, 304, 330, 708,
713, 764, 1080, 1089, 1147,

1150, 1158, 1159, 1165, 1168.
children in.

converse with, 629.

desiring, 713, 1086, 1148, 1168.

1166, 1173.
desiring a view of, 1154, 1169.
dwellmg-place of God, 1174.
employments of, 734, 764, 1154,

1155, 1158, 1164, 1177-1180.
everlasting felicity of, 764, 1112,

1169, 1175.
God, the joy of, 175.
glories of, 618, 1150, 1165, 1170.
glorified martyrs in, 1175, 1176.
happiness of, 1178, 1180.
home in, 1159.
hope of, 1006-1068, 1090, 1101,

1149, 1156, 1161.
hope of meeting in, 1066, 1068,

1070, 1096, 1 1 05.
hope of, through Christ, 1126.
indifference to, 1054.
made sure and ready, 735.
longing to be with Christ, 1086*
peace of, 1167.
perfect praise in, 115.
prospect of, makes death easy,

1146.
purity of, 1155.
redeemed in, 796, 1176, 1177,

1179.
rest for the wear}*, 1093, 1152,

1155, 1157.
for the righteous only, 245,

1151, 1153.

society of, 789, 796, 1158, 1166.
songs of, 311, 349, 1163.
termination of the Christian's

warfare, 1161.
treasure in, 1059, 1160.
treasure, laying up, in, 580.
unseen and pure, 1153.
victory of saints, 1164.
vision el" Christ, the joy of, 764,
. 1154.
Heaveniv Sabbath. :<!>. 55.
Hell, 1061, L081, J'-,, 1125, 1142-

1145, 1152, 1153.
Help in God, 616.
Holy aspirations, 42, 539, 630, 712.
Holv Spirit, breathing after, 353,
371, 373, 712.
comforter, 352.
earnest of heaven, 382.
enlightening and renewing,
376.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Holy Spirit, entreated not to depart,
I, 479.
grieved, 381,433,44-2.
guide, 356-358, 368-371, 378,
~ 380.

illuminating, 367.
indwelling, 357, 365.
influence of, compared to rain,

364.
inviting sinners, 431.
invoked, 43, 354, 356, 375, 807,

- 1 1, 816.
invoking, 378*
necessary to the conversion of

the heathen, 674, 875.
pleading the promise of, 359.
er of, 355.

er for descent of, 43, 875.
prayer for return of, 383, 384,

691.
quickening, 353, 350, 522.
regeneration by. 377, 518.
sanctifying influence of, 361,

362, 372, 385.
seal ot truth, 363.
source of blessings, 370.
sovereignty of, 379.
teaching. 366, 369.
witness, 374, 382, 385.
Hope in God, 584
rejoicing in, 568.
in trouble, 626.
Hopes, self-righteous, renounced,

494.
Hosanna to Christ, 248, 331, 350.
Humiliation, public, 983, 9S5.

sincere, 986.
Hypocrisy known to God, 133, 986.

IGNORANCE deplored, 758.
Illumination bv the Spirit, 356, 363,
365-369," 371-373.

•i of Christ, 702, 704, 799,
800.
in suffering, 221, 707.
in forgiving his enemies, 763.
Immutability of God, 131, 178, 563,

567.
Indwelling of God desired, 26.
Ingratitude, 75.

~ lamented, 460, 461, 476, 486,
683, 690.
Inspiration of the Bible, 386-388,

392, 396, 401.
Institution of the Lord's supper, 831.
Instruction from affliction, 590.597.
Intercession of Christ, 216, 269, 294,
297,298,300,315,321,345.

Interest in Christ, assurance of, de-
sired, 382, 541, 559, 577.
Invitation to sinners, 412-433.
mutual, 425.

JEWS, praver for, 918-921.

redeemed, 923, 924.

returning from captivity,

Joining the people of God.

Jordan. Christ baptized in. 7.

820.
of death, 791, 1146^1173.
Joy, angels', over repennni

779. -
of conversion, 782.
in Christ's presence, c

764.
loss of, deploTed. 542

646, 691,759.
soon interrupted. , .
worldly, renounce

548, 576.

in the unseen

Jubilee proclaimed. 4

song, 915. 916.
Judgment day, 1130, 1139, 1141.
"Christ coming to, 1132,

1136.
Christians rejoicing in. ]
death and, 1082, 1137.
fleeing to Christ in prospect of,

1125, 1142.
joy in Chris! as a sovereig

judge, 1134.
motive to seriousness. 1133.
pleading for acceptaiu

1131,1143.
preparation for, 1145.
saints and -inner-: judged
sinner at the. 455.
welcomed, 1140.
Justice of God in condemn.:. -

sinners, 265. 464, ■:'

494.
Justification, 243, 261
free, 523.
not bv works, 253, 282, 377. 4! A

510.

KING. Christ a. 325, 330, 332. 333,
339.
of glory. 245, 246.
Kings and priests, Christian
1164. 1176.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Kingdom of Christ, 854, 879, 905,

910, 911, 915.
Knowledge, vain without love, 749.

LAMB of God, behold the, 254,
13, 555.
>. iim of .Moses and the, 313.
Lamb's book of life, 147, 190, 566.
Lamp, the Scriptures a, 39-3.
r in devotion, 353, :
Latter-day glory, 899, 908, 909.
Law. conviction by th<

engraven on the heart, 550.
love of the, 369, 607.
Legacy of Christ's love. 838.
Levitical priesthood fulfilled in

Christ, 216.
Liberalitv to the poor, 738, 739, 741

-743.
Life, the dav of grace, 435, 436, 439,
441,446. 451, 454.
frail, 1054-1061, 1063, 1064.
a pilgrimage. 734.
Light of the world, Christ the, 215,

217, 6.51.
Living to Christ, 536, 556.
rig unto Jesus.

pper instituted, 831.
body and blood of Christ, 264,

839. -
Christ's love celebrate'
269, 292, 293, 297, 304, 310,
311,313, 316,321,833,851.
Christ's compassion, 840.
Christ remembered,' 255, 842-

. -46.
Chris's sufferings, 219-231,

Christian fellowship, 848,

communion with Chri-t in,

enjoyment in, 849.

the Lord's festival, 835.

mem i

mourning and rejoicing at, 263,

seal of the new covenant,

self-consecration at, 834.
sense of un worthiness, 837.
Love essential to religion, 703, 749.
mutual, 694, ■ >, 791,

: 068.
of God manifested in the death
of Christ, 268, 269.
Lying, 709.

MARTYRS, glorified, 1120, 1175,
. 1179.

. 269, 294, 296.
praise for, 315.

Mediator, ao . rough,

'.-298,300,3!
Med italic*

Meeting after separation, I

pleading t

trusting in, 521.
acknowledged, 93, 96, 1>

invitation to,

waiting at, 523, 619.
Merit, human, disclaimed, 253, 834.
Messiah, Christ the tra<
Mighty Cod, Christ the, 341.
Millennium bj . I0&
Ministers. See Obdi -

H v M

Misimproveu 1 .54.

333,

Missionaries raised up and sent
forth, 866.

charged, B8

char_

eno

commi

farewell i I

departure of, 6:1,890.

death of, 1 1
Missionary meeting, 914.
-. the great a ;

encouragi.'i.
930.

invitation to aid in,

prav

prayer for the chur. •:
prayer for the world,
prayer for divine

prayer for the heathen, 86S
Spirit's in rl u<

Spirit's mriuences. praver for,

diffusion of the go-
universal !
333, 335. :::

Morning hymn, 1010.

dependence on God, 1019.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Morning devotion, 1008.

God's goodness acknowledged,
1009-1012,

gratitude and prayer, 1014,

1015.
praise, 78, 10-20.
prayer, 639, 1009-1017, 1020.
Sabbath, 33-54.
thanksgiving, 1016.
and evening praise, 4, 1018.
Mortality- of man, 184, 700, 1054-
1061, 1063, 1064, 1071, 1073.
Mortification of sin, 686, 068, 706.
to the world by the sight of

heaven. 6 IS.
by the cross, 834.
Mysteries of Providence, 142, 148,
535.
of the gospel, 118.

NARROW way, 686, 688.
National hymn", 1000.

anniversary, hymn for, 1007.

blessings, God* acknowledged
in, WW.

blessings celebrated, 1005.

goodness to our forefathers,

praise and prayer, 1004.
Nation, prayer for, 1003.

prayer for national gratitude

and holiness, 1006.
prayer for relief from national

judgments, 983
blessings, thanksgiving for, 996.
Nativity of Christ, 201-208, -217.
Nature "and Scripture, 391, 393.

and grace, 319.
Nearness to the Lord, 545, 691.
t of religion, 437.
danger ot; 440-443, 446, 451,

454-458.
seen from a death-bed, 437.
New covenant, 838.
Now is the accepted time. 435, 436,
451,453.

OATH and promise of God secure.

sea

Old age, sustaining grace implored
: . 732.
trusting God in, 732.
Olivet, 219-222.

Omnipresence, 130, 132, 167.
Omniscience, 133, 134,136, 140,641.
One thing needful, 437.
Ordination hymns.

ministers, bearers of good news.

949.
ministers, praver for success of.

946, 951-954.
ministers, watching for souls.

955.
ministers, winning souls ta

Christ, 956.
pastor welcomed, 948, 950.
ministry, benefits of, 947.
ministry divinely appointed,
945.

PARDON, on confession, 495, 496.
onlv bv the cross, 255, 25
8,272, 079. 47

implored, 123, 2£
461-463, 470, 474

. 482-485, 498, 522, 524.

520, 5&
and sanctih cation, 1*23, 550.
Pardoning love, 223, I
Parental entreaty. 446,
Parting of Christians, 1065.
with hope of reunion,

1067, 1090, 1105.
and reunion m heaven, HJ70.
in Christian fellowship. 1

rigin of, 945.
prayer for, 946. 952-955.
welcome to, 948, 950.
work of; 946. 951.
Patience in suffering, 579.
Pattern, Chris: i r, 920, 221, 530.
551, 702, 704, 7-.
800, 802, 804, 806, 8U, t
815, 817-823.
Peace offered through Christ, 421 .
to the penitent, 489,
universal, 804, 699.
Pearl of great price, 398.
Penitent, rest for the, 421.
Perseverance, 290, 294-29'.
510,561. 5 ■
through Christ, 287, 501-505.
Pestilence, preservation in. 106. 173,

964.
Physician. Christ a, 279, 599.
Pietv. active. 733

early. 769-778.
Pilgrimage. 719.

life a, 734.
Pisgah, 1075, 1146.

Omnipotence of God, 137, 139, 141. Pity to the poor, 738, 739, 741-748.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

ttg in the name of Christ,, 524.
P >or, kindness to the, 738,739, 741-

747.
kindness to, rewarded, 748.

: . God our, 174, 175,181,188,

189, JO.")."..

to God, 66-116, 185,1033.
to the Trinity, 117-125.
to Christ, 36, 111, 3<H
to Christ as a King,
to Christ the Lamb, 314, 328,

340,343,344, 346.347.
to Christ as the Redeemer, 308,

312, 3KJ, 317, 334, 334, 341,

348, 566.
to Christ a shepherd, 292.
continual, 91, 95, 103, 107,108,

110, 112.
exhortation to offer, 1, 2, 6, 66-

69, 71, 73, 74, 77, 79-90, 92,

95-97, 185.
exhortation to offer to Christ,

308, 310-322, 326, 327.
feeble, compared with God's

greatness, 94, 101, 103.
offered by children, 114, 331.
resolution to offer, 70, 78, 91,

95, 108.
in the temple, 1-3, 6, 31, 74,

105.
universal, 66, 67, 77, 82-86, 92,

97, 98, 104, 907, 925, 926.
voice of creation, 75, 97, 98,

101.
and hope, 566.
Prayer, 54, 632-634.

answered, 105, 106, 501, 634,

645, 754, 782, 984.
at the beginning of worship, 9,

in, 21, 22-31, 47, 52, 53, 59,

60, 288, 375, 480.
at the close of worship, 63-65.
ar baptism, 798, 801-803, 805,

807-811, 813-818, 820, 822-

824.
at dedication of places of wor-
ship. See Dedication

Hymn*.
at joining the church, 829, 830.
at the mercy-seat, 635, 636, 643.
at the new year, 1048, 1050,

1052, 1053.
at parting. 1065, 1069.
at sea, 962.
for seamen, 958.
■■(•ret, 637, 640, 641, 679.
evening, 1021, 1024-10:32, 1034.
morning, 639, 1009-1017, 1020.
twilight, 637.
during the night, 679.
for access to God, 542, 646, 661.
for aid in self-examination, 490.

Prayer, for aid in the expression of

gratitude. 610.
in affliction, 590, 595, 597, 599,

675, 678, 680.
for ass lira uce, 177,532,541,545.

559 577.
the backslider's, •■'

522, 524, 586, 682,

691, 692, ",
for benefit from affliction, 582,

583,597,599
for children, 425, 773, 774, 974,

of Christ in the garden, 219-

222.
for the church, 43.
for a closer walk with God,

691.
for contentment, 573
for conversion of sinners, 412,

423, 435, 437.
for death to sin, 536, 670, 798,

803,807,819
for deliverance, 285,
for deliverance from sin, 229,

282, 683.
under desertion, 5-1
for diffusion of the gospel. See

Missions.
for divine indwelling, 26, 41.
for elevation, 575, 576, 591, 593,

626, 712.
for entire consecration, 668, 676,

689, 78
for evidence of adoption, 177,

191 532 541 559.
for faith, 278, 375, 466, 468, 500,

508, 511.
feeble, heard, 614.
for a filial spirit, 559, 655.
God sought by, 646.
for grace, 134, 136, 532, 647,

677.
for grace in old age, 731, 732.
for grace in trial,"598, 675, 677.
for gratitude, 610, 689, 998,

1036.
for guidance, 606, 625, 649, 657,

666, 667, 709, 783, 830.
for the heathen, 876, 877, 913.

See v
for help, 432, 619, 648, 656, 678,

680, 7 1 -
for help to bear shame for

Christ. 7U5.
for help to imitate Christ, 702,

704, 744.
for help to imitate departed

saints, 728, 1062.
for help in trial, 504, 647, 678,

680.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUB

Praver, for help to watch and pray,

716,724.
for help in worship, 9, 16, 19,

21-30, 47,53,57,58,87,375,

48).
for holy affections, 21, 653, 661

II, 712.
for the ir.lv Spirit, 43, 191,352

-:; ;{. 3 i5-385, 479, •

713, 874, 875.
f >r humility, 674.
fur improvement of time, 1044,

1048, 1054, 1056, 1061, 1 >62.
for the influence of divine love,

5!9.
for ingraffcment into Christ, 847.
invitation to, 16-18, 643, 644,

9 i4, 98 >.
invocation of the Trinity, 120.
for the Jews, 918-921,
for light, 57, 51, 876.

L ►rd'a praver. 65 ), i 58.
for mere\-, 218, 459, 621.
f.*r ministers. See Ordination

Hymns.
in the name of Christ, 504, 652.
for the nati >n. 983-985, 988,

10)3, 1004, 1008.
nature of, 632-634.
for all need< d good, 6G6, 667.
for • 264,2 15,

. 174, 475,
it1-. 522,

521, 5: ■. 5.7. 54 i.

for a part in heaven, 315, 319,

for penitence at the Lord'* sup-
per, 841.
for perseverance, 385.
for a place in the sanctuary,

for preparation to die, 1077,
1079, 1 .83, 1091, 1114.

for preparation for heaven, 1158,
1160, 1162, 1169, 1170.

for preparation for the judg-
ment, 1104, 11-25, 1133, 1140,
1143.

fol the presence of Christ, 30,
. 540, 545, 549, 667.

for i lie presence of God, 18,57,
" 13, 545, 591, 614,018,
64 , 849, 1

for prolonged life, 1071, 1073.

f>r purity, 6C3, 170.

for q lickening grace, 500, 610.
671, £82, 691, 692.

to he remembered, 6W, 6C7.

for renewing grace, 518.

for renovation, 4G7, 473, 478,

522, 7 5

of the young for renovation, 771.

Prayer for repentance, 476, 483.
for resignation in every state,

177, 513, 570, 581-58

595, 631, 654, 659, 660, 664,

673, 678, 733.
for restoration, 278, 291, 467,

468, 482, 520, 524, 5

C81, (384, GSo, 691, 692, 759,

1042.
for a revival, 383, 384.
for safety in the judgment, 1130,

1132.
for sanctuication, 61, 599, 653,

661-664, 669, 673, 691, 710.
for seamen, 958.
for self-knowledge, 630.
for sincerity, 01. 24, I B i,
for spiritual improvement, 23,

393, 396-398, 403, 404.
for steadfastness, 081, 533, 536,

537, 557, 670.
for support in death, 633, 1070,

1074, 107.;, 1084.
for support In temptation, 284.

647.
for tiie triumph of Christ, 241,

337, 85o, 861, 863, 868, 871,

933, 9 >6.
to the Trinity, 100, 103, 876,

879.
for union with the church

above, 790.
for various blessings, 120, 642,

647.
thy will he done, 65 .
without ceasing, 4, C'^8, 710,

71a

Preaching, different success of, 411.
Predestination, 121, 125, 252, 093,

835.
Presence of Christ desired, 30, 238,

542.545,519, 6C7.
of God, desiring, 57, 480, 543,

545, 591, 614; 618, 646, 849,

1 186
of God delightful, 54, 68L
Preserving grace, 106, 564.

in pestilence, 168, 173, 964.
Priest, Christ a, 216, 297, 298, 301.
Priests, Christians, 1164, 1176.
Priesthood, Levitical, ending in

Christ, 216.
Prince of peace, Christ the, 207, 211,

215, 217,879,899.
Privileges of the gospel, prized,

949.
Procrastination, against, 438-441,

443, 445, 451-454. 45J-458,

1 159, 1061, 1053. 1137.
Prodigal reclaimed. 4>1, 779.
Promised blessing claimed, 30, 943.
Promises, pleading the, 359, 519.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Promises wure, 100,

> of Others not envied. 579.
.111.
Providences, 148,148,149, .

Pure in heart, blessed, 665.

QUICKENING zrace, praver for,

RACE. theCnristiai .

Ransom, Christ a. 224, 2-27-231,243,

Reading the Bible, 389, 394, 396,

Reconciliation throush Christ. -230.

Redeeming I

Redemption, God's character seen
in, 15:3, 318.
wonders of, 140, 210, 2:
12, 311.
Regeneration, by the Spirit. 123-

125, 377-379.
Reliance on God, 655.
Religi' !

; 7. 772,775,
importance of, -'.'■
1063.

Remembering .-546.

Repentance, immediate, org
413,445, 451-4!
in vi jw pi Christ's con/

471.
in view of the cross, 4G3, 4/2,

477, 652.
in view of God's forbearance,

486.
praver for, 41
Repenting sinner, joy ovei

781.
Resignation. See Christ:

ignation of.
Resold rful, 433.

Rest, earthlv and heavenly, 35, 39,
55.
for the penitent, 419,421.
in heaven, 1152, 1155, 1157

ticn from ii
fo in deprav
from backsliding,
692.

Resmrrection, 1121, 1129.
death and.
hope of, 1122,
and judgment, 1125.
scenes of the, 1 124.
Of < lirist, celebrated, 31, 36, 38,
233-2

j e fear
of de-
Retirement and prayer, 630, 637,

Return 1: g

-'192.
Revival, prayer fin*, 383, 384.

3 8, 607,

and .See

< 'hri^ti \N.
Rock o:

God a. 170, 171,540, 625, 93a
Ruins of Zion rebuilt, 894, 895.

SABBATH morning, 33,35-37, 41-

44, 47.
eveiii .
da\ 1 rrertion, 34,

gut in, 35,41, A

earthly and heavenly, 32,
: heaven, 39.

. :7-49.
9S ing huploredon the.
58-63.
Sabbath school, open in? of, 965.
praver f<»r a blessmg on, 966,

uldren in heaven,

Sacrifice of Christ, 223-232. 254, 256,

262, 415,

.498,

500.
Safety of Christians, 111, I -

193, 194, i -.290,

294.

Saints. -

on earth and in heaven, 790,
793. Bee < kris:
Salvati. :..

throug 277.

by e
Sanctified atfii ---COO.

Sanctuarv, delicht in, 2, 3, 5, 10, 12
-14.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Sanctuary, desiring to abide in, G04.
i present in, 14, 18, 107,943.
invitation to, 1, 11, 68, 990.
longing fur, 10, 18.

nksgiving and praise in, 990.

earthly ami heavenlv, prized,

713."

tion of Christ, 255,256,263.

'mist seen in, 387.

delight and instruction from.

-390, 394-403, 615.
excellence of, 386, 390, 615.
glory of, 396.
importance of, to the young,

inspiration of. 400.

light of the world, 395, 399

love of; 359, 402, 710.

only re velar i

suited to our wants, 397.

preciousnesa of, 39-2,398, 669.

sufficiency of, 393. 397, 401,402.

ami nature, 7
Seal of grace, 360, 374, 382, 385,

838.
Seamen, hymns for, C 151

Christian mariner, safe, 964.

prayer at sea,

prayer for seamen, 958.

,. >r we perish, 960.

temptation compared to a storm,

957.
th inksgiving after a storm, 961.

-. 1035.
spring, 1036-1039.
autumn, 1040, 1041, 1102.
winter, 1 H2
Secret devotion, 630, 637, 640, 641,

Secure sinner awakened. :
Security in God, 535, 563, 567, 620-
623,
in Chri
spiritual, sown, 411, "
Self-adm miti on, 714.

consecration, 15, 200. 537. 557.

311, 833.
consecration, invitation to, 425.
denial tor Christ, 558
distrust, 577.
examination. 490, 577.
righteous hopes renounced, 253,
494.

-. assisting faith. 845. •
i, wandering astray, 231.
Shepherd, God a, 195-200.

Christ a. 29V292.
Shortness of time, 1044, 1057-1060,

1064,
Sickness and recover

and death, comfort in, 624.

Sickness, sweetness of submission

in, 627
Sin, against the law and the gospel,
484.
confession of, 264-266, 432,462,

480, 495, 496.
crucified, 670.

grieves the Holy Spirit, 381.
indwelling, lamented, 473, 475,

original, 492, 500.

renouncing, 486. 670.

sense of, 464, 476. 487, 492.
Sinai and Zion contrasted, 789.
Sincerity, 986.

want of, known to God, 133.

prayer for, 21.
Sinners. Christ pleading with, 434.

awakened, 459. 460, 491.

entreated by the mercies of
Christ. 416.

expostulation with, 434-458.

glad tidings for, 449.

invited bv Jehovah, 412, 414,
448.

invited to Christ, 273. 275, 413,
415-417, 423, 426, 428, 453,

invited and warned, 79, 81,439.
invitation and resolve, 433.
not just before God,
room for, 410, 418, 420, 424,

turning to Christ, 432.

joy for conversion of. 779-78L

sperity of, brief, 755, 761.
God justin their condemnation,

265, 464, 479, 484. 494.
atthe judgment, 4.55, 1132,1136,

1144.
their doom, 439, 440, 443. 451,

456, 607, 609, 686, 688, 1125,

1152.
Sloth, spiritual, deplored, 353, 362,

Sing of Moses and the Lamb, 313.

Soul, immortality of, 1083-1087,
1089, 1090.
saved or lost, 1081, 1082, 1125,
1133, 1143.

Sovereign 2race, 349, 510.

Spirit. See Holt Spirit.

Spiritual conflicts, succor sought in,
724.
temple, progress of, 565.

Strait gate, 686, "688.

Strength derived from Christ. 503,
546.

Success of the gospel. See Mis-
sions.

Surrender, entire. 537. 784, 755.

Sympathy of Christ, 298.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

TABLE, the Lord's, 832, 835, 837,

839, 850.
Temptation, desiring support in,
284,285, 724.
compared to a storm, 957.
hope under sharp, 563.
Tempted, Christ's sympathy with

the, 298.
Tender conscience, 589, 676.
Thanksgiving, sacrifice of, 991.

public, 989-999.
Thirsting after God, 591, 614, 618,

710,712.
Threatenings, 434, 438-447, 451,
454, 455-458, 1134-1136,
1139, 1145.
Throne of grace, 102, 280, 296-298,

614, 643.
Tidings, glad, to sinners, 449.
Time, the accepted, 412, 435-441,
445-447,451,453.
flight of. 1044.
frailty of life, 1054-1056, 1058,

1004, 107a
importance of the present, 445,

1063.
reflections on past generations,

1062.
season to prepare for eternity,

1059, 1061, 10C3, 1137.
swiftness of, 1057, 1059, 1060
and eternity, 1123.
Title, a clear one to heaven, 1156.
Trinity, rejoicing over the conver-
sion of sinners, 779.
praise to the, 117-125.
prayer to, for light, 876, 879.
prayer to, for pardon, 123.
Triumph of Christ, 245-248. See
Missions.
of faith, 294.

over death, 1072, 1076, 1087,
1128.
Trouble, resorting to God in, 176,

560,604.
Trumpet, the gospel, 422, 430.

the judgment, 1130, 1132,1138,
1139, 1143, 1145.
Trust, in Christ, the only refuge,
178, 253, 254, 258, 260, 266,
268, 269, 272, 296, 498, 548,
783.
in God, 569-571, 585, 594, 598,

624,625 718.
and submission, 605.
Types of Christ, 216.

[JNFRUITFULNESS under the

word, 758.
Unholy souls, shut out of heaven,

115a

Union of the church, 696-700, 789.
on earth and in heaven, 790, '

791, 793, 796, 1066.
family, 694, 1069.

of friends, 697-700, 1068, 1070.
Unity of God, 1,6.

and trinity, 117-125.

VANITY of the world, 441, 532,
539, 543, 575, 576, 580, 751,
752.
and happiness of heaven, 756,
757, 1149, 1152.
Veil, looking within the, 629, 727.
Victory, of < ihrist Bee M i -

over death, 1072, 1076, 1087,

1128.
of faith, 287, 294.
Vows made, 15, 537, 582, 801, 830.
recognized, 825, !

WALKING with God, 691.
by faith, 506, 515.

Warfare, the Christian, 616, 717,

720-724.
Warning from the tomb, 1079,1081,

1091.
Watch and pray, 716, 717.
Watchfulness, blessedness of, 715.
Watchman's report, 89a
Way, truth and life, Christ the, 280,

to heaven, strait, t B
Weak Christians, encouraged, 298,

560-r, ;:.

Weakness, our own and Christ's

strength, 546.
Welcome to ministers, 949, 950.

to the Sabbath, 40, 42,44,48.
Widow and fatherless, care of, 739.
Winning soul-. 95 '.
Witness of the Spirit desired, 366,

374, 382, 385.
Word, blessing on the, desired, 9,

16, 28, 29, 47, 58-60, 02, 63.

PARTICULAR INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Word of God. See Scriptcres.
Works, 739, 741-748,

1151.
not saving, 282, 277, 494,

5J '.
World, vanity of, 444, 532, 539, 543,

retirement from. 711.
Worship, absence from, deplored,

anticipating, 8, 711.

Christ present in, 3 .

delight in, 3, 7,13,20, 32,43,

45, 46, 190, 711.
dismission from, 64, C5.

elements of, acceptable, 19, 21,

49,51. 167, .
invocati >n or a blessing in, 9,

16, 19, 21-31,43, 47,^53, 57,

reverent, of God, 89.
unfruitfulness in, 758.
Worthies, following the departed, I
727, 728, 927, 1062,

5* 53

YEAR, close of, 1045-1048.

new, 1049-1053.
Vnke of Christ easy, 417.
Young exhorted to religion, 446,
772, ::
importance of the Bible to, 770.
importance of religion to, 7C5,

769, 1041.
prayer of, 771, 971, 972.
prayer for, 425, 773, 774, 974-
-982.

ZEAL, 714-72o.

want of, lamented.
Zion, encouraged, 896, 902, 930.

God's love to, 315, 795, 928.

prospects of, B94, - ".

prosperity of,*

safety of, 794, 795, 797.

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.
GENESIS.

i. 2, 3, 875,876

i. 3-8, 31, 938

ii. 3, 35,37

iii. 16-19,23, 492,500

iii. 19, 1082

iii. 24, 102

v.22, 691

v. 24, 691

vi. 3, 438

vi. 9, 691

viii. 9, 613

viii. 21, 22, 997

ix. 11, 12, 997

xii. 1-4, 506

xvi. 13, 130,132, 134, 136

xvii. 18, 974-976, 978, 979

xviii. 23-32, 984

xix. 17, 22,.. .436, 439-441, 443,
453

xxii. 5, 31,849

xxii. 14, 155,289,585

xxiv. 31, 826, 827

xxiv. 56, 812

xxiv. 63, 637

xxvii. 36-38, 482, 483

xxviii. 15, 964

xxviii. 17, 54

xxxii. 26, ..675

xliv. 34, 979

xlvii. 9, 1058

xlix. 18, 589

EXODUS.

iii. 12, 881,882

xiii. 21, 882

xiv. 10, 465

xiv. 19,20, 882

xv. 11, 159

xv. 18, 149

xvii. 5, 6, 540

xx. 11, 35, 37

xxiii. 13, 706

xxv. 17-22, 619, 636

xxviii. 9-12, 29, 567,629

xxix. 38-43, 254

xxxi. 13-16, 42,51

xxxi. 17, 37

xxxiii. ]9, 58

xxxiv. 6, 58

xxxv. 2,3, 51

Hymn.
LEVITICUS.

iii. 2, 8, 254

x. 3,. . . .572, 583, 587, 596, 659,
660

xiv. 4-7, 49-53, 470

xvi. 8-10, 21, 22,. .231, 254, 256

xix. 9, 10, 745

xxiii. 2, 42, 51

xxiii. 22, 745

xxv. 8-13, 407

XUMDERS.

x.29, 827

xiv. 19, 983-985, 987, 988

xiv. 21, 871,907

xx. 8-11, 540

xxi. 8, 9, 256,279

xxiii. 10, 1110, 1111, 1114

xxiii. 19, 160-102

DEUTERONOMY.

iii. 24, 71

iv. 20, 795

iv. 23, 825,830

v. 12-14, 42,51

vii. 6-8, 121, 125

vii. 9, 166

ix.5, 6, 252

x. 12, 13, 19,49

xi. 11, 12, 14, 15, 997

xiv. 29, 745

xvi. 7-11, 744-746

xxiv. 19-21, 745

xxvi. 17, 18, 825, 830

xxix. 10, 12, 13, 830

xxxi. 6-8, 881,882

xxxii. 4, 169-171

xxxii. 6, 15, 18, 683

xxxii. 29,. . . .437, 440, 441, 457,

1081

xxxii. 49-52,... 1075, 1077, 1146

xxxiii. 25,. . .503, 546, 611, 623,

723

xxxiii. 27, 153, 169-172

xxxiv. 1-5, 1075,1077

JOSHUA.

i.6,7,9, 881,882

xxiii. 8, 303

xxiii. 14, 15, 100

xxiv. 15, 412, 435, 436, 443

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Ilvmn.
JUDG

v.31 884

xi.35, 830

RUTH.

i. 8, 7a8, 739, 742-744

i. 16, 17, 695

1 SAMUEL.

i. 11, 974-978

ii. 2 70, 171

ii. 3 133

IL9, Ill,

ii. 25 459, 4^4

ii. 23-25 979

ii. 30,

iii. 1 3l>2

iii. 13. 14 979

iii. 16,.. 572, 683, 587, 596, C59,
600

iv.9 72

iv. 17,18

vi. 20 459,464

xii. 14, 15 446

xv. 22, 19

-\v. 29, 100

xvi. 7, 133

xxiv. 16, 17,

xrvi. 21

xxx. 6, 601, 608, 616, 623

2 SAMUEL.

ii. 5, 3, 744. 74^. 748

Fit n-16 :...; i6i

vii. 18, 19 ^35

vii. 22

vii. 28, 29 162

x. 12 5

xii. 23. ..1061. 1'

xv. 15 7

xv. 21,

xv. 2

xxii. 2. 3, 32

xxii. 10-12,.. 142,

xxii. 19, ■■■' "

xxii. 31. 32 ;

xxii. 47-5 0

xxiii. 5 161

xxiv. 14 581, '

657, 659, 660, 733

1 KINGS.

iii. 3-12 97i

viii. 22-54, 933, 934. 943

viii. 27 .167

viii. 51,

xv. 4 161

xviii. 21 412, 435, 43*. 443

xx. 31.32 A

Hymn.
2 KINGS, 'continued.)

iv. 2. 597.605, 660

v. 10, 13 502

v. 13, 416

vi. 14-2o 194

vii. 3. 4.; 433

viii. 19 161

xix. 34, 161

xx. 1 1054, 10.55, 1057

xx. 19, 572, 583, 587

1 CHRONICLES.

xvi. 19-22 1002

xvi. 23. 24,

xvi. 25 797

xvi. 2.8-33, 86-88

xvi. 34,36, 154

xvii. 16-18 835

xxi. 13, .....581,587,596,597,
657, 659, 660, 733

xxviii. 9 446

xxviii. 20, 503, 5. .

623, 723

xxix. 11 797

xxix. 14.

xxix. 15, 1054-1056, 1060,

1062, 1064, 1071

xxix. 17, 133

xxix. 20, 87

2 CHRONICLES.

i. 7-12 975. 978

ii. 6

vi. 14-42, 933.934

vi. 18 167,665

vi. 41 927

xv. 2. 446

xvi. 9 134.136

xxi. 7 161

xxix. 23. 24 254

xxx. 7-9 79-81

xxxiii. 12, 13, 600

EZRA.

viii. 22 446

ix. 6, 7 265. 4 OS

ix. 13-15, ......462

NEHEMIAH.

i. 4-11

viii. 5. 6 87

ix. .5. r. -7

ix. 17 184

xiii. 15-22, 37, 42,51

E8THER.

iv. 18 433

viii. 6 979

2 KINGS.

JOB.
791 • i. 21,. . . .572, 581, 583, 587, 596

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.
JOB, (continued.)
ii. 10,... 5"

l. 660, 664

iii. 17 1157

iv. 17-19, 1

.4 755, 761

v. 6, 3 572,597, 5!

605, 631
v. 17, 18,.. ..578,

v. 26, UOO, L102, 1103

vii. 1, 1062

vii. 6,7,9, ...1054-1060,

1074

vii. in, 1148

viii. 9, 12, ....1054-1060, 1064,
1074

viii. 13, M ia*3, 514

lx:2,3,5,20,21, 464,529

ix. 25, 26, . . . .1054-1060, 10C4,
1074

x. 1, 1148

X.9, 108-2

xi. 7-9, lit;

xi. 14-19, C02

xiii. 15, 24, 504, 617, G28

xiv. 1-5,. . 1054-1000, 1064, 1074

xv. 15, 158

xvi. 22, . .1054-1000, 1004, 1074

xviii 701

xix. 25-27, .... 1087, 1123, 1 128

xx. 5-29, 761

xxi. 7-20, 701

xxi. 33, 1085

xxii. 12-14, 130

xxii. 21 432, 435-454

xxiii. 3-10, 542, 040

xxv. 4-0, 158,404

xxvi. 0, 130

xxvi. 7-14, 94,97,98, 107,

126, 127, 129, 131, 137

xxvii. 8, 10, 133,514

xxvii. 13-23, 701

xxviii. 28, 775

xxix. 2-4,. . . .684, 685, 691, 092

xxix. 11-10, .737-739. 741-

743, 747

xxxi. 14, 459, 1145

xxxiv. 11, 1131

xxxiv. 21,22, 130

xxxiv. 23, 581,584,587,

595-598

xx xvi. 18, 438,457,458

xxxvi. 20, 140

xxxvii. 23, 146

xxxviii. 7, 875, 938

xl.2, 404

xl. 4 475,483

xlii. 5,0, 400,476,483

PSALMS.

i 607, 609

ii. 1-6, 931

Hymn.
PSALMS, (continued.)

ii. 0-9, 371

ii. 12 «22

iii. 3,6,8,

iii. 4-0, 1019

iii. 5 1015

iv. 4, 679, 1034

iv. 4, 8, 1018, 1019

iv. 8, 1023, 1028

v. 3-8, 8

vi.9, 754

vii. 9, 133

viii 158, 163-165

viii. 1,2, 114

ix. 9,

xi. 4, 133

xii. 0, ..390, 392, 393, 395, 397,
399

xiv. 1-3, 1

xiv. 7, 919

xv., 711,1151

xvi.,

xvi. 2, 3, 743

xvi. 5, 593, 615

xvi. 8-11, .. l: 1127.

1128

xvii. 8 228

xvii. 15, 1 165

xviii. 2, 31, 4(', Ibf), 169-171

xviii. 7, 164

xviii. 9, 11,.. 142, 148,28

xviii. 18, 32,

xviii. 30, 31 1.9-171

xviii. 40, 49, 180

xix., 107, 150,393, 1010

xix. 7-13, 394

xx. 5, 713

xxii. 1 836

xxii. 3 159

xxii. 19 617

xxii. 27,28, 854

xxiii., 195-200

xxiii. 4, 545,

xxiv. 7-10 240, 794

xxv. 1, 048

xxv. 11

xxv. 14

xxv. 15-22 682

xxvi. 2, 8, 9 133

xxvi. 8, 9, 1143

xxvii. 194

xxvii. 1,2,4-6, 604

xxvii. 8, 18

xxvii. 8-14 51

xxviii. 7, 8, 153, 169-172

xxix 72

xxxi. 3 IT

xxxi. 10-

xxxii. 1-7 49!

xxxiii. 1-9

xxxiv. 1,7,8, 193

xxxiv. 11-22, 77.

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Elvmn.
PSALMS, (continued.)

xxxvi. 5,6, 183

\\\ 1 1. 5-9, 151, 166

ww>.- . ..'. 148,289

TO. 9,

xxxvii. 7, 151

xxxvii. 37, J 099, 110-2, 1 103,

1109, 1110, 1111
xxxviii. 4,.. .468, 46(3, 475, 47n,

xxxix. 3, 849

x xxix. 4, 5, 1 1 , 1055

xxxix. 9, 587

xxxix. 12, 13,.. 1054-105 .

1062, 1

xl. 1-3,5, 501

xl. 2, 3, 111,539

xli. 1-3, 738,747

xlii.,

xlii. 1-5, 586,591

xiii. 5, 7, 11, 628

xliii. 3, 399

xliii.5,

xliv. 21, 133

xlv. 2, 257,276

xlv. 3-5 241, 337, -

xlv. 6, 17, 333

xlvi., 144, 172

xivi. 4 942

xlvii. 5, 6, 248

xlviii., 786,797

xlviii. 14,

1. 1,3,22, 1139

1. 1-6, 1134, 1139

1. 15, 560, 593, 595, 596

1.23, .104

li 475, -;■

li. 1-3,7-9

li. 1,3,7.8, 10, 475

li. 1-4, 7, 10-12 479

li. 1,4,9-12. 3£

li. 1-4, 13, 17, 19,

li. 1,7,8, 16, 17, 470, 485

li. 1-12, 4)3,466,467,522

h.5,

li. 6, 24

li- 8, 646

li. 9-12, 522

li. 17, 159, 525

lii. 5-8 609

liii. 6, 919

)'•«. 1-3, 492, 500

liv. 4,. ..169. 170, 175, 194. Pin

lv.1-14,

lv.6 543

lv. I6-03, 761

I* *7, 638, 1008, 1018

lv-22, 560, .584

Ivi. 12 89.5, 830

lvii. 1-3. . . ^7-599,

'619. 623, 675

lvii. 5, 11, 70, 113, 342

Hymn.
-ALMS, (continued.)

lvii. 7-10 73

lvii. 9, ..106, 108, 110, 112, 115

lvii. 10,

lviii. 3,

lix. 17, ..109,170, 175, 194.

lx. ii, ....:.......

Ixi. 1-8,

lxi. 2, 5,

lxii. 1,5, 6, 8,

lxii. 6,..1C9, 170, 175, 194,616

lxiii.,

lxiii. 1, ]" :

lxiii. 1, 2, 4, 5, '..13

lxiii. 1-4, 192

lxiii. 4, 103,106, 103, 110

lxiii. 6, 7, 8, 679

lxiii. 8, 672

lxiv. 10, 602

lxv 992

lxv. 1, 31

lxv. 1-5, 105

lxv. 4. ..' 151,602

lxv. 5-13 72

lxvi. 1-4, 990

lxvi. 13,

lxvi. 17-2 J,

lxvii *y\ 658, 918

lxvii. 5, 113

lxvm O^o. 926

Lxviii. 4-9, 32, 68, 71, 72

lxviii. 5, 739

lxviii. 9, 10, 997

lxviii. 16, 935

lxviii. 18, 243

lxviii. 19, 931

lxii. 13-1S. 29 .643

Ixix. 13-20,. .635, 636,647,648

lxix. 32, 33 645

lxx

lxxi.3 180

lxxi. 5, 6. 17, 18, 731. 732

lxxi. 16, ....

lxxi. 22-24 7-.

Lxxii., 854, 910

lxxii. 1,6,7,8

lxxii. 5, ...... 217

lxxiii. 3, 18,

lvxiii. 24 606, 657, ft ?

lxxiii. 25-26, ....175, 181.

535

lxxiii. 2<%

lxxiv. 20 917

Ixxv. 7. 141-147

lxxvi. 7 455, 459, 464, 1145

lxxvii. 7-9,

lxxvii. 19/ 1-12

lxxviii. 1-7 116

lxxix. 9.... 656

lwx. 3-7, 14-19, 383-385,

684, 685, 692

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.
PSALMS, (continued.)

lwx. 18, . . . .353, 355, 358, 362,
363, 369

IxxxL 1-4, 68, 69, 71

l.vwi. 16, .995

lxxxii.3,4, 737,741

lxxxiv. 1,2,4,5,7, 5

lxxxiv. 1, 2, 4-8, 10,40

lxxxiv. 7, 5fJ8

lxxxiv. 10-12,.... 13, 14,20, 40

lxxxiv. 11 931

lxxxv. 4-8, . .383-385, 684, 685,

691, 692

lxxxv. 9-13,. .860, 865, 867, 869

lxxxvi., 648

lxxxvi. 5-10, 5

lxxxvi. 15, 157

lxxxvii. 1, 2, 935

lxxxvii. 3, .^ 902, 930

lxxxvi ii., 176,584,648

lxxxix. 2-4, 161, 162

lxxxix. 5, 11-14, 166

lxxxix 6-14,. .131, 135, 137, 146

lxxxix. 9, 305

lxxxix. 14, 142

lxxxix. 15-17, 408

lxxxix. 24-35, 161

lxxxix. 47, 48, 1054-1056,

1058-1060, 1064

xc, 1044, 1073

xc. 1 2 128

xc* l!3,' 97 12','. '.'.'.7. 1056, 1073

xc. 1-4, 760

xc. 2, 4, 6, 12, 1056, 1057

xc. 5-12, 1055, 1149

xc. 9, 1048

xc j f,99

xcii.' 5-3,7.*. . 7.'. 7. .7.45, 46, 50

xcii. 5-7, 1032

xciii., 141

xciii. 1-4,.. 138,141,143-145,151

xciii. 3, 4, 931

xciii. 5, 159

xciv. 12-14, 578, 590, 595,

597-600

xcv., 79-82,990

xcv. 1,2,6, 11

xcv. 7, 8, 412

xcvi., 398,913

xr.vi. 1,2, 9-13, 214

xcvi. 1-3, . .82, 84, 86, 88, 90, 92

xcvi. 4, 797

xcvii. 1-3, 1134

XCVii. 1-3, 11, 12,.. 138- 145, 151

xcviii., 68,69,86,87,88

xcviii. 5-9, 214

xcix. 1-3, 71

xcix. 5-9, 89

c, 1,2,6,68, 69, 80,85,

169, 925, 926, 990

cii. 11, 12, 1056

cii 13, 14, 895

Hymn,

PSALMS, (continued.)

cii. 16-21, 895

cii. 17, is, (145

cii. 23--J7, 760, Jii73

cii. 26-27, 131, 160

ciii., ]>-»)

ciii. 1-5, 1)6

ciii. 1-7, 182

ciii. 1, 8, 11, 12, 183

ciii. 8,9,13,

ciii. 13-18, L84

ciii. 15, 1 119

civ. 2-3J 127, 1

civ. 21.27-31, I !9

civ. 33,34, 91, J

cv. 1 , 154

cv. 8-15

cvi. 1,2 69,77,84, 85, L54

cvii. 23-31, 963

cvii. 25-31, 964

cviii. 1-5, 78

cviii. 3, 4, ....106-108, 110-112

cviii. 5, 7'i, 113

cix. 23, 1054. 1D55. 1064

cix. 30, 106-108, 110-112

ex. 1-6, 335

ex. 3, 364

ex. 3, 4, 872

cxi. 1,.... 103, 106-108, 110-1 12

cxi. 9, 159

cxii. 1-9, 738

cxii. 6, 1100,1101, 1104,

1110, 1114

cxiii. 5, 6, 138, 158

cxiv. 7, 159

cxv. 1, 505, 510

cxv. 4-8, 877, 917

cxvi. 1,7, 754

cxvi. 12-19, 15

cxvi. 15, 110-1

cxvii., 84,925,926

cxviii. 1-4, 29, 90, 92, 154

cxviii. 21, 28, 103, 101

110-112

cxviii. 22-25, 787

cxviii. 24, 26, 34

cxviii. 6, 530

cxix., 401, 402, 692, 709

cxix. 5, 33, 35-37, 133,. . . ,.709
cxix. 9, 104, 105,113, I _n

116, 140, 160 f "U

cxix. 10, 11, 53,63,)

120, 158, 161, 163, J 390, 58

166, 174, )

cxix. 13, 15, 16, 32,46, 93,.. 669
cxix. 14, 30,57, 59,60, 71.. .615

cxix. 18, 58

cxix. 24, 103, 105, 174, 393

cxix. 25,

cxix. 25, 107, 154, ) \ 353,

40, 88, 159, l ' * * ' ! 355,

358, 362, 363, 369

, 589

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Ilvmn.
PSALMS, 'continued.)

cxix. 55, 88,81, 147, 164,.

cxix. 57,

cxix. '7 590

cxix. 71

cxix. 90 166

cxix. 92

cxix. 9ri,

cxix. 97 389

cxix. 105, 392

cxix. 135,

cxix. 148,

cxix. 176, 537

cxxi.,...: 166, 173,622

cxxi. 4.5, 1033

cxxiL, 3, 12,43

cixii. 7, 944

cxxiii..'. 168,173

cxxv. 1,2,4,

cxxvi.,

cxxvi. 5 1167

cxxvii. 3. 974. 975

cxxx., 521, 523, 529

cxxx. 4 459

cxxxii. 8-10, 14

cxxxii. 13-16,..

cxxxiii.,

cxxxiv., 4

cxxxv., 71,77,67,90,92

cxxxv. 7, 179

cxxxvi., ..-■

cxxxvii. 1-6,' "

cxxxiii. 5, 6

cxxxviii. 1,2, 93, 103, 106,

cxxxviii. 6, 158

cxxxix. 1-12, 23... 130. I

cxxxix. 1-12. '.:

cxxxix. 23. 24,

cxli. 2,...' 1024

cxli. 2, 3, 3

cxlii., 59

cxliii. 2

cxliii. 10, 11, ....353.355.
362.

cxliii

cxliv. 2, .174. H

cxliv. 3,

cxlv., -

cxlv. 8,9, 183

cxlv. 10, 11,.... 75, 97.
104. :

cxlvi., 9i, 95, 110

cxlvii. 1, 95

cxlvii. 2, 921, 924

cxlvii. 11

cxlvii. 14, 995

cxlvii. 16-18. 20, 1043

cxlviii 66. 67. 104

cxlix. 4, 83,87,92,94

cl., ....73,74

cl. 1. 2. 6

Ilvmn.
PROVERBS.

■■:■.

-32, 451

ii. 1-6

iii. 6

iii. 11, 12 535, 597-600

iii. 14-17 775

iii. 32....

iv. 1-13

v. 21. ..' 133

vi. 9

viii. 1-21,32-36, 775

viii. 22-31 293

ix. 1-5. ...' 422-425

ix. 12 442.446

x. 7, 25, 1100, 1101, 1104,

1110. 1114

xi. 19 442. 4

xi 24

xiv. 32,.: 1096-1099: 1101,

' 1105

xv. 11, 133

xv. 20, 979

xv. 32 434. 442. 451

xvi. 4.' ......147

xvii. 3 133, 490

xviii. 10,

xviii. 24

xix. 17..' 736.744.7;-

xxi. 2.. :..... ...'.133

xxiii. 15

xxiv. 12. 133

xxv. 2 142

xxvii. 1 1055, 1061,

xxviii. 13

xxix. 1. .. 456, 458

xxx. 5/ 390,399

ECCLESIASTES.

i.2 751. 1149

ii. 1-11, ...751

iii. 14 147

iii. 19,20

v. 1. ' 21,25,29

v. 15 572

vii. 20, 29 492

viii. B,... 1060, 107

ix. 5

ix. 10 436. 4:

ix. 12:

xi. 1. 2 737. 3

xi. 6

xi. rJ. 455. 1137. 1144. 1145

xii. 1,

xii. 1-6, 752

xii. 7... 1083,1087'

xii. 14, 1131,1142, 1145

CAXTICLES.

i. 15 257

ii. 1,

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.
CANTICLES, (continued.)

iv. 7,

v. 10, 16, 257, • ul

viu. 6, 5o7, 6"~:9

ISAIAH.

i.2,3

i. 18 410, 413, 421

n.-J-l,

ii. 3,

ii. 1

ii. 10, 12, 1135

ii. 12, L132

ii. 22 I .

ill. 10, 578,1101, 111)3,1104,

1108, 1111
i\. 5

iv. ti, 17

vi. 3,

m. 5,

vi. 6,7, *^7

vi. 8,.. 866

vi. 9,

viu. 6, 1€9

viii. 14, 787

viiL20, 39), 398,400

ix. 2,6, 7, 217

x. 3, J 14o

xi. 1-8, 215

xi. 9 877, 983-985, 98

xii. 5, 6

xiii. 0-13 1141, 1142

Jriv. 24, 27, ..147, 160, I

xxi. 11, 893

xxv. 1, !

xxv. 6, 418,420, 422, 424

xxv 8, 1076

xxvi. J,., ...Ill

i.3,

xxvi. 4, 623, 794

i.9,

i 19, 1121

XXV!!. 5,

xxi i. B 179

. 13 43 I

xxvin. 16, 2S

xxix. 15, 130, 132-134, 136

xxix. 19,

xxx. 18, 19,

xxxii. 2 284,285

. 20

xxxiii. 14, 455, 1142, 1145

xxxiii. 20-2:2, 786, 928, 931

xxxv. 1,2, 286,882

xxxv. 8-10, 1153

xxxv. 10 8,-2.894. 1154,

1165, 1169, 1173, 1174

xxxviii. 1, 1054, 1055, 1057

xv i\. B 587

ri.3,4 B88

xl.6-8 1054-1064

xl. II, 977

Hymn.
ISAIAH, (continued.)

xl. 18, -j:. 146

xL 28-31, 608, 623, 725

xli. 10,.. 170, 174, 1*0, 194,611

xlw. 1-3, 215

x ii. 6,7 217

xlii. 10-12,

xlii. 11, .

Xlii. 16-20, 214

x;iii. 1,2,

xliii.:., 6, ^94, 909

xliii. 25,. 2i

xl;v. •_• 611

xlv. 5-7, 131

xlv. 17,

xlv. 19,

xlv 22, .. 2

xlvi. 5 146

xlviii. 10, 795

xlviii. 22, 447

xlix. 15,

xlix. 16, 567, 629, 788

1. 10, • ...» 19

li. 9, -

lii.2 394

lii. 1-10,

liii. 1 449

liii. 3-7 227

liii. 4-7 254,528

liii. 4-12, 231

liv. 2, 3 866

liv. 10, 160

lv. 1,2, 0,550

Iv. 6,7, 4:<6

lv. 7-9, 447

lv. 13, 213

lv. 17-19,

lvii. 15,

lvii.20, 21

lvin. 6,7, 986

lix 4-9 492

lix. lit,.

Ix. 1-3 912

lx. 19-22,.. 924, 1170, 1172,1174

1\. 22 912

lxi. 1-3, 21!

lxii. 6

lxiii. 1-3,

lxiii.3,

lxiii H'

lxiii. 17

lxiv. 4.. 1153

lxiv.6 1040, 1041. Ii £4

lxv. 17-19,

lxv. 24 634

lxvi. 1.2 159, 1 t

lxvi. 22,23, 905,906

JEREMIAH.

i.7,6 B89

ii. 13 68

ii. 19, 446,456,458

INDEX OF SCRIPTURE&

Hymn, i Ilvmo.

JEREMHFI, (continued.) EZEKIEL. (continued.)

iii. 4 905

. 497, 52-i

795

145

xiii. 21, 455

xiv.9,

. . .

133

xviii. 6, 147

1108,1119

J-134,133

41Q

xxix. 11-14 405

598, 599

34 870,903

xxxn. 19, 133

xxxii 27 137

xxxiii. 15 -r-.'~

£ "

xlix. IE... :

899,920,921

:..-

xlvii. 1-12, .

.286

DANIEL.

.867, "
iii. 38-35,

vi. 1

vi. 26 141, 144. ;

vii. 9, 10, 13,.. 1132, 1134, 1136

x. 19,

x. 19

xii. 2, 21-1 129. 1145

xii. 3. B78, B84, 1132

BOSEA.

iv. 17

vi. 1,

146, 5

vi. 4.

x. 12,

xiii. 9,

xiv. L2

LAM EXT AT

i. 12 221, 223, 224. 227, 229

iii. 22, 23 I 6, 1011

iii. 24,

iii./ .,597

iii. 31-33,..

vmos.

1137,1145

JOEL.

i. 13,

-. 13

ii. 17, £

28-32

.19,

EZEKIEL.

ii. 3-7 B81, M

iii. 4-9

iii. 17-21

ix. 4

xi. 19 :

xvi. 5-14

xvi. 63

XViii.

28, 31, 32, |

xxii. 14. 1145

xxxiii 11

xxxiii. 30, 31,

XX V
XXV
XX \.

xxxvii. 1-10

xxxv ii. 9,... 266

xxxvii. 9-14,

6 61

vi 1, ~7

vi. 3 437,452,

ix. 2, 3, 13.», 132-134, 136

OBADIAIL

1-21, 896, 900, 903, 90S

915, 916

JOXAH.

iii. 5-1 985,

MICAII.

iii 6

iv. l-i

iv. 2

-- 4% 258

vii. 7

182-184

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

NAHUH.

i. 15, .

Hymn.

...1145
....617

....949

HARAKKUK.

i 13 b< .404

ii. 1 1,'. V.'. V.V.8C3, 870,877,' 903

ii. -J'), 150

iii. 2, 383, 384

iii. 17-19, 592

ZEPIIAXI All.

i. 14-18, 445

iii. 9, 10, 856, 8<

iii. 11-17, 895, 607

HAGGAE

ii. 0, 7, 857,801,803, 807

ii. 23, 029

ZECHARIAH.

i. 5, 1002

ii. 13, 159

iv. 0, 518,874

iv. 7, 520

vi. 12-15, 217

xiii. 1,. . .274, 286, 500,502, 544
xiii. 9, 578,579,582,588

MALACHI.

i. 11, 874, 891, 89G-898

iii. 2, 1130, 1131, 1145

iii. 0, ...131, 178

iii. 7, 482

iii. 10, 384, 385

iv. 1, ....1130, 1136, 1140

iv.2, 207,871

MATTHEW.

i. 31, , 348

ii. 9-11, 202, 959

iii. 7, 491

iii. 9, 101

iii. 10, :.

iii. 10,. .799,800,802,808,810,814

iv. 10, 217

iv. 17, 452

v. 5, 8 »",<■.-,

v. 7-10, 750

v. 9, 694

v. 16, 700

V. 20, 377, 1153

v. 44, 763

v. 48, . .091,702,700,709,721,722

vi. 0 037,038, G40, 041

vi. 9-13,, 050,058

vi. 11, 15, 702

vi. 1.1-1- 980

vi. 19, 20 580,757

vi. 24, 587

Hymn.
MATTHEW, (continued.)

vi. 25-3 1 500, 509, 571

vi. 31-34, 573

vii. 7-11 634, M4, 045, 895

vii. 11, ,.359

vii. 13, 14, 080, 088,725

vii. 21-23, 1153

viii. 2, 483

viii. 25, 218,900

viii. 28, 554,705

ix. 2, 22, 27,29,33, 218

ix. 37, 38,

x. 31, 500, 509.571

x. 32, 33, 552, 1144

x. 35-39, 530

x. 42, 744

xi. 5, 218

xi. 28, 29,.. 410,417,419,421, 707

xii. 8, 34

xii. 17-21, 215

xii. 30, 37, 1082, 1131

xiii. 10, 17, 949

xiii. 18-22, 758

xiii. 41,42, 1153

xiii. 43, 1104, 1175, 1176

xiii. 45, 398

xiv. 23, 704, 1021

xiv. 27-31, 218, 509, 900

xv. 25, 056

xv. 30,31, 218

xvi. 18, 787

xvi. 24, 25 530

xvi. 20, . ; 434,442,951

xvii. 4, 40,54

xviii. 11, 224,259

xviii. 20, 30,288

xviii. 21, 22, 703

xix. 13, 14, 981,982

xix. 23, 24, 1153

xix. 27-29, 530, 551

x.\. 28, 243

xx. 30-34, 218

xxi. 5-7, 215

x.\i. 9, 350

xxi. 15, 10, 114.331

xxi. 21,

xxi. 42,

xxii. 9, 10, .. .418, 420, 422, 424

xxiii. 37, .'. 436, 442. 463

xxiv. 30, 31, ...1135, 1130, 1141

xxiv. 35 900

xxiv. 42-40, 715,716

xxv. 13, 715-717

xxv. 21,23, 1118. 1140

xxv. 31,32, 1131,1138

xxv.34 H44

xxv. 40, 45 744,746

xxv.41, IMJ

xxvi. 21,22, 25, 57f

xxvi. 20-28, 831,839

xxvi. 36-45 219-222

xxvi. 39, 42,. .219-222, 659, 060

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hvmn.
MATTHEW, (continued.)

wvi. 41 715, 716

XXVL 64 1132-1136, 1140,

1141. 1144

xxvii. 45-54, 223-230, 232

xxvii. 4<i, 836

xxvii. 51,52, 53, 224,229

xwiii. 1, 6, 38

xxviii.2, 234,238

XXViiL 5, 234-236, 238-241,

243

xxviii. 6, 799

xxvii i. 18-20, 852,881

388

MARK.

i. 9-11,.. 709, 800, 802, 808, 810,

614

i. 15 452

i. 32-34

i.35,... 639, 704

L41, 483

- 34

iv. 14 63

iv. 15-19, 758

iv. 24.......

iv. 37-41 569,960

iv. 39 305

v. 15.34.41,4-2

vi. 4> 704, 1021

vi. 50'. 569

vii 25-29, 634

viii. 23, 218

viii. 34,35 530

viii. 36.37, 4:34.44-2, 951

viii. 38. 554

ix. 5. 40. 54

ix. 41 744

x. 13, 14, 16, 9S1. 982

x. 21 558

x. 28-30 53)

x. 45, 243,254,256, 261

x. 46-52, .216

xi. 9. 10, 350

xl 25, 26

xii. 10, 11, 787

xiii,26, 27,.... 1131. 1136-1138,

1144

xiii. 31, 9X>

xiii. 33, 35, 37, 715.716

xiv. 7, .744

xiv. 18. 19 577

Xiv. 22-26, 831,839

xiv. 32-41, 219-222

xiv. 36 659,660

xiv. 33, 715. 716

xiv. 62, . .1132-1139. 1140. 1141,

1144

xv. 24-37 223-230, 232

xv. 34.... ..536

xvi. 2,' 6 38.237

xvi. 15-20, 85

Hymn.
LUKE.

i.33,79, 217

i# 49 159

. -J0372O4-208

ii. 32, 217

iii. 4-6,

iii. 9, 456, 458

iii. 21, 22,.... 799, 500. 6- 2,

810, 814

iv. 15, 40, 218

v. 16 639.704

vi. 5 34

vi. 12, 639,704,1021

vi. 22, 23,

vi. 27, 28, 763

vi. 34, 35, 738

vii. 21, 22, 218

viii. 11, 63

viii. 12-14, 758

viii. 15, 59

viii. 18, i

viii. 24 960

viii. 35. 46. 55 218

viii. 43-48 785

ix. 23. 24,' 530

ix. 25,... 434,442,951

ix. 26 554. 705

ix. 33; 40.54

x. 2 866

x. 20 147

x.23,24 949

x.34,35, 747

x. 42 765

xi. 1. 24

xi. 2-4 650.658

xi. 9-13, .a59

xi.25

xii. 8 552. 1144

xii. 22-31, 560,569, 571

xii. 33, 34,

xii. 3.5, 722

xii. 37,40, 43, ....... .715, 716

xiii. 3, 5, 452

xiii. 6-9,' 456. 458

xiii. 24,

xiv. 22 418. 420. 424; 428

xiv. 26.' 27, 526

xv. 7, 10 779-761

xv. 12-24, 461, 779

xvi. 13, 557

xviii. 1, 638

xviii. 7, 645

xviii. 9-14 133

xviii. 15, 16, 98

xviii. 29. 30, 530

xviii. 35-43, 218

xix. 10. ...'. 224.259

xix. 17. 19 1116

xix. 36, 350

xix. 4i; 42. 434,452, 1132

xx. 17,...

xxi. 27,.. 1132, 1133, 1135,1136

[NDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.
LUKE, (continued.)

\\i. -J- 11 10

\\i. 33, 900

\\i. 36. 715-717

xxii. 19,20, ..831,842-844,846

xxii. 39-44, 219l-222

xxii. 42, I

xxii. 43, C78

xxii GO, 1132-1138, 11 10,

Jl 11, 1111

xxiii. 16,

xxiii. 34

xxiii. 39-43,

xxiii. -1-2, 61

xxiii. 44-4G, 223-230,232

wiv. 1-3, 6,

xxiv. 32, 28

xxiv.34, 237

xxiv. 50, 51, 242, 2-15-250

joiix.

i. 4, 5, 9, ,

i. 13,

i. 14,

i. 18, .

215

377

2J0

:.:;

273,555

i. 32-34, . . . .799, 800, 832, 808,
810,814

ii. 24, 25, 133

iii. 3, 5,7, 123-125,377

iii.8, 379

iii. 14, 15,

iii. in, 17, 302,212,

iv. 13, 14,.... 410, 418, 420-423

iv. 2!, , 133

iv. 35, 806,901

v. 23, 344

v. 25, 28, 29, 1082, 1121,

1124, 1125

v.39, 389,390,393

vi. 2 1 5G9

vi. *J7, ■ 580

,33,35,48, (

51,53-58, | } 847

181,538,548

vii. 37-39, 410, 422, 423, 431

vii 46, 400

viii. 12 215, 651

ix. .".

x. 7, 11, 14, 15, . 290-292

x. 10, 2 -

x. 28,29, 5 1

xi. II, 1109

xi. 23, 24, 1096, 1121, 1129

xii. 13 35)

xii. 14, 15, 215

xii. 26, 530

xii. 46 215

xii. 47 268, 2 '9

xiii. 7 148,289,585

xiii. -21-25, 577

xiii. 34, 35, C97-701

Hymn.
JOHN, (continued )

xiv. 2, 3 815, 1171

xiv. 6, 280

xiv. 7-11 307

xiv. 16, IT.

37(>, : ,

xiv. 21,23,

xiv. 26, 3

xiv. 27 02

xv. 1-5,

xv. 10, IS1, 1-25

xv. 17,

xvi. 8-12, 3

x\i. 13-15, :

xvii. 4,

xvii. 5, 302

xvii. 1-2, 501

xviii. 9,

xviii. 11, I

xix.5,

xix. 16-30,.

xix. 34, 263

xx. 1-18, 38

\\ 22 358

xxi. 15-17, 577

ACTS.

i. 8, 852

i. 9,10,

i. 11,.... 382, 1135, 1138, 1140

i. 24, 133

ii. 1-4, 352,367,373, 937

ii. 16-21, 874

ii. 26, 27,.. 1087, U -

ii. 32, 33, 247

ii. 34, 35, 335

ii. 38, 552

ii. 41, 806,813,820

iii 19,

iv. 11,

iv. 12, -2:,:!.

v 31, ..25;.

315, 3.' I.:,

vii. 4^,49, 935,936, 941

vii. 51 ■;:

vii. 55,56, 1159

vii. 60 1109

viii. 12, 799,802,819,820

viii. 22, 452

viii. 32, 231

viii. 37, 798,809,811,813

viii. 60, 1109

ix. 11, 633

x. 38, 744

\. 13 274

xi. 23 303

xiii. 2-4, ....878,880-8,-:,

887,888

xiii. 38, 25G, 258-91 0, 264,

2G6, 272, 274

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.

ACTS, (continued)

xv.-_ ,883,888,1120

xvi. 30, 31, 497

xvii. 11, 389,390,393

xvii. 24,25, 995,936, 941

xvii. 28, 152, 153

xvii. 30, 45-2

xvii. 31, 1132, 1133, 1135,

1137, 1142

xx 18-21,23,31, ..955

24. 1156

xxi. 13, 886, 889

xxii. 21, 878,

xxi v. 15,. .1121, 1123, 1120,1129

x.xiv. 10, 7GG

xxiv. 25,.. . .455, 459, 491, 1145
xxvi-16-18,22,23 87fi

xxvi. 23, 461,462,4'

EOMANS.

i. 10,.... 383, 409, 552, 55

i. 19,20, .97,99,107,126,127,129

i. 21-32, 917

i\ 4,

ii. 5-10,.. 1130, 1131, 1139, 1140

ii. 12, 917

ii. 21-23, 955

ii. 28,29, 377

iii. 4, 494

iii. 10-18, 492,500

iii 19, 464. 484, 494

iii. 20-28, 252-274, 277

iii. 22,25,26, 497

iv. 5, 23-25, 252-274, 277

iv. 7, 8, 495,496

v. 1,2,. 7(7

v.3, 4, 595,597, 733

v. 6, 8, 223, 226, 231 , 283

v. 10, 287

v. 12, 15-19, 492

v. 15-21, 840

v. 15,20,21, 520

vi. 1, 670

vi. 2, 536

vi. 3-5, 803, 805, 822, 823

vi. 5, 235

vi. 9, 10, . . . .240, 242-245, 250,
295,297,317

vi. 12-22, 670

vi. 19,... 537, 557, 784, 7~

vi. 81, 539

vii. 8-12, 262

vii. 9-12, 24, 478

vii. 14-23, 473

vii. 22,

Vi". 1, 578, 7

viii. 5-8, 492, 500

viii. 14, 37*

v!ii. 15, 261 559

viii. 16,. .360, 363, 367, 374, 382

Hymn.
ROMANS, (continued.)

viii. 18, 565, 629

viii. 2t,, 27, 633

viii. •.

595, 597, 1 II
viii. 33, 34, .. .243, 294, 519, 620

viii. 35,

viii. 38,39,.. 303,3.:

i.\. 1-3, 979

ix. 7-23, 121, 125

ix. ]l, 16, 18, 252

ix. 33,

x. 4, 504, 527

x. 11, .227

x. i:^ 949

xi.6 252

5,26, 921, 923

xi. 29, .178

142

117, 121

xii. 5, (96

xii. 9, 10 696, 790,1068

xii. 14, 17, 19-21 763

xii. 15, ..597, 1068

xiii. 10, (97,693

xiii. 11, 12, 684, C87,e91

xiv.10,12,.. 1131, 1132,1 136.1 144

xiv. 12 1082

xv. 30, 901

xvi. 4 851,853, 888, 1120

xvi. 27, 5C4

1 CORIXTHIAXS.

i. 8, 564

i. 9, 565

i. 18,23 409

i. 2-J-24, 307

ii.2, -.7 . 271

ii. 9, 1153

iii. 6, 7, 411. 574

iii. 11, 253,258.2--. 272

iii. 16, '.355,365

iv. 5, 133

v. 7, 261, 263

vi. 9, 10, 1153

vi. 15 303

vi. 19, 355

vi. 20, 556,706

vii. 29-31,.... 1054, 1055, 1057,

-1064

ix. 24, 25,. .717,719-722.725,726

x. 4, ....540

827

x. 31, 706

xi. 23-26, 831,843

xi. 25 842-

xii. 12, 13..."

xiii. 1-3. 703

xiii. 2, 8, 13,

xiii. 12,

xv. 10 523

xv. 20 237,239,1126

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hvmn.

1 CORINTHIANS, (contn.

iv. 25,

xv. 26, 1087

xv. 42, 43, 49, 1121, 1123

xv. 5B, 1132

xv. 55, 232

x\. 55-57, 1070,1080

xvi. 9, ea5

xvi. 13, 723

2 CORINTHIANS.

i. 1-2, 706

i. 18-90,

i. 22, . . . .360, 363, 367, 37 1, 373,
374, 382

ii. 12, 885

ii. 15, 16, 411

iii. 5, 194,546

iii. 7,8, 16, 924

in. 18, 568, 653

iv. 5, 956

iv. 16, 603, 729, 1080, 1086

iv. 17, 629

iv. 18, 536, 543,580

v. 1-9, 1147

v. 5, ....360,363, 367, ft

v. 6-8, 547, 108

v. 7 515, 1126, 1147

v. 17,

vi. 2, 435,436,440-443

vii. 5, 519

vni. 9, 207, 210,329

vni. 23, 945

ix. 9-11, 738, 739, 741-746

ix. 15, 746

x. 4 377-379,409,411

x. 17, 271

xii. 9, 10, 503,546

xii. 15, 955

xiii. 5, 490,577, 630

xiii. 11, 1065, 1068, 1070

xiii. 14, 62

GALATIANS.

i. 4, . . . .252, 256, 260, 262, 268,

269, 277

ii. 9, . . . .878, 880-885, 887, 888

ii. 16,. . . .252, 253, 262, 266, 272

ii. 19, 556

ii. 20 363

iii. 13, 275

iii. 22, 492,521

iii. 27, 811. B!

iii. 28, ..696,697, 790, 791,793

iv. 6, 191, 261, .T

iv. 9, ....684, 687, 690-69S

iv. 15, 684, 685, 691

v. 6, 514

v. 7 684, 687, 690-692

v. 16, 25,.. . .355-358, 363, 3- 5-
375

Hymn.
GALATIANS, (continued.)

\i. 2 597, 739

vi. 9 740

vi. 14, 253, 271, ;

EPHESlANa

i.3 117

i. 4-6, 11 121, 12

i. :..

i. 10,

i. 13, 14,.... 360. .

ii. 1-3, 492

ii.4,

ii. 5, 8, 5-20

ii. 8,

ii. 8,9, 510

ii. 9, 10,

ii. 13,

ii. 19,... 7-

ii. 20-22,

iii. 15, 7*9-791,:

iii. 18, 20, 26

iii. 19,

iv. - 243

iv. B-12 949

iv. 30, 381, 383

iv. 32, 697,698

v. 1, 702

v. 2 C97, C9d

v. 5, 1153

v. 14, 721,722

v. 16, 457

v. 27 564

v. 29-32,

v. 30, 303

vi. 1 776

vi. 11-17, 722.7:23

vi. 18, 676

PHILIPPIANS.

i. 6, v.4-567

i. 21,23 1086, 1093, 1098,

B, 1109

ii.5 :

ii. 6,7

ii. 6-10, 302,307,:;

ii.7.8, 210

ii. 0-11 ffi

ii. 12. 13 378

iii. 1....: 325

iii. 7,8, 253

iii.8, 558

iii. 13, 14, 719

iii. 20, 536.. 2

iii. 21, 1122, 1123

iv. 1, -.720

iv.3

iv.4, 325

iv. 13, 546

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hvmn.
3IANS.

i. 1:.

L98

ii.9 3

ii. 12 S

ii. 14. 15 670 PHILEMON.

iii. 1- ". 580, 4..
713,822, lu-
ll 299, I 96 HEBREWS

Hvmn.
TITUS, (continued.)

ii. 10-13,

ii. 14

iii. 5 966, 377, 51G

in. B. 706

.638

iii. 13,,

iv. 3. .,

1 THESSALONIANS.

i. 5 408

704

ii. 13 409

iii. 13 564

iv. 9 696-698

iv. 13.... 1083,1093, 1097-1101,
1104, 1106-1109

iv. 14 1109

iv. 16, 17,.... 1104, 1130, 1138,
1140, 1144

v. 6 714-717

v. }5 763

v. 17

v. 19 3S1

•2 THESSALONIANS.

L7, - 1135, 1141

ii. 13 127

iii. I,.... 859, 860,862,864,87]
iii. 13

1 TIMOTHY.

i. 15 210,212,221,223,

004. 007-009. 050. 054, 056

ii. 1.0

ii. 6 004.007-031. 043

ii. 15 " 3

iii. 16 •:

iv. 16 955

v. ;

vi. 6. 573

vi. 7 570, 573

vi. 12 717.700.704

vi. 16. 158

2 TIMOTHY.

i. 9 050,377

i. 10, .550

i. 18 1130, 1131

ii. 3 701.703

ii. 13 100, 160

iii. 16, . .386. 395, 396, 398, 400

iv. -

iv. 6-8,.. 1098, 1104, 1116,1118
iv. 18,. 735

TITUS.

i. 0

.563

i. 3 307. 309,309.341

i. 6, :.... 204

i. - 333

i. 10-12 131

i. 13. ..: 335

ii. 1. 758

ii. 6-8 163-165

ii.9. 334,340

ii. 14. 15

ii. 17, 18 098

iii. 7-11, 15 79-82, 410

iv. 7, 79-82, 410

iv. 9. 35.39.55

iv. 13 ...133

iv. 14. 15 097.098

iv. 16,... 643.644

v. 7.. .016

v. 10-14 758

vi. 6. ..'. 533, 670

vi. 10 74S

vi. 10. 707.708.1062

vi. 17, 18, 550

vi. 19. 563

vii. 19,00.04 016

vii. 05. ..... .345. 410. 415. 406

viii. 13, ..........016

ix. 9-15 016

ix. 10-14,06, 054

ix. 07,... 1137

ix. 05. 1135

x. 4. 054

x. 5-10 260

x. 11-14, 016

x. 00. 644

x. 03, 166,611

xi. 1, 512

xi. 1. 3. 8 506

xi. 7. 8 515

xi. 05.06 534

xii. 1. 555. 719,707. 70S

xii. 0, 3 553. 565

xii. 6, 7. 11 595

xii. 6-11.... 600

xii. 15-04 789

xiii. 8 178

xiii. 17, 955

JAMES.

i. 10, 11 1149

i.01.... 375

iv. 14 1064, 1149

¥.10, 707.708

INDEX OF SCRIPTURES.

Hymn.
JAMES, (continued.)

v. 13, 11,644

1 PETER.

i. 2, 252

i.2, 121. 125

i. 3, 4,5, L126

i. 6, 7, 578, 579, ;V

i. 8, 254,547

i. 13, 708

i. 15, 16, 159

]. 18, !9, 254

i. 24, 25, 1149

ii. 7 300,787

ii. 21, 704

ii. 24, 254

ii. 25, 231

iii. 8, 697,698

iii. 10-12, 770

iv. 5, 1131

iv. 7, 1057, 1060

iv. 17, 18, 455

v. 7, 560,584

2 PETER.

i. 21, 396,400

iii. 10, 12, ....1130, 1134-113;,
1141, 1144

1 JOHN.

i. 7,. .254,258,259,262-264,274

ii. 1, 614

ii. 2, . .254, 258, 259, 262-264,274

ii. 6,., 704,707

ii. 17,.. 751, 757, 1054,1057,1059

iii. 1, 302

iii. 1,2, 191

iii. 3, 514

iv. 8, 16, 155, 156

iv. 12, 547

v. 4, 294

v. 8, 2ul,266

2 JOHN.
3,...

.62

3 JOHN.

4, 975,976,978,979

8, 741,746

JUDE.

24,25, 564

Hymn.
REVELATION.

i. 5, li, 316, 851

i. 7,.. 32,), 321, 1132, 1135, 113G

i. 10, 39

ii. 5, 667

ii. 10, 730

ii. 23, 133

iii. 1,3-5, 187

iii. 5 918

iii. 11, 431

iii. 12, 663, 713

iii. 20: 434, 499

iv. 3, 164

iv. 8, 159

iv. 10, 11, 311

v. 8-14, 343, 344, 346, 347,

349, 1179

v. 9, 10, 316

vi. 13-17, 1130, 1135,1136

vii. 9, 17, 254, 349, 1164,

1175, 1176, 1179

vii. 10, 326,340

vii. 20, 326

x. 5, 6, 1060, 1064

xi. 15, 903,911, 915,916

xii. 10, 519,911,915

xii. 11, 727, 728

xiv. 6, 892

xiv. 13,.. 1092, 1098, 1099, 1101,
1104, 1108, 1109, 1111

xiv. 15, 878

xv. 3, 142, 313

xv. 4, 159

xvi. 7, 142

xvi. 15, 715-717

xix. 1, 326

xix. 6, 916

xx. 11, 1134, 1135, 1145

xx. 13, 108 J, 1144

xx. 14, 15, 1152

x.\ i. 2-4, 574, 905, 1166

xxi. 3,4,22-25, 1174

xxi. 27, H53

xxii. 1,2, 286

xxii. 2, 1175, 1176

xxii. 3, 5, 1 174

xxii. 5 1113, 1174

xxii. 13, 178

xxii. 16, 959

xxii. 17, 431

xxii. 7,20, 431,873

THE

PSALMIST

WORSHIP.

1, L. M. Tate & Brady.
All Xations exhorted to Adoration and Praise.

1 With one consent, let all the earth

To God their cheerful voices raise ;
Glad homage pay. with hallowed mirth,
And sing before him songs of praise; —

2 Assured that he is God alone,

From whom both we and all proceed —
We. whom he chooses for his own.
The flock which he delights to feed.

3 0, enter. then, his temple gate ;

Thence to his courts devoutly press;
And still your grateful hymns repeat.

And still his name with praises bless; —

4 For he's the Lord, supremely good ;

His mercy is forever sure ;
His truth, which always firmly stood,
To endless ages shall endure.

2. L. M. \Vatts.
The Sovereign Jehovah.

1 Before Jehovah's awful throne,

Ye nations, bow with sacred joy ;
Know that the Lord is God alone ;
He can create, and he destroy.

2 His sovereign power, without our aid.

Made us of clav. and formed us men ;
And when, like wandering sheep, we strayeu.
H.- brought us to his fold again.

WORSHIP.

3 We are his people : we his care ;

Our souls, and all our mortal frame :
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to thy name?

4 We'll crowd th\ gates with thankful songs,

High as the heaven our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thousand tongues,
Shall fill thy courts with sounding praise.

5 Wide as the world is thy command;

Vast as eternity thy love ;
Firm as a rock thy truth shall stand,

When rolling years shall cease to move.

3. C. M. Watts.

Delight in the House of God.

1 How did my heart rejoice to hear

My friends devoutly say,
a In Zion let us all appear,
And keep the solemn day ;? !

2 I love her gates, I love the road ;

The church, adorned with grace,
Stands like a palace built for God,
To show his milder face.

3 Up to her courts, with joy unknown,

The holy tribes repair;
The Son of David holds his throne,
And sits in judgment there.

4 He hears our praises and complaints ;

And, while his awful voice
Divides the sinners from the saints,.
We tremble and rejoice.

5 Peace be within this sacred place,

And joy a constant guest ;
With holy gifts and heavenly grace
Be her attendants blessed.

6 My soul shall pray for Zion still,

While life or breath remains ;
Here my best friends, my kindred, dwell;
Here God. my Saviour, reigns.
70

WORSHIP.

I. C. M. Watts.

Daily and nightly Devotion.

1 Ye that obey th' immortal King,

Attend his holy place ;
Bow to the glories of his name,
And sing his wondrous grace.

2 Lift up your hands by morning light,

And raise your thanks on high;
Send your admiring thoughts, by night,
Above the starry sky.

3 The God of Zion cheers your hearts

With rays of quickening grace :
-Tis he that spreads the heavens abroad,
Whose presence fills the place.

). L. M. Watts.

Blessedness of worshipping God in his Temple.

1 How pleasant, how divinely fair,

0 Lord of hosts, thy dwellings are !
With long desire my spirit faints
To meet th- assemblies of thy saints.

2 My flesh would rest in thine abode ;
My panting heart cries out for God ;
My God. my King, why should I be
So far from all my joys and thee I

3 Blest are the saints, who dwell on high,
Around thy throne, above the sky ;
Thy brightest glories shine above.
And all their work is praise and love.

4 Blest are the souls who find a place
Within the temple of thy grace :
There they behold thy gentler rays.
And seek thy face, and learn thy praise.

5 Blest are the men whose hearts are set
To find the way to Zioirs gate;

God is their strength : and. through the road.
They lean upon their helper. God.

6 Cheerful they walk, with growing strength.
Till all shall meet in heaven at length;
Till all before thy face appear.

And join in nobler worship there.

WORSHIP.

6. L. M. WATTS.
Praise to our Creator.

1 Ye nations round the earth, rejoice

Before the Lord, your sovereign King;
Serve him with cheerful heart and voice ;
With all your tongues his glory sing.

2 The Lord is God ; 'tis 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 ;
And make it your divine employ

To pay your thanks and honors ther*.

4 The Lord is good ; the Lord is kind ;

Great is his grace, his mercy sure ;
And all the race of man shall find
His truth from age to age endure.

7. C. M. Watts.

Deli [//it in Worship.

1 I love to see the Lord below;

His church displays his grace ;
But upper worlds his glory know,
And view him face to face.

2 I love to worship at his feet,

Though sin annoy me there ;
But saints, exalted near his seat,
Have no assaults to fear.

3 I love to meet him in his court,

And taste his heavenly love ;
But still his visits seem too short,
Or I too soon remove.

4 He shines, and I am all delight:

He hides, and all is pain :
When will he fix me in his sight,
And ne'er depart again \

5 0 Lord. I love thy service now;

Thy church displays thy power ;
But soon in heaven I hope to bow.
And praise thee evermore.

WORSHIP.

g, C. M. Watts.

Anticipating Worship.

1 Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear

My voice ascending high:
To thee will I direct my prayer,
To thee lift up mine eye : —

2 Up to the hills where Christ is gone

To plead for all his saints.
Presenting at his Father's throne
Our songs and our complaints.

3 Thou art a God before whose sight

The wicked shall not stand ;
Sinners shall ne'er be thy delight,
Nor dwell at thy right "hand.

4 But to thy house will I resort,

To taste thy mercies there ;
I will frequent thine holy court,
And worship in thy fear,

5 0. may thy Spirit guide my feet

In ways of righteousness,
Make every path of duty straight
And plain before my face,

9. C. M. Jervis.

Homage and Devotion.

1 With sacred joy we lift our eyes

To those bright realms above,
That glorious temple m the skies,
Where dwells eternal Love.

2 Before the gracious throne we bow

Of heaven's almighty King ;

Here we present the solemn vow,

And hymns of praise we sing.

3 0 Lord, while in thy house we kneel,

With trust and holy fear,
Thy mercy and thy truth reveal,
And lend a gracious ear.

4 With fervor teach our hearts to pray,

And tune our lips to sing ;
Nor from thy presence cast away
The sacrifice we bring.

7 73

WORSHIP.

10. II. M. Watts.
Longing for the House of God.

1 Lord of the worlds above,

How pleasant and how fair
The dwellings of thy love;
Thine earthly temples, are !

To thine abode With w aim desires

My heart aspires, | To see my God.

2 0, happy souls, who pray

Where God appoints to hear !
0, happy men, who pay

Their constant service there !
They praise thee still j I Who love the way
And happy they To Z ion's hill.

3 They go from strength to strength,

Through this dark vale of tears,
Till each arrives at length,

Till each in heaven appears :
0 glorious seat, Shall thither bring

When God, our King, I Our willing feet.

11. S. M. E.Taylor.

Invitation to the House of God.

1 Come to the house of prayer,

0 thou afflicted, come ;
The God of peace shall meet thee there ;
He makes that house his home.

2 Come to the house of praise,

Ye who are happy now ;
In sweet accord your voices raise,
In kindred homage bow.

3 Ye aged, hither come,

For ye have felt his love ;
Soon shall your trembling tongues be dumb
Your lips forget to move.

4 Ye young, before his throne,

Come, bow ; your voices raise ;

Let not your hearts his praise disown

Who gives the power to praise.

WORSHIP.

5 Thou, whose benignant eye

In mercy looks on all. —
Who seest the tear of misery.

And hear'st the mourner's call, —

6 Up to thy dwelling-place

Bear our frail spirits on,
Till they outstrip time's tardy pace,
And heaven on earth be won.

12. S. P. SL Watts.

Delight in the House of God.

1 How pleased and blest was I
To hear the people cry.

•'• Come, let us seek our God to-day" !

Yes. with a cheerful zeal,

We haste to Zion's hill.
And there our vows and honors pay.

2 Zion. thrice happy place.
Adorned with wondrous grace.

And walls of strength embrace thee round ;

In thee our tribes appear.

To pray, and praise, and hear
The sacred gospel's joyful sound.

3 Here David's greater Son
Has fixed his royal throne :

He sits for irrace and judgment here ;

He bids the saint be glad ;

He makes the sinner sad.
And humble souls rejoice with fear.

4 May peace attend thy gate.
And joy within thee wait.

To bless the soul of every guest ;

The man who seeks thy peace,

And wishes thine increase.
A thousand blessings on him rest.

5 My tongue repeats her vows.

" Peace to this sacred house ! M
For here my friends and kindred dwell ;

And. since my glorious God

Makes thee his blest abode.
My soul shall ever love thee well.

WORSHIP.

13. H. M. Watt*.

Enjoyment in Worship.

1 To spend one sacred day

Where God and saints abide,
Affords diviner joy

Than thousand days beside :
Where God resorts, I To keep the door
I love it more Than shine in courts.

2 God is our sun and shield,

Our light and our defence ;
With gifts his hands are filled ;

We draw our blessings thence :
He will bestow Peculiar grace,

On Jacob's race And glory too.

3 The Lord his people loves ;

His hand no good withholds
From those his heart approves —
From pure and upright souls.
Thrice happy he, Whose spirit trusts

0 God of hosts, Alone in thee.

14. C. M. Watts.
God present in the Sanctuary.

1 My soul, how lovely is the place

To which thy God resorts !
;Tis heaven to see his smiling face,
Though in his earthly courts.

2 There the great Monarch of the skies

His saving power displays;
And light breaks in upon our eyes
With kind and quickening rays.

3 With his rich gifts the heavenly Dove

Descends and fills the place,
While Christ reveals his wondrous love,
And sheds abroad his grace.

4 There, mighty God. thy words declare

The secrets of thy will :
And still we seek thy mercy there,
And sing thy praises still.

WORSHIP.

15. C. If. Watts.
Thankful Acknowledgment of God's Goodness.

1 What shall I render to my God

For all his kindness shown I

My feet shall visit thine abode,

My songs address thy throne.

2 Among the saints who till thy house

My offering shall be paid :
There shall my zeal perform the vows
My soul, in anguish, made.

3 How much is mercy thy delight,

Thou ever-blessed God !
How dear thy servants in thy sight !
How precious is their blood !

4 How happy all thy servants are !

How great thy grace to me !
My life, which thou hast made thy care,
Lord. I devote to thee.

5 Now I am thine, — forever thine, —

Nor shall my purpose move :
Thy hand hath loosed my bonds of pain,
And bound me with thy love.

6 Here, in thy courts, I leave my vow,

And thy rich grace record ;
Witness, ye saints, who hear me now,
If I forsake the Lord.

16. CM. Xewtox.
A Blessing sought.

1 Great Shepherd of thy people, hear :

Thy presence now display :
We kneel within thy house of prayer :
0. give us hearts to pray.

2 The clouds which veil thee from our sight,

In pity. Lord, remove :
Dispose our minds to hear aright
The message of thy love.

3 Help us, with holy fear and joy,

To kneel before thy face :
0. make us creatures of thy power,
The children of thy grace.

7* 77

worship.

17, C. M. H. M. Williams.
Habitual Devotion.

1 While thee I seek, protecting Power,

Be my vain wishes stilled :

And may this consecrated hour

With better hopes be filled.

2 Thy love the power of thought bestowed J

To thee my thoughts would soar;
Thy mercy o'er my life has ilowed;
That mercy I adore.

3 In each event of life, how clear

Thy ruling hand I see !
Each blessing to my soul more dear
Because conferred by thee.

4 In every joy that crowns my days.

In every pain I bear.
My heart shall find delight in praise7
Or seek relief in prayer.

5 When gladness wings my favored hour,

Thy love my thoughts shall fill ;
Resigned, when storms of sorrow lower,
My soul shall meet thy will.

6 My lifted eye. without a tear,

The gathering storm shall see ;
My steadfast heart shall know no fear;
That heart shall rest on thee.

18. C. M. Watts.
Longinj for the House of God.

1 Early, my God, without delay,

I haste to seek thy face ;
My thirsty spirit faints away
Without thy cheering grace.

2 So pilgrims on the scorching sand,

Beneath a burning sky.
Long for a coolimz stream at hand;
And they must drink, or die.

3 I've seen thy glory, and thy power,

Through all thy temple shine;
My God, repeat that heavenly hour,
That vision so divine.

WORSHIP.

4 Xot all the blessings of a feast

Can please my soul so well

As when thy richer grace I taste.

And in thy presence dwell.

5 Xot life itself, with all its joys.

Can my I >ns move.

Or r eerful voice.

As thy forgiving love.

6 Thus, till my last, expiring day.

I'll bless my God and King :
Thus will I lift my hands to pray,
And tune my lips to sing.

19. 7s. J. Tatloh.

Elements of acceptable Worship.

1 Father of our feeble race.

Wise, beneficent, and kind.
Spread o'er nature's ample face.

Flows thy goodness unconrined :
Musing in the silent grove.

Or the busy walks of men.
Still we trace thy wondrous love,

Claiming large returns again.

2 Lord, what offerings shall we bring.

At thine altars when we bow \
Hearts, the pure, unsullied spring.

Whence the kind affections flow ;
Soft compassion's feeling soul.

By the melting eye expressed :
Sympathy, at whose control

Sorrow leaves the wounded breast ;

3 Willing hands to lead the blind.

Heal the wounded, feed the poor ;
Love, embracing all our kind :

Charity, with liberal store :
Teach us. 0 thou heavenly King.

Thus to show our grateful mind.
Thus th* accepted offering bring —

Love to thee and all mankind.
79

WORSHIP.

20. L. M. Watts.
Joy of public Worship.

1 Great God, attend, while Zion sings
The joy that from thy presence springs :
To spend one day with thee on earth
Exceeds a thousand days of mirth.

2 Might I enjoy the meanest place
Within thy house, O God of grace,

Not tents of ease, nor thrones of power,
Should tempt my feet to leave thy door.

3 God is our sun — he makes our day ;
God is our shield — he guards our way
From all th7 assaults of hell and sin ;
From foes without and foes within.

4 All needful grace will God bestow,
And crown that grace with glory too :
He gives us all things, and withholds
No real good from upright souls.

5 0 God, our King, whose sovereign sway
The glorious host of heaven obey,
Display thy grace, exert thy power,
Till all on earth thy name adore.

21. C. M. Sacred Poetry.
Prayer for Sincerity.

1 Lord, when we bow before thy throne,

And our confessions pour,
0, may we feel the sins we own,
And hate what we deplore.

2 Our contrite spirits, pitying, see ;

True penitence impart :
And let a healing ray from thee
Beam hope on every heart.

3 When we disclose our wants in prayer,

0, let our wills resign,
And not a thought our bosoms share
Which is not wholly thine.

4 Let faith each meek petition fill,

And waft it to the skies,
And teach our hearts 'tis goodness, still,
That grants it, or denies.
' 80

WORSHIP.

22. Ct M. Steele.
The Presence of God sought in his House.

1 Come. 0 thou King of all thy saints,

Our humble tribute own,
Wlnle, with our praises and complaints.
We bow before thy throne.

2 How should our songs, like those above,

With warm devotion rise !
How should our souls, on wings of love,
Mount upward to the skies !

3 But ah. the song, how faint it flows !

How languid our desire !
How dim the sacred passion glows
Till thou the heart inspire !

4 Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine,

And fill thy dwellings here.
Till life, and love, and joy divine
A heaven on earth appear.

23. 8s, 7s & 4. Kelly.

Spiritual Improvement.

\ In thy name, 0 Lord, assembling.
We, thy people, now draw near ;
Teach us to rejoice with trembling;
Speak, and let thy servants hear, —

Hear with meekness, —
Hear thy word with godly fear.

2 While our days on earth are lengthened,

May we give them. Lord, to thee ;
Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened,
We would run. nor weary be,

Till thy glory,
Without clouds, in heaven we see.

3 There, in worship purer, sweeter,

All thy people shall adore,
Tasting of enjoyment greater

Than they could conceive before, —

Full enjoyment, —
Holy bliss, forevermore.
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^4« C. M. Montgomery.

Invocation for a Blessing in Worship.

1 Lord, teach thy servants how to pray

With reverence and with fear:
Though dust and ashes, yet we may,
We must, to thee draw near.

2 We come, then, God of grace, to thee ;

Give broken, contrite hearts;
Give — what thine eye delights to see-^
Truth in the inward part-.

3 Give deep humility ; the sense

Of godly sorrow give ;
A strong, desiring confidence
To see thy face and live.

4 Give faith in that one sacrifice

Which can for sin atone ;
To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes,
On Christ, and Christ alone.

5 Give patience, still to wait and weep,

Though mercy long delay ;
Courage, our fainting souls to keep,
And trust thee, though thou slay.

6 Give these, and then thy will be done :

Thus strengthened with all might,
We, through thy Spirit and thy Son,
Shall pray, and pray aright.

^0, 7s. Hammond.

A Blessing humbly requested.

1 Lord, we come before thee now ;
At thy feet we humbly bow ;

0. do not our suit disdain j

Shall we seek thee, Lord, in vain \

2 Lord, on thee our souls depend )
In compassion now descend ;

Fill our hearts with thy rich grace ;
Tune our lips to sing thy praise.

3 In thine own appointed way
Now we seek thee : here we stay ;
Lord, from hence we would not go,
Till a blessing thou bestow.

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4 Comfort those who weep and mourn :
Let the time of joy return :

Those that are cast down. lift up :
Make them strong in faith and hope.

5 Grant that all may seek and find
Tnee a God supremely kind :
Heal the sick : the captive free :
Let us all rejoice in thee.

26. L. M. Watts.

The Indwelling of God desired.

1 Come, gracious Lord, descend and dwell.

By faith and love, in every breast :

Then shall we know, and taste, and feel

The joys that cannot be expressed.

2 Come, till our hearts with inward stre: _

Make our enlarged souls possess,
And learn the height, and breadth, and length
Of thine eternal love and grace.

3 Now to the God whose power can do

More than our thoughts and wishes know.
Be everlasting honors done.

Bv all the church, through Christ, his Son.

27. C- 31. Pkatt'sCol.

A Blessing sougld.

1 Again our earthly cares we leave.

And to thy courts repair :
Again, with joyful feet, we come
To meet our Saviour here.

2 Within these walls let holy peace.

And love, and concord dwell :
Here give the troubled conscience ease,
The wounded spirit heal.

3 The feelimr heart, the melting eye;

The humble mind, bestow :
And shine upon us from on high;
To make our graces grow.

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4 May we in faith receive thy word,

In faith present our praj
And in the presence of our Lord
Unbosom all our cares.

5 Show us some token of thy love,

Our fainting hope to raise,
Ami pour thy blessing from above,
That we may render praise.

^0# 7-. Montgomery.

Prayer for a Blessing on public Worship.

1 To thy temple we repair ;
Lord, we love to worship there ;
There, within the veil, we meet
Christ upon the mercy seat.

2 While thy glorious name is rang)
Tune our lips, inspire our tongue j
Then our joyful souls shall bless
Christ, the Lord our Righteousne —

3 While to thee our prayers ascend,
Let thine ear in love attend;
Hear us when thy Spirit pleads;
Hear, for Jesus intercedes.

4 While thy word is heard with awe,
While we tremble at thy law,

Let thy gospel's wondrous love
Every doubt and fear remove.

5 From thy house when we return,
Let our hearts within us burn:
Then, at evening, we may say.

" We have walked with God to-day."'

29. C. I£ Presb. Col.

Prayer for special Favor.
1 Within thy house. 0 Lord, our God,
In glory now appear :
Make this a place of thine abode,
And shed thy blessings here.
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2 When we thy mercy seat surround,

Thy Spirit, Lord, impart ;
And let thy gospel's joyful sound
With power reach every heart.

3 Here let the blind their sight obtain ;

Here give the mourners rest ;
Let Jesus here triumphant reign,
Enthroned in every breast.

4 Here let the voice of sacred joy

And humble prayer arise,
Till higher strains our tongues employ
In realms beyond the skies.

30. S. M. C Wesley.
Claiming the Promise.

1 Jesus, we look to thee,

Thy promised presence claim J
Thou in the midst of us wilt be,
Assembled in thy name.

2 Thy name salvation is,

Which here we come to prove :
Thy name is life, and health, and peace,
And everlasting love.

3 We meet, the grace to take

Which thou hast freely given ;
We meet on earth for thy dear sake,
That we may meet in heaven.

4 0, may thy quickening voice

The death of sin remove,
And bid our inmost souls rejoice
In hope of perfect love.

31. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith.
Devout Worship of God.

1 Praise waits in Zion. Lord, for thee;
Thy saints adore thy holy name :
Thy creatures bend th' obedient knee,
And humbly thy protection claim.

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2 Thy hand has raised us from the dust;

The breath of life thy spirit gave;

Where, but in thee, call mortals trust \
Who, but our God, has power to save?

3 Eternal source of truth and light.

To ihee we look, on thee we call ;
Lord, we are nothing in thy sight.
But thou to us art all in all.

4 Still may thy children in thy word

Their common trust and refuge see;
0, bind us to each other. Lord,

By one great tie — the love of thee.

5 Here, at the portal of thy house,

We leave our mortal hopes and fears ;
Accept our prayer, and bless our vows,
And dry our penitential tears.

6 So shall our sun of hope aris

With brighter still and brighter ray,
Till thou shalt bless our longing eyes
With, beams of everlasting day.

ej^. S. M. Urwick's Col.

Pleasures of spiritual Worship.

1 How sweet to bless the Lord,

And in his praises join,
With saints his goodness to record,
And sing his power divine !

2 These seasons of delight

The dawn of glory seem,
Like rays of pure, celestial light,
Which on our spirits beam.

3 0, blest assurance this :

Bright morn of heavenly day:
Sweet foretaste of eternal bliss,
That cheers the pilgrim's way.

4 Thus may our joys increase,

Our love more ardent grow,
While rich supplies of Jesus* grace
Refresh our souls below.
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But 0. the bliss sublime,

When joy shall be complete,
Iu that unclouded, glorious clime

Where all thy servants meet !
Then shall the ransomed throng

The Saviour's love record,
And shout, in everlasting song,

•• Salvation to the Lord ! ;?

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33* C. M. Edmeston.

The Lord's Day Morning.

1 When the worn spirit wants repose,

And sighs her God to seek.
How sweet to hail the evening's close
That ends the weary week !

2 How sweet to hail the early dawn,

That opens on the sight.
When first that soul-reviving morn
Sheds forth new rays of light !

3 Sweet day ! thine hours too soon will cease ;

Yet. while they gently roll.
Breathe, heavenly Spirit, source of peace,
A Sabbath o'er my soul.

4 When will my pilgrimage be done,

The world's long week be o'er.
That Sabbath dawn, which needs no sun.
That day, which fades no more ?

34. C. M. Watts.

Celebration of Christ's Resurrectioji.

1 This is the day the Lord hath made.-

He calls the hours his own :
Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.

2 To-dav he rose, and left the dead,

And Satan's empire fell ;
To-day the saints his triumph spread,
And all his wonders tell.
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3 Hosanna to th' anointed King,

To David's holy Son :
Help us. 0 Lord : descend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4 Blest be the Lord, who comes to men

With 3 of grace :

Who comes, in God the Father's name,
To save our sinful race.

5 Hosanna in the highest strains

The church on earth can raise !
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

35. L- M. J. Stennett.
Holy Enjoyment anticipated.

1 Another six days' work is done,
Another Sabbath is begun ;
Return, my soul, enjoy thy rest.
Improve the day that God hath blest.

2 0 that our thoughts and thanks may rise,
As grateful incense, to the skies

And draw from heaven that sweet repose
Which none but he that feels it knows !

3 A heavenly calm pervades the breast,
The earnest of that glorious rest
Which for the church of God remains.
The end of cares, the end of pains.

4 With joy. great God. thy works we view,
In various scenes, both old and new :
With praise, we think on mercies past;
With hope, we future pleasures taste.

5 In holy duties let the day.

In holy pleasures, pass away :

How sweet, a Sabbath thus to spend,

In hope of one that ne"er shall end !

36. C. M. Kelly.
Christ risen.

1 And now another week begins ;
This day we call the Lord's ;
This day he rose who bore our sins,
For so his word records.

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2 Hark, how the angels sweetly sing !

Their voices till the sky :
They hail their great, victorious King,
And welcome him on high.

3 We'll catch the note of lofty praise ;

Their joys. 0. may we feel :
Our thankful song with them we'll raise.
And emulate their zeal.

4 Come. then, ye saints, and grateful sing

Of Christ, our risen Lord :
Of Christ, the everlasting King :
Of Christ, tfr incarnate Word.

5 Hail, mighty Saviour ! thee we hail,

High on thy throne above :
Till heart and flesh together fail,
We'll sing thy matchless love.

37. 1°5. W. Mason.

The Sabbath a Day of holy Rest.

1 Again returns the day of holy rest.

?h. when he made the world. Jehovah blest ;
When, like his own. he bade our labors cease,
And all be piety, and all be peace.

2 Let us devote this consecrated day

To learn his will, and all we learn obey :
So shall he hear, when fervently we raise
Our supplications and our songs of praise.

3 Father of heaven, in whom our hopes confide,
Whose power defends us. and whose precepts guide,
In life our Guardian, and in death our Friend,
Glory supreme be thine, till time shall end.

OO, H. 31. COTTEEILL.

TJie Resurrection celebrated.

1 Awake, ye saints, awake.
And hail the sacred day :
In loftiest sonsrs of praise
Your joyful homage pay :
Come, bless the day The type of heaven's

That God hath blest. Eternal rest.

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2 On this auspicious morn

The Lord ot Life ai
And burst the bars of death,
And vanquished all our foes;
And now he pleads I And reaps the fruit
Our cause above, j Of all his Jove.

3 All hail, triumphant Lord !

Heaven with hosannas i;

And earth, in humbler strains.

Thy praise responsive sj

Worthy the Lamb, Through endless years

That once was slain, To live and reign.

39. C. M. De Courcy's Col.
The Sabbath a Type of Heaven.

1 Come, let us join, with sweet accord,

In hymns around the throne ;
This is the day our rising Lord
Hath made and called his own.

2 This is the day which God hath blest,

The brightest of the seven —
A type of that eternal rest

Which saints enjoy in heaven.

40. S. M. Watts.

The Sabbath welcomed.

1 Welcome, sweet day of rest,

That saw the Lord arise ;
Welcome to this reviving breast
And these rejoicing eyes.

2 The King himself comes near,

And feasts his saints to-day :
Here we may sit, and see him here,
And love, and praise, and pray.

3 One day, amid the place

Where Christ, my Lord, has been,
Is sweeter than ten thousand days
Of pleasure and of sin.

4 My willing soul would stay

In such a frame as this,
Till called to rise and soar away
To everlasting bliss.
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41. L. M. Epis. Col.
Rejoicing in the Sabbath.

1 My opening eves with rapture see

The dawn of thy returning day :

My thought?. 0 God. ascend to thee,

While thus my early vows I pay.

2 I yield my heart to thee alone.

Nor would receive another guest:
Eternal King, erect thy throne.

And reign sole monarch in my breast.

3 0. bid this trifling world retire.

And drive each carnal thought away;
Nor let me feel one vain desire.

One sinful thought, through all the day.

4 Then, to thy courts when I repair,

My soul shall rise on joyful wing,
The wonders of thy love declare,

And join the strains which angels sing.

42. 10s. Browne.
Spiritual Longings.

1 Hail, happy day ! thou day of holy rest !
What heavenly peace and transport rill my breast
When Christ, the God of srace. in love descends
And kindly holds communion with his friends !

2 Let earth and all its vanities be gone.
Move from my sight, and leave my soul alone ;

flattering, fading glories I despise.
And to immortal beauties turn my eyes.

3 Fain would I mount and penetrate the skies,

on my Saviour's glories fix my eyes :
0. meet my rising soul, thou God of love.
And waft it to the blissful realms above.

~±0, C. M. Spie. of the Psalms.

Joy of Worship.

1 With joy we hail the sacred day
Which God has called his own ;
With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at his throne.
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2 Thy chosen temple. Lord, how fair !

where willing votaries throng

To breathe the humble, fervent prayer,
And pour the choral song.

3 Spirit of grace, 0, deign to dwell

Within thy church below;
Make her in holiness excel,
With pure devotion glow.

4 Let peace within her walls be found ;

Let all her sons unite
To spread, with grateful zeal, around,
Her clear and shining light.

5 Great God, we hail the sacred day

Which thou hast called thine own )
With joy the summons we obey,
To worship at thy throne.

44. H. M. Hayward.

Sabbath Morning.

1 Welcome, delightful morn ;

Sweet day of sacred rest,
I hail thy kind return ;

Lord, make these moments blest :
From low desires I soar to reach

And fleeting toys, Immortal joys.

2 Now may the King descend,

And fill his throne of grace ;
Thy sceptre, Lord, extend.

While saints address thy faoe :
Let sinners feel And learn to know

Thy quickening word. | And fear the Lord.

3 Descend, celestial Dove,

With all thy quickening powers ;
Disclose a Saviour's love,
And bless the sacred hours :
Then shall my soul Nor Sabbaths be

New life obtain, Enjoyed in vain.

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4-0. S. M. Spik. of the Psalms.

Enjoyment in Worship.

1 Sweet is the work. 0 Lord,

Thy glorious name to sing,
To praise and pray, to hear thy word.
And grateful offerings bring * —

2 Sweet, at the dawning light,

Thy boundless love to tell.
And. when approach the shades of night;
Still on the theme to dwell : —

3 Sweet, on this day of rest.

To join, in heart and voice,
With those who love and serve thee best,
And in thy name rejoice.

4 To songs of praise and joy

Be every Sabbath given,
That such may be our blest employ
Eternally in heaven.

46. C. ML Mrs. Follen.

Love of Sabbath Service.

1 How sweet, upon this sacred day,

The best of all the seven.
To cast our earthly thoughts away,
And think of God and heaven !

2 How sweet to be allowed to pray

Our sins may be forgiven !
With filial confidence to say.
•• Father, who art in heaven r !

3 How sweet the words of peace to hear

From Him to whom 'tis given
To wake the penitential tear.
And lead the way to heaven !

4 And if. to make our sins depart,

In vain the will has striven.
He who regards the inmost heart
Will send his srace from heaven.

5 Then hail, thou sacred, blessed day,

The best of all the seven.
When hearts unite their vows to pay
Of gratitude to Heaven !
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4 / . 7s, G l. Newton.

The Sabbath in the Sanctuary.

1 Safely through another week

God has brought us on our way ;
Let us now a blessing seek,

Waiting in his courts to-day —
Day of all the week the best,
Emblem of eternal rest.

2 While we seek supplies of grace,

Through the dear Redeemer's name,
Show thy reconciling face.

Take away our sin and shame ;
From our worldly cares set free,
May we rest, this day. in thee.

3 Here we come thy name to praise ;

Let us feel thy presence near :
May thy glory meet our e

While we in thy house appear ;
Here afford us. Lord, a taste
Of our everlasting feast.

4 May the gospel's joyful sound

Conquer sinners, comfort saints,
Make the fruits of grace abound.

Bring relief from all complaints :
Thus let all our Sabbaths prove.
Till we join the church above.

48. S. M. Bulfixch.

Sabbath Worship.

1 Hail to the Sabbath day !

The day divinely given,
Wiien men to God their homage pay.
And earth draws near to heaven.

2 Lord, in this sacred hour.

Within thy courts we bend.
And bless thy love, and own thy power,
Our Father and our Friend.

3 But thou art not alone

In courts by mortals trod :
Nor only is the day thine own
When man draws near to God.

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4 Thy temple is the arch

Of yon unmeasured sky ;
Thy Sabbath, the stupendous march
Of grand eternity.

5 Lord, may that holier day

Dawn on thy servants' sight;
And purer worship may we pay
In heaven's unclouded light.

4<9. L. M. Barbauld.

The Sacrifice of the Heart.

1 When, as returns this solemn day,

Man comes to meet his Maker, God,
"What rites, what honors, shall he pay ?
How spread his sovereign name abroad?

2 From marble domes and gilded spires

Shall curling clouds of incense rise,
And gems, and gold, and garlands deck
The costly pomp of sacrifice ?

3 Vain, sinful man ! creation's Lord

Thy golden offerings well may spare *
But give thy heart, and thou shalt find
Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.

4 0. grant us. in this solemn hour,

From earth and sin's allurements free,
To feel thy love, to own thy power,

And raise each raptured thought to thee !

50. L. M. Watts.

Delight in the Sabbath.

1 Sweet is the work, my God, my King.
To praise thy name, give thanks, and sing ;
To show thy love by morning light,

And talk of all thy truth at night.

2 Sweet is the day of sacred rest ;
No mortal care shall fill my breast ;
0, may my heart in tune be found,
Like David's harp? of solemn sound.

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3 My heart shall triumph in the Lord,
And bless his works, and bless his word :
His works of grace, how brighl they shine!
How deep his counsels, how divine !

4 And I shall share a glorious part.
When grace hath well refined my heart,
And fresh supplies of joy are shed,
Like holy oil, to cheer my head.

5 Then shall I see, and hear, and know
All I desired or wished below.

And every power find sweet employ
In that eternal world of joy.

51. C. M. Barbauld.

The World banished.

1 0 Father, though the anxious fear

May cloud to-morrow's way.
Nor fear nor doubt shall enter here ;
All shall be thine to-day.

2 We will not bring divided hearts

To worship at thy shrine ;
But each unholy thought departs,
And leaves the temple thine.

3 Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares,

Of earth and folly born;
Ye shall not dim the light that streams
From this celestial morn.

4 To-morrow will be time enough

To feel your harsh control ;
Ye shall not desecrate, this day,
The Sabbath of the soul.

52. L- M. Bathurst.
Improvement of the Sabbath.

1 This day the Lord hath called his own ;

0, let us, then, his praise declare.
Fix our desires on him alone.

And seek his face with fervent prayer.

2 Lord, in thy love we would rejoice.

Which bids the burdened soul be free,
And. with united heart and voice,
Devote these sacred hours to thee.

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3 Now lei the world's delusive thii

lore our grovelling thoughts employ,
But Faith be taught to stretch her wins

In search of heaven's unfailing joy.

4 0. let these earthly Sabbaths. Lord.

Be to our lasting welfare blest;
The purest comfort here afford,
And lit us for eternal rest.

53. H. M. Breviary.
A Blessing sought on Worship.

1 Here, gracious God. do thou

In mercy now draw nigh ;
Accept each faithful prayer.

And mark each suppliant sigh ;
In copious shower. This holy day

On all who pray. Thy blessings pour.

2 Here may we find from heaven

The grace which we implore ;
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore —
Until that day To endless rest

When all the blest Are called away

54. L. M. Raffles.
The Hour of Prayer.

1 Blest hour, when mortal man retires

To hold communion with his God.
To send to heaven his warm desires.
And listen to the sacred word.

2 Blest hour, when earthly cares resign

Their empire o'er his anxious breast,
While, all around, the calm divine
Proclaims the holy day of rest.

3 Blest hour, when God himself draws nigh,

Well pleased his people's voice to hear,
To hush the penitential sigh,

And wipe away the mourner's tear.

4 Blest hour ! for. where the Lord resorts,

Foretastes of future bliss are given,
And mortals find his earthly courts

The house of God, the gate of heaven.

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00. L. M. Doddridge.

The earthly and heavenly Sabbath,
1 Thine earthly Sabbaths3 Lord, we love;

But there's a nobler rest above ;

To that our longing souls aspire.

With cheerful hope and strong desire.
•2 No more fatigue, no mere distress,

Nor sin, nor death, shall reach the place;

No groans shall mingle with the songs

Which dwell upon immortal tongue- : —

3 No rude alarms of auijry foes;

No care-, to break the long repose ;
No midnight shade, no clouded sun,
But sacred, high, eternal noon.

4 0 long-expected day, beirin :

Dawn on these realms of pain and sin ;
With joy we'll tread tlf appointed road,
And sleep in death, to rest with God.

56. 7s. S.F.Smith.

Sabbath Evening.

1 Softly fades the twilight ray
Of the holy Sabbath d;
Gently as life's settina" sun.
When the Christian's course is run.

2 Night her solemn mantle spreads
O'er the earth, as daylight fades ;
All things tell of calm repose

At the holy Sabbath's close.

3 Peace is on the world abroad ;
'Tis the holy peace of God —
Symbol of the peace within
When the spirit rests from sin.

4 Still the Spirit lingers near,
Where the evening worshipper
Seeks communion with the skies,
Pressing onward to the prize.

5 Saviour, may our Sabbaths be
Days of peace and joy in thee,
Till in heaven our souls repose,
Where the Sabbath ne'er shall close.

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57. CM. C.WE8LBT.

The LigJit of God's Countenance.

1 Eternal San of Righteous

Display thy beams divine.
And cause the glory of thy face
On all our hearts to shine.

2 Linht in thy light. 0. may we see

grace and mercy prove.
Revived, and cheered, and blessed by
The God of pardoning love.

58. C. M. C. Wesley.

tsitig on the '>'■

1 Father of all. in whom, alone.

We live, and move, and breathe,
One bright, celestial ray send do"
And cheer thy sons beneath.

2 While in thy word we search for thee,

0. fill our souls with awe :

light impart, that we may see
The wonders of thy law.

3 Now let our darkness comprehend

The light that shines so clear;

v thy revealing Spirit send,
And give us ears to hear.

4 Before us make thy goodness pass,

rich here, by faith, we knc
Let us in Jesus see thy face.
And die to all belc

59. 0. ML C.Wesley.

Hng a Blessing.

1 Almighty God. eternal Lord.

Thy gracious power make known :
Apply the virtue of thy word,
And melt the heart of stone.

2 Speak, with the voice that wakes the dead,

And bid the sleeper rise :
0, let his guilty conscience dread
The death that never dies.

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3 Let us receive the word we hear,
Each m an honest heart :
Lay up the precious treasure there,
And never with it pari.

OU. 7s. Kelly.

A Blessi,'

1 Saviour, bless thy word to all :

Quick and powerful let it prove ;
O. may sinners hear thy call ;
Let thy people mow in love

2 Thine own gracious message bl<

Follow it with power divine;
Give the gospel great success ;
Thine the work, the glory thine.

3 Saviour, bid the world rejoice:

Send. 0. send thy truth abroad:
Let the nations hear thy voice —
Hear it. and return to God.

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Prayer for a Blessing.

1 Glorious in thy saints appear;
Plant thy heavenly kingdom here ;
Linht and life to all impart :
Slime on each believing heart: —

2 And. m every grace compl
Make us. Lord, for glory meet;
Till we stand before thy sight
Partners with the saints in ];_

(3 "2. 8s & 7-. Newton.

Prayer for a Blessing.

1 May the grace of Christ, our Saviour,
And the Father's boundless love,
With the Holy Spirit's favor,
Rest upon us from above.
'2 Thus may we abide in union
With each other and the Lord.
Ami p ss 5S, i sweet communion,
Joys which earth cannot afford.
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63. 8s, 7g & 4 Jay.
Prayer for a Blessing.

1 Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit,

Bless the sower and the $*
Let each heart thy arace inherit :
Raise the weak, the hungry feed ;

From the gospel
Now supply thy people's need.

2 0, may all enjoy the blessing

Which thy word's designed to give;
Let us all, thy love possessing.
Joyfully the truth receive,

And forever
To thy praise and glory live.

64. L. M. Hart.
Dismission.

1 Dismiss us with thy blessing. Lord,
Help us to feed upon thy word ;

All that has been amiss forgive.
And let thy truth within us live.

2 Though we are guilty, thou art good:
Wash all our works in Jesus' blood )
Give every burdened soul release,
And bid us all depart in peace.

65. 8s, 7s & 4. BURDER.
Dismission.

1 Lord, dismiss us with thy blessing :

Fill our hearts with joy and peace ;
Let us each, thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace :

0. refresh us.
Travelling through this wilderness.

2 Thanks we give, and adoration,

For thy gospel's joyful sound ;
May the fruits of thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound ;

May thy presence
With us evermore be found.

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PRAISE TO GOD.

Then, whene'er the signal V iriven
Us from earth to call away.

Borne on angels1 wings, to heaven,—
Glad the summons to obey. —

May we ever
Reign with Christ in endless day.

PRAISE TO GOD.

C. M. Hemaxs.

Invitation to offer Praise.

1 Praise ye the Lord ; on every height

Songs to his glory raise ;
• Ye angel hosts, ye stars of night,
Join in immortal praise.

2 O fire and vapor, hail and snow,

Ye servants of his will :
0 stormy winds, that only blow
His mandates to fulfil; —

3 Mountains and rocks, to heaven that rise ;

Fair cedars of the wood ;
Creatures of life that wing the skies,
Or track the plains for food : —

4 Judges of nations : kings whose hand

Waves the proud sceptre high ;
0 youths and virgins of the land ;
0 age and infancy ; —

5 Praise ye his name, to whom alone

All homage should be given,
Whose glory, from th' eternal throne,
Spreads wide o'er earth and heaven.

67. H. M. Watts.

Exhortation to Praise.
1 Ye tribes of Adam, join

With heaven, and earth, and seas,
And offer notes divine
To your Creator's praise :
Ye holy throng In worlds of light

Of angels bright, Begin the so:

102

PRAISE TO GOD.

2 The shining worlds above

glorious older stand,
Or in swift courses move,
By his supreme command :
He spake the word, From nothing came

And all their frame To praise the Lord.

3 Let all the nations fear

The God that rules above :
He brings his people near,

And makes them taste his love :
While earth and sky His saints shall raise

Attempt his praise, His honors high.

68, H. M. DWIGHT.

God's Goodness and Truth.

1 Sing to the Lord most high :

Let every land adore ;
With grateful voice make known
His goodness and his power :
With cheerful songs And let his praise

Declare his ways. Inspire your tongues.

2 Enter his courts with joy;

With fear address the Lord ;
He formed us with his hand.

And quickened by his word :
With wide command, I O'er every sea
He spreads his sway And every land.

3 His hands provide our food,

And every blessing give ;
We feed upon his care.

And in his pastures live :
With cheerful songs And let his praise

Declare his ways. Inspire your tongues.

0;7, 7s. Montgomery.

Praise from all Lands.

1 All ye nations, praise the Lord :

All ye lands, your voices raise ;

Heaven and earth, with loud accord,

Praise the Lord, forever praise.

103

PRAISE TO GOD.

2 For his truth and mercy stand,

Past, and present, and t<
Like the years of his right hand,
Like bis own eternity.

3 Praise him, ye who know his love;

Prai ath;

Praise him in the heights

Praise your Maker, all that breathe.

70. L. M. Tate & Brady.
Praise to the great Jehovah.

1 Be thou. O God, exalted high ;
And as thy glory fills the sky,

So let it be on earth displayed,
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.

2 0 God. my heart is fixed : 'tis bent
Its thankful tribute to present :

And. with my heart, my voice I'll raise
To thee, my God, in songs of praise.

3 Thy praises. Lord. I will resound
To all the listening nations round :
Thy mercy highest heaven transcends ;
Thy truth beyond the clouds extends.

4 Be thou. 0 God. exalted high ;
And as thy glory fills the

So let it be on earth displayed.
Till thou art here, as there, obeyed.

71. lis & 8s. Cir. Psalmody.
The Lord is great.

The Lord is great : ye hosts of heaven, adore him,

And ye who tread this earthly ball ;
In holy songs rejoice aloud before him,

And shout his praise who made you all.
The Lord is irreat : his majesty how glorious !

Resound his praise from - lore;

sin, and death, and hell, now made vict<

He rules and reigns foreyerm

Lord i- great : his mercy how abounding!

Yc angels, strike your golden choi
0. praise our God. with voice and harp resounding

'Fhe King of kings and Lord of lords.

104

PRAISE TO GOD.

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God glorious.

} 0. worship the King, all glorious aboi
gratefully sing his wonderful love.
Oar Shield and Defender, the Ancient of P
Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with pra:

2 0, tell of his might, and sing of his grace,
Whose robe is the light, whose canopy space :

chariots of wrath the deep thunder clouds form.
And dark is his path on the wings of the storm.

3 Thy bountiful care what tongue can recite ?
It breathes in the air. it shines in the light.

It streams from the hills, it descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils in the dew and the rain.

4 Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail,
la thee do we trust, nor find thee to fail ;

Thy mercies how tender ! how firm to the end !
Oar Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend.

5 Father Almighty, how faithful thy love !
While angels delight to hymn thee above.
The humbler creation, though feeble their lays,
With true adoration shall lisp to thy praise.

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Exhortation to Praise.

1 Praise the Lord : his glory bless ;
Praise him in his holiness :
Praise him as the theme inspires ;
Praise him as his fame requires.

2 Let the trumpet's lofty sound
Spread its loudest notes around;
Let the harp unite, in praise.
With the sacied minstrel's lays.

3 Let the organ join to bless

God. the Lord our Righteousness ;
Tune your voice to spread the fame
Of the great Jehovah's name.

4 All who dwell beneath his light.
In his praise your hearts unite :
While the stream of song is poured.
Praise and mag Lord.

lory

PRAISE TO COD.

74. & 4s. W. Goods.
Praise in tl -'the Lord.

1 Praise ye Jehovah's name ;
Praise through his courts proclaim >

Rise and adore ;

High o'er tin1 heavens above
1 his great acts of love.
While his rich grace we prove,
Vast as his power.

2 Now let the trumpet raise
Triumphant sounds of praise,

Wide as his fame ;
There Jet the harp be found ;
Organs, with solemn sound,
Roll your deep notes around,

Filled with his name.

3 While his high praise ye sing,
Shake every sounding string :

Sweet the accord !
He vital breath bestows :
Let every breath that flows
His noblest fame disclose :

Praise ye the Lord.

75. L. M. Mrs. Opik.
The Voice of Creation.

1 There seems a voice in every gale.

A tongue in every opening flower,
Which tells. 0 Lord, the wondrous tale

Of thy indulgence, love, and power.
The birds, that rise on quivering wing,

Appear to hymn their Maker's pr;
And all the mingling sounds of spring

To thee a general anthem rai

2 And shall my voice, great God. alone

Be mute 'midst Nature's loud acclaim,
Nor let my heart, with answering tone.

Breathe forth in praise thy holy name I
All Nature's debl is small to mine.

For Nature soon shall cease to be :
But — matchless proof of love divine —

Thou gav'st immortal life to me.

106

USE TO GOD.

76. I*. M. Watts.

of Gor/ tn his Works and in his Word.

1 The heavens declare t: Lord;

In every star I
But when our eyj* behold thy word,
read thy name in iairer lines.

2 The rolling sun. the changing li«

And nights, and days thy power confe-
But that blest volume thou hast writ
Reveals thy justice and thy grace.

3 Sun. moon, and stars convey thy praise

arth, and never stand ;
hen thy truth began its
iched and glanced on every land.

4 Xor shall thy spreading gospel

Till through the world thy truth has run,
Till Christ has ail the nations blest
That see the light or feel the sun.

5 Great Sun of Righteousness

0. bless rid with :

Thy gospel make-

laws are pure, thy judgments i

6 Thy noblest wonders here -

In souls renewed and sins forgiven ;
Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul re:

And make thy word my guide to heav-

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■ the Lord:
\ Praise the Lord: ye heavens, adore him;
Praise him. angels, m the heL
Sun and moon, rejoice before him :
Praise him. all ye stars of light.

2 Praise the Lord, for he hath spoken ;

Worlds his mighty voice obeyed ;
Laws, which never can be broken,
For their guidance he hath made.

3 Praise the Lord, for he is glorious ;

er shall his promise fail ;
God hath made his saints victorious ;
and death shall not prevail.

PRAISE TO GOD.

-I Praise the God of our salvation ;

Hosts on high, his power proclaim;
Heaven and earth, and all creation,
Praise and magnify his name.

78. C. M. Barlow.

A Morning Off*, r

1 Awake, my soul, to sound his pra

Awake, my harp, to sing :

Join, all my powers, the song to n
And morning incense bring.

2 Among the people of his care,

And through the nations round,
Glad songs ol praise will I prepare,
And there his name resound.

3 Be thou exalted, 0 my God,

Above the starry frame ;
Diffuse thy heavenly mace abroad,
And teach the world thy name.

4 So shall thy chosen sons rejoice,

And throng thy courts above,
While sinners hear thy pardoning voice.
And taste redeeming love.

79.

S. M. Watts.

Exhortation to Praise.

1 Come, sound his praise abroad,

And hymns of glory si]
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universaJ Kim:.

2 Come, worship at his throne ;

Come, bow before the L
We are his work, and not our own;
He formed as by Ins word.

3 To-day attend his voice.

Nor dare provoke his rod ;
Come, like the people of his choice,
And own your gracious God.

108 "

PRAISE TO GOD.

80. L. 1£ WATT8.

te and holy Fear.

1 Come, let our voices join to

a ored song of solemn praise :
God is a sovereign King : rein

- honor in exalted verse.

2 Come, let our souls address the L
Who framed our natures by his word :

- our Shepherd : we. the sheep
tose, his pastures keep.

3 Come, let us hear his voice to-day.
The counsels of his love ob

Nor let our hardened hearts renew
The sins and plagues that Israel knew

4 Come, let us turn, with holy fear.
To him who now invites us near :
Accept the ottered grace to-<

lose the blessing by delay.

5 Come, seize the promise while it v

march to Zion's heaven. _
Believe, and take the promised r
Obey, and be forever blest.

81. C. M. vr

e and holy 1

1 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name,
And in his strength rejoice :

jn his salvation is our theme.
Exalted be our voice.
th thanks, approach his awful -
psalms of honor sing :
The Lord's a God of boundless mig
The whole creation's King.

3 Come, and with humble souls adore :

Come, kneel before his face :
0. may the creatures of his power
Be children of his grace.

4 Now is the time — he bends his ear.

And waits for your request :
Come, lest he rouse his wrath, arid
•• Ye shall not see my r
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PRAISE TO GOD.

82. C. M. Phatt's Col.

1 Sing to the Lord in joyful strains;

Let earth his praise resound;
Let all the cheerful nations join
To spread his glory round.

2 Thou city of the Lord, begin

The universal song :
And let the scattered villi

The cheerful notes prolong ; —

3 Till, 'midst the strains of distant lands,

The islands sound his praise ;
And all. combined, with one accord,
Jehovah's glories raise.

83. C. M. Watts.
Praise from Jcics and Gentiles.

1 All ye who love the Lord, rejoice,

And let your songs be new ;
Amid the church, with cheerful voice,
His later wonders show.

2 The Jews, the people of his grace,

Shall their Redeemer sing ;
And Gentile nations join the praise,
While Zion owns her King.

3 The Lord takes pleasure in the just,

Whom sinners treat with scorn :
The meek, who lie despised in dust,
Salvation shall adorn.

84. C. M. Watts.

Praise to God from all Nations.

1 0, all ye nations, praise the Lord,

Each with a different tongue ;
In every language learn his word,
And let his name be sung.

2 His mercy reigns through every land;

Proclaim his grace abroad :
Forever firm his truth shall stand;
Praise ye the faithful God.
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PRAISE TO GOD.

85. C. M. Wbani

Praise to God from all Nat

1 0, all ye nations, praise the Lord;

- glorious acta proclai

The fulness of his grace record,
And magnify his name.

2 His love is great, his mercy sure,

And faithful is his word ;
His truth forever shall endure ;
Forever praise the Lord.

86. L. M. Tate & Brady.
se and Gratitude.

1 0. praise the Lord in that blest place

From whence his goodness largely flows ;
Praise him in heaven, where he his face
Unveiled in perfect glory shows.

2 Praise him for all the mighty acts

Which he in our behalf hath done ;
His kindness this return exa

With which our praise should equal run.

3 Let all. who vital breath enjoy.

The breath he doth to them afford
In just returns of praise employ ;
Let every creature praise the Lord.

O/. S. M. Montgomery.

Exhortation to Praise.

1 Arise, and bless the Lord,

Ye people of his choice :
Arise, and bless the Lord your God,
With heart, and soul, and voice.

2 Though high above all praise,

Above all blessing I
Who would not fear his holy name,
And laud, and magnify I

3 0 for the living flame

From his own altar brought,
To touch our lips, our souls inspire,
And wing to heaven our thought !
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PRAISE TO GOD.

4 God is our strength and -

And his salvation ours :
Then be his love in Christ proclaimed
With all our ransomed powei

5 Arise, and bless the Lord :

The Lord your (rod ado
Arise, and l>io-^ his glorious name,
Henceforth, forevermore.

88. C. M. \Yardlaw
Praise to God.

1 Lift up to God the voice of praise.
Whose breath our souls inspired;
Loud, and more loud, the anthems raise.
With grateful ardor fired.
*2 Lift up to God the voice of prai-
Whos isSj passing thought,

Loads every moment, as it flies,
With benefits unsought.

3 Lift up to God the voice of praise

From whom salvation flows.
Who sent his Son our souls to save
From everlasting- woes.

4 Lift up to God the voice of praise

For hope's transporting ray.
Which lights, through darkest shades of death,
To realms of endless day.

89. S. M. Watts.

A holy God worshipped with Bererence.

1 Exalt the Lord our God.

And worship at his
' \\< nature is all holiness,
And mercy i^ his seat.

2 When Israel was his church.

When Aaron was his priest,
When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed.
He irave his people
'A Oft he forgave t! •

Nor would destroy their race :
And oft he made his vengeance known
When they abused his grace.
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PRAISE TO GOD.

4 Exalt the Lord our God,

Whose grace is still the same ;
Still he's a God of holin
And jealous for his name.

90. H. M. Tate & Brady.
Praise from Heaven and Earth.

1 Ye boundless realms of joy,

Exalt your Maker's name \
His praise your songs employ

Above the starry frame :
Your voices n And seraphim,

Ye cherubim To sing his praise.

2 Let all adore the Lord.

And praise his holy name,
By whose almighty word

They all from nothing came ;
And all shall last. His firm decree

From changes free ; j Stands sver fast.

91. L. P. M. Watts.

Praise at all Times.

1 I'll praise my Maker with my breath ;
And, when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers ;
My days of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,

Or immortality endures.

2 How blest the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God ! He made the sky.

And earth, and seas, with all their train ;
His truth forever stands secure :
He saves tfr' oppressed, he feeds the poor,

And none shall find his promise vain.

3 I'll praise him while he lends me breath ;
And, when my voice is lost in death,

Praise shall employ my nobler powers;
lays of praise shall ne'er be past,
While life, and thought, and being last,
Or immortality endures.
10* 113

PRAISE TO GOD.

)Q. II. M. Steele.

Universal Praise.

1 Let every creature join

To bless Jehovah's name.
And every power unite

To swell th/ exalted theme ;
Let nature raise.
From every tongue, | 01' grateful praise.

2 Bat 0, from human lon«

Should nobler praises flow,
And every thankful heart
With warm devotion alow :
Your voices raise, Above the

Ye highly blest ; Declare his praise.

3 Assist me. gracious God ;

My heart, my voice, inspire;
Then shall I humbly join

The universal choir ;
Thy grace can raise I And tune ray song
My heart and tongue, | To lively praise.

93. L. M. Steele.

Mercies acknowledged.

1 Awake, my soul, awake, my tomrue ;
My God demands the grateful song;
Let all my inmost powers record
The wondrous mercy of the Lord.

2 Divinely free his mercy flows,
Forgives my sins, allays my w

And bids approaching death remove,
And crowns me with indulgent love.

3 His mercy, with unchanging rays.
Forever shines, while time decay- :
And children's children shall record
The truth and goodness of the Lord.

4 While all his works his praise proclaim,
And men and angels bless his name,

O, Jet my heart, my life, my tongue

Attend, and join the blissful song.

114

PRAISE TO GOD.

9-4, L. M. Blacklock.

Majesty and Dominion of God.

ie. 0 my soul, in sacred lays
Attempt i. reator's praise :

But 0. what tongue can speak his fame ?
What verse can reach the lofty theme ?

throned amid the radiant spheres,
glory like a garment we;
m a robe of light divine,
Ten thousand suns around him shine.

3 In all ou grand designs,
Almighty power, with wisdom, shines ;

His works, through all this wondrous frame,
Declare the glory of his name.

4 Raised on devotion's lofty wing.
Do thou, my soul, his glories -

I let his praise employ thy tongue
listening worlds shall join the song.

95. L. M. Watts.

Praise to God for hi '» and Provide

1 Praise ye the Lord : my heart shall join
In work so pleasant, so divine :

lays of praise shall ne'er he .
While life, and thought, and bein_-

2 Happy the man whose hopes rely
On Israel's God ! He made the sky.

I earth, and sea-, with all their train;
And none shall find his promise vain.

3 His truth forever stands secure :

He saves th" oppressed, he feeds the poor :
He helps the stranger in dist
The widow and the fatherless.

4 He loves the saints : he knows them well,
But turns the wicked down to hell :

i. ever rei
Praise him in everlasting strains.

115

PRAISE TO (iOD.

9o, S. M. Montgomery.

Praise for Mercies.

1 0? bless tlie Lord, my soul;

His grace to thee proclaim;
And all that ia within me, join
To bless his holy name.

2 0, bless the Lord, my soul ;

His mercies bear in mind ;
Forget not all his benefit- ;
The Lord to thee is kind.

3 He will not always chide;

He will with patience wait;
His wrath is ever .-low to rise,
And ready to abate.

4 The Lord forgives thy sins,

Prolongs thy feeble breath;
He healeth thine infirmities,
And ransoms thee from death.

5 He clothes thee with his love,

L^pholds thee with his truth,
And like the eagle he renews
The vigor of thy youth.

6 Then bless his holy name

Whose grace hath made thee whole,
Whose loving kindness crown-
0, bless the Lord, my soul.

97. C. M. Howe.

Praise from all Xature.

1 Begin the high, celestial strain,

My raptured soul and sinir
A sacred hymn of grateful praise
To heaven's almighty K

2 Ye curling fountains, as ye roll

Your silver wai
Repeat to all your verdant shores
The subject of the -

3 Bear it. ye breezes, on your wings,

To distant climes away.
And round the wide-extended world
The lofty theme convey.

PRAISE TO GOD.

4 Take up the burden of his name,

Ye clouds, as ye arise,
To deck with gold the opening morn,
Or shade the evening skies.

5 Long let it warble round the spheres,

And echo through the sky ;
Let angels, with immortal skill,
Improve the harmony ; —

6 While we. with sacred rapture fired,

The blest Creator sing,
And chant our consecrated lays
To heaven's eternal King.

98. C. P. M. Ogilvie.

Praise from all Creatures.

1 Begin, my soul, th' exalted lay ;
Let each enraptured thought obey,

And praise th' almighty name ;
Lo ! heaven, and earth, and seas, and skies,
In one melodious concert rise.

To swell th? inspiring theme.

2 Thou heaven of heavens, his vast abode,
Ye clouds, proclaim your Maker. God ;

Ye thunders, speak his power ;
Lo ! on the lightning's fiery wing,
In triumph rides th' eternal King;

Th; astonished worlds adore.

3 Ye deeps, with roaring billows, rise
To join the thunders of the skies ;

Praise Him who bids you roll ;
His praise in softer notes declare,
Each whispering breeze of yielding air,

And breathe it to the soul.

4 Wake, all ye soaring tribes, and sing ;
Ye feathered warblers of the spring.

Harmonious anthems raise
To Him who shaped your finer mould.
Who decked your glittering wings with gold,

And tuned your voice to praise.

117

PRAISE TO GOD.

Let man — by nobler passions swayed —
Let man — in God's own image made —

His breath in praise employ,
Spread wide his Makers name around.
Till heaven shall echo back the sound,

In songs ot holy joy.

C. P. M. H. Moore.
The Love of God.

1 My God, thy boundless love I prai
How bright, on high, its glories blaze !

How sweetly bloom below !
It streams from thine eternal throne ;
Through heaven its joys forever run,

And o:er the earth they flow.

2 7Tis love that paints the purple morn,
And bids the clouds, in air upborne,

Their genial drops distil :
In every vernal beam it glows,
And breathes in every gale that blows,

And glides in every rill.

3 But in the gospel it appears
In sweeter, fairer characters,

And charms the ravished breast :
There, love immortal leaves the sky,
To wipe the drooping mourners eye,

And give the weary rest.

4 Then let the love that makes me blest
With cheerful praise inspire my breast,

And ardent gratitude :
And all my thoughts and passions tend
To thee, my Father and my Friend,

My soul's eternal good.

100. C. M. Watts.

A faithful God.

1 Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme.

And speak some boundless thing —

The mighty works, or mightier name.

Of our eternal King.

118

PRAISE TO GOD.

Tell of his wondrous faithfulness,
And sound his power abroad ;

Sing of the glory and the grace
Of our Redeemer, God.

Proclaim -: salvation from the Lord,
For wretched, dying men ; ;?

His hand inscribed the sacred word
With an immortal pen.

Recorded by eternal love,
Each promise clearly shines ;

Nor can the powers of hell remove
Those everlasting lines.

His word of grace is sure and strong
As that which built the skies ;

The voice that rolls the stars along
Speaks all the promises.

0, might I hear his heavenly tongue
But whisper. " Thou art mine/'7

The gentle words should raise my song
To notes almost divine.

101. L- M. Watts.

Praise from all Creatures.

1 Nature, with all her powers, shall sing
Her great Creator and her King ;

Nor air. nor earth, nor skies, nor seas
Deny the tribute of their praise.

2 Ye seraphs, who sit near his throne,
Begin to make his glories known ;

Tune high your harps, and spread the sound
Throughout creation's utmost bound.

3 0. may our ardent zeal employ

Our loftiest thoughts and loudest songs ;
Let there be sung, with warmest joy,
Hosanna from ten thousand tongues.

4 Yet, mighty God. our feeble frame
Attempts in vain to reach thy name ;
The highest notes that angels raise
Fall far below thy glorious praise.

119

PRAISE TO GOD.

102. C. M. AVATTS.

Access to God by a Mediator.

1 Come, let us lift our joyful eyes

Up to the courts above.
And smile to see our Father there,
Upon a throne of love.

2 Come, let us bow before his feet,

And venture near the Lord :

No fiery cherub guards his scat,

Nor double-flaming sword.

3 The peaceful gates of heavenly bliss

Are opened by the Son ;
High let us raise our notes of praise,
And reach th' almighty throne.

4 To thee ten thousand thanks we bring,

Great Advocate on high.
And glory to th' eternal King,
Who lays his anger by.

10o, L. M. Doddridge.

Song of Gratitude and Praise.

1 God of my life, through all my days
ril tune the grateful notes of praise ;
The song shall wake with opening light,
And warble to the silent night.

2 When anxious care would break my rest.
And grief would tear my throbbing breast,
The notes of praise, ascending high.
Shall check the murmur and the sigh.

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

Joy through ray swimming rye- .-hall break,
And mean the thanks I cannot speak.

4 But 0, when that last conflict's o'er,
And I am chained to earth no more,
With what glad accents shall I rise,
To join the music of the ski.

5 Then shall I learn th' exalted strains
That echo through the heavenly plains,
And emulate, with joy unknown.

The glowing seraphs round thy throne.

120

PRAISE TO GOD.

104. L- M. Watts.

Universal Praise.

1 Loud hallelujahs to the Lord,

From distant worlds, where creatures dwell ;
Let heaven begin the solemn word.
And sound it dreadful down to hell.

2 Wide as his vast dominion lies.

Make the Creator's name be known :
Loud as his thunder shout his praise.
And sound it lofty as his throne.

3 Jehovah ! — 'tis a glorious word :

0. may it dwell on every tongue :
But saints, who best have known the Lord.
Are bound to raise the noblest song.

4 Speak of the wonders of that love

Which Gabriel plays on every chord :
From all below, and all above.
Loud hallelujahs to the Lord.

105. C. M. Watts.
Worship of God in Ms Temple.

1 Praise waits in Zion. Lord, for thee ;

There shall our vows be paid :
Thou hast an ear when sinners pray :
All flesh shall seek thine aid.

2 0 Lord, our guilt and fears prevail ;

But pardoning grace is thine.
And thou wilt grant us power and -
To conquer every sin.

3 Blest are the men whom thou wilt choose

To bring them near thy face :
Give them a dwelling in thy house.
To feast upon thy grace.

4 In answering what thy church reques

Thy truth and terror shine ;
And works of dreadful righteousness
Fulfil thy kind design.

5 Thus shall the wondering nations see

The Lord is good and just ;
And distant islands fly to thee.
And make thy name their trust.

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PRAISE TO GOD.

106. L. M. Watts.

Praise for divine Protection.

1 With all my powers of heart and tongue,
I'll praise my Maker in my song :
Angela shall hear the notes I raise,
Approve the song, and join the praise.

2 To God I cried, when troubles rose :
He heard me, and subdued my foes:
He did my rising fears control.
And i diffused through all my soul.

3 Amid a thousand snares I stand,
Upheld and guarded by his hand ;
His words my fainting soul revive,
And keep my dying faith alive.

4 I'll sing thy truth and mercy. Lord;
I'll sing the wonders of thy word ;
Not all the works and names below
So much thy power and glory show.

107. C. M. Luth. Col.

Goodness of God seen in Jiis Works.

1 Hail, great Creator, wise and good;

To thee our son lis we raise ;
Nature, through all her various scenes,
Invites us to thy praise.

2 At morning, noon, and evening mild,

Fresh wonders strike our view ;
And. while we gaze, our hearts exult
With transports ever new.

3 Thy glory beams in every star

Which gilds the irloom of night,
And decks the smiling face of morn
With rays of cheerful light.

4 The lofty hill, the humble lawn,

With countless beauties shine ;
The silent grove, the solemn shade,
Proclaim thy power divine.

5 Great nature's God. still may these scenes

Our serious hours engage ;
Still may our grateful hearts consult
Thy works7 instructive page.

PRAISE TO GOD.

6 And while, in all thy wondrous ways,
Thy varied love we see,
0. may our hearts, great God, be led,
Through all thy works, to thee.

108. L. M. Watts.

All Praise due to God.

1 My God. my King, thy various praise
Shall fill the remnant of my days ;
Thy grace employ my humble tongue,
Till death and glory raise the song.

2 The wings of every hour shall bear
Some thankful tribute to thine ear ;
And every 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 a^es make my song
The joy and triumph of their tongue.

109. 8s & 7s. Fawcett.
God of our Salvation.

1 Praise to thee, thou great Creator;

Praise be thine from every tongue ;
Join, my soul, with every creature,
Join the universal song.

2 Father, source of all compassion,

Free, unbounded grace is thine :
Hail the God of our salvation ;
Praise him for his love divine.

3 For ten thousand blessings given,

For the hope of future jo v.
Sound his praise through earth and heaven.
Sound Jehovah's praise on high.

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4 Joyfully on earth adore him,

Till in heaven our song we raise;
There, enraptured, falJ before him.
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

1±U. C. M. Heginbothax.

Praise at all Time*.

1 My soul shall praise thee. 0 my God.

Through all my mortal d
And in eternity prolong

Thy vast, thy boundless praise.

2 In every smiling, happy hour;

Be this my sweet employ ;
Thy praise refines my earthly bliss,
And heightens all my joy.

3 When anxious grief and gloomy care

Afflict my throbbing breast,
My tongue shall learn to speak thy praise,
And lull each pain to rest.

4 Nor shall my tongue alone proclaim

The honors of my God ;
My life, with all its active powers,
Shall spread thy praise abroad.

5 And when these lips shall cease to move,

When death shall close these i
My soul shall then to nobler heights
Of joy and transport rise.

6 My powers shall then, in lofty strain-.

Their grateful tribute pay ;
The theme demands an angel's tongue,
An everlasting day.

HI. CM. Watts.

Protection from Spiritual Encrnies.

1 Arise, my soul, my joyful powers,
And triumph in my God :
Awake, my voice, and loud proclaim
His glorious grace abroad.

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2 The arms of everlasting love

Beneath my soul he placed.
And on the Rock of Ages
My slippery footsteps fast.

3 The city of my blest abode

[a walled around with grace ;
Salvation for a bulwark stands
To shield the sacred place.

4 Arise, my soul : awake, my voice,

And times of pleasure sing :
Loud hallelujahs shall address
My Saviour and my King.

11*2. C. M. Wraxgham.

Constant Praise.

1 To thee, my righteous King and Lord;
My grateful soul I'll raise :
From day to day thy works record.
And ever sing thy praise.

'2 Thy greatness human thought exceeds :
Thy glory knows no end :
The Lasting record of thy deeds
Through ages shall descend.

3 Thy wondrous acts, thy power, and might.

My constant theme shall be :
That song shall be my soul's delight
Which breathes in praise to thee.

4 The Lord is bountiful and kind,

His amrer slow to move :
His tender mercies all shall find,
And all his goodness prove.

5 From all thy works. 0 Lord, shall spring

The sound of joy and praise :

Thy saints shall of thy glory sing,

And show the world thy ways.

6 Throughout all aires shall endure

Thine everlasting reign ;
And thy dominion, firm and sure,
Forever shall remain.
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113.

L. M. Watts.

God worthy of all Praise.

1 Be thou exalted, 0 my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell 5
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

2 My heart is fixed ; my Bong shall raise

Immortal honors to his name ;
Awake, my tongue, to Bound his praise,
His wondrous goodness to proclaim.

3 High o'er the earth his mercy reigns,

And reaches to the utmost sky ;
His truth to endless years remains,
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

4 Be thou exalted, 0 my God,

Above the heavens, where angels dwell ;
Thy power on earth be known abroad,
And land to land thy wonders tell.

114. L. M. Watts

The Ilosanna of Children.

1 Almighty Ruler of the skies,

Through all the earth thy name is spread,
And thine eternal glories rise

Above the heavens thy hands have made.

2 To thee the voices of the young

Their sounding notes of honor raise ;
And babes, with uninstructed tongue.
Declare the wonders of thy praise.

3 Amidst thy temple children throng

To see their great Redeemer's face;
The Son of David is their sonir.
And loud hosannas fill the place.

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Perfect Praise in Heaven.
1 Heavenly Father, sovereign Lord,
Be thy glorious name adored ;
Lord, thy mercies never fail :
Hail, celestial goodness, hail.

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PRAISE TO THE TRINITY.

2 Though unworthy of thine ear.
Deign our humble songs to hear;
Purer praise we hope to bring,
When around thy throne we sing.

3 While on earth ordained to stay.
Guide our footsteps in thy way.
Till we come to dwell with thee.
Till we all thy glory see.

4 Then, with angel harps again,
We will wake a nobler strain :
There, in joyful songs of praise.
Our triumphant voices raise.

116. C. M, Watts.

The Works of God recounted to Posterity.

1 Let children hear the mighty deeds

Which God performed of old.
Which in our younger years we saw,
And which our fathers told.

2 He bids us make his glories known,

His works of power and grace ;
And we'll convey his wonders down
Through every rising race.

3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons,

And they again to theirs.
That generations yet unborn
May teach them to their heirs.

4 Thus shall they learn, in God alone

Their hope securely stands.
That they may ne'er "forget his works,
But practise his commands.

PRAISE TO THE TRINITY

117. L. ML nVatts.

Praise to the Trinity.
1 Blest be the Father and his love.
To whose celestial source we owe
Rivers of endless joy above.
And rills of comfort here below.
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PRAISE TO THE TRINITY.

2 All praise to thee, great Son of God.

From whose dear, wounded body rolls
A precious stream of vital blood —
The fount of life for dying souls.

3 We give thee, sacred Spirit, praise.

Who. in our hearts oi sin and woe,
Mak'st living springs of grace arise.

And into boundless glory flow.

4 Thus God the Father, God the Son,

And God the Spirit, we adore —
That sea of life and love unknown,
Without a bottom or a shore.

118. H. M. Watts.

Praise to the Trinity.

1 We give immortal praise

For God the Father's love —
For all our comforts here,

And better hopes above :
He sent his own To die for sins

Eternal Son That we had done.

2 To God the Son belongs

Immortal glory too,
Who bought us with his blood

From everlasting woe :
And now he lives, And sees the fruit

And now he reigns, | Of all his pains.

3 To God the Spirit's name

Immortal worship give,
Whose new-creating power

Makes the dead sinner live :
His work completes I And fills the soul
The great design, J With joy divine.

4 Almighty God. to thee

Be endless honors done,
The undivided Three,

The great and glorious One:
Where Reason fails, I There Faith prevails,
With all her powers. | And Love adores.

128

PRAISE TO THE TRINITY.

119. C. M. Watts.

Praise to the Trinity.

1 Father of glory, to thy name

Immortal praise we give,
Who dost an act of grace proclaim,
And bid us, rebels, live.

2 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 th' eternal God.
And spread his honors, and their joys.
Through nations fax abroad.

5 Let faith, and love, and duty join

One genera] song to raise :
Let saints, in earth and heaven, combine
In harmony and praise.

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Praise to the Trinity.

1 Come, thou Almighty King,
Help us thy name to sing,

Help us to praise ;
Father all glorious,
0*er all victorious.
Come, and rei^n over us,

Ancient of Days.

2 Jesus, our Lord, descend ;
From all our foes defend,

Nor let us fall :
Let thine almighty aid
Our sure defence be made.
Our souls on thee be stayed ;

Lord; hear our call.

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3 Come, thou incarnate Word.
Gird on thy mighty sword ;

Our prayer attend :

Come, and thy people bless;
Come, give thy word success;
Spirit of holiir
On us descend.

4 Come, holy Comforter,
Thy sacred witness bear,

In this glad hour;
Thou, who almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart,

Spirit of power.

5 To thee, great One in Three,
The highest praises be,

Hence evermore ;
Thy sovereign majesty
May we in glory see,
And to eternity

Love and adore.

121. H. It Watts.

Praise to the Trinity.

1 To Him who chose us first,

Before the world began ;
To Him who bore the curse

To save rebellious man ;
To Him who formed Are endless praise

Our hearts anew, And glory due.

2 The Fathers love shall run

Through our immortal songs ;
We bring to God the Son

The tribute of our tongues :
Our lips ad ! With equal praise,

The Spirit's name, And zeal the sarin1.

3 Let every saint above.

And angel round the throne.
Forever bless and love

The sacred Three in One.
Thus heaven shall raise I When earth and time
His honors high, Grow old and die.

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PRAISE TO THE TRINITY.

122. S. M. C. Wesley.

Praise to the Trinity.

1 Father, in whom we live.

In whom we are and move.

All glory, power, and praise, receive
For thy creating love.

2 0 thou incarnate Word.

Let all thy ransomed race
Unite in thanks, with one accord,
For thy redeeming grace.

3 Spirit of holiness.

Let all thy saints adore
Thy sacred gifts, and join to bless
Thy heart-renewing power.

4 The grace on man bestowed.

Ye heavenly choirs, proclaim.
And cry, •• Salvation to our God!
Salvation to the Lamb ! ;?

X2eJ« I* M. Bickersteth's Col.

Prayer to the Trinity.

1 Father of heaven, whose love profound
A ransom for our souls hath found.
Before thy throne we. sinners, bend;

To us thy pardoning love extend.

2 Almighty Son. incarnate Word,

Our Prophet, Priest. Redeemer. Lord,
Before thy throne we. sinners, bend :
To us thy saving grace extend.

3 Eternal Spirit, by whose breath

The soul is raised from sin and death.
Before thy throne we. sinners, bend :
To us thy quickening power extend.

4 Jehovah ! Father. Spirit. Son !
Eternal Godhead ! Three in One !
Before thy throne we. sinners, bend ;
Grace, pardon, life to us extend.

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PRAISE TO THE TRIMTV.

124.

C. ML Wa

Praise to the Trinity.

1 Let thorn neglect thy glory, Lord,

Who never knew thy grace;
But our loud songs shall still record
The wonders ol thy prai

2 We raise ou; 0 God. to thee,

And send them to thy throne;
All glory to th* united T
The undivided One.

3 'Twas he — and we'll adore his name —

That formed us by a word :
7Tis he restores our ruined frame ;
Salvation to the Lord.

4 Hosanna ! let the earth and skies

Repeat the joyful sound :
Rocks, hills, and vales reflect the voice
In one eternal round.

125. C. M. Watts.

Praise to the Trinity.

1 Glory to God the Father's name,

Who. from our sinful race,
Hath chosen myriads to proclaim
The honors of his grace.

2 Glory to God the Son be paid.

Who dwelt in humble clay.
And. to redeem us from the dead,
Gave his own life away.

3 Glory to God the Spirit give,

From whose almighty power

Our souls their heavenly birth derive,
And bless the happy hour.

4 Glory to God. that reigns above,

The holy Three in One.
Who. by the wonders of his love,
lias made his nature known.

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A<T3 AXD ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

L— IN HIMSELF.

126. C. AT. Wallace.

God seen in his Works.

1 There's not a star whose twinkling I

Illumes the distant earth.
And cheers the solemn irloom of night
But goodness gave it birth.

2 There's not a cloud whose dews distil

Upon the parching clod.
And clothe with verdure vale and hill.
That is not sent by God.

3 There's not a place in earth's vast round.

In ocean deep, or air.

e skill and wisdom are not found :
For God is every where.

4 Around, beneath, below, above,

Wherever space extends.
There Heaven displays its boundless love.
And power with goodness blends.

1'27. C. M. Watts.

God the Creator.

1 Eternal Wisdom, thee we praise :

Thee all thy creatures sing :
While with thy name rocks, hills, and
And heaven's high palace, ring.

2 Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky !

How glorious to behold !
Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye.
And decked with sparkling gold.

3 Thy elories blaze all nature round.

And strike the gazing sight.
Through skies, and seas, and solid ground.
With terror and delight.
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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

4 Almighty power, and equal skill.

Shine through the worlds abroad)
Our souls with vast amazement till,
And speak the builder, God.

5 But still, the Wonders of thy irrace

Our warmer passions move;
Here we behold our Saviour's face,
And here adore his love.

128. C. 1st Watts.

Eternity of God.

1 Great God, how infinite art thou!

What worthless worms are we !
Let all the race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.

2 Thy throne eternal ages stood,

Ere seas or stars were made;
Thou art the ever-living God,
Were all the nations dead.

3 Eternity, with all its ye

Stands present in thy view;
To thee there's nothing old appears;
Great God. there's nothing new.

4 Our lives through various scenes are drawn,

And vexed with trifling cares,
While thine eternal thought moves on
Thine undisturbed affairs.

5 Great God. how infinite art thou !

What worthless worms are we !
Let all the race of creatures bow,
And pay their praise to thee.

129

L. M. 6 L. Moore.
All Thing* are of God.

Thou art. 0 God. the life and light
Of ail this wondrous world we see;

Its glow by day. its smile by night.
Are but reflections caught from thee ;

Where'er we turn, thy glories shine.

And all things fair and bright are thine.

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2 When day. with farewell beam, delays

Among the opening clouds of even.
And we can almost think we gaze,

Through opening vistas, into heaven. —
Those hues that mark the sun's decline,
it. so radiant. Lord, are thine.

3 When night, with wings of starry jzloom,

O'ershadows all the eaith and skies.
Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume

Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes. —
That sacred uloom. those tires divine,
So grand, so countless. Lord, are thine.

4 When youthful Spring around us breathes,

Thy Spirit warms her fragrant sigh;
And every Mower that Summer wreathes

Is born beneath thy kindling eye :
Where'er we turn, thy glories shine.
And all things fair and bright are thine.

130. L. M. Noel's Col.

Omnipresence of God.

1 Where can we hide, or whither fly,
Lord, to escape thy piercing eye \
With thee it is not day and night,
But darkness shineth as the light.

2 Where'er we go. whate'er pursue,
Our ways are open to thy view.

Our motives read, our thoughts explored,
Our hearts revealed to thee. 0 Lord.

3 Is there, throughout all worlds, one spot,
One lonely wild, where thou art not \
The hosts of heaven enjoy thy care,
And those of hell know thou art there.

4 Awake, asleep, where none intrude,
Or 'midst the thronging multitude,
In every land, on every sea.

We are surrounded still with thee.

5 Search us. 0 God, and know each heart;
With every idol bid us part :

Make us to keep thy holy ways,
And live to utter forth thy praise.

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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

131. 0. M. Tate & Brady.

God unchangeable.

1 Through endless years thou art the saint*.

0 thou eternal God :
Each future age shall know thy name.
And lell thy works abroad.

2 The strong foundations of the earth

Of old by thee were laid :
By thee tin* beauteous arch of heaven
With matchless skill was made.

3 Soon shall this goodly frame of thi

Created by thy hand.
Be. like a vesture, laid aside,
And changed at thy command.

4 But thy perfections, all divine,

Eternal as thy days.
Through everlasting ages shine
With undiminished rays.

1*J^« L. M. Spin, of the Psalms

Omnipresence of God.

1 Father of spirits, nature's God.

Our inmost thoughts are known to thee :
Thou. Lord, canst hear each idle word.
And every private action see.

2 Could we, on morning's swiftest wi

Pursue our flight through trackless air.
Or dive beneath deep ocean's spri

Thy presence still would meet Us there.

3 In vain may guilt attempt to fly,

Concealed beneath the pall of night;
One glance from thy all-piercing eye
Can kindle darkness into light.

4 Search thou our hearts, and there destroy

Each evil thought, each secret Bin,
And fit us for those realms of joy.
Where nought impure shall enter in.

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133. G-M. Watts.

God searching the Heart,

1 God is a spirit, just and wis

He sees our inmost mind ;
In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our hearts behind.

2 Nothing but truth before his throne

With honor can appear ;
The painted hypocrites are known,
Whate'er the guise they wear.

3 Their lifted eyes salute the ski

Their bending knees the ground ;
But God abhors the sacrifice
Where not the heart" is found.

4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways,

And make my soul sincere :
Then shall I stand before thy face,
And find acceptance there.

134

C. M. Watts.

Omniscience and Omnipresence of God.

1 In all my vast concerns with thee,

In vain my soul would try
To shun thy presence. Lord; or flee
The notice of thine eye.

2 Thine all-surrounding sight surveys

My rising and my rest.
My public walks, my private ways,
And secrets of my breast.

3 My thoughts lie open to the Lord

Before they're formed within;
And ere my lips pronounce the word,
He knows the sense I mean.

4 0. wondrous knowledge, deep and high !

Where can a creature hide ?
Within thy circling arms I lie,
Enclosed on every side.

5 So let thy grace surround me still,

And like a bulwark prove.
To guard my soul from every ill,
Secured by sovereign love.
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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

135. C. M. II. K. White.

God over AIL

1 The Lord our God is Lord of all ;

His station who can find !
I hear him in tin1 Waterfall \
I hear him in the wind.

2 If in the gloom of night I shroud,

His face I cannot fly :
I see him in the evening cloud,
And in the morning sky.

3 lie lives, he reigns in every land,

From winter's polar siiow^
To where, across the burning sand,
The blasting meteor glows.

4 He smiles, wre live : he frowns, we die ;

We hang upon his word ;
He rears his mighty arm on high,
We fall before his sword.

5 He bids his gales the fields deform ;

Then, when his thunders cease,
He paints his rainbow on the storm,
And lulls the winds to peace.

136. L. M. Watts.
Omniscience and Omnipresence of God.

Lord, thou hast searched and seen me through;
Thine eye commands, with piercing view,
My rising and my resting hours.
My heart and flesh, with all their powrers.
My thoughts, before they are my own,
Are to my God distinctly known ;
He knows the words I mean to speak,
Ere from my opening lips they break.
Within thy circling power I stand ;
On every side I find thy hand ;
Awake, asleep, at home, abroad,
I am surrounded still with God.
Amazing knowledge, vast and great !
What large extent ! what lofty height !
My soul, with all the powers I boast,
Is in the boundless prospect lost.
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IN HIMSELF.

5 0. may these thoughts possess my breast,
where'er I rove, where'er I n
Nor let my weaker passions dare
Consent to sin, for God is there.

137. 0. M. MartixeauS Col.
ipotence of God.

1 Twas God who fixed the rolling spheres,

And stretched the boundless skies.
Who formed the plan of endless years.
And bade the ages rise.

2 From everlasting is his might,

Immense and unconfmed ;
He pierces through the realms of light.
And rides upon the wind.

3 He darts along the burning sky ;

Loud thunders round him roar :
Through worlds above his terrors fly.
While worlds below adore.

4 He speaks — great nature's wheels star

And leave their wonted round :
The mountains melt : each trembling I
Forsakes its ancient bound.

5 Ye worlds, and every living thing.

Fulfil his high command ;
Pay grateful homage to your King.
And own his ruling hand.

138, H. M. Watts.

Perfections of God's Government.

1 The Lord Jehovah reigns;

His throne is built on high :
The garments he assumes

Are light and majesty :
His glories shine No mortal eye

With beams so bright. | Can bear the sigh;.

2 The thunders of his hand

Keep all the world in awe ;
His wrath and justice stand
To 2~uard his holy law :
And where his love J His truth confirms
Resolves to bk And seals the grace.

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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

3 Through all his ancient works

Surprising wisdom shines.
Confounds the powers of bell,

And breaks their fell designs :
Strong is his arm, lli^ great decn

And shall fulfil His sovereign will.

4 Ami can this mighty King

Of glory condescend?
And will he write his name

My Father ami my Friend?
I love his name; Join, all my powers.

I love his word; And praise the Lord.

139. C. M. II. K.White.

Almighty Poicer and Majesty of (tod.

1 The Lord our God is clothed witii might;

The winds obey his will :
He speaks, and in the heavenly height
The rolling sun stands still.

2 Rebel, ye waves, and o'er the land

With threatening aspect roar;
The Lord uplifts his awful hand,
And chains you to the shore.

3 Ye winds of night, your force combine ;

Without his high behest,
Ye shall not, in the mountain pine,
Disturb the sparrow's nest.

4 His voice sublime is heard afar;

In distant peals it dies ;
He binds the whirlwinds to his car,
And sweeps the howling skies.

5 Ye nations, bend ; in reverence bend ;

Ye monarehs. wait his nod,
And bid the choral song ascend
To celebrate our God.

14<0. L- Mi Nebdham.

Wisdom and Knowledge of I

1 Awake, my tongue : thy tribute brins;
To Him who gave thee power to sing;
Praise Him who has all praise above3
The source of wisdom and. of love.

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IN HIMSELF.

2 How vast his knowledge ! how profound !

A depth where all our thoughts are drowned !
The stars he numbers, and their names
lie' gives to all those heavenly flames.

3 Through each bright world above, behold
Ten thousand thousand charms unfold;
Earth, air, and mighty seas, combine

To speak his wisdom all divine.

4 But in redemption, 0, what grace !

Its wonders. 0, what thought can trace !
Here wisdom shines forever bright ;
Praise him, my soul, with sweet delight.

141. L- M. aVatts.

Dominion, Eternity, and Immutability, of God.

1 Jehovah reigns ; he dwells in light,
Arrayed with majesty and might;
The world, created by his hands,
Still on its firm foundation stands.

■2 But ere this spacious world was made,
Or had its first foundation laid,
His throne eternal ages stood,
Himself the ever-living God.

3 Like floods the angry nations rise.
And aim their rage against the skies ;
Vain floods, that aim their rage so high ;
At his rebuke, the billows die.

4 Forever shall his throne endure ;
His promise stands forever sure ;
And everlasting holiness
Becomes the dwellings of his Grace.

142. L. M. Watts.

The Darkness of Providence.

1 Lord, we adore thy vast designs.
Th7 obscure abyss of providence,
Too deep to sound with mortal lines.
Too dark to view with feeble -

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2 When thou dost clothe thine awful face

In angry frowns, without a smile.
We3 through the cloud, believe thy grace.
Secure of thy compassion still.

3 Through seas and storms of deep dist

We sail by faith, and not by sight :
Faith guides us. in the wilderness.

Through all the terrors of the night.

4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod

Resolves to scourge us here below.
Still let us lean upon our God ;
Thine arm shall bear us safely through.

143. L. M. Watts.

Perfections of God combined in his Government.

1 Jehovah reigns; his throne is high;
His robes are light and majesty ;

His glory slimes with beams so bright,
No mortal can sustain the sight.

2 His terrors 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 designs ;

His power is sovereign to fulfil
The noblest counsels of his will.

4 And will this glorious Lord descend
To be my Father and my Friend I
Then let my songs with angels' join :
Heaven is secure, if God be mine.

144. 10s & ITS. Watts.

Dominion of God.

1 The Lord of glory reigns ; he reigns on high ;
His robes of state are strength and majesty ;

This wide creation rose at his command.

Built by his word, and Established by his hand:
Long stood his throne ere he began creation.
And his own Godhead is the firm foundation.

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2 God is th' eternal King- : thy foes in vain

se their rebellion to confound thy rei .
In vain the storms, in vain the floods, arise,
And roar, and toss their waves against the Bkies;
Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild comm
But heaven's high arches scorn the swelling ocean.

3 Ye tempests, rage no more : ye floods, be e

1 all the world submissive to his will ;
Built on his truth, his church must ever stand •
Firm are his promises, and strong his hand :
See his own sons, when they appear before him,
Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him.

145. S. P. VL Watts.

The Majesty of God.

1 The Lord Jehovah reigns.
And royal state maintains.

Hia head with awful glories crowned,

Arrayed in robes of light.

Begirt with sovereign might,
And rays of majesty around.

2 Upheld by thy commands,
The world securely stands,

And skies and stars obey thy word ;

Thy throne was fixed on high

Ere stars adorned the s.:
Eternal is thy kingdom. Lord.

3 Let floods and nations rage.
And all their power emra^e ;

Let swelling tides assault the sky ;

The terrors of thy frown

Shall calm their fury down :
Thy throne forever stands on high.

4 Thy promises are true ;
Thy 2Tace is ever new :

There fixed, thy church shall ne'er remove ;

Thy saints, with holy fear.

Shall in thy courts appear.
And sing thine everlasting love.
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146. L. M. Kirns.
God incomprehensible.

1 Great God, in vain man's narrow view
Attempts to look thy nature through ;
Our laboring powers with reverence own
Thy glories never can be known.

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

3 Yet, Lord, thy kindness deigns to show
All that we mortals need to know;
While wisdom, goodness, power div
Through all thy works and conduct shine.

4 0, may our souls with rapture tra
Thy works of nature and of grace )
Adore thy sacred name, and still
Press on to know and do thy will.

147. C. M. Watts.
Sovereign Purposes of God.

1 Keep silence, all created things,

And wait your Maker's nod ;
My soul stands trembling while she sings
The honors of her God.

2 Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown.

Hang on his firm decree ;
He sits on no precarious throne,
Nor borrows leave to be.

3 Before his throne a volume lies,

With all the fates of men ;
With every angePH form and size,
Drawn by tfr eternal pen.

4 His providence unfolds the book,

And makes his counsels shine ;
Each opening leaf, and every stroke.
Fulfils some deep design.

5 Here, he exalts neglected worms

To sceptres and a crown ;
And there, the following page he turns,
And casts the monarch down.

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6 My God, I would not long to see

My late, with curious eyes —
What gloomy lines are writ for me,
Or what bright scenes may rise.

7 In thy fair book of life and grace,

0, may 1 find my name.
Recorded in some humble place,
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb.

148. C. M. Cowper.
Purposes of God developed by his Providence.

1 God moves in a mysterious way,

His wonders to perform ;
He plants his footsteps in the sea,
And rides upon the storm.

2 Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take ;

The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
With blessing on your head.

3 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,

But trust him for his grace ;
Behind a frowning providence
He hides a smiling face.

4 His purposes will ripen fast,

Unfolding every hour ;
The bud may have a bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower.

5 Blind unbelief is sure to err,

And scan his work in vain ;
God is his own interpreter,
And he will make it plain.

149. CM. Exg. Bap.Col.
Providence kind and bountiful.

1 Thy kingdom. Lord, forever stands,

While earthly thrones decay ;
And time submits to thy commands,
While ages roll away.

2 Thy sovereign bounty freely gives

Its unexhausted store ;
And universal nature lives
On thy sustaining power.
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3 Holy and just in all it< ways
Is providence divine ;
In all its work-, immortal rays
Of power ami mercy shine.
J The praise oi God — delightful theme! —
Shall till my heart and tongue;
Let all creation bless his name,
In one eternal song.

[50. CM. Gibbons.

Goodness of God.

1 Thy goodness. Lord, our souls confess;

Thy goodness we adore : —
A sp ing whose blessings never fail ;
- a without a shore.

2 Sun. moon, and stars, thy love declare

In every golden ray :
Love draws the curtains of the night,
And love brings back the day.

3 Thv bountv every season crowns

With all the bliss it yields.
With joyful clusters loads the vines,
With strengthening grain the fields.

4 But chiefly thy compassion. Lord,

Is in the gospel seen :
There, like a sun. thy mercy shines,
Without a cloud between.

5 There pardon, peace, and holy joy,

Through Jesus' name are given :
He on the cro-- was lifted high,
That we might reign in heaven.

151. L. M. Watts.

Immutable Perfection and Glory of God.

1 High in the heavens, eternal God.

Thy goodness in full glory shines :
Thy truth shall break through every cloud
That veils thy just and wise designs.

2 Forever firm thy justice stands,

As mountains their foundations keep;
Wise are the wonders of thy hands ;
Thy judgments are a mighty deep.

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3 0 God. how excellent thy :rrace.

Whence all our hope and comfort spring!

sons of Adam, in distress,
Fiy to the shadow of thy wing.

4 In the provisions of thy house

We still shall find a sweet repast;
There mercy, like a river, flows.
And brings salvation to our taste.

5 Life, like a fountain, rich and free.

Springs from the presence of my Lord;
And in thy light our souls shall see
The glories promised in thy word.

15,2. L. M. S. S. Cutting.

God of all Goodn

1 Gid of the world ! thy glories shine.

earth and heaven, with rays divine;
T ty smile gives beauty to the flower,
iger to the tempest power.

2 GjJ of our lives ! the throbbing heart
D >1 i at thy beck its action start, —
Th o is on, obedient to thy will,

Or ceases, at thy iatal chill.

3 Go I of eternal life ! thy love

D >th 3very stain of sin remove:

1 cross, the cross — its hallowed light
Snail drive from earth her cheerless night.

4 God of all goodness ! to the skies
Our hearts in grateful anthems rise :
And to thy service shall be given

The rest of life — the whole of heaven.

153. C. M. Steele.

Wonders of God's Love.

1 Ye humble souls, approach your God
With songs of sacred praise :
For he is srood. supremely good,
And kind are all his ways.

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2 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 well-beloved Son

To save our souls from sin :
'Tis here he makes his goodness known,
And proves it all divine.

4 To this sure refuge, Lord, we come,

And here our hope relies ;
A -ate 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.

154. EL M. Watts.

"Wonders of Creation and Grace.

1 Give thanks to God most high,

The universal Lord.
The sovereign King of kings,

And be his name adored :
Thy mercy, Lord, And ever sure

Shall still endure ; Abides thy word.

2 How mighty is his hand !

What wonders hath he done !
He formed the earth and seas,
And spread the heavens alone :
His power and grace I And let his name
Are still the same ; Have endless praise.

3 He sent his only Son

To save us from our woe,
From Satan, sin. and death,
And every hurtful foe :
His power and grace I And let his name
Are still the same : Have endless praise

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4 Give thanks aloud to God —
To God. the heavenly King ;
And let the spacious earth
His works and glories sing:
Thv mercy. Lord, Ami ever sure

Shall still endure; Abides thy word.

100. 8s <fc 7s. Bowkixg.

God is Love.

1 God is love ; his mercy brightens
All the path in which we rove ;
Bliss he wakes, and woe he lightens ;
God is wisdom, God is love.

'2 Chance and change are busy ever *
Man decays, and ages move ;
But his mercy waneth never;
God is wisdom, God is love.

3 E'en the hour that darkest seemeth

Will his changeless goodness prove :
From the gloom his brightness streameth ;
God is wisdom, God is love.

4 He with earthly cares intwineth

Hope and comfort from above :
Every where his glory shineth ;
God is wisdom, God is love.

156. C. KC G. BUKDER.

God is Love.

1 Come, ye that know and fear the Lord,

And lift your souls above :
Let every heart and voice accord,
To sing, that God is love.

2 This precious truth his word declares.

And all his mercies prove :
While Christ, th' atoning Lamb, appears,
To show, that God is love.

3 Behold his loving-kindness waits

For those who from him rove.
And calls of mercy reach their hearts,
To teach them, God is love.

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4 And O that you, whose hardened hearts

No fears of hell can move,
May hear the gospel's milder voice,
That tells you, God is love !

5 O, may we all, while here below,

This best of blessings prove ;
Till warmer hearts, in brighter worlds,
Shall shout, that God is love.

157. II. M. J. Young.

God's wondrous Love.

1 0 for a shout of joy,

Loud as the theme we sing !
To this divine employ

Your hearts and voices bring ;
Sound, sound, through all the earth abroad,
The love, th' eternal love, of God.

2 Unnumbered myriads stand,

Of seraphs bright and fair,
Or bow at his right hand,

And pay their homage there ;
But strive in vain, with loudest chord,
To sound the wondrous love of God.

3 Yet sinners saved by grace,

In songs of lower key,
In every age and place,

Have sung the mystery ;
Have told, in strains of sweet accord,
The love, the sovereign love, of God.

4 Though earth and hell assail,

And doubts and fears arise,
The weakest shall prevail,

And grasp the heavenly prize,
And through an endless age record
The love, th' unchanging love, of God.

5 0 for a shout of joy,

Loud as the theme we sing !
To this divine employ

Your hearts and voices bring;
Sound, sound, through all the earth abroad,
The love, th' eternal love, of God.

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158. C. M. Steele.

Condesce?ision of God.
1 Eternal Power. Almighty God.
Who can approach thy throne !
Accessless light is thine abode,
To angel eyes unknown.
'2 Before the radiance of thine eye.
Tiie heavens no longer shine ;
And all the glories of the sky
Are bnt the shade of thine.

3 Great God. and wilt thou condescend

To cast a look below ?
To this dark world thy notice bend —
These seats of sin and woe ?

4 How strange, how wondrous, is thy love !

With trembling we adore :
Not all th' exalted minds above
Its wonders can explore.

5 While golden harps and angel tongues

Resound immortal lays.
Great God. permit our humble songs
To rise and speak thy praise.

159. C. M. Xeedham.

Holiness of God.

1 Holy and reverend is the name

Of our eternal King :
''Thrice holy Lord." the angels cry:
u Thrice holy."' let us sing.

2 The deepest reverence of the mind.

Pay. 0 my soul, to God ;
Lift, with thy hands, a holy heart
To his sublime abode.

3 With sacred awe pronounce his name.

Whom words nor thoughts can reach ;
A contrite heart shall please him more
Than noblest forms of speech.

4 Thou holy God. preserve my soul

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

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160. C. BE. Beddome.
Faithfulness of God.

1 The truth of God shall still endure,

And iirm his promise stand :
Believing souls may real secure
In his almighty band.

2 Should earth and hell their forces join,

He would contemn their rune,
And render fruitless their design
Against his heritage!

3 The rainbow round about his throne

Proclaims his faitblulnea
He will his purposes perform,
His promises of grace.

4 The hills and mountains melt away ;

But he is still the same:
Let saints to him their homage pay,
And magnify his name.

161. C. M. \Yatts.
Faithfulness of God.

1 My never-ceasing song shall show

The mercies of the Lord.
And make succeeding ages know
How faithful is his word.

2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce

Shall firm as heaven endure ;
And if he speak a promise once.
Th" eternal grace is sure.

3 How long the race of David held

The promised Jewish throne !
But there's a nobler promise sealed
To David's greater Son.

4 His seed forever shall

A throne above the ski:
The meanest subject of his grace
Shall to that glory rise.

5 Lord God of hosts, thy wondrous ways

Are sung by saints above :
And saints on earth their honors raise
To thine unchanging love.

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1()*2. H. BE Doddridge.

Faithfulness of God.

1 The promises I sing,

Which sovereign Jove hath spoke ;
Nor will th' eternal King
His words of grace revoke :
They stand secure Not Z ion's hill

And steadfast still j Abides so sure.

2 The mountains melt away

When once the Judge appears,
And sun and moon decay,

That measure mortal years ;
But still the same, The promise shines

In radiant lines Through all the flame

3 Their harmony shall sound

Through my attentive ears,
When thunders cleave the ground,
And dissipate the spheres :
-Midst all the shock I stand serene,

Of that dread scene, | Thy word my rock.

ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD.

II. — WITH REFERENCE TO HIS CREATURES

163. C. M. Watts.

Condescension of God.

1 0 Lord, our God, how wondrous great

Is thine exalted name !
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let every tongue proclaim.

2 Lord, what is man, or all his race,

Who dwells so far below.
That thou shouldst visit him with grace,
And love his nature so ? —

3 That thine eternal Son should bear

To take a mortal form —
Made lower than his angels are,
To save a dying worm ?

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4 Let him be crowned with majesty

Who bowed his head to death,

And be his honors sounded high

By all things that have breath.

5 Jesus, our Lord, how wondrous great

Is thine exalted name !
The glories of thy heavenly state
Let all the earth proclaim.

164. S. M. Watts.

Divine Condescension.

1 0 Lord, our heavenly King,

Thy name is all divine ;
Thy glories round the earth are spread,
And o'er the heavens they shi

2 When to thy works on high

I raise my wondering eyes,

And see the moon, complete in light,
Adorn the evening skies; —

3 When I survey the stars,

And all their shining forms. —
Lord, what is man, that worthless :
Akin to dust and worms ?

4 Lord, what is worthless man,

That thou shouldst love him so ?
Next to thine angels is he placed.
And lord of all below.

5 How rich thy bounties are.

How wondrous are thy ways,

That, from the dust, thy power should frai
A monument of praise !

165. CM. TATB& B:

God's Condescension.

1 0 Thou, to whom all creatures bow
Within this earthly frame.
Through all the world, how great art thou
How glorious is thy name !

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2 When heaven, thy glorious work on high,

Employs my wondering sight, —
The moon, that nightly rules the sky.
With stars of feebler light, —

3 Lord, what is man. that thou shouldst choose

To keep him in thy mind ?
Or what his race, that thou shouldst prove
To them so wondrous kind ?

4 0 Thou, to whom all creatures bow

Within this earthly frame,
Through all the world, how great art thou !
How glorious is thy name !

166. C. VL C. Wesley.
Truth and Goodness of God.

1 Faithful. 0 Lord, thy mercies are,

A rock that cannot move ;
A thousand promises declare
Thy constancy of love.

2 Thou waitest to be gracious still ;

Thou dost with sinners bear,
That, saved, we may thy goodness feel.
And all thy grace declare.

3 Its streams the whole creation reach-

So plenteous is the store ;
Enough for all. enough for each,
Enough forevermore.

4 Throughout the universe it reigns ;

It stands forever sure ;
And while thy truth. 0 God. remains,
Thy goodness shall endure.

167. C. M. Drenxax.

God present with his People.

1 The heaven of heavens cannot contain
The universal Lord ;
Yet he in humble hearts will deign
To dwell and be adored.

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Where'er ascends the sacrifice

Of fervent praise and prayer,
Or on the earth, or in the skies,
The God of heaven Is there.

His presence is diffused abroad
Through realms and worlds unknown:

Who seek the mercies of our God
Are ever near his throne.

168. C. M. Watts.
God our Keeper.

1 To heaven I lift my waiting eyes ;

There all my hopes are laid ;
The Lord, who built the earth and skies,
Is my perpetual aid.

2 Their steadfast feet shall never fall

Whom he designs to keep :
His ear attends their humble call,
His eyes can never sleep.

3 Israel, rejoice, and rest secure \

Thy keeper is the Lord ;
His wakeful eyes employ his power
For thine eternal guard.

4 He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath,

Where thickest dangers come ;
Go and return, secure from death,
Till God shall call thee home.

169. C. M. Pitt.
God our Guardian.

1 On God we build our sure defence;

In God our hopes repose ;
His hand protects our varying life,

And guards us from our iocs.

2 Our minds shall be serene and calm,

Like Siloa's peaceful flood,
Whose soft and silver streams refresh
The city of our God.

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3 We to the mighty Lord of hosts
Securely will resort :

For refuge fly to Jacob's God,
Our succor and support.

170. C. M. Tate & Bradv.
God our Defence.

1 Xo change of time shall ever shock

My trust. 0 Lord, in thee :
For thou hast always been my rock.
A sure defence to me.

2 Thou our deliverer art. 0 God;

Our trust is in thy power:
Thou art our shield from foes abroad,
Our safeguard, and our tower.

3 To thee will we address our prayer,

To whom all praise we owe ;
0. may we. by thy watchful care,
Be sayed from every foe.

4 Then let Jehovah be adored.

On whom our hopes depend ;
For who. except the mighty Lord,
His people can defend I

171. U M- Axon.
God a Roc/c.

1 When thickly beat the storms of life.

And heavy is the chastening rod.
The soul, beyond the waves of strife.
Views the eternal rock — her God.

2 What hope dispels the spirit's gloom.

When sinking 'neath affliction's shock :

Faith, through the vista of the tomb,
Points to the everlasting Rock.

3 Is there a man who cannot see

That joy and grief are from above 3
0, let him humbly bend the knee.

And own his Father's chastening love.

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4 Hope, Grace, and Truth, with gentle hand,
Shall lead a bleeding Saviour's dock
And show them, in the promised land,
The shelter of th' eternal Rock.

V72. L. M. Watts.

Go 1 Hi Refu ■<■ and Portion of his People.

1 God is the refuge of his saints,

When storms of sharp distress invade;
Ere we can offer our complaints,
lold hnn present with Ins aid.

2 Loud may the troubled ocean roar;

In sacred peace our souls abide,
While every nation, every shore,

Trembles, and dread- the swelling tide.

3 There is a stream whose gentle llow

►lies the city of our God ;
Life, love, and joy still gliding through,
And watering our divine abode.

4 That sacred stream, thine holy word.

Supports our faith, our fear controls;
Sweet pea.ee thy promises afford,

And give new strength to fainting souls.

5 Zion enjoys her Monarch's love,

Secure against a threatening hour;
Nor can her firm foundation move.

Built on bis truth, and armed with power.

173. II. M. Watts.

God our Preserver.

1 To heaven I lift mine eyes :

From Go I l- all my aid —
Tin* God who built the skies,
And earth and nature made :
God is the tower His grace is nigh

To which I fly : In every hour.

•2 My feel shall nev \x slide,
And fall in fatal snares.
Since God, my guard and guide,
Defends me from my fears.
Those wakeful eyes, I Shall Israel keep
Which never sleep, | When dangers rise.

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3 No burning heats by day.

Nor blasts of evening air,
Shall take my health away.
It* God be with me th^
Thou art my sun. To guard my h

And thou my shade, By night or noon.

4 Hast thou not pledged thy ■■■

3 ve my soul from death ?
1 can trust my Lord
To keep my mortal breath :
I'll iro and come, Till from on high

Nor fear to die, Thou call me home.

1 / -4. C. M. D jddridge.

God our A".

1 How firm the saint's foundation stands !

His hopes can ne'er remove,
ined by God's almighty hand,
- teltered in his love.

2 God is the treasure of his soul,

A source of sacred joy.
Whi - control,

jstroy.

3 Lord, may we feel thy cheering beams.

Aad -aims' repose.

We will not mourn the perished streams
While such a fountain flows.

175. CM, WATT?.

1 God. my supporter and my hope,

My help forever near,

ie arm of mercy held me up
When sinking in despair.

2 Thy counsels. Lord, shall zuide my feet

Through this dark wilderness :

Thine hand conduct me near thy seat,
To dwell before thy face.

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3 Were I in heaven without my God.

'Twould be do joy to me ;
And whilst this earth is my abode,
I long for none but thee

4 What if the springs of life were broke,

And flesh and hearl should feint :
God is my soul's eternal rock,
The strength of every saint.

5 Behold the sinners, that remove

Far from thy presence; die ;
Not all the idol gods they love
Can save them when they cry.

6 But to draw near to thee, my Go

Shall be my sweet employ ;
My tongue shall sound thy works abroad,
And tell the world my joy.

176. C. M. Beddome.

God our Support.

1 7Tis faith supports my feeble soul

In times of deep distress ;
When storms arise and billows roll,
Great God, I trust thy grace.

2 Thy powerful arm still bears me up,

Whatever griefs befall ;
Thou art my life, my joy, my hope,
And thou my all in all.

3 Bereft of friends, beset with foes,

With dangers all around,
To thee I all my fears disclose ;
In thee my help is found.

4 In every want, in every strait,

To thee alone I fly ;
When other comforters depart,
Thou art forever nigh.

177. C. M. Steele.
God our Fat Iter.

1 My God, my Father, — blissful name. —
0, may I call thee mine ?
May I with sweet assurance claim
A portion so divine ?

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2 This only can my fears control,

And bid my sorrows fly :
What harm can ever reach my soul
Beneath my Father's eye !

3 Whate'er thy holy will denies,

I calmly would resign :
For thou art good, and just, and wise :
0, bend my will to thine.

4 Whate'er thy sacred will ordains,

0. give me strength to bear :
And let me know my Father reigns,
And trust his tender care.

178. 8s. Hart.

Our God forever and ever.

1 This God is the God we adore,

Our faithful, unchangeable Friend,
Whose love is as large as his power.
And neither knows measure nor end.

2 ?Tis Jesus, the first and the last,

se Spirit shall 2'uide as safe home;
We'll praise him for all that is past.
And trust him for all that's to come.

1/9. CM. Doddridge.

Divine Good?iess in moderating Afflictions.

1 Great Ruler of all nature's frame.

We own thy power divine :
We hear thy breath in every storm.
For all the winds are thine.

2 Wide as they sweep their sounding way.

They work thy sovereign will ;
And awed by thy majestic voice,
Confusion shall be still.

3 Thy mercy tempers every blast

To them that seek thy face.
And mingles with the tempest's roar
The whispers of thy grace.
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4 Those uentle whispers let me hear,
Till all the tumult <•>
And gales of paradise shall lull
My weary soul to peace.

180. C. M. Axon.
God our Safety.

1 Jehovah lives, and be his name

By every heart adored ;
From age to age he Is the same,

The only God and Lord.

2 He is our rock when troubles rise,

And storms and tempests lower;
He rides triumphant in the skies;
And saves us by his power.

3 Salvation to the Lord belongs ;

We give Jehovah praise;
Lift up our hearts, and holy songs
To our deliverer raise.

4 He saves from danger, death, and hell,

From fear, distress, and harm ;
Makes every soul in safety dwell,
For mighty is his arm.

181. C. M. DoANE.

None but God.

1 Lord, should we leave thy hallowed feet.

To whom should we repair !
Where else such holy comforts meet
As spring eternal there ?

2 Earth has no fount of true delight,

No pure, perennial stream :
And sorrow's storm, and death's long night,
Obscure life's brightest beam.

3 Unmingled joys 'tis thine to give,

And undecaying peace :
For »hou canst teach us so to live
That life shall never cease.
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WITH REFERENCE TO HIS CREATURES

4 Thou only canst the cheering words
Of endless life supply,
Anointed of the Lord of lords,
The Son of God most high.

182. S. M. Watts.

Mercy of God to Soul and Body.

1 0, bless the Lord, my soul;

Let all within me join,
And aid my tongue to bless his name,
Whose favors are divine.

2 0. bless the Lord, my soul ;

Nor let his mercies lie
Forgotten in unthankfulness,
And without praises die.

3 7Tis he forgives thy sins ;

"Tis he relieves thy pain ;
7Tis he that heals thy sicknesses,
And gives thee strength again.

4 He crowns thy life with love,

When ransomed from the oxave |
He. who redeemed my soul from hell,
Hath sovereign power to save.

5 He fills the poor with good ;

He gives the sufferers rest :
The Lord hath judgments for the proud.
And justice for th* oppressed.

6 His wondrous works and ways

He made by Moses known,
But sent the world his truth and grace
By his beloved Son.

183.

S. M. Watts.

Greatness of God's Mercy.

1 My soul, repeat his praise

Whose mercies are so great,
Whose aniier is so slow to rise,
So ready to abate.
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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

\ His power subdues our sins,
And Ins forgiving love,
Far ra the east is from the west,
Doth all our guilt remove.

\ High as the heavens are raised
Above the ground we tread,

So far the riches of his grace
Our highest thoughts exceed.

184. S. M. Watts.
Kindness to our Frailty.

1 The pity of the Lord,

To those that fear his name,

Is such as tender parents feel ;

He knows our feeble frame.

2 He knows we are but dust,

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

3 Our days are as the grass,

Or like the morning flower ;
When blasting winds sweep o'er the fi
It withers in an hour.

4 But thy compassions, Lord,

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

185. L. M. Doddridge.
God's Goodness to the Children of Men.

1 Ye sons of men, with joy record
The various wonders of the Lord :
And let his power and goodness sound
Through all your tribes, the earth around.

2 Let the high heavens your songs invite —
Those spacious fields of brilliant light,
Where sun. and moon, and planets roll,
And stars that glow from pole to pole.

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3 But 0. that brighter world above,
Where lives and reigns incarnate Love !
God's only Son. in flesh arrayed,

For man a bleeding victim made.

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

186. L. M. Watts.
The Goodness and Mercy of God celebrated.

1 Bless. 0 my soul, the living God :

Call home thy thoughts, that rove abroad ;
Let all the powers within me join
In work and worship so divine.

2 Bless. 0 my soul, the God of grace ;
His favors claim thy highest praise ;
Let not the wonders he hath wrought
Be lost in silence, and forgot.

3 :Tis he. my soul, that sent his Son

To die for crimes which thou hast done :
He owns the ransom, and forgives
The hourly follies of our lives.

4 Let every land his power confess ;
Let all the earth adore his grace :

My heart and tongue, with rapture, join
In work and worship so divine.

187. C. M. Watts.
God's Goodness.

1 Sweet is the memory of thy grace,

My God. my heavenly King ;
Let age to a2"e thy righteousness
In songs of glory sing.

2 God reigns on hiirh. but ne'er confines

His goodness to the ski - ;
Through all the earth his bounty shines,
And every want suppli s.
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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

3 How kind are thy compassions, Lord !

How slow thine anger mo
But soon lie sends his pardoning word
To cheer the souls he lo\

4 Sweet is the memory of thy grace,

My God. my heavenly King;
Lei age to age thy righteonsm

In songs 01 glory sing.

188. C. M. Watts.
God all in all.

1 My God, my portion, and my love,

My everlasting all,
I've none but thee in heaven above;
Or on this earthly ball.

2 How vain a toy is glittering wealth.

If once compared to thee !
Or what's my safety, or my health,
Or all my friends, to me ?

3 Were I possessor of the earth,

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

4 Let others stretch their arms like seas,.

And grasp in all the shore ;
Grant me the visits of thy grace,
And I desire no more.

189. S. M. Beddome.
Daily Mercies.

1 God is the fountain whence

Ten thousand blessings flow ;
To him my life, my health, and friends,
And every good, I owe.

2 The comforts he affords

Are neither few nor small :
He is the source of fresh delights,
My portion, and my all.

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WITH REFERENCE TO HIS CREATURES.

3 He fills my heart with joy,
My lips attunes for praise ;
And to his Lrlory I'll devote
The remnant of my days.

190. C. M. Hervey.
God our Wisdom.

1 Since all the varying scenes of time

God's watchful eye surveys.
0. who so wise to choose our lot.
Or to appoint our ways !

2 Good when he gives, — supremely good, ■

Nor less when he denies :
E'en crosses, from his sovereign hand.
Are blessings in disguise.

3 Why should we doubt a Father's love.

So constant and so kind !

To his unerring, gracious will

Be every wish resinned.

4 In thy fair book of life divine,

Mr God. inscribe my name ;
There let it fill some humble place,
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb.

191. S. M. Watts.

Abba, Father.

1 Behold, what wondrous srrace

The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race.
To call them sons of God !

2 Nor doth it yet appear

How great we must be made ;
But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.

3 A hope so much divine

May trials well endure :
May purify our souls from sin,
As Christ, the Lord, is pure.

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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

4 If in my Father's love

I share a filial part,

Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.

5 We would no longer lie

Like slaves beneath the throne ;
Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry,
And thou the kindred own.

192. L. M. Watts.
Recognizing God as a Father.

1 Great God, indulge my humble claim ;

Thou art my hope, my joy. my rest ;
The glories that compose thy name
Stand all engaged to make me ble<t.

2 Thou great and good, thou just and wise,

Thou art my Father and my God ;
And I am thine, by sacred ties,

Thy son, thy servant, bought with blood.

3 With early feet 1 love V appear

Among thy saints, and seek thy face ;
Oft have I seen thy glory there,

And felt the power of sovereign grace.

4 I'll lift my hands. I'll raise my voice.

While I have breath to pray or praise ;
This work shall make my heart rejoice,
And bless the remnant of my daj

193. CM. Tate ft Brady.
Security in God.

1 Through all the changing scenes of life,

In trouble and in joy,
The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

2 The hosts of God encamp around

The dwellings of the just :
Deliverance he affords to all
Who make his name their trust.

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WITH REFERENCE TO HIS CREATURES.

3 0. make but trial of his love.

Experience will decide
How blest are they, and only they.
Who in his truth confide.

4 Fear him. ye saints, and you will then

Have nothing else to fear;
Make you his service your delight,
He'll make your wants his care.

194. ^s & Gs. Montgomery.
Confidence in God.

1 God is my strong salvation ;

What foe have I to fear 1
In darkness and temptation,

My light, my help, is near :
Though hosts encamp around me,

Firm in the fight I stand ;
What terror can confound me,

With God at my right hand ?

2 Place on the Lord reliance :

My soul, with courage wait ;
His truth be thine affiance.

When faint and desolate ;
His might thy heart shall strengthen.

His love thy joy increaa
Mercy thy days shall lengthen ;

The Lord will give thee peace.

195. S. M. Watts.
God our Shepherd.

1 The Lord my Shepherd is ;

I shall be well supplied :
Since he is mine, and I am his,
What can I want beside ?

2 He leads me to the place

Where heavenly pasture grows,
Where living waters gently pass,
And full salvation flows.

3 If e'er I go astray.

He doth my soul reclaim,
And guides me, in his own right way.
For his most holy name.

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4 While he affords his aid,

I cannot yield to fear ;
Though I should walk through death's dark shad
My Snepnerd's with me there.

5 In Bight of all my foes,

I do^t my table spread :
My cup with blessings overflows,
And joy exalts my head.

6 The bounties of thy love

Shall crown my future days ;

Nor from thy house will I remove,

Nor cease to speak thy praise.

196. II. HL CONDER.

God our Shepherd.

1 The Lord my Shepherd is7
And he my soul will keep ;
He knoweth who are his.

And watcheth o'er his sheep ;

Away with every anxious fear ;

1 cannot want while he is near.

2 His wisdom doth provide

The pasture where I feed ;
Where silent waters glide

Alon^ the quiet mead.
He leads my feet : and when I roam,
O'ertakes and brings the wanderer home.

3 He leads himself the way

His faithful flock should take :
Them who his voice obey.

\\\< love will ne'er forsake ;
And surely truth and mercy will
Attend me on my journey still.

4 Let me but feel him near,

Death's gloomy pass in view,
I'll walk without a fear

The shaded valley through :
With rod and staii'. my Shepherd's care
Will guide my steps and guard me there.

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WITH REFERENCE TO HIS CREATURES.

197. L. M. G L. Addison.
Jehovah the Shepherd of his People.

1 The Lord my pasture shall prepare,
And feed me with a shepherd's care ;
His presence shall my wants supply,
And guard me with a watchful eye ;

loonday walks he shall attend,
And all my midnight hours defend.

2 When in the sultry glebe I faint,
Or on the thirsty mountain pant,
To fertile vales and dewy meads
My weary, wandering steps he leads,
Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow,
Amid the verdant landscape flow.

3 Though in the paths of death I tread,
With gloomy horrors overspread.

My steadfast heart shall fear no ill,
For thou. 0 Lord, art with me still :
Thy friendly rod shall give me aid.
And guide me through the dreadful shade

4 Though in a bare and rugged way.
Through devious, lonely wilds 1 stray,
Thy presence shall my pains beguile )
The barren wilderness shall smile.

With sudden greens and herbage crowned,
And streams shall murmur all around.

198. C. M. Watts.
The watchful Shepherd.

1 My Shepherd will supply my need;

Jehovah is his name :
In pastures fresh he makes me feed,
Beside the living stream.

2 He brings my wandering spirit back

When I forsake his ways.
And leads me. for his mercy's sake,
In paths of truth and grace.

3 When I walk through the shades of death,

Thy presence is my stay :
A word of thy supporting breath
Drives all my fears away.

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ACTS AND ATTRIBUTES OF GOD,

4 Thy hand, in Bighl of all my

Doth siill my table spread ;
My cup with blessings overflows;
Thine oil anoints my head.

5 The sure provisions of my God

Attend me all my days :
O, may thine house be mine abode,
And all my works be praise.

6 There would I find a settled rest,

While others go and come —
No more a stranger or a guest.

But like a child at home.

199. L. M. Watts.

The faithful Sit eph erd.

1 Though I walk through the gloomy vale,

Where death and all its terrors are,
My heart and hope shall never fail,
For God my Shepherd's with me there.

2 Amid the darkness and the deeps,

Thou art my comfort, thou my stay ;
Thy staff supports my feeble steps,
Thy rod directs my doubtful way.

^(J(J. Hs. Montgomery.

The Care of the Good Shepherd.

1 The Lord is my Shepherd ; no want shall I know;
I feed in green pastures, safe folded to rest ;

He leadeth my soul where the still waters flow,
Restores me when wandering, redeems when oppressed.

2 Through the valley and shadow of death though I stray,
Since thou art my Guardian, no evil I fear;

Thy rod shall defend me, thy staff be my stay;
No harm can befall with my Comforter near.

3 In the midst of affliction, my table is spread ;
With blessings unmeasured my cup runneth o'er;
With oil and perfume thou anointest my head ;

0, what shall I ask of thy providence more ?

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goodness and mercy, my bountiful God,

Still follow my steps, till I moot thee above .
. by the path which my forefathers trod
Thro' the land of their sojourn, thy kingdom of love,

CHRIST.

201. 8s & 7s. CAWOOD.

The Song of Angels.

1 Hark ! what mean those holy voices.

Sweetly sounding through the skies 1
Lo ! th" angelic host rejoices :
Heavenly hallelujahs rise.

2 Hear them tell the wondrous story ;

Hear them chant, in hymns of joy,
11 Glory In the highest — glory !
Glory be to God most high !

3 •• Peace on earth, good-will from heaven,

Reaching far as man is found.
Souls redeemed, and sins forgiven.**
Loud our golden harps shall sound.

4 " Christ is born, the great Anointed :

Heaven and earth his praises sing :
0. receive whom God appointed.

For your Prophet. Priest, and King."'

5 Haste, ye mortals, to adore him:

Learn his name, and taste his joy ;
Till in heaven ye sing before him.
- Glory be to* God most high ! '"

202. Us & 10s. Hebbr.

The Infant Saviour.

Brightest and best of the sons of the morning,
Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid;

Star of the east, the horizon adorning.
Guide where the infant Redeemer is laid.

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CHRIST.

2 Cold, on his cradle, the dew-drops are shining;

Low lies his bed with the beasts of the stall;
Angela adore him. in slumber reclining,
Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all.

3 Say, shall we yield him. in costly devotion,

Odors of Eden and offerings divine?
Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean,
Myrrh from the forest, and gold from the mine ?

4 Vainly we offer each ample oblation ;

Vainly with gifts would his favor secure :
Richer by far is the heart's adoration ;

Dearer to God are the prayers of the poor.

203. H. M. Reed's Col.

Joy at ImmanueVs Birth.

1 Hark ! hark ! the notes of joy

Roll o'er the heavenly plains,
And seraphs find employ
For their sublimest strains :
Some new delight in heaven is known;
Loud sound the harps around the throne.

2 Hark ! hark ! the sounds draw nigh ;

The joyful hosts descend;
The Lord forsakes the sky J

To earth his footsteps bend :
He comes to bless our fallen race ;
He comes with messages of grace.

3 Bear, bear the tidings round ;

Let every mortal know
What love in God is found,
What pity he can show :
Ye winds that blow, ye waves that roll,
Convey the news from pole to pole.

4 Strike, strike the harps auain,

To great ImmanueTs name ;
Arise, ye sons of men.

And all his grace proclaim :
Angels and men, wake every String:
'Tis God the Saviour's praise we sing.

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CHRIST.

204<. 8s, 7s, & 4. Montgomery.

Call to icorsJiij) the new-born Saviour.

1 Angels, from the realms of glory,

Wing your flight o'er all the earth ;
Ye. who sang creation's story.

Now proclaim Messiah's birth :
Come and worship —

Worship Christ, the new-born King.

2 Shepherds in the field abiding,

Watching o'er your flocks by night,
God with man is now residing ;

Yonder shines the heavenly light :
Come and worship —

Worship Christ, the new-born King.

3 Saints, before the altar bending,

Watching long in hope and fear,
Suddenly the Lord, descending,

In his temple shall appear :
Come and worship —

Worship Christ, the new-born King.

4 Sinners, bowed in true repentance,

Doomed for guilt to endless pains,
Justice now revokes the sentence ;

Mercy calls you : break your chains:
Come and worship —

Worship Christ, the new-born King.

205. C. M. E. H. Sears.

A joyous Event.

1 Calm on the listening ear of night

Come heaven's melodious strains,
Where wild Judea stretches far
Her silver-mantled plains.

2 Celestial choirs, from courts above,

Shed sacred glories there,
And angels, with their sparkling lyres,
Make music on the air.

3 The joyous hills of Palestine

Send back the glad reply.
And <zreet. from all their holy heights,
The dayspring from on high.
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CHRIST.

4 O'er the blue depths of Galilee

There comes a holier calm,
And Sharon waves, in solemn praise,
Her silent groves of palm.

5 tl Glory to God ! " the sounding skies

Aloud with anthems ring :
"Peace to the earth, good-will to men,
From heaven's eternal King ! ;'

206, H. M. Salisbury Col.

The Song of Angels.

1 Hark ! what celestial sounds,

What music fills the air !
Soft warbling to the morn,

It strikes the ravished ear :
Now all is still. In tuneful noto<.

Now wild it floats Loud, sweet, and shrill

2 Th' angelic hosts descend,

With harmony divine :
See how from heaven they bend,

And in full chorus join :
u Fear not,1' say they : I Jesus, your King,
" Great joy we bring : | Is born to-day."

3 He comes, your souls to save

From deatlrs eternal gloom ;
To realms of bliss and light

He lifts you from the tomb :
Your voices raise, Your songs unite

With sons of light ; | Of endless praise.

4 Glory to God on high !

Ye mortals, spread the sound,
And let your raptures tlv
To earth's remotest bound ;
For peace on earth. To man is given,

From God in heaven, | At Jesus: birth.

207. 7s. C. Wesley.

Song of the Angels.
1 Hark ! the herald angels sittjg,
u Glory to the new-born King :
Peace on earth, and mercy mild;
God and sinners reconciled."
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CHRIST.

2 Joyful, all ye nations, rise ;
Join the triumph of the skies ;
With th' angelic host proclaim,
•• Christ is born in Bethlehem."

3 See. he lays his glory by.

Born, that man no more may die ;
Born to raise the sons of earth :
Born to give them second birth.

4 Hail, the holy Prince of Peace !
Hail, the Sun of Righteousness !
Light and life to all he brings,
Risen with healing in his wings.

5 Let us. then, with angels sing.
•• Glory to the new-born King :
Peace on earth, and mercy mild ;
God and sinners reconciled."-'

208. S. M. Watts.
The Nativity of Christ.

1 Behold, the grace appears.

The blessing promised long :
Angels announce the Saviour near,
In this triumphant song : —

2 - Glory to God on high.

And heavenly peace on earth :
Good- will to men. to angels joy.
At the Redeemer's birth."

3 In worship so divine

Let men employ their tongues ;
With the celestial host we join.
And loud repeat their songs : —

4 •• Glory to God on high.

And heavenly peace on earth :
Good-will to men. to angels joy.
At our Redeemer's birth."

209. 8s $ 7s. Epis. Col.
Christ icelcomed as a Saviour.

1 Hail, thou long-expected J^
Born to set thy people free !
From our sins and fears release us :
Let us find our rest in thee.

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CHRIST.

2 Israel's strength and consolation,

Hope of all the saints, thou art;
Long desired of every nation,
Joy of every waiting heart.

3 Born thy people to deliver.

Born a child, yet God our Kimr,
Born to reign in us forever.

Now thy gracious kingdom bring.

4 By thine own eternal Spirit,

Rule in all our hearts alone;
By thine all-sufficient merit,
Raise us to thy glorious throne.

210. C. M. Steele.
Humiliation of Christ.

1 And did the holy and the just,

The Sovereign of the skies,
Stoop down to wretchedness and dust,
That guilty man might i:

2 Yes, the Redeemer left his throne,

His radiant throne on high, —
Surprising mercy ! love unknown ! —
To suffer, bleed, and die.

3 He took the dying traitor's place,

And suffered in his stead ;
For sinful man, — 0. wondrous grace ! —
For sinful man he bled.

4 0 Lord, what heavenly wonders dwell

In thine atoning blood !
By this are sinners saved from hell.
And rebels brought to God.

211. C. M. Doddridge.
Design of CJtrisfs Advent.

1 Hark ! the glad sound ! the Saviour comes,
The Saviour promised long !
Let every heart prepare a throne,
And every voice a song.
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CHRIST.

2 He comes, the prisoner to release,

In Satan's bondage held :
The gates ot' brass before him burst,
The iron fetters yield.

3 He comes, from thickest films of vice

To clear the mental ray.
And on the eyes oppressed with night
To pour celestial day.

4 He comes, the broken heart to bind,

The bleeding soul to cure,
And, with the treasures of his grace,
Enrich the humble poor.

5 Our glad hosannas. Prince of Peace,

Thy welcome shall proclaim,
And heaven's eternal arches ring
With thy beloved name.

212. L. M. Watts.
Object of Christ's Advent.

1 Not to condemn the sons of men,

Did Christ, the Son of God. appear;
No weapons in his hands are seen.
No flaming sword nor thunder there.

2 Such was the pity of our God,

He loved the race of man so well,
He sent his Son to bear our load

Of sins, and save our souls from hell.

3 Sinners, believe the Saviour's word ;

Trust in his mighty name, and live ;
A thousand joys his lips afford.

His hands a thousand blessings give.

213. C. M. Watts.

Effects of the Mission of Christ.

1 Joy to the world ! the Lord is come !
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare him room,
And heaven and nature sing.
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2 Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns !

Let men their songs employ;
While lipids, and floods, rocks, hills, and plains,
Repeat the sounding joy.

3 No more let sins and sorrows grow.

Nor thorns infest the ground ;
He comes to make In- blessings flow
Far as the curse is found.

4 He rules the world with truth and grace,

And makes the nations prove
The glories of his righteousness.
And wonders of his love.

214. C. M. Watts.

Christ's Jirst and second Com in;/.

1 Sing to the Lord, ye distant kinds.

Ye tribes of every tongue ;
His new-discovered grace demands
A new and nobler song.

2 Say to the nations. Jesus reigns,

God's own Almighty Son ;
His power the sinking world sustains,
And grace surrounds his throne.

3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day;

Joy through the earth be seen ;
Let cities shine in bright array,
And fields in cheerful green.

4 Let new seraphic joy surprise

The islands of the sea :
Ye mountains, sink ; ye valleys, rise;
Prepare the Lord his way.

5 Behold, he comes ! he comes to bless

The nations, as their God,
To show the world his righteousness.

And send his truth abroad.

6 But when his voire shall raise the dead,

And bid the world draw near,
How will the guilty nations dread
To see their Judge appear !
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215. S. M. Needham.

Christ the Light of the World.

1 Behold, the Prince of Peace,

The chosen of the Lord.
God's well-beloved Son. fulfils
The sure, prophetic word.

2 No royal pomp adorns

This King- of righteousm
And meekness, patience, truth, and love,
Compose his princely dress.

3 The Spirit of the Lord.

In rich abundance shed,
On this great Prophet gently lights.
And rests upon his head.

4 He is the Light of men :

His doctrine life imparts :
0. may we feel its quickening power
To warm and cheer our hearts.

216. C. M. Watt..

Christ the Substance of the Lcvitical Priesthood.

1 The true Messiah now appears ;

The types are all withdrawn :
So fly the shadows and the stars
Before the rising dawn.

2 The smoking sweet and bleeding lamb,

The kid and bullock slain.
And costly spice, of every name.
Would all be burnt in vain.

3 Aaron must lay his robes away,

His mitre and his vest.
When Christ, the Lord, comes down to be
The offering and the priest.

4 He took our mortal flesh, to show

The wonders of his love :
For us he paid his life below,
And prays for us above.

5 " Forgive," he cries. " forgive their sins,

For I myself have died : "
And then he shows his opened veins,
And pleads his wounded side.
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CHRIST.

217.

C. Bl c. Wbsubtk.

A Li.jJtt to lighten the Gentiles.

1 Tiir race that long in darkness pined

Have seen a glorious light:
The people dwell in day. who dwelt
In death's surrounding night

2 To hail thy rise, thou better Sun,

gathering nations come.
With joy, as when the reapers bear
harvest treasures home.

3 To us a Child of hope is born.

To us a Son is given ;
And him shall all the earth ol
And all the hosts of heaven,

4 His name shall be the Prince of Peace,

Forevermore ador
The Wonderful, the Counsellor,
The great and mighty Lord.

5 His power increasing still shall spread :

His reign no end shall know :
His throne shall justice guard above,
And peace abound below.

218. C. M. Curtis's Col.

Miracles of CJirist.

1 And didst thou, Jesus, condescend,

When veiled in human clay.
To heal the sick, the lame, the blind.
And drive disease away ?

2 Didst thou regard the beggar's cry,

And cause the blind to see I
Thou Son of David, hear — 0, hear —
Have mercy, too, on me.

3 And didst thou pity mortal woe,

And sight and health restore ?

0. pity. Lord, and save my soul.

Which needs thy mercy more.

4 Did^t thou thy trembling servant raise,

When sinking in the wai
I perish. Lord : 0. save rav soul:
For thou alone canst save.

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219. L- M« AV- B- Tappan.

Christ in Gethsemane.

1 Tis midnight ; and on Olive's brow

The star is dimmed that lately shone ;
?Tis midnight ; in the garden, now,
The sullering Saviour prays alone.

2 JTis midnight ; and, from all removed.

The Saviour wrestles lone, with fears;
E'en that disciple whom he loved

Heeds not his Master's grief and tears.

3 'Tis midnight ; and for others' guilt

The man of sorrows weeps in blood ;
Yet he that hath in anguish knelt
Is not forsaken by his God.

4 ?Tis midnight ; and from ether plains

Is borne the song that angels know;
Unheard by mortals are the strains
That sweetly soothe the Saviour's woe.

220

8s & 6. S. F. Smith.
The Prayer of Agony.

1 Beyond where Cedron's waters flow,
Behold the suffering Saviour go

To sad Gethsemane ;
His countenance is all divine,
Yet grief appears in every line.

2 He bows beneath the sins of men;
He cries to God. and cries again,

In sad Gethsemane ;
He lifts his mournful eyes above —
u My Father, can this cup remove ? "

3 With gentle resignation still.
He yielded to his Father's will.

In sad Gethsemane :
" Behold me here, thine only Son ;
And. Father, let thy will be done.''

4 The Father heard : and angels, there,
Sustained the Son of God in prayer,

In sad Gethsemane ;
He drank the dreadful cup of pain —
Then rose to life and joy again.
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5 When storms of sorrow round us sweep,
And scenes of anguish make us weep,

To sad Gethsemane
Well look, and see the Saviour there,
And humbly bow, like him, in prayer.

221. C. M. Hawbis.

Af/ony in the Garden.

1 Dark was the night, and cold the ground

On which the Lord was laid ;
His sweat like drops of blood ran down :
In agony he prayed, —

2 u Father, remove this bitter cup,

If such thy sacred will ;
If not, content to drink it up,
Thy pleasure I fulfil.'7

3 Go to the garden, sinner ; see

Those precious drops that flow;
The heavy load he bore for thee ;
For thee he lies so low.

4 Then learn of him the cross to bear ;

Thy Father's will obey;
And, when temptations press thee near,
Awake to watch and pray.

222. C. II. M. Hemaxs.

The Agony in Gethsemane.

1 He knelt ; the Saviour knelt and prayed,

When but his Father's eye
Looked, through the lonely garden's shade,

On that dread agony :
The Lord of all above, beneath,
Was bowed with sorrow unto death.

2 The sun went down in fearful hour;

The heavens might well urow dim,
When this mortality had power

To thus o:ershadow him :
That he who gave man's breath might know
The very depths of human woe.

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3 He knew them all, — the doubt, the strife,

The faint, perplexing dread ;
The mists that hang o'er parting life

All darkened round his head ;
And the Deliverer knelt to pray :
Yet passed it not. that cup. away.

4 It passed not. though the stormy wave

Had sunk beneath his tread ;
It passed not. though to him the grave

Had yielded up its dead ;
But there was sent him. from on high,
A gift of strength, for man to die.

5 And was his mortal hour beset

With anguish and dismay .'
How may we meet our coniiict yet

In the dark, narrow way !
How, but through him that path who trod?
u Save, or we perish. Son of God.''

2^0, S. M. DODDRIDGE.

Christ on the Cross.

1 Behold th' amazing sight

The Saviour lifted high :
Behold the Son of God's delight
Expire in agony.

2 For whom, for whom, my heart.

Were all these sorrows borne ?
Why did he feel that painful smart,
And meet that various scorn I

3 For us he hung and bled,

For us in torture died :
'Twas love that bowed his fainting head,
And oped his gushing side.

4 I see, and I adore

In sympathy of love ;
I feel the strong, attractive power
To lift my soul above.

5 Drawn by such cords as these,

Let all the earth combine,
With cheerful ardor, to confess
The energy divine.
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CHRIST.

6 In thee our hearts unite,

Nor share thy griefs alone,
But t'rom the cross pursue their flight
To thy triumphant throne.

224. C. M. S. Wesley, Sen.

Christ on the Cross.

1 Behold the Saviour of mankind

Upon the shameful tree :
How great the love that him inclined
To bleed and die for me !

2 "My God,"' he cries: all nature shakes,

And earth's strong pillars bend ;
The gate of death in sunder breaks ;
The solid marbles rend.

3 " 'Tis finished ; now the ransom's paid;

Receive my soul," he cries ;

Behold, he bows his sacred head;

He bows his head, and dies!

4 But soon he'll break death's tyrant chain,

And in full glory shine:
0 Lamb of God, was ever pain,
Was ever love, like thine ?

225. 8s, 7s & 4. Francis.
The expiring Saviour.

1 Hark ! the voice of love and mercy

Sounds aloud from Calvary:
See ! it rends the rocks asunder,
Shakes the earth, and veils the sky :

" It is finished!"
Hear the dying Saviour cry.

2 u It is finished ' " — 0, what pleasure

Do these charming words afford !
Heavenly blessings, without measure,
Flow to us through Christ the Lord:
*It is finished! "
Saints, the dying words record.
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CHRIST.

3 Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs;
Join to sing the pleasing theme :
All in earth and heaven uniting,
Join to praise Iramanuel's name :

Hallelujah !
Glory to the bleeding Lamb !

226. L. M. Steele.

A dying Saviour.

1 Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies;
Hark ! his expiring groans ark

See. from his hands, his feet, his side.
Descends the sacred, crimson tide.

2 And didst thou bleed? — for sinners bleed?
And could the sun behold the deed ?

No: he withdrew his cheering ray.
And darkness veiled the mourning day.

3 Can I survey this scene of woe,
Wnere mingling grief and mercy flow,
And yet my heart so hard remain —
Unmoved by either love or pain !

4 Come, dearest Lord, thy grace impart;
To warm this cold, this stupid heart,
Till all its powers and passions move
In melting grief and ardent love.

sZl&i* 8s Sc 7s. Bickeesteth's Col.

Sufferings of Christ.

1 "Stricken, smitten, and afflicted,"

Lo. he dies upon the tree :
'Tis the Christ by man rejected;
Yes, believers — yes. 'tis he.

2 ?Tis the long-expected Saviour,

David's Son and David's Lord,
Sacrificed to bring us favor :
;Tis a true and faithful word.

3 Tell us. ye who heard him groaning,

Was there ever grief like his \
Friends through fear his cause disowning,
Foes insulting his distress.
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CHRIST.

4 Many hands conspired to wound him;

None would interpose to save ;
But the heaviest stroke that found him
Was the stroke that justice gave.

5 Mark the sacrifice appoint'

See — who bears the ;i\vful load?
•Tis the Word, the Lord's Anointed,
Son of man and Son of God.

6 Lamb of God. for sinners wounded,

Sacrifice which cancels guilt,
None shall ever be confounded

Who on thee their hopes have built.

228. 7* & 4. G. E. Head.

"rij.

1 Hark ! from yonder mount arise

Notes of sadin Jesus dies !

On the cross the Lord of lords
Love for guilty man records ;

Sinner, sinner,
Hear your dying Saviour's words.

2 " Mortal, for your guilt I die —
Guilt that dared your God dei
Blood for you I freely give :
Death I taste that you may live ;

Will you. sinner,
Free salvation now receive ? :1

229. C. M. S. Weslby, Jr.

Death on the Cross.

1 From whence these direful omens round.

Which heaven and earth amaze !
And why do earthquakes cleave the ground ?
Why hides the sun his ray- !

2 Well may the earth astonished shake.

And nature sympathize.
The sun. as darkest night, he black;
Their Maker. Jesus, dh

3 Behold, fast streaming from the tree,

Hi- all-atoning blood :
Is this the Infinite ! 'tis he,
My Saviour and my God.
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CHRIST.

For me these pangs his soul assail,
For me this death is borne ;

My -ins gave sharpness to the nail,
And pointed every thorn.

Let sin no more my soul enslave;

Break. Lord, its tyrant chain :
0. save me. whom thou cam'st to save,

Nor bleed nor die in vain.

230. L. M. C. Stennett.
Christ expiring upon the Cross.

1 <:Tis finished ! " — so the Saviour cried.
And meekly bowed his head and died :
Tis finished ! — yes. the race is run,
The battle fought, the victory won.

2 Tis finished ! — this his dying groan
Shall sins of deepest hue atone.

And millions be redeemed from death
By Jesus" last, expiring breath.

3 T - finished ! — Heaven is reconciled,
And all the powers of darkness spoiled }
Peace, love, and happiness again
Return, and dwell with sinful men.

4 Tis finished ! — let the joyful sound
Be heard through all the nations round :
Tis finished ! — let the triumph rise,
And swell the chorus of the skies.

231. S. M. Watts.
Christ suffering for our Sins.

1 Like sheep we went astray.

And broke the fold of God,
Each wandering in a different way.
But all the downward road.

2 How dreadful was the hour

When God our wanderings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour,
Upon the Shepherd's head !
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CHRIST.

3 How glorious was the grace.

When Christ sustained the stroke!
His life and blood the Shepherd pays.
A ransom for the flock.

4 But God shall raise his he;ul

O'er all the sons of men,
And let him see a numerous seed.
To recompense his pain.

5 " I'll give him,*7 saith the Lord,

"A portion with the strong:

He shall possess a large reward,

And hold his honors long.*'

232. L. M. Watts.

Death and Resurrection of ('!

1 He dies ! — the Friend of sinner- <li

Lo ! Salem's daughters weep around ;
A solemn darkness veils the skies :
A sudden trembling shake- the ground.

2 Ye saints, approach! — the anguish view

Of him who groans beneath your load;
He gives his precious life for you :
For you he sheds his precious blood.

3 Here's love and grief beyond degree ;

The Lord of glory dies for men :
But, lo ! what sudden joys we see !
Jesus, the dead, revives again.

4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ;

Up to his Father's court he flies ;
Cherubic legions guard him home,
And shout him welcome to the ski

5 Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell

How high our great Deliverer reigns;
Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell.
And led the tyrant Death in chains.

6 Say, u Live forever, glorious K

Born to redeem, and strong to save! n
Then ask, " 0 Death, where is thy sting?
And where thy victory, boasting Grave ? "

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CHRIST.
52>o3» 78, CoLLYER.

Resurrection of Christ.

1 Morning breaks upon the tomb ;
Jesus scatters all its gloom ;

Day of triumph ! through the skies,
See the glorious Saviour rise.

2 Ye who are of death afraid.
Triumph in the scattered shade :
Drive your anxious cares away;
See the place where Jesus lay.

3 Christian, dry your flowing tears ;

ase your unbelieving fears;
Look on his deserted :zrave :
Doubt no more his power to -ave.

^.J-Jr. 7s. Gibbons.

Resurrection of Christ.

1 Angels, roll the rock away:
Death, yield up thy mighty prey :
See ! he rises from the tomb —
Rises with immortal bloom.

2 Tis the Saviour: seraphs, raise
Your triumphant shouts of praise ;
Let the earth's remotest bound
Hear the joy-inspiring sound.

3 Lift, ye saints, lift up your eyes;
Now to glory see him rise :
Hosts of angels on the road
Hail and sing tiv incarnate God.

4 Praise him. all ye heavenly choirs,
Praise him with your golden lyres ;
Praise him in your noblest songs :
Praise him from ten thousand tongues.

235.

?S. ClT»WOB.TH.

ReswTection of Christ.

1 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day,
Sons of men and angels say :
Raise your songs of triumph high ;
Sing, ye heavens, and. earth, reply.

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CHRIST.

2 Love's redeeming work is done,
Fought thf fight, the battle won;
Lo ! our Sun's eclipse is o'er :

Lo ! he sets in blood no more.

3 Vain the stone, the watch, the seal;
Christ hath hurst the gates of hell;
Heath in vain forbids his rise;
Christ hath opened Para

4 Lives again our glorious King;
Where, 0 Death, is now thy sting?
Once lie died our souls to save;
Where thy victory, boasting Grave !

5 Soar we now where Christ hath led,
Following our exalted Head :
Made like him. like him we rise;
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

236. H. ML Doddridge.

Resurrection of Christ.

1 Yes, the Redeemer rose ;

The Saviour left the dead,
And o'er our hellish foes

High raised his conquering head :
In wild dismay. Fall to the ground,

The guards around And sink away.

2 Behold, th' angelic bands

In full assembly meet,
To wait his high commands,

And worship at his feet:
With joy they come, From realms of day

And wing their way To Jesus* tomb.

3 Then back to heaven they fly,

The joyful news to bear:
Hark ! as they soar on high,

What music fills the air !
Their anthems say, Hath left the dead;

u The Lord, who bled, | He rose to-day.*"

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CHRIST.

4 Ye mortals, catch the sound.
Redeemed by him from hell,
And send the echo round

The globe on which you dwell :
Transported. Hath left the dead,

"The Lord, who bled. | No more to die."

237. S. M. Kelly.
Redemption completed.

1 " The Lord is risen indeed : r'

He lives to die no more :
He lives the sinner's cause to plead,
'>e curse and shame he bore.

2 " The Lord is risen indeed : "

Then hell 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 :
Up to the courts of heaven, with speed,
The joyful tidings bear.

4 Then wake your golden lyres.

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

238. L. M. Butchee.
Resurrection of Christ.

1 Hosanna ! let us join to sing
The glories of our rising Ki
Recount his deeds of might, and tell
How Jesus triumphed when he fell.

2 Soon as the morning's early ray
Brings on the third, th' appointed day,
Behold the angel cleave the s

Roll back the stone, and Jesus ris

3 With strength immortal forth he comes,
And power and life from God resumes ;
The days of pain and sorrow past,

His triumph shall forever last.
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CHRIST.

Hosanna ! sons of men, record
The glories of your rising Lord ;
The triumphs of the Saviour tell,
Who died, and conquered when he fell.

239. C. M. S. Wesley, Jr.

Resurrection of Christ.

1 The Sun of Righteousness appears,

To set in blood no more ;
Exult; he banishes your fears;
Your rising God adore.

2 The saints, when he resigned his breath,

Unclosed their sleeping eyes ;
He breaks again the bands of death;
Again the dead arise.

3 Alone the dreadful race he ran,

Alone the wine-press trod ;
He died and suffered as a man ;
He rises as a God.

4 In vain the stone, the watch, and seal

Forbid an early rise
To him who shuts the gates of hell,
And opens Paradise.

240. C. M. Watts.

The Resurrection Morninq.

1 Blest morning, whose young dawning rays

Beheld our rising God ;
That saw him triumph o'er the dust,
And leave his dark abode.

2 A silent prisoner in the tomb

The great Redeemer lay.
Till the revolving skies had brought
The third, tlr appointed day.

3 Hell and the grave unite their force

To hold our God in vain :
The sleeping Conqueror arose,
And burst their feeble chain.

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CHRIST.

4 To thy great name. Almighty Lord,

These sacred hours we pay :
And loud hosannas shall proclaim
The triumph of the day.

5 Salvation ami immortal praise

To our victorious King;
Let heaven and earth, and rocks and seas.
With glad hosannas ring.

241. H. M. E. Scott.
Resurrection of Christ celebrated.

1 Awake, our drowsy souls.

And burst the slothful band;
The wonders of this day

Our noblest songs demand :
Auspicious morn, thy blissful rays
Bright seraphs hail, in songs of praise.

2 At thy approaching dawn.

Reluctant death resigned
The glorious Prince of life.

In dark domains confined :
Th* angelic host around him bends,
And he amid their shouts ascends.

3 All hail, triumphant Lord:

Heaven with hosannas rings ;
While earth, in humbler strains,

Thy praise responsive sings:
u Worthy art thou, who once wast slain,
Through endless years to live and reign."

4 Gird on. great Prince, thy sword;

Ascend thy conquering car;
W die justice, truth, and love

Maintain the glorious war :
Victorious, thou thy foes shalt tread,
And sin and hell in triumph lead.

242. C. M. Watts.
The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ.

1 Hosanna to the Prince of Light,
Who clothed himself in clay,
Entered the iron <zates of death,
And tore the bars away.

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CHRIST.

2 Death is no more the kins: of dread,

Since our Lmmanuel ros
He took the tyrant's sting away,

And spoiled our hellish foes.

3 See how the Conqueror mounts aloft,

And to his Father flies,
With scars of honor in his flesh,
And triumph in his i

4 There our exalted Saviour reigns,

And scatters blessings down;
Our Jesus fills the middle seat
Of the celestial throne.

5 Raise your devotion, mortal tongues,

To reach his blest abode;

Sweet be the accents of your songs
To our incarnate God.

6 Bright angels, strike your loudest strings,

Your sweetest voices raise ;
Let heaven, and all created things,
Sound our Immanuel's praise.

2*t±0* H. M. BlCKERSTETH'S COL.

Captivity led captive.

1 The happy morn is come :

Triumphant o'er the grave,
The Saviour leaves the tomb,

Omnipotent to save :
Captivity is captive led :
For Jesus liveth, that was dead.

2 Who now accuseth them.

For whom their Ransom died?
Who now shall those condemn
Whom God hath justified ?

Captivity is captive led ;

For Jesus liveth, that was dead.

3 Christ hath the ransom paid;

The glorious work is done;
On him our help is laid.
By him our victory won :
Captivity is captive led :
For Jesus liveth, that was dead.
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244. L. M. Watt?.

Deity, Humiliation, and Exaltation of Christ.

1 Now for a tune of lofty praise

To great Jehovah's equal Son :
Awake, my voice, in heavenly lays,
And tell the wonders he hath done.

2 Sing how he left the worlds of light

And those bright robes he wore above :
How swift and joyful was his flight,
On wings of everlasting love !

3 Deep in the shades of gloomy death,

Th' almighty Captive prisoner lay;
Th' almighty Captive left the earth,
And rose to everlasting day.

4 Among a thousand harps and songs,

Jesus, the God. exalted reigns :
His sacred name fills all their tomrues,
And echoes through the heavenly plains.

^40« "-• Spir. of the Psalms.

The Conqueror's Welcome.

1 "Wide, ye heavenly gates, unfold,

Closed no more by death and sin ;
Lo ! the conquering Lord behold;
Let the King of glory in.'3

2 Hark ! th' angelic host inquire,

11 Who is he. th* almighty King ? n
Hark again ! the answering choir
Thus in strains of triumph sing: —

3 •'• He whose powerful arm. alone,

On his foes destruction hurled;
He who hath the victory won :
He who saved a ruined world : —

4 •• He who God's pure law fulfilled;

Jesus, the incarnate Word ;
He whose truth with blood was sealed;
He is heaven's all-glorious Lord."

5 " Who shall up to that abode

Follow in the Saviour's train ? "
': They who in his cleansing blood
Wash away each guilty stain; —
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CHRIST.

6 u They whose daily actions prove
Steadfast faith and holy fear,
Fervent zeal and grateful love;
They shall dwell forever here."

246, C. M. Tate & Beady.

Triumphant Ascension.

1 Lift up your heads, eternal gates,

Unfold, to entertain
The Kins: of glory; — see, he comes
With his celestial train.

2 " Who is this King of glory ? — who ? "

The Lord, for strength renowned ;
In battle mighty — o'er his foes
Eternal Victor crowned.

3 Lift up your heads, eternal gates,

Unfold, to entertain
The King of glory ; — see, he comes
With all his shining train.

4 "Who is this King of glory? — who? n

The Lord of hosts renowned ;
Of glory he alone is King,
Who is with glory crowned.

247. L. M. Watts.
Christ's Triumph.

1 Lord, when thou didst ascend on high,
Ten thousand angels filled the sky ;
Those heavenly guards around thee wait,
Like chariots, that attend thy state.

2 Not Sinai's mountain could appear
More glorious, when the Lord was there;
While he pronounced his holy law,
And struck the chosen tribes with awe.

3 How bright the triumph none can tell,
When all the rebel powers of hell,
That thousand souls had captive made,
Were all in chains, like captives, led.

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CHRIST.

4 Raised by his Father to the throne.
He sent his promised Spirit down.
With gifts and grace for rebel men.
That God might dwell on earth again.

248. C. M. Watts.
Ascension and Reign of Christ.

1 0 for a shont of sacred joy

To God, the sovereign King !
Let every land their tongues employ,
And hymns of triumph sing.

2 Jesus, our God. ascends on high ;

His heavenly guards around

Attend him rising through the sky,

With trumpet's joyful sound.

3 While angels shout, and praise their King,

Let mortals learn their strains ;
Let all the earth his honors sing ;
O'er all the earth he reigns.

4 Speak forth his praise with awe profound ;

Let knowledge guide the song ;
Nor mock him with a solemn sound
Upon a thoughtless tongue.

249. H. M. Doddridge.
Christ seen of Angels.

1 0 ye immortal throng

Of angels round the throne.
Join with our feeble son^

To make the Saviour known ;
On earth ye knew His beauteous face

His wondrous grace ; In heaven ye view.

2 Ye saw the holy Child

In human flesh arrayed.
Supremely meek and mild.

While in the manner laid :
And praise to God, For such a birth,

And peace on earth; Proclaimed aloud,

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3 Ye in the wilderness

Beheld the tempter spoiled,
Well known in every dn
combat toiled.
And joyed to crown Satan fled

The Victor's head, Before his frown.

4 Around the Moody tree

Ye pressed with strong desire,
That wondrous Bight to see,

The Lord of life expire;
And, could your eyes I Had dropped it there
Have known a tear, In sad surprise.

5 Around his sacred tomb

A willing watch ye keep.
Till the blest moment come

To rouse him from his sleep ;
Then rolled the stone, I Your rising Lord
And all adored With joy unknown.

6 When all arrayed in light

The shining Conqueror rode;
Ye hailed his rapturous flight
Up to the throne of God,
And waved around And struck your strin|8

Your golden wings, Of sweetest sound.

250. C. M. Fanch & Turner,

Sympathy of Angels.

1 Beyond the glittering, starry sky,

Which God's right hand sustains,
There, in the boundless worlds of light,
Our great Redeemer rei_ 3.

2 The host of angels, strong and fair,

In countless armies shine ;
At his right hand, with golden harps,
They offer songs divine.

3 And when he stooped on earth to dwell,

And suffer rude disdain,
They cast their honors at his feet,
And waited in his train.
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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.

4 In all his toils and conflicts here
r Sovereign they attend.
And pause, and wonder how. at last.
This scene of love will end.

n all the powers of hell combined
To li 11 his cup of woe.
Their wondering eyes beheld his tears
In blood and ow.

6 Afl on the torturing cross lie hung.

And darkness veiled the sky.
Amazed, they saw that awful sight7
The Lord of glory die.

7 Thev saw him break the bars of death.

Which none e'er broke be
And rise in conquering majee
To stoop to death no more.

8 They brought his chariot from the ski

To bear him to his throne.
Clapped their triumphant wings, and cried,
" The glorious work is d

SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.

251. L. M. Watts.

The Grace of God in C

1 Nature with open volume stands.

To spread her Maker's praise abroad ;
And every labor of his hands

Shows something worthy of a God.

2 But in the grace

His brightest form of glory sh
Here, on the cross, 'tis fairest drawn.
In precious blood and crimson lines.

3 Here I behold his inmost heart.

ere truth and mercy strangely join
To pierce his Son with keene-
And make the purchased pies -

SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.

4 0 the Bweet winders of that cross,

Where God, the Saviour. Loved and died!
Her noblest life my spirit draws

From his dear wounds and bleeding side.

5 I would forever Bpeak his name

In sounds to mortal oars unknown.
With angels join to praise the Lamb,
And worship at hie - throne.

252. L. M. Watts.
Salvation through CJtrist only,

1 Now to the power of God supreme

Be everlasting honors given :
He saves from hell. — we bless his name, —
He guides our wandering feet to heaven.

2 Not for our duties or deserts.

But of his own abundant grace,
He works salvation in our hearts.
And forms a people for his praise.

3 'Twas his own purpose that begun

To rescue rebels doomed to die :

He gave us grace in Christ his Son.

Before he spread the starry sky.

4 Jesus, the Lord, appears at last.

And makes his Father's counsels known,
Declares the great transaction past.
And brings immortal blessings down.

5 He dies. and. in that dreadful night,

Did all the powers of hell destroy :
He rose, and brought our heaven to light,
And took possession of the joy.

253. L. M. Watts.
Depending on Christ's RUjhteonxnes*.

1 No more, my God, I boast no more

Of all the duties I have done ;
I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.

2 Now. for the love I bear his name.

What was my gain I count my lafl
My former pride I call my shame.
And nail my glory to his cross.
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VATION THROUGH CHRIST.

3 Yea, and I must and will est

All things but loss for Jesus' sake;
0, may my soul be found in him.
And of his righteousness partake.

4 The best obedience of my hands

Dares not appear before thy throne ;
But faith can answer thy demands
By pleading what my Lord has done.

•254. S. M. Watts.

Christ our Sacrifice.

1 Not all the blood of beasts,

On Jewish altars slain.
Could give the guilty conscience peace,
Or wash away the stain.

2 But Christ, the heavenly Lamb,

Takes all our sins away ;
A sacrifice of nobler name,
And richer blood, than they.

3 My faith would lay her hand

On that dear head of thine,
While like a penitent I stand.
And there confess my sin.

4 My soul looks back, to see

The burdens thou didst bear,
When hanging on the cursed tree.
And hopes her guilt was there.

5 Believing, we rejoice

To see the curse remove :
We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice,
And sing his bleeding love.

255. L. M. Watts.

Pardon through the Sufferings of Christ.

1 Deep in our hearts let us record
The deeper sorrows of our Lord ;
Behold, the rising billows roll,
To overwhelm his holy soul.

2 Yet. gracious God. thy power and love
Have made the curse a blessing prove :
Those dreadful sufferings of thy Son
Atoned for sins that we had done.

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3 The pangs of our expiring Lord

honors of thy law restored ;

oade thy justice known,
And paid for follies not his own.

4 O, for his sake our guilt foig

And let the mourning sinner live:

Lord will hear us in his name,
N -hall our hope be turned to shame.

256. L. M. Tawcett.
$aluatio?i by CJ<

1 Behold the sin-atoning Lamb,

With wonder, gratitude, and love ;
To take away our guilt and shame,
See him descending from above.

2 Our sins and griefs on him were laid;

He meekly bore the mighty load ;
Our ransom price he fully paid

In groans and tears, in sweat and blood.

3 To save a guilty world, he d

Sinners, behold the bleeding Lamb;
To him lift up your longing e
And hope for mercy in his name.

4 Pardon and peace through him abound ;

He can the richest blessi gs give ;
Salvation in his name is found ;
He bids the dying sinner live.

257. C. M. S. Stexxett.
Indebtedness to Christ.

1 Majestic sweetness sits enthroned

Upon the Saviour's brow ;
His head with radiant glories crowned,
His lips with grace o'errlow.

2 No mortal can with him compare

Among •
Fairer is he than all the fair
Who rill the heavenly train.

3 He saw me plunged in deep distress,

And flew to my rel
For me he bore the shameful cross,
carried all my grief.

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4 To him I owe my life and breath,

And all the joys I have :
He makes me triumph over death,
And saves me from the grave.

5 To heaven, the place of his abode,

He brings my weary feet,
Shows me the glories of my God,
And makes my joys complete.

6 Since from his bounty I receive

Such proofs of love divine,
Had I a thousand hearts to give,
Lord, they should all be thine.

258. L. M. C. StENNET?.

Atoning Blood.

1 How shall the sons of men appear,
Great God. before thine awful bar ?
How may the guilty hope to find
Acceptance with th" Eternal Mind ?

2 Not vows, nor groans, nor broken cries,
Not the most costly sacrifice.

Not infant blood profusely spilt,
Will expiate a sinner's guilt.

3 Thy blood, dear Jesus, thine alone,
Hath sovereign virtue to atone :
Here will we rest our only plea.
When we approach; great God. to thee.

259. C. M. Gibbons.
Salvation by Christ.

1 Jesus. th: eternal Son of God,

Whom seraphim obey.
The bosom of the Father leaves,
And enters human clay.

2 From heaven to sinful earth he comes,

The messenger of grace.
And on the bloody tree expires,
A victim in our place.

3 Transgressors of the deepest stain

In him salvation find ;
His blood removes the foulest guilt,
His Spirit heals the mind.

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4 He saves our souls from sin and hell ;
His words arc true and sure,
And on this Rock our faith may rest
Immovable, secure.

260, C. M. Watts.

Redemption by Christ.

1 Behold what pity touched the heart

Of God's eternal Son ;
Descending from the heavenly court,
He left his Father's throne.

2 His living power, and dying love,

Redeemed unhappy men,
And raised the ruins of our race
To life and God again.

3 To thee, 0 Lord, our noblest powers

We joyfully resign ;
Blest Jes us, take us for thy own,
For we are doubly thine.

261. H. M. C. Wesley.
Justification by Faith.

1 Arise, my soul, arise ;

Shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding Sacrifice

In my behalf appears :
Before the throne my Surety stands;
My name is written on his hands.

2 The bleeding wounds he bears,

R sceived on Calvary.
Now pour effectual prayers,

And strongly speak for me :
" Forgive him, 0. forgive," they cry,
"Nor let that ransomed sinner die."

3 The Father hears him pray,

The dear Anointed One ;
He cannot turn awav

The pleading of his Son :
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.

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4 To God I'm reconciled :

His pardoning voice I hear ;
He owns me for his child;

I can no Longer fear :
With filial trust I now draw nigh,
And " Father, Abba Father.'" cry.

262. S. M. Beddome.
Hope fro J7i the Gospel only.

1 God's holy law, transgressed,

Speaks nothing but despair :
Convinced of guilt, with grief oppressed,
We ilnd no comfort there.

1 Not all our groans and tears,

Nor works which we have done,
Nor vows, nor promises, nor prayers,
Can e'er for sin atone.

3 Relief alone is found

In Jesus' precious blood :
Tis this that heals the mortal wound,
And reconciles to God.

4 High lifted on the cross.

The spotless Victim dies :

This is salvation's only source ;

Hence all our hopes arise.

263. L. M. Anox.
Christ our Salvation.

1 Come, guilty sinners, come and see

Your great atoning Sacrifice :
Behold, on yonder gory tree.
The King of kings for rebels dies.

2 How gracious, how severe thou art,

Just God. in thy redeeming plan !
The spear that pierced ImmanuePs heart
Revealed the fount of life for man.

3 Hail, hallowed cross, accursed no more;

Rich tree of life to all our race ;
Blest tree of Paradise, which bore
The choicest fruit — the gift of grace.

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4 Lord, shall our grief or joy prevail !

Our heart is rent amidst their strife;
Shall we the Victim's death bewail.
Or hail it as our way to lite !

5 Thy dying, living, boun

While here below, shall tune our tongue,
And, when we join the choir abo
Thy love be our triumphant sung.

264. 7s. C. Wesley.
Cleansing Blood.

1 Jesus, to thy wounds I fly :
Purge m deepest dye;
Lamb of God. for sinners slain,

i away my crimson stain.

2 Plunge me in that sacred flood,
In that fountain of thy blood :
Then thy Fat -nail see
Not a spot of guilt in me.

265. 7s. Raffles.

Confession of S

1 Sovereign Ruler, Lord of all,
Prostrate at thy feet I fall ;
Hear, O, hear my earnest cry ;
Frown not, lest 1 faint and die.

2 Vilest of the sons of men,
Chief of sinners I have bee
Oft have sinned before thy i
Trampled on thy

3 Justly might thy fatal dart
Pierce this bleeding, broken heart;
Justly might thy angry breath
Blast me m eternal death.

4 Jes 3, - • my dying -
Make m spirit whole ;
Humbled in the dust I
Saviour, leave me nut to die.

SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.

266. C. M. Watts.
Sah'atio?i by Grace.

1 Lord, we confess our numerous faults,

How great our guilt has been;
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin,

2 But. 0 my soul, forever praise.

Forever love his name.
Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways
Of folly, sin. and shame.

3 'Tis not by works of righteousm

Which our own hands have done ;
But we are saved by sovereign grace,
Abounding through his Son.

4 'Tis from the mercy of our God

That all our hopes begin :
;Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are washed from sin.

5 ;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.

6 Raised from the dead, we live anew ;

And. justified by grace.
We shall appear in glory too.
And see our Father's face.

267. L. M. Watts.
Salvation by Christ.

1 Salvation is forever nigh

The souls who fear and trust the Lord :
And grace, descending from on high,
Fresh hopes of glory shall afford.

2 Mercy and truth on earth are met.

Since Christ the Lord came down from heaven ;
By his atonement, so complete.
Justice is pleased, and peace is given.

3 His righteousness is gone before.

To give us free access to God :
Our wandering feet shall stray no more,
But mark his steps, and keep the road.
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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.

268. C. M. Watts.
Christ's ( >om m Uuon.

1 Come, happy souls, approach your God

With new. melodious songs;

Come, render to almighty grace

The tribute of your tongues.

2 So strange, so boundless was the love

Thai pitied dying men.
The Father sent his equal Son
To give them life again.

3 Thy hands, dear Jesus, were not armed

With a revenging rod ;
No hard commission to perform
The vengeance of a God.

4 But all was mercy, all was mild,

And wrath forsook the throne,
When Christ on mercy's errand came,
And brought salvation down.

5 Here, sinners, you may heal your wounds,

And wipe your sorrows dry :
Trust in the mighty Saviour's name,
And you shall never die.

6 See, dearest Lord, our willing souls

Accept thine offered grace ;
We bless the great Redeemer's love,
And give the Father praise.

269. S. M. Watts.
Christ's Mediation.

1 Raise your triumphant songs

To an immortal tune ;
Let all the earth resound the deeds
Celestial grace has done.

2 Sing how eternal Love

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

3 His hand no thunder bears ;

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

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SALVATION' THROUGH CHRIST.

4 'Twas mercy filled the throne.

And wrath stood silent by.

I Christ was sent with pardons down
To rebels doomed to die.

5 Now, sinners, dry your tears ;

Let hopeless sorrow ce;:-
Bow to the sceptre of his love7
And take the offered peace.

6 Lord, we obey thy call :

We lav an humble claim
To the salvation thou hast brought.
And love and praise thy name.

270. L. ML Anon.

The Cross.

1 Inscribed upon the cross we see.

In glowing letters. - God is love ;?'
He bears our sins upon the tree :
He brings us mercy from above.

2 The cross ! it takes our guilt away ;

It holds the fainting spirit up :
It cheers with hope the gloomy day.
And sweetens every bitter cup : —

3 The balm of life, the cure of woe.

The measure and the pledge of love,
The sinner's refuge here below.

The angel's theme in heaven above.

2i\* $3 & ^Ss BOWRING.

Glorying in the Cross.

1 In the cross of Christ I glory.

Towering o'er the wrecks of time ;
All the light of sacred story

Gathers round its head sublime.

2 When the woes of life o'ertake me,

Hopes deceive and fears annoy,
Never shall the cross forsake me :
Lo ! it glows with peace and joy.

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3 When the sun of bliss is beaming

Light and love upon my way.
From the cross the radiance streaming
Adds new lustre to the day.

4 Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,

By the ci
Peace is there that knov 3 -ure,

Joys that through all time abide.

5 In the cross of Christ I glory,

Towering o'er the wrecks of time;
All the light of sacred story
Gathers round its head sublime.

272. C. M. Campbell's Col.
The Atonement the only Ground <>f Pardon.

1 In vain we seek for peace with <

By methods of our own :
Blest Saviour, nothing but thy blood
Can bring us near the throne.

2 The threatenings of thy broken law

Impress the soul with dread :
If God his sword of justice draw,
It strikes the spirit dead.

3 But thy atoning sacrifice

Hath answered all demands;

And peace and pardon from the si

Are blessings from thy hands.

4 'Tis by thy death we live. 0 Lord ;

"Tis on thy cross we resi :
Forever be thy love adored,
Thy name forever blest.

273. C. 1L Hoskins.

Behold the Lainb of God.

1 Behold, behold the Lamb of God,
Who takes away onr guilt;
Behold th* atoning, precious blood
That for our sins he spilt.
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SALVATION THROUGH CHRIST.

2 0 sinners, now to Christ draw near,

Invited by his word ;
The chief of sinners need not fear ;
Behold the Lamb of God.

3 Backsliders, too. the Saviour calls.

And washes in his blood :
Arise, return from grievous falls :
Behold the Lamb of God.

4 In every state, and time, and place,

Nought plead but Jesus' blood ;
However wretched be your case,
Behold the Lamb of God.

5 Spirit of grace, to us apply

Immanuel's precious blood.
That we may. with thy saints on high,
Behold the Lamb of God.

274. C. M. Cowpeb.

Sufficiency of the Atonement.

1 There is a fountain filled with blood.
Drawn from Immanue:
And sinners, plunged beneath that flood.
Lose all their guilty stains.

Le dying thief rejoiced to see
That fountain, in his day :
0. may I there, though vile as he,
Wash all my sins away.

3 Thou dying Lamb, thy precious blood

3 all never lose its power.
Till all the ransomed church of G
Are saved, to sin no more.

4 E'er since, by faith. I sa-w the si

flowing wounds supply.
Redeeming love has been my theme,
And shall be. till I die.

5 And when this feeble, faltering tongue

Lies silent in tl
Then, in a nobler. - :ig,

I'll sing thy power to save.

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^/O, 7s. Langfoud.

1 Now begin the heavenly theme;
Sing aloud in Jesus5 name :
Ye who his salvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming love.

2 Ye who see the Fathers grace
Beaming in the Saviour's face,
As to Canaan on ye move,
Praise and bless redeeming love.

3 Mourning souls, dry up your te;
Banish all your guilty fears ;
See your guilt and curse remove,
Cancelled by redeeming love.

4 Welcome, all by sin oppre-
Welcome to his sacred rest :
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redeeming love.

5 Hither, then, your music bring :
Strike aloud each cheerful string ;
Mortals, join the host above —
Join to praise redeeming love.

276. S. M. Anon.

Christ precious.

1 0 Christ, what gracious words

Are ever, ever thine !
Thy voice is music to the soul,
And life, and peace divine.

2 Grace, everlasting grace.

Glad tidings, full of joy.
Flow from thy Ups, the lips of truth,
And flow without alloy.

3 The broken heart, the poor.

The bruised, the deaf, the blind,
The dumb, the dead, the captive wretch.
In thee compassion find.

4 Lord Jesus, speed the day,

The promised day of grace,
To all the poor, the dumb, the deaf,
The dead, of Adam's race.

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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

5 One blissful anthem then

Around the earth shall roll,
And human nature shout thy name,
The life of every soul.

277. C. M. Watts.

Salvation.

1 Salvation ! 0. the joyful sound !

'Tis pleasure to our ears,
A sovereign balm for every wound,
A cordial for our fears.

2 Buried in sorrow, and in sin,

At hell's dark door we lay ;
But we arise, by grace divine,
To see a heavenly day.

3 Salvation ! let the echo fly

The spacious earth around,

While all the armies of the sky

Conspire to raise the sound.

CHARACTERS OF CHRIST,

278. 7S. TOPLADY.

Sun of Righteousness.

1 Christ, whose glory fills the skies,

Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,

Triumph o'er the shades of night :
Dayspring from on hiirh. be near ;
Daystar, in my heart appear.

2 Dark and cheerless is the morn,

If thy liofht is hid from me ;
Joyless is the dav's return.

Till thy mercy's beams I see ;
Till they inward licrht impart
Warmth and gladness to my heart.

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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

3 Visit, then, this soul of mine :

Pierce the gloom of sin and grief;
Fill me, radiant Sun divine :

Scatter all my unbelief:
More and more thyself display.
Shining to the perfect day.

279. L. ML Steele.
Christ the Physician of the S

1 Deep are the wounds which sin has made ;

Where shall the sinner find a cu
In vain, alas ! is Nature's aid :
The work exceeds her utmost power.

2 But can no sovereign balm be found .*

And is no kind physician nigh,
To ease the pain, and heal the wound,
Ere life and hope forever rly ?

3 There is a great Physician near :

Look up, O tainting soul, and live;
See, in his heavenly smiles appear
Such help as nature cannot give.

4 See. in the Saviour's dying blood.

Life, health, and bliss abundant flow :
*Tis only that dear, sacred flood

Can ease thy pain, and heal thy woe.

280. C M. DOAXE.

The Way, the Truth, and the Life.

1 Thou art the way : to thee alone

From sin and death we flee ;
And he who would the Father seek,
Must seek him. Lord, through thee.

2 Thou art the truth ; thy word alone

True wisdom can impart ;
Thou, only, canst instruct the mind,
And purify the heart.

3 Thou art the life : the rending tomb

Proclaims thy conquering arm :
And those who put their trust in thee.
Nor death nor hell shall harm.
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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

4 Thou art the way, the truth, the life ;
Grant us to know that v.
That truth to keep, that life to win,
Which lead to endless day.

281. S. ML C. Wesley.
Christ our Guide.

1 Jesus, my truth, my way,

My sure, unerring lignt,
On thee my feeble soul I stay,
Which thou wilt lead aright

2 My wisdom, and my guide,

My counsellor, thou art :
0. never let me leave thy side,
Or from thy paths depart.

282. 7-. Toplady.
Christ the Rock of Ages.

1 Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee ;
Let the water and the blood.
From thy side, a healing flood.
Be of sin the double cure —

Save from wrath, and make me pure.

2 Should my tears forever flow,
Should my zeal no languor know>
All for sin could not atone :
Thou must save, and thou alone ;
In my hand no price I bring ;
Simply to thy cross I cling.

3 While I draw this fleeting breath.
When mine eyelids close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment throne, —
Rock of acres, cdeft for me,

Let me hide myself in thee.

ZOO. S. M. Hoskin-s.

Christ the Bread of Life.
1 Behold the srift of God :
Sinners, adore his name.
Who shed for us his precious blood,
Who bore our curse and shame,

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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

2 Behold the Living bread

Which Jesus came to give,
By dying in the sinner's stead,
That he might ever live.

3 The Lord delights to _

He knows you've nought to buy :
To Jesus haste ; this bread receive,
And you shall never die.

284. L. M. 6 L. Eng. Bai\ Col.
A Support in Temptation.

Still nigh me, O my Saviour. stand.

And guard in fierce temptation's hour;
Support by thy almighty hand :

Snow forth in me thy saving power;
Still be thine arm my sure di
Nor earth nor hell shall pluck me thence.
2 In suffering be thy love my peace ;

In weakness be thy love my power ;
And. when the storms of life shall cease,

0 Saviour, in that trying hour.

In death, as life, be thou my Guide,
And save me. who for me hast died.

285. 7s. C. Wesley.

A Refuge.

1 Jesus, refuge of my soul,

Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the raging billows roll,

While the tempest still is high :
Hide me, 0 my Saviour, hide.

Till the storm of life is past :
Safe into the haven guide J

0, receive my soul at last.

2 Other refuge have I none ;

Hangs my helpless soul on thee ;
Leave, ah. leave me not alone ;

Still support and comfort me :
All my trust on thee is Btaj

All my help from thee I bring ;
Cover my defenceless head

With the shadow of thy wing.

CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

3 Thou, 0 Christ, art all I want;

All iu all in thee I find :
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint.

Heal the sick, and lead the blind :
Just and holy is thy name;

I am all unrighteousness ;
Vile and full of sin 1 am;

Thou art full of truth and grace.

286. 8s, "s fc 4. Kelly.

Fountain of Life.

1 See. from Z ion's sacred mountain.

Streams of living water flow ;
God has opened there a fountain
That supplies the plains below :

They are blessed
"Who its sovereign virtues know.

2 Through ten thousand channels flowing,

Streams of mercy find their way :
Life, and health, and joy bestowing,
Making all around look gay :

0 ye nations.
Hail the long-expected day.

3 Gladdened by the flowing treasure,

All-enriching as it goes.
Lo ! the desert smiles with pleasure,
Buds and blossoms as the rose :

Every object
Sings for joy. where'er it flows.

4 Trees of life, the banks adorning.

Yield their fruit to all around :
Those who eat are saved from mourning
Pleasure comes, and hopes abound :

Fair their portion —
Endless life with glory- crowned.

Jao 7 • L. M. Steele.

Christ our Life.

1 When sins and fears, prevailing, rise.
And fainting hope almost expires,
To thee. 0 Lord. I lift my eyes :
To thee I breathe my soul's desires.
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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST

2 Art thou not mine, my living Lord'?

And can my hope my comfort, die ?
7Tjs fixed on thine almighty word —

That word which built the earth and sky.

3 If my immortal Saviour lives,

Then my immortal life is sure;
\\\< word a firm foundation irives;
Here 1 may build, and rest secure.

4 Here let my faith unshaken dwell;

Forever sure the promise stands j

Not all the powers of earth or hell
Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands.

5 Here; 0 my soul, thy trust repose ;

If Jesus is forever mine,
Not death itself — that last of foes —
Shall break a union so divine.

288. L. M. COWPER.

Christ ever present in his Churches.

1 Jesus, where'er thy people meet,
There they behold thy mercy-seat ;
Where'er they seek thee, thou art found,
And every place is hallowed ground.

2 For thou, within no walls confn
Dost dwell within the humble mind :
Such ever bring thee where they come,
And, going, take thee to their home.

3 Great Shepherd of thy chosen few,
Thy former mercies here renew :
Here, to our waiting hearts, proclaim
The sweetness of thy saving name.

289. c. m. swaix.

Christ a Frierid.

1 A friend there is — your voices join,
Ye saints, to praise his name —
Whose truth and kindness are divine,
Whose love's a constant flame.

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CHARACTERS OP CHRIST.

2 When most we need his helping hand,

This Friend is always near :
With heaven and earth at his command.
He waits to answer prayer.

3 When frowns appear to veil his face,

And clouds surround his throne,
He hides the purpose of his grace,
To make it better known.

4 And. if our dearest comforts fall

Before his sovereign will.

He never takes away our all ;

Himself he gives us still.

5 Our sorrows in the scale he weighs,

And measures out our pains :
The wildest storm his word obeys ;
His word its rage restrains.

;290. S- M, Doddridge.

Christ a Shepherd.

1 21 Y soul, with joy attend.

While Jesus silence breaks ;
No angel's harp such music yields
As what my Shepherd speaks.

•2 •• I know my sheep." he cries :
•• My soul approves them well :
Vain is the world's delusive guise,
And vain the rage of hell.

3 •• I freely feed them now

With tokens of my love :
But richer pastures I prepare,
And sweeter streams, above.

4 •• Unnumbered years of bliss

I to my people give ;
And while my throne unshaken stands
Shall all my chosen live.

5 u This tried, almighty hand

Is raised for their defence :
Where is the power shall reach them there.
Or what shall force them thence ! "
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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST

() •• Enough, my gracious Lord,"
Lei faith triumphant cry ;
*- My heart can on this promise live —

Can with this promise d

291. S. M. Steele.
The kind Shepherd.

1 While my Redeemer's near.

My Shepherd and my Guide,
I bid farewell to every tear .
My wants are all supplied.

2 To ever-fragrant meads.

Where rich abundance grows.

His gracious hand indulgent leads,

And guards my sweet repose.

3 Dear Shepherd, if I stray.

My wandering feet restore;
And guard me with thy watchful eye,
And let me rove no more.

292. C. M. Hegixbotiiam.
Praise to the Shepherd.

1 To thee, my Shepherd and my Lord,

A grateful song I raise;
O, let the feeblest of thy flock
Attempt to speak thy praise.

2 But how shall mortal tongues express

A subject so divine ! —
Do justice to so vast a theme,
Or praise a love like thine ?

3 My life, my joy, my hope; I owe

To this amazing love ;
Ten thousand thousand comforts here,
And nobler bliss above.

4 To thee my trembling spirit flies.

With sin and grief oppre-
Thy gentle voice dispels my I
And lulls my cares to rest.
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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

293. S. M. Uu wick's Col

The Grace of Christ.

1 We sing the Saviour's love.

Who pitied wretched man.
Delighting in the thought of peace,
Ere time and worlds began.

2 We see its smiling beams,

Forthshining at his birth.
And trace its lustre day by day,
While he sojourned on earth.

3 But. in his closing hour,

How infinite his grace.
When, bowed beneath the curse, he
To save the chosen race !

4 Ten thousand thousand song-.

With high, seraphic flame.
Fall far below the boundless praise
Of our Immanuel's name.

294. L. St Watts.

Faithfulness.

1 He lives ! he lives ! and sits above,
Forever interceding there :

Who shall divide us from his love.
Or what should tempt us to despair ?

2 Shall persecution, or distress.
Shall famine, sword, or nakedness !

He who hath loved us bears us through,
And makes us more than conquerors too.

3 Faith hath an overcoming power ;
It triumphs in the dying hour :
Christ is our life, our joy. our hope ;
Nor can we sink with such a prop.

4 Xot all that men on earth can do.

Nor powers on high, nor powers below,
Shall cause his mercy to remove.
Or wean our hearts from Christ, our love.
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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

295. L- It Pratt's Col.
Christ a living and almighty Saviour.

1 Tin: Saviour lives, no more to die;
He lives, the Lord enthroned on hii^h ;
He lives, triumphant o'er the grai

He lives, eternally to save.

2 He lives, to still his servant-* fears ;
He lives, to wipe away their te

He lives, their mansions to prepare;
He lives, to bring them safely there.

3 Ye mourning souls, dry up your tears ;
Dismiss your gloomy doubts and fears;
With cheerful hope your hearts revive,
For Christ, the Lord, is yet alive.

4 His saints he loves, and never leaves ;
The contrite sinner he receives :
Abundant grace will he afford,

Till all are present with the Lord.

296. L. M. Steele.
Peace and Hope through Christ's Intercession.

1 He lives ! the great Redeemer lives !
What joy the blest assurance gives !
And now, before his Father. God,

He pleads the merits of his blood.

2 Repeated crimes awake our fears,

And justice, armed with frowns, appears ;
But in the Saviour's lovely face
Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace.

3 Hence, then, ye dark, despairing thoughts ;
Above our fears, above our faults,
His powerful intercessions rifi
And guilt recedes, and terror dies.

4 Great Advocate, almighty Friend,
On thee our humble hopes depend ;
Our cause can never, never fail.
For thou dost plead, and must prevail.

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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

297. C. M. Doddridge.

High Priest.

1 Now let our cheerful eyes survey

Our great High Priest above,
And celebrate his constant care
And sympathizing love.

2 Though raised to heaven's exalted throne.

Where angels bow around.
And high o'er all the hosts of light,
With matchless honors crowned. —

3 The names of all his saints he bears,

Deep graven on his heart :
Nor shall the meanest Christian say
That he hath lost his part.

4 Those characters shall fair abide,

Our everlasting trust.
When gems, and monuments, and crowns,
Are mouldered down to dust.

5 So, gracious Saviour, on our breasts

May thy dear name be worn, —
A sacred ornament and guard,
To endless ages borne.

298. C. m Watts.

Christ a m-erciful High Priest.

1 With joy we meditate the grace

Of our High Priest above :

His heart is full of tenderness :

His bosom glows with love.

2 Touched with a sympathy within,

He knows our feeble frame :
He knows what sore temptations mean.
For he has felt the same.

3 He. in the days of feeble flesh,

Poured out his cries and tears,
And in his measure feels afresh
What every member bears.

4 Then let our humble faith address

His mercy and his power :
We shall obtain delivering grace
In each distressing hour.

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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

299. L- M. G L. Urwick's Col.
Christ Ail and in All.

1 Jesus, thou source of culm repofl

All fulness dwells in thee divine ;
Our strength, to quell the proudest foes;

Our light, in deepest gloom to shine:
Thou art our fortress, strength, and tower,

Our trust, and portion, evermore.

2 Jesus, our Comforter thou art :

Our rest in toil, our ease in pain :
The balm to heal each broken heart :

In storms our peace, in loss our gain ;
Our joy, beneath the worldling's frown ;
In shame our glory and our crown : —

3 In want, our plentiful supply :

In weakness, our almignty power:
In bonds, our perfect liberty )

Our refuge in temptation's hour :
Our comfort, 'midst all grief and thrall :
Our life in death ; our all in all.

300. S. M. C. Wesley.
Christ's Exaltation and Intercession.

1 Jesus, the Conqueror, reigns,

In glorious strength arrayed;
His kingdom over all maintains.
And bids the earth be glad.

2 Ye sons of men, rejoice

In Jesus' mighty love :
Lift up your heart, lift up your voice.
To him who rules above.

3 Extol his kingly power )

Adore th' exalted Son.
Who died, but lives, to die no more.
High on his Father's throne.

4 Our Advocate with God,

He undertakes our cause,
And spreads through all the earth abroad
The triumph of his cress.
996

CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

301. II- M. Watts.

Christ a Prophet, Priest, and King.
1 Join all the glorious name's

Of wisdom, love, and power.
That ever mortals knew,
Or angels ever bore :
All are too mean Too mean to -

>eak his worth, The Saviour forth.

eat Prophet of our God.
Our tongues shall bless thy name :
By thee the joyful news
Of our salvation came. —
The joyful news Of hell subdued.

sins forgiven. And peace with heaven.

3 Jesus, our great High Priest

Has shed his blood and died :
Our guilty conscience needs

No sacrifice beside :
His precious blood And now it pleads

Did once atone. Before the throne.

4 0 thou almighty Lord.

Our Conqueror and our King.
Thy sceptre and thy sword.

Thy reigning grace, we sing.
Thine is the power: I In willing bonds
0. make us sit | Beneath thy feet

302. C. ML Steele.
A Name above even/ Name,

1 Jesus, in thy transporting name

What glories meet our eyes !
Thou art the seraphs' lofty theme.
The wonder of the skies.

2 Well might the heavens with wonder view

A love so strange as thine :
No thought of angels ever knew
Compassion so divine.

3 And didst thou. Saviour, leave the sky.

To sink beneath our woes I
Didst thou descend to bleed and die
For thy rebellious foes ?

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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

4 0. may our willing hearts confess
Thy sweet, thy gentle sway :
Glad captives of thy matchless grace,
Thy righteous rule obey.

OlJO. S. M. Doddridge.

Vital Union to Christ,

1 Dear Saviour, we are thine

By everlasting bands :

Our hearts, our souls, we would resign
Entirely to thy hands.

2 To thee we still would cleave

With ever-growing zeal :
If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
0. let them ne:er prevail.

3 Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to thee, our Head :

Shall form us to thy image bright,

And teach thy paths to tread.

4 Death may our souls divide

From these abodes of clay :
But love shall keep us near thy side,
Through all the gloomy way.

5 Since Christ and we are one.

Why should we doubt or fear?
If he in heaven hath fixed his throne,
He'll fix his members there.

304. C. P. M. Medley.

Excellency of Christ.

1 0; could we speak the matchless worth,
0; could we sound the glories forth.

Which in our Saviour shine.
We'd soar, and touch the heavenly strings,
And vie with Gabriel, while he sings,

In notes almost divine.

2 We'd sing the precious blood he spilt —
Our ransom from the dreadful guilt

Of sin and wrath divine ;
We'd sing his glorious righteousness,
In which all-perfect, heavenly dress

We shall forever shine.

CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

3 We'd sing the characters he bears7
And all the forms of love he wears,

Exalted on his throne :
In loftiest sonirs of sweetest praise,
We would, to everlasting days,

Make all his glories known.

4 Well, the delightful day will come,
When our dear Lord will bring us home,

And we shall see his face :
Then, with our Saviour, Brother, Friend,
A blest eternity we'll spend,

Triumphant in his grace.

305. C. M. Beddome.
Christ precious.

1 Jesus ! delightful, charming name !

It spreads a fragrance round ;
Justice and mercy, truth and peace,
In union here are found.

2 He is our life, our joy, our strength ;

In him all glories meet;
He is a shade above our heads,
A light to guide our feet.

3 The thickest clouds are soon dispersed,

If Jesus shows his face ;

To weary, heavy-laden souls

He is the resting-place.

4 When storms arise and tempests blow,

He speaks the stilling word ;
The threatening billows cease to flow,
The winds obey their Lord.

5 Through every age he's still the same ;

But we ungrateful prove,
Forget the savor of his name,
The sweetness of his love.

306. C. M. Doddhidge.
Jesus precious to them that believe.

1 Jesus, I love thy charming name;
'Tis music to my ear;
Fain would I sound it out so loud
That earth and heaven might hear.
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CHARACTERS OF CHRIST.

2 Yes, thou art precious to my soul,

My transport ami my trust;
Jewels to thee are gaudy toys,
And gold is sordid dust.

3 All my capacious powers can wish

In thee doth richly meet ;
Nor to my eves is light so dear.
Nor friendship half so sweet.

4 Thy grace shall dwell upon my heart,

And shed its fragrance there, —
The noblest balm of all its wounds,
The cordial of its care.

5 I'll speak the honors of thy name

With my last, laboring breath,
And. dying) clasp thee in my arms,
The antidote of death.

307. C. M. Watts.

God in Christ.

1 Dearest of all the names above,

My Saviour and my God,
Who can resist thy heavenly love,
Or trifle with thy blood ?

2 ?Tis by the merits of thy death

The Father smiles again ;
7Tis by thine interceding breath
The Spirit dwells with men.

3 Till God in human flesh I see,

My thoughts no comfort find ;
The holy, just, and sacred Three
Are terrors to my mind.

4 But if ImmanuePs face appear,

My hope, my joy, begin ;
His name forbids my slavish fear ;
His grace removes my sin.

5 While Jews on their own law rely,

And Greeks of wisdom boast,
I love th> incarnate mystery.
And there I fix my trust.

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

308. C. M. Watts.

Praise to the Redeemer.

1 Plunged in a gulf of dark despair,

We wretched sinners law
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Or spark of glimmering day.

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace

Beheld our helpless griet ;
He saw, and — 0, amazing love ! —
He flew to our relief.

3 Down from the shining seats above,

With joyful haste he fled,
Entered the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.

4 0, for this love, let rocks and hills

Their lasting silence break.
And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak.

5 Angels, assist our mighty joys :

Strike all your harps of gold;
But when you raise your highest notes.
His love can ne'er be told.

309. C. M. Steele.
Condescension of Christ.

1 The Saviour ! 0. what endless charms

Dwell in that blissful sound !

Its influence every fear disarms,

And spreads delight around.

2 Here pardon, life, and joy divine,

In rich profusion flow.
For guilty rebels, lost in sin,
And doomed to endless woe.

3 The mighty Former of the skies

Descends to our abode,
While angels view with wondering eyes
And hail th7 incarnate God.

231

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

•1 How rich the depths of love divine!
Of bliss, a boundless store !
Dear Saviour, lei me call thee mine;
I cannot wish for more.

5 On thee alone my hope relii
Beneath thy cross J fall,
My Lord, my life, my sacrifi

My Saviour, and my all.

OiU. G« Mk

Lore of CJirist celebrated.

1 To our Redeemer's glorious nsane

Awake the sacred song !
0. may his love — immortal flame —
Tune every heart and tongue.

2 His love what mortal thought can reach?

What mortal tongue display ?
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.

3 Dear Lord, while we, adoring, pay

Our humble thanks to thee.
May every heart with rapture say,
<: The Saviour died for me."

4 0; may the sweet, the blissful theme

Fill every heart and tongue.
Till strangers love thy charming name,
And join the sacred sol

311. CM. Beddome.

Wonders of Redemption.

1 How great the wisdom, power, and grace

Which in redemption shine !
The heavenly host with joy con
The work is all divine.

2 Before his feet they cast their crowns, —

Those crowns which Jesus gave. —
And. with ten thousand thousand tongues,
Proclaim his power to save.

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

3 They tell the triumphs of his cross,

The sufferings which he bore. —
How low he stooped, how high he rose,
And rose to stoop no more.

4 0; let them still their voices raise,

And still their songs renew :
Salvation well deserves the praise
Of men and angels too.

o\s£* S. fit BZDDOME.

Praise to the Saviour.

1 Ye angels, bless the Lord.

And praise his sacred name ;
Diffuse his glories all abroad,
His gracious acts proclaim.

2 Praise him. ye heavenly powers,

And make his goodness known ;
Christ is your Head, as well as ours,
And ye surround his throne.

3 Praise him. ye hosts of light,

In accents sweet and high :
To him you owe your power and might ;
At his command you fly.

4 Ye winded seraphim,

Your grateful voices raise ;
Created and preserved by him,
Let him have all your praise.

5 The lofty song begin.

And tune your harps anew:
While we in sacred concert join,
And strive to vie with you.

olo. S. 31. Hammond.

Song of Moses and the Lamb.

1 Awake, and sing the song
Of Moses and the Lamb ;
Wake every heart, and every tongue.
To praise the Saviour's name.
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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

2 Sing of his dying love;

Sing of his rising power :
Si mi- how he intercedes, above,
For us. whose sins he bore.

3 Sing, till we feel our heart

Ascending with our tongne;
Sing, till the love of sin depart,

And grace inspire our song.

4 Sing on your heavenly way.

Ye ransomed sinners, sing;
Sinir on. rejoicing every day
In Christ, tlv eternal King.

5 Soon shall we hear him

" Ye blessed children, come ! "
Soon will he call us hence away.
To our eternal home.

6 There shall our raptured tongue

His endless praise proclaim.
And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lamb.

314. 6s & 4s. Pratt's Col.

Worth}/ is the Lamb.

1 Come, all ye saints of God ;
Wide through the earth abroad

Spread Jesus: fame :
Tell what his love has done :
Trust in his name alone ;
Shout to his lofty throne,

- Worthy the Lamb.:?

2 Hence, gloomy doubts and fears !
Dry up your mournful tears :

Swell the glad theme ;
Praise ye our gracious King;
Strike each melodious string;
Join heart and voice to sing,

u Worthy the Lamb.''

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

3 Hark ! how the choirs above.

Filled with the Saviour's love,

Dwell on his name !
There, too. may we be found.
With light and glory crowned,
While all the heavens resound,

u Worthy the Lamb."

315. CM. Watts.

Praise for Mediation.

1 Father. I sing thy wondrous urace ;

I bless my Saviour's name :

He bought salvation for the poor,

And bore the sinner's shame.

2 His deep distress has raised us high :

His duty and his zeal
Fulfilled the law which mortals broke.
And finished all thy will.

3 Zion is thine, most holy God ;

Thy Son shall bless her gates :
And glory, purchased by his blood.
For thine own Israel waits.

4 Let heaven, and all that dwell on high,

To God their voices raise :
While lands and seas assist the sky.
And join t' advance his praise.

olb, CM. Percy Chapel Col

Praise to the Saviour.

1 0, sing to Him who loved and bled,

Ye heaven-born sinners, sing :

?Twas Jesus suffered in your stead;

Own him your God and King.

2 He washed us. in his precious blood.

From every guilty stain ;
He made us kings and priests to God.
And we shall with him reign.

3 Sinn of his everlasting love.

From whence salvation flows :
Simr to him here, then sing above.
Of all that he bestows.
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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

To him thai loved as when depraved,
When guilty, blind, and poor;

To him that loved, and died, and saved,
Be glory evermore.

ol7. Cs, 8s & 4s. Urwick's Col.

Praise to CJtrist.

1 Proclaim the lofty praise

Of Him who once was slain.
Bnt now is risen, through endless days

To live and reign :
He lives and reigns on high,

Who bought us with his blood,
Enthroned above the farthest sky.

Our Saviour God.

2 The Son of God adore ;

Ye ransomed, spread his fame )
With joy and gladness, evermore

Laud his great name :
Let every tongue confess

That Jesus Christ is Lord,
And every creature join to bless

Th? incarnate Word.

3 All honor, power, and praise,

To Jesus' name belong ;
With hosts seraphic, glad, we raise

The sacred song :
" Worthy the Lamb," they cry,

u That on the cross was slain;
But now, ascended up on high,

He lives to reign."

4 He lives to bless and save

The souls redeemed by 12 race.
And rescue from the dreary grave

His chosen race ;
And soon we hope, above,

A louder strain to sing;
With all our powers to praise and love

Our Saviour King.

236

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

318. C. M. Watt«.
divine Character exhibited in the Gospel.

1 Father, how wide thy glory shines !

How high thy wonders rise !
Known through the earth by thousand
By thousand through the sk.

2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power ;

Their motions speak thy skill :
1 on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.

3 But when we view thy strange desig -

To save rebellious worms.
Where justice and compassion join
In their divinest forms. —

4 Here the whole Deity is known :

Xor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone
The justice or the grace.

5 Now the full glories of the Lamb

>rn the heavenly plains :
! .: seraphs chant ImmannePs name.
And try their choicest strains.

6 0. may I bear some humble part

In that immortal song ;
Wonder and joy shall tune my he:
And love command my tongue.

319. L. Iff. Watts,

j.nd Grace in the Pen' '

1 Now to the Lord a noble song :
Awake, my soul, awake, my - ...
Hosanna to th* eternal name.

And all his boundless love proclaim.

2 See where it shines in Jest
The brightest image of his gi i
God. in the person of his v

Has all his mightiest works outdone.

3 The spacious earth and s; * fl od
Proclaim the wise, the powerful G
And ' glories from afar
Sparkle in every rolling star.

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

4 But in his looks a glory stands,

The noblest labor of thine hands :
The pleasing lustre of bis eyes
Outshines the wonders of the skies.

5 Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme;
My thoughts rejoice a1 Jesus'

Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ;
Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground.

6 0. may I reach tin1 happy p
Where he unveils his lovely face,
His beauties there may I behold,
And sing his name to harps of gold.

tJ^O. 6s & 4s. Kingsbury.

ChrisV 's final Triumph.

1 Let us awake our joys :
Strike up with cheerful voice ;

Each creature, siAg :
Angels, begin th<> song :
Mortals, the strain prolong,
In accents sweet and strong,

" Jesus is King.;'

2 Proclaim abroad his name :
Tell of his matchless fame ;

What wonders done ;
Above, beneath, around.
Let all the earth resound,
Till heaven's high arch rebound.

11 Victory is won."

3 He vanquished sin and hell,
And our last foe will quell;

Mourners, rejoice :
His dying love adore :
Praise him, now raised in power :
Praise him forevermore,

With joyful voice.

4 All hail the glorious day.
When, through the heavenly way.

Lo, he shall come.
While they who pierced him wail :
His promise shall not fail :
Saints, see your King prevail :

Great Saviour, come.

238

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

321. L- M. Watts.
Christ the Redeemer and Judge.

1 Now to the Lord, who makes us know

The wonders of his dying love,
Be humble honors paid below.

And strains of nobler praise above.

2 'Twas he who cleansed us from our sins,

And washed us in his precious blood ;
*Tis he who makes us priests and kings
And brings us. rebels, near to God.

3 To Jesus, our atoning Priest,

To Jesus, our eternal King,
Be everlasting power confessed ;
Let every tongue his glory sing.

4 Behold, on flying clouds he comes,

And every eye shall see him move ;
Though with our sins we pierced him once,
Now he displays his pardoning love.

5 The unbelieving world shall wail,

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

322. H. M. Campbell's Col.
Christ's Humiliation and Triumph.

1 Come, ye who love the Lord,

And feel his quickening power,
Unite, with one accord,

His goodness to adore :
To heaven and earth aloud proclaim
Your great Redeemer's glorious name.

2 He left his throne above,

His glory laid aside,
Came down on wings of love,
And wept, and bled, and died :
The pangs he bore what tongue can tell,
To save our souls from death and hell 1

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PJLAISE TO CHRIST.

3 He : he rose

■in tne dead :

foes
In glorious triumph led :
Up through the - the Conqueror rode,

Triumphant, to the throne of God.

IS b again will come —

I i - chariot will not stay —
lildren home

To realms of endli
There shall we see him face to face.

sing the triumphs of his grace.

3l23. 8s & 7s. [Peculiar.] KELLY.

Christ the Lamb enthroned and worshipped.

1 Hark ! ten thousand harps and voices

Suund the note of praise above :
Jesus reigns, and heaven rejo

Jesus reigns, the God of loi
See. he sits on yonder throne :
Jesus rules the world alone.

2 Jesus, hail ! whose glory brightens

All above, and gives it worth:
Lord of life, thy smile enlighl

Cheers, and charms, thy saints on earth:
When we think of love like thine.
Lord, we own it love divine.

3 King of glory, reign forever :

Thine an everlasting crown :
Nothing from thy love shall sever

Those whom thou hast made thine own ;
Happy objects of thy grace.
Destined to behold thy face.

4 Saviour, hasten thine appearing:

Bring. 0. bring the glorious day.
When, the awful summons hearimr.

Heaven and earth shall pass away :
Then, with golden harps, we'll si.

•• Glory, glory to our Ki:

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TRAISE TO CHRIST.

324. C. M. Wattb.

Praise to God the Saviour.

1 My Saviour, my almighty Friend,

When I begin thy praise,
Where will the growing numbers end.
The numbers of thy grace \

2 Thou art my everlasting trust ;

Thy goodness I adore ;
And since I knew thy graces first.
I speak thy glories more.

3 When I am filled with sore distress

For some surprising sin.
I'll plead thy perfect righteousness,

And mention none but thine.

4 How will my lips rejoice to tell

The victories of my King !
My soul, redeemed from sin and hell,
Shall thy salvation sing.

325. H. M. C. Wesley.
Christ our King.

1 Rejoice ! the Lord is King:

Your God and King adore ;
Mortals, give thanks, and sing,
And triumph evermore :
Lift up the heart : Rejoice aloud ;

Lift up the voice : | Ye saints, rejoice.

2 His kingdom cannot fail :

He rules o'er earth and heaven :
The keys of death and hell

Are to the Saviour given :
Lift up the heart : Rejoice aloud :

Lift up the voi Ye saints, rejoice.

3 He every foe shall quell,

Shall all our sins destroy ;
And every bosom swell

With pure seraphic joy :
Lift up the heart ; Rejoice aloud ;

Lift up the voice; Ye saints, rejoice.

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

4 Rejoice in glorious hope;

Jesus, the Judge, shall come.

Ami take bis servants up

To their eternal home :

\\V soon shall hear 1 The trump of God
Th' archangel's voice; | Shall sound; rejoice.

O^b. 10S & lis. WlNCHELl/S SEL.

GocVs Servants should praise Han.

1 Ye servants of God, your Master proclaim,
And publish abroad his wonderful name;
The name all-victorious of Jesus extol ;
His kingdom is glorious ; he rules over all.

2 God ruleth on high, almighty to save;

And still he is nigh : his presence we have :
The great congregation his triumph shall sing,
Ascribing salvation to Jesus our Song.

3 " Salvation to God, who sits on the throne,"
Let all cry aloud, and honor the Son :

The praises of Jesus the angels proclaim,

Fall down on their faces, and worship the Lamb.

4 Then let us adore, and give him his right, —
All glory and power, and wisdom and might,
All honor and blessing, with angels ab<
And thanks never ceasing, for infinite love.

327, 8s & 7s. Kelly.

Universal Adoration.

1 Hark ! the notes of angels, singing.

a Glory, glory to the Lamb ! "
All in heaven their tribute bringing.
Raising high the Saviour's name.

2 Ye for whom his life is given,

Sacred themes to you belong :
Come, assist the choir of heaven ;
Join the everlasting song.

3 Filled with holy emulation,

Let us vie with those above :
Sweet the theme — a free salvation !
Fruit of everlasting love.

242

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

4 Endless life in him possessing,

Let us praise his precious name;
Glory, honor, power, and bless

Be forever to the Lamb.

328. 6s <fc 4s. Sac. Lymcs.
Worthy the Lamb.

1 Glory to God on high !
Let heaven and earth reply;

Praise ye his name :
His love and grace adore,
Who all our sorrows bore ;
And sing forevermore,

" Worthy the Lamb.;;

2 Ye who surround the throne,
Join cheerfully in one,

Praising his name :
Ye who have felt his blood
Sealinir your peace with God.
Sound his dear name abroad, —

•• Worthy the Lamb.;;

3 Join, all ye ransomed race7
Our Lord and God to bless ;

Praise ye his name ;
In him we will rejoice,
And make a joyful noise,
Shouting with heart and voice,

- Worthy the Lamb/'

4 Soon must we change our place :
Yet will we never cease

Praising his name :
To him our songs we'll bring,
Hail him our gracious Kin^*,
And through all a^es sing.

" Worthy the Lamb/'

329. C. M. Steele.
The incarnate Lord.

1 Awake, awake the sacred song
To our incarnate Lord :
Let every heart and every tongue
Adore th; eternal Word.

243

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

2 When -;

well with sinful wo
Then shone almighty power and 1

In all their glorioi

3 To dwell with sorrow here

Th" S
And stooped i - ;!]m! woe,

That worthless man might rie

iring angels tuned tl

To hail the joyful day :
With rapture, then, let mortal tong
Their grateful worship pay.

330. G. Mi Steele.

King of Saints.

1 Come, ye that love the Saviour's name,

And joy to make it known.
The Sovereign of your hearts proclaim,
And bow before his throne.

2 When in his earthly courts we view

The glories of our K
We long to love as angele
And wish like them to bj

3 And shall we long and wish in vain \

Lord, teach our songs to rise :
Thy love can raise our humble strain,
And bid it reach the skies.

4 0, happy period ! glorious day !

When heaven and earth Shall raise
With all their powers, their raptured lay.
To celebrate thy praise.

,3,31, L. M. Campbell's Col.

IJosanna to the Son of. Dm

1 What are those soul-reviving strnins.
Which echo thus from Salem's ph
What anthems loud, and louder still,
So sweetly sound from Zion's hill?
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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

2 Lo ! 'tis an infant chorus sings
Hosanna to the King of kings

The Saviour comes ! — and babes proclaim
Salvation, sent in Jesus' name.

3 Nor these alone their voice shall raise.
For we will join this song of praise;
Still Israel's children forward press
To hail the Lord their Righteously

4 Messiah's name shall joy impart
Alike to Jew and Gentile heart :
He bled for us. he bled for you.
And we will sing hosanna too.

5 Proclaim hosannas loud and clear :
See David's Son and Lord appear !
All praise on earth to him be given.
And glory shout through highest heaven.

332. C. M. Watts.

The Reign of Christ.

1 Let earth, with every isle and sea.

Rejoice : the Saviour reigns :
His word, like fire, prepares his way.
And mountains melt to plains.

2 His presence sinks the proudest hills.

And makes the valleys rise :
The humble soul enjoys his smiles.
The haughty sinner dies.

3 Adoring angels, at his birth.

Made our Redeemer known :
Thus shall he come to judge the earth,
And angels guard his throne.

4 His foes shall tremble at his sight.

And hills and seas retire :
His children take their upward flight.
And leave the world on tire.

5 The seeds of joy and glory sown

For saints in darkness here.
Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown,
And a rich harvest bear.

21* 245

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

333. L- M- Watts.

Victory and Exaltation of Christ.

1 Now be my heart inspired to sing
The glories of my Saviour King :
He comes with blessings imm above,
And wins the nation^ to his Jove.

2 Thy throne. 0 God, forever sfai
Grace is the sceptre in thy hands:
Thy Laws and works are just and right,
But truth and mercy thy delight.

3 Let endless honors crown thy head ;
Let every age thy praises spread ;
Let all the nations know thy word,
And every tongue confess thee Lord.

Oo4. 3s & 7s. Pratt's Col.

Praise to Christ, the Author of Salvation.

1 Crown his head with endless bl<

Who. in God the Father's name;
With compassion never ceasing.
Comes, salvation to proclaim.

2 Lo, Jehovah, we adore thee, —

Thee, our Saviour, — thee, our God ;
From thy throne let beams of glory
Shine through all the world abroad.

3 Jesus, thee our Saviour hailing,

Thee our God in praise we own ;
Highest honors, never failing.
Rise eternal round thy throne.

4 Now, ye saints, his power confessing,

In your grateful strains adore )
For his mercy, never ceasing,
Flows, and flows forevermore.

335. c. m. avatts.

Christ's Kingdom and Priesthood.

1 Jesus, our Lord, ascend thy throne.
And near thy Father sit :
In Zion shall thy power be known,
And make thy foes submit.

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PRAISE To CHRIST.

2 What wonders shall thy gospel do!

Thy converts shall Burp

The numerous drops of morning dew,
And own thy sovereign grace.

3 Jesus, our Priest, forever lives,

To plead for us above :
Jesus, our King, forever gives
The blessings' of his love.

4 God shall exalt his glorious head,

And his hi:rh throne maintain :
Shall strike the powers and princes dead,
Who dare oppose his reign.

336. 8s, 7s & 4. Kelly.

Coronation of the King of Kings.

1 Look, ye saints : — the sight is glorious ;

See the Man of sorrows now :

From the right returned victorious.

Every knee to him shall bow:

Crown him. crown him :
Crowns become the Victor's brow.

2 Crown the Saviour, angels, crown him ,

Rich the trophies Jesus brings :
In the seat of power enthrone him,
While the heavenly concave rings :

Crown him. crown him :
Crown the Saviour King of kings.

3 Sinners in derision crowned him.

Mocking thus the Saviour's claim ;
Saints and angels crowd around him,
Own his title, praise his name :

Crown him. crown him :
Spread abroad, the Victor's fame.

4 Hark ! those bursts of acclamation !

Hark ! those loud, triumphant chords !
Jesus takes the highest station :
0. what joy the si^ht affords !

Crown him. crown him.
King of kimrs. and Lord of lords.

247

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

337. C. M. Wallix.

The Victories of Christ,

1 Hail, mighty Jesus ! how divine

Is thy sdctorious sword !

The stoutest rebel must resign
At thy command i iii: word.

2 How df^^p the wounds thine arrows giv

They pierce the hardest heart;
Thy smiles of grace the slain revive.

And joy succeeds to smart.

3 Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh ;

Ride with majestic sway;
Go forth, great Prince, triumphantly,
And make thy foes obey.

4 And, when thy victories are complete. -

When all the chosen race
Shall round the throne of glory meet
To sing thy conquering grace, —

5 0, may my humble soul be found

Among that glorious throng ;
And I with them thy praise will sound
In heaven's immortal song.

338. CM. Duncan.

The spiritual Coronation.

1 All hail the power of Jesus7 name !

Let angels prostrate fall ;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown him Lord of all.

2 Ye chosen seed of Israel's race, —

A remnant weak and small. —
Hail him, who saves you by his grace,
And crown him Lord of all.

3 Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget

The wormwood and the gall :
Go, spread your trophies at his feet,
And crown him Lord of all.

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

4 Let every kindred, every tribe,

On this terrestrial ball.
To him all m; ibe,

And crown him Lord of all.

5 0 that, with yonder sacred throng,

We at his feet may fall !
We'll join the everlasting song,
And crown him Lord of all.

Oe39« 7s, 6 L. Kelly.

Glory to the King.

1 Glory, glory to our King !

Crowns unfading wreathe his head ;
Jesus is the name we sing —

Jesus risen from the dead ;
Jesus, Conqueror o'er the grave ;
Jesus, mighty now to save.

2 Now behold him high enthroned,

Glory beaming from his face,
By adoring angels owned,

God of holiness and grace :
0 for hearts and tongues to sing,
Glory, glory to our King !

3 Jesus, on thy people shine :

Warm our hearts and tune our tongues,

That with angels we may join. —

Share their bliss, and swell their songs :
Glory, honor, praise, and power,
Lord, be thine forevermore.

d-A-O. 8, 7s & 4. Kelly.

Glory to the Lamb.

1 Glory, glory everlasting,

Be to Him who bore the err
Who redeemed our souls by tasti
Death, the death deserved by us :

Sound his glory.
While the soul with transport

•249

PRAISE TO CHI)

love is love unbouii
Without measure, without end:
Human th unfounded ;

us1 to comprehend ;
Lour :

iend.

While we hear the wondrous story
Of the Saviour's cross and shame,
blasting glory

God and to th/
Saints and a!i_
Give ye glory to his name.

O-Al. 8a & 7s. Robin-

Praise to God the Saviour.

1 Mighty God. while angels bless thee7

May a mortal lisp thy name ?
Lord of men as well as am

Thou art every creature's theme :
Lord of every land and nation.

Ancient of eternal days.
Sounded through the wide creation

Be thy just and lawful praise.

2 For the grandeur of thy nature. —

Grand beyond a seraph's thought. —
For the wonders of creation. —

Works with skill and kindness u
For thy providence, that governs

Through thine empire's wide domain.
,rs an angel, guides a sparrow. —

Blessed be thy gentle reign.

3 For thy rich, thy free redemption. —

Bright, though veiled in dark
Thought is poor, and p<> -ion :

Who can sing that wondrous song .'
Brightness of the Fathers s

Shall thy praise unuttei
Break, my tongue, such guilty -

Sing the Lord who came to die: —

250

PRAISE TO rilRIST.

4 From the highest throne of glory.

To the cross of deepest wot4.
Came to ransom guilty captives; —

Flow, my praise, forever flow :
Re-ascend, immortal Saviour;

Leave thy footstool, take thy throne;
Thence return and reign forever;

Be the kingdom all thy own.

342. C. M. Beddomk.

Christ supremely exalted.

1 Jesus, my Saviour and my God,

Thy wondrous love reveal :
Let angels spread thy name abroad.
And men thy glories tell.

2 Let all, with sweet and cheerful voice,

Harmonious anthems raise :
Be thou the spring of all their joys,
The life of all their praise.

3 Be thou exalted in the heay

And o'er this earthly hall :
Let creatures into nothing sink,
And Christ be all in all.

343. C. BL Wa*ts.

A new Song to the Lamb.

1 Behold the glories of the Lamb

Amidst his Father's throne :

Prepare new honors for his name.

And songs before unknown.

2 Let elders worship at his feet,

The church adore around,
With vials full of odors sweet
And harps of sweeter sound.

3 Those are the prayers of all the -

And these the hymns they raise :
Jesus is kind to our complaints ;
He loves to hear our praise.

4 Now to the Lamb, that once was slain,

Be endless blessings paid :
Salvation, glory, joy remain
Forever on thy head.
251

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

5 Thou hast redeemed our souls with blood,
I last set the prisoner free.
Hast made us kings and priests to I
And we shall reign with thee.

344. L. M. Watts.
Blearing cud Honor i i the Lamb.

1 Wii.vt equal honors shall we bring

To thee, 0 Lord our God, the Lamb,
When all the notes that angels sing

Are far inferior to thy name '.

2 Worthy is he that once was slain.

The Prince of life, that groaned and died,

Worthy to rise, and live and i
At his almighty Father's side.

3 Honor immortal must be paid,

Instead of scandal and of scorn :
While glory shines around his head,
He wears a crown without a thorn.

4 Blessings forever on the Lamb,

Who bore the curse for wretched men !
Let angels sound his sacred name,
And every creature say. " Amen.'''

345. 8s k 7s. Lock. Hosp. Col.
Jesus exalted to the Throne.

1 Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory.

There forever to abide :
All the heavenly host adore t
Seated at thy Fade

2 There for sinners thou art pleading;

There thou dost onr place prepare;
Ever for us Interceding)
Till in glory we appear.

3 Worship, honor, power, and blessing,

Thou art worthy to receive:
Loudest praises, without ceasing.
Meet it is for us to give.

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

4 Help, ye bright, angelic spi

Briii _ -etest. noblest I

Help to sing our Saviou
Help to chant ImmaniK-

346. c. m w«

The Lamb of God ice

1 Come, let us join our cheerful songs

With angels* round the throne :
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joy^are one.

2 •• V te Lamb that died.'* *

•• To be exalted thus
u Worthy the Lamb.*' our lips reply,
*• For he was slain for us:':

3 Jesus is worthy to receive

Honor and power divine :
And blessings, more than we can give.
Be. Lord, forever thine.

4 Let all that dwell above die

And air. and earth, and -
Conspire to lift thy glories high.
And speak thy endless praifi

5 The whole creation join in one

To bless the sacred name
Of Him who sits upon the throne,
And to adore the Lamb.

3-47. Us. De Fleubt.

Praise to the Lamb.

1 Come, saints, let us join in the praise of the Lamb,
The theme most sublime of the angels abo

dwell with delight on the souucf of his name.
And gaze on his glories with wonder and love.

.2 Come, saints, and adore him: come, bow at hi
grateful hosannas unceasing arise :
0. give him the glory and praise that are me
I join the full chorus that gladdens I

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PRAISE TO CHRIST.

3 Behold to what honors the Saviour is rai-

He Bits on the throne, and he rules over all ;
By man once rejected, by seraphs now praie

Winlc powers and dominions, him worshippiiiLr.fall

4 They worship the Lamb who fur sinnera

But their Loftiest songs never equal his love :
The claims of his mercy will ever remain,
Transcending the anthems in glory above.

5 Yet even our service he will not despi

When we join in his worship and tell of hifi
Then let us unite in the song of the sk

And, trusting his mercy; sing, M Worthy the Lamb.'

348« C M. C. Wesley.

Praise to the Saviour.

1 0 for a thousand tongues to sing

My dear Redeemer's praise —
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace !

2 My gracious Master and my God,

Assist me to proclaim,
To spread through all the earth abroad,
The honors of thy name.

3 Jesus ! the name that calms our fears,

That bids our sorrows cease ;
'Tis music in the sinner's ea
;Tis life, and health, and peace.

4 He breaks the power of reigning sin ;

He sets the prisoner free ;
His blood can make the foulest clean ;
His blood availed for me.

349. L. M. Percy Cn-vrEL Col.

The Song of Heaven.

1 The countless multitude on hiirh.

Who tune their songs to Jesus7 name,
All merit of their own deny,

And Jesus' worth alone proclaim.

254

PRAISE TO CHRIST.

2 Firm, on the ground of sovereign grao \

They stand before Jehovah'- I
The only song in that blest place

b, il Thou art worthy, thou al

3 With spotless robes of purest white.

And branches of triumphal palm.
They shout, with transports of delight.
The ceaseless, universal psalm, —

4 M Salvation's glory all be paid

To Him who sits upon the throne.
And to the Lamb, whose blood was shed;
Thou, thou art Worthy, thou alone."

350. C. M. Watts!

Triumph of Christ.

1 Ho? anna to our conquering King !

All hail, incarnate Love !
Ten thousand songs and glories wait
To crown thy head above.

2 Thy victories and thy deathless fame

Through all the world shall run,
And everlasting aires simr
The triumphs thou hast won.

351. C. Mi C. \Vesley.
P)-aise to the Son.

1 0 for a thousand seraph tongues

To bless tlr incarnate Word !
0 for a thousand thankful songs
In honor of my Lord !

2 Come, tune afresh your golden lyres.

Ye angels round the throne :
Ye saints, in all your sacred choirs,
Adore th* eternal Son.
255

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

j()2, 8s, 6 & 4. Spir. of the Psalms.

The Ilohj Spirit the Comforter.

1 Our blest Redeemer, ere he breathed

His tender, last farewell,
A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed
With us to dwell.

2 He came in tongues of living flame.

To teach, convince, subdue ;
All powerful as the wind he came,
As viewless too.

3 He came sweet influence to impart,

A gracious, willing guest,
While he can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.

4 He breathes that gentle voice we hear,

Soft as the breeze of even,
That checks each fault, that calms each fear,
And speaks of heaven.

5 And every virtue we possess,

And every victory won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are his alone.

6 Spirit of purity and grace,

Our weakness, pitying, see;
0, make our hearts thy dwelling-place,
And worthier thee.

353. c. m. wiTw.

Breathing after the HoJy Spirit.

1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers.
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look ! how we grovel here below,

Fond of these trifling toys !
Our souls can neither fly nor go.
To reach eternal joys.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs ;

In vain we strive to rise :
Hosannas languish on our tongues.
And our devotion dies.

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live

At this poor, dying rate —

Our love so faint, so cold to :".

And thine to us so great !

5 Come. Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

J045 !*■ M« Doddridge.

The Spirit i;: coked.

1 Come, sacred Spirit, from above.
And fill the coldest heart with love :
0. turn to flesh the flinty stone,

\ let thy sovereign power be known.

2 0. let a holy flock await.

In crowds, around thy temple g
Each pressing on with zeal to be
A living sacrifice to thee.

355.

C. 31. Bickeesteth's Col.

The Spirit's Power.

1 Come. Holy Spirit, from above.

With thy celestial fire :
Come, and with dames of zeal and love
Our hearts and tongues inspire.

2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath.

New life creates within;
He quickens sinners from the death
Of trespasses and sin.

3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes.

i to our hearts reve;
Our bodies he his temple makes.
And our redemption seals.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT.
356. S. M. PllATT'sCOL.

Prayer for the Spirit.

1 Blest Comforter divine.

Let rays of heavenly love
Amid our gloom and darkness shine,
And guide our souls above.

2 Turn us. with gentle voice;

From every sinful way.
And bid the mourning saint rejoice,
Though earthly joys decay.

3 By thine inspiring breath

Make every cloud of care,
And e'en the gloomy vale of death,
A smile of glory wear.

4 0, fill thou every heart

With love to all our race;
Great Comforter, to us impart
These blessings of thy grace.

oDi • L. M. Beddome.

The indwelling Spirit.

1 Come, thou eternal Spirit, come

From heaven, thy glorious dwelling-place )
0, make my sinful heart thy home,
And consecrate it by thy grace.

2 There fix. 0 Lord, thy blest abode,

And drive thy foes forever thence ;
There shed a Saviour's love abroad,

And light, and life, and joy dispense.
S My wants supply : my fears suppress ;

Direct my way. and hold me up ;
Teach me. in times of deep distress^

To pray in faith, and wait in hope.

30o. L. M. Burder's Col.

Quickening Spirit.
1 Come. Holy Spirit, calm my mind,
And fit me to approach my God :
Remove each vain, each worldly thought,
And lead me to thy blest abode.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT.

2 Hast thou imparted to my soul

A living spark of holy fire !
0, kindle now the sacred tlame,

And make me burn with pure desire.

3 A brighter faith and hope impart,

And let me now my Saviour see ;
0, soothe and cheer my burdened heart.
And bid my spirit rest in thee.

359. H. M. Campbell's Col.

Pleading the Promise of the Spirit.

1 0 thou that hearest prayer,

Attend our humble cry.
And let thy servants share

Thy blessing from on high :
We plead the promise of thy word :
Grant us thy Holy Spirit. Lord.

2 If earthly parents hear

Their children when they cry, —
If they, with love sincere,

Their varied wants supply. —
Much more wilt thou thy love display.
And answer when thy children pray.

3 Our heavenly Father, thou ;

We. children of thy grace :
0, let thy Spirit now

Descend and fill the place :
So shall we feel the heavenly name.
And all unite to praise thy name.

4 0, may that sacred fire.

Descending from above,
Our languid hearts inspire

With fervent zeal and love :
Enlighten our beclouded eyes,
And teach our grovelling souls to rise.

5 And send thy Spirit down

On all the nations. Lord.
With great success to crown

The preaching of thy word.
Till heathen lands shall own thy sway.
And cast their idol gods away.

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TJttE HOLY spirit.

360. CM. Pratt's Col.

Spirit.

1 Ki pirit, God of truth.

Our contrite hearts inspire:
Revive the flame of heavenly love.
And hn>d the pure desi

2 7Tis thine to soothe the Borrowing mind,

With guilt and fear oppressed)
}Tib thine to bid the dying li
And give the weary

3 Subdue the power of every sin,

Whate'er that sin may be,
That we, with humble, holy heart.
May worship only thee.

4 Then with our spirits witness bear

That we are sons of God.
Redeemed from sin, from death, and hell.
Through Christ's atoning blood.

361. S. M. ILviix.
Sanctifying Influence.

1 Come, Holy Spirit, come: «

Let thy bright beams arise ;
Dispel the sorrow from our minds,
The darkness from our eyes.

2 Convince us all of sin :

Then lead to Jesus' blood,
And to our wondering view reveal
The mercies of our God.

3 Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove.
And kindle in our me

Of never-dying love.

4 *Tis thine to cleanse the heart,

To sanctify the soul.
To pour fresh life in every part,
And new-create the whole.

5 Dwell. Spirit, in our h« ■:

Our minds from bondage free;
Then shall we know, and prs love

The Father. *>>,]]. and T

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

Sfotc* S. M. Beddome.

Sanctifying Influence.

1 Come. Holy Spirit, come.
With energy divine.
And on this poor, benighted soul
With beams of mercy shine.
% Melt, melt this frozen heart ;
This stubborn will subdue :
Each evil passion overcome.
And form me all anew.
3 Mine will the profit be.

But thine shall be the praise ;
And unto thee will I devote
The remnant of my days.
i

363. s. m. anox.

of Truth.

1 Thou. Holy Spirit, art

Of truth the promised seal :
Convincing power thou dost impart.
And Jesus' grace reveal.

2 0. breathe thy qui c ken in g breal

And Light and life afford :
Instruct us how to live by faith.
And glorify the Lord.

364.

L. M. Exa. Bap. Col.
Divine Influences compared to Bain.

As showers on meadows newly mown.
Our God shall send his Spirit down :
Eternal Source of grace divine.
What soul-refreshing drops are
That heavenly influence let ns find
In holy silence of the mind.
While every grace maintains its bloom.
Diffusing wide its rich perfume.
Nor let these blessings be confined
To us. but poured on all manki
Till earth's rude wastes in ver
And Eden's beauty greet our eye-.

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

365. 8s cV 78. Jay.

Indwelling v

1 Holy Ghost, dispel our sadni

Pierce the clouds of nature's night;
Come, thou Source of joy and gladness,
Breathe thy life, and spread thy light

2 Author of our new creation.

Bid us all thine influence prove;
Make our souls thy habitation ;
Shed abroad the Saviour's love.

366

7s. Bathurst.
The teaching Spirit.

1 Holy Spirit, from on high,
Bend o'er us a pitying eye ;
Now refresh the drooping heart ;
Bid the power of sin depart.

2 Liii'ht up every dark recess
Of our heart's ungodliness ;
Show us every devious way
Where our steps have gone astray.

3 Teach us. with repentant grief.
Humbly to implore relief ;
Then the Saviour's blood reveal,
And our broken spirits heal.

4 May we daily grow in grace,
And pursue the heavenly race,
Trained in wisdom, led by love,
Till we reach our rest above.

367. C. M. Haweis.

Source of Life and Light.

1 Great Spirit, by whose mighty power

All creatures live and move.
On us thy benediction shower:
Inspire our souls with lo

2 Hail. Source of light! arise and shine:

All gloom and doubt dispel :
Give peace and joy. for we aiv thine ;
In us forever dwell.

2G3

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

3 From death to life our spirits raise :

Complete redemption bring ;

New tongues impart to speak the :

Of Christ, our God and King.

4 Thine inward witness bear, unknown

To all the world beside ;
Exulting, then, we feel and own
Our Saviour glorified.

368. L- M. Browne.
Our Guide.

1 Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above ;
Be thou our Guardian, thou our Guide ;
O'er every thought and step preside.

2 To us the light of truth display,

And make us know and choose thy way ;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.

3 Lead us to holiness — the road

Which we must take to dwell with God ;
Lead us to Christ — the living way;
Nor let us from his pastures stray j —

4 Lead us to God, — our final rest, —
To be with him forever blest :

Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share —
Fulness of joy forever there.

369. L. M. Beddome.
Teachings of the Spirit.

1 Come, blessed Spirit, Source of light,

Whose power and grace are un confined,
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,
The thicker darkness of the mind.

2 To mine illumined eyes display

The glorious truth thy words reveal ;
Cause me to run the heavenly way ;
Make ma delight to do thy" will.

263

TI1K HOLY SPIRIT.

3 Thine inward teachings make me know
■ wonders of redeeming i
The vanity of thing*
And excellence of thing

die through these dubious paths I stray,
ad. like the sun. thy beams abroad;
< ). show the dangers of tjxe \

And guide my feeble steps to God.

3 7 0. 8s & 7s. Noel's Col.

Source of Blessings.

1 Holy Source of consolation,

Light and life thy grace imparts ;

H us in thy compassion;
Guide our minds, and fill our hearts.

2 Heavenly blessings, without measure.

Thou canst bring us from above ;
Lord, we ask that heavenly treasure,
Wisdom, holiness, and love.

3 Dwell within us, blessed Spirit ;

Where thou art no ill can come ;

Bless us now, through Jesus' merit;

Reign in every heart and home.

4 Saviour, lead us to adore thee,

While thou dost prolong our days ;
Then, with angel hosts before thee,
May we worship, love, and praise.

3/ 1. 7s. Stocker.

Influences of the Spirit.

1 Gracious Spirit — Love divine!
Let thy light within me shine ;
All my guilty fears remove ;
Fill me with thy heavenly love.

2 Speak thy pardoning grace to me ;
Set the burdened sinner free ;
Lead me to the Lamb of God :
Wash me in his precious blood.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT.

3 Life and peace to me impart ;
Seal salvation on my heart :
Dwell thyself within my breast,
Earnest of immortal rest.

4 Let me never from thee stray ;
Keep me in the narrow way ;
Fill my soul with joy divine ;
Keep me. Lord, forever thine.

372* 7s. Reed.

The Sanctifier.

1 Holy Ghost, with light divine.
Shine upon this heart of mine ;
Chase the shades of night away ;
Turn the darkness into day.

2 Holy Ghost, with power divine.
Cleanse this guilty heart of mine :
Long has sin. without control,
Held dominion o'er my soul.

3 Holy Ghost, with joy divine.
Cheer this saddened heart of mine ;
Bid my many woes depart :

Heal my wounded, bleeding heart,

4 Holy Spirit, all divine,

Dwell within this heart of mine ;
Cast down every idol throne :
Reign supreme, and reign alone.

O / Q. C. BC Doddridge.

The Spirit desired.

1 Great Father of our feeble race,

Behold, thy servants wait ;
With longing eyes and lifted hands.
We flock around thy gate.

2 0, shed abroad that royal gift,

Thy Spirit, from above.
To bless our eyes with sacred light,
And fire our hearts with love.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT.

3 With speedy flight may he descend,

And solid comfort bring.
And o'er our languid souls extend
His all-reviving wing.

4 Blest earnest of eternal joy,

Declare our sins forgiven.
And bear, with energy divine,
Our raptured thoughts to heaven.

5 Diffuse, 0 God, refreshing showers,

That earth its fruit may yield,
And change this barren wilderness
To CarmePs flowery field.

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The Witness.

1 Saviour, I thy word believe ;

My unbelief remove ;
Now thy quickening Spirit give,

The unction from above ;
Show me, Lord, how good thou art ;

Now thy gracious word fulfil ;
Send the witness to my heart ;

The Holy Ghost reveal.

2 Blessed Comforter, come down,

And live and move in me ;
Make my every deed thine own,

In all things led by thee ;
Bid my sin and fear depart,

And within, 0, deign to dwell ;
Faithful witness, in my heart

Thy perfect light reveal.

3 Whom the world cannot receive,

0 Lord, reveal in me ;
Son of God, I cease to live,

Unless I live to thee :
Make me choose the better part;

(). do thou my pardon seal ;
Send the witness to my heart;

The Holy Ghost reveal.
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O /£)• C. M. Campbell's Col.

Prayer for Edification.

1 Thy Spirit pour. O gracious Lord,

On all assembled here :
Let us receive th' ingrafted word
With meekness and with fear.

2 By faith in thee, the soul receives

New life, though dead before ;
And he who in thy name believes
Shall live, to die no more.

3 Preserve the power of faith alive

In those who love thy name ;
For sin and Satan daily strive
To quench the sacred flame.

4 Thy grace and mercy first prevailed

From death to set us free ;
And. often since, our life had foiled,
Unless renewed by thee.

5 To thee we look : to thee we bow ;

To thee for help we call ;

Our life, our resurrection, thou,

Our hope, our joy. our all.

376, L. M. \Vatts.

The Spirit enlighteninj and renewing.

1 Eternal Spirit, we confess

I sing the wonders of thy grace ;
Thy power conveys our blessimrs down
From God the Father, and the Son.

2 Enlightened by thine heavenly ray.
Our shades and darkness turn to day ;
Thine inward teachings make us know
Our danger and our refuge too.

3 Thy power and glory work within,
And break the chains of reigning sin ;
Our wild, imperious lusts subdue.
And form our wretched hearts anew.

4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice )
Thy cheering words awake our joys ;

Thy words allay the stormy wind.
And calm the surges of the mind.

THE HOLY SPIRIT.

377. C. Iff. Watts.

Regeneration by the Spirit.

1 Not all the outward forma on earth.

Nor rites that God has given,

Nor will of man, nor Mood, nor birth,

I soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone

Creates us heirs of gra

Born in the image oi
A new, peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,

Breathes on the sons of flesh,
Creates anew the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quickened souls awake and rise

From their long sleep of death ;

On heavenly things we fix our eyes,

And praise employs our breath.

O/o. S. M. Montgomery.

God icorking in the Soul.

1 'Tis God the Spirit leads

In paths before unknown :
The work to be performed is ours ;
The strength is all his own.

2 Supported by his grace,

We still pursue our way.
And hope at last to reach the prize,
Secure in endless day.

3 'Tis he that works to will ;

"Tis he that works to do ;
The power by which we act is his,
And his the glory too.

379. C. M. Beddome.

Sovereignty of the Spirit.

1 The blessed Spirit, like the wind,
Blows when and where he please :
How happy are the men who feel
The soul-enlivening breeze !
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2 He moulds the carnal mind afr

Subdues the power of sin.
Transforms the heart of stone to fleshy
And plants his grace within.

3 He sheds abroad the Father's love;

Applies redeeming blood,
Bids both our guilt and fear remove.
And brings us home to God.

4 Lord, fill each dead, benighted soul

With light, and life, and joy :
None can thy mighty power control.
Or shall thy work destroy.

380. L- M. C. Wesley.

The Sjnrit entreated not to dejxrrt.

1 Stay, thou insulted Spirit, stay.

Though I have done thee such de-
Cast not a sinner quite away.
Nor take thine everlasting flight.

2 Though I have most unfaithful been

Of all who e'er thy grace received. —
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen.
Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved,

3 Yet. 0. the chief of sinners spare.

In honor of my great High Priest ;
Nor. in thy righteous anger, swear
I shall not see thy people's rest.

4 My weary soul. 0 God. release :

Uphold me with thy gracious hand;
0. guide me into perfect peace.
And bring me to the promised land.

381

C. Mj Campbell's Col.

The Holy Spirit grieved.

1 The God of grace will never leave
Or ca*t away his own :
And yet. when we his Spirit rrrieve,
H:< comforts are withdi:
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2 If noisy war, or strife, abound.

We grieve the peaceful Dove;

Hi> gracious aid is ever found
In paths of truth and love.

3 Should we indulge one secret sin.

Or disregard his hi
His succors and support, within,
The Spirit, vexed, withdraws.

4 Forbid it. gracious Lord, that we.

Who, from thy hand, receive
The Spirit's power to make us free,
Should ere that Spirit grieve.

382. C. M. Watt,.

The Earliest of Heaven.

1 Why should the children of a King

Go mourning all their day- !
Great Comforter, descend, and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.

2 Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints,

And seal them heirs of heaven '?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven !

3 Assure my conscience of her part

In my Redeemer's blood,
And bear thy witness, with my heart,
That I am born of God.

4 Thou art the earnest of his love.

The pledge of joys to come :
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safely bear me home.

383. L- M. T. SCOTT.

Prayer for the Return of the Sjnrit.

1 0 Lord, and shall our fainting souls
Thy just displeasure ever mourn?
Thy Spirit grieved, and long withdrawn,
Will he no more to us return .'

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2 Great source of light and peace, return,

Nor let us mourn and sink in vain;
Come, repossess our longing hearts
With all the graces pi thy train.

3 This temple, hallowed by thine hand,

Once more be with thy presence blest;
Here be thy grace anew displayed ;
Be this thine everlasting rest.

384. C. M. S. F. Smith.

Spirit of Holiness.

1 Spirit of holiness, descend ;

Thy people wait for thee ;
Thine ear. in kind compassion, lend ;
Let us thy mercy see.

2 Behold, thy weary churches wait,

With wishful, longing eyes ;
Let us no more lie desolate ;
0, bid thy light arise.

3 Thy light, that on our souls hath shone,

Leads us in hope to thee :
Let us not feel its rays alone —
Alone thy people be.

4 0, bring our dearest friends to God ;

Remember those we love :
Fit them, on earth, for thine abode ;
Fit them for joys above.

5 Spirit of holiness, 'tis thine

To hear our feeble prayer ;
Come, — for we wait thy power divine, -
Let us thy mercy share.

385.

C. M. Bathxrst.

Spirit of Holiness.

1 Spirit of holiness, look down,
Our fainting hearts to cheer ;
And, when we tremble at thy frown,
0, bring thy comforts near.

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2 The fear which thy convictions wrought

0, let thy grace remove :
And may the souls which thou hast taught
To weep, now learn to love.

3 Now let thy saving mercy heai

The wounds it made bei

Now on our hearts impress thy B<
That we may doubt no more.

4 Complete the work thou hast begun.

And make our darkness light
That we a glorious race may run.
Till faith be lost in sight.

5 Then, as our wondering eyes discern

The Lord's unclouded face.
In fitter language we shall learn
To sing triumphant grace.

THE SCRIPTURES.

386. C. M. Watts.

Excellency of the Scriptures.

1 Let all the heathen writers join

To form one perfect book :
Great God, if once compared with thine.
How mean their writings look !

2 Not the most perfect rules they gave

Could show one sin forgiven^

Nor lead a step beyond the grave :

But thine conduct to heaven.

3 I've seen an end of what we call

Perfection here below —
How short the powers of nature fall.
And can no farther go.

4 Yet men would fain be just with God.

By works their hands have wrought :
But thy commands, exceeding broad.
Extend to every thought.

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5 In vain we boast perfection here,

While sin defiles our frame,

And sinks our virtues down so far,
They scarce deserve the name.

6 Our faith, and love, and eve

Fall far below thy word:
But perfect truth and righteousness

Dwell only with the Lord.

00 / . L. M* Hegixbotham.

A Saviour seen in the Scriptures.

1 Now let my soul, eternal King,
To thee its gratenil tribute bring :
My knee with humble homage bow ;
My tongue perform its solemn vow.

2 All nature sings thy boundless love,
In worlds below, and worlds above ;
But in thy blessed word I trace
Diviner wonders of thy grace.

3 There what delightful truths I read !
There I behold the Saviour bl

His name salutes my listening ear.
Revives my heart, and checks my fear.

4 There Jesus bids my sorrows eea£ .
And gives my laboring conscienc
There lifts my grateful passions hig
And points to mansions in (he

5 For love like this. 0. let my song,
Through endless years, thy praise prolong

Let distant climes thy name adore.
Till time and nature are no more.

388. L. M. Watts.

A written Revelation.

1 Let everlasting glories crown
Thy head, my Saviour and r.
Thy hands have brought salvation
And stored the blessings in thy v.

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2 In vain the trembling conscience seeks

Some solid ground to rest upon ;
With long despair the spirit breaks,

Till we apply to Christ alone.

3 How well thy blessed truths

How wise and liulv thy commands!
Thy promises, how firm they be !

How firm our hope and comfort stands !

4 Should all the forms that men devise

Assault my faith with treacherous art,
Vd call them vanity and lies.

And bind the gospel to my heart.

389. C. M. Waits.
Love of the Scriptures.

1 0, how I love thy holy law !

JTis daily my delight ;
And thence my meditations draw
Divine advice by night.

2 My waking eyes prevent the day.

To meditate thy word ;
My soul with longing melts away.
To hear thy gospel. Lord.

3 Thy heavenly words my heart engage.

And well employ my tongue,
And. through my weary pilgrimag
Yield me a heavenly song.

4 When nature sinks, and spirits droop

Thy promises of grace
Are pillars to support my hope.
And there I write thy praise.

390. S. M. Beddome.
Superiority of tJie Scriptures.

1 0 Lord, thy perfect word
Directs our steps aright;
Nor can all other books afford
Such profit or delight.

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lestial light it s]
To cheer this vale below ;
To distant land 3 - eads,

flaw.

3 True wisdom it imparl-

Commands oar hope and fear;
0. may we hide it in our hearts.
And feel its influence there.

391. S. M. Watts.
The Books of Nature and Scripture.

1 Behold, the lofty

Declares its Maker. God.

all his starry works on high
Proclaim his power abroad.

•2 The darkness and the light

Still keep their co me ;

While night to day. and day to night
Divinely teach his name.

3 In every different land

Their general voice is known :
They show the wonders of his hand.
And orders of his throne.

4 Ye Christian lands, rejoice:

Here he reveals his word :
We are not left to nature's voice
To bid us know the Lord.

392. C. M. Fawcett.
Preciousness of the Bible.

1 How precious is the book divine,

By inspiration given !
Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine,
To guide our souls to heaven.

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts

In this dark vale of tears :
Life, light, and joy. it still imparts.
And quells our rising fears.

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3 This Lamp, through all the tedious night
Of life. shalJ guide our way,
Till we behold trie clearer light
Of an eternal day.

393. C. M. Era. Col.

Sufficiency of ihi v

1 Great God. with wonder and with praise

On all thy works I Look :
But still thy wisdom, power, and grace,

Shine brightest in thy book.

2 Here are my choicest treasures hid ;

Here my best comfort i
Here my desires sfied ;

And here my hop>

3 Lord, make me understand thy law ;

Show what my faults have been;
And from thy gospel let me draw
The pardon of my sin.

394. L. P. M. Watt,.
Delight and Instruction from the Bible.

1 I love the volume of thy word ;
What light and joy those leaves afford

To souls beniirhted and distree
Thy precepts guide my doubtful v.
Thy fear forbids my feet to Stray;

Thy promise leads my heart to rest.

2 Thy threatenings wake my slumbering
And warn me where my danger I

But 'tis thy br >el, Lord.

That makes my guilty conscience clean.

Converts my soul, subdue- in

And gives a tree, but large reward.

3 Who knows the errors of his thoughts]
My God, forgive my secret faults.

And from presumptuous sins restrain;
Accept my poor attempt- of praise,
That I have read thy book of gra<

And book of nature, not in vain.
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395. C. M. COWPER.

The Bible the Light of the World.

1 What glory gilds the sacred page !

[Majestic.' like the sun.
It gives a light to every age ;

h j. •. ■■•-. but borrows none.

2 The power that gave it still supplies

The gracious light and heat:
Its truths upon the nations rise ;
They rise, but never set.

3 Let everlasting thanks be thine

For such a bright display
As makes a world of darkness shine
With beams of heavenly day.

4 My soul rejoices to pursue

Trie steps of Him I love.
Till glory breaks upon my view
In brighter worlds above.

396

C. M. Campbell's Cot
The Glory of the Word.

1 A glort in the word we find.

When grace restores our sight :

But sin has darkened all the mind,

And veiled the heavenly light.

2 When God the Spirit clears our view.

How bright the doctrines shine !
Their holy fruits and sweetness show
The Author is divine.

3 How blest are we with open face

To view thy glory. Lord.
And all thy image here to trace
Reflected in thy word !

4 0. teach as, as we look, to grow

In holiness and love.
That we may long to see and know
Thy glorious face above.

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397. C. M. Steele.
The Bible suited to our Wants.

1 Father of mercies, in thy word

What endless glory shines !
Forever be thy name adored.
For these celestial lines.

2 >Tis here the tree o( knowledge grows,

And yields a free repast :
Here purer sweets than nature knows
Invite the longing laste.

3 ;Tis here the Saviour's welcome voice

Spreads heavenly peace around,
And life, and everlasting joys,
Attend the blissful sound.

4 0. may these heavenly pages be

My ever-dear delight;
And still new beauties may I see,
And still increasing tight.

5 Divine Instructor, gracious Lord,

Be thou forever near :
Teach me to love thy sacred word,
And view my Saviour here.

398. C. M. Watts.
Value of the Scriptures.

1 Laden with guilt, and full of fears,

1 fly to thee, my Lord ;
And not a gleam of hope appears,
But in thy written word.

2 The volume of my Father's grace

Does all my grief assuage;
Here I behold my Saviour's face
In almost every page.

3 This is the field where hidden lies

The pearl of price unknown ;
That merchant is divinely wise
Who makes this pearl his own.

4 Here consecrated water flows.

To quench my thirst of sin ;
'Tis here the tree of knowledge grows ;
No danger dwells therein.

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§ This is the Judge that ends the strife
Where wit and reason fail,
My Guide to everlasting life
Through all this gloomy vale.

6 0? may thy counsels, mighty God,
My roving feet command.
Nor I forsake the happy road
Which leads to thy right hand.

399. ait Evan. Mao.
Revelation welcomed.

1 Hail, sacred truth ! whose piercing rays

Dispel the shades of night,

Diffusing o'er the mental world

The healing beams of light.

2 Thy word. 0 Lord, with friendly aid,

Restores our wandering feet.
Converts the sorrows of the mind
To joys divinely sweet.

3 0, send thy light and truth abroad

In all their radiant blaze.
And bid th' admiring world adore
The glories of thy grace.

400. L. M. Watts.
Divine Authority of the Bible.

1 'Twas by an order from the Lord.
The ancient prophets spoke his word ;
His Spirit did their tongues inspire.

And warm their hearts with heavenly fire.

2 Great God. mine eyes with pleasure look
On all the pages of thy book ;

There my Redeemer's face I see.
And read his name who died for me.

3 Let the false raptures of the mind
Be lost and vanish in the wind :
Here I can fix my hope secure ;
This is thy word, and must endure.

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401. C. M. Stbnnbtt.

The JRiches of God's Word.

1 Let worldly men, from shore to shore,

Their chosen good pursue \
Thy word, 0 Lord, we value more
Than treasures of Peru.

2 Here mines of knowledge, love, and joy,

Are opened to our sight :

The purest gold without alloy,
And gems divinely bright.

3 The counsels of redeeming grace

These sacred leaves unfold;
And here the Saviour's lovely face
Our raptured eyes behold.

4 Here light, descending from above,

Directs our doubtful feet;
Here promises of heavenly love
Our ardent wishes meet.

5 Our numerous griefs are here redressed,

And all our wants supplied ;
Nought we can ask to make us blest
Is in this book denied.

402. C. M. Watts.

Comfort from the Bible.

1 Lord, I have made thy word my choice,

My lasting heritage ;
There shall my noblest powers rejoice,
My warmest thoughts engage.

2 Fll read the histories of thy love.

And keep thy laws in sight,
While through the promises I rove.
With ever-fresh delight.

3 *Tis a broad land, of wealth unknown,

Where springs of life arise,
Seeds of immortal bliss are sown.
And hidden glory lies.

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4 The best relief that mourners have,
It makes our sorrows ble
Our fairest hope beyond the grave,
And our eternal rest.

403. S. M. Waits.

Power of God's Word.

1 Behold, the morning sun

Begins his glorious way :
His beams through all the nations run,
And life and light convey.

2 But where the gospel comes,

It spreads diviner light;
It calls dead sinners from their tombs,
And gives the blind their sight.

3 How perfect is thy word !

And all thy judgments just !
Forever sure thy promise, Lord,
And we securely trust.

4 My gracious God. how plain

Are thy directions given !
0. may I never read in vain,
But find the path to heaven.

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

404. E. 3L Beddome.

The Gospel originating in sovereign Mercy.

1 God. in the gospel of his Son,
Makes his eternal counsels known :
Here love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

2 Here sinners, of an humble frame,

May taste his grace, and learn his name ;
May read, in characters of blood.
The wisdom, power, and grace of God.

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3 Here faith reveals to mortal ej
A brighter world beyond '

Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.

4 O. grant us grace, almighty Lord,
To read and mark thy holy word,
Its truths with meekness to receive,
And by its holy precepts live.

405. S. M. Watts.
God's Purpose of Mercy.

1 The Lord on hi^h proclaims

His Godhead from his throne ;
Mercy and justice are the names
By which he will be known.

2 Ye dying souls, that sit

In darkness and distress,
Look from the borders of the pit
To his recovering grace.

3 Sinners shall hear the sound ;

Their thankful tongues shall own
Their righteousness and strength are found
In thee. 0 Lord; alone.

4 In thee shall Israel trust,

And see their guilt forgiven ;
Thou wilt pronounce the sinners just,
And take the saints to heaven.

406. L- M- Bowring.
The Teaching of Jesus.

1 How sw^eetly flowed the gospel sound

From lips of gentleness and grace,
When listening thousands gathered round,
And joy and gladness filled the place!

2 From heaven he came, of heaven he spoke,

To heaven he led his followers' way;
Dark clouds of gloomy night he broke,
L'n veiling an immortal day.
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3 a Come, wanderers, to my Father's home ;

Come, all ye weary ones, ami test: "
Yes. sacred Teacher, we will come,
Obey thee, love thee, and be blest.

4 Decay, then, tenements of dust ;

Pillars of earthly pride, decay :
A nobler mansion waits the just,
And Jesus has prepared the way.

407. H. M. TOPLADY.

The Jubilee proclaimed.

1 Blow ye the trumpet, blow,

The gladly-solemn sound ;
Let all the nations know,

To earth's remotest bound,
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

2 Exalt the Lamb of God,

The sin-atoning Lamb ;
Redemption by his blood,

Through all the lands, proclaim :
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

3 Ye slaves of sin and hell,

Your liberty receive,
And safe in Jesus dwell,

And blest in Jesus live :
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

4 The gospel trumpet hear,

The news of pardoning grace :
Ye happy souls, draw near ;

Behold your Saviour's face :
The year of jubilee is come ;
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

5 Jesus, our great High Priest,

Has full atonement made ;
Ye weary spirits, rest :

Ye mourning souls, be glad :
The year of jubilee is come :
Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

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408. C. M. Wai

Rejoicing in the Gosjiel.

1 Blest are the bouIi that hear and know

The gospel's joyful sound :
Peace shall attend the paths they go,
And light their steps surround.

2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up,

Through their Redeemer's name )
His righteousness exalts their hope,
Nor Satan dares condemn.

3 The Lord, our glory and defence,

Strength and salvat;
Israel, thy King forever reigns,
Thy God forever lives.

409. L. M. Watts.
The Power of Truth.

1 This is the word of truth and love,
Sent to the nations from above ;
Jehovah here resolves to show
What his almighty grace can do.

2 This remedy did wisdom find.
To heal diseases of the mind —

This sovereign balm, whose virtues can
Restore the ruined creature, man.

3 The gospel bids the dead revive :
Sinners obey the voice, and live :
Dry bones are raised, and clot
And hearts of stone are turned to

4 May but this grace my soul rem
Let sinners gaze and hate me too :
The word that saves me doe-

A sure defence from all their

410. C. M. Medley.
The Fountain cf living Wai

1 0. what amazing words of grace
Arc in the gospel found !
Suited to every sinner's case
Who hears the joyful sound.

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2 Come, then, with all your wants and wounds '«

Your every burden bring :
Here love, unchanging low. abounds,

A deep, celestial spring.

3 This spring with living water flows,

And heavenly joy imparts :
Come, thirsty souls, your wants disclose.
And drink with thankful hearts.

4 A host oi sinners, vile as you,

Have here found life and peace :
Come. then, and prove its virtues too,
And drink, adore, and bless.

411. C. 31. Watts.

The Gospel a Savor of Life or De '' .

1 Christ and his cross are all our theme :

The mysteries that we speak
Are scandal in the Jews" esteem.
And folly to the Greek.

2 But souls enlightened from above

With joy receive the wt
They see what wisdom, power.
Shine in their dying Lord.

3 The vital savor of his name

Restores their fainting breath ;
But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.

4 Till God diffuse his graces down.

Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

41. '2. S. VL DOMHtTDGB.

Si/mers coiled by Jehovah.

1 The Lord Jehovah calls;
Be every ear inclined :
May such a voice awake eacl
And captivate the mind.

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

2 If he in thunder speak,

Earth trembles at his nod ;
But milder accents here proclaim
The condescending God.

3 O, harden not your hearts,

But hear his voice to-day ;

Lest, ere to-morrow's earliest dawn,
He call your souls away.

4 Almighty God, pronounce

The word of conquering grace ;
So shall the flint dissolve to tears,
And scorners seek thy face.

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Christ's Invitation.

1 Come, saith Jesus' sacred voice,
Come, and make my paths your choice ;
I will guide you to your home ;
Weary pilgrims, hither come.

2 Hither come ; for here is found
Balm for every bleeding wound,
Peace which ever shall endure,
Rest, eternal, sacred, sure.

414. I* M* BicKKitsTETii's Col.

The Wanderer invited.

1 Wanderer from God, return, return.

And seek an injured Father's face1 :

Those warm desires, that in thee burn.

Were kindled by reclaiming grace.

2 Wanderer from God, return, return :

Thy Father hears that deep-felt sigh ;
He sees thy softened spirit mourn :
And mercy's voice invites thee nigh.

3 Wanderer from God, return, ret urn :

Renounce thy fears; thy Saviour lives;
Go to his bleeding cross, and Learn
How freely, fully, he forgives.

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Sinners urged to accept the Invitai

1 Ye who in his courts are found.
Listening to the joyful sound,
Lost and helpless as ye are.
Sons of sorrow, sin. and care,
Glorify the King of kings

Take the peace the gospel brings.

2 Turn to Christ your longing eyes ;
View this bleeding sacrifice ;
See in him your sins forgiven;
Pardon, holiness, and heaven ;
Glorify the King of kings ;

Take "the peace the gospel brings.

416. 8s, 7s & 4. Hart.

Sinners entreated by the Mercies of Christ.

1 Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched,

Come in mercy's gracious hour;
Jesus ready stands to save you.
Full of pity. love, and power :

He is able —
He is willing — doubt no more.

2 Let no sense of guilt prevent you,

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 ! your Saviour prostrate lies ;
On the bloody tree behold him ;

There he groans, and bleeds, and dies ;

■• It is finished : "
Heaven's atoning sacrifice.

4 Lo ! th' incarnate God. ascended.

Pleads the merit of his blood ;
Venture on him — venture wholly ;
Let no other trust intrude :

None but Jesus
Can do helpless sinners good.

287

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

417. L. M. Wa:

Christ* $ Invitation to

1 "Co.mk hither, all ye weary souls.

Ye hdavy-laden sinners, come ;
I'll giye you rest from all your toil>.
Ami raise you to my heavenly hon

2 "They shall find rest who learn of me

I'm of a meek and lowly mind ;
But passion rages like the sea,
And pride is restless as the wind.

3 " Blest is the man whose shoulders take

My yoke, and bear it with delight :
My yoke is easy to the neck ;

grace shall make the burden liir/it.'"

4 Jesus, we come at thy command.

With faith, and hope, and humble zeal,
Resign our spirits to thy hand.

To mould and guide us at thy will.

4<lo. C. M. Huntingdon's Col.

Yet there is Room.

1 Come, sinner, to the gospel feafi

0, come without delay ;
For there is room in Jesus' breast
For all who will obey.

2 There's room in God's eternal love

To save thy precious soul ;
Room in the Spirit's grace above
To heal and make thee whole.

3 There's room within the church, redeemed

With blood of Christ divine ;
Room in the white-robed throng, convened,
For that dear soul of thine.

4 There's room in heaven among the choir,

And harps and crowns of gold.
And glorious palms of victory tip
And joys that ne'er were told.

5 There's room around thy Father's board

For thee and thousands more :
0, come and welcome to the Lord ;
Yea, come this very hour.

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

419. L- M. 6 L. EPISiCOL.

The Gospel adapted to give Peace and Res*.

1 Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan

Hath taught the rocks the notes of woe ;
Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan,

And let thy tears forget to iiow :
Behold, the precious balm is found,

To lull thy pain, to heal thy wound.

2 Come, freely come, by sin oppressed ;

Unburden here thy weighty load ;
Here find thy refuge and thy rest.

And trust the mercy of thy God :
Thy God's thy Saviour — glorious word !
Forever love and praise the Lord.

420. C. M. Steele.

Yd there is Boom.

1 Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor,

Behold a royal feast.
Where Mercy spreads her bounteous store
For every humble guest.

2 There Jesus stands with open arms ;

He calls — he bids you come :
Though guilt restrains, and fear alarms^
Behold there yet is room.

3 0. come, and with his children taste

The blessings of his love :
While hope expects the sweet repast
Of nobler joys above.

4 There, with united heart and voice,

Before th* eternal throne.
Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,,
In songs on earth unknown.

5 And yet ten thousand thousand more

Are welcome still to come :
Ye longing souls, the grace adore,
And enter while there's room.
25 2S9

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

421. L- M- Steele.
Rest for the weary Penitent.

1 Come, weary souls, with sin distressed,
Come, and accept the promised rest ;
The Saviour's gracious call obey,

And cast your gloomy fears away.

2 Oppressed with sin. a painful load,

0, 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 ;
How rich the gift ! how free the grace !

4 Lord, we accept, with thankful heart,
The hope thy gracious words impart ;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless the kind, inviting voice.

5 Dear Saviour, let thy wondrous love
Confirm our faith, our fears remove )
0, sweetly influence every breast,
And guide us to eternal rest.

422. CX M. Watts.

The Gospel Trumpet.

1 Let every mortal ear attend,

And every heart rejoice ;
The trumpet of the gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho ! all ye hungry, starving souls,

That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind, —

3 Eternal Wisdom has prepared

A soul-reviving feast,
And bids your longing appetites
The rich provision taste.

4 Ho ! ye that pant for living streams,

And pine away, and die. —
Here you may quench your raging thirst
With springs that never dry.
290

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

5 The happy gates of gospel grace
Stand open night and day ;
Lord, we are come to seek supplies.
And drive our wants away.

423. C. At Steele.
The Saviour's Invitation.

1 The Saviour calls ; let every ear

Attend the heavenly sound j
Ye doubting souls, dismiss your fear;
Hope smiles reviving round.

2 For every thirsty, longing heart.

Here streams of bounty flow :
And life, and health, and bliss impart,
To banish mortal woe.

3 Ye sinners, come ; 7tis mercy's voice ;

That gracious voice obey •
*Tis Jesus calls to heavenly joys ;
And can you yet delay I

4 Dear Saviour, draw reluctant hearts ;

To thee let sinners fly.
And take the bliss thy love imparts.
And drink, and never die.

424. C. M. Doddridge.
All Things ready.

1 The King of heaven his table spreads,

And dainties crown the board :
Not Paradise, with all its joy.?,
Could such delight afford.

2 Ye hungry poor, that long have strayed
In sin's dark mazes, come ;

Come from your most obscure retreats,
And grace shall find you room.

3 Millions of souls, in glory now,

Were fed and feasted here ;
And millions more, still on the way,
Around the board appear.

291

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

4 Yet are his house and heart so large,

That millions more may come;
Nor could the whole assembled world
O'erfill the spacious room.

5 All things are ready ; come away,

Nor weak excuses frame :
Conn*, taste the dainties of the feast,
And bless the Master's name.

425. C. M. DODDKIDGB.

Mutual Invitation.

1 Come, let us join our souls to God

In everlasting bands,
And seize the blessings he bestows
With eager hearts and hands.

2 Come, let us to his temple haste,

And seek his favor there,
Before his footstool humbly bow,
And offer fervent prayer.

3 Come, let us share, without delay,

The blessings of his grace ;
Nor shall the years of distant life
Their memory e'er efface.

4 O, may our children ever haste

To seek their fathers'* God,
Nor e'er forsake the happy path
Their fathers' feet have trod.

426. 7s, 6l. Hawks.

Come and welcome.

1 From the cross uplifted high,
Where the Saviour deigns to die,
What melodious sounds we hear,
Bursting on the ravished ear ! —
u Love's redeeming work is done ;
Come and welcome, sinner, come.

2 u Sprinkled now with blood the throne,
Why beneath thy burdens groan ?

On my pierced body laid,
Justice owns the ransom paid ;
Bow the knee, embrace the Son ;
Come and welcome, sinner, come.

292

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

u Spread for thee, the festal board
See with richest dainties stored;
To thy Father's bosom pree
Yet again a child confessed,
Never from his house to roam,
Come and welcome, sinner, come.

u Soon the days of life shall end ;

Lo. I come, your Saviour. Friend,

Safe your spirits to convey

To the realms of endless day,

Up to my eternal home ;

Come and welcome, sinner, come.'1

427. 7s, 6 L. Axon.
Look to Christ.

1 Weary sinner, keep thine eyes
On th' atoning Sacrifice ;
View him bleeding on the tree.
Pouring out his life for thee :
There the dreadful curse he bore ;
Weeping soul, lament no more.

2 Cast thy guilty soul on him;
Find him mighty to redeem ;
At his feet thy burden lay ;
Look thy doubts and care away :
Now by faith the Son embrace,
Plead his promise, trust his grace.

428. C. St Watts.

Xo?ie excluded from Hope.

1 Jesus, thy blessings are not few,

Nor is thy gospel weak :
Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew;
And bow th' aspiring Greek.

2 Wide as the reach of Satan's rage

Doth thy salvation flow ;
;Tis not confined to sex or age,
The lofty or the low.

25* 293

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

3 While urace is offered to the prince.

The poor may take their share ;
No mortal has a just pretence
To perish in despair.

4 Come, all ye vilest sinners, come ;

He'll form your souls anew :
His gospel and his heart have room
For rebels such as you.

5 His doctrine is almighty love;

There's virtue in his name
To turn the raven to a dove,
The lion to a lamb.

429. 7S. COXVERT'3 COMP.

Offered Peace.

1 Weeping sinners, dry your tears ;
Jesus on the throne appears ;
Mercy comes with balmy wing,
Bids you his salvation sing.

2 Peace he brings you by his death,
Peace he speaks with every breath :
Can you slight such heavenly charms ?
Flee, 0 flee to Jesus7 arms.

430. S. M. Pratt's Col.
The Gospel Trumpet.

1 Ye trembling captives, hear :

The gospel trumpet sounds :
No music more can charm the ear,
Or heal your heartfelt wounds.

2 ;Tis not the trump of war,

Nor Sinai's awful roar :
Salvation's news it spreads afar,
And vengeance is no more.

3 Forgiveness, love, and peace,

Glad heaven aloud proclaims;
And earth the jubilee release,
With eager rapture, claims.

294

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL*

4 Far. far. to distant lands

The savimr news shall spread,
And Jesus all his willing bands
In glorious triumph lead.

431. S. M- Era, Col.
The Spirit inviting.

1 The Spirit, in our hearts,

Is whispering. - Sinner, com-
The bride, the church of Christ, proclaims
To all his children, " Come ! n

2 Let him that heareth say

To all about him. u Come : n
Let him that thirsts for righteousness
To Christ, the fountain, come.

3 Yes, whosoever will,

0. let him freely come,
And freely drink the stream of life;
"Tis Jesus bids him come.

4 Lo ! Jesus, who invites,

Declares, " I quickly come : ?;
Lord, even so : we wait thy hour ;
0 blest Redeemer, come.

432. S. M. Pratt's Col.
Returning to Christ.

1 Ye sons of earth, arise,

Ye creatures of a day :
Redeem the time — be bold — be wise,
And cast your bonds away.

2 The year of gospel grace

With us rejoice to see,
And thankfully in Christ embrace
Your proffered liberty.

3 Blest Saviour. Lord of all,

Thee help us to receive ;
Obedient to thy gracious call,
0, bid us turn and live.

295

INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.

Our former years misspent
Now let us deeply mourn.

And, softened by thy grace, repent,
And to thine arms return.

433. C. B£ E. Jones,

The Invitation and the Resolve.

1 Come, weary sinner, in whose breast

A thousand thoughts revolve;
Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed,
And make this last resolve : —

2 u I'll go to Jesus, though my sin

Hath like a mountain rose ;
I know his courts ; I'll enter in.
Whatever may oppose.

3 w I'll prostrate lie before his throne,

And there my guilt confess;

I'll tell him I'm a wretch undone,

Without his sovereign grace.

4 u I'll to the gracious King approach,

Whose sceptre pardon gives ;
Perhaps he may command my touch,
And then the suppliant lives.

5 u Perhaps he will admit my plea,

Perhaps will hear my prayer;
But, if I perish. I will pray,
And perish only there.

6 "I can but perish if I go ;

I am resolved to try ;
For if I stay away, I know
I must forever die."

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

434

CM, Hymns of ZiOtf.

The Saviour at the Door.

Amazing sight ! the Saviour stands

And knocks at every door!
Ten thousand blessings in his hands.

To satisfy the poor.

"Behold." he saith. •• I bleed and die

To bring you to my rest :
Hear, sinners, while I'm passing' by.

And be forever blest.

u Will you despise my bleeding love.

And choose the way to hell I
Or in the glorious realms above,

With me. forever dwell ?-

u Say. will you hear my gracious voice.

And have your sins forgiven !
Or will you make that wretched choice.

And bar yourselves from heaven

435.

S. M. DOBELL.

Now the accepted Time.

1 Xow is thJ accepted time ;

Now is the day of grace :
Now. sinners, come, without delay,
And seek the Saviour's face.

2 Xow is xl\ accepted time ;

The Saviour calls to-day :
To-morrow it may be too late :
Then why should you delay I

3 Now is th' accepted time :

The gospel bids you come.

And every promise in his word

Declares there yet is room.

4 Lord, draw reluctant souls.

And feast them with thy lov
Then will the angels swiftly fly
To bear the news above.
397

ENTREAT? AND EXPOSTULATION.

4ofc). S. M. Select Hymns.

Xoic the Day of Grace.

1 Now is the day of grace ;

Now to the Saviour come ;
The Lord is calling. u Seek my face,
And I will guide you home.77

2 A Father bids you speed :

0. wherefore then dela^f?
He calls in love ; he sees your need;
He bids you come to-day.

3 To-day the prize is won ;

The promise is to save :
Then. 0. be wise : to-morrow's sun
May shine upon your grave.

4*3 / • L- M. Doddridge.

One Thing needful.

1 Why will ye waste on trifling cares
That life which God's compassion spares,
While, in the various range of thought,
The one thing needful is forgot ?

2 Shall God invite you from above \
Shall Jesus urge his dying love ?

Shall troubled conscience give you pain t
And all these pleas unite in vain ?

3 Not so your eyes will always view
Those objects which you now pursue ;
Not so will heaven and^hell appear,
Vwien death's decisive hour is near.

4 Almighty God. thy grace impart ;
Fix deep conviction on each heart;
Nor let us waste on trifling cares
That life which thy compassion spares.

438. Us. Sacred Songs.

Delay not.
1 Delay not, delay not; 0 sinner, draw near:
The waters of life are now flowing for thee :
No price is demanded ; the Saviour is here ;
Redemption is purchased, salvation is free.

298

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

2 Delay not, delay not : why longer abuse

The love and compassion of Jesus, thy God?
A fountain is opened ; how canst thou refuse

To wash and be cleansed in his pardoning blood.

3 Delay not. delay not, 0 sinner, to come.

For Mercy still lingers, and calls thee to-day ;

Her voice is not heard in the shades of the tomb ;

Her message, unheeded, will soon pass away.

4 Delay not. delay not ; the Spirit of grace.

Long grieved and resisted, may take his sad flight,
And leave thee in darkness to finish thy race.
To sink in the gloom of eternity's night.

5 Delay not, delay not ; the hour is at hand ;

The earth shall dissolve, and the heavens shall fade :

The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand :

What helper, then, sinner, shall lend thee his aid !

439. 8s, 7s & 4. Reed.

The Sinner invited and warned.

1 Hear, 0 sinner ! Mercy hails you;

Now with sweetest voice she calls ;
Bids you haste to seek the Saviour,
Ere the hand of justice falls :

Trust in Jesus ;
7Tis the voice of Mercy calls.

2 Haste, 0 sinner, to the Saviour ;

Seek his mercy while you may;
Soon the day of grace is over ;
Soon your life will pass away :

Haste to Jesus j
You must perish if you stay.

440. S. M. Dwight.
Come to-day.

1 Ye sinners, fear the Lord,

While yet 'tis called to-day ;
Soon will the awful voice of death
Command your souls away.

299

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

2 Soon will the harvest close,

The summer soon be o'er;
0 sinners, then your injured God

Will heed your cries no more.

3 Then, while 'tis called to-day,

O, hear the gospel's Bound :
Come, sinners, haste, 0, haste away,
While pardon may be found.

441. 7s. T. Scott.
Danger of Delay.

1 Haste, 0 sinner; now be wise;

Stay not for the morrow's sun,
Wisdom if you still despise,
Harder is it to be won.

2 Haste, and mercy now implore ;

Stay not for the morrow's Bun,
Lest thy season should be o'er
Ere this evening's stage be run.

3 Haste, 0 sinner ; now return ;

Stay not for the morrow's sun,
Lest thy lamp should cease to burn
Ere salvation's work is done.

4 Haste, 0 sinner ; now be blest ;

Stay not for the morrow's sun,
Lest perdition thee arrest
Ere the morrow is begun.

442. S. M. Hyde.

Danger of Neglect.

1 And canst thou, sinner, slight

The call of love divine ?
Shall God with tenderness invite,
And gain no thought of thine ?

2 Wilt thou not cease to grieve

The Spirit from thy breast,
Till he thy wretched soul shall leave
With all thy sins oppressed ?

300

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

3 To-day, a pardoning God

Will hear the suppliant pray ;
To-day. a Saviour's cleansing blood
Will wash thy guilt away.

4 But grace so dearly bought

et thou wilt despise.
Thy fearful doom, with sorrow fraught,
Will fill thee with surprise.

443. SIM. PrATT'sCOL.
Danger of Delay.

1 All yesterday is gone ;

To-morrow's not our own ;

O sinner, come, without delay,

To bow before the throne.

2 0; hear his voice to-day,

And harden not your heart ;
To-morrow, with a frown, he may
Pronounce the word — u Depart.''

444. 7*- Urwick's Col.

Expostulation.

1 Sinner, what has earth to show
Like the joys believers know ?
Is thy path, of fading flo

Half so bright, so sweet, as ours ?

2 Doth a skilful, healing friend
On thy daily path attend,

And, where thorns and^tings abound.
Shed a balm on every wound ?

3 When the tempest rolls on high;
Hast thou still a refuge nigh .-
Can. 0. can thy dying breath
Summon one more strong than death ?

4 Canst thou, in that awful day,
Fearless tread the gloomy way,
Plead a glorious ransom given,
Burst from earth, and soar to heaven \

26 301

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

445, B. M. DODDRIDGB.

Exhortation to xuork while it is Day.

1 The swift-declining day,

How fast its moments fly,
While evening's broad and gloomy shade
Gams on tiie western sky !

2 Ye mortals, mark its pace,

And use the hours of light;
For know, its Maker can command
An instant, endless night.

3 Give glory to the Lord,

Who rules the rolling sphere ;
Submissive, at his footstool bow,
And seek salvation there.

4 Then shall new lustre break

Through all the heavy gloom,
And lead you to unchanging light,
In your celestial home.

44b. S. M. Village Hymns.

Parental Entreaty.

1 My son, know thou the Lord ;

Thy fathers' God obey ;
Seek his protecting care by night,
His guardian hand by day.

2 Call while he may be found ;

0, seek him while he's near ;
Serve him with all thy heart and mind,
And worship him with tear.

3 If thou wilt seek his face.

His ear will hear thy cry :
Then shalt thou find his mercy sure,
His grace forever nigh.

4 But if thou leave thy God.

Nor choose the path to heaven,
Then shalt thou perish in thy sins,
And never be forgiven.

302

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

447. c. it fawc

Expostulation with Sitmers.

1 Sinner, the voice of God regard;

His mercy speaks to-day ;
He calls you. by his sovereign word,
From sin's destructive way.

2 Like the rouizh sea, ^that cannot rest7

You live devoid of peace;
A thousand stings within your breast
Deprive your soul of ease.

3 Why will you in the crooked ways

Of sin and folly go I
In pain you travel all your days,
To reap immortal woe.

4 But he who turns to God shall live,

Through his abounding grace ;
His mercy will the guilt forgive
Of those who seek his face.

5 Bow to the sceptre of his word,

Renouncing every sin :
Submit to him. your sovereign Lord,
And learn his will divine.

6 His love exceeds your highest thoughts ;

He pardons like a God ;
He will forgive your numerous faults
Through our Redeemers blood.

448. 7s. J. Wesley.

Sinner* entreated.

1 Sinners, turn : why will ye die 7
God, your [Maker, asks vou why ;
God, who did your being give.
Made you with himself to live.

2 Sinners, turn : why will ye die ?
God, your Saviour, asks you why :
Will ye not in him believe I

He has died that ye might live.

303

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

3 Will ye let him die in vain 3

Crucify your Lord again f
Why, unpardoned sinners, why
Will ye slight his grace, and die?

4 Sinners, turn ; why will ye die ?
God, the Spirit, asks von why —
Often with you has he strove,
Wooed you to embrace his love.

5 Will ye not his grace receive ?
Will ye still refuse to live?

0, ye dying sinners, why,
Why will ye forever die ?

449. 8s, 7s & 4. Allen.

Glad Tidings.

1 Sinners, will you scorn the message

Sent in mercy from above ?

Every sentence, 0, how tender !

Every line is full of love :

Listen to it ;
Every line is full of love.

2 Hear the heralds of the gospel

News from Z ion's King proclaim :
u Pardon to each rebel sinner;
Free forgiveness in his name : n

How important !
" Free forgiveness in his name/'

3 Tempted souls, they bring you succor;

Fearful hearts, they quell your fears ;
And, with news of consolation,
Chase away the falling tears ;

Tender heralds !
Chase away the falling tears.

4 Who hath our report believed ?

Who received the joyful word?
Who embraced the news of pardon
Offered to you by the Lord ?

Can you slight it?
Offered to you by the Lord.

304

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

5 0 ye angels, hovering round us.
Waiting spirits, speed your w
Haste ye to the court of heaven ;
Tidings bear without delay :

Rebel sinners
Glad the message will obey.

450. I* M^ Watts.

Expostulation.

1 0 sinner, why so thoughtless grown ?

- in such dreadful haste to die ? —
Daring to leap to worlds unknown !
Heedless against thy God to fly !

2 Wilt thou despise eternal fal

Urured on by sin's delusive dreams !
Madly attempt th' infernal gate.

And force thy passage to the flames !

3 Stay, sinner, on the gospel pi

And hear the Lord of life unfold
The glories of his dying pains —
Forever telling, yet untold.

45L L- M. DWIGHT.

Sinners invited to immediate Repentance.

1 While life prolongs its precious light,

Mercy is found, and peace is given :
But soon. ah. soon, approaching night
v lall blot out every hope of heaven.

2 While God invites, how blest the day !

How sweet the gospel's charming sound !
Come, sinners, haste. 0. haste away.
While yet a pardoning God is found.

3 Soon, borne on time's most rapid v

Shall death command you to the grave,
Before his bar your spirits bring.
And none be found to hear or save.

4 In that lone land of deep despair.

No Sabbath's heavenly light -hall rise,
No God regard your bitter prayer.
N< Saviour call you to tie skies.

36 * 3D5

5 Now God invites ; how blest the day !

How sweet the banning sound!

Come, sinners, haste, 0. aw

While yet a pardoning God is found.

40>£. C. Mi Doddridge.

Exhortation to Repentance.

1 •• Rf.pk.n i ! "" the voice celestial cries;

No longer dare delay :
The soul that scorns the mandate
And meets a fiery day.

2 ^So more the sovereign eye of God

O'erlooks the crimes of men ;
His heralds now are sent abroad
To warn the world of sin.

3 0 sinners, in his presence bow,

And all your guilt confess :
Accept the offered Saviour now,
Nor trifle with his grace.

4 Soon will the awful trumpet sound,

And call you to his bar ;
His mercy knows th' appointed bound,
And yields to justice there.

5 Amazing love, that yet will call.

And yet prolong our days !
Our hearts, subdued by goodness, fall,
And weep; and love, and praise.

453. 6s & 4s. Sac Songs.

The Saviour calls.

1 To-day the Saviour calls :

Ye wanderers, come :
0 ye benighted souls,
Why longer roam I

2 To-day the Saviour calls :

0, hear him now ;
Within these sacred walls
To Jesus bow.

306

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

3 To-day the Saviour calls :

For refuge fly :

The storm of justice falls,
And death is nigh.

4 The Spirit calls to-day:

Yield to his power :
0, grieve him not away ;
'Tis mercy's hour.

454. 12s cc lis. J. B. Hague.
M Tlxe Harvest is past, the Summer is ended.1'

1 Ha rk. sinner. whileGod from on high doth entreat thee,

And warnings with accents of mercy doth blend ;
Give ear to his voice, lest in judgment he meet thee ;
"The harvest is passing, the summer will end.'1

2 How oft of thy danger and guilt he hath told thee !

How oft still the message of mercy doth send !

Haste, haste, while he waits in his arms to infold thee :

u The harvest is passing, the summer will end.',

3 Despised, rejected, at length he may leave thee :

What anguish and horror thy bosom will rend !

Then haste thee.O sinner, while he will receive thee ;

u The harvest is passing, the summer will end."

4 Ere long, and Jehovah will come in his power :

Our God will arise, with his foes to contend :

■. haste thee. 0 sinner : prepare for that hour :
•• Tiie harvest is passing, the summer will end."'

5 The Saviour will call thee in judgment before him :

0, bow to his sceptre, and make him thy Friend ;
yield him thy heart ; make haste to adore him :
;> Thy harvest is passing, thy summer will end."

455. 7s. S. F. Smith.
The Sinner at the Judgment.

1 When thy mortal life is fled.

When the death-shades o'er thee spread,
When is finished thy career.
Sinner, where wilt thou appear ?

307

ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

2 When the world has passed away,
When draws near the judgment day,
When the awful trump shall sound,
Say, 0, where wilt thou be found?

3 When the Jud^e descends in light,
Clothed in majesty and might,
When the wicked quail with fear,
Where, 0, where wilt thou appear ?

4 What shall soothe thy bursting heart,
When the saints and thou must part 1
When the good with joy are crowned,
Sinner, where wilt thou be found ?

5 While the Holy Ghost is nigh,
Quickly to the Saviour fly :
Then shall peace thy spirit cheer;
Then in heaven shalt thou appear.

456. CM. Epis. Col.

The barren Fig- Tree.

1 See, in the vineyard of the Lord

A barren fig-tree stands ;
It yields no fruit, no blossom bears,
Though planted by his hands.

2 From year to year he seeks for fruit,

And still no fruit is found ;

It stands, amid the living trees,

A cumberer of the ground.

3 But, see, an Intercessor pleads,

The barren tree to spare ;
u Let justice still withhold his hand.
And grant another year.

4 "Perhaps some means of grace untried

May reach the stony heart ;
The softening dews of heavenly grace
May life anew impart.

5 "But if these means should prove in vai

And still no fruit is found.
Then mercy shall no longer plead.
But justice cut it down."
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ENTREATY AND EXPOSTULATION.

457'. 7s. Ens. Col.

The Sinner entreated to awake,

1 Sinner, rouse thee from thy sleep;
Wake? and o:er thy folly weep;
Raise thy spirit, dark and dead ;
Jesus waits his light to shed.

2 Wake from sleep ; arise from death ;
See the bright and living path ;
Watchful, tread that path ; be wise ;
Leave thy folly j seek the skies.

3 Leave thy folly ; cease from crime ;
From this hour redeem thy time ;
Life secure without delay;

Evil is thy mortal day.

4 0, then, rouse thee from thy sleep ;
Wake, and o'er thy folly weep ;
Jesus calls from death and night ;
Jesus waits to shed his light.

458. CM. Harbottle.

The fruitless Fig -Tree.

1 See how the fruitless fig-tree stands

Beneath the owner's frown ;
The axe is lifted in his hands,
To cut the cumberer down.

2 u Year after year, I come," he cries,

u And still no fruit is shown ;
I see but empty leaves arise ;
Then cut the cumberer down.

3 "The axe of death, at one sharp stroke

Shall make my justice known;
Each bow shall tremble at the shi
Which cuts the cumberer down.*'

4 Sinner, beware! — the axe of death

Is raised, and aimed at thee :
A while thy Maker spares thy brea
Beware, 0 barren tree !

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

459. C. M. Addison.
Solemn Apprehension.

1 When, rising from the bed of death.

Overwhelmed with guilt and fear,
I see my Maker face to face, —
0; how shall I appear !

2 If yet, while pardon may be found.

And mercy may be sought,

My heart with inward terror shrink-.
And trembles at the thought. —

3 When thou. 0 Lord, shalt stand disclosed

In majesty severe,
And sit in judgment on my soul. —
0, how shall I appear !

4 But there's forgiveness, Lord, with thee ;

Thy nature is benign :
Thy pardoning mercy I implore,
For mercy, Lord, is thine.

460. C. M. Middleton.
Painful Recollections.

1 As o'er the past my memory strays,

Why heaves the secret sigh ?
- that I mourn departed day.-,
Still unprepared to die.

2 The world and worldly things beloved

My anxious thoughts employed )
And time, unhallowed, unimproved.
Presents a fearful void.

3 Yet, holy Father, wild despair

Chase from my laboring bn
Thy grace it is which prompta the pra3*er ;
That grace can do the n

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

4 My life's brief remnant all be thine :
And when thy sure decree
Bids me this fleeting breath tee
0, speed my soul to thee.

461. C. M. Steele.
Sense of Ingratitude.

1 Dear Saviour, when my thoughts recall

The wonders of thy grace.
Low at thy feet, ashamed, I fall,
And hide this wretched face.

2 Shall love like thine be thus repaid ?

Ah, vile, ungrateful heart !
By earth's low cares detained, betrayed
From Jesus to depart ; —

3 From Jesus, who alone can give

True pleasure, peace, and rest ; —
When absent from my Lord, I live
Unsatisfied, unblest

4 But he, for his own mercy's sake,

My wandering soul restores ;
He bids the mourning heart partake
The pardon it implores.

5 0, while I breathe to thee, my Lord,

The penitential sigh.
Confirm the kind, forgiving word,
With pity in thine eye.

6 Then shall the mourner, at thy feet,

Rejoice to seek thy face;
And, grateful, own how kind, how sweet.
Is thy forgiving grace.

462. 7s. J. Tayloil
Confession of Sin.

1 God of mercy. God of grace,

Hear our sad. repentant songs ;
0. restore thy suppliant race.

Thou, to whom our praise belongs.

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REPENTANCE AXD FAITH.

2 Deep regret for follies past,

Talents wasted, time misspent;
Hearts debased by worldly cares,
Thankless lor the blessings lent ; —

3 Foolish fears, and fond desires,

Vain regrets for things as vain,
Lips too seldom taught to praise,
Oft to murmur and complain ; —

4 These, and every secret fault,

Filled with grief and shame, we own ;
Humbled at thy feet we \ie}

Seeking pardon from thy throne.

5 God of mercy, God of grace,

Hear our sad, repentant songs ;
0, restore thy suppliant race,

Thou, to whom our praise belongs.

4u*3. C. M. Heginbotham.

Repentance in View of the Cross.

1 And can mine eyes, without a tear,

A weeping Saviour see ?
Shall I not weep his groans to hear,
Who groaned and died for me !

2 Blest Jesus, let those tears of thine

Subdue each stubborn foe ;
Come, fill my heart with love divine,
And bid my sorrows flow.

464. S. M. Watts.

Holy Fear of God.

1 Ah, how shall fallen man

Be just before his God !
If he contend in righteousness,
We fall beneath his rod.

2 If he our ways should mark

With strict, inquiring eyes,
Could we for one of thousand faults
A just excuse devise ?

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

3 All-seeing, powerful God,

Who can with thee contend ?
Or who that tries th' unequal strife
Shall prosper in the end 1

4 The mountains, in t:.

Their ancient seats forsake ;
The trembling earth deserts her place ;
Her rooted pillars shake.

5 Ah. how shall guilty man

Contend with such a God !
None, none can meet him. and escape,
But through the Saviour's blood.

465. S. M. Rippon's Col.

1 Like Israel. Lord, am I :

My soul is at a stand ;
A sea before, a host behind,
And rocks on either hand.

2 0 Lord. I cry to thee.

And would thy word obey :
Bid me advance : and. through the sea.
Create a new-made way.

3 The time of greatest straits

Thy chosen time has been

To manifest thy power is great,

And make thy glory seen.

4 0. send deliverance down :

Display the arm divine :
So shall the praise be all thy own. '
And I be doubly thine,

466. C. M. Axon.
Burden of Guilt.

1 With guilt oppressed, bowed down with sin.
Beneath its load I groan :
Give me. 0 Lord, a heart of flesh ; l

Remove this heart of stone.

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REPENTANCE AND PACTS

2 A burdened sinner, lo ! I come,

In dread oi death and hell ;
0. seal my pardon with thy blood,
And all my tears dispel.

3 Nor peace, nor rest, my soul can find,

Till thy dear cross 1 see;
Till there in humble faith I cry,
•• The Saviour died for me."

4 0. sjive this true and living faith,

This soul-supporting view ;
Till old things be forever past,
And all within be new.

467'. L. It Watts.

The Backslider's Supplication.

\ 0 Thou that hearst when sinners cry,
Though all my crimes before thee lie,
Behold them not with angry look,
But blot their memory from thy book.

2 Create my nature pure within.
And form my soul averse to sin ;
Let thy good Spirit ne'er depart.

Nor hide thy presence from my heart.

3 I cannot live without thy light,

Cast out and banished from thy sight ;
Thy holy joys, my God. restore.
And guard me. that I fall no more.

4 Thoium I have grieved thy Spirit, Lord,
His help and comfort still afford,

And let a wretch come near thy throne,
To plead the merits of thy Son.

468. L- M. Watts.

Returning to God.

1 A broken heart, my God, my King,
Is all the sacrifice 1 bring :

The God of grace will ne'er despise
A broken heart for sacrifice.

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

2 My soul is humbled in the dust.

And owns thy dreadful sentence just j
Look down, 0 Lord, with pitying i
And saw1 the soul condemned to die.

3 Then will I teach the world thy ways :
Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace ;
I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood.
And they shall praise a pardoning God.

4 0. may thy love inspire my tongue }
Salvation shall be all my son-- :
And all my powers shall join to bless
The Lord, my strength and righteousness.

469. C. it Xewtox.

Subdued by the Cross.

1 In evil long I took delight.

Unawed by shame or fear.
Till a new object struck my sightj
And stopped my wild career.

2 I saw one hanging on a tree,

In agonies and blood :
He fixed his languid eyes on me.
As near his cross I stood.

3 0. never, till my latest breath,

Shall I forget that look :
It seemed to charge me with his death,
Though not a word he spoke.

4 My conscience felt and owned the guilt ;

It plunged me in despair:
I saw my sins his blood had spilt,
And helped to nail him there.

o A second look he gave, which said,
*• I freely all forgive :
This blood is for thy ransom paid :
I die that thou mayst live."'

6 Thus, while his death my sin displays
In all its darkest hue.
Such is the mystery of grace,
It seals my pardon too.
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ROTBNTANCE AM) FAITH.

470. L- Bf< **

Relying on the Atonement.

1 0 Lord. I tail before thy i.
My only refuge is thy grace :

utward forms can make me clean;
The leprosy lies deep within.

2 No bleeding bird nor bleeding b<

Nor hyssop branch nor sprinkling priest,

Nor running brook, nor Hood, nor sea,
Can wash the dismal stain away.

3 Jesus, my God. thy blood alone
Hath power sufficient to atone ;

Thy blood can make me white as snow :
No human power could cleans

4 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace,
Nor flesh nor soul hath rest or eae

Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice,
And make my broken bones rejoice.

471. S. M. Beddome.

Repentance in Hew of Chrisfs Comjms&ion.

1 Did Christ o'er sinners weep,

And shall our cheeks be dry?
Let floods of penitential grief*
Burst forth from every i

2 The Son of God in tears

The wondering angels see ;

Be thou astonished. 0 my soul •
He shed those tears for thee.

3 He wept that we might weep :

Each sin demands a tear :
In heaven alone no sin is found,
And there's no weeping- there.

472. C. M. Watts.
Godly Sorrow at the Cross.

1 Alas ! ami did my Saviour bleed ?
And did my Sovereign die f

Would he devote that sacred head
For such a worm as I !

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

2 Was it for crimes that I had done

He groaned upon the tree ?
Amazing pity ! grace unknown !
And love beyond degree !

3 Well might the sun in darkness hide.

And shut his glories in,
When Christ, the mighty Maker, died
For man the creature's sin.

4 Thus might I hide my blushing face

While his dear cross appears,

Dissolve my heart in thankfulness,

And melt mine eyes to tears.

5 But drops of grief can ne'er repay

The debt of love I owe :
Here, Lord, I give myself away ;
7Tis all that I can do.

473. C. M. S. Stexnett.

Indwelling Si?i lamented.

1 With tears of anguish I lament,

Here at thy cross, my God,
My passion, pride, and discontent,
And vile ingratitude.

2 0, was there e'er a heart so base,

So false, as mine has been —
So faithless to its promises,
So prone to every sin ?

3 Yet, I remember, thy commands

Are holy. just, and true ;
I feel that what my God demands
Is his most rightful due.

4 Thy word I hear, thy counsels weigh,

And all thy works approve :
Still, nature rinds it hard f obey,
And harder yet to love.

5 How long, dear Saviour, shall I feel

This warfare in my breast 1
In mercy bow this stubborn will,
And give my spirit rest.
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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

Break, sovereign grace, 0. break the charm,
And set the captive free ;

Reveal, almighty God, thine arm,
And haste to rescue me.

4/74. C. M. S. Stennett.

Pardon implored.

1 Dear Saviour, prostrate at thy feet

A guilty rebel lies.
And upward to thy mercy-seat

Presumes to lift his eyes.

2 If tears of sorrow would suffice

To pay the debt I owe.
Tears should from both my weeping eyes
In ceaseless torrents flow.

3 But no such sacrifice I plead

To expiate my guilt ;
No tears, but those which thou hast shed-
No blood, but thou hast spilt.

4 I plead thy sorrows, gracious Lord ;

Do thou my sins forgive :
Thy justice will approve the word
That bids the sinner live.

475

L. M. Beddome.

Burden of Guilt.

Lord, with a grieved and aching heart,

To thee I look, to thee I cry :
Supply my wants, and ease my smart;

0. hear an humble prisoner's sigh.

Here on my soul the burden li

No human power can ease the load ;

My numerous sins auainst me rise.
And far remove me from my God.

Break, break, 0 Lord, these tyrant chains,

And set the striuinlini: captive free ;
Redeem from everlasting pains,

And bring me safe to heaven and thee.
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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

476. 7s. C. Wesley.

The penitent Inquirer.

1 Depth of mercy ! — can there be
Mercy still reserved for me ?

Can my God his wrath forbear,
And the chief of sinners spare ?

2 I have long withstood his grace ;
Long provoked him to his face ;
Would not hear his gracious calls ;
Grieved him by a thousand falls.

3 Jesus, answer from above :
Is not all thy nature love ?

Wilt thou not the wrong forget? —
Lo, I fall before thy feet.

4 Now incline me to repent ;
Let me now my fall lament ;
Deeply my revolt deplore;
Weep, believe, and sin no more.

477

7s, 6 L. Har. Sac
Repentance at the Cross of Christ.

1 Heart of stone, relent, relent;

Break, by Jesus3 cross subdued ;
See his body mangled, rent,

Covered with a gore of blood ;
Sinful soul, what hast thou done ?
Crucified th? eternal Son.

2 Yes, thy sins have done the deed,

Driven the nails that fixed him there,
Crowned with thorns his sacred head,

Plunged into his side the spear,
Made his soul a sacrifice.
WThile for sinful man he dies.

3 Wilt thou let him bleed in vain?

Still to death thy Lord pursue ?
Open all his wounds again ?

And the shameful cross renew?
No : with all my sins I'll part ;
Break. 0. break, my bleeding heart.
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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

478. C. M. Watts.

Conviction by the I

1 Lord, how secure my conscience wi

And felt no inward dread !

I was alive without the law.

And thought nay sins w.

2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright ;

But since the precept came
With such convincing power and light,
I find how vile I am.

3 My guilt appeared but small before,

Till I with terror saw
How perfect, holy, just, and pure
Is thine eternal law.

4 Then felt my soul the heavy load ;

My sins revived again ;
I had provoked a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.

5 My God, I cry with every breath,

Exert thy power to save ;
0, break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.

479. S. M. Tate & Brady.

Pleading fur Mercy.

1 Have mercy, Lord, on me,

As thou wert ever kind :
Let me, oppressed with loads of guilt.
Thy wonted pardon find.

2 Against thee. Lord, alone,

And only in thy sight,
Have I transgressed : and. though condemned,
Must own thy judgments right.

3 Blot out my crying sins.

Nor me in anger view ;
Create in me a heart that's clean,
An upright mind renew.

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M) FAITH.

4 Withdraw not thou thy help.

Nor cast fee from thy sight,
Nor let thy Holy Spirit take
His everlasting flight.

5 The joy thy favor irives

Let me again obtain,
And thy free Spirit's firm support
My fainting soul sustain.

480. S. ML a>-ox.

Confession.

1 Once more we meet to pray,

Once more our guilt confess;
Turn not. 0 Lord, thine ear away
From creatures in distress.

2 Our sins to heaven ascend.

And there for vengeance cry ;
O God, behold the sinner's Friend,
Who intercedes on high.

3 Though we are vile indeed,

And well deserve thy curse,

The merits of thy Son we plead,

Who lived and died for us.

4 Now let thy bosom yearn,

As it hath done before ;
Return to us. 0 God. return,
And ne'er forsake us more.

481. CM. Tillage Hymns.
The P)'odi(iaVs Return.

1 The long- lost son. with streaming eye.-;

From folly just awake.
Reviews his wanderings with surprise :
His heart begins to break.

2 •* I starve." he cries. •• nor can I bear

The famine in this land.
While servants of my Father sharo
The bounty of his hand.

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

3 u With deep repentance I'll return

And seek my Fathers face ;
Unworthy to be called a son,
I'll aak a servant's place.71

4 Far off the Father saw him move,

In pensive silence mourn,
And quickly ran. with arms of love,
To welcome his return.

5 Through all the courts the tidings flew,

And spread the joy around ;
The angels tuned their harps anew ;
The long-lost son is found !

482. C. M. Steele.
Contrition.

1 0 Lord, thy tender mercy hears

Contritions humble sigh J
Thy hand, indulgent, wipes the tears
From sorrow's weeping eye.

2 See, low before thy throne of grace,

A sinful wanderer mourn ;
Hast thou not bid me seek thy fac
Hast thou not said, *; Return " !

3 0, shine on this benighted heart,

With beams of mercy shine;
And let thy healing voice impart
A taste of joys divine.

4 Thy presence only can bestow

Delights which never cloy ;
Be this my solace here below,
And my eternal joy.

483. 8. M. Beddome.
Merry implored.

1 Tuou Lord of all above.
And all below the sky.
Before thy feet I prostrate fall,
And for thy mercy cry.

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

2 Forgive my follies pi

The crim 1 have done;

0. bid a contrite sinner live.
Through thy incarnate S

3 Guilt, like a heavy load.

Upon my conscience lies :
To thee I make my Borrows known,
And lift my weeping eyes.

4 The burden which I feel.

Thou only canst remove :
Display. 0 Lord, thy pardoning grace.
And thy unbounded love.

5 One gracious look of thine

Will ease my troubled breast ;
0. let me know my sins forgiven.
And I shall then be blest.

484. L. M. Watts.

I implored.

1 Show pity. Lord : 0 Lord, forgive :
Let a repenting rebel live :

Are not thy mercies large and free ?
May not a sinner trust in thee ?

2 My crim--. though great, cannot surpass
The power and glory of thy grace :
Great God. thy nature hath no bound :
So let thy pardoning love be found.

3 0. wash my soul from every sin.
And make my guilty conscience cl
Here, on my heart, the burden 1:
And past ortences pain mine eyes.

4 My lips, with shame, my sins confess,
Against thy law. against thy gra<:
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe.
I am condemned, but thou art clear.

5 Should sudden vengeance seize nr

I must pronounce thee just in death ;.
And if my soul were sent to hell,
Thy righteous law approves it well.

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

6 Yet save a trembling sinner. Lord.

Whose hope, still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there.
Some sure support against despair.

485. C. 31. Watts.
Pleading the Death of Christ.

1 0 God of mercy, hear my call ;

My load of guilt remove;
Break down this separating wall
That bars me from thy love.

2 Give me the presence of thy grace ;

Then my rejoicing tongue

Shall speak aloud thy righteousness.
And make thy praise my song.

3 No blood of goats, nor heifer slain,

For sin could e'er atone ;
The death of Christ shall still remain
Sufficient and alone.

4 A soul, oppressed with sin's desert,

My God will ne'er despise ;
A broken and a contrite heart
Is our best sacrifice.

486. C. M. Watts.
Repentance in Vieic of divine Patience.

1 And are we, wretches, yet alive?

And do we yet rebel ?
'Tis boundless, 'tis amazing love,
That bears us up from hell.

2 The burden of our weighty guilt

Would sink us down to flam
And threatening terror rolls above,
To crush our feeble frames.

3 Almighty goodness cries, "Forbear/*

And straight the thunder sta]
And dare we now provoke his wrath,
And weary cut his grac

REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

4 Lord, we have tong abused thy love.

Too Ions: indulged our sin :
Our aching hearts now bleed to see

What rebels we have been.

5 No more, ye lusts, shall ye command :

No more will we oh
Stretch out. 0 God. thy conquering hand.
And drive thy foes away.

487. L. M. Steele.
Sense of Sin.

1 Jesus demands this heart of mine.

Demands my love, my joy. my care ;
But. ah. how dead to things divine.
How cold, my best affections are !

2 Tis sin. alas ! with dreadful power;

Divides my Saviour from my sight;
0 for one happy, shining hour

Of sacred freedom, sweet delight!

3 Come, gracious Lord : thy love can raise

My captive powers from sin and death,
And rill my heart and life with praise.
And tune my last, expiring breath.

488. C. ML C Wesley.
Prayer for Repentance.

1 0 for that tenderness of heart

Which bows before the Lord.
That owns how just and good thou art,
And trembles at thy word !

2 0 f < r those humble, contrite tears.

Which from repentance flow,
That sense of guilt, which, trembling, fears
The long-suspended blow !

3 0 Lord, to me in pity give

For sin the deep distress.
The pledge thou wilt at last receive.
And bid me die in peace.
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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

4 0. fill my soul with faith and love,
And strength to do thy will :
Raise my desires and hope- abov<
Thyself to me reveal.

4o9. L. M. COLLYEU.

/.'■ turning to God.

1 Return, my wandering soul, return,

And seek an injured Father- fs ce :
Those warm desires that in thee burn
Were kindled by redeem

2 Return, my wandering soul return.

And seek a Father's melting heart ;
His pitying eves thy grief discern.

His heavenly balm shall heal thy smart.

3 Return, my wandering soul, return;

Thy dying Saviour bids thee live ;
Go. view his bleeding side, and learn
How freely Jesus can forgive.

4 Return, my wandering sonl. return,

And wipe away the falling tear :
'Tis God who says. " No longer mourn; n
"Tis mercy's voice invites thee near.

4<yU. L. M. Doddridge.

Secret Self-Kza m ina tion .

1 Return, my roving lie art. return.

And Life's vain shadows chase no more;
Seek out some solitude to mourn.
And thy forsaken God implore.

2 0 thou great God. whose piercing eye

Distinctly marks each deep retreat,

In these sequestered hours draw nigh.

And let me here thy presence meet.

3 Through all the windings of my heart,

My search let heavenly wisdom gnide,
And still its radiant beam- impart,
Till all be known and purified.
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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

4 Then let the visits of thy love
My inmost soul be mauV
Till every grace combine to p
That God has fixed his dwelling

491. S. M. Cowpeil.
Trembling Solicitude.

1 Ml former hopes are fled :

My terror now begins ;

I feel, alas ! that I am dead

In trespasses and sins.

2 Ah. whither shall I fly \

I hear the thunder roar :
The law proclaims destruction nigh.
And vengeance at the door.

3 When I review my ways.

I dread impending doom ;
But. hark ! a friendly whisper says,
•• Flee from the wrath to come.";

4 I see. or think I see.

A glimmering from afar.
A beam of day that shines for me?
To save me from despair.

5 Forerunner of the sun.

It marks the pilgrim's way ;
I'll gaze upon it while I run,
And watch the rising day.

492. C. M. Logan.
Sense of Depra city.

1 Great King of glory and of grace;

We own. with humble shame,
How vile is our degenerate race,
And our first father's name.

2 We live estranged, afar from God,

And love the distance well ;
With haste we run the dangerous road
That leads to death and hell.

REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

3 And can such rebels be restored ?

Such natures made divi
Let sinners see thy glory. Lord)
And feel this power ol thine.

4 We raise our Fathers name on high,

Who his own Spirit scuds

To bring rebellious strangers nigh,
And turn his foes to friends.

493. C. If, Jkuvis.
Peace to the Penitent.

1 Sweet is the friendly voice which sp

The words of life and peace —
That bids the penitent rejoice,
And sin and sorrow cease.

2 No healing balm on earth, like this.,

Can cheer the contrite heart :
No flattering dreams of earthly bliss
Such pure delight impart.

3 Thou still art merciful and kind ;

Thy mercy. Lord, reveal :
The broken heart thy grace can bind.
The wounded spirit heal.

4 Let thy bright presence. Lord, restore

True peace within my breast;
Conduct me in the path that leads
To everlasting rest.

494. C. M. Watts,

Self-ricjJiteous Hopes renounced.

1 Vain are the hopes the sons of men

On their own works have built:
Their hearts by nature all unclean,
And all their actions guilt.

2 Let Jew and Gentile silent bow.

Without a munnuriuir word ;
Let all the race of man confess
Their guilt before the Lord.
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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

3 In vain we ask God's righteous law

To justify us now :
Since to convince and to condemn
Is all the law can do.

4 Jesus, how oflorious is thy grace!

When in thy name we trust.
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.

495. S. It Watts.

Fonji'seness of Sin q on.

1 0. blessed souls are they

Whose sins are covered o'er :

Divinely blest, to whom the Lord

Imputes their guilt no more.

'2 They mourn their follies past.

And keep their hearts with care;
Their lips and lives, without deceit,
Shall prove their faith sincere.

3 While I concealed my guilt.

I felt the festering wound.
Till I confessed my sins to thee.
And ready pardon found.

4 Let sinners learn to pray :

Let saints keep near the throne :
Our help in times of deep distress
Is found in God alone.

496. L. M. Watts.
Confession and Pardon.

I While I keep silence, and conceal
My heavy guilt within my heart.
What torments doth my conscience feel !
How keen the pangs of inward smart !

ead my sins before the Lord,
And all my secret faults con:
Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word,
Thy Holy Spirit seals the grace.
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3 For this shall every humble soul

Make swift addresses at thy feet ;
When floods of strong temptation roll,
There shall they imd a blest retreat.

1 How safe beneath thy wings I lie,

When days grow dark and storms appear!
And, when I walk, thy watchful eye
Shall guide me safe from every snare.

497. L. M. Watts.
A Remedy for Sin found in the Gospel.

1 What shall the dying sinner do,
Who seeks relief for all his woe ?
Where shall the guilty sufferer find

A balm to soothe his anguished mind ?

2 In vain we search, in vain we try,
Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh;
;Tis there we find a sure relief,

A soothing balm for inward grief.

3 Be this the pillar of our hope ;
This bears the fainting spirit up )
We read the grace, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.

4 Then let his name, who shed his blood
To bring the guilty nigh to God,

Be great in all the earth, and sung
In every land, by every tongue.

498. C. P. M. Toplady.
Trusting in Christ for Pardon.

1 0 thou that hear' st the prayer of faith,
Wilt thou not save a soul from death

That casts itself on thee ?
I have no refuge of my own.
But fly to what my Lord hath done

And suffered once for me.

2 Slain in the guilty sinner's stead,
His spotless righteousness I plead,

And his availing blood :
That righteousness my robe shall be;
That merit shall atone for me,

And bring me near to God.

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3 Then save me from eternal death ;
The Spirit of adoption breathe ;

His consolations send ;
By him some word of life impart,
And sweetly whisper to my heart,

" Thy Maker is thy Friends

4 The kinir of terrors then would be
A welcome messenger to me.

To bid me come away :
Unclogged by earth, or earthly things,
Fd mount, Fd fly, with eager wings.

To everlasting day.

499. C. M. Steele.
Surprising Grace.

1 And will the Lord thus condescend

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 it no soft, no tender part ?

Must Mercy plead in vain ?

3 Shall Jesus for admission sue,

His charming voice unheard ?
And shall my heart, his rightful due.
Remain forever barred ?

4 0 Lord, exert thy conquering grace ;

Thy mighty power display;
One beam of glory from thy face
Can melt my sin away.

500. C. M. Watts.
Pardon and Sanctification in Christ.

1 How sad our state by nature is !
Our sin, how deep it stains !
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains.
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2 But. hark ! a voice of sovereign love!

' fla Christ's inviting word —
• Ho! ye despairing sinners, come,
And trust upon the Loid."

3 My soul obeys tli' almighty call.

And runs to this relief;

I would believe thy promise. Lord :
0, help my unbelief.

A To the dear fountain of thy blood,
Incarnate God. I fly ;
Here let me wash my spotted soul
From stains of deepest dye.

5 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
On thy kind arms I fall :
Be thou my strength and righteousness,
My Saviour and my all.

501. C. ft Watts.

Deliverance from deep Distress.

1 I waited patient for the Lord:

He bowed to hear my cry :

He saw me resting on his word.

And brought salvation nigh.

2 He raised me from a gloomy pit,

Where, mourning, long I lay.
And from my bonds rele - feet —

Deep bonds of miry clay.

3 Firm on a rock he made me stand.

And taught my cheerful ton.
To prai-e tin.1 wonders of his I

In new and thankful soiu.

4 I'll spread his works of grace abroad;

The saints with joy shall In i
And sinners learn to make my God
Their only hope and fear.

5 How many are thy thoughts of !

Thy mercies. Lord, how great !
We have not words nor hours eno.
Their numbers to repeat.

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502. H. M. Beddome.
The efficacious Fountain.

1 From thy dear, pierced side,

Unspotted Lamb of God.
Came forth a mingled stream

Of water and of blood :
My sinful soul Till every stain

There I would lay. Is washed away.

2 'Tis from this sacred spring

A sovereign virtue flows,
To heal my painful wounds.

And cure my deadly woes :
Here. then. I'll bathe. I Till not a wound
And bathe again. Or woe remain.

3 A fountain 'tis, unsealed,

Divinely rich and free,
Open for all who come.

And open, too. for me :
To this pure fount Come, sinners, come :

Will I repair: There's mercy

503. C. fit. Nbedham.

Sufficiency of Grace.

1 Kind are the words that Jesus speaks

To cheer the drooping saint :
u My grace sufficient is for you.
Though nature's powers may t

2 •• My irrace its glories shall display.

And make your griefs remove ;
Your weakness shall the trim.
Of boundless power and love."

3 What though my griefs are not rem

Yet why should I despair '
For. if my Saviour's arm support.
I can the burden bear.

4 0 thou, my Saviour and my Lord.

"Tis good to trust thy name :
Thy power, thy faithfulness, and ■
Will ever be the same.

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Weak as I am, yet through thy grace

I all things can perform,
Ami. smiling, triumph in thy name

Amid the raffing storm.

504. G M. Peesb. Col.
Confidence in atoning Blood.

1 0 Lord, when billows o'er me rise,

When deep cries out to deep.
When angry clouds obscure the skies,
My soul in safety keep.

2 Thy promise has in troubles past

My staff of succor been :
Support me now. while trials last,
Nor leave me in my sin.

3 No sacrifice my soul can plead,

But that rich offering paid.
When Christ on Calvary deigned to bleed,
And full atonement made.

4 Forever here I rest my cause ;

In faith I make this plea :
Christ hath obeyed thy righteous laws ;
Christ hath, expired for me.

505. S. M. Beddome.

Office of Faith.

1 Faith is a precious grace,

Where'er it is bestowed :
It boasts a high, celestial birth,
And is the gift of God.

2 Jesus it owns as Kimr.

And all-atoning Priest :
It claims no merit of its own,
But looks for all in Christ.

3 To him it leads the soul.

When filled with deep distress,
Flies to the fountain of his blood,
And trusts his righteous]

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Since 'tis thy work alone.

And that divinely free.
Lord, send the Spirit of thy Son,

To work this faith in me.

506

C M. \VaTTS.

Faith the Evidence of Things not seen.

1 Faith is the brightest evidence

Of things beyond our sight ;
It pierces through the veil of sense.
And dwells m heavenly light.

2 It sets time past in present view,

Brings distant prospects home.
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith we know the world was made

By God's almighty word ;
We know the heavens and earth shall fade.
And be again restored.

4 Abrah'm obeyed the Lord's command.

From his own country driven :
By faith he sought a promised land.
But found his rest in heaven.

5 Thus through life's pilgrimage we stray,

The promise in our eye ;
By faith we walk the narrow way,
That leads to joy on high.

507

C. M. Turner.

Power of Faith.

1 Faith adds new charms to earthly bliss.

And saves us from its snares :
It yields support in all our toils.
And softens all our cares.

2 The wounded conscience knows its power

The healing balm to give :
That balm the saddest heart can cheer,
And make the dying live.

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Lveiling wide the heavenly world.
Where end]*-- es reign,

It bids us seek our portion there,
Nor bids us seek in vain.

4 Faith shows the promise fully sealed

With our Redeemer's blood ;
It helps our feeble hope to rest
on a faithful God.

5 There, still unshaken, would we rest.

Till this frail body
And then, on faith's triumphant winu.
To endless glory rise.

508. C. M. C Wesley.
Faith the Gift of God.

1 Father. I stretch my hands to thee ;

No other help I know ;
If thou withdraw thyself from me,
whither shall I go ?

2 \Yhat did thine only Son endure

Before I drew my breath !
"What pain, what labor, to secure
My soul from endless death !

3 Author of faith, to thee I lift

My weary, longing eyes ;
0. may I now receive that gift;
My soul, without it, dies.

509. C. M. Steele.
Effects of Faith.

1 Thou lovely source of true delight.

Unseen whom I adore.
Unveil thy beauties to my sight,
That I may love thee more.

2 Thy glory o'er creation shines ;

But in thy sacred word
I read, in fairer, brighter lines,
My bleeding, dying Lord.

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3 j'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop,

And sins and sorrows rise.
Thy love, with cheerful beams of hope,
My fainting heart supplies.

4 But. ah. too soon the pleasing scene

Is clouded o'er with pain :
My gloomy fears arise between,
And I again complain.

5 Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light,

0. come with blissful ray :
Break, radiant through the shades of night.
And chase my fears away.

6 Then shall my soul with rapture trace

The wonders of thy love:
Then shall I see thy glorious face
In endless joy above.

510. C. M. Beddome.

Sal 'cation by Faith.

1 'Tis faith that lays the sinner low,

And covers him with shame :
Renouncing all self-righteousness,
It trusts in Jesus' name.

2 Faith works with power, but will not plead

The best of works when done ;
It knows no other ground of trust
But in the Lord alone.

3 It gives no title, but receives ;

No blessing it procures :
Yet. where it truly lives and reigns,
All blessings it insures.

4 Its sole dependence and its stay

Is Jesus' righteousness :
?Tis thus salvation is by faith,
And all of sovereign grace.

5 The more this principle prevails,

The more is grace adored ;
No ^lory it assumes, but gives
All glory to the Lord.
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511. CM. Bath Col. *
Prayer for stroyig Faith.

1 0 for a faith that will not shrink.

Though pressed by every foe.
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly woe ! —

2 That will not murmur nor complain

Beneath the chastening rod,

But. in the hour of grief or pain,

Will lean upon its God : —

3 A faith that shines more bright and clear

When tempests raire without :
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt; —

4 That bears, unmoved, the world's dread frown

Nor heeds its scornful smile ;
That seas of trouble cannot drown,
Nor Satan's arts beguile ; —

5 A faith that keeps the narrow way

Till life's last hour is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.

6 Lord, give us such a faith as this,

And then, whate'er may come,
We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.

512. S. H. M. Anon.
Excellence of Faith.

1 Faith is the Christian's prop,

Whereon his sorrows lean :
It is the substance of his hope,

His proof of thirnrs unseen :
It is the anchor of his soul
When tempests rage and billows roll.

2 Faith is the polar star

That guides the Christian's way,
Directs his wanderings from afar

To realms of endless day :
It points the course where'er he roam,
And safely leads the pilgrim home.
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3 Faith is the rainbow's form

Hung on the brow of heaven)
The glory of the passing storm,

The pledge of mercy given :
It is the bright triumphal arch.
Through which the saints to glory march.

4 The faith that works by love,

And purities the heart.
A foretaste of the joys above

To mortals can impart;
It bears us through this earthly strife.
And triumphs in immortal life.

513. S. M. Noel's Col.
Living by Faith.

1 If on a quiet sea

Toward heaven we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts. 0 God. to thee,
We* 11 own the favoring- gale.

2 But should the surges rise.

And rest delay to come.
Blest be the sorrow, kind the storm,
Which drives us nearer home.

3 Soon shall our doubts and fears

All yield at thy control :
Thy tender mercies shall illume
The midnight of the soul.

4 Teach us. in every state.

To make thy will our own.
And. when the joys of sense depart,
To live by faith alone.

514. C. M. Watts.
A living Faith.

1 Mistaken souls, that dream of heaven,

And make their empty boast

Of inward joys, and sins forgiven,

While they are slaves to lust !

2 How vain are fancy's airy flights,

If faith be cold and dead !
None but a living power unites
To Christ, the. living Head.
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3 7Tis faith that purifies the heart :

'Tis faith that works by lo
That bids all sinful joya depart,
And lifts the thoughts al

4 This faith shall every fear control

rstial pn ■
With holy triumph till the soul
In death's approaching hour.

515. L. M. Watts.

Walking by Faith.

1 'Tis by the faith of joys to come

We walk through deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven, our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

2 The want of sight she well supp

She makes the pearly gates appear;

into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3 With joy we tread the desert through.

While faith inspires a heavenly ray.

Though lions roar, and tempests blow,

And rocks and dangers till the way.

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516. S. M. Watts.

Dependence upon Christ.

1 How heavy is the night

That hangs upon our e\
Till Christ, with his reviving light,
O'er our dark souls arise !

2 Our guilty spirits dread

To meet the wrath of Heaven ;
But. in his righteousness arrayed,
We see our sins forgiven.

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3 Unholy and impure

Are all our thoughts and wa)
His hands infectec^nature cure
i sanctifying grace.

4 The powers of hell agree

To hold our souls in vain ;
He sets the sons of bondage free,
And breaks the cruel chain.

5 Lord, we adore thy ways

To bring us near to God.
Thy sovereign power, thy healing grace.
And thine atoning blood.

517. L. M. Watts.

Dependence upon Chr

1 Buried in shadows of the night

We lie. till Christ restores the light —
Till he descends to heal the blind.
And chase the darkness of the mind.

2 Our guilty souls are drowned in tears.
Till his atoning blood appea> :
Then we awake from deep disl

And sing the Lord our Righteous:.

3 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns
And binds his slaves in heavy chains :
He sets the prisoners free, and breaks
The iron bondage from our necks.

4 Poor, helpless worms in thee possess
Grace, wisdom, power, and right
Thou art our mighty All. and we
Give our whole selves. 0 Lord, to thee.

518. C. M. Steele.

Dependence zipon the Spirit.

1 How helpless guilty nature lies.
Unconscious of its load !
The heart, unchanged, can never rise
To happiness and God.

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2 Can aiight beneath a power divine

The .stubborn will subdue ?
JTis thine, eternal Spirit, thine
To form the heart anew.

3 ?Tis thine the - to recall,

And upward bid them rise.
And make the Bcalefl of error fall
From reason's darkened eyes.

4 To chase the shades of death away,

And bid the sinner live,
A beam of heaven, a vital ray,
;Tis thine alone to give.

5 0? change these wretched hearts of ours,

And give them life divine ;
Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord, be thine.

519. CM. Nbwtow.

Pleading the Promise.

1 Lord, I approach the mercy-seat,

Where thou dost answer prayer ;
There humbly fall before thy feet,
For none can perish there.

2 Thy promise is my only plea ;

With this I venture nigh ;
Thou callest burdened souls to thee,
And such. 0 Lord, am I.

3 Bowed down beneath a load of sin,

By Satan sorely pre-
By wars without, and fears within,
I come to thee for rest.

4 Be thou my shield and hiding-place,

That, sheltered near thy side,
I may my fierce accuser face,
And tell him thou hast died.

5 0. wondrous love ! — to bleed and die,

To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners, such as I,
Might plead thy gracious name.

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520. B. M. Doddridge.

it ion by Grace.

1 Grace ! 'tis a charming sound —

Harmonious to the ear :

wen with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived the way

To save rebellious man ;
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace led ray roving feet

To tread the heavenly road :
And new supplies, each hour. I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown.

Through, everlasting days :
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

0^21, C. BL Cotterill's Col.

Trusting in the Mercy of God.

1 Out of the deeps. 0 Lord, we call,

While guilty fears oppress ;
Do thou, with ear attentive, hear
The voice of our distress.

2 If thou our sins severely mark,

And strict account demand,

0. who, of all the sons of men,

Before thy face shall stand \

3 But. Lord, 'tis thine to spare and save -

With mercy souls to win ;
For mercy binds the grateful heart,
And makes it fear to sin.

4 We trust in thee : in thee. 0 Lord,

Is full redemption found:

Thy mercy pardons every sin,

And closes every wound.

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522. L. M. Mkilrick.
Prayer for quick <.

1 O. turn, great Ruler of the sk
Turn from my sin thy search]
Nor let th' off< my hand
Within thy book recorded stand.

2 Give me a will to thine subdued,

A conscience pure, a soul renewed ;
Nor let me. wrapped in endless irloonx
An outcast from thy prea un.

3 0, let thy Spirit to my heart

Once more his quickening aid impart ;

My mind from every fear rele

And soothe my troubled thoughts to peace.

523. L. M. Watts.
Waiting at the Mercy-Seat.

1 From deep distress and troubled thoughts,

To thee, my God. I raise my cries ;
If thou severely mark our faults,

No flesh can stand before thine eyes.

2 But thou hast built thy throne of grace,

Dispensing pardons freely there.
That sinners may approach thy fa
And hope and love, as well as fear.

3 As the benighted pilgrims wait.

And long and wish for breaking day,

So waits my soul before thy _

When will my God his face display?

4 My trust is fixed upon thy word,

Nor shall I trust thy word in vain ;

Let mourning souls address the Lord,

And rind relief from all their pairL

5 His love is great, and lame his gi

Through the redemption of his Son ;
He turns our feet from sinful v

And pardons what our hands have done.

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524. L. M. G L. CoLLYEll.
Pleading in the Name of Christ.

1 Father of mercies. God of love.

0, hear an humble suppliant's cry :
Bend from thy lofty seat above.
Thy throne of glorious majesty :

0. deign to listen to my voice.
And bid my drooping heart rejoice.

2 I urge no merits of my own.

No worth, to claim thy gracious smile :
And when I bow before the throne.

Dare to converse with God a while.
Thy name, blest Saviour, is my plea —
Dearest and sweetest name to me.

3 Father of mercies. God of love.

Then hear thy humble suppliant'.- c y :
Bend from thy lofty seat above.

Thy throne of glorious majesty:
One pardoning word can make me whole,
And soothe the anguish of my soul.

525. L- M. Collyef..
Genuine Contrition.

1 Soft be the gently-breathing notes

That sing the Saviour's dying love :
Soft as the evening zephyr floats,

And soft as tuneful lyres above :
Soft as the morning dews descend.

While warbling birds exulting soar.
So soft to our almighty Friend

Be every sigh our bosoms pour.

2 Pure as the sun's enlivening ray.

That scatters life and joy abroad :
Pure as the lucid orb of day.

That wide proclaims its Maker, I !
Pure as the breath of vernal s

So pure let our contrition be ;
And purely let our sorrows rise

To Him who bled upon the tree.

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526. L. M. T.Scott.
Relying upon Grace.

1 Why droops my soul, with grief oppressed?
Whence these wild tumults in my breast'?

[a there no balm to heal my wound?
No kind physician to be found?

2 Raise to the cross thy tearful eye- :
Behold, the Prince of glory dies:

He dies, extended on the tree,

And sheds a sovereign balm for thee,

3 Blest Saviour, at thy feet I lie,
Here to receive a cure, or die ;

But grace forbids that painful fear —
Almighty grace, which triumphs here,

4 Thou wilt withdraw the poisoned dart,
Bind up and heal the wounded heart,
With blooming health my face adorn,
And change the gloomy night to morn.

527. S. M. Rippon's Ccl.
A broken Heart and a bleeding Saviour.

1 Unto thine altar, Lord,

A broken heart I bring;
And wilt thou graciously accept
Of such a worthless thing ?

2 To Christ, the bleeding Lamb,

My faith directs its eyes ;
Thou mayst reject that worthless thing,
But not his sacrifice.

3 When he gave up his life,

The law was satisfied :
And now, to its severer claims,
I answer, :- Jesus died.''

528. 7s. Axon.

Sufficiency of Grace in Christ.
1 Weeping saint, no longer mourn ;
Surely Christ thy griefs hath borne;
Jesus, best of friends, for thee,
Numbered with transgressors, see !

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2 He the wine-press trod alone :
Hear the : '

Mocked, ami bruise d. and crowned with thorny
He his Father's absence mourns.

3 All thy sins, when Jesus bled.
Met on his devoted head :

All thy hope on Jesus place:
Plead his promise, trust his grace.

4 At his feet thy burden lay :
Christ -nail smile thy fears away:
He thy guilt and sorrow bore :
Weeping saint lament no more.

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endence up

1 Great God. wert thou severe to mark

The deeds we do amiss.
Before thy presence who could stand \

Who claim thy promised bliss !
But. 0. thou merciful and just,

Thy love surpasseth thought:
Agraci is Saviour has appeared,
1 peace and pardon brought.

2 Thy servants in the temple watched

The dawning of the day.
Impatient with its earliest beams

ii holy vows to pay :
And chosen saints far orf beheld

Tnat great and glorious morn.
When the glad day spring from on high

Auspiciously should dawn.

3 On us the Sun of Righteousness

Its brightest beams hath poured ;
With grateful hearts and holy zeal.

Lord, be thy love adored :
; let us look with joyful hope

To that more glorious day.
Before whose brightness sin. and death,

And grief shall flee away.

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530. ^ Si 7s. Grant.

Forsaking all to follow ('//rial.

1 Jesus, I my cross have taken.

All to leave, and follow thee;
Naked, poor, despised, forsaken,

Thou, from hence, my all shalt be:
And whilst thou shalt smile upon me,

God of wisdom, love, and might,
Foes may hate and friends disown me;

Show thy face, and all is bright.

2 Man may trouble and distress me;

'Twill but drive me to thy breast:
Life with trials hard may press me ;

Heaven will bring me sweeter rest:
0, 'tis not in grief to harm me,

While thy love is left to me ;
0, 'twere not in joy to charm me,

Were that joy unmixed with thee.

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Seciiriti/ in the Cross.

1 Here at thy cross, incarnate God,

I lay my soul beneath thy love. —
Beneath the droppings of thy blood, —
Nor shall it, Jesus, e'er remove.

2 Should worlds conspire to drive me thence,

Unmoved and firm this heart should lie;
Resolved, — for that's my last defence, —
If I must perish, there to die.

3 But speak, my Lord, and calm my fear;

Am I not safe beneath thy shade ?
Thy justice will not strike me here.
Nor Satan dare my soul invade.

4 Yes. I'm secure beneath thy blood.

And all my foes shall lose their aim:
Hosanna to my Saviour God.

And my best honors to his name.
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532

L. M. Steele.

Desiring Assurance of the divine Favor.

In vain the world's alluring smile
Would my unwary heart beguile;
Deluding world ! its brightest day —
Dream of a moment — flits away.

To nobler bliss my soul aspires ;
Come, Lord, and fill these large desires
With power, and light, and love divine ;
0, speak, and tell me thou art mine.

The blissful word, with joy replete.
Shall bid my gloomy fears retreat ;
And heavenly hope, serenely bright,
Illume and cheer my darkest night.

So shall my joyful spirit rise,
On wings of faith, above the skies,
Then dwell forever near thy throne,
In j oy s to mortal thought unknown.

533. CM. Steele.

Renunciation of the World for Christ.

1 Ye earthly vanities, depart ;

Forever hence remove ;
For Christ alone deserves my heart,
And every thought of love.

2 His heart, where love and pity dwelt

In all their softest forms.
Sustained the heavy load of guilt
For lost, rebellious worms.

3 Can I my bleeding Saviour view,

And yet ungrateful prove?
And pierce his wounded heart anew,
And grieve his injured love ?

4 Great God, forbid : O. bind this heart,

This roving heart, of mine,
So firm, that it may ne'er depart,
In chains of love divine.
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534. C. ML Steele.

Parting with all for Christ.

1 Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu ;

A nobler choice be mine :
A heavenly prize attracts my view,
A treasure all divine.

2 Jesus, to multitudes unknown, —

0 name divinely sweet! —
Jesus, in thee, in thee alone.
True wealth and honor meet.

3 Should earth's vain treasures all depart,

Of this dear gift possessed,

I'd clasp it to my joyful heart,
And be forever bl

4 Dear portion of my soul's desin

Thy love is bliss divine ;
Accept the wish that love inspires,
And let me call thee mine.

535. CM. Beddome.

Security and Comfort in God.

1 This world would be a wilderness,

If banished. Lord, from t
Anil heaven, without thy smiling face,
Would be no heaven to me.

2 My Friend art thou where'er 1 i

object of my love.
My kind Protector here below.
And my reward above.

3 When foes intrude or tyrants frown,

Thou art my sure relief:
To thee I make my sorrows known,
And tell thee all my grief.

4 'Midst rising winds and beating storms,

Reclining on thy breast,
I find in thee a hiding-place,
And there securely rest.
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OOD. C. M. Dodik

Living by Faith on the Son of God.

1 Blest Jesus, while in mortal ft

I hold my frail abode.
Still would ray spirit rest on thee,
My Saviour and my God.

2 On thy dear cross I fix my

Then raise them to thy seat :
Till love dissolves my inmost soul.
At my Redeemer's feet.

3 Be dead, my heart, to worldly charms ;

Be dead to every sin :
And tell the boldest foe without
That Jesus reigns within.

537. S. M. Beddome.

Entire Surrender.

1 0 Lord, thou art my Lord,

My portion and delight :
All other lords 1 now reject.
And cast them from my sight.

2 Thy sovereign right I own.

Thy glorious power confess :
Thy law shall ever rule my heart,
While 1 adore thy grace.

3 Too long my feet have strayed

In sin's forbidden way ;
But since thou hast my soul reclaimed,
To thee my vows J "11 pay.

4 My soul, to Jesus joined

By faith, and hope, and love.
Now seeks to dwell among thy saints,
And rest with them above.

5 Accept. 0 Lord, my heart;

To thee myself I give ;
Nor sutler me from hence to stray.
Or cause thy saints to grieve.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

538. C. M- J- Ryland.
Delight in God.

1 O Lord. I would delight in thee,

And on thy care depend :

To thee in every trouble flee,
My best, my only Friend.

2 When all created streams are dried.

Thy fulness is the same;
May I with this <ied,

And glory in thy name.

3 No good in creatures can be found,

But may be found in thee;
I must have all things, and abound,
While God is God to me.

4 0 Lord. I cast my care on thee ;

I triumph and ado
My great concern shall ever be
"To love and please thee more.

539. L. M. Wattb.

Parting with carnal Joys.

1 I send the joys of earth away ;

Away, ye tempters of the mind,
False as the smooth, deceitful sea.
And empty as the whistling wind.

2 Your streams were floating me along

Down to the gulf of dark despair;
And while 1 listened to your song.

Your streams had e'en conveyed me there.

3 Lord. 1 adore thy matchless ixrace.

That warned me of that dark aby
That drew me from those treacherous seas.
And bade me seek superior bliss.

4 Now to the shining realms above

I stretch my hands and glance my eyes;
0 for the pinions of a dove,
To bear me to the upper skies!

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5 There, from the bosom of my God,
Oceans of endless pleasure roll ;
There would I fix my last abode.
And drown the sorrows of my soul.

540. S. M. Campbell's Col.
Filial Confidence.

1 Lord. I would come to thee,

A sinner all deriled :
O. take the stain of guilt away,
And own me as thy child.

2 I cannot live in sin.

And feel a Saviour's love :
Thy blood can make my spirit clean,
And write my name above.

3 Among thy little flock

I need the Shepherd's care :
Pour waters from the smitten Rock,
And pastures green prepare.

4 Blest Shepherd. I am thine;

Still keep me in thy fear :
Now till my heart with grace divine ;
Bring thy salvation near.

541. C. M. Steele.

Seeking All in God.

1 Source of eternal joys divine,

To thee my soul aspires :
0, could I say, - The Lord is mine,''
;Tis all my soul desires.

2 My hope, my trust, my life, my Lord,

Assure me of thy love :
0. speak the kind, transporting word,
And bid my fears remove.

3 Then shall my thankful powers rejoice,

And triumph in my God.
Till heavenly rapture tune my voice
To spread thy praise abroad.

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542

S. M. Anon.

Longing for a View of Christ.
1 la NGUI8H for a sight

Of Him who reigns on high —
Jesus, my soul's supreme delight;

For Him alone I sigh.
0 that I knew the place

Where I might and my God,
And make the arms of his embrace

My soul's secure abode!
Near to his mercy-seat,

Where grace triumphant reigns,
I'd come and worship at his feet.

And tell him all my pains.
The arguments I'd use

My troubles shall suggest;
Nor can my blessed Lord refuse

The cause of the distressed.
0 Saviour, bring me near:

New life, new strength impart;
Cast out at once my slavish fear.

And dwell within my heart.

543

C. M. Watts.

Partinrj with earthly Joys.
My soul forsakes her vain delight,

And bids the world farewell :
On things of sense why fix my sight ?
Why on its pleasures dwell \

There's nothing round this spacious earth

That suits my soul's desire :
To boundless joy and solid mirth

My nobler thoughts aspire.
No Longer will 1 ask its love.

Nor seek its friendship more;
The happiness that I approve

Is not within its power.
0 for the pinions of a dove.

T' ascend the heavenly road:
There shall I share my Saviour's love;

There shall I dwell with God

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544. H. M. Campbell's Col.
Repairing to Christ, the Fountain of Life.

1 Hail, everlasting Spring !

Celestial Fountain, hail !
Thy streams salvation bring :

The waters never fail:
Still they endure. For all our woe

And still they flow. A sovereign cure.

2 Blest be his wounded side.

And blest his bleeding heart.
Who all in anguish died.

Such favors to impart ;
His sacred blood From every sin.

Shall make us clean And fit for God.

3 To that dear source of love.

Our souls this day would come :
And thither, from above.

Lord, call the nations home :
That Jew and Greek. On all their tongues.

With rapturous songs Thy praise may speak.

545. S. M. Beddome.
Nearness to the Lord.

1 When sorrows round us roll,

And comforts we have none.
Dear Saviour, say that thou art ours.
And all our griefs are gone.

2 Is there no friend to cheer

In times of deep distress. —
A smile from thee will help to bear,
Or make the burden less.

3 Though in the gloomy vale

Of death, we fear no harm,
Supported by thy powerful grace.
Reclining on thine arm.

4 This is our utmost wish,

0 Lord — that thou wouldst be,
Forever, ever near to as,
And keep us near to thee.

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CHRISTIAN ACTA AND EXERCISDS.

546. L. M. wA

Deriving Strength from Christ.

1 Let me but hear my Saviour say,

u Strength shall be equal to thy day.7' —
Then I rejoice in deep distress.
Upheld by all-sufficient grace.

2 I can do all things, or can bear
All suffering, if my Lord be there ;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains,
While he my sinking head sustains.

3 I glory in infirmity,

That Christ's own power may rest on me ;
When I am weak, then am I strong :
Grace is my shield, and Christ my song.

547. S. M. Watts.
Chmst unseen, yet beloved.

1 Not with our mortal eyes

Have we beheld the Lord ;
Yet we rejoice to hear his name,
And love him in his word.

2 On earth we want the sight

Of our Redeemer's face :
Yet. Lord, our inmost thoughts delight
To dwell upon thy grace.

3 And. when we feel thy love,

Diviner joys arise ;
On wings of faith we soar above.
To mansions in the skies.

548. L- M. Stei

Trusting Christ the only Refuge.

1 Thou only Sovereign of my n<

My refuge, my almighty Frie
And can my soul from thee dej
On whom alone my hopes dep

2 Whither, ah. whither shall I go.

A wretched wanderer from my Lord ?
Can this dark world of sin and v.
One glimpse of happiness afford l.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

3 Eternal life thy words impart ;

On these my fainting spirit lives ;

Here sweeter comforts cheer my heart

Than all the round of nature gives.

4 Let earth's alluring joys combine ;

While thou art near, in vain they call ;
One smile, one blissful smile, of thine.
My gracious Lord, outweighs them all.

5 Low at thy feet my soul would lie ;

Here safety dwells, and peace divine ;
Still let me live beneath thine eye,
For life, eternal life, is thine.

549. L- M. Gerhardt.

Enjoyment of Christ's Love.

1 Jesus, thy boundless love to me

No thought can reach, no tongue declare :
Unite my thankful heart to thee,
And reign without a rival there.

2 Thy love, how cheering is its ray !

All pain before its presence flies ;
Care, anguish, sorrow, melt away
Where'er its healing beams arise.

3 0. let thy love my soul inflame.

And to thy service sweetly bind ;
Transfuse it through my inmost frame,
And mould me wholly to thy mind.

4 Thy love, in sufferings, be my peace :

Thy love, in weakness, make me strong :
And, when the storms of life shall cease,
Thy love shall be in heaven my song.

550

C. M. Watts.

Pardon mid Sanctijication.

In vain we lavish out our lives

To gather empty wind ;
The choicest blessings earth can yield

Will starve a hungry mind.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

2 But God can every want supply,

Ami lill our hearts with peat
He gives by promise, and by oath.
The riches of his grace.

3 Come, and he:ll cleanse our spotted souls,

And wash away our stains
In tiiat rich fountain which his Son
Poured from his dying veins.

4 There shall his sacred Spirit dwell,

And deep engrave his law.

And every motion of our souls

To swift obedience draw.

5 Thus will he pour salvation down.

And we shall render praise ;
We, the dear people of his love,
And he, our God of grace.

551. C. M. nVixchell's Sel.
The guiding Star.

1 Bright was the guiding star, that led,

With mild, benignant ray,

The Gentiles to the lowly bed

Where our Redeemer lay.

2 But. lo ! a brighter, clearer light

Now points to his abode :
It shines through sin and sorrow's night.
To guide us to our Lord.

3 0, haste to follow where it leads :

The gracious call obey,
Be rugged wilds, or flowery meads.
The Christian's destined way.

4 0, gladly tread the narrow path.

While light and grace are given;
Who meekly follow Christ on earth
Shall reign with him in heaven.

552. C. M. Waits.

Not ashamed of the Gospel.

1 I'm not ashamed to own my Lord,
Or to defend his cause.
Maintain the honor of his word,
The glory of his cross.

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2 Jesus, my God. I know his Dame :

His name is all my trust:
Nor will he put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.

3 Firm as his throne his promise stands.

And he can well secure
What I've committed to his hands
Till the decisive hour.

4 Then will he own my worthless name

Before his Father's face,

And in the New Jerusalem

Appoint my soul a place.

553. 6s k 10s. Mrs. Miles.

Looking unto Jesus.

1 Thou, who didst stoop below.
To drain the cup of woe.

And wear the form of frail mortality, —

Thy blessed labors done,

Thy crown of victory won. —
Hast passed from earth — passed to thy home on high.

2 It was no path of flowers.
Through this dark world of ours,

Beloved of the Father, thou didst tread ;

And shall we. in dismay,

Shrink from the narrow way,
When clouds and darkness are around it spread !

3 0 Thou, who art our life,

Be with us through the strife :
Thy own meek head by rudest storms was bowed ;

Raise thou our eyes above,

To see a Father's love
Beam, like a bow of promise, through the cloud.

4 E'en through the awful gloom,
Which hovers o'er the tomb.

That light of love our guiding star shall be:

Our spirits shall not dread

The shadowy way to tread,
Friend, Guardian, Saviour, which doth lead to thee.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

554. l. m. giugg.

Not ashamed of Christ.

1 Jesus, and shall it ever be —

A mortal man ashamed of thee !
Ashamed of thee, whom angels praise.
Whose glories shine through endless days !

2 Ashamed of Jesus ! — that dear Friend
On whom my hopes of heaven depend !
No ! — when I blush, be this my shame —
That I no more revere his name.

3 Ashamed of Jesus ! — yes. I may,
When Pve no guilt to wash away,
No tear to wipe, no good to crave.
No fears to quell, no soul to save.

4 Till then — nor is my boasting vain —
Till then. I boast a Saviour slain ;
And 0, may this my glory be —
That Christ is not ashamed of me.

555. C. M. Anon.

Behold the Lamb of God.

1 Behold the Lamb of God, who bore

Thy guilt upon the tree,
And paid in blood the dreadful score.
The ransom due for thee.

2 Behold him till the sight endears

The Saviour to thy heart ;
His pierced feet bedew with tears.
Nor from his cross depart.

3 Behold him till his dying love

Thy every thought control ;
Its vast, constraining influence prove
O'er body, spirit, soul.

4 Behold him. as the race you run,

Your never-failing Friend ;
He will complete the work begun,
And grace in glory end.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

006. L. M. Doddridge.

Living to Christ.

1 My gracious Lord. I own thy right

To every service I can pay.
And call it my supreme delight
To hear thy dictates and obey.

2 What is my being but for thee —

Its sure support, its noblest end ?
7Tis my delight thy face to see,

And serve the cause of such a Friend.

3 I would not sigh for worldly joy.

Or to increase my worldly good ;
Nor future days nor powers employ
To spread a sounding name abroad.

4 7Tis to my Saviour I would live —

To him who for my ransom died :
Nor could all worldly honor give
Such bliss as crowns me at his side.

5 His work my hoary age shall bless.

When youthful vigor is no more,
And my last hour of life confess
His saving love, his glorious power.

557. C. M. Bourne's Col.

Self-Dedication.

1 0 Saviour, welcome to my heart ;

Possess thy humble throne ;
Bid every rival hence depart,
And claim me for thy own.

2 The world and Satan I forsake ;

To thee I all resign :
My longing heart. 0 Saviour, take,
And fill with love divine.

3 0, may I never turn aside,

Nor from thy bosom flee ;
Let nothing here my heart divide ;
I give it all to thee.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

558. C M. Beddome.

Self- Dcnia / for Ch rist .

1 And must I part with all I have,

My dearest Lord, for thee ?
It is but right, since thou hast done
Much more than this for me.

2 Yes, let it go ! one look from thee

Will more than make amends
For all the losses I sustain
Of honor, riches, friends.

3 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand lives,

How worthless they appear,
Compared with thee, supremely good,
Divinely bright and fair !

4 Saviour of souls, could I from thee

A single smile obtain.
The loss of all things I could bear,
And glory in my gain.

559. C. M. Doddridge.

Desiring Evidence of Adoption.

1 Thou Lord of all the worlds on high,

Allow my humble claim :
Nor. while a child would raise its cry,
Disdain a Fathers name.

2 My Father, God, how sweet the sound !

How tender and how dear !
Not all the melody of heaven
Could so delight the ear.

3 Come, sacred Spirit, seal the name

On my believing heart
And show that in Jehovah's grace
I share a filial part.

4 By such a heavenly signal cheered,

Unwavering I believe,
And Abba, Father, humbly cry ;
Nor can the sign deceive.

5 On wings of everlasting love

The Comforter is come ;
All terrors at his voice disperse,
And endless pleasures bloom.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

560. C. M. rilATT'sCOL.

Casting all Care on God.

1 Still on the Lord thy burden roll,

Nor let a care remain :
His mighty arm shall bear thy soul,
And all thy griefs sustain.

2 Ne'er will the Lord his aid deny

To those who trust his love :
The men. who on his grace rely,
Nor earth nor hell shall move.

561. CM. ^Vatts.

Saints in the Hands of Christ.

1 Firm as the earth thy gospel stands,

My Lord, my hope, my trust ;
If I am found in Jesus' hands,
My soul can ne'er be lost.

2 His honor is engaged to save

The meanest of his sheep :
All. whom his heavenly Father gave,
His hands securely keep.

3 Nor death nor hell shall e'er remove

His favorites from his breast ;
Within the bosom of his love
They must forever rest.

562* C. M. Watts.

Security in Christ.

1 Our God, how firm his promise stands

E'en when he hides his face !
He trusts in our Redeemer's hands
The kingdom of his grace.

2 Then why. my soul, these sad complaints'?

Christ and his flock are one :
Thy God is faithful to his saints.
Is faithful to his Son.

3 Beneath his smile my heart has lived,

And heavenly joy possessed :
I'll render thanks for grace received,
And trust him for the rest.

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563. L. 11 Watts.
■■>ty in God.

1 How oft have sin and Satan strove

To rend my soul from thee; my God !
But everlasting is thy 1

And La it with his blood.

2 The oath and promise of the Lord

Join to eontirm the wondrous grace ;
Eternal power performs the v.

And fills all heaven with endless praise.

3 Amidst temptations, sharp and long,

My soul to this dear refuge flies ;
Hope is my anchor, firm and strong,
While tempests blow and billows rise.

4 The nospel bears my spirit up :

A faithful and unchansrinur God
Lays the foundation for my hope
In oaths, and promises, and blood.

564. S. M. Watts.
Preserving Grace.

1 To God. the only wise.

Our Saviour and our King.
Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

2 'Tis his almighty love.

His counsel, and his care,
Preserves as safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.

3 He will present our souls.

Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.

4 Then all the chosen seed

Shall meet around the throne.
Shall bless the conduct of his grace.
And make his wonders known.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

565. C. M. Noel's Col.
The Progress of the spiritual Temple.

1 The God of grace and glory calls,

And leads the wondrous way

To his own palace, where he reigns
In uncreated day.

2 Jesus, the Herald of his love,

Displays the glorious prize.
And shows the purchase of his blood
To our admiring eyes.

3 He perfects what his hand begins.

And stone on stone he lays.
Till rirm and fair the building rise.
A temple to his praise.

4 The songs of everlasting years

That mercy shall attend.
Which leads, through sufferings of an hour,
To joys that never end.

566. C. It Beddome.
Praise ayul Hope.

1 0 Lord, if in the book of life

My worthless name should stand,
In fairest characters, inscribed
By thine unerring hand. —

2 My soul thou wilt by grace prepare

For crowns above the skies.
And on my way. from heavenly stores,
Wilt grant me fresh supplies.

3 Then I to thee, in sweetest strains.

Will grateful anthems raise :
But life's too short, my powers too weak,
To utter half thy praise.

4 Had I ten thousand thousand tongues,

Not one should silent be :
Had I ten thousand thousand hearts,
Yd give them all to thee.
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51) 7. 8S. TOPLADY.

The Believer safe.

1 A debtor to mercy alone.

Of covenant mercy I sing;
- fear, with thy on,

My person and offering to br.
The terrors of law. and of God.

With me can have nothing to do ;
My Saviour's obedience and blood

Hide all my transgressions from view.

2 The work which his goodness began,

The arm of his strength will complete ;
His promise is yea. and amen.

And never was forfeited yet :
Things future, nor things that are now,

all things, below nor ab<
Can make him his purpose foi

Or sever my soul from his k

3 My name from the palms of his hands

Eternity will not erase :
Impressed on his heart it remains.

In marks of indelible grace :
YeSj I to the end shall endure,

Ajs Bure as the earnest is given ;
More happy, but not more secure,

The gloriried spirits in heaven.

568. 8a & 7s. Grant.

Rejoicing in Hope of the Glory of God.

1 Know, my soul, thy full salvation;

Rise o'er sin. and fear, and care ;
Joy to find, in every station.

Something still to do or bear:
Think what Spirit dwells within th

Think what Father's smiles are thine;
Think what Jesus did to win thee :

Child of heaven, canst thou repine ?

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2 Haste thee on from grace to glory,

Armed by faith and winged by prayer ;
Heaven's eternal day's before thee ;

God's own hand shall iiuide thee there:
Soon shall close thy earthly mission ;

Soon shall pass thy pilgrim days ;
Hope shall change to glad fruition.

Faith to sight, and prayer to praise.

569. L. M. Sir J. E. Smith.
" It is I ; be not afraid."

1 When power divine, in mortal form,
Hushed with a word the raging storm,
In soothing accents. Jesus said,

u Lo. it is I : be not afraid.''*

2 So, when in silence nature sleeps,
And his lone watch the mourner keeps,
One thought shall every pang remove —
Trust, feeble man. thy Maker's love.

3 God calms the tumult and the storm ;
He rules the seraph and the worm ;
No creature is by him forgot

Of those who know or know him not

4 And when the last, dread hour shall come,
While trembling Nature waits her doom,
This voice shall wake the pious dead —

11 Lo. it is I ; be not afraid/'"

570. C. M. Rel. Souvenir.
Trust in God.

1 0 Father, good or evil send,

As seemeth best to thee,
And teach my stubborn soul to bend
In love to thy decree.

2 Whatever come, if thou wilt bless

The brightness and the gloom.
And temper joy. and soothe distress,
I fear no earthly doom.

3 Life cannot give a cureless sting;

Death can but crown my bliss,
And waft me far, on angel's wing,
To perfect happiness.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

571. C. M. AVELIXG.

Fear not,

1 Whene'er the clouds of sorrow roll,

And trials whelm the mind. —
When, faint with grief, thy wearied soul

No joys on earth can find, —
Then lift thy voice to God on high,

Dry up the trembling tear,
And hush the low, complaining sigh :

u Fear not; " thy God is near.

2 When dark temptations spread their snares,

And earth with charms allure-.
And when thy soul, oppressed with fears,

The world's assault endures,
Then let thy Father's friendly voice

Thy fainting spirit cheer,
And bid thy trembling heart rejoice :

" Fear not ; ;' thy God is near.

3 And when the final hour shall come,

That calls thee to thy rest,
To dwell within thy heavenly home,

A welcome, joyful guest,
Be calm ; though Jordan's waves may roll,

No ills shall meet thee there ;
Angels shall whisper to thy soul,

" Fear not ; n thy God is near.

572. C. M. Watts.

God the Author of Mercies and Afflictions*

1 Naked, as from the earth we came,

And rose to life at first,
We to the earth return again,
And mingle with the dust.

2 The dear delights we here enjoy,

And fondly call our own,
Are only favors borrowed now,
To be repaid anon.

3 ?Tis God who lifts our comforts high,

Or sinks them in the grave ;
He gives, and, blessed be his name,
He takes but what he gave.
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4 Peace, all our angry passions, then;

Let each rebellious sigh
Be silent at his sovereign will.
And every murmur die.

5 If smiling mercy crown our lives,

Its praises shall be spread :
And we'll adore the justice, too,
That strikes our comforts dead.

573. 7s. Anon.
Holy Contentment.

1 Lord, my times are in thy hand :
All my fondest hopes have planned
To thy wisdom I resign.

And would make thy purpose mine.

2 Thou my daily task shalt give ;
Day by day to thee I live :

So shall added years fulfil,
Not my own, my Father's will.

3 Fond ambition, whisper not;
Happy is my humble lot :
Anxious, busy cares, away ;
I'm provided for to-day.

4 0, to live exempt from care,
By the energy of prayer.

Strong in faith, with mind subdued,
Yet elate with gratitude !

574. 6s, 8s k, 4s. Oliver.
The holy Triumph of Assurance.

1 Yes, God himself hath sworn, —

I on his oath depend, —
I shall, on eagle's wings upborne,

To heaven ascend :
I shall behold his face,

I shall his power adore.
And sing the wonders of his grace

Forevermore.

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2 Though nature's strength decay.

And death and bell withstand,
To Canaan's bounds I urge my way,

At his command :
The watery deep I pass,

With Jesus in my view,
And through the howling wilderness

My way pursue.

3 The goodly land I see,

With peace and plenty blest.
The land of sacred liberty

And endless rest :
There milk and honey flow,

And oil and wine abound,
And trees of life forever grow,

With mercy crowned.

4 There dwells the Lord our King,

The Lord our Righteousness ;
Triumphant o'er the world and sin :

The Prince of peace,
On Z ion's sacred height,

His kingdom still maintains,
And, glorious with his saints in light,

Forever reigns.

5 He keeps his own secure ;

He guards them by his side ;
Arrays in garments white and pure

His spotless bride :
With streams of sacred bliss,

With groves of living joys,
With all the fruits of Paradise,

He still supplies.

6 Before the great Three- One

They all exulting stand,
And tell the wonders he hath done

Through all their land :
The listening spheres attend,

And swell the growing fame,
And sing, in songs which never end,

The wondrous Name.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

575. L- M. Steele.

Sufficiency of Grace.

1 In vain my roving thoughts would mid
A portion worthy of the mind ;

On earth my .soul can never re<t.
For earth can never make me blest.

2 Can lasting happiness be found
Where seasons roll their hasty round.
And days and hours, with rapid flight
Sweep cares and pleasures out of sight ?

3 Arise, my thoughts : my heart, arise ;
Leave this vain world, and seek the skies
There purest joys forever last,

When seasons, days, and hours are past.

4 Come. Lord, thy powerful grace impart ;
Thy grace can raise my wandering heart
To pleasure, perfect and sublime,
Unmeasured by the wing of time.

576. C. M. Beddome.

Vanity of the World.

1 Be thou. 0 Lord, my treasure here.

And fix my thoughts above ;
Unveil thy glories to my view,
And bid me taste thy love.

2 The world how mean, with all its store.

Compared with thee, my Lord !
Its vain and fleeting joys how few !
How little they afford !

3 The goods of earth are empty things,

And pleasures soon decay :
Its honors are but noisy breath,
And sceptres pass away.

4 Ye vain and flittering toys, begone ;

Ye false delights, adieu :
My glorious Lord fills all the space,
And leaves no room for you.

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0/ / . 73. TON.

Self -Distrust.

1 ;Tis a point I long to know, —

Oft it causes anxious thought, —
Do I love the Lord, or no \

Am I his. or am I not ?

2 If I love, why am I thus I

Why this dull and lifeless frame ?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,

lo have never heard his name.

3 When I turn my eyes within.

All is dark, and vain, and wild ;
Filled with unbelief and sin.
Can I deem myself a child ?

4 If I pray, or hear, or read,

Sin is mixed with all I do ;
You that love the Lord indeed,
Tell me, is it thus with you ?

5 Yet I mourn my stubborn will,

Find my sin a grief and thrall ;
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all ?

6 Lord, decide the doubtful case ;

Thou, who art thy people's sun,
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.

7 Let me love thee more and more,

If I love at all. I pray ;
If I have not loved before,
Help me to begin to-day.

578. C. M. Hudson.

Supjxtrting Grace.

1 How happy is the Christian's state !

-i!is are all Forgiven :

A cheering ray confirms the grace,

And lifts lus hopes to heaven.

2 Thouirh. in the rugged path of life,

He heaves the pensive sigh.
Yet, trusting in the Lord, he finds
Supporting grace is nigh.

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3 If. to prevent his wandering steps,

He feels the chastening rod,

The gentle stroke shall bring him hack
To his forgiving God.

4 And when the welcome message comes,

To call his soul away.
His soul in raptures will ascend
To everlasting day.

579. H. M. Bengel.

Faith and Patience in Suffering.

1 I'll think upon the woes.

Most spotless Lamb of God,
To which thou didst expose,
Upon th' accursed wood,

Thyself for mine iniquity.

And bless thee still in chastening me.

2 Why should my will complain,

When all he means is kind I
Though great my grief and pain,

To him I'll be resigned :
Yes. wait and hope, as me behoves:
The Father chastens whom he loves.

3 I cannot take amiss

These sufferings as too great ;
Thou'rt good, though they increase ;

Still patiently I'll waif:
111 it becomes me to repine ;
Make me in life and spirit thine,

4 My heart shall envy none

Who seem to prosper more ;
Only may I be one

Of thine who so endure,
That here in piety they thrive,
Till heavenly perfectness arrive.

5 Thou fount of all delight,

And secret of my joy.
Though many a tearful night

May still my heart employ,
Yet will I hope one day to see
A blest eternity with thee.

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OoU. 8s 8c 7s. [ri-Mi.i.uc] Anon.

Looking to Things unseen and eternal.

1 0, lay not up upon this earth

Your hope, your joy, your treasure;

Here sorrow clouds the pilgrim's path,

And blights each opening pleasure.

2 Earth's joys, like dewdrops, fade away;

Like clouds its visions vanish;
Above, no night can chase the day ;
Those joys no change can banish.

3 All, all below must fade and die ;

The dearest hopes we cherish,
Scenes touched with brightest radiancy,
Are all decreed to perish.

4 Then, man, be wise ; thy constant care

To purer joys be given,
Nor let delusive objects share
The place of bliss and heaven.

5 Let things unseen, with potent force,

Alone possessing merit,
Lead upward to its holy source
Thy pure, immortal spirit.

581. CM. Haweis.

Submissio?i.

1 Submissive to thy will, my God,

I all to thee resign,
And bow before thy chastening rod ;
I mourn, but not repine.

2 Why should my foolish heart complain,

When wisdom, truth, and love
Direct the stroke, inflict the pain,
And point to joys above ?

3 How short are all rny sufferings here !

How needful every cross !

Away, my unbelieving fear,

Nor call my gain my loss.

4 Then give, 0 Lord, or take away,

I'll bless thy sacred name :
Jesus to-day, and yesterday,
And ever, is the same.

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58*2. c. bl

A )i Afterthought of the Afflicted.

1 I cannot call affliction swe<

And yet 'twas good to bear :

Affliction brought me to thy feet,

And I found comfort there.

2 My wearied soul was all resigned

To thy most gracious will :
0. had I kept that better mind,
Or been afflicted still !

3 Where are the vows which then I vowed !

The joys which then I knew !
Those vanished like the morning cloud ;
These, like the early dew.

4 Lord, grant me grace for every day,

Whate'ei my state may be :
Through life, in death, with truth to say,
•• My God is all to me."

583. cek comw

Blessedness of Submission in Trials.

1 When I can trust my all with God.

In trial's fearful hour.
Bow. all resigned, beneath his rod,

And bless his sparing power,
A joy springs up amid distress,
A fountain in the wilder.

2 0. to be brought to Jesus' feet,

Though trials fix me there.
Is still a privilege most s"

For he will hear my prayer :
Though sighs and tears its language be,
The Lord is nigh to answer me.

3 0. blessed be the hand that gave —

Still blessed when it tak
Blessed be he who smites to save —

Who heals the heart he breaks :
Perfect and true are all his ways,
Whom heaven adores and death obeys.

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584. C. M. Drummond.
God our only Hope.

1 Bereft of all, when hopeless care

Would sink us to the tomb,
0; what can save us from despair 1

What dissipate the irlooni \

2 No balm that earthly plants distil

Can soothe the mourner's smart ;
No mortal hand, with lenient skill,
Bind up the broken heart.

3 But one alone, who reigns above,

Our woe to joy can turn,
And light the lamp of joy and love
That long has ceased to burn.

4 Then, 0 my soul, to Jesus flee ;

To him thy woes reveal ;
His eye alone thy wounds can see,
His hand alone can heal.

585. L- M. 6 l. Bowring.
Trust in God.

1 0, let my trembling soul be still,

While darkness veils this mortal eye,
And wait thy wise, thy holy will :

Wrapped yet in fears and mystery,
I cannot, Lord, thy purpose see ;
Yet all is well, since ruled by thee.

2 When, mounted on thy clouded car,

Thou send'st thy darker spirits down,
I can discern thy light afar —

Thy light, sweet beaming through thy frown :
And, should I faint a moment, then
I think of thee, and smile again.

3 So, trusting in thy love, I tread

The narrow path of duty on :
What though some cherished joys are fled;

What though some flattering dreams are gone ;
Yet purer, brighter joys remain :
Why should my spirit, then, complain ?
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586. CM. Wa

Desertion and Hope.

1 With earnest longings of the mind,

My God. to thee I look :
So pants the hunted hart to find
And taste the cooling brook.

2 When shall 1 see thy courts of grace,

And meet my God again ?
So long an absence from thy face
My heart endures with pain.

3 7Tis with a mournful pleasure now

I think on ancient days :
Then to thy house did numbers go;
And all our work was praise.

4 But why. my soul, sunk down so far,

Beneath this heavy load ?
Why do my thoughts indulge despair,
And sin against my God I

5 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand

Can all thy woes remove:
For 1 shall yet before him stand,
And sing restoring love.

587. CM. T.Green.

Holy Resigyuition.

1 It is the Lord, enthroned in light.

Whose claims are all divine,
Who has an undisputed right
To govern me and mine.

2 It is the Lord, who gives me all

My wealth, my . my ease :

And of his bounties may recall
Whatever part he please.

3 It is the Lord, my faithful God, —

Thrice blessed be his name, —
Whose gracious promise, sealed with blood,
Must ever be the same.

4 And can my soul, with hopes like these.

Be faithless, or repine ?
No, gracious God ; take what thou please :
To thee I all resign.

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OoO. C. M. Merrick's Col.

Holy Resignation.

1 Author of good, to thee we turn:

Thine ever-wakeful eye

Alone can all our wants discern,
Thy hand alone supply.

2 0, let thy love within us dwell,

Thy fear our footsteps guide ;
That love shall vainer loves expel,
That fear all tears beside.

3 And. 0, by error's force subdued,

Since oft, with stubborn will,

We blindly shun the latent good,

And grasp the specious ill. —

4 Not what we wish, but what we want,

Let mercy still supply :
The good we ask not. Father, grant;
The ill we ask, deny.

589. C. Mi Watts.

llo'y Fear, and Tenderness of Conscience.

1 With my whole heart I've sought thy face ;

0, let me never stray
From thy commands, O God of grace,
Nor tread the sinner's way.

2 Thy word I've hid within my heart,

To keep my conscience clean,
And be an everlasting guard
From every rising sin.

3 I'm a companion of the saints,

Who fear and love the Lord ;
My sorrows rise, my nature faints,
When men transgress thy word.

4 My heart with sacred reverence hears

Tic threatenings of thy word;
My flesh with holy trembling fears
The judgments of the Lord.

5 My God, I long, I hope. I wait

For thy salvation still;
Thy holy law is my delight,
And 1 obey thy wilL

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590. C. M. Wait,.

Benefit of Affliction.

1 Consider all my sorrows. Lord,

deliverance .send :
My soul for thy salvation fail

l will my troubles end I

2 Yet I have fou:. I for me

To bear my Father's rod :
Affliction made me lear:
And live upon my God.

3 Had not thy word been my delight

:i earthly joys were fled.
My soul, oppressed with sorro
Had sunk among the dead.

4 Before I knew thy chastening r

My feet were apt to stray :
But now I learn to keep thy word,
Xor wander from thy way.

591. C. Bt Steele.

Thirsting after God.

1 When fainting in the sultry was

And parched with thirst extreme.
The weary pilsrim longs to taste
The cool, refreshing stream.

2 So longs the weary, fainting mind.

Oppressed with sins and wo

Some soul-reviving spring to find.

Whence heavenly comfort flc

3 0. may I thirst for thee, my G

th ardent, strong desire :
And still, through all this desert roa 1.
To taste thy grace aspire.

4 Then shall my prayer to thee as

A srrateful sacrifice :
My mourning voice thou wilt atte
I grant me full supplies.

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES,

592. C. M. Burder's Col.
Rejoicing in Adversity.

1 What though no flowers the fig-tree clothe.

Though vines their fruit deny,
The labor of the olive fail,
And fields no meat supply; —

2 Though from the fold, with sad surprise,

My Hock cut off I see ;
Though famine reign in empty stalls,
Where herds were wont to be : —

3 Yet in the Lord will I be glad,

And glory in his love ;
In him I'll joy, who will the God
Of my salvation prove.

4 God is the treasure of my soul,

The source of lasting joy —
A joy which want shall not impair,
Nor death itself destroy.

593. CM. Steele.
True Happiness to be found only in God.

1 In vain I trace creation o'er

In search of solid rest ;
The whole creation is too poor
To make me truly blest.

2 Let earth and all her charms depart,

Unworthy of the mind ;
In God alone this restless heart
Enduring bliss can find.

0 3 Thy favor, Lord, is all I want;

Here would my spirit n
0, seal the rich, the boundless grant,
And make me fully blest.

594. C. M. Watts.
Confidence in God.

1 Soon as I heard my Father say.
" Ye children, seek my grace,"
My heart replied, without delay,
" I'll seek my Father's face."

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

2 Let not thy face be hid from me.

Nor frown my soul away ;
God of my life. I fly to thee
In each distressing day.

3 Should friends and kindred, near and dear,

Leave me to want, or die.
My God will make my life his care,
And all my need supply.

4 Wait on the Lord, ye trembling saints.

And keep your courage up :
He'll raise your spirit when it faints,
And far exceed your hope.

595. CM. Edm:
Asking Mercy in Affliction.

1 0 Thou whose mercy guides my way,

Though now it seem severe,
Forbid my unbelief to say
There is no mercy here.

2 0. irrant me to desire the pain

That comes in kindness down.
More than the world's alluring gain
Succeeded by a frown.

3 Then, though thou bow my spirit low,

Love only shall I -
The very hand that strikes the b]
Was wounded once for me.

596. & M. Beddome.

Submission in T

1 My times of sorrow and of joy.

Great God. are in thy hand :
My choicest comforts come from :
And go at thy command.

2 If thou shouldst take them all n

Yet would I not repine :
Before they were possessed by i
They were entirely thine.

3 Nor would I drop a murmuring

Though all the world were g
But seek enduring happiness
In thee, and thee alone.
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597. C. M. ANON.

The Benefit of Affliction.

1 0 God, to thee my sinking soul

In deep distress doth fly ;
Thy love can all my griefs control,
And all my wants supply.

2 How oft, when dark misfortune's band

Around their victim stood,
The seeming ill. at thy command,
Hath changed to real good !

3 The tempest that obscured the sky

Hath set my bosom free
From earthly care and sensual joy,
And turned my thoughts to thee.

4 Affliction's blast hath made me learn

To feel for others' woe,
And humbly seek, with deep concern,
My own defects to know.

5 Then rage, ye storms ; ye billows, roar;

My heart defies your shock ;
Ye make me cling to God the more —
To God, my sheltering Rock.

598. 8s. Searle.
The Promise of God sure.

1 How sweet on thy bosom to rest,

When nature's affliction is near !
The soul that can trust thee is blest :
Thy smiles bring me freedom from fear.

2 The Lord has in kindness declared

That those who will trust in his name
Shall in the sharp conflict be spared,
His mercy and love to proclaim.

3 This promise shall be to my soul

A messenger sent from the skies,
An anchor when billows shall roll,
A refuge when tempests arise.

4 0 Saviour, the promise fulfil :

Its comfort impart to my mind ;
Then calmly I'll bow to thy will.
To the cup of affliction resigned.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

599. 8fc Bath Col.

Our Salvation in IVoii

1 0 Thou whose compassionate care

Forbids my sad heart to complain.
Now graciously teach me to bear
The weight of affliction and pain.

2 Though cheerless my days seem to flow.

Though weary and wakeful my nights.
What comfort it gives me to know

"Tis the hand of a Father that smites !

3 A tender physician thou art.

Who woundest in order to heal,
And comfort divine dost impart
To soften the anguish we feel.

4 0, let this correction be blest.

And answer thy gracious design ;
Then grant that my soul may find rest
In comforts so healing as thine.

600.

S. M. Sac. Songs.
Affliction blessed.

1 How tender is thy hand,

0 thou most gracious Lord !
Afflictions come at thy command,
And leave us at thy word.

2 How gentle was the rod

That chastened us for sin !
How soon we found a smiling God
Where deep distress had been !

3 A father's hand we felt,

A Father's heart we knew :
'Mid tears of penitence we knelt,
And found his word was true.

4 Now we will bless the Lord,

And in his strength confide ;
Forever be his name adored,
For there is none beside.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

601. L'. M. Watts.

Trusting in Gad for Protection.

1 My spirit looks to God alone ;
My ruck and refuge is his throne;
In alJ my fears, in all my straits.
My soul for his salvation waits.

2 Trust him. ye saints, in all your ways ;
Pour out your hearts before his face ;
When helpers fail and foes invade.
God is our all-sufficient aid.

602.

C. M.

Divine Favor.

Newton.

1 How happy they who know the Lord —

With whom he deigns to dwell !
He cheers and guides them by his word ;
His arm supports them well.

2 His presence sweetens all their cares,

And makes their burdens light ;
A word from him dispels their fears,
And gilds the gloom of night.

q(JO# C. M, Doddridge.

Divine Guidance.

1 Eternal God, our wondering souls

Admire thy matchless grace —
That thou wilt walk, that thou wilt dwell,
With such a sinful race.

2 Cheered with thy presence, I can trace

The desert with delight :
Through all the gloom, one smile of thine
Can dissipate the night.

3 Nor shall I through eternal days

A restless pilgrim roam ;
Thy hand, that now directs my course,
Will soon convey me home.

4 With joy my spirit will consent

To drop its mortal load.
And hail the messenger of death,
That bids it rise to God.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

604. C. M. Watts.

God resorted to in Trouble.

1 The Lord of glory is my light,

And my salvation too :
God is my strength, nor will I fear
What all my foes can do.

2 One blessing. Lord, my heart desires ;

O. grant me mine abode
Among the churches of thy saints,
The temples of my God.

3 There shall I offer my requests,

And see thy glory still ;
Shall hear thy messages of love.
And learn thy holy will.

4 When troubles rise, and storms appear,

There may his children hide ;
God has a strong pavilion, where
He makes my soul abide.

5 Now shall my head be lifted high

Above my foes around.
And songs of joy and victory
Within thy temple sound.

605. L. M. Norton.

Trust and Submission.

1 My God. I thank thee : may no thought

E'er deem a Father's hand severe ;
But may this heart, by sorrow taught.
Calm each wild wish, each idle fear.

2 Thy mercy bids all nature bloom ;

The sun shines bright, and man is gay ;
Thine equal mercy spreads the gloom
That darkens o'er his little day.

3 Full many a throb of grief and pain

Thy frail and erring child must know ;
But not one prayer is breathed in vain,
Nor does one tear unheeded flow.

4 Thy various messengers employ ;

Thy purposes of love fulfil :
And. 'mid the wreck of human joy,
Let humble faith adore thy will.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

606. 8s, 7a & 1. Oliver.

God the Pilgrim's Guide and Strength.

1 Guide me. 0 thou ureat Jehovah,

Pilgrim through this barren land :
I am weak, but thou art mighty ;
Hold me with thy powerful hand:

Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.

2 Open now the crystal fountain

Whence the healing streams do flow,
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar

Lead me all my journey through :

Strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.

3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,

Bid my anxious fears subside ;
Bear me through the swelling current ;
Land me safe on Canaan's side :

Songs of praises
I will ever give to thee.

607

S. M. Watts.

Blessedness of the Righteous.

The man is ever blest

Who shuns the sinner's ways.

Among their councils never stands,
Nor takes the s corner's place, —

But makes the law of God
His study and delight.

Amidst the labors of the day,
And watches of the night.

He, like a tree, shall thrive,

With waters near the root :
Fresh as the leaf his name shall live ;

His works are heavenly fruit.

Not so trf ungodly race ;

They no such blessings find :

Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

608. C. M. Campbell's Col.
They shall icalk and not faint.

1 Supreme in wisdom, as in power,

The Rock of Aged stands.
Though him thou canst not see. nor trace
The workings of his hands.

2 He gives the conquest to the weak.

Supports the sinking heart.
And courage, in the evil hour,
His heavenly aids impart.

3 Mere human power shall fast decay,

And youthful vigor cease ;
But they who wait upon the Lord
In strength shall still increase.

4 They with unwearied feet shall tread

The path of life divine,
With uTOwino- ardor onward move,
With growing brightness shine.

5 On eagles' wings they mount, they soar;

Their winu-s are faith and love ;
Till, past the cloudy regions here,
They rise to heaven above.

609. L. M. Watts.
The Righteous and the Wicked.

1 How blest the man whose cautious feet

Avoid the way that sinners go>
Who hates the place where atheists meet,
And fears to talk as scoffers do.

2 He loves t' employ his morning light

Among the statutes of the Lord.
And spends the wakeful hours of night
With pleasure pondering o'er the word.

3 He, like a plant by gentle streams,

Shall flourish in immortal green ;
And heaven will shine, with kindest beams,
On every work his hands begin.

4 But sinners find their counsels crossed :

As chaff before the tempest dies.
So shall their hopes be blown and lost,
When the last trumpet shakes the skies.
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blO. 8s & 7s, ROBINSON.

Merries gratefully acknowledged.

1 Come, thou Fount of every blessing.

Tune my heart to sing thy grace ;
Stream- of mercy, never ceasing,

Call for BOngS of loudest praise.

2 Teach me some melodious measure,

Sung by raptured Bainte above;
Fill my soul with sacred pleasure.
While I sing redeeming love.

3 By thy hand sustained, defended,

Safe through life, thus far. I've come;
Safely, Lord, when life is ended,
Bring me to my heavenly home.

4 Jesus sought me when a stranger,

Wandering from the fold of God ;
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.

5 0. to grace how great a debtor

Daily I'm constrained to be !
Let thy irrace. Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee.

6 Prone to wander. Lord. I feel it ;

Prone to leave the God I love :
Here's my lie art ; 0. take and seal it ;
Seal it from thy courts above.

611. CM. Beddome.

Fear not.

1 Ye trembling souls, dismiss your fears ;

Be mercy all your theme ;
For mercy like a river tlows,
In one perpetual stream.

2 " Fear not " the powers of earth and hell ;

God will those powers restrain ;
His arm will all their raire repel.
And make their efforts vain.

3 u Fear not " the want of outward good;

For his he .will provide.
Grant them supplies of daily food.
And give them heaven beside.
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4 ': Fear not " that he will e'er forsake.

Or leave his work undone :
He's faithful to his prom
And faithful to his Son.

5 u Fear not *' the terrors of the gi

Nor death's relentless Bting :
He will from endless wrath prese
To endless glory bring.

612. C. M. Watts.

Pleading with God.

1 Behold thy waiting servant. Lord.

Devoted "to thy fear :
Remember and confirm thy word.
For all my hopes are there.

2 Hast thou not sent salvation down.

And promised quickening irrace ?
Doth not my heart address thy throne ?
And yet thy love delays.

3 Mine eyes for thy salvation fail :

0. bear thy servant up ;
Nor let the scoffing lips prevail
That dare reproach my hope.

4 Is not my faith thy gift. 0 Lord ?

Then let thy truth appear :
Saints shall rejoice in my reward,
And trust as well as fear.

613. S. ML Epis. Col.
Ark of Safety.

1 0. cease, my wandering soul,

On restless wing to roam ;
All this wide world, to either pole,
Has not for thee a home.

2 Behold the ark of God ;

Behold the open door :
0. haste to gain that dear abode,
And rove, my soul, no more.

3 There safe thou shalt abide.

There sweet shall be thy rest,
And every longing satisfied.
With full salvation blest.
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614. L- M. Steele.
Breathing after God.

1 Where Is my God \ does he retire

Beyond the reach of humble sighs ?
Are these weak breathings of desire
Too languid to ascend the skies?

2 He hears the breathings of desire;

The weak petition, if sincere,
Is not forbidden to aspire,

And hope to reach his gracious ear.

3 Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye ;

See where the great Redeemer stands,
The glorious Advocate on hiifh.

With precious incense in his hands.

4 He sweetens every humble groan ;

He recommends each broken prayer ;
Recline thy hope on him alone.

Whose power and love forbid despair.

615. CM. Watts.
Delight in God and his Word.

1 Thou art my portion, 0 my God ;

Soon as I know thy way.
My heart makes haste t' obey thy word,
And suffers no delay.

2 I choose the path of heavenly truth.

And glory in my choice ;

Not all the riches of the earth

Could make me so rejoice.

3 Thy precepts and thy heavenly grace

f set before my eyes :
Thence I derive my daily strength,
And there my comfort lies.

4 If once I wander from thy path,

I think upon my ways,
Then turn my feet to thy commands,
And trust thy pardoning grace.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

5 Now I am thine, forever thine ;
0. save thy servant. Loi
Thou art my shield, my hiding-place ;
hope is in thy word.

616. C. M. Watts.

Divine Help.

1 Forever blessed be the Lord,

My Saviour and my shield :
He sends his Spirit with his word,
To arm me for the field.

2 When sin and hell their force unite,

He makes my soul his care.
Instructs me to the heavenly fight,
And guards me through the war.

3 A Friend and Helper so divine

Doth my weak courage raise ;
He makes the glorious victory mine,
And his shall be the praise.

617. C. M. Steele.
Comfort in God.

1 Dear Refuge of my weary soul,

On thee, when sorrows rise.
On thee, when waves of trouble roll,
My fainting hope relies.

2 To thee I tell each rising grief.

For thou alone canst heal :
Thy word can bring a sweet relief
For every pain I feel.

3 But. 0. when gloomy doubts prevail,

I fear to call thee mine ;
The springs of comfort seem to fail.
And all my hopes decline.

4 Yet. gracious God. where shall I flee ?

Thou art my only trust :
And still my soul would cleave to thee,
Though prostrate in the dust.
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618. L. M. Watts.
Heaven! y A spircctions.

1 Up to the fields where angels lie,

And living waters gently roll,
Fain would my thoughts ascend on high ;
But sin hangs heavy on my soul.

2 0, might I once mount up and see

The glories of th' eternal skies.
How vain a thing this world would be !
How empty all its fleeting joys !

3 Great All in All, eternal King,

Let me but view thy lovely face,
And all my powers shall bow and sing
Thine endless grandeur and thy grace.

619. C. M. Steele.
The Mercy -Seat.

1 Dear Father, to thy mercy-seat

My soul for shelter flies :
?Tis here I find a safe retreat
When storms and tempests rise.

2 My cheerful hope can never die,

If thou, my God, art near ;
Thy grace can raise my comforts high,
And banish every fear.

3 My great Protector and my Lord,

Thy constant aid impart ;
0, let thy kind, thy gracious word
Sustain my trembling heart.

4 0, never let my soul remove

From this divine retreat ;
Still let me trust thy power and love,
And dwell beneath thy feet.

620. C. M. Watts.

Safety.

1 How can I sink with such a prop
As my eternal God.
Who bears the earth's huire pillars up?
And spreads the heavens abroad?
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2 How can I die while Jesus Lives,

Who rose and left the dead !
Pardon and grace my soul receives
From my exalted Head.

3 All that I am. and all I have.

Shall be forever thine :
Whate'er my duty bids me give.
My cheerful hands resign.

4 Yet if I might make some reserve,

And duty did not call.
I love my God with zeal so great.
That I should give him alf.

621. C. M. Witm

Protection and Safety.

1 Unshaken as the sacred hill,

And firm as mountains be —

Firm as a rock, the soul shall rest.

That leans. 0 Lord, on thee.

2 Not walls nor hills could guard SB

Old Salem's happy ground.
As those eternal arms of love.
That every saint surround.

3 Deal gently. Lord, with souls sincere,

And lead them safely on.
Within the gates of Paradise.

Where Christ, their Lord, is gone.

y)lcl£* ?£. Smb. of the Psalms.

Safety in God.

1 They who on the Lord rely.
Safely dwell, though danger \s ni:rh :
Wide his sheltering wings are sp
O'er each faithful servant's head.

2 Vain temptation's wily snare :
Christians are Jehovah's care :
Harmless flies the shaft by day.
Or in darkness wings its way.

3 When they wake, or when t .
Angel guards their vigils keep :
Death and danger may be near :
Faith and love have nought to fc

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C. M. Watts.

623.

Strength and Protection from

1 Whence do our mournful thoughts arise ?

And where's our courage fled !
Has restless sin or raging licll
Struck all our comforts dead '.

2 Have we forgot th' almighty name

That formed the earth and st
And can an all-creating arm
Grow weary or decay !

3 Almighty strength and boundless grace

In our Jehovah dwell ;
He gives the conquest to the weak.
And dooms their foes to hell.

4 Mere mortal power shall fade and die,

And youthful vigor cease ;
But we. that wait upon the Lord.
Shall feel our strength increase.

0^4. C. M« Hegixkotham.

Comfort in Sickness and Death.

1 When sickness shakes the languid frame,

Each phantom pleasure flies ;
Vain hopes of bliss no more obscure
Our long-deluded eyes,

2 The tottering frame of mortal life

Shall crumble into dust :
Nature shall faint ; but learn, my soul,
On nature's God to trust.

3 The man whose pious heart is fixed

Securely on his God,
In every frown may comfort find,
And kiss the chastening rod.

4 Nor him shall death itself alarm;

On heaven his soul relies;
With joy he views his Maker's love,
And with composure dies.
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620. S. M. Watts.

God.

1 When, overwhelmed with grief.

My heart within me di -
Helpless, and far from all relief.
To heaven I lift mine e;

2 0. lead me to the Rock

That's hiirh above my head.
And make the covert of thy wings
My shelter and my shade.

3 Within thy presence. Lord,

Forever I'll abide :
Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where I hide.

4 Thou givest me the lot

Of those that fear thy name :
If endless life be their reward.
I shall possess the same.

Q26. C. M. B. W. Noel.

Hope in Trouble.

1 When musing sorrow weeps the past.

And mourns the present pain.
'Tis sweet to think of peace at las
And feel that death is gain.

2 'Tis not that murmuring thoughts arise,

And dread a Father's will :
'Tis not that meek submission flies'.
And would not suffer still.

3 It is that heaven-born Faith surveys

The path that leads to light.
And longs her eagle plumes to raise.
And lose herself in sight.

4 It is that troubled conscience feels

The pangs of struggling sin.
And sees, though far. the hand that heals,
And ends the strife within.

5 0. let me wing my hallowed flight

From earth-born woe and care.
And soar above these clouds of night.
My Saviour's bliss to share.

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627. C. M. TOPLADY.

of Submission.

1 When languor and disease invade

This trembling house of clay,

JTis sweet to look beyond my pain,
And long to fly away : —

2 Sweet to look inward, and attend

The whispers of his Jove;

Sweet to look upward, to the place
Where Jesus pleads above1 : —

3 Sweet to look back, and see my name

In life's fair book set down :
Sweet to look forward, and behold
Eternal joys my own; —

4 Sweet on his faithfulness to rest,

Whose love can never end ;
Sweet on the promise of his grace
For all things to depend; —

5 Sweet, in the confidence of faith,

To trust his firm decrees ;
Sweet to lie passive in his hands,
And know no will but his.

6 If such the sweetness of the stream,

What must the fountain be,
Where saints and angels draw their bliss
Directly, Lord, from thee !

628. C. ML Cotton.
Safety in God.

1 Why, 0 my soul, 0. why depressed,

And whence thine anxious fears ?
Let former favors fix thy trust,
And check thy rising tears.

2 Affliction is a stormy deep,

Where wave succeeds to wave ;
Thouirh o'er my head the billows roll,
1 know the Lord can save.

3 On him I trust and build my hope,

Nor murmur at his rod :
In vain the waves of trouble roll,
While he is still my God.
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629. c. m. w.vtts.

Converse ictth Heaven.

1 My thoughts surmount these lower skies,

And look within the veil :
There springs of endless pleasure rise ;
The waters never fail.

2 There I behold, with sweet delight,

The blessed Three in One :
And strong affections fix my sight
On God's incarnate Son.

3 His promise stands forever firm ;

His grace shall ne'er depart :
He binds my name upon his arm,
And seals it on his heart.

4 Light are the pains that nature brings ;

How short our sorrows are.
When with eternal future things
The present we compare !

5 I would not be a stranger still

To that celestial place.
Where 1 forever hope to dwell
Xear my Redeemer's face.

630. L. M. Watts.

Holy Aspirations.

1 My God. permit me not to be
A stranger to myself and thee ;
Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

2 Why should my passions mix with earth.
And thus debase my heavenly birth ?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God. my Saviour, go ?

3 Call me away from flesh and sens

One sovereign word can draw me thence :
I would obey the voice divine.
And all inferior joys resign.

4 Be earth, with all her scenes, withdrawn ;
Let noise and vanity be gone :

In secret silence of the mind
My heaven, and there my God, Ifrnd.
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631. C. M. An ox.

Trust amid tin- Severities of God.

1 Thou Power supreme, whose mighty scheme

These woes of mine fulfil,
Here, firm, I rest: they must be best,
Because they are thy will.

2 Then all I want. — 0, do thou grant

This one request of mine, —
Since to enjoy thou dost deny,
Assist me to resign.

\}0/i* C. M. Montgomery.

Prayer.

1 Pray nu is the soul's sincere desire,

Unuttered or expressed,
The motion of a hidden fire,
That trembles in the breast

2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,

The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Prayer -is the simplest form of speech

That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The majesty on high.

4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,

The Christian's native air.
Hid watchword at the gates of death:
He enters heaven with prayer.

633. C. M. Montgomery.

Prayer.

1 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,

Returning from his ways.
While angels in their songs rejoice,
And cry. " Behold, he pi

2 The saints in prayer appear as one

In word, and dved. and mind,
While with the Father and the Son
Sweet fellowship they iind.

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3 Nor prayer is made on earth all

The Holy Spirit pie
And Jesus, on th' eternal thri
For sinners intercedes.

4 0 Thou, by whom we come to Go«l, —

The life, the truth, the way, —
The path of prayer thyself h.
Lord, teach, us how to pray.

634. C. M. Bkddome.
Prayer,

1 Prayer is the breath, of God in man,

Returning whence it came ;

Love is the sacred fire within,

And prayer the rising flame.

2 It gives the burdened spirit ease,

And soothes the troubled breast ;
Yields comfort to the mourners here,
And to the weary rest.

3 When God. inclines the heart to pray;

He hath an ear to hear :
To him there's music in a groan,
And beauty in a tear.

4 The humble suppliant cannot fail

To have his wants supplied,

Since He for sinners intercedes

Who once for sinners died.

635. Hs & 10& Spir. Songs.
Invitation to the Mercy- Sent.

1 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish :

Come to the mercy-seat, fervently kneel :
Here bring your wounded hearts, here icil your anguLsh. ;
Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot heal.

2 Joy of the desolate, light of the stray! i _.

Hope of the penitent, fadeless and pure,
Here speaks the Comforter, tenderly s;

Earth has no sorrow that heaven cannot cure.

3 Here see the bread of life; see waters flowing

Forth from the throne of God, pure from above ;
Come to the feast of love ; come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but heaven can remove.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISE&

636. L. M. Stowell.
The Mercy-Seat.

1 From every stormy wind that Mows.
From every swelling tide of woes,
There is a calm, a sure retreat ;
JTis found before the mercy-seat

2 There is a place where Jesus sheds
The oil of gladness on our heads —
A place of all on earth most sweet;
It is the blood-bought mercy-seat

3 There is a scene where spirits blend.
Where friend holds fellowship with friend ;
Though sundered far. by faith they meet
Around one common mercy-seat

4 There, there, on eagle wings we soar.
And sin and sense molest no more ;

And heaven comes down our souls to greet,
And glory crowns the mercy-seat.

637. C. M. Mrs. Brown.
Secret Prayer at Twilight.

1 I love to steal awhile away

From every cumbering care,
And spend the hours of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.

2 I love in solitude to shed

The penitential tear.
And all his promises to plead
Where none but God can hear.

3 I love to think on mercies past,

And future good implore.
And all my cares and sorrows east
On him whom I adore.

4 I love by faith to take4 a view

Of brighter scenes in heaven :
The prospect doth my strength renew.
While here by tempests driven.

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

5 Thus, when life's toilsome day is o'er,
May its departing ray
Be calm as this impressive hour,
And lead to endless day.

OeJO. 7a & 6s. Edin. Lit. Ret.

Pray without ceasing.

1 Go when the morning shineth,

Go when the noon is bright,
Go when the eve declineth,

Go in the hush of night :
Go with pure mind and feeling,

Fling earthly thought away,
And. in thy closet kneeling.

Do thou in secret pray.

2 Remember all who love thee,

All who are loved by thee ;
Pray, too, for those who hate thee,

If any such there be ;
Then for thyself, in meekness,

A blessing humbly claim.
And blend with each petition

Thy great Redeemer's name.

3 Or. if 'tis e'er denied thee

In solitude to pray.
Should holy thoughts come o'er thee

When friends are round thy way,
E'en then the silent breathing,

Thy spirit raised above.
Will reach his throne of glory,

Where dwells eternal love.

4 0, not a joy or blessing

With this can we compare —
The grace our Father gave us

To pour our souls in prayer ;
Whene'er thou pin'st in sadness,

Before his footstool fall :
Remember, in thy gladness.

His love who gave thee all.

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CHRISTIAN' ACTS AND EXERCISES.

639. 8. M. Sac. Lyrics.
Morning Prayer Meeting,

1 How sweet the melting lay,

Which breaks upon the ear,

When, at the hour of rising day,

Christians unite in prayer !

2 The breezes waft their cries

Up to Jehovah's throne ;
He listens to their humble sighs,
And sends his blessings down.

3 So Jesus rose to pray

Before the morning light —
Once on the chilling mount did stay,
And wrestle all the night.

4 Glory to God on high,

Who sends his blessings down
To rescue souls condemned to die,
And make his people one.

640. C. M. Anon.
Secret Prayer.

1 Sweet is the prayer whose holy stream

In earnest pleading flows ;
Devotion dwells upon the theme,
And warm and warmer glows.

2 Faith grasps the blessing she desires;

Hope points the upward gaze ;
And Love, celestial Love, inspires
The eloquence of praise.

3 But sweeter far the still small voice,

Unheard by human ear,
When God has made the heart rejoice,
And dried the bitter tear.

4 No accents flow, no words ascend;

All utterance faileth there ;

But sainted spirits comprehend,

And God accepts the prayer.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCJ-

641. C. M. Pappox
Secret Devotion.

1 Father divine, thy piercing

is through the darkest night ;
In deep retirement thou art nigh
With heart-discerning sight.

2 May that observing eye survey

My faithful homage paid.
With every morning's dawning ray,
And every evening's shade.

3 0. let thy own celestial tire

The incense still inflame.
While fervent vows to thee aspire.
Through my Redeemer's name.

4 So shall the visits of thy love

My soul in secret bless :
So wilt thou deign, in worlds above.
Thy suppliant to confess.

642. S. ML Newton.
Blessings sought in Prayer.

1 Behold the throne of grace !

The promise calls me near :
There Jesus shows a smiling face.
And waits to answer prayer.

2 Thine image. Lord, bestow,

Thy presence and thy love ;
I ask to serve thee here below,
And reign with thee above.

3 Teach me to live by faith :

Conform my will to thine :
Let me victorious be in death,
And then in glory shine.

4 If thou these blessings give.

And wilt my portion be.
All worldly joys I'll cheerful leave,
And find my heaven in thee.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

643. C. M. C0B1UN.

A Throne of Grace.

1 A throne of grace ! then let us go

And offer up our prayer ;
A grstdious God will mercy show
To all that worship there.

2 A throne of grace ! 0, at that throne

Our knees have often bent,
And God has showered his blessings down
As often as we went.

3 A throne of grace ! rejoice, ye saints ;

That throne is open still ;
To God unbosom your complaints,
And then inquire his will.

4 A throne of grace we yet shall need

Long as we draw our breath,
A Saviour, too, to intercede,
Till we are changed by death.

5 The throne of glory then shall glow

With beams from Jesus' face,
And we no longer want shall know,
Nor need a throne of grace.

644. C. H. M. Axon.
Come, let us pray.

1 Come, let us pray : rtis sweet to

That God himself is near :
That, while we at his footstool kneel,

His mercy deigns to hear :
Though sorrows cloud life's divary way,
This is our solace — let ds pray.

2 Come, let us pray: the burning brow,

The heart oppressed with care,
And all the woes that throng us now.

Will be relieved by prayer :
Jesus will smile our griefs away ;
0, glorious thought ! — come, let us pray.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AXD EXERCISES.

3 Come, let us pray : the sin-sick soul

Her weight of guilt must feel ;
But. hark ! the glorious tidings roll.

Whilst here we humbly kneel :
Jesus will wash that guilt away.
And pardon grant ; then let us pray.

4 Come, let us pray : the mercy-seat

Invites the fervent prayer.
And Jesus ready stands to greet

The contrite spirit there :
0. loiter not. nor longer stay
From him who loves us : let us pray.

645. S. M. Medley.

The Answerer of Prayer.

1 Come, praying souls, rejoice.

And bless your Father's name :
With joy to him lift up your voice.
And all his love proclaim.

2 Your mournful cry he hears ;

He marks your feeblest groan,
Supplies your wants, dispels your fears.
And makes his mercy known.

3 To all his praying saints

He ever will attend.
And to their sorrows and complaints
His ear in mercy bend.

4 Then blessed be the Lord.

Who has not turned away
His mercy, nor his precious word.
From those who love to pray.

5 No : still he bows his ear

In gentle pity down ;
For praying breath he loves to hear.
And praying souls he'll crown.

6 Then let us still <ro on

In his appointed ways.
Rejoicing in his name alone.
Ln prayer and humble praise.

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646. cm. wai

dng God.

1 0 that I knew the secret place

Where I might find my God !
IY1 spread my wants before his face,
And pour my woes abroad.

2 I'd tell him how my sins arise;

What sorrows I sustain ;
How grace decays, and comfort dies,
Aha leaves my heart in pain.

3 He knows what arguments Fd take

To wrestle with my God ;
Fd plead for his own mercy's sake,
And for my Saviour's blood.

4 My God will pity my complaints,

And heal my broken bones ;
He takes the meaning of his saints,
The language of their groans.

5 Arise, my soul, from deep distr<

And banish every fear ;
He calls thee to his throne of grace,
To spread thy sorrows there.

647. C. M. Vrwick's Col.

Prayer for Grace in Trial.

1 Father of all our mercies, thou

In whom we move and live.
Hear us in heaven, thy dwelling, now,
And answer, and forgive.

2 When, harassed by ten thousand foes.

Our helplessness we feel.

0. give the weary soul repo-

The wounded spirit heal.

3 When dire temptations gather round,

And threaten or allure.
By storm or calm, in thee be found
A refuge strong and sure.

4 When age advances, may we grow

In faith, in hope, and love,
And walk in holiness below
To holiness above.

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5 Let earthly joys and cares depart:

Let pain and sorrow cease :

Be thou the portion of our heart ;

In thee may we have peace.

648. S. M. Pratt's Col.
Prayer for divine Help.

1 My God, my prayer attend ;

0, bow thine ear to me,
Without a hope, without a friend,
Without a help, but thee.

2 0, guard my soul around,

Which loves and trusts thy grace;
Nor let the powers of hell confound
The hopes on thee I place.

3 Thy mercy I entreat ;

Let mercy hear my cries,
While, humbly waiting at thy seat,
My daily prayers arise.

4 0, bid my heart rejoice,

And every fear control,
Since at thy throne, with suppliant voice,
To thee I lift my soul.

649. C. M. Cage's Col.
Prayer for Guidance.

1 Eternal Source of life and light,

Supremely good and wise,
To thee we brimj; our grateful vows,
To thee lift up our eyes.

2 Our dark and erring minds illume

With truth's celestial rays :
Inspire our hearts with sacred love,
And tune our lips to praise.

3 Conduct us safely, by thy grace,

Through life's perplexing road.
And place us, when that journey's o;er3
At thy right hand, 0 God.

407'

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

650. S. M. MONTGOMERY.

LorcVs Prayer.

1 Our heavenly Father, hear

The prayer we offer now ;
Thy name be hallowed far and near,
To thee all nations bow.

2 Thy kingdom come : thy will

On earth be done in love,
AjB ^aints and seraphim fulfil
Thy perfect law above.

3 Our daily bread supply

While by thy word we live ;
The guilt of our iniquity
Forgive, as we forgive.

4 From dark temptation's power,

From Satan's wiles, defend ;
Deliver in the evil hour.
And guide us to the end.

5 Thine shall forever be

Glory and power divine ;
The sceptre, throne, and majesty
Of heaven and earth are thine.

6 Thus humbly taught to pray

By thy beloved Son,
Through him we come to thee, and say,
•• All for his sake be done/*'

651. 8S & 7S. TOPLADY.

Prayer for Light.

1 Light of those whose dreary dwelling

Borders on the shades of death,
Come, and, by thyself revealing,
Dissipate the clouds beneath.

2 Thou, new heaven and earth's Creator,

In our deepest darkness rise,
Scattering all the night of nature.
Pouring day upon our eyes.

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3 Still we wait for thy appearing :

Life and joy thy beams impart.
Chasing all our fears, and cheering
Every poor, benighted heart.

4 Come, extend thy wonted favor

To our ruined, guilty t;:'
Come, thou blest, exalted Saviour,
Come, apply thy saving grace.

5 By thine all-atoning merit

Every burdened soul rel
By the teachings of thy Spirit
Guide us into perfect peace.

652. fa- Grant.

"Prayer in the I

1 Saviour, .hen. in dust, to thee

we bow th* adoring knee. —
pentant, to the -
Scarce we lift our streaming eyes, —
O. by all thy pain and woe

red once for man below.
Bending from thy throne on high,
Hear us when to thee we

2 By thine hour of dark despair ;
By thine agony of pray*

By the cross, the nail, the thorn,
Piercing spear, and torturing scorn ;
the gloom that veiled the
;he dreadful sacrifice, —
Jesus, look with pitying
-:en to our humble <

3 By the deep, expiring groan ;
By the sad. sepulchral stone;
By the vault whose dark abode
Held in vain the rising God. —
0. from earth to heaven restored,

/:ity. re-ascended L

ir. Prince, exalted high,
Hear us when to thee we

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653. 8a & 7s. C. Wesley.

Desiring Sanctified t ion .

1 Love divine, all love excelling,

Joy of heaven, to earth come down ;
Fix in us thy humble dwelling ;

All thy faithful mercies crown :
Jesus, thou art all compassion ;

Pure, unbounded love thou art ;
Visit us with thy salvation :

Enter every trembling heart.

2 Breathe, O, breathe thy Holy Spirit

Into every troubled breast ;
Let us all thy grace inherit ;

Let us find thy promised rest :
Take away the love of sinning;

Take our load of guilt away ;
End the work of thy beginning J

Bring us to eternal day.

3 Carry on thy new creation ;

Pure and holy may we be ;
Let us see our whole salvation

Perfectly secured by thee ;
Change from glory into glory,

Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before thee,

Lost in wonder, love, and praise.

654. C. M. Raffles.

A submissive and docile Spirit.

1 Thou boundless Source of every good.

Our best desires fulfil :
We would adore thy wondrous grace,
And mark thy sovereign will.

2 In all thy mercies may our souls

Thy bounteous goodness -
Nor let the gifts thy hand imparts
Estrange our hearts from thee.

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3 Teach us. in time of deep distress,

To own thy hand. 0 God,
And in submissive silence learn
The lessons of thy rod.

4 In every changing scene of life,

Whate'er that scene may be,
Give us a meek and humble mind, —
A mind at peace with thee.

5 Do thou direct our steps aright ;

Help us thy name to fear ;
And give us irrace to watch and pray,
And strength to persevere.

6 Then may we close our eyes in death,

Without a fear or care ;
For death is life; and labor rest,
If thou art with us there.

655. S. M. Watts.

Reliance on God.

1 My God. permit my tongue

This joy — to call thee mine )
And let my early cries prevail
To taste thy love divine.

2 For life, without thy love,

No relish can afford;
Xo joy can be compared with this, —
To serve and please the Lord.

3 In wakeful hours of night.

I call my God to mind :
I think how wise thy counsels are,
And all thy dealings kind.

4 Since thou hast been my help,

To thee my spirit flies :
And on thy watchful providence
My cheerful hope relies.

5 The shadow of thy wings

My soul in safety keeps :
I follow where my Father leads,
And he supports my steps.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AX!) EXERCISES.

656. C. ML Mjlman.
Help, Lord.

1 0, help us, Lord; each hour of need

Thy heavenly succor give ;
Help us in thought, and word, and deed,
Each hour on earth we live.

2 0, help us. when our spirits bleed,

With contrite anguish sore ;
And when our hearts are cold and dead,
0, help us, Lord, the more.

3 0, help us, through the prayer of faith,

More firmly to believe ;
For still the more the servant hath,
The more shall he receive.

4 0, help us, Father, from on high ;

We know no help but thee :
0, help us so to live and die,
As thine in heaven to be.

657. CM. Exeter Col.
Prayer J br Guidance.

1 Lord, through the dubious paths of life

Thy feeble servant guide ;
Supported by thy powerful arm,
My footsteps shall not slide.

2 To thee, 0 my unerring Guide,

I would myself resign,
In all my ways acknowledge thee,
And form my will by thine.

3 Thus shall each blessing of thy hand

Be doubly sweet to me :
And in new griefs I still shall have
A refuge, Lord, in thee.

4 Lord, by thy counsel, while I \v

0. guide my wandering feet ;

And when my course on earth is run,
Conduct me to thy seat.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AXD EXERCISES.

658. C. M. JUDSON.

Lord's Prayer.

1 Otr Father, God. who art in heaven.

All hallowed be thy name :
Thy kingdom come : thy will be done
In heaven and earth the same.

2 Give ns this day our daily bread;

And as we those forgive
Who sin against us, so may we

Forgiving grace receive.
3' Into temptation lead us not;

From evil set us free ;
And thine the kingdom, thine tl\e power,

And glory, ever be.

O09. ^s & 6. [Peculiar.] AXON.

" Thy WW be doner

1 My God, my Father, while I stray

Far from my home, on life's rough way,
0. teach me from my heart to say,
•• Thy will, my God. be done."*

2 Though dark my path, and sad my lot,
Let me be still, and murmur not.

And breathe the prayer divinely taught,
■• Thy will, my God. be done.*'

3 What though in lonely grief I sigh
For friends beloved no longer nigh ;
Submissive still would I reply.

" Thy will, my God. be done.'7

4 If thou shouldst call me to resign
What most I prize. — it ne'er was mine. -
I only yield thee what is thine ;

" Thy will, my God. be done."

5 Should pining sickness waste away
My life in premature decay.

In life or death teach me to say,
•• Thy will, my God. be done.77

6 Renew my will from day to
Blend it with thine, and take away
Whate'er now makes it hard to say,

" Thy will; my God. be done.73

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISER.

660. C. 31. Percy Chapel Col.
" Thy Will be doner

1 Father. I know thy ways are just,

Although to me unknown ;
< ). grant me grace thy love to trust,
And cry, "Thy will be done/'

2 If thou shouldst hedire witli thorns my path,

Should wealth and friends be gone,
Still, with a firm and lively faith, ,
I'll cry. " Thy will be done/'

3 Although thy steps I cannot trace,

Thy sovereign riirht I'll own ;
And. as instructed by thy grace,
I'll cry, " Thy will be done."

4 ?Tis sweet thus passively to lie

Before thy gracious throne,
Concerning every thing to cry,
•• My Father's will be done."

661. CM. Ch. Psalmody.
Desires for Holiness.

1 0, could I find, from day to day.

A nearness to my God.
Then would my hours glide sweet away,
While leaning on his word.

2 Lord. I desire with thee to live

Anew from day to day.
In joys the world can never give,
Nor ever take away.

3 Blest Jesus, come, and rule my heart,

And make me wholly thine,
That I may never more depart,
Nor grieve thy love divine.

4 Thus, till my last, expiring breath.

Thy goodness I'll adore;
And when my frame dissolves in death,
My soul shall love thee more.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

662. S. M. Percy Chapel Col.
Christ our AU.

1 My Saviour, fill my soul

With holiness and pea<--
fee with healing in thy wings ;

Bid sin and doubting cease.

2 May things beneath the sky

Engross my heart no more ;
Be thou my first, my chief delight,
My soul's unbounded store.

3 In thee all treasures lie ;

From thee all blessings flow ;
Thou art the bliss of saints above.
The joy of saints below.

4 0. come and make me thine,

A sinner saved by grace :
Then shall I sing, with loudest straios,
In heaven, thy dwelling-place.

663. C. M. C. Wesley.
Purity of Heart.

1 0 for a heart to praise my God !

A heart from sin set free !
A heart that's sprinkled with the blood
So freely shed for me !

2 0 for a heart submissive, meek,

My great Redeemer's throne,
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone !

3 0 for an humble, contrite heart,

Believing, true, and clean.
Which neither life nor death can part
From him that dwells within !

4 Thy temper, gracious Lord, impart;

Come quickly from above :
0. write thy name upon my heart ;
Thy name, 0 God. is love.

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664. ( m.

Prai

1 Father, whate'er of earthly bli

i will deni
t'pted at thy throne of grace,
Let this p : —

2 Give me a calm, a thankful heart.

From every murmur in
The e impart.

And make me live to thee.

3 Let the sweet hope that thou art mine

My life and death attend ;

presence through my journey -
And crown my journey's end.

665. 8. ML Mason.

Blessedness of the Pur

1 Blest are the pure in heart,

For they shall see our ( !
The secret of the Lord is
Their soul is his abode.

2 Still to the lowly soul

He doth himself impart.
And for his temple and his throne
Selects the pure in heart.

6QQ. C. M. Axon-.

1 u Remember me." my Saviour God,

Whilst here on ear-
Give strength to bear affliction's rod,
And faith to watch and pray.

2 u Remember me." when fortune smiles.

1 scenes are bright and fair.
Lesl I should fall, throug] Sal 's wiles,
Beneath his baneful snare.

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3 u Remember me : ?- thy voice I'll greet

In all thy dealings here :
0, let thy Spirit guide my feet,
And I shall never fear.

4 u Remember me : n stand near my side.

Where'er my lot may be :
And when by Jordan's swelling tide,

0 Lord, tl remember me."

667. C. M. Haweis.

"Lord, remember me."

1 0 Thou from whom all goodness flows,

1 lift my soul to thee ;

In all my sorrows, conflicts, woes.

0 Lord, remember me.

2 When, with an aching, burdened heart,

1 seek relief of thee,

Thy pardon grant, new peace impart ;
0 Lord, remember me.

3 When trials sore obstruct my way,

And ills I cannot flee,
0, let my strength be as my day;
0 Lord, remember me.

4 If, for thy sake, upon my name

Reproach and shame shall be,
I'll hail reproach, and welcome shame :
0 Lord, remember me.

5 When worn with pain, disease, and grief,

This feeble body see :
Grant patience, rest, and kind relief ;

0 Lord, remember me.

6 When, in the solemn hour of death,

1 wait thy just decree,

Be this the prayer of my last breath, —
0 Lord, remember me.

7 And when before thy throne I stand.

And lift my soul to thee.
Then, with the saints at thy right hand,
0 Lord, remember me.

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

668. s- M. Anon.

Consecration to God.

1 Lord, help me to resign

My doubting heart to thee,
And, whether cheerful or distressed.

Thine, thine alone to be.

2 My only aim be this, —

Thy purpose to fulfil,
In thee rejoice with all my strength,
And do thy holy will.

3 Lord, thy all-seeing eye

Keeps watch with sleepless care ;
Thy great compassion never fails :
Thou hear'st my humble prayer.

4 So will I firmly trust

That thou wilt guide me still,
And guard me safe throughout the way
That leads to Z ion's hill.

669. C. M. \Vatts.

Pious Resolutions.

1 0 that thy statutes every hour

Might dwell upon my mind !
Thence I derive a quickening power.
And daily peace I find.

2 To meditate thy precepts. I

Shall be my sweet employ :
My soul shall ne'er forget thy word:
Thy word is all my joy.

3 How would I run in thy command-.

If thou my heart discharge
From sin and Satan's hateful chain-.
And set my feet at large !

4 My lips with courage shall declare

Thy statutes and thy name:
I'll speak thy word though kings should hear,
Nor yield to sinful shame.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

670. S. M. Watts.

Renouncing Sin.

1 Shall we go on to sin.

Because thy grace abounds?
Or crucify the Lord again.
And open all his wounds ?

2 Forbid it. mighty God :

Nor let it e'er be said
That we. whose sins are crucified.
Should raise them from the dead.

3 We will be slaves no more,

Since Christ has made us free.
Has nailed our tyrants to his cross,
And bought our liberty.

671

C. M. Steele.

Prayer for quickening Grace.

1 Permit me. Lord, to seek thy face,

Obedient to thy call —
To seek the presence of thy irrace,
My strength, my life, my all.

2 All I can wish is thine to give ;

My God. I ask thy love —
That greatest boon I can receive.
That bliss of heaven above.

3 To heaven my restless heart aspires ;

0 for some quickening ray.
To animate my faint desires.
And cheer the tiresome way !

4 While sin and Satan join their art

To keep me from my Lord.
0 Saviour, guard my trembling heart,
And guide me by thy word.

5 Whene'er the tempting foe alarms.

Or spreads the fatal snare.
I'll fly to my Redeemer's arms :
For safety must be there.

6 My Guardian, my almighty Friend,

On thee my soul would rest :
On thee alone my hopes depend ;
In thee I'm ever blest.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERC1

672. L. M. J. F. Obebliw.
Ch ristian St a hi I it y.

1 0 Lord, thy heavenly grace impart,
And fix my frail, inconstant heart:

Henceforth my chief desire shall be,

To dedicate myself to thee.

2 Whatever pursuits my time employ.
One thought shall fill my soul with joy ;
That silent, secret thought shall be,

That all my hopes are fixed on th

3 Thy glorious eye pervadeth space ;
Thy presence. Lord, fills every place ;
And, wheresoe'er my lot may be,
Still shall my spirit cleave to thee.

4 Renouncing every worldly thing,

And safe beneath thy spreading wing.
My sweetest thought henceforth shall be,
That all I want I find in thee.

673. C. M. Steele.
Filial Submission.

1 And can my heart aspire so high

To say. "My Father," God!
Lord, at thy feet I fain would lie,
And learn to kiss the rod.

2 I would submit to all thy will,

For thou art good and wi
Let each rebellious thought be still,
Nor one faint murmur rise.

3 Thy love can cheer the darkest gloom,

And bid me wait serene.
Till hopes and joys immortal bloom,
And brighten all the scene.

4 " My Father, God." permit my I

To plead her humble claim.
And ask the bliss those words impart,
In my Redeemer's name.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCi

674. 78. PRATT'fi

Prayer for Humility.

1 Let thy grace. Lord, make me lowly,

Humble all my swelling pride :
Fallen, guilty, and unholy.

Greatness from my eyes I'll hide.

2 I'll forbid my vain aspiring.

Nor at earthly honors aim.
No ambitious heights desiring,
Far above my humble claim.

med from earth's delusive pleasures,
In thy love 111 seek for mine ;
Placed in heaven my nobler treasures,
Earth I quietly resign.

4 Thus the transient world despising,
On the Lord my hopes rely :
Thus my joys, from him arising,
Like himself, shall never die.

675. CM. C. Wesley.

1 Shepherd divine, our wants relieve,
In this our evil day :
To all thy tempted followers give
heart to trust and pray.

g as our fiery trials last,
Long as the cross we bear,
0. let our souls on thee be cast,
In never-ceasing prayer.

3 Thy Holy Spirit's praying grace

Give us in faith to claim.
To wrestle till we see thy face,
And know thy hidden name.

4 Till thou the Father's love impart,

Till thou thyself bestow.
Be this the cry of every heart —
ill not let thee go."

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

676. 8. M. C. Wesley.

Prayer for Self* < '<ms<cration.

1 0 God, my strength, my hope,

On thee I cast my care,
With humble confidence look up,
And know thou nearest prayer.

2 0 for a godly fear,

A quick -discerning eye.
That looks to thee when sin is near,
And sees the tempter fly ! —

3 A spirit still prepared,

And armed with jealous care,
Forever standing on its guard,
And watching unto prayer !

4 Lord, let me still abide.

Nor from my hope remove,
Till thou my patient spirit guide
To better worlds above.

677. C. M. C. Wesley.

Prayer for Supplies of Grace.

1 Thou Fount of blessing, God of love,

To thee our hearts we raise ;
Thine all-sustaining power we prove,
And gladly sing thy praise.

2 Thine, wholly thine, we long to be ;

Our sacrifice receive :
Made, and preserved, and saved, by thee,
To thee ourselves we give.

3 To thee our every wish aspires;

For all thy mercy's store,

The sole return thy love requires
Is, that we ask for more.

4 For more we ask : we open, Lord,

Our hearts V embrace thy will :
Renew us by thy quickening word,
And from thy fulness fill.

422

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXIT.*

678. Bs, 6 & 4. Hem
Impiorii

1 Father, who in the olive shade.

When the dark hour came on.
Didst, with a breath of heavenly aid,
Strengthen thy Son, —

2 0. by the anguish of that night,

Send us down blest relief;
Or. to the chastened, let thy might
Hallow this grief.

3 And thou, that when the starry sky

Saw the dread strife begun.

Didst teach adoring faith to cry;

•• Thy will be done."' —

4 By thy meek spirit, thou, of all

That e'er have mourned the chief,
Blest Saviour, if the stroke must fall,
Hallow this grief.

679. C. M. Watts.
Secret Communion with God.

1 'Twas in the watches of the night

I thought upon thy power ;
I kept thy lovely face in sight,
Amid the darkest hour.

2 While I lay resting on my bed,

My soul arose on hi*
My God. my life, my hope. I said,
Bring thy salvation nigh.

3 I strive to mount thy holy hill ;

I walk the heavenly road ;
Thy glories all my spirit fill,
While I commune with God.

4 Thv mercy stretches o'er my head

The shadow of thy wing :
My heart rejoices in thine aid.
And I thy praises sing.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

UOU. 6s & 4s. [PkouliabJ Hi.

Prayer for Help in Necessity.

1 Lowly and solemn be
Thy children's ory to thee,

Father divine, —
A hymn of suppliant breath,
Owning that life and death

Alike are thine.

2 0 Father, in that hour.
When earth all helping power

Shall disavow, —
When spear, and shield, and crown,
In faintness are cast down,

Sustain us, thou !

3 By Him who bowed to take
The death-cup for our sake,

The thorn, the rod, —
From whom the last dismay
Was not to pass away, —

Aid us, 0 God.

4 While trembling o'er the grave,
We call on thee to save,

Father divine :
Hear, hear our suppliant breath;
Keep us, in life and death,

Thine, only thine.

681. C. M. Watts.

God's Presence is Light in Darkness.

1 My God, the spring of all my joys.

The life of my delights,
The glory of ray brightest days.
And comfort of my nights !

2 In darkest shades, if he appear.

My dawning is be 2' u n ;
He is my soul's bright morning star,
And he my rising sun.

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

3 The opening heavens around me shine

With beams of sacred bliss.
While Jesns shows his love is mine.
And whispers, I am his.

4 My soul would leave this heavy clay,

At that transporting word.
And run with joy the shining way.
To meet my gracious Lord.

5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death,

I break through every foe :
The wings of love and arms of faith

Shall bear me conqueror through.

682. S. M. Watts.

Backsliding and Repentance.

1 Mine eyes and my desire

Are ever to the Lord ;
I love to plead his promised grace,
And rest upon his word.

2 Turn, turn thee to my soul ;

Bring thy salvation near:
When will thy hand release my ieet
From every deadly snare I

3 When shall the sovereign grace

Of my forgiving God

Restore me from those dangerous ways
My wandering feet have trod ?

4 0, keep my soul from death,

put my hope to shame :
For I have placed my only trust
In my Redeemer's name.

5 With humble faith I wait

To see thy face again :
0: Israel it shall ne'er be said,
*• He sought the Lord in vain.,;

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CHRISTIAN ACTS .WD EXERCISES

683. S. M. Watts.

Ingratitude deplored.

1 Is this the kind return ?

Are these the thanks we owe ? —
Thus to abuse eternal love,

Whence all our blessings flow?

2 To what a stubborn frame

Has sin reduced our mind !
What strange, rebellious wretches we !
And God as strangely kind !

3 Turn, turn us, mighty God,

And mould our souls afresh;
Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone,
And give us hearts of flesh.

4 Let past ingratitude

Provoke our weeping eyes ;
And hourly, as new mercies fall,
Let hourly thanks arise.

684. L. M. Kelly.

Backsliding and Returning.

1 0, where is now that glowing love

That marked our union with the Lord?
Our hearts were fixed on things above,
Nor could the world a joy afford.

2 Where is the zeal that led us then

To make our Saviour's glory known?
That freed us from the fear of men,
And kept our eye on him alone .'

3 Where are the happy seasons spent

In fellowship with him we loved?
The sacred joy, the sweet content,

The blessedness that then we proved?

4 Behold, again we turn to thee :

0, cast us not away, though vile :
No peace we have, no joy we see,
0 Lord our God, but in thy smile.

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CHRISTIAN' ACTS AND BXERCIS

685. ELM. WlNCHBLl'
S hing Restoration.

1 Where is my Saviour now.

Whose smiles I once possessed ?
Till he return. I bow.

By heavy grief oppressed:
My days of happiness are gone,
And I am left to weep alone.

2 Where can the mourner go.

And tell his tale of grief !
Ah. who can soothe his woe.

And give him sweet relief?
Earth cannot heal the wounded breast,
Or give the troubled sinner rest.

3 Jesus, thy smiles impart;

My gracious Lord, return.
And ease my wounded heart.

And bid me cease to mourn :
Then shall this night of sorrow liee.
And peace and heaven be found in thee.

686. L. M. Watt..
The Road to Life and to Death.

1 Broad is the road that leads to death.

And thousands walk together there :
But wisdom shows a narrow path.
With here and there a traveller.

2 " Deny thyself and take thy cross."

Is the Redeemer's great command:
Nature must count her gold but di

If she would gain this heavenly land.

3 The fearful soul that tires and faints.

And walks the ways of God no more,
Is but esteemed almost a saint.

And makes his own destruction sure.

4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain :

Create my heart entirely new —
Which hypocrites could ne'er attain.
Which false apostates never knew.

427

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

Do/. 6s, 8s & 4s. Uuwii'K's Col.

The Warning,

1 The awful message came;

The Lord of spirits said,
" I know thou hast a living name,

But thou art dead.
Thy dying gifts rerive,

And strengthen what remain;
Hepent, remember, watch, and strive
To live again.

2 "But if thou wilt not hear

This warning of my grace,
Nor bow, with penitential fear,

Before my face,
Lo! as a thief I come, —

The hour thou canst not tel!. —
To drive thee from thy peaceful home
In flames to dwell.

3 " The undefiled shall see

My promise fixed and sure ;
And he who conquers walk with me

In garments pure :
Recorded by my love,

His name I will declare
Before my Father's throne above,
And angels there."

688. C. M. Watts.

Difficulty and Dependence.

1 Strait is the way, the door is strait,

That leads to joys on high :
Tis but a few that find the °
While crowds mistake and die.

2 Beloved self must be denied.

The mind and will renewed.
Pas-ion suppressed, and patience tried,
And vain desires subdued.

3 Lord, can a feeble, helpless worm

Fulfil a task so hard \
Thy grace must all the work perform,
And give the free reward.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERC

689. S. M. Steele.
Grateful Acknowledgment.

1 Mt Maker and my King,

To thee my all I ow
Thv sovereign bounty is the spring
Whence all my blessings flow.

2 The creature of thy hand.

On thee alone I live :
My God. thy benefits demand
More praise than I can give.

3 Lord, what can I impart.

When all is thine before
Thy love demands a thankful heart. —
The gift, alas ! how poor !

4 Shall I withhold thy due ?

And shall my passions rove ?
Lord, form this wretched heart anew.
And rill it with thy love.

5 0. let thy grace inspire

My soul with strength divine :
Let all my powers to thee aspire.
And all my days be thine.

690. C. BL Steele.
Pardoning Love.

1 How oft. alas ! this wretched heart

Ha^ wandered from the Lord !
How oft my roving thoughts depi. '.
Forgetful of his word !

2 Yet sovereign mercy calls. "

Dear Lord, and may I come I
My vile ingratitude I mourn ;
0. take the wanderer home.

3 And canst thou, wilt thou, yet forgive.

And bid my crimes remove !
And shall a pardoned rebel live
To speak thy wondrous love I

4 Thv pardon inir lov

Blest Saviour. 1 adore:
0. keep me at thy sacred feet.
And let me rove no more.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

691.

C. M. Cowpeu.

Walking icith God.

1 0 for a closer walk with God !

A calm and heavenly frame !
A light to shine upon the road
That leads me to the Lamb !

2 Where is the blessedness I knew

When first I saw the Lord ?
Where is the soul-refreshing view
Of Jesus and his word ?

3 What peaceful hours I then enjoyed !

How sweet their memory still !
But now I find an aching void
The world can never fill.

4 Return, 0 holy Dove, return,

Sweet messenger of rest :
I hate the sins that made thee mourn,
And drove thee from my breast.

5 The dearest idol I have known,

Whatever that idol be,
Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

6 So shall my walk be close with God.

Calm and serene my frame ;
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

692. C. M. Watts.

Prayer for quickening Grace.

1 My soul lies cleaving to the dust ;

Lord, give me life divine ;
From vain desires, and every lust.
Turn off these eyes of mine.

2 I need the influence of thy grace

To speed me in thy way.
Lest I should loiter in my race,
Or turn my feet astray.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

3 Are not thy mercies sovereign still,

And thou a faithful God ?
Wilt thou not grant me warmer zeal
To run the heavenly road ?

4 Does not my heart thy precepts love.

And long to see thy face ?
And yet how slow my spirits move
Without enlivening grace !

5 Then shall I love thy gospel more.

And ne'er forget thy word,
When I have felt its quickening power
To draw me near the Lord.

693. C M. Addison.

Gratitude.

1 When all thy mercies. 0 my God,

My rising soul surveys.
Transported with the view. I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise.

2 Unnumbered comforts on my soul

Thy tender care bestowed.
Before my infant heart conceived
From whom those comforts flowed.

3 When in the slippery paths of youth

With heedless steps I ran.
Thine arm. unseen, conveyed me safe,
And led me up to man.

4 Ten thousand thousand precious gifts

Mv daily thanks employ :
Nor is the least a cheerful heart,
That tastes those gifts with joy.

5 Through every period of my life,

Thy goodness I'll pursue ;
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.

6 Through all eternitv. to thee

A grateful song I'll raise :
But. 0. eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXESC]

694. M. Watts.

Union and Peace.

1 Blest are the sons of pea

<se hearts and hopes are one,
ie kind designs to serve and please

Through all their actions run.

2 Blest is the pious house

eal and friendship meet ;
Their songs of praise3 their mingled vows.
lake their communion sweet.

3 From those celestial spring

Such streams of pleasure flow.
As no increase of riches bri;
Nor honors can bestow.

4 Thus, when on Aaron's head

They poured the rich perfume.
The oil through all his raiment spread,
And fragrance filled the room.

5 Thus, on the heavenly hills,

The saints are blessed above,
Where joy, like morning dew, distils,
And all the air is love.

OyO. 7s. Montgomery.

Joined to God's People.

1 People of the living God,

I have sought the world around,
Paths of sin and sorrow trod,

Peace and comfort nowhere found.

2 Now to you my spirit turns. —

Turns, a fugitive unblest :
Brethren, where your altar burns.
0, receive me into rest.

3 Lonely I no longer roam,

Like the cloud, the wind, the wave ;
Where you dwell shall be my home.
Where you die shall be my grave.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

4 Mine the God whom you adore ;
Your Redeemer shall be mine ;
Earth can rill my soul no more;
Every idol I resign.

696. S. M. Beddome.

All one in Christ.

1 Let party names no more

The Christian world o'erspread :
Gentile and Jew. and bond and free,
Are one in Christ, their Head.

2 Among the saints on earth

Let mutual love be found —
Heirs of the same inheritance.
With mutual blessings crowned.

3 Thus will the church below

Resemble that above,
Where streams of endless pleasure flow,
And every heart is love.

697.

C. M. Swain.

Brotherly Love.

1 How sweet, how heavenly, is the sight,

When those that love the Lord
In one another's peace delight
And thus fulfil his word ! —

2 When each can feel his brother's sigh,

And with him bear a part ;
When sorrow flows from eye to eye,
And joy from heart to heart ! —

3 When, free from envy, scorn, and pride,

Our wishes all above.
Each can his brother's failings hide.
And show a brother's love !

4 Love is the golden chain that binds

The happy souls above :
And he's an heir of heaven that finds
His bosom glow with love.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

698. L- M. Barbauld.

Christian Affection.

How blest the sacred tie that binds,

In sweet communion, kindred minds !

How swift the heavenly course they run,

Whose hearts, whose faith, whose hopes, are one !

To each the soul of each how dear !
What tender love, what holy fear !
How doth the generous flame within
Refine from earth, and cleanse from sin !

Nor shall the glowing flame expire,
When dimly burns frail nature's fire ;
Then shall they meet in realms above,
A heaven of joy, a heaven of love.

699- C M. Watts.

Christian Harmony.

1 Lo ! what an entertaining sight

Those friendly brethren prove,
Whose cheerful hearts in bands unite
Of harmony and love ! —

2 Where streams of bliss from Christ, the spring

Descend to every soul.
And heavenly peace, with balmy wing,
Shades and bedews the whole !

3 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews

That fall on Zion's hill,
Where God his mildest glory shows,
And makes his grace distil.

/ 00. IT. M. Montgomery.

Christian Unity.

1 How beautiful the sight

Of brethren who agree

In friendship to unite,

And bonds of charity !

'Tis like the precious ointment, shed

O'er all his robes, from Aaron's head.

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2 Tis like the dews that till

cups of Hermon's ilowers,
Or Zion's fruitful hill.

Bright with the drops o( showers,
W m mingling odors breathe around,
And glory rests on all the ground.

3 For there the Lord commands

Blessings, a boundless store,
From his unsparing hands,

V ja. life forevermore :
Thrice happy they who meet above
To spend eternity in love.

/(Jl# CM. Spin, of the Psalms.

'ence o f C " im ity and Lo ve.

1 Spirit of peace, celestial Dove.

How excellent thy praise !
No richer gift than Christian love
Thy gracious power displays.

2 Sweet as the dew on herb and flower,

That silently distils.
At evening^ soft and balmy hour,
O.i Zion's lit fa 1 hills. —

3 So. with mild influence from above,

Shall promised grace descend,
Till universal peace and love
O'er all the earth extend.

702. C. M. Beddome.

Imitation of Ch

1 In duties and in sufferings too.

Thy path, my Lord. I'd trace :
A< thou hast done, so would I do,
Depending on thy grace.

2 Iniiamed with zeal, 'twas thy delight

To do thy Father's will :
0. may that zeal my soul excite
Thy precepts to fulfil.

3 Unsullied meekness, truth, and love,

T Lrough all thy conduct shine:
0. may my whole deportment prove
A copy. Lord, of thine.

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703. L. ML ava
Religion vain without Love.

1 Had I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,
And nobler speech than angels use,

If love be absent, I am found,
Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.

2 Were T inspired to preach and tell
All that is done in heaven and hell, —
Or could my faith the world remove, —
Still I am nothing without love.

3 Should I distribute all my store

To feed the hungry, clothe the poor, —

Or give my body to the flame,

To gain a martyr's glorious name, —

4 If love to God and love to men
Be absent, all my hopes are vain ;
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal,
The work of love can e;er fulfil.

704. L. M. Watts.
Following the Example of Christ.

1 My dear Redeemer and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word ;

But in thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters.

2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal,
Such deference to thy Father's will,
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 knew5
Thy conflict and thy victory too.

4 Be thou my pattern ; make me bear
More of thy gracious imasre here ;

Then God, the Judge, shall own my name
Among the followers of the Lamb.

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705. C. M. Kirk
Bearing Shame for Christ.

1 Didst thou, dear Saviour, suffer shame.

And bear the cross for me !
And shall I fear to own thy name.
Or thy disciple be ?

2 Inspire my soul with life divine.

And make me truly bold :
Let knowledge, faith, and meekness shine.
Nor love nor zeal grow cold.

3 Let mockers scorn the world defame.

And treat me with disdain :
Still may I glory in thy name.
And count reproach my gain.

4 To thee I cheerfully submit.

And all my powers resign :
Let wisdom point out what is tit,
And I'll no more repine.

706. L. M. Watts.
The Gospel exemplified in the CojiducL

1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess :

So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honors of our Saviour God.
When his salvation reigns within.
And grace subdues the power of sin.

3 Our flesh and sense must be denied.
Ambition, envy. lust, and pride :

While justice, temperance, truth, and love.
Our inward piety approve.

4 Religion bears our spirits up.
While we expect that blessed hope.
The bright appearance of the Lord.
And faith stands leaning on his word.

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/(J/. 7s, G L. MONTGOMERY.

Christ our Example in Suffering.

1 Go to dark Gethsemane,

Ye that feel temptation's power;
Your Redeemer's conflict see ;

Watch with him one bitter hour :
Turn not from his griefs away;
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

2 Follow to the judgment-hall ;

View the Lord of life arraigned :
O, the wormwood and the gall !

0, the pangs his soul sustained !
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss ;
Learn of him to bear the cross.

3 Calvary's mournful mountain climb ;

There, admiring at his feet,
Mark that miracle of time,

God's own sacrifice complete :
u It is finished," hear him cry ;
Learn of Jesus Christ to die.

4 Early hasten to the tomb

Where they laid his breathless clay ;
All is solitude and gloom :

Who has taken him away 1
Christ is risen ; he meets our eyes :
Saviour, teach us so to rise.

708. S. M. Toplady.

Encouragement.

1 Your harps, ye trembling saints,

Down from the willows take ;
Loud, to the praise of love divine,
Bid every string awake.

2 Though in a foreign land,

We are not far from home ;
And nearer to our house above
We every moment come.

3 His grace will to the end

Stronger and brighter shine ;
Nor present things, nor things to come,
Shall quench the spark divine.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

709. C. M. W.VTTS.
Prayer for Direction.

1 0 that the Lord would guide my ways,

To keep his statutes still !

0 that my God would grant me grace
To know and do his will !

2 (X send thy Spirit down, to write

Thy law upon my heart :
Nor let my tonirue indulge deceit,
Nor act the liar's part.

3 From folly turn away my eyes ;

Let no corrupt design.
Nor covetous desire, arise
Within this soul of mine.

4 Direct my footsteps by thy word,

And make my heart sincere ;
Let sin have no dominion. Lord,
But keep my conscience clear.

5 Make me to walk in thy commands. —

"Tis a delightful road, —
Nor let my head, nor heart, nor hands,
Offend against my God.

710. C. ML Watts.
Communioji with God.

1 To thee, before the dawning light,

My gracious God, I pray ;

1 meditate thy name by night,

And keep thy law by day.

2 My spirit faint- to see thy grace ;

Thy promise bears me up :
And. while salvation long delays,
Thy word supports my hope.

3 When midnight darkness veils the skies,

I call thy uorks to mind :
My thoughts in warm devotion rise.
And sweet acceptance find.

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711. 8s & 78. J.Taylor.
The Fount of Blessing.

1 Far from mortal cares retreating,

Sordid hopes, and vain desin
Here, our willing footsteps meeting,
Every hearl to heaven aspires.

2 From the fount of glory beaming,

Light celestial cheers our eyes,
Mercy from above proclaiming
Peace and pardon from the skies.

3 Who may share this great salvation ?

Every pure and humble mind.
Every kindred, tongue, and nation,
From the stains of guilt refined.

4 Blessings all around bestowing,

God withholds his care from none,
Grace and mercy ever flowing
From the fountain of his throne.

712. C. M. Bowring.
Holy Aspirations.

1 The Saviour now is gone before

To yon blest realms of light :
0. thither may our spirits soar,
And wing their upward flight.

2 Lord, make us to those joys aspire,

That spring from love to thee,
That pass the carnal heart's desire,
And faith alone can see.

3 To guide us to thy glories. Lord,

To lift us to the sky.
0? may thy Spirit still be poured
Upon us from on high.

/ \o* CM. Doddridge.

Gratitude and Hope.

1 My soul, triumphant in the Lord,
Proclaim thy joys abroad,

And march with holy viiror on,
Supported by thy God.

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2 Through every winding maze of life

His hand has been my guide :
And in his long-experienced care
My heart shall still conride.

3 His grace through all the desert flows,

An unexhausted stream :
That grace, on Zion's sacred mount.
Shall be my endless theme.

4 Beyond the choicest joys of time,

Thy courts on earth I love :
But. 0, I burn with strong desire
To dwell with thee above.

5 There, joined with all the shining band,

My soul would thee adore.
A pillar in thy temple fixed,
To be removed no more.

/ J_4<. C. M. Doddridge.

Self -Ad mo nit ion.

1 Awake, my drowsy soul, awake.

And view the threatening scene;
See how thy foes encamp around,
And treason lurks within.

2 -Tis not this mortal life alone

These hostile powers assail :
How canst thou hope for future bliss,
If their attempts prevail I

3 Then to the work of God awake ;

Behold thy Master near ;
The various, arduous task pursue
With vigor and with fear.

4 The awful register goes on :

Th" account will surely come :
And opening day. or closing night,
May bear me to my doom.

5 Tremendous thought ! how deep it strikes !

Yet like a dream it flies,
Till God's own voice the slumbers chase

From these deluded eyes.

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/lO, S. ML DODDKIDOB.

The < -cuit.

1 Ye servants of the Lord.

Each in his orfire wait :
With joy obey his heavenly word,
And watch before his gate.

2 Let all your lamps be bright,

And trim the golden flame ;
Gird up your Loins, as in his sight,
For awful is his name.

3 Watch ! — 'tis your Lord's command ;

And while we speak, he's near:
Mark every signal of his hand,
And ready all appear.

4 0, happy servant he.

In such a posture found !
He shall his Lord with rapture see,
And be with honor crowned.

716. C. M. Campbell's Col.

Watch and pray.

1 The Saviour bids us watch and pray.

Through life's brief, fleeting hour.
And gives the Spirit's quickening ray
To those who seek his power.

2 The Saviour bids us watch and pray.

Maintain a warrior's strife:
Help, Lord, to hear thy voice to-day :
Obedience is our life.

3 The Saviour bids us watch and pray ;

For soon the hour will come
That calls us from the earth away.
To our eternal home.

4 0 Saviour, we would watch and pray.

And hear thy sacred voice.
And walk, as thou hast marked the way,
To heaven's eternal joys.
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717. 6. M- Heath;

Watchfulness and Prayer inculcated.

1 My soul, be on thy guard ;

Ten thousand foes arise ;
The hosts of sin are pressing hard
To draw thee from the skies.

2 0. watch, and fight and pray ;

The battle ne'er give o'er;
Renew it boldly every day.
And help divine implore.

3 Ne'er think the victory won,

Nor lay thine armor down :
Thy arduous work will not be done
Till thou obtain thy crown.

4 Fight on. my soul, till death

Shall bring thee to thy God ;
He'll take thee, at thy parting breath,
To his divine abode.

718. S. M. Watts.
Trusting in God.

1 I lift my soul to God ;

My trust is in his name :
Let not my foes, that seek my blood.
Still triumph in my shame.

2 From early dawning light

Till evening shades arise.
For thy salvation. Lord. I wait,
With ever-longing eyes.

3 Remember all thy grace,

And lead me in thy truth ;

Forgive the sins of riper days,

And follies of my youth.

4 The Lord is just and kind ;

The meek shall learn his ways,
And every humble sinner find
The blessings of his grace.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

719. 78 & 6s. [Peculiar.] CennicX.

The Christian Pilgrimage,

1 Rise, my soul, and stretch thy wings;

Thy better portion trace ;
Rise from all terrestrial thin.

Towards heaven, thy native place:
Sun, and moon, and stars, decay;

Time shall soon this earth remove;
Rise, my soul, and haste away

To seats prepared above.

2 Rivers to the ocean run,

Nor stay in all their course ;
Fire, ascending, seeks the sun;

Both speed them to their source :
So a soul that's born of God

Pants to view his glorious face,
Upward tends to his abode,

To rest in his embrace.

3 Cease, ye pilgrims, cease to mourn ;

Press onward to the prize ;
Soon our Saviour will return,

Triumphant in the skies :
Yet a season, and you know

Happy entrance will be given,
All our sorrows left below,

And earth exchanged for heaven.

720. L. M. Watts.

The Christian Warfare.

1 Stand up. my soul, shake off thy fears,

And gird the gospel armor on ;
March to the gates of endless joy,

Where Jesus, thy great Captain, ?s gone.

2 Hell and thy sins resist thy coun

But hell and sin are vanquished foes;
Thy Saviour nailed them to the cross,
And sung the triumph when he rose.

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3 Then let my soul march boldly on. —

Press forward to the heavenly gate ;
There peace and joy eternal reign,

And glittering robes for conquerors wait.

4 There shall I wear a starry crown,

And triumph in almighty grace.
While all the armies of the skies
Join in my glorious Leader's praise.

721. C. M. Watm.

The Christian Soldier.

1 Am I a soldier of the cross,

A follower of the Lamb ?
And shall I fear to own his cause,
Or blush to speak his name I

2 Must I be carried to the skies

On flowery beds of ease.
While others fouirht to win the prize,
And sailed through bloody seas ?

3 Are there no foes for me to face ?

Must I not stem the flood ?
Is this vile world a friend to grace,
To help me on to God ?

4 Sure I must fight, if I would reign ;

Increase my courage. Lord :
I'll bear the toil, endure the pain,
Supported by thy word.

5 Thy saints in all this glorious war

Shall conquer, though they die;
They see the triumph from afar,
And seize it with their eye.

6 When that illustrious day shall rise,

And all thy armies shine
In robes of victory through the skies,
The glory shall be thine.

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722. C. M. Anon.

The icJiole Armor.

1 0, speed thee, Christian, on thy way.

And to thy armor cling :
With girded loins the call obey
That grace and mercy bring.

2 There is a battle to be fought,

An upward race to run,
A crown of glory to be sought,
A victory to be wron.

3 The shield of faith repels the dart

That Satan's hand may throw;
His arrow cannot reach thy heart,
If Christ control the bow.

4 The glowing lamp of prayer will light

Thee on thy anxious road ;
'Twill keep the goal of heaven in sight,
And guide thee to thy God.

5 0, faint not, Christian, for thy sighs

Are heard before his throne :
The race must come before the prize,
The cross before the crown.

723. S. M. C. Wesley.

The Christian Soldier.

1 Soldiers of Christ, arise,

And gird your armor on,
Strong in the strength which God supplies
Through his eternal Son.

2 Strong in the Lord of hosts,

And in his mighty power,
The man who in the Saviour trusts
Is more than conqueror.

3 Stand, then, in his great might,

With all his strength endued,
And take, to arm you for the light,
The panoply of God : —

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4 That, having all things done,

And all your conflicts past,
You may o'ercome through Christ alone,
And stand complete at last.

5 From strength to strength go on;

Wrestle, and fight, and pray ;
Tread all the powers of darkness down.
And win the well-fought day.

6 Still let the Spirit cry,

In all his soldiers, " Come,"
Till Christ the Lord descends from high,
And takes the conquerors home.

724- C. M. Steele.

Succor implored in spiritual Conflicts.

1 Alas ! what hourly dangers rise !

What snares beset my way !
To heaven, 0, let me lift mine eyes,
And hourly watch and pray.

2 How oft my mournful thoughts complain,

And melt in flowing tears!
My weak resistance, ah, how vain !
HowT strong my foes and fears !

3 0 gracious God, in whom I live,

My feeble efforts aid ;
Help me to watch, and pray, and strive,
Though trembling and afraid.

4 Increase my faith, increase my hope,

When foes and fears prevail )
0, bear my fainting spirit up,
Or soon my strength will fail.

5 Whene'er temptations lure my heart,

Or draw my feet aside.
My God, thy powerful aid impart,
My Guardian and my Guide.

6 0, keep me in thy heavenly wray,

And bid the tempter flee ;

And let me never, never stray

From happiness and thee.

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725. L. M. Watts.
The heavenly Race.

1 Awake, our souls: away, our fefl

Let every trembling thought be gone;
Awake, and run tlie heavenly
And put a cheerful courage on.

2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road,

And mortal spirits tire and faint ;
But they forget the mighty God,
Who feeds the Btrength oi every saint : —

3 The mighty God. whose matchless power

Is ever new and ever young
And firm endures, while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.

4 From thee, the overflowing spri

Our souls shall drink a full supply :
While those who trust their native strength
Shall melt away, and droop, and die.

5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air.

We'll mount aloft to thine abode ;

On wings of love our souls shall fly,

Nor tire amid the heavenly road.

726. C. M. Doddridge.
The Christian Race.

1 Awake, my soul : stretch every nerve,

And press with vigor on ;
A heavenly race demands thy zeal,
And an immortal crown.

2 A cloud of witnesses around

Hold thee in full survey :

Forget the steps already trod,

And onward urge thy way.

3 "Tis God's all-animating voice

That calls thee from on high :
'Tis his own hand presents the prize
To thine uplifted eye : —

4 That prize, with peerless glories bright,

Which shall new lustre boast,
When victors" wreaths and monarchs' gems
Shall blend in common dust.
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727. C. M. Watts.

Following departed Worthies.

1 Give me the wings of faith to rise

Within the veil, and see
The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be.

2 Once they were mourning here below,

And bathed their couch with tears ;
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.

3 I ask them whence their victory came ;

They, with united breath,
Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb,
Their triumph to his death.

4 They marked the footsteps that he trod )

His zeal inspired their breast :
And, following their incarnate God,
Possessed the promised rest.

5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise,

For his own pattern given ;
While the long cloud of witnesses
Shows the same path to heaven.

728. C. M. Nbrdham.

Folloicing departed Worthies.

1 Rise, 0 my soul, pursue the path

By ancient worthies trod ;
Aspiring, view those holy men
Who lived and walked with God.

2 Though dead, they speak in reason's ear,

And in example live ;
Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds,
Still fresh instruction give.

3 'Twas through the Lamb's most precious blood

They conquered every foe;
To his almighty power and grace
Their crowns of life they owe.

4 Lord, may I ever keep in view

The patterns thou hast given,

And ne'er forsake the blessed road

That led them safe to heaven.

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729. C. M. Barbauld.

Following Christ.

1 Our country is Emmanuel's ground;

We seek that promised soil :
The -onus of Zion cheer our hearts,
While strangers here we toil.

2 We tread the path our Master trod ;

We bear the cross he bore ;
And every thorn that wounds our feet
His temples pierced before.

3 Our powers are oft dissolved away

In ecstasies of lov>
And while our bodies wander here.
Our souls are fixed above.

4 We purge our mortal dross away.

Refining as we run :

But while we die to earth and sense,
Our heaven is here be^un.

/OU. S. M. Montgomery.

Encouragement to Faithfulness.

1 Our Captain leads us on ;

He beckons from the skies;

He reaches out a starry crown,

And bids us take the prize.

2 " Be faithful unto death,

Partake my victory.
And thou shah wear this glorious wreath,
And thou shalt reign with me."

3 'Tis thus the righteous Lord

To every soldier saith ;
Eternal life is the reward
Of all victorious faith.

4 Who conquer in his might

The victor's meed receive :
Thev claim a kingdom in his right,
Which God will freely give.

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731. C. M. W,VTT>.

Sustaining Grace in old Ape implored.

1 God of my childhood and my youth,

The Guide of all my. days,

I have declared thy heavenly truth.
And told thy wondrous ways.

2 Wilt thou forsake my hoary hairs.

And leave my fainting heart I
Who shall sustain my sinking years.
If God. my strength] depart ?

3 Let me thy power and truth proclaim

Before the rising aire.
And leave a savor of thy name
When I shall quit the stage.

4 The land of silence and of death

Attends my next remove :
0. may these poor remains of breath
Teach all the world thy love.

732. C. M. Watts.

Trusting God in old Ape.

1 My God. my everlasting hope.

I live upon thy truth :
Thy hands have held my childhood up,
And strengthened all my youth.

2 Still has my life new wonders seen.

Repeated every year ;
Behold, my days that yet remain.
I trust them to thy care.

3 Cast me not off when strength declines,

When hoary hairs arise :
And round me let thy glory shine.
Whene'er thy servant dies.

4 Then, in the history of my ane.

When men review my days,
They'll read thy love in every page,
In every line thy praise.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

/ 00» C. M. Sab. Recreation*

Resignation.

1 In trouble and in grief, 0 God.

Thy smile hath cheered my way ;
And joy hath budded from each thorn
That round my footsteps lay.

2 The hours of pain have yielded good

Which prosperous days refused;
As herbs, though scentless when entire,
Spread fragrance when they're bruised.

3 The oak strikes deeper, as its boughs

By furious blasts are driven ;
So life's tempestuous storms the more
Have fixed my heart in heaven.

4 All-gracious Lord, whatever my lot

In other times may be,
I'll welcome still the heaviest grief
That brings me near to thee.

734. C. If. Watts.

This Life a Pilgrimage.

1 Lord, what a wretched land is this,

That yields us no supply —
No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees,
No streams of living joy !

2 Our journey is a thorny maze \

But we march upward still,
Forget these troubles of the ways,
And press to Zion's hill.

3 There, on a green and flowery mount,

Our weary souls shall sit.
And with transporting joy recount
The labors of our feet.

4 Eternal glory to the King

Whose hand conducts us through :
Our tongues shall never cease to sing,
And endless praise renew.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

735. C. M. Watwl

Looking from Earth to Heaven.

1 Death may dissolve my body now,

And bear my spirit home :
Why do my days so sluggish move.
Nor mv salvation come I

2 God has laid up in heaven for me

A crown which cannot fade ;
The righteous Judge, at that great day.
Shall place it on my head.

3 Jesus, the Lord, will guard me safe

From every ill design.
And to his heavenly kingdom take
This feeble soul of mine.

4 God is my everlasting aid.

My portion and my friend :

To him be highest glory paid,

Through aa'es without end.

736. C. it H. H. Hawley.

The Hope, the Star, the Voice.

1 There is a hope, a blessed hope,

More precious and more bright
Than all the joyless mockery
The world esteems delight.

2 There is a star, a lovely star.

That lights the darkest aloom.
And sheds a peaceful radiance o'er
The prospects of the tomb.

3 There is a voice, a cheering voice.

That lifts the soul above.
Dispels the painful, anxious d
And whispers. u God is love.*'

4 That voice, aloud from Calvary's

Proclaims the soul forgiven :
That star is revelation's light :
That hope, the hope oi heaven.

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737. S. M. L. H. SlGOUKNEY.

4ctive Piety*

1 Laborers of Christ, arise,

And gird you for the toil ;
The dew of promise from the skies
Already cheers the soil.

2 Go where the sick recline,

Where mourning hearts deplore;
And where the sons of sorrow pine,
Dispense your hallowed lore.

3 Urge, with a tender zeal,

The erring child along
Where peaceful congregations kneel,
And pious teachers throng.

4 Be faith, which looks above.

With prayer, your constant guest,
And wrap the Saviour's changeless love
A mantle round your breast.

5 So shall you share the wealth
That earth may ne'er despoil.

And the blest gospel's saving health
Repay your arduous toil.

738. C M. Watts.
Kindness to the Poor.

1 How blest is he who fears the Lord.
And follows his commands,

Who lends the poor without reward.
Or gives with liberal hands !

2 As pity dwells within his breast
To all the sons of need,

So God shall answer his request
With blessings on his seed.

3 In times of danger and disl
Some beams of light shall shine.

To show the world his righteousness,
And give him peace divine.

4 His works of piety and love
Remain before the Lord :

Sweet peace on earth, and joys above,
Shall be his sure reward.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND P^XERCISES.

739. I* M- Ch- Psalmody;

Care of Widows and Orphans.

1 Thou God of hope, to thee we bow :

Thou art our refuge in distress :
The husband of the widow thou.
The father of the fatherless.

2 The poor are thy peculiar care ;

To them thy promises are sure ;

Thv gifts the poor in spirit share ;

0. may we always thus be poor.

3 May we thy law of love fulfil.

To bear each other's burdens here,
Endure and do thy righteous will,
And walk in all thy faith and fear.

4 Thou God of hope, to thee we bow ;

Thou art our refuge in distress ;
The husband of the widow thou,
The father of the fatherless.

740. S. M. Montgomery.

Active Effort to do Good.

1 Sow in the morn thy seed ;

At eve hold not thy hand ;
To doubt and fear give thou no heed ;
Broadcast it o*er the land : —

2 And duly shall appear.

In verdure, beauty, strength.
The tender blade, the stalk, the ear,
And the full corn at length.

3 Thou canst not toil in vain :

Cold, heat, and moist, and dry,
Shall foster and mature the grain
For garners in the sky.

4 Thence, when the glorious end,

The dav of God. shall come.
The angel-reapers shall descend,
And heaven crv. •• Harvest home ! n

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741. C. M. Barbauld.

Sympathy with the Afflicted.

1 Blest is the man whose softening heart

Feels all another's pain ;
To whom the supplicating eye
Is never raised in vain ; —

2 Whose breast expands with generous warmth,

A brother's woes to feel.
And bleeds in pity o'er the wound
He wants the power to heal.

3 He spreads his kind, supporting arms

To every child of grief :
His secret bounty largely flows.
And brings unasked relief.

4 To gentle offices of love

His feet are never slow :
He views, through mercy's melting eye.
A brother in a foe.

5 Himself, through Christ, hath mercy found —

Free mercy from above ;
That mercy moves him to fulfil
The perfect law of love.

742.

C. M. Doddridge.
Christian Ki?idness.

1 Father of mercies, send thy grace,

All-powerful, from above,
To form in our obedient souls
The image of thy love.

2 0, may our sympathizing breasts

That generous pleasure know,
Kindly to share in others' joy,
And weep for others' woe.

3 When poor and helpless sons of grief

In deep distress are laid,
Soft be our hearts their pains to feel,
And swift our hands to aid.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

4 So Jesus looked on dying man,

When throned above the skies,
And. in the Father's bosom blest.
He felt compassion rise.

5 On wings of love the Saviour flew

To raise us from the ground :
For us he shed his precious blood —
A balm for every wound.

743. C. M. Boden.

Kindness to the Afflicted.

1 Bright Source of everlasting love,

To thee our souls we raise.
And to thy sovereign bounty rear
A monument of praise.

2 Thy mercy gilds the path of life

With every cheering ray.
And kindly checks the rising tear,
Or wipes that tear away.

3 What shall we render, bounteous Lrrd.

For all the n-race we see ?
The goodness feeble man can yield
Extendeth not to thee.

4 To scenes of woe, to beds of pain,

We'll cheerfully repair.
And. with the gifts thy hand bestows,
Relieve the sufferers there.

5 The widow's heart shall sing for joy ;

The orphan shall be glad :
And hungering souls we'll gladly point
To Christ, the living bread.

6 Thus what our heavenly Father gave

Shall we as freely srive ;
Thus copy him who lived to save,
And died that we might live.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.
744. C M. W. CltOSWELL.

Imitation of Christ's Kindness.

1 Lord, lead the way the Saviour went,

By lane and cell obscure.
And let our treasures still be spent,
Like his, upon the poor.

2 Like him, through scenes of deep distress,

Who bore the world's sad weight,
We. in their gloomy loneliness,
Would seek the desolate.

3 For thou hast placed us side by side

In this wide world of ill ;
And that thy followers may be tried,
The poor are with us still.

4 Small are the offerings we can make ;

Vet thou hast taught us, Lord,
If given for the Saviour's sake,
They lose not their reward.

/ 40. 8s & 7s. [Peculiar.] ANON.

Leaving a Portion for the Poor.

1 When thy harvest yields thee pleasure,

Thou the golden sheaf shalt bind ;
To the poor belongs the treasure

Of the scattered ears behind :
This thy God ordains to bless
The widow and the fatherless.

2 When thine olive-plants, increasing,

Pour their plenty o'er the plain,
Grateful thou shalt take the blessing,

But not search the boughs again :
This thy God ordains to bless
The widow aud the fatherless.

3 When thy favored vintage, flowing,

Gladdens thine autumnal scene,
Own the bounteous hand bestowing,

But the vines the poor shall glean :
So thy God ordains to bless
The widow and the fatherless.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

746. C. M. Doddridge.

Kindness to Christ's Brethren.

1 Jesus, our Lord, how rich thy grace !

Thy bounties how complete !
How shall we count the matchless sum?
How pay the mighty debt I

2 Hisfh on a throne of radiant light

Dost thou exalted shine ;
What can our poverty bestow,
When all the worlds are thine 1

3 But thou hast brethren here below,

The partners of thy grace.
And wilt confess their humble names
Before thy Father's face.

4 In them thou mayst be clothed, and fed,

And visited, and cheered :
And in their accents of distress
Our Saviour's voice is heard.

5 Thv face, with reverence and with love,

We in thy poor would see ;
0. rather let us beg our bread,
Than hold it back from thee.

747. C. M. Beddome.

Tender Regard for the Poor.

1 Happv. forever happy he

Whose heart is cleansed from sin;
His life is from reproaches free,
His conscience is serene.

2 Remote from anger, noise, and strife,

Submissive and resigned.

He leads a holy, peaceful life,

Is loved of all mankind.

3 With tender pity for the poor.

He hears their plaintive cries,
And. out of his increasing store,
Their urgent want supplies.

4 In sickness God will soothe his grief,

And be his constant Friend :
At death will yield him kind relief,
And crown his journey's end.
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/4o« C« Mi Spir. op the Psalms.

Works of Piety rewarded.

1 How blest the children of the Lord,

Who. walking in his sight,

all the precepts of his word
Their study ami delight !

2 That precious wealth shall be their dower,

Which cannot know dec
Which moth or rust shall ne'er devour,
Nor spoiler take away.

3 For them that heavenly light shall spread,

Whose cheerini: rays illume
The darkest hours of life, and shed
A halo round the tomb.

4 Their works of piety and love,

Performed through Christ, their Lord,
Forever registered above,
Shall meet a sure reward.

749. C. M. Watts.

The Importance and Influence of Love.

1 Happy the heart where graces reign,

Where love inspires the breast :
Love is the brightest of the train,
And strengthens all the rest.

2 Knowledge, alas ! 'tis all in vain,

And all in vain our fear :
Our stubborn sins will fight and reign,
If love be absent there.

3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet

In swift obedience move :
The devils know, and tremble too ;
But they can never love.

4 This is the irrace that lives and sings

When faith and hope shall cease ;
'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings
In brightest realms of bliss.

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750. £M. WA1
Bleti Righteous.

1 Blest are the men whose mercies move
To acts of kindness and of Jove :
From Christ, the Lord, shall they obtain
Like sympathy and love again.

2 Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean,
Who never tread the ways of sin :

With endless pleasure they shall see
A God of spotless purity.

3 Blest are the men of peaceful life.
Who quench the coals of growing strife ;
They shall be called the heirs of bliss.
The sons of God — the God of peace.

4 Blest are the faithful, who partake
Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake :
Their souls shall triumph in the Lord ;
Eternal life is their reward.

751. C. M. Watts.

Ej.rthhj Pleasures dangerous.

1 How vain are all things here below !

How false, and yet how fair !
Each pleasure hath its poison too.
And every sweet a snare.

2 The brightest things below the sky

Shine with deceiving light :
We should suspect some danger nigh,
Where we possess delight.

3 Our dearest joys, our nearest friends,

The partners of our blood. —
How they divide our wavering minds.
And leave but half for God !

4 The fondness of a creature's love.

How strong it strikes the sense !
Tis there the warm affections move.
Nor can we call them thence.

5 Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be

My soul's eternal food.
And grace command my heart away
From all created good.
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752. 8s&4s, Anon.
Vanity of the World.

1 Alas ! how poor and little worth
Are all those glittering toys of earth

That lure us here ! —
Dreams of a sleep that death must break :
Alas ! before it bids us wake,

They disappear.

2 Where is the strength that spurned decay,
The step that rolled so light and gay,

The heart's blithe tone ?
The strength is gone, the step is slow,
And joy grows weariness and woe

When age comes on.

3 Our birth is but a starting-place ;
Life is the running of the race,

And death the goal :
There all those glittering toys are brought ;
That path alone, of all unsought,

Is found of all.

4 0, let the soul its slumbers break,
Arouse its senses, and awake

To see how soon
Life, like its glories, glides away,
And the stern footsteps of decay

Come stealing on.

753. 8s, 7s & 4. Fawcett.
Hope encouraged.

1 0 my soul, what means this sadness'?

Wherefore art thou thus cast down ?
Let thy griefs be turned to gladness ;
Bid thy restless fears be gone ;

Look to Jesus,
And rejoice in his dear name.

2 What though Satan's strong temptations

Vex and grieve thee day by day,
And thy sinful inclinations
Often fill thee with dismay;

Thou shalt conquer.
Through the Lamb's redeeming blood.

462

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

Though ten thousand ills beset thee,

From without and from within,
Jesus saith he'll ne'er forget thee,

But will save from hell and sin;
He is faithful

To perform his gracious word.
Though distresses now attend thee.

And thou tread'st the thorny road.
His right hand shall still defend thee;

Soon he'll bring thee home to God ;
Therefore praise him.

Praise the great Redeemer's name.

754. C. M. Watts.
Thankful Acknowledgment of God's Goodness.

1 I love the Lord : he heard my cries.

And pitied every groan :
Lons: as I live, when troubles rise,
I'll hasten to his throne.

2 I love the Lord : he bowed his ear,

And chased my grief away :

0, let my heart no more despair,

While I have breath to pray.

3 The Lord beheld me sore distressed ;

He bade my pains remove :
Return, my soul, to God, thy rest,
For thou hast known his love.

755. L. M. Watts.

Folly of envying the Prosperity of Sinners.

1 Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I,

To mourn, and murmur, and repine,
To see the wicked, placed on high,
In pride and robes of honor shine !

2 But. O. their end, their dreadful end !

Thy faithful word hath taught me so !
On slippery rocks I see them stand,
And fiery billows roll below.

3 Now I esteem their mirth and wine

Too dear to purchase with my blood ;
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine,
My life, my portion, and my God.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

756. L. M. Watts.

Trusting in God in Times of Despondcnry.

1 My spirit sinks within me, Lord :

But I will call thy grace to mind,

And times of past distress record,

When 1 have found my God was kind.

2 Yet will the Lord command his love.

When I address his throne by day.
Nor in the night his grace remove :

The night shall hear me sing and pray.

3 I'll chide my heart, that sinks so lo

Why should my soul indulge in gi
Hope in the Lord, and praise him too :
He is my rest, my. sure relief.

4 0 God, thou art my hope, my joy ;

Thy light and truth shall guide me still:
Thy word shall my best thoughts employ,
And lead me to thy heavenly hill.

/ 0 / . C. M. Doddridge.

Earthly and Heavenly Good compared.

1 These mortal joys, how soon they fade !

How swift they pass away !
The dying flower reclines its head,
The beauty of a day.

2 Soon are those earthly treasures lost

We fondly call our own :
We scarcely can possession boast,
Before we find them gone.

3 But there are joys which cannot die,

With God laid up in store,
Treasures beyond the changing sky,
More bright than golden ore.

4 The seeds which piety and love

Have scattered here below,
In fair and fertile fields above
To ample harvests grow.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

758. C. B£ Watts.
Coldness and Incojutancy la*

1 Long have we heard the joyful sound

Of thy salvation. Lord;
And still how weak our faith is found,
And knowledge of thy word !

2 How cold and feeble is our love !

How negligent our fear !
How low our hope of joys above !
How few affections there !

3 Great God. thy sovereign power impart,

To give thy word succe— :
Write thy salvation in each heart,
And make us learn thy grace.

4 Show our forgetful feet the way

That leads to joys on hig
Where knowledge grows without decay,
And love shall never die.

759. C. ML Newton.
rang over departed Comforts.

1 Sweet was the time when first I felt

The Saviour's pardoning blood
Applied to cleanse my soul from guilt.
And bring me home to God.

2 Soon as the morn the light revealed.

His praises tuned my tohgue :
And when the evening shades prevailed,
His love was all my song.

3 In prayer my soul drew near the Lord,

And saw his glory shine :
And when I read his holy word,
I called each promise mine.

4 But now, when evening shade prevails,

My soul in darkness mourns :
And when the morn the light reveals,
No light to me returns.

5 Rise. Lord, and help me to prevail ;

0. make my soul thy care :
I know thy mercy cannot fail;
Let me that mercy share.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXKRCISES.

760. C. M. Watts.
Support la God.

1 0 God. our help in ages past,

Oar hope for years to come,
Our shelter from the stormy blast,
And our eternal home, —

2 Beneath the shadow of thy throne

Thy saints have dwelt secure ;

Sulficient is thine arm alone,
And our defence is sure.

3 Before the hills in order stood,

Or Earth received her frame,
From everlasting thou art God,
To endless years the same.

4 Thy word commands our flesh to dust —

" Return, ye sons of men : n
All nations rose from earth at first,
And turn to earth again.

5 0 God, our help in ages past,

Our hope for years to come,
Be thou our guard while troubles last,
And our eternal home.

761. S. M. Watts.
God's Favor preferred to the Prosperity of Sinners.

1 Let sinners take their course,

And choose the road to death ;
But in the worship of my God
I'll spend my daily breath.

2 My thoughts address his throne.

When morning brings the lignt ;
I seek his blessing every noon,
And pay my vows at night.

3 Thou wilt regard my cries,

0 my eternal God,
While sinners perish in surprise,
Beneath thy holy rod.

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CHRISTIAN" ACTS AND EXERCISES.

Because they dwell at eac
And no sad changes feel,

They neither fear nor trust thy name,
Nor learn to do thy will.

But I, with all my cares.

Will lean upon the Lord ;
I'll cast my burdens on his arm,

And rest upon his word.

His arm shall well sustain

The children of his love:
The ground on which their safety stands

No earthly power can move.

/O^, C. M. Doddridge.

Sickness and Recovery.

1 My God. thy service well demands

The remnant of my days :
Why was this fleeting breath renewed,
But to renew thy praise ?*

2 Thine arms of everlasting love

Did this weak frame sustain.
When life was hovering o'er the grave,
And nature sunk with pain.

3 I calmly bowed my fainting head

On thy dear, faithful breast.
And waited for my Father's call
To his eternal rest.

4 Into thy hands, my Saviour God,

Did I my soul resign.
In firm dependence on that truth
Which made salvation mine.

5 Back from the borders of the grave,

At thy command. I come :
Nor will I ask a speedier flight
To my celestial home.

6 Where thou appointest mine abode.

There would I choose to be :
For in thy presence death is life,
And earth is heaven with thee.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCI

763. C. VL Boden's Cou
Forgiveness of Em

1 "Father, forgive/'' the Saviour cried,

With his expiring breath,
And drew eternal blessings down
On those who wrought his death.

2 Jesus, this wondrous love we si

And whilst we sing, admire;
Breathe on our souls, and kindle there
The same celestial fire.

3 By thine example ever swayed,

We for our foes will pray ;
With love their hatred, and their curse
With blessings, will repay.

764. C. M. Watts.
Beatific Vision of Christ.

1 From thee, 0 God, our joys shall rise,

And run eternal rounds,
Beyond the limits of the skies,
And all created bounds.

2 The holy triumphs of our souls

Shall death itself outbrave,
Leave dull mortality behind,
And fly beyond the grave.

3 There, where our blessed Saviour reigns.

In heaven's unmeasured space,
We'll spend a long eternity
In pleasure and in praise.

4 Blest Saviour, every smile of thine

Shall fresh endearments bring,

And thousand tastes of new delight
From all thy graces spring.

5 Haste, our beloved, bear our souls

Up to thy blest abode ;
Haste, for our spirits long to see
Our Saviour and our God.
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCI-

765. C. M. Fawcett.

Importance of Religion.

1 Religion is the chief concern

Of mortals here below ;
May we its great importance learn,
Its sovereign virtue know.

2 Religion should our thoughts engage

Amidst our youthful bloom;
'Twill fit us for declining age;
And for the solemn tomb.

3 0. may our hearts, by ^race renewed,

Be our Redeemer's throne :
And be our stubborn wills subdued.
His government to own.

4 Let deep repentance, faith, and love

Be joined with godly fear,

And. all our conversation prove

Our hearts to be sincere.

5 Let lively hope our souls inspire ;

Let warm affections rise ;
And may we wait with strong desire
To mount above the skies.

766

C. VL Doddridge.

Benefits of Religion.

1 0 happy Christian, who can boast,

" The Son of God is mine " !
Happy, though humbled in the dust — .
Rich in this gift divine.

2 He lives the life of heaven below,

And shall forever live :
Eternal streams from Christ shall nowy
And endless vigor give.

3 That life we ask with bended knee ;

Nor will the Lord deny.
Nor will celestial mercy see
Its humble suppliants die.

4 That life obtained, for praise alone

We wish continued breath ;
And, taught by blest experience, own
That praise can live in death.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES,

767. S. M. Watts.
Heavenly Joy on Earth,

1 Come, we that love the Lord,

And let our joys be known ;
Join m a song with sweet accord,
And thus surround the throne.

2 The sorrows of the mind

Be banished from the place;
Religion never was designed
To make our pleasures 1 ess.

3 Let those refuse to sing

Who never knew our God :
But children of the heavenly King
May speak their joys abroad.

4 The hill of Zion yields

A thousand sacred Bweets,

Before we reach the heavenly fields,
Or walk the irolden streets.

5 Then let our songs abound,

And every tear be dry :
We're marching through Immanuel's ground,
To fairer worlds on high.

768. S. M. Lt-th. Col.
Rcliaioi a Support in Life.

1 When gloomy thoughts and fears

The trembling heart invade,
And all the face of nature wears
A universal shade, —

2 Religion can assuage

The tempest of the soul ;
And every fear shall lose its rage
At her divine control.

3 Through life's bewildered way,

Her hand unerring lead- :
And o'er the path her heavenly ray
A cheering lustre sheds;

4 When reason, tired and blind,

Sinks helpless and afraid.
Thou blest supporter of the mind,
How powerful is thine aid !

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EX

5 0. let us feel thy jmw

And find thy sweet relief.
To cheer our every gloomy hour,
And calm our every grief.

769. C. M. Pratt's Col.
Importance of Religion to the Young.

1 While in the tender years of youth,

In nature's smiling bloom.
Ere age arrive, and trembling wait
[ta summons to the tomb. —

2 Remember thy Creator. God :

For him thy powers employ ;
Make him thy fear, thy love, thy hope,
Thy portion, and thy joy.

3 He will in safety sruide thy course

O'er life's uncertain sea.
And bring thee to that peaceful shore
Where happy spirits be.

770. C. M. Watts.
Imjjortance of the Bible to the Young :

1 How shall the young secure their hearts,

And guard their lives from sin ?

Thy word the choicest rules imparts

To keep the conscience clean.

2 ;Tis. like the sun. a heavenly light,

That guides us all the day.
And. through the dangers of the night,
A lamp to lead our way.

3 Thy precepts make us truly wise ;

We hate the sinner's road :
We hate our own vain thoughts that rise,
But love thy law. 0 God.

4 Thy word is everlasting truth :

How pure is everv pa^re !
That holy book shall guide our youth,
And well support our age.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

/ / 1. S. M. Fa*

77i<? Z?/6/e the Guide of the Y

1 With humble heart and tongue,

My (Jodj to thee I pray :
0, bring me now, while I am young,
To thee; the living way.

2 Make an unguarded youth

The object of thy care ;
Help me to choose the way of truth,
And fly from every snare.

3 My heart, to folly prone,

Renew by power divine;*
Unite it to thyself alone,
And make me wholly thine.

4 0, let thy word of grace

. warmest thoughts empl"
Be this, through all my following days,
My treasure and my joy.

5 To what thy laws impart

Be my whole soul inclined :
0, let them dwell within my heart,
And sanctify my mind.

772. C. M. Epis. Col.

Early Piety.

1 0, in the morn of life, when youth

With vital ardor gl<
And shines in all the fairest charms
That beauty can disclose, —

2 Deep in thy soul, before its powers

Are yet by vice enslaved,
Be thy Creator's glorious name
And character engraved : —

3 Ere yet the shades of sorrow cloud

The sunshine of thy days,
And cares and toils, in endless round,
Encompass all thy ways; —
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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

4 Ere yet thy heart the woes of age,

With vain regret, deplore.

And sadly muse on former j<

That now return no more.

5 True wisdom, early sought and gained,

In age will give thee rest :
0, then, improve the morn of life.
To make its evening blest.

773. c. m. heber.

Early Religion.

1 By cool Siloam's shady rill

How fair the lily grows !
How sweet the breath, beneath the hill,
0; Sharon's dewy rose.

2 Lo ! such the child whose early feet

The paths of peace have trod.
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill

The lily must decay :
The rose, that blooms beneath the hill,
Must shortly fade away.

4 A: M) soon, the wintry hour

Of man's maturer age
Will shake the soul with sorrow's power
And stormy passion's rage.

5 0 Thou who givest life and breathj

We seek thy grace alone,
In childhood, manhood, age, and death,
To keep us still thine own.

774. C. M. Cowper.

Youthful I'

1 Bestow. 0 Lord, upon our youth
The gift of saving grace,
And let the seed of sacred truth
Fall in a fruitful place.

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2 Grace is a plant, where'er it grows,

Of pure and heavenly root.
But fairest in the youngest shows,
And yields the fruit

3 Ye careless ones. 0, hear betimes

The
Your youth is stained with many crimes,
But mercy reigns above.

4 For you the public prayer is made ;

0. join the public prayer :

For you the secret tear is shed;

0; shed yourselves a tear.

5 We pray that you may early prove

The Spirit's power to teach :

You cannot be too young to love

That Jesus whom we preach.

775. C. M. Logah.

Early Instruction.

1 How happy is the child who hears

Instruction's warning voice.
And who celestial Wisdom makes
His early, only choice !

2 For she has treasures greater far

Than east or west unfold.
And her rewards more precious are
Than all their stores of gold.

3 She guides the young with innocence

In pleasure's path to tread ;
A crown of glory she bestows

Upon the hoary head.

4 According as her labors rise,

So her rewards inc'r-
Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCI

7V6. L. ML Watts.

Reliijious Education.

1 Children, in years and knowledge young

Your parents' hope, your parents' joy,

Attend the counsels of my tongue :

Let pious thoughts your minds employ.

2 If you desire a length of days.

And peace to crown your mortal state.
Restrain your feet from sinful ways.
Your lips from slander and deceit.

3 The eyes of God regard his saints ;

His ears are open to their cries ;
He sets his frowning face against
The sons of violence and lies.

4 To humble souls and broken hearts,

God. with his grace, is ever nigh;
Pardon and hope his love imparts.
When men in deep contrition lie.

5 He tells their tears : he counts their groans ;

His Son redeems their souls from death ;
His Spirit heals their broken bones ;

They in his praise employ their breath. *

7 //. 8s, 7s & 4. Union Minstrel.

Children exhorted.

1 Children, hear the melting story

Of the Lamb that once was slain ;
?Tis the Lord of life and glory :
Shall he plead with you in vain ?

0. receive him.
And salvation now obtain.

2 Yield no more to sin and folly,

So displeasing in his sight :
Jesus loves the pure and holy;

They alone are his delight;
Seek his favor.
And your hearts to him unite.

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CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERC ! -

3 All your sins to him confessing
la ready to (ox \
Seek the Saviour's richest blessing j

On his precious name I

- waiting ;
Will you not his grace receiv

778. T* & 6S. B. P. Smith.

Remember thy d ■

1 " Remember thy Creator r;

While youth's fair spring is bright,
Before thy cares are gre;

Before come- ajht :

While yet the sun shines o'er thee,

While stars the darkness cheer,
While life is all before thee,

Thy great Creator fear.

2 u Remember thy Creator n

Ere life resigns its trust,
Ere sinks dissolving nature,

And dust returns to dust ;
Before with God, who gave it,

The spirit shall appear :
He cries, who died to save it,

u Thy great Creator fear.'?

779. L. M. Watts.
Joy in Heaven for a repenting Sin

1 Who can describe the joys that
Through all the courts ot

To see a penitent return —
To see an heir of glory born ?

2 With joy the Father does approve
The fruit of his eternal love :

The Son with joy looks down, and ^^e$
The purchase of his agonies.

3 The Spirit takes delight to vi
The holy soul he formed anew :
And saints and angels join to -
The growing empire of their King.

476

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

780. C. M. Needham.

The Lost found.

1 0, how divine, how sweet the joy,

When but one sinner turns,
And, with an humble, broken heart,
His sins and errors mourns !

2 Pleased with the news, the saints below

In songs their tongues employ ;
Beyond the skies the tidings go.
And heaven is rilled with joy.

3 Well pleased the Father sees and hears

The conscious sinner's moan )
Jesus receives him in his arms,
And claims him for his own.

4 Nor angels can their joys contain,

But kindle with new fire ;
"The sinner lost is found." they sing,
And strike the sounding lyre.

781. S. M. Swain.
Joy in the Conversion of Sinners.

1 Who can forbear to sing.

Who can refuse to praise.
When Z ion's high, celestial King
His saving power displays ? —

2 When sinners at his feet,

By mercy conquered, fall !
When grace, and truth, and justice meet
And peace unites them all I

3 Who can forbear to praise

Our high, celestial King,
When sovereign, rich, redeeming grace
Invites our tongues to sing ?

782. C. M. Watts.
The Change effected by Grace.

1 When God revealed his gracious name.
And changed my mournful state,
My rapture seemed a pleasing dream,
The grace appeared so great.

477

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES.

2 The world beheld the glorious change.
And did thy hand confess ;
My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace.

S u Great is the work," my neighbors cried,
And owned thy power divine ;
u Great is the work," my heart replied,
" And be the glory thine."

4 The Lord can clear the darkest skies,

Can give us day for night,
Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.

5 Let those who sow in sadness wait

Till the fair harvest come ;
They shall confess their sheaves are great,
And shout the blessings home.

/ 0«3. 6s & 4s. R. Palmer.

Christ our Confidence.

1 My faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary :

Saviour divine,
Now hear me while I pray ;
Take all my guilt away ;
0, let me. from this day,

Be wholly thine.

2 May thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart ;

My zeal inspire :
As thou hast died for me,
O. may my love to thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be —

A living tire.

3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,

Be thou my Guide ;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray

From thee aside.

478

CHRISTIAN ACTS AND EXERCISES

4 When ends life's transient dream,
When death's cold, sullen stream

Shall o'er me roll,
Blest Saviour, then, in love,
Fear and distress remove ;
O, bear me safe above —
A ransomed soul.

784. C. 11 C. Wesley.

Self- Consecration.

1 Eternal Father, God of love,

To thee our hearts we raise ;
Thy all-sustaining power we prove,
And gladly sing thy praise.

2 Thine, wholly thine. 0, let us be ;

Our sacrifice receive ;
Made, and preserved, and saved by thee,
To thee ourselves we give.

3 Come. Holy Ghost, the Saviours love

Shed in our hearts abroad ;

So shall we ever live, and move,

And be with Christ in God.

785. c. m. anon.

Devoting all to Christ.

1 Eternal Saviour, God of love,

Abused, insulted Friend,
0. from thy lofty throne above,
Thy saving mercy send.

2 Here lies my naked, guilty heart,

Before thy piercing eye ;
To me thy healing touch impart ;
0, reach me, for I die.

3 All that my future life shall know

Of love, and joy, and light,
Shall burn for thee, ana shine and glow
By thine effectual might.

4 Thus to thy claim my trembling soul

Her sweet submission brings.

And thus, while changing a^es roll,

Shall rest beneath thy wings.

479

THE CHURCH.

786. S. M. Watts.
Gospel Order.

1 Far as thy name is known

The world declares thy praise ;
Thy saints, 0 Lord, before thy throne.
Their songs of honor raise.

2 With joy thy people stand

On Zion's chosen hill.
Proclaim the wonders of thy hand,
And counsels of thy will.

3 Let strangers walk around

The city where we dwell,
Survey with care thine holy ground,
And mark the building well, —

4 The order of thy house,

The worship of thy court,
The cheerful songs, the solemn vows, —
And make a fair report.

5 How decent and how wise !

How glorious to behold !
Beyond the pomp that charms the eyes,
And rites adorned with gold.

6 The God we worship now

Will guide us till we die —
Will be our God while here below,
And ours above the sky.

787. C. M. Watts.
Christ the Foundation of his Church.

1 Behold the sure foundation stone.
Which God in Zion lays,
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And his eternal praise.

480

THE CHURCH.

2 Chosen of God. to sinners dear,

Let saints adore the name :
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest.

Reject it with disdain';
Yet on this rock the church shall rest,
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood ;

Yet must this building rise :
'Tis thine own work, almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

788. S. M. D WIGHT.

Attachment to the Church.

1 I love thy kingdom. Lord,

The house of thine abode.
The church our blest Redeemer saved
With his own precious blood.

2 I love thy church. 0 God;

Her walls before thee stand,
Dear as the apple of thine eye,
And graven on thy hand.

3 For her my tears shall fall ;

For her my prayers ascend :
To her my cares and toils be given,
Till toils and cares shall end.

4 Beyond my highest joy

I prize her heavenly ways,
Her sweet communion, solemn vows,
Her hymns of love and praise*

5 Jesus, thou Friend divine,

Our Saviour and our King,
Thy hand, from every snare and foe,
Shall great deliverance bring.

6 Sure as thy truth shall last,

To Zion shall be given
The brightest glories earth can yield,
And brighter bliss of heaven.

41 481

THE CHl'RCH.

789. C. M.
The genen

1 Not to the terrors of the Lord,

The tempest, lire, and smoke :
Not to the thunder of that word
Wnich God on Sinai spoke ; —

2 But we are come to Zion's hill.

The city of our God,
Where milder words declare lii- will,
And spread his love abroad.

3 Behold the great, the glorious host

Of angels clothed in light :
Behold the spirits of the just.
Whose faith is turned to sight.

4 Behold the blest assembly the

Whose name> are writ in he;
And God. the Judge, who doth declare
Their vilest sins forgiven.

5 The saints on earth, and all the dead,

But one communion make;
All join in Christ, their living Head,
And of his grace partake.

6 In such society as this

Our weary souls would rest ;
The man who dwells where Jesus is
Must be forever blest.

790. C. M. Montgomery.

Saints on Earth and i

1 In one fraternal bond of love,

One fellowship of mind.
The saints below and saints above
Their bliss and glory find.

2 Here, in their house of pilgrim

Thy statutes are their bo
There1, through one bright eternal age,
Thy prals prolong.

3 Lord, may our union form a

Of that thrice happy whole.
Derive its pulse from thee, the heart,
Its life from thee, the soul.

THE CHURCH.

791. cm. c

One Church.

1 Come, let us join our friends above,

Who have obtained the prize.
And on the eagle wings of love
To joy celestial ris

2 Let saints below in concert sing

With those to glory gone ;
For all the servants of our King
In heaven and earth are one.

3 One family, we dwell in him ;

One church above, bene
Thouirh now divided by the stream —
The narrow stream — of death.

4 One army of the living God.

To his command we b<
Part of the host have cros flood,

And part are crossing now.

5 E'en now to their eternal home

Some happy spirits fly :
And we are to the margin come,
And soon expect to die.

6 0 Saviour, be our constant Guide ;

Then, when the word is given,
Bid Jordan's narrow stream divide,
And land us safe in heaven.

#S2. US- [Peculiar.] AnOX.

The Church victorious.

1 Daughter of Zion. awake from thy sadness :

Awake, for thy foes shall oppress thee no mc
Bright o*er thy hills dawns the daystar of gladr:
Arise, for the night of thy sorrow is o'er.

2 Strong were thy foes : but the arm that subdued th<

And scattered their legions, was mightier far ;
Thev fled like the chaff from the seourtre that pursued them ;
Vain were their steeds and their chariots of war.

3 Daughter of Zion. the power that hath saved thee

Extolled with the harp and the timbrel should be ;
Shout, for the foe is destroyed that enslaved thee ;
ThJ oppressor is vanquished, and Zion is free.

THE CHURCH.

793. C. M. C.Wesley.
The Saints above and below.

1 Happy the souls to Jesus joined,

And saved by grace alone :
Walking in all his ways, they find
Their heaven on earth begun.

2 The church triumphant in thy love,

Their mighty joys we know:
They sing the Lamb in hymns above,
And we in hymns below.

3 Thee in thy glorious realm they praise,

And bow before thy throne ;
We in the kingdom of thy grace :
The kingdoms are but one.

4 The holy to the holiest lead- :

From thence our spirits
And he that in thy statutes treads
Shall meet thee in the skies.

794. S. M. Watts.
Safety of the Church.

1 How honored is the place

Where we adoring stand ! —
Zion, the glory of the earth,
And beauty of the land.

2 Bulwarks of grace defend

The city where we dwell,
While walls, of strong salvation made,
Defy th' assaults of hell.

3 Lift up tlr eternal gal

The doors wide open fling ;
Enter, ye nations that obey
The statutes of your King.

4 Here taste unmingled joys,

And live in perfect peace,
You that have known Jehovah's name
And ventured on his grace.

5 Trust in the Lord, ye saints,

And banish all your fears :
S ingth in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.
484

THE CHURCH.

795

8s, 7s & 4. Kelly.
God the Defence of Zion.

1 Zion stands with hills surrounded —

Zion, kept by power divine :
All her foes shall be confounded,
Though the world in arms combine :

Happy Zion,
What a favored lot is thine !

2 Every human tie may perish ;

Friend to friend unfaithful prove

Mothers cease their own to cherish

Heaven and earth at last remove

But no changes
Can attend Jehovah's love.

3 In the furnace God may prove thee.

Thence to bring thee forth more bright
But can never cease to love thee ;
Thou art precious in his sight :

God is with thee —
God, thine everlasting light.

796. C. M. Beddome.

The Church triumphant.

1 A host of spirits round the throne

In humble posture stand,
On every head a starry crown,
A palm in every hand.

2 From different regions of the globe
These happy spirits came :

In Jesus' blood they washed their robes,
And triumphed in his name.

One glorious body now they make —
More glorious far their Head :

Their souls to rapturous joys awake :
Their sorrows all are rled.

Without a jarring note, they join
In ceaseless songs of praise.

And to the sacred Three in One
Loud hallelujahs raise.

£1* 485

BAPTISM.

797. S. M. Watts.

'[i of the Church.

1 Great is the Lord our God,

And let his praise be great ;

He makes his churches his abode.
His most delightful -

2 In Zion God is known,

A refuge in distress :

How bright has his salvation shone,
Through all her palaces !

3 When kings against her joined,

And saw the Lord was there.
In wild confusion of the mind,
They fled with hasty fear.

4 Oft have our fathers told.

Our eyes have often seen,
How well our God secures the fold
Where his own sheep have been.

5 In every new distress

We'll to his house repair ;
We'll call to mind his wondrous grace,
And seek deliverance there.

BAPTISM,

798

S. M. S. F. Smith.

Baptism into Christ.

1 With willing hearts we tread

The path the Saviour trod :
We love th* example of our Head,
The glorious Lamb of God.

2 On thee, on thee alone,

Our hope and faith rely.
0 thou who didst for sin atone,
Who didst for sinners die.

3 We trust thy sacrifice ;

To thy dear cross we flee ;
0. may we die to sin. and rise
To life and bliss in thee.

486

BAPTISM.

799. L. M. BAiswnr.

Imitation of Christ.

1 Come, happy souls, adore the Lamb,
Who loved our race ere time began,
Who veiled his Godhead in our clay,
And in an humble manger lay.

2 To Jordan's stream the Spirit led.

To mark the path his saints should tread ;
With joy they trace the sacred way,
To see the place where Jesus lay.

3 Baptized by John in Jordan's wave,
The Saviour left his watery grave :
Heaven owned the deed, approved the way,
And blessed the place where Jesus lay.

4 Come, all who love his precious name,
Come, tread his steps, and learn of him ;
Happy beyond expression they

Who rind the place where Jesus lay.

800. C. M. Fellows.
Delight in Obedience.

1 0 Lord, and will thy pardoning love

Embrace a wretch so vile ?
Wilt thou my load of guilt remove,
And bless me with thy smile ?

2 Hast thou the cross for me endured,

And all its shame despised ?
And shall I be ashamed, 0 Lord,
With thee to be baptized ?

3 Didst thou the great example lead,

In Jordan's swelling flood ?
And shall my pride disdain the deed
That's worthy of my God ?

4 0 Lord, the ardor of thy love

Reproves my cold delays :
And now my willing footsteps move
In thy delightful ways.

4-7

BAPTISM.

801. C. M. Axon.

Obedience to Christ.

1 Lord. I am thine, and in thy aid

I place my firmest trust :
How large a price thy love has paid
For vile, polluted dust !

2 In thine assembly now I stand ;

My vows to thee I brings

Obedient to thy great command,
My Saviour and my King.

3 I stand before the sacred flood ;

Thy gracious words invite :
How poor an offering. 0 my God,
I make thee in this rite !

4 Thine ordinance, great Saviour, bless ;

Support me all my daj
May I each gospel truth confess,
And walk in all thy ways.

802. C. M. Beddome.
Following Christ.

1 Buried beneath the yielding wave

The great Redeemer lies ;
Faith views him in the watery grave,
And thence beholds him rise.

2 Thus do his willing saints, to-day,

Their ardent zeal express,
And. in the Lord's appointed way,
Fuliil all righteousness.

3 With joy we in his footsteps tread,

And would his cause maintain —
Like him be numbered with the dead,
And with him rise and reign.

4 His presence oft revives our hearts,

And drives our fears away :
When he commands, and strength imparts,
We cheerfully obey.

483

BAPTISM.

5 Now we. blest Saviour, would to thee
Our grateful voices raise :
Washed in the fountain of thy blood,
Our lives shall all be praise.

803. Q« M. s- F- Smith.
Self - Consecration in Baptism.

1 While in this sacred rite of thine

We yield our spirits now.
Shine o'er the waters. Dove divine,
And seal the cheerful vow.

2 All glory be to Him whose life

For ours was freely given,
Who aids us in the spirit's strife,
And makes us meet for heaven.

3 To thee we gladly now resign

Our life and all our powers ;
Accept us in this rite divine.
And bless these hallowed hours.

4 0, may we die to earth and sin,

Beneath the mystic flood ;
And when we rise, may we begin
To live anew for God.

804. L. M. Judsox.
Christ's Example.

1 Our Saviour bowed beneath the wave,
And meekly sought a watery ^vnye :
Come, see the sacred path he trod —
A path well pleasing to our God.

2 His voice we hear, his footsteps trace,
And hither come to seek his face,

To do his will, to feel his lcr

And join our songs with songs above.

3 Hosanna to the Lamb divine !

Let endless glories round him shine :
High o'er the heavens forever reign,
0 Lamb of God, for sinners slain.

BAPTISM.

805.

L. M. Watts.

Baptism an Emblem,

1 Do we not know that solemn word,
That we are buried with the Lord?
Baptized into his death, and then
Put off the body of our sir !

2 Our souls receive diviner breath,
Raised from corruption, guilt, and death;
So from the grave did Christ arise,

And lives to God above the skies.

3 No more let sin or Satan reign
Within our mortal flesh again ;
The various lusts we served before
Shall have dominion now no more.

806. 8s & 7s. J. Fawcett.
Following Christ.

1 Humble souls, who seek salvation

Through the Lamb's redeeming blood,
Hear the voice of revelation :
Tread the path that Jesus trod.

2 Hear the blest Redeemer call you ;

Listen to his heavenly voice ;
Dread no ills that can befall you.

While you make his ways your choice.

3 Plainly here his footsteps tracing.

Follow him without delay,
Gladly his command embracing ;
Lo ! your Captain leads the way.

807. L. M. Judsoh.

The Holy Spirit invoked.

1 Come, Holy Spirit. Dove divine.
On these baptismal waters shine.
And teach our hearts, in highest strain,
To praise the Lamb for sinners slain.

2 We love tny name, we love thy laws,
And joyfully embrace thy cause :

We love thy cross, the shame, the pain,
0 Lamb of God, for sinners slain.

490

BAPTISM.

3 We sink beneath thy mystic flood;
0, bathe us in thy cleansing blood;
We die to sin. and seek a grave,
With thee, beneath the yielding wave.

4 And as we rise, with thee to live.
0. let the Holy Spirit give

The sealing unction from above.
The breath of life; the fire of love.

808. C. M. S. F. Smith.
The emblematic Dove.

1 Meekly in Jordan's holy stream

The great Redeemer bowed :
Bright was the glory's sacred beam
That hushed the wondering crowd.

2 Thus God descended to approve

The deed that Christ had done ;
Thus came the emblematic Dove,
And hovered o'er the Son.

3 So. blessed Spirit, come to-day

To our baptismal scene :
Let thoughts of earth be far away,
And every mind serene.

4 This day we give to holy joy ;

This day to heaven belongs :
Raised to new life, we will employ
In melody our tongues.

809. S. M. Eno. Bap. Col.
Obeying Christ.

1 Here. Saviour, we would come.

In thine appointed way :
Obedient to thy high commands,
Our solemn vows we pay.

2 0. bless this sacred rite,

To bring us near to thee ;
And may we find that as our day
Our strength shall also be.

491

BAPTISM.

810. C. M. S. P. Smith.
Baptism of Christ.

1 How calmly wakes the hallowed morn !

How tranquil earth's repose ! —

Meet emblem of the Sabbath morn,
When, early, Jesus rose.

2 How fair, along the rippling wave,

The radiant light is cast ! —
A symbol of the mystic grave

Through which the Saviour passed.

3 Around this scene of sacred love

The peace of heaven is shed :
So came the Spirit, like a dove7
To rest on Jesus' head.

4 Lord, meet us in this path of thine ;

We come thy rite to seal ;
Move o'er the waters, Dove divine,
And all thy grace reveal.

811. C. M. Exg. Bap. Col.
Ba^)tism an Act of Worship.

1 'Tis God the Father we adore

In this baptismal sign :
*Tis he whose voice on Jordan's shore
Proclaimed the Son divine.

2 The Father owned him ; let our breath,

In answering praise, ascend,
As in the image of his death
We own our heavenly Friend.

3 We seek the consecrated grave

Along the path he trod :
Receive us in the hallowed wave,
Thou holy Son of God.

4 Let earth and heaven our zeal record,

And future witness bear,
That we to Zi oil's mighty Lord
Our full allegiance swear.

492

BAPTISM.

5 0 that our conscious souls may own,
With joy serene survey.
Inscribed upon his judgment throne,
The transcript of this day.

812. C. M. J. RyLAXD.

Hinder me not.

1 In all my Lord's appointed ways

My journey I'll pursue :
•• Hinder me not." ye much-loved saints,
For I must go with you.

2 Through floods and flames, if Jesus lead,

I'll follow where he goes :
" Hinder me not." shall be my cry.
Though earth and hell oppose.

3 Through duties, and through trials too,

I'll go at his command:
•• Hinder me not : " for I am bound
To my Immanuel's land.

4 And. when my Saviour calls me home.

Still this my cry shall be —
- Hinder me not : " come, welcome, death;
I'll gladly go with thee.

olo, L. M. Beddojie.

Cordial Obedience.

1 Blest Saviour, we thy will obey :

Not of constraint, but with delight,
Thy servants hither come to-day,
To honor thine appointed rite.

2 Descend, descend, celestial Dove.

On these dear followers of the Lord ;
Exalted Head of all the church.
Thy promised aid to them afford.

3 Let faith, assisted now by signs.

The wonders of thy love explore :

And. washed in thy redeeming blood.

Let them depart, and sin no more.

±2 493

BAPTISM.

814. H. M. Fellows.
The Holy Spirit sought.

1 Descend, celestial Dove,

And make thy presence known ;
Reveal our Saviour's love,

And seal us for thine own :
Unblest by thee, Nor can we e'er

Our works are vain; Acceptance gain.

2 When our incarnate God,

The sovereign Prince of light,
In Jordan's swelling flood

Received the holy rite,
In open view 1 And, dove-like, flew

Thy form came down, The King to crown.

3 Continue still to shine,

And fill us with thy fire :
This ordinance is thine :

Do thou our souls inspire :
Thou wilt attend " Till time shall end/'

On all thy sons : Thy promise runs.

815. 8s, 7s & 4. S. S. Cutting.
Christian Profession.

1 Gracious Saviour, we adore thee ;

Purchased by thy precious blood,
We present ourselves before thee,

Now to walk the narrow road :
Saviour, guide us —
Guide us to our heavenly home.

2 Thou didst mark our path of duty ;

Thou wast laid beneath the wave :
Thou didst rise in 2'lorious beauty

From the semhlance of the grave ;
May we follow
In the same delightful way.

816. L. M. Beddome.
Spiritual Blessing desired.

1 Eternal Spirit, heavenly Dove,
On these baptismal waters move.
That we, through energy divine.
May have the substance with the sign.

494

BAPTISM.

2 All ye that love Immanuel's Dan
And long to feel th' inc si - ame,
'Tie you. ye children of the light.
The Spirit and the bride invite.

817. 8s, 7^ & 4. J.E.Giles.

Buried with Christ by Baptism.

1 Thou hast said, exalted Jesus.

•• Take thy cross and follow me : :?
Shall the word with terror seize us I
Shall we from the burden rlee I

Lord, I'll take it.
And. rejoicing, follow thee.

2 While this liquid tomb surveying,

Emblem of my Saviour's grave.
Shall I shun its brink, betraying
Feelings worthy of a slave I

No ! I'll enter :
Jesus entered Jordan's wave.

3 Blest the sign which thus reminds me,

Saviour, of thy love for me :
But more blest the love that binds me
In its deathless bonds to thee :

0. what pleasure.
Buried with my Lord to be !

4 Should it rend some fond connection,

Should I sutler shame or loss,

Yet the fragrant, blest reflection,

I have been where Jesus was.

Will revive me
When I faint beneath the cross.

5 Fellowship with him possessing.

Let me die to earth and sin :
Let me rise t? enjoy the blessing
Which the faithful soul shall win :

May I ever
Follow where my Lord has been.

495

BAPTISM.

818. S. M. S. F. Smith.

The Baptism of Christ.

1 Down to the sacred wave

The Lord of life was led :
And he who came our souls to save
In Jordan bowed his head.

2 He taught the solemn way :

He fixed the holy rite ;
He bade his ransomed ones obey.
And keep the path of light.

3 Blest Saviour, we will tread

In thy appointed way ;
Let glory o'er these scenes be shed,
And smile on us to-day.

Ol9. 8s & 7s. Fellows.

Following Christ.

1 Jesus, mighty King in Zion,

Thou alone our Guide shalt be :
Thy commission we rely on ;
We would follow none but thee.

2 As an emblem of thy passion,

And thy victory o'er the grave,

We, who know thy great salvation,

Are baptized beneath the wave.

3 Fearless of the world's despising,

We the ancient path pursue,
Buried with our Lord, and rising
To a life divinely new.

820. L. M. S. P. Hill.

Invocation.

1 Come, saints, adore your Saviour, God,

Who led your willing footsteps here ;
Walk in the blessed paths he trod,
Nor duty dread, nor danger fear.

2 Come, sacred Dove, in peace descend,

As once thou didst on Jordan's wave ;
Now with this scene thine influence blend,
And hover o'er this solemn grave.

496

BAPTISM;

821. S- M. L. H. SlGOURXEY.

DeligJit in Obedience.

1 Saviour, thy law we love,

Thy pure example I
And. with a linn, unwavering zeal,
Would m thy footsteps press.

2 Not to the fiery pains

By which the martyrs bled;
Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross,
Our favored feet are led; —

3 But. at this peaceful tide.

Assembled in thy fear.
The homage of obedient hearts

We humbly otter here.

0^2, C. M. Doddridge.

Christians buried and risen with Christ.

1 Baptized into our Saviour's death,

Our souls to sin must die :
With Christ our Lord we live anew,
With Christ ascend on high.

2 There, by his Father's side, he sits,

Enthroned divinely fair,
Yet owns himself our Brother still,
And our Forerunner there.

3 Rise from these earthly trifles, rise

On wings of faith and love ;
Above our choicest treasure lies —
And be our hearts above.

4 But earth and sin will draw us down.

When we attempt to fly :
Lord, send thy strong, attractive power
To fix our souls on high.

823. C. M. Exg. Bap. Col.

Separation from the World.
1 0 Lord, we in thy footsteps tread,
With joy thy cause maintain :
Like Jesus numbered with the dead,
Like him we rise and reign.

43* 497

BAl'J

2 Down to the hallowed grave we

Obedient to thy word :
'Tis thus the world around shall know.
We're buried with the Lord.

3 "Tis thus we bid its pomps adieu,

And boldly venture in :

iv we n<e to live anew.
And only die to sin.

824. CM. J -vs. Newton.

After Baptism.

1 Let plenteous grace descend on those,

Who. hoping in thy word.
This day have solemnly declared
That Jesus is their Lord.

2 With cheerful feet may they advance,

And run the Christian n
And. through the troubles of the way,
Find all-sufficient grace.

3 Lord, plant us all into thy death,

That we thy life may prove —
Partakers of thy cross beneath,
And of thy crown above.

O^cO. L- M, Doddridge.

J'oics recognized.

1 'Tis done: the irreat transaction's done:

I am my Lord's, and he is mine :
He drew me. and I followed on.
Rejoiced to own the call divine.

2 Now rest, my long-divided heart :

Fixed on this blissful centre.
Here have I found a nobler p;

Here heavenly pleasures till my breast

3 High Heaven, that hears the solemn vow,

That vow renewed shall daily h> .
Till in life's latest hour I bow.

And bless in death a bond so dear.

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826. L. M. Kelly.

Receiving Members.

1 Come in, thou blessed of the Lord ;

0, come in Jesus' precious name ;
We welcome thee with one accord,
And trust the Saviour does the same.

2 Thy name, 'tis hoped, already stands

Within the book of life above ;
And now to thine we join our hands,
In token of fraternal love.

3 Those joys which earth cannot afford

Werll seek in fellowship to prove,
Joined in one spirit to our Lord.
Together bound by mutual love.

4 And while we pass this vale of tears.

We'll make our joys and sorrows known ;
We'll share each other's hopes and fears.
And count a brother's case our own.

5 Once more our welcome we repeat ;

Receive assurance of our love ;
0, may we all together meet

Around the throne of God above.

O^ / • C- M. Montgomery.

A Welcome to Fellowship.

1 Come in, thou blessed of the Lord:

Stranger nor foe art thou :
We welcome thee with warm accord,
Our friend, our brother now.

2 The hand of fellowship, the heart

Of love, we offer thee :
Leaving the world, thou dost but part
From lies and vanity.

3 The cup of blessing which we bless.

The heavenly bread we break. —
Our Saviour's blood and righteousness, —
Freely with us partake.
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CHURCH FELLOWSHIP.

4 In weal or woe, in joy or care,

Thy portion shall be OH
Christians their mutual burdens bear;
They lend their mutual powe

5 Come with us ; we will do thee good,

As God to us hath done ;
Stand but in him. as those have stood
Whose faith the victory won.

6 And when, by turns, we pass away,

As star by star grows dim,

May each, translated into day,

Be lost, and found in him.

828. L. M. Newton.

On receiving new Members.

1 Kindred in Christ, for his dear sake,

A hearty welcome here receive :
May we together now partake
The joys which only he can give.

2 May He, by whose kind care we meet,

Send his good Spirit from above,
Make our communications sweet,

And cause our hearts to burn with love.

3 Forgotten be each worldly theme,

When Christians see each other thus ;
We only wish to speak of Him

Who lived, and died, and reigns for us.

4 W<>*11 talk of all he did. and said.

And suffered for us here below.

The path he marked for us to tread,

And what he's doing for us now.

5 Thus, as the moments pa<- away.

We'll love, and wonder, and adore,
And long to see the glorious day

When we shall meet to part no more.
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829. Ii- M- Beddome.
Admissioji of Members.

1 Believing souls, of Christ beloved.

Who have yourselves to him resigned.
Your faith and practice, both approved.
A hearty welcome here shall find.

2 Now saved from sin and Satan's wiles.

Though bv a scorning world abhorred.
Now share with us the Saviour's smile
Come in. ye ransomed of the Lord.

3 In fellowship we join our hands,

And you an invitation give ;
Unite with us in sacred bands :
The pledges of our love receive.

4 Do ] to art the church- H

This union with thy blessing cro~
And still. 0 Lord, revive the dead.
Till thousands more thy name

830. C. It Be:,:

The Pledge of Fidelity.

1 Ye men and angels, witness now. —
Before the Lord we speak :
To him we make our solemn vow. —
A vow we dare not break. —

1 That, long as life itself shall I
Ourselves to Christ we yield :
Nor from his cause will we depart.
Or ever quit the field.

3 We trust not in our native strength.

But on his grace rely :

he. with our returning wants.
All needful aid supply.

4 0. guide our doubtful feet aright.

I keep us in thy ways :

b turn our vows to p.
Turn thou our prayers to prL:

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THE LORD'S SUPPER.

831. L. M. Watts.

The Lord's Supper instituted.

1 'Twas on that dark, that doleful night

When powers of earth and hell arose
Against the Son of God's delight

And friends betrayed him to his fo< -. —

2 Before the mournful scene began.

He took the bread, and blessed, and brake ;

What love through all his actions ran !

What wondrous words of grace he spake ! —

3 u This is my body, broke for sin :

Receive and eat the living food : '7
Then took the cup, and blessed the wine :
•• Tis the new covenant in ray blood.

4 " Do this,'7 he cried, u till time shall end,

In memory of your dying Friend j
Meet at my table, and record

The love of your departed Lord.'7

5 Jesus, thy feast we celebrate :

We show thy death, we sing thy name.
Till thou return, and we shall eat
The marriage supper of the Lamb.

832. s. m. wai

Communion with Christ.

1 Jesus invites his saints

To meet around his board :
Here pardoned rebels sit. and hold
Communion with their Lord.

2 This holy bread and wine

Maintain our fainting breath,
By union with our living Lord,
And interest in his death.

THE LORD'S SUPPER.

3 Let all our powers be joined
His glorious name to raise ;
Let holy love rill every mind,
And every voice be praise.

833. L. M. Watts.
Christ's Compassion celebrated.

1 Our spirits join to praise the Lamb ;

0 that our feeble lips could move
In strains immortal as his name.

And melting as his dying love !

2 Was ever equal pity found !

The Prince of heaven resigns his breath.
And pours his life out on the ground.
To ransom guilty worms from death.

3 In vain our mortal voices strive

To speak compassion so divine ;
Had we a thousand lives to srive,

A thousand lives should all be thine.

834. L. M. Watts.
Consecration in View of the Cross.

1 When I survey the wondrous cross

On which the Prince of glory died.
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it. Lord, that I should boast.

Save in the death of Christ, my God ;
All the vain things that charm me most,

1 sacrifice them to his blood.

3 See. from his head, his hands, his feet,

Sorrow and love flow mingled down :
Did e'er such love and sorrow me

Or thorns compose so rich a crown'? j>

4 Were all the realm of nature mine.

That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine.

Demands my soul, my life, my all.

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835. C. M. Watts.

The Gospel Feast. ^

1 How sweet and awful is the place.
With Christ within the d
While everlasting Love displ;
The choicest of her stop

•2 While all our hearts, anil every song,
Join to admire the fi

. of us cries, with thankful tongue,
•• Lord, why was I a gue

3 u Why was I made to hear thy v.

And enter while there's room,
When thousands make a wretched choice,
And rather starve than come ! "

4 'Twas the same love that spread the feast

That sweetly forced us in :
Else we had still refused to taste.
And perished in our sin.

5 Pity the nations. 0 our God ;

Constrain the earth to come ;
Send thy victorious word abroad,
And bring the strangers home.

6 We long to see thy churches full.

That all the chosen race
May. with one voice, and heart, and soul,
Sing thy redeeming grace.

836. L. M. Watts.

Sufferings and Exaltation of Christ.

1 Now let our mournful songs record
The dying sorrows of our Lord,

When he complained in tears and blood,
Like one forsaken of his God.

2 But God. his Father, heard his cry :
Raised from the dead, he reigns on high ;
The nations learn his riirhteousn- is

And humble sinners taste his grace.

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837. C. It J. Stbnnbtt.

Humble Commit.

1 Lord, at thy table we behold
The wonders of thy grace.

But most of all admire that we
Should find a welcome place ; —

2 We. who are all defiled with sin,
And rebels to our God ;

We. who have crucified thy Son,

And trampled on his blood.

3 What strange, surprising grace is this,
That we. so lost, have room !

Jesus our weary souls ii.
And freely bids us come.

4 Ye saints below, and hosts of heaven,
Join all your sacred powers :

No theme is like redeeming love ;
Xo Saviour is like ours.

838. C. M. Watts.

The new Core/

1 ;- The promise of my Father's love
Shall stand forever good."
He said, and gave his soul to death,
And sealed the grace with blood.

2 To this dear covenant of thy word

I set my worthless name :
I seal the promise to my Lord.
And make my humble claim.

3 I call that legacy my own

Which Jesus did bequeath ;
'Twas purchased with a dying groan,
And ratified in death.

4 The light and strength, the pardoning grace,

And glory, shall be mine :
My life arid soul, my heart and flesh,
And all my powers, are thine.

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839. c. m. ir.

The Both/ and Blood of Christ.

1 Here at thy table. Lord, we inert.

To feed on food divine :
Thy body is the bread we eat.
Thy precious blood the \\ ine.

2 Here> peace and pardon sweetly How:

0, what delightful iood !
We eat the bread, and drink the wine,
But think on nobler good.

3 Deep was the suffering he endured

Upon th7 accursed tree;
" For me." each welcome guest may say,
u Tw as all endured for me."

4 Sure there was never love so free —

Dear Saviour, so divine :
Well thou mayst claim that heart of me,
Which owes so much to thine.

840. C. M. Watts.
Christ's Compassion.

1 How condescending and how kind

Was God's eternal Son !

Our misery reached his heavenly mind,
And pity brought him down.

2 This was compassion like a God,

That, when the Saviour knew
The price of pardon was his blood,
His pity ne'er withdrew.

3 Here let our hearts begin to melt.

i !e we his death record.

And. with our joy lor pardoned guilt,

Mourn that we pierced the Lord.

841. CM. Tkatt-sCol.
Mourning and Rejoicing.

1 Prepare us, Lord, to view thy cross,
Who all our griefs hast borne ;
To look on thee, whom we have pierced —
To look on thee, and mourn.

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THE LORD'S SLTPER.

While thus we mourn, we would rejoice )

And. as thy cross we see.
Let each exclaim, in faith and hope,

" The Saviour died for me ! "

842.

C. Iff. B. W. Noel.
Remembering CI

1 If human kindness meets return,

And owns the grateful tie :

If tender thoughts within us burn
To feel a friend is nigh : —

2 0. shall not warmer accents tell

The gratitude we owe

To Him who died our fears to quell.
And save from endless woe I

3 While yet his anguished soul surveyed

Tho^e pangs he would not flee,
What love his latest words displayed ! —
" Meet and remember me."

4 Remember thee ! thy death, thy shame?

The griefs which thou didst bear !
0 Memory, leave no other name
But his recorded there.

843. Us. E.Y.Reese.

Remembering Christ.

(-'Do this.'" and remember the blood that was shed.
Ere Calvary s Victim io slaughter was led.
When, sad and foisaken. the garden alone
Gave ear to his sorrow, and echoed his moan.

Remember the conflict with insult and scorn.

The robe of derision, the chaplet of thorn.

The sin-cleansing fountain that streamed from, his side,

When. - Father, forgive them." he uttered, and died.

Remember that Victor o'er death and the grave :

He liveth forever, his people to save :

0. take with thanksgiving this pledge of his love —

The foretaste of rapture eternal above.

507

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o44« L. M. Krishna Pal.

Remembering CI

1 O thou, my soul, forget no more
The Friend who all thy sorrows bore;
Let every idol be forgot ;

But, 0 my soul, forget him not.

2 Renounce thy works and ways, with grief,
And fly to this divine relief;

Nor Him forget, who left his throne.
And for thy life gave up his own.

3 Eternal truth and mercy shine
In him, and he himself is thine :
And canst thou, then, with sin beset,

Such charms, such matchless charms, forget *

4 0, no ; till life itself depart,

His name shall cheer and warm my heart;
And, lisping this, from earth I'll rise.
And join the chorus of the skies.

845. L. M. Watts.

The Memorials of Grace.

1 Jesus is gone above the skies,

Where our weak senses reach him not ;
And carnal objects court our eyes,

To thrust our Saviour from our thought

2 He knows what wandering hearts we have,

Apt to forget his lovely face ;
And. to refresh our minds, he nave
These kind memorials of his grace.

3 Let sinful joys be all forgot,

And earth grow less in our esteem,
Christ and his love fill every thought,
And faith and hope be fixed on him,

4 While he is absent from our sight

'Tis to prepare our souls a place.
That we may dwell in heavenly light,
And live forever near his face.
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846. C. M. Wabdi v v.

Remembering CJirist.

1 Remember thee, redeeming Lord!

While Memory holds her place,
Can we forget the Prince of life.
Who saves as by his grace .'

2 The Lord of life, with glory crowned,

On heaven's exalted throne.
Remembers those for whom, on earth.
He heaved his dying groan.

3 His glory now no tongue of man

Or seraph bright can tell :
Yet "tis the chief of all his joys
That sonls are saved from hell.

4 For this he came and dwelt on earth ;

For this his life was aiven :
For this he fought and vanquished death ;
For this he pleads in heaven.

5 Join, all ye saints beneath the sky,

Your grateful praise to a"ive :
Sinn loud hosanuas to the Lord.
Who died that you might live.

847.

7s. CONDER.

The Body and Blood of Christ.

1 Bread of heaven, on thee we feed,
For thy flesh is meat indeed :
Ever let our souls be fed

With this true and living bread.

2 Vine of heaven, thy blood supplies
This blest cup of sacririce :

Lord, thy wounds our healing give :
To thy cross we look and live.

3 Day by day with strength supplied,
Through the life of Him who died.
Lord of life. 0. let us be

Rooted; grafted, built on .

4 3 5 -9

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848. C. M. E. Taylor.
Christian !

1 0, here, if ever, God of love,

Let strife and haired ces
And every heart harmonious move,
And every thought be peace

2 Not here, where, met to think on Him

Who<e latest thoughts were ours,
Shall mortal passions conn' to dim
The prayer devotion pours.

3 No. gracious Master, not in vain

Thy life of love hath been ;
The peace thou gav'st may yet remain,
Though thou no more art seen.

4 "Thy kingdom come: " we watch, we wait

To hear thy cheering call,
When heaven shall ope its glorious gate,
And God be all in all.

849. L. M. Watts.
Enjoyment in tJte Service.

1 Far from my thoughts, vain world, be gone ;
Let my religious hours alone ;

Fain would my eyes my Saviour see ;
I wait a visit. Lord, from thee.

2 0. warm my heart with holy fire,
And kindle there a pure desire :
Come, sacred Spirit, from above,
And till my soul with heavenly love.

3 Blest Saviour, what delicious fare !
How sweet thy entertainments are !
Ne*ef did the angels taste above
Redeeming grace and dying love.

4 Hail, great Tmmanuel. all divine !
In thee thy Father's glories shine ;
Thy glorious name shall be adored.
And every tongue confess thee Lord.

510

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850. C. M. Anon.

Coming to the Table of the Lord.

1 Let vain pursuits anil vain desires

Be banished from the heart.
The Saviour's love fill every breast,
And light and life impart.

2 He knew how frail our nature is,

Our souls how apt to stray :
How much we need his gracious help
To keep us in the way !

3 These faithful pledges of his love

His mercy did ordain,
To bring refreshment to our souls,
And faith and hope sustain.

4 Since such his condescending grace,

Let us. with hearts sincere,
Obedient to his holy will,
His table now draw near/

5 And while we join to celebrate

The sufferings of our Lord.
May we receive new grace and power,
T; obey his holy word.

851. CM. Scotch Col.
Praise to Christ.

1 To Him who loved the souls of men,

And washed us in his blood.
To royal honors raised our head,
And made us priests to God, —

2 To him let every tongue be praise,

And every heart be love,
All grateful honors paid on earth,
And nobler songs above.

511

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MISSIONS.

852. L. M. Watt*

The great Commission.

1 u Go, preach my gospel/3 saith the Lord ;

" Bid the whole earth m \
He shall be saved that trusts my v.

And he condemned who'll not believe.

2 MF11 make your great commission known ;

And ye shall prove my gospel true,
By all the works that I have done,
By all the wonders ye shall do.

3 u Teach all the nations my commands ;

I'm with you till the world shall e
All power is trusted in my ha
I can destroy, and I del-

4 He spake, and light shone round his head ;

On a bright cloud to heaven he rode :
They to the farthest nations spread
The grace of their ascended God.

853. L. M. Watts.

Universal Reign of Christ.

1 Great God. whose universal swaj
The known and unknown worlds obey,
Now give the kingdom to thy S
Extend his power, exalt his throne.

2 As rain on meadows newly mown,
So shall he send his influence down ;
His grace on fainting souls distils.
Like heavenly dew on thirsty hills.

3 The heathen lands, that lie beneath
The shades of overspreading death,
Revive at his first dawning light.

And deserts blossom at the sight.

4 The saints shall flourish in his days.
Dressed in the robes of joy and praise;
Peace, like a river, from his throne,
Shall flow to nations yet unknown.

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MISSIONS.

854. L. M. Watts.

Christ's Kingdom among the Gentiles.

1 Jesus shall reign where'er the sun
Does his successive journeys run ;

His kingdom stretch from shore to shore
Till moons shall wax and wane no more.

2 For him shall endless prayer be made.
And endless praises crown his head :
His name, like sweet perfume, shall rise
With every morning sacrifice.

3 People and realms of every tongue
Dwell on his love with sweetest song :
And infant voices shall proclaim
Their early blessings on his name.

4 Blessings abound where'er he reigns;
The joyful prisoner bursts his chains;
The weary find eternal rest.

And all the sons of want are blest.

5 Let every creature rise and bring
Peculiar honors to our King :
Angels descend with songs again.
And earth repeat the loud Amen.

855. L. M. Yoke.
Missions to the Heathen.

1 Behold, the heathen waits to know
The joy the gospel will bestow;
The exiled captive to receive

The freedom Jesus has to give.

2 Come, let us. with a grateful heart.
In this blest labor share a part ;

Our prayers and offerings gladly bring
To aid the triumphs of our King.

3 Our hearts exult in songs of prais .
That we have seen these latter d;
When our Redeemer shall be km
Where Satan long hath held his

4 Where'er his hand hath spread th

jet incense to his name shall
And slave and freeman. Greek and Jew;
By sovereign grace be formed anew.

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856.

S. M. Eno. Epis. Col.
"Prayer far the Spread of the Gospel.

1 0 God, to earth incline,

With mercies from above,
And lei thy presence Ifrund us shine
With beams of heavenly love.

2 Through all trie earth below

Thy ways of grace proclaim,

Till distant nations hear and know

The Saviour's blessed name.

3 Now let the world agree

One general voice to raise,
Till all mankind present to thee
Their songs of grateful praise.

4 0, let the nations round

Their cheerful powers employ.
And earth's far-distant coasts resound
With shouts of sacred joy.

5 Then earth, thy grace confessed.

Shall pour its fruits abroad ;
By thee thy numerous church be blest,
0 Lord, our gracious God.

6 Thy blessing shall extend,

Thy saving grace appear,
And all, to earth's remotest end,
The Lord our Saviour fear.

857. L. M. Anon.

l)irtne Power sitpplieated.

1 Awake, all-conquering Arm. awake,
And Satan's mighty empire shake;

Assert the honors of thy throne.
And make this ruined world thy own.

2 Thine all-successful power display;
Convert a nation in a day :

Until the universe shall be

But one great temple, Lord, for thee.

514

MISSIONS.

858. C. M. LYTB.
Prayer for the Church.

1 Bj; merciful to us, 0 God;

Upon thy people shine :
Ami spread thy saving truth abroad.
Till all that live be thine.

2 Give light and comfort to thine own;

And let that light extend
Till thy prevailing name be known
To earth's remotest end.

3 Let all the people praise thee, Lord ;

Let all their homage bring;

From sea to sea be thou adored,

Redeemer, Judge, and King.

859. S. M. Village Hymns.

Prayer for the World.

1 0 God of sovereign grace,

We bow before thy throne,
And plead, for all the human race,
The merits of thy Son.

2 Spread through the earth, 0 Lord,

The knowledge of thy ways,

And let all lands with joy record

The great Redeemer's praise.

860. L. M. SLIXN-.
Prayer for the Display of Power.

1 Arise in all thy splendor. Lord;
Let power attend thy gracious word:
Unveil the beauties of thy face,
And show the glories of thy grace.

2 Diffuse thy light and truth abroad.
And be thou known th' almighty God :
Make bare thine arm. thy power display,
While truth and grace thy sceptre sway.

3 Send forth thy messengers of peace :
Make Satan's reign and empire cease :
Let thy salvation. Lord, be known.
That all the world thy power may own.

515

MISSIONS.

Oult L- M. Builder's Col.

Divine Voir, ,• supplicated.

1 Arm of the Lord, awake

Put on thy strength^ the nations shake;
Now let the world, adoring. -
Triumphs of mercy wrougnt by thee.

2 Say to the heathen, from thy throne,
:* I ;mi Jehovah, God alone : "'

Thy voice their idols shall confound,

And cast their altars to the around.

3 Let Zioivs time of favor come ;

0, bring the tribes of Israel home :
Soon may our wondering eyes behold
Gentiles and Jews in Jesus' fold.

4 Almiirhty God, thy 2'raee proclaim
Through every clime, of every name;
Let adverse powers before thee fall,
And crown the Saviour Lord of all.

862. C. M. W. Ward.

Prayer for the Success of the Gospel.

1 Great God, the nations of the earth

Are by creation thine ;
And in thy works, by all beheld,
Thy radiant glories shine.

2 But, Lord, thy greater love has sent

Thy gospel to mankind.
Unveiling what rich stores oi e
Are treasured in thy mind.

3 0. when shall these glad tidings spread

The spacious earth around.
Till every tribe and every soul
Shall hear the joyful sound '

4 Smile. Lord, on each divine attempt

To spread the gospel's n
And build on sin's demolished throne
Tin' temples of thy prais

5IG

MISSIONS.

OOt)i H. M. Village Hymns.

Prayer for the Heathen.

1 Sovereign of worlds above.

And Lord of all below.
Thy faithfulness and love.
Thy power and mercy, show :
Fulfil thy word ; Let heathen live.

Thy Spirit give; And praise the Lord.

2 Few be the years that roll

Ere all shall worship thee ;
The travail of his soul
Soon let the Saviour see :
0 God of grace. Fill earth with joy,

Thy power employ : And heaven with praise.

864. C. M. Gibbons.

Prayer for the Success of Missions.

1 Lord, send thy word, and let it fly,

Armed with thy Spirit's power:
Ten thousands shall confess its sway,
And bless the saving hour.

2 Beneath the influence of thy grace

The barren wastes shall rise,
With sudden greens and fruits arrayed,
A blooming paradise.

3 True holiness shall strike its root

In each regenerate heart ;
Shall in a growth divine arise,
And heavenly fruits impart.

4 Peace, with her olives crowned, shall stretch

Her wings from shore to shore ;
No trump shall rouse the rage of war,
Nor murderous cannon roar.

5 Lord, for those days we wait ; those days

Are in thy word foretold ;
Fly swifter, sun and stars, and bring
This promised age of gold.

6 •• Amen." with joy divine, let eartfrs

L'nnumbered myriads cry :
" Amen."" with joy divine, let heaven's
Unnumbered choirs reply.

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MISSIONS.

865. L. M. Pratt's Col.

Prayer for the Heathen.

1 Sovereign of worlds, display thy power;
Be this thy Z ion's favored hour:

0. bid the morning star arise ;
0, point the heathen to the skies.

2 Set up thy throne where Satan reigns.
In western wilds and eastern plai

Far let the gospel's sound be known;
Make thou the universe thine own.

3 Speak, and the world shall hear thy voice;
Speak, and the desert shall rejoice :
Dispel the irloom of heathen night:

Bid every nation hail the light.

866. CM. S. F. Smith.
Heralds of Mercy.

1 Most gracious to fulfil thy word,

Almighty to defend, —
To reap thy ripened harvest. Lord,
Thy chosen servants send.

2 Send to the east the valiant band;

^end to each distant pole :
Send to the west: o'er every land
Salvation's current roll.

3 Heralds of peace, we come ! we come !

On love:s swift wings we fly :
Ye dead in sin, 0. live ; ye dumb,
In hallelujahs cry.

4 0 Zion, spread more wide thy tent;

Stretch forth thy Straining cords ;
The promise dawns : the clouds are rent;
Earth, thou shalt be the Lord's.

5 Haste, haste, ye years of toil and woe;

Heaven, earth, break forth and sing,
"The kingdoms of the world are now
Thy conquest, peerless King."

6 Amen, amen : let echoing praise

Swell like the sounding sea J
To God, to God, those rapturous lays.
That tide of praise, shall be.
518

MissidNa

867. H. M. BUKDER.

Prayer for the Heat /i en.

1 Rise. Sim of glory, rise,

And chase the shades of night,
Which now obscure the skies,
And hide thy sacred light:
0, chase those dismal shades away,
And bring the bright, millennial day!

2 Now send thy Spirit down

On all the nations. Lord.
With great success to crown
The preaching of thy word :
That heathen lands may own thy sway,
And cast their idol gods away.

3 Then shall thy kingdom come

Among our fallen race.
And all the earth become

The temple of thy grace :
Whence pure devotion shall ascend,
And songs of praise, till time shall end.

868. 8s, 7s & 4. J. Rylaxd.

Victories of Christ.

1 Gird thy sword on. mighty Saviour ;

Make the word of truth thy car ;
Prosper in thy course, triumphant;
All success attend thy war:

Gracious Victor.
Bring thy trophies from afar.

2 Majesty combines with meekness,

Righteousness and peace unite,
To insure thy blessed conquests ;
Take possession of thy right :

Ride triumphant.
Dressed in robes of purest light.

3 Blest are they that touch thy sceptre ;

Blest are all that own thy reign ;

Freed from sin. that worst of tyrants,

Rescued from its galling chain :

Saints and angels,
All who know thee, bless thy reign.

519

MISSIONa

869. L. M. Bacon.
Diffusion of Cfotpel LiijJtt.

1 Though now the nations sit beneath
The darkness of o'erspreading death,

God will arise with light divine.

On Zion's holy towera to shi

2 That light shall beam o'er distant lands,
And heathen tribes, in joyful bands.
Come with exnlting haste to prove
The power and greatness of his love.

3 Lord, spread the triumphs of thy grace ;
Let truth, and righteousness, and peace,
In mild and lovely forms, display *
The glories of the latter day.

870. C. M. BUIIDEII'S Col.
Prayer for Christ's Victory.

1 Jesus, immortal King, arise;

Assert thy rightful sway ;
Till earth, subdued, its tribute brings,
And distant lands obey.

2 Ride forth, victorious Conqueror, ride,

Till all thy foes submit,
And all the powers of hell resign
Their trophies at thy feet.

3 Send forth thy word, and let it fly

This spacious earth around,

Till every soul beneath the sun

Shall hear the joyful sound.

4 0, may the great Redeemer's name

Through every clime be known,
And heathen gods, forsaken, fall,
And Jesus reign alone.

5 From sea to sea. from shore to shore,

May Jesus he adored.
And Earth, with all her millions, shout
Hosannas to the Lord.

520

MISSIONS.

0 / 1. ~- Urwick's Col.

Desiring Christ's Triumph.

1 0 thou Sun of glorious splendor,

Shine with healing in thy wing :
Chase away these shades of darkness;
Holy light and comfort bring.

2 Let the heralds of salvation

Round the world with joy proclaim,
u Death and hell are spoiled and vanquished
Through the great Immanuel's name."

3 Take thy power, almighty Saviour;

Claim the nations for thine own;
Reign, thou Lord of life and glory,
Till each heart becomes thy throne.

4 Then the earth, o'erspread with glory,

Decked with heavenly splendor bright,
Shall be made Jehovah's dwelling —
As at first, the Lord's delight.

872. H. M. E. Scott.

Prayer for Christ's Victory.

1 All hail, incarnate God !

The wondrous things foretold
Of thee, in sacred writ,

With joy our eyes behold :
Still doth thine arm And monuments

New trophies wear, Of glory rear.

2 0, haste, victorious Prince,

That glorious, happy day,
When souls, like drops of dew,

Shall own thy gentle sway :
0, may it bless And bear our shouts

Our longing eyes. Beyond the skies.

3 All hail, triumphant Lord !

Eternal be thy reign :
Behold, the nations wait

To wear thy gentle chain :
When earth and time Thy throne shall stand

Are known no more. Forever sure.

a * 521

MISSION?.
O/O. 7s. C'ONDER.

The Latter Day.

1 Hasten, Lord, thy promised hour;
Come in glory and in power :

Still thy toes are unsubdued;
Nature sighs to be renewed.

2 Time has nearly reached its sum ;

All things, with thy bride. say, " Come,
Jesus, whom all worlds adore,
Come, and reign forevermore.;?

O / 4. 8s, 7s & 4. Wixchell's Sel.

Influences of the Spirit.

1 Who but thou, almighty Spirit,

Can the heathen world reclaim ?

Men may preach, but. till thou favor,

Heathens still will be the same :

Mighty Spirit,
Witness to the Saviour's name.

2 Thou hast promised, by the prophets,

Glorious light in latter days :
Come, and bless bewildered nations;
Change our prayers and tears to praise :

Promised Spirit,
Round the world diffuse thy rays.

3 All our hopes, and prayers, and labors

Must be vain without thy aid:

But thou wilt not disappoint us :

All is true that thou hast said :

Gracious Spirit,
O'er the world thy influence shed.

875. C. M. Montgomery.

Prayer for the Spirit.

1 Spirit of power and might behold
A world by sin destroyed :
Creator Spirit, as of old.

Move on the formless void.
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MISSION'S.

2 Give thou the Word: that healing sound

I] quell the deadly si
An.' ! leu crowned.

Bring forth the tree of life.

3 If sang the morning stars for joy

When nature rose to vi

it strains will angel harps employ
When thou shalt all renew !

4 And if the sons of God rejoice

To hear a Saviour's name.
How will the ransomed raise their voice
To whom that Saviour came !

5 Lo ! every kindred, tongue, and tribe,

■: nb ling round the throne.
The new creation shall ascribe
To sovereign love alone.

876. 6a & *S- Pratt's Col.

Prayer to the Trinity.

1 Thou, whose almighty word
Chaos and darkness heard.

And took their flight,
Hear us. we humbly pray.
And where the gospel day
Sheds not its glorious ray,

•• Let there be light."-'

2 Thou, who didst come to bring,
On thy redeeming wing.

Healing and sight.
Health to the sick in mind,
Sight to the inly blind.
0. now to all mankind

•• Let there be light."'

3 Spirit of truth and love.
Life-giving, Holy Dove.

Speed forth thy flight ;
Move on the waters* face.
Bearing the lamp of srrace :
And in ea:th'< darkest place

•• Let there be light."

5.3

MISSIONS.

87/ . ■ 7S & 1. T. CoTTERILL.

Prayer for the Heathen.

1 O'f. r the realms of pagan darkness

Let the eye of pity gaze :
See the kindreds of the people
Lost in sin's bewildering maze ;

Darkness brooding
O'er the face of all the earth.

2 Light of them that sit in darkm

Rise and shine ; thy hi mg:

Light to lighten all the Gentiles,
Rise with healing in thy wi

To thy brightm
Let all kings and nations

3 May the heathen, now adoring

Idol gods of wood and stone,
Come, and, worshipping before him,
Serve the living God alone :

Let thy glory
Fill the earth as floods the sea.

4 Thou, to whom all power is given.

Speak the word ; at thy command,
Let the company of heralds

Spread thy name from land to land ;

Lord, be with them,
Alway, to the end of time.

878. L. M. A. Balfour.

The Missionary charged and ■

1 Go. messenger of peace and love.

To people plunired in shades of night,
Like angels sent from fields ah
Be thine to shed celestial light.

2 On barren rock and desert isle.

Go, bid the rose of Sharon bloom :
Till arid wastes around thee smile.
And bear to heaven a -
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3 Go to the hungry — food impart :

To paths of peace the wanderer guide ;
And lead the thirsty, panting heart

ere streams of living water glide.

4 Go. bid the bright and morning star

From Bethlehem's plains resplen tent a 5,

And. piercing through the gloom \
Shed heavenly light and love div.

5 0, faint not in the day of toil.

waits the reaper's hand;
Go. gather in the glorious spoil.
And joyous in his p -and.

€ Thy love a rich reward shall find

From Him who sits enthroned on high ;
For they who turn the erring mind
Shall shine like stars above the skv.

0/9. S. M- Wardla-v- Col.

Universal Extension of CI

1 0 Lord our God. arise.

The cause of Truth maintain.
And wide o'er all the peopled world
Extend her blessed reign.

2 Thou Prince of life, arise.

Nor let thy glory cease :
Far spread the conquests of thy grace,
And bless the earth with pea

3 0 Holy Spirit, rise.

Expand thy heavenly wing.
And o'er a dark and ruined world
Let light and order spring.

4 0. all ye nations, rise :

To God the Saviour sing

in shore to shore, from earth to hc
Let echoing anthe:

MISSIONS.

OOvJ. ">• Marsdex.

The Messengers of God,

1 Go, ye messengers of God :

Like the beams oi morning, fly;
Take the wonder-working rod :
Wave the banner-cross on \v._

2 Go to many a tropic isle.

In the bosom of the deep,
Where the skies forever smile.
And th' oppressed forever weep.

3 O'er the pagan's night of care

Pour the living light of heaven ;
Chase away his wild despair;
Bid him hope to be forgiven.

4 Where the golden gates of day

Open on the palmy
High the bleeding cross display,

Spread the gospel's richest feast.

881. 8s, 7s & 4. Kelly

Departure of Missionaries.

1 Mem of God. iro take your stations .

Darkness reigns throughout the earth .
Go proclaim among the nations
Joyful news of heavenly birth :

Bear the tidings
Of the Saviour's matchless worth.

2 Of his gospel not ashamed.

As "the power of God to sai
Go where Christ was never named,
Publish freedom to the slave —

Blessed freedom !
Such as Zion's children have.

3 When exposed tc fearful dangers,

Jesns will his own defend:
Borne afar 'midst foes and strangers.
Jesus will appear your Friend:
:ice
I be with you to the end.

-IONS.

882. L. M. WmcHELL'a Sel.

Missionaries encoura

1 Ye Christian heralds — go. proclaim
Salvation in Immanuel'< name :

To distant climes the tidings bear,
And plant the rose of Sharon there.

2 He'll shield you with a wall of fire.
With holy zeal your hearts inspire,
Bid raging winds their fury c

And calm the savage breast to peace.

3 And when our labors all are o'er.
Then shall we meet to part no more —
Meet, with the blood-bought throng to fall,
And crown the Saviour Lord of all.

883. 8a & 7s. L H. .Sigournet.
Missionaries char

1 Onward, onward, men of heaven:

Bear the gospel banner b
Best not till its light is given —

Star of every pagan
Send it where the pilgrim

Faints beneath the torrid
Bid the hardy forest-ranger

Hail it. ere he fades away.

2 Where the Arctic Ocean thunders,

Where the tropics fiercely glow,
Broadly spread its pa^e of wonders,

Brightly bid its radiance flow :
India marks its lustre stealing :

Shivering Greenland loves its rays ;
Afric. 'mid her deserts kneeling,

Lifts the untaught strain of praise.

3 Rude in speech, or wild in feature,

Dark in spirit, though they be.
Show that light to every creature —

Prince or vassal, bond or free :
Lo ! they haste to every nation ;

Host on host the ranks supply :
Onward ! Christ is your salvation,

And your death is victory.

527

MISSIONS.

884. 6s & 4s. Uiuvick's Col.

The Gospel preached to every Creature.

1 Sound, sound the truth abroad ;
Bear ye the word of God

Through the wide world ;
Tell what our Lord has done j
Tell how the day is won,
And from his lofty throne

Satan is hurled.

2 Swiftly, on wings of love,
Jesus, who reigns above,

Bids us to fly ;
They who his message bear
Should neither doubt nor fear ;
He will their Friend appear;

He will be nigh.

3 When on the mighty deep,
He will their spirits keep,

Stayed on his word ;
When in a foreign land,
No other friend at hand,
Jesus will by them stand —

Jesus, their Lord.

4 Ye who, forsaking all,

At your loved Master's call,

Comforts resign,
Soon will your work be done ;
Soon will the prize be won ;
Brighter than yonder sun

Ye soon shall shine.

885.

C. M. MORELL.

Missioyiaries commended to God.

Father of mercies, condescend

To hear our fervent prayer,
While these our brethren we commend

To thy paternal care.
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3IONS.

2 Before them set an open door ;

Their various eribrts bless
On them thy Holy Spirit pour.
And crown them with succ

3 Endow them with a heavenly mind ;

Supply their every need :
Make them in spirit meek, resigned,
But bold in word and deed.

4 In every tempting, trying hour,

.old them by thy grace.
And guard them by thy mighty power,
Till they shall end their race.

5 Then, followed by a numerous train.

Gathered from heathen lands.

A crown of life may they obtain

From their Redeemer's hands.

886, C. M. Axon.

■icell.

1 Kindred, and friends, and native land.

How shall we say. •• Farewell '" !
How. — when our swelling sails expand,-
How will our bosoms swell !

2 Yes. nature, all thy soft delights

And tender ties we know ;
But love more strong than death unites
To Him that bids us go.

3 Thus. when, our even* passion moved.

The gushing teardrop starts.

. more beloved.
Shall glow within our hearts.

4 The sighs we breathe for precious souls,

"here he is yet unknown.
it waft us to the distant poles.
Or to the burning zone.

5 With warm desire our bosoms swell.

glowing powers expand :
■• Farewell." then we can say.
Our friends, our native land.*7

43 529

MISSIONS.

887. s. m. voke.

Missionaries encouraged.

1 Ye messengers of Christ,

His sovereign voice obey ;
Arise and follow where he leads,
And peace attend your way.

2 The Master whom you serve

Will needful strength bestow :
Depending on his promised aid,
With sacred courage go.

3 Go, spread the Saviour's name ;

Go, tell his matchless grace ;
Proclaim salvation, full and free,
To Adam's guilty race.

4 We wish you, in his name,

The most divine success,
Assured that he who sends you forth
Will your endeavors bless.

888. C. M. Mokell.

Fidelity enjoined.

1 Go, and the Saviour's grace proclaim,

Ye favored men of God ;
Go, publish, through Iranian u el's name,
Salvation bought with blood.

2 Go, with determined courage go,

And armed with power divine ;
Your God will needful strength bestow,
And on your labors shine.

3 He who has called you to the war

Will soon reward your pains ;
Before Messiah's conquering car
Shall mountains sink to plains.

4 Shrink not, though earth and hell oppoa^

But plead your Master's eaa
Assured that e'en your mightiest foes
Shall bow before his cross.

530

MISSIONS.

889. 8s, 7s & 4. S. F. Smitel

The Missionary's Farewell.

1 Yes. my native land. I love thee :

All thy scenes. I love them well :
Friends, connections, happy country,
Can I bid yon all farewell ?

Can I leave yon.
Far in heathen lands to dwell 1

2 Home, thy joys are passing lovely —

Joys no stranger-heart can tell :

Happy home, indeed I love thee :

Can I. can I say. " Farewell " ?

Can I leave thee.
Far in heathen lands to dwell ?

3 Scenes of sacred peace and pleasure.

Holy days and Sabbath bell.
Richest, brightest, sweetest treasure.
Can I say a last farewell ?

Can 1 leave you.
Far in heathen lands to dwell ?

4 Yes, I hasten from you gladly —

From the scenes I loved so well :
Far away, ye billows, bear me :
Lovely, native land, farewell:

Pleased I leave thee,
Far in heathen lands to dwell.

5 In the deserts let me labor :

On the mountains let me tell
How he died — the blessed Saviour —
To redeem a world from hell :

Let me hasten.
Far in heathen lands to dwell.

6 Bear me on. thou restless ocean ;

Let the winds my canvas swell :
Heaves my heart with warm emotion.
While I zo far hence to dwell :

t Glad I bid thee.
Native land, farewell. farewelL

531

MISSIONS.

OtJO. 7fl & 6s. Noel's Col.

Departure of Missionaries.

1 Roll on, thou mighty ocean ;

And, as thy billows flow,
Bear messengers of mercy
To every land below.

2 Arise, ye gales, and waft them

Safe to the destined shore,
That man may sit in darkness
And death's deep shade no more.

3 0 thou eternal Ruler,

Who holdest in thine arm
The tempests of the ocean,
Protect them from all harm.

4 0, be thy presence with them,

Wherever they may be ;
Though far from us who love them,
O, be they still with thee.

89 L 8s, 7s & 4. P. Williams.

Desiring the Spread of the Gospel.

1 O'er the gloomy hills of darkness,

Look, my soul, be still and gaze ;
See the promises advancing
To a glorious day of grace :

Blessed jubilee,
Let thy glorious morning dawn.

2 Let the dark, benighted pagan,

Let the rude barbarian, see
That divine and glorious conquest
Once obtained on Calvary :

Let the gospel
Loud resound, from pole to pole.

3 Kingdoms wide, that sit in darkness.

Grant them. Lord, the glorious light j
Now, from eastern coast to western,
May the morning chase the night :

Let redemption,
Freely purchased, win the day.

532

MISSIONS.

4 Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel :
Win and conquer — never cease :
May thy lasting, wide dominions
Multiply, and still increase :

Sway thy sceptre,
Saviour, all the world around.

892. 7s & OS. S. F. Smith.

The missionary Angel.

1 Onward speed thy conquering flight ;

Angel, onward speed :
Cast abroad thy radiant light

Bid the shades recede ;
Tread the idols in the dust,

Heathen fanes destroy,
Spread the gospel's holy trust.

Spread the gospel's joy.

2 Onward speed thy conquering flight ;

Angel, onward haste :
Quickly on each mountain's height

Be thy standard placed :
Let thy blissful tidings float

Far o'er vale and Kill.
Till the sweetly-echoing note

Every bosom thrill.

3 Onward speed thy conquering flight :

Angel, onward fly ;
Long has been the reign of night ;

Bring the morning nigh :
'Tis to thee the heathen lift

Their imploring wail :
Bear them Heaven's holy gift

Ere their courage fail.

4 Onward speed thy conquering flight ;

Angel, onward speed :
Morning bursts upon our sight —

"Tis the time decreed :
Jesus now his kingdom takes,

Thrones and empires fall,
And the joyous song awakes,

" God is all in all."

45* 533

MISSIONS.
O90. 7fi. Bo WRING.

Report of Hit Watchman.

1 Watchman ! tell us of the night;

What its signs of promise are.
Traveller ! o'er yon mountain's height,
See that glory -beaming star.

2 Watchman ! does its beauteous ray

Aught of hope or joy foretell?
Traveller ! yes ; it brings the day,
Promised day of Israel.

3 Watchman ! tell us of the night ;

Higher yet that star ascends.
Traveller ! blessedness and light,
Peace and truth, its course portends.

4 Watchman ! will its beams alone

Gild the spot that gave them birth ?
Traveller ! ages are its own ;
See, it bursts o?er all the earth.

5 Watchman ! tell us of the night,

For the morning seems to dawn.

Traveller ! darkness takes its flight ;

Doubt and terror are withdrawn.

6 Watchman ! let thy wanderings cease ;

Hie thee to thy quiet home.
Traveller ! lo ! the Prince of Peace,
Lo ! the Son of God, is come.

0«74». C M. Montgomery.

Returning to Zion.

1 Daughter of Zion, from the dust

Exalt thy fallen head ;
Again in thy Redeemer trust ;
He calls thee from the dead.

2 Awake, awake ; put on thy strength,

Thy beautiful array ;
The day of freedom dawns at leu
The Lord's appointed day.

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MISSIONS.

3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge.

And send thy heralds forth :
Say to the south, tt Give up thy charge/'
And. " Keep not back. O north.*'

4 They come ! they come ! thine exiled bands,

Where'er they rest or roam,
Have heard thy voice in distant lands,
And hasten to their home.

5 Thus, though the universe shall burn,

And God his works destroy.
With songs thy ransomed shall return,
And everlasting joy.

895. C ML Watts.

Zion's Prospects.

1 Let Zion and her sons rejoice ;

Behold the promised hour :
Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
And comes t3 exalt his power.

2 Her dust and ruins, that remain,

Are precious in his eyes :
These ruins shall be built again,
And all that dust shall rise.

3 The Lord will raise Jerusalem,

And stand in glory there :
All nations bow before his name,
And kings attend with fear.

4 He sits, a Sovereign, on his throne,

With pity in his eyes :
He hears the dying prisoners* groan.
And sees their sighs arise.

5 He frees the soul condemned to death ;

Nor. when his saints complain,
Shall it be said that praying breath
Was ever spent in vain.

6 This shall be known when we are dead.

And left on long record.
That ages yet unborn may read.
And praise and trust the Lord.

535

MISSIONS.

896. L. M. Pratt's Col.

Zion encouraged.

1 Zion, awake ; thy strength renew :
Put on thy robes of beauteous hue :
Church of our God, arise and shine,
Bright with the beams of truth divine.

2 Soon shall thy radiance stream afar,
Wide as the heathen nations are ;
Gentiles and kings thy light shall view;
All shall admire and love thee too.

897. H. M. Doddridge.

Zion's Prosperity.

1 0 Zion, tune thy voice,

And raise thy hands on high ;
Tell all the earth thy joys.
And boast salvation nigh :
Cheerful in God; While rays divine

Arise and shine, ] Stream far abroad.

2 He gilds thy mourning face

With beams that cannot fade ;
His all-resplendent grace

He pours around thy head :
The nations round With lustre new

Thy form shall view, | Divinely crowned.

3 In honor to his name,

Reflect that sacred light,
And loud that grace proclaim

Which makes thy darkness bright ;
Pursue his praise, I In worlds above

Till sovereign love The glory raise.

4 There, on his holy hill,

A brighter sun shall rise,
And with his radiance fill

Those fairer, purer skies :
While, round his throne, I In nobler spheres
Ten thousand stars His influence own.

536

MISSIONS.

898. C. M. Watts.
Prayer for the Enlargement of the Church.

1 Shine, mighty God, on Zion shine,

With beams of heavenly grace ;
Reveal thy power through every land.
And show thy smiling face.

2 When sliall thy name, from shore to shore,

Sound through the earth abroad,
And distant nations know and love
Their Saviour and their God ?

3 Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands ;

Sing loud, with joyful voice ;
Let every tongue exalt his praise,
And every heart rejoice.

899. C. M. Logan.
The Glory of the Latter Day.

1 Behold, the mountain of the Lord,

In latter days, shall rise
Above the mountains and the hills,
And draw the wondering eyes.

2 To this the joyful nations round,

All tribes and tongues, shall flow :
" Up to the hill of God,'7 they say,
" And to his house, we'll go.*'

3 The beam that shines on Zion's hill

Shall lighten every land :
The King who reigns in Zion's towers
Shall all the world command.

4 No strife shall vex Messiah's reign,

Or mar the peaceful years :
To ploughshares men shall beat their swords,
To pruning-hooks their spears.

5 Come, then, 0, come from every land,

To worship at his shrine;
And, walking in the light of God,
With holy beauty shine.

537

MISSION?.

900. 10s. Pope.

Gentiles coming into the Church.

1 Rise, crowned with light, imperial Salem, rise;
Exalt thy towering head, and lift thine eyes;
See heaven its sparkling portals wide display.
And break upon thee in a flood of day.

2 See a long race thy spacious courts adorn ;
See future sons and daughters, yet unborn.
In crowding ranks on every Bide arise,
Demanding life, impatient for the skies.

3 See barbarous nations at thy gates attend,
Walk in thy light, and in thy temple bend ;

See thy bright altars thronged with prostrate king
While every land its joyous tribute bri;

4 The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay.
Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ;
But. fixed his word, his saving power remains :
Thy realm shall last, thy own Messiah reigns.

901. 6, 7s & 8. H.Y.
The Gospel Summons.

1 Hark ! hark ! a shout of joy !

The world, the world is calling ;
In east and west, in north and south.
See Satan's kingdom falling.

2 Wake ! wake ! the church of God,

And dissipate thy slumbers ;
Shake off thy deadly apathy.
And marshal all thy numbers.

3 Trust, trust the faithful God ;

His promise is unfailing";

The prayer of faith can pierce the skies ;
Its breath is all-prevailing.

4 Look ! look ! the fields are white ;

And stay thy hand no long
Though Satan's mighty legions fight,
The arm of God is stronger.
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MISSIONS.

5 See ! see ! the cross is raised :

The crescent droops before it;
The pagan nations feel its power.
And prostrate ranks adore it.

6 Joy! joy! the Saviour reigns ;

See prophecy fulfilling;
Trie hearts of stubborn Jews relent,
In God's own time made willing.

7 Pray ! pray ! then, Christian, pray ;

Though faint, be yet pursuing,
And cease not, day by day. the prayer
Of lively faith renewing.

8 Soon, soon your waiting eyes

Shall see the heavens rending.
And rich and richer blessings still

From God's bright throne descending.

902. 8s, 7s & 4. Kelly.

Zion encouraged.

1 On the mountain's top appearing,

Lo ! the sacred herald stands,
Welcome news to Zion bearing —
Zion, long in hostile lands :

Mourning captive.
God himself will loose thy bands.

2 Has thy night been long and mournful ?

Have thy friends unfaithful proved ?
Have thy foes been proud and scornful.
By thy sighs and tears unmoved 1

Cease thy mourning ;
Zion still is well beloved.

3 God, thy God. will now restore thee ;

He himself appears thy Friend ;
All thy foes shall flee before thee ;
Here their boasts and triumphs end :

Great deliverance
ZioiVs King will surely send.

4 Peace and joy shall now attend thee;

All thy warfare now be past ;
God thy Saviour will defend thee;
Victory is thine at last :

Ail thy conflicts
End in everlasting rest.

539

-IONS.

903. I* M. Ch. Psalmody.
Hon of the Nations to Christ prayed, for.

1 Soon may the last, glad song arise,
Through all the myriads of the skies —
That Bong of triumph which rec<

That all the earth is now the Lord

2 Let thrones, and powers, and kingdoms be
Obedient, mighty God, to thee;

And over land, and stream, and main,
Now wave the sceptre of thy reign.

3 0, let that glorious anthem swell ;
Let host to host the triumph tell,
That not one rebel heart remains,
But over all the Saviour reigns.

904. 8s, 7s & 4. Kelly.
Encouraging Prospects.

1 Yes, we trust the day is breaking ;

Joyful times are near at hand ;
God, the mighty God, is speaking,
By his word, in every land :

When he chooses,
Darkness flies at his command.

2 While the foe becomes more daring,

While he enters like a flood,
God, the Saviour, is preparing

Means to spread his truth abroad:

Every language
Soon shall tell the love of God.

3 0, 'tis pleasant, 'tis reviving

To our hearts, to hear, each day,
Joyful news, from far arriving,
How the gospel wins its way.

Those enlightening
Who in death and darkness lay.

4 God of Jacob, high and glorious,

Let thy people see thy hand ;
Let the gospel be victorious.

Through the world, in every land;

Then shall idols
Perish. Lord, at thj -id.

540

MISSIONS.

905. C. B£ Watts.
Kingdom of Christ among Men.

1 Lo ! what a glorious sight appears
To our believimr ej

The earth and seas are passed aw,
And fled the rolling sk.

2 From highest heaven, where God resides,
That holy, happy place.

The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorned with shining grace.

3 Attending angels shout for joy.
And heavenly armies sing —

u Ye saints, behold the sacred seat
Of your descending King.

4 u The God of glory down to men
Removes his blest abode —

His saints the objects of his grace,
And he their faithful God.

5 •• His own soft hand shall wipe the tear>
From every weeping e ;.

And pains, and groans, and griefs, and fears,
And death itself, shall die."*

6 How long, dear Saviour. 0. how long
Shall this bright hour delay ?-

Fly swifter round, ye wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.

906. 12s, 11 & 8. S. F. Smith.

The Prince of Salvation.

1 The Prince of salvation in triumph is riding.

And glory attends him along his bright way ;
The tidings of grace on the breezes are gliding,
And nations are owning his sway.

2 Ride on in thy greatness, thou conquering Saviour;

Let thousands of thousands submit to thy r<
Acknowledge thy goodness, entreat for thy fa
And follow thy glorious train.

3 Then loud shall ascend, from each sanctified nation.

The voice of thanksgiving, the chorus of praise ;
And heaven shall reecho the song of salvation
In rich and melodious lays.

46 541

MISSIONS.

907. 7s & Cs. Anon.
Universal Hallelujah.

1 When shall the voice of singing

Flow joyfully along?
When hill and valley, ringing

With one triumphant song,
Proclaim the contest ended,

And Him, who once was slain,
Again to earth descended,

In righteousness to reign ?

2 Then from the craggy mountains

The sacred shout shall fly,
And shady vales and fountains

Shall echo the reply :
High tower and lowly dwelling

Shall send the chorus round,
The hallelujah swelling

In one eternal sound.

908. H. M. Anox.

Millennium Hymn.

1 Isles of the south, awake !

The song of triumph sing;
Let mount, and hill, and vate
With hallelujahs ring:
Shout, for the idol's overthrown,
And Israel's God is God alone.

2 Wild wastes of Afric, shout !

Your shackled sons are free;
No mother wails her child
'Neath the banana-tree :
No slave-ship dashes on thy shore ;
The clank of chains is heard no more.

3 Shout, vales of India, shout !

No funeral fires blaze high ;
No idol song rings loud,

As rolls the death-car by :
The banner of the cross now waves
Where Christian heralds made their graves.

542

MISSIONS.

4 Shout, rocky hills of Greece !

The crescent head lies low ;
No Moslem flings his chain

Around the Christian now ;
But Greek and Moslem join in one
To praise the Sa .iour, God the Son.

5 Shout, hills of Palestine !

Have you forgot the groan.
The spear, the thorn, the cross,

The wine-press trod alone.
The dying prayer that rose from thee,
Thou garden of Gethsemane I

6 Hail, glad, millennial day !

0. shout, ye heavens above !
To-day the nations sing
The song, redeeming love :
Redeeming love the song shall be :
JIail, blessed year of jubilee !

909. L. M. Pratt's Col.

Glory of the Latter Day.

1 Arise, arise; with joy survey
The glory of the latter day:
Already is the dawn begun
Which marks at hand a rising sun.

2 u Behold the way,'' ye heralds, cry;
Spare not, but lift your voices high ;
Convey the sound from pole to pole,
" Glad tidings n to the captive soul.

3 u Behold the way to Z ion's hill,
Where Israel's God delights to dwell :
He fixes there his lofty throne,

And calls the sacred place his own/'

4 The north gives up ; the south no more
Keeps back her consecrated store ;
From east to west the message runs,
And either India yields her sons.

5 Auspicious dawn, thy rising ray
With joy we view, and hail the day :
Great Sun of Righteousness, arise,
And fill the world with glad surprise.

543

MISSIONS.

910. 7- & 6s. Montgomery.
Blessings of CI >>m.

1 Hail to the Lord's Anointed,

Great David - Son !

Hail, in the time appoint

His reign on earth begun !
He comes to break oppression,

To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,

And rule in equity.

2 He comes, with succor speedy,

To those who suffer wrong ;
To halp the poor and needy,

And bid the weak be strong ;
To give them songs for sighing,

Their darkness turn to light.
Whose souls, condemned and dying,

Were precious in his sight.

3 He shall descend like showers

Upon the fruitful earth,
And love and joy. like flowers,

Spring in his path to birth ;
Before him, on the mountains,

Shall peace, the herald, go;
And righteousness, in fountains,

From hill to valley flow.

4 For him shall prayer unceasing

And daily vows ascend,
His kingdom still increasing —

A kingdom without end :
The tide of time shall never

His covenant remn-.
His name shall stand forever;

That name to us is love.

911. L. M. Watts.
The seventh Trumpet.

1 Now let the angel sound on high;

Let shouts be heard through all the sky ;
Kings of the earth, with glad accord,
Give up your kingdoms to the Lord.

544

MISSIONS

Almighty God. thy power assume,
Who wast, and art. and art to come ;
Jesus, the Lamb that once was slain,
Forever live, forever reign.

912

7s & Gs. S. F. Smith.
Success of the Gospel.

1 The morning light is breaking;

The darkness disappears :
The sons of earth are waking

To penitential tears :
Each breeze that sweeps the ocean

Brings tidings from afar
Of nations in commotion.

Prepared for Z ion's war.

2 Rich dews of grace come o'er us,

In many a gentle shower,
And brighter scenes before us

Are opening every hour:
Each cry. to heaven going.

Abundant answers brings,
And heavenly gales are blowing,*

With peace upon their wings.

3 See heathen nations bending

Before the God we love.
And thousand hearts ascending

In gratitude above :
While sinners, now confessing,

The gospel call obey.
And seek the Saviour's blessing —

A nation in a day.

4 Blest river of salvation.

Pursue thy onward way ;
Flow thou to every nation,

Nor in thy richness stay :
Stay not till all the lowly

Triumphant reach their home ;
Stay not till all the holy

Proclaim. " The Lord is come."'

46* 545

MISSIONS.

913. L. P. M. Watts.
Prayer for the Heathen.

1 Let all the earth their voices raise,
To sing the choicest psalm of pi;

To sing and bless Jehovalrs name :
His glory let the heathen know,
His wonders to the nations show,

And all his saving works proclaim.

2 He framed the globe ; he bin1

He made the shilling worlds on hi
And reigns complete in glon

His beams are majesty and light ;

His beauties, how divinely bright !
His temple, how divinely fair !

3 Come, the great day, the glorious hour,
When earth shall feel his saving power,

And barbarous nations fear his name :
Then shall the race of men con
The beauty of his holiness,

And in his courts his grace proclaim.

914. L. M. COLLYER.

Missionary Meeting.

1 Assembled at thy great command.
Before thy face, dread King, we stand :
The voice that marshalled every star
Has called thy people from afar.

2 We meet through distant lands to
The truth for which the martyrs bled ;
Along the line — to either pole —
The anthem of thy praise to roll.

3 Our prayers assist ; accept our praise :
Our hopes revive j our courage raifi
Our counsels aid ; to each impart
The single eye, the faithful heart.

4 Forth with thy chosen heralds come ;
Recall the wandering spirits home:
From Zion:s mount send forth the sound,
To spread the spacious earth around.

54G

MISSIONS.

915. 7s. Bacon.

The Song of Jubilee.

1 Wake the song of jubilee ;
Let it echo o'er the sea :

Now is come the promised hour ;
Jesus reigns with sovereign power.

2 All ye nations, join and sing.

u Christ, of lords and kings, is King : w
Let it sound from shore to shore )
Jesus reigns forevermore.

3 Now the desert lands rejoice.
And the islands join their voice;
Yea. the whole creation sings.

u Jesus is the King of kings/'

91 0. 7s. Montgomery.

Jubilee Song.

1 Hark ! the song of jubilee,

Loud as mighty thunders roar,
Or the fulness of the sea,
When it breaks upon the shore !

2 See, Jehovah's banner furled ;

Sheathed his sword: he speaks — ''tis done !
Now the kingdoms of this world
Are the kingdom of his Son.

3 He shall reign from pole to pole

With supreme, unbounded sway ;
He shall reign, when, like a scroll,
Yonder heavens have passed away.

4 Hallelujah ! for the Lord

God omnipotent shall reign : •
Hallelujah ! — let the word

Echo round the earth and main.

5 Hallelujah ! hark ! the sound,

From the centre to the skies,
Wakes, above, beneath, around,
All creation's harmonies.
547

MISSIONS.

917. 7a cV 6s. H

Condition of the Heathen.

1 From Greenland's icy mountai

From India's coral strand. —
Where Afric's sunny fountains

Roll down their golden sand. —
From many an ancient river.

From many a palmy plain. —
They call us to deliver

Their land from error's chain.

2 What though the spicy brr

Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle,
Though every prospect plea.- -.

And only man is vile :
In vain, with lavish kind

The gifts of God are strown :
The heathen, in his blind]

Bows down to wood and stone.

3 Shall we. whose souls are lighted

By wisdom from on hi_
Shall we to man benighted

The light of life deny !
Salvation ! 0. salvation !

The joyful sound proclaim.
Till earth's remotest nation

Has learned Messiah's name.

4 Waft, waft, ye winds, his story,

And you. ye waters, roll.
Till, like a sea of glory.

It spreads from pole to pole ;
Till o'er our ransomed nature

The Lamb, for sinners slain,
Redeemer, Kimr. Creator,

In bliss returns to reign.

918. S. M. Tate & Brady.

Prayer for God's Chosen.

1 To bless thy chosen race,
In mercy. Lord, incline,
And cause the brightness of thy face,
On all thy saints to shine ; —
548

MISSIONS.

2 That so thy wondrous way

May through the world be known,
While distant lands their homage pay,
And thy salvation own.

3 0; let them shout and sing

Glad songs of pious mirth ;
For thou, the righteous Judge and King.
Shalt govern all the earth.

4 Let differing nations join

To celebrate thy fame ;
Let all the world, 0 Lord, combine
To praise thy glorious name.

919. 7s & 6s. Lytb.
The Salvation of Israel.

1 O that the Lord's salvation

Were out of Zion com?,
To heal his ancient nation.
To lead his outcasts home '

2 How long the holy city

Shall heathen feet profane ?
Return. 0 Lord, in pity ;
Rebuild her walls again.

3 Let fall thy rod of terror :

Thy saving grace impart ;
Roll back the veil of error :
Release the fettered heart.

4 Let Israel, home returning.

Her lost Messiah see :
Give oil of joy for mourning.
And bind thy church to thee.

920. L. M. Anox.

Prayer for Israel.

1 0 Thou, who once on Israel's around
A homeless wanderer wast found —
Redeemer, on thy heavenly throne.
Still call those ancient tribes thine own.

2 Bid their departed light return :
Thy holy splendor round them
From prostrate Judah's ruins raise
A living temple to thy praise.

549

MISSIONS.

921. s- M. C. Wesley.

Prayer for Israel.

1 Lord, send thy servants forth

To call the Hebrews home :
From east and west, from so,uth and north,
Let all the wanderers come.

2 Where'er, in lands unknown

The fugitives remain.
Bid every creature \ielp them on,
Thy holy moun\ to gain.

3 An offering to t\ie Lord,

There let them all be seen,
And washed with water and with blood,
In soul and body clean.

4 \\ ith Is rael's myriads sealed,

Let all the nations meet,
And. show the promises fulfilled —
rfhy family complete.

922

L. Iff. Pratt's Col.

Israel returning from Captivity.

1 Why, on the bending willows hung,

0 Israel, sleeps thy tuneful string ! —
Still mute remains thy sullen tongue,
And Zion;s song decline-

2 Awake ! thy sweetest raptures ra;-

Let harp and voice unite their strains :
Thy promised King his sceptre sways :
And Jesus, thy Messiah, reigns.

3 No taunting foes the song require;

No strangers mock thy captive chain ;
But friends invite the silent lyre.
And brethren ask the holy strain.

4 Nor fear thy Salem's hills to wrong,

If other lands thy triumph share :
A heavenly city claims thy songj
A brighter Salem rises there.

5 By foreign streams no longer roam ;

Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood :
In every clime behold a home ;
In every temple see thy God.

550

MISSIONS.

923. C. M. W. B. Tappan.
Israel redeemed.

1 Hark ! 'tis the Prophet of the skies

Proclaims redemption near :
The night of death and bondage flies :
The dawning tints appear.

2 Zion. from deepest shades of gloom.

Awakes to glorious day ;
Her desert wastes with verdure bloom.
Her shadows flee away.

3 To heal her wounds, her night dispel,

The heralds cross the main :
On Calvary's mournful brow they tell
That Jesus lives again.

4 From Salem's towers the Islam -

With holy zeal is hurled ;
7Tis there Immanuel's symbols shine ;
His banner is unfurled.

5 The gladdening news, conveyed afar,

Remotest nations hear )
To welcome Judah's rising star.
The ransomed tribes appear.

6 Again in Bethl'em swells the song :

The choral breaks again :
While Jordan's shores the strains prolong,
u Good-will and peace to men.;;

924. C. M. Moore.
Spiritual Restoration of the Jews.

1 But who shall see the glorious day,

When, throned on Z ion's brow.

The Lord shall rend that veil away

Which blinds the nations now ?

2 When earth no more beneath the fear

Of his rebuke shall lie, —
When pain shall cease, and every tear
Be wiped from every eye, —

551

MISSIONS.

3 Then, Judah, thou no more shalt mourn

Beneath the heathen's chain ;
Thy days of splendor shall return,
And all be new again.

4 The fount of life shall then be quaffed

In peace by all who come,
And every wind that blows shall waft
Some long-lost exile home.

925. S. M. Watts.
U?iiversal Praise.

1 Thy name, almighty Lord,

Shall sound through distant lands :
Great is thy grace, and sure thy word ;
Thy truth forever stands.

2 Far be thine honor spread,

And long thy praise endure —
Till morning light and evening shade
Shall be exchanged no more.

926. L. M. Watts.
Exhortation to universal Praise.

1 From all who dwell below the skies
Let the Creators praise arise ;
Let the Redeemer's name be sung,
Through every land, by every tongue.

2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ;
Eternal truth attends thy word ;
Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore
Till suns shall rise and set no more.

552

- riTUTION OF A CHURCH.

CONSTITUTION OF A CHURCH.

927. c. m. watts.

Prayer for the Reirjix of Christ.

1 Arise. 0 King of grace, arise.

And enter to thy rest :
Behold, thy church, with longing eyes,
Waits to be owned and blest.

2 Enter with all thy glorious train,

Thy Spirit and thy Word :
All that the ark did once contain
Could no such grace afford.

3 Here, mighty God. accept our vows ;

Here let thy praise be spread :
Bless the provisions of thy house,
And fill thy poor with bread.

4 Here let the Son of David reign,

Let God's Anointed shine :
Justice and truth his court maintain,
With love and power divine.

5 Here let him hold a lasting throne )

And. as his kingdom gro
Fresh honors shall adorn his crown,
And shame confound his foes.

9.28. H. M. Pratt's Col.

God's Love to Zion.

1 Fixed on the sacred hills,

Its firm foundations rest;
The Lord his temple fills.

With all his glory blest :
He waits where'er But loves the gates

His saints adore, Of Zion more.

2 0 Zion. sacred place !

Thy name shall spread around ;
The city of his grace.

His wonders there abound :
Thy glories will And earth thy fame

Thy God declare. Resound afar.

±7 553

CONSTITUTION OF A CHURCH.

929. C. M. s. F. Smith.
Christian Fellowship.

1 Planted in Christ, the living vine,

This day, with one acc<
Ourselves, with humble faith ana joy,
We yield to thee; 0 Lord.

2 Joined in one body may we be;

One inward life partake :

One be our heart : one heavenly hope
In every bosom wake.

3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils,

One wisdom be our guide ;
Taught by one Spirit from above.
In thee may we abide.

4 Complete in us, whom grace hat]

Thy glorious work begun.
0 Thou, in whom the church on earth
And church in heaven are one.

5 Around this feeble, trusting band

Thy sheltering pinions spread.
Nor let the storms of trial beat
Too fiercely on our head.

6 Then, when, among the saints in light,

Our joyful spirits shine.
Shall anthems of immortal praise,
0 Lamb of God. be thine.

930. 8* & 7s. Nbwtok.

The Church God's chosen Residence.

1 Glorious things of thee are spoken,

Zion. city of our God ,
He whose word can ne'er be broken
Chose thee for his own abode.

2 Lord, thy church is still thy dwelling,

Still is precious in thy sight,
Judah's temple far excelling,

Beaming with the gospel's light.

554

CONSTITUTION OF A CHURCH.

3 On the Rock of ages founded,

What can shake her sure repose 1
With salvation's wall surrounded,
She can smile at all her foes.

4 See, the streams of living waters.

Springing from eternal love,
Well supply her sons and daughters,
And all fear of want remove.

5 Round her habitation hovering.

See the cloud and fire appear,
For a glory and a covering.
Showing that the Lord is near.

6 Glorious things of thee are spoken,

Zion. city of our God ;
He whose word can ne'er be broken
Chose thee for his own abode.

931. L. M. Watts.

The Church the Palace of God.

1 Happy the church, thou sacred place,
The seat of thy Creator's grace ;
Thine holy courts are his abode,
Thou earthly palace of our God.

2 Thy walls are strength ; and at thy gates
A guard of heavenly warriors waits )
Nor shall thy deep foundation move,
Fixed on his counsels and his love.

3 Thy foes in vain designs engage j
Against thy throne in vain they rage,
Like rising waves with angry roar,
That dash and die upon the shore.

4 God is our shield, and God our sun ;
Swift as the fleeting moments run,
On us he sheds new beams of grace ;
And we reflect his brightest praise.

555

DEDICATION HYMNS.

\jolZ* 7s. Montgomery.

The House of Prayer and Praise.

1 Lord of hosts, to thee we r

: prayer and prake ;
pie's hearts prepare

.id prayer.

2 Let the living here be fed

With thy word, the heavenly bread ;
■. in hope of glory I

May the dead be laid" to rest ; —

3 Here to thee a temple stand.
While the sea shall irird the land ;
Here reYeal thy mercy sure.
While the sun and moon endure.

4 Hallelujah ! — earth and -
To the joyful sound reply :
Hallelujah ! — hence ascend
Prayer and praise till time shall end.

933. H. It Francis.

Prayer for God's Presence and Blessing.

1 Great King of rrlory, come,

And with thy favor crown
This temple as thy home.

This people as thine own :
Beneath this roof. 0. deign to show
How God can dwell with men below.

2 Here may thine ears attend

Our interceding cries.
And grateful praise ascend,

Like incense to the sk:
Here may thy word melodious sound,
And spread celestial joys around.

556

DEDICATION HYMNS.

3 Here may our unborn sons

And daughters sound thy praise,
And shine, like polished stones.

Through long-succeeding days :
Here, Lord, display thy saving power,
While temples stand and men adore.

4 Here may the listening throng

Imbibe thy truth and love ;
Here Christians join the song

Of seraphim above ;
Till all who humbly seek thy face,
Rejoice in thy abounding grace.

yo4. L« M, Montgomery.

A Blessing implored.

1 Here, in thy name, eternal God.

We build this earthly house for thee ;
0. choose it for thy fixed abode.
And guard it long from error free.

2 Here, when thy people seek thy face,

And dying sinners pray to live.
Hear thou, in heaven, thy dwelling-place,
And when thou nearest. Lord, forgive.

3 Here, when thy messengers proclaim

The blessed gospel of thy Son.
Still by the power of his great name
Be mighty signs and wonders done.

4 When children's voices raise the song.

Hosanna ! to their heavenly King,
Let heaven with earth the strain prolong ;
Hosanna ! let the angels sing.

5 But will indeed, Jehovah deign

Here to abide, no transient guest ?
Here will our great Redeemer reign,
And here the Holy Spirit rest I

6 Thy glory never hence depart :

Yet choose not. Lord, this house alone ;
Thy kingdom come to every heart ;
In every bosom fix thy throne.

47 * 557

DEDICATION HYMNS.

935. L. M. Watts.
A House for God.

1 Where shall we go to seek and find

A habitation for our God !
A dwelling for th*1 Eternal Mind

Among the sons of flesh and blood?

2 The God of Jacob chose the bill

Of Zion for his ancient rest;
And Zion is his dwelling still ;

His church is with his presence blest.

3 Here will he meet the hungry poor.

And fill their souls with living bread ;
Here sinners, waiting at his door.
With sweet provision shall be fed.

4 " Here will I fix my gracious throne.

And reign forever,'7 saith the Lord :
u Here shall my power and love be known,
And blessings shall attend my word.7'

936. CM. Dobell'sCol.
A Blessing sought.

1 Great Sovereign of the earth and sky,

And Lord of all below,
Before thy glorious majesty
Ten thousand seraphs bow.

2 Yet thou art not confined above ;

Thy presence knows no bound )
Where'er thy praying people meet,
There thou art always found.

3 Behold a temple raised for thee ;

0, meet thy people here ;
Here, 0 thou King of saints, reside,
And in thy church appear.

4 Within these walls let holy peace,

And love, and concord dwell ;
Here give the troubled conscience ease,
The wounded spirit heal.

5 Here may salvation be proclaimed

By thy most precious blood ;
Let sinners know the joyful sound.
And own their Saviour, God.
558

DEDICATION HYMNS.

937. C. M. Reed.

The Spirit's Presence desired.
1 Spirit divine, attend our prayer.
And make this house thy home ;
Descend with all thy gracious power;
0. come, great Spirit, come.
*2 Come as the light : to us reveal
Our sinfulness and woe.
And lead us in the paths of life,
Where all the righteous go.

3 Come as the lire, and purge our hearts,

Like sacriricial flame :
Let every soul an offering be
To our Redeemer's name.

4 Come as a dove, and spread thy wings, —

The wings of peaceful love. —
And let the church on earth become
Blest as the church above.

5 Spirit divine, attend our prayer.

And make this house thy home ;
Descend with all thy gracious power;
0, come, great Spirit, come.

938. L. M. Willis.
The Temple of Nature.

1 The perfect world, by Adam trod.
Was the rirst temple, built by God ;
His fiat laid the corner-stone ;

He spake, and, lo ! the work was done.

2 He hung its starry roof on high.
The broad expanse of azure sky :

He spread its pavement, green and bright,
And curtained it with morning light.

3 The mountains in their places stood,
The sea. the sky ; and all was good ;
And when its first pure praises rung,
The morning stars together sung.

4 Lord, 'tis not ours to make the sea.
And earth, and sky. a house for thee ;
But in thy sight our offering stands.
An humble temple, built with hands.

559

DEDICATION HYMNS.

939. C. M. J. D. Knowles.
A Blessing supplicated.

1 0 God, though counties- worlds of light

Thy power and glory show. —
Though round thy throne, above all height,
Immortal seraphs glow, —

2 Yet oft to men of ancient time

Thy glorious presence came,
And in Moriah's fane sublime
Thou didst record thy name.

3 And now, where'er thy saints apart

Are met for praise and prayer,

Wherever sighs a contrite heart,

Thou, gracious God, art there.

4 With grateful joy, thy children rear

This temple, Lord, to thee ;
Long may they sing thy praises here,
And here thy beauty see.

5 Here, Saviour, deign thy saints to meet ;

With peace their hearts to till ;
And here, like Sharon's odors sweet,
May grace divine distil.

6 Here may thy truth fresh triumphs win ;

Eternal Spirit, here,
In many a heart, now dead in sin,
A living temple rear.

940. H. ML Doddridge.

A House of Prayer for all People.

1 Great Father of mankind.

We bless that wondrous i>race
Which could for Gentiles find
Within thy courts a place :
How kind the care For us to raise

Our God displays, | A house of prayer !

500

DEDICATION" HYMNS.

2 Though once estranged afar,

We now approach the throne ;
For Jesus brings us near.

And makes our cause his own :
Strangers no more. And find our home,

To thee we come, And rest secure.

3 May all the nations throng

To worship in thy house.
And thou attend their song.

And smile upon their vows :
Indulgent still, To join the choir

Till earth conspire On Zion*s hill.

341. L. M. Doddridge.

God's Condescension.

1 And will the great, eternal God
On earth establish his abode ?

And will he. from his heavenly throne,
Avow our temples for his own ?

2 We bring the tribute of our praise.
And sing that condescending grace
Which to our notes will lend an ear,
And call us. sinful mortals, near.

3 These walls we to thy honor rai.-e :
Long may they echo with thy praise.
And thou, descending, fill the place
With choicest tokens of thy grace.

4 Here let the great Redeemer reign.
With all the graces of his train :
While power divine his words attends,
To conquer foes and cheer his friends.

5 And in the great, decisive day.
When God the nations shall survey,
May it before the world appear
That crowds were born to glory here.

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DEDICATION HYMNS.

942

L. M. H. S. Washburn.
The divine Blessing implored.

1 Almighty God. thy constant care

Hath been our sure support and stay,
And hither gladly we repair.
Our early sacrifice to pay.

2 Accept our vows ; in humble trust

This house we consecrate to thee:
0, may thy promise to the just
Forever, Lord, our portion be.

3 And may that stream which maketh glad

The city of our God below.
Revive the drooping cheer the sad,
As still its healing waters flow.

4 So let thy people here enjoy

The blessings which thy grace hath given,
That they may hail, with purer joy,
The unseen, perfect bliss of heaven.

y^cJ. C. M. Shepherd's Col.

Divine Condescension.

1 Will God in very deed descend.

And dwell with men below !
An ear to mortal worship lend?
To us his glory show ?

2 While heaven's exalted spheres resound

With hymns which angels sing,
Will God in mercy so abound,
T" accept the praise we bring ?

3 Allowed within thy courts to meet.

Thy presence we implore ;
Smile on us from thy mercy-seat,
And we desire no more.

4 Here let thy gospel be declared ;

Here make thy power be known :
May every heart, by grace prepared.
Be the Redeemer's throne.

5 Here make thyself a glorious name,

And form u> lor thy praise :
Thy promised presence, Lord, we claim,
And supplicate thy grace.
562 ~

ORDIXATION HV.MNS.

944. C. M. J. R. Scott.

Divine Blessing solicited.

1 To thee this temple we devote.

Our Father and our God :
Accept it thine, and seal it now
Thy Spirit's blest abode.

2 Here may the prayer of faith ascend,

The voice of praise arise :
0. may each lowly service prove
Accepted sacrifice.

3 Here may the sinner learn his guilt.

And weep before his Lord :
Here, pardoned, sing a Saviour's love7
i here his vows record.

4 Here may affliction dry the tear,

And learn to trust in God
Convinced it is a Father smites.
And love that guides the rod.

5 Peace be within these sacred walls ;

Prosperity be here ;
Long smile upon thy people. Lord,
And evermore be near.

ORDINATION H Y M N S .

C/4;0, L. M. Doddridge.

The Ministry of divine Appointment.

1 Father of mercies, in thy house
We pay our homage and our vows.

die with a grateful heart we share
These pledges of our Saviour's care.

2 The Saviour, when to heaven he rose,
In splendid triumph o'er his :
Conferred his gifts on men below,
And wide his royal bounties now.

563

ORDINATION HYMNS.

3 Hence sprung tlf apostle's honored name,
Sacred beyond all earthly fame;

In lowlier forms, to bless our i

Our pastors hence and teachers rise.

4 So shall the bright succession run
Through latest courses of the sun ;

While numerous churches, by their care,
Shall rise and ilourish, large and fair.

946, L- M. Beddome.
Prayer for a Minister's Success.

1 Father of mercies, bow thine ear,
Attentive to our earnest prayer :

We plead for those who plead for thee ;
Successful pleaders may they be.

2 How great their work ! how vast their charge !
Do thou their anxious souls enlarge :

Their best endowments are our gain j
We share the blessings they obtain.

3 0, clothe with energy divine

Their words ; and let those words be thine ;
To them thy sacred truth reveal :
Suppress their fear, inflame their zeal.

4 Teach them to sow the precious seed ;
Teach them thy chosen flock to feed ;
Teach them immortal souls to gain —
And thus reward their toil and pain.

5 Let thronging multitudes around
Hear from their lips the joyful sound,
In humble strains thy grace implore,
And feel thy Spirit's living power.

947. 8S & 6s. S. F. Smith.
Benefits of the Ministry.

1 Blest is the hour when cares depart,
And earthly scenes are far —

When tears of woe fonret to start,

And gently dawns upon the heart
Devotion's holy star.

564

ORDIXATIOX HYMNS.

2 Blest is the place where angels bend

To hear our worship rise.
Where kindred thoughts their musings blend,
And all the soul's affections tend

Beyond the veiling skies.

3 Blest are the hallowed vows that bind

Man to his work of love —
Bind him to cheer the humble mind,
Console the weeping, lead the blind,

And guide to joys above.

4 Sweet shall the song of glory swell,

Spirit divine, to thee.
When they, whose work is finished well,
In thy own courts of rest shall dwell,

Blest through eternity.

948. C. M. M. A. Collier.

Welcoming a Pastor.

1 The sun. that lights yon broad, blue sky,

May see his radiance dim :
The stars, that circle bright and high,
I\Iay hush their joyous hymn : —

2 The spring may breathe her balmy airs,

Yet earth no verdure show ;
The purest love a mother bears
May lose its wonted glow ; —

3 But still within the Saviour's breast

There dwells a quenchless flame :
The earth may sink, the hills depart —
It lives, it burns the same.

4 0 ransomed church, the Son of God

Still loves thy children well :
For thee the paths of death he trod ;
"Tis thine his grace to tell.

5 Saviour, thy messenger we greet

Within this hallowed spot ;
0. may we hear thy presence meet :
Our God. forsake us not.

4:8 565

ORDINATION HYMNS.

949. S. M. Watts.

Ministers the Bearers of good Tidings.

1 How beauteous are their feet

Who stand on Z ion's hill ;
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal !

2 How charming is their voice !

How sweet their tidings are! —
" Zion, behold thy Saviour King;
He reigns and triumphs here."

3 How happy are our ears,

That near this joyful sound !
Which kings and prophets waited for,
And sought, but never found.

4 How blessed are our eyes,

That see this heavenly light !
Prophets and kings desired it long,
But died without the sight.

5 The watchmen join their voice,

And tuneful notes employ;
Jerusalem breaks forth in songs,
And deserts learn the joy.

6 The Lord makes bare his arm

Through all the earth abroad;
Let every nation now behold
Their Saviour and their God.

yOU. L. M. Montgomery.

A Pastor welcomed.

1 We bid thee welcome in the name

Of Jesus, our exalted Head :
Come as a servant : so he came :
And we receive thee in his stead.

2 Come as a shepherd : guard and keep

This fold from Satan and from sin :

Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep ;

The wounded heal, the lost bring in.

3 Come as a watchman : take4 thy stand

Upon thy tower on Ziou's height ;
And when the sword comes on the landr
Warn us to fly, or teach to right.

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ORDINATION HYMNS.

4 Come as an angel, hence to guide

A band of pilgrims on their \.
That, safely walking at thy side.

We never fail, nor faint, nor stray.

5 Come as a teacher sent from God.

Charged his whole counsel to dee'
Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod.

While we uphold thy hands with prayer.

6 Come as a messenger of peace.

Filled with the Spirit, fired with love ;
Live to behold our large increase.
And die to meet us all above.

951. L. M. S. F. Smith.

A Blessing sought upon a Pastor.

1 "Tis done — th' important act is done;

Heaven, earth, its solemn purport know;
Its fruits, when time its race has ran.
Shall through eternal ages flow.

2 The covenants of this sacred hour.

Great Shepherd oi thy people, seal :
Spirit of grace, diffuse thy power.
Our vows accept, thy might reveal.

3 Behold our guide, and deign to crown

His toils, 0 Lamb of God. with love :
His lips inspire ; each effort own ;

Breathe, dwell within him. heavenly Dove.

4 Behold his charge : what wealth shall dare

With its most priceless worth to v
Suns, systems, worlds, how mean they are.
Compared with souls, that cannot die !

5 The sun may set in endless 2'loom.

The planets from their stations iiee,
Creation till oblivion's tomb.

But souls can never cease to be.

6 0, when, before the judgment-seat.

The wicked quake in dread despair,
May we. all reverent at thy feet.
Pastor and flock, find mercy there.

567

ORDINATION HYMNS.

\jol£. & 48. J. Young.

S cess.

1 O HOLY Lord, our G

By heavenly hosts adored,

• us, we pray :
To i Lerubim,

Angels and seraphim.

bring —
Their homage pay.

2 Here give thy word success ;
And this thy servant bless :

His labors own :
And. while the sinner's Friend
His life and words commend
Thy Holy Spirit send.

And make him known.

3 May every passing year
More happy still appear

Than this glad day :
With numbers till the place,
Adorn thy saints with grace ;
Thy truth may all embrace,

0 Lord, we pray.

4 0 Lord, our God. arise ;
And now, before our eyes,

Thy arm make bare ;
Unite our hearts in love,
Till, raised to heaven above
We all its fulness prove,

And praise thee there.

953. L. ML S. F. Smith.

Prayer for the Spirit.

1 Spirit of peace and holiness,
This new-created union bless;
Bind each to each in ties of love,
And ratify our work above.

2 Saviour, who carest for thy sheep,
The shepherd of thy people keep;
Guide him in every doubtful way,
Nor let his feet from duty stray.

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ORDIXATIOX HYMNS.

3 Gird thou his heart with strength divine ;

Christ through all his conduct shine;
Faithful in all tilings may he be —
Dead to the world, alive to thee.

4 0 Thou, whose love doth never fail,
Breathe on this dry and thirsty vale ;
And may it. from this hour, appear
That thy reviving power is here.

5 Lord of the Sabbath, unto thee
Our spirits rise in harmony :
Accept our praise, our sins remove,
And fit us for thv courts above.

954. L. M. S. F. Smith.

A Blessing sought upon a Pa&tor.

1 And now the solemn deed is done ;
The vow is pledged, the toil begun ;
Seal thou. 0 God. the oath above,
And ratify the pledge of love.

2 The shepherd of thy people bless ;
Gird him with thy own holiness;
In duty may his pleasure be,

His glory in his zeal for thee.

3 Here let the ardent prayer arise.
Faith fix its grasp beyond the skies,
The tear of penitence be shed.
And myriads to the Saviour led.

4 Come. Spirit, here consent to dwell ;
The mists of earth and sin dispel :
Blest Saviour, thy own rights maintain ;
Supreme in every bosom reign.

5 0, let our humble worship be

A grateful tribute. Lord, to thee :
And may these hallowed scenes of love
Fit us for purer joys above.
±s* 569

ORDIXATIOX HYMNS.

955. C. M. Doddridge.

Watching for Suu/s.

1 Let /ion's watchmen all awake,

And take th" alarm they givi
Now let them from the mouth of God
Their awful charge receive.

2 -Tis not a cause of small import

The pastor's care demands.
But what might fill an angel's heart.
And filled a Saviour's hands.

3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord

Did heavenly bliss forego —
For souls, which must forever live.
In rapture or in woe.

4 May they that Jesus whom they preach,

Their own Redeemer, see ;
And watch thou daily o:er their souls,
That they may watch for thee.

956

7s. Hammond.

Winning Souls to Christ.

1 Would you win a soul to God?
Tell him of a Saviour's blood;
Once for dying sinners spilt,

To atone for all their guilt.

2 Tell him how the streams did glide
From his hands, his feet, his side :
How his head with thorns was crowned,
And his heart in sorrow drowned : —

3 How he yielded up his breath;
How he agonized in death ;
How he lives to intercede —
Christ our Advocate and Head.

4 Tell him it was sovereign grace
Led thee first to seek his face,
Made thee choose the better part,
Wrought salvation in thy heart.

5 Tell him of that liberty
Wherewith Jesus makes us free ;
Sweetly speak of sins forgiven —
Earnest of the joys of heaven.

570

HYMNS FOR SEAMEN.

957. L. M. COWPER.

Temptation compared to a Storm.

1 The billows swell : the winds are high;
Clouds overcast my wintry sky :

Out of the depths to Thee I call ;

My fears are great, my strength is small.

2 0 Lord, the pilot's part perform.

And guide and guard me through the storm;
Defend me from each threatening ill :
Control the waves : say, u Peace ! be still."

3 Amidst the roaring of the sea.

My soul still hangs her hope on thee ;
Thy constant love, thy faithful care.
Is all that saves me from despair.

4 Dangers of every shape and name
Attend the followers of the Lamb,
Who leave the world's deceitful shore,
And leave it to return no more.

5 Though tempest-tossed, and half a wreck,
My Saviour through the floods I seek ;
Let neither winds nor stormy rain

Force back my shattered bark again.

958

C. M. Sel. Hymns.

Prayer for Seamen.

1 We come. 0 Lord, before thy throne,

And. with united pleas.
We meet and pray for those who roam
Far off upon the seas.

2 0. may the Holy Spirit bow

The sailor's heart to thee,
Till tears of deep repentance flow
Like rain-drops in the sea.

3 Then may a Saviour's dying love

Pour peace into his breast
And waft him to the port above
Of everlasting rest.

571

HYMNS FOR SEAMEN.

959. L. M. H. K. White.
The Star of Bettil

1 When, marshalled on the nightly plain,

The glittering host bestud the sky,

One star alone, of all the train.

Can fix the sinner's wandering eye.

2 Hark ! hark ! to God the chortis breaks,

From every host, from every gem;
But one alone the Saviour speaks —
It is the Star of Bethlehem !

3 Once on the raging seas I rode :

The storm was loud, the night was dark*
The ocean yawned, and rudely blowed
The wind that tossed my foundering bark.

4 Deep horror then my vitals froze ;

Death-struck, I ceased the tide to stem ;
When suddenly a star arose —
It was the Star of Bethlehem !

5 It was my guide, my light, my all ;

It bade my dark forebodings cease :
And, through the storm and danger's thrall,
It led me to the port of peace.

6 Now, safely moored, my perils o'er,

I'll sing, first in night's diadem,
Forever, and forevermore,

The Star — the Star of Bethlehem!

960. 12s. Heber.
"Save, Lord, or ice perish"

1 When thro' the torn sail the wild tempest is streaming:.
When o'er the dark wave the red lightning is gleaminjl
Nor hope lends a ray, the poor seaman to cheri

We fly to our Maker — " Save, Lord, or we perish/'

2 0 Jesus, once rocked on the breast of the billow.
Aroused by the shriek of despair from thy piilow —
Now seated in glory, the mariner cherish,

Who cries in his anguish, " Save, Lord, or we perish.*'

3 And 0. when the whirlwind of passion is rag
When sin in our hearts its sad warfare is w;i_
Then send down thy grace, thy redeemed to cherish:
Rebuke the destroyer — " Save, Lord, or we perish."

572

HYMNS FOR SEAMEN.

961. CM. Madax's Col.
Thanksgiving for Deliverance in a Storm.

1 Our little bark, on boisterous seas,

By cruel tempests tost,
Without one cheerful beam of hope,
Expecting to be lost, —

2 We to the Lord, in humble prayer,

Breathed out our sad distress ;
Though feeble, yet with contrite hearts.
We begged return of peace.

3 Then ceased the stormy winds to blow :

The surges ceased to roll ;

And soon again a placid sea

Spoke comfort to the soul.

4 0, may our grateful, trembling hearts

Their hallelujahs sing
To Him who hath our lives preserved —
Our Saviour and our King.

962. L. M. L. H. Sigourney.
Prayer at Sea.

1 Prayer may be sweet in cottage homes,

Where sire and child devoutly kneel,
While through the open casement nigh
The vernal blossoms fragrant steal.

2 Prayer may be sweet in stately halls.

Where heart with kindred heart is blent.
And upward to th* eternal throne
The hymn of praise melodious sent.

3 But he who fain would know how warm

The soul's appeal to God may be.
From friends and native land should turn.
A wanderer on the faithless sea : —

4 Should hear its deep, imploring tone

Rise heavenward o'er the foaming surge.
When billows toss the fragile bark.
And fearful blasts the conflict urge.

5 Nought, nought appears but sea and sky ;

No refuge where the foot may flee :
How will he cast. 0 Rock divine.
The anchor of his soul on thee !

573

HYMNS FOR SEAMEN.

963. L- M. Watts.

The Seaman's Song.

1 Would you behold the works of God,
Hi- wonders in the world abroad !
With hardy mariners survey

The unknown regions of the sea.

2 They leave their native shores behind,
And seize the favor of the wind ;

Till God command, and tempests rise,
That heave the ocean to the skies.

3 When land is far, and death is nigh,
Bereaved of hope, to God they cry :
His mercy hears their loud address,
And sends salvation in distress.

4 He bids the winds their wrath assuage,
And stormy tempests cease to rage ;
The grateful band their fears give o7er,
And hail with joy their native shore.

5 0, may the sons of men record

The wondrous goodness of the Lord ;
Let them their purest offerings bring,
And in the church his glory sing.

964. C. M. Addison.
The Christian Mariner safe.

1 How are thy servants blest, 0 Lord !

How sure is their defence !

Eternal Wisdom is their guide,

Their help, Omnipotence.

2 In foreign realms, and lands remote,

Supported by thy care.
Through burning climes they pass unhurt.
And breathe in tainted air.

3 When by the dreadful tempest borne

High on the broken wave.
They know thou art not slow to hear,
Nor impotent to save.

574

SABBATH SCHOOL HYMNS.

The storm is laid ; the winds retire,

Obedient to thy will ;
The sea, that roars at thy command,

At thy command is still.

In midst of dangers, fears, and deaths,
Thy goodness we'll adore :

We'll praise thee for thy mercies past,
And humbly hope for more.

SABBATH SCHOOL HYMNS.

965. 8s & 7s. W. G. Clarke.

Opening of the School.

1 We have met in peace together

In this house of God again ;
Constant friends have led us hither,

Here to chant the solemn strain ;
Here to breathe our adoration.

Here the Saviour's praise to sing ;
May the Spirit of salvation

Come with healing in his wing.

2 We have met. and Time is flying :

We shall part, and still his wing,
Sweeping o'er the dead and dying.

Will the changeful seasons bring :
Let us, while our hearts are lightest,

In our fresh and early years.
Turn to Him whose smile is brightest,

And whose grace will calm our fears.

3 He will aid us. should existence

With its sorrows sting the breast :
Gleaming in the onward distance.

Faith will mark the land of rest :
There, 'midst day-beams round him playing^

We our Father's face shall see,
And shall hear him gently saying,

" Little children, come to me."

575

SABBATH SCHOOL HYMNS.

966. 7s. Gray.

Prayer for a Blessing.

1 Suppliant, lo ! thy children bend,

Father, for thy blessing now ;
Thou canst teach us, guide, defend ;
We are weak, almighty thou.

2 With the peace thy word imparts

Be the taught and teachers blest ;
In our lives, and in our hearts,
Father, be thy laws impressed.

3 Shed abroad in every mind

Light and pardon from above,
Charity for all our kind,

Trusting faith, and holy love.

967. L. M. Union Col.
Prayer for a Blessing.

1 Assembled in our school once more,
0 Lord, thy blessing we implore ;
We meet to read, and sing, and pray ;
Be with us, then, through this thy day.

2 Our fervent prayer to thee ascends

For parents, teachers, foes, and friends ;
And when we in thy house appear,
Help us to worship in thy fear.

3 When we on earth shall meet no more,
May we above to glory soar,

And praise thee in more lofty strains
Where one eternal Sabbath reigns.

968. CM. Jane Taylor.
Songs of Children in Heaven.

1 There is a glorious world of light

Above the starry sky,
Where saints departed, clothed in white,
Adore the Lord most high.

2 And hark ! amid the sacred songs

Those heavenly voices raise,
Ten thousand thousand infant tongues
Unite in perfect praise.

576

SABBATH SCHOOL

3 Those are the hymns that we shall know,
If Jesus we obey :
That is the place where we shall go,
It found in wisdom's way.

969. C. M. Straphan.
Pleasures of Teaching.

1 Be ours the bliss in wisdom's way

To guide untutored youth,
And lead the mind that went astray
To virtue and to truth.

2 Delightful work, young souls to win,

And turn the rising race
From the deceitful paths of sin
To seek redeeming grace !

3 Almighty God. thine influence shed

To aid this good design ;
The honors of thy name be spread,
And all the glory thine.

970. II. M. Pratt's Col.

United Praise of Teachers a?ul Children.

1 Come, let our voices join

In joyful songs of praise :
To God. the God of love.

Oar thankful hearts we'll raise :
To God alone all praise belongs —
Our earliest and our latest songs.

2 Within these hallowed walls

Our wandering feet are brought,
Where prayer and praise ascend,

And heavenly truths are taught:
To God alone your offerings bring ;
Let young and old his praises sing.

3 Lord, let this work of love

Be crowned with full success ;
Let thousands, yet unborn,

-acred name here bless :
To thee. 0 Lord, all praise to thee
We'll raise throughout eternity.

49 577

SABBATH SCHOOL HYMNS.

9/1. 78 & (jS. Anon.

Praise to the Saviour.

1 To thee. 0 blessed Saviour.

Our grateful songs we raise ;
O. tunc our hearts and \<

Thy holy name to praise ;
7Tis by thy soTereign mercy

We're here allowed to meet,
To join with friends and teachers

Thy blessing to entreat.

2 0. may thy precious gospel

Be published all abroad,
Till the benighted heathen

Shall know and serve the Lord ;
Till o'er the wide creation

The rays of truth shall shine,
And nations now in darkness

Arise to light divine.

972. C. M. Union Col.
Youthful Praise.

1 Great God, in whom we live and move,

Accept our feeble praise.
For all the mercy, grace, and love
Which crown our youthful di

2 For countless mercies, love unknown,

Lord, what can we impart ?
Thou dost require one gift alone —
The offering of the heart.

3 Incline us, Lord, to give it thee ;

Preserve us by thy grace.
Till death shall bring us all to see
Thy glory face to face.

973. C. M. Union Col.

Teachers' Success.

1 How should our souls delight to bless
The God of truth and mace.
Who crowns our labors with success
Among the tiling race !

MATERNAL HYMNS.

2 Their joyful tongues unite to praise
His all-redeeming love.

To him their sweet hosannas raise,
While they his mercies prove.

MATERNAL HYMNS.

974. S. M. Campbell's Col.

Solicitude for the Conversion of Children.

1 Thou God of sovereign grace.

In mercy now appear :
We long to see thy smiling face.
And feel that thou art near.

2 Receive these lambs to-day.

0 Shepherd of the flock,
And wash the stains of guilt away
Beside the smitten Rock.

3 Thy saying health impart.

0 Comforter divine :
Now make these children pure in heart ;
[Make them entirely thine.

4 To-day in love descend :

0. come this precious hour ;
In mercy now their spirits bend
By thy resistless power.

5 Our laboring bosoms bleed

Till thou our griefs dispel :
Sure is the promise which we plead,
In all things ordered well.

6 Low bending at thy feet.

Our offspring we resign :
Thine arm is strong, thy love is great,
And high thy glories shine.

579

MATERNAL HYMNS

97V). C. M. Sel. Hym]

^4 Hymn for a Maternal Associat

1 Great God, we would to thee make known

Bach fond, maternal care ;
For this we gather round thy throi
And bring our children there.

2 We ask not wealth, long life, or fame.

Or aught the world can g
May they but glorify thy name,
And to thy honor live.

3 This is the burden of our prayer —

When from our bosom! riven,

May they be objects of thy care,
And heirs, at last of heaven.

9 / (j, 7s. Campbell's Col.

Prayer for the Salvation of Children.

1 God of mercy, hear our prayer

For the children thou hast given;
Let them all thy ble ire —

Grace on earth and bliss in heaven.

2 In the morning of their d;

May their hearts be drawn to thee ;
Let them learn to lisp thy praise
In their earliest infancy.

3 When we see their passions rise,

Sinful habits unsubdued.
Then to thee we lift our i

That their hearts may be renewed.

4 Cleanse their souls from every stain.

Through the Saviour's precious blood;
Let them all be born again,
And be reconciled to God.

5 For this mercy. Lord, we cry ;

Bend thine ever-gracious ear;
While on thee our souls rely.

Hear our prayer — in mercy hear.

" 580

MATERNAL HYMNS.

9 / / , C. M, Doddridge.

Christ's condescending Regard to little Child,

3rael's gentle Shepherd stand,
i all-engaging eha::
Hark ! how he calls the tender la:
folds them in his arms !

2 ■'■ Permit them to approach." he cries,

•• Nor scorn their humble name :
For 'twas to bless such souls as these
The Lord of angels cai:

3 We bring them. Lord, by fervent prL

And yield them up to thee :

ith humble trust that we are thine;

Thine let our offspring be.

4 If orphans they are left behind.

guardian care we trust :
That care shall heal our bleeding hearts.
If weeping o'er their dust.

978. CM, Mothers' Hymns.

Prayer for Children's I

1 0 Lord, behold us at thy feet,

A needy, sinful band :
As suppliants round thy mercy-seat,
come at thy command.

2 Tis for our children we would plead,

The offspring thou hast given :
g ;». in time of ne
But to the God of heaven ?

3 We ask not for them wealth or fame,

Amid the worldly strife :
But. in the all-prevailing Name,
We ask eternal life.

4 We seek the Spirit's quickening grace,

,ake them pure in heart.
That they may stand before thy face,
,ee as thou art.
4=9* 581

MATERNAL HYMNS.

979. C. M. Ch. Psalmist.

Pa rem ta I Solio it u dc.

1 How can we see the children, Lord,

In love whom thou hast given,
Remain regardless of thy word,
Without a hope of heaven ?

2 How can we see them tread the path

That leads to endless death,
Thus adding to thy fearful wrath,
With every moment's breath ?

3 Lord, hear the parents' earnest cry,

And save our children dear :
Now send thy Spirit from on high,
And fill them with thy fear.

4 0, make them love thy holy law,

And joyful walk therein ;
Their hearts to new obedience draw ;
Save them from every sin.

980. S. M. Fellows.

Prayer for Offspring.

1 Great God, now condescend

To bless our rising race ;
Soon may their willing spirits bend,
The subjects of thy grace.

2 0, what a pure delight

Their happiness to see !
Our warmest wishes all unite
To lead their souls to thee.

3 0, grant thy Spirit, Lord,

Their hearts to sanctify :
Remember now thy gracious word :
Our hopes on thee rely.

4 Draw forth the melting tear,

The penitential sigh ;
Inspire their hearts with faith sincere,
And fix their hopes on high.

582

MATERNAL BYMNS

5 These children now are thine :
We give them back to thee :
0. lead them, by thy grace divine,
Along the heavenly way.

981.

S. M. Doddridge.

Christ blessing Children.

1 The Saviour kindly calls
Our children to his breast :
He folds them in his gracious arms ;
Himself declares them blest.

'2 ■■ Let them approach." he cries,
u Nor scorn their humble claim;
The heirs of heaven are such as these ;
For such as these I came."

3 With joy we bring them. Lord,
Devoting them to thee.
Imploring that, as we are thine,
Thine may our offspring be.

98:2. C. M. Axon.

Christ blessing Children.

1 On. through Judea's palmy plain.

By Jordan's silv'ry shore.
The Saviour leads the thronging train,
Who follow to adore.

2 'Midst youth, and sire, and blooming maid,

He marked the listening child ;
His hand upon its head he laid.
And blest in accents mild.

3 Lord, though no more thy hallowed form

Can greet our children's sight.
Grant that, whilst life their breasts shall warm.
Thy word may guide them right.

4 They may not feel thine earthly touch ;

But be thy Spirit given.
To make them holy : - for of such
The kingdom is of heaven.'''

5S3

FAST AND THANKSGIVING.

983. C. M. iiaht.

Public Humiliation.

1 Lord, look on all assembled here,

Who in thy presence stand,
To offer up united prayer
For this our sinful land.

2 0, may we all. with one consent,

Fall low before thy throne,
With tears the nation's sins lament,
The church's, and our own.

3 And should the dread decree be past,

And we must feel the rod,
Let faith and patience hold us fast
To our correcting God.

984. C. M. Itiprox's Col.
Public Supplication.

1 When Abrah'm, full of sacred awe,

Before Jehovah stood.
And, with an humble, fervent prayer,
For guilty Sodom sued, —

2 With what success, what wondrous grace,

Was his petition crowned !
The Lord would spare, if in this place
Ten righteous men were found.

3 And could a single pious soul

So rich a boon obtain .'
Great God, and shall a nation cry,
And plead wTith thee in vain .'

4 Are not the righteous clear to thee

Now, as in ancient times ?
Or does this sinful land exceed
Gomorrah in her crimes ?

5 Still we are thine ; we bear thy name ;

Here yet is thine abode :
Long has thy presence blessed our land :
Forsake us not, 0 God.

FAST AND THANKSGIVING.

985. L. M. Dyer.

Public Humiliation.

1 Great Maker of unnumbered worlds,

And whom unnumbered worlds adore, —
Whose goodness all thy creatures -

While nature trembles at thy power. —

2 Thine is the hand that moves the s

That wakes the wind, and lifts
And man. who moves the lord of earth
Acts but the part assigned by thee.

3 While suppliant crowds implore thine aid,

To thee we raise the humble cry :
Thine altar is the contrite heart.
Thine incense the repentant sigh.

4 0, may our land, in this her hour.

Confess thy hand, and bless the rod,
By penitence make thee her Friend,
And find in thee a guardian God.

986. C. M. Breviary.

Humility under Affliction.

1 0 sinner, bring not tears alone,

Or outward form of prayer :
But let it in thy heart be known
That penitence is there.

2 To smite the breast, the clothes to rend.

God asketh not of thee :
Thy secret soul he bids thee bend
In true humility.

3 0. let us. then, with heartfelt grief,

Draw near unto our God.
And pray to him to grant relief,
And stay the lifted rod.

4 0 righteous Judge, if thou wilt deign

To grant us what we need.

We pray for time to turn again,

And o-race to turn indeed.

FAST AND THANKSGIVING.

987.

C. M. Watts.

Relief from national Judgment* implored.

1 Lord, thou hast Boourged our guilty land :

Behold, thy people mourn .
Shall vengeance ever guide thy hand,
Ami mercy ne'er return {

2 Our Zion trembles at thy stroke,

And dreads thy lifted hand :
0, heal the people thou hast broke,
And spare our guilty land.

3 Then shall our loud and grateful voice

Proclaim our guardian God.
The nations round the earth rejoice,
And sound thy praise abroad.

988. CI Rippon'sCol.

Judgments for national Sins deprecated.

Almighty Lord, before thy throne
Thy mourning people bend :

7Tis on thy pardoning grace alone
Our dying hopes depend.

2 Dark judgments, from thy heavy hand,

Thy dreadful power display :
Yet mercy spares our guilty land,
And still we live to pray.

3 How changed, alas ! are truths divine,

For error, guilt, and shame !
What impious numbers, bold in sin.
Disgrace the Christian name !

4 0, turn us, turn us, mighty Lord;

Convert us by thy grace :
Then shall our hearts obey thy word,
And see again thy face.

5 Then, should oppressing foes invade,

We will not yield to tear.
Secure of all-sufficient aid,

When thou. 0 God, art near.

5S6

FAST AND THANKSGIVING.

989. 8. M. E. Scott.
The Sacrifice of Gratitude.

1 Thy bounties, gracious Lord,

With gratitude we own :

We praise thy providential care,
That showers its blessings down.

2 With joy thy people bring

Their offerings round thy throne ;
With thankful souls, behold, we pay
A tribute of thine own.

3 0, may this sacrifice,

While at thy feet we bend,

An odor of a sweet perfume,

To thee, the Lord, ascend.

4 Well pleased our God will view

The products of his grace ;
With endless life will he fulfil
Hifc kindest promises.

990. lis & 8s. Montgomery.
Thanksgiving and Praise in the Sanctuary.

1 Be joyful in God. all ye lands of the earth;

0, serve him with gladness and fear :
Exult in his presence with music and mirth :
With love and devotion drawr near.

2 Jehovah is God. and Jehovah alone,

Creator and Ruler o'er all ;
And we are his people : his sceptre we own ;
His sheep, and we follow his call.

3 0. enter his gates with thanksgiving and song ;

Your vows in his temple proclaim :
His praise in melodious accordance prolong.
And bless his adorable name.

4 For good is the Lord, inexpressibly good,

And we are the work of his hand ;
His mercy and truth from eternity stood,
And shall to eternity stand.

587

FAST AND THANKSGIVING.

991. 8s & 7s. Ci
The Sacrifice of Thanksgiving.

1 Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean,

Hear us from thy bright abode,
While our hearts, with true devotion,
Own their great and gracious God.

2 Health and every needful blessing

Are thy bounteous gifts alone )
Comforts undeserved possessing,
Here we bend before thy throne.

3 Thee; with humble adoration,

Lord, we praise for mercies past;
Still to this most favored nation
May those mercies ever last.

992. L. M. Presb. Col.

Goodness of God celebrated.

1 Join, every tongue, to praise the Lord ;
All nature rests upon his word ;
Mercy and truth his courts maintain,
And own his universal reign.

2 Seasons and times obey his voice ;
The evening and the morn rejoice

To see the earth made soft with shower
Enriched with fruit, and dressed in flowers

3 Thy works pronounce thy power divine .
In all the earth thy glories shine ;
Through every month thy gifts

Great God? thy goodness crowns I

99*3. 6s & 4s. Montgomery.

Praise to the God of Harvest.

1 The God of harvest praise ;
In loud thanksiriviim' raise

Hand, heart, and voice ;
The valleys smile and sing.
Forests and mountains ri
The plains their tribute bring,

The streams rejoice.

583

FAST AXD THANKSGIVING.

2 Yea. bless his holy name.
And purest thanks proclaim

Through all the earth )
To glory in your lot
Is duty — but be not
God's benefits forgot

Amidst your mirth.

3 The God of harvest praise ;
Hands, hearts, and voices raise,

With sweet accord :
From field to garner throng,
Bearing your sheaves along,
And in your harvest song

Bless ye the Lord

994. I* M. Doddridge.

TJie Year crowned with Goodness.

1 Eternal Source of every joy.

Thy praise may well our lips employ.

While in thy temple we appear.

Whose goodness crowns the circling year.

2 Wide as the wheels of nature roll.
Thy hand supports the steady pole ;
The sun is taught by thee to rise.
And darkness when to veil the skies.

3 The flowery spring, at thy command.
Embalms the air and paints the land :
The summer rays with vigor shine.
To raise the corn and cheer the vine.

4 Thy hand in autumn richly pours
Through all our coasts abundant stores ;
And winters, softened by thy care,

No more a dreary aspect wear.

5 Still be the cheerful homage paid
With morning light and evening shade :
Seasons, and months, and weeks, and days
Demand successive songs of praise.

50 ' 559

FAST AND THANKSGIVING.

995. L. M. Campbell's Ca

The Joy in Harvest.

1 Great God, as seasons disappear,
And changes mark the rolling year.

Thy favor still doth crown our da]
And we would celebrate thy praise.

2 The harvest song we would repeat :
'•Thou givest us the finest wheat: "

" The joy of harvest ?; we have known :
The praise, 0 Lord, is all thine own.

3 Our tables spread, our garners stored,
0, give us hearts to bless thee, Lord ;
Forbid it, Source of light and love,

That hearts and lives should barren prove.

4 Another harvest comes apace :
Mature our spirits by thy grace,
That we may calmly meet the blow
The sickle gives to lay us low : —

5 That so, when angel reapers come
To gather sheaves to thy blest home,
Our spirits may be borne on high
To thy safe garner in the sky.

996. L. P. M. Roscoe.

Praise to the Author of national Blessings.

Great God, beneath whose piercing eye
The world's extended kingdoms lie,

We bow before thy heavenly throne;
Thy favoring smile upholds them all :
Thine auger smites them, and they fall ;

Thy power we see, thy greatness own.

2 To thee, with grateful hearts, we raise
The tribute of exulting praise.

Our country's Guardian. Guide, and Friend;
Preserved by thee for ages ,
For ages let thy kindness last.

And e'er thy sheltering care extend.

590

I A.ST AXD THANKSGIVING.

997. C. M. Anon.

A Harvest Hymn.

1 Fountain of mercy. God of love,

How rich thy bounties are !
The rolling seasons, as they move,
Proclaim thy constant care.

2 When in the bosom of the earth

The sower hid the grain.
Thy goodness marked its secret birth,
And sent the early rain.

3 The spring's sweet influence, Lord, was thine ;

The plants in beauty grew ;
Thou gav'st refulgent suns to shine,
And gav"st refreshing dew.

4 These various mercies from above

Matured the swelling grain ;
A kindly harvest crowns thy love,
And plenty fills the plain.

5 We own and bless thy gracious sway,

Thy hand all nature hails :
Seedtime nor harvest, night nor day,
Summer nor winter, fails.

998

L. M. Heginbotham.
The God of all Grace.

Great God. let all my tuneful powers

Awake, and sing thy mighty name:
Thy hand revolves my circling hours —

Thy hand, from whence my being came.
Seasons and moons, still rolling round

In beauteous order, speak thy praise :
And years, with smiling mercy crowned,

To thee successive honors raise.
My life, my health, my friends. I owe

All to thy vast, unbounded love ;
Ten thousand precious gifts below,

And hope of nobler joys above.
Thus will I sinsr till nature cease.

Till sense and language are no more,
And after death thy boundless 2rrace,

Through everlasting years, adore.
59f *

NATIONAL HYMNS.

yyy, z& sac. lyrics.

Tha

1 Swell the anthem, raise the song;
Praises to our God belong :

S lints and angels, join to sing
Praises to the heavenly K

2 Blessings from his liberal hand
Flow around this happy land :
Kept by him, no foes annoy;
Peace and freedom we enjoy.

3 Here, beneath a virtuous sway,
May we cheerfully obey. —
Never feel oppression's rod. —
Ever own and worship God.

4 Hark ! the voice of nature sings
Praises to the King of kings;
Let us join the choral song,
And the grateful notes prolong.

XATIOXAL HYMNS,

1000. 6s & 4s. S. F. Smith.

National Hymn.

1 My country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,

Of thee I sing :
Land where my fathers died,
Land of the pilgrim's pride,
From every mountain side

Let freedom ring.

2 My native country, thee —
Land of the noble, free —

Thy name — I love:
I love thy rocks and rills.
Thy woods and templed hills;
My heart with rapture thrills

Like that above.
501

NATIONAL HYMN&

3 Let music swell the breeze,
And ring from all the trees

eet freedom's song:

Let mortal to
Let all that breathe part
Let rocks their silence break -
The sound prolong.

4 Our fathers' God. to thee,
Author of liberty.

To thee we si 112: :
Long may our land be bright
With freedom's holy light :
Protect us by thy might,

Great God. our Kimr.

1001. L. M. Pbesb. Col.

God acknowledged in national Blessings.

1 Great God of nations, now to thee

Our hymn of gratitude we rais
With humble heart and bending knee,
We offer thee our song of prai

2 Thy name we bless, almighty God.

For all the kindness thou hast shown
To this fair land the pilgrims trod —
This land we fondly call our own.

3 Here Freedom spreads her banner wide,

And casts her soft and hallowed ray ;
Here thou our fathers' steps didst guide
In safety through their dangerous way.

4 We praise thee that the gospel's light

Through all our land its radiance sheds.
Dispels the shades of error's night,

And heavenly blessings round us spread

5 Great God. preserve us in thy fear ;

In dangers still our Guardian be ;
0. spread thy truth's bright precepts here;
Let all the people worship thee.
50 * 593

NATIONAL IIV.M.N's.

1002. C. M. Anox.
God's Kindness to our Forefathers.

1 To Him from whom our blessings flow,

Who all our wants supplies,

This day the choral song and vow

From grateful hearts shall rifi

2 7Twas he who led the pilgrim band

Across the stormy sea ;
'Twas he who stayed the tyrant's hand.
And set our country free.

3 When shivering on a strand unknown,

In sickness and distress,
Our fathers looked to God alone,
To save, protect, and bless.

4 Be thou our nation's strength and shield,

In manhood as in youth;
Thine arm for our protection wield,
And guide us by thy truth.

1003. C. M. Wreford.

Prayer for our Country.

1 Lord, while for all mankind we pray,

Of every clime and coast,
0, hear us for our native land —
The land we love the most.

2 O, guard our shores from every foe,

With peace our borders bless.
With prosperous times our cities crown,
Our fields with plenteous]

3 Unite us in the sacred love

Of knowledge, truth, and thee ;
And let our hills and valleys shout
The songs of liberty.

4 Lord of the nations, thus to thee

Our country we commend;
Be thou her refuge and her trust,
Her everlasting friend.

594

NATIONAL BTMN&

1004. l. p. ii. kipmr

Xationat Praise and Prayer.

1 With grateful hearts, with joyful tongues
To God we raise united gongs j

His power and mercy we proclaim :
Through every age. 0. may we own
Jehovah here has fixed his throne.

And triumph in his mighty name.

2 Long as the moon her course shall run.
Or men behold the circling sun.

Lord, in our land support thy reign ;
Crown her just counsels with sue*
With truth and peace her borders t

And all thy sacred rights maintain.

1005. P. 31. H. S. Washburn.

The Goodness of God to our Country celebrated.

1 Let every heart rejoice and sing :

Let choral anthems rise :
Ye reverend men and children, bring

To God your sacrifice :
For he is good : the Lord is good.

And kind are all his ways :
With songs and honors sounding loud

The Lord Jehovah praise.

While the rocks and the rills,
While the vales and the hills,

A glorious anthem raise :
Let each prolong the grateful song.

And the God of our fathers praise

2 He bids the sun to rise and set :

In heaven his power is known :
And earth, subdued to him, shall yet

Bow low before his throne :
For he is good : the Lord is good,'"

And kind are all his way< :
With songs and honors sounding loud,

The Lord Jehovah praise.

While the rocks and the rills,
While the vales and the hills,

A glorious anthem raise :
Let each prolong the grateful somr.

And the God of our fathers praise.

595

NATIONAL HYMNS.

1006. L. M. Pratt's Col.
Prayer for national Gratitude and Holiness.

1 Lord, let thy goodness lead our land,
Still saved by thine almighty hand,

The tribute of its love to bring
To thee, our Saviour and our King.

2 Let every public temple raise
Triumphant songs of holy praise ;
Let every peaceful, private home
A temple, Lord, to thee become.

3 Still be it our supreme delight
To walk as in thy glorious sight ;

Still in thy precepts and thy fear,
Till life's last hour, to persevere.

1007. 6s & 4s. S. F. Smith.
Hymn for the national Anniversary.

1 Auspicious morning, hail!
Voices from hill and vale

Thy welcome sing :
Joy on thy dawning breaks ;
Each heart that joy partakes,
While cheerful music wakes,

Its praise to bring.

2 When on the tyrant's rod
Our patriot fathers trod,

And dared be free,
"Twas not in burning zeal.
Firm nerves, and hearts of steel,
Our country's joy to seal,

But, Lord, in thee.

3 Thou, as a shield of power,
In battle's awful hour.

Didst round us stand :
Our hopes were in thy throne;
Strong in thy might alone,
By thee our banners shone,

God of our land.
596

MORNING HYMNS.

Lorn: o'er our native hills,
Loniz: by our shaded rills.

May freedom rest ;
Long may our shores have peace,
Our Hag grace every breeze,
Our ships the distant seas,

From east to west.
Peace on this day abide,
From morn till even-tide ;

Wake tuneful song ;
Melodious accents raise ;
Let every heart, with praise,
Bring high and grateful lays,

Rich, full, and strong.

MORNING HYMNS.

1008. C. M. Anon.

" I will be glad in the Lord."

1 When morning's first and hallowed ray

Breaks with its trembling light,
To chase the pearly dews away. —
Bright tear-drops of the night. —

2 My heart. 0 Lord, forgets to rove,

But rises, gladly free.
On wings of everlasting love,
And finds its home in thee.

3 When evening's silent shades d

And nature sinks to rest.
Still to my Father and my Friend
My wishes are addressed.

4 And e'en when midnight's solemn g

Above, around, is spread.
Sweet dreams of everlasting bloom
Are hovering o'er my head.

5 I dream of that fair land. 0 Lord,

Where all thy saints shall be;
I wake to lean upon thy word.
And still delight in thee.

^597

MORNI.VC, HYMNS.

1009. C. Hi. Watts.

God's Goodness acknowledged.

1 Once more, my soul, the rising day

Salutes thy waking

Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay
To Him who rules I

2 Night unto night his name repeats;

The day renews the sound.
Wide as the heavens on which he sits,
To turn the seasons round.

3 'Tis he supports my mortal frame ;

My tongue shall speak his praise;
My sins would rouse his wrath to flame,
And yet his wrath del;; .

4 How many wretched souls have fled

Since the last setting sun !
And yet thou lengthenest out my thread,
And yet my moments run.

5 Great God, let all my hours be thine

While I enjoy the light :
Then shall my sun in smiles decline,
And bring a peaceful night.

1010. L. M. Watts.
.1 Morning Hymn.

1 God of the morning, at thy voice

The cheerful sun makes haste to rise,
And like a giant doth rejoice

To run his journey through the skies.

2 0. like the sun may I fulfil

Tlv appointed duties of the day :
With ready mind and active will

March on. and keep my heavenly way.

3 Lord, thy commands are clean and pure,

Enlightening our beclouded eyes :
Thy threatening^ just, thy promise sure;
Thy gospel makes the simple wise.

4 Give me thy counsels for my ir

And then receive me to thy 1
All my desires and hopes beside

Are faint and cold compared with this.

MORXIXG HVMNS.

1011. L. M. Watt..

Grateful Acknowledgh

1 My God. how endless is thy love !

Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies from above
Gently distil like early dew.

2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night.

Great Guardian of my sleeping hours :
Thy sovereign word restores the light
And quickens all my drowsy

3 I yield my powers to thy command ;

To thee I consecrate my day- :
Perpetual-blessings from thy hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.

1012. C. ML Sac. Offering.
Grateful Acknowledgment .

1 Again, from calm and sweet repose,

I rise to hail the dawn :
Again my waking eyes unclose
To view the smiling morn.

2 Great God of love, thy praise I'll sing ;

For thou hast safely kept
My soul beneath thy guardian wing.
And watched me while I slept.

3 Glory to thee, eternal Lord ;

0. teach my heart to pray.
And thy blest Spirit's help afford,
To guide me through the day.

4 Let every thought and word accord

With thy most holy will :
Each deed the precepts of thy word
With pious aim fulfil.

5 From danger, sin. and every ill,

My constant Guardian prove ;
0. sanctify my heart, and fill
With thoughts of holy love.

599

MORNING IIV.MXS.

1013. 7s. Epis.Col.
. 1 Morning Prayer,

1 Now the shades of night are gone ;
Now is past tli** curly dawn :

Lord we would be thine to-day:
Drive the shinies of sin away.

2 Make our souls as noonday clear;
Banish ever)- doubt and fear:

In thy vineyard. Lord, to-day,
We would labor, we would pray.

3 When our work of life is past,
0, receive us all at last \%
Labor then will all be o'er;
Sin's dark night will be no more.

1014. 7s. Ch. Psalmody.
Gratitude and Supplication.

1 Thou that dost my life prolong,
Kindly aid my morning song ;
Thankful, from my couch I rise,
To the God that rules the skies.

2 That didst hear my evening cry ;
Thy preserving hand was nigh :
Peaceful slumbers thou hast shed,
Grateful to my weary head.

3 Thou hast kept me through the night *,
'Twas thy hand restored the light :
Lord, thy mercies still are new,
Plenteous as the morning dew.

4 Still my feet are prone to stray ;
O, preserve me through the day :
Dangers every where abound ;
Sins and snares beset me round.

5 Gently, with the dawning ray.
On my soul thy beams display ;
Sweeter than the smiling morn,
Let thy cheering light return.

600

MORXIXG HYMNS.

1015. C. M. LE.

Gratitude and Supplication.

1 God of my life, my morning song

To thee I cheerful n
Thine acts of love 'tis good to sing,
And pleasant 'tis to praise.

2 Preserved by thy almighty arm,

I passed the shades of night,
Serene, and safe from every harm,
To see the morning light.

3 While numbers spent the night in sighs,

And restless pains and woes,

In gentle sleep I closed my eyes,

And woke from sweet repose.

4 0. let the same almighty care

Through all this day
From every danger, every snare.
My heedless steps defend.

5 Smile on my minutes as they roll,

And guide my future da
And let thy goodness till my soul
With gratitude and praise.

1016. S. M. D WIGHT.

Morn inq Thanksgiving.

1 Serene I laid me down.

Beneath his guardian care :
I slept — and I awoke, and found
My kind Preserver near.

2 Thus does thine arm support

This weak, defenceless frame ;
But whence these favors. Lord, to me,
All worthless as I am ?

3 0. how shall I repay

The bounties of my God \
This feeble spirit pants beneath
The pleasing, painful load.

4 My life I would anew

Devote. 0 Lord, to thee :
And in thy service I would spend
A long eternity.
51 601

MORNING HYMNS.

1017. L. M. Era*.

A Morning Invocation.

1 Awake, my soul, and with the sun
Thy daily stage of duty run ;
Shake otf dull sloth, and joyful rise
To pay thy morning ^acriiice.

2 Wake, and lift up thyself, my heart,
And with the amrels bear thy part.
Who all night lomr unwearied sing
High praises to th; eternal King.

3 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept.
And hast refreshed me while I slept :
Grant. Lord, when I from death shall wake;
I may of endless life partake.

4 Lord. I to thee my vows renew ;
Dispel my sins as morning d<

Guard my first springs of thought and will,
And with thyself my spirit fill.

5 Direct, control, suggest, this day,
AH I design, or do. or say.

That all my powers, with true delight,
In thy sole glory may unite,

1018. G. M. Kirns.

Morning and Evening Praise.

1 On thee, each morning. 0 my God,

My waking thoughts attend.
In whom are founded all my hopes,
In whom my wishes end.

2 My soul, in pleasing wonder lost;

Thy boundless love sun
And. fired with grateful zeal", prepares
The sacrifice of praise.

3 When evening slumbers press my eyes,

With thy protection blest.
In peace and safety I commit
My weary limbs to rest.
002

MORNING HYMNS.

4 My spirit, in thy hands secure,

Fears no approaching ill ;
For. whether waking or asleep,
Thou, Lord, art with me still.

5 Then will I daily to the world

Thy wondrous acts proclaim.
Whilst all with me shall praise and sing,
And bless thy sacred name.

6 At morn, at noon, at night. I'll still

The pleasing work pure
And thee alone will praise, to whom
All praise is ever due.

1019. C. 31. Watts.

A Morning Hosanna.

1 Hosanna. with a cheerful sound.

To God's upholding hand !
Ten thousand snares attend us round,
And yet secure we stand.

2 That was a most amazing power

That raised us with a word ;
And every day. and every hour,
We lean upon the Lord.

3 The rising morn cannot assure

That we shall end the d
For death stands ready at the door
To hurry us away.

4 Our life is forfeited by sin

To God's most righteous law :
We own thy grace, immortal King,
In every breath we draw.

5 God is our sun. whose daily light

Our joy and safety brings :
Our feeble frame lies safe at night
Beneath his guardian wings.

" 603

EVENING HYMNS.

1020. 6s & 5s. Axon-.

Praise to God,

1 Through thy protecting care7

Kept till the dawning,
Taught to draw near in prayer,

Heed we the warning :
O thou great One in Th
Gladly our souls would be
more praising thee,

God of the morni

2 God of our sleeping hours,

Watch o'er us waking,
All our imperfect powers

In thine hands taking :
In us thy work fulfil,
Be with thy children still,
Those who obey thy will

Never forsakimr.

EVENING HYMNS.

1021. 12s & lis. Churchman.

An Evening Hymn.

1 See. daylight is fading o'er earth and o'er ocean ;

The sun has gone down on the far-disl
O, now, in the hush of life's fitful commotio
We lift our tired spirits, blest Saviour, to thee.

2 Full oft wast thou found afar on the mountain.

As eventide spread her dark wing o'er the wave :

Thou Son of the Highest, and life's endless fountain,

Be with us, we pray thee, to bless and to save.

3 And oft as the tumult of life's heaving billow

Shall toss our frail bark, driving wild o'er night's deep,
Let thy healing wing be stretched over our pillow,
And guard us from evil, though death watch our sleep.

4 To God, our irreat Father, whose throne is in heaven,

Who dwells with the lowly and contrite in heart,
To the Son, and the Spirit, all glory be Liven:
One God; ever blessed and praised, thou art.
604

EVENING HVMNS.

1022. L. M. ANON.

E ven mg Reflet t io ns.

1 Still evening comes, with gentle sh

•et harbinger of balmy
From toilsome hours and anxious thoughts
Revolving in the pensive breast.

2 Refulgent day in darkness sets :

The noisy crowds are hushed in sleep;
Harsh sounds to gentle murmurs turn.
As o"er the fields the zephyrs sweep.

3 The hour is sweet when tumult- c

The scene obscured inspires my e
And darkness marks the loved retreat
Where pleasures live and sorrows die.

4 Retirement solemn, yet serene.

And undisturbed by human voice.
Invites repose on Jesus' arm.

And bids my soul in God rejoice.

1023. L. M. Watts.

: mg Reflections.

1 Thus far the Lord has led me on ;

Thus far his power prolongs my days :
And every evening shall make known
Some fresh memorial of his grace.

2 Much of my time has run to was

And I. perhaps, am near my home ;
But he forgives my follies past :

He gives me strength for days to come.

3 I lay my body down to sleep :

Peace is the pillow for my head :
While well-appointed angels keep
Their watchful stations round my I

4 Thus, when the night of death shall come,

My flesh shall rest beneath the mound,
And wait thy voice to break my tomb,
sweet salvation in I

51* 605

EVENING HYMNS.

10,24. < • M. Watts.

God's Goodness acknowledged,

1 Dread Sovereign, let my evening song

Like holy incense rise :
Assisl the offering of my tongue
To reach the lofty skies.

2 Through all the dangers of the day

Thy hand was still my guard;

And still to drive my wants away
Thy mercy stood prepared.

3 Perpetual blessings from above

Encompass me around ;
But 0, how few returns of love
Hath my Redeemer found !

4 What have I done for Him who died

To save my guilty soul ?

Alas ! my sins are multiplied,

Fast as my minutes roll.

5 Yet, with this guilty hear^ of mine,

Lord, to thy cross I flee.
And to thy grace my soul resign,
To be renewed by thee.

1025- L. M. Steele.

Evening Reflections.

1 Great God. to thee my evening song, •

With humble gratitude. I raise ;
0, let thy mercy tune my tongue,
And fill my heart with lively praise.

2 My days, unclouded as they pass,

And every gently-rolling hour,
Are monuments of wondrous grace,
And witness to thy love and power.

3 And yet this thoughtless, wretched hearty

Too oft regardless of thy love.
Ungrateful, can from thee depart.
And, fond of trifles, vainly rove.
606

EVENING HYMNS.

4 Seal my forgiveness in the blood

Of Jesus : Ins dear name alone
I plead for pardon, gracious God,
And kind acceptance, at thy throne.

5 Let this blest hope mine eyelids close ;

With sleep refresh my feeble frame ;
Safe in thy care may I repose,
And wake with praises to thy name.

1026. ft. Epis. Col.

Communion with God.

1 Softly now the light of day

Fades upon our sight away :
Free from care, from labor free,
Lord, we would commune with thee.

2 Soon for us the light of day
Shall forever pass away ;
Then, from sin and sorrow free.
Take us. Lord, to dwell with thee.

10^7. 7s & Cs. Sac. Songs.

Reflections at Sunset.

1 The mellow eve is gliding

Serenely down the west ;
So. every care subsiding,
My soul would sink to rest.

2 The woodland hum is ringing

The daylight's gentle close ;
May angels, round me singing,
Thus hymn my last repose.

3 The evening star has lighted

Her crystal lamp on high ;

So. when in death benighted;

May hope illume the sky.

4 In golden splendor dawning

The morrow's light shall break;
0. on the last bright morning
3Iay I in glory wake.

607

EVENING HYMNS.

1028. S. M. Curtis's Col.
Flight of Time.

1 Another day is past,

The hours forever tied,
And time is bearing us away
To mingle with the dead.

2 Our minds in perfect peace

Our Father's care shall keep;
We yield to gentle slumber now,
For thou canst never sleep.

3 How blessed, Lord, are they

On thee securely stayed !
Nor shall they be in life alarmed,
Nor be in death dismayed.

1029. C. M. Sac. Offering.
Recognition of daily Mercies.

1 Eternal God of love and power,

I will thy praise resound.
And tell how every passing hour
Is with thy goodness crowned.

2 Throughout the day, thy tender care

Has all my wants supplied,
And deigned from every baneful snare
My erring steps to guide.

3 But 0, my tongue in vain ess

Thy bounty to declare :
It ne'er can tell, in mortal la
How great thy mercies are.

4 But yet thine all-discerning

My grateful heart can see;
And all its warm emotions lie,
0 Lord, exposed to thee.

5 Now, while mine eyes are closed in sleep,

Wilt thou my Guardian be,

And deign my wearied frame to keep
From every danger free.

G08

EVENING HYMNS.

1030. Cs & 5s. Anon.
Seeking Protection.

1 0 Thou who hearesl prayer,

Through his submission

Who did our sorrows bear,

Hear our petition :
Lead us in thine own way ;
Grant us, we humbly pray,
For all our sins this day,

Holy contrition.

2 They shall lie down in peace,

Lord, whom thou keepest ;
Thy mercies never cease ;

Thou never sleepest :
Guard us till morning's ray
Bids us a^ain essay
Whb shall pour forth the lay

Loudest and deepest.

1031. L. M. Kenx.

Trusting God.

1 Glory to thee, my God, this night,
For all the blessings of the lig
Keep me, 0 keep me, King of kings,
Beneath the shadow of thy wings.

2 Forgive me, Lord, for thy dear Son.
The ills which I this day have done ;
That with the world, myself, and thee,
I, ere I sleep, at peace may be.

3 Teach me to live that I may dread
The grave as little as my bed ;
Teach me to die that so I may
With joy behold the judgment day.

4 Be thou my Guardian while I sleep.
Thy watchful station near me keep .
My heart with love celestial fill,

And guard me from th? approach of ill.

5 Lord, let my heart forever share
The bliss of thy paternal care :

;Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above.
To see thy face and sing thy love.

C09

EVENING HYMNS.

10«3 s£. &s & ^8. Edmeston.

Confidence in God's Protection.

1 Saviour, breathe an evening blessing

Ere repose our spirits seal :
Sin and want we come confes&in

Thou canst save and thou canst heal.

2 Though destruction walk around us,

Though the arrows past us fly.
Angel guards from thee surround us*
We are safe, if thou art nigh.

3 Though the night be dark and dreary,

Darkness cannot hide from thee •
Thou art he who, never weary.
Watchest where thy people be.

4 Should swift death this night o'ertake us,

And command us to the tomft,

May the morn in heaven awake us,

Clad in bright, eternal bloom.

1033. 8s. Hogg.

Praise to God.

1 Blessed be thy name forever,
Thou of life the glorious Giver :

Thou canst guard thy creatures, sleeping;
Heal the heart long broke with weeping.

2 Thou who slumberest not, nor sleepest,
Blest are they thou kindly keepest :
Thou of every good the Giver,
Blessed be thy name forever.

103 A. C. M. Watts.

Evening Devotion.

1 Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray .

I am forever thine:
I fear before thee all the day,
Nor would I dare to sin.

2 And while I rest my weary head,

From cares and business free,
*Tis sweet conversing on my bed
With my own heart and thee.
Clfl

THE SEASONS.

I pay this evening sacrifice ;

And when my work is done,
Great (rod. my faith, my hope, relies
Upon thy grace alone.

Thus with my thoughts composed to peace,
I'll give mine eyes to sleep;

Thy hand in safety keeps my days,
And will my slumbers keep.

THE SEASONS.

1035. C. M. Watts.

Seasons.

1 With songs and honors sounding loud,

Address the Lord on high. ;
O'er all the heavens he spreads his cloud,
And waters veil the sky.

2 He sends his showers of blessings down.

To cheer the plains below :
He makes the grass the mountains crown.
And corn in valleys grow.

3 His steady counsels change the face

Of each declining year:
He bids the sun cut short his race.
And wintry days appear.

4 On us his providence has shone.

With gentle, smiling rays ;
0, may our lips and lives make known
His goodness and his praise.

1036. C. M. Steele?
Spring.

1 When verdure clothes the fertile vale,
And blossoms deck the spray,
And fragrance breathes in every gale,
How sweet the vernal day !
Cil

THE SEASONS.

2 Hark! how the feathered warblers sing!

JTis nature's cheerful voice;
Soft music hails the lovely spring,
And woods and fields rejoice.

3 0 God of nature and of grace,

Thy heavenly gifts impart;
Then shall my meditation trace
Spring, blooming in my heart.

4 Inspired to praise. I then shall join

Glad nature's cheerful song,
And love and gratitude divine

Attune my joyful tongue.

1037. H. M. DWIGHT.

Spring.

1 How pleasing is the voice

Of God, our heavenly King,
Who bids the frosts retire,

And wakes the lovely spring!
Bright suns arise, beauty glows

The mild wind blows, | Through earth and skies.

2 The morn, with glory crowned7

His hand arrays in smiles :
He bids the eve decline,

Rejoicing o'er the hills :
The evening breeze \\\< beauty blooms

His breath perfumes: | In flowers and trees.

3 With life he clothes the spring,

The earth with summer warn
He spreads tlv autumnal feast,

And rides on wintry ston
His gifts divine 1 And round the year

Through all appear; | His glories shine.

1038, C. M. \V. I). Peabodt.
Spring,

1 When brighter suns and milder skies
Proclaim the opening year.
Whal \ aripus sounds of joy a
What prospects bright appear !
012

THE SEASONS.

2 Earth and her thousand voices give

Their thousand notes ot prais
And all, that by his mercy live.

To God their offering raise.

3 The stream-, all beautiful and bright,

Reflect the morning sky :
And there, with music m his flight.
The wild bird soars on high.

4 Thus, like the morning, calm and clear,

That saw the Saviour rise.
The spring of heaven's eternal year
l11 dawn on earth and skies.

5 Xo winter there, no shades of night,

Obscure those mansions blest.
Where, in the happy rields of light
Tne weary are at rest.

1039. C. M. Newto*.

1 At length the wished-for spring has come :
How altered is the scene !
The trees and shrubs are dressed in bloom,
The earth arrayed in green.

*2 0. let my inmost soul con*
With grateful joy and love.
The bounteous hand that deigns to bless
Tne garden, held, and grove.

3 Inspired to praise, my heart would join

Giad nature's cheerful song :
While love and gratitude combine
To tune my joyful tongue.

4 My faith exults, that yet the spring

Of righteousness and praise
Oar gracious God will surely bring,
And in all nations raise.
53 013

THE SEASONS.

1040. 7s & 6s. Brit. Mag.

Autumn.

1 The leaves, around me falling,

Are preaching of decaj ;
The hollow winds arc calling,

"Come, pilgrim, come away:;?
The day, in night declining,

Says I must, too. decline ;
The year its bloom resigning,

Its lot foreshadows mine.

2 The light my path surrounding,

The loves to which I cling,
The hopes within me bounding,

The joys that round me wing,—
All, all. like stars at even,

Just gleam and shoot away,
Pass on before to heaven,

And chide at my delay.

3 The friends gone there before me

Are calling from on high,
And happy angels o'er me

Tempt sweetly to the sky :
" Why wait," they say, u and wither,

'Mid scenes of death and sin ?
0, rise to glory, hither,

And find true life begin."

4 I hear the invitation,

And fain would rise and come,
A sinner, to salvation,

An exile, to his home ;
But while I here must linger,

Thus, thus, let all I see
Point on, with faithful finger,

To heaven, 0 Lord, and thee.

1041. 8s & 7s. Horxe.

Autumn.

1 See the leaves around us falling,
Dry and withered, to the ground,
Thus to thoughtless mortals calling,
In a sad and solemn sound, —

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Tin:

2 •• Youth, on length of days presunfmg,

Who tiie paths of pleasure tread,
View us, late in beauty blooming,
Numbered now among the dead.

3 •• What though yet no losses grieve yon-

Gay with heal tii and many a grace ;
Let not cloudless skies deceive yon ;
Summer gives to autumn place."

4 On the tree of life eternal

Let our highest hopes be staved :
This alone, forever vernal.

Bears a leaf that shall not fade.

1042. C. M. Steele.

Winter.

1 Stern Winter throws his icy chains,

Encircling nature round :
How bleak, how comfortless, the plains,
Late with gay verdure crowned !

2 The sun withholds his vital beams,

And light and warmth depart ;
And drooping, lifeless nature seems
An emblem of my heart.

3 Return. 0 blissful sun. and bring

Thy soul -reviving ray :
This mental winter shall be spring,
This darkness cheerful day.

4 0 happy state ! divine abode.

Where spring eternal reigns.

And perfect day. the smile of God,

Fills all the heavenly plains.

5 Great Source of light, thy beams display,

My drooping joys restore.
And guide me to the seats of day,
Where winter frowns no more.

615

OPENING AND CLOSING YEAR.

1043. C. M. Watts.

Winter.

1 The hoary frost, the fleecy snow,

Descend, and clothe the ground;
The liquid streams forbear to flow.
In icy fetters hound.

2 When, from his dreadful stores on high,

God poms the sounding hail
The mail that does his power defy
Shall find his courage fail.

3 God sends his word, and molts the snow;

The fields no longer mourn ;
He calls the warmer gales to blow.
And bids the spring return.

4 The changing wind, the flying cloud,

Obey his mighty word :

With songs and honors sounding loud.
Praise ye the sovereign Lord.

OPENING AND CLOSING YEAR.

1U44. L. M. Doddridge.

The Flight of Time.

1 God of eternity, from thee

Did infant Time his being draw;
Moments, and days, and months, and years
Revolve by thine unvaried law.

2 Silent and slow they glide away :

Steady and strong the current llov.
Lost in eternity's wide sea —

The boundless gulf from whence it rose.

3 With it the thoughtless sons of men

Upon the rapid streams are borne
Swift on to their eternal home,

Whence not one soul can e'er return.

CIO

OPENING AND CLOSING YEAR.

4 Yet. while the shore, on either side,

W s in fond amazement lost,
Noi think 10 what a world we go.

5 Great Source of wisdom, teach my heart

To know the price of every hour,
That time may bear me on to joys
Beyond its measure and its power.

1045. c. m. axon-.

Reflections at the End of the )

1 And no I, another year

Of thy short life is past ;

I cannot long continue here,

And this may be my last.

2 Much of my hasty life is gone;

Nor will return again :
And swift my passing moments run —
The few that yet remain.

3 Awake, my soul : with utmost care

Thy true condition learn :
Lat are thy hopes ? how sure? how fair?
t is thy great concern?

4 Behold, another year begi;.- :

Set out afresh for heav
Seek pardon for thy formar sins,

In Canst so freely given.

5 Devoutly yield thyself to God,

And on his grace depend ;
With zeal pursue the heavenly road,
Nor doubt a happy end.

1046. L- M. Doddiu:,

Close of the Year.

1 Our Helper. God. we bless his name,
Whose love forever is the same :

tokens of whose gracious care
Begin, and crown, and close the year.

oi - C17

OPENING AND CLOSING YEAR.

2 Amid ten thousand snares we stand,
Supported by his guardian hand ;
And see, when we review our wa
Ten thousand monuments of praig

3 Thus Far his arm hath led us on ;
Thus far we make his mercy known ;
And while we tread this desert land.
New mercies shall new songs demand.

4 Our grateful souls on Jordan's shore
Shall raise one sacred pillar more.
Then bear, in his bright courts above,
Inscriptions of immortal love.

1047. C. M. Doddridge.
Close of the Year.

1 Awake, ye saints, and raise your eyes;

And lift your voices high ;
Awake, and praise that sovereign love
That shows salvation nigh.

2 On all the wings of time it flies ;

Each moment brings it near :
Then wrelcome each declining day ;
Welcome each closing year.

3 Not many years their rounds shall run,

Nor many mornings rise,
Ere all its glories stand revealed
To our admiring eyes.

4 Ye wheels of nature, speed your course";

Ye mortal powers, decay ;
Fast as ye bring the night of death,
Ye bring eternal day.

1048. C. M. Doddridge.
Close of the Year.

1 Remark, my soul, the narrow bound

Of each revolving year ;
How swift the weeks complete their round !
How short the months appear !

2 So fast eternity comes on,

And that important day
When all that mortal life hath done
God's judgment shall survey.

618

OPENIX i AND CLOSING YEAR.

3 Yet like an idle tale we p;

The swift- revolving year,
Ami study artful ways i increase
The speed of its career.

4 Awake. 0 God, my careless heart

Its great concerns to see,
That I may act the Christian part,
And give the year to thee.

5 So shall their course more grateful roll,

If future years arise :
Or this shall bear my waiting soul
To joy beyond the skies.

1049. 7s. Newton.

New Year's Day.

1 While, with ceaseless course, the sun

Hasted through the former year,
Many souls their race have run,

Never more to meet us here :
Fixed in an eternal state,

They have done with all below:
We a little longer wait.

But how little none can know.

2 As the winged arrow flies,

Speedily the mark to find ;
As the lightning from the skies

Darts, and leaves no trace behind;
Swiftly thus our fleeting days

Bear us down life's rapid stream:
Upward, Lord, our spirits raise ;

All below is but a dream.

3 Thanks for mercies past receive ;

Pardon of our sins renew ;
Teach us, henceforth, how to live,

With eternity in view ;
Bless thy word to old and young;

Fill us with a Saviour's love :
When our life's short race is run,

May we dwell with thee above.
619

OPENING AND CLOSING TEAR.

1050. 5g & 12s. C. Wesley.

The new Year,

1 C 18 anew

Our journey pursue —
%Roll round with the ye
And never stand still till the Master app

His adorable will

Let us gladly fulfil,

And our talents improve
By the patience of hope ami tne labor of love.

2 Our life is a dream ;
Our time, as a stream,
Glides swiftly away,

And the fugitive moment refuses to stay;

The arrow is flown ;

The moment is gone ;

The millennial year
Rushes on to our view, and eternity's near.

3 0 that each, in the day
Of his coming, may say,

u I have fought my way through ;
I have finished the work thou didst give me to do; ^

0 that each from his Lord

May receive the 2 lad word,

" Well and faithfully done ;
Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne."

lUOl. L. M. Doddridge.

A Song for the opening Year.

1 Great God, we sing that mi
By which supported still we si

The opening year thy mercy shows :
Let mercy crown it till it clo

2 By day, by night, at home, abroad,
Still we are guarded by our God ;
By his incessant bounty fed,

By his unerring counsel led.

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OPENING AND CLOSING YEAR.

3 With grateful hearts the past we own :
The future — all to us unknown —
We to thy guardian care commit.
And peaceful leave before thy feet.

4 In scenes exalted or depressed.
Be thou our joy. and thou our rest :
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise.
Adored through all our changing days.

5 When death shall close our earthly s
And seal in silence mortal tongues.
Our Helper. God. in whom we trust,

In brighter worlds our souls shall boast.

105'2. C. M. Hegixbotham.

•. Providential Good .

1 God of our lives, thy various praise

Our voices shall resound :
Thy hand directs our fleeting days.
And brings the seasons round.

2 To thee shall grateful songs arise.

Our Father and our Friend.
Whose constant mercies from the skies
In genial streams descend.

3 In every scene of life, thy care.

In every age. we see :
And constant as thy favors a]
So let our praises be.

4 Still may thy love, in every scene.

In every ane. appear :
And let the same compassion d< ig

To bless the opening year.

5 If mercy smile, let mercy 1

Our wandering souls to ; !
In our arHiction we shall
If thou wilt bless -
621

SHORTNESS OF TIME.

1053. C. M. Newton.

New Year. Prayer for a Blessing.

1 Now. irraeious Lord, thine arm reveal,

Ami make thy glory known :
Now let us all thy presence feel.
And soften hearts of stone.

2 From all the guilt of former sin

May mercy set us free ;'
And let the year we now begin
Begin and end wTith thee.

3 Send down thy Spirit from above,

That saints may love thee more,
And sinners now may learn to love,
Who never loved before.

4 And when before thee we appear,

In our eternal home,
May growing numbers worship here,
And praise thee in our room.

SHORTNESS OF TIME.

1054. C. M. Watts.

Brevity and Frailty of Life.

1 How short and hasty is our life !

How vast our souPs affairs !
Yet foolish mortals vainly strive
To lavish out their years.

2 Our days run thoughtlessly along,

Without a moment's stay :
Just like a story, or a song,
We pass our lives away.

3 God from on high invites us home ;

But we march heedless on.

And, ever hastening to the tomb,

Stoop downward as we run.

4 Draw us, 0 God, with sovereign grace,

And lift our thoughts on high,
That we may end this mortal race,
And see salvation nigh.

622

SHORTNESS OF TIME.

1055. c. M. watw.

Life short, and Man frail.

1 Teach me the measure of my days.

Thou Maker of my frame ;
I would survey life's narrow space.
And learn how frail I am.

2 A span is all that we can boast ;

How short the fleeting time !
Man is but vanity and dust.
In all his flower and prime.

3 What can I wish, or wait for. then,

From creatures — earth and dust?
They make our expectations vain,
And disappoint our trust.

4 Now I forbid my carnal hope,

My fond desire recall :
I give my mortal interest up,
And make my God my all.

lUOb. L. M. Spir, of the Psalms.

Brevity of Life.

1 Ere mountains reared their forms sublime,

Or heaven and earth in order stood.
Before the birth of ancient time.
From everlasting thou art God.

2 A thousand ages, in their flight.

With thee are as a fleeting day :
Past, present, future, to thy sight

At once their various scenes display.

3 But our brief life's a shadowy dream.

A passing thought, that soon is o'er.

That fades with morning's earliest beam,

And fills the musing mind no more.

4 To us. 0 Lord, the wisdom sive,

Each passing moment so to spend
That we at length with thee may live
Where life and bliss shall never end.

623

SHORTNESS OF TIME.

10-37. C. M. J. Q. Adams.

ftness of Tune.

1 How swift, alas ! the moments fly !
How rush the years aloi

already by —
The burden of a song.

lihlhood. youth, and manhood
And age3 with furrowed bro '
Time was — time shall be — but, alas !
Where, where in time is no ..

3 Time is the measure but of chai

No present hour is found ;
The past the future, fill the range
Of time's unceasing round.

4 Where, then, is now ? In realms above,

With God's atoning Lamb,
In regions of eternal love,

sre sits enthroned I AM.

5 Then, pilgrim, let thy joys and fears

On time no longer lean ;
But henceforth all thy hopes and fears
From earth's affections wean.

6 To God let grateful accents rise ;

With truth, with virtue, Jive ;
So all the bliss that time denies
Eternity shall give.

1058. S. M. Watts.

Man hastening to the Grave.

1 Lord, what a feeble piece

Is this our mortal frame !
Our life, how poor a trifle "lis.
That scarce deserves the name !

2 Alas ! 'twas brittle clay

That formed our body l
And every month, and every day,
Tis mouldering back to dust.

SHORTNESS OF TIME.

3 Our moments fly apac

will our minutes stay :
Just like a flood our hasty days
ping US a'.

4 Well, if our days must fly.

We'll keep their end in siuht ;
We'll spend them all in wisdom's way,
And let them speed their flight.

5 They'll waft us sooner o'er

This life's tempestuous sea :
We soon shall reach the peaceful shore
Of blest eternity.

1059. 7s & 6s. S.F.Smith.

rapidly passing away.

1 As flows the rapid river.

i channel broad and free,
Its waters rippling ever.

And hastening to the sea.
So life is onward flowing.

And days of ottered peace.
And man is swiftly going

Where calls of mercy cease.

2 As moons are ever waning,

tastes the sun away.
As stormy winds, complain:;

Bring on the wintry day.
So fast the night comes o'er us —

The darkness of the grave ;
And death is just before us :

God takes the life he gave.

3 Say. hath thy heart its treasure

Laid up in worlds above ?
And is it all thy pleasure

Thy God to praise and love ?
Beware, lest death's dark river

Its billows o'er thee roll,
And thou lament forever

The ruin of thy soul.
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.SHORTNESS OF TIME.

lUOU. 7s Sc Gs. [Peculiar.] J. BUETON.

Life a Winter's Day,
1 Time is winging us away
To our eternal home ;
Life is but a winter's day —

A journey to the tomb :
Youth and vigor soon will flee,

Blooming beauty Lose it- charms;
All that's mortal soon shall be
Enclosed in death's cold arms.
2 Time is winging us away
To our eternal home ;
Life is but a winter's day —

A journey w the tomb ;
But the Christian shall enjoy

Health and beauty soon above,
Where no worldly griefs annoy,
Secure in Jesus' love.

1061. C. M. Watts,

Time the Period to prepare for Eternity,

1 Thee we adore. Eternal Name,

And humbly own to thee
How feeble is our mortal frame,
What dying worms are we.

2 The year rolls round, and steals away

The breath that first it gave :

Whate'er we do, where'er we be,

We're travelling to the grave.

3 Great God, on what a slender thread

Hang everlasting things ! —
The final state of all the dead
Upon life's feeble strings !

4 Eternal joy, or endless woe,

Attends on every breath ;
And yet how unconcerned we go
Upon the brink of death !

5 Awake. 0 Lord, our drowsy sense,

To walk this dangerous road ;

And if our souls are hurried hence,

May they be found with God.

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SHORTNESS OF TIME.

1062. S. M. Doddridge.
Reflections on past Generatu

1 Our fathers ! where are they.

With all they called their own 7
Their joys and griefs, their hopes and cares,
Their wealth and honor, gone !

2 But joy or grief succeeds

Beyond our mortal thought;
While still the remnant of their dust
Lies in the grave forgot.

3 God of our fathers, hear.

Thou everlasting Friend,
While we. as on life's utmost verge,
Our souls to thee commend.

4 Of all the pious dead

May we the footsteps trace.
Till with them, in the land of light,
We dwell before thy face.

1063. Si M. Doddridge.
Importance of To-day.

1 To-morrow. Lord, is thine.

Lodged in thy sovereign hand ;
And if its sun arise and shine,
It shines by thy command.

2 The present moment flies.

And bears our life away :
0. make thy servants truly wise,
That they may live to-day.

3 Since on this fleeting hour

Eternity is hung.
Awake, by thine almighty power,
The aged and the young.

4 One thing demands our care :

0. be that still pursued.
Lest, slighted once, the season fair
Should never be renewed.

5 To Jesus may we fly,

Swift as the morninsr light,
Lest life's young, golden beams should die
In sudden, endless night.

627

MEETING AND PARTING.

1064. C. II. M. Jane Taylor.

What is your Life?

1 0, what is life ? — 'tis like a flower

That blossoms and is gone;
It flourishes its little hour,
With all its beauty on :

Death comes, and. like a wintry day,
It cuts the lovely llower away.

2 0, what is life ? — 'tis like the bow

That glistens in the sky :
We love to see its colors glow ;

But while we look they die:
Life fails as soon : to-day 'tis here )
To-morrow it may disappear.

3 Lord, what is life ? — if spent with thee,

In humble praise and prayer.
How long or short our life may be,

We feel no anxious care :
Though life depart, our joys shall last
When life and all its joys are past.

MEETING AND PxVRTING.

1065. 7s. Newton.

Parting of Christians.

1 For a season called to part,

Let us now ourselves commend
To the gracious eye and heart
Of our ever-present Friend.

2 Jesus, hear our humble prayer :

Tender Shepherd of thy sheep,
Let thy mercy and thy care
All our souls in safety keep.

3 In thy strength may we be strong ;

Sweeten every cross and pain;
And our wasting lives prolong,
Till we meet on earth again.
628

MEETING AND PARTING.

1066. 8s & ?S. [Peculiar.] PaRTIXG GlFT.

Hope of Meeting.

1 When forced to part from those we love,

Though sure to meet to-morrow.
We stili a painful anguish prove —
We feel a pang of sorrow.

2 But who can e'er describe the tears

We shed when thus we sever,
If doomed to part for months, for years —
To part, perhaps, forever ?

3 Yet. if our aims are fixed aright,

A sacred hope is given,
Thou ah here our prospects end in night,
We'll meet again in heaven.

4 Then let us form those bonds above

Which time can ne'er dissever,
Since, parting in a Saviour's love,
We part to meet forever.

1067. C. M. L.S.Hill.
Hope of Reunion above.

1 When floating on life's troubled sea,

By storms and tempests driven,
Hope, with her radiant ringer, points
To brighter scenes in heaven.

2 She bids the storms of life to cease,

The troubled breast be calm ;
And in the wounded heart she pours
Religion's healing balm.

3 Her hallowed influence cheers life's hours

Of sadness and of adoom ;
She guides us through this vale of tears
To joys beyond the tomb.

4 And when our fleeting days are o'er,

And life's last hour draws near,
With still unwearied wing she hastes
To wipe the falling tear.

5 She bids the anguished heart rejoice :

Thouirh earthly ties are riven,
We still may hope to meet again
In vonder peaceful heaven.
53 * 6-2Q

MEETING AND PARTING.

1068. S. M. Fawcett.
Christian Fellowship.

1 Blest be the tie that binds

Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.

2 Before our Father's throne

We pour our ardent prayers )
Our fears, our hopes, our aims are one,
Our comforts and our cares.

3 We share our mutual woes,

Our mutual burdens bear ;
And often for each other flows
The sympathizing tear.

4 When we asunder part,

It gives us inward pain ;
But we shall still be joined in heart,
And hope to meet again.

5 This glorious hope revives

Our courage by the way ;
While each in expectation lives,
And longs to see the day.

6 From sorrow, toil, and pain,

And sin, we shall be free,
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.

1069. C. M. Reed.

Gratitude for Preservation.

1 Come, let us strike our harps afresh

To great Jehovah's name ;
Sweet be the accents of our tongues
When we his love proclaim.

2 ;Twas by his bidding we were called

In pain a while to part ;
?Tis by his care we meet again,
And gladness fills our heart.

3 Blest be the hand that has preserved

Our feet from every snare.
And blest the goodness of the Lord.
Which to this hour we share.

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MEETING AXD PARTING.

4 0; may the Spirit's quickening power

Now sanctify our joy,
And warm our zeal in works of love
Our talents to employ.

5 Fast, fast our minutes fly away ;

: shall our wanderings cease ;
Then with our Father we shall dwell,
A family of peace.

10 /(J. 6s & OS. [Peculiar.] Sel. HYMNS.

Reunion in Heaven.

1 When shall we meet again ? —

Meet ne'er to sever ?
When will Peace wreathe her chain

Round us forever ?
Our hearts will ne'er repose
Safe from each blast that blows
In this dark vale of woes —

Never — no. never !

2 When shall love freely flow

Pure as life's river ?
When shall sweet friendship glow

Changeless forever ?
Where joys celestial thrill.
Where bliss each heart shall fill,
And fears of parting chill

Never — no. never !

3 Up to that world of light

Take us, dear Saviour ;
May we all there unite,

Happy forever :
Where kindred spirits dwell,
There may our music swell,
And time our joys dispel

Never — no. never !

4 Soon shall we meet again —

Meet ne'er to sever :
Soon will Peace wreathe her chain

Round us forever :
Our hearts will then repose
Secure from worldly woes ;
Our songs of praise shall close

Never — no, never !

631

DEATH.

1071. L. M. Watt*.

Men die, but the Saviour lives.

1 It is the Lord our Saviour's hand

Impairs our strength amid the race ;
Disease and death, at his command,
Arrest us, and cut short our days.

2 Spare, gracious Lord, 0, spare, we pray,

Nor let our sun go down at noon :
Thy years are one eternal day :

And must thy children die so soon '\

3 Yet, m the midst of death and irricf.

This thought our sorrows shall assuage —
u Oar Father and our Saviour lives ;
Thou art the same through every i s

4 Before thy face thy church shall live,

And on thy throne thy children reign :
This fading world shall they survive.
And rise to glorious life again.

1072. L. M. Watts.
Death disarmed.

1 Why should we start, and fear to die \

What timorous worms we mortals arc !
Death is the gate of endless joy,
And yet we dread to enter there.

2 The pains, the groans, and dying strife

Fright our approaching souls away;
Still we shrink back again to life,
Fond of our prison and our clay.

3 0, if my Lord would come and meet,

My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly, fearless, through death's iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.

4 Jesus can make a dying bed

Feel soft as downy pillows are,
While on his breast I lean my head,
And breathe my life out sweetly there.

632

DEATH.

1073. L. M. Watts.

God's Eternity and Man's Frailty.

1 Through every age, eternal God,
Thou art our rest, our safe abode :

High was thy throne ere heaven was made,
Or^earth. thy humble footstool, laid.

2 Long hadst thou reigned ere time bei
Or dust was fashioned into man ;
And long thy kingdom shall endure,
When earth and time shall be no more.

3 But man. weak man. is born to die,
Made up of guilt and vanity :

Thy dreadful sentence. Lord, is just —
"Return, ye sinners, to your dust."

4 Death, like an ever-flowing stream.
Sweeps us away: our life ?s a dream —
An empty tale — a morning flower.

Cut down and withered in an hour.

5 Teach us. 0 Lord, how frail is man.
And kindly lengthen out our span.
Till, cleansed by grace, we all may be
Prepared to die, and dwell with thee.

1074. C. M. Colt

Prayer for Support in Death.

1 When, bending o'er the brink of life,

My trembling soul shall stand.

And wait to pass death's awful flood,

Great God, at thy command, —

2 Thou Source of life and joy supreme.

Whose arm alone can save.
Dispel the darkness that surrounds
The entrance to the grave.

3 Lay thy supporting, gentle hand

Beneath my sinking head,
And let a beam of life divine
Illume my dying bed.

633

DEATH.

1075. C. M. Watts.

God's Presence /nukes Death easy.

1 Death cannot make our souls afraid,

If God be with us there ;
We may walk through its darkest shade.
And never yield to fear.

2 I could renounce my all below.

If my Redeemer bid :
And run. if 1 were en lied to go,
And die, as Moses did.

3 Might I but climb to Pisgah's top,

And view the promised land.
My flesh itself would long to drop,
And welcome the command.

4 Clasped in my heavenly Fathers arms

I would forget my breath,
And lose my life among the charms
Of so divine a death.

1076. C. M. Watts.

Victory over Death.

1 0 for an overcoming faith,

To cheer my dying hours,
To triumph o'er the monster Death,
And all his frightful powers !

2 Joyful, with all the strength I have,

My quivering lips should sing —
" Where is thy boasted victory, Grave ?
And where, 0 Death, thy sting

3 If sin be pardoned, I'm secure ;

Death has no sting beside :
The law gives sin its damning power ;
But Christ, my ransom, died.

4 Now to the God of victory

Immortal thanks be paid,
Who makes us conquerors, while we die.
Through Christ, our living Head.

034

DEATH.

1077. C. M. Beddome.

Preparation for Death.

1 If I must die, 0. let me die

With hope in Jesus3 blood —
The blood that saves from sin and guilt,
And reconciles to God.

2 If I must die, 0. let me die

In peace with all mankind.
And change these fleeting joys below
For pleasures more refined.

3 If I must die. — and die I must, —

Let some kind seraph come,
And bear me on his friendly wing
To my celestial home.

4 Of Canaan's land, from Pisgah's top,

May I but have a view.
Though Jordan should o'erflow its banks,
I'll boldly venture through.

1078. L. M. Watts.

Death and Burial of a Christian.

1 Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb :

Take this new treasure to thy trust,
And give these sacred relics room
To slumber in the silent dust.

2 Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear

Invades thy bounds : no mortal woes
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here.
While angels watch the soft repose.

3 So Jesus slept ; God's dying Son

Passed through the grave, and blest the bed :
Rest here, blest saint, till from his throne
The morning break, and pierce the shade.

4 Break from his throne, illustrious morn:

Attend. 0 earth, his sovereign word;
Restore thy trust : a glorious form
Shall then arise to meet the Lord.

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DEATa

1079. C. M. Watts.

Meditation on the Tomb.

1 Hark ! from the tombs a warning sound ;

My ears, attend the cry —
u Ye living men, come view the ground
Where you must shortly lie.

2 " Princes, this clay must be your bed,

In spite of all your towers :
The tall, the wise, the reverend head
Must lie as low as ours."

3 Great God, is this our certain doom ?

And are we still secure ? —
Still walking downward to the tomb,
And yet prepare no more ?

4 Grant us the power of quickening grace,

To fit our souls to fly :
Then, when we drop this dying flesh,
We'll rise above the sky.

1080. P. M. Pope.
The dying Christian to his Soul.

1 Vital spark of heavenly flame,
Quit, 0, quit this mortal frame :
Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying,
0, the pain, the bliss, of dying !
Cease, fond nature, cease thy strife,
And let me languish into life.

2 Hark ! — they whisper ; angels say,
" Sister spirit, come away : ;7
What is this absorbs me quite ? —
Steals my senses, shuts my sight,
Drowns my spirits, draws my breath? —
Tell me, my soul, can this be death?

3 The world recedes ; it disappears ;
Heaven opens on my eyes ; my ears

With sounds seraphic ring :
Lend, lend your winirs ! 1 mount! I fly!
il 0 Grave, where is thy victory ?

0 Death, where is thy sting 1 7}
63G

DEATH.

1081. C. M. IlEBEE.

.4 Warning from the Gi

1 Beneath our feet and o'er our head

Is equal warning given :
Beneath us lie the countless dead,
And far above is heaven.

2 Death rides on every passing breeze,

And lurks in every flower :
Each season has its own disease.
Its peril every hour.

3 Turn, sinner, turn : thy danger know :

Where'er thy foot can tread.
The earth rings hollow from below.
And warns thee of her dead.

4 Turn, Christian, turn : thy soul apply

To truths which hourly tell
That they who underneath thee lie
Shall live in heaven — or hell.

1082. C. M. Doddridge.

Death and Judgment appointed to AH.

1 Heaven has confirmed the dread decree,

That Adam's race must die :
One general ruin sweeps them down,
And low in dust they lie.

2 Ye living men. the tomb survey

Where you must shortly dwell :
Hark ! how the awful summons sounds
In every funeral knell !

3 Once you must die. and once for all ;

The solemn purport weigh ;
For know that heaven or hell depends
On that important day.

4 Those eyes, so long in darkness veiled,

Must wake, the Judge to see ;
And every word, and every thought,
Must pass his scrutiny.

5 0. may I in the Judge behold

My Saviour and my Friend,
And. far beyond the reach of death,
With all his saints ascend.

54: C37

DEATH.

1Ul>3. 78. Montgomery.

The Summons.

1 u Spirit, leave thy house of clay;
Lingering dust, resign thy breath;

Spirit, cast thy chain- away:

Dust, be thou dissolved in death: ;7

Thus the mighty Saviour speaks.
While the faithful Christian dies;

Thus tin1 bonds of life he breaks,
And the ransomed captive flies.

2 tt Prisoner, long detained below.
Prisoner, now with freedom blest,

Welcome from a world of woe ;

Welcome to a land of rest : "
Thus the choir of angels sing,

\- they bear the soul on high;
While with hallelujahs ring

All the regions of the sky.

3 Grave, the guardian of our dust,
Grave, the treasury of the skies,

Every atom of thy trust

Rests in hope again to rise :

Hark ! the judgment-trumpet calls —
" Soul, rebuild thy house of clay ;

Immortality thy walls.
And eternity thy day."

1084. 7s & 4. Mrs. Gilbert.

Prayer for Support in Death.

1 When the vale of death appears,
Faint and cold this mortal clay,

Blest Redeemer, soothe my fears,
Light me through the gloomy way ;

Break the shadows,
Usher in eternal day: —

2 Upward from this dying state
Bid my waiting soul aspire ;

Open thou the crystal gate :
To thy praise attune my lyre :

Then, triumphant,
I will join th3 immortal choir.
638

DEATH.

lOoOo 8s Sc 4. BiONTGH

The Grave.

1 There is a culm for those who weep,

A rest for weary pilgrims found :
They softly lie. and sweetly sleep,
Low in the ground.

2 The storm that sweeps the wintry sky

Xo more disturbs their deep repose
Than summer evening's latest sigh,
That shuts the rose.

3 Then, traveller in the vale of tea

To realms of everlasting light.
Through time's dark wilderness of years.
Pursue thy flight.

4 Thy soul, renewed by grace divine.

In God's own image, freed from clay,
In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine,
A star of day.

1086. 3s. Cowper.

Longing to be with Christ.

1 To Jesus, the crown of my hope,

My soul is in haste to be gone :
0. bear me. ye cherubim, up.
And waft me away to his throne.

2 My Saviour, whom, absent. I love :

Whom, not having seen. I adore :
Whose name is exalted above

All glory, dominion, and power, —

3 Dissolve thou these bonds that detain

My soul from her portion in thee ;
0. strike of this adamant chain.
And make me eternally free.

4 When that happy era besrin-.

When arrayed in thy glories I shine,
Xor grieve any more, by my sins.
The bosom on which I recline, —
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DEATH.

5 0, then shall the veil be removed.

And round me thy brightness be poured;
I shall sec Him whom, absent. I loved,
Whom, not having seen, I adored.

1087. C. M. Watts.
Triumph over Death in Hope of the Resurrection.

1 Great God, I own thy sentence just,

And nature must decay :
I yield my body to the dust,
To dwell with fellow-clay.

2 Yet faith may triumph o'er the grave,

And trample on the tombs ;
My great Redeemer ever lives,
My God, my Saviour, comes.

3 The mighty Conqueror shall appear,

High on a royal seat ;
And Death, the last of all his foes,
Lie vanquished at his feet.

4 Then shall I see thy lovely face

With strong, immortal eyes,
And feast upon thy wondrous grace
With pleasure and surprise.

1088. L. M. Steele.
Death of an Infant.

1 So fades the lovely, blooming flower,
Frail, smiling solace of an hour;

So soon our transient comforts fly,
And pleasure only blooms to die.

2 Is there no kind, no healing art,

To soothe the anguish of the heart?
Spirit of grace, be ever nigh:
Thy comforts are not made to die.

3 Let gentle patience smile on pain,
Till dying hope revives again;

Hope wipes the tear from sorrow's eye,
And faith points upward to the sky.

640

DEATH.
1089. 78. TOPLADY.

The dyhig Christian to his Soul.

1 Deathless spirit, now arise;
Soar, thou native of the skies —
Pearl of price, by Jesus bought,
To his glorious likeness wrought.

2 Go to shine before the throne;
Deck the Mediator's crown;
Go, his triumphs to adorn ;
Made for God. to God return.

3 Lo ! he beckons from on high;
Fearless to his presence fly :
Thine the merit of his blood.
Thine the righteousness of God.

4 Angels, joyful to attend,
Hovering round thy pillow bend,
Wait to catch the signal given,
And convey thee quick to heaven.

5 Burst thy shackles : drop thy clay;
Sweetly breathe thyself away;
Singing, to thy crown remove,
Swift of wing, and fired with love.

6 Shudder not to pass the stream :
Venture all thy care on Him —
Him. whose dying love and power
Stilled its tossing, hushed its roar.

7 Safe is the expanded wave,
Gentle as a summer's eve;
Not one object of his care
Ever suffered shipwreck there.

8 See the haven full in view ;

Love divine shall bear thee through :
Trust to that propitious gale ;
Weigh thy anchor, spread thy sail.

9 Saints in glory, perfect made,

Wait thy passage through the shade ;
Swiftly to their wish be given ;
Kindle higher joy in heaven.
54 * 641

DEATH.

1090. S. H. M. Montgomery.
Friends sejxirated by Death.

1 Friend after friend departs :

0 hath not lost a friend ?
io union here of hearts
That finds not here an end :
Were this frail world our final rest,
Living or dying, none were bl<

2 Beyond the flight of time.

Beyond the reign of death,
There surely is some blessed clime

Where life is not a breath.
Nor life's affections transient fire.
Whose sparks fly upward and expire.

3 There is a world above.

Where parting is unknown;
A long eternity of love,

Formed for the good alone ;
And faith beholds the dying here
Translated to that glorious sphere.

4 Thus star by star declines.

Till all are passed away ;
As morning high and higher shines

To pure and perfect day :
Nor sink those stars in empty night.
But hide themselves in heaven's own light.

1091. C. M. Steele.
The Death of a young Person.

1 When blooming youth is snatched away

By death's resistless hand.
Our hearts the mournful tribute pay
Which pity must demand.

2 While pity prompts the rising sigh;

O. may this truth, impress
With awful power. " I too must die/'
Sink deep in every breast.
oh

DEATH.

3 Let this vain world engage no more :

Behold the opening tomb :
It bids us seize the present hour :
To-morrow death may come.

4 0. let us fly — to Jesus fly,

Whose powerful arm can save :
Then shall our hopes ascend on high,
And triumph o'er the grave.

5 Great God. thy sovereign grace impart,

With cleansing, healing power*
This only can prepare the heart
For death's surprising hour.

1092. C. M. Waits.

Death of Christian Friends.

1 Why do we mourn departing friends,

Or shake at death's alarms \
;Tis but the voice that Jesus sends
To call them to his arms.

2 Are we not tending upward, too.

As fast as time can move \
Nor would we wish the hours more slow,
To keep us from our Love.

3 Why should we tremble to convey

Their bodies to the tomb ?
?Twas there the flesh of Jesus lay,
And left a long perfume.

4 The graves of all the saints he blest,

And softened every bed :
WThere should the dying members rest
But with their dying Head I

5 Thence he arose, ascending high,

And showed our feet the way :
Up to the Lord our souls shall fly,
At the great rising day.

6 Then let the last loud trumpet sound,

And bid our kindred rise :
Awake, ye nations under ground ;
Ye saints, ascend the skies.

643

DEATH.

1093. 7, 6fl & 8. NoBL'sCoi

The Land of 11

1 Brother, thou art gone to rest;

We will not weep fur th<
For thou art now where oft on earth
Thy spirit longed to be.

2 Brother, thou art gone to res

Thine is an early tomb;
But Jesus summoned the

Thy Saviour called thee home.

3 Brother, thou art gone to rest :

Thy toils and cares are o'er:
And sorrow, pain, and Buffering, now
Shall ne'er distress thee more.

4 Brother, thou art gone to ree

Thy sins are all forgiven;
And saints in light have welcomed thee
To share the joys of heaven.

5 Brother, thou art gone to res

And this shall be our prayer —
That when we reach our journey's end,
Thy glory we may share.

1094. C M. L. H. SlGOl-RXEY.

Burial of a Friend.

1 As, bowed by sudden storms, the rose

Sinks on the garden's brea<t.
Down to the grave our brother goes
In silence there to rot.

2 No more with us his tuneful voice

The hymn of praise shall swell ;
No more his cheerful heart rejoice
When peals the Sabbath bell.

3 Yet if. in yonder clou

Amid a sinless throng.
He utters in his Saviour's ear
The everlasting s< _. —

4 No more we'll mourn the absent friend,

But lift our earnest praj
And daily every effort bend
To rise and join him there.

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DEATH.

1095. L. M. Epis.Col.
Death of an Infant.

1 As vernal flowers that scent the morn,

But wither in the rising day,
Thus lovely was this infant's dawn,
Thus swiftly fled his life away.

2 He died before his infant soul

Had ever burnt with wrong desires —
Had ever spurned at heaven's control,
Or ever quenched its sacred fires.

3 He died to sin ; he died to care ;

But for a moment felt the rod ;
Then, rising on the viewless air,

Spread his light wings, and soared to Goc

4 This blessed theme now cheers my voice :

The grave is not the loved one's prison ;
The *• stone n that covered half my joys
Is •• rolled away," and. lo ! " he's risen."

1096. 8s & 7s. S.F.Smith.
Interment of a pious young Female.

1 Sister, thou wast mild and lovely,

Gentle as the summer breeze,
Pleasant as the air of evening
When it floats among the trees.

2 Peaceful be thy silent slumber —

Peaceful in the grave so low :
Thou no more wilt join our number;
Thou no more our songs shall know.

3 Dearest sister, thou hast left us

Here thy loss we deeplv feel
But 'tis God that hath bereft us
He can all our sorrows heal.

4 Yet again we hope to meet thee,

When the day of life is fled,
Then in heaven with joy to greet thee.
Where no farewell tear is shed.

645

DEATH.

1097. C. M. Dale.

Death of a Christian.

1 Dea ii as thou wertj and justly dear,

We will not weep for thee :
One thought shall check the starting tear;
It is. that thou art free.

2 And thus shall faith's consoling power

The tears of love restrain :
0; who that saw thy parting hour
Could wish thee here again !

3 Triumphant in thy closing eye

The hope of glory shone ;
Joy breathed in thy expiring sigh,
To think the race was run.

4 The passing spirit gently fled,

Sustained, by grace divine ;
0. may such grace on us be shed,
And make our end like thine.

1098. 7s. J. H. Bancroft.
The Christian's Burial.

1 Brother, though from yonder sky
Cometh neither voice nor cry,

Yet we know for thee to-day
Every pain hath passed away.

2 Not for thee shall tears be given,
Child of God, and heir of heaven ,
For he gave thee sweet release ;
Thine the Christian's death of peace.

3 Well we know thy living faith
Had the power to conquer death ;
As a living rose may bloom

By the border of the tomb.

4 Brother, in that solemn trust
We commend thee, dust to dust;
In that faith we wait. till, risen.
Thou shalt meet us all in heaven.

5 While we weep as Jesus wept,
Thou shalt sleep as Jesus slept :
With thy Saviour thou shalt rest,
Crowned, and glorified, and blest.

646

DEATH.

1099. S, H. M. MONTGOMERY.

The Christian's tranquil Death.

1 This place is holy ground ;

World, with its cares, away ;
A holy, solemn stillness round

This lifeless, mouldering clay;
Nor pain, nor grief, nor anxious fear
Can reach the peaceful sleeper here.

2 Behold the bed of death —

The pale and mortal clay ;
Heard ye the sob of parting breath *

Marked ye the eye's last ray ?
No ; life so sweetly ceased to be,
It lapsed in immortality.

3 Why mourn the pious dead ?

Why sorrows swell our eyes ?
Can sighs recall the spirit fled ?

Shall vain reirrets arise ?
Though death has caused this altered mien.
In heaven the ransomed soul is seen.

4 Bury the dead, and weep

In stillness o'er the loss :
Bury the dead; in Christ they sleep

Who bore on earth his c:
And from the grave their dust shall rise,
In his own image, to the skies.

1100. L.M. J.N.Bbowk.

Address to the dying Christian.

1 Go, spirit of the sainted dead,

Go to thy longed-for, happy home :
The tears of man are o?er thee shed ;
The voice of angels bids thee come.

2 If life be not in length of days,

In silvered locks, and furrowed brow,
But living to the Saviour's praise,
How few have lived so long as thou !

3 Though earth may boast one gem the lees,

May not e'en heaven the richer be?
And myriads on thy footsteps press,
To share thy blest eternity.

647

DEATH.

1101. 7.S & 8s. [Peculiar.] DoANE.

Weep not.

1 Lift not thou the wnilinir voice ;

Weep not : 'tis a Christian dieth :
Up, where blessed saints rejoice.

Ransomed now, the spirit flieth :
High in heaven's own light she dwelleth;
Full the song of triumph swelleth :
Freed from earth, and earthly failing,
Lift for her no voice of wailing.

2 They who die in Christ are blest :

Ours be, then, no thought of grieving :
Sweetly with their God they rest,

All their toils and troubles leaving :
So be ours the faith that saveth,
Hope that every trial braveth,
Love that to the end endureth,
And, through Christ, the crown secureth.

1102. C. M. Peabody.

Peaceful Death of the Pious.

1 Behold the western evening light !

It melts in deepening gloom;
So calmly Christians sink away,
Descending to the tomb.

2 The winds breathe low ; the yellow leaf

Scarce whispers from the tree ;
So gently flows the parting breath
When good men cease to be.

3 How beautiful, on all the hills,

The crimson light is shed !
?Tis like the peace the Christian gives
To mourners round his bed.

4 How mildly on the wandering cloud

The sunset beam is cast !
So sweet the memory left behind
When loved ones breathe their last.

5 And, lo ! above the dews of night

The vesper star appears :
So faith lights up the mourner's heart
Whose eyes are dim with tears.

648

DEATH.

6 Ni^ht falls, but soon the morning light
[ts glories shall restore :
And thus the eves that sleep in death
Shall wake, to close no more.

1103. L. M. Baiibauld.
Blessedness of the Righteous in Death.

1 How blest the righteous when he dies !

;i sinks a weary soul to i
How mildly beam the closing eyes !
How gently heaves tlf expiring breast !

2 So fades a summer cloud away :

le when storms are o'er;
So gently shuts the eye of di
So dies a wave along the shore.

3 A holy quiet reigns around.

A calm which life nor death destri
And nought disturbs that peace profound
Which his unfettered soul en i

4 Farewell, conflicting hopes and fears,

Where lights and shades alternate dwell;
How bright th" unchanging morn appears !
Farewell, inconstant world, farewell !

5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay,

light from its load the spirit flies,
While heaven and earth combine to say,
:- How blest the righteous when he dies ! n

1104. C. M. Watts.
Those blessed icho die in the Lord.

1 Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims

For all the pious dead :
" Sweet is the savor of their names.
And soft their sleeping bed.

2 u They die in Jesus, and are blest ;

How kind their slumbers are !
From suffering and from sin released,
They're freed from every snare.

3 " Far from this world of toil and strife

They're present with the Lord ;
The labors of their mortal life
End in a large reward.77

55 649

DEATH.

1105. L. M. G L. WlNCKELL'8 SeL.
77/ e Hope a/" Christian I

1 Sweet is the thought, the promi

That friends, long-severed friends, shall mei I —
That kindred souls, on earth disjoi

I meet, from earthly dross
Their mortal cares and
And mingle hearts to part no m

2 But for this hope, this bless<

i earthly comforts all d<-
0. who could view th' expiring eve.
Nor wish, with those they love, to die ?
Who could receive their parting breath,
Nor long to follow them in de<

3 But we have brighter hopes : we know
Short is this pilgrimage of woe ;

We know that our Redeemer 1.
We trust the promises :.
And part in hope to meet above7
Where all is joy. and all is love.

1106. 12s & lis. Heber.
Farewell to a Friend departed.

1 Trior art gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee,

Though sorrows and darkness encom :nb ;

The Saviour h through its ] ee,

And the lamp of his love is thy guide 1 1 gloom.

2 Thou art gone to the grave; we no

Nor tread the rough paths of the v
But the wide arms of n.< old thee,

And sinners may hope, since the Saviour hath died.

3 Thou art gone to the grave ; and, its mansion forsaking,

Perchance thy it in doubt lingered long ;

But the sunshine of heaven beamed brig h y waking,

And the sound thou didst h<

4 Thou art gone ve ; but we - lore thee ;

Since dan, thy Guide;

lie . I e took t.-.i e, and lie will restore thee ;

iviour hath died.
650

DEATH.

1107'. 8s 8c 7s. Bap. Memorial,

Burial of a Ch

1 Brother, rest from sin an

Death is o'er, and life is won :

On thy slumber dawns no morrow :

Rest ; thine earthly race is run.

2 Brother, wake ; the ni^ht is wai

Endless day is round thee poured :
Enter thou the rest remaining
For the people of the Lord.

3 Brother, wake ; for He who loved thee. —

He who died that thou mightst live. —
He who graciously approved i 1 ■-■. —
Waits thy crown of joy to give.

4 Fare thee well ; though woe is blending

With the tones of earthly 1 >
Triumph high and joy unending
Wait thee in the realms above.

1108. L. M. Norton.

Blessedness of the pious Dead.

1 0. stay thy tears : for they are blest.

Whose days are past, whose toil is done :
Here midnight care

Here sorrow dims the noonday sun.

2 How blest are they whose transient years

Pass like an evening meteor's flight !
Not dark with guilt, nor dim with :

Whose course is short, unclouded, brig

3 0. cheerless were our lengthened way :

But Heaven's own light dispels the gloom,
Streams downward from eternal day.
And casts a glory round the tomb.

4 0. stay thy tears : the blest above

Have hailed a spirit's heavenly birth,
And sung a song of joy and love :

Then why should anguish reign on earth?

C51

DEATH.

1109. L. M. Mrs. Macs
Asleep in Jesus.

1 Asleep in Jesus ! blessed sleep,

From which none ever wakes to weep —
A calm ami undisturbed repose,
Unbroken by the last of iocs.

2 Asleep in Jesus ! 0. how sweet
To be for such a slumber meet !
With holy confidence to sing

That Death has lost his venomed sting !

3 Asleep in Jesus ! peaceful rest.
Whose waking is supremely blest :
No fear, no woe, shall dim that hour
That manifests the Saviour's power.

4 Asleep in Jesus ! 0, for me
May such a blissful refuge be :
Securely shall my ashes lie,

And wait the summons from on high.

5 Asleep in Jesus ! time nor space
Affects this precious hiding-place :
On Indian plains or Lapland snows
Believers find the same repose.

6 Asleep in Jesus ! far from thee

Thy kindred and their graves may be ;
But thine is still a blessed sleep,
From which none ever wakes to weep.

1110. C. M. Anon.

Peaceful Death of the Righteous.

1 I looked upon the righteous man,

And saw his parting breath,
Without a struggle or a sigh,

Serenely yield to death :
There was no anguish on his brow,

Nor terror in his eye :
The spoiler aimed a fatal dart,

But lost the victory.

DEATH.

2 I looked upon the righteous man.

And heard the holy prayer
Which rose above that breathless form.

To soothe the mourners" care.
And felt how precious, was the gift

He to his loved ones gave —
The stainless memory of the just,

The wealth beyond the grave.

3 I looked upon the righteous man ;

And all our earthly trust
Of pleasure, vanity, or pride,

Seemed lighter than the dust.
Compared with his celestial gain —

A home above the sky :
0. grant us. Lord, his life to live,

That we like him may die.

1111. L. M. Bathxrst.

The Christian's parting Hour.

1 How sweet the hour of closing day,

When all is peaceful and serene,
And when the sun. with cloudless ray,
Sheds mellow lustre o'er the scene !

2 Such is the Christian's parting hour ;

So peacefully he sinks to rest ;
When faith, endued from heaven with power,
Sustains and cheers his languid breast.

3 Mark but that radiance of his eye.

That smile upon his wasted cheek :
They tell us of his glory nigh

In language that no tongue can speak.

4 A beam from heaven is sent to cheer

The pilgrim on his adoomv road ;
And angels are attending near.
To bear him to their bright abode.

5 Who would not wish to die like those

Whom God's own Spirit deigns to bless '?-
To sink into that soft repose.

Then wake to perfect happiness ?

55 * 653

DEATH.

111^, & 7s. Coli^

Comfort in the Death, of the Christian,

1 Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish

O'er the grave of those you love :
Pain, and death, and night, and anguish
Enter not the world above.

2 While our silent steps are straying,

Lonely, through night's deepening shade,
Glory's brightest beams are playing
Round the happy Christian's head.

3 Light and peace at once deriving

From the hand of God most high,
In his glorious presence living,
They shall never, never die.

4 Endless pleasure, pain excluding,

Sickness, there, no more can come ;
There, no fear of woe, intruding,

Sheds o'er heaven a moment's gloom.

lllO, C. M. Doddridge.

The Christian's Farewell.

1 Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell,

With all your feeble light ;
Farewell, thou ever-changing moon.
Pale empress of the night.

2 And thou, refulgent orb -of day,

In brighter flames arrayed.
My soulj that springs beyond thy sphere,
No more demands thy aid.

3 Ye stars are but the shining dust

Of my divine abode,
The pavement of those heavenly courts
Where I si i all see my God.

4 The Father of eternal li'_rht

Will there his beams display:
Nor shall one moment's darkness blend
With that unvaried day.

G54

DEATH.

1114. S. M. Ch. Psalmody.

The peaceful Death of the 'Righteous.

1 0 for the death of those

Who slumber in the Lord !

0, be like theirs my last repose,

Like theirs my last reward !

2 Their bodies in the ground,

In silent hope, may lie.
Till the last trumpet's joyful sound
Shall call them to the sky.

3 Their ransomed spirits soar.

On wings of faith and love.

To meet the Saviour they adore,

And reign with him above.

4 With us their names shall live

Through lomr-succeedinur years.
Embalmed with all our hearts can give-
Our praises and our tears.

5 0 for the death of those

Who slumber in the Lord !

0, be like theirs my last repose,

Like theirs my last reward !

lll£). C. M. Doddridge.

Death of a Minister.

1 What though the arm of conquering death

Does God's own house invade ;
What though our teacher and our friend
Is numbered with the dead : —

2 Though earthly shepherds dwell in dust,

The aged and the young :
The watchful eye in darkness closed,
And dumb th' instructive tongue : —

3 Th" eternal Shepherd still survives,

His teaching to impart :
Lord, be our Leader and our Guide,
And rule and keep our heart.

4 Yes, while the dear Redeemer lives.

We have a boundless store.
And shall be fed with what He gives
Who lives forevermore.

655

DEATH.

lllO. 10s. Montgomery.

Death of a Minister in Jtis Prime

1 Go to the grave in all thy glorious prime,

In full activity of zeal and po
A Christian cannot die before his time;

The Lord's appointment is the servant's hour.

2 Go to the grave ; at noon from labor c.

Rest on thy sheaves ; thy harvest-task is done
Come from the heat of battle, and in peace.
Soldier, go home ; with thee the fight is won.
£» Go to the grave ; for there thy Saviour lay
In deatlrs embrace, ere he arose on high ;
And all the ransomed, by that narrow way,
Pass to eternal life beyond the sky.
4 Go to the grave : — no ; take thy seat above ;
Be thy pure spirit present with the Lord,
Where thou for faith and hope has love,

And open vision for the written word.

1117. 8s & 7s. L. II. Sigourxey.

Death of a Pastor.

1 Pastor, thou art from us taken

In the glory of thy years.
As the oak, by tempests shaken,
Falls ere time its verdure sears.

2 Here, where oft thy lip hath taught us

Of the Lamb who died to save. —
Where thy guiding hand hath brought us
To the deep, baptismal wave, —

3 Pale and cold we see thee lying

In God's temple, once so dear.
And the mourners' bitter sighing
Falls unheeded on thine ear.

4 All thy love and zeal, to lead us

Where immortal fountains ilow,
And on living bread to feed us,
In our fond remembrance glow.

5 May the conquering faith that cheered thee

When thy foot on Jordan pressed.
Guide our spirits while we leave thee
In the tomb that Jesus blessed.
656

DEATH.

lllo. S. WE. Montgomery.

The Death of an aged Minister.

1 "Servant of God. well done ;

Rest from thy loved employ :
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy j°y-?J

2 The voice at midnight came ;

He started np to hear :
A mortal arrow pierced his frame ;
He fell, but felt no fear.

3 Tranquil amid alarms.

It found him on the field.
A veteran slumbering on his arms.
Beneath his red-cross shield.

4 The pains of death are past j

Labor and sorrow cea-e :
And. life's long warfare closed at last,
His soul is found in peace.

5 Soldier of Christ, well done ;

Praise be thy new emp~

And. while eternal ages run.

Rest in thy Saviour's joy.

1119. 8a cv: 9s. Bacon.

Death of a Missionary.

1 Weep not for the saint that asce: -

To partake of the joys of the -
Weep not for the seraph that bends

With the worshipping chorus on high;
Weep not for the spirit now crowned

With the garland to martyrdom given ;
0, weep not for him : he has found

His reward and his refuge in heaven.

2 But weep for their sorrows who stand

And lament o'er the dead by his grave;
Who sigh when they muse on the land

Of their home far away o'er the w
And weep for the nations that dwell
re the light of the truth neve.
Where anthems of peace never swell.

And the love of the inknown.

RESURRECTION.

1120. Luther.

The 1 ■ rf,/rs.

1 Flung to the heedless winds,

Or on the waters cast,

Their ashes shall be watched,
I gathered at the last :

And from that scattered dust,

md us and abroad.
Shall spring a plenteous seed
Of witnesses for God.

2 Jesus hath now received

Their latest living breath;
Yet vain is Satan's I

Of victory in their death :
Still, still, though dead, they speak,

And, triumph-tongued, proclaim
To many a wakening land

The one availing Name.

RESURRE CTIOX.

1121. CM. Scotch Col.

Death vanquished.

1 When the last trumpet's awful voice

This rending earth shall shake. —
When opening graves shall yield their charge,
And dust to life awake. —

2 Those bodies that corrupted fell

11 incorrupted i
And mortal forms shall spring to life
Immortal in the skies.

>ld, what heavenly prophets sung
Is now at last fulfilled —
That Death should yield his ancient reign.
And. vanquished, quit the field.
4 Let Faith exalt her joyful voi
And thus begin to sing :
u 0 Grave, where i- thy triumph now ?
And where, 0 Death, thy sting ! "

053

RESURRECTION.

1122. s- :>r- Watos.

Ho, - r, Tret ion.

1 And must this body die !

This mortal frame decay !

I must these active limbs of mine
Lie mouldering in tin1 clay '.

2 God. my Redeemer, lives,

And often, from the ski
Looks down, and watches all my dust,
Till he shall bid it rise.

3 Arrayed in glorious grace

Shall these vile bodies shine,
And every shape, and every face,
Look heavenly and divine.

4 These lively hopes we owe

To Jesus' dying love :
We would adore his grace below,
And sing his power above.

5 0 Lord, accept the pra

Of these our humble songs,
Till strains of nobler sound we raise
With our immortal tongues.

1123. C. M. Steele.
Time and Eternity.

1 Life is a span — a fleeting hour:

How soon the vapor dies !
Man is a tender, transient llower,
That e'en in blooming dies.

2 The once-loved form, now cold and dead,

Each mournful thought employs :
And Nature weeps her comforts lied,
And withered all her joys.

3 Hope looks beyond the bounds of time.

When what we now deplore

Shall rise in full, immortal prime.

And bloom to fade no more.

4 Cease, then, fond Nature, cease thy tears;

Thy Saviour dwells on high ;
There everlasting spring appears ;
There joys shall never die.

C59

RESURRECTION.

1124. C. M. Watts.

nerrecHon.

1 How long shall Death; the tyrant, reign,

! triumph o'er the just !
How Long the blood of martyrs slain
Lie mingled with the due

2 Lo ! I behold the

The dawn of heaven app<

The bright, immortal morning spread.'
- round th

3 I see the Lord of glory come.

And flaming guards around :
The skies divide to make him room;
The trumpet shakes the ground.

4 I hear the voice. u Ye dead, aria

And. lo ! the gray
And waking saints, with joyful o\
Salute th" expected day.

5 0, may our humble spirits stand

Among them, clothed in white :
The meanest place at his right hand
Is infinite delight.

6 How will our joy and wonder ri

When our returning King

Shall bear us homeward through the skies,
On love's triumphant wi

1125. s. M.

Resurrection and Judgment.

1 And am I born to die ?

To lay this body down I
And must my trembling spiril fly
Into a world unkno

2 AVaked by the trump*

I fr<
And - idge with glory crowned,

And see the flamii ; - .
600

RESURRECTION.

3 How shall I leave my tomb ?

With triumph, or regret ! —
A fearful or a joyful doom.
A curse or blessing, nu

4 I must from God be driven.

Or with my Saviour dwell :

si come, at his command, to heaven,
Or else depart — to hell.

5 0 Thou, that wouldst not have

One wretched sinner die. —
Who diedst thyself, my soul to save
From endless misery. —

6 Show me the way to shun

. dreadful wrath severe.
That, when thou comest on thy throne,
I may with joy appear.

11:26. CM. Watts,

Hope of Heaven through Christ.

1 Blest be the everlasting God,

The Father of our Lord :
Be his abounding" mercy praised,
His majesty adored.

2 When from the dead he raised his Son,

And called him to the -
He 2-ave our souls a lively hope
add never die.

3 What though our inbred sins require

Our flesh to see the dusl :

Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose.
So all his followers must.

4 There's an inheritance divine

Reserved against that day ;
"Tis uncorrupted. undeiiled,
And cannot fade away.

5 Saints by the power of God are kept

Till the salvation come ;
We walk by faith as strangers here,
Till Christ shall call us home.

56 (361

RESURRECTION.

1127. C. M. Watts.
"Hope of the Resurrection.

1 I bet t!i" Lord before my face;

He bears my courage up :
My heart, my tongue, their joy express;
My flesh shall rest in hope*.

2 My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave

Where sou!- departed are.
Nor quit my body in the grave,

To see destruction there.

3 Thou wilt reveal the path of life,

And raise me to thy throne ;
Thy courts immortal pleasure give ;
Thy presence, joys unknown.

1128. L. M. Watts.

Death and the Resurrection.

1 When God is nigh, my faith is strong;

His arm is my almighty prop :
Be glad, my heart: rejoice, my tongue ;
My dying flesh shall rest in hope.

2 Though in the dust 1 lay my head,

Yet, gracious God. thou wilt not leave
My soul forever with the dead.

Nor lose thy children in the grave.

3 My flesh shall thy first call obey,

Shake off the dust, and rise on high;
Then shalt thou lead the wondrous way
To yonder throne above the sky.

4 There streams of endless pleasure flow,

And fulJ discoveries of thy g
Which we but tasted here below.

Spread heavenly joys through all the place.

1129. CM. II. K. White.
Journeying through Death to

1 Through sorrow's night and danger's path,
Amid the deepening gloomy
We, soldiers of a heavenly King,
Are marching to the tomb.

GC2

JUDGMENT DAY.

2 There, when the turmoil is no in

And all our powers decay.
Our cold remains in solitude
Shall sleep the years away.

3 Our labors done, seen rely laid

In this our last retreat,
Unheeded o'er our silent dust
The storms of life shall beat.

4 Yet not thus lifeless, in the grave,

The vital spark shall lie ;
For o'er life's wreck that spark shall rise,
To seek its kindred sky.

5 These ashes, too. — this little dust, —

Our Father's care shall keep.
Until the final trump shall break
The long and dreary sleep.

6 Then love's soft dew o'er every eye

Shall shed its mildest rays.
And our long-silent dust shall rise,
With scouts of endless praise !

JUDGMENT DAY.

1130. L. M. W. Scott.

The great Bay.

1 The day of wrath, that dreadful day.
When heaven and earth shall pass away ! -
What power shall be the sinner's stay ■
How shall he meet that dreadful day I —

2 When, shrivelling like a parched scroll,
The naming heavens together roll.
And louder yet. and yet more dread.
Resounds the trump that wakes the dead ?

3 0, on that day. that wrathful day.
When man to judgment wakes from clay,
Be thou, 0 Christ, the sinner's stay.
Though heaven and earth shall pass away.

663

JUDGMENT DAY.

1131. 7s. T. Von Cblano.

Pleading far . icceptance.

1 Ox that great, that awful day,
This vain world shall pass away.
And before the Maker stand

All the creatures of his hand.

2 Then shall all the nations meet
At th' eternal judgments
And. unveiled before his eye,
All the works of man shall lie.

3 0, in that destroying hour,

Source of goodness, Source of power,
Show thou, of thine own free grace,
Help unto a helpless race.

4 Hear, and pity ; hear, and aid ;
Spare the creatures thou hast made ;
Fold us with the sheep that -stand
Pure and safe at thy right hand.

Ho^, ^s ^ ^s* [Peculiar.] Luther.

Christ coming to Judgment.

1 Great God, what do I see and hear ?

The end of things created :
The Judge of man I see appear,

On clouds of glory seated :
The trumpet sounds : the graves restore
The dead which they contained before:

Prepare, my soul, to meet him.

2 The dead in Christ shall first arise,

At the last trumpet's sounding,
Caught up to meet him in the skies,

With joy their Lord surrounding :
No gloomy fears their souls dismay;
His presence sheds eternal day

On those prepared to meet him.

664

JUDGMENT DAY.

3 But sinners, filled with guilty iV

Behold his wrath prevailing :
For they shall rise, and find their tears

And sighs are unavaili
The day i and gone ;

Trembling throne,

All unprepared to meet him.

4 Great God. what do I see and hear !

The end of things created :
The Judge of man I see appear.

On clouds of glory seated :
Before view the day

en heaven and earth shall pass away.
- prepare to meet him.

1133. C. P. M. C. Wesley.

1 0 God. my inmosl

And deeply on my thoughtful heart
:al things imp.

tieir solemn weight,
And tremble on the brink

I wake to righteousness.

2 Before me place, in dread array.

)omp of that tremendous day.
a thou with clouds shalt come
To judge the nation
And tell me. Lord, shall I be there
To meet a joyful doom ?-

3 Be this my one great business here.
With serious industry a

Eternal bliss t' insure —
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil.
And suffer all thy righteous will,

And to the end endure.

4 T". Ler, then my soul receive.
Transported from this vale, to live

And reign with thee above.
Where faith is sweetly lost in sight.
in full, supreme delight.
I everlasting love.

56* C65

JUDGMENT D

1134. L. M. wA

in Christ as Sovereign <

1 He reigns! the Lord the Saviour reigns!
Siqg to his name in lofty strains :
Let all the earth in songs rejo

And in his praise exait their voice.

2 Deep are his counsels, and unknown :
But grace and truth support his thri
Though gloomy clouds his way surround,
Justice is their eternal ground.

3 In robes of judgment, lo ! he com

Shakes the wide earth and cleaves the tombs;
Before him burns devouring fire ;
The mountains melt, the seas retire.

4 His enemies, with sore dismay,

Fly from the sight, and shun the day :
Then lift your heads, ye saints, on high,
And sing, for your redemption "s nigh.

1135. L. ML Heber.

The Lord icill come.

1 The Lord will come: the earth shall quake;
The hills their ancient seats forsake :

And, withering, from the vault of night
The stars withdraw their feeble li_

2 The Lord will come ; but not the same
As once in lowly form he came, —

A quiet Lamb to slaughter led. —

The bruised, the suffering, and the d^ad.

3 The Lord will come ; a dreadful form,
With wreath of flame, and robe of storm,
On cherub wings, and wings of wind,
Anointed Judge of human kind.

4 Can this be he who wont to stray
A pilgrim on the world's highway,

Bv power oppressed, and mocked by pride ?
0 God, is this the Crucified ?

5 Go. tyrants, to the rocks complain ;
Go seek the mountain's cleft in vain;
But faith, victorious o'er the tomb.
Shall sing for joy, " The Lord is come."

666

JUDGMENT DAY.

1136. 8s, 7s & 4. Oliver.

Christ coming to Judgment.

1 Lo ! he comes, with clouds descending,

Once for favored sinners slain :

Thousand thousand saints, attending,

Swell the triumph of his train :

Hallelujah!
Jesus shall forever reign.

2 Every eye shall now behold him;

Robed in dreadful majesty :
Those who set at nought and sold him,
Pierced, and nailed him to the tree,

Deeply wailing,
Shall the true Messiah see.

3 When the solemn trump has sounded,

Heaven and earth shall flee away ;
•All who hate him must, confounded,
Hear the summons of that day —

" Come to judgment ! —
Come to judgment ! — come away ! "

4 Now the Saviour, long expected,

See, in solemn pomp, appear )
All his saints, by man rejected.
Now shall meet him in the air :

Hallelujah !
See the day of God appear.

1137. C. M. Doddridge.

The Day approaches.
• 1 The day approaches. 0 my soul, —
The great, decisive day. —
Which from the verge .of mortal life
Shall bear thee far away.

2 Another day more awful dawns.

And, lo ! the Judge appears :

Ye heavens, retire before his face ;

And sink, ye darkened stars.

3 Yet does one short, preparing hour —

One precious hour — remain:
Rouse, then, ray soul, with all thy power,
Nor let it pass in vain.
C67

JUDGMENT DAY.

lloO. 7fl. Kelly.

Christ coming to save /lis People.

1 Hark ! that shout of rapturous joy,

Bursting forth from yonder cloud;
Jesus comes, and. through the
Angels tell their joy aloud.

2 Hark ! the trumpet's awful voice

Sounds abroad o:er sea and land ;
Let his people now rejoice :
Their redemption is at hand.

3 See, the Lord appears in vi-

Heaven and earth before him fly ;
Rise, ye saints ; he comes for .
Rise to meet him in the sky.

4 Go and dwell with him above,

Where no foe can e'er molest;
Happy in the Saviour's love,
Ever blessing, ever blest.

1139. 10s & lis. [Pzccliae.] Wars.

The last Judgment.

1 The God of glory sends his summons forth.
Calls the south nations, and awakes the north;
From east to west the sovereign orders spread,
Through distant worlds and regions of the dead :
The trumpet sounds : hell trembles : heaven rejoices;
Lift up your heads, ye saints, with cheerful voices.

2 No more shall atheists mock his long delay : .
His vengeance sleeps no more : behold the day:
Behold, the Judge descends : his guards are nigh :
Tempest and fire attend him down the sky:
When God appears, all nature shall adore him :
While sinners tremble, saints rejoice before him.

3 Sinners, awake betimes ; 0. now be wi
Awake before this dreadful morning ria

Change your vain thoughts, your crooked works amend ;
Fly to the Saviour, make the Judge your Friend :
Then join the saints : wake every cheerful passion;
When Christ returns, he comes for your salvation.
668

JUDGMENT BAY.

1140. 8s, 7s & 4. Rippon's Col.
The Judjment welcomed.

1 Lo ! he cometh : countless trumpets

Wake to life the slumbering dead ;
*Mid ten thousand saints and angels
See their srreat. exalted Head :

Hallelujah !
Welcome, welcome. Son of God.

2 Full of joyful expectation.

Saints behold the Judge appear ;
Truth and justice go before him ;
Now the joyful sentence hear :

Hallelujah !
Welcome, welcome, Judge divine.

3 (: Come, ye blessed of my Father ;

Enter into life and joy :
Banish all your fears and sorrows ;
Endless praise be vour employ : "

Hallelujah !
Welcome, welcome to the skies.

1141. S. SL Beddome.
The Lord cometh to Judgment.

1 Behold, the day is come :

The righteous Judge is near:
And sinners, trembling at their doom,
Shall soon their sentence hear.

2 Angels, in bright attire,

Conduct him through the ski
Darkness and tempest, smoke and nre.
Attend him as he flies.

3 How awful is the sight !

How loud the thunders roar !
The sun forbears to give his li
And stars are seen no more.

4 The whole creation groan- :

But saints arise an
They are the ransomed of :..
he their God «
669

JUDGMENT DAY.

1142. 0- M. Watts.

intolerable.

1 That awful day will surely come, —

Tli* appointed hou? makes haste —
When I must stand before my Jie
And pass the solemn test.

2 Thou lovely Chief of all my joys,

Thou Sovereign of my heart,
How could I bear to hear thy voice
Pronounce the sound, u Depart ! n

3 0, wretched state of deep despair,

To see my God remove,
And fix my dreadful station where
I must not taste his love !

4 Jesus, I throw my arms around,

And hang upon thy bre;
Without one gracious smile from thee,
My spirit cannot rest.

5 0. tell me that my worthless name

Is graven on thy hands ;
Show me some promise in thy book,
Where my salvation stands.

1143. C. P. M. Kippon's Col.
Pleading for Accepta?icc.

1 When thou, my righteous Judge, shalt come
To take thy ransomed peopli

Shall I amow.;r them stand !
Shall such a worthless worm as L
Who sometimes am afraid to die,

Be found at thy right hand ?

2 I love to meet thy people now,
Before thy feet with them to bow.

Though vilest of them all :
But — can I bear the piercing thought ? —
What if my name should be left out,

When thou for them shalt call ?

JUDGMENT DAV.

3 0 Lord, prevent it by thy gl
Be thou my only hiding-place,

In this th' accepted day :
Thy pardoning voice. 0. let me hear.
- ill my unbelieving fear.
Nor let me fall, I pray.

4 And when the final trump shall sound.
Anions: thy saints let me be found.

To bow before thy face :
Then in triumphant strains Til sing.
While heaven's resounding mansions ring

With praise of sovereign grace.

llJrdb. 8s, 7s & -4. Newton.

Saints and Sinners jud

1 Day of judgment, day of wonders !

Hark ! the trumpet's awful sound,
Louder than a thousand thunders.
Shakes the vast creation round :

How the summons
Will the sinner's heart confound !

2 See the Judge, our nature wearing.

Clothed in majesty divine :
You. who long for his appearing.

Then shall say. •• This God is mine : n

Gracious Saviour.
Own me in that day for thine.

3 At his call the dead awaken.

Rise to life from earth and sea :
All the powers of nature, shaken
By his looks, prepare to flee :

Careless sinner.
What will then become of thee ?

4 But to those who have confessed.

Loved and served the Lord below.
He will say, " Come near, ye blessed ;
See the kingdom I bestow :

You forever
Shall my love and glory know."

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HEAVEN.

1145. S. IL Doddridge.

Preparation for the Ju&gnu

1 And will the Judge descend?

And must the dead arise?
And not a single soul escape
His all-discerning t .

2 How will my heart endure

The terrors of that day,
When earth and heaven, before his face,
Astonished, shrink away ?

3 But, ere the trumpet shakes

The mansions of the dead,
Hark ! from tli fe cheering sound

What joyful tidings spread !

4 Come, sinners, seek his grace,

Whose wrath ye cannot bear ;
Fly to the shelter of his cross,
And find salvation there.

HEAVEN.

1146. C. M. Watts.

The heavenly Canaan.

1 There is a land of pure delight,

Where saints immortal reign;
Eternal day excludes the night,
And pleasures banish pain.

2 There everlasting spring abides,

And never-fading flow*
Death, like a narrow sea, divides
That heavenly land from ours.

HEAVEN".

3 Sweet fields, beyond the swelling flood,

Stand dressed in living green :

So to the Jews fair Canaan stood,
While Jordan rolled between.

4 But timorous mortals start and shrink

To cross this narrow sea.
And linger, trembling, on the brink,
And tear to launch away.

5 0. could we make our doubts remove, -^

Those gloomy doubts that rise. —
And see the Canaan that we love
With unbeeloiuled eyes. —

6 Could we but climb where Moses stood,

And - - o'er. —

Not Jordan's stream, nor death's cold flood,
Should fright us from the shore.

1147. C. M. Watts.

The I ■

1 There is a house not made with hands,
Eternal, and on high :
And here my spirit waiting stands
Till God shall bid it fly. '

'2 Shortly this prison of my clay
Most be dissolved and fall;
Then, 0 my soul, with joy obey
Thy heavenly Father's call.

3 'Tis he. by his almighty grace.

That forms thee rit for heaven,
And. as an earnest of the pla
Has his own Spirit given.

4 We walk by faith of joys to come ;

Faith lives upon his word :

But while the body is our home,

We're absent from the Lord.

5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace,

But we had rather -
We would be absent from the flesh,
And present. Lord, with thee.

HEAVEN.
114o. US- MUHLENBURG.

Longing for Heaven.

1 I would not live alway; I ask not to stay
Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way;
The few lucid mornings that dawn on us here
Are followed by gloom or beclouded with fear.

2 I would not live alway thus fettered by sin —
Temptation without and corruption within :
E'en the rapture of pardon is mingled with fears;
And the cup of thanksgiving with penitent tears.

3 I would not live alway ; no — welcome the tomb :
Since Jesus hath lain there, I dread not its gloom :
There sweet be my rest till he bid me arise

To hail him in triumph descending the skies.

4 Who, who would live alway away from his God —
Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode,
Where rivers of pleasure flow bright o'er the plains,
And the noontide of glory eternally reigns ?

5 There saints of all ages in harmony meet,
Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet ;
While anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,

And the smile of the Lord is the feast of the soul.

1149. L. M. PltATT'sCOL.

Heaven alone unfading.

1 How vain is all beneath the skies !

How transient every earthly bliss !
How slender all the fondest ties
That bind us to a world like this !

2 The evening cloud, the morning dew,

The withering grass, the fading flower,
Of earthly hopes are emblems true —
The glory of a passing hour.

3 But though earth's fairest blossoms die,

And all beneath the skies is vain,
There is a brighter world on high)
Beyond the reach of care and pain.

4 Then let the hope of joys to come

Dispel our cares, and chase our fears :
If God be ours, we're travelling home,
Though passing through a vale of tears.

674

HEAVEN'.

1150. (XM. Village Hymxs.

Celestial Prospects.

1 Bright glories rush upon my sight,

And charm my wondering eyea —

The regions of immortal light.
The beauties of the sk:

2 All hail, ye fair, celestial shores,

Ye lands of endless day :
A rich delight your prospect pours.
And drives my griefs away.

3 There's a delightful clearness now ;

My clouds of doubt are gone :
Fled is my former darkness, too :
My fears are all withdrawn.

4 Short is the passage, short the space.

Between my home and me :
There, there behold the radiant place !
How near the mansions be !

5 Immortal wonders ! boundless things

In those dear worlds appear :
Prepare me. Lord, to stretch my wings.
And in those glories share.

llOl. 7s. Spir. of the Psalms.

The Rlnhteous only may hope for Heaven.

1 Who. 0 Lord, when life is o'er.
Shall to heaven's blest mansions soar ?
"Who. an ever-welcome guest.

In thy holy place shall rest !

2 He whose heart thy love has warmed :
He whose will, to thine conformed.
Bids his life unsullied run :

He whose words and thoughts are one : -

3 He who shuns the sinner's road.
Loving those who love their God :
Who. with hope and faith unfeigned.
Treads the path by thee ordained ; —

4 He who trusts in Christ alone :
Not in aught himself has done : —
He. great God. shall be thy care.
And thy choicest blessing share.

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HEAVEN.

1152. S. M. Montgomery.
Rest for the weary Soul.

1 0, where shall rest be found —

R >st for the weary soul]
"Twere vain the ocean depths to sound,
Or pierce to either pole.

2 The world can never giye

The bliss for which we sigh :
7Tis not the whole of life to live,
Nor all of death to die.

3 Beyond this vale of tears,

There is a life above,
Unmeasured by the flight of years ;
And all that life is love.

4 There is a death whose pang

Outlasts the fleeting breath :
0, what eternal terrors hang
Around the second death !

5 Lord God of truth and grace.

Teach us that death to shun,
Lest we be banished from thy face,
And evermore undone.

1153. C, M. Watts.
Holiness of Heaven.

1 Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard^

Nor sense nor reason known,
What joys the Father has prepared
For those that love his Son.

2 But the good Spirit of the Lord

Reveals a heaven to come ;

The beams of glory in his word

Allure and guide us home.

3 Pure are the joys above the sky,

And all the region peace :
No wanton lips, nor envious eye,
Can see or taste the bliss.

4 Those holy gates forever bar

Pollution, sin. and shame ;
And none shall gain admittance there
But followers of the Lamb.

076

HEAVEN.

1154. L. M. Watts.

The Sight of God and Christ the Joy of Heaven.

1 0 for a sight a pleasing sight,

Of our almighty Fathers throne !
There sits our Saviour, crowned with light.
Clothed with a body like our own.

2 Adoring saints around him stand,

And thrones and powers before him fall :
The God shines gracious through the man;
And sheds bright glories on them all.

3 0. what amazing joys they feel,

While to their golden harps they sing,
And echo, from each heavenly hill.
The glorious triumphs of their King !

4 When shall the day. 0 Lord, appear,

That I shall mount to dwell above.
And stand and bow among them there,
And view thy face, and sing thy love I

1155. C M. Watts.
Rest from Sin and Trouble in Heaven.

1 Our sins, alas ! how strong they are !

And. like a raging flood,
They break our duty. Lord, to thee,
And force us from our God.

2 The waves of trouble, how they rise !

How loud the tempests roar !
But death shall land our weary souls
Safe on the heavenly shore.

3 Fulfilling there his high commands,

Our cheerful feet shall move ;
No sin shall clog our active zeal,
Or cool our burning love.

4 We there shall ever sing and tell

The wonders of his grace,
While heavenly raptures fire our hearts,
And smile in every face.

5 Forever his dear, sacred name

Shall dwell upon our tongue,
And Jesus and salvation be
The close of every song.

57 * C77

HEAVEN.

1156. C. M. Watts.

The Hope of Heaven.

1 When I can read my title clear

To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to every fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.

2 Should earth against my soul engage,

And fiery darts be hurled,
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.

3 Let cares, like a wild deluge, come,

And storms of sorrow fall !
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all.

4 There shall I bathe my wreary soul

In seas of heavenly rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.

1157. C. M. Beddome.
The final Adieu.

1 There is a world of perfect bliss

Above the starry skies ;
Oppressed with sorrows and with sins,
I thither lift my eyes.

2 ?Tis there the weary are at rest,

And all is peace within ;
The mind, with guilt no more oppressed,
Is tranquil and serene.

3 Discord and strife are banished thence,

Distrust and slavish fear ;
No more wre hear the pensive sigh,
Or see the falling tear.

4 Farewell to earth and earthly things:

In vain they tempt my stay :
Come, angels, spread your joyful wings.
And bear my soul away.

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HE A VEX.

5 I long to see my Father's face,
And sing his praises too :

Adieu, companion*, dearest frien

Vain world, once more adieu.

1158. C. M. Steels.

Heaven anticipated.

1 Coins, Lord, and warm each languid heart ;

Inspire each lifeless tongue ;
And let the joys of heaven impart
Their influence to our song.

2 Then to the shining realms of bliss

The wings of faith shall soar.
And all the charms of Paradise
Our raptured thoughts explore.

3 There shall the followers of the Lamb

Join in immortal songs,
And endless honors to his name
Employ their tuneful tongues.

4 Lord, tune our hearts to praise and love ;

Our feeble notes inspire.
Till, in thy blissful courts above.
We join the heavenly choir.

110*7. S. M& Montgomery.

Home in Heaven.

1 My Father's house on high !

Home of my soul ! how near.
At times, to faith's foreseeing eve
Thy golden gates appear !

2 I hear at morn and even.

At noon and midnight hour.
The choral harmonies of heaven
Seraphic music pour.

3 0. then my spirit faints

To reach the land I love —
The bright inheritance of saints.
My glorious home above.

679

HEAVEN.

1160. C. M. Ch. Psalmody.
Treasure in Heaven.

1 Yes, there are joys that cannot die,

With God laid up in store —
Treasures, beyond the changing sky,
More bright than golden ore.

2 To that bright world my soul aspires,

With rapturous delignt :
O for the Spirit's quickening powers,
To speed me in my flight !

1161. 8s & 6s. Kelly.

Termination of the Christian Warfare,

1 When we pass through yonder river,

When we reach the farther shore,
There's an end of war forever ;

We shall see our foes no more :
All our conflicts then shall cease,
Followed by eternal peace.

2 After warfare, rest is pleasant :

0. how sweet the prospect is !
Though we toil and strive at present.

Let us not repine at this :
Toil, and pain, and conflict, past,
All endear repose at last.

3 When we gain the heavenly regions,

When we touch the heavenly shore, —
Blessed thought ! — no hostile legions

Can alarm or trouble more :
Far beyond the reach of foes,
We shall dwell in sweet repose.

4 0, that hope ! how bright, how glorious !

'Tis his people's blest reward :
In the Saviour's strength victorious.

They at length behold their Lord :
In his kingdom they shall rest,
In his love be fully blest-

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HEAVEN.

1162. C. M. Moore.

Ilea can desired.

1 The dove let loo.se in eastern skies,

Returning fondly home,
Ne:er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies,
Where idler warblers roam : —

2 But high she shoots through air and light,

Above all low delay.
Where nothing earthly bounds her flight,
Nor shadow dims her way.

3 So grant me. Lord, from every snare

Of sinful passion free,
Aloft, through faith's serener air,
To urge my course to thee ; —

4 Xo sin to cloud, no lure to stay,

My soul, as home she springs.
Thy sunshine on her joyful way,
Thy freedom on her wings.

1163. 8s. DeFleury.
Simps of Heaven.

1 Ye angels, who stand round the throne,

And view my ImmanueFs face,
In rapturous songs make him known;
0. tune your soft harps to his praise.

2 Ye saints, who stand nearer than they.

And cast your bright crowns at his feet,
His grace and his glory display.
And all his rich mercy repeat.

3 He snatched you from hell and the grave ;

He ransomed from death and despair ;
For you he is mighty to save,

And faithful to bring you safe there.

4 0, when will the moment appear

When I shall unite in your song ?
I'm weary of lingering here :
For I to your Saviour belong

5 I'm fettered and chained here in clay ;

I struggle and pant to be free;
I long to be soaring away.

My God and my Saviour to see.
csi

HEAVEN.

Ilu4». 7s. Montgomery.

The Victory of the Saints.

1 Palms of glory, raiment bright,

Crowns which never fade away,
Gird and deck the saints in li-jht ;

Prietftsj and kin::-, and conquerors, they.

2 Yet the conquerors bring their palms

To the Lamb amidst the throne,
And proclaim, in joyful psalms,
Victory through his cross alone.

3 Kings for harps their crowns resign,

Crying, as they strike the chords,
u Take the kingdom ; it is thine,
King of kings and Lord of lords."

4 Round the altar priests confess,

With their robes made white as snow,
'Twas their Saviour's righteousness,
And his blood, which made them so.

5 Who were these ! on earth they dwelt,

Sinners once of Adam's race ;
Guilt, and fear, and suffering felt,
But were saved by sovereign grace.

6 They were mortal, too, like us ;

And when we, like them, shall die,
May our souls, translated thus,

Triumph, reign, and shine on high.

1165. L. M. AVvtts.

IVie Christian's Prospect.

1 What sinners value I resign :
Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine ;
I shall behold thy blissful face,

And stand complete in righteousness.

2 This life's a dream — an empty show ;
But that bright world to which I go
Hath joys substantial and sincere:

When shall I wake and find me there ?

G82

in:.'.-

3 0 glorious hour! 0 blest abode!
I snail be n jar and like my Go J.
And iiesh and sin no more control
The sacred pleasures of my soul.

4 My flesh shall slumber in the ground

Till the last trumpet's joyful s>

Then burst the chains, with glad surprise,

And in my Saviour's image rise.

llOO, CM. Montgomery's C ol.

TJie Society of Heaven.

1 Jerusalem ! my glorious home !

Name ever dear to me !
When shall my labors have an e:
In joy. and peace, and thee ?

2 When shall these eyes thy heaven-built walls

And pearly gates behold ?
Thy bulwarks with salvation strong,
And streets of shining gold ?

3 0. when, thou city of my God,

Shall I thy courts ascend,
Where congregations ne'er break i
And Sabbaths have no end ?

4 There happier bowers than Eden's bloom.

Nor sin nor sorrow know :
Blest seats ! through rude and stormy scenes
I onward press to you.

5 Why should I shrink at pain and woe ?

Or feel at death dismay ?-
I've Canaan's goodly land in view.
And realms of endless day.

6 Apostles, martyrs, prophets, there,

Around my Saviour stand :
And soon my friends in Christ below
Will join the glorious band.

7 Jerusalem ! mv glorious home !

My soul still pants for thee:
Then shall my labors have an end
When I thy joys shall see.

IIKAVEN.

1167. C. M. W. B. Tappan.
The Peace and Repose of Heaven.

1 There is an hour of hul lowed peace

For those with cares oppressed,
When sighs and sorrowing tears shall cease,
And all be hushed to rest.

2 ;Tis then the soul is freed from fears

And doubts which here annoy ;
Then they that oft had sown in tears
Shall reap again in joy.

3 There is a home of sweet repose,

Where storms assail no more;
The stream of endless pleasure flows
On that celestial shore.

4 There purity with love appears,

And bliss without alloy:
There they that oft had sown in tears
Shall reap again in joy.

1168. 8s & Gs. W. B. Tappax.
Heaven anticipated.

1 There is an hour of peaceful rest

To mourning wanderers given ;
There is a joy for souls distressed,
A balm for every wounded breast ;

?Tis found alone in heaven.

2 There is a home for w<eary souls,

By sins and sorrows driven,
When tossed on life's tempestuous shoals,
Where storms arise, and ocean rolls,

And all is drear — 'tis heaven.

3 There faith lifts up the tearless eye, —

The heart no longer riven, —
And views the tempest passing by,
Sees evening shadows quickly fly,

And all serene in heaven.

4 There fragrant flowers immortal bloom,

And joys supreme are givtn :
There rays divine disperse the gloom;
Beyond the dark and narrow tomb

Appears the dawn of heaven.
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HEAVEN'.

1169. C. M. Steele.

Longing for a 1'icic of Heaven.

1 0. let our thoughts and wishes fly-

Above these gloomy shades.
To those bright worlds beyond the skv,
Which sorrow ne'er invades !

2 There, joys unseen by mortal eyes,

Or reason's feeble ray.
In ever-blooming prospect rise,
Exposed to no decay.

3 Lord, send a beam of light divine

To guide our upward aim :

With one reviving look of thine,

Our languid hearts inflame.

4 0. then, on faith's sublimest wing,

Our ardent souls shall rise
To those bright scenes where pleasures spring
Immortal in the skies.

1170. C. M. Steele.
Glories of Heaven.

1 Far from these narrow scenes of night

Unbounded glories rise.
And realms of joy and pure delight,
Unknown to mortal eyes.

2 Fair, distant land ! — could mortal eyes

But half its charms explore.
How would our spirits long to rise.
And dwell on earth no more !

3 No cloud those blissful regions know —

Realms ever bright and fair :
For sin. the source of mortal woe,
Can never enter there.

4 0, may the heavenly prospect fire

Our hearts with ardent love.
Till wings of faith, and strong desire,
Bear every thought above.

5 Prepare ttfc, Lord, by grace divine,

For thy bright courts on high ;
Then bid our spirits rise and join
The chorus of the sky.

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HEAVEN.
H71. CM. R. TURXBULL.

My Fat/tor's House.

1 There is a place of sacred rest,

Far, far beyond the ski
Where beauty smiles eternally,

And pleasure never dies : —
My Father's house, my heavenly home,

Where :: many mansions" stand,
Prepared, by hands divine, for all

Who seek the better land.

2 When tossed upon the waves of life,

With fear on every side, —
When fiercely howls the gathering storm,

And foams the angry tide, —
Beyond the storm, beyond the gloom,

Breaks forth the light of morn,
Bright beaming from my Fathers house,

To cheer the soul forlorn.

3 Yes, even at that fearful hour,

When death shall seize its prey,
And from the place that knows us now

Shall hurry us away, —
The vision of that heavenly home

Shall cheer the parting soul,
And o'er it, mounting to the skies,

A tide of rapture roll.

4 In that pure home of tearless joy

Earth's parted friends shall meet,
With smiles of love that never fade,

And blessedness complete :
There, there adieus are sounds unknown )

Death frowns not on that scene,
But life, and glorious beauty, shine,

Untroubled and serene.

1172. L. M. Anon.

The better Land.

1 There is a land mine eye hath seen,
In visions of enraptured thought,
So bright that all which spreads between
Is with its radiant glory fraught ; —

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BEATEN.

2 A land upon whose blissful shore

There rests no shadow, falls no stain :
There those who meet shall part no more.
And those long parted meet again.

3 Its skies are not like earthly skies.

With varying hues of shade and light ;
It hath no need of suns to ri>e.
To dissipate the gloom of night.

4 There sweeps no desolating wind

Across that calm, serene abode :
The wanderer there a home may find,
Within the Paradise of God.

1173. C, M. Stenxett.

Heaven in Prospect.

1 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand.

And cast a wishful eye
To Canaan's fair and happy land.
Where my possessions lie.

2 0 the transporting, rapturous scene,

That rises to my sight ! —
Sweet fields, arrayed in living green,
And rivers of delight.

3 O'er all those wide-extended plains

Shines one eternal day ;
There God the Son forever reigns.
And scatters night away.

4 No chilling winds, nor poisonous breath,

Can reach that healthful shore ;
Sickness and sorrow, pain and death,
Are felt and feared no more.

5 When shall I reach that happy place,

And be forever blest ?
When shall I see my Father's face,
And in his bosom rest I

6 Filled with delight, my raptured soul

Would here no longer stay :
Though Jordan's waves should round me roll^
I'd fearless launch away.

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riE.\vi:\.

1174. L. M. Tuck.

The J))rcli;,,,j-],larr of dnd.

1 There is a region lovelier far

Than sages tell or poets sing,
Brighter than noonday glories are;

And softer than the tints of spring.

2 It is not fanned by summer's gale :

;Tis not refreshed by vernal showerij

It never needs the moonbeam pal<\ —
For there are known no evening hours.

3 No; for that world is ever bright

With purest radianee all its own:
The streams of uncreated light

Flow round it from th' eternal throne.

4 It is all holy and serene,

The land of glory and repose ;
No clond obscures the radiant scene;
There not a tear of sorrow flows.

5 In vain the curious, searching eye

May seek to view the fair abode,

Or find it in the starry sky :

It is the dwelling-place of God.

1175. C. M. Watts.
The Martyrs glorified.

1 u These glorious minds, how bright they shine !

Whence all their white array \
How came they to the happy seats
Of everlasting day ? "

2 Lo ! these are they from sufferings great

Who came to realms of light,
And in the blood of Christ have Washed
These robes, which shine so bright.

3 Now with triumphal palms they stand

Before the throne on high.
And serve the God they love, amidst
The glories of the sky.

HEAVEN.

4 His presence fills each heart with joy,

Tunes every lip to sinu :
By day. by night, the sacred courts
With glad hosannas ring.

5 Their thirst and hunger ever flee ;

Their joys foraver last :
The fruit of life's immortal tree
Shall be their sweet repast.

6 The Lamb shall lead his heavenly flock

Where living fountains rise ;
And love divine shall wipe away
The sorrows of their eyes.

X / O, 7s. Montgomery.

The Redeemed hi Heaven.

1 Who are these in bright array,

This exulting, happy throng,
Round the altar night and day.

Hymning one triumphant song ?- —
u Worthy is the Lamb, once slain,

Blessing, honor, glory, power,
Wisdom, riches, to obtain.

New dominion every hour.'7

2 These through fiery trials trod ;

These from great affliction came ;
Now. before the throne of God,

Sealed with his almighty name :
Clad in raiment pure and white,

Victor-palms in every hand,
Through their great Redeemer's might,

More than conquerors they stand.

3 Hunger, thirst, disease, unknown.

On immortal fruits they feed :
Them the Lamb, amidst the throne,

Shall to living fountains lead :
Joy and gladness banish sighs ;

Perfect love dispels all fears ;
And forever from their eyes

God shall wipe away their tears.

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HEAVEN.

11//. "^ Baffles.

The Saints in Glory.

1 High, in yonder realms of light,

Dwell the raptured saints above,
Far beyond our feeble sight,
Happy in Immarfuers love.

2 Pilgrims in this vale of tears,

Once they knew, like us below,
Gloomy doubts, distressing fears,
Torturing pain, and heavy woe.

3 Happy spirits, ye are fled

Whore no grief can entrance find,
Lulled to resf the aching head,
Soothed the anguish of the mind.

4 'Mid the chorus of the skies,

'Mid th' angelic lyres above,
Hark ! their songs melodious rise —
Songs of praise to Jesus' love.

1178. C. M. TOPLADY.

Ilapjnness of the Saints in Glory.

1 How happy are the souls above,

From sin and sorrow free !
With Jesus they are now at rest,
And all his glory see.

2 " Worthy the Lamb,'*' aloud they cry,

(; That brought us near to God : "'
In ceaseless hymns of praise they shout
The virtue of his blood.

3 Sweet gratitude inspires their songs,

Ambitious to proclaim.
Before the Father's awful throne,
The honors of the Lamb.

4 With wondering joy their lips recount

Their fears and dangers past.
And bless the wisdom, power, and love,
Which brought them home at last.

5 Lord, let the merit of thy death

To me. like them, be given :
And I, like them, will shout thy praise
Through all the courts of heaven.

HEAVEN.

1179. L. M. Sac. Lyrics.

The Redeemed in Heaven.

1 Lo ! round the throne, at God's right hand.
The saints, in countless myriads, stand,
Of every tongue, redeemed to God,

•Arrayed in garments in blood.

2 Through tribulation great they cai

They bore the cross, despised the shame :
From all their labors now they rest.
In God's eternal glory blest.

3 Hunger and thirst they feel no more ;
Nor sin. nor pain, nor death deplore :
The tears are wiped from every eye.
And sorrow yields to endless joy.

4 They see their Saviour face to face,
And sing the triumphs of his grace :
Him day and night they ceaseless praise ;
To him their loud hosannas raise.

5 Worthy the Lamb, for sinners slain.
Through endless years to live and reign ;
Thou hast redeemed us by thy blc

And made us kings and priests to God.

lloU. L. 31. Bekridge.

Perfect Felicity in Heaven.

1 0, happy saints, who dwell in light
And walk with Jesus, clothed in white !
Safe landed on that peaceful shore
Where pilgrims meet to part no more.

2 Released from sorrow, toil, and strife,
And welcomed to an endless life.
Their souls have now begun to prove
The height and depth of Jesus' love.

3 There, gazing on his beauteous face,
They tell the wonders of his grace.
And. while they sing with rapture sweet,
They bow, adoring, at his feet.

~691

DOXOLOGIES.

1. L. M.

Praise God, from whom all blessings flow j
Praise him, all creatures here below ; .
Praise him above, ye heavenly host ;
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

2. L- *.

To God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, three in one,
Be honor, praise, and glory given,
By all on earth and all in heaven.

3. c.m.

Let God the Father, and the Son,

And Spirit, be adored,
Where there are works to make him known,

Or saints to love the Lord.

4. a *j

To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,

One God, whom we adore,
Be glory as it was, is now,

And shall be evermore.

5. s- M-

Ye angels round the throne,
And saints that dwell below,

Adore the Father, love the Son,
And bless the Spirit too.

6. n- *

To God the Father's throne

Your highest honors raise ;
Glory to God the Son ;
To God the Spirit praise :
With all our powers, I Thy name we sing,
Eternal King, While faith adores.

692

DOXOLOGIES.

Sing we to our God above
Praise eternal as his love :
Praise him, all ye heavenly host —
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

O. 8s & 7s, 6 l.

Glory be to God the Father,
Glory be to God the Son,

Glory be to God the Spirit,
Everlasting three in one :

Thee let heaven and earth adore,

Now, henceforth, and evermore.

y # 8s & 7&,

Praise the God of all creation;

Praise the Father's boundless love ;
Praise the Lamb, our expiation —

Priest and King, enthroned above ;
Praise the Fountain of salvation —

Him by whom our spirits live ;
Undivided adoration

To the one Jehovah give.

10. 8s, 7s & 4.

Great Jehovah, we adore thee,
God the Father. God the Son,

God the Spirit, joined in glory
On the same eternal throne :

Endless praises
To Jehovah, three in one.

11. L. P. M.

Now to the great and Sacred Three,
The Father, Son. and Spirit, be

Eternal praise and glory given,
Through all the worlds where God is known,
By all the angels near the throne,

And all the saints in earth and heaven.

693

DOXOLOGIES.

12. c. P. M.

To Father, Son. and Holy Ghost,
Be praise amid the heavenly host,

And in the church below ;
From whom all creatures draw their breath,
By whom redemption blest the earth.

From whom all comforts rlow.

13. 6b 8e 1 .

To God — the Father, Son,
And Spirit — three in one —

All praise be given :
Crown him. in every song ;
To him your hearts belong :
Let all his praise prolong,

On earth — in heaven.

14. ?a & 6s.

To thee be praise forever,

Thou glorious King of kings :
Thy wondrous love and favor

Each ransomed spirit sings :
We'll celebrate thy glory.

With all thy saints above,
And shout the joyful story

Of thy redeeming love.
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SUPPLEMENT.

THE SCRIPTURES.

X, 8s Sc 7s. [Peculiar.] NEWTON",

Precious Bible.

1 Precious Bible ! what a treasure

Does the word of God afford ! —
All I want for life or pleasure.

Food and medicine, shield and sword :
Let the world account me poor :
Having this, I need no more.

2 Food to which the world's a stranger

Here my hungry soul enjoys )
Of excess there is no danger ;

Though it fills, it never cloys :
On a dying Christ I feed :
He is meat and drink indeed.

3 When my faith is faint and sickly,

Or when Satan wounds my mind,
Cordials to revive me quickly,

Healing medicines, here I find ;
To the promises I flee ;
Each affords a remedy.

4 In the hour of dark temptation,

Satan cannot make me yield ;
For the word of consolation

Is to me a mighty shield :
While the Scripture truths are sure,
From his malice I'm secure.

PROVIDENCE.

Vain his threats to overcome me,
When I take the Spirit's sword;

Then with ease I drive him from me ;
Satan trembles at his word :

?Tis a sword for conquest made ;

Keen the edge, and strong the blade.

Shall I envy, then, the miser,
Doting on his golden store ?

Sure I am, or should be, wiser ;
I am rich ; 7tis he is poor :

Jesus gives me, in his word,

Food and medicine, shield and sword.

PROVIDENCE.

7s. Dr. Ryland.
Our Times are in God's Hand.

1 Sovereign Ruler of the skies,
Ever gracious, ever wise,

All my times are in thy hand —
All events at thy command.

2 His decree, who formed the earth,
Fixed my first and second birth ;
Parents, native place, and time,
All appointed were by him.

3 He that formed me in the womb,
He shall guide me to the tomb ;
All my times shall ever be
Ordered by his wise decree.

4 Times of sickness, times of health,
Times of penury and wealth,
Times of trial and of grief,
Times of triumph and relief, —

5 Times the tempter's power to prove,
Times to taste a Saviour's love, —
All must come, and last, and end,
As shall please my heavenly Friend.

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PROVIDENCE.

6 Plagues and deaths around me fly j
Till he bids. I cannot die :

Not a single shaft can hit
Till the God of love sees lit.

7 0 thou gracious, wise, and just,
In thy hands my life I trust :
Have I somewhat dearer still ?
I resign it to thy will.

8 May I always own thy hand,
Still to thee surrendered stand,
Know that thou art God alone ;
I and mine are all thy own.

9 Thee, at all times, will I bless ;
Having thee. I all possess :
How can I bereaved be,
Since I cannot part with thee !

Q, L. M. Beddome.

The Wisdom of God.

1 Wait. 0 my soul, thy Maker's will;
Tumultuous passions, all be still :
Nor let a murmuring thought arise :
His ways are just, his counsels wise.

2 He in the thickest darkness dwells.
Performs his work, the cause conceals ;
But. though his methods are unknown,
Judgment and truth support his throne.

3 In heaven, and earth, and air. and seas,
He executes his firm decrees :

And by his saints it stands confessed,
That what he does is ever best.

4 Wait. then, my soul, submissive wait,
Prostrate before his awful seat :
And. "midst the terror of his rod.
Trust in a wise and gracious God.

4. L. ML Rir-pox's Sel.

Providence equitable and kind.
1 Through all the various, passing scene
Of life's mistaken ill or good.
Thy hand. 0 God. conducts, unseen.
The beautiful vicissitude.
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PROVIDENCE.

2 Thou givest, with paternal care,

Howe'er unjustly we complain,
To each their necessary share

Of joy and sorrow, health and pain.

3 Trust we to youth, or friends, or power?

Fix we on this terrestrial ball !
When most secure, the coming hour,
If thou see fit, may blast them all.

4 When lowest sunk with grief and shame,

Filled with affliction^ bitter cup,
Lost to relations, friends, and fame,
Thy powerful hand can raise us up ; —

5 Thy powerful consolations cheer ;

Thy smiles suppress the deep-fetched sigh ;
Thy hand can dry the trickling tear
That secret wets the widow's eye.

6 All things on earth, and all in heaven,

On thy eternal will depend ;
And all for greater good were given,
And all shall in thy glory end. •

7 This be my care : to all beside

Indifferent let my wishes be :
u Passion be calm, and dumb be pride.
And fixed, 0 God, my soul on thee.:?

5. C. M. Pres. Hymns.

Gratitude for jwovidential Care.

1 0 Thou, my light, my life, my joy,

My glory, and my all,
Unsent by thee, no good can come,
Nor evil can befall.

2 Such are thy schemes of providence,

And methods of thy grace,

That I may safely trust in thee

Through all the wilderness.

3 "Tis thine outstretched and powerful arm

Upholds me in my way ;
And thy rich bounty well supplies
The wants of every day.

PROVIDENCE.

4 For such compassions. 0 my God,
Ten thousand thanks are due ;
For such compassions I esteem
Ten thousand thanks too few.

Q. L. M. Meth. Hymns.

Trusting in Providence.

1 God of my life, whose gracious power

Through various depths my soul hath led.
Or turned aside the fatal hour.
Or lifted up my sinking head, —

2 In all my ways thy hand I own.

Thy ruling providence I see ;
Assist me still my course to run,
And still direct my paths to thee.

3 Whither. 0 whither, should I fly.

But to my loving Saviour's breast?
Secure within thine arms to lie.

And safe beneath thy wings to rest.

4 I have no skill the snare to shun.

But thou. 0 Christ, my wisdom art :
I ever into ruin run.

But thou art greater than my heart.

5 Foolish, and impotent and blind.

Lead me a way I have not known :
Bring me where I my heaven may find —
The heaven of serving thee alone.

7\ S. M. J. Wesley.

Casting all Care on God.

1 Commit thou all thy griefs

And ways into His hands,
To His sure truth and tender care,
Who earth and heaven commands, —

2 Who points the clouds their course,

Whom winds and seas obey ;
He shall direct thy wandering feet;
He shall prepare thy way.

3 Put thou thy trust in God )

In duty's path 20 on ;
Fix on his word thy steadfast eye ;
So shall thy work be done.

CHRIST.

4 No profit canst thou gain

By self-consuming care ;
To him commend thy cause ] his ear
Attends thy softest prayer.

5 Give to the winds thy fears ;

Hope, and be undismayed ;
God hears thy sighs and counts thy tears ;
God shall lift up thy head.

6 Through waves, and clouds, and storms,

He gently clears thy way ;
Wait thou his time ; thy darkest night
Shall end in brightest day.

CHRIST.

C. M. Medley.

The Incarnation of Christ.
Mortals, awake; with angels join,

And chant the solemn lay ;

Joy, love, and gratitude combine

To hail th' auspicious day.

2 In heaven the rapturous song began,

And sweet, seraphic fire
Through all the shining legions ran,
And strung and tuned the lyre.

3 Swift through the vast expanse it flew,

And loud the echo rolled :
The theme, the song, the joy was new ;
?Twas more than heaven could hold.

4 Down through the portals of the sky

Th' impetuous torrent ran ;
And angels flew, with eager joy,
To bear the news to man.

5 Hark ! the cherubic armies shout,

And glory leads the song ;
Good-will and peace are heard throughout
Th' harmonious, heavenly throng.

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CHRIST.

6 0 for a glance of heavenly love,

Our hearts and songs to raise,
Sweetly to bear our souls above,
And mingle with their lays.

7 With joy the chorus werll repeat,

u Glory to God on high !
Good-will and peace are now complete :
Jesus was born to die/"'

8 Hail, Prince of Life ! forever hail,

Redeemer. Brother. Friend !
Though earth, and time, and life should fail.
Thy praise shall never end.

y, 8s & 7s. Pres. Hymns.

Christ the Friend of Sinners.

1 One there is. above all others,

Well deserves the name of Friend ;
His is love beyond a brother's.
Costly, free, and knows no end.

2 Which of all our friends, to save us,

Could or would have shed his blood %
But this Saviour died, to have us
Reconciled in him to God.

3 When he lived on earth, abased,

Friend of Sinners was his name ;
Now. above all glory raised.
He rejoices in the same.

4 0 for grace our hearts to soften !

Teach us. Lord, at length to love ;
We. alas ! forget too often

What a Friend we have above.

10. S. M. Watts.

Christ's Liter cession.

1 Well, the Redeemer's srone

T" appear before our God,
To sprinkle o'er the burning throne
With his atoning blood.

2 No fiery vengeance now,

Nor burning wrath, comes down ;
If justice calls for sinners' blood,

The Saviour shows his own.
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CHRIST.

3 Before his Fathers eye

Our humble suit he moves ;
The Father lays his thunder by,
And looks, and smiles, and loves.

4 Now may our joyful tongues

Our Maker's honor sing ;
Jesus, the Priest, receives our songs,
And bears them to the King.

5 We bow before his face,

And sound his glories higli :
11 Hosanna to the God of grace,
Who lays his thunder by.

6 u On earth thy mercy reigns,

And triumphs all above ; ;'
But, Lord, how weak are mortal strains
To speak immortal love !

11. L. M. Cexnick.

Christ the Way to Heaven.

1 Jesus, my all, to heaven is gone —
He whom I fix my hopes upon :
His track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way, till him 1 view ; —

2 The way the holy prophets went ;
The road that leads from banishment ;
The King's highway of holiness —
I'll go, for all his paths are peace.

3 This is the way I long have souirht.
And mourned because I found it not :
My grief and burden long has been
Because I could not cease from sin.

4 The more I strove against its power,
I sinned and stumbled but the more )
Till late I heard my Saviour say,

" Come hither, soul ; I am the way."

5 Lo ! glad I come : and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee as I am ;

My sinful self to thee I give ;
Nothing but love shall I receive.

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CHRIST.

Then will I tell to sinners round
What a dear Saviour I have found ;
I'll point to thy redeeming blood.
And say, '• Behold the way to God ! ;

12. L. M. 6 l. Gmurr.

Christ the Hope of the Disconsolate.

1 When gathering storms around I view,
And days are dark and friends are few,
On Him I lean who not in vain
Experienced every human pain :

He sees my wants, allays my fears,
And counts and treasures up my tears.

2 If aught should tempt my soul to stray
From heavenly virtue's narrow way,
To fly the good I would pursue.

Or do the sin I would not do.

Still He who felt temptation's power

Shall guard me in that dangerous hour.

3 When vexing thoughts within me rise.
And. sore dismayed, my spirit dies.
Yet He who once vouchsafed to bear
The sickening anguish of despair
Shall sweetly soothe, shall gently dry.
The throbbing heart the streaming eye.

4 When, sorrowing, o'er some stone I bend
Which covers all that was a friend.
And from his voice, his hand, his smile,
Divides me for a little while,

Thou, Saviour, seest the tears 1 shed.
For thou didst weep o'er Lazarus dead.

5 And 0. when I have safely passed
Through every conflict but the last,
Still, still unchanging, watch beside
My painful bed, for thou hast died ;
Then point to realms of cloudless day,
And wipe the latest tear away.

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CHRIST.

13. C. M. Newton.

Christ precious to Believers.

1 How sweet the name of Jesus sounds

In a believer's ear !
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.

2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,

And calms the troubled brea>t :
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.

3 Dear name ! the rock on which. I build,

My shield and hiding-place,
My never-failing treasury, filled
With boundless stores of grace.

4 By thee my prayers acceptance gain,

Although with sin defiled )
Satan accuses me in vain,
And I am owned a child.

5 Jesus, my Shepherd. Husband, Friend,

My Prophet. Priest, and King,
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.

6 Weak is the effort of my heart,

And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see thee as thou art,
I'll praise thee as I ought.

7 Till then, I would thy love proclaim

With every fleeting breath :
And may the music of thy name
Refresh my soul in death.

1<4. P« M. Doddridge.

Christ worthy to be loved.

1 Do not I love thee, 0 my Lord ?

Behold my heart, and see ;
And turn each cursed idol out
That dares to rival thee.

2 Do not I love thee from my soul ?

Then let me nothing love ;

Dead be my heart to every joy,

"When Jesus cannot move.

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CHRIST.

3 Is not thy name melodious still

To mine attentive ear !
Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound
My Saviour's voice to hear !

4 Hast thou a lamb in all thy dock

I would disdain to feed !
Hast thou a foe before whose face
I fear thy cause to plead ?

5 Would not my ardent spirit vie

With angels round the throne
To execute thy sacred will.
And make thy glory known !

6 Would not my heart pour forth its blood

In honor of thy name.
And challenge the cold hand of death

To damp tii* immortal liame }

7 Thou know'st I love thee, dearest Lord ;

But 0, I long to soar
Far from the sphere of mortal joys,
And learn to love thee more.

10, 7s & Gs. Newton.

Christ the great Physician.

1 How lost was mv condition

Till Jesus made me whole !
There is but one Physician

Can cure a sin-sick soul :
Next door to death he found me,

And snatched me from the grave,
To tell to all around me

His wondrous power to save.

2 The worst of all diseases

Is light, compared with sin;
On every part it seizes,

But rages most within:
JTis palsy, plague, and fever,

And madness, all combined ;
And none but a believer

The least relief can find.

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CHRIST.

3 From men great skill professing

I thought a cure to gain ;
But this proved more distressing,

And added to my pain :
Some said that nothing ailed me,

Some gave me up for lost :
Thus every refuge failed me.

And all my hopes were crossed.

4 At length, this great Physician —

How matchless is his grace ! —
Accepted my petition,

And undertook my case ;
First gave me sight to view him, —

For sin my eyes had sealed, —
Then bade me look unto him :

I looked, and I was healed.

5 A dying, risen Jesus,

Seen by the eye of faith,
At once from danger frees us,

And saves the soul from death:
Come. then, to this Physician ;

His help he'll freely <?ive ;
He makes no hard condition ;

'Tis only. Look and live.

lb, 7s. Topladt.

Christ the Source of Happiness.

1 Object of my first desire,

Jesus, crucified for me,
I to happiness aspire

Only to be found in thee :
Thee to praise, and thee to know,
Constitute our bliss below :
Thee to see, and thee to love,
Constitute our bliss above.

2 Lord, it is not life to live.

If thy presence thou deny ;
Lord, if thou thy presence give,

'Tis no longer death to die:
Source and Giver of repose,
Singly from thy smile it fiow^ :
Peace and happiness are thine ;
Mine they are. if thou art mine.

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AWAKENING.

3 Whilst I see thy love to me.

Every object trrms with joy :
Here. 0. nmy I walk with thi

Then into thy presence hie :
Let me but thyself possess,
Total sum of happiness,
Real bliss I then shall prove —
Heaven below, and heaven above.

1 / , 7s. Spir. Songs.

Fulness of Christ.

1 Bleeding hearts, defiled by sin,
Jesus Christ can make you clean ;
Contrite souls, with guilt oppressed.
Jesus Christ can give you rest.

2 You that mourn your follies past.
Precious hours and years laid waste.
Turn to God. 0. turn and live •
Jesus Christ can still forgive.

3 You that oft have wandered far
From the light of Bethle'm's star.
Trembling, now your steps retrace ;
Jesus Christ is full of grace.

4 Souls benighted and forlorn,
Grieved, afflicted, tempest-worn,
Now in Israel's Rock confide;
Jesus Christ for man has died.

5 Fainting souls, in peril's hour,
Yield not to the tempter's power :
On the risen Lord rely :

Jesus Christ now reigns on Irish.

AWAKEXIXG.

18. L. M. Hyde.

My Spirit shall not always strive.
1 Say. sinner, hath a voice within
Oft whispered to thy secret soul,
Urged thee to leave the ways of sin,
And yield thy heart to God's control ?

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AW A K F.XING.

2 Hath something met thee in the path

Of worldliness and vanity,

And pointed to the coming wram,

And warned thee from that wrath to flee ?

3 Sinner, it was a heavenly voice ;

It was the Spirit's gracious call;
It bade thee make the better choice,
And haste to seek in Christ thine all.

4 Spurn not the call to life and liirht ;

Regard in time the warning kind ;
That call thou mayst not always slight,

And yet the gate of mercy iind.

5 God's Spirit shall not always strive

With hardened, self-destroying man :
Ye who persist his love to grieve
May never hear his voice again.-

19. C. P. k, Wesley.

Anxious Desires.

1 Thou God of glorious majesty.
To thee, against myself, to thee,

A sinful worm. I cry :
A half-awakened child of man,
An heir of endless bliss or pain,

A sinner born to die.

2 Lo ! on a narrow neck of land,
''Twixt two unbounded seas. 1 stand;

Yet how insensible !
A point of time, a moment's space,
Removes me to that heavenly place,

Or shuts me up in hell.

3 0 God. my inmost soul convert,
And deeply on mv thoughtful heart

Eternal things impress ;
Give me to feel their solemn weight,
And save me ere it be too late ;

Wake ir>p to righteousness.

708

AWAKENING.

20. C. P. If. OccUM.

The awakened Sinner.

1 Awaked by Sinai's awful sound.
My soul in guilt and thrall I found,

And knew not where to go :
O'erwhelmed in sin, with anguish slain,
The sinner must be born again,

Or sink in endless woe.

2 Amazed I stood, but could not tell
Which way to shun the gates of hell,

For death and hell drew near :
I strove, indeed, but strove in vain :
u The sinner must be born again''

Still sounded in my ear.

3 When to the law I trembling fled,
It poured its curses on my head :

I no relief could find :
This fearful truth increased my pain;
u The sinner must be born again '-

O'erwhelmed my tortured mind.

4 Again did Sinai's thunder roll.
And guilt lay heavy on my soul,

A vast, unwieldy load :
Alas ! I read, and saw it plain.
'• The sinner must be born acrain,

Or drink the wrath of God.';

5 The saints I heard with rapture tell
How Jesus conquered death and hell,

And broke the fowler's snare :
Yet. when I found this truth remain,
u The sinner must be born again/'7

I sunk in deep despair.

6 But while I thus in anguish lay,
Jesus of Naz'reth passed that way,

And felt his pity move :
The sinner, by his justice slain,
Now by his grace is born again,

And sings redeeming love.

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AWAKENING.

7 To heaven the joyful tidings flew;
The angels tuned" their harps anew,

And loftier notes did false :
" All hail the Lamb that once was slain;
Unnumbered millions, bom again,

Shall sing thine endless praise."

21. L. M. Steele.
Eternity,

1 Eternity is just at hand !

And shall I waste my ebbing sand,
And careless view departing day,
And throw my inch of time away ?

2 Eternity ! — tremendous sound !
To guilty souls a dreadful wound ;
But 0, if Christ and heaven be mine,
How sweet the accents ! how divine !

3 Be this my chief, my only care,

My high pursuit, my ardent prayer —
An interest in the Saviour's blood,
My pardon sealed, my peace with God.

4 Search, Lord, 0. search my inmost heart,
And light, and hope, and joy impart:
From guilt and error set me free,

And guide me safe to heaven and thee.

22. 12s & 8s. S.F.Smith.
The Harvest is past.

1 When the harvest is past and the summer is gone,

And sermons and prayers shall be o'er ;
When the beams cease to break of the blest Sabbath morn,

And Jesus invites thee no more ;
When the rich gales of mercy no longer shall blow.

The gospel no message declare, —
Sinner, how canst thou bear the deep wailings of woe ?

How suffer the night of despair ?

2 When the holy have gone to the regions of peace,

To dwell in the mansions above, —
When their harmony wakes, in the fulness of bliss,

Their song to the Saviour they love, —
Say, 0 sinner, that livest at rest and secure,

Who fearest no trouble to come,
Can thy spirit the swellings of sorrow endure,

Or bear the impenitent's doom I

710

INVITATIONS.

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Communion with God and Christ.

1 Our heavenly Father calls.

And Christ invites us near :
With both our friendship shall be sweet,
And our communion dear.

2 God pities all our griefs ;

He pardons every day;
Almighty to protect our souls.
And wise to guide our way.

3 How large his bounties are !

What various stores of good,
Diffused from our Redeemer's hand,
And purchased with his blood !

4 Jesus, our living Head,

We bless thy faithful care —
Our Advocate before the throne,
And our Forerunner there.

5 Here fix. my roving heart !

Here wait, my warmest love !
Till the communion be complete
In nobler scenes above.

24. H. M. BODEX.

Yet there is Room.

1 Ye dying sons of men,

Immerged in sin and woe,
The gospel's voice attend.

While Jesus sends to you :
Ye perishing and guilty, come ;
In Jesus' arms there yet is room.

2 No longer now delay.

Nor vain excuses frame :
He bids you come to-day.

Though poor, and blind, and lame :
All things are ready : sinners, come :
For every trembling soul there's room.

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INVITATIONS.

3 Believe the heavenly word

His messengers proclaim ;
He is a gracious Lord,

And faithful is his name :
Backsliding sun Is. return and come;
Cast oiF despair : there yet is room.

4 Compelled by bleeding love.

Ye wandering sheep, draw near;
Christ calls you from above ;

His charming accents hear:
Let whosoever will now come ;
In Mercy's breast there still is room.

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Invitation and Prayer.

1 Come, ye sinners, come to Jesus ;

Think upon your gracious Lord;
He has pitied your condition ;
He has sent his gospel word :

Mercy calls you ;
Mercy flows in Jesus' blood.

2 Dearest Saviour, help thy servant

To proclaim thy wondrous love ;
Pour thy grace upon this people,
That thy truth they may approve :

Bless, 0 bless them,
From thy shining courts above.

3 Now thy gracious word invites them

To partake the gospel feast ;
Let thy Spirit sweetly draw them,
Every soul be Jesus* guest :

0, receive us !
Let us find thy promised rest.

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Invitation.
1 Sinner, hear the Saviours call;
He now is passing by :
He has seen thy grievous thrall,
And heard thy mournful cry :
He has pardons to impart,

Grace to save thee from thy fears ;
See the love that fills his heart
And wipes away thy tears.
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INVITATIONS.

2 Why art thou afraid to come

And tell him all thy case ?
He will not pronounce thy doom,

Nor frown thee from his face :
Wilt thou fear Immanuel ?

Wilt thou dread the Lamb of God.
Who, to save thy soul from hell,

Has shed his precious blood ?

3 Think how on the cross he hung,

Pierced with a thousand wounds !
Hark ! from each, as with a tongue,

The voice of pardon sounds !
See from all his bursting veins

Blood of wondrous virtue flow ! —
Shed to wash away thy stains

And ransom thee from woe.

4 Though his majesty be great,

His mercy is no less :
Though he thy transgressions hate,

He feels for thy distress :
By himself the Lord has sworn

He delights not in thy death,
But invites thee to return,

That thou mayst live by faith.

5 Raise thy downcast eyes, and see

What throngs his throne surround !
These, though sinners once, like thee.

Have full salvation found :
Yield not then, to unbelief,

While he says, " There yet is room : ''
Though of sinners thou art chief,

Since Jesus calls thee, come.

27. fa- pbw- Sel-

Invitation accepted.

1 Am I called ?- and can it be !
Has my Saviour chosen me ?
Guilty, wretched, as I am,
Has he named my worthless name \
Vilest of the vile am I ;
Dare I raise my hopes so high ?
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INVITATIONS.

2 Am I called 1 I dare not stay;
May not, must not, disobey ;
Here I lay me at thy feet,
Clinging to the mercy-seat :
Thine I am, and thine alone;.
Lord, with me thy will be done.

3 Am I called ? What shall I bripg
As an offering to my King !
Poor, and blind, and naked. [
Trembling at thy footstool lie:
Nought but sin I call my own ;
Nor for sin can sin atone.

4 Am I called? — an heir of God!
Washed, redeemed, by precious blood !
Father, lead me in thy hand,

Guide me to that better land.
Where my soul shall be at rest,
Pillowed on my Saviour's breast.

XAJ* 12s. Thorxby.

Free Grace.

1 The voice of free grace cries, Escape to the mountain;
For Adam's lost race Christ has opened a fountain :
For sin and uncleanness, for every transgression,
His blood flows most freely in streams of salvation.

Hallelujah to the Lamb! he hath purchased our pardon;
We Upraise him again when we pass over Jordan.

2 Ye souls that are wounded, 0. flee to the Saviour !
He calls you in mercy, ;tis infinite favor :

Your sins are increasing: escape to the mountain;
His blood can remove them, which flows from the fountain.
Hallelujah to the Lamb, bfi.

3 0 Jesus, ride on, triumphantly glorious :

O'er sin, death, and hell, thou art more than victorious ;
Thy name is the theme of the great congregation,
While angels and men raise the shout of salvation —
Hallelujah to the Lamb, »\c.

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The wandcrinfi Sinner invited to return.
1 Restless thy spirit, poor wandering sinner,
Restless and roving : 0, come to thy home !
Return to the arms, to the bosom, of Mercy :
The Saviour of sinners invites thee to come.

714

INVITATIONS.

2 Darkness surrounds thee, and tempests are rising ;

Fearful and dangerous the path thou hast trod;
But A] < >rth in the rainbow of promise,

To welcome the wanderer home to his God.

3 Peace to the storm in thy soul shall be spoken.

Guilt from thy bosom be banished away ;
And heaven's sweet breezes, o'er death's rolling billows,
Shall waft thee at last to the regions of day.

4 But 0. if regardless of God's gracious warning.

Afar from his favor your soul must remove ! —
May you never hear, never feel, the dread sentence,
But live to his glory, and die in his love.

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Converting Grace.

1 Saved by grace, I live to tell

What the love of Christ has done :
He redeemed my soul from hell :

Of a rebel made a son :
0. I tremble still to think

How secure I lived in sin.
Sporting on destruction's brink.

Yet preserved from falling in.

2 In a kind, propitious hour.

To my heart the Saviour spoke;
Touched me by his Spirit's power,

And my dangerous slumber broke :
Then I saw and owned my guilt ;

Soon my gracious Lord replied.
u Fear not ; I my blood have spilt ;

7Twas for such as thee 1 died.''

3 Shame and wonder, joy and love,

All at once possessed my heart :
Can I hope thy grace to prove,

After acting such a part I
'-'• Thou hast greatly sinned."' he said,

•• But I freely all forgive :
I myself thy debt have paid :

Now I bid thee rise and live.:'

715

REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

Come, my fellow-sinners, try;

Jesus' heart is full of love;
O that you. as well as I.

May his wondrous mercy prove !
He has sent me to declare

All is ready, all is free :
Why should any soul despair,

When he saved a wretch like me ?

REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

31. C. M. Dr. S. Stexxett.

The conveHed Thief.

1 As on the cross the Saviour hung,

And wept, and bled, and died,
He poured salvation on a wretch
That languished at his side.

2 His crimes, with inward grief and shame,

The penitent confessed.
Then turned his dying eyes to Christ,
And thus his prayer addressed : —

3 •• Jesus, thou Son and Heir of heaven !

Thou spotless Lamb of God !
I see thee bathed in sweat and tears,
And weltering in thy blood.

4 u Yet quickly, from these scenes of woe,

In triumph thou shalt rise,
Burst through the gloomy shades of death,
And shine above the skies.

5 a Amid the glories of that world,

Dear Saviour, think on me,
And in the victories of thy death
Let me a sharer be."

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REPENTANCE AND PARS.

6 His prayer the dying Jesus he;:
And instantly replies.
t: To-day thy parting soul shall be
With me in Paradise. ":

32. C. BL Coupee.
The contrite Heart.

1 The Lord will happiness divine

On contrite hearts bestow :
Then tell me. gracious God. is mine
A contrite heart or no !

2 I hear, but seem to hear in vain,

Insensible as steel :
If aught is felt. "lis only pain
To find I cannot feel.

3 I sometimes think myself inclined

To love thee, if I could :

But often feel another mind,

Averse to all that's good.

4 My best desires are faint and few ;

I fain would strive for more ;
But when I cry. •• My strength renew, :
Seem weaker than before.

5 Thy saints are comforted. I know,

And love thy house of prayer )
I sometimes go where others go,
But find no comfort there.

6 0. make this heart rejoice or ache ;

Decide this doubt for me :
And. if it be not broken, break ;
And heal it. if it be.

33. I- ->-[• y«m

Tht Burden of Sin.

1 0 that my load of sin were gone !
0 that I could at last submit,
At Jesus' feet to lay it down.
To lay my soul at Jesus" feet !

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

2 Rest for my soul I long to find \

Saviour, if mine indeed thou art,
Give me thy meek and lowly mi

And stamp thine image on my heart.

3 Fain would I learn of thee, my God,

Thy light and easy burden prove ;
The cross, all stained with hallowed blood,
The labor of thy dying love.

4 I would : but thou must give the power;

My heart from every sin release ;
Bring near, bring near the joyful hour,
And till my soul with heavenly peace.

5 Come, Lord, the drooping sinner cheer,

Nor let thy chariot wheels delay ;
Appear, in my poor heart appear ;
My God, my Saviour, come away.

34. C. M. Anon.

Lord, remember nee.

1 Jesus, thou art the sinner's Friend;

As such I look to thee :
Now, in the bowels of thy love,

0 Lord, remember me.

2 Remember thy pure word of grace ;

Remember Calvary :
Remember all thy dying groans ;
And then remember me.

3 Thou wondrous Advocate with God,

1 yield myself to thee ;

While thou art sitting on thy throne,
0 Lord, remember me.

4 1 own I'm guilty, own I'm vile ;

But thy salvation's free :
Then, in thy all-abounding grace,
0 Lord, remember me.

5 Howe'er forsaken or distressed,

Howe'er oppressed I be,
Howe'er afflicted here on earth,
Do thou remember me.

716

REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

6 And when I close my eyes in death,
And creature-helps all flee,
Then, 0 my great Redeemer, God,
1 pray, remember me !

35. S. M. Wesley.
The Soul given up to Christ.

1 And can I yet delay

My little 'all to give? —
To tear my soul from earth away,
And Jesus to receive ?

2 Nay, but I yield, 1 yield I

I can hold out no more :
I sink, by dying- love compelled,
And own thee Conqueror.

3 Though late. I all forsake ;

My friends, my all, resign :
Gracious Redeemer, take, 0 take,
And seal me ever thine.

4 Come, and possess me whole,

Nor hence again remove :
Settle and fix my wavering soul
With all thy weight of love.

5 My one desire be this.

Thy only love to know ;
Freely to yield all other bliss,
All other good, below.

6 My life, my portion, thou ;

Thou all-sufficient art;
My hope, my heavenly treasure, now
Enter and keep my heart.

36. C. M. Newton.
The Prodigal Son.

1 Afflictions, though they seem severe,
In menw oft are sent :
They stopped the prodigal's career,
And forced him to repent.
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2 Although he no relenting felt

Till he had spent his store,
His stubborn heart began to melt
When famine pinched him sore.

3 :- What have I gained by sin/' he said,

11 But hunger, shame, and fear?
My father's house abounds with bread,
While I am starving here.

4 u I'll go and tell him all I've done,

And fall before his face ;
Unworthy to be called his son,
I'll seek a servant's place."

5 His father saw him coming back ;

He saw, and ran, and smiled,
And threw his arms around the neck
Of his rebellious child.

6 u Father, I've sinned : but 0, forgive ! "

u Enough ! " the father said :
"Rejoice, my house ; my son's alive
For whom I mourned as dead.

7 u Now let the fatted calf be slain,

And spread the news around ;
My son was dead, but lives again ;
Was lost, but now is found.''

8 'Tis thus the Lord his love reveals,

To call poor sinners home ;
More than a father's love he feels,
And welcomes all that come.

37. I* M- Kelly.

Converting Grace.

1 I hear a voice that comes from far :

From Calvary it sounds abroad ;
It soothes my spirit, calms my fear ;
It speaks of pardon bought with blood

2 And is it true that many fly

The sound that bids my soul rejoice,
And rather choose in sin to die

Than turn an ear to Mercy's voice !

720

REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

3 Alas for those ! — the day is near

When Mercy will be heard no more;
Then may they ask in vain to hear
The voice they would not hear before.

4 With such. I own. I once appeared ;

But now I know how great their loss;
For sweeter sounds were never heard
Than Mercy utters from the cross.

5 But let me not forget to own

That, if I differ aught from those,
'Tis due to sovereign grace alone.
That conquers oft its proudest foes,

QO, L. M. DODDRIDGB.

Hardness of Heart lamented.

1 Lord, shed a beam of heavenly day
To melt this stubborn stone away ;
Now thaw, with rays of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart, of mine.

2 The rocks can rend : the earth can quake;
The seas can roar : the mountains shake :
Of feeling all things show some sign

But this unfeeling heart of mine.

3 To hear the sorrows thou hast felt,
What but an adamant would melt ?
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To move this stupid heart of mine.

4 But One can yet perform the deed;
That One in all his grace 1 need ;
Thy Spirit can from dross refine
And melt this stubborn heart of mine.

5 0 Breath of Life, breathe on my soul !
On me let streams of mercy roll ;
Now thaw, with rays of love divine.
This heart this frozen heart, of mine.

39. C. M. Watts.

Repentance at the Cross.
1 'Twas for my sins my dearest Lord
Hung on the cursed tree.
And groaned away a dying life,
For thee, my soul, for thee.

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

2 0, how I hate those lusts of mine

That crucified my God —
Those sins that pierced and nailed his flesh
Fast to the fatal wood !

3 Yes. my Redeemer, they shall die ;

My heart has >o decreed ;
Nor will I spare the guilty things
That made my Saviour bleed.

4 Whilst with a bleeding, broken heart

My murdered Lord I view,

I raise revenue against my sins,

And slay the murderers too.

40. 7s. Smb. Songs.

Deep Contrition.

1 Jesus, save my dying soul;
Make the broken spirit whole :
Humble in the dust I lie :
Saviour, leave me not to die.

2 Jesus, full of every urace,
Now reveal thy smiling face ;
Grant the joys of sin forgiven,
Foretaste of the bliss of heaven.

3 All my guilt to thee is known;
Thou art righteous, thou alone :
All my help is from thy cross ;
All beside I count but loss.

4 Lord, in thee I now believe ;
Wilt thou, wilt thou not forgive?
Helpless at thy feet I lie ;
Saviour, leave me not to die.

41 • L. M. DODDRIDGB.

Struggle between Faith and Unbelief.

1 Jesus, our souls' delightful choice,
In thee believing, we rejoice ;
Yet still our joy is mixed with grief,
While faith contends with unbelief.

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REPENTANCE AND FAITH.

2 Thy promises our hearts revive.
And keep our fainting hopes alive ;
But iruilt. and fears, and sorrows rise.
And hide the promise from our eyes.

3 0. let not sin and Satan boast.
While saints lie mourning in the dust.
Nor see that faith to ruin brought

Which thy own gracious hand hath wrought.

4 Do thou the dying spark inflame ;
Reveal the glories of thy name.
And put all anxious doubt to flight.
As shades dispersed by opening light.

42. 8s- Topladt.

Faith faulting.

1 Encompassed with clouds of distress,

Just ready all hope to re-
I pant for the light of thy face.

And fear it will never be mine :
Disheartened with waiting so long.

I sink at thy feet with my load :
All plaintive I pour out my song.

And stretch forth my hands unto God.

2 Shine. Lord, and my terror shall cease ;

Tne blood of atonement apply:
And lead me to Jesus for peace —

The Rock that is higher than I :
Speak. Saviour ! for sweet is thy voice

Thy presence is fair to behold;
Attend to my sorrows and cries —

My gloamings that cannot be told.

3 If sometimes I strive, as I mourn,

My hold of thy promise to keep,
The billows more fiercely return,

And plunge me again in the deep :
While harassed and cast from thy sight,

The tempter suggests, with a roar,
u The Lord has forsaken thee quite ;

Thy God will be gracious no more/'

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PRAYER AND PRAISE.

Yet, Lord, if thy love hath designed
No covenant blessing for me;

Ah. tell me, how is it I find

Some pleasure in waiting for thee?

Almighty to rescue thou art ;

Thy grace is my shield and my tower :

Come, succor and gladden my heart;
Let this be the day of thy power.

PRAYER AND PRAISE.

4<0. L. 1M. Xewton.

Prayer answered by Crosses.

1 I asked the Lord that I might grow

In faith, and love, and every grace,
Might more of his salvation know,
And seek more earnestly his face.

2 'Twas he who taught me thus to pray,

And he, I trust, has answered prayer :
But it has been in such a way
As almost drove me to despair.

3 I hoped that, in some favored hour,

At once he'd answer my request

And by his love's constraining power

Subdue my sins and give me rest.

4 Instead of this, he made me feel

The hidden evils of my heart,

And let the angry powers of hell

Assault my soul in every part.

5 Yea, more ; with his own hand he seemed

Intent to aggravate my woe j
Crossed all the fair designs I schemed,
Blasted my gourds, and laid me low.

6 u Lord, why is this ? ;7 I trembling cried ;

u Wilt thou pursue thy worm to death? "
roTis in this way," the Lord replied,
B I answer prayer for grace and faith.

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PRAYER AND PRAISE.

7 u These inward trials I employ,

From self and pride to set thee free,

And break thy schemes of earthly joy,

That thou mayst seek thy all in me."

44<. 7s* Nippon's Sel.

Longing for an Interest in the Redeemer.

1 Gracious Lord, incline thine ear ;
My requests vouchsafe to hear ;
Hear my never-ceasing cry ;
Give me Christ, or else I die.

2 Wealth and honor I disdain ;
Earthly comforts, Lord, are vain ;
These can never satisfy ;

Give me Christ, or else I die.

3 Lord, deny me what thou wilt,
Only ease me of my guilt :
Suppliant at thy feet I lie ;
Give me Christ, or else I die.

4 All unholy and unclean,

I am nothing else but sin :

On thy mercy I rely ;

Give me Christ, or else I die.

5 Thou dost freely save the lost;
In thy grace alone I trust :
With my earnest suit comply;
Give me Christ, or else I die.

6 Thou dost promise to forgive
All who in thy Son believe :
Lord, I know thou canst not lie;
Give me Christ, or else I die.

7 Father, dost thou seem to frown !
Let me shelter in thy Son !
Jesus, to thine arms I fly ;
Come and save me, or I die.

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The Covenant of God.

1 The God of Abram praise,

Who reigns enthroned above ;
Ancient of everlasting days,
And God of love !
Jehovah, great I AM,
By earth and heaven confessed,
I bow, and bless the sacred name,
Forever blessed.

2 The God of Abram praise,

At whose supreme command
From earth I rise, and seek the joys
At his right hand :
I'd all on earth forsake,
Its wisdom, fame, and power,
And him my only portion make,
My shield and tower.

3 The God of Abram praise,

Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide me, all my happy days,
In all his ways :
He calls a worm his friend ;
He calls himself my God ;
And he shall save me to the end,
Through Jesus' blood.

4 He by himself hath sworn ;

I on his oath depend ;
I shall, on eagles' wings upborne,
To heaven ascend :
I shall behold his face,
I shall his power adore,
And sing the wonders of his grace
Forevermore.

46. L- M. COWPER.

Exhortation to Prayer.

1 What various hindrances we meet
In coming to a mercy-seat !
Yet who, that knows the worth of prayer,
But wishes to be often there ?

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2 Prayer makes the darkened cloud withdraw ;
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw.

Gives exercise to faith and love.
Brings every blessing from above.

3 Restraining prayer, we cease to fight ;
Prayer makes the Christian's armor bright ;
And Satan trembles, when he sees

The weakest saint upon his knees.

4 Have you no words ? Ah. think again ;
Words flow apace when you complain,
And fill your fellow-creature's ear
With the sad tale of all your care.

5 Were half the breath thus vainly spent
To Heaven in supplication sent.

Your cheerful songs would oftener be,
•'• Hear what the Lord has done for me ! y

47. L- M. Medley.

The loving Kindness of the Lord.

1 Awake, my soul, in joyful lays,

And sing thy great Redeemer's praise ;
He justly claims a song from me :
His loving kindness. 0. how free !

2 He saw me ruined by the fall.
Yet loved me notwithstanding all ;
He saved me from my lost esl

His loving kindness. 0. how great !

3 Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell, my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along :

His loving kindness. 0. how strong !

4 When trouble, like a gloomy cloud.
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood :
His loving kindness. 0. how good !

5 Often I feel my sinful heart
Prone from mv Jesus to depart :
But though I have him oft forgot,
His loving kindness changes not.

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6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale,
Soon all my mortal powers must fail 5
O, may my last, expiring breath

His loving kindness sing in death.

7 Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day,
And sing, with rapture and surprise,
His loving kindness in the skies.

4o. ^5. Cexnick.

Rejoicing in Hope.

1 Children of the heavenly King,
As ye journey, sweetly sing ;
Sing your Saviour's worthy praise,
Glorious in his works and ways.

2 Ye are travelling home to God
In the way the fathers trod ;
They are happy now. and ye
Soon their happiness shall see.

3 0 ye banished seed, be glad ;
Christ our Advocate is made ;
Us to save, our flesh assumes ;
Brother to our souls becomes.

4 Shout, ye little flock, and blest;
You on Jesus7 throne shall rest ;
There your seat is now prepared,
There your kingdom and reward.

5 Fear not, brethren ; joyful stand
On the borders of your land ;
Christ, your Father's darling Son,
Bids you undismayed go on.

6 Lord, submissive make us go,
Gladly leaving all below ; •
Only thou our Leader be,

And we still will follow thee.

PRAYER AND PRAISE.

49. L. M. Stexxett.
Praise to God/or renewing Grace.

1 To God. my Saviour and my King,
Fain would my soul her tribute bring ;
Join me, ye saints, in songs of praise,
For ye have known and felt his grace.

2 Wretched and helpless once I lay,
Just breathing all my life away :
He saw me weltering in my blood,
And felt the pity of a God.

3 With speed he flew to my relief,

Bound up my wounds and soothed my grief,
Poured joy divine into my heart.
And bade each anxious fear depart.

4 These proofs of love, my dearest Lord,
Deep in my breast I will record :

The life which I from thee receive,
To thee, behold, I freely give.

5 My heart and tongue shall tune thy praise
Through the remainder of my days ;

And when I join the powers above,
My soul shall better sing thy love.

50. lis. Rippon'sSel.
The Mercy of God.

1 Thy mercy, my God, is the theme of my song,
The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue ;
Thy free grace alone, from the rlrst to the last,
Hath won my affections and bound my soul fast.

2 Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here ;
Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair ;
But through thy free goodness my spirits revive,
And He that first made me still keeps me alive.

3 Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart,
Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart;
Dissolved by thy sunshine, I fall to the ground,
And weep to the praise of the mercy I found.

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4 The door of thy mercy stands open all day

To the poor and the needy who knock by the way ;
No sinner shall ever be empty sent back
Who comes seeking mercy for Jesus's sake.

5 Thy mercy in Jesus exempts me from hell ;
Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell ;
'Twas Jesus, my Friend, when he hung on the tree.
Who opened the channel of mercy for me.

6 Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own,
And the covenant love of thy crucified Son;
All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine
Seals mercy, and pardon, and righteousness mine.

51. [Peculiar.] Select Hymns.

The Joy of Assurance.

1 How happy are they
Who the Saviour obey,

And whose treasures are laid up above !

Tongue cannot express

The sweet comfort and peace
Of a soul in its earliest love.

2 That comfort was mine,
When the favor divine

I first found in the blood of the Lamb :

When my heart first believed,

0. what joy I received !
What a heaven in Jesus's name !

3 'Twas a heaven below
The Redeemer to know :

And the angels could do nothing more

Than to fall at his feet,

And the story repeat,
And the Lover of sinners adore.

4 Jesus, all the day long,
Was my joy and my song;

0 that all his salvation might see !

He hath loved me. I cried,

He hath suffered and died
To redeem such a rebel as me.

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5 On the wings of his love.
I was carried above

All sin. and temptation, and pain :

I conld not believe

That I ever should grieve.
That I ever should sutler, again.

6 0. the rapturous height
Of that holy delight.

Which I felt in the life-giving blood !

Of my Saviour possessed,

I was perfectly blest.
As if filled with the fulness of God.

7 What a mercy is this !
What a heaven of bliss !

How unspeakably favored am I !

Gathered into the fold.

With believers enrolled.
With believers to live and to die.

8 Now my remnant of days
Would I spend to His praise

Who hath died my poor soul to redeem ;

Whether many or few.

All my years are his due :
May they all be devoted to him.

Q^C, 7s. Spipw. Songs.

The Penitent's Prayer.

1 Save me. Lord, in this distress;
Clothe me in thy righteousness ;
Good and merciful thou art ;
Heal this bleeding, broken heart;
Cast me not despairing hence ;

Be my hope, my confidence.

Send thy light and truth to guide ;
Leave me not to turn aside :
On thy holy hill I'll rest,
In thy courts forever blest :
There to God. my love, my joy.
Praise shall all my powers employ.

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OO. 8s & 7s. Episcopal Sel.

Praise for divine Love.

1 Lord, with flowing heart I'd praise thee

For the bliss thy love bestows,
For the pardoning grace that saves me,

And the peace that from it flows :
Help, 0 God, my weak endeavor ;

This dull soul to rapture raise;
Thou must light the flame, or never

Can my love be warmed to praise.

2 Praise, my soul, the God that sought thee,

Wretched wanderer, far astray.
Found thee lost, and kindly brought thee

From the paths of death away :
Praise, with love's devoutest feeling,

Him who saw thy guilt-born fear,
And, the light of hope revealing,

Bade the blood-stained cross appear.

3 Lord, this bosom's ardent feeling

Vainly would my lips express ;
Low before thy footstool kneeling,

Deign thy suppliant's prayer to bless :
Let thy grace, my soul's chief treasure,

Love's pure flame within me raise,
And, since words can never measure,

Let my life show forth, thy praise.

54. 7s. G L. Newton.

Prayer for a filial Spirit.

1 Quiet, Lord, my froward heart,
Make me teachable and mild,
Upright, simple, free from art,

Make me as a weaned child ;
From distrust and envy free,
Pleased with all that pleases thee.

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2 What thou shalt to-day provide,

Let me as a child receive ;
What to-morrow may betide,

Calmly to thy wisdom leave :
7Tis enough that thou wilt care ;
Why should I the burden bear !

3 As a little child relies

On a care beyond his own, —
Knows he's neither strong nor wise,

Fears to stir a step alone, —
Let me thus with thee abide,
As my Father, Guard, and Guide.

' Thus preserved from Satan's wiles,
Safe from dangers, free from fears,
May I live upon thy smiles.

Till the promised hour appears,
When the sons of God shall prove
All their Father's boundless love.

55. C. H. M. Spir. Songs.

Watch and pray.

1 Go watch and pray : thou canst not tell

How near thine hour may be :
Thou canst not know how soon the bell

May toll its notes for thee :
Death's countless snares beset thy way;
Frail child of dust, go watch and pray.

2 Fond youth, while free from blighting care,

Does thy firm pulse beat high \
Do hope's glad visions, bright and fair,

Dilate before thine eye ?
Soon these must change, must pass away;
Frail child of dust, go watch and pray.

3 Thou aged man, life's wintry storm

Hath seared thy vernal bloom ;
With trembling limbs, and wasting form,

Thou'rt bending o'er thy tomb :
And can vain hope lead thee astray?
Go, weary pilgrim, watch and pray.
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4 Ambition, stop thy panting breath ;

Pride, sink thy lifted eye !
Behold the caverns, dark with death,

Before you open lie :
The heavenly warning now obey ;
Ye sons of pride, go watch and pray.

56. 7s. Sel. Hymns.

The Close of a Meeting for Prayer.

1 If 'tis sweet to mingle where
Christians meet for social prayer, —
If 'tis sweet with them to raise
Songs of holy joy and praise, —

0, how sweet that state must be
Where they meet eternally !

2 Saviour, may these meetings prove
Preparations from above ;

While we worship in this place
May we go from grace to grace,
Till we each, in his degree,
Fit for endless glory be.

CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

57. L. M. Steele.

The Influences of the Spirit experienced.

1 Dear Lord, and shall thy Spirit rest

In such a wretched heart as mine ?
Unworthy dwelling, glorious Guest !
Favor astonishing, divine !

2 When sin prevails, and gloomy fear,

And hope almost expires in night,
Lord, can thy Spirit then be here,

Great Spring of comfort, life, and light !

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3 Sure the blest Comforter is nigh;

;Tis he sustains my fainting heart ;

Else would my hopes forever die,
And every cheering ray depart.

4 When some kind promise cheers my soui,

Do I not find his healing voice
The tempest of my fears control,

And bid my drooping powers rejoice ?

5 Whene'er to call the Saviour mine

With ardent wish my heart aspires,
Can it be less than power divine

Which animates these strong desires }

6 What less than thy almighty word

Can raise my heart from earth and dust,
And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord,
My Life, my Treasure, and my Trust ?

7 And, when my cheerful hope can say,

•' I love my God. and taste his grace,"
Lord, is it not thy blissful ray

Which brings this dawn of sacred peace ?

8 Let thy kind Spirit in my heart

Forever dwell, 0 God of love,
And light and heavenly peace impart,
Sweet earnest of the joys above.

58. 10s & lis. Xewtox.

I iciil trust, and not be afraid.

1 Begone, unbelief! my Saviour is near,
And for my relief will surely appear :

By prayer let me wrestle, and he will perform;
With Christ in the vessel, I smile at the storm.

2 Though dark be my way, since he is my Guide,
'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide :

Though cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail,
The word he has spoken will surely prevail.

3 His love, in time past, forbids me to think
He'll leave me. at last, in trouble to sink ;
Each sweet Ebenezer I have in review
Confirms his good pleasure to help me quite through.

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4 Determined to save, be watched o'er my path,
When, Satan's blind slave, I sported with death;
And can he have taught me to trust in his name.
And thus far have brought me, to put me to shame ?

5 Why should I complain of want or di>*
Temptation, or pain ! He told me no less:

The heirs of salvation. I know from his won!,
Through much tribulation must follow their Lord.

6 How bitter that cup. no heart can conceive.
Which he drank quite up that sinners might live:
His way was much rougher and darker than mine:
Did Christ, my Lord, suffer, and shall I repine *

7 Since all that I meet shall work for ray good,
The bitter is sweet, the medicine is foe I :
Though painful at present, 'twill cease before long,
And then, 0, how pleasant the conqueror's song !

59. C. M. Watts.

Inconstancy lamented.

1 Why is my heart so far from thee,

My God. my chief delight !
Why are my thoughts no more by day
With thee, no more by night \

2 Why should my foolish passions rove !

Where can such sweetness be
As I have tasted in thy love,
As I have found in thee ?

3 When my forgetful soul renews

The savor of thy urace,
My heart presumes I cannot lose
The relish all my days.

4 But ere one fleeting hour is past,

The nattering world employs
Some sensual bait to seize my taste,
And to pollute my joys.

5 Then I repent and vex my soul

That I should leave thee so:
Where will tho-e wild affections roll
That let a Saviour g
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Wretch that I am. to wander thus
In chase of false delight !

0; let me sit beneath thy cross,
And never lose the sight

60. C. 11 COWPER.

Submission.

1 0 Lord, my best desires fulfil,

And help me to resign
Life, health, and comfort to thy will,
And make thy pleasure mine.

2 Why should I shrink at thy command,

Whose love forbids my fears I
Or tremble at the gracious hand
That wipes away my tears I

3 No ! let me rather freely yield

What most I prize to thee.
Who never hast a good withheld,
Nor wilt withhold, from me.

4 Thy favor all my journey through

Thou art engaged to grant :
What else I want, or think I do,
;Tis better still to want.

5 Wisdom and Mercy guide my way :

Shall I resist them both —
A poor, blind creature of a day,
And crushed before the moth ?

6 But ah. my inmost spirit cries,

Still bind me to thy sway,
Else the next cloud that veils my skies
Drives all these thoughts away.

61. L. M. CoWPER.

Return of Joy.

1 When darkness long has veiled my mind,
And smiling day once more appears,
Then, my Redeemer, then I find
The folly of my doubts and fears.

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2 I chide my unbelieving heart,

And blush that 1 should ever be
Thus prone to act so base a part,
Or harbor one hard thought of thee.

3 0, let me, then, at length, be taught —

What I am still so slow to learn —
That God is love, and changes not,
Nor knows the shadow of a turn.

4 Sweet truth, and easy to repeat ;

But when my faith is sharply tried,
I find myself a learner yet,

Unskilful, weak, and apt to slide.

5 But. 0 my Lord, one look from thee

Subdues the disobedient will,
Drives doubt and discontent away,
And thy rebellious worm is still.

6 Thou art as ready to forgive

As I am ready to repine ;
Thou, therefore, all the praise receive ;
Be shame and self-abhorrence mine.

62. 7sL Swain.

The Christian Soldier encouraged.

1 Brethren, while we sojourn here,
Fight we must, but should not fear ;
Foes we have, but we've a Friend,
One that loves us to the end :
Forward, then, with courage go ;
Long we shall not dwell below;
Soon the joyful news will come,

" Child, your Father calls ; come home ! *

2 In the way a thousand snares
Lie, to take us unawares ;
Satan, with malicious art,
Watches each unguarded part ;
But from Satan's malice free,
Saints shall soon victorious be :
Soon the joyful news will come,

•• Child, your Father calls ; come home ! n
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3 But. of all the foes we meet,
None so oft mislead our feet,
None betray us into sin,
Like the foes that dwell within :
Yet let nothing spoil our peace ;
Christ will also conquer these;
Then the joyful news will come,
" Child, your Father calls ; come home ! '

63. S. M. Va. Sel.

Love to the Saints.

1 I love the sons of grace,

The heirs of bliss divine,
Who walk in paths of righteousness.
And fly from every sin.

2 They will my faults reprove

When heedlessly I err:
How do I prize their faithful love,
Their kind and tender care !

3 They Jesus' imaire bear :

How lovely is the sight !
They shall at length with him appear
In everlasting light.

4 They love the Father's name,

And gladly do his will ;
They humbly follow Christ, the Lamb,
In purity and zeal.

5 Their footsteps I'll pursue

With vigor till I die.
Rejoicing in the pleasing view
Of meeting them on high.

6 It is a sweet employ

To join in worship here ;

But how divine will be the joy

To see each other there !

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o4# 7s. Cowper.

" Lovest thou me f "

1 Hark, my soul ! it is the Lord :
'Tis the Saviour; hear his word :
Jesus speaks, and speaks to thee :
" Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me ?

2 "I delivered thee when bound,

And, when wounded, healed thy wound,
Sought thee wandering, set thee right,
Turned thy darkness into light

3 " Can a woman's tender care
Cease towards the child she bare ?
Yes, she may forgetful be ;

Yet will I remember thee.

4 u Mine is an unchanging love,
Higher than the heights above,
Deeper than the depths beneath,
Free and faithful, strong as death.

5 " Thou shalt see my glory soon,
When the work of grace is done ;
Partner of my throne shalt be :
Say, poor sinner, lov'st thou me ? "

6 Lord, it is my chief complaint
That my love's so weak and faint ;
Yet I love thee, and adore ;

0 for grace to love thee more !

O0# 8s. Newton.

The Presence of Christ desired.

How tedious and tasteless the hours

When Jesus no longer I see !
Sweet prospects, sweet birds, and sweet flowers

Have all lost their sweetness with me :
The midsummer sun shines but dim ;

The fields strive in vain to look gay;
But when I am happy in him,

December 's as pleasant as May.

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2 His name yields the richest perfume,

And sweeter than music his voice ;
His presence disperses my gloom,

And makes all within me rejoice :
I should, were he always thus nigh,

Have nothing to wish for or fear;
No mortal so happy as I :

My summer would last all the year.

3 Content with beholding his face.

My all to his pleasure resigned)
No changes of season or place

Would make any change in my mind :
While blest with a sense of his love,

A palace a toy would appear :
And prisons would palaces prove.

If Jesus would dwell with me there.

4 Dear Lord, if indeed I am thine.

If thou art my sun and my >o:in.
Say. why do I languish and pinel

And why are my winters so long !
0. drive these dark clouds from my sky ;

Thy soul-cheering presence restore ;
Or take me unto thee on high,

Where winter and clouds are no more.

QQ. C. AT. Newton.

:i?i7 Grace.

1 Amazing urace. — how sweet the sound !

That saved a wretch like me :
I once was lost, but now am found ;
Was blind, but now I see.

2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear.

And grace my fears relieved :
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed !

3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares,

I have already come :
'Tis grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.

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4 The Lord has promised good to me ;

His word my hope secures ;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,

And mortal life shall cease.
I shall possess within the veil
A life of joy and peace.

6 The earth shall soon dissolve like snow,

The sun forbear to shine ;
But God, who called me here below,
Will be forever mine.

O/, 8s. Baldwin.

The Union of Saints.

1 From whence doth this union arise,

That hatred is conquered by love ?
It fastens our souls in such ties
As distance and time caivt remove.

2 It cannot in Eden be found,

Nor yet in a Paradise lost ;
It grows on ImmanueFs ground,
And Jesus' dear blood it did cost.

3 My brethren are dear unto me,

Our hearts all united in love ;
Where Jesus is gone we shall be,
In yonder blest mansions above.

4 Why, then, so unwilling to part,

Since there we shall all meet again ?
Engraved on Immanuel's heart.
At a distance we cannot remain.

5 0, when shall we see that bright day,

And join with the angels above,
Set free from these prisons of clay,
United in Jesus's love ?

6 With Jesus we ever shall reign,

And all his bright glories shall see,
Singing, Hallelujah ! amen !
Amen ! even so let it be.

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OO, L. M. Doddridge.

Grief for the Sitis caul Miseries of Men.

1 Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise,
To torrents melt my streaming eyes ;
And thou, my heart, with anguish feel
Those evils which thou canst not heal.

2 See human nature sunk in shame ;
See scandals poured on Jesus' name ;
The Father wounded through the Son ;
The world abused ; the soul undone.

3 See the short course of vain delight
Closing in everlasting night.

In flames that no abatement know.
Though briny tears forever flow.

4 My God. I feel the mournful scene ;
My bowels yearn o'er dying men :
And fain my pity would reclaim.

And snatch the firebrands from the flame.

5 But feeble my compassion proves.
And can but weep where most it loves :
Thy own all-saving arm employ.

And turn these drops of grief to joy.

Qy, lis. Kirkham.

Free io us Pro m ises .

1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word !
What more can he say than to you he hath said —
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled ?

2 In every condition. — in sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth,

At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea, —
As thy days may demand shall thy strength ever be.

3 Fear not ; I am with thee ; 0. be not dismayed ;
I. I am thy God. and will still give thee aid ;

I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.

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4 When through the deep waters I call thee to go.
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow ;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless.
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

o When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My irrace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee ; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold "to refine.

6 Even down to old age, all my people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love ;

And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.

7 The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not. I will not, desert to his foes ;

That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no, never, no, never, forsake.

70. C. M. Anon.

Divine Fellowship.

1 From all that's mortal, all that's vain,

And from this earthly clod,
Arise, my soul, and strive to gain
Sweet fellowship with God.

2 Say, what is there beneath the skies,

Wherever thou hast trod,
Can suit thy wishes or thy joys
Like fellowship with God !

3 Not life, nor all the toys of art,

Nor pleasure's flowery road.
Can to my soul such bliss impart
As fellowship with God.

4 Not health, nor friendship, here below,

Nor wealth, that golden load,
Can such delight or comfort show
As fellowship with God.

5 When I am made in love to bear

Affliction's needful rod,
Light, sweet, and kind the strokes appear,
Through fellowship with God.

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6 In fierce temptation's fiery blast,

When dangerous is the road,
I'm happy if I can but taste
Some fellowship with God.

7 And when the icy hand of death

Shall chill my flowing blood,
0, may I yield my latest breath
In fellowship with God.

8 When I at last to heaven ascend,

And gain my blest abode,
Then an eternity I'll spend
In fellowship with God.

71. C. M. C. Wesley.

The happy Child of Grace.

1 How happy 's every child of grace,

Who feels his sins forgiven !
4'* This world." he cries. •• is not my place;

I seek a place in heaven —
A country far from mortal sight;

Yet 0. by faith I see
The land of rest, the saints' delight,

The heaven prepared for me.

2 u To that Jerusalem above

With singing I'll repair:
While in the world, by hope and love,

My heart and soul are there:
There my exalted Saviour stands,

My merciful High Priest.
And still extends his wounded hands

To take me to his breast.

3 •• 0. what a blessed hope is ours

While here on earth we stay !
We more than taste the heavenly powers*

And antedate that day :
We feel the resurrection near,

Our life in Christ concealed,
And with his glorious presence here

Our earthen vessels filled.

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4 Ci 0, would he more of heaven bestow,

And let this vessel break,
And let my ransomed spirit go

To grasp the God I seek,
In rapturous awe on Him to gaze

Who bled and died for me,
And shout and wonder at his grace

Through all eternity ! 7?

72. S. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Pleading with God under Affliction.

1 Why should a living man complain

Of deep distress within,
Since every sigh and every pain
Is but the fruit of sin 1

2 No, Lord, I'll patiently submit,

Nor ever dare rebel ;
Yet sure I may, here at thy feet,
My painful feelings tell.

3 Thou seest what floods of sorrows rise

And beat upon my soul :

One trouble to another cries ;

Billows on billows roll.

4 From fear to hope, from hope to fear,

My shipwrecked soul is tossed,
Till I am tempted, in despair,
To give up all for lost.

5 Yet through the stormy clouds Til look

Once more to thee, my God :
0, fix my feet upon the rock,
Beyond the raging flood.

6 One look of mercy from thy face

Will set my heart at ease ;
One all-commanding word of grace
Will make the tempest cease.

73. C. M. Dr. S. Stennett.
Profession of Love to Christ.

1 And have I, Christ, no love for thee ?
No passion for thy charms ?
No wish my Saviour's face to see,
And dwell within his arms ?

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3 Is there no spark of gratitude,

In this cold heart of mine,
To Him whose generous bosom glowed
With friendship all divine I

3 Can I pronounce his charming name.

His acts of kindness tell.
And. while I dwell upon the theme.
No sweet emotion feel I

4 Such base ingratitude as this

What heart but must detest ?
Sure Christ deserves the noblest place
In every human breast.

5 A very wretch. Lord. I should prove.

Had I no love for thee :
Rather than not my Saviour love.
0, mav I cease to be.

L. ML tyatts.

Correction for Sin, and Beler.se by Prayer.

1 From a^e to a^e exalt his name ;
God and his grace are still the same :
He fills the hungry soul with food.
And feeds the poor with every good.

2 But if their hearts rebel, and rise
Against the God that rules the skies. —
If they reject his heavenly word.

And slight the counsels of the Lord. —

3 He'll brins: their spirits to the ground.
And no deliverer shall be found :
Laden with irrief. they waste their breath
In darkness and the shades of death.

4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries ;
He makes the dawning light arise,
And scatters all that dismal shade
That hung so heavy round their head.

5 He cuts the bars of brass in two.

And lets the smilinir prisoners through ;
Takes on the load of guilt and srrief^
And gives the laboring soul relief.

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

6 0, may the sons of men record
The wondrous goodness of the Lord!
How great his work ! how kind his ways !
Let every tongue pronounce his praise.

75. C. M. Watts.
Exhortation to Christian Activity.

1 My drowsy powers, why sleep ye so ?

Awake, my sluggish soul !
Nothing has half thy work to do,
Yet nothing's half so dull.

2 The little ants, for one poor grain,

Labor, and tug, and strive ;
Yet we, who have a heaven V obtain,
How negligent we live ! —

3 We, for whose sake all nature stands,

And stars their courses move ;
We, for whose guard the angel bands
Come flying from above ; —

4 We, for whom God the Son came down,

And labored for our good,
How careless to secure that crown
He purchased with his blood !

5 Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still,

And never act our parts ?
Come, holy Dove, from th' heavenly hi\}
And sit, and warm our hearts.

6 Then shall our active spirits move,

Upward our souls shall rise ;
With hands of faith, and wings of love,
We'll fly and take the prize.

76, L- M. Epis. Col.
Encouragement to trust in God.

1 Be still, my heart; these anxious cares
To thee are burdens, thorns, and snares ;
They cast dishonor on thy Lord,

And contradict his gracious word.

2 Brought safely by his hand thus far,
Why wilt thou now give place to fear?
How can 4 thou want if he provide,

Or lose thy way with such a Guide ?

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

3 Did ever trouble yet befall.
And he refuse to hear thy call 1
And has he not his promise passed
That thou shalt overcome at last ?

4 Though rough and thorny be the road.
It leads thee home apace to God ;
Then count thy present trials small.
For heaven will make amends for all.

77. C. M. Steele.
Affliction.

1 Hear, gracious God. my humble moan ;

To thee I breathe my sighs :
When will the mournful night be gone l
When shall my joys arise ?

2 Yet though my soul in darkness mourns,

Thy promise is my stay ':
Here would I rest till light returns :
Thy presence makes my day.

3 Come. Lord, and with celestial peace

Relieve my aching heart :
0. smile, and bid my sorrows cease.
And all their gloom depart.

4 Then shall my drooping spirit rise.

And bless thy healing rays.
And change these deep, complaining sighs
For songs of sacred praise.

78. L. It 6 l. Era. Col.

Seeking God.

1 As. panting in the sultry beam.
The hart desires the cooling stream.
So to thy presence. Lord. I flee ;
So longs my soul. 0 God. for thee ;
Athirst to taste thy living grace.
And see thy glory face to face.

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

2 But rising griefs distress my soul,
And tears on tears successive roll ;
For many an evil voice is near,

To chide my woe and mock my fear;

And silent memory weeps alone

O'er hours of peace and gladness flown.

3 For I have walked the happy round
That circles Zion's holy ground,
And gladly swelled the choral lays

That hymned my great Redeemer's praise,
What time the hallowed arches rung
Responsive to the solemn song.

4 Ah, why, by passing clouds oppressed,
Should vexing thoughts distract thy breast ?
Turn, turn to Him, in every pain,

Whom suppliants never sought in vain —
Thy strength in joy's ecstatic day,
Thy hope when joy has passed away.

/ 9. L. M. Gibbous.

" I have set God always before me."

1 Saviour, when night involves the skies,

My soul, adoring, turns to thee —
Thee, self-abased in mortal guise,

And wrapped in shades of death for me.

2 On thee my waking raptures dwell

When crimson gleams the east adorn —
Thee, Victor of the grave and hell —
Thee, Source of life's eternal morn.

3 When noon her throne in light arrays,

To thee my soul triumphant springs —

Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze —

Thee, Lord of lords and King of kings.

4 O'er earth when shades of evening steal,

To death and thee my thoughts I give —
To death, whose power I soon must feel ;
To thee, with whom I trust to live.

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OO. L- M. COWPER.

Sanctified Affliction.

1 Lord, unafflicted, undismayed.

In pleasure's path how long I strayed !
But thou hast made me feel thy rod.
And turn my soul to thee, my God.

2 What though it pierced my fainting heart ?
I bless thy hand which caused the smart ;
It taught my tears a while to flow,

But saved me from eternal woe.

3 0, hadst thou left me unchastised,
Thy precepts I had still despised ;
And still the snare, in secret laid,
Had my unwary feet betrayed.

4 I love thy chastening. 0 my God :
They fix my hopes on thy abode,
Where, in thy presence, fully blest,
Thy stricken saints forever rest.

oJL ~s» Epis. Psalms.

Humble Trust.

1 Lord, forever at thy side

Let my place and portion be ;
Strip me of the robe of pride :
Clothe me with humility.

2 Meekly may my soul receive

All thy Spirit hath revealed :
Thou hast spoken ; I believe.
Though the oracle be sealed.

3 Humble as a little child

Weaned from the mother's breast,
By no subtleties beguiled.
On thy faithful word I rest.

4 Israel, now and evermore

In the Lord Jehovah trust ;
Him in all his ways adore.

Wise, and wonderful, and just.

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

O^. C. ££• Moore.

Light in Darkness.

1 0 Thou who diy'st the mourner's tear,

How dark this world would be,
If, pierced by sin and sorrows here,
We could not fly to thee !

2 The friends who in our sunshine live,

When winter comes, are flown;
And he who has but tears to give
Must weep those tears alone.

3 But thou wilt heal that broken heart,

Which, like the plants that throw
Their fragrance from the wounded part,
Breathes sweetness out of woe.

4 When joy no longer soothes or cheers,

And e'en the hope that threw
A moment's sparkle o'er our tears
Is dimmed and vanished too, —

5 0, who could bear life's stormy doom,

Did not thy wing of love
Come brightly wafting through the gloom
Our peace-branch from above ?

6 Then sorrow, touched by thee, grows bright

With more than rapture's ray,
As darkness shows us worlds of light
We never saw by day.

OO. L- M. Fawcett.

" As thy Days so shall thy Strength be."

1 Afflicted saint, to Christ draw near;
Thy Saviour's gracious promise hear ;
His faithful word declares to thee
That as thy days thy strength shall be.

2 Let not thy heart despond, and say,

" How shall I stand the trying day ! n
He has engaged, by firm decree.
That as thy days thy strength shall be.

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

3 Thy faith is weak, thy foes are strong ;
And. if the conflict should be long,
Thy Lord will make the tempter flee;
For as thy days thy strength shall be.

4 Should persecution rage and flame,
Still trust in thy Redeemer's name ;
In fiery trials thou shaft see

That as thy days thy strength shall be.

5 When called to bear the weighty cross,
Or sore atfliction. pain, or loss,

Or deep distress, or poverty.

Still as thy days thy strength shall be.

6 When ghastly death appears in view.
Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue;
He comes to set thy spirit free :

And as thy days thy strength shall be.

O-A, 7s. Cowper.

Welcoming the Cross.

1 ;Tis my happiness below

Not to live without the cross,
But the Saviour's power to know,

Sanctifying every loss :
Trials must and will befall :

But with humble faith to see
Love inscribed upon them all, —

This is happiness to me.

2 God in Israel sows the seeds

Of affliction, pain, and toil ;
These spring up and choke the weeds

Which would else o'erspread the soil :
Trials make the promise sweet :

Trials give new life to prayer ;
Trials bring me to his feet.

Lay me low. and keep me there.

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

3 Did I meet no trials here.

No chastisement by the way,
Might I not with reason fear

I should prove a castaway 1
Bastards may escape the rod,

Sunk in earthly, vain delight ;
But the true-born child of God

Must not, would not, if he might.

oO, 7s. Stennett.

The Pleasures of Religion.

1 7Tis religion that can give
Sweetest pleasures while we live )
7Tis religion must supply

Solid comfort when we die.

2 After death, its joys will be
Lasting as eternity :

Be the living God my Friend,
Then my bliss shall never end.

86. L. M. Hebek.

Love to God.

1 Though sorrows rise, and dangers roll
In waves of darkness o'er my soul :
Though friends are false, and love decays.
And few and evil are my days j
Though conscience, fiercest of my foes.
Swells with remembered guilt my woes, —
Yet, e'en in nature's utmost ill,

I love thee, Lord ; I love thee still.

2 Though Sinai's curse, in thunder dread,
Peals o'er my unprotected head.

And memory points, with busy pain,
To grace and mercy given in vain,
Till nature, shrinking in the strife,
Would fly to hell t' escape from life, —
Though every thought has power to kill,
I love thee, Lord ; I love thee still.

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CHRISTIAN EXEJtCIS

0. by the pangs thyself hast borne,
The ruffian's blow, the tyrant's scorn, —
By Sinai's curse, whose dreadful doom
Was buried in thy guiltless tomb. —
By these my pangs, whose healing smart
Thy grace hath planted in my heart,
I know. I feel, thy bounteous will .
Thou lov'st me, Lord; thou lov\st me still.

O/. L- Ml Fawcett.

Remembering all the Way the Lord has led as.

1 Thus far my God hath led me on,
And made his truth and mercy known :
My hopes and fears alternate rise,
And comforts mingle with my sighs.

2 Through this wide wilderness I roam,
Far distant from my blissful home :
Lord, let thy presence be my stay,
And guard me in this dangerous way.

3 Temptations every where annoy,

And sins and snares my peace destroy;
My earthly joys are from me torn,
And oft an absent God I mourn.

4 My soul, with various tempests tossed,
Her hopes overturned, her projects crossed,
Sees, every day. new straits attend,

And wonders where the scene will end.

5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road
Which leads us to the mount of God]
Are these the toils thy people know
While in the wilderness below ?

6 'Tis even so thy faithful love

Doth all thy children's graces prove ;
'Tis thus our pride and self must fall,
That Jesus may be all in all.

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CHRISTIAN EXERCISES.

88. L. M. D. Turks*.

The Duty of loving God.

1 Yes. I would love thee, blessed God !

Paternal goodness marks thy name;

Thy praises, through thy high abode,
The heavenly hosts with joy proclaim.

2 Freely thou gav'st thy dearest Son

For man to suffer, bleed, and die,
And bid'st me. as a wretch undone,
For all I want on him rely.

3 In him thy reconciled face,

With joy unspeakable. I see,
And feel thy powerful, wondrous grace
Draw and unite my soul to thee.

4 Whene'er my foolish, wandering heart,

Attracted by a creature's power, .
Would from this blissful centre start,
Lord, fix it there, to stray no more.

89. "s. H. K. White.
Christia?i Courage.

1 Much in sorrow, oft in woe,
Onward, Christians, onward go;
Fight the fight; and, worn with strife,
Steep with tears the bread of life.

2 Onward, Christians, onward go ;
Join the war, and face the foe ;
Faint not ; much doth yet remain ;
Dreary is the long campaign.

3 Shrink not. Christians: will ye yield?
Will ye quit the battle field?

Fight till all the conflict's o'er,
Nor your foes shall rally more.

4 But when loud the trumpet, blown,
Speaks their forces overthrown,
Christ, your Captain, shall bestow
Crowns to grace the conqueror's brow.

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y(J. S. M. Montgomery.

1 Ah. now my spirit faints'

To reach the land I love —
The bright inheritance of .saints,
Jerusalem above !

2 Yet clouds will intervene.

And all my prospect Hies ;
Like Noah's dove. I flit between
Rough seas and stormy skies.

3 Anon the clouds disperse.

The winds and waters cease.
And sweetly o'er my gladdened heart
Expands the bow of peace.

4 Beneath the flowery arch.

Along the hallowed ground,
I see cherubic armies march,
A camp of fire around.

5 Then, then I feel that He,

Remembered or forgot.
The Lord, is never far from me,
Though I perceive him not.

6 All that I am, have been,

All that I yet may be,
He sees, as he hath ever seen,
And shall forever see.

7 How can I meet his eyes !

Mine on the cross I cast.
And own my life a Saviour's prize,
Mercy from first to last.

8 Then shall I upward fly ;

That resurrection word
Shall be my shout of victory,
" Forever with the Lord.*;

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91. 8s, 7s & 4. Newton, alt'd.

Prayer for a Revival.

1 Saviour, visit thy plantation ;

Grant ns. Lord, a gracious rain ;
All will come to desolation,
Unless thou return again :

Lord, revive us!
All our help must come from thee.

2 Surely once thy garden flourished ;

Every part looked gay and green ;
All its plants by thee were nourished ;
Then how cheering was the scene !

Lord, revive us !
All our help must come from thee.

3 Keep no longer at a distance ;

Shine upon us from on high,
Lest, for want of thine assistance.
Every plant should droop and die :

Lord, revive us !
All our help must come from thee.

4 Dearest Saviour, hasten hither ;

Thou canst make them bloom again ,
0, permit them not to wither ;
Let not all our hopes be vain :

Lord, revive us !
All our help must come from thee.

5 Let our mutual love be fervent •

Make us prevalent in prayers ;
Let each one, esteemed thy servant,
Shun the world's bewitching snares :

Lord, revive us !
All our help must come from thee.

6 Break the tempter's fatal power,

Turn the stony heart to flesh,
And begin, from this good hour,
To revive thy work afresh :

Lord, revive us !
All our help must come from thee.

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92.

JUDGMENT.

L. At. Village Hymns.
The Harvest .

1 Lift up your eyes, ye sous of light ;
Behold the fields already white :

glorious harvest now is come :
See ransomed sinners flocking home.

2 Moved by the Spirit's softest wind.
Their hearts are all as one inclined :
Their former sins and follies mourn :
They bow. and to their God return.

3 Improve the harvest, fleeing fast.
Ere yet the shining -

When all the work of life shall end.
The last, the long, dark night descend.

JUDGMENT.

93.

12s. Christian Lyrs.
Awful Pomp of Judgment.

1 The chariot ! the chariot! its wheels roll in fire.

the Lord cometh down in the pomp of his ire :
Lo. self-moving, it drives on its pathway of cloud.
And the heavens with the burden of Godhead are bowed.

2 The glory ! the alory ! around him are poured
Mighty hosts of the angels that wait on the Lord :

ind the martyrs are there.
And there ail who the palm- wreaths of victory wear.

3 The trumpet ! the trumpet ! the dead have all heard :
Lo. the depths of the stone-covered charnelare stirred !
From the sea. from the earth, from the south, from the north.
All the vast generations of man are come forth.

4 The judgment ! the judgment ! the thrones are all set.
Where the Lamb and the white-vested elders are met ;
There all flesh is at once in the sight of the Lord.
And the doom of eternity hangs on his word.

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5 O mercy! 0 mercy ! look down from above,
Great Creator, on us, thy sad children, with love ;
When beneath to their darkness the wicked are drive*,
May our justified souls find a welcome in heaven.

94. L. M. 6 L. Xewtox, alfd.

IVheat and Tares, or the hist Harvest.

1 This is the field, the world below.
Where wheat and tares together grow;
Where oft we see, in mimrled band,
Sinners and saints together stand :

But soon the reaping-time will come,
And angels shout the harvest home.

2 We seem as one when thus we meet
And bow before the mercy-seat:
But to the Lord's all-searching eyes
Each heart appears without disguise :

And soon the reaping-time, &c.

3 To love my sins, a saint t' appear,
To grow with wheat, and be a tare,
May serve me while on earth below,
Where tares and wheat together grow :

But soon the reaping-time, kc.

4 Most awful truth ! And is it so?
Must all mankind the harvest know?
Is every one a wheat or tare I —

Me for the harvest, Lord, prepare :
For soon the reaping-time, &a

5 Then all who truly righteous are
Shall in their Father's kingdom share;
But tares in bundles shall be bound.
And cast in hell. 0. doleful sound !

And soon the reaping-time will come,
And angels shout the harvest home.

HEAVEN'.

HEAVEN.

95. L. It Newton.

Heaven seeii by Faith.

1 As when the weary traveller gains

The height of some commanding hill.
His heart revives, if o'er the plains

He sees his home, though distant still. -

2 So. when the Christian pilgrim views.

By faith, his mansion in the skies.
The sight his fainting strength renews.
And wings his speed to reach the prize.

3 The hope of heaven his spirit cheers ;

No more he grieves for sorrows past ;
Nor any future conflict fears.
So he may safe arrive at last.

4 0 Lord, on thee our hopes we stay

To lead us on to thine abode.
Assured thy love will far o'erpay
The hardest labors of the road.

96. C. ML Wesley.
Death and heavenly Happiness.

1 And let this feeble body fail,

And let it faint and die :
My soul shall quit this mournful vale.

And soar to worlds on high ;
Shall join the disimbodied saints,

And rind its long-sought rest. —
That only bliss for which it pants, —

In the Redeemer's breast.

2 In hope of that immortal crown,

I now the cross sustain.
And gladly wander up and down,

And smile at toil and pain :
I surfer on my threescore years,

Till my Deliverer come
And wipe away his servant's tears,

And take his exile home.

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3 0, what hath Jesus done for me !

Before my raptured eyes
Rivers of life divine I see,

And trees of Paradise :
I see a world of spirits bright,

Who taste the pleasures there ;
They all are robed in spotless white,

And conquering palms they bear.

4 0, what are all my sufferings here,

If, Lord, thou count me meet
With that enraptured host t' appear,

And worship at thy feet !
Give joy or grief, give ease or pain,

Take life or friends away ;
But let me find them all again

In that eternal day.

97. C. M. Watts.

The everlasting Song.

1 Earth has engrossed my love too long;

;Tis time I lift mine eyes
Upward, dear Father, to thy throne,
And to my native skies.

2 There the blest Man, my Saviour, sits :

The God ! how bright he shines !
And scatters infinite delights
On all the happy minds.

3 Seraphs, with elevated strains,

Circle the throne around,
And move and charm the starry plains
With an immortal sound.

4 Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs ;

Jesus, my love, they sing :
Jesus, the life of both our joys,
Sounds sweet from every string.

5 Now let me mount and join their song,

And be an angel too ;
My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue,
Here's joyful work for you.

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in: wen.

6 I would begin the music here,
And so my soul should ri
0 for some heavenly notes to bear
My passions to the skies !

98. C. H. M. Sacred Lykic3.
The everlasting Bliss of Heaven.

1 Heaven is the land where troubles cease, %

Where toils and tears are o'er —
The blissful clime of rest and peace,

Where cares distract no more ;
And not the shadow of distress
Dims its unsullied blessedness.

2 Heaven is the dwelling-place of joy,

The home of light and love.
Where faith and hope in rapture die,

And ransomed souls above
Enjoy, before th' eternal throne,
Bliss everlasting and unknown.

99. 12s & lis. Va. Sel.
The Eden of Love.

1 How sweet to reflect on those joys that await me

In yon blissful region, the haven of rest.
Where glorified spirits with welcome shall greet me.

And lead me to mansions prepared for the blest !
Encircled in light, and with glory enshrouded,
My happiness perfect, my mind's sky unclouded,
I'll bathe in the ocean of pleasure unbounded.

And range with delight through the Eden of love.

2 While angelic legions, with harps tuned, celestial,

Harmoniously join in the concert of praise.
The saints, as they flock from the regions terrestrial.

In loud hallelujahs their voices will raise :
Then songs to the Lamb shall reecho through heaven ;
My soul will respond. " To Immanuel be given
All slorv. all honor, all might, and dominion.

Who brought us through grace to the Eden of love."
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3 Then hail, blessed state ; hail, ye songsters of glory ;

Ye harpers of bliss, soon I'll meet you above,
And join your full choir in rehearsing the story,

u Salvation frum sorrow, through Jesus's love: n
Though prisoned in earth, yet, by anticipation,
Already my soul feels a sweet prelibation
Of joys that await me when freed from probation ;

My heart's now in heaven, the Eden of love.

100. S. M. Montgomery.

Dwelling with God.

1 " Forever with the Lord ! n

Amen ! so let it be :
Life from the dead is in that word —
"Tis immortality.

2 Here in the body pent,

Absent from Him, I roam.
Yet nightly pitch my moving tent
A day's march nearer home.

3 My Father's house on high —

Home of my soul — how near,
At times, to faith's foreseeing eye
The golden gates appear !

4 u Forever with the Lord ! n

Father, if 'tis thy will,
The promise of that faithful word
E'en here to me fulfil.

5 So when my latest breath

Shall rend the veil in twain,
In death I shall escape from death,
And life eternal gain.

6 Knowing as I am known.

How shall I love that word,

And oft repeat before the throne,

" Forever with the Lord ! "

7 The trump of final doom

Shall speak the selfsame word.
And heaven's voice sound through the tomb,
" Forever with the Lord ! "

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8 That resurrection word !
That shout of victory !
Once more. k* Forever with the Lord ! n
Amen ! so let it be.

MISCELLANEOUS.

1(J1. 78« Fawcett.

A Birthday Hymn.

1 I my Ebenezer raise

To my kind Redeemer's praise ;
With a grateful heart I own.
Hitherto thy help Fve known.

2 What may be my future lot
Well I know concerns me not :
This should set my heart at rest —
What thy will ordains is best.

3 I my all to thee resign :
Father, let thy will be mine :
May but all thy dealings prove
Fruits of thy paternal love.

\ Guard me. Saviour, by thy power ;
Guard me id the trying hour ;
Let thy unremitted care
v ive me from the lurking snare.

5 Let my few remaining days
Be directed to thy praise ;

So the last, the closing scene.
Shall be tranquil and serene.

6 To thy will I leave the rest :
Grant me but this one request —
Both in life and death to prove
Tokens of thy special love.

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102. L. M. Steele.

The Christian's noblest Resolution.

1 Ah, wretched souls, who strive in vain,

Slaves to the world, and slaves to sin ;
A nobler toil may I sustain,
A nobler satisfaction win.

2 May I resolve, with all my heart,

With all my powers, to serve the Lord,
Nor from his precepts e;er depart,
Whose service is a rich reward.

3 0, be his service all my joy ;

Around let my example shine,
Till others love the blest employ,
And join in labors so divine.

4 Be this the purpose of my soul,

My solemn, my determined choice —
To yield to his supreme control,
And in his kind commands rejoice.

5 0, may I never faint or tire,

Nor, wandering, leave his sacred ways :
Great God, accept my souPs desire,

And give me strength to live thy praise.

103. S. M. Stennett.
Pleastires of social Worship.

1 How charming is the place

Where my Redeemer. God,

Unveils the beauties of his face,

And sheds his love abroad !

2 Not the fair palaces,

To which the great resort,
Are once to be compared with this,
Where Jesus holds his court.

3 Here, on the mercy-seat,

With radiant glory crowned,
Our joyful eyes behold him sit,
And smile on all around.
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4 To him their prayers and cries

Each humble soul presents :
He listens to their broken sighs,
And grants them all their wants.

5 To them his sovereign will

He graciously imparts.
And. in return, accepts, with smiles,
The tribute of their hearts.

6 Give me, 0 Lord, a place

Within thy blest abode.
Among the children of thy grace,
The servants of my God.

104. L. M. Kelly.
Pleasures of social Worship.

1 How sweet to leave the world a while,

And seek the presence of our Lord !
Dear Saviour, on thy people smile.
According to thy faithful word.

2 From busy scenes we now retreat.

That we may here converse with thee ;
0 Lord, behold us at thy feet !
Let this the gate of heaven be.

3 u Chief of ten thousands,** now appear,

That we by faith may view thy lace ;
0, speak, that we thy voice may hear,
And let thy presence fill the place.

105. C M. SUTT03T.
Separated, hut united ■ or, the Christian' 's Hope.

1 Hail, sweetest, dearest tie. that binds

Our glowing hearts in o
Hail, sacred hope, that tunes our minds

To harmony divine.
It is the hope, the blissful hope,

Which Jesus' grace has given —
The hope, when days and years are past,

We all shall meet in heaven ;
We all shall meet in heaven at last.

We all .shall meet in heaven :
The hope, when days and years are past.

We all shall meet in heaven.

767

MISCELLANEOUS.

2 What though the northern wintry blast

Shall howl around our cot ;
What though beneath an eastern sun

Be cast our distant lot ;
Yet still we share the blissful hope,

Which Jesus' grace has given —
The hope, when days and years are past,

We all shall meet in heaven.

3 From Burmah's shores, from Afric's strand,

From India's burning plain,
From Europe, from Columbia's land,

We hope to meet again ;
It is the hope, the blissful hope,

Which Jesus' grace has given, &c.

4 No lingering look, no parting sigh,

Our future meeting knows ;
There friendship beams from every eye,

And love immortal glows :
0 sacred hope ! 0 blissful hope !

Which Jesus' grace has given, &c.

106. Us & 10s. Spir. Songs.

Dawn of the Millennium.

1 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning;

Joy to the lands that in darkness have lain ;
Hushed be the accents of sorrow and mourning ;
Zion in triumph begins her mild reign.

2 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning,

Long by the prophets of Israel foretold :
Hail to the millions from bondage returning ;
Gentiles and Jews the blest vision behold.

3 Lo, in the desert rich flowers are springing ;

Streams ever copious are gliding along :
Loud from the mountain-tops echoes are ringing ;
Wastes rise in verdure, and mingle in song.

4 See, from all lands, from the isles of the ocean,

Praise to Jehovah ascending on high ;
Fallen are the engines of war and commotion ;
Shouts of salvation are rending the sky.
768

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

AFFLICTED saint, to Christ draw near L. M 83

Afflictions, though they seem severe C. M 36

Ah, now my spirit taints S. 31 90

Ah, wretched souls, who strive in vain L. 31 10*3

Amazing grace ! haw sweet the sound C. 31 66

Am I called, and can it be 7s 07

Andean I yet delay S. 31 35

And have I, Christ, no love for thee C. 31 73

And let this feeble body fail C. 31 96

Arise, my tenderest thoughts, arise L. 31 63

As on the cross the Saviour hung C. 31 31

As, panting in the sultry beam L. M. 6 l 78

As, when the weary traveller gains L. M 95

Awaked by Sinai's awful sound. C. P. 31 20

Awake, my soul, in joyful lays L. 31 47

BEGOXE, unbelief ! my Saviour is near 10s ft lis 53

Be still ! my heart, these anxious cares L. 31 76

Bleeding hearts, defiled by sin 7s 17

Brethren, while we sojourn here 7s 68

CHILDREN* of the heavenly King 7^ 43

Come, ye sinners, boom to Jesus Bs,7s& 4 95

Commit thou all thy griefs S. 31 7

DEAR Lord, and shall thy Spirit rest * L. 31 57

Do not I love thee, O my Loid: C. 31 14

EARTH has engrossed C. 31 97

Encompassed with clouds of distress 8s 40

Eternity is just at hand L. 31 01

FOREVER with the Lord S. 31 100

From age to age exalt his name L. 31 74

From all that's mortal, all that's vain C. 31 70

From whence doth this union arise Bs 67

GOD of my life, whose gracious power L. 31 6

Go, watch and pray ; thou canst not tell C. H. 31 55

Gracious Lord, incline thine ear 7s, 44

65 769

INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

HAIL. IWDUett, dearest tie that binds C. M 105

Hail to the brinhtne-s of Zion'l pjtad morning lis <k. IQi 106

Hark, my mil ! it is the Lord 7s C4

Hear. gran tu Gk d. my humble moan OL M 77

II. ivu > ' i I 1 C. H. M 98

place s. M 103

How firm a foundation lis

How happy are they P. M 51

How bappg "> eveiy child pf grace C M 71

How lo-t irafl my condition .... 15

How sweet the name of Jesus sounds CM 13

How sweet to reflect on those joys 19b Jblbi 99

11 a <weet to leave the world a while L. M 104

How tedious and tasteless the hours 6s 65

TASKED the Lord that I might grow L. ■ 43

If 'tis sweet to mingle where 7s 56

I hear a voice that comes from far L. M 37

I love the sons of grace S. M C3

I my Ebenezer raise 7s 101

JESUS, my all, to heaven is gone L. M 11

Jesus, our souls' delightful choice L. M 41

Jesus, save my dying soul 7s 40

Jesus, thou art tiie sinner's friend C. M 34

LIFT up your eyes, ye sons of light L. If 9-2

Lord, forever at thy side 7s 81

Lord, shed a beam of heavenly day L. M 38

Lord, unafflicted. undismayed L. M

Lord, with glowing heart, I'd praise thee . . 53

MORTALS, awake ! with angels join CM 8

Much in sorrow, oft in woe 7s 89

My drowsy powers CM 75

OL3JECT of my first desire 7s 16

O Lord, my best desires fulfil C M 60

One there is above all others Ss <fc 7s 9

O that my load of sin were gone L. M 33

O thou, my Light, my Life, my Joy C M 5

O thou who dry 'st the mourner's tear C M B9

Our heavenly Father calls S. M 23

PRECIOUS Bible ! what a treasure 8s & 7s 1

QUIET, Lord, my froward heart 7s, 6 l 54

RESTLESS thy spirit, poor wandering sinner lis & 10s. 29

770

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

SAVED by crace, I live to tell 7? 30

Save me, Lord, id this distress ?s 52

Saviour, visit thy plantation 8s, 7s Ac 4 91

Saviour, when night involves the skies L. M 79

Say, sinner, hath a voice within L. M 18

Sinner, hear the Saviour's call 7s fc Gs 26

Sovereign Ruler of the skies 7s 2

THE chariot ! the chariot ! its wheels, &c 12s 93

The God of Abram praise Gs, 6s &: 4s 45

The Lord will happiness divine C. If 32

The voice of free grace cries 12s 23

This is the field ; the world below LM.61 94

Thou God of glorious majesty C. P. If 19

Though sorrows rise, and dangers roll L. M 86

Through all the various passing scene.. L. M 4

Thus far my God hath led me on L. M 87

Thy mercy, my God, is the theme, <fcc lis 50

'Tis my happiness below ?s 84

'Tis religion that can give ?s 85

To God, my Saviour and my King L. M 49

'Twas for my sins, my dearest Lord C. II 39

WAIT, O my soul, thy Maker's will L. M 3

Well, the Redeemer's gone S. M 10

What various hinderances we meet L. 31 46

When darkness long has veiled my mind L. 31 61

When gathering storms around I view L. ML 6 l 12

When the harvest is past, &c 12s & Be 22

Why is my heart so far from thee C. If 59

Why should a living man complain C. 31 72

YE dying sons of men H. M 24

Yes, I would love thee, blessed God L. M 88

771

GENERAL INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

THE SCRIPTURES 1

PROVIDENCE 2—7

CHRIST 8—17

AWAKENING 18—22

INVITATIONS 23—30

REPENTANCE AND FAITH 31—42

PRAYER AND PRAISE 43—56

CHRISTIAN EXERCISES 57—90

REVIVALS 91, 92

JUDGMENT 93, 94

HEAVEN 9&-100

MISCELLANEOUS 101—106

772

;

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

The figures denote the Hymns.

ABRAHAM, God of, 45.
Absence of the Spirit deplored, 91.
Access to God through Christ, 10.
Activity, exhortation to, 75, 89.
Affliction, comfort in, 82, 83.

fruit of sin, 72.

pleading with God in, 72.

sanctified, 80, 84.

sent in mercy, 36, 3&
Afflictions light, 70, 76.
Aged exhorted to prayer, 55.
Alarm to sinners, 18.
Angels rejoicing at the advent of
Christ, 8.

over the conversion of sinners,
20.
Appeal to Christ concerning our

love, 14.
Assurance, joy of, 51.
Awakened sinner, 19-21.

BACKSLIDERS invited to Christ,

24.
prayer for restoration of, 91.
Believers, Christ precious to, 13, 14,

51, 65.
Bible precious, 1.
Birthday hymn, 101.
Blood of Christ, 9, 10, 26, 28, 30, 33,

37, 39.
Breathing after God, 42.
Burden of guilt and sin, 11, 20, 33.

CALL of the gospel, 24-26, 28, 37.
Care, casting, on God, 2-4, 6, 7, 23,
54.

65*

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Care of God over his people, 54, 76.
Characters of Christ, 13, 23.
Christ, adoration of, 79.

advent of, 8.

all in all, 16.

a brother, 48.

characters of, 13, 23.

Christian's appeal to, 14.

communion with, 23.

desiring an interest in, 44.

dving for us, 9.

faithful, 24.

food to the soul, 1.

a friend, 9, 34, 62.

fulness of, 17.

our head, 23.

in heaven, 97.

high priest, 71.

humiliation of, 9.

incarnation of, 48.

an intercessor, 10, 23, 34, 48.

living and exalted, 9, 23, 97.

love of, 9, 26.

manna, 13.

mighty to save, 15.

names of, 8, 13.

a physician, 15.

praise to, 8.

precious, 13, 14, 65.

presence of, desired, 65.

a priest, 10.

reconciliation through, 9.

refuge of the tempted, 58.

our rest, 13.

a rock, 13, 17.

a shield, 13.

sinners exhorted to rely on,
17.

source of consolation, 16.

star of Bethlehem, 17.

suffering for sin, 39.

a support, 12.

sympathy of, 12.

the way, 11.

our wisdom, 6.

worthy to be loved, 14.

IXDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Christian, in affliction, comforted
83, S4.
characteristic! of, 63.

child of God, 13.

comforts tor the, 6, 9.

conflicts of the, 87.

conqueror, 58.

doubt ii _

encouraged, 48, 58, 89.

exhort

hope of meeting them in heav-
en, 63.

love to, 63.

pilnriin, 48, 62.

reproof, o3.

resolution of the, 102.

sluggish, expostulated with, 75,
89"

union, 67.
Coming to Christ, 11.
Communion with God, 23.
Confession of the prodigal, 30.

of sin, 44.
Conflicts, Christian, 87.
Contrite sinner, 32-40.
Convert, the, 51.
Converting grace, 30, 37.
Conviction, 20, 33, 39.
Correction for sin, 74.
Courage, Christian, 89.
Crosses, the Christian's portion, 84.

DEATH and heaven, 96, 100.

Decrees of God, 2-4.

Desirinn an interest in Christ, 21,

44.
Despondency, 42.
Disease, sin a, 15.
Dwelling with God, 99.

EARTHLY good, liable to disap-
point, 4, 70.
mindedness deplored, 59.

Eden of love, 99.

Employment of saints in heaven,
97-99.

Encouragements, 48, 58, 62, 76, 89.

End of the righteous, 89, 96, 98-100,
105.

Eternity, 21.

Exaltation of Christ, 9, 23.

Examination of evidences, 14, 32.

Example, Christian, 102.

Excellence of religion, 51, 71, 85.

Experience, Christian, 87.

FAITH, act of, 27, 35.
and unbelief, 41.
faint 1 1 i
Faithfulness of God, 45.
Feebleness of gratitude lamented,

13, 73.
Fellowship with God, 23, 70.
Filial spirit, prayer for a. 5 L
Forever with the Lord, 100.
Forgiveness, prayed for, 34, 38, 40.
Foretaste of heaven, 51,56, 3

95, 99, 100.
Free crace, 28, 50.
Freeness of the gospel, 24, 26, 28,
Forsaking all for Christ, 35.
Friend, Christ a, 9, 3;.

GIVING up to Christ, 27, 35.
God, all in all, 60.

all things for his glory, 4.

all things of, 9

always before us, 79.

calling upon sinners, 18.

casting our care on, 7, 23, 54.

child of, 71.

comforter, 4.

compassion of, 5, 3»", 47.

faithful to his promises, 45.

fellowship with, 23, 70.

goodness of, 68.

a King, 10.

love of, 61.

mercy of, 50.

pardon from, 23.

preserver, our, 4.

providence of, 2-7, 101.

source of strength, 33.

sovereign ruler, 2, 4, 6.

sympathy of, 23.

wisdom of, 3.

wrath of, against sinners, 20.
Grace, amazing,

day of, short, 19.

makes us to differ, 37.
Gratitude, 5.

feebleness of, deplored. 13, 73.
Grave, warning from the, 55.
Growth in grace, 43,
Guide, God a, 7, 23.
Guilt, sense of, 27, 33, 34, 44.

HAPPINESS of the Christian, 51,
71,85.

774

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Happiness, onlv in Christ, 16, 05.
Hard heart, 3-2, 38.
Harvest, spiritual, 9-2.

of the world, 94.

past, 22.
Heart, contrite, 32.
Heaven, anticipated, 67, 71, 90, 95-
100.

employments of, 97.

encouraging hope of, 95-99.

everlasting bliss, 98.

forever with the Lord, 100.

hope of meeting in, 105.

in the enjoyment of Christ, 16.

place of rest and jov, 98.

seen by faith, 71, 95-97, 99, 100.

sweeter than earth, 56.
Heavenlv Jerusalem, 97.
Hell, 19,' 20, 26, 68,93.
Holy Spirit, the Comforter, 57.

dependence on the, 57.

power of the, 38.

resisted, 18.
Hope, the Christian's, 95, 96, 99,
105.

rejoicing in, 48.
Hosanna to God, 10.
Humility, prayer for, 81.

IMMANUEL, 26, 67.

Immutability of Christ's love, 64.
Impenitence, danger of, 18, 19, 22,

29, 37.
Inconstancy lamented, 59, 61.
Ingratitude deplored, 73.
Instructive afflictions, 43, 80.
Insufficiencv of the world, 4.
Intercession' of Christ, 10, 23, 34, 48.
Invitation to Christ, 15, 17, 26.

accepted, 27.

and prayer, 25.

JEALOUSY of our love to Christ,

14, 73.
Joy at the advent of Christ, 8.

return of, 61.
Judgment, the, 93.

LAMENTATION over inconstan-
cy, 59.
Languor of devotion, 59.

Law, the, condemns,

Lazarus, Christ creeping over, 12.

Leaning on Christ, 12, 65.

Life, brief, 19, 21.

Light in darki;*

Longing to be with Christ, 14.

Lost comforts deplored. 78.

state, out of Christ, 15, 53.
Love of Christ, unchangeable, 64.

to Christ, 73, 86, 88.

to Christians, 63.
Lovest thou me, 64, 86.
Loving kindness, 47.

MANNA, Christ the true, 13.

Marks of religion, 14, 32.

Meat and drink to the soul, Christ,

1.
Mediator, Christ a, 10, 23, 34, 48.
Mercy of God, 50.
Mercy seat, 46.
Messiah born, 8.
Millennium, dawn of. 106.
Ministers, prayer I r, 25.
Mourning for sin, 27, 33, 39, 40.
Mutual love of Christ and saints,

86.

NAMES of Christ, 8, 13.
Narrow way, Christ the, 11.
Nativity of Christ, S.
Nesilect of religion, hazardous, 18,

19, 22, 37.
New birth, necessary, 20.

KING, God a, 10.

OBEDIENCE, 27, 35.
Offices of Christ, 10, 13.

PEACE in believing, 65.
Penitent thief, 31.
Perseverance of saints, 66.
Praise to Christ, 8.

to God for salvation, 49, 53.
775

INDEX OF SUBJECTS

Praise, imperfect, 10.
Pniyei f >r acceptance in Christ, 35,
•11.

in affliction, 77.

n*l.ii list inconstancy, 59.

answered i>y crosses, 43.

answered, in deliverance from
trouble, 74.

benefit-; of, 46.

for conversion of sinners, G8.

for converting grace, 19, 23.

for divine guidance, 5, 6, 27, 87,
101.

encouragement to, 46.

for entire consecration, 35.

for evidence, 32, 42.

for faith, 41, 42.

for a filial spirit, 54.

for forgiveness, 40, 52.

for God to search the heart, 21.

for grace to soften the heart, 9,
38.

for a grateful spirit, 73.

for help to ministers, 25.

for help in praising God, 53.

for help in temptation, 0, 12.

for help in weakness, 6, 12,

hinderances to, 46.

for the Holy Spirit's indwell-
ins:, 57.

for humility, 81.

meeting for, 56.

for more love, 64.

for nearer views of heaven, 71.

the penitent's, 44, 52.

for a place in God's house, 103.

for preparation for heaven, 96.

for preparation for the judg-
ment, 94.

for the presence of Christ in
worship, 104.

to be remembered by Christ, 34.

for resignation, 2, 4, 60.

for a revival, 91.

for a revived state of soul, 75.

for support in death, 12, 13, 70.

for stability of love, 88, 102.

for triumph of Christ, 28.

for trust in God, 4, 5.
Prodigal son, 36.
Promises, a refuse, 1, 69, 76, 83.
Prospect of heaven, 62.
Providence, darkness of, 3.

good and kind, 4.

gratitude for, 5.

trusting in, 6.

QUICKENING grace, prayed for,
38, 39, 59, 78.

REGENERATION, necessity of,
20.

Release by prayer, 74.

Reliance on God, 3, 5, 7, 45, 54, 58,
60, 61, 72, 76, 101.

Relief from sin to none but be-
lievers, 15, 20.

Religion, pleasures of, 51,85.

Remember me, 31, 34.

Repentance at the cross, 39.

Resignation, 2, 3, 60, 72, 76.

Resolution in the service of God,
102.

Rest desired, 33.

Revival enjoyed, 92.
prayer for, 91.

Room, yet there is, 24.

SABBATH hymn, 103.

Safety in God, 2-5, 7.

Sanctified afflictions, 80, 84.

Satan, the Bible a shield against, 1.

Scriptures, precious, 1.

Secret convictions, 18.

Self-examination, 32.

Sinai, 20.

Sin, a burden, 11, 20,33.

a complication of diseases, 15.

prayers defiled by, 13.

renounced at the cross, 39
Sinner, awakened, 19-21.

Christ the friend of, 9.

Christ rejected by, 37.

entreated, 18.

invited to Christ, 24-26, 28-30.

safe through Christ, 10.
Social worship, pleasures of, 103,

104.
Soul given up to Christ, 35.

immortal, 19, 20.
Spirit. See Holy Spirit.
Star of Bethlehem, Christ the, 17.
Strensth, proportioned to our day,

^83.
Struggle between faith and unbe-
lief, 41.
Submission, 60.

TEMPTATIONS, 62.

the Bible a refuge in, 1.
Thief, converted. 31.
Times, our, in God's hand, 2, 54
776

INDEX OF SUBJECTS.

Trials, a blessing, 84.
a Christian's, 87.

welcomed. M.
Trouble, a fruit of sin, 79.
Trust in God, 3, 5, 7, 45, 54, 58,60,
61, 72, 76, 81, 101.

TXBELIEF lamented, 41.
Unconverted, lamentation over the,

68.
Union hymn, 67.
Unworthiness, sense of, 57.

VALUE of the Bible, 1.

of Christ, as a friend, 9, 13.
of Christ, as a physician, 15.

Vanity of the world, 4, 70, lOi

WARFARE, the Christian, 89.

Watch and pray, .">.">.
Way, Christ the, IL

Widow, consoled, by God, 4.
World, vanity of the, 10*2.
Worship, delight in, 103, 104.
on earth and in heaven, 56.

VE must be born again, 20.
Yet there is room, -24.
Youth exhorted to prayer, 55

ZIOX, final triumph of, 106.

777

SCRIPTURE INDEX

TO THE SUPPLEMENT.

GENESIS.

vi. 3. 18

mil 8, 9, 90

ix. 15-17, 90

xix. 17, 28

xxviii. 17, 104

DEUTEROXONY.

xxxiii. 25, 69,83

JUDGES.
v. 28, .

JOB.

iv. 19, 60

xiii. 15, 77

xiv. 14, 96

PSALMS.

xvi. 8, 79

xxvii. 1, 5

xxvii. 4, 103

xxvii. 13, 14, 7

xxx. 5, 7

xxxi. 15, 2

xxxiv. 1, 2

xxxvi. 9, 16

xxxvii. 5, 7

xlii. 1-5, 78

xlii. 7, 72

xlvi. 10, 2

xlviii. 14, 2

li. 15, 11

lv. 22, 7,54

lxi. 2, 42

lxvi. 16, 30

lxxiii. 24-26, 6

lxxvii. 7-9, 42

lxxxiv. 1,2, 103

xci. 5-7, 2

xrvii. 2, 3

civ. 3, 3

PSALMS, (continued.)

civ. 28, 5

cxvii. 11-16, 74

cxix. 67, 80

cxxiv. 7, 20

cxxxix. 23, 24 21

cxli. 5, 63

PROVERBS.

i. 24-32, 18,37

xvi 3 7

xvi. 33, 101

xviii. 24, 9

CANTICLES,
v. 10,

.104

778

ISAIAH.

xi. 16, 11

xxvi. 4, 81

xxxiii. 14, 22

xxxv. 8, 11

xl. 31, 45

xli. 10, 69

xlii. 16, 6

xlviii. 22, 15, 29

xlix. 15, 16, 64

lvii. 21, 15,29

lx. 8, 92

JEREMIAH.

viii. 20, 22

viii. 22, 15

LAMENTATIONS.

iii. 39, 72

EZEKIEL.

xvi. 5-8, 49

xxxiii. 11, 17,26

SCRIPTURE INDEX.

AMOS.
iv. 11,.

ACTS, Miuinued.)
68 xvii. 37

JONAH.

ii.4. ...

iv. -:. 7. ,

ZECHARIAH.

xiii. 1 96

MATTHEW.

iii. 7 18

vi. 39, 7, 54

ix. 37 92

xi. 19, 9

xi. 30 33

xiii. 30, 36-42, 94

xviii. 20, 104

xxvi. 41, 55

MARK.

vii. 37, 3

xiii. 33, 34, 55

LUKE.

ii. 13, 14, 8

vii. 34 9

xii. 32, 45

xiv. 17. 22, 96

xv. 7, 10, 20

xv. 11-32, 36

xviii. 37 21

xxiii. 42, 43, 31,34

JOHN.

i. 14 48

iii. 3. 5, 7, 20

iv. 32, 1

iv. 35, 92

vi. 55, 1

vi.C- 6, 16

xi. 35. 12

xiii. 1, 45

xiv. 6, 11

xiv. 26, 57

xvi. 7.. 57

xxi. 15-17, 14, 64

ACTS.

vii. 51 18

viii. 18, 15

ix. 6, 27

xiv.22,

ROMANS.

vii. 19 32

viii. 26, 53

1 CORINTHIANS

i. 30

iv-7

xiii. 12,

xv. 3,

. 37

.100
. 39

2 CORINTHIANS.

iv. 17, 70,90

v. 18, 2

v. 18, 19, 9

xii. 9, 69

GALATIANS
iii. 13,...,

EPHESIANS.

ii. 5, 30

ii. 13-18 10

iii. 19 51

vi. 17. 1

PHILIPPIANS.

iii. 8

iv. 6,

40
,54

1 THESSALONTANS.

iv. 17, 90,100

1 TIMOTHY,
i. 16,

2 TIMOTHY.

iv.8, 89,96

HEBREWS.

ii. 14. 17.1?. 12

779

iv. 15,.

vi. 5

vii. 25, .
ix. 24, . .
x. 23, . .
xi. 11...

12
71
10
10
58
58

SCRIPTURE INDEX.

HEBREWS
xL 96,..
xiL 9, ..

xii. 8, .,
xiii. 5,. .

(continued.)

JAMES.

i. 17, 61

iv. 10, 4

1 PETER.

ii. 7, . .

2 PETER,
iii. 18,..

1 JOHN,
iii. 2,.

780

REVELATION.

iii. 20, 23

vii. 13, 14, 90

xxii. 1,2, 96

INDEX OF VERSES,

a&- An Index of First Lkm of Amm lrfll be found in the first part of the
book. The Index of Perse* of ffMfgtfeSftenf, in tke - Hon, follows

this.

Aaron- must lay his r
A betim from heaven
Abruh'm obeyed the
A brighter faith and
A broken heart, my G
A burdened sinner, lo
Accept, O Lord, my
Accept our vows, in h
According as her labo
A cloud of witnesses
A debtor to mercy alo
Adoring angels at his
Adoring angels tuned
Adoring saints aroun
A faith that keeps the
A faith that shines m
A Father bids you sp
A Father's hand we f
Affliction is a stormy
Affliction's blast hath
A fountain 'tis, unseal
A Friend and Helper
A Friend there is — y
After warfare, rest in
Again from calm and
Again in Bethl'em sw
Again our earthly car
Again returns the day
Against thee, Lord, a
A glory in the word
Agonizing in the gar
A guilty, weak, and
A heavenly calm per
Ah, how^ shall fallen
Ah, how shall guilty
A holy quiet reigns a
A hope so much duri
A host of sinners vile
A host of spirits roun
Ah, whither shall I li
A land upon whose b
Alas! and did my Sfl
Alas! how poor and 1
Alasl 'twas brittle cla
Alas! what hourly da
All, all below must fa
All glory be to him w
All gracious Lord, wh
All hail, incarnate Go
All hail the glorious d
All hail the power of
AH hail, triumphant
All hail, triumphant
All hail, triumphant
All hail, ye fair celesti
All honor, power and
All I can wish is thin
All my capneious po
All nature owns his g
All nature sings thy 5

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All needful grace will
All our hopes, and pr
Allowed within thy c
All praise to thee, gre
All-seeing, powertul
All that f am, and all
All that my future lit'
All things *are ready ;
All thy love and zeal
All thy sins, when Je
All who dwell beneat
All ye nations, join a
All ye nations, praise
All yesterday is gone
All ye thct lore hum
All ye who love the L
All your sins to him
Almighty God, etern
Almighty God, prono
Almighty God, thine
Almighty God, thy co
Almighty God, thy gr
Almighty God, thy gr
Almighty God, thy p
Almighty God, to thee
Almighty goodness cr
Almighty Lord, befoi
Almighty power and
Almighty Ruler of th
Almighty Son, incarn
Almighty strength in
Alone the dreadtul ra
Although thy steps I
Amazing knowledge
Amazing love that ye
Amazing sight! the'S
Amen, amen, let echo
Amen, with joy divin
Am I a soldier* of the
Amid a thousand sna
Amidst temptations s
Amidst the roaring of
Amidst thy temple eh
Amid ten thorn and s
Amid the darkness a
Among a thousand h
Among the people of
Among the saints en
Among the saints wh
Among thy little flock
And am I' born to die
And are we wretches
And as we rise with t
And can mine eyes w
And can my heart as
And can my soul, wit
And canst thou, sinn
And canst thou, wilt
And can such rebels
And can this mighty
781

And could a single pi
And didst thou bleed,
And didst thou, Jesu
And didst thou pity
And didst thou, Savio
And diu the li.
And duly shall BJ } ea
And e'en when midn
And every virtue we
And hark ! unid the
And, if our dearest co
And if the sons of Go
And if, to make cur
And in every grace c
And in the great deci
And I shall :-hare a gl
And, lo ! above the de
And may that stream
And must 1 j nit with
And must this I ody d
And n< w an< therwe
And now, my soul, an
And new the solemn
And m w.v. heie'er th
And O. by error's for
And oft as the tumult
And o that yon, who
And 0, when the wh
I And send thy Sj irit
And v-hall my voice g
And shall we long an
And should the drea
And s-oc n, tco soon, t
And tlu u, refulgent o
And tl on, that when
And thus shall faith's
And w;.s lis mortal
And when I ttbre thee
And when before thy
And w hen 1 y turns,
An lie stooped
And when my Savio
And w! in ourfleetin
And w hen our labors
And when the final t
And w hen the final h
And w 1 en the last, d
Ai d when these lips
And w lun the welco
And when this feeble
And when thy victor
.And when we feel th
And while in all thy
And w 1 ile I rest my
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And while we pass th
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1108
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1087
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578
174
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INDEX OF VERSES.

And yet ten thousand 420! At thy approaching d 241 Behold the glories of 043
And yet this thought 1023 Auspicious dawn, thy boo Behold, the grace at

Auspicioui morning, 1007 Behold the great, me 780
kuthor of faith, to th 608 Behold, the heathen 865
.in bright attir 1141 Author of good, to th 68B behold the Lumb of 655
Angels, joyful luthor of our new cr 365 Behold the living ! .

. roll the rock 234 Awuke, all conqueriu K',1 Behold, the Lofty ik;
ring to the I>0 921 Awake, and sing the 813 Behold, the inon. .
Another day is past 1028 Awake, asleep, where 130 1 Behold, the mountai
Anotherday more aw 1137 1 Awake, awake, put on 894 Behold, th< I

Lwake, awake the sac 329 Behold the Saviour of 224
Another six days' WO ■ >■'» Awake, my drowsy so 714 Behold the bin-utonin 256
-, martyrs, pr 1168 Awake, my soul, and 1017 Behold the sinners, th 175
Are not the righteous 984 Awake, my bouI, awa 83 Behold the sure f< i
An.; not thy mercies 692 Awake, my soul, stre 720 Behold the throm
Are there no foes for 721 Awake, my soul, to 60 78 Behold the way to Zi 909
Are we not tending u 1092 Awake, my soul; with 1045 Behold the way, \« .
Arise, and bless th< L 87 Awake, my tongue, th 140 Behold the western e 1102
Arise, arise, with joy 909 Awake, 0 God. myca Vvk* Behold thy waiting b »;]j
Arise in all thy splcn 880 Awake, O Lord, our d 1061 Behold thy weary 1
Arise, my soul, arise; 'H'A Awake, our drowsy 60 241 Behold to what L'
Arise, my soul, awak 111 j Awake, our souls; aw 725 Behold what heaven 1 J]-I
Arise, my soul, from 646 Awake, thy sweetest 922 Behold, what pity tou lmj
Arise, my soul, 111/ jo 111; Awake, ye saints, and 1047 ; Behold, what wondro 191

Arise, my thoughts, m .',7.', Awake, ye saints, aw
Ari^e, 0 King of grac
Arm of the Lord, f 861 Back from the border 762
Arise, ve gales, and w 890 Backsliders, too, the S 273

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Around, beneath, bel

Around liis sacred to 249

Around the bloody t 249

Around this feeble, tr 929
Around this scene of 810

Arrayed in glorious err 1122

Art thou not mine, m 287

As an emblem of thy 810

As, bowed by sudden 1094

A second look he save 469

As flows the rapid riv 1050

Ashamed of Jesus, th *54

Ashamed of Jesus, ye 5.54

A silent prisoner in t 240
Asleep in i

Asleep in Jesus, far fr 1109

Asleep in Jesus, O for 1109

Asleep in Jesus, O ho 1109

Asleep in Jesus, peac 1109

Asleep in Jesus, time 1109

As moons are ever wa 1059

As o'er the past my m 460

As on the torturing cr 260

Asoul oppressed with 485

A span is all that we 1053

A spirit still prepared 676

As pity dwells within 738

As rain on meadows 85-3

Assembled at thy gre 914
Assembled in our sen

126 Bane and blessing, pa 271

Baptized by John in 799

Baptized into our Sav 822

Bear, bear the tidings 203

Bear it, yc breezes, on 97

Bear me on, thou rest 889

Because they dwell at 761

Be dead, my heart, to 516

Be earth, with all her 690

Be faithful unto death 7.10

Be faith, which looks 737

Before his feet they 311

Before his throne a v 147

Before I knew thy ch 590
Before Jehovah's awf

Be joyful in G> • :.
Believing souls, < ; I
Believing, we rt
Beloved 6elfnni.-t

Be merciful to us, O 858

Beneath his smile my 562

Beneath our tvnt, and P*d

Beneath the influenc 864

Beneath the shadow 760

Be ours the bliss in w 969

Bereft of all, when ho 584

Bereft of friends, bese 176

Bestow, O Lord, upon 774
Be this my one great 1138

Be this the pillar of o 497

Be thou exalted in th 342

Be thou exalted, O m 78

Be thou exalted, O m 118
Be thou my Guaidia 1031

Before me place in dr 1133 Be thou my patfc I
Before our Father's th 1068; Be thou my shield an 519
Before the gracious th 9; Be thou, (3 God, exal 70
Before the great Thre 574 \ Be thou, O Lord, my 676
Before the bills in ord 700^ thou our nation's s 1002
Before the mournful 811 Beyond my highest j 7M
Before them set an op 8S5 Beyond the choicest j 713
Before the radiance of 158 Beyond the flight ot t 1090
Before thy face thy ch 1071 Beyond the glittering 250
Before us make thy g 58 Beyond this vale oil 1152
Begin, my soul, th' ex 98 Beyond where Cedro 220
Begin, my tongue, so 100 Bid their depart d
Begin the high, celest 97 j Blessed be thy nai
Behold, again we tune 6X4 Blessed Comforti 1 .
Behold, another year 1045 Blessings abound wh 854
As showers on meado 29: Behold, a temple rais 936 Blessings all around 711
Assist me, gracious G 364 Behold, behold, the L 273 Blessings forever on t :'A4
Assure my consciene 382 1 Behold, fast streamin 229 Blessings from his lib 1-99
Assured that he is Go 1 Behold, he comes ! he 214 Bless, <J my soul, the lv6
As the benighted pilg 523 j Behold, he saith I ble 434 Bless, O my soul, the 186
As the winged arrow 1049 Behold him, as the ra 655 Blest are the faithful 750
As vernal flowers tha It ©5 Behold him till his d
A tender physician th 599 Behold him till the si
At his call the dead a 1144 Behold his charue. w
At his feet thy burde 528 Behold his loving-kin
A thousand aires in th 1066 Behold on flving clo
A throne of grace ! O, 043 Behold our guide, and ...

A throne ofgrace 1 rej 041 Behold th' amazing si 221 Blest are the pure vh <50
A throne of grace ! th 643 Behold, the angelic ha 230 Blest are the saints w 5
A throne of grace wo 643 Behold the ark of Go 613 Blest are the sons. I
At length the wished 1089 Behold the bed of de 1099 Blest are the souls th 408
At morn, at noon, at n 1018 Behold the blest asse 789 Blest are the souls wh 5
At morning, noon, an 107 Behold, the day is co 1141 Blest are they that to 868
Attending angels sho 905! Behold the gift of Go 283" Blest be his wounded 544
782

556 Blest are the hallowed (M7

655 Blest are the men of 750

t are the men wh 1"5

: are the men wh 750

321 Blest are the men wh 5

961 Blest are the pure in 665

INDEX OF VERSES.

Blest be the everlasti
Blest be the Father a
Blest be the hand tha
Blest be the Lord wh

Blest he the tie that b
Blest Comforter divin
Blest earnest
Blest hour! for, wher
Blest hour, when cart
Blest hour, when God
Blest hour, when mar
Blest is the hour whe
Blest i> the man whos
Blest is the man whos
Blest is the pious hou
Blest is the plaee whe
Blest Jesus, while in
Blest Jesus, come an
Blest Jesus, let those
Blest morning,
Blest river ofsalvatio
Blest Saviour, at thy
Blest Saviour, every s
Blest Saviour, Lord of
Blest Saviour, we thy
Blest Saviour, we will
Blest Saviour, what d
Blest Shepherd, I am
Blest the sign which t
Blind unbelief is sure
Blot out my crying si
Blow ye the trumpet,
Born thy people to de
Bowed down
Bow to the sceptre of
Bread of heaven, on t
Break, break. 0 Lord,
Break from his throne
Break off your tears,
Break, so vereia
Breathe. O. b:
Bright angels, strike y
Brightest and best of
Bright dories rush up
Bright 'Source of ever
Bright was the guidin
Broad is the road that
Brother, in thi :
Brother, rest from sin
Brother, thou art gone
Brother, thoug
Brother, wake : for II
Brother, wake: theni
Bulwarks of grace de
Buried beneath the y
Buried in shadows of
Buried in sorrow and
Burst thy shackles; d
Bury the dead, and w
But, ah, the song, how
But, ah, too soon the
But all was mercy, al
But, at this peaceful
But can no sovereign
But chiefly thv comp
But Christ, the heave
But drops of ^rief can
But earth and sin will
But ere the trumpet
But ere this spacious
But for this hope, this
But God can everv w
But God, his Father,
But God shall raise h
But grace so dearlv b
But, hark! a voice" of
But he who fain woul

But he, for his own m
But he who turns to
But high she shoots t
But how shall mortal
But it' lininanuel's fa
But if these means sh
But if thou leave thy
But if thou wilt not h
But, in his closing ho
But in his looks a glo
But in redemption, O,
But in the gospel it ap
But in the "grace that
But I, with all my ca
But joy or grief sueee
But, lo* ! a brighter, cl
But, Lord, 'tis thine t
But, Lord, thy grcate
But makes the law of
But man, weak man,
But no such sacrifice
But now, when event
But, O, from human
But, O my soul, forev
But, O, my tongue in
But one alone, who re
But. O, that brighter
But, O, the bliss*subli
But, O, their cud. thei
But our brief life's a
But, O, when gloomy
But, O, when that las
But sinners filled wit
But souls enlightened
But speak, my Lord,
But, see. an Intercess
But should the surges
But sinners find their
But soon he'll break d
But still, the wonders
But still within the S
But sweeter far the st
But the good Spirit of
But there are joys w
But there's forgivene
But thou art not alon
But though earth's fa
But thou^hast brethre
But thou hast built t
But thy atoning sacri
But thy compassions
But thy perfections, a
But timorous mortals
But to draw near to ih
But to those who hav
But to thy house will
But we are come to Z
But weep for their so
But we have brighter
But when his voice s
But when we view th
But where the gospel
But who can e'er desc
But who shall see the
But why,mv soul, sin
But will, indeed, Jeho
But yet thine all-disc
By cool Siloam's shad
By day, by night, at h
By faith in thee, the s
By faith we know the
By foreign streams n
By HimVho bowed t
By such a heavenly s
By the deep, expiring
By thine all-atoning
By thine example ev
783

By thine hour of dark 653

By thine Inspiring br 856

I By thine own eternal 800

! By thy hand sustaine 610

By thy meek spirit, th 678

C.A1 t me away from
Call while lie may be
Calm on tlu- listening
Calvarj 'smournfulm

Can aught beneath a
Can I my bleeding S
Can I survey this see

-'.i]',^ happiness
Canst thou, in that a
Cau this be he, whow
Carry on thy new ere
Cast me not off when
Cast thy guilty soul o
. men, tond nat
e mourners, c
Cease, "ye pilgrims, ce
Celestial choirs from
Celestial light it sheds
Chance and change a
I with thy pre
Cheerful they walk, w
Children, he'ar the m
Children, in years an
Chosen of Go'd, to sin
Christ and his cross a
Christ hath the ranso
L hristian, dry your fl
Christ is born, the ere
Christ, the Lord,is~ris
Christ, whose glory fi
Clasped ha my heave
Cleanse their "souls fr
Cold mountains and t
Cold on his cradle th
Come all who love hi
Come, ail ye saints of
Come, all ye vilest sin
Come, and he'll clean
Come, and with hum
Come as a dove, and s
Come as an angel, he
Come as a messenger
Come as a shepherd:
Come as a teacher se
Come as a watchman :
Come as the tire, and
Come as the light: to
Come, blessed" Spirit,
Come, dearest Lord, t
Come, extend thy wo
Come, fill our hearts
Come, freely come, b
Come, gracious Lord,
Come, gracious Lord,
Come, gracious Spirit
Come, guilty sinners,
Come, nappy souls, a
Come, happy souls, a
Come hither, all ye w
Come, holv Conrforte
Come, Holy Ghost, th
Corne, Holy Spirit, ca
Come, Holy Spirit, co
Come. Holv Spirit, co
Come. Holy Spirit. D
Come. Holv Spirit, fr
Come. Holy Spirit, he
Come in. thou blessed
Come in, thou blessed
Come, let our souls a
Come, let our voices j

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226
075
444
1135

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427
1128

1112
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608

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411
243

201

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550

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960

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826

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419
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417
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358
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355
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INDEX OF VERSES.

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I : us bovr In-f l'Jj Day by day with »tre
•:ient,day

Come, Kt us join our ">4» lXal gent;.. .
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Come, i • (sister, thou h

Come, kt us lift our 102 Dear Father

Come, let us praj r, to thv m

Come, U : ^nd shall

Come, lei . while we

Come, let -.of my so

Come, let us i - . of my w

< - r. draw re

Come, let r Saviour, let thy
Come, let us tu

Come, let Saviour, let thy

Come, Lord, and war 1 : - ur, proetra
Come, Lord, t;.

11+4 D* lei 370

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Come, s. : i may dissolve m

Come, saints, a: h may our souls

Come, sail its. let us jo S47 Death rides on every

Come, saith Je> .- y.then.tenemen

1 - g counsels
Come, sinners, seek, h 1140 Deep are the wounds
Come, sii

ind his proi 7'.» Deep in our hearts let
Come, Spirit

the g . soul befo

p resret for follies

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Come, thei iy not, delay not,

Come, th y not. delay not,
Come, thou eternal S

Come, thou Fount of ielay not,

Come, thou incarnate 1 .

Come, thou soul-trans .:" and'tak

Come to the house of 11 Depth of mere v.' can

Come to : i .end, celestial Do

Come, tune afresh yo V»l Descend, celestial Do

Come. v. - ond, descend, ce

Come, w -;;sed, rejected, at
Come, w
Come, w-

Come with us. we Ail 827 j Didst thou, dear Savi

Come, worship at his 7'.\ Didst thou reeard the

Come,;. <: tnou the exeat e

-:thou thv'trvmb

Come, ye sinners, poo iod.refres

1 diffuse thv lisht and

Come, y . r, control, suese

Come, ye w - ct mv footsteps b

Comfort thoso whn w 25 Discord and strife are

Complete in n> whom - with thv b

Compter. • i these b

Conduct us safe;y. hv 649 Divine Instructor, gr

Consider all my - -neiv free his mer

Continue still In sh:n ^14 Does not my heart th

Convince us all of sin ■"•'? Do«t thou not dwell i

Could w ' K Doth a skilful, healin

Could we. on mo miner 132 Do this, and rememb

Create n 'his, he cried, till

Crown' - than direct our st

Crown;. - Thou, who art th
not know that

Dahgei - n from the shini

Dark and ehe- rn to the hallowe

Darkju'. - vn to the sacred w

Dark was the nig * forh the melti

Daughter of Z'.n, aw 7j2 Drawn by such cords
7£4

Eternal are thv mere
Eternal Father, God
Eternal God of love a
Eternal God. our won
Eternal c

Eternal joy, or endles

Eternal life thy words

Eternal Power, almiz

our, Goa

- jrceofeve

Eternal S

Eternal Spirit, bv wh
Eternal Spirit, God of
Eternal Spirit, heave
Eternal Spirit, we con
Eternal Sun of Right
Eternal truth and me
Eternal Wis
Eternal Wisdom, thee
Eternity, with all its
Every eye shall now b
Everv human tie mav
Exalt the Lamb of G
Exalt the Lord our G
Extol his kingly pow

Fait would I mount
: land! co
new char

I Lord, thy
Faith grasps the blesa
Fftith hath an overco
Faith is a precious st
brightest
Fadh is tl

Faith is the polar star
Faith is the rainbow's

sthenrom
Faith works with po
Far as thv name is kn
Far be thine honor sp
Fare thee
Farewell.

Farewell to earth and
Far. far. to distant Ian
Far from mortal care*
Far from my thought
Far from these narro
Far from this world o

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643
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4i-2
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640

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512

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1157
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849

1170
1104

INDEX OF VERSES.

Far off the Father sa
Fast, fast our minutes
Father Almighty, ho
Father divine, thy pie
Father, forgive, the Sa
Father, how wide thy
Father, I know thy w
Father, in whom we 1
Father, I sing thy wo
Father, 1 stretch my h
Father of all. in whom
Father of all our mer
Father of glory, to th
Father of heaven, in
Father of heaven, wh
Fatiier of mercies, ho
Father of mercies, co
Father of mercies, Go
Father of mercies, Go
Father of mercies, in
Father of mercies, in
Father of mercies, se
Father of our feeble r
Father of spirits, natu
Father, remove this b
Father, source of all
Father, Whate'er of ea
Father, who in the oli
Fear him, ye saints, a
Fearless of hell and g
Fearless of the world
Fenr not that he will
Fear not the powers o
Fear not the terrors o
Fear not the want of
Fellowship with him
Few be the years that
Fight on, mv soul, till
Filled with delight, m
Filled with holy emu
Firm as his throne hi
Firm as the earth thy
Firm on a rock he ma
Firm on the ground o
Fixed on the~sacred h
Flung to the heedless
Fly abroad, thou mig
Follow to the judgme
Fond ambition, wliisp
Foolish fears and fon
For a season called to
Forbid it, gracious Lo
Forbid it, Lord, that I
Forbid it, mighty Go
For countlessinercies
For every thirsty, Ion
Forgive, he cries, forg
Forgive me, Lord, for
Forgive my follies pas
Forgiveness, love, and
For good is the Lord
Forgotten be each wo
For her my tears shal
For he's the Lord sup
For him shall endless
For him shall prayer
For his truth and me
For life, without thy 1
For love like this, 6, 1
For me these pangs h
For more we ask ; we
For she has treasures
For ten thousand ble
For the grandeur of t
For them that heaven
For there the Lord co
For this he came and
66*

For this mercy, Lord,
For this shall every h
For thou hast placed
For thou, within no
Forth with thy chose
For thy rich, thy t'n:Q
For us he hung and b
For whom, for whom,
For you the public pr
Forerunner of the eu
Forever blessed be th
Forever firm thy just
Forever here I rest m
Forever his dear, sacr
Forever shall his thro
Fountain of mercy, G
Frail children of dus
Friend after friend dc
From all the guilt off
From all thy work-, O
From all who dwell b
From danger, sin, and
From dark temptatio
From death to life ou
From deep distress an
From different region
From early dawning
From everlasting is h
From every stormy w
From folly turn away
From Greenland's icy
From heaven he cam
From heaven to sinfu
From highest heaven
From Jesus, who alo
From marble domes a
From Salem's towers
From sea to sea, from
From sorrow, toil, an
From strength to stre
From the cross uplift
From thee, O God, ou
From thee, the overfl
From the fount of gl
From the highest thr
From those celestial s
From thy dear, pierce
From thy house when
From whence these d
From year to year he
Fulfilling there his hi
Full many a throb of
Full of jovful expect
Full oft wast thou fou

Gently, with the da
Gird on, great Prince,
Gird thou his heart w
Gird thy sword on, m
Give deep humility; t
Give faith in that "one
Give glory to the Lor
Give light and comfo
Give me a calm, a th
Give me a will to thin
Give me the presence
Give me the wings of
Give me thy counsels
Give patience still to
Give thanks aloud to
Give thanks to God m
Give these, and then
Give thou the word, t
Give us this day our d
Gladdened by "the flo
Glorious in thy saints
Glorious things of th
785

Glory, glory everlasti 340
Glory, glory to our K .::>
GlorytoGodonhi.h, 206
Glory to God on high, 639
God on high I 828
Glory to God on high, 206
Glory to God, that re! 125
Glory to God the Fat 125
Glorv to God the Son 125
Glory to God! the so 205
Glorv to God the Spir 125
Glory to thee, eternal 1012
Glory to thee, my Go KM
Glory to thee, who sa 1017
Go and dwell with hi 1138
Go, and the Saviour's 888
Go, bid the bright an 878
God calms thelumul 569
God from on high inv 1054
God has laid up in he 735
God, in the gospel of 4'HL
God is a Spirit, just a 183
God is love; his mere 155
God is my everlasting 735
God is my strong salv 194
God is our shield and 931
God is our strength an 87
God is our sun and sh 15
God is our sun — hem 20
God is our sun, whos 1019
God is the eternal Ki 144
God is the fountain w LS9
God is the refuge of 172
God is the treasure of 592
God is the treasure of 174
God moves in a myste 148
God, my Redeemer, 1 1122
God, my supporter an 175
God of all goodness ! 152
God of eternal life! th 152
God of eternitv, from 1044
God of Jacob, hitman 904
God of mercy, God o 462
God of mercy, hear o 97G
God of my childhood 781
God of my life, my m 1015
God of in}- life, tlirou 103
God of our fathers, h 1062
God of our lives ! the 152
God of our lives, thy 1052
God of our sleeping h 1020
God of the morning, 1010
God of the world ! th 152
God reigns on hieh, b 187
God rulethonhigh,a 326
God sends his word, a 1043
God shall exalt his glo 335
God's holv law, trans 202
God, thy "God, will n 902
Go, messenger of pea 878
Good when he gives 19$
Go, preach mv gospel 852
Go, spirit of the saint 1100
Go, spread the Saviou 887
Go to dark Gethsema 707
Go to many a tropic 880
Go to shine before th 1089
Go to the garden, sin 221
Go to the grave; at n 1116
Go to the grave ; fort 1116
Go to the grave in all 1116
Go to the srave : — no 1116
Go to the hungry — fo 878
Go, tyrants, to the roc 1135
Go when the mornin 638
Go where the sick rec 737
Go with determined c 888

INDEX OF VERSES.

Go, ye messengers of 680 Hail, mighty Saviour

Grace all the work sh 520 Hail, sacred truth , w

Grace, everlasting gra L'7o' Hail, Source of light!

Grace first contrived 520 Hail, the holy Prince

is plant wher 774 Hail, thou long-expec

Grace led my roving 520 Hail to the Lord's An

Grace! 'tis a charmin o_o Hail to the Sabbatta d

Grace, 'tis a tweet, a c 819 Hallelujah! — earth a

Gracious Saviour, we 8l."> Hallelujah! for the L

l Spirit, Lore ;;71 Hallelujah! harklth

Grant that all may sc 25 Happy, forever happ

Grant as the power of 1079 Happy spirits, ye are
Grave, the guardian o 1083 Happy the church, th

Great Advocate, almi 296 Happy the heart whe

Great A I'm All.et-rn 618 Happy the man whoa

Great Father of man '.)40 Happy the souls to Je

Great Father of our f 873 Hark I from thetomhs

Great Go I, and wilt t 158 If irk ! from yonder m

Great God, as seasons 995 Hark! hark! a shout

Hark ! hark ! the not
Hark ! hark ! the sou
Hark! hark! to God
Hark, how the amrels

■ 1. attend, w
Great God, beneath w 896
I, forbid: <), 59

Great Gil. how infill 1 ffl

Great Goi, indulge m 192 II irk ! how the choirs
Great G >d, in vain m 146 Hark! how the feath 1036
Great God, in whom 972 Hark, sinner, while G 4."4
Great God, I own thy 10s7 H irk ! ten thousand 823
Great God, is this our 107'.>: Hark ! that Bhoutofr 1138
Great God, let all mv low Hark! the angelic ho 246
Great God, let all my !US Hark ! the glad soun lill
Great God. mine eyes 400:ilark! the herald
Great God, now cond 980 Hark! the notes of an 827
Great God of love, th 1012 Hark! the son? ofju 916
Great God of nations, 10)1 Hark! the trum]
Great God, on what a 1061 Hark ! t!ie voice of lo 226
Great God, preserve u 1001 Hark! the voice of n 099
Great God, the nation 862 Hark ! — they wl
Great God, thy sovet 10911 Hark 1 those burst
Great God, thy sover 758 Hark! 'tis the Proph 928
Great God, to thee m l0_'.-> Hark! what celestial LCD
Great God, to thy aim 153 Hark! what mean th 201
Great God, we hail th 43 Haste, and mercy no '
Great G > I, wert thou 5J1.) Haste, hast*', ye years
Great God, we sins th 1051 Hasten, Lord* thy pro
Great G »d, we would ^7.5 Haste, O sinner, now
Great Go I, what do I 1132 Haste, O sinner, to th
Great God, whose un 853 Haste, our beloved, b
Great G i I, with won 393 Haste thee on, from g
Great is the Lord our 7'.'. Haste, ye mortals, to
Great is the work my 782 Has thy night been lo
Great Kin? of glory a 4!U Hast thou "imparted t
Great King of glory, 933 Hast thou not pledge
Great Maker of unnu 985 Hast thou not sent sa
Great nature's God, 9 In7 Hist thou the cross fo
Great Prophet of our 301 Have mercy, Lord, on
Great Ruler of all na 17J> Have we forgot th' al

pherdofth 288 Health and every nee
Great Shepherd of th 16 1 Hear, and pity; hear,
Great Source of light 383 Hear, O sinner ; Merc
Great Source of wisd 1044 Hear the blest Redee
Great Source of light, 1042 Hear the heralds of th

-reisrn of th HJ'i Hear them tell the w
Great Spirit, by whos 3o'7 Heart of stone, relent,
Great Sun of Righteo 7(5 Hear what the voice f
Guide me, O thou gre 60<> Heaven has confirm e
Guilt, like a heavy lo 48-3 Heavenly blessings w
| Heavenlv Father, sov
Had 1 ten thousand 566 He bids his gales the
Had I the tongues of 70? He bids the sun to ris
Had not thy word be 090 He bids the winds th
Sail, everlasting Spri ,r>44 He bids us make hi9
Hail, glad millennial 90S He bows beneath the
Hail, ureat Creator, w 107 He breaks the power
Iliil, ereat Immanue 849 He breathes that gen
Hail, hallowed cross 263 He brings my wande
Hail, happy day. tho A2 He burst the grave; h
Hail, mighty Jesus, h CC7tHe came in tongues o
786

He came sweet influe
He clothea thee with h
He cornea from thicke

He comes the broken
He Co;:.

He comet with succo
He comes your soutl
He crowns thy life w
He darts along the bu
He du (i In fore 1. i in t
d to sin : he di
He dies, and, in thatd
He dies ! the Friend o
lhall qu
lie fills my heart wit
He fills the i oor with
He framed t;

lie gave his well-belo
la thy mournin

irds thy soul, h

He hears the b
He hung its

He. in the d
He is our life, our joy,
He is the light of men
He is our rock when

He knelt; thl i
lie knew boa frail ou
He knew them all,—
He knows we are but
He knows what argu
He knows what wand
He Uads himself the
He leads me to the pi
He left his thn
He, like a plant by ge
He, like a tree, shall t
He lives! lie .
He lives, he reigns on
He lives ! the e
He lives the life of he
He lives to bless and
He lives, to still his se
Hell and the grave un
Hell and thy sins resi
He'll shield you with
He loves t' employ hi
He lores the saints ; h
Help us, with holy fe
Help, ye bright, ange
He moulds the carnal
Hence, gloomy doubt
Hence sprung th' apo
Hence, then, ye dark,
He perfects what his
He rnisid me form a g
Herald

Her dust and ruins th
e my choicest
Hi re. at the* portal of
Here at thy e
Here, at thy table. Lo
Here, beneath a virtu
Here consecrated wnt
Here David's greater
Here faith reveals to
Here Freedom spread
Here give thy word s
Here, gracioi - God,d
Here he exalts neglec
Here I behold his inm
He reigns! the Lord,
Here, in their house o

211
ZU
211
910

182
137

184

646

606
135

565
501

895
398

999

31«
12

1UH

53
147
261

1134

7<j0

INDEX OF VERSES.

Here, in thy courts, I
me, tt
Here iet him hold a
Here let my faith im
Here let our hearts be
Here k-c the ardent p
Here let the blind the
Here let the great He
Here let the Son ofD
Here let the voice of s
Here 1

Here lies my naked, g
Here lieht, des
Here mike thyself a a
Here may affliction d

ty our unborn
Here may salvation b
Here may thelistenin
Here may the prayer
Here may the sinner
Here may thine ears a
Here may thy truth fr
Here may we rind fro
Here merey's boundl
Here, mighty God, ac
Here mines "of kno.vl
Here, O my soul, thy
Hare on rny soul the
Here pardon, life, and
Here peace and pardo
Here, Saviour, deign
H«re, Saviour, we wo
Here see the bread of

:ners, of an h
Here, sinners, you m
Here's love and grief
if^re tiste unmingled
Here the whole Deity
i thee a temple
Here we come thy na
Here, when thy peop

tere oft thy li
Here, whe i thy mess

.1 lie meet the
Here will I fix my gr
H:-r hallowed influen
He rules the world w

- from danger

Ho saves our souls fr

H ! saw me plunged i

-:owers

: his only Son

He shall descend like

He shall reien from p

He sheds abroad the

II • rtiines, and I am

. a Sovereign, o

iles, we live; h

He snatched you fro

Ice, and light s

-;-=, great natu

. s kind,

II > sweetens every h

-olemn

a their tears, h

v. ine-preet tro

; our mortal fl

k the dying tra

inished sin an
He washed us in his
li - w pt that we mig
He who God's pure la
He who has called yo
He whose heart thy Jo
He wlio trusts in Chr
see powerful ar
He who shun3 the si

lie will aid us, should

He will in iaf<

lie will not elwaj ■ ch

I (•• m ith earthly cures

II gh as the b(
IliL'h heaven t
High in the 1.

Ilr^-h in yonder realm
Hi.'h lifted on the cro
'er the earth hi
High on a throne of
Himself through Chr
His arm shall "well su
His deep distress has
His doctrine is almig
His enemies with sore
His foes shall tremble
His glory now no ton
His grace through all
His srracewill to the e
His hand no thunder
His hands provide ou
His heart, where love
His honor is engaged
His kingdom cannot
His living power and
His love exceeds your
His love is great and
His love is great, his
His love what mortal
His mercy reigns thro
His mercy with unch
nis name shall be the
His own soft hand sh
His power increasing
His power subdues ou
His presence fills eac
His presence is diffus
Ills presence oft reviv
His presence sinks th
His presence swee en
His promise stands fo
His providence unfol
His purposes will rip
His righteousness is %
nis saints he loves on
His seed forever shall
His sovereign power
His steady counsels c
His terrors keep the w
nis truth forever stan
ice sublime is h
His voice we hear, hi
His wisdom doth pro
His wondrous works
Hi3 word of grace is a
His work my hoary a
His work3 of piety an
Hither come ; for her
Hither, then, your mu
Ho ! all ye hungry, st
Holy and just in all i
Holy and reverend is
Holy Ghost, dispel ou
Hofv Ghost, with ioy
Holy Ghost, with ligh
noly Ghost, with pow
Holy Source of conso
S [)i rit, all divine
Holy Spirit, from on
Home, thy joys are pa
Honor immortal must
Hope. Grace, and Tru
Hope in the Lord, wh
Hope looks beyond th
Hosanna in the highe
Hosanna, let the earth
787

nosanna! let us join
Hosanna! 6ons of me
Hosanna to our conq
Hosanna t

Hosenna to the Lamb
Hosanna to the Princ
Hosanna, with a dice
How are t:

Ilownwfnl is the sigh
How beauteous are th
How beautiful on all
Hon; beautiful the si
How blessed are our
How blessed, Lord.ar
coy w
How blest are we, wit
How blest is he v.l.of
How blest the childre
How blest the man w
How blest the man w
How blest the rightco
How blest the sacred
How bright the trium
How calmly wakes th
How can I die while
How can I sink with
How can we see the c
How can we see them
How changed, alas! a
How charming is the
How cold and feeble i
How con descen ding a
How decent and how
How deep the wound
How did my heart re
How dreadful was th
How fair along the ri
How firm the saint's f
How gentle was the r
How glorious was the
How gracious, how se
How great their wor
How great the wisdo
now happy all li y s
How happy are our e
How happy are the s
How happy is the chi
How hapi ;.
How happy they who
How heavy is the nig
How helpless guilty n
How he yielded up h
How honored is the p
How kind are thy co
How long, dear Savio
How long, dear Savio
How long shall death,
How long the holy ci
How long the race of
How many are thy th
How many wretched
How mighty is his ha
How mildly on the w
How much is mercy
How oft, alas ! this w
How oft have sin and
How oft my mournfu
How oft of thy dange
How oft, when dark m
How perfect is thy wo
How pleasant, how di
How pleased and bles
How pleading is the v
How precious is the b
How rich the depths o
How rich thy bountie
How sad our state by

• J
Shi
242

1019
964

1141
949

700

949

I 1
608

979

949

840

810
174

600

231
263

311
1.5
949

775

C02
516

518

187

473
11-4
919
161

1.-4
H03

3D9

164

500

INDEX OF VERSES.

How safe beneath thy
II. w shall I leave my

Uow shall th<
J tow shall t!i

1 1 0 H lh Hi an 1 hasty
• tort are a: I in y
II m should our son":*
1 1 a should cur soul
How strange, how wo
EJ >w sweet and awful
11 >w sweet, how heav
1 1 rw sweetly fl >wed t
How sweet on thy ho
How sweet the hour o
How sweet the moltin
HOW sweet the words
How sweet to be alio
How sweet to bless til
How sweet to hail th
H >w sweet, upon this
How swift, alas! the
How tender is thy ha
How vain are all thin
How vain are fancy's
How vain a toy is glit
How vain is all benea
How vast his knowle
How well thy blessed
How will my heart en
How will my lips rejo
How will oii r joy and
How would Iron in t
Ho! ye that pant for
Humble souls, who se
Hunger and thirst th
Hunger, thirst, diseas

I asked them whenc
I call that legacy my
I calmly bowed my f
I can but perish if I g
I can do all things, or
I cannot call affliction
I cannot live in sin, .
I cannot live without
I cannot take amiss .
I choose the path of h
I could renounce my
I dream of that fair la
I'd tell him how my s
If earthly parents hea
If e'er I go astray, . .
If for thy sake upon
If he in thunder spea
If he our ways ehoul
If human kindness m
If I love, why am I th
If I must die, — and d
If I must die, O, let m
If in my Father's lov
If in the gloom of nig
If I pray, or hear, or r
If life be not in tenet
If love to God and lo
If mercy smile, let m
If my immortal Bari
If noisy war or strife
If on a" q uiet sea . . .
If once I wander fro
If orphans they are le
I freely feed them no
i the morning a
If sin be par I
If smiling mercy cro
If such the sweetness
If tears of sorrow wo
If thou our sins sever

If thou shouldst call
, shouldst hed
If thou Bhouldsttake
If thou

If thou wilt seek his
re vent his wan
If yet, while pardon
If you desire a length
in infirmity, .
I have long withstood
I hear at morn and ev
I hear the invitation,
I hear the vol
I know my sheep, lie
I languish for a sight
I lav my body down
I lift my soul to God
I'll chide my heart th
I'll forbid my vain as
I'll give him, saith the
I'll eo to Jesus, thou?
I'll lift my hand-, Til
I'll make your great c
I'll praise him while
I'll praise my Maker
I'll prostrate "lie befor
I'll read the histories
I'll sing thy truth and
I'll speak the honors
I'll spread his works
I'll think upon the w
I'll to the gracious Ki
I long to see my lath
I looked upon "the rig
I love by faith to take
I love her gates, I lov
I love in solitude to s
I love the Lord : he bo
I love the Lord he h
I love the volume oft
I love thy church, O
I love thy kingdom, L
I love to meet him in
I love to meet thy peo
I love to see the Lord
I love to steal a while
I love to think on me
I love to worship at h
I'm a companion of t
I'm fettered and chai
Immortal honor to th
Immortal wonders, b
I'm not ashamed to o
I must from God be d
In all his toils and co
In all my Lord's app
In all my vast concer
In all our M iker's gr
In all thy mercies ma
In answering what th
Incline us, Lord, to s
Increase my faith, in
In darkest shades, if h
In duties and in suffe
In each event of life,
I need the influence o
In every changing sc
In every different Ian
In every joy that cro
In every new distress
In every scene of life,
In every smiling, hap
In every state, and ti
In every tempting, tr
In every want, in eve
In evil ion:: I took de
In fellowship we join
788

Inflamed with real 't
in foreign realms mid
In golden splendor d

In holy dutiea u-t the
In honor to his name
In midst i •
In one frato
In prayer, in effort, te
In prayer my soul are
• judgment.

Inscribed opon the rr

In sight of all my foe
Inspired t<

Inspired to .

Inspire my soul w ith
In 6uch society as thi

In suttcring be thy lo
In that lone haul of d
In that pure home of
In the eros

In the deserts 1< t me
In thee ah I
In thee our beaits nn
In thee sh:
In the fni i
In the mi<

In the morning of th
In them thou msyst
In the proi
In thine si -
In thine on
In thy f: ;r
In thy fair

In thy name, O Lord.
Into temptation lead
Into thy hands, my S
In thy "strength may
In times of danger sn
In trouble and in g;i
In vain I trace ereati
Jn vain may guilt art
In vain any roving th
In vain on

In vain the curious, s
In vain the stone, the
In vain tl i
In vain tin
In vain we
In vain we
In vain we lavish i ut
In vain we search, in
In vain we s*.ek for p
In vain we tune our to
In wakeful
In want our plentiful
In weal or w< e, in jo
In Zion t.

I pay this evening sa
I plead thy sorrows, g
I saw one I
I see, and !
I see, or think 1 st e, .
I Bee the Lord ot elor
I send the

I set the Lord bt '.< re
south, aw
Is not my fi
I spread v ;
Israel, rejoice, and res
Israels Vtrength and
I stand before the sac
I starve, he
Is there a man who c
Is there no friend to
Is there, throughout a

701
Ki

284

1171

l.-L
1-17

1 2
575

1174

388

-.7

: 7

•174

4!'l
1134

INDEX OF VEB

I3 there r.o 1:':
la this the kind retur
:.it thy

- the burdened
. holy ana sere

It is fi
I

It is that heaven-born
it troubled con
-• Lord, enthro

"Ur Sa

It is the Lord who gi

It passed not through

St in~p

•s are not like

Its sole dependence a

• whole

rs our

nay guide, my

It was no path

its of m
en an end of w

I would forever speak

I would not he a stra

I would not live alwa

e alwa

live alwa

I yiei..

Jettc

' I 1. and
. and be
Jehovah reigns; lied
Jehov

-
Jerusalem, my

. .iisworfromab

Jesus beholds where

:e a dyi

. delightful, cha

'.inlands this h

• ithrone

:.ose gl

;-ar our h 1:111b
■

y char

..King,

. I my cross hav

in thy trans-po

invites his sain

i s gone above t

;• to rec

m mv ar

it owns as King

. ve un

Kin gin

1. I kno

;. thy b

. : iy Lord, my I

Jesus, my Saviour an

.;h, my

Jesus, on thy people,

ir Comforter,

ir Go4, ascen

Jesus, our gr-

1 .t High

Jesus, our Lord, date

!, how
: my s
ju whe

Jesus, thee, oui \

Jesu-, the herald Of h

the name that

ndrous

thou Friend ai

thou source of

-"ngs a

Jesus, thou boundless

Jesus, thy feast we eel

. thy smiles imp

I 1 multitudes u

to thee
Jesus,

Join all the glorious n
Join, ad ye ransomed
Join, all ye saints, be
Joined in
Join. every I

Joyfully on earth ado
Joyful, wit
Joy, joy, t. -
Joy of the deso'.ate. li
Joy to the

Judge not the Lord b

Judges of nations ; ki

..: thy fata

~e,allerea
Kind are :.

I .'

Kingdoms wide that s

King of glory,

; ! 'tis
Know, iny Soul, thy f

Labobj

•.porting, g
Lead us t- 1 -
Lead us to!

Let all a'i
Let all our ;
Let all that
Lei

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Let aH w:

th sweet an
Let all your lamps he
Let cares .

Let children he-ir the
Let deeD repentance.

Let distant times and

Let earth and all its

and a-.l her

789

-
_ " L

;
11GJ Le

363 Le
llo Le

t earthly joys and c

t earth's alluring JO

t earth. v •

t elders «

t everlast

t every er

t ever}' creature ris

t every h

uWic tem

nt above
t every u
t faith, and love, an
;t faith, ass
t faith ea~h mo ek p
t Faith ex

:.'l nation

se and mc
t heaven and ail th
•t heaven proclaim
t him be crowned
t him thct heareth
I .
t Jew an I

•tman — by nobler
t me but feel him
t me but hear my
t me love thee mor
t me never from th
th their u
t me thy \
t mocker-
t music swell the b

•
t no sense of euiit

■
t others" s:

: titude .
t peace within her
.esnom
t plenteous grace d
.w in co
t sinful joys be all
t sinners learn to p
t 6inners b
t sin no more my s
ra walkar
t the dark,
t the false raptures
t the hen

t the high heavens
t the living here be
t them a; :
4 them neglect thy
t the org

■
tthetrur.

aseen wi
this bit-:
t this va:
t those re:

: o sow in
t thrones 1
t thronging snnltit
■

• o»ir joy

t us devote this co

we the wo

t us. then, with ang

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119

21
1121

21 4

4-31
910

119

:. j

214

845

4: 0

INDEX OF VERSES.

Lift up to Go

Lift up your hands by
Lift ui) your

. lift up

Lot vain pursuit'? tnd 890 Lord, let not all niv h
Let worldly m< I, let the mi rit of

.. le' this work of

.'. look on all UN

"1 Lord, make me unde

57 '■. make ui to ti.o

I, may I erer kee

. :. may our union

: tin, 151 Lord, may that holier

I, may * e f« 1 th

Lift not thou t:i.- nail 11"1 Lord, meet us in this

:. my timet are in

; of neai on, ande

4 Lord of the nations, t

I of the Sabbath,

Lord of the worlds a

. peace at on 1112 Lord, on thee our 6ou

!, plant us all int

Light in thyughl . my thou

• tern that sit v77 Lord, send a beam of

651 Lord, send thy serva

Light up every dirk 366 Lord, send thy word,

., shall our grief o

Like him through see 744 Lord, should we leav

Like Israel, Lord, am i I the tru

Like sheep we went a 231 Lord, teach '

Like the rough sea th 447 Lord, thou

Lives again our gl

, though no mor
Lo! he beckons from 1080 Lord, thou wilt hear
- Lord, through the du

-eon 114 > Lord, thy ill-seeing e
Lo! I behold the seat 11°4 Lord, thy church is st
-. rho invite 431 Lord, thy commands
Lo, Jehorah, we ador 334 Lord, 'tis not ours to
Lonely I no longer ro rt.):> Lord, tune our hearts
Long as our fiery tria 675 Lord, we accept with
Long as til >re thy v

Long ha 1st thou reig 107:] Lord, we adore thy w
Long hare we heard t 75S Lord, we come before
Long let it warble ron lfess our

Long o'er our native W07 Lord, we have long a
Look, how we grovel 353 Lord, we obey thy ca
Look. look, the B

Look up, my soul, wi 614 Lord, what a
Look, ye saints;— the 336 Lor 1, what a wretche
Lord, at thy tab: . what can I imp

Lord, by thy counsel G-57 Lord, what i3 life? —
Lord, fin a feeble, he GS^ Lord, what is man or
de the dou 577 Lord, what is man th
Lord, dismiss us with 63 Lord, what is worthle
Lord, draw reluctant 435 Lord, what offerinsss
Lord, fill eac idead,b 379 Lord, when thou dids
Lord, tor: we bow b

Lord, give us such a f 51 for all m

Lord God of hosts, th 161 Lord, with a grieved
Lord Go 1 of truth an ll.jj Lo ! ro;ind the thmn
Lord, gran I the child w

th' incarnate Go
' me to re si - re they fr

Lord, how secure mv 47s Lo ! 'tis an infant cho
Lord, I i lore thy mat 539 Loud hallelujahs to t
Lord, I am thine, I may the trouble

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Rivers to the ocean ru
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The faith that works
The Fatht;

I
■
I

The C
The G<

The God c-i Jacob ch
The God of Zion che
The God we worship

- :.:th ar

;.'.i the
Uowsh

The 1 ..

The heaven of heave
The hi

The hi -

•
The h«

The holy triun
The hi si

The hosts of God enc
The hour is sweet wh

4-NJ

188

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1132

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1113
811

1.1

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123

I -

100

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INDEX OF VERSES

The hour of pain ha3
The humble hupplian
Their bodies in the gr
Their harmony sliu.ll
Their joyful tongues

TheiriOV shall bear t
Their lifted e] •
Their ransomed .-pi ri

Their steadfast feet sh
Their thirst and hun
Their works of piety
The Jews, the people
The joyous Mills of Pa
The joy thy favor giv
The Kiiii himself eo
The King of heaven h
The king of terrors t
The Lamb shall lead
The land of silence a
The leaves around m
The light and rtrengt
The light inv path su
The lofty hill, the hu
The lofty soi g
The long-lost son, wit
The Lord beheld me
The Lord can clear t
The Lord delights to
The Lord forgive* th
The Lord has in kind
The Lord his people
The Lord is bountifu
The Lord is God, 'tis
The Lor. I is good ; th
The Lord is great, his
The Lord is great, his
The Lord is great; ye
The Lord is jui
The Lord is m

ird is risen ind
rd Jehovah ca
Thv Lord Jehovah re
The Lord Jehovah re
Tiie Lord makes bare
The Lord my pasture
The Lord my Bheph
The Lord my Shepli
. rd of glory is
Tiie Lord of glory rei
The Lord of life, with
The Lord on high pr
The Lord, our glory
Tiie Lord our God is
The Lord our God is
The Lord takes pleas
The Lord will come.
The Lord will come.
The Lord will come ;
The Lord, will rai<e J
The man is ever blest
The man whose piou
The .Master whom yo
The mellow eve is gli
The mighty Conquer
The mighty Former o
The mighty God, wh
The more this princi
The morning light is
The morn with glorv
The mountains in th
The mountains in th
The mountains melt
Then all 1 want. — O
The names of all his
Then, as onr wonderi
Then brok to heaven
Then blessed be the

Then bless his holy n
J hen eeased the btor
Tlience he uro-e, asc
Thence, when the gto
Then earth, thy grace
Then, Father, then m
Then f. 1* my s<.ui th
Then, followed by a n
Then from the craggy
Then giv. , I
Then hail, thou sacre
Then in the history o
Then 1 to thee, in W
Then, Judah, thou no
Then learn of him th
Then let his name, w
Then let Jehovah be
Then let my MMil ma
Then let our humble
'lii' n let o

Then let the hope of
Then let the last loud
Then let tin
Then let the vi?its of
Then let us adore an
Then let us form tho
Then let usstiilgoon
Then loud shall asce
Then love's soft dew
Then, man, he wise ;
Then may a Saviour'
Then may i
Then, O my soul, to J
The north gives up, t
Then, pilgrim, let thy
Then rage,
Then save me from e
Then shall all the nat
Then shall I learn th
Bhall I love thy
Then Bhall I see and
Then shall I see thy 1
Then shall my prayer
Then shall my soul w
Then shall my thank
Then shall new lustr
Then shall our loud a
Then shall the mour
Then shall the ranso
Then shall thy kingd
Then should oppress
Tnen the earth, o'ers
Then, though thou b
Then to the shining r
Then to the work of
Then, to thy courts w
Then, traveller in the
Then wake y< I
Then, when ai
Then, whene'er tiie s
Then, while 'tis calle
Then why, my soul, t
Then will he own mv
Then will I dailv tot
Then will I teach the
Then with angel-harp
Then with our spirits
The oak strike-
The oath and nromis
The once loved form.
The opening I
The order of thy hon
The pains of death ar
The pains, the groans
The pangs of onr exn
The peaceful gfites of
The perfect world, by
796

pity of the Lord
961 Tii''

powers of hell a

Prince of salvati
The promises 1 6*ing

The ramhow round a

Ther-
o'yl Tin ■:■■
i»_'4 Then

L_'l There faith lifts up th
e fix, O Lord, th

There flagrant flower

■

There hap;
There I behold, with s
in worship pur

dm forth

1129

654

909
597

There is a -
There is a -
There is a 1

■
iand mine
There is a I
There is an i

'our of p
1131 There is a p
Then
.
There is a -

•tar, a love

I St real n v. h

There is a worM abov

world of p
There Jes as

There, joined with all
unseen b
There, might;

There, on I
There our exulu d Sa
Ion, peace,

purity with lov
lightfulc

• ou shall
ts of ail ag
65 There's an inheritanc
440 There seems
562 There shall I
552 There shall I
lOlfi Thereshall I

•
115 There shall our rantu
Sflf) There >hall tin- follow

re's nothing roun

m amnnd

i in God'
1072 There's room in heav
255 There's room within
10? There, still
9oS -There streams of end

1^
1148

274

1172
1146

1174

1157

242
150

1123

There Ewccr
There the gm.it -Mod
There, there, on eagle
what delightt'u
There, when the turm
There, where our bles
. with united h
There would I find a
The r

-ngmorncann
The rolling sun. the c
The gacredtr .
The saints in ;

:its on earth a

The saints shall flour

The saints, when he r

The Saviour bids us

Saviour calls; le

S viour lives, no

- .viour now is g
viour! O, wha

8 viour will call
iud every seer
The seas shall

children now a

y and
•h piet

-
j

Thes .
Tlies!

_•

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- nofGodinte

i earth a

I
pint in our hea
::• some

■
The storm thai

■
- jng founditio

.
I
in went down i
The sun withholds hi
The sure pro-
The swifVk-clinin? d

The!
The t

of*

The tottering frame o
The troubled conscie
The tru^ W
Tne truth

The unbelieving wor
The undented shall s
The vital savor of his
The voice at mid nigh
Tne volume of my F
The want of sight sh
Tne watehmen~join t
The waves of trouble,
The whole creation g
The whole creation jo
The widow's heart sh

- breathe lo
Tiie wings of every h
The woodland hum is
The word i -
The work which his g

I and Satan
The world and world

-
The world can never

. how mean

I recedes; it

■

! they co

-~:us soore

him break

I "
lie downi

•
.for souls
mortal, to

-gospel gr
is round
i Bcessfh] p
urroundin
19 of everla
:

Thino imi :

Thine inw

Thine ordin

Thine, v. :

1 theme n

This day the Lord ha

This day we give to h

This £rioriou3 hone re

This holy

- *he burden of

This la th -•

797

This is th- I

Tbia lamp I

- a dream, a
.
This place i
This precious truth h
This pron.
This ienu I

be known
Thisspri: ;
This tenv. .

•
This was c
This wor! i
•

.-actors" sha
Those eyes,

Those inys which ear
Those ]
Those I

God befor
tg ne to die
Thou art i.
Thou art i

•
Thou art the

lhouartt!

r
:' the Lord

Thou dvi: _•

: of all del

Thou Fount of blessi

erless my

Though d-.
Though d

r:h and he

m the fold,

Though h -
Though I .

Though in b

Though in the ru?~ed

-• i I ■
Though nature's stre
Though now the nati
Though oi

Though raised to hea
Though t

thousar.d
•
Thoueh mrw
Though wear-:-
Though w -

st me the lo
Thou God of hope, to
T. ; God of soverei
.Thou great and good,

179

8
34

1-3
280

280

1007

740
82

: 14

- -

677
T'2

1115

::.

' 3

- J

753

I 2

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INDEX OF

Thou hut kept me th 1014
Thou hait promised i>

Thou hast said, exalt
Thou heaven of heav 96
Thou holy G< '.. ; 1 98

Thou lloiv Spirit, art 808
Thou Lord of nil abo 488
Thou Lord of all the 659
Thou lovely <".
Thou !'•'
Thou uiy LVailj
Thou n h

Thou, < ) Ch ist, urt :i 283
Thouonlj i ■ ust thee 181
Thou on

Thou our deliver
Thou Power supreme 631
Thou Prince of life, a 85 9
r life a 1074
Thou spread's! the cu lull
II art mereifu 493
Thou, that dost my li 1014
Thou, to whom nil po 877
Thou waitest to he gr 106
ThOU, who rlidst I
Thou, who didst stoo 653
Thou, whose almight 876
Thou, whose benigna 11
Thou, whoslumbc res 101,",
Thou wilt regard my 701
Thou wilt reveal the 1127
Thou wiltwithdrawt 526
Throueh all eternity C'JJ
Through all his arfcie 138
Through oil his work 143
Through all the chan 193
Through all the court 481
Through all the dan? 1024
Through all the earth 856
Through all the wind 4(J0
Through duties and t 812
Through each bright 1 H)
Through endless yea 131
Through every acre, e 107;;
Through every age h 305
Through every perio 693
Through every windi 713
Through floods and fl 812
Through life's bewild 768
Throughout all ages s 112
Throughout the day, 1029
Throughout the univ 166
Through seas and sto 142
Through sorrow's nig 1129
Through ten thousan 286
Through the valley a 200
Through thy protect! 1020
Through tribulation ? 117!)
Tnus as the momenta 828
Thus does thine arm 1016
Tims do his willing s 802
Thus far his arm hath 10-Ki
Tnus far the Lord ha 1023
Thus G »d descended 80S
Thus God the Father, 11
Thus humbly tausrht 650
Thus like themorhin 1038
Thus may ourjoys in 32
Tims mav we abide i 62
Thus might I hide m 472
Thus on the .heavenly (594
Thus shall each bless 657
Thus shall the wond 105
Thus shall they learn lit;
Thus shall we best pr 700
Thus star by star deel 1090

b transient w 674'Thy sorer. '
•ugh the uni

•> Thy Spirit p >ur, o gr 875

Thus, till my last, ex IH Tl v Spirit shall ui

Thus, till my last, ex 601 Thy temper, graci<

Thus to thy claim my 7851 Thy tempi*

Thus what oor Iumvu ',

Thus when life'- < ternal a 128

Thus, when on. A ro »

Thus, when our < ver 8s.; Thj

Thus, when the night PL : Thy victories and I

..!. de his death 40:i 'J iiy m nils n

Thus will he pour sal 55U Thy wondrous acts, t 112

I 1 sing till n '.i'.'S Tliv woid comniai

Thus will the chunk <
Thus with mv t

Thy blessing shall ex > . • L

Thy blood, dear ,' ,• wo:ks pronou

Thy bounties, pr.ieio W.) Thy works with I

Thy bountiful car ■, w 72

Thy bounty every so 150

Thy chosen temple, L 43

Thy counsi Is, Lord, 175

. ! . • ', ! ■ l
Thy face with revere

Till God diffuse hisg 411
Till God iu hum
Till, 'midst the Bl

Till then, nor is my h 564
Till thou the Father's 675

Thy favor, Lord, is ;.l f.:>.; Time is the ineasu
Thy Iocs i:i v;:in de>i !;:i Time is wimring u

I, Of 4IL
Thy glorious eve per <: to 577

Thy glory nver h.n 1LI 'Tis bv th' i
Thygl ,:'• . '. re- . by thy death

-• , 1 . : ■ ' , i " ' .
Thyg:a< >; : . t i.i • done— th' in

Thv ur..-<- .Id. ill :.; "lis faith supports m 170
Thjr greatu hums IPJ 'Tie faith that lays th 510

31 Tis faith that purifi
Thy hand, how wide 1_7 'Tis finished! - II
- uishedJ — 1< I I

Thy hand in autumn 994

Thy hand i

•■died : now th

Thy hands, dear Ji tu 268

Thy heavenly words 389

Thy Holy Spirits pr 07.">

Thv kingdom come; C.7>

Thy kingdom come, 84S

Thy kinffd >m, Lord, 140

Thy light that on our 384

Thy love a rieh rcwar 8/ 8

Thy love can cheer th 07.''

Thy love, howcheeri 54''

Thy love in suffering 549

Thy love the power o 17

Thy mercy bids all n I

Thy mercy gilds the 7 I the trei

Thy mercy I entreat

\ed ! — so th
•Tis finished ! — tl
'Tis fi r our chil
'Tis from the me
'Tis from '

'Tis God's all-aniraat rS>

. - l

. th.- Spir.t. 1 "78

'Tis (io.l who li::-

•Tis ho, by his almig 1147

Civs 182

'' 's he, my soul, that 186

viour 397

whcne'i i

• iy Phrj

Thy mercy stretcl
Thy mercy tempers e I

Thy name, alml: ghty love

Thy namesilvat: -us the first an

Thy name, 'tis lmi 'lews tha

Thy name we bless, 1001 "IV. like the sun. u h
Thy noblest wonders 70 'Tia love that mak
Thv pardoninc h.v.\ C") 'T:s love that paints
Thy passing spirit pe 1097 'Tis midniaht; and
Thy power and ylorv .°.70 'Tis midnieht; and. f 210
Thy powerful arm &ti 170 'Tis midnight; and fr 219
midnight ; and o 219
not a cause of si
770 'Tis not bv works of
482 'Tis not that murmur 6*26
Thy promises are tru 14.") 'Tis not the trump of 4-0
Thy promise has in t 504 'Tis not this mortal li 714
Thy promise is my on 519 'Tis pleasant as the m 699
its in all 'tins 721 'Tis pleasant to belie 1147
Thy saving health im 074 'Tis sin, alas I with di 407
Thy servants in the t 529 'Tis sweet thus pnssiv 660
Thy soul, renewed by 1085. 'Tis the loug-cxpecte '227
798

Thy praises. Lord, I
Thy precepts and th
Thy precepts make n
Thy presence only c

INDEX OF VERSES.

'Tig then the soul isfr
weary a

Tia thine tae passion
. ne to cleanse

'Tis thine to soothe t

the pine

*Tis thus lilt- nghteou

'Ti

my S

"Tia with u mournful
To all his praying sai
To bless thy chosen r
To chase the shades of
To Christ the b!ee iin
To-day, a pardoning
I his vo
■ and le

- iviour c

To dwell with sorrow

Toeaeh the soul of ea

int mea

tie offices of lo

i I eried when
To Qod rm reconcile
ToG

;. oar great Fa
To G i i, the only wis
To God tin.- Son helo
To (do l the Spirit's n

le us to thy 2l
To hail thy rise, thou
To heal her R
To heaven I lift mine
To heaven I lift my w
To heaven mj
To he

To Him from whom o
To him I owe my life
To him it leads the so
To hiin let every ton
To him that loved us
To Hi in who chose us
To II in who .
To humble souls and
To Jesus may we fly.
To Jesus, oat
To Jesus, ihe c
To Jordan's streams t
To meditate thy prec
To mine illumined e
To-morrow, Lord, is t
To-morrow will be ti
To nobler bliss my s
Too Ions my feet hav
To ou Redeemer's gl
To save a guilty woH

ties of woe, t • b
To smite t::e !> east, t
To songs of praise an
To spend one sacred
To that bright world
To that dear Source o
To the dear fountain
To thee, hefo>e the d
To thee, great One in
Toth* I

To thee I tell each ria
To thee, mv ri^hteou
To thee- my SMepher
To thee mv tremhlin
To thee, O blessed Sa
To thee, O Lord, our
To thee, O my unerri
To thee our every wi

ill grateful

i thousand

ifl temple w
To thee a ■
To thee m <

I we add.e
To thee wil
To this dear covenant
To tiiis sure refuse, L
To this the jo\ ful nat
To thy almighty Sp.r

&t name, A
d'o thy temple we rep
Touched with a sym
id of hope
To us, O Lord, the wis
To us the light of tru
To what a stubborn f

.v laws im
Tranquil amid alarm
ssorsofthed
T sees of life the bank
Tremendous thought
Triumphant in thy cl
True holiness shall st
True, 'tis a strait and
True wisdom, early s

>m it impa
Trust him, ye saints,
Trust in the" Lord, ve
Trust, trust
Tune your harps ane
istian, turn:
Turn, sinner, turn : t
Turn to Ch
Turn, turn I
Turn, turn us, might
Turn us witii gentle
'Twas by an order fro
Twaa by Ids bidding ]
'Twas God who fixed
Twaa he, and we'll a
'Twas lie who cleans
"Twas he who I
Twas his own ;
Twas in the a
•Twaa mercy filled th

e same love t
"Twaa through the L

Ustholt and impure
Unite us in the -

ya 'tis t
Unnum

Unnumbered myriad
Unnumbered years o
Unshaken as the sacr
Unsullied meekn< ss,
Unto thine altar. Lor
Unveiling wide the h
Unveil thy bosom, fai 1

comm
Up to her'cmirts with
Up to that world of li ]
Up to the fields wher
Un to the hills where
Up to thv dwellin?-pl
Upward from this dy ]
Urge, with a tender *z

Vaiw are the hopes t
Vainly we offer each
Vain, sinful man ! cr

Vain temptation's wil
799

I Vain the stone, the w

! Vilest

: Vine 01

I -uiil o
heaven

Waf i, waft, ve wind

. . nu lift up thy

. by the trump

- •■}). a ris
:.ie song of jub
! wake! the ch

Watchman ! let thy w
Watchman 1 tell us of
Watchman I will its b

li. ytt th

Weaned from earth's

We are his people ; w

ier, keep t

We bid thee welcome
We bring ti.

the tribute

We come. O Lord, bef

We come, then, God

_ the charac

sing the preciou

gsinners, dry
Weep nc t I

We i^ive immortal pr

We give t < .

We have met, and Ti

in peac

ie, all by sin o

We li1

Wei 1

We'll

Well, il

Well may the earth a

Well might the heave

Well pleased I

We long ti see thy ch
We i'

We r...

We own and

We praise thee that th

We pray that ;

We purge our mortal
We raise our Father's
We rai-e our E
Were nil the realm of
Were I in heaven wit
Were I inspired to pr
Were I possessor of t
We see its smiline be
We seek the consecra
We seek the Spirit*? q
We share our mutual
We sinz the Saviour's
We sink beneath thy

917

ioir

1125
457
1 15

.■ 1
414

472

6o3

- I
71-3
674

978
975

;::

941

958
24

304
3P4
528

4_-9

118
117

905
275

fid
2
1058
229
002
472
969

828

30
914

4: '2
L'4
834

173
7D3
188
°93
811
078
HX58
203
8U7

INDEX OF VERSES.

We thorp shall ever si
We to the Lord, in hu
We to the mighty Lo
A\v tread the path ou
We trust in thee; in t
ist not in our n
We tru

We w .ilk l)v faith ofj

II defile

We will be -;

We will not bring <hv

■h you in his n

■ Mid no longer 1

What are thofl
What can I wish, or W
What (litl thine only
Whate'er pursuits my
Whate'er thy holy wi
Whate'er thy sacred
What equal honors s
Whatever come, if th
What glory gilds the
What have I done for
What hope dispels th
What if the springs of
What is my being bu
What peaceful hours
What shall I render t
What shall soothe thy
What shall the dying
What shall we render
What sinners value I
What strange, surpris
What though in lone
What though my gri
What though no flow
What though our inb
What though Satan's
What though the arm
What though the gate
What though the spic
What though yet no 1
What wonders shall t
Wlu-n Abrah'm, full o
When age advances,
When all arrayed in 1
When all created stre
"When all the powers
When all thy mercie
"When anxious care w
When anxious grief a
When, as returns this
When, bending o'er t
When (dooming yout
When hrighter suns a
When by the dreadfu
"Whence do our mour
When children's voic
^Vhen dark temptatio
As hen day withfarew
When death o'er nat
When death shall clo
When dire temptatio
When each can feel h
When earth no more
"Whene'er temptation
"Whene'er the clouds
When ends life's tran
When evening slumb
When evening's silen
When exposed to fear
When fainting in the
When floating on life
When foes intrude or
When forced to partf
When free from envy
When from his dread

V> lun
Wheu

When

When
When
When
When

When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When

When
When

When
When
When.

When
When
When
When
When
When
When
Wht-n
When
When
When
When,
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
W'hen
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
When
.When

from the dead
- appear
gladnei
gloomy thoug

lines t

nigh, m

God revealed h
God, the Spiri
.

heaven, thy gl
up his
I am idled wit
I can read my
1 can trust my
in his earthly c
in the bosom o
in the slippery
in the solemn
in the sultry g
1 review my w
Israel was his c
I survey the w
1 survey the st
1 tread the vet
I turn my eyes
I walk through
Jesus i

kings against h
land is far, and
languor and di
marshalled on
midnight dark
morning's first
most we need
mounted on th
musing sorrow
nature sinks a
night, with wi
on the mighty
on the tyrant's
our incarnate
our work of I if
, overwhelmed
poor and he! pi
power divine, i
reason, tired a
rising from th
shall I reach th
shall I see thy
shall love freed
shall the day,
shall these eye
shall the sover
shall the voice
shall thy name
shall we meet a
shivering on a
shrivelling lik
sickness shake
sin and hell th
sinners at his f
sins and fears,
sorrows round
storms arise an
storms of sorro
that happy era
that illustrious
the Judge desc
the last trump
the solemn tru
the sun of blis
the tempest ro
the vale of dea
the woes of lit"
the world has
the worn spirit
thev wake, or
800

1136 When thickly beat th

289 When thine ulive-pla

17 When thou dost clot

768 When thou, my right

396 When thy harvest yi

647 When thy mortal life

|i;."j When tossed upon th

:,S> When to thy works 0

.'Ll When trial • -

1 156 W hen troub

683 When verdure clothe

330 When we asunder pa

997 When we d

d we gain the he

667 When we on earth sJi

197 When we pass throu

■i'j] When we see their pa

89 When we thy mercy

834 When will my pilgri

164 When with an achin

606 When worn with pai

577 When youthl

l!i> Where are the happy

82! i Where are th

7'.'7 Where can the mour

963 Where can we hide, o

627 Where'er ascends the

959 Where'er his hand h

710 Where'er in land- \\n

MX 8 Where'er thetemptin

585 Where is my God? d
626 Where is m;

389 Where is t.

129 Where is th<

Where is the zeal tha
Where shall we go to
Where stn i
Where the Arctic Oc
Where the golden gat
Where, then, is now .'
Where thou appointe
While all his works h
While all our hearts a
While angels shout a
While God invites, ho
While golden harps a
While grace is ottered
While guilt disturbs a
While lie affords his a
W'hile heai
While he is absent ft
W'hile his high praise
Wrhile I concealed m
While I draw this rle
While I keep silence,
Wliile Hay resting on
While in the tender y

287 W'hile in this

545 While in thy word w

305 While Jews on their

220 While life prolongs it
1086 W'hile life's dark maz

721 W'hile my Redeemer'

4,V) W'hile num:
1121 While on earth ordai
1136 While our days on ea

271 Whileour silent steps

444 While pity prompts t
1084 While sin and Satan j

271 While suppliant crow

4.">i While thy word is he
;V' While thus we mour

i'rJ'2 While through these

171
745

1143

960

74.'.

1171
104

21
1161

1161

129

167

871

014

1057
98

451

158

4S5

679

5
58

4.-.1

291
1015

115

1112

1001

26
841

INDEX OF VERSES.

While this liquid torn 817 With humble faith I 682 Ve nations round the 6

While thee 1 seek, pr IT With humble hearts 771 Ye saints, approach;

While the foe become !«>4 Within th

While 1 155 Within these walls let 27

While • -- Within theae walla

While to thee our pra 28 Within thy circling p 1* Ye saw the holy chil I

While trembli Within thy house, u 2 bo Bit n 101

While we hear the w 340 Within thy presence, 625 Yea, even at I

While we Seek suppli 47 With Israel's myriads :•_.

While we weep *.; Je 1 98 With it the thoughile 1044 Ye servants ot the L 7J5

While we, with sucre 97 With jov, great G ' rod himself hat

While With my my spirit wi -

While] Ui Withloy the Father 779 Yes, I'm secure beni i

Whither, ah, whither 7-4- With joy thy people 989 Ye sinners, come ; ' i

Who are these in brig 1176 With joy thy peoples 78

Who but thou, almig 874 With joy we bri: g

Who can describe the 779 With jov we hail the 43 Yes, let it go ! one I

Who ca 7-1 With jov we in hit nature, all thy •

Who can forbear to si 781 With jov we nit I ns of men, n-joi 300

Who conquer in his ra 7 10 With joy we tread th 515 Ye stars are but the s 1113

Who). With fife he cloth there are joys th 11 X)

Who is this King of g 246 With mv whole heart 589 A es, the Redeemer le 210

Who knows the error 394 With one consent, let - precious 3»6

Who;:. : 7] i Without a iarring no 796 Yea, thy sins have do 477

Whom. nth pitying eyes

Who now accuseth th 243 With sacred awe pro 159 Yes, whde the dearR 1115

Who, O Lord, when 1 1151 With sacred jov i

Whose 741 With songs and hono 1035 Yet again we hope •

Who shall u'.. • With speedy flighl his house and 424

Who were these: on 1104 With spotless robes o 349 ietdoes one short, pr 11.37

Who, who would live 1148 With strength immor 238 Ye tempests, rage no 144

Who would not wish 1111 With tears of anguish 47 -service 347

Why do we mourn d 1092 With tender pity for 747 \ et faith may trim.

Why droops my « ... 521 'With thanks approac -

Why mourn I With the peace th God, w Gl#

Why, O my ■ Vith na their names 1114 ' Y <-t. n...ly rat!, er. wild 4o0

Whv on the bending 922 With warm des::

Why shouid I shrink 1166 With what succ- "• in yonderclou 1094

Whv Bhould : '.Vith willing hearts w 798 ^ et, if our aims a:

Whv should mypaas 630 With wondering i y 1178 Yet I have found tu

Why shouid my will 571' Worship, honor, pow 345 \et I mourn mysti

Why should : W jrthy is he that on 344 Yet in the Lord w...

should we doub I le Lamb, al 117- Yet, in the midst of d 10L1

Bhould we start 1072 Worthy the Lamb, fo 1179 Yet, I remember, thj
Whv should Yorthy the Laml ■ ike an idie tale w 1048

Whv was I made to h 835 Would youbehc I thy kin dn 14b

Whv will ye " \Vuuld Vou win a sou 956 Y et men would tain

Why will vou in the c 447 mighty God, our lul

Wide as his vast dom 104 Yea, bless his holv n 993 Yet not thus lifeless,
Wide as the reach of 428 Ye aged, hither come 11 Y et Mt to men of anc 939
Wide as the wheels o 994 Ye angels, bless the L 312 Yet, O, the chief or
Wide as the Ye angels, who stand 1163 Yet save a trembhi

Wide as the-- Year after year, I co 4-> \e* sinners saved by 157

Wide, vehe.r Ye boundless realms

Wild wastes c f Afric 908 Ye careless ones, O, h 774 } et the conquerors
Will God in very dee 943 ! Ye chosen seed " thou art not cc i

Willing hands 1 Ye Christian heralds, 882 Yet, while the shore, 1044

Will ye let him die in 44- Ye Christian lands, r 391 Yet will the i*ordeo 7S6
Will ye not his grace 448 Ye curling fountains, 97 J et with this -u.tyh 1024
Will you despise mv 434 Ye deeps, with roarin 96 Y e vain and ghttenn 578
Wilt thou despise ete 450 Ye dying wheels of naf

Wilt thou forsake my 731 Ye earthly vanities, d 533 }.e who are of death
Wilt thou let him ble 477 Ye fearful saints, fres 14- }.e who, forsaking
Wilt thou not case to 442 Ye for whom his life 327 Ye who see the Fathe 275
Will all my | Ye Gentile sinners, n 338 Ye wjio surround the 328

With c"
With ( .
Withdraw not thou th 47'J Ye humble souls,

aw my powersoi i"u l e uentue sinners, n *» * — :w«— ""* - r* ~ ion

l cheerful feet m s24 Ye glittering tovs of e 534 Ye w!nfls ,ot n12™' v I*|

i deep repei tanc 481 Ye golden lamps of h 1113 Ye winged seraph

ldraw not thou th 47'J Ye humble souls. apD 153 J. e worlds, and every 13?

With earlv feet 1 1 we 192 Ye hungry poor, that 424 £? y?un?» before h* _JJ

With , Ye in the wilderness 249 Yield no more to sin //7

With fervor teach on 9 Ye living men, the to 1082fcour mournful cry h 64o

With gentle , re men and angels, w 830^°°*. streams we re fl 539

With grateful hearts t 1051 Ye messengers of Ch 887 Youth, on length ot d 1«H1

With "grateful hearts, 1004 Ye mortals; catch the 236 2-I0N" !"3°y5 her \Ion, '^

With grateful jov thy 939 Ye mortals, mark its 445 J™, from deepest »h 923

With guilt ot, Ye mourning souls, d 295 Z;on is thine, mnrt h dJ*

With Bis rich gifts th 14 Ye nations bend, with 139 Zion, thnce haPP> P1 12
801

INDEX OF VERSES.

Y6 wretched, hungry, 420

Ye young, before his 1 1

Yield no more to >in 777

Your li:it p-, * ,• irerab f08

Yuur mournful cry h 645

Your streams were fl rrt) Zion, from deepest sh 92S
Youth, on length of d ion Zion is thine, moet h 81fi
. stands with hi] -
w ike; thy str 896 Zion, thrice happy pi U
Zion enjoys her Mon H_

SUPPLEMENT.

A DYIirG, risen Jesus,
Afflicted saint, to ChH
Afflictions, though the
Alter death its joys w
Again did Sinai a thun

Ah, now my spirit fain !H)

Ah, why, hv passing c 7<s

Ah, wretched souls, wh 102

Alas for those I - thed 87

Allmv guilt to thee is 40

All thatl am, hare be w

All things on earth, an 4

All unholy and nneleu 44

Although he no relent 86

Amazed I Stood, but C 20

Amazing grace, how s ('>('>

Ambition, stop thy pa 65

Am I called'.'' and can 'J.7

Am I called ?— an heir '17

Am I eailed ? T d ire n 27

Am I called ? Whatsh 27

Amid the glories of th 81

And can lyet delay . . 35

And have I. Christ, no 7.°>

And is it true that ma "7

And let this feeble bod 96

And (), when I hive s 12

And when I close my 'M

And, when my cheerf ~>7

And when theicyhan 70

Anon the clou la dispe 9 >

Arise, my tenderest th 68

As a little child relies 54

As on the cross the Sa 81

As pan tins; in the suit 78

As when the weary tr 95
Atlength this i

A ve ry wretch, Lo n 1 . 1 73

Awaked by Sinai's aw 20

Awake, my soul, in jo 47

Before his father's e 10

Begone, unbelief, my 5-S

Believe the heavenly 24

Beneath the flowery a !K>

Be still, my heat '

Be this my chief, my o 21
Be this the put |

17
62
91

Bleeding hearts, defile

Brethren, while we boj

Break the ten.

Brooch. t s-.,r-

Butah, my inmost spir

But ere one fl<

But feeble my compns

be%74

But if their lies ts

But let me not f

Hut of nil the foes we G>

But O. if reeard

But. () my 1. >r I, one I 61

But Om

But rising griefs distre 78

But thou wilt heal tha
But when loud the tru
But while I thui in an
By thee my prayers ac

Can a woman's tender
Can I pronounce his c
Chief of ten thousand ]
Children of the heave
Come, and possess me
Lord, and with
Come, Lord, the droop
Come, my fellow-sinn
Come, ye sinners, com
Compelled by blecdin
Commit thou all thy g
Content with beholdih

DABKHBSS surrounds
Dearest Saviour, haste
• Saviour, help
Dear Lord, and shall t
Dear Lord, if indeed 1
Dear name, the rock o
Determined to save, h
Did ever trouble yet h
Did I meet no trials h
Do not I love thee, O
Do not I love thee fro
Do thou the dying spa
Down through the por

Earth has engrossed
Encompassed with clo
Eternity is just at han
Eternity ! — tremendo
Even down to old age,

Faixtixg souls, in pe
Fain would I learn of
Father, dost thou seem
Father, I've sinned, bu
Fear not, brethren. joy
Fear not, I am with th
Fond youth, while fre
Food to which the wo
Foolish, and impotent,
Forever with the Lor 1
For I have walked the
For such compassions,
Freely thou gav'st thy
From age to acre exalt
From all that's mortal,
From Burma h's shores 1
From busy scenes we 1
From fear to hope, fro
From men great sk 11
From whence doth thi

GlVB me. 0 Lord, a p 1
Give lo the winds thy

God in Israel sows the
802

Cod of my life, whose
'8 all our grie

I; and pray, t

Lord, inclin

• merci

Guard me, Saviour, b 1

Hail, Prince of life! f
. learest 1

Hail to the brightness I
Hark, my b< iuI ; it is th
Hark ! the cherubic ar
Hast thou a lamb in a
i I ith something met t

I Lave you no v.

is the dwellin

Heaven is the land wh
He by himselfhath sw

He cuts the bars of br
He in the thickest dar
He'll bring their spirits
Here fix, my roving h
Here in the body pent 1
Here on the mercy-sea J
He saw me ruined by
He that fo med me in
His crimes, with inwa
His decree, who forme
His father saw him co
His love, in time past.
His name yields the ri
dying J
il .w b tter that cup, n
How can I meet his ey

II »w charming is the p

forsaken or d
How firm a foundation

■ ery ch
bountie

il w 1 st was my cond
How sweet the i
How sweet to leave th
How BWeet to reflect o
ious and taste
Humble as a lutie chil

I asked the Lord that
1 dude my unbelievin
T delivered thee when
If Bu?ht should tempt
If sometimes I strive.
If 'tis sweet to mingle
I have no skill the sua
'hat co
If m ■■ I t !;,:i
! hoped that in some f
I'll <ro and tell him all
I love the sons of grac
1 love thy chastenings

INDEX OF VERSES.

Improve the harvest fl

I my .:

I my Ebenez

In a* kind, propitious h

In all my w ys thy ha

In every t inditioa — i

In tierce to,.

In heaven. a;. I

In heaven the rapturo

In him thy reconciled

In hope of that imraor

Instead of this, he mad

In the hoar of d irk te

In the way a I

I <>\vn I'm* guilty, own

Is not thy nam

I sometimes think my

Israel now and evei no

Is there no spark of gr

Is this, dear Lord, that

It cannot in 1.

It is a sweer employ . .

It makes the wounded

I would begin tiie mus

I would, but thou mus

Jesus nil the daylong
Jesus, full or'
Jesus, my all,
Jesus, my Shepherd. H
Jesus, our living Head
Jesus, our souls' delig
Jeans, save m;
J- bus, the I. 1. their
Jesus, thou a-t the sin
Jesus, thou S □ and II

Keep no longer at a d
Knowing as I am kno

Let mv few remainin

Let not '

Let on .

Let thy kind -

Lift u 1 1

I I com ■ ; and
Lo! in the d« sert rieh
Lo ! on a narrow neck
Lord, deny in ■ what t
Lord, forever at thy si
Lord, in thee I now be
Lord, it is ray
Lord, it is not life to U
Lord, shall we lie so si
Lord, shed a beam of
Lord, submissive mak
Lord. :

Lord, unaffli :l
Lord, why is tl ? Itr
Lord, with glowing he

Mat I alw iys own th

May I

Meekly may my soul

Mine is an unchangin

Mortu!-

Most awful truth, and

Move'l by th i S

Much in sorrow, oft in

My best

My brethren

My drowsy p

Mv Father's house on

My God, I feel t e mo

My heart and ton sue s

My life, mv portion, th

My one desire b_- tins

D2 Mv soul with various
101

j -a nee no

t me rather freel

89 No lingering look.no

70 No longer now delay

:; No, Lord, I'll patient, y

8 No profit canst thoug

health, nor friend

: •, nor all the toy

43 Not the fair j

1 Now let me mount and
<;_' Now let the fatted calf
,"4 Now may our joyful t
14 Now my remnant of il

sous v. or
81 1

his service all m

: of mv hist desi

eath of Life, brea

the pangs thysel

irth when shade

i glance of heav

:rface our hearts

I >ften I feel my sinful

i. mv inmost so

1st thou left me

11 O, how I hate those lu

- is, ride on trium

23 O, let me, then, at len

41 O, let not si:

1. my best desir
I, on thee our b

34 O, make this heart rej

.. I never faint o
O, may the sons of me

91 O mercy ! O mercy ! lo

100 J n earth thy mercy re
One look of mercy fro

101 One there is

;- ! • >n thee my waking ra
the wings of his lo

92 O that my load of sin
11 > i ). the rapturous heigh

106 Othou gracious, wise,
►u, mv lizht. mv

leavenly Father c

lata blessed hope

lat are all my suff

at hath Jesus do

I we see t

: i could bear life

ft) >. w mid he more of h

53 O ve banished seed, be

41. "Peace to the storm in

5o Plagues and deaths ar

Praise, my soul, the G

2 Prayer makes the dark
10 1 P.-ecious Bible, what a

81 Put thou thy trust in
G4

8 Quiet, Lord, my frow
94

92 RAISI thy downca>t e
89 Remember thy purew
32 Rest for my soul I Ion
88 thy spirit, poo
7o Restraiuins praver, w
100

68 Saved by £rrace,I live
4'.» B ive me. Lord, in this

35 Saviour, may these me
Go. Saviour, visit thy plan

803

S7 Saviour, when night i

• ere ben

• i< • See. from a.i .

105 See human nature sun
::4 See the i
7_' Send thy light and tru

70 Shall I envy, then, the

; ■ and" wonder, jo

I . and my t

\'T Should persecution ra

k not. Christians,

51 Snce aii that I meet s

25 8 r, hear the Savio

■ , it was a heave

102 S Bhall I pass the g

• • d and f

_rn Ruler of the

• -

7:t S > when the Christian
8 Spurn not the call to 1
are thy schemes
47 Such base ingratitude
19 S irely once thy garde
8 8

: truth, and easy
Swift tlirough the vas

Temptations every
That comfort was min
That resurrection wor 1
The chariot ! the chari

•• of thy mercy
The earth sha . -
Thee, at all times, will
The friends who in ou
The glory ! the glory!

. of Abram pr
The hope of heaven h
Their footsteps I'll pu
The judgment I theju
The little ants tor one
The Lord has promise
The Lord will happin
The more I strove aga
Then all who truly rig
Then hail, blessed stat
Then I repent and vex
Then let me mount an
Then shall I upward fl
Then shall my droopi

.'.I onr active
Then sorrow, touched
Then, then I

Then will I tell

St Man,

i he saints 1 heard wit

. . ward tiialsl e
Mese proofs of love, m

54 The trumpet

amp of final do

ice of free grac

34 The way the holy" pro

83 The worst of all disea

mage be

>ve the Father's

T i -v will my faults re

■>4 Think how on the cro

5! This be my care, to all

56 This is the field, the w

91 This is the way I long

INDEX OF VEB

Thou ag?d man, life's

Thou ■

Thou d

Thou dost promise to

. dark u>- my w

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and tli

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■\ jrious

Through all »he vai iou
Through ma:.
Through this vide wil
Through wave* and cl
Thus tar my God hat
T.hus preserved from
Thy faith is w<
Thy favor all i
Thy mercy in Jesus ex
Thy mercy is more th
Thy mercy, my God.i
Thy powerful consola
Thy promises our hea
Thv saints are comfor
Till then I would thy
Times of sickness, tiih
Times the tempter's p
'Tis even so thy faithf
'Tis my happiness bel
'Tis religion that can
'Tis thine outstretche
*Tis thus the Lord his
To God, my Saviour a
To hear the sorrows t
To heaven the joyful t
To him their prayers a
To love my sins, a sai
To that Jerusalem ab
To tiieni his sovereign

i To thy will I leave the

Tru»t*we to youth or f

s "f was a heav. m

• ' Twas for my sins my

-"-ace" that taug

lie who taught

47 \ a i.\ his threats to ov

103

Wait, O my soul, thy
Wait, then, mi

- the effort or m
We all shall meet in h
Wealth and honor I di
We bow before his fac
We, tor whom God th
We, for whose sake ad
Well, the Kedeemer's
Wore halt the breath t
We seem as one. when
What a mercy is this!
What have I "gained b
What less than thy al
What may be my futu
What though it pierce
What though the nort
What thou Bhalt to-da
What various hind'ra
When called to bear th
When darkness long h
Whene'er my foolish,
Whene'er to call the S
When gathering storm
When ghastly death a
When he lived on eart
When I at last to heav
When I am made in 1
When joy no longer s
When lowest sunk wi
When my faith is fain
When my forgetful so
When noon her throne
When sin prevails, an
When some kind prom
Wnui sorrowing, d/m a

804

101 When the harvest is p
4 When the hi b
51 When through fiery ir
;;'.» When through the* de
t>j When to th<
4o When trouble, like a
When vexing thought
1 Which of ai;

G Whilst I -

0 Whilst with .
Vo Whither. Owl

105 Who 1 1 iota the clouds

44 Why art thou afraid to

pi Why is my !

To Why should l

7.") Why should 1

10 Why should i

4»J Why should i

«4 Why, then, so unwilli

51 Wisdom and mercy g

o»J With Jesus «

57 With joy the chorus w
](Q Without thy sweet me

mi With speed he flew to
105 With such I own lone

54 1 Would not my ardent
: not my heart p

43 Wretched an

t:i Wretch that I am, to

77 Yea. more with his ow
travelling horn

1 would love th

v Redeemer, th

70 Ye souls that are wou

ien this flesh a

ads will interv

1 Yi :. Lord, if thy love
59 Yet Quickly, from the
7:< Yet though my soul i
57 Yet through the storm

tat mourn your
U You that oil have, wan

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