LIBRARY -■ . A T JPRIMCETOlfr, W. J, DONATIO?) 0* S A M I E L A < i N E W , ,-,, . t. I PHIl.ilMI.HHIi. PA. Letter iv ^ if (T ^*y ££&. >*&/ / I Case, Division. .^CdfcS-.i Shelf, ^y.^^A, (j Bool:, 1 j v ^Q^g.<^p^-..-^^-^-t:.^ — s^c- *. £*.n)T\ THE CONGREGATIONAL H Y 31 N BOOK SERVICE OF THE SANCTUARY. SlKG PRAISES TO GOD, SIXG PRAISES : SIKd PBA1SKS UNTO OUB KlXG, SIXG PRAISES. FOR GOD IS THE Kl>'G OF ALL THE EARTH : SIXG YE PRAISES WITH UNDERSTANDING. DAVID . BOSTON: JOHX P. JEWETT AND COMPANY, CLEVELAND, OHIO: II . P . B . JEWETT. 18 5 8. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by JOHN P. JKWETT & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts, ELECTROTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. Cambridge : Allen & Farnham, Printers. PEEF ACE. The Congregational Hymn Book is designed expressly for the service of the sanctuary, and in its compilation the wants of the pastor, the choir, and the people in the solemn act of public worship, and the immediate relation of the whole assembly to Jehovah, the adorable Object of all true worship, have been steadily kept in view. m the rich and ample domain of our devotional lyric poetrv, the compiler has endeavored to make a collection of hymns, correct in sentiment, elevated in style, harmonious in language, and so full and copious in its various depart- ments as to meet and satisfy the present exigencies of the pregational Church in America. The best versions of the Psalms, together with the choicest hymns of the highly- gifted and the venerated Dr. Watts form the basis of the work ; and next to these, decided preference has been given to the sublime and spiritual com- positions of Dr. Doddkidge, to the warm and heart-stirring lyrics of the Rev. Charles Wesley, and to the smooth, the tender, and devout effusions of Mrs. Steele. Of the more modern sacred poets, the estimable Cowper, and the pious Newton, joint authors of the " Olney Hymns ; M the elegant and devoted Heber ; the Christ-loving James Montgomery ; the pensive Grant ; the fervent Kelly ; the classic Bowsing ; Lyte, the author of the M Spirit of the Psalms ; " the accomplished Dr. Collyer ; Dr. Andrew Reed, and Dr. S. F. Smith, are largely represented in this volume; and in addition to these, the choicest lyrical productions of nearly two hundred other sacred poets give variety and rich- ness to its pases. As the design of singing in the sanctuary is not to teach the abstruse doctrines of theology, or to extol and magnify the worshipper ; but, on the other hand, to laud, and bless, (3) PREFACE. and glorify the living God, either by the voice of supplication or by direct ascriptions oi thanksgiving and praise, many pop- ular hymns, beautiful in themselves, but having no adapta- tion to the purposes of public worship, have been designedly omitted ; and for the same reason, hymns containing direct addresses to the dead have found no place in this collection. Believing that the changes and mutilations which most of our standard hymns have from time to time undergone are alike at variance with good taste and literary integrity, and that a continuance of this practice must prove highly detri- mental to the best interests of hymnology, the compiler has ventured on no alterations and emendations in the hymns of this collection, except in the way of abridgment, or of cor- recting grammatical and rhythmical errors, or of restoring the hymns to their original form, which is found to be, in al- most every instance, the most lyrical, the most devotional, and the best. The psalms of Dr. Watts have been collated with his own edition of 1719, and both psalms and hymns with the quarto edition of his works published by his executors in 17-53. The hymns of Addison", Wesley, Doddridge, Steele, Toplady, Beddome, Hart, the Stexxetts, Dr. Fraxcis, Cowper, Xew- tox, fee., have all been read and rectified by early editions of their respective works. Those of Montgomery, Kelly, Keed, and Heber are given as revised by their own hands. In regard to hymns whose authorship is unknown, or whose original form could not be ascertained, that copy of them has been taken which seemed, on the whole, best suited to the service of the church. In a few instances, verbal changes in hymns long familiar, in their existing form, to the ear of the people, and wedded, as it were, to music, have been permitted to remain ; and in Miss Elliott's beautiful hymn, beginning — '•'Just as I am. -without one plea v — a single stanza (the oth) has been inserted. In the prosecution of his work, the compiler has had the following points, especially, before him : — 1. To present one or more versions of as many of the psalms as could be found in a style at all worthy of the spirit of the original, and at the same time sufficiently smooth and lyrical PREFACE. for musical expression and effect. These versions may all readily be found by recurring to the Index. 2. To select such hymns as are founded upon, or unfold gome sentiment or doctrine of the Bible ; thus making the work breathe forth the spirit and develop Something of the excellence and sublimity, of that great Source of sacred poetry and song. The prominent idea of each hymn is generally expressed in its title, which is invariably taken from Holy Writ. 3. To introduce a large number of hymns for the praise and adoration of God ; and, in hymns of a didactic nature, to give the preference to such as contain some express acknowledg- ment of God, who should ever be the End, and Aim, and Ob- ject of all the psalmody of the church. In accordance with this idea, a large number of doxologies have been inserted. •£. To make the classes of hymns referring to the person of our Saviour, the work of redemption, and the Holy Spirit, as copious and complete as would consist with the limits of the work. o. To present a large number of hymns deeply devotional in sentiment, and embodying the profound and varied experi- ence of the Christian life. 6. To give this book a marked and decided evangelical tone ; and to make it an expression also of the genius and spirit of the Congregational Church in tins country. 7. To introduce a copious supply of hymns on the revival and extension of the church, on missionary and other kin- dred topics, with the view of fostering and promoting that aggressive power of the gospel which is now so signally un- folding itself in the church of God throughout the world. 8. To admit such hymns only as may be set to music and sung by a choir and congregation with fervor, animation, and solemnity. 9. To make the Arrangement and the Indexes so simple and complete that hymns on any given topic may be imme- diately found. 10. To prepare a hymn book, in brief, which should meet the varied circumstances and special occasions of our wor- shipping assemblies ; which should promote the practice of congregational singing in our churches ; which should be alive and glowing with the spirit of the Oracles of God ; alive and (5) PREFACE. glowing with the soul of sacred lyric poetry ; alive and glow- ing with the fire of pure and genuine devotion ; alive and glowing with the lofty praises of our great Immanuel. Such has been the constant aim of the compiler and his assistants in his long and laborious task. To what extent he has succeeded it remains for the churches to determine. If they shall find this Hymn Book so complete in its matter and arrangement as to meet their wants in this living and event- ful age ; so deeply imbued with the inspiration of genuine poetry and of the Oracles of truth as to breathe into them a profounder reverence and a livelier gratitude to God ; as to awaken them to a higher spirituality, lead them to a holier style of living, and a more efficient action for the salva- tion of a world now perishing in wickedness around them ; and if God shall own and bless it in making it the means of exalting anew the heart and voice of thanksgiving and of melody in His sanctuary ; of winning souls to the Redeemer, and of quickening and preparing saints to sing the " song of Moses and the Lamb" before His holy throne above, — the honor and the praise shall be ever given to His great and glorious name. The compiler would do injustice to his feelings were he not to express his obligations and acknowledgments to George Liyermore, Esq., of Cambridge, and Mr.D. C. Coeesavorthy, of Boston, for the use of their valuable works on hymnology ; to Drs. E. N. Kirk and Leonard TVithixgtox, to the Rev. Joseph C.Bodwele, the Rev. Edmuxd Dowse, the Rev. B. G. Northrup, and the Rev. Horace James, for their friendly counsel and assistance ; to Dr. S. F. Smith, Mrs. Brown, and Hyde, and others, for original hymns ; to his sister. Mrs. E. E. Bates, for her self-denying labors in ascertaining the correct readings of the hymns ; and to a large number of his brethren in the ministry, and others, for their kind and valuable sug- gestions ; and also to his publisher and printer for the supe- rior typographic execution of the work. ELIAS XASOX. April 21, 1857. (6) INDEX OP FIRST LINES. Abide with us ; the evening shade3 L. M 159 A broken heart, my God, my King L. M 457 According to Thy gracious word C. M 776 A charge to keep I have S. M 6G4 Acquaint thee, O mortal, acquaint thee with God lis 462 Aaain the day returns of holy rest 10s 340 Alas, and did my Saviour bleed C. Bl 473 All hail, the power of Jesus' name C. II 265 All His servants join to sing 7s 273 All mortal vanities, begone L. M 222 All scenes alike engaging prove L. M 17 Almighty God, Thy word is cast ....C. M 4 4 Almighty Maker of my frame L. M 996 Almighty Ruler of the skies L. M 919 Always with us, always with us 8s Sc 7s C96 Amid Thy wrath, remember love C. M 555 Am I a soldier of the cross CM GG3 Amonz the assemblies of the great L. M 947 And canst thou, sinner, slight S. M 451 And must this body die S. M 1041 And will the great, eternal God L. M 743 And will the Judge descend S. M 1>55 Angels, assist to sing Gs 6c 7s 96 An <_r- Is from the realms of glory 6s, 7s, <5c 4 137 Angels holy 4s, 7s, !i Thee I feed 7s 3 : f the world, in mercy broken 9s & Bs 77-3 the wave. Christian " - & -. .ml joyful is the mom 7s 143 rush upon my sight C. M 1059 Brighr<- the morning lis ,1c 10s 149 . dreadful God L. M 016 - & 7fi 073 rlasting love ('. M 940 Broad is the road that leads to death L. M. . . . Buried ; the night L. M I ! emerald gates, and bring 7s *x 6s 1077 lyrill CM 907 Calm on the listening ear of night C. M 144 1 urners, cease to languish Efe & 7s.... Shepherd of Thy chosen sheep C. M 740 n ': sorrow, rilled with dismay 10s. 6, ,5c 4- 459 n, hear the melting story Bs, 7-. & ;.. 931 i. listen to the Lord 7- . I ! of the heavenly King 7s 706 Christians, brethren, ere we part 7> 402 Christian, see ! the orient morning Bs ads me through no darker rooms ( '. M •fall my hopes the Ground 7s 679 lie Lord, is risen to-day 7s 181 hose glory fills the >kies 7s 223 Come, all ye saints of God 6s :c 4s 231 Spirit, Source of light L. M 291 ■arest Lord, descend, and dwell L. M " 1 racious Spirit, heavenly Dove L. :■[.. . Come hither, all ye weary souls L. M 4-31 Come, Holy Spirit, come S. M 295 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove CM 286 (9) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Come, humble sinner, in whose breast C. M 472 Come in, thou blessed of the Lord L. M. 754 Come, let our voiees join H. M 022 Come, let our voices join to raise L. M 3G8 Come, let us anew our journey pursue P. M (J72 Come, let us join our cheerful songs C. M 203 Come, let us lift our joyful eyes C. M 241 Come, let us lift our voices high C. M 770 Come, my soul, thy suit prepare 7s 019 Come, O my soul, in sacred lays L. M 100 Come, O ye saints, your voices raise C. M 93 Come, said Jesus' sacred voice 7s 419 Come, sound His praise abroad S. M 358 Come, Thou almighty King Gs &. 4s 308 Come, Thou Desire of all Thy saints CM 373 Come, Thou Fount of every blessing 8s &. 7s .723 Come, Thou soul-transforming Spirit 8s, 7s, & 4 375 Come to Calvary's holy mountain 8s &. 7s 427 Come up hither ; come away 7s 1075 Come, we who love the Lord S. M 712 Come, ye disconsolate, where'er ye languish lis & 10s G01 Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched 8s, 7s, & 4 466 Come, ye souls, by sin afflicted 8s, 7s, & 4 425 Come, ye that know and fear the Lord C M 35 Consider all my sorrows, Lord C M 563 Constrain me by Thy love S. M 210 Creator Spirit ! by whose aid L. M 285 Crown Wis head with endless blessing 8s &z. 7s 256 Dark brood the heavens o'er thee ..7s & G$ 446 Daughter of Zion, awake from thy sadness Us tl5 Daughter of Zion, from the dust C M. . 801 Day of judgment, day of wonders 8s, 7s, &c 4 468 Dearest of all the names above CM 207 Dear is the hallowed morn to me L. M 333 Dear Lord, and shall Thy Spirit rest L. M 202 Dear Refuse of my weary soul C. M 4-4 Delay not, delay not •, O sinner, draw near Us 4.V2 Delightful work, young souls to win C M Oil Depth of mercy ! can there be 7s ir-'S Descend from heaven, immortal Dove L. M 302 Did Christ o'er sinners weep S. M 154 Do not I love Thee, O my Lord C. M 538 Dread Jehovah, God of nations Ss &. 7s 063 Early, my God, without delay C M 354 Earth's transitory things decay L. M 505 Erect vour heads, eternal gates CM 167 (10) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad L. M 134 Eternal and immortal King L. M 654 Eternal Father, God of love C. M 400 Eternal God, Thy works of might C. M 96 Eternal Power ! Almighty God C. M 53 Eternal Source of every joy L. M 991 Eternal Spirit, we confess L. M 299 Eternal Wisdom, Thee we praise C. M 43 Eternity ! Eternity P. M 1005 Exalted Prince of life, we own L. M -357 Exalt the Lord our God S. M 30 Faint not, Christian, though the road Ts 673 Faith, hope, and charity, these three L. M 909 Faith is the brightest evidence C. M 507 Faith is the polar star •. ?. P. M 509 Far as the isles extend H. M -04 Far as Thy name is known S. M 359 Far from mortal cares retreating Ss 6c Is 376 Far from these narrow scenes oi night C. M 1060 Far from my thoughts, vain world, begone L. M 390 Far from the world, O Lord, I flee C. If 547 Far o'er the land the precious grain C. M 736 Father, by Thy heavenly blessing Ss, 7s, & 4 741 Father, I bless Thy gentle hand L. M 600 Father of heaven, whose love profound L. M 353 Father of mercies, bow Thine ear L. M 743 Father of mercies, God of love L. M 492 Father of mercies, in Thy word C. M 315 Father of mercies, send Thy grace C. M 535 Father of the human race 7s 553 Father, Thy paternal care 7s 55 Father, whate'er of earthly bliss C. 31 611 Fools in their hearts believe and say C. M 413 For a season called to part 7s 795 Forever with the Lord S. M 1070 Forth from the dark and stormy sky L. M 37-2 Fountain of mercy, God of love C. M 938 Frequent the day of God returns CM 398 Friend after friend departs * S. H. M 1009 From all that dwell below the skies L. M 130 From deep distress and troubled thoughts L. M 567 From every stormy wind that blows L. M 622 From Greenland's icy mountains 7s & 6s S19 From foes that would the land devour Ss & 6s 943 From lowest depths of woe S. M 56*2 From the cross uplifted high 7s 434 From Thee, my God, mv jovs shall rise, C. M 716 (ID INDEX OF FIRST LINES. From the Table now retiring 8s & 7s 778 Prom year to year in love we meet L. If 927 Gently, gently lay Thy rod 7S ..604 Gently, my Saviour, let me down I,. M \Q%Q Gird on Thy conquering sword H. M g|{ Gird Thy sword on, mighty Saviour 6s, 7s, 6c 4 846 Give me the wings of faith to rise C. M 510 Give thanks to God ; He reigns above L. M §Q Give thanks to God most high II. M 107 Give to our God immortal praise L. M 10C Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame L. M 25 Give to the winds thy fears S. M ;;:2 Glad hearts to Thee we bring 6s 6c 4s 9-25 Glorious things of thee are spoken 8s 6c 7s 701 Glory, glory everlasting 8s, 7s, 6c 4 2r3 Glory, glory to our King 7s 275 Glory to God on high Cs 6c Is 206 Glory to the Father give 7a 913 Glory to Thee, my God, this night L. M 039 God Almighty and All-seeing 8s, 7s, 6c 4 3^6 God bless our native land Cs 6c 4s 943 God in His earthly temple lays L. M 394 God is in His holy temple 8s, 7s, 6c 4 346 God is love ; His mercy brightens 8s 6c 7s 34 God is the Refuge of His saints L. M 60 God moves in a mysterious way C. M 78 God, my Supporter and my Hope C. M 705 God of mercy, hear our prayer 7s 8M) God of my life, through all its days L. M 123 God of my life, to Thee I call L. M 568 God of our fathers, by whose hand CM 945 God of our fathers, 'tis Thy hand L. M 933 God of our fathers, to Thy throne C. M 956 God of the changing year, whose arm of power 10s 993 God of the morning, at whose voice L. M 541 God of the rolling orbs above L. M 46 God of the universe, to Thee CM 750 God the all -terrible, Thou who ordainest lis, 10, 6c 9 962 Go, heralds of salvation, forth A L. M 740 Go, messenger of peace and love L. M 859 Good is the Lord, the heavenly King C M 980 Go, preach My gospel, saith the Lord L. M 735 Go to dark Gethsemane 7s 163 Go, ye messengers of God 7>. -:>7 Grace, like an uncorrupted seed C M Grace ! 'tis a charming sound S. M 2:>8 Gracious Spirit ! love divine 7s 290 Grant the abundance of the sea L. M 881 (12) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Greni. Former of this various frame L. M 14 Great God, as seasons disappear L. M 990 Great God, attend, while Zion sinus L. M 383 Great God, at Thy command 8. M Great God, beneath whose piercing eye L. P. fii 951 Gread God. how infinite art Thou C. M 13 Great God, indulge my humble claim L. M 364 Great God, in vain man's narrow view L. M 21 Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame L. P. M 40 Great God, the nations of the earth C. M 854 Great God, this sacred day of Thine L. M 343 Great God, Thy penetrating eye C M 19 Greai God* we sin<: that mighty hand L. M 973 Great God, what <\o I see and hear P. M 1054 Great God, who rear*st the mountain's height L. U 47 Great God, whose universal sway L. M 622 Great is tiie Lord ; His works of might C. M 22 Great is the Lord, our God B. M 70*2 Great its the Lord ! What tongue can frame L. M. 07 Great Lord of angels, we adore L. M 734 Grea: Shepherd of Thine Israel L. M 607 Great Source of being and of love L. M 323 Green pastures, and clear streams S. M 731 Guide me, O Thou great Jehovah 6s, 7s, 6c 4 G26 Hail! holy, holy, holy Lord C. H 304 Hail, sacred truth, whose piercing rays C. 31 325 Hail, sovereign love, that first began L. M 231 Hail, Thou long-ex ported Jesus 6s &. 7 s 152 Hail, Thou once-despised Jesus 8s 6c 7s 253 Hail to the brightness of Zion's glad morning lis & 10s ?12 Hail to the Lord's Anointed 7s 6c Gs 629 Hail to the Prince of life and peace L. M 252 Hallelujah ! best and sweetest < 6s, 7s, 6c 4 277 Happy is he who fears the Lord C. M 533 Happy, Saviour, would I be 7s 616 Happy's the child whose tender years C 31 899 Happy the church, thou sacred place L. II 732 Hippy the heart where graces reign CM 522 Hark ! an awful voice is sounding 6s 6c 7s 663 Hark! from the tombs a doleful sound C M 1035 Hark, my soul ! it is the Lord 7s 501 Hark ! ten thousand harps and voices 8s 6c 7s 271 Hark ! that shout of rapturous joy 7s 1056 Hark, the glad sound ! the Saviour comes C M 150 Hark! the gospel trumpet's sounding 8s 6c 7s 450 Hark ! the herald angels sing 7s 143 Hark ! the song of jubilee 7s 279 (13) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Hark ! the voice of love and mercy bs, 7s, oring and heavy-laden 8s 7s 557 Let us awake our joys. . Cs 6c 4s 253 Let Zion's watchmen all awake C. M 733 Life is a span, a fleeting hour C M 1036 Life is the time to serve the Lord L. M 432 Lift up to God the voice of praise C. M B7 Light of life, seraphic fire 7s 355 Light of those whose dreary dwelling 5s & 7s 224 Like Israel's host to exile driven L. M 95S Like morning, when her early breeze L. M 415 Like Noah's wean- dove S. II 477 i lows gliding o'er the plain L. M 1001 Like sheep we went astray S. M 196 Listen, sinner ! Mercy hails you 8s, 7s, &l 4 413 Little rain drops feed the rill 7s 942 Lo, God is here! let us adore L. M 392 Lo, He comes, the King of glory 88, 7s, & 4 247 Lo, He cometh ! countless trumpets 8s, 7s, &. 4 1051 Look, ye saints ; the sight is glorious 8s, 7s, Sc 4s 259 b ' (H) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Lo, on a narrow neck of land C. P. M 486 Lord, am 1 Thine, entirely Thine L. M 775 Lord, assist us by Thy grace 7s 887 Lord, at Thy table I behold C. M 775 Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing ; Bid us 8s &. 7s 397 Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing; Fill our 8s, 7s, & 4s 406 Lord, how secure and blessed are they L. M 704 Lord, how secure my conscience was C. M 417 Lord, I am Thine 3 but Thou wilt prove L. M 576 Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin L. M 411 Lord, I believe; Thy power I own C. M 505 Lord, if Thou Thy grace impart 7s 553 Lord, I have made Thy word my choice C. M 322 Lord, in the morning Thou shalt hear C. M 351 Lord, lead my heart to learn S. M 917 Lord, lead the way the Saviour went C. M 939 Lord, let Thy goodness lead our land , L. M 944 Lord, now we part in Thy blest name L. M 399 Lord of all worlds, incline Thy bounteous ear 10s 850 Lord of glory, who didst honor 8s, 7s, & 4 930 Lord of heaven, and earth, and ocean 8s & 7s 971 Lord of hosts, to Thee we raise 7s 745 Lord of the Sabbath, hear our vows L. M 344 Lord of the worlds above H. M 3G7 Lord, Thou hast searched and seen me through L. M 16 Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven 8s &. 7s Ill Lord, visit Thy forsaken race L. M 865 Lord, we come before Thee now 7s 370 Lord, we have heard Thy works of old C. M 9G7 Lord, what a feeble piece S. M 997 Lord, what offering shall we bring 7s 935 Lord, what a thoughtless wretch was I L. M 500 Lord, when my raptured thought surveys C. M 50 Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove L. M 480 Lord, when Thine ancient people cried L. M 949 Lord, when Thou didst ascend on high L. M 188 Lord, when we bend before Thy throne C. M 356 Lord, where shall guilty souls retire CM 19 Lord, while for all mankind we pray C. M 953 Lord, whom winds and seas obey 7s.. .... .875 Lo, round the throne, at God's right hand L. M 1062 Lo, the mighty God appearing 8s, 7s, & 4 1044 Lo, the prisoner is released 7s 1019 Lo, the seal of death is breaking 8s &, 7s 10/35 Loud hallelujahs to the Lord L. M 125 Love divine, all love excelling 8s & 7s 652 Love is the theme of saints above L. M 910 Lo, what a glorious Corner Stone L. M 723 (18) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Lo, what a glorious sight appears C. M 818 Lowly and solemn be Os 6c 4s 26 Man has a soul of vast desires L. M 410 Many centuries have lied 7s Too Many woe.- had Christ endured , 7s 166 May not the sovereign Lord on high L. M 31 May tlie glorious day of 'promise 8s, 7s, 6c 4 K,4 May th? mace of Christ, our Saviour 8s 6c 7s A 7 Men of God, go take your stations 8s, 7s, 6c 4 858 Messiah ! at Thy glad approach C. M 1&6 Mighty One, before whose face 7s 909 Mine eyes and my desire S. M 583 Morning breaks upon the tomb 7s ISO My dear Redeemer, and my Lord .L. H 155 My faith looks up to Thee Cs 6c 4s 511 My f '\v revolving years S. M !'<'"> My forme* hopes are fled S. M 494 My God, accept my early vows L. M ! I My Cod, in whom are all the springs L. M 91 My God, my everlasting Hope CM 656 My God, my King, Thy various praise L. M WJ My God. my Life, my Love S. M 519 My Cod, my Portion, and my Love C. M 528 My God, permit me not to be L. M 543 My Cod. the Spring of all my joys C. M 715 My God, the steps of pious men CM 693 My God, Thy boundless love I praise C P. M 38 My gracious Redeemer I love 8s 513 My opening eyes with rapture see L. M 339 My Shepherd is the living Lord L. M 65 My son, know thou the Lord S. M 893 My soul before Thee prostrate lies L. M 49" My soul, be on thy guard S. M 070 My soul, repeat His praise S. M 57 My soul, thy great Creator praise L. M 98 My soul, with humble fervor raise L. M 90 My soul, with sacred joy survey L. M 8-TJo 7>Iy spirit looks to God alone L. M 69-2 My spirit sinks within me, Lord L. M 560 My thoughts surmount these lower skies C M 51G Nearer, my God, to Thee 6s 6c 4s 651 No change of time shall ever shock CM 75 Not all the blood of beasts S. M 198 Not in the churchyard shall he sleep C. M 330 Not to the terrors of the Lord C M 733 Now begin the heavenly theme 7s 250 Now be the gospel banner 7s & 6s 333 (19) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Now for a hymn of praise to God C. P. M 72 Now for a tune of lofty praise L. M 262 Now is the accepted time S. M 433 Now let our mourning hearts revive C. M 1015 Now let our souls, on wings sublime L. M 630 Now let our voices join S. M 709 Now living waters flow S. M 82? Now may the Lord of earth and skies C. M 987 Now shall my solemn vows be paid C. M 050 Now to the Lord a noble song L. M 95 O, bless the Lord, my soul S. M 51 O, blessed souls are they S. M 580 O, bow Thine ear, Eternal One L. M 749 Ocity of the Lord, begin C. M 813 O, come, loud anthems let us sing L. M 361 O, could I speak the matchless worth C. P. M 218 O, could our thoughts and wishes fly C. M G27 O, deem not they are blessed alone L. M 1014 O'er the gloomy hills of darkness 8s, 7s, & 4 640 O'er the realms of pagan darkness 8s, 7s, & 4 621 Of all the thoughts of God that are L. P. M 1011 O for a closer walk with God C. M 538 O for a glance of heavenly day L. M 481 O for a shout of joy II. M 36 O for a sweet, inspiring ray L. M 1071 O for a thousand tongues, to sing C. M 248 O for the death of those S. M 1016 O, give thanks unto the Lord 7s 102 O God, beneath Thy guiding hand L. M 957 O God, my heart is fully bent C. M 97 O God of Abraham, ever sure L. M 885 O God, the Light of all that live L. M 041 O God, we praise Thee, and confess C. M 28 O happy day, that fixed my choice L. M 753 O, happy is the man who hears C. M 703 O happy man, whose soul is filled C. M 700 O happy nation, where the Lord L. P. M 952 O, how I love Thy holy law C. M 318 O, if my soul was formed for woe C. M 485 O, in the morn of life, when youth C. M 903 O, join ye the anthems of triumph that rise lis & 12s 270 O, learn of Me, the Saviour cried L. M 556 O Lord, another day is flown C. M 615 O Lord, behold, before Thy throne L. M 912 O Lord our God, arise S. M 841 O Lord, our heavenly King S. M 409 O Lord, Thy work revive S. M 804 O my soul, what mean? this sadness 8s, 7s, & 4 717 (20) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Once I thought my mountain strong 7s r"0 OncH more, my soul, the rising day C. 81 69 One sweet flower has drooped and faded 8s &c ?s 1 j One there is, above all others 6s &, 7a 22 On Jordan's stormy banks I stand C. M i F78 O, not my own these verdant hills L. If I On the mountain's top appearing 8s, 7s, & 4 990 On Thy church, O Power divine 7s - I Onward. Christian, though the region 8s &c 7s C71 O, {traisc the Lord, for fie is good C. M.. . . O. praise ye the Lord ; ffis greatness proclaim 10s !.... Stand up and bless the Lord 8. If BO Stand up, my soul, shake off thy fears L. II G74 Star of Peace, to wanderers weary 9s, 7, 6c 4 ^7S Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay L. M 301 Stern winter throws his icy chains C. M 976 (23) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Still on the Lord thy bunion roll C. M G07 St »op down, my thoughts, that used to rise C. M i u 1 : ? Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies L. M l$g Sweet is the Inst, the parting ray Li M 04 1 Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve L. M. . . S • tt t is the memory of Thy grace <_'. M 37 Sweet is the scene when virtue dies L. M 1<)"7 S reel is the task, O Lord S. M WM is the time of spring S. M 901 Sweet is the work, my God, my King L. M.. . . Sweet the moments, rich in blessing Bs & 7s 171 Sweet the time, exceeding sweet 7s Swell the anthem, raise the song 7s 000 Tim day of wrath, that dreadful day L. M. . . . That warning voice, O sinner, hear C. P. M Tiie Almighty reigns, exalted high L. M 71 The bird let loose in eastern skies O. ML..-. The branch is stooping to thy hand C. M 03-2 Tue chariot ! the chariot ! its wheels roll on fire lis ft Lrkened sky, how thick it lowers L. M .">:."» Thee we adore, eternal Name C. M 004 Thee will I love, O Lord, my Strength L. M >7 The God of Abraham praise Gs, 8s, , 11, fc There is a calm for those who weep 8s, <^ 4 1039 TliL-re is a Fountain filled with blood C. M -- I There is a line, by us unseen CM.... There is a glorious land afar L. P. M 1067 There is a glorious world of light C M. There is a glorious world on high L. M 1069 There is a house not made with hands C M lulO There is a land of pure delight CM There is an hour of peaceful rest P.M....... 1064 There is a place of sacred rest C. M I There is a region lovelier far L. M. . . There is a way that seemeth right CM 400 - nothing round this spacious earth C M 634 The Saviour! O, what endless charms CM 199 The Saviour ! what a noble flame C M 157 These glorious minds, how bright they shine C M 1063 The spacious firmament on high L. M 41 The Spirit, in our hearts S. M 447 rit breathes upon the word C M 310 The starry firmament on high L. M 320 The sun, that minister of iove C M 984 The true Messiah now appears C M -337 The voice of free grace cries, Escape to the mountain 12s 439 They that toil upon the deep Ts 876 They who on the Lord rely 7s 694 They who seek the throne of grace 7s 621 The winter is over and gone 3s 977 Think, mighty God, on feeble man L. P. M 1004 This God is the God we adore 5s 307 This is the day the Lord hath made CM 333 This world is all a fleeting show 8a 6c 7s 1073 Thou art my Portion, O my God C M 537 Thou art, O God, the Life and Light L. M 44 Thou art our Shepherd, glorious God C M 916 Thou art the Way ; to Thee alone C M 194 Thou dear Redeemer, dying Lamb C M 217 Though earthly friends estranged may grow L. M 649 Thou God of hope, to Thee we bow L. M 934 Though troubles assail, and dangers affright 10s £c lis 613 Thou great Instructor, lest I stray L. M 569 Thou Judge of quick and dead S. M.. . Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me CM 529 Thou only Sovereign of my heart L. M 233 Thou soft-flowing Cedron. by thy silver stream lis 160 Thou, whom niv soul admires above L. M 220 (25) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. Thou, whose almighty word 6s ic 4s 843 Through all the changing scenes of life C. M .61 Through every age, eternal God L. M 12 Through sorrow's night, and danger's path C. M......1043 Thus far the Lord has led me on L. II TO Thus saith the Lord : Your work is vain C. M 193 Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord L. M 456 Thus the eternal Father spake L. M 1-4 Thy bounties, gracious God S. ft! 941 Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess G. M 43 Thy mercy heard my infant prayer C. P. M 526 Thy name, Almighty Lord S. M 127 Thy ways, O Lord, with wise design L. M 79 Thy will be done ! In devious way cs 6c 4 612 Thy works of glory, mighty Lord C. M BT4 Time by moments steals away 7s 992 Time's gilded tints, hope's golden gleam L. M..- 609 Time is winging us away 7s <5c Cs 100*3 Time, what an empty vapor 'tis C. M 1000 'Tis a point I long to know 7s 546 'Tis finished ! so the Saviour cried L. M. 169 'Tis finished; the conflict is past 8s 1012 'Tis God, the Spirit, leads B. M 9B 'Tis midnight : and on Olive's brow L. M 164 'Tis my happiness below 7 s 56* 'Tis not by works of righteousness CM 197 To celebrate Thy praise, O Lord C. M II To Christ, in each fresh hour of woe C. M 609 To Christ, the Lord, let every tongue C. If 205 To-day the Saviour calls 6s 6c 4s 422 To God I cried, with mournful voice C. M... 594 To God I made my sorrows known C. M 555 To God our Strength, your voice aloud C. M 863 To God the only wise S. M 264 To heaven I lift my waiting eyes C. M 67 To honor those who gave us birth L. M 894 To-morrow, Lord, is Thine S. M 453 To our Almighty Maker, God C. M B8 'To our Redeemer's glorious name C. M.. . . Tossed no more on life's rough billow 8s, 7s, 6c 4 IlfSO Tossed upon life's raging billow 8s 6c 7s B73 To Thee, before the dawning light C. M 648 'To Thee, my God, my Saviour 7s & 6s 280 To Thee, my Shepherd and my Lord C. M 221 To Thee, O blessed Saviour 7s 6c fa 924 To Thee, O God, in grateful praise L. M 110 To Thee, O God in heaven S. M 759 To Thee, O Lord, I raise my cries L. M 610 (26) INDEX OF FIRST LINES. To Thy temple I repair Ts 357 To us a Child of hope is born C. II 211 To your Creator, God H. M 09 Trembling, before Thine awful throne L. M 475 Tribulation, pain, and woe 7a KM .ant, Lord, Thy goodness reigns L. M -....-19 Triumphant Zion, lift thy head L. M 610 'Twas by an order from the Lord L. II 3 Twas on that dark, that doleful night L. M.. . 'Twas the commission of the Lord L. M 756 Twas the day when God's Anointed Bf fie 7s 175 United prayers ascend to Thee L. M TO y roving thoughts, unite C. M 062 . :n as the sacred hill CM..., Unveil thy bosom, faithful tomb * L. M 1033 Upon the gospel's sacred page L. M 302 the Lord, that reigns on high L. H 94 Upward I lift mine eyes H. M I J Vain are the hopes the sons of men C. M 414 Vainly through night's weary hours 6s 6c 7s 605 Vital spark of heavenly rlame P. M 1022 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will L. M 33 Wake, isles of the south ; your redemption is near lis 3B5 Wake the song of jubilee 7fl 6 "2 Walk in the light ; so shalt thou know C. M.... Watchman, tell us of the night 7s 135 We bid thee welcome in the name L. M 737 Welcome, days of solemn meeting 6s, 7s, CHILDREN c 11. THE SABBATH SCHOOL ! 12. CHARITABLE OCCASIONS XIII. THE NATION. 1. GOD OCR STRENGTH AND SALVATION. 2. FASTING AND THANKSGIVING XIV. THE YEAR. OPENING, ADVANCING, AND CLOSING 972-905 XV. LIFE. FRAILTY AND BREVITY 990-1005 XVI. DEATH. SCPPORT AND CONSOLATION 1006-1033 XVII. IMMORTALITY. 1. THE RESURRECTION 1039-1043 2. THE JUDGMENT 1044-1057 3. HEAVEN 1 DOXOLOGIES pages 747-7.-2 C W INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. A. Aaron, 30, 237. Abba Father, 200, 684. Abraham, 85, 88, 305. friend of God, 235. faith of, 507, 613. Acceptance with God, 192, 212. Adam, 92. sons of, 414, 439, 823, 939, 1070. Adoption, 506, 684, 685. Affections, warm, 153, 166. Afflictions, 568. ordered by the Lord, 602. praising God in, 603. trusting God in, 607, 608, 610, G13, 616. submission in, 605, 609, 611, 614. use of, 563, 572, 575, 579, 599, 600. Africa, 819, 824, 835, 851. Age, old, 74, Qo6. Ages, eternal, 302. Aid, perpetual, 67. Almighty King, 305, 308. Almighty love, 231, 264. Son," 146. vengeance, 231. Amen, 333. B28, 845, 1004. Ancient of days, 14, 119, 121, 260, 308. Angels, delighting in the conversion of thesinner, 442. ministering, 70, 91, 98, 423, 565, 642, 6S9; 694, 900, 1006, 1013. praising God, 85, 88, 89, 96, 104, 105, 110, 111, 115, 117, 126, 131, 145, 147, 199, 280, 305. worshipping Christ, 137, 138, 149, 151, 154, 167, 173, 183, 18D, 303, 253, 263, 275, 2-0. waiting on Christ, 160, 161, 164, 165, 173, 182, 183, 185, 186, 188, 189. Anointed, 141, 175, 200, 751. Apostles, 23. Arabia, 824, S29, 949. Archangel, 134, 244, 256, 273, 274, 305. trumpet of, 489. Ark, 477. Armies, 147. Art, 118. Ascension, 131, 184-1^. Assistance of the Spirit, 285, 286- 302. Atheism, 41^. Atom, 47, 209, 210, 235, 237. Atonement, 195, 197, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204, 2!i^. Attributes of God, 90. Autumn, 81, 985, 987-989. Backsliding, 461, 474. Banner of Jehovah, 279. Baptism, commission for, 756. signification of, 756. infant, 757. of a family, 760. of Christ, *150. Bars of death broken, 189. Being and perfections of God, 1-40. Bethlehem, 139, 143, 859. babe at, 13-. Bible, see Holy Scriptures. Bondage, iron, 195. sons of, 201. Bridegroom, 40, 247. Builder, 43, 123. Call answered, 76. Calvarv, 170, 199, 204, 427, 479, 511, 77t'), 840. Canaan, 231, 250, 325, 626, 720, 1066. Canopy, 114. (34) INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS Captivity, led captive, 280. Chr Cause, concealed, 33. Cedar, 25. Cedron, 160, 164. Ceylon, 8 19. Change, 17. Charitable occasions, 9*29-942. Charity, excellence of, 929. exhortation to, 935, 936. Children, Christ's love for, 757, 758 dedicated to Christ, 759-761 90& in heaven, 920. invited to Christ, 921, 923. obedience of, 699, 894, c95. of God, 49. praising God, 91S, 919, 922, 925. praver for conversion of, fc^5 --:. B89, 891, 892. praver of, 912. seeking Christ, 899-902. ringing hosannas, 162, 926. Christ/anointed. 141, 200,751. ascension of, 172. baptized with the Spirit, 150. before Pilate, 167. birth proclaimed. 137-140. blessings of his reicn, b28, 829, 854. bl 1 of. 72, 55. 176, 179, 190- 192, 195-197, 199, 200,' 204, 307, 210, 218, 229, 235, 241, 266, 389, 290, 303, 345, 411, 434, 439, 452, 512. brother, 218, 239. bridegroom, 247. calming the tempest, 156. captive, 262. comine to judgment. 247, 431, 629. 668. 675, 1044, 1046, 1049, 1051-1053, 1056, 1057. condescension of. 173, 204, 278. advent of, 133-152. all in all, 279. adoration. 248-284. advocate, 238-242, 258, 637. antidote of death, 213. at Cedron and Olivet, 160, 164, 165. atonement of, 195-205, 209, 210, 218; 236, 258, 363, 445, 473, I 485. conqueror, 189, 190,254,275,341. ' coronation of, 259, 265, 2^4, 855. counsellor, 211. creation praising, 259, 275, 276, 279, 380. davsprimr, 144. 223. daystar, 139. 223. deliverer, 172. design of his comimr, 150. tiesire of nations, 137, 373. (35) ist, dying friend, 171. 172. dominion, eternal, 252, 276, 279. door, 593. dying love, 168, 172, 174, 176, '177, 179, 193, 199, 202, 205, 764, 765, 771, 773, 774. entering Jerusalem, 161. equal with God, 246. 262. exaltation, 214, 225, 263-266, 270,271, 277-960,384, 431. example, our, 155. expiring on the cross, 168, 172 -176." first and the last, 307. forerunner, 243. 565. fountain, 229, 230. friend of sinners, 177, 212, 226, 233. grace of, 153. great I AM, 305. hastening to suifer. 157. hiding place. 231, 436, 489, 537. high priest, 209, 210, 217, 237 -239, 301. how to be worshipped, 149. humiliation, 134, 143. husband, 212. Immanuel, 229, 249, 259. incarnate God, 143, 189. incarnate word, 308. intercession of, 237. 242, 243. 269, 351, 698. joy at his cominsr, 142, 143. judse, 146, 244. king, 137, 147. 244, 245. 247, 248, 252, 253, 258, 264, 267, 268, 270-272, 274. 275. 27 3, 284, 289, 308. King of king?. 259, 282. kingdom of, 3 Lamb, 198, 255, 258, 260, 363, 266, 268, 269, 281, 291, 1063, 1070. life and ministry, 153-157. living and blessing, 214-216. livin£ bread. 769. Lord of lords, 259. lover, 234. love without end. 225, 226. loving kindness, 228. maker and supporter of all things, 134, 149. man of sorrows. 165, 175, 239, 259, 662. meekness of, 556. Melchisedek, 217. Messiah, 136, 236. mighty all, 195. names and characters, 209-247. obedience of, 155. 193. only Son of God, 134. only true God, 148. INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. Christ, physician, 227. power to save, 229, 204,276, 278. precious, 213. presence oi\ in afflictions, CG2. presence oi\ in death, 527. princi . prince1 ^ glory, 17G. prince ot life. 852, 257. prince of light, lso. prince of peace, 135, 136, 150, 211,249, •: prince of Salem, 139. prophet, priest, and kins, 141, 209, 210. ransom, '21$, 273. Redeemer, 250, 251, 306, 309, 445. refuge, 233, 247. reigning, 1 16, 225, 270,275,276, 278, 279, :: 0. righteousness, our, 162, 195,235, 357, 399, £7, 506. resurrection, and ascension of, 180-188, 275, 335, 341. rock, 225, 361, 584. of ag< sacrifice for sin, 191-193, 199, 200. salvation to, 269, 276, 335. Saviour, 197, 198, 260. sending the Spirit, 188, 207. shepherd, 212,216-221. sire of ages, 148. son of David., 162, 338. stranger, 159. strength and consolation of Is- rael. 152. sun of righteousness, 143, 223. sympathizing with us, 236. teaching, 153. tempted, 236. 238, 239. triumphs of, 203, 274, S14. victim, 175, 260. victor, 173, 181,202,259; way of salvation, 191-208, 618, 1012. weeping for sinners, 154. the word, 134. Christian, aged, death of, 1020. aiding in the spread of the cos- pel, 937-012. armor of, 823, 667, 674. bearing the cross, 676. casting away fear, 672. children of, 700. conquering through Christ, 673, 60!). death of, 1006. exalted, 688. glorying in the cross, 586, 773. in desertion, 589, 591, 592, 598, C06. Christian, in heaven, 659,661,708. 700, 716, 720. in temptation, 587, 588. joys of, 458, 468, living and dying to Christ, 679. looking to the cross, 7r,o. panting for God, 656, 721. peace, safety, hope, and joy, 682 pressing onward, 669, 671, 674 -677, 680, 681. race of the, 065, 681. rejoicing in God, 711,712,715, 716. rejoicing in hope, 706, 707, 710, 720. safety of the. 502, 690, 693, C97, 698,704, 718, 7'22. soldier, 670. united to Christ. I waiting on God, 666, 709. wife of, 700. love, 779,781, 7-2. Christians, 180. meeting for prayer, 786-794. one in Chrisl parting of, 402, 779, 795. Christian union, 780. eternal, 780, 783, 785. Church, the abode of God, 25, 729, 732. admission to, and baptism, 752 -761. beloved of God, 381, 726. coming from the wilderness, 52, 707. " corner stone of, 723. dedication of, 745*751. defence of the land, 72-3, 728. exhorted to arise, 802, 810, 815, 8H. fellowship, 779-796. formation of, 725. foundation and safety of, 722- 732. founded in blood, 727, 730. future glory oi, 811, 812, 81G -818. help in God, 805. in times of trouble, 798, 807. latter days, til, 812,626. love for, 730. meetings of, 793. ministry of. 733-744. pastors of the, 734. planted by Christ, praise for a revival, 808,809. prayer for God's presence in, 807. prayer for peace of, 371. prayer for revival, 801,803, 804. revival, extension and future glory, 797-818. (36) INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. Church, safety of, 3, 228, 726, 727. spouse o( Christ, 797. strength of the, 683, 709, 73*2. waiting on Goo, 389, 751. welcoming a pastor, 737. Clouds, obedient to God, '27, 45. full of mercy, 78. praisimi God, 125, 182. Coldness deplored. 266, 398, 481,482, 501, 503, 536, 546, 548, 559, 596. Communications, evil. 418. Comforter, 292, 298-308. Confession, 198. 352, 475, 479, 463, . 488, 490, 493, 495, 497, 502, 754. Conscience, 209, 299, 543. at ease, 469. Consecration to God. 377, 400, 463, 473, 476. 460, 491 , 499, 523, 545, 566, 635, 753, 755. Covenant, 549, 605. Abrahamic. 757,885, 886. sure, 22, 72, 427. Conversation in heaven, 659. Conversion, 472, 486, 496, 499, 504. Converts joining the church, 752, 753, 755. multiplied, 1S4, 748, 602, 636. welcomed to the church, 754. Conviction of sin. 231, 411, 417,474, 4>7, 493, 496, 504. Convulsions of the world. 60. Gouraue, prayer for, 77, 663. tousness, 543. Creation, God manifest in, 40-51. new, 299, 300, 305. praisins God, 82, 66, 89, 92, 9o, 96, 110, 115, 119, 125. Cross of Christ, 157, 163, 171, 176, 178, 179, 181 , 203, 227, 232, 257, -3,773. Cup of sorrow, 156, 165. Cup overflowing, 63, 64. Curse, borne bv^Christ, 182, 235. Cymbal, 116. Banger, 1.36. Darkness, powers of, 73, 202, 270. David, 138, 162, 415. harp of, 336. sling and stone of, 930. son of, 366, 371, 751, 919, 926. Death appointed for all, 1035. even- where, 430. gain to the Christian, 1017. of a child, 1027, 1026. of a brother, 1030. of a pastor, 1015. of a pupil, 1032. of a sister, 1012. Death of an infant, 1031. of friends, 1009. peaceful, 1011, 1033. praver for support in, 1008, 1021, 1026. readiness for, 1017. stimz of, removed, 189L support and consolation in, 1006 -1036. swallowed up in victorv, 253. 1019, 1022, 1040. the second, 455, 608, triumph in, 1007. Valley and shadow of, 224, 296. 462. view of, 1013, 1035. welcomed, 1018, 1039. Deaf, 247. Deeds of glory, 26. Deity, 246, 20*1. Departure of missionaries, 855, 660. Depravity total. 411-414, 416, 418. Despair forbidden, 240. Disease, 158, Diadem, 265. Desertion, 583, 565. Dismission, 397, 406. Doctrine. 158. ornamented, 540. Dove, 266, 289, 296, 302, 332, 536. Doxoloirv, 4. 29, 30, 5-, 09. 79.^7, 100. 105, 109, 110, 127, 147, 169, 182, 201, 255, 257, 262. 276, 276, 360 385, 386, 400, 405. 429, 475, 477 521. 525, 530, 561. 625. 027, 635 702,707,729,737. 854, 883, 928, 1027. pp. 747-752. Drought, 964. E. Eagle, 69. Earth, enlightened by the srospeh 135, 130. ^27,626, 650.." footstool of God, 12. formation of, 72. 106, 107. foundation of, 99, 126. full of the coodness and glorv of God, 45, 111, 114. praising God. 88, 89, 92, 95, 103, 108,110,113,115,118-120,132, 203, 249. 250.25:3. vanity of, 999, 1073. Earthquake, 26. Ebenezer, 523. Eclipse, 1-1. Eden, 139, 268, 290, 297. bloom, 720. loss in, 175. Edam, 149. Education. 8^7, 888, 909, 911, 959,. Election, 121, 172. 386,.525, 685.. Eloquence, 40, 112.. 3 INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. End of all things, 225, 279, 1048, 1050, 1052, 1054. Enemies, love for, 534, 536. Espousals to the Lord, 285. Eternitv, 13, 55, 121,124,218,307, 1005. Euphrates, 8G7. Evening hymn, 70, G38-G42, 645. Everlasting song, 265. Factions, overruled, 270. Faith, 505, 516. assurance of, 59, 60, 72, 701, 707, 716. evidence of things not seen, 507. foundation of, 74. in trouble, 561. joys of, 6G5. laying hold of the promises of God, 117, 508, 511, 513, 515, 516, 540, 552, 562, 567, 581, 596, 636, 638, 663, 1004. lost in sight, 4*6, 614, 676, 783. praise for, 514. prayer for, 128, 240, 356, 510, 514. prayer for increase, 397, 398, 505, 506. power of, 306, 654. seeing God in all things, 47. strong, 60, 65, 72, 229, 235. tried, 576. triumphant, 223, 1040. walking by, 323, 1010. working by love, 509. Tame, sons of, 25. •Fasting and thanksgiving, 963-971. Fasting acceptable, 966. Favorites, 10. Fear, 60, 549, 569, 577. Fig tree, 247. •Firmament, 41, 113. Fire, consuming, 241. Fires confessing God, 68. Flock of Christ, 731. Forgiveness, 201, 428, 49G. Tomit, thrice holy, 285. Frame, mortal, G9. ruined, 49. Free grace, 439. a. Gabriel, 109, 125, 190, 218, 653. Galilee, 144. Gall, 163,265. Gates, 186, 187. Garden, 165. Gentile, 162, 175. Gethsemane, 163, 164, 166. Gladness, 93, 284, 300. God, adoration and praise, 80-132. abovx all, 39, 388. God, access to, through Christ, 192, 239-241, 243. address to the Son, 184. all in all, 519, 528. all-sufficiency of, 634. ancient of days, 14, 119, 121. being and perfection? of, 1-39. builder, a, 128. condescension of, 57, 94. creator, 7, 43, 44, 349, 358, 362, 368, 389. decrees of, 5, 33. 128, 179. defender, 76, 119. deliverer, 75. dominion of, 2-5, 10, 125, 349. eternal, 1-3, 11-13. exalted, 83. fame of, 121. faithful, 73, 74, 102, 103, 122, 126-128. Father, 5, 90. fountain of love, 112. fold of, 196. friend, 306. glorv of, 7, 10, 93, 100, 109, 114. goodness of, 1, 45, 116, 347, 349. government of, 4, 10, 23, 25, 27, 31, 32. grace of, 3, 30, 37. greatness, 22-27. guardian, a, 59, 117, 124, 349, 973. holiness of, 4, 28-30, 111. I AM, 85, 305. incomprehensible, 6, 21, 346. judge, a, 77, 446. justice of, 1, 4, 5, 22, 33. keeper, a, 67, 69-71. kingdom of, eternal, 3, 13. knowledge of, 16, 20. love of, 3, 34-38, 67, 87, 306, 307, 349, 530, 606, 671. majesty of, 5, 9. manifest in Christ, 10.5-107, 140, 163. 302. manifest in creation, 40-42, 45- 50, 316. in providence, 51-56, 5Sj 101. in the flesh. 143. merciful, 97, 107, 112, 116, 119, 122, 130. omniscient, 15-17, 343. omnipotent, 270, 279. omnipresent, 15, 17-19, 39. power of, 24-27, 3!>. praised by alt creatures, 99, 103, 104, 110, 113, 115, 118, 125, 129-132. presence of, implored, 334, 386, 401, 406, 407, 611. promises of, sure, 3, 103, 602. providence acknowledged, 379, 380. INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. God, providence of, mysterious. 75. refiiL shepherd, a. shield, a, 119. 3flB, 8 source of our bless gs, thunderer. the, 470. truth wisdom of, 5, 20, 45. Godhead, 143, Good work*, 317, 414. Gospel, .51. adapted to the sinner, 437. commission, to preach the, 735. supplying life, 60. Grace, 4, 96, IOC, 107, i-2i. 193, a s, a day of, 430, 433, 443. prayer tor. 35 salvation bv, 908, 405, 415, 437. works of, 33 Gratitude to God, 55, Bl-83 93. Greeks, 206, 907, 735. Greenland. - • - Guards, affrighted, 155. H. Hatss, giay, 74, Happiness, not in place, 17. Haven. Harves-. home. praising God for, $,870. Healti Hear:. i. 29. consecration of, 330, 339. fixed on God. B3. sinful, 228, 415. Heathen, condition of, 519. - conversion promise . 3S -82 prayer Heaven, 97, 114, 153, 1058-1081. Christ the light of, 1071, 1079. filled with glory, 111, 1058, I free from sin, 154. glories of, 720, 1058-106 . -1067, ,1076, 1077, 1081; invitation to, 1075. jovs of. 3: - 78, 680, 710, 716, 1065, 1060, 1 7, loncina for, mansions of. -206. 1061. (39) Heaven, meeting of friends u ot i.-. ope i. pantinsr for, 6-29, 030, 63 . 1067. peace wit! .. preparath saints praising Christ in, Heavens, new. 28 . Bell, 30, 36, 71. I kevs of, 244, 232. powers of, ITS, 188; -S . 25ft Holiness, highway of, Holv Scriptures, -396, "srace Of God in, 313. euide of life, - ,311,313, 314, ' 317.301. 324, inspired. 309, 311. light t lislit of, superior to that o( na- ture, love for. 309, 314. perfection of, 310, 317. power of, ! promises of our supporr. revealing redemption. 303. rule of iife. 301. E superior to all other books support and comfort in, 311. truths ofj confirmed bv miracles, truths of. eternal, 310, 319 warnings <•:". Holv Spirit, 15,285- comfbrter,2S creator, the, devotion to, earn- ,29% 1010. of, 290. griev imparted to Chrisr. indwelling of. 090, 300. influence c f, 268, 2 . inviting. 447, jov of, 287, light of, » love of, 090. pleadimr, 357. powei -5,299, 482. praise to, 9 presence inr. 298, . 8, 332, 340, 375, 385, INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. SOB, 493, 508, 543, 573, Holy Spirit, quickening. 286. . . snnctirication by, gent by Christ, 188, still small voice i \ tear.. _■...-.. un« ;l anchor erf the soul. 5 i in ( 'hrist. S ~10, 717. " ,715,718, in ti. - praisi j heavenly, 98, ; . praisimr Christ at, 3 - prayer for pardon : I remembering Christ at, 765, 776. retirins from, trio union of Christians at. 767. Love and obedience, .".":" to Chi .".527, 529. to God, 519, 634. reward of. 524. M. Man born to die, 12. (40) INDEX OF PARTICULAR SUBJECTS. Man. condition bv nature, 411-418. fell of. 961. lord of creation. 409. sinner, a, 419-504. suppliant, a, 47*2-504. Hanger, 13-. Manna. 212. Mansion?, heavenly, 206, 571, 572, l"lu. 1061. Martyr- Marriage hym: Maternal meetings, 687, 889, 891, - J. Meekness, prayer for, 553-553. Melchizidek, 217. Memory of the just, 595. Mercy. "231. call of. 454. prayer for, 604. voice of, 443. Mercv seat, 71, 346, 345, 357, 622, 633. Michael. 5. Minister, death of. 1015. welcomed, 737. Ministers, commission to, 735. entering upon their work, 736, 738, 74 Minister's meeting, 744. ordination and installation of, 735-743. prayer for, 736, 739, 743. promise to, 735. Ministry, work of. 743. Missions, domestic, 868—671. foreign. 619-601. Jewish. 863-867. Miriam, Mohammed, empire of, 850. Nation, praise to God for blessings, 969-971. praise to God for deliverance from danger. 930, 951; prayer for the blessing of God upon, 944-946. prayer for the return of God's favor, 967. prayer for the salvation of, 943. unjust rulers of, warned. EM Nature, dissolution of, 14, 1049, 1050, 109S, 1054. upheld by God. 10, 27. Neighbor, love to our, 532, 536. New year, 97-2-975. NoahJ dove of, 477. O. Obedience, cheerful, 31, 437, 466, 52). 537. 541. 6r5. filial,' 694, ^95.' prayer for, 4C5, 541. 543. Ocean, obedient to God, 98. praising God. 110. Offering, acceptable, 935, 939. Offerings made to God, 94. Old age, 74, » 32: 502 33:5 4? 33 : 9 - 33: 952 34:3,9 49 34: 11 921 i 34: 61 ; 35: 13 965 36:5-9 1 J 36 : 6 78 36:9 230,539 37 :23 695 38: 15 610 3- : 588 39 :4 996 39 :6 999 40 :6-9 193 40 : 577 41 : 531 42 : 5-11 56© 42 :5 717 ' 42: 655 43 :3 325,845 43: 539 44 : 967 l 45: 1-17 245 [ 45 :3 814,846 j 45 : 4 341,833 45:7 622 45: 267 46:1-5 60 46:4 724 46: 10 605 47 : 105 ; 43 : 1-3 722 1 48: 10-14 359' 43 : 14 307 ; 48: 729' 50 : 1-7 1044 50 : 1045 51 : 1-4 474 51 :7 479 51 : 10 209 51 : 17 330 51 : 411,487,493 53 : 6 850 55:6 631 55:8 459 55:22 420,438, 1026 55:22,23 697 56:8 1014 57 : 1-11 91 57 :5-ll -3 58 : 968 59: 16 633 (47) ALMS, (continued.) iitm>- 60 : 1 341 61 : 1-6 5-4 61 :3 372 62 : 5-8 692 63 : 1 630 63:1-4 354 63 : 384 65 : 1-5 345 65 : 11 985, 991 65: 12 .979 65 : 980 65:9 973 66 :2 913 66 : 13-20 650 67 : 5 120 67 : 67 : 836 63 : 4 103 68:5 934 63 : 17, 13 133 63 : 32-35 23 69: 13 336 69: 15 563 69:30 9C9 70:4 739 70 : 583 71 : 5-9 656, 657 72:3 869 72:4 B89 72 : 6 288 72: 10-14 324 72: 11 Sol 72: 322, 323. 329 73:23-28 705 73:24 327 73:25 519 73 : 500 77 : 1,2 594 78 : 1-7 888 73 :25 753 79:9 492,963 80:3 385 80 : -07 81 : 1-4 383 81 : 16 990 82 : 947 84: 1-7 337 84:8-12 383 84: 10 329 84 : 11 376,732 84 : 348, 367 85: 1 971 85 : 4 482 85 : 6 363 85:7 839 85 :8 6-2 86:6 7^9 86: 11-13 569 87:5 743 87 : 394 88: 10-12 424 INDEX OF REFERENCES TO THE SCRIPTURES. PSALMS, (continued.) .566, 1040 89:4 8 89 : 7 830 89 : 7-14 374 89: 15-18 403 89 :47 1002 89 : 48 1013 89 : 1004 90 : 1-5 11, 12 90 : 5 974 90: 12 997 91 :5 642 91 : 694 9-2 : 336,337 93:4 24 94 : 12-14 702 94: 19 222 95 : 1-11 368 95: 6 358 95 : 361,388 96: 1-7 146 96 : 362 97 : 1-5 1049 97 : 1-12 4,71 97 : 2 33 97 : 6-9 147 98: 1-4 88,853 98 : 5-9 142 99 : 5-9 ... 30 100 : . . . .' .' .' .' .' .' .*347,' 349*, 380,' 389 htmv j PSALMS, (continued.) 25-28. 1-4 .. . .882 .1000 ..835 .1003 ...14 ...90 ...51 ..986 101 102 102 102 102 103 103 : 1- 103 : 2 103 :8-13 57 103: 16 1027 103 : 17 122 103 : 104 104 : 1-24 98 104 : 27, 114 105 : 102 106 : 1-4 112 106: 4 390 107 :X-8 52 107 :8 54 107 :13 690 107 : 872,874, 876 108 : 1-6 97 110 : 1-3 184 111 : 1-10 22 112 : 6 595 112 : 533 113: 114 : 116: 116 : 116: .278 ..68 .517 .521 116 116 118 : 118: 119: 119: 12-10 377 (48) HYMJT : 16 755 ; 17 970 117 : 127, 130 118:22-27 723 : 24-26 338 :28 256 :5 543 :9 898 119:130 321 119 : 14 315 119:60 440 119 :50 608 119 : 57 537 119 :62 648 119 : 67 579,600 119: 92 563 119 : 96 317 119 : 97 318 119 : 105 311 119: 111 322 119 : 127 319 121 :3 639,707 121 : 58, 59, 67 122: 1-7 350,360 122 : 342,366,371 124 :8 914 125: 693,726 126 :5, 6 .-.575 126:5 740 126 : 714 127 :2 1011 127 : 699,805 128:5 332 128: 700 130:3 738 130 :5 799 130 : 562,567 131 : 555,557 132:8 751 132:9 744 133: 781, 884 135 : 381 136: 1-9,24 106, 107 137 : 5,6 730 137 : 5 622 137 : 866,867 138:2 38,526 138 : 6 551 138: 117 138: 709 139 : 1-6 16 139: 1-7 18 139 : 7-12 19 139: 12 642 139:23,24 721 141 :2-5 364 142 : 585 143 : 11 352 144 : 12 890 145: 1-8 129 145:7 37 INDEX OF REFERENCES TO THE SCRIPTURES. PSALMS, (continued.) moor IS M."» : 10 110 H6:2 123 146 : 108 147 : 101 148 : 12 900 148 : 14 Col 148 : 82,86,89,98,96 115, 125, 126 149:2 712 150 : 113,118,363,378 PROVERBS. 1 : 7 3 : 1 3:6 3 : 17 .917 .903 .88-2 .'703 3:19 43 4 : 1 923 8 : 17 899,915,923 ! 8 : 34 456 10 : 24 399 1 13 : 19 45 13 :21 458 14 :32 1007 15 : 4 119 16 : 1 355 16 : 25 460 18 : 24 226 20 : 28 257 23 : 26 896 23 : 31 932 30 : 8 917 ECCLESIASTES. 1 :2 410,570 9 : 10 432 11 :6 542 11 :9 .-97 12: 1 904 12:7 880, 1020 CANTICLES. 1 :3 212 1 :7 220,660 2 : 1 855, 870 2: 4 775 2 : 11 977 2 : 12 9S2 2:16 715 5 : 10 788 5: 16 .' 205, 225 6 : 10 806 8 :5 797 ISAIAH, 2:2. 2:3. .811 .830 AIAH, (continued.) mraac 3 : 10 1037 6 : 3 116,303, 304 8 : 13 29 9 : 1 223 9 :2 224 9 : 3 990 9 : 6, 7 211 9 : 12 ?05 11 : 1 2G4 11 : 10 1067 12 :2 24?, 616 12:4 10 13 :2 833 14 : 3 17 : 7 506 17 : 13 £15 19 :20 924 21 : 11 135 21 : 12 -25 24 : 14 100 24 : 15 -25 25:4 234 25:6 770 26 : 1 683. 72S 26 : 2 1077 26 : 3 379 26: 8 217 26 : 12 962 26 : 15 951 29 : 42 247 30 : 19 1008 31 :5 727 32 : 1 -38 32 :2 231 33: 7 227 33 : 17 716, 1060 33 :21 '..724 35: 1 136,230,833, 868 35:2 218 35 : 9 678 40 :4 133 40 : 8 320 40 : 9 ?7 40 : 11. . . .219, 731, 758, 761, 891 40 : 31 681 41 : 10 '....69 41 : 18 849 42: 11 813 42: 16 624 43 : 5 .-26 43: 6 801. >27 49 : 8 948 51 :3 812, 845 51 : 12 .831 52 : 1 810 52:7 733 52 : 10 834, 848 53 : 3 175. 238, 239, 259 53:5 179, 771 53: 6 196 53:7 168 (49) INDEX OF REFERENCES TO THE SCRIPTURES. MARK, (continued.) 8 : 37 HTJiy 408 LUKE, (continued.) 24 : 29 24 : 32.. 159 357 765 8 : 38 ;>2 9 : 24 .416,505 907, 1031 .892, 757 (J76 24 : 46 ...172, 335 10 : 14 10: 10 .758, 24 : 50 24 : 53 787 922 10 : 28 JOHN. 1 : 1-3,14 1 :29 1 :36 3:2 3:7 10 : 47 478 12 : 42 942 13 : 33 1028 ...134 14 : 15 1067 . . .259, 260 14 : 26 402 774 15 : 17 153 16 : 15 .735, 857 .847, 825 , 144, 145 ] 37 504 3 : 16 30, 408, 429, 790 LUKE. 3 : 24 3 : 36 175 1037 1 :78 4:35 4 : 42 6:35 6 : 37 736, 870 2 : 8-15 138-141 2 : 10 199 772, 777 2 : 14 .280, 960 821 476 2 : 32 6 : 51 769 2 : 46 915 766, 771 3 : 4 .133, 140 .444, 494 .934, 150 C : 63 295 3 : 7 7 : 37 767 4 : 18 9:4 446 6:12 9: 7 907 7 : 16 208 10: 11 10 : 14 196 8 : 22 508 221 9 : 60 740 10 : 16 731 10 : 3 906 10 : 22 976 10 : 18 202 10 : 28 11:26 11 :35 11 :3C 12 : 13 36, 233 10 : 29 532 1043 10 : 33 10 : 42 11 : 1 535 453 .618, 786 672 236 158 393 12 : 32 12: 15 161 12 : 35 666 12 : 32 434 13 : 3 14 : 17 435 766 12 : 38 13 : 34 428 534 14 : 21 763 14 : 2 .572, 1061, 1076 14 : 22 461 14 : 3 • 1009 15:7 16 : 5 442 14:6 14 : 16 ..194,618,1042 292 17:5 .906, 128, 398 454 14 : 19 .216, 1024, 1042 17 ; 22 14 : 23 1030 18 : 38 495 14 : 26 299 19 : 33 .272, 282 ....1056 157 14 : 27 ...423, 503, 687 21 : 28 14 : 31 778 22 : 15 15:3 15:5 201 22 : 17 768 415, 769 22 : 19 .765, 776 573 15: 12 961 22 : 61 15 : 16 524 22 : 43 165 16 : 13 290 23 : 34 16 : 33 586 22 : 39-46 .165, 166 172 17 : 4 170 23 : 42 17 : 24 1071 23 : 44 1^:1 160 23 : 48 496 J'.) : 5 167 23 : 54 643 19 : 30 109, 170 23 : 56 . ...341 19 : 41 154 24 : 23 185 20 : 20 777 (52) IXDEX OF REFERENCES TO THE SCRIPTURES. JOHX. (continued.) hvmx 21 : 15 580, 744 21 : 16 501,546 ACT?. 1 :9 1*9 2 : 26 1036 2 :30 262 -2 : 39 886 2 : 46 .' 780 5: 31 252,256 5: 35 251 7 : 35 920 » 1033 9:37 1012 10 : 36 265 2 CORINTHIANS. 1 CORINTHIANS. 1 : 14 522 1 :9 73 1 :23 307 1 : 30 2: 10 302, 1059 3 : 16 12: 13 785 13 : 929 13 : 12 593 15:3 473 15:4 IS :54 1019 15 : 55.. 173, 181, 1007, 10-22, 1033 16: 10 5 819 16 : 13 7-6 16:33 760 17 :27 621 17-S-28 386 1- : 21 860 »r38 796 26:22 973 26:23 804 2-: 15 794 ROMANS. 1:7 192 1 : 14 525 1 : 17 323 3: 12 414 I 3: 19 414 j 3:24 685 ! 5: 1 704* 5:3 571 GALATIANS. 1 :20 5:6 1 : 22 4 : 4 310 4:6 95,527 4: 7 4:9 1025 4: 18 027 5 :8 1010 5 : 7 515 5: 14 210,251. 445 5: 15 5: 19 2 6:2 433 9 : 13 938 12: 9 85 13 : 5 13 : 11 406 13: 14 407 6:1. 6:5. 6:8. 7:9. 8:8. .635 ..191 .1034 ..417 .412 8: 13 548 8 : 15 506, 6^6 8: 16 199,288 8 : 26 375 8:33 698 8:38 501, 606 9:5 39 9 :20 31 11 :33 20 11 : 36 . . . .44 12: 12. ".7.7.7.7.7 .7.7 .'.603,' 706 EPHESIAXS. 2:16 191 2 : 20 511 3: 13 249 3 : 16 685 3:28 770. 784 4:6 -4 5:5 515 5:6 509 5 :22 300 5:24 485 6 :2 6:9 .673 6: 14 175. 176.178 12 : 15 535 13: 10 7*2 13: 12 452 14: B 637 14: 11 559 14:22 514 15: 13 77* 1 :4 72 1 : 7 20, l: - 1 : 13 1: 17 909 2 : 1 416. 494 2:4 .177 2:5 208 2:8 405 (53) INDEX OF REFERENCES TO THE SCEIPTURES. EPHESIANS, (continued.) utmx 1 TIMOTHY, (continued.) 2 : 13 171 2 : 18 241 3 : 9, 10 134 3 : 1'2 212 3 : 17 791,910 4 :8 163,260 4:30 45,422,992 5 : 14 441, 497 5 : 16 992 6 : 1 895 6:11 667 6: 15 .....913 6 : 18 623 PHILIPPIANS. 1 : 6 117 1 -.21 679, 1017, 1021 2: 6 246 2 : 9 209 2 : 10 253 2: 13 292,293 2:29 737 3 : 10 163, 176 3 : 14 665 3 :20 659 4:7 795 COLOSSIANS. 1:5 1:16 1 :20 2:2 2 : 15 3:2. 3:3. .1064 ..134 ..203 ..925 ..201 ..659 ..525 3 : 11 195 3:12 554 1 THESSALONIANS. 1 : 10 1057 3 : 13 1052 4: 16 1056 4 : 17 1072 5 : 3 469 5:25 743 2 THESSALONIANS. 1:7 1046 2:13 72,121 1 TIMOTHY. 1 : 15 1 : 17 2:6. .Yo*9*,*264 645 .200, 218 , 623 3 : 16 151, 173 6 : 12 669, 680 6: 16 264 2 TIMOTHY. 1:12 701 2:3 674 3 :15 902 3: 16 311 4 : 1 465 4 :6 1017 4:7 669,972, 1019 TITUS. 1 : 9 323 2 : 10 540 3:5-8 197 HEBREWS. 1 :3 273 1 :6 271 1 :8 13 1 :14 689 3: 15 422 4 : 9 331,344, 1061, 1075 4: 13 13 4 : 14-16 233 4:15 236,239 4 : 16 927 5 : 10 208 6:20 243, 653 7:1 216 7:15 217 7: 17 209 7:22 200 7:25 212,357 9:27 1035 9:28 237 10:10 201 10:19 239 10:22 516 10 :23 128,717 10:26 469 10 :29 300 10: 38 513 11 : 1 507 11 : 13 512 11 :16 661 11 :27 654 12: 1 510,665, 671, 631 12:2 510,662 12:22 783 12:23 1061 12:29 241 13:5 74 13 : 6 653 13 : 14 590 13:17 738 (54) INDEX OF REFERENCES TO THE SCRIPTURES. JAMES. iiYMx JUDE, (continued.) 1 : 27 940 —80 4:14 440, 995, 1036 j — 25 .961 1 PETER. 1 :2 287, 303 1 : 7 561 1 : 12 900 1 : 19 763 2 : 7 213 2 : 21 . . 155 2 : 25 574 3 : - 762 3 : 18 166 4 : 13 572 4 : 16 471, 1048 5 : 2 743 5: 3 742 5: 4 744 5 : 7 56, 420, 593 2 PETER. 1 : 10 466 1 : 21 309 3 : 5 8 3: 11 46 3: 18 275 1 JOHN. 1:5. 1:7. 1:6. 2:1. 2:27 3:2. 4 :6. 4:9. .641 .190 .413 .240 .291 .685 ..34 .35 4: 10 202 4: 12 652 4: 16 918,929 4 : 19 518, 529 4:21 530 5:6 197 5 : 7 304,305, 308 5 :6 231 JUDE. — 14 i .1051 REVELATION. 1 : 6 250. 1062 1 : 10 339 1 : 18 215.251 2 : 7 1063, 1076 2: 17 617 3:20 463 4 : 1 1075 4 : 6 616 4:8 26. Ill 4: 10 1077 4 : 11 258 5:6 222, 1053 5:8 ..2:6 . 5 : 9 281, 283 5 : 12 255,203.265 6 : 14 1050 7:9 254, 1070 7: 10 ..268 7: 11 1080 7:12 - 7 : 14 1062. 1063 7: 17 26o. 1064 19 : 1 190 11 : 15 259, B42, 661 14 : 7 470. 1054 15 : 3 ..269 17 : 14 206. 256 19 : 3 277 19:5 132.249 19 : 6 270. 279 19 : 7 .708 19 : 16 14:*. 652 20: 14 455 21 : 2 818 21:4 344, 1037, 1056. 1065 21 : 10 ..720 21 : 21 1081 21 : 33 1069 21 :24 944 21 :25 1079 22 : 3 H 79 22: 4 629 22: 14 989 22 : 16 777. 659 22 : 17 437, 447 {55) INDEX OF AUTHORS. Adams, Miss Sarah F., 651. Addison, Joseph, [1672-1719,] 41, oo, 62, 690, 1047. Aikin, Dr. John, [1747-1822,] 961. Allen, Rev. Jonathan, 428. Burton, J., [1733-1771,] 1002. Byles, Rev. Mather. [1708- 1788,] 1052. Campbell, Thomas, ri777-1343,l 139. J Caswall, Edward, 261, 668. Cawood, 141. Cennick, Rev. John, [ -1755,1 217, 706, 1042. Cheever, Dr. George B., [1S07 ....,] 460. Bag he, 1.58. Bacon, Dr. Leonard, 885, 956, 957. Bakewell, John, [1721-1819,] ! 258. I Balfour, Alexander, 859. Baebauld, Mrs. A. L., [1743- Clarke, Rev. James F.. 759. 1825,] 81, 330, 449, 534, 780, 1007. Clarke, Mrs. R. W., 653. Barlow, Joel, [ -1812,] 610, Colesworthy, D. C, [1810- 95P. ....,] 789, 1067. Bathurst, Rev. William II., Collyer, Dr. William B. 102, 1006. -1854,] 180, 436, 464, 657, 760," 830, Baxter, Rev. Richard, [1615- 883. 1691,] 593. Colver, Rev. N., 469. Beddome, Rev. Benjamin, 33, ; Conder, Josiah, 103, 254, 278, 154, 291, 293, 295, 743, 784, 882, j 602, 766, 7™ Berridge, 48. BlCKERSTETH, REV. EDWARD, [1786-1850,] 401, 761. Blacklock, Rev. T., [1721-1791,] 100. Boden, 461, 940. Bonar, Rev. Horatius, 574. Bo wring, Dr. John, [1792- ,] 34, 56, 135, 178, 326, 595, 612. Brady, Dr. Nicholas, [1659- 1726.] See Tate. Browne, Rev. Simon, [1680- 1732 ] 296 398. Brown, Mrs. Phebe H., 638,662, 786, 804. Browning, Elizabeth, 1011. Bryant, W. C, [1794-....,] 747, 909, 1014. Brydges, Matthew, 260, Burder, Rev. George, [1752- Drummond 1832,] 35, 406. 133, 966. (56) . 769. Cotterell, Rev. T., 821. Cowper, William, [1731-1800,1 78, 157, 229, 310, 494, 501, i I 561, 568, 623, 688, 713. 727. 817,-90. Crosse, 971. Croswell, 939. Cunningham, Rev. J. W., 333. Cutter, William, riS02- 1 532, 544. Dale, Rev. T., 1023. Davies, Dr. Samuel, ri724-1761,l 755, 964. De Fleury, Mrs. Maria, 160, 1080. Doane, Dr. George W., [1799- ....,] 194. Dobell, Rev. John, 433. I Doddridge, Dr. Philip, [1702- 1751,] 14, 49, 54, 123. etc. Total, 44. Dr. Willi A3i H., INDEX OF AUTHORS. Dryden, John, [1631-1700,] 285. Duncan, 205. Dwight, Dr. Timothy, [1752- 1818,] 424, 566, 730, 739, 65U, 978. Edmeston, Rev. James, 396, 599, 624, 642. Elizabeth, Charlotte, [1790- 1846,] 458, 586. Elliott, Miss Charlotte, 476. Enfield, Dr. William, [1741- 1797,] 553. Faber, Rev. F. W., 524. Fawcett, Rev. Benjamin, 120. Fawcett. Dr. John, [1740-1817,] 311, 717, 779, 896, 898. Flint, Dr. James, [1779-1855,] : 954. Francis, Dr. B., 170,518,746,937. ! Gellert, C. P., [1715-1759,] 523. Gerhard, Paul. 672. Gibbons, Dr. Thomas, [1720- j 1785,] 630, 645, 904, 984. Gilbert, Mrs., 65s Goode, Rev. William, 77, 363, 824, 1044. Grant, Sir Robert, [ -1838,] 119, 236, 320, 526, 572, 62S, 637, 676. Greene, T., 602. Gregg, Rev. Mr., 173, 463, 582. ! Guion, Madame J. B., [1648-1719,] Hammond, Rev. William, 269, ! 370. Hart, Rev. Joseph, 166, 307, 466, 481. Hastings, Thomas, 444, 833, 923. Haweis, Rev. T., [1734-1820,] 282, 434, 977. Hayward, 332. Heath, 670. Heber, Dr. Reginald, ["1783- 1826,] 149, 372. 393. 399, 430, 772, 819, 877, 907, 948, 1046. He mans, Mrs. F. C, [1793-1835,] 1026. Heginbotham, Rev. Otti- AVELL, 221. Hill, R., 1008. Hillhouse, James, [1789-1541,] 475. Hogg, James, [1772-1835,] 124. Horne, Dr. George, [1730-1792,] Huie, Dr., 1024. Humphries, T., 646, 6S5. Hyde, Mrs. A. B., 210, 451, 457, 649. Jenkins, Rev. Charles, 644. Jervis, Rev. Thomas, 26. Johnson. Dr Samuel, [1709- 1784,] 625. Jones, Rev. Edmund, [1722- 1765,] 472. Keele, Dr. John, 551. Kelly, Thomas, 167, 182, 230, 259, 271, 275, 883, 353, 590, 596, 726, 754, 787, 820, t26, 834, 858, 935, 1056, 1057. Kenn, Dr. Thomas, [1637-1710,] 633, 639. Kingsbury, 253. Kirkham, 74. Kippis, Dr. Andrew, [1725-1796,] 21, 946. Knox, 462. Livermore, Miss 8. W., 671. Livingstone, 90. Logan, Rev. John. r174^-1758,] 136, 211, 239, 703, 711, 811, 813. Lunt, Dr. W. P., 959. Lyte, Rev. H. F., 105, 114, 206, 337, 342, doO, 604, 694, 800, 805, 837, 862. M'Cheyne, Rev. R. M., [1813- 1843,] 525. Mac kay, Mrs., 1033. Marriott, T., 843. Mars den, J., 857. Mason, Rev. William, T1724- 1797,] 340. Medley, Rev. Samuel, "1738- 1799,] 151, 214, 218, 225, 243, 437. Merrick, James, [1720-1761,] 113, 350, 531, 863. Middleton, Dr. T. F., [1769- 1822,] 545. Milman, Henry H., [1791-....,] 161, 1053. Montgomery, James, T1771- 1854,] 64, 80, 137, 148, etc. To- tal, 42. Moore, Re v. Henry, [ -1802,] 38, 6-7! Moore, Thomas, [1780-1852,] 44, 415, 601, 631, 1073. Muhlenberg, Dr. William A., 477, 1018. Nason, Rev. Elias, [1811- ,] 110. Xeedham, Rev. John. 20, 29,512. Xevin. Rev. E. H., 616, 696, 1075. Newton, Rev. John, [1722-1807,] 212. 225 . 226 , 334 , et c . Tot al , 24. Xoel. Rev. Baptist W., 614, 765, 894, 982. (57) INDEX OF AUTHORS. Occom, Rev. Sampson, [1723- Sterling, John, [1806-1844,] 47. 1*. 92,] 504. Stocker, 290. Ogilvie, Dr. John, [1733-1814,] Stowell, Rev. Hugh, 622. 115. Oliver, Rev. Thomas 1799,] 85, 177, 305, 626. Straphan, J., 911. [1725- Swain, 660, 707, 7t2. | Tappan, W. B., [1795-1849,] 165, 825, 1064. Tate, Xahum, [1652-1715,] 4, 61, [1799- I 75, B3, B4, 97, 112, 138, 187, 347, 360, 361, 562, 655, 702, 883, 867. Palmer, Rev. Ray, 511. Patrick, Dr. John, 28. Peabodv, Rev. IV. B. O 1847,] 46. Pierpont, Rev. John, [1785- Taylor, Emily, 989, 993. ....,] 386, 749. Taylor, Jane, [1783-1823,] 920. Pomroy, Dr. S. L., 851. , Taylor, Rev. John, [1694-1761,] Pope, Alexander, [1688-1744,] 376. 1001. 816, 1022. Tersteegen, Gerhard, 392. Thornby, 439. Raffles, Rev. Thomas, 159, 492, Toplady, Rev. Augustus M., 1076. [1740-1778,] 223, 232, 294, 300, 506, Rankin, Rev. E., 578. 606, 608. Reed, Dr. Andrew, 203,287,443, Torre y, Mrs. Mary I., 573. 517, 617. Tuck, 1058. Richter, 497. Turnbull, Rev. Robert, 1061. Robinson, R., [1735-1790,1 171, Turner, Rev. D., [1701-1798,] 478. 273, 523. Roscoe, William, [1751-1831,1 Voke, 936. 951. Rowe, Mrs. Elizabeth, [1674- Wardlaw, Dr. Ralph, [1799- 1737,] 82. Ryland, Dr. J. 677, 846. [....-1792,] 607, Scott, E., 15,341. Scott, Rev. Thomas, [....- 1775, 1 183. 227, 440. Scott, Sir Walter, [1771-1832,] 1048. Seagrave, Rev. Robert, 629. Sears, Rev. E. H., 144. Seaward, Caroline, 949. Shirley, J., [1594-1669,] 255. Shrubsole, 802. 1853,] 87, 762. Ware, Dr. Henry, Jun., 958. Washburn, Henry S., 970. Waterston, Rev. R. C, 1032. Watts, Dr. Isaac, [1725-1796.1 1-3, 5, 6, 8, 10, etc. Tola], 288. Wesley, Rev. Charles, [1708- 1788,] 143, 186,200, etc. Total, 26. Wesley, Rev. John, [1703-1791,] Wesley, Rev. Samuel, Sen., [1662-1734,] 174. White, Henry K., [1785-1808,] 24, 39, 402, 645, 719, 1043. Sigourney, Mrs. L. H., 917, 942, Williams, P., 840. 1030. Slinn, 839. Smart, Christopher, [1722- 1770,] 42. Smith, Sir James E., [1759-1828,] 156. Smith, Dr. S. F., 164, 395, 426, 471, 643, 725, 736, 740, 844, 849. 860, 931, 1017. Steele. Mrs. Anne, [1716-1778,] 50, 53, 93, 99, 168, etc. Total, 34. Xavier, Francis, [Io06-loo2,] Stennett, Dr. Joseph, [1663- 529. Williams, Miss Helen Maria, [1759-1827,] 379. Windham, 679. Winkworth, Catharine, 661. Withington, Dr. L., 179. Wrangham, Rev. William, [....-1832,1 122. Wreford, Rev. J. R., 505, 953. WULFFER, 1005. 1713,] 331,775. Stennett, Dr. Samuel, [1727- "'8,483,771, 1795,] 169, 192, 205, 348, 788, 905, 1078. Sternhold, Thomas, 1549,] 9. Young, J., 36. Young, Rev. William, 76. r....- Zinzendorf, N\ E., [1700-1760,] 235. (58) THE COXGREGATIOXAL HBIX BOOK. GOD. — BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 1. L. M. Watts. Wim Thee 13 the fountain of life. — Ps. 30 : 0. 1. High in the heavens, eternal God, Thy goodness in full glory shines ; Thy truth shall break through every cloud That veils and darkens Thy designs. 2. Forever firm Thy justiee stands, As mountains their foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of Thy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 8. Thy providence is kind and large ; Both man and beast Thy bounty share ; The whole creation is Thy charge, But saints are Thy peculiar care. 4. My God, how excellent Thy grace, Whence all our hope and comfort springs ! The sons of Adam, in distress, Fly to the shadow of Thy wings. 5. From the provisions of Thy house We shall be fed with sweet repast ; There rnerey, like a river, flows. And brings salvation to our taste. 1 1 GOD. 6. Life, like a fountain, rich and free, Springs from the presence of my Lord ; And in Thy light our souls shall The glories promised in Thy word. 2. L. M. Watts. The Loed eeigxeth. — Ps. 93 ; 1. 1. Jehovah reigns ; He dwells in light, Girded with majesty and might : The world, created by His hands, Still on its first foundation stands. 2. But ere this spacious world was made, Or had its first foundations laid, Thy throne eternal ages stood, Thyself 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 Thy rebuke the billows die. 4. Forever shall Thy throne endure ; Thy promise stands forever sure ; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of Thy grace. 3. S. P. M. Watts. He is CLOxnED vrnn majesty. — Ps. 93 : 1. 1. The Lord Jehovah reigns, And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crowned ; Arrayed in robes of light. Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around. 2 BEING AND PEEFFXTIOXS. 2. Upheld by Thy commands, The world securely stands : And skies and stars obey Thy word ; Thy throne was fixed on high Before the starry sky ; Eternal is Thy kingdom. Lord. 3. In vain the noisy crowd, Like billows fierce and loud. Against Thine empire rage and roar ; In vain, with angry spite, The surly nations fight. And dash like waves against the shore. 4. Let floods and nations rage, And all their powers engage ; Let swelling tides assault the sky ; The terrors of Thy frown Shall beat their madness down : Thy throne forever stands on high. 5. Thy promises are true ; Thy grace 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. 4# L. 31. Tate & Brady. Tee Lor.D eeigxetii ; let tee eaeth eejoice. — Ps. 97:1. 1. Jehovah reigns; let all the earth In His just government rejoice ; Let all the isles, with sacred iirirth, In His applause unite their voice. 2. Darkness and clouds of awful shade His dazzling glory shroud in state ; Justice and truth His guards are made, And fixed by His pavilion wait. 3 GOD. Rejoice, ye righteous, in the Lord ; Memorials of His holiness Deep in your faithful breasts record, And with your thankful tongues confess. DOXOLOGY. To God the Father glory be, And to His sole-begotten Son ; The same, O Holy Ghost, to Thee, While everlasting asres run. 5. H. M. Watts. A glorious niGH theO'e.— Jer. 17 : 12. 1. The Lord Jehovah reigns; His throne is built on high ; The garments He assumes Are light and majesty. His glories shine With beams so bright, No mortal eye Can bear the sight 2. The thunders of His hand Keep the wide world in awe ; His wrath and justice stand To guard His holy law And where His love Resolves to bless, His truth confirms And seals the grace. 3. Through all His ancient works Surprising wisdom shines. Confounds the powers of hell, And breaks their cursed desiims. Stromr is His arm, And shall fulfil His great decrees, His sovereign will. BEING AND PERFECTIONS. And can this mighty King Of Glory condescend ? And will He write His name My Father and my Friend ? I love His name ; I love His word ; Join all my powers. And praise the Lord. 6. C. M. Watts. With God is tekkible majesty. — Job 37 : 22. 1. How wondrous great, how glorious bright, Must our Creator be, Who dwells amidst the dazzling li°:ht Of vast infinity ! 2. Our soaring spirits upward rise Towards the celestial throne : Fain would Ave see the blessed Three, And the Almighty One. 3. Our reason stretches all its wings, And climbs above the skies ; But still how far beneath Thy feet Our grovelling reason lies ! 4. Lord, here we bend our humble souls, And awfully adore : For the weak pinions of our minds Can stretch a thought no more. 5. Thy glories infinitely rise Above our laboring tongue ; In vain the highest seraph tries To form an equal song. 6. In humble notes our faith adores The great mysterious King, While angels strain their nobler powers, And sweep the immortal string. GOD. 7. 0. IT. M. IIlS GLORY COVZBED TUE nEATEN'S. — llab. 3 : 3. 1. Since o'er Thy footstool here below Such radiant gems are strown, 0, what magnificence must glow, Great God, about Thy throne ! So brilliant here these drops of light ! There the full ocean rolls, how bright ! 2. If night's blue curtain of the sky, With thousand stars inwrought, Hung, like a royal canopy, With glittering diamonds fraught, Be, Lord, Thy temple's outer veil, What splendor at the shrine must dwell ! 3. The dazzling sun, at noonday hour, Forth from his flaming vase, Flinging o'er earth the golden shower, Till vale and mountain blaze, But shows, O .Lord, one beam of Thine : "What, then, the day where Thou dost shine ! 4. 0, how shall these dim eyes endure That noon of living rays ? Or how our spirits, so impure, Upon Thy glory gaze ? Anoint, O Lord, anoint our sight, And lit us for that world of light. 8. L. M. Watts. The God of Hosts is his name.- Amos 4 : 13. 1. "What is our God, or what His name, Nor men can learn, nor angels teach ; He dwells concealed in radiant flame, Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach. 6 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 2. The spacious worlds o£ heavenly light, Compared with Him, how short the)' fall ! They are too dark, and He too bright ; Nothing are they, and God is all. 3. He spoke the wondrous word, and lo ! Creation rose at His command : Whirlwinds and seas their limits know, Bound in the hollow of His hand. 4. The tide of creatures ebbs and flows. Measuring their changes by the moon : No ebb His sea of glory knows : His age is one eternal noon. 5. Then fly. my song, an endless round ; The lofty tune let Michael raise ; All nature dwell upon the sound ; But we can ne'er fulfil the praise. 9. C. M. Sternhold. He boated the heavens also, a>*d came dow.v.- Ps. IS : 0. 1. The Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath His feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2. On cherubim and seraphim Full royally He rode, And on the wings of all the winds Came flying all abroad. 3. He sat serene upon the floods, Their fury to restrain ; And He as Sovereign Lord and King Forevermore shall reisrn. GOD. 10. C. it Watts. His name is exalted. — Is. 12 : 4. 1. The Lord, how fearful is His name ! How wide is His command ! Nature, with all her moving frame, Rests on His mighty hand. 2. Immortal glory forms His throne, And light His awful robe ; While with a smile, or with a frown, He manages the dobe. 3. A word of His almighty breath Can swell or sink the seas, Build the vast empires of the earth, Or break them, as He please. 4. Adoring angels round Him fall, In all their shining forms ; His sovereign eye looks through them all, And pities mortal worms. 5. Now let the Lord forever reign, And sway us as He will ; Sick or in health, in ease or pain, "We are His favorites still. 11. C. M. Watts. Lord, thou hast been* ouf. datellin-g tlace. — Ts. 90: 1. 1. Our God, our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come, Our shelter from the stormy blast, And our eternal home. BEING AND PERFECTION'S. 2. Under the shadow of Thy throne, Thy saints have dwelt secure ; Sufficient 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. Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; TIk-v fly, forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day. 6. Our God. our help in ages past, Our hope for years to come. Be Thou our guard while troubles last, And our eternal home. 12. L. M. Watts. Feom eteelastixg to eyeelastixg Teou aet God. — Ps. 00: 2. 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 began, Or dust was fashioned to a man ; And long Thy kingdom shall endure. When earth and time shall be no more. 9 GOD. 3. But man, weak man, is born to die, Made up of guilt and vanity : Thy dreadful sentence, Lord, was just- " Return, ye sinners, to your dust." 4. Death, like an overflowing 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, O Lord, how frail is man, And kindly lengthen out our span, Till a wise care of piety Fit us to die and dwell with Thee. 13. C. M. Watts. Thy throne, O God, is forever ajtd ever. — Heb. 1: 8. 1. Great God, how infinite art Thou ! What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole 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. Nature and time quite naked lie To Thine immense survey, From the formation of the sky To the great burning day. 4. Eternity, with all its years, Stands present in Thy view ; To Thee there's nothing old appears ; Great God, there's nothing new. 10 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 5. Our lives through various scenes are drawn, And vexed with trifling cares, While Thine eternal thought moves on Thine undisturbed affairs. 6. Great God, how infinite art Thou ! What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow, And paj- their praise to Thee ! 14. L. M. DODDPwIDGE. TlIEY SIIALL PERISH, BUT THOU SHALT ENDURE. — Ps. 102 : 26. 1. Great Former of this various frame, Our souls adore Thine awful name. And bow and tremble, while they praise The Ancient of eternal days. 2. Our days a transient period run, And change with every circling sun ; And, in the firmest state we boast, A moth can crush us into dust. 3. But let the creatures fall around ; Let death consign us to the ground ; Let the last general flame arise, And melt the arches of the skies ; 4. Calm as the summer's ocean, we Can all the wreck of nature see, While grace secures us an abode Unshaken as the throne of God. 11 GOD. 15. C. M. Scott. Tnou, God, seest me. — Gen. 1C : 13. 1. Great God, Thy penetrating eve Pervades my inmost powers ; With awe profound my wondering soul Falls prostrate and adores. 2. To be encompassed round with God, The holy and the just, Armed with omnipotence to save, Or crumble me to dust ; 3. O, how tremendous is the thought ! Deep may it be impressed ; And may Thy Spirit firmly grave This truth within my breast. 4. Begirt with Thee, my fearless soul The gloomy vale shall tread ; And Thou wilt bind the immortal crown Of glory on my head. 16. L. M. Watts. O Lord, Thou iiast seaeched me axd kxottn me. — Fs. ISO: 1. 1. Lord, Thou hast searched and seen me through i Thine eye commands, with piercing view, My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh, with all their powers. 2. My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my opening lips they break. 12 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 3. Within Thy circling power I stand; On every side I find Thy band: Awake, asleep; at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4. Amazing knowledge, vast and groat ! Wnat large extent ! what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I b Is 'in the boundless prospect lost 5. O. may these thought possess my breast, Where'er I rove, where'er I I Nor let my weaker passions dare Consent to sin, for God is there. 17. L. M. GuiON. Am I a God at ha:.-d ? — Jer. 20 : 23. 1. All scenes alike engaging prove To souls impressed with sacred love ! Where'er they dwell, they dwell with Thee ; In heaven, in earth, or on the sea. 2. To me remains nor place nor time ; My country is in every clime : I can be calm and free from care On any shore, since God is tl 3. While place we seek, or place we shun, The soul finds happiness in none ; But with a God to guide my way 'Tis equal joy to go or stay. 4. Could I be ca-t where Thou art not, That were, indeed, a dreadful lot ; But regions none remote I call, Secure of finding God in all. 13 GOD. 18. C. M. Watts. WHITHER SHALL I GO FROM thy Stirit ? — Vs. 130 : 7. 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. Thy all-surrounding sight surveys My rising and my rest ; My public walks, my private ways, And secrets of my breast. 3. My thoughts lie open to the Lord, Before they're formed within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4. O, wondrous knowledge, deep and high ! Where can a creature hide ? Within Thy circling arms I lie, Beset 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. 19. C. M. Watts. The darkness iiidetii xot from Thee. — Ps. 139 : 12. 1. Lord, where shall guilty souls retire, Forgotten and unknown ? In hell they meet Thy dreadful fire, In heaven Thy glorious throne. 14 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 2. Should I suppress my vital breath, To escape the wrath divine Thy voice could break the bars of death, And make the grave resign. 3. If, winged with beams of morning light, I fly beyond the west, Thy hand, which must support my flight, Would soon betray my rest. 4. If o'er my sins I think to draw The curtains of the night, Those flaming eyes that guard Thy law Would turn the shades to light. 5. The beams of noon, the midnight hour, Are both alike to Thee ; O, may I ne'er provoke that power From which I cannot flee. 20. L. M. Needham. TnE WISDOM AXD KNOWLEDGE OF GOD. — Rom. 11 : 33. 1. Aatake, my tongue; thy tribute bring To Him who gave thee power to sing ; Praise Him who has all praise above, The Source of wisdom and of love. 2. How vast His knowledge ! how profound ! A depth where all our thoughts are drowned ! The stars He numbers, and their names He 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. 15 GOD. 4. But in redemption, O, what grace ! Its wonders, O, what thought can trace ! Here wisdom shines, forever bright ; Praise Him, my soul, with sweet delight. 21. L. M. Kir pis. Canst tiiou by searching find out God? — Job 11 : 7. 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 his 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 divine, Through all Thy works and conduct shine. 4. O, may our souls with rapture trace Thy works of nature and of grace, Adore Thy sacred name, and still Press on to know and do Thy will. 22. C. M. Watts. The -works of the Lord are great. — Ps. Ill : 2. 1. Great is the Lord ; His works of might Demand our noblest songs : Let His assembled saints unite Their harmony of tongues. 16 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 2. Great is the mercy of the Lord ; He gives His children food, And, ever mindful of His word, He makes His promise good. 3. His Son, the great Redeemer, came To seal His covenant sure ; Holy and reverend is His name ; His ways are just and pure. 4. They that would grow divinely wise Must with His fear begin ; Our fairest proof of knowledge lies In hating every sin. 23. L. M. Watts. Ascribe te strength ditto God. — Ps. G3 :34. 1. Kingdoms and thrones to God belong ; Crown Him, ye nations, in your song ; His wondrous names and powers rehearse ; His honors shall enrich your verse. 2. He shakes the heavens with loud alarms ; How terrible is God in arms ! In Israel are His mercies known ; Israel is His peculiar throne. 3. Proclaim Him king, pronounce Him blest ; He's your defence, your joy. your rest ; When terrors rise, and nations feint, God is the strength of every saint. 2 ~ 17 GOD. 24. C. M. White. TllE LOED 0>' HIGH IS MIGHTIER THAJT THE XOISE OF MANY WATERS. Pk IB: 4 1. The Lord our God is clothed with might ; The winds obey His will ; He speaks, and in His 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. Howl, 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 yokes the whirlwind to His car, And sweeps the howling skies. 5. Ye nations, bend ; in reverence bend ; Ye monarchs, wait His nod, And bid the choral song ascend To celebrate our God. 25. L. M. Watts. Give rxxo the Lord gloey and strength. —Vs. 29 : 1. 1. Give to the Lord, ye sons of fame. Give to the Lord renown and power ; Ascribe due honors to His name, And His eternal might adore. 18 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 2. The Lord proclaims His power aloud, Over the ocean and the land ; His voice divides the watery cloud, And lightnings blaze at His command. 3. He speaks ; and tempest, hail, and wind Lay the wide forest bare around ; The fearful hart and frighted hind Leap at the terror of the sound. 4. To Lebanon He turns His voice, And lo, the stately cedars break ; The mountains tremble at the noise, The valleys roar, the deserts quake. 5. The Lord sits Sovereign on the flood, The Thunderer reigns forever King, But makes His church His blest abode, Where we His awful glories sing. 6. In gentler language there the Lord The counsels of His grace imparts ; Amidst the raging storm, His word Speaks peace and courage to our hearts 26. C. M. Jebvis. Is- Thike BASH 15 powee.— 1 Chron. 29: 12. 1. Eternal God, Thy works of might Oar awe and wonder raise ; Thy deeds of glory far surpass Our loftiest notes of praise. 2. Thine awful thunder fills the air, Resounding through the sky, While vivid lightnings, ?mid the gloom, Proclaim Jehovah nigh. 19 GOD. 3. He comes ; all nature prostrate lies, And trembles at His nod ; Earthquakes and dreadful storms announce The presence of our God. 4. The howling winds, the beating rain, The sea's tumultuous roar, These, in tremendous conceit joined, Exalt Thy boundless power. 5. Great God, we trust the matchless strength Of Thine almighty arm, Which, 'mid the wreck of thousand worlds, Could shelter us from harm. 27. L. M. O Loed, now MANIFOLD are Thy "vror.ES ! — Fs. 104:24. 1. Great is the Lord ! What tongue can frame, An honor equal to His name ? How awful are His glorious ways ! The Lord is dreadful in His praise ! 2. The world's foundations by His hand Were laid, and shall forever stand ; The swelling billows know their bound, While to His praise they roll around. 8. Vast are Thy works. Almighty Lord ! All nature rests upon Thy word ; And clouds, and storms, and fire obey Thy wise and all-controlling sway. 4. Thy glory, fearless of decline, Thy glory, Lord, shall ever shine; Thy praise shall still our breath employ. Till we shall rise to endless joy. 20 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 28. C. ML Patrick. Gloeious nr holiness. — Ex. 15 : 11. 1. 0 God, we praise Thee, and confess That Thou the only Lord And everlasting Father art, By all the earth adored. 2. To Thee all angels cry aloud ; To Thee the powers on high, Both cherubim and seraphim, Continually do cry : 3. O holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom heavenly hosts obey. The world is with the glory filled Of Thy majestic sway. 4. The apostles' glorious company, And prophets crowned with light, "With all the martyrs' noble host, Thy constant praise recite. 5. The holy church throughout the world, O Lord, confesses Thee, That Thou eternal Father art, Of boundless majesty. 29. C. M. Xeedham. Sanctify the Lord of Hosts. — Is. 8: 13. 1. Holt and reverend is the name Of our eternal King : Thrice holy Lord ! the angels cry ; Thrice holy ! let us sing. 2. The deepest reverence of the mind, Pay, O my soul, to God ; Lifr with thy hands a holy heart To Hi? sublime abode. 21 GOD. 3. With sacred awe pronounce His name Whom words nor thoughts can reach A broken heart shall please Him more Than the best 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. DOXOLOGY. To Him who reigns in worlds of light, The eternal King of heaven, Be honor, majesty, and might, And praise, and glory given. 30. S. M. Watts. He is holy. — Ps. 99 : 5. 1. Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His feet : His nature is all holiness, And mercy is His seat. 2. When Israel was His church, When Aaron was His priest, When Moses cried, when Samuel prayed, He gave His people rest. 3. Oft He forgave their sins, Nor would destroy their race ; And oft He made His vengeance known, When they abused His grace. 4. Exalt the Lord our God, Whose grace is still the same ; Still He's a God of holiness, And jealous for His name. 22 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. DOXOLOGY. Ye angels round the throne, And saints that dwell below, Adore the Father, love the Son, And bless the Spirit too. 31. L. M. Watts. Who art thou that eepliest against God? — Rom. 0: 20. 1. May not the sovereign Lord on high Dispense His favors as He will ; Choose some to life, while others die, And yet be just and gracious still ? 2. Shall man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's ways unjust, Tli»_j thunder of whose dreadful word Can crush a thousand worlds to dust ? 3. But, O my soul, if truth so bright Should dazzle and confound thy sight, Yet still His written will obey, And wait the great decisive day. 4. Then shall He make His justice known. And the whole world before His throne, "With joy or terror, shall confess The glory of His righteousness. 32. C. M. Watts. Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord. — Zech. 2 : 13. 1. Keep silence, all created things, And wait your Maker's nod ; My soul stands trembling while she sings The honors of her God. 23 GOD. 2. Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, Hang on His firm decree ; lit1 sits on no precarious throne, Nor borrows leave — to be. 3. Chained to His throne a volume lies, With all the fates of men ; With every angel's form and size, Drawn by the eternal pen. 4. His providence unfolds the book, And makes His counsels shine ; Each opening leaf, and every stroke, Fulfils some deep design. 5. Not Gabriel asks the reason why, Xor God the reason gives ; Nor dares the favorite angel pry Between the folded leaves. G. My God, I never longed to see My fate, with curious t; What gloomy lines are writ for me, Or what bright scenes shall rise. 7. In Thy fair book of life and grace May I but find my name, Eecorded in some humble place, Beneath my Lord, the Lamb. 33. L- M. Beddome. Wisdom a>*d might ASS IIis.— Dan. 2 : 20. 1. Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's will ; Tumultuous passions, all be still ; xsor let a murmuring thought arise ; His ways are just, His counsels wise. 24 BEING AND PERFECTIONS, 2. He in :'. Performs His work. j II:- methods are unkncg Judgment and truth support His throne. 3. In heaven, and e :- air. and seas, He i His firm ■ And by His saints it stands confessed, : what He does is e 4. Wait. then, my soul, submissive wai Prosi iwfnl seat ; And, 'mid the I Trust in a wise and gracious God. 34, 8S & 78. BOTOONG. - 1. God is love ; His m All the path i Bliss H ightens ; 2. Chance and chai I .a decays, and ages mov ; But Hi- :T ; God i 3. E'en tl Will His chang ©ve ; >m His brightness jtreameth; God is wisdom. God is love. 4. He with earthk- n :th Hope and comfor: • : : Every where His glory shineth ; God is wisdom. God is I ' 25 GOD. 35. C. M. BUKDEB. The love of God toward vs. — Uohn 4 : 9. 1. Come, ye that know and fear the Lord, And raise 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, the 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. 4. The work begun is carried on By power from heaven above ; And every step, from first to last, Proclaims that — 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. 36. H. M. J. Young. God so loved the world. — John 3 : 1G. 1. O 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, the eternal love, of God. 26 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. 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. 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, the unchanging love, of God. 4. O for a shout of joy, Loud as the theme we sin£ I To this divine employ Your hearts and voices bring ; Sound, sound, through all the earth abroad, The love, the eternal love, of God. 37. C. M. Watts. The memory of Tiiy great goodxess. — Ps. 145 : 7. 1. Sweet is the memory of Thy grace, My God, my heavenly King ! Let age to age Thy righteousness In sounds of glory sing. 2. God reigns on high, but ne'er confines His goodness to the skies ; Through the whole earth His bounty shines, And every want supplies. 3. With longing eyes Thy creatures wait On Thee for daily food ; Thy liberal hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 27 GOD. 4. How kind are Thy compassions, Lord ! How slow Thine anger moves ! But soon He sends His pardoning word, To cheer the souls He loves. 5. Creatures, with all their endless race, Thy power and praise proclaim ; But saints, that taste Thy richer grace, Delight to bless Thy name. 38. C. P. M. H. Moore. And peaise Thy name foe Thy loving kindness. — Vs. 138: 2. 1. My God, Thy boundless love I praise : 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. 'Tis love that paints the purple morn, And bids the clouds, in air upborne, Their genial drops distil ; In every vernal beam it glows, It breathes in every gale that blows, And glides in every rill. 3. It robes in cheerful green the ground, And pours its flowery beauties round, Whose sweets perfume the gale ; Its bounties richly spread the plain, The blushing fruit, the golden grain, And smile on every vale. 4. But in Thy word I see it shine With grace and glories more divine, 28 BEING AND PERFECTIONS. Proclaiming sins forgiven ; There Faith, bright cherub, points the way To realms of everlasting day. And opens all her heaven. M 5. Then let the love that makes me blest With cheerful praise inspire my breast. And ardent gratitude. And all my thoughts and passion- tend To Thee, my Father and my Friend, My soul's eternal good. 39. C. ML White. Who is ovee all. — Rom. 0: 5. 1. The Lord our God is Lord of all ; His station who can find ? I hear Him in the 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. He lives. He reigns in every land, From winter's polar snow-. To where, across the burning sand, The blasting meteor glows. 4. He smiles, we live : He frowns, we die ; TTe hang upon His word ; He rears Hi- mighty arm on high, 'We fall before His sword. 29 GOD. 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. GOD. — CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 40. L. P. M. Watts. The heavens declare the glory of God. — Ps. 19 :1. 1. Great God, the heavens' well-ordered frame Declares the glories of Thy name ; There Thy rich works of wonder shine; A thousand starry beauties there, A thousand radiant marks, appear, Of boundless power and skill divine. 2. From night to day, from day to night, The dawning and the dying light Lectures of heavenly wisdom read ; With silent eloquence they raise Our thoughts to our Creator's praise, And neither sound nor language need. 3. Yet their divine instructions run Far as the journeys of the sun, And every nation knows their voice ; The sun, like some young bridegroom dressed, Breaks from the chambers of the east, Rolls round and makes the earth rejoice. 4. Where'er he spreads his beams abroad, He smiles and speaks his Maker, God ; All nature joins to show Thy praise ; Thus God in every creature shines ; Fair is the book of nature's lines, But fairer is Thy book of grace. 30 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 41. L. VL Addison. The WTMMAMXM? bHOWZTH His uakdy work.— Ps. I 1. The spacious firmament on high, "With all the blue, ethereal sky. And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. 2. The unwearied sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an almighty hand. on as the evening shade- prevail, the wondrous tale, And nightly, to the listening earth, Repeats the story of her birth ; 4. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole. 5. What though in solemn silence all More round the dark, terrestrial ball ! What though no real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found ! 6. In reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice ; Forever singing, as they shine, u The hand that made us is divine." 31 GOD. 42. C. P. M. Smart. I Am that I Am. — Ex. 3 : 14. 1. We sing of God, the mighty source Of all things, the stupendous force On which all things depend ; From whose right arm, beneath whose eyes, All period, power, and enterprise Commence, and reign, and end. 2. The world, the clustering spheres He made, The glorious light, the soothing shade ; Dale, plain, and grove, and hill ; The multitudinous abyss, Where Nature joys in secret bliss, And Wisdom hides her skill. 3. Tell them I Am, Jehovah said To Moses, while earth heard in dread, And smitten to the heart, At once above, beneath, around, All nature, without voice or sound, Replied, O Lord, Thou art ! 43. C. M. Watts. The Lord by wisdom iiath founded the earth. — Prov. 3 : 19. 1. Eternal Wisdom, Thee we praise, Thee the creation sings ; With Thy loved name, rocks, hills, and seas, And heaven's high palace rings. 2. Thy hand, how wide it spread the sky ! How glorious to behold ! Tinged with a blue of heavenly dye, And starred with sparkling gold. 32 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. Thy glories blaze all nature round, And strike the gazing sight, Through skies, and seas, and solid ground, With terror and delight. Infinite strength, and equal skill, Shine through the worlds abroad ; Our souls with vast amazement till, And speak the Builder — God. 44. L. M. Moore. Of Him, axd thbocgii Him, akd to Him aee all 'things. — Horn. 11 1. Tnou art, O God, the Life and Light Of all 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 fail* and bright are Thine. 2. When day, with farewell beam, delays Among the opening clouds of even, And we can almost think we gaze Through golden vistas into heaven, Those hues that make the sun's decline So soft, so radiant, Lord, are Thine. 3. TVhen night, with wings of starry gloom, O'ershadows all the earth and skies, Like some dark, beauteous bird, whose plume Is sparkling with unnumbered eyes, That sacred gloom, those fires divine, So grand, so countless, Lord, are Thine. 3 33 GOD. When youthful Spring around us breathes, Thy Spirit warms her fragrant sigh; And every flower that Summer wreathes, Is born beneath that kindling eye ; Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all tilings fail1 and bright are Thine. 45. C. M. Watts. He iiatii made the earth by His pcvtee.— Jer. 10 : 12. 1. I sing the almighty power of God, That made the mountains rise, That spread the flowing seas abroad, And built the lofty skies. 2. I sing the wisdom that ordained The sun to rule the day ; The moon shines full at His command, And all the stars obey. 3. I sing the goodness of the Lord, That filled the earth with food ; He formed the creatures with His word, And then pronounced them good. 4. Lord, how Thy wonders are displayed Where'er I turn mine eye, If I survey the ground I tread, Or gaze upon the sky ! 5. There's not a plant or flower below But makes Thy glories known ; And clouds arise, and tempests blow, By order from Thy throne. 6. Creatures, as numerous as they be, Are subject to Thy care ; There's not a place where we can flee, But God is present there. 34 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE, 46. L. M. Peabody. All the teople see His gloky. — r>. 'flf : & 1. God of the rolling orbs above, Thy name is written clearly bright In the warm day's unvarying blaze. Or evening's golden shower of light ; For every tire that fronts the sun. And every spark that walks alone Around the utmost verge of heaven. Were kindled at Thy burning tin-one. 2. God of the world, the hour must come, And nature's self to dust return ; Her crumbling altars must decay ; Her incense tires shall cease to burn ; But still her grand and lovely scenes Have made man's warmest praises flow ; For hearts grow holier as they trace The beauty of the world below. 47. L. M. Sterling. Clearly seex. — Rom. 1 : 20. 1. Great God, who rear'st the mountain's height, And mak'st the cliffs with sunshine bright, O, grant that I may own Thy hand Not less in every grain of sand. 2. With forests huge of ancient time. Thy will has hung each peak sublime ; But withered leaves beneath a tree Have tongues that tell as loud of Thee. 3. In all the immense, the strange, the old, Thy presence careless men behold ; In all the little, weak, and mean. By faith Thou art as clearly seen. 35 GOD. 4. Teach, then, that not one flower can grow Till life from Thee within it flow ; That not one speck of dust can be, 0 Fount of being, save by Thee. 5. So smallest bubbles here on earth With us shall claim a heavenly birth, And each faint atom floating by Seem bright with the eternal eye. 48. C. M. Berridge. The eabth is full of tiie goodness of the Loed. — Ps. S3 :5. 1. Thy goodness, Lord, our souls confess; Thy goodness we adore ; A spring whose blessings never fail. A sea without a shore. 2. Sun, moon, and stars, Thy love attest In every golden ray ; Love draws the curtains of the night, And love returns the day. 3. Thy bounty every season crowns With all the bliss it yields, With joyful clusters loads the vines, With strengthening grain the fields. 4. But chiefly Thy compassions, Lord, Are in the gospel seen ; There, like a sun, Thy mercy shines, Without a cloud between. 36 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 49# I* M- Doddridge. O, TASTE AND SEE THAT THE LOED IS GOOD. — Ps. 04 : B. 1. Triumphant, Lord, Thy goodness reigns Through all the wide, celestial plains, And its full streams redundant flow Down to the abodes of men below. 2. Through nature's works its glories shine ; The cares of providence are Thine ; And grace erects our ruined frame A fairer temple to Thy name. 3. 0, give to every human heart To taste and feel how good Thou art ; With grateful love and reverend fear, To know how blest Thy children are. 4. L,et nature burst into a song ; Ye echoing hills, the notes prolong ; Earth, seas, and stars, your anthems raise, All vocal with your Maker's praise. 5. Ye saints with joy the theme pursue ; Its sweetest notes belong to you. Chose, by this condescending King, Forever round His throne to sin^. 50. C. 31. Steele. The earth shixed with His glop.y. — Ezek. 40 : 2. 1. Lord, when my raptured thought surveys Creation's beauties o'er. All nature joins to teach Thy praise, And bid my soul adore. 37 GOD. 2. Where'er I turn my gazing eyes, Thy radiant footsteps shine ; Ten thousand pleasing wonders rise, And speak their Source divine. 3. On me Thy providence hath shone With gentle, smiling rays ; O, let my lips and life make known Thy goodness and Thy praise. 4. All-bounteous Lord, Thy grace impart ; O, teach me to improve Thy gifts, with ever-grateful heart, And crown them with Thy love. 51. s. M. Bless the Lord, O my soul. — Ps. 103 : 2. Watts. 1. O, bless the Lord, my soul ! Let all within me join, And aid my tongue to bless His name, Whose favors are divine. 2. O, bless the Lord, my soul, Nor let His mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness, And without praises die. 3. 'Tis He forgives thy sins ; 'Tis He relieves thy pain ; 'Tis He that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee young again. 4. He crowns thy life with love, When ransomed from the grave ; He that redeemed my soul from hell Hath sovereign power to save. 38 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 5. His wctadrous works and ways He made by Moses known ; But sent the world Hi- troth and grace By His beloved Son. 52. L. 31. Watts. Hlfl MEECT EXDUEETII FOEEVEE. — Pi. MT:L 1. Give thanks to God; He reigns above; Kind are His thoughts, His name i.- love ; Hi- m ges past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2. Let til- d of the Lord The wonders of Hi- grace record; ferae], the nation whom Ho chose, And rescued from their mighty £ 3. He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our lest we stray; He guards as with a powerful hand, And brings us to the heavenly land. 4. 0. let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord ! How great His work- ! how kind His ways ! Let every tongue pronounce His praise. 53. C, 31. Steele. Will God ixdeed dwell ox the earth ? — 1 Kir.gs 3:27. 1. Eternal Power ! Almighty 1 1 AVho can approach Thy throne ? Accessless light is Thine abode, To angel Qye^ unknown. 39 GOD. 2. Before the radiance of Thine eye The heavens no longer shine, And all the glories of the sky Are but the shade of Thine. 8. Great God ! and wilt Thou condescend To cast a look below ? To this vile world Thy notice bend, These seats of sin and woe ? 4. But O, to show Thy smiling face, To bring Thy glories near ; Amazing and transporting grace, To dwell with mortals here ! 5. How strange, how awful is Thy love ; With trembling we adore ; Not all the exalted minds above Its wonders can explore. 6. TThile golden harps and angel tongues Resound immortal lays, Great God, permit our humble songs To rise and mean Thy praise. 54. L. M. Doddridge. O THAT MEN* ^OTTLD PRAISE THE LORD TOR HlS GOODXESS. — Ps. 107 : GL 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. 40 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 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 ; This theme demands an angel's lay. Demands an unde dining day. OO. C. M- Addison. ThOU siialt ijememdee all the way.— Deut. 3 : 2. 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 to 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. When worn with sickness, oft hast Thou With health renewed my face ; And when in sins and sorrow sunk, Revived my soul with grace. 5. Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy. 41 GOD. 0. Through every period of my life, Thy goodness I'll pursue, And after death, in distant worlds, The glorious theme renew. 7. Through all eternity to Thee A joyful song I'll raise ; But, O, eternity's too short To utter all Thy praise. 56. 7s. BowmxG. He careth for you. — 1 Pet. 5 :7. 1. Father, Thy paternal care Has my guardian been, my guide ; Every hallowed wish and prayer Has Thy hand of love supplied ; Thine is every thought of bliss Left by hours and days gone by ; Every hope Thine offspring is, Beaming from futurity. 2. Every sun of splendid ray, Every moon that shines serene, Every morn that welcomes day, Every evening's twilight scene, Every hour which wisdom brings, Every incense at Thy shrine, These, and all life's holiest things, And its fairest, all are Thine. 3. And for all my hymns shall rise Daily to Thy gracious throne ; Thither let my asking eyes Turn, unwearied, righteous One. Through life's strange vicissitude, There reposing all my care, Trusting still, through ill and good, Fixed, and cheered, and counselled there. 42 CREATIOX AXD PROVIDENCE. 57. S. fit Watts. AS A FATHER riTIETII HIS CHILDREN", ETC. — Pa. 100 : 10. 1. My soul, repeat His praise, Whose mercies are so great ; AVliose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2. The pity of the Lord, To those that fear His name, •Is such as tender parents feel: He knows our feeble frame. 3. He knows we are but dust, Scattered by every breath ; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death. 4. Our days are as the grass, Or like the morning flower ; If one sharp blast sweep o'er the field, It withers in an hour. 5. But Thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. 58. L. M. Watts. My HELP COMETH FROM THE LORD. — Ps. 121 : 2. 1. He lives ; the everlasting God, That built the world, that spread the flood ; The heavens, with all their hosts. He made, And the dark regions of the dead. 43 GOD. 2. He guides our feet, He guards our way ; His morning smiles bless all the day ; He spreads the evening veil and keeps The silent hours while Israel sleeps. 3. Israel, a name divinely blest, May rise secure, securely rest ; Thy holy Guardian's wakeful eyes Admit no slumber, nor surprise. Doxology. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; Praise Him, all creatures here below ; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ; Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost. 59. H. M. Watts. I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES UNTO THE HILLS.— Ps. 121 : 1. 1. Upward I lift mine eyes ; From God is all my aid ; The God who built the skies, And earth and nature made : God is the tower To which I fly ; His grace is nigh In every hour. 2. My feet shall never slide, And fall in fatal snares ; Since God, my Guard and Guide, Defends me from my fears. Those wakeful eyes, That never sleep, Shall Israel keep When clangers rise. 44 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 3. No burning heats by day. Ndr blasts of evening air, Shall take my health away. If God be with me there : Thou art my sun, And Thou my shade, To guard my head By night or noon. 4. Hast Thou not given Thy word To save my soul from death? And I can trust my Lord To keep my mortal breath ; I'll ^o and come, Xor fear to die, Till from on high Thou call me home. DOXOLOGY. The universal King Let all the world proclaim ; Let every creature sing His attributes and name ! Him Three in One, And One in Three, Extol to all Eternity. 60. L. ML Watts Orr. r.EFUGE and strength. — Ps. 4o : 1. 1. God is the refuge of His saints, When storms of sharp distress invade ; Ere we can offer our complaints. Behold Him present with His aid. 2. Let mountains from their seats be hurled Down to the deep and buried there ; Convulsions shake the solid world ; Our faith shall never yield to fear. 4o GOD. 3. Loud may the troubled ocean roar ; In sacred peace our souls abide ; While every nation, every shore, Trembles and dreads the swelling tide. 4. There is a stream, whose gentle flow Supplies the city of our God ; Life, love and joy still gliding through, And watering our divine abode ; 5. That sacred stream, Thine holy word, That all our ra^in^ fear controls ; Sweet peace Thy promises afford, And give new strength to fainting souls. 6. Zion enjoys her Monarch's love, Secure against a threatening hour ; Nor can her firm foundations move, Built on His truth and armed with power. 61. C. M. Tate & Brad Blessed is the man that trustetii in Him. — Ps. 34: 8. 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. O, magnify the Lord with me, • With me exalt His name ; When, in distress, to Him I called, He to my rescue came. 3. The hosts of God encamp around The dwellings of the just; Deliverance He affords to all Who on His succor trust. 46 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE, 4. 0. make but trial of His love, Experience will decide How blest they are. and only they, Who in His truth confide. 5. Fear Him, ye saints, and you will then Have nothing else to tear: Make you His service your delight, He'll make your wants His care. 62. L. M. Addison. The Lord is my Siieviiekd; I SHALL not \taxt. — Ps. 23 : 1. 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 ; My noonday 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 lie leads ; Where peaceful rivers, soft and slow, Amid the verdant landscape iiow. 3. Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread. My steadfast heart shall know no ill. For Thou, O Lord, art with me still ; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid. And guide me through the dreadful shade. 4. Though in a bare and rugged way, Through devious, lonely wilds I strav, 47 GOD. Thy bounty shall my pains beguile ; The barren wilderness shall smile With sudden greens and herbage crowned, And streams shall murmur all around. 63. S. ML Watts. My cup burnetii over. — Ps. 23 : 5. 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 liows. 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. 4. While He affords His aid, I cannot yield to fear ; Though I should walk through death's dark shade My Shepherd's with me there. 5. In spite of all my foes, Thou dost my table spread; My cup with blessings overflows, And joy exalts my head. 6. The bounties of Thy love Shall crown my following day- : Nor from Thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak Thy praise. 48 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 64. Us. Montgomery. He eestoeeth mv soul. — Ps. 23: 3. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd, nor want shall I know; I feed in green pastures ; safe folded I rest ; He leadeth my soul where the .-till water- flow; me when wandering, redeems when op- pressed. 2. Through the valley and shadow of death though I -tray. 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 red my cup runneth o'er; With perfume and oil Thou anointest my head; 0. what shall I ask of Thy providence more ? 4. Let goodness and mercy, my bountiful God. Still follow my steps, till I meet Thee above; I seek, by the path which my forefathers trod Through the land of their sojourn, Thy kingdom of love. 65. L. M. Watts. Thou aet with me. — Ps. 23 : 4. 1. My Shepherd is the living Lord ; Now shall my wants be well supplied ; His providence and holy word Become my safety and my guide. 2. In pastures where salvation grow-. He makes me feed. He makes me rest ; There living water gently flows. And all the food's divinely West 4 49 GOD. 3. My wandering feet His ways mi-take, But He restores my soul to peace, And leads me, for His mercy's sake, In the fair paths of righteousness, 4. 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. 66. lis & 10s. Thy rod axd Thy staff they comfort me. — Ps. 23: 4. 1. The Lord is my Shepherd; He makes me repose Where the pastures in beauty are growing ; He leads me afar from the world and its woes, Where in peace the still waters are flowing. 2. He strengthens my spirit, He shows me the path Where the arms of His love shall enfold me ; And when I walk through the dark valley of death, There His rod and His staff will uphold me. 67. C. M. Watts. TnE Lord is tuy Keeper. — Ps. 121: 5. 1. To heaven I lift my waiting eyes ; There all my hopes are laid ; The Lord, that built the earth and skies, Is my perpetual aid. 2. Their feet shall never slide to fall, Whom He designs to keep ; His ear attends the softest eall, His eyes ean never sleep. 50 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 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 commands thee home. 68. L. ML Watts. Teemble, teoc eaetii, at the pf.esexce of the Lor.D. — Ps. 114 : 7. 1. When Israel, freed from Pharaoh's hand, Left the proud tyrant and his land, The tribes with cheerful homage own Their King ; and Judah was His throne. 2. Across the deep their journey lay ; The deep divides to make them way ; Jordan beheld their march and fled With backward current to his head. 3. The mountains shook like frighted sheep, Like lambs the little hillocks leap ; Not Sinai on her base could stand. Conscious of sovereign power at hand. 4. What power could make the deep divide ? Make Jordan backward roll his tide ? Why did ye leap, ye little hills ? And whence the fright that Sinai feels ? 5. Let every mountain, every flood. Retire, and know the approaching God, The King of Israel ; see Him here ! Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear. 51 GOD. G. He thunders ; and all nature mourns ; The rock to standing pools He turns ; Flints spring with fountains at His word, And fires and seas confess the Lord. 69. C. 31. Watts. I WILL UPHOLD TUEE.— Is. 41: 10. 1. Once more, my soul, the rising day Salutes thy waking eyes ; Once more, my voice, thy tribute pay To Him that rules the skies. 2. Night unto night His name repeats, The day renews the sound, \Yide as the heaven 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 delays. 4. Dear God, let all my hours be Thine, While I enjoy the light ; Then shall my sun in smiles decline, And bring a pleasant night. Doxology. To praise the Father, and the Son, And Spirit all divine. The One in Three, and Three in One, Let saints and angels join. CREATION AND TROVIDENCE. 70. L. M. Watts. Thou, Lord, only makest me dwell ix safety. — Ps. 4 : S. 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 waste, And I perhaps am near my home ; But He forgives my follies past ; He gives me strength for days to come. 3. I lay my body down to sleep ; Peace is the pillow for my head ; While well-appointed angels keep Their watchful stations round my bed. 4. Thus, when the night of death shall come, My flesh shall rest beneath the ground, And wait Thy voice to rouse my tomb, With sweet salvation in the sound. 71. L. M. Watts. He peeserveth the souls of His saints. — Ps. 07:10. 1. The Almighty reigns, exalted high, O'er all the earth, o'er all the sky ; Though clouds and darkness veil His feet, His dwelling is the mercy seat. 2. 0 ye that love His holy name, Hate every work of sin and shame ; He guards the souls of all His friends, And from the snares of hell defends. 53 GOD. 3. Immortal light and joys unknown, Are for the saints in darkness sown ; These glorious seeds shall spring and rise, And the bright harvest bless our cy^<. 4. Rejoice, ye righteous, and record The sacred honors of the Lord ; None but the soul that feels His grace Can triumph in His holiness. 72. c. p. M. He hath made -\vitii me an everlasting covenant.— 2 Sam. 23: 5. 1. Now for a hymn of praise to God ! Ye trophies of a Saviours blood, Join the sweet choir above ; All your harmonious accents bring, Wake every high, celestial string, To chant redeeming love. 2. Ere God pronounced creation good, Or bade the vast, unbounded flood Through fixed channels run ; Ere light from ancient chaos sprung, Or angels earth's formation sung, He chose us in His Son. 3. Then was the covenant ordered sure, Through endless ages to endure, By Israel's triune God ; That none His covenant might evade, With oaths and promises 'twas made, And ratified in blood. 4. God is the refuge of my soul, Though tempests rage, though billows roll, And hellish powers assail ; 54 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. Eternal walls are my defence ; Environed with Omnipotence, What foe can e'er prevail ? 5. Then let infernal legions roar, And waste their cursed, vengeful power ; My soul their wrath disdains ; In God. ray refuge, I'm secure, While covenant promises endure, Or my Redeemer reigns. 73. C. 31. Watts. God is faithful. — 1 Cor. 1: 0. 1. Begin, my tongue, some heavenly theme, And speak some boundless thing ; The mighty work-, or mightier name, Of our eternal King. 2. Tell of His wondrous faithfulness, And sound His power abroad ; Sing the sweet promise of His grace, And the performing God. 3. Engraved as in eternal brass, The mighty promise shines ; Nor can the powers of darkness raze Those everlasting lines. 4. His very word of grace is strong As that which built the skies ; The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. 5. O, might I hear Thine heavenly tongue But whisper, Thou art mine ! Those gentle words should raise my song To notes almost divine. GOD. 74. lis. KlRKITAM. I WILL BTKTKJI LEAVE THEE, 1TOB FORSAKE TnEE. — Ileb. 13 : 5. 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 lied. 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 ; O, be not dismayed ; I, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid ; Til strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand, Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand. 4 " When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace all sufficient shall be thy supply ; The iiame shall not hurt thee ; I only design Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine. 5. " 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 hi My bosom be borne. 6. " 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." 56 CREATION AND TROVIDENCE. 75. C. M. Tate & Brady. The Loep is my Rock. — Vs. IS: 2. 1. Xo change of time shall ever shock My trust. O Lord, in Thee : For Thou hast always been my Hock, — 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 ; So shall we. by Thy watchful care, Be saved from every foe. 4. Then let Jehovah be adored. On whom our hopes depend ; For who. except the mighty Lord, His people can defend ? 76. 12s & lis. Young. The Loed is my Poetiox. — Lain. 3: 24. 1. \Vhile Thou. 0 my God,, art my Help and Defender, Xo cares can o'erwhelm me. no terrors appall: The wiles and the snares of this world will but render More lively my hope in my God and my all. 2. Yes, Thou art my Refuge in sorrow and danger ; My Strength when I suffer, my Hope when I tail ; My Comfort and Joy in this land of the stranger ; My Treasure, my Glory, my God. and my all. 3. To Thee, dearest Lord, will I turn without ceasing, Though grief may oppress me. or sorrow befall, And love Thee till death my blest spirit releasing, Secures to me Jesus, my God and my all. 57 " GOD. And when Thou demandest the life Thou hast given, With joy will I answer Thy merciful call. And quit Thee on earth but to find Thee in heaven, My Portion forever, my God and my all. 77. L. M. Goode. The Loed shall judge the people. — Ps. 7 : 8. 1. The Lord is Judge ; before His throne All nations shall His justice own ; O, may my soul be found sincere, And stand approved with courage there. 2. The Lord, in righteousness arrayed. Surveys the world His hands have made ; Pierces the heart, and tries the reins, And judgment from on high ordains. 3. My God, my Shield, around me place The shelter of the Saviour's grace ; Then, when Thine arm the just shall save, ^Ly life shall triumph o'er the grave. 78. C. M. COTVPEK. Tht judgments are a gkeat deep. — Ps. 3G : 6. 1. God moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants His footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. 2. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill. He treasures up His bright designs, And works His sovereign will. 58 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE. 3. Ye fearfiil saints, fresh courage take ; The cloud- ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. 4. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace ; Behind a frowning providence, He hides a smiling face. 5. His purposes will ripen fast, Unfolding every hour ; The bud may have a bitter taste, But sweet will be the flower. 6. Blind unbelief i- sure to err. And scan His work in vain ; God is His own Interpreter. And He will make it plain. 79. L. M. Eippon's Coll. SO ARE MY WATS HIGHER THAN TOUR -WAYS. — I?, 55 : 0. 1. Thy ways. O Lord, with wise design, Are framed upon Thy throne above, And every dark or bending line Meets hi the centre of Thy love. 2. My favored soul shall meekly learn To lay her reason at Thy throne ; Too weak Thy secrets to discern, Til trust Thee for my guide alone. DOXOLOGT. To God. the Father and the Son, All honor, praise, and glory be "With Holy Spirit. Three in One, Now and through all eternity. "o9 GOD. GOD. — ADORATION AXD PKAISE. 80. S. M. MONTCOMKKY. Stand up and bless the Lord your God. — Xeh. 9: 5. 1. Stand up and bless the Lord, Ye people of His choice ! Stand up and bless the Lord your God, With heart, and soul, and voice. 2. Though high above all praise, Above all blessing high, "Who would not fear His holy name, And laud and magnify ? 3. 0 for the living flame From His own altar brought, To touch our lips, oar minds inspire, And win£ to heaven our thought. 4. God is our strength and song, And His salvation ours ; Then be His love in Christ proclaimed, With all our ransomed powers. 5. Stand up and bless the Lord ; The Lord, your God, adore ; Stand up and bless His glorious name, Henceforth, forevermore. 81. 7s. Barbauld. TYe tiiaxk TnEE, axd praise Thy glorious xame.- 1 Chron. 29: 13. 1. Praise to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days : Bounteous source of every joy, Let Thy praise our tongues employ ; 60 ADORATION AND PRAISE, 2. For the blessings of the field, For the stores the gardens yield, For the vine's exalted juice, For the generous olive's use. 3. Flocks that whiten all the plain, Yellow sheaves of ripened grain. Clouds that drop their fattening dews, Suns, that temperate warmth diffuse ; 4. All that spring, with bounteous hand, Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal autumn pours From her rich o'erilowing stores ; 5. These to Thee, O God, we owe, Source whence all our blessings flow ! And for these my soul shall raise Grateful vows and solemn praise. 82. C. M. Howe. Praise te Him, all His hosts. — Ps. 148 : 2. 1. Begin the high, celestial strain, My raptured soul, and sing A sacred hymn of grateful praise To heaven's Almighty King. 2. Ye curling fountains, as ye roll Your silver waves along, Repeat to all your verdant shores The subject of the song. 3. Bear it, ye breezes, on your wings, To distant climes away, And round the wide-extended world The lofty theme convey. 61 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. TThile we, with sacred rapture fired, The blest Creator sing, And chant our consecrated lays To heaven's eternal King. 83, L. M. Tate cSc Brady. Be Tnou exalted, O God, above the iieavexs. — Ps. 57: o. 1. Be Thou, O God, exalted high ; And, as Thy glory tills the sky. So let it be on earth displayed. Till Thou art here, as there, obeyed. 2. O 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, O God, exalted high ; And, as Thy glory tills the sky, So let it be on earth displayed. Till Thou art here, as there, obeyed. 02 ADOKATIOX AND PRAISE. 84. C. 21. Tate & Brady. I WILL EE GLAD AJTD EEJOICE IX THEE. — Vs. 'j : 2. 1. To celebrate Thy praise. O Lord, I will my heart prepare ; To all the listening world, Thy works, Thy wondrous works, declare. 2. The thought of them shall to my soul Exalted pleasures bring ; While to Thy name, O Thou Most High, Triumphant praise I sing. 3. God is a constant, sure defence Against oppressing rage ; As troubles rise, His needful aids In our behalf engage. 4. To celebrate Thy praise, O Lord, I will my heart prepare ; To all the listening world. Thy works, Thy wondrous works, declare. 85. fe, 8s & 4s. Oliver. The God of Abeaham. — Ex. 3: 15. 1. The God of Abraham praise, TYho 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. 63 GOD. 2. The God of Abraham praise, At whose supreme command From earth I rise, and seek the joys At His right hand : I all on earth forsake, Its wisdom, fame, and power ; And Him my only portion make, My shield and tower. 3. The God of Abraham 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 eagle's wings upborne, To heaven ascend : I shall behold His face, I shall His power adore, And sing the wonders of His grace For evermore. 86. S. M. Watts. The praise of all His saints. —Ps. 143 : 14. 1. Let every creature join To praise the eternal God ; Ye heavenly hosts, the song begin, And sound His name abroad. 2. Thou sun, with golden beams, And moon, with paler rays, 64 ADORATION AND PRAISE. Ye starry lights, ye twinkling flames, Shine to your Maker's praise. 3. He built those worlds above, And fixed their wondrous frame ; By His command they stand or move, And ever speak His name. 4. Ye vapors, when ye rise, Or fall in showers of snow, Ye thunders, murmuring round the skies> His power and glory show. 5. Wind, hail, and flashing fire Agree to praise the Lord, When ye in dreadful storms conspire To execute His word. 6. By all His works above His honors be expressed ; But saints, that taste His saving love, Should sing His praises best. 87. C. M. Wardlaw. Lift up thy toice with steexgth. — Is. 40 : 9. 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 praise, Whose goodness, passing thought, Loads every minute, as its flies, With benefits unsought. 5 65 GOD. 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. DOXOLOGY. To God the Father glory be, And to His only Son ; The same, O Holy Ghost, to Thee, While ceaseless ages run. 88. C. M. Watts. Make a joyful xoise uxto tiie Lord. — Ps. 93: 4. 1. To our Almighty Maker, God, New honors be addressed ; His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blessed. 2. He spoke the word to Abraham first, His truth fulfils His grace : The Gentiles make His name their trust, And learn His righteousness. 3. Let the whole earth His love proclaim, With all her different tongues, And spread the honors of His name Li melody and songs. 6Q ADORATION" AND PBAISE. 89. 4s, 7s, & 8s- Bible H. Book. PEAJ5E YE HlM, ALL IIlS A>'GELS. — Ps. Hi i % 1. Angels holy. High and lowly. Sing the praises of the Lord ! Earth and fcky, all living nature, Man. the stamp of thy Creator, Praise ye. praise ye God the Lord. 2. Eoek and high land, Wood and island, Crag where eagle's pride hath soared ; Mighty mountain, purple-breasted, Peaks cloud-cleaving, snowy-civsted, Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord. 3. Polling river. Praise Him ever, From the mountain's deep vein poured ; Silver fountain clearly gushing. Troubled torrent madly rushing, Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord. 4. Bond and free men, Land and seamen. Earth with peoples widely stored ; Woodman lone, in prairies ample, Full-voiced choir in costly temple, Praise ye, praise ye God the Lord. 5. Praise Him ever, Bounteous Giver, Praise Him. Saviour. Friend, and Lord ; Each glad soul its free course winging, His salvation ever singing. Praise the great, the mighty Lord. 67 GOD. 90. L. M. Livingstone. Bless the Lokd, O mt soul, a.vd forget xot all IIis benefits. *Ps. 1(XJ:2. 1. My soul, with humble fervor raise To God the voice of grateful praise ; And every mental power combine, To bless His attributes divine. 2. Deep on my heart let memory trace His acts of mercy and of grace ; Who, with a Father's tender care, Saved me when sinking in despair ; 3. Gave my repentant soul to prove The joy of His forgiving love ; Poured balm into my bleeding breast, And led my weary feet to rest. 91. L. M. Watts. I WILL SIXG A>"D GIVE FRAISE. — Ps. 57 : 7. 1. My God, in whom are all the springs Of boundless love and grace unknown, Hide me beneath Thy spreading wings, Till the dark cloud is overblown. 2. Up to the heavens I send my cry ; The Lord will my desires perform ; He sends His angels from the sky, And saves me from the threatening storm. 3. Be Thou exalted, O my God, Above the heavens where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land Thy wonders tell. ADORATION AND PRAISE. 4. My heart is fixed : my song shall raise Immortal honors to Thy name : Awake, my tongue, to sound His praise, My tongue, the glory of my frame. 5. 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. 6. Be Thou exalted. O my God, Above the heavens where angels dwell ; Thy power on earth be known abroad, And land to land Thy wonders tell. 92. H. ML Watts. HIS XAME ALONE IS EXCELLENT. — Ts. US : 13. 1. Ye tribes of Adam, join With heaven, and earth, and seas, And offer notes divine To your Creator's praise. Ye holy throng Of angels bright, In worlds of light Be sin the song. 2. Thou sun. with dazzling rays. And moon, that rul'st the night, Shine to your Maker's praise. With stars of twinkling light. His power deelare, Ye Hoods on high, And clouds that fly In empty air. 3. The shining worlds above In glorious order stand ; Or in swift eourses move. By His supreme command. He spake the word, And all their frame From nothing came To praise the Lord. 69 GOD. Ye vapors, hail, and snow, Praise ye the Almighty Lord, And stormy winds that blow To execute His word. When lightnings shine, Or thunders roar, Let earth adore His hand divine 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 Attempt His praise, His saints shall raise His honors hi^h. 93 # C. M. Steele. I WILL GIVE THANKS UNTO TlIEE FOEEYEE.— -Ps. 30 : 12. 1. Come, O ye saints, your voices raise To God, in grateful songs ; And let the memory of His grace Inspire your hearts and tongues. 2. Her deepest gloom, when sorrow spreads, And light and hope depart, His smile celestial morning sheds, And joy revives the heart. 3. Hear. 0 my God, in mercy hear ; Attend my plaintive cry ; Be Thou, my gracious Helper, near, And bid my sorrows fly. 4. Again T hear Thy voice divine ; New joys exulting bound ; My robes of mourning I resign. And gladness girds me round. 70 ADORATION" AND PRAISE. To Thee, my gracious (rod. I raise My thankful heart and tongue ; O be Thy goodnfess and Thy praise AIy everlasting song. 94 # L. M. Watts. Sing ye ff.aises.— P*. 47 .- 7. 1. Dp to the Lord, that reigns on high, And. views the nations from afar, Let everlasting praises fly. And tell how large His bounties are. 2. He that can shake the worlds He made, Or with His word, or with His rod, Hi- goodness, how amazing great, And what a condescending God ! 3. Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God ; He hears us in the mournful hour. And helps to bear the heavy load. 4. O, could our thankful heart- devise A tribute equal to Thy grace. To the third heaven our songs should rise, And teach the golden harp- Thy praise. 95. L. M. Watts. The glohy of God jx the face of Jesus Cnp.isx. — 2 Cor. 4 : 0. 1. Now to the Lord a noble song! Awake, my soul : awake, my tongue ; Hosanna to the eternal name. And all His boundless love proclaim. 71 GOD. 2. See where it shines in Jesus' face. The brightest image of Has grace; God, in the person of His Son. Has all His mightiest works outdone. o. The spacious earth, and spreading flood, Proclaim the wise and powerful God ; And Thy rich glories from afar Sparkle in every rolling star. 4. But in His looks a glory stands. The noblest labor of Thine hand- ; The pleasing lustre of His eyes Outshines the wonders of the skies. 5. Grace ! 'tis a sweet, a charming theme ; My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name ; Ye angels, dwell upon the sound ; Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground. 6. 0. may I live to reach the place Where He nnveils His lovely face ; Where all His beauties you behold, And sing His name to harps of gold. 96. Cs & 7s. PEAISE THE LOF.D FROM TIIE EARTH. — Ps. 143 : 7. 1. Angels, assist to sing The honors of your God ; Touch every tuneful string. And sound His name abroad ; Pour the trembling notes along ; Swell the grand, immortal song. 2. Let day and dusky night, In solemn order, join ADORATION AND PRAISE. His praises to recite, And speak His power divine ; Every hill, and every vale, Echo with the sacred tale. 3. Ye winds and raging seas, With wild, tempestuous roar, Resound, in mightier lays, His name from shore to shore : Thunders, spread His name abroad; Lightnings, flash before your God. 4. Let every creature sing The honors of our God ; Touch every tuneful string. And spread His praise abroad: Pour the trembling notes along ; Swell the universal sonn. 97. C. 31. Tate Sc Brady. I "WILL SIXG A>~D GIVE THAISE, EVEN" WIIJI MY GLORY. — Ps. 108 : 1. 1. O God, my heart is fully bent To magnify Thy name ; My tongue with cheerful songs of praise Shall celebrate Thy fame. 2. Because Thy mercy's boundless height The highest heaven transcend-. And far beyond the aspiring clouds Thy faithful truth extends. 3. Be Thou, O God, exalted high Above the starry frame, And let the world, with one consent, Confess Thy glorious name. 73 GOD. 98. L. M. Watts. Bless the Lord, O my soul. — Ps. 104: 1. 1. My soul, thy great Creator praise ; When clothed in His celestial rays, He in full majesty appears, And like a robe His glory wears. 2. The heavens are for His curtains spread, The unfathomed deep He makes His bed ; Clouds are His chariot, when He flies On winged storms across the skies. 3. Angels, whom His own breath inspires, His ministers, are naming tires ; And swift as thought their armies move To bear His vengeance or His love. 4. The world's foundations by His hand Are poised, and shall forever stand ; He binds the ocean in His chain. Lest it should drown the earth again. 5. The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round ; Yet, thence conveyed by secret veins, They spring on hills, and drench the plains, 6. How strange Thy works ! how great Thy skill ! And every land Thy riches fill ; Thy wisdom round the world we see ; This spacious earth is full of Thee. 74 ADORATION' AND PRAISE. 99. H. AI. Steele. THET SHALL SHOW FOETH TUE PDAI5ES OF THE LOED. — li. 1. To your Creator, God, Your great Preserver, raise, Ye creatures of His hand. Your highest notes of praise : Let every voice His name adore. Proclaim His power, And loud rejoice. 2. Let every creature join To celebrate His name, And all their various powers Assist the exalted theme : A general song Of grateful praise. Let nature ra; From every tongue, But 0, from human tongues Should nobler praises flow ; And every thankful heart With warm devotion glow ; Your voices raise. Ye highly blessed ! Above the rest Declare His p>rai=e. 4. Assist me. gracious God ! My heart, my voice inspire ; Then shall I grateful join The universal choir: Thy grace can raise My heart, my tongue, And tune my song To lively praise. 100. L. M. Blacklock. The majesty of the Loed. — Is. 24: 1-L 1. Come, 0 my soul, in sacred lay- Attempt Thy great Creator" s praise : But. 0. what tongue can speak His fame ? What verse can reach the loftv theme ? GOD. 2. Enthroned amid the radiant spheres, He glory like a garment wears; To form a robe of light divine, Ten thousand suns around Him shine. 3. In all our Maker's 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 sing; And let His praise employ thy tongue Till listening worlds shall join the song. DOXOLOGY. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow ; Praise Him, all creature- here below: Praise Him above, ye heavenly host ; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. 101. CM. "Watts. Praise is comely. — Ps. 147: 1. 1. With songs and honors, sounding loud, Address the Lord on high : Over 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. 76 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 3. His hoary frost. His fleecy snow, Descend and clothe the ground ; The liquid stream- forbear to flow, In icy fetters bound. 4. He send> His word and melts the snow ; The fields no longer mourn ; He calls the warmer gales to blow, And bids the spring return. 5. The changing wind, the flying cloud, Obey His mighty word : With songs and honors sounding loud, Praise ye the sovereign Lord. 102. 7s. Bathurst. O, GIVE THANKS O'TO THE LOED. — Ps, US : 1. 1. O. give thanks unto the Lord; All His wondrous deeds proclaim : Every tongue His praise record ; Every heart adore His name. 2. Seek the Lord ; His grace implore ; On His love your trust repose ; Seek His presence evermore ; There lay down your cares and woes. 3. Ye. who make the Lord your choice, Call to mind His works of love ; Tell His wonders, and rejoice In your King who reigns above. 4. Thou, O Lord, art true and just ; Thou wilt crown with sure success All the waiting souls that trust In Thy love and faithfulness. 77 GOD. 103. 6fi & 8S. CoXDEK. Extol Him that eideth upox the heavens bv IIis xame JAIL— 1'-. 66 i I Jehovah's praise sublime, Through the wide earth be sun£ : Ye realms of every clime, Ye tribes of every tongue, IIis infinite compassion bless, His ever-during faithfulness* 104. L. M. Pratt's Coll. Bless IIis holy xame.— Ps. 103 : 1. 1. High o'er the heavens, supreme, alone, The eternal Lord prepares His throne : O'er all His kingdom He'll extend, Beyond a limit or an end. 2. Bless ye the Lord ; His glories tell, Ye angels, who in might excel, Who do His will, who hear His voice, And in His high commands rejoice. 3. Bless ye the Lord ; proclaim His state, Ye heavenly hosts, who round Him wait, Quick to perform His acts of might, His pleasure your supreme delight. 4. Bless ye the Lord, His works around ; Creation with His praise resound ; My >oul the general chorus join, And bless the Lord in songs divine. 78 ADORATIOX AND PRAISE. 105. C. M. Ltte. Shout uxto God with the vo-ce of triumph. — Ps. 47: 1. 1. Arise, ye people, and adore ; Exulting strike the chord : Let all the earth, from shore to shore, Confess the Almighty Lord. 2. Glad shouts aloud, wide echoing round, The ascending God proclaim : The angelic choir respond the sound, And shake creation's frame. 3. They sing of death and hell o'erthrown In that triumphant hour ; And God exalts His conquering Son To His right hand of power. 4. 0. shout, ye people, and adore ; Exulting strike the chord ; Let all the earth, from shore to shore, Confess the Almighty Lord. DOXOLOGY. To Father. Son. and Holy Ghost, One God. whom we adore, Be glory, as it was, is now, And shall be evermore. 106. L. Iff, Watts. O, GIVE THAXKS UNTO THE LORD. — Ps. 196: 1. 1. Give to our God immortal praise ; Mercy and truth are all His ways ; Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat His mercies in your song. 79' GOD. 2. He built the earth. He spread the sky, And fixed the starry lights on high : Wonders of graee to God belong ; Repeat His mercies in your song. 3. He sent His Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the grave ; Wonders of grace to God belong ; Repeat His mercies in your song. 107. H. M. Watts. His mep.ct exdureth forever. — Ps. 13G : 1. 1. Give thanks to God most high, The universal Lord ; The sovereign King of kings ; And be His grace adored. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let His name Have endless praise. How mighty is His hand ! What wonders hath he done ! He formed the earth and seas, And spread the heavens alone. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides Thy word. 3. His wisdom framed the sun, To crown the day with light ; The moon and twinkling stars, To cheer the darksome night His power and grace Are still the same ; And let His name Have endless praise. 4. He sent His only Son, To save us from our woe ; 80 ADORATION AND PRAISE. From Satan, sin. and death. And every hurtful foe. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let His name Have endless praise. Give thanks aloud to God. To God the heavenly King ; And let the spacious earth His works and glories sins:. Thy mercy. Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides Thy word. 108. L. P. M. Watts- I WILL SIKG FEAISE5 UNTO MY GOD WHILE I HATE ANY EEIXG. — Pi. 140: 2. 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. Happy 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 the oppressed. He feeds the poor; And none shall find His promise vain. 3. He loves His saints. He knows them well, But turns the wicked down to hell ; Thy God, O Zion. ever reigns ; Let every tongue, let every age, In this exalted work ensraire ; Praise Him in everlasting strains. 6 81 GOD. 4. I'll praise Him while He lends me 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. 109. C. M. Watts. Unto the King eternal. — 1 Tim. 1 : IT. 1. Some seraph, lend your heavenly tongue, Or harp of golden string, That I may raise a lofty song To our eternal King. 2. Thy names, how infinite they be, Great, everlasting One ! Boundless Thy might and majesty, And unconfined Thy throne. 3. Thy glories shine of wondrous size, And wondrous large Thy grace ; Immortal day breaks from Thine eyes, And Gabriel veils his face. 4. Thine essence is a vast abyss, Which angels cannot sound ; An ocean of infinities, Where all our thoughts are drowned. Doxology. 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. 82 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 110. L. M. Nason. All Thy works shall praise Thee. — Vs. 14o : 10. 1. To Thee, O God, in grateful praise, All nature wakes harmonious lays ; The rolling Hood, beast, bird, and bee, Join in perpetual praise to Thee. # 2. The opening flower that scents the morn, The breeze that bends the golden corn, The dewdrop trembling in the sun, Praise Thee, Thou great and Holy One. 3. The mighty orbs that roll on high, The rainbow arching o'er the sky, Old ocean heaving deep and free, Ascribe unceasing praise to Thee. 4. Heaven, earth, and main in one glad song, Their Maker's glorious praise prolong ; And angels sweep the silver string, To laud Thy name, eternal King. 5. Our tongues, Great God, adoring Thee, Shall join the general symphony ; While our Redeemer's lofty praise Shall be the chorus which we raise. DOXOLOGY. 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. 83 GOD. 111. 8s & 7s. Ancient Hymns. llOLY, HOLY, HOLY L.OKD. — E.CV. 4 : 8. 1. Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven ; Earth is with its fulness stored ; Unto Thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord. Heaven is still with anthems ringing ; © © ~ Earth takes up the angels' cry, 9 Holy, holy, holy, singing. Lord of hosts, Thou Lord most high. 2. Ever thus in God's high praises, Brethren, let our tongues unite, While our thoughts His greatness raises, And our love His gifts excite. With His seraph train before Him, With His holy church below, Thus unite we to adore Him, Bid we thus our anthem flow. 3. Lord, Thy glory fills the heaven ; Earth is with its fulness stored ; Unto Thee be glory given, Holy, holy, holy Lord. Thus Thy glorious name confessing, We adopt the angels' cry, Holy, holy, holy, blessing Thee, the Lord our God most high. 112. L. M. Tate & Brady. O, GIVE TIIAXKS UNTO THE LORD, FOR HE IS GOOD. — Ps. 10G : 1. 1. O, render thanks to God above, The Fountain of eternal love ; Whose mercy firm, through ages past, Hath stood, and shall forever last. 84 ADORATION AND PBAISE. 2. Who can His Not only vast, but numberless : What mortal eloquence can raise Hi? tribute of immortal praise ': 3. Extend to me that favor. Lord. Thou to Thy chosen dost afford : When Thou return'st to set them free. Let Thy salvation visit me. 4. O render thanks to God above. The Fountain of eternal love : His mercy firm, through ages past, Hath stood, and -hall forever last. 113. 7s. Merxick. Let evert thing that n.vTU beeatii tf.aise tiie Loed.— Y%. U 1. Praise. O. praise the name divine : Praise Him at the hallowed shrine ; Let the firmament on high To its Maker's praise n 2. All who vital breath enjoy. In His praise that breath employ : Heaven and earth the chorus join ; Praise. O. praise the name divine. 114. 10s & lis. Lyte. Tnor AET VEET g:.iai. — Pig. '. 1. O. PRAISE ye the Lord: His greatness proclaim; Jehovah, our God, how awful Thy name ! How vast is Thy power ! Thy glory how great ! Lo. myriads of spirits Thy mandates await. So GOD. 2. Thy canopy's heaven, in splendor so bright ; Thy chariot the clouds, Thy garment the light ; The works of creation Thy bidding perform ; Thou ridest the whirlwind, directed the storm. 3. What wisdom is shown, what power displayed, In all that Thy hand hath fashioned and made ! The earth full of riches, in beauty complete ; The fathomless ocean, with wonders replete. 4. O Thou, our great God, Redeemer, and King, With hearts full of love to Thee will we sing ; To life's latest moment our voices we'll raise, And join the full chorus of blessing and praise. 115. C. P. M. Ogilvie. Let them praise the name of the Lord. — Ps. 143 : 13. 1. Begin, my soul, the exalted lay ; Let each enraptured thought obey. And praise the Almighty's name ; Lo, heaven and earth, and seas and skies, In one melodious concert rise, To swell the inspiring theme. 2. Ye angels, catch the thrilling sound, While all the adoring thrones around His boundless mercy sing; Let every listening saint above Wake all the tuneful soul of love, And touch the sweetest string. 3. Let every element rejoice ; Ye thunders, burst with awful voice To Him who bids you roll; His praise in softer notes declare, Each whispering breeze of yielding air, And breathe it to the soul. 86 ADORATION" AND PRAISE. 4. Wake, all ye mounting tribes, and sing; Ye plumy warblers of the spring, Harmonious anthems raise To Him who shaped your finer mould, "Who tipped your glittering wings with gold, And tuned your voice to praise. 5. Let man. by nobler passions swayed, The feeling heart, the judging head, In heavenly praise employ ; Spread His tremendous name around, While heaven's broad arch rings back the sound, The general burst of joy. 116. 7s. Salisbury Coll. Holt, holt, iiolt is the Loed of Hosts. — Is. C : 3. 1. Holy, holy, holy Lord, Be Thy glorious name adored; Lord. Thy mercies never fail; Hail, celestial goodness, hail. 2. Though unworthy. Lord. Thine ear, Deign our humble songs to hear ; Purer praise we hope to bring, "When around Thy throne we sing. 3. There no tongue shall silent be ; All shall join in harmony ; That, through heaven's capacious round, Praise to Thee may ever sound. 4. Lord. Thy mercies never fail ; Hail, celestial goodness, hail ; Holy, holy, holy Lord. Ee Thy glorious name adored. 87 GOD. 117. L. M. Watts. I WILL PBAISI TlILE AVIT1I MY "WHOLE 1IEAKT. - Ps. 138: 1. 1. With all my powers of heart and tongue, I'll praise my Maker in my song ; Angels 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 strength diffused through all my soul. 3. Amid a thousand snares I stand. Upheld and guarded by Thy hand ; Thy words my tainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 4. Grace will complete what grace begins, To save from sorrows or from sins ; The work that wisdom undertakes, Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. 118. L. 31. Praise ye the Lokd. — Ps. 150 : 1. 1. Let lofty songs, let boundless joy, Our noblest powers of praise employ, And Art her highest skill assign, To swell the harmony divine. 2. Loud let the pealing organ's lays Pour forth the bursting song of praise ; Timbrel, and harp, and lute, accord Triumphant honor to the Lord. 88 ADORATION AND PRAISE. 3. Trumpet and cymbal well may bring High-sounding praise to God, our King ; Let every instrument combine, Let every land the chorus join. 4. Let nature's voice aloud proclaim The greatness of Jehovah's name ; From earth let high hosannas rise ; Let hallelujahs fill the skies. 119. 103 & lis. Grant. All xatioxs siiall come act worship before Thee. — P*ev. lo : 4. 1. O, worship the King, all glorious above. And gratefully sing His wonderful love ; Our Shield and Defender, the Ancient of Days, Pavilioned in splendor, and girded with praise. 2. 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. 3. Frail children of dust, and feeble as frail. In Thee do we trust, nor find Thee to fail ; Thy mercies how tender ! how firm to the end! Our Maker, Defender, Redeemer, and Friend. 4. 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. S9 GOD. 120. 8s & 7s. Fawcett. Let all tiie pbofLi I'ijaise Tiile. — Ps. G7 : 5. 1. Praise to Thee, Thou great Creator; Praise to Thee from every tongue ; Join, my soul, with every creature, Join the universal son". © 2. For ten thousand blessings given. 1 or the hope of future joy, Sound His praise through earth and heaven, Sound Jehovah's praise on high. 121. lis & 8s. Pirrox's Coll. I HAVE LOVED THEE WITH A2f EVERLASTING LOVE. — Jer. 31 : 3. 1. Ix songs of sublime adoration and praise, Ye pilgrims, for Zion who press, Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of Days, His rich and distinguishing grace. 2. His love, from eternity, fixed upon you, Broke forth, and discovered its flame, When each with the cords of His kindness He drew, And brought you to love His great name. 3. What was there in you that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight ? 'Twas, " Even so, Father," you ever must sing, " Because it seemed good in Thy sight." 4. 'Twas all of Thy grace we were brought to obey, While others were suffered to go The road which by nature we cho>e as our way, Which leads to the regions of woe. 90 ADORATION' AND PRAISE. 5. Then give all the glory to His holy name ; To Him all the glory belongs; Be yours the high joy still to sound forth His fame, And crown Him in each of your songs. 122. C. BE TTrangiiam. O THAT MEN' WOULD TRAISE THE LORD FOR IIlS GOODNESS ! — Ps. 107: 8. 1. O, PRAISE the Lord, for He is good; In Him we rest obtain ; His mercy has through ages stood, And ever shall remain. 2. Let all the people of the Lord His praises spread around ; Let them His grace and love record, Who have salvation found. 3. Now let the east in Him rejoice, The west its tribute bring, The north and south lift up their voice In honor of their King. 4. O, praise the Lord, for He is good ; In Him we rest obtain ; His mercy has through ages stood, And ever shall remain. 123, L. M. Doddridge. While I live -still I psaisk the Lord. — Ps. 14G :2. 1. God of my life, through all its days, My grateful powers shall sound Thy praise ; The song shall wake with opening light, And warble to the silent night. 91 GOD. 2. When anxious cares would break my rest, And grief's would tear my throbbing breast, Thy tuneful praises, raised on high, Shall check the murmur and the sigh. 3. When death o'er nature shall prevail, And all its powers of language fail, Joy through my swimming eyes shall break, And mean the thanks I cannot speak. 4. But, O, when that last conflict's o'er, And I am chained to flesh no more, With what glad accents shall I rise To join the music of the skies ! 5. Soon shall I learn the exalted strains Which echo o'er the heavenly plains, And emulate, writh joy unknown, The glowing seraphs round Thy throne. 124. 8s. Hogg. Blessed be Thy glorious name. — Neh. 9: fl» 1. Lauded be Thy name forever, Thou, of life the Guard and Giver ! Thou canst guard Thy creatures sleeping, Heal the heart long broke with weeping : God of stillness and of motion, Of the rainbow and the ocean, Of the mountain, rock, and river, Blessed be Thy name forever! 2. Thou who slumberest not, nor sleepest, Blessed are they Thou kindly keepest. God of evening's yellow ray, God of yonder dawning day, 92 ADORATION' AND PRAISE. That rises from the distant sea, Like breathings of eternity ; God of lite, that fade shall never, Glory to Thy name ibrever ! 125. L. M- Watts. His clout is above toe eaeth ajd EEATiy.-P:, US : 1?. 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. Awake, ye tempests, and His fame In sounds of dreadful praise declare ; A:. I the sweet whisper of His name Fill every gentler breeze of air. 3. Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree To join their praise with blazing tire, While the firm earth and rolling sea Li this eternal song conspire. 4. Wide as His vast dominion lie-. 3Iake the Creator's name be known ; Loud as His thunder shout His praise, And sound it lofty as Hi- throne. 5. Jehovah ! 'tis a glorious word ! O. may it dwell on every tongue ! But -aims who best have known the Lord Are bound to raise the noblest song. 6. Speak of the wonders of that love Which Gabriel play- on every chord : From all below, and all above, Loud hallelujahs to the Lord. 93 GOD. 126. 8s & 7s. Dublin Coll. Praise ye the Lord. — Ps. 148 : 14. 1. Praise the Lord; ye heavens, adore Him; Praise Him, angels in the height ; 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 ; Never shall His promise fail ; God hath made His saints victorious ; Sin and death shall not prevail. 4. Praise the God of our salvation ; Hosts on high, His power proclaim ; Heaven and earth, and all creation, Praise and magnify His name. 127. S. M. Watts. The truth of the Lord exdueeth forever. — Ps. 117 : 2. 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. 94 ADORATION AND PRAISE. DOXOLOGY. Praise, honor, to the Father be, Praise to His only Son ; Praise to the Spirit Paraclete, AVhile ceaseless ages run. 128. L. M. Watts. nE IS FAlTnFUL THAT PROMISED. — Heb. 10 : 23. 1. Praise, everlasting praise, be paid To Him who earth's foundation laid : Praise to the God whose strong decrees Sway the creation as He please. 2. O for a strong, a lasting faith, To credit what the Almighty saith : To embrace the message of His Son, And call the joys of heaven our own. 3. Then, should the earth's old pillars shake. And all the wheels of nature break. Our steady souls would fear no more Than solid rocks when billows roar. 4. Our everla-ting hopes arise Above the ruinable skies, AYhere the eternal Builder reigns. And His own courts His power sustains. 129. L. M. Watts. I WILL EXTOL TlIEE, MY GOD, O KlXG. — Ps. 14o : 1. 1. My God, my King. Thy various praise Shall fill the remnant of my day- : Thy grace employ my humble tongue, Till death and glory raise the song. 95 GOD. 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. o. Thy truth and ju-stice I'll proclaim ; Thy bounty flows an endless stream; Thy mercy swift ; Thine anger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 4. Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of Thy praise, And unborn ages make my song The joy and labor of their tongue. 5. But who can speak Thy wondrous deeds ? Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds ; Vast and unsearchable Thy way- : Vast and immortal be Thy praise. 130. L. M. Watts. Praise niM, all ye people. — Ps. 117 : 1. 1. From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's 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. 96 ADORATION AND PBAISB. 131. * v 7 THE n03T Of HEAVEN VOBSHIFPSTH TlIEE.— Neh. 9 : G. Worship, honor, glory, blessing, Lord, we offer to Thy name ; Young and old. their thank- expressing, Join Thy goodness to proclaim; AS i!r- hosts of heaven adore The !, We too how before Thy throne ; As the angels serve before Thee, So on earth Thy will be done. 132. 7s Praise our God. — Rev. 10 : 5L Praise to God on high be given; Praise Him, all in earth and heaven; Praise Him at the dawn of light, Praise Him at returning night ; Saint- below and saint- above, Praise, 0, praise the God of love. CHRIST. — THE ADVENT. 133. lis. Dbummond. Pkepask te the vat of the Lord. — Luke 3 : 4. 1. A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill ; The Lord is advancing ; prepare ye the way ; The word of Jehovah He comes to fulfil. And o'er the dark world pour the splendor of day. 2. Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to heaven, And be the low valley exalted on high ; 7 97 CIIRIST. The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even. For, Zion, your King, your Redeemer, is nigh. The beams of salvation His progress illume ; The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her Lord; The rose and the myrtle there suddenly bloom, And the olive of peace spreads its branches abroad. 134. L. M. Watts. Ih the hegin'-vixg was the "Word. — John 1 : 1. 1. Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad, From everlasting was the Word ; With God He was ; the Word was God, And must divinely be adored. 2. By His own power were all things made; By Him supported, all things stand; He is the whole creation's head, And angels fly at His command. 3. But. lo ! He leaves those heavenly forms ; The Word descends and dwell- in clay, That He may hold converse with worms, Dressed in such feeble flesh as they. 4. Mortals with joy behold His face, The eternal Father's only Son ; How full of truth, how full of grace. When through His eyes the Godhead shone ! 5. Archangel- leave their high abode, To learn new mysteries here, and tell The love of our descending God, The glories of Immanuel. 98 THE ADVENT. 135. 7S. BO WRING. Watchman, wdat of the xicht?- Is. 21 1 11. 1. Watchman, tell us of the night, What its signs of promise are. Traveller, o'er 3011 mountain's height See that glory-beaming star ! Watchman, dor.- its beauteous ray Aught of hope or joy foretell ? Traveller, yes ; it brings the day, Promised day of Israel. 2. Watchman, tell us of the night ; Higher yet that star aseends. Traveller, blessedness and light. Peace and truth, its course portends. 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 ! 3. Watchman, tell us of the night. For the morning seems to dawn. Traveller, darkness takes its flight, Doubt and terror are withdrawn. Watchman, let thy wanderings cease ; Hie thee to thy quiet home. Traveller, lo, the Prince of Peace, Lo, the Son of God is come ! 136. C. M. Logan. TriE peseht siiall r.EJOiCE. — Is. 88: 1. 1. Messiah! at Thy glad approach The howling winds are still : Thy praises fill the lonely waste, And breathe from every hill. 99 CHRIST. 2. The incense of the spring ascends Upon the morning gale; Red o'er the hill the roses bloom, The lilies in the vale. 3. Renewed, the earth a robe of light, A robe of beauty, wears ; And in new heavens a brighter Sun Leads on the promised years. 4. Let Israel to the Prince of Peace The loud hosanna sing ; With hallelujahs and with hymns, O Zion, hail thy King. 137. 8s, 7s, & 4. Montgomery. Good tidixgs of geeat joy. — Luke 2: 10. 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 infant light ; Come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King. 3. Sages, leave your contemplations ; Brighter visions beam afar ; Seek the great Desire of nations ; Ye have seen His natal star ; Come and worship. Worship Christ, the new-born King. 100 THE ADVENT. Saints, before the altar bending-. Watching long in hope and fear, Suddenly, the Lord, descending, In Hi- temple shall appear; Come and worship, Worship Christ, the new-born King. Sinners wrung with 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. 138. C. M. Tate & Brady. The axoel of tiie Lord came urox tiikm. — Luke 2:9. 1. "While shepherds watched their flocks by night. All seated on the ground, The angel of the Lord came down, And glory shone around. 2. k- Fear not."' said he. for mighty dread Had seized their troubled mind; u Glad tidings of great joy I bring To you and all mankind. 3. "To you. in David's town, this day, Is born, of David's line. The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign : 4. '*' The heavenly Babe you there shall find To human view displayed. All meanly wrapped in swathing bands. And in a manger laid." 101 CHRIST. 5. Thus spake the seraph, and forthwith Appeared a shining throng Of angels, praising God. and thus Addressed their joyful song: 6. " All glory be to God on high ; And to the earth be peace ; Good will henceforth from heaven to men Begin, and never cease." 139. L. M. Campbell. TnE HEAVENLY HOST PBAISIXG God. — Luke 2 : 13. 1. When Jordan hushed his waters still, And silence slept on Zion's hill ; When Bethlehem's shepherds through the night Watched o'er their flocks by starry light ; 2. Hark ! from the midnight hills around, A voice of more than mortal sound In distant hallelujahs stole, "Wild murmuring o'er the raptured soul. 3. On wheels of light, on wings of flame, The glorious hosts of Zion came ; High heaven with songs of triumph rung, While thus they struck their harps, and sung : 4. " O Zion, lift thy raptured eye ; The long-expected hour is nigh ; The joys of nature rise again ; The Prince of Salem comes to reign. o. " He comes to cheer the trembling heart, Bid Satan and his host depart ; Again the Daystar gilds the gloom, Again the bowers of Eden bloom." 102 THE ADVENT. 140. H. M. Salisbury Coll. Fear not. — Luke 2 1. Hark ! what celestial sounds, What music fills the air ! Soft warbling to the morn, It strikes the ravished ear : Now all is still ; Nov/ wild it floats In tuneful not Loud, sweet, and shrill. 2. The angelic hosts descend, With harmony divine ; See how from heaven they bend, And in full chorus join u Fear not," say they ; a Great joy we bring : Jesus, your King, Is born to-day." 3. He comes, your souls to save From death's eternal gloom; To realms of bliss and light He lifts you from the tomb. Your voices raise, With sons of light ; Your songs unite Of endless praise. -i. Glory to God on high ; Ye mortals, spread the sound, And let your raptures fly To earth's remotest bound ; For peace on earth, From God in heaven, To man is given, At Jesus' birth. 141. 3s & 7s. Cavtood. Glof.t to God a the highest. — Luke 2 : 14. 1. Hark, what mean those holy voices, Sweetly sounding through the skies ? Lo. the angelic host rejoices ; Heavenly hallelujahs rise. 103 CHRIST. 2. Hear them tell the wondrous story. Hear them chant in hymns of joy, " Glory in the highest ! glory ! Glory be to God most high ! 3. " Peace on earth ; good will from heaven, Reaching far as man as 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 ! " 142. C. M. Watts. All the ends of the earth have seen the saltation of our God. PS. 98 : 3. 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. 2. Joy to the earth ! the Saviour reigns ! Let men their songs employ ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills, and plains Repeat the sounding joy. 3. No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground ; He comes to make His blessings flow Far as the curse is found. 104 THE ADVENT. 4. lie rule- the world with truth and gi And makes the nations prove. The glories of His right And wonders of Hifl love. 143. 7s. C. Wesley. I>- EEinLEIIEii OF JUDEA.— M - " " 1. Hark! the herald angel- sing rlory to the new-born King; Peace on earth, and mercy mild ; God and sinners reconcik-d.'' 2. Joyful, all ye nation-, rise : Join the triumphs of the ski - ; With the angelic hosts proclaim " Christ is born in Bethlehem." 3. Veiled in flesh, the Godhead see ; Hail, the incarnate Deity ; Pleased as man with men to appear, Jesus, our Irmnanuel, here. 4. Mild He lays His glory by : Born that man no more may die ; Born to raise the sons of earth ; Bom to give them second birth. 5. Hail, the heaven-born Prince of Peace ! Hail, the Sun of Righteousness ! Light and life to all He bri: Pisen with healing in His wings. 10-5 CHRIST. 144. C. BE. Sears. O.V EARTH PEACE. — Lllko 2:14. 1. Calm on the listening ear of night Come heaven's melodious strain-. Where wild Jiulea stretches far Her silver-mantled plains. 2. The answering hills of Palestine Send back the glad reply. And greet, from all their holy heights, The Day spring from on high. 3. O'er the blue depths of Galilee There comes a holier calm, And Sharon waves, in solemn praise, Her silent groves of palm. 4. " Glory to God ! " the sounding skies Loud with their anthems ring; " Peace to the earth ; good will to men, From heaven's eternal King." 145. L. M. Dobell's Coll. Txto you is nor.y this day, n the city of David, a Saviour. — Luke 2 : U. 1. Awake, arise, and hail the morn, For unto us a Saviour's born ; See how the angels wing their way. To usher in the glorious day. 2. Hark ! what sweet music ! what a song ! Sounds from the bright, celestial throng; Sweet song, whose melting sounds impart Joy to each raptured, listening heart. 106 THE ADVENT. Come, join the angels in the sky; Glory to God, who reigns on high : Let peace and love on earth abound, While time revolves, and years roll round. 146, C. It Watts. Sing uxto the Lord, all the earth. — Ps. 98 ! L 1. Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands, 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 vSon ; 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 an unusual 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 voice shall raise the dead, And bid the world draw near. How will the guilty nations dread To see their Judge appear* ! 107 CHRIST. 147. L. M. Watts. Worship Him, all ye gods. — Ps. 97: 7. 1 . The Lord is come ; the heavens proclaim His birth ; the nations learn His name ; An unknown star directs the road Of eastern sages to their God. 2. All ye bright armies of the skies, Go worship where the Saviour lies ; Angels and kings before Him bow ; Those gods on high and gods below. 3. Let idols totter to the ground, And their own worshippers confound ; But, Judah, shout ; but, Zion, sing, And earth confess her sovereign King. DOXOLOGY. Glory to Thee, O God most high ! Father, we praise Thy majesty ; The Son, the Spirit we adore ; One Godhead, blessed forevermore. 148. 7s. Montgomery. Ox His vesture and ox His Tnion a name written.— Rev. 19 : 1G. 1. Bright and joyful is the morn, For to us a Child is born ; From the highest realm of heaven, Unto us a Son is given. 2. On His shoulder He shall bear Power and majesty, and wear On His vesture and His thigh Names most awful, names most high. 108 THE ADVENT. 3. 'Wonderful in council. He, The incarnate Deity, Sire of ages, ne'er to cease. King of Kings, and Prince of Peace. 4. Come and worship at His feet : Yield to Christ the homage meet, From His manger to His throne, Homage due to God alone. 149. Us fc 10s. Heber. LO, THE STAR WHICH THEY SAW IX THE E AST. — Matt. 2 : 9. 1. Brightest and best of the sons of the morning. Dawn on our darkness, and lend us thine aid ; Star itf the east, the horizon adorning. Guide where our infant Redeemer is laid. 2. Cold on His cradle the dewdrops are shining ; Low lies His head with the beasts of the stall: Angels adore Him in slumber reclining. Maker, and Monarch, and Saviour of all. 8. Say, shall we yield Him. in costly devotion. Odors of Edom, and offerings divine, Gems of the mountain, and pearls of the ocean, Myrrh from the forest, or 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. 5. 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 our infant Redeemer is laid. 109 CHRIST. 150. C. M, Doddridge. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me.— Luke 4 : 13. 1. Hark, the glad sound! the Saviour comes! The Saviour promised long ! Let every heart prepare a throne, And every voice a song. 2. On Him the Spirit largely poured Exerts its sacred fire ; Wisdom and might, and zeal and love, His holy breast inspire. 3. He comes, from thickest films of vice To clear the mental ray, And on the eyeballs of the blind To pour celestial day. 4. He comes, the broken heart to bind, The bleeding soul to cure, And with the treasure 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. 151. CM. Medley. God "was manifest in the FLEsn. — 1 Tim. 3 : 1G. 1. In heaven the rapturous song began, And sweet seraphic fire Through all the shining lenions ran, And strung and tuned the lyre. 110 THE ADVENT. 2. 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. 3. Down through the portals of the sky The impetuous torrent ran ; And angels flew, with eager joy, To bear the news to man. 4. Hark ! the cherubic armies shout, And glory leads the song ; Good will and peace are heard throughout The harmonious heavenly throng. 5. With joy the chorus we'll repeat, <; Glory to God on high ; Good will and peace are now complete." Jesus was born to die. 152. 8s & 7s. Epis. Coll. The Desire of all nations. — Hag. 2 : 7. 1. Hail, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set Thy people free ! From our sins and fears release us ; Let us find our rest in Thee. 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, Bom a child, yet God our King, Born to reign in us forever, Xow Thy gracious kingdom bring. Ill CHRIST. 4. By Thine own eternal Spirit, Rule in all our hearts alone ; By Thine all-sufficient merit, Raise us to Thy glorious throne. CHRIST. — LIFE AND MINISTRY. 153. L. M. Bowsing. Thou aet a TeaciiePw come from God.— John 3: 2. 1. How sweetly flowed the gospel's sound From lips of gentleness and grace, When listening thousands gathered round, And joy and reverence 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, Unveiling an immortal day. 3. " Come, wanderers, to my Father's home ; Come, all ye weary ones, and rest." Yes, sacred Teacher, we will come, Obey Thee, love Thee, and be blest. 4. Decay, then, tenements of dust ; Pillars of earthly pride, decay ; A nobler mansion waits the just, And Jesus has prepared the way. 154. S. M. Beddome. He beheld tiie city, axd -wept over it. — Luke 19 : 41. 1. Did Christ o'er sinners weep, And shall our cheeks be dry ? 112 LIFE AND MINISTRY. Let floods of penitential grief Burst forth from every eye. The Son of God in tears Angels with wonder see ; Be thou astonished, O my soul ; He shed those tears for thee. He wept that we might weep ; Each sin demands a tear ; In heaven alone no sin is found, And there's no weeping there. 155. L. Iff. Watts. Leaving us ax example. — 1 Pet. 2 : 21. 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 knew, Thy conflict and Thy victory too. 4. Be Thou my pattern ; make me bear More of Thy gracious image here ; Then God, the Judge, shall own my name Amongst the followers of the Lamb. 8 113 CHRIST. 156. L. M. J. E. Smith. It is I; be not afraid. — Matt. 14 : 27. 1. When Power divine, in mortal form, Hushed with a word the raging storm, In soothing accents Jesus said, " Lo, it is I ; be not afraid." 2. Blessed be the voice that breathes from heaven, To every heart in sunder riven, When love, and joy, and hope are fled, " Lo, it is I ; be not afraid." 3. And when the last dread hour is come, While shuddering Nature waits her doom, This voice shall call the pious dead, " Lo, it is I ; be not afraid." 157- C. M. CWper. With desire I have desired to eat this passover. — Luke 22 : 15. 1. The Saviour! what a noble flame Was kindled in His breast, When, hasting to Jerusalem, He marched before the rest ! 2. Good will to men, and zeal for God, His every thought engross ; He longs to be baptized with blood ; He pants to reach the cross. 3. With all His sufferings full in view, And woes to us unknown, Forth to the task His spirit flew ; 'Twas love that urged Him on. 114 LIFE AND MINISTRY. 4. Lord, we return Thee what we can ; Our heart- shall sound abroad Salvation to the dying Man, And to the rising God. 5. And while Thy bleeding glories here Engage our wondering eyes, We learn our lighter cross to bear, And hasten to the skies. 158. L. M. Bache. Behold how He loved him ! — John U : 36. 1. " See how He loved ! " exclaimed the Jews, As tender tears from Jesus fell ; My grateful heart the thought pursues, And on the theme delights to dwell. 2. " See how He loved." who travelled on, Teaching the doctrine from the skies ; Who bade disease and pain begone, And called the sleeping dead to rise. 3. u See how He loved," who never shrank From toil or danger, pain or death ; "Who all the cup of sorrow drank, And meekly yielded up His breath. 4. Such love can we unmoved survey ? O, may our breasts with ardor glow, To tread His steps. His laws obey. And thus our warm affections show. 115 CHRIST. 159. L. M. Raffles. Abide with us. — Luke 24 : 29. 1. Abide with us ; the evening shades Begin already to prevail ; And, as the lingering twilight fades, Dark clouds along the horizon sail. 2. Abide with us ; and still unfold Thy sacred, Thy prophetic lore ; What wondrous things of Jesus told ! Stranger, we thirst, we pant for more. 3. Abide with us ; our hearts are cold ; We thought that Israel He'd restore ; But sweet the truths Thy lips have told, And, Stranger, we complain no more. 4. Abide with us ; amazed they cry, As, suddenly, whilst breaking bread, Their own lost Jesus meets their eye, With radiant glory on His head ! 160. lis. De Fleury. He wext forth with His disciples over the brook Cedro>\— -John IS: L 1. Thou soft-flowing Cedron, by thy silver stream Our Saviour, at midnight, when moonlight's pale beam Shone bright on thy waters, would frequently stray, And lose in thy murmurs the toils of the day. 2. How damp were the vapors that fell on His head ! How hard was His pillow, how humble His bed ! The angels, astonished, grew sad at the sight, And followed their Master with solemn delight. LIFE AND MINISTRY. O garden of Olivet, dear, honored spot, Thy name and thy wonders shall ne'er be forgot ; The theme most transporting to seraphs ab< The triumph of sorrow, the triumph of love. Come, saints, and adore Him ; come bow at Hi- feet ; (). Lriv<- Him the glory, the praise that is meet; Let joyful hosannas unceasing arise. And join the grand chorus that gladdens the skies. 161. L. M. MlLMAN. BznoLD, tht Kixg cometu. — John 12 : 15. 1. Ride on, ride on in majesty; Hark! all the tribes hosanna cry; Thy humble beast pursues his road. With palms and scattered garments strewed. 2. Ride on, ride on in majesty; In lowly pomp ride on to die : O Christ, Thy triumphs now begin O'er captive death and conquered sin. 3. Ride on. ride on in majesty: The winged squadrons of the sky Look down with sad and wondering eyes, To see the approaching sacrifice. 4. Ride on, ride on in majesty; Thy last and fiercest strife is nigh ; The Father, on His sapphire throne, Expects His own anointed Son. 5. Ride on, ride on in majesty : In lowly pomp ride on to die ; Bow Thy meek head to mortal pain ; Then take. 0 God. Thy power, and reign. 117 CHRIST. 162. L. St. Pratt's Coll. H08A5VA IN" THE niGHEST. — Matt. 21 : 9. 1. TTiiat are those soul-re viving strains Which echo thus from Salem's plains? What anthems loud, and louder still, Sweetly resound from Zion's hill ? 2. Lo, 'tis an infant chorus sings Ilosanna 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 pn To hail the Lord their Righteousness. > 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 : Glory and praise on earth be given ; Hosanna in the highest heaven. 163. 7s. Montgomery. That I may kxow Him, and the power of His resurrection.— Phil. 3 : 1. Go to dark Gethsemane, Ye that feel the tempter'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. 118 LIFE AND MINISTRY. 2. Follow to the judgment hall ; View the Lord of fife arraigned: O, the wormwood and the gall ! O, 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, adoring at His feet, Mark that miracle of time, God's own sacrifice complete : " It is finished ! " hear the 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 hath taken Him away ? Christ is risen ; lie meets our eyes : Saviour, teach us so to rise. 164. 8s & 6s. S. F. Smith. I'xto A place called Getiisemaxe. — Matt. 2G : 3G. 1. Beyond where Cedron's waters How, Behold the suffering Saviour so 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 : " My Father, can this cup remove ? " 119 CHRIST. 3. With gentle resignation still He yielded to His Father's will. In sad ( rethsemane ; " 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. 165. L. M. Tappan. AXT> THERE APPEARED AX ANGEL UHTO IIlM FROM HEAVEX STELXGTIIEX I>'G Hlil. — Luke 22 : 4-L!. 1. 'Tis midnight ; and on Olive's brow The star is dimmed that lately shone : 'Tis midnight : in the garden, now, The suffering Saviour prays alone. 2. 'Tis 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. 120 LIFE AND MINISTRY. 166. 7s. Hart. Beixg ix ax agoxy, ITe peayed moee eaexestly. — Luke 22: 44. 1. Many woes had Christ endured, Many sore temptations met, Patient and to pains inured ; But the sorest trial vet Was to be sustained in thee, Gloomv, sad Gethsemane. 2. Came at length the dreadful night ; Vengeance, with its iron rod, Stood, and with collected might. Bruised the harmless Lamb of God : See, my soul, my Saviour see, Prostrate in Gethsemane. 3. There my God bore all my guilt : This, through grace, can be believed ; But the horrors which He felt Are too vast to be conceived : None can penetrate through thee. Doleful, dark Gethsemane. 4. Sins against a holy God, Sins against His righteous laws. Sins against His love, His blood. Sins against His name and cause — Sins immense as is the sea ! Hide me. 0 Gethsemane. 5. Here's my claim, and here alone ; None a Saviour more can need ; Deeds of righteousness IYe none ; No, not one good work to plead : Not a glimpse of hope for me, Only in Gethsemane. 121 CHRIST. Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One Almighty God of love, Hymned by all the heavenly host In Thy shining courts above — We poor sinners, gracious Three, Bless Thee for Gethsemane. 167. L. M. Kelly. Behold the Max. — John 19: 5. 1. Behold the Man ! How glorious He ! Before His foes He stands unawed, And without wrong or blasphemy, He claims equality with God. 2. Behold the Man ! by all condemned, Assaulted by a host of foes, His person and His claims contemned, A man of sufferings and of woes. 3. Behold the Man ! He stands alone ; His foes are ready to devour ; Not one of all His friends will own Their Master in this trying hour. 4. Behold the Man ! So weak He seems, His awful word inspires no fear ; But soon must he who now blasphemes Before His judgment seat appear. 5. Behold the Man ! Though scorned below, He bears the greatest name above ; The angels at His footstool bow, And all His royal claims approve. 122 DEATH. BESCKRECTIOX, AM CHEIST. — DEATH. RESURRECTU >N, AND GLORY. 1CS. L. 11 Sn Hi is beougei as a lam: r nn u .:..— : ' 1. Stretched on the cross, the Saviour dies : Hark ! His expiring groan- ark ; S >. from His hands. His i side, Runs down the sacred, crimson :: '2. And didst Thou bleed ? for sinners And could the sun behold the de N withdrew his sickening ray. And darkness veiled the mourning di 3. Can I survey this scene of woe. Where mingling grief and won.!.: :: \ 1 yet my heart unmoved remain. Insensible to love or pain ? 4. Come, dearest Lord. Thy power impart, To warm tins cold, this Till all its powers and passions move In mtltine grief and ardent love. 169. L. M. S. Stehnket. It i> Fir:?: — — " zr. I." 1. Tis finished ! So the Saviour ca And meekly bowed His he: ".. I : 5, ' :- run. The battle fought, the n. 123 CHRIST. 2. 'Tis finished ! Let the joyful sound Be heard through all the nations round : 'Tis finished ! Let the eeho fly, Through heaven and hell, through earth and sky. DOXOLOGY. Praise God the Father, and the Son, And God the Spirit, Three in One. Ye hosts above, His praise proclaim, And every creature say, Amen. 170. 8s, 7s, & 4. Francis. I have finished tiie woek. — John 17: 4. 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. " It is finished ! " O, what pleasure Do these charming words afford ! Heavenly blessings, without measure, Flow to us from Christ the Lord : " It is finished ! " Saints, the dying words record. 3. Tune your harps anew, ye seraphs, Join to sing the pleasing theme ; All on earth, and all in heaven, Join to praise Immanuel's name : Hallelujah ! Glory to the bleeding Lamb. 124 DEATH. RESURRECTION, AND GLORY. 171. 8s & 7s. Robixsox. Made xigii ey tiie elood of Christ. — Eph. 2: 13. 1. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing, Which before the cross I spend ; Life, and health, and peace possessing, From the sinner's dying Friend. 2. Truly blessed is this station. Low before His cross to lie, While I see divine compassion, Beaming in His gracious eye. 3. Love and grief my heart dividing, With my tears His feet I'll bathe ; Constant still, in faith abiding, Life deriving from His death. 4. May I still enjoy this feeling, Still to my Redeemer go, Prove His wounds each day more healing, And Himself more truly know. 172. L. M. Watts. It eeiioved Chp.ist to suffer and to eise from the dead. — Luke 24 : tt 1. He die- ! the Friend of sinners dies ! Lo. Salem's daughters weep around ; A solemn darkness veils the skies ; A sudden trembling shakes the ground. 2. Come, saints, and drop a tear or two On the dear bosom of your God ; He shed a thousand drops for you — A thousand drops of richer blood. . 125 , CHRIST. 3. Here's love and grief beyond degree ; The Lord of glory dies for men ! But, lo, what sudden joys I 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 skies. 5. Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high our great Deliverer reigns ; Sing how He spoiled the hosts of hell, And led the monster Death in chains. 6. Say, " Live forever, wondrous King, Born to redeem, and strong to save ! " Then ask the monster, " Where's thy sting ? And where's thy victory, boasting Grave ? " 173. C. M. Gregg. Seex of angels. — 1 Tim. 3 : 16. 1. Beyond the glittering starry skies, Far as the eternal hills, Yon heaven of heavens with living light Our great Redeemer fills. 2. Legions of angels, strong and fair, In countless armies shine, And swell His praise with golden harps, Attuned to songs divine. 3. " Hail, Prince ! " they cry, " forever hail ! Whose unexampled love Moved Thee to quit those glorious realms And royalties above." 120 . DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND GLORY. 4. While He did condescend on earth To suffer grief and pain. They cast their honors at His fcet, And waited in His train. 5. They saw His heart transfixed with wound-, With love and grief run o'er ; They saw Him break the bars of death. Which none e'er brake before. 6. They brought His chariot from above. To bear Him to His throne ; Clapped their triumphant wings, and cried " The glorious work is done ! '' 174. C. M. S.Wesley. Sex. AXD THEY CRUCIFIED IIlM. — Matt. 27 : 35. 1. Behold the Saviour of mankind Nailed to the shameful tree ; How vast the love that Him inclined To bleed and die for thee ! 2. Hark, how He groans ! while nature shakes. And earth's strong pillars bend ; The temple's veil in sunder breaks, The solid marbles rend. 3. 'Tis done ; the precious ransom's paid ; u Receive My soul," He cries : See where He bows His sacred head ; He bows His head, and dies. 4. Though far unequal our low praise To Thy vast sufferings prove. 0 Lamb of God. thus all our days, Thus will we grieve and love. 127 CHRIST. 175. 8s & fa. IIe delivered TTim to be crucified. — Matt. 27: 20. 1. 'Twas the day when God's Anointed Died for us the death appointed, Bleeding on the dreadful cross ; Day of darkness, day of terror, Deadly fruit of ancient error, Nature's fall, and Eden's loss ! 2. Haste, prepare the bitter chalice ! Gentile hate and Jewish malice Lift the royal Victim high ; Like the serpent, wonder-gifted, Which the prophet once uplifted, For a sinful world to die. 3. Conscious of the deed unholy, Nature's pulses beat more slowly, And the sun his light denied ; Darkness wrapped the sacred city, And the earth with fear and pity Trembled when the Just One died. 4. It is finished, Man of sorrows ! From Thy cross our nature borrows Strength to bear and conquer thus : "While exalted there we view Thee, Mighty Sufferer, draw us to Thee, Sufferer victorious. 5. Not in vain for us uplifted, Man of sorrows, wonder-gifted, May that sacred symbol be ; Eminent amid the ages, Guide of heroes and of sages ; May it guide us still to Thee. 128 DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND GLORY. 176. L. M. Watts. CONTORMABLE U.VTO HlS DE ATn. — Phil. 3 : 10. 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, I 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 meet ? Or thorns compose so rich a crown ? 4. "Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small ; Love, so amazing, so divine. Demands my soul, my life, my all. 177. L. M. COLLYEB. His great love therewith He loved rs.— Eph. 2: 4. 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 ; 9 129 CHRIST. Pure as the lucid orb of day, That wide proclaims its Maker, God; Pure as the breath of vernal skies, So pure let our contrition be ; And purely let our sorrows rise To Hun who bled upon the tree. 178. 8s & 7s. Bo wring. God forbid that I should glory, save nr the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. — Gal. 0 : 14. 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. 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 cross are sanctified ; Peace is there that knows no measure, 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. 130 DEATH. RESURRECTION, AXD GLORY. 179. L. ML \VlTHIXGTOX. IlE WAS BRUISED FOB OUE INIQUITIES. — Is. S3 : o. 1. 0 Saviour of a world undone, Whose dying sorrows blot the sun, Whose painful groans and bowing head Could rend the veil and wake the dead. Say. from that execrated tree Descends the ruddy tide for me ? 2. For me did He who reigns above, The object of paternal love. Consent a servant's form to bear That I a kingly crown might wear ? Is I lis deep loss my boundless gain, And comes my victory from His pain ? 3. O, let me own the deep decree That wounded Him and rescued me ; His death. His cross. His funeral sleep, Instruct repentance how to weep ; He poured for me the vital flood ; My tears shall mingle with His blood. 4. His cross disarms temptation's power; His cross can cheer the dying hour, Make every holy doctrine clear, And each connected precept dear ; And not a duty, or a loss, But love can nail it to His cross. 180. 7s. . Collyer. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. — Matt. 28 : 6. 1. MORNING breaks upon the tomb ; Jesus dissipates its gloom : Day of triumph, through the skies, See the glorious Saviour rise. 131 CHRIST. 2. Ye who are of death afraid, Triumph in the scattered shade; Drive your anxious cares away ; See the place where Jesus lay. 3. Christians, dry your flowing tears; Chase your unbelieving fears ; Look on His deserted grave ; Doubt no more His power to save. 181. 7s. Rippon's Coll. He is >'OT iiere : for nE is kisex, as He said. — Matt. 23: G 1. Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day, Sons of men, and angels, say ; Raise your joys and triumphs high ! Sing, ye heavens, and, earth, reply. 2. Love's redeeming work is done, Fought the fight, the battle won ; Lo, the sun's eclipse is o'er ; Lo, he sets in blood no more. 3. Tain the stone, the watch, the seal ; Christ has burst the gates of hell ; Death in vain forbids His rise ; Christ hath opened paradise. 4. Lives again our glorious King ; " Where, O Death, is now thy sting ? " Once He died our souls to save ; " Where's thy victory, boasting Grave ? ' 5. Soar we now where Christ has led, Following our exalted Head ; Made like Him, like Him we rise ; Ours the cross, the grave, the skies. 132 DEATH, RESURRECTION, AXD GLORY. 182. S. M. Kelly. The Loud is risen indeed. — Luke 2-1 : 34. 1. "The Lord is risen indeed;" Then hell lias lost his prey ; With Him is risen the ransomed seed To reign in endless day. 2. " The Lord is risen indeed ; " He lives, to die no more ; He lives the sinner's eanse to plead, • Whose enrse and shame He bore. 3. u The Lord is risen indeed ; " Attending angels, hear ; L^p to the courts of heaven, with speed, The joyful tidings bear. 4. Then take your golden lyres, And strike each cheerful chord ; Join all the bright, celestial choirs, To sing our risen Lord. DOXOLOGY. Give to the Father praise, Give glory to the Son ; And to the Spirit of His grace, Be equal honor done. 183. 7s. Scott. The angel of the Lord descended from heaven. — Matt. 23 : 2. 1. Angels, roll the rock away ; Death, yield up thy mighty prey ; See, He rises from the tomb, Glowing with immortal bloom. 133 CHRIST. 2. 'Tis the Saviour ! angels, raise Fame's eternal trump of praise ; Let the earth's remotest bound Hear the joy -inspiring sound. 3. Now, ye saints, lifr up your qjqs9 Now to glory see Him rise In long triumph up the sky, Up to waiting worlds on high. 4. Heaven displays her portal- wide ; Glorious Hero, through them ride; King of glory, mount Thy throne. Thy great Father's and Thine own. 5. Praise Him. all ye heavenly choirs, Praise, and sweep your golden lyres ; Shout. O earth, in rapturous song : Let the strains be sweet and strong. 6. Every note with wonder swell, Sin o'erthrown. and eaptived hell; Where is hell's once dreaded king? Where, 0 Death, thy mortal sting? 184. L. M. Watts. Sit Thou at My eight hand.- Ts. 110 : 1. 1. Thus the eternal Father spake To Christ the Son : " Ascend and sit At My right hand, till I shall make Thy foes submissive at Thy feet. 2. -From Zion shall Thy word proceed; Thy word, the sceptre in Thy hand. Shall make the hearts of rebels bleed. And bow their wills to Thy command. 134 DEATH, RESURRECTION, AM) GLORY. 3. "That day shall show Tl a at, When saints shall flock with willing minds, And sinners crowd Thy tern Where holiness in I 4. O blessed power ! 0 glorious cL ! What a large victory shall ensue ! And converts, who Thy grace ol Exceed the drops of morning dew. 185. H. M. Doddridge. Thet had also bees a vision of a>-gel3, which said i:: ALIVE. — Luke 21 ; - 1. Yes, the Redeemer r The Saviour left the de r our hellish ft - High raised His conquering head. In wild dismay. The guards around Fell to the ground, And sunk away. 2. Lo, the angelic bands In full assembly meet, To wait His high comm And worship at Hi- : Joyful they come, And wing their way From realms of day To such a tomb. 3. Then back to heaven they fly. And the glad tidings bear ; Hark ! as they soar on high, What music fills the air ! Their anthem- ° Jesus, who bled, Hath lead ; He rose to-day." 4. Ye mortals, catch the sound. Redeemed by Him from hell, 1*5 CHRIST. And send the echo round The globe on which you dwell ; Transported cry, "Jesus, who bled, Hath left the dead, No more to die." 5. All hail, triumphant Lord, AVI 10 sav'st us with Thy blood ; Wide be Thy name adored, Thou rising:, rei^nin^ God. With Thee we rise, With Thee we reign, And empires gain Beyond the skies. 186. L. M. C. Wesley. Lift up your heads, O ye gates. — Ps. 24 : 7. 1. Our Lord is risen from the dead, Our Jesus is gone up on high ; The powers of hell are captive led, Dragged to the portals of the sky. 2. There His triumphal chariot waits, And angels chant the solemn lay : Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ; Ye everlasting doors, give way. S. Loose all your bars of massy light, And wide unfold the ethereal scene ; He claims these mansions as His right ; Receive the King of glory in. 4. Who is the King of glory — who ? The Lord, that all our foes o'ercame, The world, sin, death, and hell o'erthrew ; And Jesus is the Conqueror's name. 136 DEATH. RESURRECTION, AND GLORY, 5. Lo, His triumphal chariot waits; And angels chant the solemn lay : Lift up your heads, ye heavenly gates ; Ye everlasting doors, give way. 6. Whp is this King of glory — who? The Lord, ot' glorious power possessed ; The King of saints and angels too, God over all, forever blessed. 187. C. M. Tate & Beadt. Who is this Kara of Gloky ? — Ps. Hi : S. 1. Euect your heads, eternal gates, Unfold, to entertain The King 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. Erect your heads, ye gates, unfold In state, to entertain The King of glory : see. He comes "With all His shining train. 4. Who is this King of glory — who ? The Lord of hosts renowned ; Of glory He alone is King. Who is with glory crowned. 137 ciiuist. 188. L. M. Watts. Thou iia.st ascended ox high. — Ps.(X:]-. 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 dreadful law, And struck the chosen tribes with awe. 3. How bright the triumph none can tell, When the rebellious powers of hell, That thousand souls had captive made, Were all in chains, like captives, led. 4. Raised by His Father to the throne, He sent the promised Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again. 189. C. M. Watts. A CLOUD RECEIVED HlM OUT OF THEIR SIGHT. — Acts 1 : 9. 1. HOSAKNA to the Prince of Light, That clothed Himself in clay, Entered the iron gates of death, And tore the bars away. 2. Death is no more the king of dread, Since our Immanuel rose ; He took the tyrant's sting away, And spoiled our hellish foes. 138 DEATH, RESURRECTION, AND GLORY. 3. See, how the Conqueror mounts aloft,, And to His Father flies, With sears of honor in His flesh, And triumph in His eyes. 4. Eaise your devotion, mortal tongues, To reach His blest abode ; Sweet be the accents of your songs To our incarnate God. 5. Bright angels, strike your loudest strings, Your sweetest voices raise ; Let heaven, and all created things, Sound our Immanuel's praise. 190. L. M. Watts. The Lord our God. — Row 19 :1. 1. Begin, my soul, the heavenly song, A burden for an angel's tongue ; When Gabriel sounds these awful things, He tunes and summons all his strings. 2. He that distributes crowns and thrones Hangs on a tree, and bleeds, and groans ; The Prince of Life resigns His breath ; The King of Glory bows to death. 3. But see the wonders of His power ; He triumphs in His dying hour ; And while by Satan's rage He fell, He dashed the rising hopes of hell. 4. Thus were the hosts of death subdued, And sin was drowned in Jesus' blood ; Then He arose, and reigns above, And conquers sinners by His love. 139 CHRIST. CHRIST. — THE WAY OF SALVATION. 191. CM. Watts. Justified by the faitii of Christ. — Gal. 2 : 16. 1. In vain we seek for peace with God By methods of our own ; Jesus, there's nothing but Thy blood Can bring us near the throne. 2. The threatenings of the broken law Impress the soul with dread ; If God His sword of vengeance draw, It strikes the spirit dead. 3. But Thine illustrious sacrifice Hath answered these demands ; And peace and pardon from the skies Are offered by Thy hands. 4. 'Tis by Thy death we live, O Lord ; 'Tis on Thy cross we rest ; Forever be Thy love adored, Thy name forever blest. 192. L. M. S. Stennett. The Lord hath prepared a sacrifice. — Zeph. 1 : 7. 1. How shall the sons of men appear, Great God, before Thine awful bar ? How may the guilty hope to find Acceptance with the 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. 140 THE WAY OF SALVATION. 3. Thy blood, dear Jesus, Thine alone, Hath sovereign virtue to atone ; Here we will rest our only plea. When we approach, great God, to Thee. 193. C. M. Watts. Lo, I COME. — Ps. 40 : 7. 1. Thus saith the Lord: "Your work is vain Give your burnt offerings o'er ; In dying goats and bullocks slain, My soul delights no more." 2. Then spake the Saviour : ;* Lo, I'm here, My God, to do Thy will ; Whate'er Thy sacred books declare, Thy servant shall fulfil. 3. u Thy law is ever in my sight ; I keep it near my heart ; Mine ears are open with delight To what Thy lips impart." 4. And see, the blest Redeemer comes, The eternal Son appears. And at the appointed time assumes The body God prepares. 5. His Father's honor touched his heart ; He pitied sinners' cries, And, to fulfil a Saviour's part, Was made a Sacrifice. 141 CHRIST. 194. C. fit DOAXE. I AM THE WAY, A>'D THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE. — John 14 : G. 1. Tnou art the Way ; to Thee alone From sin and death we flee ; And he who would the Father seek, Must seek Him, Lord, by Thee. 2. Thou art the Truth ; Thy word alone True wisdom can impart ; Thou only canst inform 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. 4. Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life ; Grant us that Way to know ; That Truth to keep, that Life to win, Whose joys eternal flow. 195. L. M. Watts. Made uxto us wisdom, and righteousness, etc. — 1 Cor. 1 : 30. 1. Buried in shadows of the night We lie till Christ restores the light ; Wisdom descends to heal the blind, And chase the darkness of the mind. 2. Our guilty souls are drowned in tears Till His atoning blood appears ; Then we awake from deep distress, And sing the Lord our Righteousness. 142 THE WAY OF SALVATION'. 3. Jesus beholds where Satan Binding his slaves in heavy chain-: Be seta the prisoners free, and breaks The iron bondage from our neck-. 4. Poor helpless worm- in Thee possess Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness ; Thou art our mighty All, and we Give our whole selves, O Lord, to Thee. 196. S. M. Watts. The Lord nxin laid ox Him the iniquity of us all. — Is. 53 : 0. 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 Lpon the Shepherd's head ! 3. How glorious was the grace When Christ sustained the stroke ! Hi- life and blood the Shepherd pays A ransom for the flock. 4. His honor and His breath \Yere taken both away ; Joined with the wicked in His death, And made as vile as they. 5. But God shall raise His head O'er all the sons of men. And make Him see a numerous seed, To recompense His pain. U3 CHRIST. 6. I'll give Him, saith the Lord, A portion with the strong ; He shall possess a large reward, And hold His honors long. 197. C. M. Watts. Being justified by His grace. — Tit. 3 : 7. 1. 'Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done ; But we are saved by sovereign grace, Abounding through His Son. 2. '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. 3. '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. 4. Eaised from the dead, we live anew ; And justified by grace, We shall appear in glory too, And see our Father's face. 198. S. M. Watts. Redemption through His blood. — Eph. 1 : 7. 1. Not all the blood of beasts, On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain. 144 Till: WAY OF SALVATION. 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 ; TTe bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, And sing His bleeding love. 199 C. M. Steele. The Saviour. — John 4 : 42. 1. The Saviour ! O. what endless charms Dwell in that blissful sound ! Its influence every fear disarms. And spreads sweet comfort round. 2. Here pardon, life, and joy divine In rich effusion flow For guilty rebels, lost in sin, And doomed to endless woe. 3. The almighty Former of the skies Stooped to our vile abode ; While angels viewed with wondering eyes, And hailed the incarnate God. 10 145 CHRIST. 4. O the rich depths of love divine ! Of bliss a boundless store ! Dear Saviour, let me call Thee mine ; I cannot wish ibr more. 5. On Thee alone my hope relies ; Beneath thy cross I fall ; My Lord, my Life, my Sacrifice, My Saviour, and my All. 200. H. M. C. Wesley. Jesus made a Surety. — Heb. 7: 22. 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. He ever lives above, For me to intercede ; His all-redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead ; His blood atoned for all our race, And sprinkles now the throne of grace. 3. Five bleeding wounds He bears, Received on Calvary ; They pour effectual prayers, They strongly speak for me. Forgive him, O, forgive, they cry, Nor let that ransomed sinner die. 4. The Father hears Him pray, His dear anointed One ; 146 THE WAY OF SALVATION. He cannot turn away The presence of His Son ; His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God. 5. My God is reconciled ; Hi- pardoning voice I bear; He owns me for His child ; I can no longer fear ; "With confidence I now draw nigh, And Father ! Abba. Father ! cry. 201. S. ML Watts. . Sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus. — Heb. 10: 10. 1. How heavy is the night That hangs upon our cy g ; Till Christ, with His reviving light, Over our soul- arise ! 2. Our guilty spirits dread To meet the wrath of Heaven ; But in His righteousness arrayed, We see our sins forgiven. 3. Unholy and impure Are all our thoughts and ways ; His hands infected nature cure "With sanctifying grace. 4. The powers of hell agree To hold our souls in vain ; He sets the sons of bondage free, And breaks the cursed chain. 5. Lord, we adore Thy ways To bring us near to God — Thy sovereign power. Thy healing grace, And Thine atoning blood. 147 CHRIST. DOXOLOGY. To Father, Spirit, Son, "Whom angel hosts adore, Give worship, honor, glory, power, Both now and evermore. 202. C. M. Watts. Herein is love. — Uohn 4 : 10. 1. Plunged in a gulf of dark despair, We wretched sinners lay, Without one cheerful beam of hope, Or spark of glimmering day. 2. With pitying eyes, the Prince of grace Beheld our helpless grief; He saw, and 0, amazing love ! He ran to our relief. • 8. Down from the shining seats above, With joyful haste He fled, Entered the grave in mortal flesh, And dwelt among the dead. 4. He spoiled the powers of darkness thus, And brake our iron chains ; Jesus has freed our captive souls From everlasting pains. 5. O, for this love let rocks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak. 6. 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. 148 Tilt: AVAY OF SALVATION. 203. H. M. Reed. Having made peace thxough the blood of His cross. — Col. 1 : 20. 1. Ye saints, your music bring, Attuned to sweetest sound; Strike every trembling string, Till earth and heaven resound; The triumphs of the cross we sing ; Awake, ye saints, each joyful storing. 2. The cross, the cross alone. Subdued the powers of hell ; Like lightning from his throne The prince of darkness fell ; The triumphs of the cross we sing ; Awake, ye saints, each joyful string. 3. The cross hath power to save From all the foes that rise ; The cross hath made the grave A passage to the skies ; The triumphs of the cross we sing ; Awake, ye saints, each joyful string. 204. C. M. Watts. I HAVE COMPASSION" OX TUE MULTITUDE. — Matt. 15 : 32. 1. How condescending and how kind Was God's eternal Son ! Our misery reached His heavenly mind. And pity brought Him down. 2. He sank beneath our heavy woes, To raise us to His throne ; There's ne'er a gift His hand bestows, But cost His heart a groan. 149 CHRIST. 3. This was compassion like a God, That when the Saviour knew The price of pardon was His blood, His pity ne'er withdrew. 4. Now, though lie reigns exalted high, His love is still as great : "Well He remembers Calvary, Nor let His saints forget. 5. Here let our hearts begin to melt, While we His death record, And, with our joy for pardoned guilt, Mourn that we pierced the Lord. 205. C. M. S. Stkxxett. He is altogether lovely. — Cant. 5 : 16. To Christ, the Lord, let every tongue Its noblest tribute bring ; When He's the subject of the song, Who can refuse to sin^ ? 2. Majestic sweetness sits enthroned Upon His awful brow ; His head with radiant glories crowned, His lips with grace o'erflow. 3. No mortal can with Him compare, Among the sons of men ; Fairer He is than all the fair That fill the heavenly train. 4. He saw me plunged in deep distress, He flew to my relief; For me He bore the shameful cross, And carried all my grief. 150 THE WAY OF SALVATION. 5. 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. 6. To heaven, the place of His abode, He brings mv weary feet, Shows me the glories of my God, And makes my joys complete. 7. Since from His bounty I receive Snch proofs of love divine. Had I a thousand hearts to give. Lord, they should all be Thine. 206. 7s. Ltte. Who shall dwell ih Thy holt hill ? — Ps. 15 : 1, 1. Who. O Lord, when life is o'er, Shall to heavenly 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 hath done ; He, great God, shall be Thy care, And Thy choicest blessings share. 151 CHRIST. 207. C. Al. wItts. God was ix Christ, reconciling the world unto Himself. — 2 Cor. 5 : 13l 1. Dearest of all the names above, My Jesus 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 ; 'Tis 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 Immanuel's face appear, My hope, my joy begins ; His name forbids my slavish fear, His grace removes my sins. 5. While Jews on their own law rely, And Greeks of wisdom boast, I love the incarnate mystery, And there I fix my trust. 208. S. M. Doddridge. By grace ye are saved. — Eph. 2: 5. 1. Grace ! 'tis a charming sound, Harmonious to my ear ; Heaven with the echo shall resound, And all the earth shall hear. 152 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. 2. Grace first contrived a way To save rebellious man ; And all the steps that grace display, Which drew the wondrous plan. 3. Grace taught my wandering 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. CHRIST. — NAMES AND CHARACTERS 209. H. M. Watts. A xame M'nicn is above every >\\me. — Phil. 2 : 9. 1. Join all the glorious names Of wisdom, love, and power, That ever mortals knew, That angels ever bore ; All are too mean To speak His worth, Too mean to set My Saviour forth. But 0, what gentle term?. What condescending ways Doth our Redeemer use. To teach His heavenly 'AME SHALL BE CALLED WoXDEEFUL. — Is. 9 : G. 1. To us a Child of hope is born. To us a Son is given ; Him shall the tribes of earth obey, Him all the hosts of heaven. 2. His name shall be the Prince of Peace, Forevcrmore adored ; The Wonderful, the Counsellor, The great and mighty Lord. 3. His power, increasing, still shall spread ; His reign no end shall know ; Justice shall guard His throne above, And peace abound below. 4. To us a Child of hope is born. To us a Son is given ; The Wonflerfbi, the Counsellor, The mighty Lord of heaven. 212. C. M. Xewtox. Thy hams is as onmmr rouwro roErn. - Cant. 1 : 2. 1. Hovv sweet the name of Jesus sounds In a believer's ear ! It soothe- his sorrows, heals his wounds, And drives away his fear. 155 CHRIST. 2. It makes the wounded spirit whole, And calms the troubled breast; 'Tis manna to the hungry soul, And to the weary, rest. 3. By Thee my prayers acceptance gain, Although with sin defiled; Satan accuses me in vain. And I am owned a child. 4. Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend, My Prophet, Priest, and King ; My Lord, my Life, my Way, m£ End, Accept the praise I bring. 5. Weak is the effort of my heart. And cold my warmest thought ; But when I see Thee as Thou art, I'll praise Thee as I ought. 6. Till then I would Thy love proclaim With every fleeting breath ; And may the music of Thy name Refresh my soul in death. 213. C. M. Doddridge. I'XTO YOU THEREFORE TTHICH EELIEVE He IS PRECIOUS. — 1 Pet. 2 : 7. 1. Jesus, I love Thy charming name ; 'Tis music to mine ear ; Fain would I sound it out so loud That earth and heaven should hear. 2. Yes, Thou art precious to my soul, My transport and my trust; Jewels to Thee are gaudy toys, And gold is sordid dust. 156 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. u. All my capacious powers can wish, In Thee do richly meet ; Nor to mine eves is light so dear, Nor friendship half so sweet. 4. Thy grace still dwells upon my heart, And sheds 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 ; Then, speechless, clasp Thee in mine arms, The Antidote of death. 214, L. M. Medley. I KXOTV THAT MX REDEEMER LIVETH.— Job 19 : 25. 1. "I know that my Redeemer lives ; *' "What comfort this sweet sentence gives ! He lives. He lives, who once was dead ; He lives, my ever-living Head. 2. He lives, triumphant from the grave ; He lives, eternally to save ; He lives, all glorious in the sky; He lives, exalted there on hio-h. 3. He lives, to bless me with His love ; He lives, to plead for me above ; He lives, my hungry soul to feed ; He lives, to help in time of need. 4. He lives, to silence all my fears ; He lives, to stoop and wipe my tears ; He lives, to calm my troubled heart ; He lives, all blessings to impart. 157 CHRIST. 5. He lives, and grants me daily breath ; He lives, and I shall conquer death; He lives, niv mansion to prepare ; He lives, to bring me safely there. G. lie lives ; all glory to His name ; He lives, my Jesus still the same; 0. the sweet joy this sentence gives, " I know that my Kedeemer lives " ! 215. C. M. C. Wesley. I am He that hveth. — Rev. 1 : IS. 1. I know that my Kedeemer lives, And ever prays for me ; A token of His love He gives, A pledge of liberty. 2. I find Him lifting up my head ; He brings salvation near ; His presence makes me free indeed, And He will soon appear. 3. He wills that I should holy be ; What can withstand His will? The counsel of His irrace in me He surely shall fulfil. 4. When God is mine, and I am His, Of paradise possessed, I taste unutterable bliss, And everlasting rest. 158 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. 216. L. M. Steele. BECAUSE I LIVE TE SHALL LIVE ALSO. — John 14 : 19. 1. When sins and fears prevailing rise, And fainting hope almost expires, Jesus, to Thee I lift my eyes. To Thee I breathe my soul's desires. 2. If my immortal Saviour lives, Then my immortal life is sure ; His word a firm foundation gives ; Here let me build, and rest secure. 3. Here let my faith unshaken dwell ; Immovable the promise stands ; Not all the powers of earth or hrll Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands. 4. Here, O my soul. Thy trust repose ; If Jesus is forever mine. Not death itself, that last of foes, Shall break a union so divine. 217. C. M\ Cexxick. TnE DESIRE OF Ol'I! SOUL IS TO THY XAME.— Is. £t> : 8. 1. Thou dear Eedeemer. dying Lamb, I love to hear of Thee ; No music's like Thy charming name, Nor half so sweet can be. 2. O, may I ever hear Thy voice In mercy to me speak : And in my Priest will I rejoice, Thou great Melchisedec 159 CHRIST. 3. My Jesus shall be still my theme, While on this earth I stay ; I'll sing my Jesus' lovely name, When all things else decay. 4. When I appear in yonder cloud, With all His favored throng, Then will I sing more sweet, more loud, And Christ shall be my song. 218, C. P. M. Medley. They shall see the glory of the Lord. — Is. 3o : l'. 1. O, could I speak the matchless worth, O, could I sound the glories forth, Which in my Saviour shine, I'd soar, and touch the heavenly strings, And vie with Gabriel, while he sings In notes almost divine. 2. I'd sing the precious blood He spilt — My ransom from the dreadful guilt Of sin and wrath divine ; I'd sing His glorious righteousness, In which all-perfect, heavenly dress My soul shall ever shine. 3. I'd sing the characters He bears, And all the forms of love He wears, Exalted on His throne ; In loftiest songs of sweetest praise, I would to everlasting days Make all His glories known. 4. Well, the delightful day will come, When my dear Lord will bring me home, And I shall see His face ; 160 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. Then, with my Saviour, Brother, Friend, A blest eternity I'll spend. Triumphant in Ilis grace. 219. S. M. Steele. He shall feed nis flock like a shepheed. — Is. 40 : 11. 1. While my Redeemer's near. My Shepherd and my Guide, I bid farewell to anxious fear ; ^Sly 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 ; To Thy fair pastures guide my way, And let me rove no more. 220. L. M. Watts. Tell me. O Thou •vthou my soil loveth, ttheee Thou feedest. Cut 1 : 7. 1. Thou, whom my soul admires above All earthly joy and earthly love, Tell me. dear Shepherd, let me know Where doth Thy sweetest pasture grow ? 2. Where is the shadow of that rock, That from the sun defends Thy flock ? Fain would I feed among Thy sheep, Ainoinz them rest, among them sleep. II lei" CHRIST. 3. The footsteps of Thy flock I see ; Thy sweetest pastures, here they be ; A wondrous feast Thy love prepares, Bought with Thy wounds, and groans, and tears. 4. His dearest flesh lie makes my food, And bids me drink His richest blood ; Here, to these hills, my soul will come, Till my Beloved lead me home. 221. C. M. Hegixbotiiam. I AM THE GOOD SlIEPIIERD. — John 10:14. 1. To Thee, my Shepherd and my Lord, A grateful song I'll raise ; O, let the humblest of Thy flock Attempt to speak Thy praise. 2. My life, my joy, my hope, I owe To Thine amazing love ; Ten thousand thousand comforts here, And nobler bliss above. 3. To Thee my trembling spirit flies, With sin and grief oppressed ; Thy gentle voice dispels my fears, And lulls my cares to rest. 4. Lead on, dear Shepherd ; led by Thee, No evil shall I fear ; Soon shall I reach Thy fold above, And praise Thee better there. 162 NAMES AXD CHARACTERS. 222. L. M. IVaTTS. IX THE MIDST OF THE THB05I OF THE FOUR EE.\?TS, ANT> IX THE MIDST OF THE ELDEKS, STOOD A L.VMIi, AS IT HAD LLEN SLAIN. — KcV. o i U. 1. All mortal vanities, begone, Xor tempt my eyes, nor tire my ears ; Behold, amid the eternal throne A vision of the Lamb appears. 2. Lo, He receives a sealed book From, Him that sits upon the throne; Jesus, my Lord, prevails to look On dark decrees and things unknown. 3. All the assembling saints around Fall worshipping before the Lamb, And in new songs of gospel sound Address their honors to His name. 4. The joy, the shout, the harmony Flies o'er the everlasting hills ; u Worthy art Thou, alone," they crv, " To read the book, to loose the seals." 5. Our voices join the heavenly strain, And with transporting pleasure sing, tt Worthy the Lamb, that once was slain, To be our Teacher and our Kino-." o 223. 7S. TOPLADT. The Srx of Righteousness. — Mai. 4 : 2. 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 high, be near ; Daystar, in my heart appear. 163 CHRIST. 2. Visit, then, this soul of mine ; Pierce the glo6m of sin and grief; Fill me, Radiancy divine ; Scatter all my unbelief; More and more Thyself display, Shining to the perfect day. 224. 8s & 7s. Madax's Coll. The people that walked ix darkxess iiave seex a great Light. Is. u : 2. 1. Light of those whose dreary dwelling Borders on the shades of death, Come, and Thy dear self revealing, Dissipate the clouds beneath. 2. Still we wait for Thine appearing ; Life and joy Thy beams impart, Chasing all our fears, and cheering Eyery poor, benighted heart. 3. Save us in Thy great compassion, O Thou mild, pacific Prince ; Giye the knowledge of salvation, Give the pardon of our sins. 4. By Thine all-sufficient merit, Every burdened soul release ; By the influence of Thy Spirit, Guide us into perfect peace. 225. C. M. Newton. This is my Friexd.— Cant. 5 : 1G. 1. He, who on earth as man was known, And bore our sins and pains, Now, seated on the eternal throne, The God of glory reigns. 164 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. 2. His hands the wheels of nature guide, With an unerring skill. And countless world-, extended wide, Obey His sovereign will. 3. While harps unnumbered sound His praise In yonder world above. His saints on earth admire His ways, And glory in His love. 4. When troubles, like a burning sun, Beat heavy on their head, To this almighty Rock they run, And rind a pleasant shade. 5. How glorious He. how happy they, In sueh a glorious Friend. Whose love secures them all the way, And erowns them at the end ! 226. 8s s the gloomy vale. Soon all my mortal powers must fail ; O, may my last, expiring breath His loving kindness sing in death. 6. 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. 167 CHRIST. 229. C. M. CoWPElt. Ik that day tiieee siiall be a Fountain' opened. — Zcch. 10 : 1. 1. There is a Fountain filled with blood, Drawn from ImmanucTs veins ; And sinners, plunged beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. 2. The dying thief rejoiced to see That Fountain in his day ; And there have I, as vile as he, Washed all my sins away. 3. Dear dying Lamb, Thy precious blood Shall never lose its power, Till all the ransomed church of God Be saved, to sin no more. 4. E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream Thy flowing wounds supply, Redeeming love has been my theme, And shall be, till I die. 5. Then in a nobler, sweeter song, I'll sing Thy power to save, When this poor lisping, stammering tongue Lies silent in the grave. 230- 8s, 7s, & 4. Kelly. Witii Titee is the Fountain of life. — Ps. 3G : 9. 1. See, from Zion's sacred mountain, Streams of living water flow ; God has opened there a Fountain That supplies the world below; They are blessed Who its sovereign virtues know. 168 NAMES AND CHAR ACT I igh ten thousand channels flowing; una of mercy find their way; Lit'-, and health, and joy bestows Making aU around look gay ; ( ) ye nati Hail the long-expected day. lened by the flowing treas All-enriching as it g ~. Lo, the desert .smile- with pleasure, Buds and blossoms as the ros ; Every object Sing- for joy where'er it flows. 231. L. M. Browne. A MAS ^111 I BKi — I; '. - 1. Hail, sovereign love, that first began -.•heme to rescue fallen man: Hail, matchle rernal grace, That gave my soul a Hiding-pla 2. Against the God that rules the sky I fought with hand uplifted i Despised His rich, abounding Too proud to seek a Hiding-place. 3. But thus the eternal counsel ran : •• Almighty love, arrest that man." I felt the arrow of distn js, And found I had no Hiding-place. 4. Indignant justice stood in view ; To Sinai's fiery mount I flew ; But Justice cried, with frowning face. " This mountain is no Hiding-place.''' 169 CHRIST. 5. Ere long a heavenly voice I heard, And Mercy's angel form appeared; She led me on, with gentle pace, To Jesus, as my Hiding-place. 6. On II im Almighty vengeance fell, That must have sunk a world to hell ; lie bore it for the chosen race, And thus became their Hiding-place. 7. A few more rolling sun-, at most, Will land me safe on Canaan's coast, "Where I shall sing the song of grace, And see my glorious Hiding-place. 232. 7s. TOPLADY. That Rock -was Cheist. — 1 Cor. 10: 4. 1. Eock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee ; Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure ; Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2. Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone ; Thou must save, and Thou alone ; Nothing in my hand I bring ; Simply to Thy cross I cling. 3. While I draw this fleeting breath. When my heart-strings break in death, When I soar to worlds unknown. See Thee on Thy judgment throne, Eock of Ages, cleft for me. Let me hide myself in Thee. 170 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. 233. L. M. Steele. I GIVE U.VTO THEM ETEP.XAL LIFE. — John 10 : 28. 1. Tuou only Sovereign of my heart, ^Sly Refuge, my almightj Friend, And can my soul from Thee depart. On whom alone my hopes depend? 2. Whither, ah, whither shall I go, A wretched wanderer from my Lord ? Can this dark world of sin and woe One glimpse of happiness afford? 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 dearest Lord, outweigh^ 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. 234. 7s. C. Wesley. A Refuge from the stop.m. — Is. 25 : 4. 1. Jesus, Lover of my soul. Let me to Thy bo.-om fly. While the nearer waters roll. While the tempest still is high ; Hide me. 0 my Saviour, hide, Till the storm of life is past ; 171 CHRIST. Safe into the haven guide ; O, 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 stayed ; All my help from Thee I bring; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of Thy wing. 3. Thou, O Christ, art all I want ; More than 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 ; False, and full of sin, I am ; Thou art full of truth and grace. 235. L. M. Zixzexdorf. BLe hath covered me with TUE EODE OF EIGHTEOUSXESS.— Is. Gl : 10. 1. Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress ; 'Mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2. When from the dust of death I rise, To take my mansion in the skies, E'en then shall this be all my plea : " Jesus hath lived, and died for me." 3. Bold shall I stand in that great day : For who aught to my charge shall lay ? While, through Thy blood, absolved I am From sin's tremendous curse and shame. 172 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. 4. Thus Abraham, the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood, Saviour of sinners, Thee proclaim ; Sinners, of whom the chief I am. 5. This spotless robe the same appears "When ruined nature sinks in years ; No age can change its glorious hue ; The robe of Christ is ever new. G. O, let the dead now hear Tlry voice ; Bid, Lord, Thy banished ones rejoice ; Their beauty this, their glorious dress, Jesus, the Lord, our Righteousness; 236. L. M. Grant. TOUCIIED -vriTII THE FEELING OF OUB FSFIF.MITIES.— Heb. 4 : 15. 1. When gathering clouds 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 griefs, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears. 2. If aught should tempt my soul to stray From heavenly wisdom's narrow way, To fly the good I would pursue, Or do the thing I would not do, Still He who felt temptation's power, Will guard me in that dangerous hour. 3. "WTien, mourning, o'er some stone I bend, Which covers all that was a friend, And from his hand, his voice, his smile, Divides me for a little while, My Saviour marks the tears I shed, For " Jesus wept " o'er Lazarus dead. 173 CHRIST. 4. And, O, when I have safely passed Through every conflict but the last, Still, Lord, unchanging, watch beside My dying bed, for Thou hast died ; Then point to realms of cloudluss day, And wipe the latest tear away. 237. C. M. Watts. ClIEIST WAS OXCE OFFERED TO BEAR THE SIXS OF MANY.— HcD. 9: 28. 1. The true Messiah now appears ; The types are all withdrawn ; So fly the shadows and the stars Before the rising dawn. 2. No smoking sweets, nor bleeding lambs, Nor kid, nor bulloek slain ; Incense and spice of costly names Would all be burned in vain. 3. Aaron must lay his robes away, His mitre and Ins vest, When God Himself comes down to be The Offering and the Priest. 4. He took our mortal flesh to show The wonders of His love ; For us He paid His life below, And prays for us above. 5. " Father," He cries, " forgive their sins, For I Myself have died ; " And then He shows His open veins, And pleads His wounded side. 174 NAMES AND 0HAEACTEE8. 238. C. 1*. Watts. We have a cheat High Feiest.— Hob. 4: 14. 1. With joy we meditate the grace Of our High Priest above ; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels melt 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. But spotless, innocent, and pure. The great Redeemer stood ; While Satan's fiery darts He bore, And did resist to blood. 4. He. in the days of feeble flesh. Poured out His cries and tears ; And in His measure feels afresh "What every member bears. 5. Then let our humble faith address His mercy and His power ; We shall obtain delivering grace, In the distressing hour. 239. L. M. Logan. Tempted like as ave are. — Ueb. 4: 15. 1. Where high the heavenly temple stands, The house of God not made with hands, A great High Priest our nature wears, The Guardian of mankind appears. 175 CHRIST. 2. Though now ascended up on high, He bends on earth a brother's eye ; Partaker of the human name, He knows the frailty of our frame. 3. Our Fellow-sufferer yet retains A fellow-feeling of our pains, And still remembers, in the skies, His tears, His agonies, and cries. 4. In every pang that rends the heart, The Man of Sorrows had a part ; He sympathizes in our grief, And to the sufferer sends relief. 5. With boldness, therefore, at the throne, Let us make all our sorrows known, And ask the aids of heavenly power, To help us in the evil hour. 240. L. M. Steele. We iiaye a>' Advocate with the Fatiiek. — 1 John 2: 1. 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. Look up, my soul, with cheerful eye ; See where the great Redeemer stands, The glorious Advocate on high, With precious incense in His hands. 3. He sweetens every humble groan, He recommends each broken prayer ; Recline thy hope on Him alone Whose power and love forbid despair. 176 NAMES AND CHAKACT] 4. Teach ray weak heart. O gracious Lord, With stronger faith to call Thee mine ; Bid me pronounce the blissful word, My Father, God, with joy divine. 241. C. M. Watts. Theough Him vrz both have access bt one Stieit v>-to the Father. — Eph. 2 : I& 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. Once 'twas a seat of dreadful wrath, And shot devouring flame : Our God appeared consuming Are, And vengeance was His name. 5. Rich were the drops of Jesus' blood. That calmed His frowning face, That sprinkled o'er the burning throne, And turned the wrath to grace. 4. Ndw we may bow before His feet. And venture near the Lord : No fiery cherub guards His seat. Nor double flaming sword. 5. The peaceful gates of heavenly bliss Are opened by the Son ; High let us raise our notes of praise. And reach the almighty throne. 6. To Thee ten thousand thanks we bring. Great Advocate on high ; And glory to the eternal King, That lavs His ftiry by. 12 i;V CHRIST. 242. L. M. Steele. IIe ever livetii to make intercession. — Ileb. 7: 25. 1. He lives, the great Redeemer livfis ; What joy the blest assurance giv And now, before His Father, God, Pleads the full merit of His blood. 2. Repeated crimes awake our fears, And justice armed with frowns appears; But in the Saviour's lovely face, Sweet mercy smiles, and all is peace. 3. Hence, then, ye black, despairing thoughts; Above our fears, above our faults. His powerful intercessions rise, And guilt recedes, and terror dies. 4. In every dark, distressful hour, When sin and Satan join their power, Let this dear hope repel the dart, That Jesus bears us on His heart. 5. Great Advocate, almighty Friend ! On Him our humble hopes depend : Our cause can never, never fail, For Jesus pleads, and must prevail. 243. L. Mi Medley. TnE Forerunner. — Heb. 6: 20. 1. High on His throne of heavenly light, Eternal glory He sustains, While saints and angels bless the sight ; There Jesus, our Forerunner, reigns. 178 NAMES AND CHARACTERS. 2. He lives salvation to impart From sin, and hell, and Satan's wiles ; With love eternal in His heart There Jesus, our Forerunner, smiles. 3. Before His heavenly Father's face, For rvcvy saint He intercedes ; For mercy and abounding grace. There Jesus, our Forerunner, pleads. 4. But O, 'tis this completes the whole, And all its bli^s and glory proves, That while eternal ages roll, There Jesus, our Forerunner, loves. 244. IL Bfc C. Wesley. Yet hate I set Mr Kixg upon* Mr holy hill. — Ps. 2: 6. 1. Rejoice ! the Lord is King ; Your Lord and King adore ; Mortals, give thanks and sing, And triumph evermore ; Lift up your heart-, Lift up your voice ; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 2. Jesus, the Saviour, reigns. The God of truth and love ; When He had purged our stains, He took His seat above ; Lift up your hearts, Lift up your voice ; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. His kingdom cannot fail ; He rules o'er earth and heaven ; The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus given ; Lift up your hearts, Lift up your voice ; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 179 CHRIST. 4. He Bits at God's right hand. Till all His tors submit, And bow to His command, And fall beneath His feet : Lift up your heart-. Lift up your voice ; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. 5. He all His foes shall quell. Shall all our sins destroy, And every bosom swell With pure, seraphic joy; Lift up your hearts^ Lift up your voice ; Rejoice, again I say, rejoice. G. Rejoice in glorious hope, Jesus, the Judge, shall come, And take His servants up To their eternal home ; "We soon shall hear The archangel's voice ; The trump of God Shall sound, Rejoice ! 245. L. M. Watts. Thou akt fairer in.vx the children" of me.v. — Ps. 4.3: i 1. The King of saints, how fair His face, Adorned with majesty and grace ! He comes with blessings from above, And wins the nations to His love. 2. At His right hand our eyes behold The queen arrayed in purest gold : The world admires her heavenly dress, Her robe of joy and righteousness. 3. He forms her beauties like His own ; He calls and seats her near His throne ; Fair stranger, let thine heart ibrget The idols of thy native state. 180 HAMEfl AND CHARACTERS. 4. O happy hour, when thou shalt rise To Ilis fair palace in the skies, And all thy sons — a numerous train — Each like a prince in glory reign. 5. Let endless honors crown His head ; Let every age His praises spread ; While we, with cheerful songs, approve The condescensions of His love. 246. L. 31. Watts. Who, bei>*g nr the foem of Gor>, thought it xot robbebt to ee equal with God. — Phil, l' : ij. 1. Bright King of glory, dreadful God ! Our spirits bow before Thy seat ; To Thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at Thine awful feet. 2. A thousand seraphs, strong and bright, Stand round the glorious Deity : But who. among the sons of light, Pretends comparison with Thee ? 3. Yet there is one of human frame, Jesus, arrayed in flesh and bloody Thinks it no robbery to claim A full equality with God. 4. Their glory shines with equal beams ; Their essence is forever one : Though They are known by different names, The Father God, and God the Son. 5. Then let the name of Christ, our King, With equal honors be adored ; His praise let every angel sing, And all the nations own Him Lord. 1S1 CHRIST. 247. 8s, 7s, & 4. ■Whbh the Sox of Max shall come ix His glory. — Matt. 25: 31. 1. Lo, He comes, the King of glory, With His chosen tribes to reign ; Countless hosts of saints and angels Swell the mighty Conqueror's train ; Now in triumph, Sin and Death are captive led. 2. See, the rocks and mountains rending, All the nations filled with dread ; Hark ! the trump of God, proclaiming, Through the mansions of the dead, " Come to judgment ; Stand before the Son of Man ! " 3. Now behold the dead awaking ; Great and small before Him stand ; Not one soul forgot or missing ; None His orders countermand ; All stand waiting For their last, decisive doom. 4. Now awake, ye slumbering virgins ; Trim your lamps ; the Bridegroom's near ; Let your loins with truth be girded ; Signs proclaim He'll soon appear ; Mark, the fig tree, Budding, shows the summer's near. 5. Jesus, save a trembling sinner, While the storms of vengeance roll ; In this general wreck of nature, Be the Refuge of my soul : Jesus, save me, when the lightnings Blaze around from pole to pole. 182 ADORATION. CHRIST. — ADORATION. 248. C. M. O. Wesley. The Lord jEnovAn is my Steengtii and my Soxg.— Is. 12: 2. 1. O for a thousand tongues, to sing My great 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 charms our fears, That bids our sorrows cease ; 'Tis music in the sinner's ears ; 'Tis life, and health, and peace. 4. He breaks the power of cancelled sin ; He sets the prisoner free ; His blood can make the foulest clean ; His blood availed for me. 5. He speaks ; and, listening to His voice, New life the dead receive ; The mournful, broken hearts rejoice ; The humble poor believe. 6. Hear Him, ye deaf; His praise, ye dumb, Your loosened tongues employ ; Ye blind, behold your Saviour come ; And leap, ye lame, for joy. 183 CHRIST. 249. 7- .v- 6s. Praise orp. God, all ye IIis servants. — Rev. 1? : 5. 1. PRAISE the Lord, who reigns above, And keeps His court- below; Praise Him for Hi- boundless love, And all His greatness show ; Praise Him for His noble deeds ; Praise Him for IIis matchless power; Him. from whom all good proceeds, Let earth and heaven adore. 2. Publish, spread to all around. The great ImmanuelVname ; Let the gospel trumpet sound ; Him the Prince of Peace proclaim. Praise Him. every tuneful string ; All the reach of heavenly art, All the power of music bring — The music of the heart. 3. Him. in whom they move and live, Let every creature sing ; Glory to our Saviour give, And homage to our King. Hallowed be His name beneath ; A- in heaven, on earth adored; Praise the Lord in every breath ; Let all things praise the Lord. 250. 7s. Maban's Coll. TO LTlM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOREVER AND EVEE. — Rev. 1 : C. 1. Now begin the heavenly theme; Sing aloud in Jesus' name; Ye who His salvation prove, Triumph in redeeming love. 184 AD OR ATI OX. 2. Ye who see the Father's grace Beaming in the Saviour's face, As to Canaan on ye move, Praise and bless redeeming love. 3. Mourning souls, dry up your tears ; Banish all your guilty fears ; See your guilt and curse remove, Cancelled by redeeming love. 4. Ye, alas ! who long have been Willing slaves to death and sin, Noav, from bliss no longer rove ; Stop, and taste redeeming love. 5. Welcome, all by sin oppressed, "Welcome to His sacred rest ; Nothing brought Him from above, Nothing but redeeming love. 6. He subdued the infernal powers ; His tremendous foes, and ours, From their cursed empire drove, Mighty in redeeming love. 7. Hither, then, your music bring ; Strike aloud each joyful string ; Mortals, join the hosts above ; Join to praise redeeming love, 251. C. M. Steele. The love or Christ. — 2 Cor. 5 : 14. 1. To our Redeemer's glorious name Awake the sacred song ; O, may His love — immortal flame — Tune every heart and tongue. 185 CHRIST. 2. His love what mortal thought can reach ? What mortal tongue display 2 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, 4i The Saviour died for me." 4. O, may the sweet, the blissful theme Fill every heart and tongue, Till strangers love Thy charming name, And join the sacred song. 252. L. M. Doddridge. A Prince and a Saviour. — Acts 5 : 31. 1. Hail to the Prince of life and peace, Who holds the keys of death and hell ; The spacious world unseen is His, And sovereign power becomes Him well. 2. In shame and torment once He died ; But now He lives forevermore ; Bow down, ye saints, around His seat, And all ye angel bands adore. 3. So live forever, glorious Lord, To crush Thy foes and guard Thy friends, "While all Thy chosen tribes rejoice That Thy dominion never ends. 4. Worthy Thy hand to hold the keys, Guided by wisdom and by love ; Worthy to rule o'er mortal life, O'er worlds below, and worlds above. 186 ADORATION. 5. Forever reign, victorious King ; Wide through the earth Thy name be known; And call my longing soul to sing Sublimer anthems near Thy throne. 253, 6s & 4s. KlXGSBURY. That at the >\vme of Jesus every kvee siiould lovt.— Phil. 2 : 10. 1. Let us awake our joys : Strike up with cheerful voice ; Each creature, sing ; Angels, begin the song ; Mortals, the strain prolong, In accents sweet and strong, u 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, a 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. 187 CHRIST. 254. 7S. COXDER. Palms nr tiieik hands. — Rev. 7 : 9. 1. See the ransomed millions stand, Palms of conquest in their hand ; This before the throne their strain — " Hell is vanquished, Death is slain. 2. " Blessing, honor, glory, might, Are the Conqueror's native right ; Thrones and powers before Him fall, Lamb of God, and Lord of all." 255. L. M. Shirley. "Worthy is the Lamb. — Rev. 5 : 12. 1. Worthy the Lamb of boundless sway, In earth or heaven the Lord of all ; Let all the powers of earth obey, And low before His footstool fall. 2. Higher, still higher, swell the strain ; Creation's voice, the note prolong ; Jesus, the Lamb, shall ever reign ; Let hallelujahs crown the song. DOXOLOGY. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven and earth adore, Be glory as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. 188 ADORATION. 256. 8s ft 7s. Pratt's Coll. Tiiou aet mt God, a>*d I will praise Thee. — Ps. US: 2S. 1. CBOWN His head with endless blessing, Who, in God the Father's name, With eompassions never ceasing Comes salvation to proclaim. 2. Lo, Jehovah, we adore Thee ! Thee, our Saviour ! Thee, our God ! From His throne His 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, Eise eternal round Thy throne. 4. Xow, ye saints. His power confessing, In your grateful strains adore ; For His mercy, never ceasing. Flows, and flows forevermore. 257. L. If. Doddridge. HIS THP.05X IS EPEOLDEX ET MEECY— Prov. 1 1. Exalted Prince of life, we own The royal honors of Thy throne ; 'Tis fixed by God's almighty hand, And seraphs bow at Thy command. 2. Exalted Saviour, we confess The sovereign triumphs of Thy grace, Where beams of gentle radiance shine, And temper majesty divine. 189 CHRIST. Wide Thy resistless seeptre sway. Till all Thine enemies obey ; Wide may Thy cross its virtues prove, And conquer millions by its love. DOXOLOGY. 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. 258. 8s & 7s. Bakewell. TlIOU ART WORTHY, O LOP.D, TO RECEIVE GLORY. — Rev. 4 : U. 1. Hail, Thou once despised Jesus ; Hail, Thou Galilean King ; Thou didst suffer to release us, Thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, Thou agonizing Saviour, Bearer of our sin and shame ; By Thy merits we find favor ; Life is given through Thy name. 2. Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins on Thee were laid ; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made ; All Thy people are forgiven, Through the virtue of Thy blood ; Opened is the gate of heaven ; Peace is made 'twixt man and God. 3. Jesus, hail ! enthroned in glory, There forever to abide ; All the heavenly hosts adore Thee, Seated at Thy Father's side ; 190 ADORATION. There for -inner- Thou art pleading, There Thou dost our place prepare, for us interceding, Till in glory we appear. 4. Worship, honor, power, and blessing, Thou art worthy to receive ; Loudc-t praises, without ceasing, Meet it is for as to give ; Help, ye bright, angelic Spirits : Bring your sweetest, noblest lays ; Help to sing our Saviour'.- merit-. Help to chant Immanuel's praise. 259. 8s, 7s, & 4s. Kelly. And H"e shall r.Eicy folevep. axd ever. — Rev. 11 : IK 1. L oo k. ye saints; the sight is glorious; - the "Man of S rows M now; From the fight 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 vault of heaven 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. 191 CHRIST. 4. Hark ! those bursts of acclamation ! Hark ! those loud, triumphant chords ! Jesus takes the highest station ; O, what joy the sight affords ! Crown Him, crown Him, " King of kings, and Lord of lords." 260. 4s, 6s, & 8s. Brydges. Behold the Lamb of God. —John 1 : 29. 1. Behold the Lamb ! O Thou for sinners slain, Let it not be in vain That Thou hast died ; Thee for my Saviour let me take, Thee, Thee alone, my Refuge make, Thy pierced side. 2. Behold the Lamb ! Archangels, fold your wings ; Seraphs, hush all the strings Of million lyres : The Victim, veiled on earth, in love Unveiled, enthroned, adored above, All heaven admires. 3. Behold the Lamb ! Saints, wrapped in blissful rest, Souls, waiting to be blest — O Lord, how long ! Thou church on earth, o'erwhelmed with fears, Still in this vale of woe and tears, Swell the full song. 4. Behold the Lamb ! Worthy is He alone To sit upon the throne Of God above ; 192 ADORATION'. One with the Ancient of all (lavs ; One with the Paratelete in praise ; All light, all love. 261. 8s & 7s. Caswall. TO THE ONLY WISE GOD, OL*E BAYIOUB, BE GLOEY. — Jude 25. 1. SiNG, my tongue, the Saviour's glory ; Tell His triumph far and wide ; Tell aloud the famous story Of His body crucified : How upon the cross a victim Vanquishing in death. He died. 2. Eating of the tree forbidden, Man had sunk in Satan's snare, "When our pitying Creator Did this second tree prepare ; Destined, many ages later, That first evil to repair. 3. Blessing, honor everlasting, To the immortal Deity : To the Father, Son. and Spirit, Equal praises ever be ; Glory through the earth and heaven To our God in Trinity. 262. L. M. Watts. Ue would eaise up Ciieist to sit ox His tiieoxe.— Act? 2 1. Now for a tune of lofty praise To great Jehovah's equal Son : Awake, my voice, in heavenly lays : Tell the loud wonders He hath done. 13 193 CIIIMST. 2. Sing how He left the worlds of light, And the bright robes lie wore above; IIow swift and joyful was I lis flight On wings of everlasting love. 3. Deep in the shades of gloomy death, The almighty Captive prisoner lay ; The almighty Captive left the earth, And rose to everlasting day. 4. Lift up your eyes, ye sons of light, Up to His throne of shining grace ; See what immortal glories sit Round the sweet beauties of His face. DOXOLOGY. Now to the Father, and the Son Who rose from death, be glory given ; With Thee, O holy Comforter, Henceforth by all in earth and heaven. 263. C. M. Watts. Wouthy is the Lamb that vtas slaix.— Rev. 5 : 12. 1. Come, let us join our cheerful songs With angels round the throne ; Ten thousand thousand are their tongues, But all their joys are one. 2. " Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry, " To be exalted thus ; " " Worthy the Lamb,* our lips reply, " For He was slain for us." 3. Jesus is worthy to receive Honor and power divine ; And blessings, more than we can give, Be, Lord, forever Thine. 194 ADORATION. 4. Let all that dwell above the sky, And air. and earth, and - Conspire to lift Thy glories high, And speak Thine endless praise. o. The whole creation join in one To bless the sacred name Of Him that sirs upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb. 264. S. 31. TTatts. Novr uxto the King ztekxal. immortal, ixvisielz, etc.— 1 Tun. 1 .- 17, 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 us sate 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. 5. To our Redeemer God Wisdom and power belongs. Immortal crowns of majesty, And everlasting songs. 195 CHRIST. 265. C. M. Duncan. IIe is Lord of all. — Acts 10: S£ 1. All hail, the power of Jesus' name ; Let angels prostrate fall, Bring forth the royal diadem, And crown Him Lord of all. 2. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light, Who fixed this floating ball; Now hail the strength of Israel's might, And crown Him Lord of all. 3. Crown Him, ye martyrs of our God, Who from His altar call ; Extol the stem of Jesse's rod, And crown Him Lord of all. 4. 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. 5. Ye Gentile sinners, ne'er forget The wormwood and the gall ; Go, spread your trophies at His feet, And crown Him Lord of all. 6. Let every kindred, every tribe, On this terrestrial ball, To Him all majesty ascribe, And crown Him Lord of all. 7. O that with yonder sacred throng, We at His feet may fall ! We'll join the everlasting song, And crown Him Lord of all. 196 ADORATION'. 266. 6i & 4s. The Lamb wnicn is ix the midst of the theoxe.— Rev. 7 : 17. 1. Gloky to God on high ! Let heaven and earth reply, u Praise ye His name ; " Angels, His love adore, Who all our sorrows bore ; Saints, cry for evermore, M Worthy the Lamb/' 2. Ye who snrround the throne, Cheerfully join in one. Praising His name : Ye who have felt His blood Sealing your peaee with God, Sound through the earth abroad, u Worthy the Lamb." 3. Soon must we change our place ; Yet will we never cease Praising His name ; Still will we tribute bring. Hail Him our gracious King, And through all ages sing, •• Worthy the Lamb." [ 267. C. 1M. Watts God HATn blessed Thee fof.evee. — Ps. 4-5 : 2. 1. I'll speak the honors of my King, His form divinely lair : None of the sons of mortal race May with the Lord compare. 2. Sweet is Thy speech, and heavenly grace Upon Thy lips is shed ; Thy God with blessings infinite Hath crowned Thy sacred head. 197 CHRIST. 3. Gird on Thy sword, victorious Prince, Ride with majestic sway; Thy terror shall strike through Thy foes, And make the world obey. 4. Thy throne, O God, forever stands ; Thy word of grace shall prove A peaceful sceptre in Thy hands, To rule the saints by love. O. Justice and truth attend Thee still ; But mercy is Thy choice ; And God, Thy God, Thy soul shall fill With most peculiar joys. 268. 5s & Gs. Madan's Coll. Salvation to our God. — Rev. 7: 10. 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, And 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 King. 3. Salvation to God, Who sits on the throne, 198 ADORATION. Let all cry aloud. And honor the Son ; Our Saviour's high praises 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 above. And thanks never ceasing, And infinite love. 269. S. M. Hammond. Axd they sixg the soxg of Moses. — Rev. 1j : 3. 1. Awake, and sing the song Of Moses and the Lamb : "Wake every heart, and every tongue, To praise the Saviours name. 2. Sing of His dying love ; Sing of His rising power ; Sing how He intercedes above, For us, whose sins He bore. 3. Sing, till we feel our heart Ascending with our tongue ; Sing, till the love of sin depart, And grace inspire our song. 4. Soon shall we hear Him say, "* Ye blessed children, come ! " Soon will He call us hence away To our eternal home. 199 CHRIST. 5. There shall our raptured tongue His endless praise proclaim, And sweeter voices tune the song Of Moses and the Lamb. 270. lis & 12s. Noel's Coll. The Lord God omxipotext eeigxeth. — Rev. 10 : G. 1. O, jo ix ye the anthems of triumph that rise From the throng of the blest, from the hosts of the skies ; Alleluia, they sing, in rapturous strains, Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns ! 2. He gave to the light its beneficent wings ; He controlleth the councils of senates and kings ; From His throne in the clouds the lightnings are hurled, And He ruleth the factions that rage through the world. 3. Rejoice, ye that love Him ; His power cannot fail ; His omnipotent goodness shall surely prevail ; The triumph of evil will shortly be passed, And the omnipotent King shall conquer at last. 4. Though Satan now maketh the nations his prey, The dominion of darkness shall soon pass away ; Exulting, we join heaven's rapturous strains, Alleluia, the Lord God omnipotent reigns ! 271. 8s & 7s. Kelly. Let all the axgels of God worship IIim. — neb. 1 : C. 1. Hahk ! ten thousand harps and voices Sound the note of praise above ; Jesus reigns, and heaven rejoices ; Jesus reigns, the God of love : 200 ADORATION". See. lie sits on yonder throne ; Jesus rules the world alone. '2. 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, 3. Saviour, hasten Thine appearing ; Bring. 0 bring the glorious day. When, the awful summons hearing. Heaven and earth shall pass away ; Then, with golden harps, we'll sing, u Glory, glory to our King." 272. C. M. TTatts. Blessed be the King tiiat cometii in- the rami of the Lord. Luke 19 : 3 1. Hosaxxa 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 tame, Through the wide world shall run. And everlasting ages sing The triumphs Thou hast won. 273. 8s & 7s. Kobixsox. Being the brightness of His glot.y. — Hob. 1 : 3. 1. Brightness of the Father's glory. Shall Thy praise unuttered lie? Fly, my tongue, such guilty silence ; Sing the Lord who came to die. 201 CHRIST. 2. Did archangels sing Thy coming? Did the shepherds learn their lays? Shame would cover me, ungrateful, Should my tongue refuse to praise. 3. From the highest throne in glory To the cross of deepest woe, All to ransom guilty captives ! Flow, my praise, forever flow. 4. Go, return, immortal Saviour ; Leave Thy footstool, take Thy throne ; Thence return, and reign forever; Be the kingdom all Thine own. 274. 10s, lis, & 12s. Epis. Coll. Messiah, tiie Pbletck. — Dan. 9 : 25. 1. Ziox, the marvellous story be telling, The Son of the Highest, how lowly His birth ! The brightest archangel in glory excelling, He stoops to redeem thee, He reigns upon earth. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing ; Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King ! 2. Tell how He cometh, from nation to nation ; The heart-cheering news let the earth echo round ; How free to the faithful He offers salvation, How His people with joy everlasting are crowned. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; Jerusalem triumphs. Messiah is King ! 3. Mortals, your homage be gratefully bringing And sweet let the gladsome hosanna arise ; Ye angels, the full hallelujah be singing, One chorus resound through the earth and the skies. Shout the glad tidings, exultingly sing; Jerusalem triumphs, Messiah is King ! 202 adoration. 275. 7& Kelly. To Him ee gloet, eoth xow a>d forever. — 2 Pot. 3 : IS. 1. Glory, glory to our King! Crowns unlading 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, u Glory, glory to our King ! n 276. C. M. Watts. GOLDEX VIALS, FULL OF ODORS. — RcV. 5 I S. 1. Behold the glories of the Lamb, Amid Hi- 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 saints, And these the hymns they raise ; Jesus is kind to our complaints ; He loves to hear our praise. 203 CHRIST. 4. Now to the Lamb, that once was slain, Be endless blessings paid; Salvation, glory, joy, remain Forever on Thy head. o. The worlds of nature and of grace Are put beneath Thy power ; Then shorten these delaying days, And bring the promised hour. DOXOLOGY. Now to our God, the Father, Son, And Holy Spirit, sing; With praise to God, the Three in One, Let all creation ring. 277. 8s, 7s, & 4. And again they said, Alleluia. — Rev. 19 : 3. 1. Hallelujah ! best and sweetest Of the hymns of praise above ; Hallelujah ! thou repeatest, Angel host, these notes of love ; This ye utter, While your golden harps ye move. 2. Hallelujah ! church victorious, Join the concert of the sky ; Hallelujah ! bright and glorious, Lift, ye saints, this strain on high ; We, poor exiles, Join not yet your melody. 3. Hallelujah ! strains of gladness Comfort not the faint and worn ; Hallelujah! sounds of sadness Best become the heart forlorn ; Our offences TVe with bitter tears must mourn. 204 ADORATION. 4. But our earnest supplication, Holy God, we raise to Thee ; Visit us with Thy salvation, Make us all Thy peace to see. Hallelujah ! Ours at length this strain shall be. 278. 7s. Coxder. Praise, O te servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord. Ps. 113 : 1. 1. All His servants, join to sing God our Saviour and our King ; Round the world His praise be sung, Through all lands, in every tongue. 2. O'er all nations God alone, Higher than the heavens His throne ; Who is like to God most high, Infinite in majesty ? 3. Yet to view the heavens He bends ; Yea, to earth He condescends ; Passing by the rich and great, For the low and desolate. 4. He can raise the poor to stand "With the princes of the land ; Wealth upon the needy shower; Set the meanest high in power. 5. He the broken spirit cheers ; Turns to joy the mourner's tears ; Such the wonders of His ways ! Praise His name, forever praise. 205 CHRIST. DOXOLOGY. Praise to Christ, of martyrs King, Who His saints to bliss doth bring; Praise to God, the Father, Son, And the Spirit, Three in One. 279. 7s. Montgomery. Alleluia, for tiie Lord God omnipotent reigxetu.— Rev. YJ : G. 1. Hark ! the song of jubilee ! Loud as mighty thunder's roar, Or the fulness of the sea, When it breaks upon the shore. 2. Hallelujah ! for the Lord God Omnipotent shall reign ; Hallelujah ! let the word Echo round the earth and main. 3. Hallelujah ! hark ! the sound, From the depths unto the skies, Wakes, above, beneath, around, All creation's harmonies. 4. See Jehovah's banner furled ; Sheathed His sword ; He speaks, 'tis done, And the kingdoms of this world Are the kingdoms of His Son. 5. He shall reign from pole to pole, With illimitable sway ; He shall reign, when, like a scroll, Yonder heavens have passed away. 6. Then the end ; beneath His rod Man's last enemy shall fall ; Hallelujah ! Christ in God, God in Christ, is All in All. 206 ADORATION. 280. 7s. Montgomery; Gloet to God ix the highest. — Luke 2 : 14. 1. Soxgs of praise the angels sang Heaven with hallelujahs rang. When Jehovah's work begun. When He .-pake and it was done. 2. Songs of praise awoke the morn. When the Prince of Peace was bora ; Songs of praise arose when He Captive led captivity. 3. Heaven and earth must pass away ; Songs of praise shall crown that day ; God will make new heavens, new earth ; Song- of praise shall hail their birth. 4. And shall man alone be dumb. Till that glorious kingdom come ? No : the church delights to raise Psalms, and hymns, and songs of praise. 5. Borne upon their latest breath. Songs of praise shall conquer death ; Then, amid eternal joy. Songs of praise their powers employ. 281. 64 'D HAST REDEEMED US. — Rev. 5: 0. 1. Glory, glory everlasting. Be to Him who bore the cross, Who redeemed our souls by tasting Death, the death deserved by us ; Spread His glory. Who redeemed His people thus. 2. While we hear the wondrous story Of the Saviour's cross and shame, Sing we. " Everlasting glory Be to God and to the Lamb ; " Saints and angels. Give ye glory to His name. 284. L. M. Watts. TO WHOM BE HONOR AND POWER EVERLASTING. — 1 Tim. 6 : 16. 1. Jesus, thou everlasting King, Accept the tribute which we bring; Accept the well-deserved renown. And wear our praises as Thy crown. 2. Let every act of worship be Like our espousals. Lord, to Thee ; Like the dear hour when from above We first received Thy pledge of love. 14 209 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 3. The gladness of that happy day, Our hearts would wish it long to stay ; Nor let our faith forsake its hold, Nor comforts sink, nor love grow cold. 4. Each following minute, as it flies, Increase Thy praise, improve our joys, Till we are raised to sing Thy name, At the great supper of the Lamb. 5. 0 that the months would roll away, And bring that coronation day ! The King of grace shall fill the throne, With all His Father's glories on. THE HOLY SPIRIT. — INVOCATION. 285. L. M. Dryden. TnE Spikit of God. — Gen. 1 : 2. 1. Creator Spirit! by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come, visit every pious mind ; Come, pour Thy joys on human kind. 2. Thrice holy Fount ! thrice holy Fire ! Our hearts with filial love inspire ; Come, and Thy secret unction bring, To sanctify us while we sing. 3. 'Chase from our minds the infernal foe, And peace, the fruit of love, bestow ; And lest our feet should step astray, Protect and guide us in our way. 210 IX VOCATION. 4. Make us eternal truths receive, And practise all that we believe; Give us Thyself, that we may see The Father and the Son by Thee. 286. C. M. Watts, Peayixg ix TnE Holy Gitost. — Jude 20. 1. Come. Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all Thy quickening powers, Kindle a name of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours. 2. Look, how we grovel here below, Fond of these trifling toys ! Oar souls can neither iiy nor go To reach eternal joys. 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 Thee, And Thine to us so great ? 5. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all Thy quickening powers ; Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours. 211 THE HOLT SPIRIT. 287. 7s. Reed. TnitOUOII SANCTIFICATION OF THE SPIRIT. — 1 Vet 1 : 2. 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. 288. L. M. Rippox's Coll. He shall come down like rain upon the mo\t>- grass. — PSc 72 : C. 1. As, in soft silence, vernal showers Descend, and cheer the fainting flowers, So, in the secrecy of love, Falls the sweet influence from above. 2. That heavenly influence let me find In holy silence of the mind, While every grace maintains its bloom, Diffusing wide its rich perfume. 3. Nor let these blessings be confined To me, but poured on all mankind ; Till earth's wild wastes in verdure rise, And a young Eden bless our eyes. 212 INVOCATION. 289. C. M. Watts. Ye weee sealed vrnn that Holy Spip.it of promise. — Eph. 1 : 13. 1. Why should the children of a King Go mourning all their days ? Great Comforter, descend and bring Some tokens of Thy grace. 2. Dost Thou not dwell in all the saints, And seal the heirs of heaven ? "When wilt Thou banish my complaints, And show my sins forgiven ? 3. Assure my conscience of her part In the 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 safe convey me home. 290. 7s. Stocker. He will guide you into all teuth. — JohnlG : 13. 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. 213 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. 291- L. 31. Beddome. The a>'OI>"ti>'g vnncu ye iiave p.eceived of Him abideth is you. 1 John -2 : 17. 1. Come, blessed Spirit, Source of light, Whose power and grace are unconfined, Dispel the gloomy shades of night, The thicker darkness of the mind. 2. To mine illumined eyes display The glorious truth Thy word reveals ; Cause me to run the heavenly way ; The book unfold, unloose the seals. 3. Thine inward teachings make me know, The mysteries of redeeming love, The emptiness of things below, The excellence of things above. 4. TThile through this dubious maze I stray, Spread, like the sun, Thy beams abroad, To show the dangers of the way. And guide my feeble steps to God. 214 INVOCATION. 292. L. M. Steele. That IIe mat abide with you foeevee.— Jolin 1-i j 10. 1. Dear Lord, and shall Thy Spirit rest In such a wretched heart as mine ? Unworthy dwelling ! glorious Guest ! Favor astonishing ! divine ! 2. AVhen 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 ? 3. Sure the blest Comforter is nigh ; 'Tis He sustains my fainting heart ; Else would my hopes forever die, And every cheering ray depart. i. 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 ? 5. Let Thy kind Spirit in my heart Forever dwell, O God of love, And light and heavenly peace impart, Sweet earnest of the joys above. 293. S. M. Beddome. It is God tthich m-oeketh i>- you botii to will and to do. —Phil. 2 : 13. 1. Tis God, the Spirit, leads In paths before unknown ; The work to be performed is ours, The strength is all His own. 215 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 2. Assisted 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 ; His is the power by which we act ; His be the glory, too. 294. L. M. TOPLADY. Call te urox Him while He is xeak.- Is. 55 :G. 1. At anchor laid, remote from home, Toiling, I cry, " Sweet Spirit, come ; Celestial Breeze, no longer stay, But swell my sails, and speed my way. 2. " Fain would I mount, fain would I glow, And loose my cable from below ; But I can only spread my sail ; Thou, Thou must breathe the auspicious gale." 295. S. M. Beddome. It is tiie Spirit that quickeneth. — John 6: Go. 1. Come, Holy Spirit, come, With energy divine, And on this poor, benighted soul With beams of mercy shine. 2. Melt, melt this frozen heart ; This stubborn will subdue ; Each evil passion overcome, And form me all anew. 216 INVOCATION. 3. Mine will the profit be, But Thine shall be the praise ; And unto Thee I will devpte The remnant of my days. DOXOLOGY. To God the only wise, Our Saviour and our King, Let all who dwell below the skies Their grateful praises sing. 296. L. M. Browne! AS HAST AS ARE LED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD, THEY ARE TITE SOYS OF God. — Rom. B : 14. 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. The light of truth to us 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 That we must take to dwell with God ; Lead us to Christ — the living Way, Nor let us from His pastures stray. 297. C. M. Montgomery. By my Spirit, saitfi the Lord of Hosts. — Zech. 4: 6. 1. Spirit of power and might, behold A world by sin destroyed : Creator Spirit, as of old. Move on the formless void. 217 THE HOLY SPIRIT. 2. Give Thou the word ; that healing sound Shall quell the d<-adiv strife ; And earth again, like Eden crowned, Produce the tree of life. 3. If sang the morning stars for joy, When nature rose to view, What strains shall 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. So every kindred, tongue, and tribe, Assembling round the throne, Thy new creation shall ascribe To sovereign love alone. 298. S. M. Cleland's Hymxs. A still small VOICE. — 1 Kings 19 : 12. 1. Blest Comforter divine, Let rays of heavenly love Amid our gloom and darkness shine, To guide our souls above. 2. Draw, with Thy still small 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. 218 INVOCATION". 299. L. M. Watts. He siiall teach you all things. — John 14: 26. 1. Eternal Spirit, we confess And sing the wonders of Thy grace ; Thy power conveys our blessings down From God the Father and the Son. 2. Enlightened by Thy 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, Do our 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. 300. 8s & 7s. Toplady. The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, etc. — Gal. 5: 22. 1. Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness ; Pierce the clouds of sinful night ; Come, thou Source of sweetest 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. 219 THE HOLT SPIRIT. 301. L. M. C. Wesley. Mr Spieit sn.\LL xot always steiye. — Gen. 6: 3. 1. Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay. Though I have done Thee such despite ; Nor cast the 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, O, the chief of sinners spare, In honor of my great High Priest ; Nor, in Thy righteous anger, swear To exclude me from Thy people's rest. 4. Now, Lord, my weary soul release ; Upraise me with Thy gracious hand ; And guide me into perfect peace, And bring me to the promised land. 302. L. M. Watts. God hath eevealed them r>*xo us by His Spirit. — 1 Cor. 2: 10. 1. Descend from heaven, immortal. Dove; Stoop down and take us on Thy wings ; And mount, and bear us far above The reach of these inferior things ; 2. Beyond, beyond this lower sky, tip where eternal ages roll, "Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul. 220 * ADORATION AND PRAISE. 3. O, for a sight, a pleasing Bight, Of our almighty Father's throne ! There .-its our Saviour crowned with light, Clothed in a body like our own. 4. Adoring saints around Him stand, And thrones and powers before Him fall : The God shines gracious through the man, And sheds sweet glories on them all. 5. O, what amazing joys they feel, While to their golden harps they sing, And sit on every heavenly hill. And spread the triumphs of their King ! G. "When shall the day. dear Lord, appear, That I shall mount, to dwell above, And stand and bow among them there, And view Thy face, and sing, and love ? THE TRINITY. — ADORATION AND PRAISE. 303. L. M. Watts. God the Father, through saxctificatio>- of the Spirit. —1 Pet. 1: 2. 1. Blessed be the Father and His love, To whose celestial source we owe Rivers of endless joy above, And rills of comfort here below. 2. Glory to Thee, great Son of God, From whose clear wounded body rolls A precious stream of vital blood. Pardon and life for dying souls. 221 THE TRINITY. o. We give Thee, sacred Spirit, praise, Who in our hearts of -in and woe Mak'st living springs of grace arise, And into boundless glory flow. 4. Tims 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. 304. C. M. C. Wesley. These Three are One. — 1 John 5 : 7. 1. Hail 1 holy, holy, holy Lord, Whom One in Three we know By all Thy heavenly host adored. By all Thy church below. 2. One undivided Trinity With triumph we proclaim ; Thy universe is full of Thee, And speaks Thy glorious name. 3. Thee, holy Father, we confess ; Thee, holy Son, adore ; And Thee, the Holy Ghost, we bless, And worship evermore. 4. Hail ! holy, holy, holy Lord, Our heavenly song shall be ; Supreme, essential One, adored In co-eternal Three. 305, te, 8s, & 4s. Oliver. These are TnREE that bear record nr heaven. — 1 John 5 : 7. 1. The God who reigns on high The great archangels sing, And " Holy, holy, holy " cry, Almighty King ; " 222 ADORATION AND PRAISE. Who was and is the same, And evermore shall be : Jehovah, Father, Great I Am, We worship Thee. 2. The whole triumphant host Give thanks to God on high : Hail, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, They ever cry. Hail, Abraham's God and mine ; I join the heavenly lays : All might and majesty are Thine, And endless praise. 306. H. M. Watts. In* the >*ame of tiie Father, and of tue Sox, and of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 88 : 1% 1. I give immortal praise To God the Father's love For all my comforts here, And better hopes above : He sent His own Eternal Son To die for sins That man had done. To God the Son belongs Immortal glory too ; Who bought us with His blood From everlasting woe ; And now He lives, And now He reigns, And sees the fruit Of all His pains. To God the Spirit's name Immortal worship give, Whose new-creating power Makes the dead sinner live ; His work completes The great design And fills the soul With joy divine. 223 THE TRINITY. 4. Almighty God, to Thee Vn> endless honors done; The undivided Three, And the mysterious One. 'Where reason fails, With all her powers, There faith prevails, And love adores. 307. 8s. Hart. Ouk God forever axd ever. — Ps. 4S : 14. 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, Whose Spirit shall guide us safe home ; We'll praise Him for all that is past, And trust Him for all that's to come. 308. Gs & 4s. Madan's Coll. The Father, the Word, axd the noLY Ghost. — 1 John 5 : 7. 1. Come, Thou almighty King, Help us Thy name to sing, Help us to praise ; Father all glorious, O'er all victorious, Come and reign over us, Ancient of days. 2. Jesus, our Lord, arise, Scatter our enemies, And make them fall ; Let Thine almighty aid Our sure defence be made ; Our souls on Thee be stayed ; Lord, hear our call. 224 INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, ETC. 3. Come, Thou incarnate Word, Gird on Thy mighty sword ; Our prayer attend ; Come, and Thy people bless, And give Thy word success ; Spirit of holiness, On us descend. L 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 the great One in Three, The highest praises be, Hence evermore ; His sovereign majesty May we in glory see, And to eternity Love and adore. HOLY SCRIPTURES. — INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, -ETC. 309. L. M. Watts. Holy hex of God spake as they tteee moved by the Holy Guost. a Pet. 1 : '21. 1. 'Twas by an order from the Lord The ancient prophets spoke His word; His Spirit did their tongues inspire. And warmed their hearts with heavenly fire. 15 225 HOLY SCRIPTURES. 2. The works and wonders which they wrought Confirmed the messages they brought ; The prophet's pen succeeds his breath, To save the holy words from death. 3. Great God, mine eyes with pleasure look On the dear volume of Thy book ; There my Redeemer's face I see, And read His name who died for me. 4. Let the false raptures of the mind Be lost, and vanish in the wind ; Here I can fix my hope secure ; This is Thy word, and must endure. 310. C. M. Cowper. The light of the glorious gospel of Christ. — 2 Cor. 4 : 4. 1. The Spirit breathes upon the word, And brings the truth to sight ; Precepts and promises afford A sanctifying light. 2. A glory gilds the sacred page, Majestic, like the sun, It gives a light to every age ; It gives, but borrows none. 3. The hand that gave it still supplies The gracious light and heat ; His truths upon the nations rise ; They rise, but never set. 4. Let everlasting thanks be Thine For such a bright display As makes a world of darkness shine With beams of heavenly day. 226 INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, ETC. 5. My soul rejoices to pursue The stops of Him I love, Till glory break upon my view, Iu brighter worlds above. 311. C. M. Fawcett. All ScrarxuEE is given" by inspiration- of God. — 2 Tim. 3 : 1G. 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. 3. This lamp, through all the tedious night Of life shall guide our way. Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day. 312. S. M. Watts. The law of the Lord is feefect. — Ps. 19 : 7. 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. 227 HOLY SCRIPTU11ES. 3. How perfect is Thy word, And all Thy judgments just ! Forever sure Thy promise, Lord, And men securely trust 4. My gracious God, how plain Are Thy directions given ! O, may I never read in vain, But find the path to heaven. 313. L. M. Watts. EXLIGIITEXIXG THE eyes. — Ps. 19: S. 1. The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord; In every star Thy wisdom shines ; But when our eyes behold Thy word, We read Thy name in fairer lines. 2. The rolling sun, the changing light, And nights and days, Thy power confess : But the blest volume Thou hast writ Reveals Thy justice and Thy grace. 3. Sun, moon, and stars convey Thy praise Round the whole earth, and never stand ; So when Thy truth began its race, It touched and glanced on every land. 4. Xor shall Thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world Thy truth has run ; Till Christ lias all the nations blessed, That see the light or feel the sun. 5. Great Sun of Righteousness, arise ; Bless the dark world with heavenly light ; Thy gospel makes the simple wise ; Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right. 228 INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, ETC. 6. Thy noblest wonders here we view In souls renewed and sins forgiven; Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew. And make Thy word my guide to heaven. 314. L. P. M. Watts. % Moke to be desieed aee they tha>- gold. — Ps. 19 : 10. 1. I love the volumes of Thy word: What light and joy those leaves afford To souls benighted and distressed ! Thy precepts guide my doubtful way ; Thy fear forbids my feet to stray ; Thy promise leads my heart to rest. 2. From the discoveries of Thy law The perfect rules of life I draw ; These are my study and delight ; Not honey so invites the taste. Nor gold that has the furnace passed. Appears so pleasing to the sight. 3. Thy threatening? wake my slumbering eyes, And warn me where my danger lies ; But 'tis Thy blessed gospel. Lord. That makes my guilty conscience clean, Converts my soul, subdues my sin. And gives a free but large reward. 4. Who knows the errors of his thoughts ? My God. forgive my secret faults. And from presumptuous sins restrain ; Accept my poor attempts of praise. That I have read Thy book of grace And book of nature not in vain. 220 HOLY SCRIPTURES. 315. C. M. Steele. I HAVE REJOICED IX THE WAY OF TlIV TESTIMONIES. — Fs. 110 : 14. 1. Father of merries, in Thv word What endless glory shines ! Forever be Thy same adored) For these celestial lines. 2. Here may the wretched sons of want Exhaustless riches find; Riches above what earth can grant, And lasting as the mind. 3. Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around, And life and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 4. O, may these heavenly pages be My ever dear delight ; And still new beauties may I see, And still increasing light. 5. Divine Instructor, gracious Lord, Be Thou forever near : Teach me to love Thy sacred word, And view my Saviour there. 316. S. M. Watts. The statutes of tiie Lord are right, rejoicing the heart. — Ps. 19: &• 1. Behold, the lofty sky Declares its Maker, ( Sod ; And all His starry works on high Proclaim His power abroad. 230 INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, ETC. 2. The darkness and the light Still keep their course the same. While night to day. and day to night, Divinely teaeh 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. His statutes and commands Arc set before our eyes : He puts His gospel in our hands, Where our salvation lies. 5. While of Thy works I sing, Thy glory to proclaim, Accept the praise, my God. my King, In my Redeemer's name. 317. C. M. Watts. TnT COMMAXUMEXT IS EXCEEDING EEOAD. — Ps. 119 : 96. 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. Xot 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 fail, And can no farther go. 231 nOLT scRirxuRi:-. 4. Yet men would fain be just with God, By work- their hands have wrought; But Thy commands, exceeding broad, Extend to every thought. 5. Our faith, and love, and every grace, Fall far below Thy word ; But perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only with the Lord. DOXOLOGY. Honor to Thee, almighty Three, And everlasting One ; All glory to the Father be, The Spirit and the Son. 318. C. M. Watts. O, now love I Thy law! — Ps. 119 : 97. 1. O, how I love Thy holy law ! 'Tis 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. How doth Thy word my heart engage ! How well employ my tongue ! And in my tiresome pilgrimage Yields me a heavenly song. 4. TThen nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promise- of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write Thy prais 232 INSPIRATION, EXCKLI iTC. 319. 7* I LOTE TlIY COMMANDMENTS AEOYE COLD.— 7 1. Holt Bible, book divine, - ire, thou art mine ! Mine, to tell me wh me; 31: eh me what I am ; 2. Mine, to chide me when I rove ; Min . to -how a Saviour's love; Mine art thou, to guide my i Mine, to judge, condemn, acquit; 3. Mine, to comfort in distress, If ; :: bless ; Mine, to show, by living faith, to triunr ath ; 4. Mine, to tell of joys to come, id the rebel sinners doom : O, thou precious book divine. Precious treasure, thou art mine ! 320. L. M. Grant. The \toed of our. 1. The starry firmament on high. And all the glories of the sky. Yet shine not to Thy praise, 0 Lord, So brightly as Thy written word. 2. The hope- that holy word supplies, Its truths divine and precepts wise, In each a heavenly beam I And every beam conducts to Thee. 233 HOLY SCRIPTURES. 3. Almighty Lord, the sun shall fail, The moon forget her nightly tale, And deepest silence hush on high The radiant chorus of the sky. 4. But fixed for everlasting years, Unmoved amid the wreck of spheres, Thy word shall shine in cloudless day, When heaven and earth have passed away. 321. C. M. Watts. The exiraxce of Thy wokds givetii ligiit. — Ps. 119: 130. 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. \Yhen once it enters to the mind, It spreads such light abroad. The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. 3. '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. 4. Thy word is everlasting truth ; How pure is every page ! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. 234 INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, ETC. 322. C. M. Watts. A HERITAGE FOI'.EVEK.- P>. 110 : 111. 1. Lord, I have made Thy word my choice, 3iy lasting heritage ; There shall my noblest powers rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. 2. I'll read the historic- 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. 4. The best relief that mourners have, It makes our sorrows blessed : Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest. 323. 4s £ 7s. Gellert. The faithful wof.p. — Tit. 1 : 9. 1. I trust the Lord ; Upon His word I rest my soul's well-being ; My walk with Thee, Lord, here must be By faith, and not by seeing. 2. The only scheme Man to redeem From death, sin's fearful wages, 235 HOLY SCRIPTURES. Would lie concealed, But as revealed In these, Thy sacred pag 3. And now shall grief Hope no relief. My soul sink down despairing? No ; here 1 see Thy grace for me A Father's love declaring. 4. By faith to live, Its fruits to give. This is the path to heaven ; All strength and skill To do Thy will But through Thy word are given. 5. Teach me, O Lord. To prize Thy word. This gift of matchless favor ; Be it my health, Be it my wealth. My strength and life forever. 324. C. M. TTatts. TlIY "VrORD WAS TXTO ME THE JOY A>'D EEJOICIXG OF MIKE ITEART. Jer. 15 : 10. 1. Lad ex with guilt, and full of fears, I fly to Thee, my Lord ; And not a glimpse of hope appears But in Thy written word. 2. The volume of my Father's grace Does all my grief assuage : Here I behold my Saviour's face Almost in every page. 236 INSPIRATION, EXCELLENCE, ETC. 3. This is the field whore hidden lies The pearl of price unknown ; That merchant is divinely wise Who makes the pearl his own. 4. Here consecrated water flow-. To quench my thirst of sin : Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, £sor danger dwells therein. 5. This is the judge that ends the strife, Where wit and reason fail ; My guide to everlasting life. Through all this gloomy vale. G. 0, may Thy counsels, mighty God, My roving feet command, Nor I forsake the happy road That leads to Thy right hand. 325. C. M. Evax. Mag. O, SEXD OTT TnY LIGHT AND THY TRUTH. — Ps. 43 : 3. 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 the admiring world adore The glories of Thy grace. 237 " HOLY SCRIPTUBES. 326. L. M. BOAVIUXG. It shall pkostli:. — Is. jtf : 11. 1. Upon the gospel's sacred page The gathered beams of ages shine ; And, as it hastens, every age But makes its brightness more divine. 2. On mightier wing, in loftier flight, From year to year does knowledge soar ; And, as it soars, the gospel light Adds to its influence more and more. 8. More glorious still as centuries roll, New regions blessed, new powers unfurled, Expanding with the expanding soul, Its waters shall o'erflow the world ; 4. Flow to restore, but not destroy ; As when the cloudless lamp of day Pours out its floods of light and joy, And sweeps each lingering mist away. 327. 8s, & 6s. Montgomery. TlIOU SHALT GUIDE ME WITH TlIY COUNSEL. — Ps. 73 : 24. 1. What is the world? A wildering maze. Where sin hath tracked ten thousand ways Her victims to insnare ; All broad, and winding, and aslope, All tempting with perfidious hope, All ending in despair. 2. Millions of pilgrims throng these roads, Bearing their bawbles or their loads Down to eternal night ; 238 i n s n R ati o x. i ■: x c e l l e x c e . E t c . One only path, that never bends, Narrow, and rough, and steep, ascends From darkness into light. Is there no guide to .-how that path ? The Bible ! He alone who hath The Bible need not stray ; But he who hath, and will not give That light of life to all that live. Himself shall lose the way. 328. L. 31. Doddridge. EVEKY THING SHALL LTVE THITHER THE EIVEE COMETH. — Ezek. 47 : 9. 1. Great Source ot^ being and of love. Thou waterest all the worlds above ; And all the joys we mortals know From Thine exhaustless fountain flow. 2. A sacred spring, at Thy command. From Zion's mount, in Canaan's land. Beside Thy temple cleaves the ground, And pours its limpid stream around. 3. The limpid stream, with sudden force, Swells to a river in its course : Through desert realms its windings play. And scatter blessings all the way. 4. Close by its banks, in order fair. The blooming trees of life appear ; Their blossoms fragrant odors give, And on their fruit the nations live. o. Flow, wondrous stream, with glory crowned, Flow on, to earth's remotest bound. And bear us. on thy gentle wave. To Him who all thy virtues gave. 239 PUBLIC W0B8HEP; OPENING. PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. — THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 329. S. M. Watts. The SABBATn was made foe max. — Mark 2 : 27. 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 Ave may sit, and see Him here, And love, and praise, and pray. 3. One day amid the place Where my dear God hath been Is sweeter than ten thousand days Of pleasurable sin. 4. My willing soul would stay In such a frame as this, And sit and sing herself away To everlasting bliss. 330. L. M. Baebauld. The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit. — Ps. ol :17. 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 praise abroad ? 240 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUABY. 2. From marble domes and gilded spires Shall curling clouds of incense rise, And gems, and gold, and garland.- deck The costly pomp of sacrific o. 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. 331. L. M. J. Stexxett. Tuet shall hallow my Sabbaths. — Ezck. 44 : 24. 1. Axotiieu six days' work is done, Another Sabbath is begun ; Return, my soul, unto thy rest, Revere the day thy God has blessed. 2. Come, bless the Lord, whose love assigns So sweet a rest to wearied minds, Provides an antepast of heaven, And gives tins day the food of seven. o. O, that my thoughts and words may rise As incense to propitious skies, And fetch from heaven that sweet repose Which none but he that feels it knows. 4. This heavenly calm within the breast Is the dear pledge of glorious rest, Which for the church of God remains, The end of cares, the end of pains. 5. With joy, great God. Thy works I view, In various scenes, both old and new ; With praise I think on mercies past ; With hope I future pleasures taste. 16 241 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPEXIXG. G. In holy duties let the day. In holy pleas N away j Ho" Sabbath thus to spend In hope of one that ne'er shall end ! 332. IT. M. IIayward. The Loud shall bless thee oit of Zio.v.— Vw. 128 i 5. 1. Welcome, delightful morn; Thou day of sacred rest, I hail thy kind return : Lord, make these moments blessed : From the low train Of mortal toys, 1 soar to reach Immortal joys. 2. Now may the King descend. And rill His throne of grace ; Thy sceptre. Lord, extend, While -aims address Thy face : Let sinners feel Thy quickening word. And learn to know And fear the Lord. Descend, celestial Dove, With all Thy quickening powers Display the Saviour's love. And bless the sacred hours : Then shall my soul New life obtain. Nor Sabbath days Be spent in vain. L. M. Cuxxixgham. The Sabbath a delight. — Is. 58 i 11 1. Dear is the hallowed morn to me, When village bells awake the day, And by their sacred minstn Call me from earthly cares away. 242 ' THE SABBATH AKD [TART, 2. And dear to nn \ id hoar Spent in Thy hallowed court-. 0 Lord; To feel devotion's soothing power, And catch the manna of Thy word. 3. And dear to me the loud Amen Which echoes through the blest abode ; Which swells, and sinks Us again, Dies on the wall-, but lives to God. 4. Oft when the world, with iron hand-. Has bound me in its six-days' drain, This bursts them, like the strong man's bands, And lets my spirit loose again. 5. Then dear to me the Sabbath morn. TiiL' village bells, the shepherd's voice ; have found my heart forlorn, And always bid that heart rejoice. C. Go, man of pleasure, strike thy lyre ; Of broken Sabbaths sing the charms ; Our- arc the prophet's car of fire Which bears us to a Fathers arms. 334. 7s. Newton. Thy holy Sabbath. — Xeh. $ i 14. 1. Safely through another week. God has brought us on our way ; Let us now a blessing seek. Waiting in Hi- court- 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. 243 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 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 eyes, "While we in Thy house appear; Here afford us, Lord, a taste Of our everlasting feast. 4. MaV 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. 335. C. M. Watts. It behooved Cnnisx to suffer axd to eise from the dead tiie tiiied day. — Luke 2i: 4(3. 1. Blest morning, whose young dawning rays Beheld our rising God, That saw Him triumph o'er the dust, And leave His last abode ! 2. In the cold prison of a tomb The great Redeemer lay. Till the revolving; skies had brought The third, the 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. 2U THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. To Thy great name, almighty Lord, These sacred hours we pay; And loud hosannas shall proclaim The triumph of the day. Salvation and immortal praise To our victorious King ; Let heaven and earth, and rocks and seas, With glad hosannas ring. 336. L. ML Watts. To snow forth Tnr loving kindness nr inz morning.— Fb.92: 2. 1. Sweet is the work, my God. my King, To praise Thy name, give thank-, 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 cares shall seize my breast ; O may my heart in tune be found. Like David's harp of solemn sound. 3. My heart shall triumph in my Lord, And bless His works, and bless His word ; Thy works of grace, how bright they shine ! How deep Thy counsels ! how divine ! 4. Fools never raise their thoughts so high ; Like brutes they live, like brutes they die ; Like grass they flourish, till Thy breath Blast them in everlasting death. 5. But 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. 245 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. G. Then shall I see, and bear, and know All I desired or wished be! And every power find sweet employ In that eternal world of joy. 337. S. M. Lyte. TO SHOW FORTH TlIY LOVING KINDNESS IN THE MORNING AND THY FUTH- FULNESS EVERY NIGHT.— Pi. . 1. Sweet is the task. O Lord, Thy glorious acts to sing) To praise Thy name, and hear Thy word, And grateful offerings bring. 2. Sweet at the dawning hour. Thy boundless love to tell ; And when the night wind shuts the flower, 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. 338. C. M. TTatts. This is the day which the Loed hath made. — Ps. 115 : 24. 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. 246 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUABY. 2. To-day He rose, and left the dead, And Satan's empire 1141; Today the saints His triumph spread, And all His wonders tell. 3. Hosanna to the anointed Bang, To David's holy Son ; Help us, O Lord ; descend, and bring Salvation from Thy throne. 4. Blest be the Lord, who comes to men With messages of grace ; Who comes, in God His Fathers 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. 339. L. M. Epis. Coll. I TTAS IX THE SPIRIT ON" THE LOED'S DAY. — Rev. 1: 10. 1. My opening eye< with rapture see The dawn of Thy returning day ; My thoughts, 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. O, bid this trifling world retire. And drive each carnal thought away ; Nor let me feel one vain desire, Cue sinful thought, through all the day. ^247 PUBLIC worship; opening. 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. 340. 10s. Mas ox. The Lord blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. — Ex. 20: 11. 1. Again the day returns of holy rest, Which, when He made the world, Jehovah blessed ; 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 while fervently we raise Our choral harmony in hymns of praise. 3. Father in 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. 341. H. M. Scott. 1. Awake, our drowsy souls, And burst the slothful band ; The wonders of this day Our noblest songs demand ; Auspicious morn, Bright seraphs hail Thy blissful rays | In songs of praise. 2. At thy approaching dawn Reluctant death resigned 24S THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY, The glorious Prince of life. It- dark domains confined : The angelic host Around Him bends, And 'mid their shouts The God ascends. 3. u All hail, triumphant Lord ! " Heaven with hosannas H While earth, in humbler strains, Thy praise responsive sings : Worthy art Thou, "Who once wast slain. Through endless years. To live and reign, Gird on. great God. Thy sword, Ascend Thy conquering car, While justice, truth, and love Maintain the glorious war ; Victorious. Thou Thy foes shah tread. And sin and hell In triumph lead. 342. C. 31. Lyte. 7 SHALL STAND WITHIN- THY GATES, O JERUSALEM. — Ps. 122: 2. 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. 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. 249 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 4. Let peace within her walls be found, Let all her sons unite To fepre&d with grateful zgal around Her clear and shining liuht. 5. Great God, we hall the sacred day Which Thou hast called Thine own ; With joy the summons we obey To worship at Thy throne. 343. L. M. Steele. Blessed is the man tiiat doeth this. — Is. 5G : 2. 1. Great God, this sacred day of Thine Demands our soul's collected powers ; May we employ in work divine These solemn, these devoted hours ; O, may our souls adoring own The grace which calls us to Thy throne. 2. Hence, ye vain cares and trifles, fly ; Where God resides appear no more ; Omniscient God, Thy piercing eye Can every secret thought explore ; O, may Thy grace our hearts refine, And fix our thoughts on things divine. 3. Thy Spirit's powerful aid impart ; O, may Thy word, with life divine, Engage the ear, and warm the heart; Then shall the day indeed be thine ; Then shall our souls, adoring, own The grace which calls us to Thy throne. 250 nil. SABBATH AM) SANCTUARY. 344. L. M. Doddbii TlIERE KEMAINETII TIILnEF'T-L A l.EST TO TUE PEOPLE OF GOD.— Hob. 4: 0. 1. Lord of the Sabbath, hear cur vow-. On this Thy day. in this Thy house, And own, as grateful sacrifice, The songs which from the desert rise. 2. Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord, we love ; But there's a nobler rest above ; To that our laboring souls aspire, With ardent pangs of strong desire. 3. No more fatigue, no more distress, Nor sin nor hell shall reach tin;1 place ; No groans to mingle with the soi Which warble from immortal tongues. 4. No rude alarms of raging tin- ; No cares to break the long repose ; No midnight .-hade, no clouded sun ; But sacred, high, eternal noon. 5. O. long-expected day. begin : Dawn on these realms of woe and sin ; Fain would we leave this weary road, And sleep in death, to rest with God. 345. L. M. Watts. Praise waiteth for Thee, O Gon. ix Z:o>\ — Ps. 65 : 1. 1. The praise of Zion waits for Thee, My God. and praise becomes Thy house ; There shall Thy saint- Thy glory see. And there perform their public vows. 251 PUBLIC WORSHIP ; OPENING. 2. 0 Thou, whose mercy bends the skies, To save when humble sinners pray, All lands to Thee shall lift their eyes, And distant islands of the sea. 3. Against my will my sins prevail. But grace shall purge away their stain ; The blood of Christ will never fail To wash my garments white again. 4. Blessed is the man whom Thou shalt choose, And give him kind access to Thee ; Give him a place within Thy house, To taste Thy love divinely free. 5. With dreadful glory God fulfils "What His afflicted saints request, And with almighty wrath reveals His love to give His churches rest. 6. Then shall the flocking nations run To Zion's hill, and own their Lord ; The rising and the setting sun Shall see the Saviour's name adored. 346. 8s, 7s, & 4. Montgomery. Tiie Lord is or His holy temple. — Hab. 2 : 20. 1. God is in His holy temple ; All the earth, keep silence here ; Worship Him in truth and spirit. Reverence Him with godly fear ; Holy, holy Lord of hosts, our God appear. 2. God in Christ reveals His presence, Throned upon the mercy seat ; Saints, rejoice, and, sinners, tremble ; 252 TIIE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. Each prepare his God to meet ; Lowly, lowly Bow adoring at His feet. Hail Him here with songs of praises ; Him with prayers of faith surround; Harken to His glorious gospel While the preacher's lips expound ; Blessed, blessed They who know the joyful sound. Though the heaven, and heaven of heavens, 0 thou great Unsearchable, Are too mean to comprehend Thee, Thou with man art pleased to dwell ; Welcome, welcome, God with us, Immanuel. 347. L. M. Tate & Brady. Estei^into His gates vtitu thanksgiving. — Ps. 100 : i. 1. With one consent, let all the earth To God then' cheerful voices raise ; Glad homage pay, with awful mirth. And sing before Him songs of praise. 2. Convinced that He is God alone, From whom both we and all proceed, We, whom He chooses for His own. The flock which He vouchsafes to feed. 3. O, enter then His temple gate, Thence to His courts devoutly press ; And still your grateful hymns repeat, And still His name with praises bless. 253 TUBLIC worship; opening. For He's the Lord, supremely good ; His mercy is forever sure ; His truth, which all times firmly stood, To endless ai : Q. 1. How charming is the plaee 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. 4. Give me. O Lord, a place Within Thy blest abode, Among the children of Thy grace, The servants of my God. 349. L. M. Watts. Make a joyful xoise uxto tiie Lord. — Ps. 100 : 1. 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. 254 TIIE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 2. His sovereign power, without our aid, Made ua of clay, and formed us men ; And when like wandering sheep we strayed, He brought us to His ibid again. o. "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 Thy gates, with thankful songs ; High as the heavens our voices raise ; And earth, with her ten thousand tongues, Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise. 5. Wide as the world is Thy command ; Vast as eternity Thy love ; Firm as a ruck Thy truth must stand, "When rolling years shall cease to move. 350. C. P. 31. BfERBICK. THET SIIALL PEOSPEE THAT LOVE TlIEZ. — Pi. 122 : 6. 1. The joyful morn, my God. is come, That calls me to Thy honored dome, Thy presence to adore. My feet the summons shall attend, "With willing steps Thy courts ascend, And tread the hallowed floor. 2. Hither, from Judah's utmost end. The heaven-protected tribe- a.-cend, Their offerings hither bring ; Here, eager to attest their joy. In hymns of praise their tongues employ, And hail the immortal King. public worship; opening. 3. Be peace by each implored on thee, 0 Salem, while with bended knee To Jacob's God we pray. How blessed who calls himself Thy friend! Success his labors shall attend, And safety guard his way. 351. C. M. Watts. My voice snALT Tnou hear in tite morning.— Ps. 5 : 3. 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 ; 1 will frequent Thine holy court, And worship in Thy fear. 352. L. M. Pratt's Coll. A God ready to pardon-. — Xeh. 9 : 17. 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. 256 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 2. Almighty1 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 wo 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. 353. 8s. 7s, cNc 4. Kelly. Speak, For. Tnr sEr.v.vxi nE.vr.ETn. — 1 Sam. 3 : 10. 1. In Thy name, O Lord, assembling, TTe. 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. THiile our days on earth are lengthened, May we give them. Lord, to Thi Cheered by hope, and daily strengthened, May we run. nor weary be, Till Thy glory. Without clouds, in heaven we see. S. There, in worship purer, sweeter, Thee Thy people shall adore, Tasting of enjoyment greater Far than thought conceived before — Full enjoyment. Full, unmixed, and evermore. ' 17 ' 257 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 354. C. M. Watts. Early will I seek Thee. — Ps. G3 : 1. 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 cooling 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. 4. Not life itself, with all her joys, Can my best passions move, Or raise so high my cheerful voice, As Thy forgiving love. 5. Thus, till my last, expiring day, I'll bless my God and King ; Thus will I lift my hands to pray, And tune my heart to sing. 355. 7s. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue is from the Lord. — Prov. 16 : 1. 1. Holy Lord, our hearts prepare For the solemn work of prayer ; Grant that, when we bend the knee, All our thoughts may turn to Thee, And Thy presence may be found, Breathing peace and joy around. 258 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. Lord, when we approach Thy throne, Make Thy power and glory known ; Thus may we be taught to call Humbly on the Lord of all, And with reverence and fear At Thy footstool to appear. Teach us, as we breathe our woes, On Thy promise to repose, All Thy tender love to trace Li the Saviour's work of grace, And with confidence depend On a gracious God and Friend. 356. C. ML Pratt's Coll. Serve Him or sincerity and or truth. — Josh. 24 : 14. 1. Lord, when we bend before Thy throne, And our confessions pour, O, may we feel the sins we own, And hate what we deplore. 2. Our broken spirits pitying see ; True penitence impart ; Then let a healing glance from Thee Beam hope on every heart. 3. When we disclose our wants in prayer, O, let our wills resign ; And not a thought our bosom share, Which is not wholly Thine. 4. Let faith each weak petition fill, And lift it to the skies ; And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still That grants it, or denies. 259 ... PUBLIC worship; opening. 357. 7s. Montgomery. Did not our heart burx withih us while He talked witu us by the WAY? — Luke 24 : 32. 1. To Thy temple I repair; Lord, I love to worship there, When within the veil I meet Christ before the mercy seat. 2. While Thy glorious praise is sung, Touch my lips, unloose my tongue, That my joyful soul may bless Thee, the Lord, my Kighteousness. 3. While the prayers of saints ascend, God of love, to mine attend ; Hear me, for Thy Spirit pleads ; Hear, for Jesus intercedes. 4. While I hearken to Thy law, Fill my soul with humble awe, Till Thy gospel bring to me Life and immortality. 5. From Thine house when I return, May my heart within me burn, And at evening let me say, " I have walked with God to-day." 358. S. M. Watts. O, COME, LET US WORSHIP AND BOTY DOTYN'. — Ps. 95 : 6. 1. Come, sound His praise abroad, And hymns of glory sing ; Jehovah is the sovereign God, The universal King. 260 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 2. He formed the deeps unknown : He gave the seas their bound; The watery worlds are all His own, And all the solid ground. 8. Come, worship at His throne ; Come, bow before the Lord ; We are His work, and not our own ; He formed us by His word. 4. To-day attend His voice. Nor dare provoke His rod ; Come, like the people of His choice, And own vour gracious God. 359. S. M. Watts. Walk about Ziox, axd go eouxd about hes. — Ps. 4S : 12. 1. Far as Thy name is known. The world declares Thy praise ; Thy saints. O Lord, before Thy throne Their songs of honor raise. 2. With joy let Judah 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. Compass and view the 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 lair report. 261 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING; 5. How decent and how wi» ! How glorious to behold ! Beyond the pump 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. 360. C. JL Tate & Brady. PEACE EE "STITHIX THY WALLS. — P=. 122: 7. 1. 0. 'twas a joyful sound to hear Our tribes devoutly -ay. a Up, Israel, to the temple haste, And keep your festal day ! " 2. At Salem's courts we most appear, With our assembled pow In strong and beauteous order ranged, Like her united towers. 3. 0. pray we then for Salem's peace, For they shall prosperous be, Thou holy city of our God, Who bear true love to thee. 4. May peace within thy sacred walls A con-tain guest be found ; With plenty and prosperity Thy palaces be crowned. DOXOLOGY. Thee. Father. Son. and Spirit. Thee, Let heaven and earth ad< Thou art. Thou wast, and Thou shalt be God blessed evermore* 262 THE SABBATH AND SAW TUABT. 361. L. K. Tate & Brady. O, COME LET US SING UNTO TUE LOED. — Ps. CO : 1. 1. O. come, loud anthems let us sing Loud thanks to our almighty King ; For we our voice- high should raise, "SVlion our salvation's Rock we praise. 2. Into His presence let us haste. To thank Him lor His favors past ; To Him address, in joyful songs, The praise that to His name belongs. 3. For God the Lord, enthroned in state, I- with unrivalled glory great — A King superior far to all — Whom by His title God we call. 4. O. let us to His courts repair, And bow with adoration there ; Down on our knees devoutly, all, Before the Lord, our Maker fall. 362. L. P. 31. Watts. Strength and beauiy aee in His saxciuaf.t.— Vs. I 1. Let all the earth their voices raise, To sing the choicest psalm of praise ; To sing and bless Jehovah's name : His glory let the heathen know ; His wonders to the nation- show : And all His saving works proclaim. 2. He framed the globe. He built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there ; 263 i . PUBLIC WORSHIP ; OPENING. 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 man confess The beauty of His holiness, And in His courts His grace proclaim. 363. 6s & 4s. Goode. Praise IIim according to His excellent greatness. — Ps. 150: 2. 1. Praise ye Jehovah's name, Praise through His courts proclaim, Pise and adore : High o'er the heavens above Sound His great acts of love, While His rich grace we prove, Vast as His power. 2. Now let the trumpet raise Sounds of triumphant praise, Wide as His fame : There let the harp be found ; Organ?, with solemn sound, Poll 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. 264 THE SABBATH AND BANCTUABY. 364. L. SL Watts. Let my peatzr be set foeth beeoee Thee as intense. — Ps. 141 : 2. 1. My God, accept my early vows, Like morning incense in Thy house ; And let my nightly worship rise, Sweet as the evening sacrifice. 2. Watch o'er my lips, and guard them.. Lord, From every rash and heedless word ; Nor let my feet incline to tread The guilty path where sinner- lead. 3. O, may the righteous, when I stray, Smite and reprove my wandering way ; Their gentle words, like ointment shed, Shall never bruise, but cheer my head. 4. When I behold them pressed with grief, I'll cry to heaven for their relief; And by my warm petitions prove How much I prize then- faithful love. 365. C. 31. Peatt's Coll. LOED, I HAVE LOVED THE HABITATION" OF TlIY HOUSE. — P^. 1. We love Thy holy temple. Lord. For there Thou deign'st to dwell; And there the heralds of Thy word Of all Thy mercies tell. 2. There, in Thy pure and cleansing fount, Washed from each guilty stain. Our souls on wings of faith shall mount To heaven's eternal fane. 26o rUBLIC "WORSHIP ; OPENING. 3. Around Thine altar will we kneel In penitence sincere, A Saviour's mercy deeply feej^ And words of pardon hear ; 4. Or, mingling with the choral throng, Our joyful voices raise, And pour the full, melodious song, In notes of grateful praise. 366. C. M. Watts. I WAS GLAD WHEN THEY SAID OTCTO ME, LET US GO IXTO THE HOUSE OE THE LOBD. — Pb. 122: 1. L How did my heart rejoice to hear My friends devoutly say, " In Zion let us all appear. And keep the solemn day." 2. I love her gates, I love the road ; The church, adorned with grace, Stands like a palace built for God, To show His milder face. 3. Up to her courts, with joys unknown, The holy tribes repair ; The Son of David holds His throne, And sits in judgment there. 4. He hears our praises and complaints, And while His awful voice Divides the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoice. 5. Peace be within this sacred place, And joy a constant guest ; With holy gifts and heavenly grace Be her attendants blessed. 2G6 TIIF. SABBATH AND SANCTUAKY. G. My soul shall pray for Zibo still While life or breath remain- ; There my best friends, my kindred, dwell ; There God, rny Saviour, reigns. 367. H. M. "Watts. Ml* SOUL LOXGETH, TEA, EVEN EAIXTETn, FOE THE COUET8 OF THE LOED. F>. 64 : 2. 1. Lord of the worlds above, How pleasant and how fair The dwellings of Thy love. Thine earthly temples are ! To Thine abode My heart aspires, With warm desires To see my God. 2. The sparrow for her young With pleasure seeks a nest, And wandering swallows long To rind their wonted rest : My spirit faints, With equal zeal, To rise and dwell Among Thy saints. 3. O happy souls that pray Where God appoints to hear ; O happy men that pay Their constant service there : They praise Thee still ; And happy they That love the way To Zion's hill. 4. 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. When God our Kins: Shall thither bring Our willing feet. 267 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 368. L. M. "Watts. Let is come eefoee His peesexce with thanksgiving. — Ps. 86 I 2. 1. Come, let our voices join to raise A sacred song of solemn praise : God is a sovereign king ; rehearse His honors in exalted verse. 2» Come, let our souls address the Lord, Who framed our natures with His word : He is our Shepherd, we the sheep His mercy chose, His pastures keep. 3. Come, let us hear His voice to-day ; The counsels of His love obey ; Nor let our hardened hearts renew The sins and plagues that Israel knew. 4. Look back, my soul, with holy dread, And view those ancient rebels dead ; Attend the offered grace to-day, Nor lose the blessing by delay. 5. Seize the kind promise while it waits, And march to Zion's heavenly gates ; Believe, and take the promised rest ; Obey, and be forever blest. 369. C. M. Doddridge. The avay to Zion.— Jer. 50 : 5. 1. Inquire, ve pilgrims, for the way That leads to Zion's hill. And thither set your steady face, With a determined will. 268 THE SABBATH AND -AXCTUARV. 2. Come, let us to Hi- temple haste, And seek His favor there ; Before His footstool humbly bow, And pour our fervent prayer. 3. Come, let us join our souls to God In everlasting bands, And seize the blessings He be-tows, With eager hearts and hands. 370. 7s. Hammond. A>D YE SHALL SEEK Me AMD FIND Ml WHEN" TE SIlALL SEAECH FOE lis. Willi ALL YOUE HEAET. — Jer. _' 1. Lord, we come before Thee now; At Thy feet we humbly bow ; O. do not our suit disdain ; 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, we know not how to go, Till a blessing Thou bestow. 4. Send some message from Thy word That may joy and peace afford ; Let Thy Spirit now impart Full salvation to each heart. 5. Comfort those who weep and mourn ; Let the time of joy return : Those who are cast down lift up. Make them strong in faith and hope. 269 PUBLIC WORSHIP ; OPENING. Grant that all may seek, and find Thee a gracious God and kind ; Heal the sick, the captive free ; Let us all rejoice in Thee. 371. S. P. M. Watts. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. Pb. l£ : 7. 1. How pleased and blessed 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 ajipear, 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 grace 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 ! " 270 TIIK SABBATH AND SAXCTUAHY. For here my friends and kindred dwell ; And since my glorious God Makes thee His blest abode; My soul shall ever love thee well. 372. L. It Heber. THOU HAST BEEN' A SHELTER FOR ME. — Ps. B ! 3. 1. Forth from the dark and stormy sky, Lord, to Thine altar's shade we fly ; Forth from the world, its hope and fear, Father, we seek Thy shelter here : Weary and weak. Thy grace we pray ; Turn not, 0 Lord, Thy guests away. 2. Loner have we roamed in want and pain ; Long have we sought Thy rest in vain ; Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost, Long have our souls been tempest-tossed : Low at Thy feet our sins we lay ; Turn not, O Lord, Thy guests away. 373. C. M. Steele. The Desire of all stations shall coiie. — Hag. 2 : 7. 1. Come, thou Desire of all Thy saints ! Our humble strains attend. While, with our praises and complaints. Low at Thy feet we bend. 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. Come. Lord. Thy love alone can raise Li us the heavenly flame : Then shall our lips resound Thy praise, Our hearts adore Thy name. 271 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 4. Dear Saviour, lot Thy glory shine And Ml Thy dwellings hero, Till life, and love, and joy divine A heaven on earth appear. 5. Then shall our hearts enraptured sav, Cdme, great Redeemer, come, And bring the bright, the glorious day, That calls Thy children home ! 374. C. M. Watts. God is greatly to ee teaeed a the assembly of the saints. Ps. $0 : 7. 1. With reverence let the saints appear, And bow before the Lord ; His high commands with reverence hear, And tremble at His word. 2. How terrible Thy glories be ! How bright Thine armies shine ! Where is the power that vies with Thee ? Or truth, compared with Thine ? 3. The northern pole, and southern, rest On Thy supporting hand ; Darkness and day. from east to west, Move round at Thy command. 4. Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep ; Thou rnak'st the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5. Justice and judgment are Thy throne, Yet wondrous is Thy grace ; While truth and mercy, joined in one, Invite us near Thy face. 272 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY 37.>. 8s. 7s, & 4. Eippon's Coll. The Spirit also iielpetii oue infirmities. — Rom. 1. Come, thou soul-transforming Spirit, Bless the sower and the seed ; . Let each heart Thy grace inherit ; Raise the weak, the hungry feed ; From the gospel Now supply Thy people's need. 2. O, may all enjoy the blessing Which Thy word's designed to give ; Let as all, Thy love possessing, Joyfully the truth receive ; And forever To Thy praise and glory live. 376. 8s & 7s. Taylor. The Lord ttill give grace and gloet. — Vs. 54 : 1L 1. Far from mortal cares retreating, Sordid hopes and vain desires. Here, our willing footsteps meeting, Every heart to heaven aspires ; From the fount of glory beaming, Light celestial cheers our eyes, Mercy from above proclaiming Peace and pardon from the skies. 2. Who may share this great salvation ? Every pure and humble mind ; Every kindred, tongue, and nation, From the dross of guilt refined ; Blessings all around bestowing), God withholds His care from none ; Grace and mercy ever flowing From the fountain of His throne. 18 273 PUBLIC WORSHIP ; OPEXIXG. Every stain of cruilt abhorring, Firm and bold in virtue's cause, Still Thy providence adoring Faithful subjects to Thy laws; Lord, with favor still attend us, Bless us with Thy wondrous love ; Thou, our Sun and Shield, defend us ; All our hope is from above. 377. C. M. Watts. WlIAT SIIALL I RENDER UNTO THB LOHT FOR ALL HlS BENEFITS TOVTAED ME.— Ps. 116: 12. 1. What shall I render to my God For all His kindness shown ? My feet shall visit Thine abode, My songs address Thy throne. 2. Among the saints that fill 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. 274 THE SABBATH AND 8ANCTUABY. C. Here in Thy courts I leave my vuw, And Thy rich grace record; Witness, ye Saints, who hear nie now, If I forsake the Lord ! 378. C. M. Watts. Praise God in nis sanctuary.— Ps.150 : 1. 1. Ix God's own house pronounce His praisef; His grace He there reveals ; To heaven your joy and wonder raise, For there His glory dwells. 2. Let all your sacred passions move While you rehearse His deeds ; But the great work of saving love Your highest praise exceeds. 3. All that have motion, life, and breath, Proclaim your Maker blessed ; Yet when my voice expires in death, 2Ly soul shall praise Him best. 379. C. »t H. M. Williams. Tnou -wilt keep nm in perfect peace -r-hose mind is stayed on Tiiee. Is. 26 : 3. 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,— To Thee my thoughts would soar ; Thy mercy o'er my life has flowed, — That mercy I adore. 275 PUBLIC worship; opening. 3. In each event of life, how clear Thy ruling hand I see ! Each blessing to my soul most dear, Because conferred by Thee. 4. In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer. 5. 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 will rest on Thee. 380. L.*M. Watts. Make a joyful :soise u>tto the Loed. — Ps. 100: 1. 1. Ye nations of 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 there. 276 THE SABBATH AND 9ANCTUABY. The Lord Ea good, the Lord is kind : Great is His grace, His mercy sure: Ami the whole race of man shall find His truth from aire to age endure. 381. L. M. Watts. Blessed ee tiie Lord out of Zioy. — Vs. 185 : 21. 1. Pkaise ye the Lord, exalt His name. While in His earthly courts we wait ; Ye saints, who to His house belong, Or stand attending at His gate. 2. Praise ye the Lord ; the Lord is good ; To praise His name is sweet employ ; Israel He chose of old, and still His church is His peculiar joy. 3. The Lord Himself will judge His saints ; He treats His servants as His friends ; And when He hears their sore complaints, Repents the sorrows that He sends. 4. Bless Him. all ye who taste His love ; People and priests, exalt Llis name ; Among His saints He ever dwells ; His church is His Jerusalem. 382. C. M. Pratt's Coll. SlXG ALOUD UNTO GOD OUP. STEEXGTH. — Pi. ?1 : 1. 1. To God. our Strength, your voice aloud, In strains of glory raise ; High to Jehovah. Jacob's God, Exalt the notes of praise. 277 TUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 2. Now let the gospel trumpet blow On each appointed feast. And teach His waiting church to know The Sabbath's sacred rest. 3. This was the statute of the Lord To Israel's favored race ; And yet His courts preserve His word, And there we wait His grace. 4. With psalms of honor, and of joy, Let all His temples ring ; Your various instruments employ, And songs of triumph sing. 383. L. M. Watts. Blessed abb they that dwell in Thy house. — Ps. 84 : 4. 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 the assaults of hell and sin ; From foes without and foes within. 4. 0 God. our King, whose sovereign sway The glorious hosts of heaven obey, — And devils at Thy presence flee, — Blessed is the man that trusts in Thee. 278 THE 8ABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 384. L. M. Watts. O God, THOU AM mv God: eaely will I sees Thee.— Pb. 1. Gbeat God, indulge my humble claim; Thou art my Hope, my Joy. my Rest; The glories that compose Thy flame Stand all engaged to make me blessed. *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 heart, and eyes, and lifted hands, For Thee I long, to Thee I look, A- travellers in thirsty lands Pant for the cooling water brook. 4. With early feet I love to appear Among Thy saints, and seek Thy face ; Oft have I .-ecu Thy glory there. And felt the power of sovereign grace. 5. Til lift my hands. I'll raise my voice. While I have breath to pray or praise; This work shall make my heart rejoice, And spend the remnant of my days. 385. 7s. C. Wesley. Cause Thy face to shine, and we shall ee saved. — Ts. SO : 3. 1. LlGHT o\' life, seraphic fire. Love divine. Thyself impart ; Every fainting soul inspire : Shine in every drooping heart. 279 PUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 2. Every mournful sinner cheer, Scatter all our guilty gloom; Son of God, appear, appear ! To Thy human temples come. 3. Come in this accepted hour ; Bring Thy heavenly kingdom in ; Fill us with Thy glorious power, Rooting out the seeds of sin. 4. Nothing more can we require, We will covet nothing less ; Be Thou all our heart's desire, All our joy and all our peace. • DOXOLOGY. Sing we to our God above, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Praise eternal as His love ; Praise Him, all ye heavenly host. 386. 8s, 7s, & 4. Pierpont. I>- THE MULTITUDE OF TlIY MERCY DEAE ME. — Ps. CO: 13. 1. God Almighty and All Seeing, Holy One, in whom we all Live, and move, and have our being, Hear us when on Thee we call ; Father, hear us, As before Thy throne we fall. 2. Of all good art Thou the Giver ; Weak and wandering ones are we ; Then forever, yea. forever. In Thy presence would we be ; 0. be near us. That we wander not from Thee. 280 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. DOXOLOGY. Praise the Father, Son, and Spirit For election, sovereign, free ; For redeeming love and merit ; For renewing sucli as we ; For all blessings Praise the glorious One in Three. 387. L. M. Watts. Mr SOUL LOXGETH, YEA, EVEN FAIXTETN, FOR THE COURTS OF THE LORD. Ps. Hi : 2. 1. How pleasant, how divinely fair, O Lord of hosts, Thy dwellings are ! With long desire my spirit faints To meet the 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 ? 3. Blessed are the saints who sit on high, Around Thy throne of majesty ; Thy brightest glories shine above, And all their work is praise and love. 4. Blessed 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. Blessed are the men whose hearts are set To find the way to Zion's gate ; God is their Strength, and through the road They lean upon their Helper, God. 281 TUBLIC WORSHIP; OPENING. 6. Cheerful they walk, with growing strength, Till all shall meet in heaven at length ; Till all before Thy t'aee appear, And join in nobler worship there. 388. C. M. Watts. Let is make a joyful >-oise to the Rock of our salvation. — Pfc 05 : 1. 1. Sing to the Lord Jehovah's name, And in His strength rejoice ; When I lis salvation is our theme, Exalted be our voice. 2. With thanks approach His awful sight, And psalms of honor sing ; The Lord's a God of boundless might, The whole creation's King. 3. Let princes hear, let angels know How mean their natures seem ; Those gods on high, and gods below, When once compared with Him. 4. Earth, with its caverns dark and deep, Lies in His spacious hand ; He fixed the seas what bounds to keep, And where the hills must stand. Come, and with humble souls adore ; Come, kneel before His face ; O, may the creatures of His power Be children of His grace. Now is the time ; He bends His ear, And waits for your request ; Come, lest He rouse His wrath, and swear, K Ye shall not see my rest." 282 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 389. lis & 8s. Montgomery. EXTEK INTO TIlS GATES WITH Til AJtKSO 1 VIXu. — Fs. | 1. Be joyful in God. all ye lands of the earth ; ( ). serve Him with gladness and fear ; Exult in His presence with music and mirth ; With love and devotion draw near. 2. For 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. O. enter His gates with thanksgiving and song ; Your vows in His temple proclaim ; His praise with 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. 390. L. M. Watts. O, VISIT ME WITH TlIY S ALVaTIO". — Ts. 103 : 1. 1. Fab from my thoughts, vain world, begone : Let my religious hours alone : Fain would my eyes my Saviour see ; I wait a visit, Lord, from Thee. 2. My heart grows warm with holy lire. And kindles with a pure desire : Come, my dear Jesus, from above. And feed my soul with heavenly love. 2S3 PUBLIC worship; opening. o. Blest Jesus, what delicious fare ! How sweet Thy entertainments are ! Never did angels taste above, Redeeming grace and dying love. 4. Hail, great Immanuel, all divine ! In Thee Thy Father's glories shine ; Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest One That eyes have seen,- or angels known. 391. C. M. "Watts. TlIAT I MAY DWELL IN" THE HOUSE OF TIIE LORD ALL TIIE DAYS OF MY LIFE ft. 27 : 4. 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 privilege my heart desires ; O, grant me an abode Among the churches of Thy saints, The temples of my God. 3. There shall I offer my requests, And see Thy beauty still ; Shall hear Thy messages of love, And there inquire Thy 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. 284 TIIE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY, 392. L. 31. Teesteegen. Tins is iron OTIIER BUT THE HOUSE of GoD. — Gen.2S: 17. 1. Lo, God is here ! let us adore. And own how dreadful is this place ! Let all within us feel His power, And silent bow before His faee. 2. Lo. God is here ! Him. day and night, The united choirs of angels sing ; To Him. enthroned above all height. Heaven's hosts their noblest praises bring. 3. Being of beings ! may our praise Thy courts with grateful fragrance fill ; Still may we stand before Thy fa Still hear and do Thy sovereign will. 393. L. ML Hebee. Hosaxxa. — John 12 : 13. 1. Hosaxxa to the living Lord! Hosanna to the incarnate Word ! To Christ, Creator. Saviour, King, Let earth, let heaven, hosanna sing. 2. Hosanna. Lord ! Thine angels cry ; Hosanna. Lord ! Thy saints reply : Above, beneath us. and around. The dead and living swell the sound. 3. 0. Saviour, with protecting care, Eeturn to this. Thy house of prayer ; Assembled in Thy sacred name, Where we Thy parting promise claim. 285 PUBLIC AVORSniP; OPENING. 4. But, chiefest, in our cleansed breast, Eternal^ bid Thy Spirit rest, And make our secret soul to be A temple pure, and worthy Thee. 5. So, in the last and dreadful day. When earth and heaven shall melt away, Thy flock, redeemed from sinful stain, Shall swell the sound of praise again. 394. L. M. Watts. The Lord lovetii the gates of Zion. — Ps. S7 : 2. 1. God in His earthly temple lays Foundations for His heavenly praise ; He likes the tents of Jacob well, But still in Zion loves to dwell. 2. His mercy visits every house That pays its night and morning vows ; But makes a more delightful stay Where churches meet to praise and pray. 3. When God makes up His last account Of natives in His holy mount, 'Twill be an honor to appear As one new-born or nourished there. 286 THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. PUBLIC WORSHIP; CLOSING. — THE SABBATH AND SANCTUARY. 39.5. 7s. S. F. Smith. When the evening WAS come, He was theee alone.— Matt. 14 : 20. 1. Softly fades the twilight ray Of the hoi)- Sabbath day ; Gently as life's setting 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. Still the Spirit lingers near Where the evening worshipper Seeks communion with the skies, Pressing onward to the prize. 4. 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. 396. L. M. Edmestox. Tite time of the evening oblation. — Dan. 9 : 21. 1. Sweet is the light of Sabbath eve, And soft the sunbeams lingering there ; For these blest hoars the world I leave, Wafted on wings of faith and prayer. 287 TUBLIC "WORSHIP; CLOSING. 2. The time how lovely and how still; Peace shine- and smiles on all below; The plain, the stream, the wood, the hill, All fair with evening's setting glow. 3. Season of rest ! the tranquil soul Feels the sweet calm, and melts to love ; And while these sacred moments roll, Faith sees the smiling heaven above. 4. Nor will our days of toil be long : Our pilgrimage will soon be trod ; And we shall join the ceaseless song. The endless Sabbath of our God. 397. 8s & 7s. O THAT TnOU -VrOULDEST BLESS ME IN'DEED. — 1 Chron. 4 : 10. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing ; Bid us now depart in peace ; Still on heavenly manna feeding, Let our faith and love increase. Fill each breast with consolation ; Up to Thee our hearts we raise ; When we reach our blissful station, Then we'll give Thee nobler praise. 398. C. M. Broytne. Increase our faith. — Luke 17 : 5. Frequent the day of God returns To shed its quickening beams ; And yet how slow devotion burns, How languid are its flames. 288 THE SABKATII AND SANCTUARY, 2. Accept our faint attempts to love; Our frailties, Lord, forgive ; We would be like Thy saints above, And praise Thee while we live. 3. Increase, O Lord, our faith and hope, And lit us to ascend Where the assembly ne'er breaks up, The Sabbaths never end ; — 4. "Where we shall breathe in heavenly air ; With heavenly lustre .-hine ; Before the throne of God appear, And feast on love divine. 399. L. 31. Heber, THE DESIEE OF THE BIGHTEOUS SHALL EE CEA.N'TED. — PrOV. 10 : 24. 1. Lord, now we part in Thy blest name, In which we here together came ; Grant us our few remaining days To work Thy will, and spread Thy praise. 2. Teach us in life and death to bless The Lord our Strength and Righteousness ; And grant us all to meet above ; Then shall we better sing Thy love. 400. C. 31. C. Wesley. Theie saceifices shall ee accepted upon Mkn altee.- Is. SB : "• 1. Eternal Father. God of love, To Thee our hearts we raise ; Thy all-sustaining power we prove, And gladly sing Thy praise. 19 289 PUBLIC WORSHIP; CLOSING. 2. Thine, wholly Thine, O, let us be ; Our sacrifice receive : Made, and preserved, and saved by Thee, To Thee ourselves we give. Doxology. In hope to join the angelic host, And all the ransomed throng, To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost We raise the Grateful sons:. 401. 8s & 7s. BlCKERSTETH. I WILL FEED My flock. — Ezek. 34 : 15. 1. Israel's Shepherd, guide me, feed me, Through my pilgrimage below, And beside the waters lead me, Where Thy flock, rejoicing, go. 2. Lord, Thy guardian presence ever, Meekly kneeling, I implore ; I have found Thee, and would never, Never wander from Thee more. 402. 7s. White. Whex tiiey iiad suxg a HYMN tiiey wext out. — Mark 14 : 26. 1. Christians, brethren, ere we part, Every voice and every heart Join, and to our Father raise One last hymn of grateful praise. 2. Though we here should meet no more, Yet there is a brighter shore ; There, released from toil and pain, There we all may meet again. 290 TIIE SABBATH AND SAXCTUAHY. 3. Now to Thee. Thou God of heaven, Be eternal glory given ; Grateful for Thy love divine. May our hearts be ever Thine. 403. C M. Watts. Blessed is the people that kxott the joyful sou>-d. — Ps. • 1. Blessed are the souls that hear and know The gospel's joyful sound ; Peace shall attend the path they go, And light their steps surround. 2. Their joy shall hear their spirits up Through their Redeemer's name ; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn. 3. The Lord, our Glory and Defence, Strength and salvation gives ; Israel, thy King forever reigns, Thy God forever lives. 404. c. M. Some a hl'xdeed fold, some sixty fold, some thiety fold. — Mai 1. Almighty God. Thy word is cast Like seed into the ground ; Xow let the dew of heaven descend, And righteous fruits abound. 2. Let not the foe of Christ or man This holy seed remove. But give it root in every heart, To bring forth fruits of love. 291 PUBLIC WORSHIP; CLOSING. 3. Let not the world's deceitful cares The rising plant destroy, But let it yield, a hundred fold, The fruits of peace and joy. 4. Nor let Thy word, so kindly sent To raise us to Thy throne, Return to Thee, and sadly tell That we reject Thy Son. 5. Oft as Thy precious seed is sown, Thy quickening grace bestow ; That all, whose souls the truth receive, Its saving power may know. 405. C. ML Watts. By geace aee ye saved through faith. — Eph. 2 :&. 1. Salvation ! O. 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. o. Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. Doxology. 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. 292 THE SABBATH AND BANCTUABY. 406. 8S, 7-. & is. BUKDKK. The God of love and peace shall be with roc. — 2 Cor. 13 : 11. 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, reiresh 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. 3. Then, whene'er the signal's given Us from earth to call av. Borne on angel'- wings to heaven, Glad the summons to obey, May we ever Beign with Christ in endless day. 407. 8s & 7s. Newton. The grace of tee Lord Jests Citeist. — 2 Cor. 13: 1-L 1. Mat 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, And possess, in sweet communion, Joys which earth cannot afford. 293 MAN A BEING. MAN A BEING. — THE SOUL. 408. C. M. Montgomery. "What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? — Mark 8: 37. 1. What is the thing of greatest price, The whole creation round ? That which was lost in Paradise, That which in Christ is found : 2. The soul of man, Jehovah's breath, That keeps two worlds at strife ; He'll moves beneath to work its death, Heaven stoops to give it life. 3. God, to reclaim it, did not spare His well-beloved Son ; Jesus, to save it, deigned to bear The sins of all in One. 4. And is this treasure borne below In earthly vessels frail ? Can none its utmost value know Till flesh and spirit fail? 5. Then let us gather round the cross, This knowledge to obtain ; Not by the soul's eternal loss, But everlasting gain. 409. S. M. Watts. WnAT IS MAN, TTIAT TnOU ART MINDFUL OF niM ? — Ps. 8 : 4. 1. O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy name is all divine ; Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine. 294 THE SOUL. 2. "When I survey the stars, And all their shining forms, Lord, what is man. that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms ? 3. Lord, what is worthless man. That Thou shouldst love him so ? Xext to Thine angels is he placed, And lord of all below. 4. How rich Thy bounties are, And wondrous are Thy ways ; Of dust and worms Thy power can frame A monument of praise. 410. L. M. Watts. The Lokd shall guide thee coxtixually, axd satisfy thy soul. Is. 58 : 11. 1. Max has a soul of vast desires; He burns within with restless fires ; Tossed to and fro. his passions fly From vanity to vanity. 2. In vain on earth we hope to find Some solid good to fill the mind ; We try new pleasures, but we feel The inward thirst and torment still. 3. So, when a raging fever burns. We shift from side to side by turns ; And 'tis a poor relief we gain, To change the place, but keep the pain. 4. Great God, subdue this vicious thirst, This love to vanity and dust ; Cure the vile fever of the mind, And feed our souls with joys refined. 295 MAX A SINNER. MAX A SIXXER. — CONDITION NATURE. BY 411. L. M. I WAS SIIAPEX IX INIQUITY. — Ps. .'I : 5. Watts. 1. Lord, I am vile, conceived in sin, And born unholy and unclean ; Sprung from the man whose guilty fall Corrupts the race, and taints us all. 2. Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin grow up for death ; Thy law demands a perfect heart ; But we're defiled in every part. 3. Behold, I fall before Thy face ; Hy only refuge is Thy grace : No outward forms can make me clean ; The leprosy lies deep within. 4. No bleeding bird, nor bleeding beast, Nor hyssop branch, nor sprinkling priest, Nor running brook, nor flood, nor sea, Can wash the dismal stain away. 5. Jesus, my God, Thy blood alone Hath power sufficient to atone ; Thy blood can make me white as snowr ; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 412. G M. Steele. TnEY THAT ABB » THE rLESTI CAXXOT PLEASE GOD. — Rom. 8: 1. How helpless guilty nature lies, Unconscious of its load ; The heart, unchanged, can never rise To happiness and God. 296 CONDITION BY NATURE. 2. The will perverse, the passions blind, In paths of ruin stray ; Reason, debased, can never find The safe, the narrow way. 3. Can aught, beneath a power divine, The stubborn will subdue ? 'Tis Thine, almighty Saviour, Thine To form the heart anew. 4. 0, ehange these wretched hearts of ours, And give them life divine ; Then shall our passions and our powers, Almighty Lord, be Thine. 413. C. M. Watts. If we say that we bate .\o six, we deceive ourselves. — Uohn 1 : S. 1. Sin, like a venomous disease, Infects our vital blood ; The only balm is sovereign grace, And the Physician, God. 2. Our beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death ; But Christ the Lord recalls the dead With His almighty breath. 3. Madness by nature reigns within, The passions burn and rage, Till God's own Son, with skill divine, The inward fire assuage. 4. We lick the dust, we grasp the wind, And solid good despise ; Such is the folly of the mind, Till Jesus makes us wise. 297 MAN A SINNER. 414. C. M. Watts. The be is no.ve that doetii good, no, not oxe. — Roni. 3: 12. 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 stop their mouths, Without a murmuring word ; And the whole race of Adam stand Guilty before the Lord. 3. In vain we ask God's righteous law To justify us now, Since to convince and to condemn Is all the law can do. 4. Jesus, how glorious is Thy grace ! When in Thy name we trust, Our faith receives a righteousness That makes the sinner just. 415. L. M. Moore. Witiiout Me ye cast do xothixg. — John 15 : 5. 1. Like morning, when her early breeze Breaks up the surface of the seas. That, in their furrows, dark with night, Her hand may sow the seeds of light, — 2. Thy grace can send its breathings o'er The spirit dark and lost before ; And, freshening all its depths, prepare For truth divine to enter there. CONDITION BY NATURE. 3. Till David touched his sacred lyre, In silence lay the unbreathing wire ; But when he swept its chord.- along, Then angels stooped to hear the song. 4. So sleeps the soul, till Thou. 0 Lord, Shalt deign to touch its lifeless chord ; Till, waked by Thee, its breath shall rise In music worthy of the skies. 416. CM. Watts. Dead in* trespasses axd sixs. — Eph. 2 : 1. 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. 2. But there's a voice of sovereign grace Sounds from the sacred word ; " Ho, ye despairing sinners, come, And trust upon the Lord." 3. My soul obeys the almighty call, And runs to this relief; I would believe Thy promise, Lord ; O, help my unbelief. 4. To the dear fountain of Thy blood, Incarnate God, I fly ; Here let me wash my spotted soul From crimes of deepest dye. 5. A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On Thy kind arms I fall ; Be Thou my Strength and Righteousness, My Jesus, and my All. 299 417. MAX A SINNER, C. M. Watts. I was alive without the law oxce. — Rom. 7 : 9. 1. Lord, how secure my conscience was, And felt no inward dread ! I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2. My hopes of heaven were firm and bright ; But since the precept came With a convincing power and light, I find how vile I am. 3. My guilt appeared but small before, Till terribly I saw How perfect, holy, just, and pure Was 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. I'm like a helpless captive sold, Under the power of sin ; I cannot do the good I would, Nor keep my conscience clean. 6. My God, I cry with every breath For some kind power to save. To break the yoke of sin and death, And thus redeem the slave. 300 CONDITION" BY NATURE. 418. C. It Watts. The fool uatii said ix his iieaet, Tiieee is no God. — Ps. 11: l. 1. Fools, in their hearts, believe and say. " That all religion's vain ; There is no God that reigns on high, Or minds the affairs of men." 2. From thoughts so dreadfully profane. Corrupt discourse proceeds : And in their impious hands are found Abominable deeds. 8. The Lord, from His celestial throne. Looked down on things below. To find the man that sought His grace. Or did His justice know. 4. By nature all are gone astray. Their practice all the same : There's none that fears his Maker's hand : There's none that loves His name. 5. Their tongues are used to speak deceit, Their slanders never cease : How swift to mischief are their feet, Nor know the paths of peace ! 6. Such seeds of sin. that bitter root, In every heart are found : Xor can they bear diviner fruit Till grace refine the ground. 301 NNKH. MAX A SINNER.— WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 419. C It LTTS. 7 7 I TO THE WAZZL I . - I 1. L it attend, A : Ihe trumpet With an inviting \ 2. Ho, all ye hung Th An 1 vainly sta . earthly : To fill an em; I 3. Etem prepared A 90ul- 2 3t : And bids your longing appel The rich pre vte 4. Ho, ye thai ; And pine away, and di Here yon may quench your raging thi] With springs i dry. 5. REv mercy, hei In a ri A cean join ; .-.dance. fl« Like fl - .1 wine. 6. The y gates f gps grace B Lord, b wants av y. .- WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 420. S. M. Doddridge. IIe caeeth for you. — 1 Pot. 5 : 7. 1. How" gentle God's command- ! How kind His precepts are ! <; Come, cast your burdens on the Lord, And trust His constant care." 2. While Providence supports. Let .saints securely dwell ; That hand which bears all nature up, Shall guide His children well. 3. Why should this anxious load Press down your weary mind ? Haste to your heavenly Father's throne, And sweet refreshment rind. 4. His goodness stands approved Down to the present day ; I'll drop my burden at His feet, And bear a song away. 421. L. BL Watts. Mr euede>- IS LIGHT. —Matt. 11 : SOL 1. " Come hither, all ye weary souls, Ye heavy-laden sinners, come ; I'll give you rest from all your toils, And raise you to ^Sly heavenly home. 2. u They shall find rest that learn of 3Ie ; I'm of a meek and lowly mind ; But passion rages like the sea. And pride is restless as the wind. 3. u Blessed is the man whose shoulders take My yoke, and bear it with delight ; My yoke is easy to his neck. Hy grace shall make the burden light." 303 MAX A SINNER. 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. 422. Cs & 4s. Sp. Songs. To-day, if ye will hear Uis voice, harden* not yotr heakts. Ucb. 3 : Li. 1. To-day the Saviour calls ! Ye wanderers, come ; O, ye benighted souls, \Vhy longer roam ? 2. To-day the Saviour calls ! O, listen now ; Within these sacred walls To Jesus bow. 3. To-day the Saviour calls ! For refuge i\y ; The storm of vengeance falls ; Ruin is nigh. 4. The Spirit calls to-day ! Yield to His power ; O, grieve Him not away ; 'Tis mercy's hour. 423. Rippon's Coll. My peace I give unto you. — John 14: 27. Ye that in these 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. 30± WARNINGS AND INVITATION-. 2. Turn to Christ your longing eyes, View His bloody sacrifice ; vSee through Him your sins forgiven, Pardon, holiness, and heaven; Glorify the King of kings, Take the peace the gospel brings. 424. L. M. D WIGHT. Shall Tiiy loving kindness be declared in tite crave f— Ps. 88:11. 1. While life prolongs its precious light, Mercy is found, and peace is given ; But soon, ah, soon approaching night Shall blot out every hope of heaven. 2. While God invites, how blessed the day ! How sweet the gospel's charming sound ! Come, sinners, haste, O, haste away, While yet a pardoning God. He's found. 3. Soon, borne on time's most rapid wing, 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, Xo Sabbath's heavenly light shall rise ; No God regard your bitter prayer, Nor Saviour call you to the skies. 425. 8s, 7s, & 4. Take My yoke upon you. — Matt. 11 : 20. 1. Come, ye souls by sin afflicted, Bowed with fruitless sorrow down, By the perfect law convicted, 20 305 MAN A SINNER. Through the cross behold the crown ; Look to Jesi Mercy flows through Him alone. 2. Take II is easy yoke, and wear it ; Love will make obedience sweet; Christ will give you . to bear it, While His wisdom guides your feet Safe to glory, Where His ransomed captives meet. 3. Sweet as home to pilgrims weary, Light to newly-opened e; Or lull springs in desert- dreary, Is the rest the cross supplies ; All who taste it Shall to rest immortal rise. 4. While the wounds of woe are healing, While the heart is all resigned, *Tis the solemn feast of feeling, Tis the Sabbath of the mind ; None but Jesus Can the broken heart upbind. 5. But to sing the rest of glory, Mortal tongue- far short must fall ; Tongues celestial strive to reach it, But it soars beyond them all : Faith believes it. hope expects it, Love desires it, But it overwhelms them all. 306 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. -126. 12s & 8s. s. P. Smith. TlIE BABTSST IS TAST, THE SUMMER Ifl EXDEP, AJTD WE ARE X->T SAVED. Jt-r. - 1. When the harvest is past, and the summer is gone, And sermons and prayers shall be < ' When the beams cease to break of the blest Sabbath morn. And Jesus invites thee no more, — 2. When the rich gale? of mercy no longer shall blow, The gospel no mi :lare, — Sinner, how canst thou bear the deep wailing of woe, How suffer the night of despair ? 3. When the holy have gone to the regions of peace, To dwell in the mansion above. — When their harmony wakes, in the fulness of bliss, Their song to the Saviour of love, — 4. 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 ? 427. 8s & 7s. Montgomery. IS THAT DAY THERE SHALL BE A FOUXTAIX OPENED. — ZcCh. 13 : 1. 1. Come to Calvary's holy mountain. Sinners ruined by the fall ; Here a pure and healing Fountain Flows to you, to me. to all. 2. Come, in sorrow and contrition. Wounded, impotent, and blind ; Here the guilty, free remission. Here the troubled, peace may find. 307 MAX A SIXXER. 428. lie that drink- shall live forever ; Tis a soul-renewing flood ; God is faithful; God will never Break His covenant in blood. 3, & 4. Allex. LOED, WKO IIAT1I BELIEVED OLT. KEPOKT ? — John 12 : 03. 1. Sinners, will you scorn the message Sent in mercy from above ? Every sentence. O, 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 Zion's King proclaim, To each rebel sinner pardon. Free forgiveness in His name. How important ! Free forgiveness in His name. S. 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. 308 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 5. 0. ye angels, hovering round as, Waiting spirits, speed your way; Hasten to the court of heaven, Tidings bear without delay : Rebel sinners Glad the message will obey. 429. S. 31. Watts. He gate His oxly begotten* Son*. —John 3:10. 1. Raise your triumphant songs To an immortal tune. Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial Grace has done. 2. Sing how eternal Love Its chief Beloved chose, bid Him raise our wretched race Frum 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. 4. TVas mercy filled the throne, And wrath stood silent by. When Christ was sent with pardons down To rebels doomed to die. 5. Now, -inner s. dry your tears ; Let hopeless sorrow cease ; Bow to the sceptre of His love, And take the offered peace. G. Lord, we obey Thy call ; TVe lay a humble claim To the salvation Thou hast brought. And love and praise Thy name. 309 MAX A SINNER. DOXOLOGY. Ye angels round the throne. And saints that dwell below. Worship the Father, love the Son, And bless the Spirit too. 430. C. Bt Heder. I msow that Thou wilt bring me to death. — Job 30:23. 1. Beneath our feet, and o'er our head Is equal warning given ; Beneath us lie the countless dead, Above us is the heaven. 2. Death rides on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower ; Each season has its own disease, Its peril every hour. 3. Our eyes have seen the rosy light Of youth's soft cheek decay, And fate descend in sudden night On manhood's middle day. 4. Our eyes have seen the steps of age Halt feebly towards the tomb ; And yet shall earth our hearts engage, And dreams of days to come ? 5. Turn, mortal, turn; thy danger know; Where'er thy foot can bread, The earth rings hollow from below, And warns thee of her dead. 6. Turn, Christian, turn ; thy sou! apply To truths divinely given ; The bones that underneath thee lie Shall live for hell or heaven. 310 WABNIltGS AND INVITATIONS. 431. ?S, Xkwtox. Who can stand before His indignation- ? — Xahura 1 : C. 1. Sin-Ver. art thou still secure ? Wilt thou still refuse to pray? Can thy heart or hands endure In the Lord's avenging day ? 2. See, His mighty arm is bared ; Awful terrors clothe His brow ; For His judgments stand prepared ; Thou must either break or bow. 3. At His presence nature shakes ; Earth, affrighted, hastes to flee; Solid mountains melt like wax : What will then become of thee ? 4. Who His advent may abide ? You that glory in your shame, Will you find a place to hide, When the world is wrapped in flame ? 432. L. ML Watts. Whatsoever tiiy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might. EccL B : lft 1. Life is the time to serve the Lord. The time to insure the great reward ; And while the lamp holds out to burn, The vilest sinner may return. 2. Life is the hour that God has given To escape from hell and fly to heaven, — The day of grace, — and mortals may Secure the blessings of the day. 311 MAN A SINNER. 3. The living know that they must die, But all the dead forgotten lie ; Their memory and their sense are gone, Alike unknowing and unknown. 4. Then what my thoughts design to do, My hands, with all your might pursue ; Since no device nor work is found, Nor faith nor hope, beneath the ground. 5. There are no acts of pardon passed In the cold grave to which we haste ; But darkness, death, and long despair Reien in eternal silence there. 433. S. M. DOBELL. NOYT IS THE ACCEPTED TIME. — 2 Cor. 6 : 2. 1. Now is the accepted time ; Now is the day of grace ; Now, sinners, come, without delay, And seek the Saviour's face. 2. Now is the accepted time ; The Saviour calls to-day; To-morrow it may be too late ; Then why should you delay ? 8. Now is the accepted time ; The gospel bids you come ; And every promise in His word Declares there yet is room. 312 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 434. 7s. IIaweis. A>*D I, IF I BE LIFTED UP FKOM THE EAF.TII, YriLL DKAW ALL >: K V UXT I ME. Julin 12 : 32. 1. From the cross uplifted high, Where the Saviour eloigns to die, What melodious sounds we hear, Bursting on the ravished ear ! Love's redeeming work is done ; Come and welcome, sinner, come. 2. Sprinkled now with blood the throne, Why beneath thy burdens groan? On My pierced body laid, Justice owns the ransom paid ; Bow the knee, and kiss the Son ; Come and welcome, sinner, come. 3. Spread for thee, the festal board See with richest bounty stored ; To thy Fathers bosom pressed, Thou shalt be a child confessed, Never from His house to roam ; Come and welcome, sinner, come. 4. Soon the days of life shall end ; Lo. I come, your Saviour, Friend, Safe your spirit to convey To the realms of endless day, Up to My eternal home ; Come and welcome, sinner, come. 435. C. M. Doddridge. Except te repeat, ye shall all likewise pef.ish. — Luke 13 : 3. 1. Kepent, the voice celestial cries ; Xo longer dare delay ; The wretch that scorns the mandate dies, And meets a fiery day. 313 MAN A SIXXER. 2. Together in His presence bow, And all your guilt confess ; Accept the offered Saviour now, Nor trifle with the grace. 3. Bow, ere the awful trumpet sound, And call you to His bar ; For mercy knows the appointed bound, And turns to vengeance there. 4. Amazing love, that yet will call, And yet prolong our days ; Our hearts, subdued by goodness, fall, And weep, and love, and praise. 436, L. M. Collyer. Haste thee ; escape tihtiiee. — Gen. 19 : 22. 1. Haste, traveller, haste ! the night comes on, And many a shining hour is gone ; The storm is gathering in the west, And thou far off from home and rest. 2. The rising tempest sweeps the sky : The rains descend, the winds are high; The waters swell, and death and fear Beset thy path, nor refuge near. 3. O, yes ! a shelter you may gain, A covert from the wind and rain ; A hiding-place, a rest, a home, A refuge from the wrath to come. 4. Then linger not in all the plain ; Flee for thy life ; the mountain gain; Look not behind; make no delay; O, speed thee, speed thee on thy way. 31* "WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 437. C. M. Medley. WlIOSOEYXB WILL, LET HIM TAKE THE WATJEB OF LIFE FREELY. — Rev. 22 I 17. 1. 0, WHAT amazing words of grace Are in the gospel found ! Suited to every sinner's case, Who knows the joyful sound. 2. Poor, sinful, thirsty, fainting souls Are freely welcome here ; Salvation like a river rolls. Abundant, free, and clear. 3. Come, then, with all your wants and wounds, Your every burden bring ; Here love, unchanging love, abounds, — A deep, celestial spring. 4. Whoever will — O, gracious word ! — Shall of this stream partake ; Come, thirsty souls, and bless the Lord And drink for Jesus' sake. 5. Millions of sinners, vile as you, Have here found life and peace ; Come, then, and prove its virtues too, And drink, adore, and bless. 438. L. M. Epis. Coll. Cast thy bubdex upon the Lokd.-Ps.5o: 22. 1. Peace, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan Hath taught each scene the note of woe ; Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan, And let thy tears forget to flow ; Behold, the precious balm is found, To lull thy pain and heal thy wound. 315 MAX A SINNER. Come, freely come, by sin oppressed, On Jesus cast thy weighty loud ; In Him thy refuge find, thy rest, Safe in the mercy of thy God ; Thy God's thy Saviour ; glorious word ! O, hear, believe, and bless the Lord. 439. 12s Thoexet. Escape to the mountain-. — Gen. 19 : 17. 1. The voice of free grace cries, "Escape to the mountain ! " For Adam's lost race Christ hath opened a fountain ; For sin and uncleanness, and every transgression, His blood flows so freely in streams of salvation. Chorus. Hallelujah to the Lamb, who has bought us a pardon ; We'll praise Him again when we pass over Jordan. 2. Ye souls that are wounded, to the Saviour repair ; IVow He calls you in mercy ; and can you forbear ? Though your sins are increased as high as a moun- tain, His blood can remove them ; it flows from the fountain. 3. Now Jesus, our King, reigns triumphantly glorious ; O'er sin, death, and hell He is more than victorious ; With shouting proclaim it ; O, trust in His passion ; He saves us most freely ; O, precious salvation ! 4. When on Zion we stand, having gained the blest shore, With our harps in our hands, we will praise Him the more ; We'll range the sweet plains on the bank of the river, And sing of salvation forever and ever. 316 -WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 440. L. M. Scott. I MADE HASTE, AXD DELAYED XOT. — Ts. 110 : 1. Hasten. 0 sinner, to be wise, And stay not for the morrow's sun ; The longer wisdom you despise, The harder is she to be won. 2. 0. hasten, sinner, to return. And stay not for the morrow's sun, For fear thy lamp should fail to burn, Before the needful work is done. 3. O. hasten, sinner, to be blessed. And stay not for the morrow's sun, For fear the curse should thee arrest Before the morrow is begun. 4. 0 Lord, do Thou the sinner turn ; [Now rouse him from his senseless state; 0. let him not Thy counsel spurn, Xor rue his fatal choice too late. 441. 7s. Epis. Coll. .>:e,tiiou that sleepest.— Eph. 5 : 14. 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, seek the skies. * 317 MAN A SINNER. 3. Leave thy folly, cease from crime ; From this hour redeem thy time ; Life secure without delay ; Evil is the mortal day. 4. Be not blind and foolish still ; Called of Jesus, learn His will ; Jesus calls from death and night, Jesus waits to shed His light. 442. L. M. Watts- Joy shall ee in heaven over one sixxer that repexteth. — Luke 15 : J 1. Who can describe the joys that rise Through all the courts of paradise, To see a prodigal return, To see an heir of glory born ? 2. With joy the Father doth approve The fruit of His eternal love ; The Son with joy looks down and sees The purchase of His agonies. 3. The Spirit takes delight to view The holy soul He formed anew ; And saints and angels join to sing The growing empire of their King. 443. 8$, 7s, & 4. Reed. Let iiim retfrx uxto the Lord, axt> He will have mercy rrox niM. Is. oo : 7. 1. Listen, sinner! Mercy hails you; With her sweetest voice she calls ; Bids you hasten to the Saviour, Ere the hand of Justice falls ; Listen, sinner ! 'Tis the voice of Mercy calls. 318 WABNHtGS AND INVITATION-. 2. See the storm of vengeance gathering • the path you dare to tread; Hark ! the awful thunders rolling Loud and louder o'er your head ; Tarry, sinner ! Lest the lightning- strike you dead. 3. Haste, ah. hasten to the Saviour ! Sue His mercy ^vhile you may; Soon the day of grace is over, Soon your life will pass away ; Hasten, sinner! You must perish if you stay. 444. C. P. VL Hastings. Who nAin waexed you to flee rr.o:i tiie wrath to come ? — Luke G .- 7. 1. That warning voice. O sinner, hear ; And while salvation lingers near. The heavenly call obey ; Flee from destruction's downward path. Flee from the threatening storm of wrath That rises o'er thy way. 2. Soon night comes on, with thickening shade ; The tempest hovers o'er thy head. The winds their fury pour : The lightnings rend the earth and skies, The thunders roar, the flames arise ; What terrors fill that hour ! 3. That warning voice, 0 sinner, hear, Whose accents linger on thine ear ; Thy footsteps now retrace ; Renounce thy sins, and be forgiven ; Believe, become an heir of heaven, And sing redeeming grace. 319 MAX A SINNER. 445. II. 31. C. Wesley. TlIEX SHALT TIIOU CAUSE THE TKUMl'ET OF TTIE JUEILEE TO SOUND. Lcr. -1 : 'J. 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. Jesus, our great High Priest, Hath full atonement made ; Ye weary spirits, rest ; Ye mournful souls, be glad ; The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 3. Extol the Lamb of God, The all-atoning Lamb ; Redemption in His blood Throughout the world proclaim ; The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 4. Ye slaves of sin and hell, Your liberty receive, And safe in Jesus dwell, And blessed in Jesus live ; The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 5. Ye who have sold for nought Your heritage above, Shall have it back unbought, The gift of Jesus' love ; The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 320 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. G. The gospel trumpet hear, — The news of heavenly grace ; And, saved from earth, appear Before your Saviour's face ; The year of jubilee is come ; Return, ye ransomed sinners, home. 446. 7s & Gs. S. F. Smith. The night cometii. — John 9 : 4. 1. Dark brood the heavens o'er thee ; Black clouds are gathering last ; In awful power thy God has come ; Thy days of mirth are past. 2. Dark brood the heavens o'er thee ; Red flames are bursting round ; Bright lightnings Hash, loud thunders roar ; How shakes the trembling ground ! 3. Dark brood the heavens o'er thee ; Behold, the Judge appears : Unnumbered millions throng around, Raised from the dust of years. 4. Dark brood the heavens o'er thee ; Sinner, behold thy doom ! Destruction opens wide for thee Thy chosen, final home. 5. Yet stay ; the vision lingers ; Why, sinner, wilt thou die ? Dark brood the heavens, but mercy waits — This hour to Jesus fly, 21 321 MAN A SIXXLR. 447. S. If. Ens. Coll. The Spip.it and the eeide say, Come. — Rev. 22 : 17. 1. The Spirit, in our heart-. Is whispering, i% Sinner, come;" The bride, the church of Christ, proclaims To all His children, Come. 2. Let him that heareth say To all about him. Come ! Let him that thirsts for righteousness To Christ, the Fountain, come. 3. Yes, whosoever will, O, let him freely come, And freely drink the stream of life : 'Tis Jesus bids him come. 4. Lo, Jesus, who invi: Declares, ;i I quickly come ; " Lord, even so ; I wait Thy hour ; Jesus, my Saviour, come ! 448. L. M. Watts. Bf.oad is the vtxy that leadetii to destruction. — Matt. 7 : E3L 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 en ."' Is the Redeemers great command; Nature must count her gold but d If she would gain this heavenly land. 322 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 3. Lord, let not .all my hopes be vain ; Create my heart entirely new — "Which hypocrites could ne'er attain, Which false apostates never knew. 449. I 3. Barbauld. Come u.vto Me, all ye that labob axd are heavy laden. — Matt. U : 28. 1. Come, said Jesus' sacred voice. Come, and make My paths your choice ; I will guide you to your home ; Weary pilgrim, hither come. 2. Sinner, come ; for here is found Balm that flows for every wound; Peace that ever shall endure ; Rest eternal, sacred, sure. 450- 8s & 7s. Ask axd it shall ee given you: seek and ye shall find. — Matt, 7 : 7. 1. Hark! the gospel trumpet's sounding; Sinners, hear the joyful call ; Christ, in pardoning love abounding, Offers liberty to all. 2. Though your crimes have reached to heaven, And of deepest dye appear. Ask, and they shall be forgiven ; Seek, and you shall find Him near. 3. Cast your load of guilt behind you ; To the Lord for mercy flee ; Though the strongest fetters bind you, His salvation makes you free. 323 MAN A SINNER. 451. - M IIyi>e. E 1. And canst thou, sinner, slight T call of love divine r Shall God. with tenderness invi: . And gain no thought ofthi] '2. Wilt thou not o Tl S irit from thy breast, 1 ^ '.. thy sins S. To-day. a pardoning God Will hear the suppliant pray : To-d Saviour's cleansing blood Will wash thy guilt away. 4. But grace so dearly :. If yet thou wilt Thy fearful doom, with Will 452. lis Sacked Songs. D f.i. ay nor. delay not : 0 sinner, draw near : The wat< rs of life are now flow; e ; No pri landed; the Saviour is h Redemption is purchased, salvation is free. Delay not. delay not : why long The low- and compassion of Jesus, thy God? A four.' in is I : how canst thou r To wash j ansedinB loodf 324 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 8. Delay not, delay not, O 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 hour is at hand; The earth shall dissolve, and the heavens shall fade ; The dead, small and great, in the judgment shall stand ; What power then, O sinner, shall lend thee its aid ? 453. S. M. Doddridge. Tiie TIME is short. — 1 Cor. 7 : 29. 1. To-morro"\v, 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 ; O, make Thy servants truly wise, That they may live to-day. 3. Since, on this winged hour, Eternity is hung, Waken by Thine almighty power, The aged and the young. 4. One thing demands our care ; O, be it still pursued, Lest, slighted once, the season fair Should never be renewed. 5. To Jesus may we fly, Swift as the morning light, Lest life's young golden beams should die, In sudden, endless night. 32o MAN A SINNER. 454. C. M. Steel All things ABE VOW ready. — Luke 14 : 17. 1. Ye wretched, hungry, starving poor, Behold a royal feast, Where Mercy spreads her bounteous store For every humble guest. 2. See, Jesus stands with open arms ; He calls, He bids you come ; Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms ; But see, there yet is room ! 3. Room in the Saviour's bleeding heart ; There love and pity meet ; Nor will He bid the soul depart That trembles at His feet. 4. In Him, the Father reconciled, Invites your souls to come ; The rebel shall be called a child, And kindly welcomed home. 455. S. M. MONTGOMER Ye aee not as yet come to the rest. — Deut. 12 : 9. 1. O, where shall rest be found, — Rest for the weary soul ? 'Twere vain the ocean depths to sound, Or pierce to either pole. 2. The world can never giv6 The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die. 326 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. Beyond this vale of tears There is a life above. Unmeasured by the flight of years ; And all that life is love. There is a death whose pane: Outlasts the fleeting breath ; O, what eternal horrors hang Around the second death ! Lord God of truth and grace, Teach us that death to shun, Lest we be banished from Thy face, And evermore undone. 456. L. M. Watts. Blessed is the max xn.vx iiearetii Me. — Prov. S: 34. 1. Thus saith the wisdom of the Lord, — u Blessed is the man that hears My word ; Keeps daily watch before My gates, And at My feet for mercy waits. 2. " The soul that seeks Me shall obtain Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain ; Immortal life is his reward ; Life, and the favor of the Lord.'' 457. L. M. Hyde. A still small toice. — 1 Kings E) : 12. 1. Say, sinner, hath a voice within Oft whispered to thy secret soul, L'rged thee to leave the ways of sin, And yield thy heart to God's control ? 327 MAN A SINNER. Hath something met thee in the path Of world liness and vanity, And pointed to the coming wrath, And warned thee from that wrath to flee ? 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- Spurn not the call to life and light ; Regard in time the warning kind ; That call thou mayst not always slight, And yet the gate of mercy find. 458. 7s. C. Elizabeth. Evil puesueth sinners ; but to the righteous good shall bb rei\ue Prov. 13 : 21. 1. Worldling, what hast thou to show Like the joys believers know ? Is thy path of fading flowers Half so bright, so sweet, as ours ? 2. Doth a skilful, healing Friend On thy daily steps attend ? And where thorns and stings abound Shed a balm on every wound ? 3. When the tempests roar on high, Hast thou still a Refuge nigh ? Can, O can thy dying breath Summon One more strong than death ? 4. Worldling, when wilt thou be wise ? What though faithless fools despise ? We have treasures, honors, bliss ; God is ours, and all things His. 32S warnings and invitations. AW. 1 s, B, fc 4s. 1. Child of sin and sorrow, filled with dismay, Walt not for to -mo. - lay; II ven bids tb While yet there's room ; Child of sin and so: I Hear and oh £. Child of sin and sorrow, why wilt thou di Come, while thou canst borrow help from on high : Grieve not that k Whfch from above — Child of sin and sorrow — Would bring thee nigh. 3. Child of sin and sorrow, where wilt thou flee ? Through that long to-morrow, eten Exiled from home. Darkly to roam : Child of sin and sc i Where wilt thou fl lild of sin and sorrow, lift up thine Heirship thou canst borrow in worlds on high ! In that high home, Gravrii thy name : Child of sin and sorrow, Swift homeward fly, 460. C. It Cheever. THEEE IS A TTAY THAT 5EEM.ETH EIGHT B 1. There i- a way that seemeth right ; The steps go on with eas ; And conscience slumbers while the soul Forsakes the path of peace. 329 MAX A SINNER. 2. There is a way that leads to death, — God hath the warning given ; And multitudes pursue that way, Still dreaming on of heaven. 3. Then let me tremble at the word That shows this danger nigh ; And wake, and pray, and keep the path, That leads to joys on high. 4. For God will teach the eontrite mind The way of death to shun ; He ne'er will leave a praying soul By sin to be undone. 461. H. M. Boden. Yet there is room. — Luke 14 : 22. 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, sinner, come, For every trembling soul there's room. 3. Believe the heavenly word His messengers proclaim ; He is a gracious Lord, And faithful is His name : Backsliding souls, return and come ; Cast off despair, there yet is room. 330 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 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. 462. lis. Knox. Acquaint xovr thyself with Him, and be at peace. — Job 22: 21. 1. Acquaint thee. 0 mortal, acquaint thee with God, And joy, like the sunshine, shall beam on thy road ; And peace, like the dewdrop. shall fall on thy head, And sleep, like an angel, shall visit thy bed. 2. Acquaint thee, O mortal, acquaint thee with God, And He shall be with thee when fears are abroad ; Thy Safeguard in danger that threatens thy path; Thy Joy in the valley and shadow of death. 463. L. M. Gregg. Behold, I stant) at the door axd knock. — Rev. 3: 20. 1. Behold the Saviour at thy door ! He gently knocks, has knocked before ; Has waited long, is waiting still, — You treat no other friend so ill. 2. O, lovely attitude ! He stands TTith melting heart, and outstretched hands ; O. matchless kindness ! and He shows This matchless kindness to His foes. 3. Admit Him ; for the human breast Ne'er entertained so kind a guest : Admit Him ; or the hour's at hand, When at His door denied you'll stand. 331 MAN A SINNER. 4. " Open my heart, Lord, enter in ; Slay every foe, and conquer sin : I now to Thee my all resign, My body, soul, and all are Thine." 464. L. M. Collyer. Return uxto Me. — Mai. 3 : 7. 1. Return, O wanderer, return, And seek an injured Father's face ; Those new desires that in thee burn Were kindled by reclaiming grace. 2. Return, O wanderer, return, And seek a Father's melting heart ; Whose pitying eyes thy grief discern, Whose hand shall heal thine inward smart, 3. Return, O wanderer, return, Thy Saviour bids thy spirit live ; Go to His bleeding feet, and learn How freely Jesus can forgive. 4. Return, O wanderer, return, And wipe away the falling tear ; 'Tis God who says, " No longer mourn ; " 'Tis Mercy's voice invites thee near. 465. S. ML C. Wesley. The Lord Jesus Ciirist, who shall judge the quick axd the dead. 2 Tim. 4 : 1. 1. Tnou Judge of quick and dead, Before whose bar severe, With holy joy. or guilty dread, We all shall soon appear : 332 WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS. 2. Our cautioned souls prepare For that tremendous day ; And till us now with watchful care, And stir us up to pray. 3. 0. may we thus be found Obedient to Thy word ; Attentive to the trumpet's sound, And looking for our Lord. 4. 0, may we all insure A lot among the blessed ; And watch a moment to secure An everlasting rest. 466. 8s, 7s, & 4. Hart. Come, buy avixe axd milk without money, and without price.— Is. oo : 1. 1. Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, Weak and wounded, sick and sore, Jesus ready stands to save you, Full of pity, joined with power. He is able, He is willing, doubt no more. 2. Ho, ye needy ; come, and welcome ; God's free bounty glorify ! True belief and true repentance, Every grace that brings us nigh, Without money, Come to Jesus Christ, and buy. 3. Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness He requireth Is to feel your need of Him ; This He gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam. 333 MAN A SINNER. 4. Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Bruised and mangled by the fall, If you tarry till you're better, You will never come at all ; Not the righteous, Sinners Jesus came to call. 5. Lo, the incarnate God ascended, Pleads the merit of His blood ; Venture on Him, venture wholly ; Let no other trust intrude : None but Jesus Can do helpless sinners good. 6. Saints and angels, joined in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb ; While the blissful seats of heaven Sweetly echo with His name. Hallelujah ! Sinners here may sing the same. 467. 7s. C. Wesley. Why will te die ? — Ezek. 18 : 31. 1. Sinners, turn ! why will ye die ? God, your Maker, asks you why ? God, who did your being give, Made you with Himself to live ; He the fatal cause demands. Asks the work of His own hands ; Why, ye thankless creatures, why Will ye cross His love, and die ? 2. Sinners, turn ; why will ye die ? God, your Saviour, asks you why ? God, who did your souls retrieve, Died Himself, that ye might live. 334 WABNUTOS AND INVITATIONS. Will you let Him die in vain ? Crucify your Lord again ? Why, ye ransomed sinners, why Will ye Blight His grace, and die ? Sinners, turn; why will ye die? God, the Spirit, asks you why? He who all your lives hath strove, Wooed you to embrace His love ; "Will ye not His grace receive ? Will ye still refuse to live ? Why. you long-sought sinners, why Will you grieve your God and die ? 468. 8s, 7s, & 4. Newton. They shall see the Sox or Max comi.vg ix the clouds of iieavex, with power axd great glory. — Matt. 24 : 30. 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 ! " 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 ? 335 MAX A SINNER. But to those who have confess*! 1, 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." 469. C. M. Colter. WlIEX THEY SHALL SAY, PEACE AXD SAFETY: TTTEX SUDDEN DESTEUCTI05" cometu. — 1 Thess. o : & 1. There is a line, by us unseen, That crosses every path, The hidden boundary between God's patience and His wrath. 2. To pass that limit is to die, To die as if by stealth ; It does not quench the beaming eye, Nor pale the glow of health. 3. The conscience may be still at ease, The spirit light and gay ; That which is pleasing still may please, And care be thrust away. 4. 0, where is this mysterious bourne By which our path is crossed ; Beyond which God himself hath sworn That he who goes is lost ? 5. How far may we go on to sin ? How long will God forbear ? Where does hope end, and where begin The confines of despair ? 6. An answer from the skies is sent, — " Ye that from God depart. While it is called to-day. repent, And harden not your heart." 336 WAKNING3 AND INVITATIONS. 470. C. M. Watts. The nour. of IIis judgment is come — Rev. 14 : 7. 1. Sing to the Lord, ye heavenly hosts, And Thou, O earth, adore ; Let death and hell, through all their coasts, Stand trembling at His power. 2. His sounding chariot shakes the sky ; He makes the clouds His throne ; There all His stores of lightning lie Till vengeance darts them down. 3. Think, O my soul, the dreadful day When this incensed God Shall rend the sky., and burn the sea, And send His wrath abroad. 4. What shall the wretch, the sinner do? He once defied the Lord ; But he shall dread the Thunderer now, And sink beneath His word. 5. Tempests of angry fire shall roll To blast the rebel worm, And beat upon his naked soul In one eternal storm. 471. 7s. S. F. Smith. Where shall the vxgodly and the snrcnsB appear ? —1 Pet. 4 : 13. 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 ? 22 337 MAN A SUPPLIANT. WJien th<* world has passed away, When draws near the judgment day, When the awful trump shall sound, Say, O where wilt thou be found ? When the Judge descends in light, Clothed in majesty and might, When the wicked quail with fear, Where, O where wilt thou appear ? What shall soothe thy bursting heart, When the saints and thou must part ? When the good with joy are crowned, > Sinner, where wilt thou be found ? While the Holy Ghost is nigh, Quickly to the Saviour fly; Then shall peace thy spirit cheer ; Then in heaven shalt thou appear. MAN A SUPPLIANT. — PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. 472. C. M. Jones. If I PERisn, I perish.— Est. 4 : 16. 1. Come, humble sinner, in whose breast A thousand thoughts revolve, Come, with your guilt and fear oppressed, And make this last resolve : 2. " I'll go to Jesus, though my sin Hath like a mountain rose ; I know His courts, I'll enter in, Whatever may oppose. 338 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. 3. "Prostrate I'll lie before His throne And there my guilt confess ; Til tell Him I'm a wretch undone Without BBa 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. '• Perhaps He will admit my plea, Perhaps will hear my prayer ; But if I perish. I will pray, And perish only there. 6. u I can but perish if I go, I am resolved to try ; For if I stay away. I know I must forever die.'5 473. C. It Watts. Cheist died for our. sixs.— 1 Cor. 15 i 3. 1. Alas, and did my Saviour bleed, And did my Sovereign die ? "Would He devote that sacred head For such a worm as I? 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. WTien God. the mighty Maker, died For man, the creature's sin. 339 MAX A SUPPLIANT. 4. Thus might I hide my blushing face While His dear cross appears ; Dissolve my heart in thankfulness. And melt my eyes to tears. 5. But drops of grief can ne'er repay The debt of love I owe ; Here, Lord, I give myself away, Tis all that I can do. 474. L. M. TVatts. Hate mercy upon me. — Ps. 51 :1. 1. Shotv 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 crimes are great, but can't 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 clean ; Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain mine eyes. 4. My lips with shame my sins confess, Against Thy law, against Thy grace; Lord, should Thy judgment grow severe, I am condemned, but Thou art clear. 5. Should sudden vengeance seize my breath, I must pronounce Thee just in death ; And if my soul were sent to hell, Thy righteous law approves it well. 340 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. G. Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Wfyose hope, still hovering round Thy word, "Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. 475. L. Mi HlLLIIOUSE. Be of good cheer, thy sins be forgiven* thee. — Matt. 0 : 2. 1. Trembling, before Thine awful throne, O Lord, in dust my sins I own ; Justice and mercy for my life Contend ; O smile, and heal the strife. 2. The Saviour smiles ; upon my soul New tides of hope tumultuous roll ; His voice proclaims my pardon found ! Seraphic transport wings the sound. 3. Earth has a joy unknown in heaven, — The new-born peace of sins forgiven ; Tears of such pure and deep delight, Ye angels, never dimmed your sight. 4. Loud is the song, the heavenly plain Is shaken by the choral strain ; And dying echoes, floating far, Draw music from each chiming star. 5. But I amid your choirs shall shine, And all your knowledge will be mine ; Ye on your harps must lean to hear A secret chord that mine will bear. DOXOLOGY. 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. 341 MAN A SUPPLIANT. 476. L. M. Elliott. Him that cometii to Me I -will ix no wise cast out.— John G : 37. 1. Just as I am, without one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me, And that Thou bid'st me come to Thee, O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 2. Just as I am, and waiting not To rid my soul of one dark blot, To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 3. Just as I am, though tossed about With many a conflict, many a doubt, Fightings within, and fears without, 0 Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 4. Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind ; Sight, riches, healing of the mind, Yea, all I need, in Thee to find, O Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 5. Just as I am, though so depraved, So long by Satan's power enslaved, To be by Thee renewed and saved, 0 Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 6. Just as I am, Thou wilt receive ; Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve ; Because Thy promise I believe, 0 Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 7. Just as I am, Thy love unknown Has broken every barrier down ; Now, to be Thine, yea, Thine alone, 0 Lamb of God, I come, I come ! 342 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. 477. S. BiL Muhlenberg. The dotk fouxd yo best. — Gen. 8 :9. 1. Like Noah's weary dove, That soared the earth around, But not a resting-place above The cheerless waters found ; 2. 0 cease, my wandering soul, On restless wing to roam ; All the wide world, to either pole, Has not for thee a home. 3. Behold the ark of God ; Behold the open door ; Hasten to gain that dear abode, And rove, my soul, no more. 4. There, safe thou shalt abide ; There, sweet shall be thy rest ; And. every longing satisfied, With full salvation blessed. 5. And when the waves of ire Again the earth shall fill. The ark shall ride the sea of fire, Then rest on Zion's hill. Doxology. Ye angels round the throne, And saints that dwell below, "Worship the Father, love the Son, And bless the Spirit too. 343 MAN A SUPPLIANT. 478. 8a & 7s. Turner. Jesus, Thou Soy of David, have mercy ox he.— Mark 10 : 47. 1. Jesus, full of all compassion, Hear Thy humble suppliant's cry ; Let me know Thy great salvation — See. I languish, faint, and die. Guilty, but with heart relenting, Overwhelmed with helpless grief, Prostrate at Thy feet repenting, Send, 0, send me quick relief. 2. Whither should a wretch be flying, But to Him who comfort gives ? "Whither, from the dread of dying, But to Him who ever lives ? While I view Thee, wounded, grieving, Breathless, on the cursed tree, Fain I'd feel my heart believing That thou sufferedst thus for me. 3. In the world of endless ruin, Let it never, Lord, be said, " Here's a soul that perished suing For the boasted Saviour's aid ! " Saved ! the deed shall spread new glory Through the shining realms above ; Angels sing the pleasing story, All enraptured with Thy love. 479. 8s & 7s. WASH me axd I shall ee whiter than- sxom\ — Ps. 51 : 7. 1. Jesus, who on Calvary's mountain Poured Thy precious blood for me, Wash me in its flowing fountain, That my soul may spotless be. 344 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. 2. I have sinned, but 0, restore me ; For unless Thou smile on me, Dark is all the world before me, Darker yet eternity ! 3. In Thy word I hear Thee saying, M Come and I will give you rest ; " And the gracious call obeying, See, I hasten to Thy breast. 4. Grant, 0, grant Thy Spirit's teaching, That I may not go astray. Till, the gate of heaven reaching, Earth and sin are passed away. 480. L. M. Steele. 1. Lord, when my thoughts delighted rove Amid the wonders of Thy love, Sweet hope revives my drooping heart, And bids intruding fears depart. 2. For mortal crimes a sacrifice, The Lord of life, the Saviour, dies ; What love ! what mercy ! how divine ! Jesus, and can I call Thee mine ? 3. Repentant sorrow fills my heart. But mingling joy allays the smart ; O, may my future life declare This sorrow and the joy sincere. 4. Be all my heart and all my days Devoted to my Saviour's praise ; And let my glad obedience prove How much I owe, how much I love. 345 481. MAX A SUPPLIANT. L. BL Hart. I WILL TAKE THE STOXY HEAET OUT OF TIIEIR FLESH. — Ezck. 11 : 19. 1. O FOR a glance of heavenly day, To take this stubborn stone away. And thaw, with beams of love divine, This heart, this frozen heart, of mine. 2. The rocks can rend ; the earth can quake ; The seas can roar; the mountains shake; Of feeling, all things show some sign, But this unfeeling heart of mine. 3. To hear the sorrows Thou hast felt. Dear Lord, an adamant would melt ; But I can read each moving line, And nothing move this heart of mine. 4. Thy judgments, too, unmoved I hear; (Amazing thought.) which devils fear ; Goodness and wrath in vain combine To stir this stupid heart of mine. 5. But something yet can do the deed, And that dear something much I need ; Thy Spirit can from dross refine, And move and melt this heart of mine. 482. S. M, Watts. Trr.y rs, O God of our salvation. — Ts. W : 4. 1. Is this the kind return. And these the thanks we owe, Thus to abuse eternal love. Whence all our blessings flow ? 346 k PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. To what a stubborn frame Has sin reduced our mind ! What strange, rebellious wretches we, And God as strangely kind. Turn, turn us, mighty God, And mould our souls afresh ; Break, Sovereign Grace, these hearts of stone, And give us hearts of flesh. Let old ingratitude Provoke our weeping eyes ; And hourly, as new mercies fall, Let hourly thanks arise. 483. C. M. S. Stennett. Look ttpox mixe affliction and my pain, axd forgive all my bhts, Ps. 25 : IS. 1. Prostrate, dear Jesus, at Thy feet, A guilty rebel lies, And upwards 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 ejes 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. Think of Thy sorrows, dearest Lord, And all my sins forgive ; Justice will well approve the word That bids the sinner live. 347 484. MAX A SUPPLIANT. C. M. Steele. My Refuge ix the day of affliction. — Jer. 1G : 19. 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 O, 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. 5. Thy mercy seat is open still ; Here let my soul retreat, With humble hope attend Thy will, And wait beneath Thy feet. 485. C. M. Watts. TlIEY THAT ARE CHRIST'S HAVE CRUCIFIED TOE FLESH. — Gal. 5 : 24. 1. O, if my soul was formed for woe, How Avould I vent my sighs ! Repentance should like rivers flow From both my streaming eyes. 348 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. 2. 'Twa- for my sins my dearest Lord Hung on the cursed tree, And groaned away a dying life For thee, my soul, for thee. 3. 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 ! 4. Yes. my Redeemer, they shall die ; My heart has so decreed ; Nor will I spare the guilty things That made my Saviour bleed. 5. While, with a melting, broken heart, My murdered Lord I view, Til raise revenge against my sins, And slay the murderers too. 486. C. P. M. C. Wesley. I .:: Tnou me, a>_d I shall be tuexed. — Jer. 31 : 1& 1. Lo. on a narrow neck of land, 'Twixt two unbounded seas, I stand, Secure, insensible : A point of time, a moment's space, Removes me to that heavenly place, Or shuts me up in hell. 2. 0 God. my inmost soul convert. And deeply on my thoughtful heart Eternal things impress : Give me to feel their solemn weight, And tremble on the brink of fate, And wake to righteousness. 3. Before me place, in dread array. The pomp of that tremendous day. When Thou with clouds shalt come 349 MAX A SUPPLIANT. To jildge the nations at Thy bar : And tell me. Lord, shall I be there, To meet a joyful doom? 4. Be this my one great business here, With serious industry and tear, Eternal bliss to insure ; Thine utmost counsel to fulfil, And suffer all Thy righteous will, And to the end endure. 5. Then, Saviour, then my soul receive, Transported from this vale, to live And reign with Thee above, Where faith is sweetly lost in sight, And hope in full, supreme delight, And everlasting love. 487. L. M. Watts. A BROKEN- AND A CONTRITE HEART, O GOD, TnOU WILT NOT DESPISE. Ps. 51 : 17. 1. A broken heart, my God, my King, Is all the sacrifice I bring ; The God of grace will ne'er despise A broken heart for sacrifice. 2. My soul lies humbled in the dust. And owns Thy dreadful sentence just ; Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save 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. As they shall praise a pardoning God. 4. 0, may Thy love inspire my tongue ; Salvation shall be all my song : And all my powers shall join to bless The Lord, my Strength and Righteousness. 350 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. 488. 7-. C. Wesley. I WILL IIEAL TIIEIP. BACKSLIDING. — Ilosca 14 : 4. 1. Di:rTii of mercy ! can there be Mercy still reserved for me ? Can my God His wrath forbear, Me, the chief of sinners, spare ? 2. I have long withstood His grace ; Long provoked Him to His lace ; Would not hearken to His calls ; Grieved Him by a thousand falls. 3. Now incline me to repent ; Let me now my tall lament ; Now my foul revolt deplore ; Weep, believe, and sin no more. 489. c. p. m. Foe Thy name's sake 0 Lord, pardon mine iniquity. — Ps. 25 : II. 1. Whex Thon, my righteous Judge, shalt come To fetch Thy ransomed people home, Shall I among them stand ? Shall such a worthless worm as I, Who sometimes am afraid to die, Be found at Thy right hand ? 2. I love to meet among them now, Before Thy gracious feet 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 ? 3. Prevent, prevent it by Thy grace : Be Thou, dear Lord, my hiding-place, In this the accepted day : 351 MAN A BUPPLIAHT. Thy pardoning 0 let me hear, To Still Ii; Nor let me fall,. I | 4. L •: me among 1 hy saints be found. Whene'er the archangel's trump shali sound, To 3€ Thy smi] Then loudest of the crowd I'll sin?. While heaven's resounding i ring With shouts of sovereign grace. 490. C. 31. Steele. EZTUE5-. — J:r. I : 22. 1. How oft. alas! this wretched heart lias wandered from the Lord ! How oft my roving thoughts depart, Forgetful of His word ! 2. Yet sovereign mercy calls. u Return ! " Dear Lord, and may I com ~2>[y vile ingratitude I mourn ; O, take the wanderer home ! 3. And canst Thou, wilt Thou yet forgive, And bid my crimes ren. And shall a pardoned rebel live To -peak Thv wondrous love ? 4. Almighty Grace. Thy healing po? How glorious, how divine. That can to life and bliss restore So vile a heart as mine ! 5. Thy pardoning love, bo free, so sweet, Dear Saviour, I adore ; 0. k<<<-p me at Thy sacred feet, And let me rove no more. 352 ■• \i> Ci iNPESSION. 491. i- M. ■ m> I 19 A U i ! i I ui!'.- J.-r. 17 : M, 1. A\ 1 1 in will i hi- weary struggle cease, This aching heart find real : When w ill tlif light of bope and peace Cheer this despairing breast ? 2. My feet, bewildered, long have trod In errors gloomy n aj a ; My heart, rebellious, far from ( rod, Ai sinful distance staj b. 3. To— <•j>li:ii»t'— cry ; Bend from Thy lofty seat ai>«>\ «•. Thy throne of glorious majesty ; O. deign to hear m\ mournful \<>ir<>, Ami bid my drooping heart rejoice. 28 859 MAN A SUPPLIANT. 2. I urge no merits of my own, No worth, to claim Thy gracious smile ; No ; when I bow before Thy throne, Dare to converse with God a while, Thy name, blest Jesus, is my plea — Dearest and sweetest name to me. 3. Father of mercies, God of love, Then hear Thy humble suppliant's cry ; 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. 493. L. M. Watts. Create is me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within ME. — Ps. 51 : 10. 1. O Thou that hear'st 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 ; Thine holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me, that I fall no more. 4. Though 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. 354 TENITEXCE AND CONFESSION. 494. S. M. Cov. "WHO II ATI! WABXED YOU TO FLEE FBOM THE TVE.VIH TO COME ?— L 1. My 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 sure 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. 495. C. M. Steele. Hate mef.cy ox me. — Luke 13 : 33. 1. 0 Thou whose tender mercy hears Contrition's humble sigh. Whose hand, indulgent, wipes the tears From sorrow's weeping eye ; 355 MAX A SUFPLIANT. 2. See. low before Thy throne of gnu A wretched wanderer mourn; Has! It >u not bid Thy face? Hast Thou not said, "Return 3. And shall my guilty To drive me from Thy I O. let not this dear refuge I This only Bafe retreat 4. O. shine on this benighted heart, With beams of mercy shine ; And let Thy healing voice impart A taste of joys divine. 496. C. M. Xetvtox. All the people that came together to that sight, bei ie tueie blz 1. Ik evil long I took delight. Unawed by shame or fear. Till a new object struck my sight. And stopped my wild career. 2. I saw One hanging on a tree, In agonies and blood. Who fixed His languid eyes on me, As near His cross I stood. 3. Sure, never, to my latest breath, Can I forget that look ; It seemed to charge me with His death, Though not a word He .-puke. 4. Ala- ! I knew not what I did. But now my tears are vain ; "Where shall my trembling soul be hid ? Fur I the Lord have slain, oo 6 k 2 PENITENCE AND CONFESSION. .". A - >nd look He gave, which •• I freely all fbrgr Thi- blood is for thy ransom paid ; Til die that thou inayst live.'*' 497. L. Mi RlCHTEB. 11 GIVE IHEZ LI3LT. — Eril. 5: 1-L .. My soul before Thee prostrate lies : To Thee, her Source, ray spirit fli lly wants I mourn, my chains I e 0, let Thy presence set me tree. Lost and undone, for aid I cry ; In Thy death. Saviour, let me die : Grieved with Thy grief] pained with Th;- r may I feel stlf-lov^ again. 3. In life's short day. let me yet more Of Thy enlivening power implore : My mind must deeper sink in Thee, ^SLt foot stand firm, from wandering free. 498. C. 31. Nkwton 0 LOED, EEETKE ME VOX EH Tz:>"l AVGKS.— Pi 1. In mercy, not in wrath, rebuke Thy feeble worm, my God ; My spirit dreads Thine angry look. And trembles at Thy rod. 2. 0. come, and show Thy power to save. And spare my fainting breath : For who can praise Thee in the grave. Or sing Thy name in death ? 357 MAN A SUPPLIANT. 3. Satan, my cruel, envious foe, tnsults me in my pain ; He smiles to sec me brought so low, And tells me hope is vain. 4. But hence, thou enemy, depart, Nor tempt me to despair ; My Saviour comes to cheer my heart ; The Lord has heard my prayer. 499. 3s, 7s, & 4. Evan. Mag. The Lord is my Portion. — Lam. 3 : 24. 1. Welcome, welcome, dear Redeemer; Welcome to this heart of mine ; Lord, I make a full surrender, Every power and thought be Thine, Thine entirely, Through eternal ages Thine. 2. Known to all to be Thy mansion, Earth and hell will disappear ; Or in vain attempt possession, When they find the Lord is near ; Shout, O Zion ! Shout, ye saints ! the Lord is here. 500. L. M. Watts. God is the Strength or my heart. — Ps. 73 : 2G. 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. 353 TEXITEXCE AXD CONFESSION. 2. But O, their end, their dreadful end ! Thy sanctuary taught me so ; On slippery rocks I see them stand, And fiery billows roll below. 0. Now let them boast how tall they rise ; I'll never envy them again : There they may stand with haughty eyes. Till they plunge deep in endless pain. ■A. Xow I esteem their mirth and wine Too dear to purehase with my blood ; Lord, 'tis enough that Thou art mine, My Life, my Portion, and my God. 501. 7s. Cowper. Love st inou Me ? — John 21 : 16. 1. Hark, my soul ! it is the Lord ; Tis thy Saviour ; hear His word ; Jesus speaks ; He 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. '• Mine is an unchanging love, Higher than the heights above. Deeper than the depths beneath, Free and faithful, strong as death. 4. " 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 ? ? 359 MAX A SUPPLIANT. Lord, it is my chief complaint That my love is still so taint ; Yet I love Thee, and adore : O for £rrace to love Thee more ! 502. L. M. "Watts. I ACKNOWLEDGED MY SIX UXTO THEE. — Ps. 32 : 5. 1. I speead my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults con: Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, Thy Holy Spirit seals the grace. 2. 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. 503. L. M. C. Wesley. My peace I give exxo you. — John 14: 27. 1 . 0 that my load of sin were gone ! O that I could at last submit At Jesus' feet to lay it down — To lay my soul at Jesus' feet ! '2. Eest for my soul I long to find ; Saviour of all, if mine Thou art, Give me Thy meek and lowly mind, And stamp Thine image on my heart. 3. Break off the yoke of inbred sin, And fully set my spirit free ; I cannot rest till pure within. Till I am wholly lost in Thee. 360 PEXITEXCE AND CONFESSION. 504. C. P. M. Occojr. Ye must ee borx agaix. — John 3 : 7. 1. Awaked by Sinai's awful sound, My soul in bonds of guilt I found, And knew not where to go ; Eternal truth did loud proclaim, u The sinner must be born again/1 Or sink to endless woe. 2. "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.*' And whelmed my tortured mind. 3. Again did Sinai's thunder roll, And guilt lay heavy on my soul, A vast, oppressive load : Alas ! I read and saw it plain, '•' The sinner must be born again,'*' Or drink the wrath of God. 4. 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/' I sank in deep despair. 5. But while I thus in anguish lay, The gracious Saviour 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. 361 MAX A CHRISTIAN. MAN A CHRISTIAN. — FAITH. 505. C. M. TTreford. Loed, I believe; help Tuor mine unbelief. — Mark 9: 2-L. 1. Lord, I believe ; Thy power I own; Thy word I would obey ; I wander comfortless and lone, When from Thy truth I stray. 2. Lord, I believe ; but gloomy fears Sometimes bedim my sight ; I look to Thee with prayers and tears, And cry for strength and light. 3. Lord, I believe ; but oft, I know, My faith is cold and weak ; Strengthen my weakness, and bestow The confidence I seek. 4. Yes, I believe ; and only Thou Canst give my soul relief; Lord, to Thy truth my spirit bow ; Help Thou my unbelief. 506. C. P. M. TOPLADT. AT THAT DAT SHALL A MAX LOOK TO IIIS ML\KER. — Is. 17: 7. 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. 362 FAITH. 2. Slain in the guilty sinner's stead, His spotless righteousness I plea J, And His availing blood : Thy merit. Lord, my robe shall be ; Thy merit shall atone for me. And bring me near to God. 3. Then snatch 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, u Thy Maker is thy Friend.'' 4. The king of terrors then would be A welcome messenger to me, To bid me come away : Unclqgged by earth, or earthly things, Td mount upon his sable wings To everlasting day. 507. C. M. Watts. The evidence of things >*ot seen". — Heb. U : 1. 1. Faith is the brightest evidence Of things beyond our sight, Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense, And dwells in heavenly light. 2. It sets times past in present view, Brings distant prospects home, Of things a thousand years ago, Or thousand years to come. 3. By faith we know the worlds were made By God's almighty word : Abraham, to unknown countries led, By faith obeyed the Lord. 363 MAX A CHRISTIAN. 4. He sought a city, fair and high, Built by the eternal Hands ; And faith assures us, though we die, That heavenly building stands. 508. h. it TlIET LAUNCHED FOETH. — Luke 8: 22. 1. Jesus, at Thy command, I launch into the deep, And leave my native land, Where sin lulls all asleep ; For Thee I fain would all resign, And sail to heaven with Thee and Thine. 2. Though rocks and quicksands deep Through all my passage lie, Yet Thou wilt safely keep And guide me with Thine eye : My anchor, hope, shall lirm abide, And I each boisterous storm outride. 3. By faith I see the land, The port of endless rest ; My soul, thy sails expand, And fly to Jesus' breast. O. may I reach the heavenly shore, Where winds and waves distress no more. 4. Come, heavenly "Wind, and blow A prosperous gale of grace, To waft me from below To heaven, my destined place : Then, in full sail, my port I'll find, And leave the world and sin behind. j364 FAITH. 509. s. ii. M. Faith, "wntcn woeketh by love.— GaL 5 : C 1. 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. 2. 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. The faith that works by love, And purifies the heart, A foretaste of the joys above To mortals can impart ; It bears us through This earthly strife And triumphs in Immortal life. 510. C. M. Watts. Jesus, the Author a.vd Fikishee of oue faith. — Heb. 12 \ 2. 1. Give me the wings of faith, to rise Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, And bright their glories be. 2. Once they were mourning here below, And wet their couch with tears : They wrestled hard, as we do now, "With sins, and doubts, and fears. 366 MAN A CHRISTIAN. 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 Show the same path to heaven. 511. 6s & 4s. Palmer. I LIVE BY TIIE FAITH OF THE SON OF GOD. — Gal. 2: 20. 1. My faith looks up to Thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour divine ; INTow hear me while I pray ; Take all my guilt away ; O, 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 fire. 3. While life's dark maze I tread, And griefs around me spread, Be Thou my Guide ; 366 FAITH. Bid darkness turn to clay. Wipe sorrow's tears away, £sbr let me ever stray From Thee aside. 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 distrust remove ; 0. bear me safe above — A ransomed soul. 512. C. ML Needhail These all died ix faith. — Heb. 11 : 13. 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 ; And to His power and matchless 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. 367 MAN A CHRISTIAN. 513. S. BE Pratt's Coll. TlIE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITU. — Deb. 10 : 3S. 1. If through unruffled seas Toward heaven we calmly sail, With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee We'll own the fostering gale. 2. But should the surges rise, And rest delay to come, Blessed 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. Eippon's Coll. Hast thou faith ? — Rom. 14: 22. 1. Have I that faith which looks to Christ, O'ercomes the world and sin, Eeceives Him, Prophet, Priest, and King, And makes the conscience clean ? 2. If I this precious grace possess, All praise is due to Thee ; If not, I seek it from Thy hands ; Now grant it, Lord, to me. 368 FAITn. 515. L, M. Newton. The norE of righteousness et faith. — Gal. 5 i :-. 1. As when the weary traveller gains The height of some o'erlooking hill. His heart revives, if) 'cross the plains. He eyes his home, though distant still, — 2. Thus, 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. 0. Tis there, he says, I am to dwell TTith Jesus, in the realms of day ; Then I shall bid my cares farewell, And He will wipe my tears away. DOXOLOGY. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom heaven' and earth adore, Be glory as it was of old, Is now, and shall be evermore. 516. CM. Watts. b FULL ASSURANCE OF FAITH. — Heb. 10 : 22. 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. fi-i 369 MAX A CHRISTIAN. 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 I forever hope to dwell Near my Redeemer's face. MAX A CHRISTIAN. — LOVE AND OBEDIENCE. 517. ' C. M. Reed. I LOVE THE LODD. — Ps. U6 : 1. 1. I love the Lord ; He guides my way By His revealed will, And when my erring feet would stray, His hand is with me still. 2. I love the Lord ; He hears my prayer When stormy troubles rise, And bids celestial hope look out On ever-smiling skies. 3. I love the Lord ; His grace attends My pilgrimage below. And all the streams of grace shall soon In boundless glory tlow. 370 LOVE AXD OBEDIENCE. 4. I love the Lord ; may each desire In this united be : As, Lord. Thy love descends on me, So rai^e my heart to Thee. 518. 8s. Francis. We love IIim because He fii;st loved rs.— 1 John 4 : l'J. 1. My gracious Redeemer I love; His praises aloud I'll proclaim, And join with the armies above To shout His adorable name. 2. To gaze on His glories divine Shall be my eternal employ ; And feel them incessantly shine, My boundless, ineffable joy. 3. Ye palaces, sceptres, and crowns. Your pride with disdain I survey ; Your pomps are but shadows and sounds, And pass in a moment away. 4. The crown that my Saviour bestows Yon permanent sun shall outshine ; My joy everlastingly flows ; My God, my Redeemer, is mine. 519. S. 31. Watts. Whom have I a heaven- ett Thee ? — Ps. 73 :2o. 1. My God, my Life, my Love, To Thee, to Thee I call : I cannot live if Thou remove, For Thou art all in all. 371 MAX A CHRISTIAN. 2. Not all the harps above Can make a heavenly place, If God His residence remove, Or but conceal His face. o. Nor earth, nor all the sky, Can one delight afford ; No, not a drop of real joy Without Thy presence, Lord. 4. Thou art the sea of love "Where all my pleasures roll, The circle where my passions move. And centre of my soul. 520. C. M. Doddridge. Tnou KN'OWEST that I love Thee. — John 21 : 15. 1. Do not I love Thee, O my Lord ? Behold my heart, and see ; And turn each cursed idol out That dares to rival Thee. 2. Is not Thy name melodious still To mine attentive ear? Doth not each pulse with pleasure bound My Saviour's voice to hear ? 3. Hast Thou a lamb in all Thy flock I would disdain to feed ? Hast Thou a foe before whose face I fear Thy cause to plead ? 4. Would not my heart pour forth its blood In honor of Thy name, And challenge the cold hand of death To damp the immortal flame ? 372 LOVE AND OBEDIENCE. Thou know'st I love Thee, dearest Lord ; Uur O. I long to soar Far from the sphere of mortal joys. And learn to love Thee more. 521. C. M. Watt* I WAM BROUGHT LOW, AXD LIE HELPED ME. — Ps. 11C : 0. 1. I love the Lord ; He heard my cries, And pitied every groan ; Long as I live, when troubles ri8e3 I'll hasten to His throne. 2. I love the Lord ; He bowed His ear And chased my griefs 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. 4. My God hath saved my soul from death. And dried my falling tears ; Now to His praise I'll spend my breath, And my remaining years. DOXOLOGT. Eternal praise and glory be To God on high addressed, "Who in His church doth make us meet For mansions of the blessed. MAX A CHRISTIAN. 522. C. ML Watts. Follow after charity-. — 1 Cor. 1 : 14. 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 light and reign, If love be absent there. 3. This is the grace that lives and sings When faith and hope shall cease ; 'Tis this shall strike our joyful strings In the sweet realms of bliss. 4. Before we quite forsake our clay, Or leave this dark abode, The wings of love bear us away To see our smiling God. 523. 3s