m •-■- THE BENSON LIBRARY OF HYMNOLOGY Endowed by the Reverend Louis Fitzgerald Benson, d.d. % LIBRARY OF THE THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY ^y%+As*u4t Yfl/&*?< *****" es-s o H|ptV%t^\^ t ■■. ^vks| Tv v^. ^- 5 :> K^IL, '->« ' „ . THE PSALMS AND HYMNS 4 MAY 2<1 1921 ARRANGED BT DR. RIPPONj WITH DR. BXPPON'S SELECTION. IN ONE VOLUME. WITH ENLARGED AND IMPROVED INDEXES. Stereotyped by L. Johnson, Philada. $JjfUrtiety&fa : DAVID CLARK, No. 112, NORTH FOURTH ST. NEW YORK, MOORE & PAYNE, CLINTON HALL. 1835. : , > ■$ ,■ • '•' JBnttXtTj according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1831, by David Clark, in the pier*, s Office of the District Court, of the Eastern District of Penn- sylvania. PREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION. FOR offering to the public a stereotype edition of the Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts, arranged by Dr. Rippon, with Dr. Rippon's Se- Jection, the publisher is confident that no apology will be required. The first American edition was published in this city in the year ISffO. C

... 449 .. 451 After Sermon . .452-453 WORLD ......,.........; 454 .. 458 CHURCH, The Jewish; or, the History of the Israelites . 459 .. 473 The Christian Church 474 .. 524 Settlement and Beauty of it . . , i 474 .. 486 Afflictions, Persecutions and Complaints 487 .. 493 Safetv, Deliverance and Triumph 494.. 505 Church Meetings 506 .. 513 Prayer and Praise, for the Enlargement of the Church . 514 .. 524 CIRCUMCISION AND BAPTISM 525 .. 532 LORD'S SUPPER 533 .. 557 SOLOMON'S SONG 558 .. 570 TIMES AND SEASONS . 571 .. 634 TIME AND ETERNITY 635 .. 646 DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION . . . . . . .647.. 675 JUDGMENT 676 .. 684 HELL AND HEAVEN 685 .. 693 iKKIOLOGIES and HOS ANNAS 694 .. 718 4 GENERAL CONTENTS TO RIPPON'S HYMNS. GOD from Hymn 719 to 744 CREATION AND PROVIDENCE 745 .. 755 PALL OF MAN 756 .. 760 SCRIPTURE, Properties of it 761 .. 764 Moral and Ceremonial law 765 .. 771 Gospel 772.. 779 Doctrines and Blessings 780 .. 831 Invitations and Promises 832.. 846 CHRIST, his Incarnation and Ministry 847 .. 853 Sufferings and Death 854 .. 857 Resurrection and Ascension 858 .. 864 Exaltation and Intercession 865 .. 873 Characters, placed Alphabetically 874 .. 923 SPIRIT, his influences 924 .. 934 Graces of the, placed alphabetically 935 .. 1011 CHRISTIAN LIFE 1012 .. 1047 WORSHIP, Private 1047 .. 1050 Family 1051 .. 1055 Public 1056.. 1063 Lord's Day 1064 .. 1070 Before Prayer 1071 .. 1076 Before Sermon 1077 .. 1089 After Sermon, and Doxologies 1090 .. 1115 WORLD 1116 .. 1120 CHURCH, described, formed, &c 1121 .. 1124 Ordinations, &c 1125 .. 1130 Pastois, Deacons, People 1131 .. 1135 Associations and Missions 1136 .. 1149 Collections for Poor Churches 1150 .. 1154 Church Meetings 1155 .. 1159 BAPTISM 1160 .. 1189 LORD'S SUPPER 1190 .. 1208 TIMES AND SEASONS 1209 .. 1260 TIME AND ETERNITY 1261 .. 1267 DEATH AND THE RESURRECTION 1268 .. 1287 JUDGMENT 1288.. 1297 HELL AND HEAV^v , 1298 .. 1306 A TABLE ' OP THE FIRST LINES. Tke Figures express the Numbers of the Hymns and Psalms as they are now arranged. A debtor to mercy alone 941 A fulness resides in Jesus our 8Gb A good hish priest is come 908 Absent from flesh! O blissful 660 Adam our father and our head 234 Adam our father 756 Adore and tremble for our God 29 Afflicted saint to Christ draw 841 Ah ! I shall soon be dying 1268 Ah! wretched souls, who 1053 Alas ! and did my Saviour 32' Alas ! what hourly dangers 1039 All glory to thy wondrous 697 All "hail incarnate God 1148 AH hail the power of Jesus . 895 All mortal vanities, begone 274 All ye that love the Lord 407 Almighty Father, gracious 755 Almighty Maker, God 1063 Almighty Maker of my frame 1261 Almighty Ruler of the skies 588 Aloud we sing the wondrous 976 Am I a soldier of the cross 946 Amid the splendours of the 730 Amidst thy wrath, remember 379 Among the assemblies of the 620 Among the princes, earthly 50 And are we wretches yet 325 And art thou with us 842 And be it so ; that, till this 948 And can my heart aspire 996 And diil the holy and the just 1203 And have I, Christ, no love 970 And is the gospel peace and 884 And js this life prolong' d to 636 And must I part with all 999 And must this body die 674 And now the scales have left 353 And will the eternal King 1016 And will the God of grace 490 And will the Judge descend 1290 *j4 will tb' offended God 1017 Angels ! roll the rock away 860 Another six day's work is 1066 Are all the foes of Sion 493 Are sinners now so senseless 492 Arise, my gracious God 405 Arise, my soul, my joyful 138 Arise, my tenderest thoughts 760 As on the cross the Saviour 798 As showers on meadows 927 Ascend thy throne, Almighty 1088 Asham'd of Christ! my soul 998 Assist us, Lord, thy name to 1045 Astonish'd and distress'd 758 At anchor laid, remote from 930 At thy command, our dearest 551 Attend, my ear; my heart 1291 Attend, ye children of your 1188 Attend, while God's exalted 149 Awake, awake, the sacred 849 Awake, awake, thou mighty 1138 Awake, my heart, arise, my 156 Awake, my soul, in joyful 731 Awake, my soul ! stretch 1020 Awake , my zeal, awake 637 Awake, our drowsy souls 1067 Awake, our souls, and bless 883 Awake, our souls, away 357 Awake, sweet gratitude ! and 871 Awake, ye saints, an-d raise 1304 Awake, ye saints, to praise 47 Away from every mortal care 428 Away my unbelieving fear 1004 Awhile remain'd the 1259 Backsliders, who your misery 894 Backward with humble shame 82 Before Jehovah's awful throne 60 Before thy throne, eternal 1142 Begin, my tongue, some 209 Begone, unbelief ! my Saviour 1008 Behold how sinners disagree 296 Behold ! long wished for 1218 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Vll Behold the blind their sight 240 Behold th' expected time 1137 Behold the glories of the Lamb 273 Behold, the grace appears 215 Behold the lep'rous Jew 820 Behold the lofty sky 436 Behold the love, the generous 317 Behold the morning sun 437 Behold the potter and the clay 126 Behold the rose of Sharon here 560 Behold the sin-atoning Lamb 897 Behold the sons, the heirs of 947 Behold the sure foundation 479 Behold; the woman's promis'd 219 Behold the wretch whose lust 322 Behold thy waiting servant 208 Behold what wond'rous grace 164 Beset with snares on every 1015 Bless, O my soul, the living 25 Bless'd are the humble souls 380 B less' d are the sons of God 812 Bless'd are the sons of peace 416 Bless'd are the souls that hear 113 Bless'd are the undefil'd in 390 Bless'd be the everlasting God 239 Bless'd be the Father and his 694 Bless'd be the tie that binds 972 Bless'd Jesus, source of grace 026 Bless'd is the man for 162 Bless'd is the man who shuns 400 Bless'd is the man whose 306 Bless'd is the man whose heart 1241 Bless'd is the nation where 14 Bless'd men, who stretch 1010 Bless'd morning, whose young 443 Bless'd Redeemer, how divine 107 Bless'd Redeemer, how divine 960 Bless'd with th*1 joys of 86 Blood has a vore to pierce the 142 Blow ye the trumpet, blow 775 Bright King of ^loiy, dreadful 211 Broad is the road that leads to 94 Juried in shadows of the night 179 Rut few among the carnal wise 127 •Can creatures to perfection rind 42 Children, in years and 5S9 Children of the heavenly King 958 Christ and his cross is ail our" 118 Christ our passover is slain 904 Christ, the Lord, is risen to-day 859 Come all harmonious tongues 252 Come, children, learn to fear 590 Gome, dearest Lord, descend 453 Come, every pious heart 1207 Come, gracious Spirit 925 Come, guilty souls, and ftee 1094 Gome, happy souls, approach 224 Come hither, all ye weary 196 Come, Holy Spirit, come 929 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly 341 Come, humble sinner, in 1073 Come, let me love ! or is my 969 Come, let our voices join to 450 Come, let us join a joyful tune 540 Come, let us join our cheerful 271 Come, let us lift our joyful 422 Come, let us lift our voices 553 Come, Lord ! and help us to 950 Come, Lord, and warm each 1301 Come see on bloody Calvary 1196 Come, sinners, saith the 832 Come, sound his praise abroad 449 Come, thou fount of every 1227 Come, thou long expected 880 Come, thou soul-transforming 1086 Come, weary souls, with sins 835 Come, we that love the Lord, 302 Come, ye sinners, poor aud 833 Come, ye that fear the Lord 1155 Come, ye that love the 893 Compar'd with Christ, in all 922 Consider all my sorrows, Lord 623 Curst be the man, for ever 770 Daughters; of Zion, come 564 David rejoie'd in God his 253 Day.)f judgment, day of 1295 Dead be my heart to all below 1120 Dear friend of friendless 984 Dear Lord ! and shall thy spirit 031 Dear Lord, and will thy 1164 Dear Lord, behold our sore 373 Dear Lord ! though bitter is 982 Dear Lord ! why should I 1006 Dear refuge of my weary soul 1034 Dear Saviour ! make me wise 962 Dear Saviour, we are thine 799 Dear Saviour ! when my 990 Dear Shepherd of thy people 1058 Dearest of all the names above 145 Dearest Saviour help thy 1083 Death cannot make our souls 654 Death may dissolve my body 658 Death ! 'tis a melancholy day 650 Death, with his dread 1257 Deceiv'd by subtle snares of 199 Deep are the wounds which 906 Deep in our hearts let us 230 Deep in the dust before thy 83 Deluded souls ! who think to 1118 Depraved minds, on ashes 876 Vlll A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Descend, celestial dove 1186 Descend from Heav'n 344 Descend, Holy Spirit, the 93i Did Christ o'er sinners weep 1085 Dismiss us with thy blessing 1106 Do I believe what Jesus saith 340 Do not I love thee, O my Lord 1143 Do we not know that solemn 526 Dost thou my profit seek 1258 Down headlong from their 130 Dread sovereign, let my 578 Early, my God, without delay 438 Earth has engross'd my love 1306 Emptied of earth, I fain would 930 Encompass'd with clouds of 938 Enquire, ye pilgrims, for the 1123 Enslav'd by sin, and bound in 788 Ere the blue heav'ns were 212 Eternal God ! Almighty cause 720 Eternal God, enthron'd on 1242 Eternal Power ! whose high 744 Eternal source of every joy 1226 Eternal Sovereign of the sky C15 Eternal Spirit: We confess 342 Eternal Spirit, source of light 929 Eternal Wisdom, thee we 747 Eternity is just at hand 1266 Exalt the Lord our God 447 Exalted Prince of life ! we own 987 Exert thy power, thy rights 1136 Fair Sion's King, suppliant 1135 Faith adds new charms to 936 Faith is the brightest evidence 286 Faitii '. 'tis a precious grace 935 Far as thy name is known 485 Far from my thoughts, vain 172 Father! at thy call I come 988 Father divine, thy piercing 1051 Father, God, who seest in me 794 Father, how wide thy glory 830 Father, how wide thy glories 194 Father, I bless thy gentle hand 624 Father, I long, I faint to see 691 Father, I siiig thy wond'rous 193 Father, is not thy promise 1137 Father of all, thy care we 1053 Father of faitlxful Abra'm 1140 Father of glory ! to thy name 740 Father of mercies, bow thine 1144 Father of mercies, in thy house 1125 Father of mercies, in thy word 764 Father of mercies ! send thy 975 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost 1115 Father, we wait to feel thy 556 Father, whate'er of earthly 1038 Firm and unmov'd are they 183 Firm as the earth thy gospel 207 Firm was my health, my day 629 Fools in their hearts believe 87 For a season call'd to part 1233 For ever blessed be the Lord 359 For ever shall my song record 132 Forgi veness ! 'tis a joyful 805 Frequent the day of God 1068 From age to age exalt his 380 From all that dwell below the 523 From deep distress and troubled 158 From heaven the sinning 131 From thee, my God, my joys 693 From whence this fear and 939 From winter's barren clods 1217 Gentiles by nature, we belong 528 Give glory to God, ye children 1114 Give me the wings of faith to 356 Give thanks to God; he reigns 473 Give thanks to God, invoke 459 Give thanks to God, most high 469 Give thanks to God, the 468 Give to our God immortal 77 Give to the Father praise 706 Give to the Lord, ye sons of 586 Glorious things of thee are 1136 Glory to God on high 1105 Glory to God that walks the 301 Glory to God the Father's 698 Glory to God the Trinity 695 Glory to God who reigns above 903 Glory to th' eternal King 728 Glory to thee, my God, this 1214 Go forth, ye saints, behold 1139 Go, missionaries, and 1136 Go, preach my Gospel, saith 114 Go, said the voice of 1136 Go, teach the nations, and 1172 Go, worship at Immanuel's 266 God in his earthly temple lays 482 God, in the Gospel of his Son 772 God is a name my soul 741 God is a Spirit just and wise 333 God is the refuge of his saints 499 God moves in a mysterious 752 God, my supporter and my 169 God of eternal love 465 God of eternity, from thee 1262 God of my childhood and my 597 God of my life, look gently 622 God of my life, to thee belong 1229 God of my mercy and my 318 God of the morning, at whose 571 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. IX God of the seas, thy 21 God ! the eternal awful name 49 God, who in various methods 96 God with us! O glorious name 892 Good is the Lord, the heavenly 56: Grace ! 'tis a charming sound* 829 Gracious Lord, incline thine ear 10 14 Great author of the immortal 742 Great Father of mankind 1124 Great former of this various 723 Great God! amid the darksome 917 Great God, attend, while Sion 425 Great God, how infinite art thou 6 Great God, how oft did Israel 464 Great God, indulge my humble 439 Great God, I own thy sentence 652 Great God, my Maker, and my 736 Great God, now condescend 1054 Great God of providence ! thy 753 Great God of wonders ! all thy 803 Great God, oppress' d with 1048 Great God, the heaven's well 100 Great God, the nations of the 1138 Great God, thy glory shall 39 Great God, thy watchful care 1057 Great God, 'tis from thy 829 iGreat God : to thee I'll make 949 Great God, to thee my evening 1213 Great God, to what a glorious 227 Great God, we in thy courts 1170 Great God, we sing that 1238 Great God ! what hosts of 1025 Great God, where'er we pitch 1051 Great God, whose universal 513 Great is the Lord, exalted high 467 Great is the Lord ; his works of 37 Great is the Lord our God 484 Great King of Glory and of 150 Great Leader of thine Israel's 1035 Great Ruler of the earth 1249 Great Lord of all thy 1254 Great Shepherd of thine 487 Great Spirit of immortal love 974 Great was the day, the joy 279 Guide me, O thou great 1235 Had I the tongues of Greeks 319 Had not the Lord, may Israel 611 Hail mighty Jesus, how divine 795 Hail ! thou once despised Jesus 793 Happy beyond description he 945 Happy is he that fears the Lord 309 Happy the church, thou sacred 497 Happy the city, where their 605 Happy the hear t where graces 310 Happy the man to whom his 160 Happy the man who finds the 1009 Happy the man whose 397 Happy the man whose cautious 979 Hark: for 'tis God's own Son 811 Hark! from the tombs a doleful 666 Hark, the glad sound, the 852 Hark, the herald angels sing 848 Hark, the Redeemer from on Hark ! the voice of love and Hark! 'tis our heavenly Hasten, O sinners, to be wise He conies, he comes! to judge 15296 He dies, the friend of sinner3 248 He dies ! the friend He lives ! the great Redeemer He reigns ; the Lord, the He that hath made his refuge Hear, gracious God, my Hear, gracious Sovereign 928 Hear me, O God, nor hide thy 621 Hear what the Lord in vision Hear what the voice from Heaven has confirm'd the Help and salvation, Lord Help, Lord, for men of virtue Hence from my soul, sad Here at thy cross, my dying Here at thy table, Lord, we Here Lord, my soul convicted High as the heav'ns above the High in the heav'ns, eternal High on a hill of dazzling light Holy and reverend is the name Holy, holy, holy, Lord Holy wonder, heavenly grace 562 1046 834 1192 870 C27 1026 653 1014 192 1201 768 22 75 498 735 740 1065 Honour to thee, Almighty Three 70 1 Hosanna to king David's Son 713 Hosanna to our conquering 716 Hosanna to the King 718 Hosanna to the Prince of grace 714 Hosanna to the Prince of light 238 Hosanna to the royal Son 715 Hosanna to the Son 717 Hosanna with a cheerful sound 576 1251 557 754 470 123 355 1059 536 418 1033 House of our God, with How are thy glories here How are thy servants bless' d How awful is thy chastening How beauteous are their feet How can I sink with such a How charming is the place How condescending and how How did my heart rejoice to How did the powers of How fast their guilt and sorrow 236 How firm a foundation yc 84G Xll A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Lord, how large thy bounties Lord, how secure and bless' d Lord, how secure my Lord, how shall wretched Lord, I am pain'd ; but I Lord, I am thine ; but thou Lord, I am vile, conceiv'd in Lord, I am vile, what shall I Lord, I can suffer thy rebukes Lord, I esteem thy judgments Lord, I have made thy word Lord, I will bless thee all my Lord, I would spread my sore Lord, if thine eyes survey our Lord, if thou dost not soon Lord, if thou thy grace Lord, in the morning thou ' Lord ! let me see thy Lord, must I die 7 oh, let me Lord of hosts, how lovely Lord of the worlds above Lord, shall we part With gold Lord! shed a beam of Lord, thou hast been thy Lord, thou hast call'd thy Lord, thou hast heard thy Lord, thou hast search'd Lord, thou hast seen my Lord, thou wilt hear me Lord, thou with an unerring Lord, thy pervading Lord, 'tis a pleasant thing Lord, 'tis an infinite delight Lord, 'twas a time of Lord, we adore thy bounteous Lord, we adore thy vast Lord, we are blind, we Lord, we come before thee Lord, we confess our Lord, we have heard thy Lord, what a feeble piece Lord, what a heaven of Lord, what a thoughtless Lord, what a wretched Lord, what is man, poor . Lord, what was man when Lord, when I count thy Lord, when 1 read the Lord, when my thoughts Lord, when our raptut'd Lord, when thou didst Lord, when we see a saint Lord, with a griev'c. and Loud hallelujahs to :he Lore Loud let the tuneful trumpe- 837 299 110 1245 1256 406 84 1211 625 104 105 508 85 595 600 955 435 1017 1268 1060 427 1119 986 722 382 634 10 337 579 726 746 483 1273 934 552 71 4 1081 188 488 645 173 457 391 640 95 580 1298 278 750 244 1271 954 770< Maker and Sovereign Lord Man has a soul of vast desires May the grace of Christ, our Mercy and judgment are my Methinks the last great day Mighty God, while angels Mine eyes and my desire Mistaken souls ! that dream of 'Mong all the priests of Mortals awaae, with angels Must all the charms of Must all the charms of nature Must friends and kindred My brethren, from my heart My Captain sounds th' My dear Redeemer, and my My drowsy powers, why sleep My God, accept my early My God ! assist me while I My God, consider my distress My God ! how cheerful is the My God, how endless is thy My God, how many are my My God, in whom are all the My God, my everlasting hope My God, my King, thy My God, my life, my love My God, my portion, and my My God, permit me not to be My God, permit my tongue My God, the covenant of thy My God, the spring of all my My God, the steps of pious My God ! thy boundless love My God, what endless My God, what inward grief 1 My God, what silken cords My grace so weak, my sin so My gracious Redeemer My grateful tongue My heart, how dreadful My heart rejoices in thy My never ceasing song shall My refuge is the God of love My righteous Judge, my My rising soul, with strong My Saviour and my King My Saviour, God. my My Saviour, let me hear thy My Saviour, my Almighty My Shepherd is the living My Shepherd will supply my Mv sorrows, like a flood v ' ^ome meditate the v ■*«» otsakfcs her vain 455 1110 616 1289 850 372 847 1238 591 663 1134 1021 226 370 575 921 378 844 574 294 79 596 2 171 170 408 440 785- 393 401 1015 311 336 934 933 971 743 371 366 34 404 368 815 481 532 807 154 16C 167 806 665 349 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Xlll My soul, how lovely is the 426 My soul lies cleaving to the 377 My soul, repeat his praise 30 My soul, thy great Creator 80 My soul, with joy attend 821 My spirit looks to God alone 338 My spirit sinks within me 292 My thoughts on awful subjects G6I My thoughts surmount these My thoughts, that often 1268 My times of sorrow and of 994 My trust is in my heavenly 361 My waken'd soul, extend thy 1288 Naked as from the earth we 331 Nature, with all her powers 604 Nature, with open volume 542 No, I shall envy them no more 456 No, I'll repine at death no No more, dear Saviour, will I 1199 No more, my God, J. boast no 155 No sleep nor slumber to his 477 No strength of nature can 769 Nor eye has seen, nor ear has 686 Not all the blood of beasts 282 Not all the nobles of the earth 813 Not all the outward forms on 147 Not by the laws of innocence 28-1 Not by the law of 943 Not different food, or different 315 Not from the dust affliction 67 Not the malicious or profane 176 Not to condemn the sons of 283 Not to our names, thou only 613 Not to ourselves, who are but 46 Not to the terrors of the Lord 486 Not unto us, but thee alone 1102 Not with our mortal eyes 312 Now be my heart inspir'd to 516 Now be the God of Istael 520 Now begin the heav'nly 787 Now by the bowels of my God 314 Now far above the starry Now for a tune of lofty Now from tbe altar of our Now from the roaring lion's Now have our hearts Now I'm convinc'd the Lord Now in the gall'riesof his Now in the heat of youthful Now let a spacious "world Now let a true ambition rise Now let our cheerful eyes Now let our drooping hearts Now let our faith grow strong 1198 Now let our hearts conspire to 1240 2 1197 249 1215 254 546 73 55 1237 872 1284 Now let our lips with holy 232 Now let our mournful songs 255 Now let our pains be all forgot 548 Now let our souls, on wings 104] Now let our voices join 957 Now let the Father and the 700 Now let the feeble all be 1024 Now let the Lord, my Saviour 388 Now let us raise our cheerful 865 Now, Lord, the heavenly 1090 Now may the God of peace 1108 Now may the God of power 602 Now plead my cause 491 Now Satan comes with 93 Now shall my inward joys 49o Now to the great and sacred 707 Now to the Lord a noble song 213 Now to the Lord, that Now to the power of God Now, while the gospel net is 146 190 1084 522 O all ye nations, praise the O bless tbe Lord, my soul O blessed souls are they 159 O for a closer walk with God 816 O for an overcoming faith 651 O for a shout of sacred joy 243 O for a sweet inspiring ray 1305 O God, my refuge, hear my 369 O God, my sun, thy blissful 949 O God of grace and 38J O God of love ! with cheering 1269 O God of mercy ! hear my call O God of Zion! from thy O God, to whom revenge O happy man, whose soul is O happy nation, where the O happy soul ! that lives on O how I love thy holy law O if my soul was form'd for O Lord, how many are my O Lord ! I would delight in O Lord ! my best desires fulfil O Lord, my God ! whose O Lord, our heavenly King O Lord, our Lord, how O my distrustful heart O my soul, what means this O that I knew the secret O that the Lord in deed O that the Lord would O that thy statutes every O the Almighty Lord O the delights, the heavenly O the immense, the amazing O thou, before whose 1145 403 415 J5 354 103 326 573 20 250 782 1036 817 1099 178 351 12 692 1221 113 J XIV A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. O thou that hast redemption O thou that hear'st when O thou who didst thy glory O thou whose grace and O thou whose justice reigns O 'tis a lovely thing to see O what a stiff rebellious Ob, what stupendous nwrcy Oye immortal throng O Zion, afflicted with wave O Zion, praise the mighty O'er the gloomy hills of Of all the joys we mortals Of justice and of grace I sing Oft have I turned my eye Often I seek my Lord by Once, as the Saviour pass' d Once more, my soul, the rising 572 On Jordan's stormy banks I 1302 On Sion, his most holy mount 774 On us oppress' d beneath thy 1248 On what has now been sown On wings of faith, mount up Our days, alas ! our mortal Our Father whose eternal Our Goa ascends his lofty W45 383 792 329 365 3'20 461 964 8G4 1145 584 1146 967 412 1029 563 796 1091 1303 638 1076 1126 Our Gou, how firm liis promise 134 Our God, our help in ages 644 Our heavenly Father calls 814 Our rulers, Lord, with songs 618 Our Loid is risen from the 863 Our Saviour alone, the 1101 Our souis shall magnify the 218 Our sins, alas1, how strong 687 Our spirits join t' adore the 554 Out of the deeps of long 157 Patience ! Oh, what a grace 981 Peace ! — 'tis the Lord 1281 Plung'd inagulfofdark 277 Poor, weak, and worthless 888 Praise, everlasting praise be 210 Praise God, from whom all 1113 Praise the Saviour, all ye 1 150 Praise to our Shepherd's 819 Praise to the Lord of 961 Praise to the Lord, who bows 1250 Praise to thy n ame, eternal 1040 Praise waits in Zion, Lord 431 Praise ye the Lord, exalt his 494 Praiseye the Lord, my iieart 35 Prais* ye the Lord ; 'tis good 76 Prepare nvs, gracious God 1279 Preserve me, Lord, in time of 109 Proclaim, saith Christ, my 1187 Prostrate, dear Jesus ! at thy 989 Proud Babylon yet waits her 1136 Questions and doubts be 115 Raise thee, my soul, fly up and 690 Raise, thoughtless sinner 767 Raise your triumphant songs 225 Rejoice ! the Lord is King 867 Rejoice, the Saviour reigns 1 140 Rejoice, ye righteous, in the 61 Religion is the chief concern 1002 Remember, Lord, our mortal 671 Repent ! the voice celestial 985 Return, my roving heart 1047 Return, O God of love 394 Rise, my soul ! and stretch 1019 Rise, rise, my soul, and leave 5 Rock of ages, shelter me 913 Saints, at your Father's 330 Salvation in for ever nigh 191 Salvation ! O melodious 831 Salvation ! O the joyful 187 Salvation, through our dying 827 Save me, O God, the swelling 231 Save me, O Lord, from every 363 Saviour divine ! we know thy 912 Savioui of men, and Lord of 851 Saviour, visit thy plantation 1145 Say, should we search the 1252 Say, who is she that looks 1121 Searcher of hearts ! before thy 986 See Felix, cloth'd with pouy» 1098 See, gracious God, before thy 1243 See, how rude winter's icy 1225 See how the little toiling ant 1223 See how the mounting sun 1212 See how the willing converts 1168 See Israel's gentle Shepherd 1055 See, Lord, thy willing subjects 857 See what a living stone 445 See, where the great incarnate 680 Self-destroy'd, for help I pray 1097 Shall atheists dare insult the 119 Shall atheists dare 779 Shall Jesus descend from the 791 Shall the vile race of flesh and 647 Shall we go on to sin 352 Shall wisdom cry aloud 197 Shepherd of Israel, bend 1127 Shepherd of Israel, thou dost 1129 Shepherds! rejoice: lift up 216 Shine, mighty God, on this our 605 Should bounteous nature 977 Shout, for the blessed Jesus 1147 Shout to the Lord, and let our 613 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. XV Show pity, Lord, O Lord 345 Since Jesus freely did appear 1231 Sinful, and blind, and poor 1037 Sin has a thousand treacherous UU Sin like a renomous disease 91 Sing, all ye nations, to tlie 13 Sing to the Lord above 1149 Sing to the Lord aloud 460 Sing to the Lord Jehovah's 448 Sing to the Lord that built 646 Sing to the Lord, ye distant 222 Sing to the Lord ; ye heavenly 587 Sinner, O why so thoughtless 1299 Sinners, the voice of God f~ ' Sinners, you are now < Sitting around our Father's 555 So did the Hebrew prophet 281 So fair a face bedew'd with 1202 So let our lips and lives express 174 So new-born bates desire the 165 Sons we are through God's 783 Songs of immortal praise 58 Soon as I heard my Father 430 Sovereign of all the worlds on 810 Sovereign of life, I own thy 1260 Sovereign Ruler of the skies 1263 Sprinkled with reconciling 1075 Stand up, my soul, shake off 358 Stay, thou insulted Spirit 933 Stern winter throws his icy 1224 Stoop down, my thoughts that 664 Strait is the way, the door is 151 Stretch'd on the cross, the 855 Sure there's a righteous God 72 Sweet is the mein'ry of thy 24 Sweet is the work, my God 442 Sweet was the time when 1033 Teach me the measure of my 641 Temptations, trials, doubts 1004 Terrible God that reign'st on 16 Thar, awful day will surely 678 That God who made the 765 That man is blest who stands 307 Th' Almighty reigns exalted 185 The Bible is justly esteem'd 923 The blessed Spirit, like the 925 The deluge at th' Almighty's 822 The earth for ever is the 476 The fabric of nature is fair 125S The fountain of Christ 886 The glories of my Maker, God 51 The God Jehovah reigns 257 The God of Abram praise 784 The God of glory sends his 684 The God of love will sure 1282 The God of mercy be ador'd fP9 The God of our salvation 68 The great Redeemer we adore 1161 The heavens declare thy glory 99 The holy eunuch, when 1189 The house now to be builded 1139 The icy chains that bound the 1216 The joyful morn, my God, is 1064 The King of heaven his table 1204 The King of glory sends his 220 The King of saints, how fair 460 The lands that long in darkness 264 The law by Moses came 117 The law commands, and makes 111 The Lord appears my helper 367 The Lord declares his will 112 The Lord descending from 122 The Lord, how wondrous are 31 The Lord is come, the heavens 217 The Lord Jehovah reigns 9 The Lord Je!~ovah reigns, his 41 The Lord my Shepherd is 168 The Lord of glory is my light 429 The Lord of glory reigns, he 8 The Lord on high proclaims 204 The Lord on mortal worms 1141 The Lord, the Judge, before 681 The Lord, the Judge, his 334 The Lord, the Sovereign King 48 The Lord, the Sovereign 683 The Lord who rules the 1152 The Lord will happiness 993 The love of the Spirit I sing 924 The majesty of Solomon 228 The man is ever blest 398 The mem' ry of our dying 547 The mighty frame of glorious 247 The mighty frame of 866 The mighty God will not 991 The moment a sinner believes 940 The peace which God alone 1109 The praise of Sion waits for 432 The promise of my Father's 535 The promise was divinely 530 The righteous Lord, supremely 956 The Saviour calls, let every 838 The spring, great God, at 1219 '* Tbe true Messiah now 261 The voice of my beloved 561 The wonders, Lord, thy love 141 The wandering star, and 1029 The wondering nations have 1122 The wondering world inquires 567 Thee, Father, we ! bless 825 Thee we adore, eternal name 643 Thee we adore, eternal word 847 XVI A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Thee will I love, O Lord, my 385 There is a fountain fill'd with 887 There is a house not made 659 There is a land of pure delight 656 There is no path to heavenly 920 There was an hour when 128 There 's joy in heaven, and 1156 These glorious minds, how 689 Thine earthly Sabbaths, Lord 1070 Think, mighty God, on feeble 672 This God is the God we adore 1103 This is the day the Lord hath 444 This is the word of truth and 121 This spacious earth is all the 242 Thou art my portion, O my 335 Thou art, O God ! a spirit 721 Thou dear Redeemer, dying 1104 Thou God of glorious majesty 1267 Thou God of love, thou ever 364 Thou, Lord, my safety, thou 1062 Thou only centre of my rest 1255 Thou only Sovereign of my 1158 Thou very paschal Lamb 898 Thou whom my soul admires 559 Thrice happy man who fears 308 Thrice happy souls who born 944 Thro' all the changing scenes 1003 Thro' all the various shifting 751 Through every age, eternal 648 Thus Agur breath' d his warm 980 Thus did the sons of Abraham 531 Thus far my God hath led me 1043 Thus far the Lord has led me 577 Thus I resolved before the 321 Thus it became the Prince of 1162 Thus saith the first, the great 106 Thus saith the high and lofty 205 Thus saith the Lord, the 108 Thus saith the Lord, your 140 Thus saith the mercy of the 529 Thus saith the Ruler of the 251 Thus saith the wisdom of the 198 Thus the eternal Father spake 5^7 Thus the great Lord of earth 518 Thus was the great Redeemer 1166 Thus we commemorate the 1 194 Thy favours, Lord, surprise 423 Thy life I read, my dearest 1274 Thy mercies fill the earth, O 304 Thy mercy, my God, is the 733 Thy name, Almighty Lord 524 Thy names, how infinite they 724 Thy presence, everlasting God 1234 Thy presence, gracious God 1079 Thy sire, and her who brought 766 Thy way, O God ! is in the sea 963 Thy ways, O Lord ! with wise 749 Thy works of glory, mighty 70 Time, what an empty vapour 639 'Tis a point I long to know 968 'Tis by the faith of joys to come 287 'Tis by thy strength the 583 'Tis finish'd ! so the Saviour 790 'Tis finish'd, 'tis done ! the 1278 'Tis from the treasures of his 267 'Tis my happiness below 1024 'Tis not the law of ten 472 'Tis religion that can give 1095 To Christ, the Lord, let every 879 To distant lands thy gospel 1002 To Father, Son, and Holy 1111 To Father, Son, and 1115 To God I cried, with mournful 293 To God I made my sorrows 33 To God my Saviour, and my 800 To God the Father, God the 696 To God the Father's throne 710 To God, the great, the ever 511 To God the only wise 186 To God, the universahKing 719 To heaven I lift my waiting 64 To him that chose us first 709 To him who on the fatal tree 1101 To Jesus, our exalted Lord 1205 To our Almighty Maker, God 124 To our eternal God 712 To our Redeemer's glorious 1206 To praise the ever-bounteous 1222 To the eternal Three 1112 To thee, before the dawning 409 To thee, let my first offering 1209 To thee, most holy, and most 617 To thee, who reign'st supreme 1247 To thine Almighty arm we 610 'Twas by an order from the 97 'Twar for thy sake, eternal 229 'Twas from thy hand, my God 56 'Twa< in the watches of the 581 'Twas on that dark, that 533 'Twas the commission of our 525 Vain a.e the hopes that rebels 148 Vain a-e the hopes the sons of 152 Vain man, on foolish pleasures 463 Unclean ! unclean! and full 1007 Unite, my roving thoughts unite 983 Unshaken as the sacred hill 182 Unto thine altar, Lord 1074 Up from my youth, may Israel 466 Up to the fields where angels 348 Up to the hill3 1 lift mine eyes 63 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. xvu Up to the Lord that reigns on 27 Upward I lift mine eyes 65 Wait, O my soul, thy Maker's 729 We are a garden wallM 506 We bless the eternal source 1130 We bless the Lord, the just 78 We bless the prophet of the 265 We love thee, Lord, and we C09 We sing the amazing deeds 549 We sing the glories of thy love 503 Welcome, sweet day of rest 441 Well, the Redeemer's gone 258 What are possessions, fame *116 What different powers of grace 175 What equal honours shall we 272 What happy men, or angels 688 What hath God wrought 1253 What heavenly man, or lovely 1190 What is our God, or what his 738 What jarring natures dwell 759 What means these jealousies 808 What mighty man, or mighty 501 What scenes of horror and of 1277 What shall I render to my God 433 What shall the dying sinner do 778 What shall the dying 120 What strange perplexities 1049 What vain desires, and 177 What various hind'rances we 1071 What wisdom, majesty, and 777 Whate'er to thee, our Lord 1173 When Abram, full of sacred 1244 When Abram's servant to 1165 When any turn from Zion's 1157 When at a distance, Lord, we 853 When blooming youth is 1275 When, by the tempter's wiles 840 When Christ to judgment shall 682 When darkness long" has veil'd 959 When death appears before 1270 When first the God of 739 When God is nigh, my faith is 673 When God, provok'd with 607 When God restor'd our captive 507 When God reveal'd his 506 When Jesus for his people 1016 When man grows bold in sin 45 When, O dear Jesus, when 1069 When overwhehn'd with grief 387 When pain and anguish seize 360 When Paul was parted from 1132 When shall thy lovely face be 1292 When sins and fears prevailing 899 When some kind shepherd from 79? When strangers stand and hear 568 When the Eternal bows the 732 When the Eternal 189 When the first parents of our 136 When the great Builder arch'd 89' When the great Judge, supreme 74 When thou, my righteous 1297 Where two or three with 1077 When we are rais'd from deep 633 Whence do our mournful 202 Where are the mourners, saith 153 Where is my God ? does he 874 Where shall the man be found 303 Where shall we go to seek and 478 Where shall we sinners hide 818 Where'er the blustering north 1138 Wherewith, O Lord, shall I 801 While carnal men, with all While I keep silence, and While men grow bold in While my Redeemer 's near While o'er our guilty land, O While on the verge of life I While sinners, who presume Who can describe the joys that 328 Who has believ'd thy word 245 Who is the trembling sinner 1094 Who is this fair one in distress 570 Who shall ascend thy heavenly 475 Who shall condemn to endless 781 Who shall inhabit in thy hill 474 Who shall the Lord's elect Who will arise and plead my Why did the Jews proclaim Why did the nations join to Why do the proud insult the Why do the wealthy wicked 1011 161 44 915 1246 1272 1093 289 24i 263 When I can read my title ciear 395 Why do we mourn departing 305 When I Burvey the wondrous 533 When I the holy grave survey 861 When I with pleasing wonder 57 When in the light of faith 454 When Israel, freed from 471 When Israel sins, the Lord 462 When Israel thro' the desert 762 When Israel's grieving tribes 875 When Jesus dwelt in mortal 1153 2* Why does your face, ye humble 163 Why doth the Lord stand off so 598 Why doth the man of riches 669 Why flow these torrents of 1280 Why ha3 my God my soul 233 Why is my heart so far from 375 Why, O my soul, why weepest 992 Why should a living man 1030 Why should I vex my soul, and 402 XVL11 A TABLE OF FIRST LINES. Why should our morning 1286 Why should the children of a 343 Why should this earth delight 458 Why should we start and fear 657 Why sinksmy weak desponding 951 Will God for ever cast us off 489 With all my powers of heart 184 With cheerful voice I sing 268 With earnest longings of the 291 With heavenly power, O Lord 1133 With holy fear and humble 685 With humble heart and tongue 1239 With joy we meditate the grace 206 With melting heart and 1012 With my whole heart, I'll 679 With my whole heart, I've 290 With reverence let the saints 421 With songs and honours 585 With tears of anguish I lament 757 With thee, great God, the 1210 Would you behold the works of 69 Ye angels round the throne 705 Ye dying sons of men 836 Ye glittering toys of earth, adieu 905 Ye hearts with youthful vigour 1236 Ye holy souls in God rejoice 62 Ye humble saints proclaim 737 Ye humble souls approach 730 Ye hunible souls complain no 952 Ye humble souls rejoice 978 Ye humbh souls that seek the 862 Ye islands of the northern sea 223 Ye little flock whom Jesus feeds 845 Ye messengers of Christ 1138 Ye mourning saints, whose 1276 Ye nations round the earth 59 Ye prisoners of hope 916 Ye saints of every rank, with 1102 Ye scarlet colour'd sinners 839 Ye servants of th' Almighty 18 Ye servants of the Lord 1043 Ye servants of your God, his 725 Ye sons of Adam, vain and 593 Ye sons of men, a feeble race 628 Ye sons of men with joy record 748 Ye sons of pride that hate the 670 Ye that delight to serve the 17 Ye that obey the immortal Kiug 420 Ye that pass by, behold the 854 Ye trembling souls ! dismiss 1006 Ye tribes of Adam, join 52 Ye virgin souls, arise 1269 Ye worlds of light, that roll so 878 Ye wretched, hungry, starving 1191 Yes, I would love thee, blessed 965 Yes, mighty Jesus! thou shalt 1140 Yes ! the Redeemer rose 858 Yes, there are joys that cannot 1154 Yet, saith the Lord, if David's 133 Yonder— amazing sight !— I see 856 Your harps, ye trembling 942 Ziori rejoice, and Judah sing 608 DIRECTIONS To Ministers and Clerks, who use this volume in public. When the whole congregation use this edition, it will be sufficient to mention the page on which the Psalm or Hymn may be found. When other editions are used, the number of the Psalms or Hymns should be mentioned, thus : Page 54— 148th Psalm. Page 55— 147th Hymn of 2d Book. Page 760— 42d Hymn of the Selection. To find a Hymn or Psalm. 1. The Hymns and Psalms may be found, as usual, by the Index of First Lines. 2. They may also be found by the Table which imme- diately follows, which gives the Numerical order of the for- mer Editions, and the Numbers which correspond to them in the Arrangement. If the Psalms be too long for the time or custom of singing, there are pauses in many of them, at which you may pro- perly rest. And in some places you may begin to sing at a pause. Or you may leave out those verses, in the Psalms and Hymns, which are thus included in crotchets, [ ] without disturbing the 19 A TABLE OF THE HYMNS. The Hymns of the Selection are regularly numbered, at the top of the page, in the inner margin. Note.*— 1. The Hymns and Psalms may be found, as usual, by the Index of First Lines. 3. This Table gives the numerical Order of the former Editions, and the corresponding numbers in the Arrangement. Thus, in the First Book, 1....273; that is 1 Hymn is 273 of the Arrangement: 3.... 212, second ditto, is 212 of ditU BOOK I. T . 273 31 2 P. * 354 58 . 504 2 . 212 32 . 202 59 . 505 3 . 215 33 .. * 119 60 . 218 4 1 P. * . 216 34 1 P. * 120 61 . 146 4 3 P. * . 115 34 2 P. * . 295 62 . 271 5 . 331 35 1 P. * 284 63 . 273 6 . 652 35 2 P. * 332 64 . 164 7 . 195 36 . * 320 65 . 676 8 . 496 37 1 P. * 247 66 . 558 9 . 200 37 2 P. * 340 67 . 559 10 . 123 38 1 P. % 144 68 . 560 11 . 128 38 3 P. * 107 69 . 561 13 . 129 39 . 495 70 . 562 13 . 264 40 . . 688 71 . 563 14 . 289 41 . . 689 72 . 564 15 . 201 42 . 29 73 . 565 16 . 715 43 I P * 234 74 . 566 17 . 651 43 2 P. * 390 75 . 567 18 . 653 44 1 P. * 248 76 . 568 19 . 655 44 2 P. * 636 77 . 569 30 . 156 45 . 680 78 . 570 31 . 521 46 1 P. * 194 79 . 571 32 1 P. * . 214 46 2 P. * 637 80 . 577 32 2 P. * . 177 47 . * 663 81 . 574 S3 1 P. * . 660 48 • . 357 82 . 647 23 2 P. * . 591 49 . , 275 83 . 67 34 . 667 50 . 520 84 . 203 25 . 274 51 . , 186 85 . 204 26 . 239 52 . . 525 86 . 23 27 . 658 53 . 96 87 . 305 38 . 501 54 . . 125 88 . 635 29 . 502 55 . . 633 89 . 593 30 . 603 56 . . 503 90 . 594 31 1 P. * . 189 57 . . 62 91 . 593 * The Asterisms point out the Supplementary Hymns in this 1 tion, with which the Vacancies in Dr. Watts's FIRST Book, have I filled up. SO A TABLE OF THE HYMNS. XXI Si . . 197 112 . . 28J 132 . ; 174 93 . . 198 113 . 527 133 . 316 94 . . 152 114 . 528 134 . 319 95 . 147 115 . 110 135 . . 453 96 . 127 116 . 106 136 . . 333 97 . 179 117 . 126 137 . . 190 98 . 180 118 . . 117 138 . . 207 99 . k 148 119 . 118 139 . 135 100 . 283 120 , . 280 140 . . 280 101 . 328 121 . . 529 141 . 245 102 . 389 122 . . 526 142 . . 246 108 . 339 123 . 322 143 . # 165 104 . 176 124 . 83 144 . . 343 105 . 686 125 . 206 145 . . 260 106 . 352 126 . 315 146 . . 266 W7 . 199 127 . 196 147 . . 267 108 . 312 128 . 114 148 . . 268 109 . 155 129 . 330 149 . . 269 270 110 . 659 130 . 314 150 . Ill . 188 131 296 BOOK D 604 601 662 192 278 572 578 576 327 3-19 350 261 646 44] 172 173 5 498 66 375 276 16 344 89 370 4 49 664 137 57 302 53 657 59 642 60 . 690 61 341 62 . 139 63 258 64 . 259 65 . 310 66 . 638 67 . 134 68 . 348 69 . 311 70 . 249 71 685 72 . 423 73 . 27 74 . 213 75 . 347 76 . 654 77 . 388 78 . 211 79 . 650 80 . 391 81 . 393 82 . J43 83 . 426 84 . 29& 639 301 210 665 587 666 4*97 395 656 6 21 51 443 300 324 136 277 12 353 138 251 zxn A TABLE OF THE HYMNS. 85 . . 163 114 • . 235 143 . . 175 86 . . 687 115 • 22 144 . . 379 87 . 43 116 . 355 145 . . 434 88 . . 187 117 . 396 146 . . 455 89 . . 716 118 . 142 147 . 55 90 . . 181 119 . 98 148 . . 145 91 . . 692 120 . . 1.13 149 . . 615 92 . . 612 121 . . Ill 150 . 90 93 . . 171 122 . . 408 151 . . 97 94 . . 170 123 . . 428 153 . . 486 95 . 384 124 . . 472 153 . 91 96 . 130 125 . . 285 154 . 153 97 . 131 126 . 122 155 . 143 98 . 371 127 . 531 156 . 92 99 . 19 128 . 86 157 . 93 too . 392 129 . 287 156 . 94 101 . . 454 130 . 149 159 . 150 102 . 675 131 . . 116 160 . 88 103 . 224 132 . 365 161 . 151 104 . 225 133 . 342 163 . 388 105 . 325 134 . 530 163 . 373 106 . 326 135 . 319 164 . 458 107 . 678 136 . 320 165 . 451 LOS . 422 137 . 340 166 . 38 109 . 71 138 . 131 167 . 39 L10 . 674 139 . 326 168 . 40 Ill . 608 140 . 356 169 . 41 LIS . 227 141 . 532 170 . 43 LIS . 228 J 142 . 283 BOOK III. ; 'ic 18 . 550 32 . . 696 534 19 . 551 33 . 697 . 535 20 . 552 34 . 700 . 536 21 . 553 35 . 701 . 537 32 . 554 36 . 705 . 538 23 . 555 37 . 706 . 539 24 . 556 38 . 708 . 540 25 . 557 39 . 709 . 541 40 . 710 . 542 . 543 . 544 J Jozologies. 41 . . 712 26 . 694 Hotanncu . 545 27 . 698 . 546 28 . 703 42 . 713 547 29 . 695 43 714 . 548 30 . 699 44 717 . 549 31 . 704 45 . 718 A TABLE OF THE PSALMS. CM. 400 22 1 P. CM 233 8. M. 398 2 P. CM. 254 L.M. 397 L.M. 255 2 S. M. 262 23 - L. M. 166 CM. 263 CM. 167 L. M. 241 S.M. 168 3 - CM. 394 24 - CM. 476 L.M. 573 L.M. 242 4 - L.M. 381 25 1 P. S. M. 346 CM. . 579 2 P. S.M 303 5 • CM. 435 3 P. S. M. 372 6 CM. 626 26 - L.M. 411 L.M. 625 27 1 P. CM. 429 7 - CM. 361 2 P. CM. 430 8 - S. M 20 29 - L. M. 586 CM. 250 30 1 P. L.M. 630 1 P. L.M. 588 2 P. L.M. 639 2 P. L. M. 95 31 1 P. CM. 631 9 1 P. CM. 679 2 P. CM. 366 2 P. CM. 74 32 - S.M. 159 0 C M. 59:! CM. 160 1 - L. M. 404 1 P. L.M. 162 2 - L. M. 600 2 P. L. M. 161 CM. 59!! 33 IP. CM. 61 3 - L. M. 37« 2 P. CM. 14 CM. 374 1 P. 113. m IIP. CM. 87 2 P. 113. 15 2 P. CM. 492 34 1 P. L.M. 508 5 - CM. 474 2 P. L. M. 589 L.M. 475 1 P. CM. 509 B 1 P. L.M. 109 2 P. CM. 590 2 P. L. M. 236 35 1 P. CM. 491 3 P. L.M. 673 2 P. CM. 317 1 P. CM. 363 36 L.M. 75 2 P. CM. 237 CM. 44 7 - S. M. 405 S. M. 45 L. M. 406 37 1 P. CM 402 i I P. L.M. 385 2 P. CM. 305 a p. L.M. 337 3 P. CM. 401 HP. L.M. 298 38 - CM. 379 l p. CM. 609 39 1 P. CM. 321 2 P. CM. 610 2 P. CM. 641 » ip. S.M. 438 P. CM. 622 3P* S. M. i 437 40 1 P. CM. 386 L.M. 99 2 P. CM. 140 113. M. 100 L. M. 141 > - L.M. 602 41 L. M. a 300 I CM. 618 42 IP. CM. 291 L. M. 253 SP. L.M. 103 XXIV A TABLE OF THE PSALMS. 44 C. M. 45 S. M. CM. 1 P. L. M. 2 P. L. M. 40 IP. L. M. 2 P. L. M. 47 C. M. 48 1 P. S. M. 2 P. S. M. *9 1 P. C. M. 2 P. C. M. L. M. 50 1 P. CM. 2P. CM 3 P. CM 3 P. L. M. New Tune Old Tune 51 1 P. L. M. 2 P. L. M. 3 P. L.M. 1 P. C M. 2 P. CM. 53 C M. 55 C M. S. M. 56 - CM. 57 -L.M. 58 - • 113. M. CO - CM. 01 - • S. M. 02 - L. M. 63 1 P. C M. 2 P. C. M. L. M. • S.M. 65 1 P. L. M. 2 P. L. M. 1 P. C M. 2 P. C M. 3 P. C M. 86 1 P. C M. 2 P. C M. 67 - • O. M. 63 1 P. L. M. 2 P. L. M. 3 P. L. M. 69 1 P. C M. 2 P. C M. 3 P. C M. 1 P. L. M. 2 P. L. M. 71 1 P. C M, 2 P, C M. 3P CM. 515 516 480 499 500 243 484 485 669 670 668 681 108 682 334 683 684 345 84 383 85 323 410 365 79 619 601 387 338 438 581 439 440 432 68 431 583 582 13 510 606 28 244 78 231 232 193 72 85 1 P. 2 P. 1 P. 2 P. 1 P. 2 P. 1 P. 2 P. 3 P. 4 P. 1 P.. 2 P.. 1 P. 2 P. L. M. L. M. CM. CM. L. M. S.M. CM. L. M. CM. CM. CM. CM. CM. 87 P. 1 P. 2 P. 3 P. 4 P. 5 P. 6 P. Last Part CM. L. M. L. M. S.M. L.M. S.M. L.M. L.M. CM. 148. M. L.M. L.M. CM. L.M. L.M. C M. CM. CM. CM. CM. L.M. 113. 95 154 97 597 1 1 P.. 2 P. 3 P. 1 P. 1 P. 1 P.. 2 P. 1 P. 2 P.. 1 P. 2 P. L.M. CM. CM. CM. S.M. L.M. CM. L. M. L.M. S.M- 2dM. 3dM. CM. CM. CM. S.M. L.M. CM. 113. M L.M. L.M. A TABLE OF THE PSALMS. XXV 3 P. L.M. 185 4 P. CM. 102 CM. 223 5 P. CM. 103 98 1 P. CM. 124 6 P. CM. 104 2 P. CM. 221 7 P. CM. 101 99 1 P. S. M. . . 257 8 P. CM. 105 2 P. S. M. 447 9 P. CM. 304 100 - IstM. 59 10 P. C M. 208 2dM. 60 11 P. CM 178 101 - L.M. 616 12 P. CM. 378 CM. 412 13 P. CM. 290 102 1 P. CM. 621 14 P. CM. 623 2 P. CM. 512 15 P. CM. 351 3 P. L. M. 649 16 P. CM. 377 103 1 P. L.M. 25 17 P. L. M. 360 2 P. L.M. 31 Last P. L. M. 624 1 P. S. M. 26 120 - CM. 364 2P, S.M. 30 121 - L. M. 63 3 P. S.M. 48 CM. 64 1W - L.M. 80 148 M. 65 304 - CM. 459 122 - CM. 418 106 IP. L. M. 511 Proper Tune 419 9 P. S.M. 465 123 - CM. 329 107 IP. L.M. 473 124 - L. M. 611 SP. L.M. 380 125 - CM. 182 3 P. L.M. 463 S.M. 183 4 P. L.M. 69 126 - L.M. 507 4 P. CM. 70 CM. 506 LMtP L. M. 607 127 - L.M. 413 100 CM. 318 CM. 414 110 1 P. L.M. 517 128 - CM. 415 8 P. L.M. 518 129 - CM. 466 C M. 519 130 - CM. 157 Ill IP. CM. 58 L. M. 158 a p. CM. 37 131 . CM. 297 119 - 113 M. 307 132 - L.M. 478 L.M. 308 CM. 477 CM. 309 133 CM. 313 113 /roper Tune 17 S.M 416 L.M. 18 122 M. 417 114 - L. M. 471 134 - CM. 420 115 - 1st M. 46 135 1 P. L. M. 494 2dM. 613 2 P. L.M. 467 110 1 P. CM. 632 CM. 47 3 P. CM. 433 136 - CM. 468 117 - CM. 522 148 M. 469 L.M. 523 L.M. 77 S.M. 524 138 - L.M. 184 US I P. C M. 367 139 1 P. L.M. 10 2 P. CM. 634 2 P. L.M. 56 8 P. CM. 479 3 P. L.M. 336 4 P. CM. 444 IP. CM. 11 S.M. 445 2 P. CM. 57 L.M. 446 139 3 P. CM. 580 US IP. CM. 390 141 . L.M. 575 a P. CM. J 409 142 - CM. 88 tP. CM. s 335 34? • L.M 308 XXVI A TABLE OF THE PSALMS. 144 1 P. c.M. 3591 ' L. M. 53 2 P. CM. 640 S. M. 54 3 P. CM. 605 149 - C.M. 407 145 - L. M. 2 150 - CM. 452 1 P. CM. 3 2 P. CM. 24 Doxologiea. 3 P. CM. 32 146 - L. M. 35 1 - L. M. 696 113 M. 36 2 - CM. 702 147 1 P. L.M. 76 3 • CM. 699 2 P. L.M. 584 4 - S.M. 705 CM. 585 5 113 M. 707 148 Proper M. 52 6 148 M. 711 AN ARRANGEMENT OF TBS PSALMS, HYMNS AND SPIRITUAL SONGS, OF THE Rev. Isaac Watts, B. D. Including (what no other volume contains) ALL HIS HYMNS, With which the Vacancies in the First Book were filled up in 1786, and also those in 1793. NOW COLLATED, WITH EACH OF THE DOCTOR'S OWN EDITIONS: To which arc .^ubjoinedf INDEXES, VERY MUCH ENLARGED, BOTH OP SCRIPTURES AND OF SUBJECTS. BY JOHN RIPPON, D. D. #f)Uatrr!pi)fa: PUBLISHED AND FOR SALE BY DAVID CLARK, HO. 118, NORTH FOURTH STREET. 1830. PREFACE. yJQT IN the roll of pre-eminent characters which have attained literary fame, and transmitted to posterity a memory embalmed with theodours of grati- tude, the Rev. Dr. Isaac Watts ranks high. It was the eulogium of can- dour, at the demand of justice; which Dr. Johnson pronounced when he said, That few persons have left behind such purity of character, or such Monuments of laborious piety. Among these, good men without number are peculiarly indebted to him for his Psalms, Hymns, »ad Spiritual Songs. What denomination of Protestants, to whom the English language is ver- nacular, can we rind either at home or abroad, who hava not derived pious edification from these inestimable compositions of our sweet singer in Israel 1 Humble cottages, rustic barns, decent meeting-houses, and ca- paciuus tabernacles, are not the only temples which have been made vocal by his lays, or whose worshippers soar in Ms songs : — their inspiration has been felt under the vaulted arch of many a Gothic edifice ; while, not Sternhold and Hopkins only, but Tate, Brady, and other great names, have occasionally resigned the honours of poetry, and of praise. Of this, a letter from the celebrated Rev. Mr. James Hervey, in 1747, is a pleasing specimen. After pronouncing an encomium on the Doctor's works, as the favourite pattern by which he would form his conduct and model his style, he adds ; " Among other of your edifying compositions, I have rea- son to thank you for your sacred songs, which I have introduced into the service of my church ; so that, in the solemnities of the sabbath, and in a lecture on the week-day, your muse lights up the incense of our praise, and furnishes our devotions with harmony." This charming paragraph conveys the sentiments, and expresses the practice of many an evangeli- cal clergyman belonging to the national establishment And a small ac- quaintance with the state of religion in onr native country, and in other lands, induces me to form a conjecture, which I think is far within the precincts of moderation, that through the last half hundred years more than a million tongues are, every Lord's day, employed, " With songs and honours sounding loud," for the poetry of which, they are, under God, indebted to his distinguish- ed pen, and for the piety of them, to his devotional heart. Few, however, are the publications which have been printed in so shameful a manner. The most costly and the most common editions have long furnished reasons for universal complaint. Pasham's edition, indeed, issued from the press under a very careful eye ; but having been printed, it seems, from an imperfect edition, it re- tains many inaccuracies of its original; and wiU always be distinguished by an accident — I mean the omission of a whole verse in the 91st Hymn of the second book. Wayland's edition at length followed, and then several others ; but they carefully preserved most of the false readings, and created others. One edition appeared, in which the lines were transposed ; other editions pur- posely altered the stanzas, and destroyed aO sense. A small copy was 3* XXX PREFACE published without any one Title to either of the Hymns or Psalms, aad so deprived the public of many hundred lines. Other editions went far- ther yet, and, retaining the titles, omitted all the Index of Scriptures, and all the Index of *Subjects. Several of the editions published by the book- sellers themselves have from four to five hundred considerable errors — and, after a careful perusal of one of their editions, which does not ap- pear to be inferior to several of the rest, I can scarcely find two correct pages following each other, either in the Hymns or Psalms, unless an ex- ception be made in the title page, and the blank page at the back of it. Two or three of the latest editions of this work, and of neat appear- ance, have been introduced to the public, as "repairers of the breach"— purporting to be printed verbatim, or extremely corrrect, from a standard copy. The principle on which these were published is a fundamental error; for, after pursuing an acquaintance with all Dr. Watts's editions of his Hymns and Psalms, occasionally ever since 1778, when Pasham's vo- lume was published, I am, in some measure, prepared to assert, That whoever really prints verbatim, from any one copy of Dr. Watts's Hymns or Psalms, will never give his text. However, I have collated one of these latest editionsi and was surprised to find, that though it is announced as printed from one of the Doctor's most approved copies, it has not only the misprints, which, I suppose, are almost unavoidable in all books, but it is Intentionally made to differ from every one of Dr. Watts'3 own editions, in more than an hundred and fifty places, without any intima- tion of it to the reader. A genuine edition, therefore, of this useful work, which is a professed object of the present undertaking, cannot be unacceptable to the religious public. HISTORY OF THE HYMNS. It may be proper to observe, that the volume of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, first printed in the year 1707, contained only 16 Hymns in the first book ; 110 in the second ; and 22 Hymns, with 12 Doxologies, in the third book. A Supplement to the first edition was published in 1709, by which lire Hymns in the first book were increased from 78 to 150, in tire second from 110 to 170, and m the third from 22 to 25, besides the addition of three Doxdogies, and of four other pieces, entitled Hosannas, or, Salva lion ascribed to Christ. These auxiliaries were highly interesting, and ol great merit. But the addition of so many Hymns to a multitude of others, all of which were of heterogeneous association, will sufficiently account for the want of method through the whole volume. At the publication of the Supplement, it was too late to educe order out of confusion, or tc graft the scion of method on the stock of irregularity. The erections in the first streets of the city having derived their situation from accident, the accession of new ones only lengthened the labyrinth The Doctor, unhappily, opens his first book with the Apocalypse, and nearly concludes it with hymns on Isaiah. Or, if we compare the first and second book together, it will be seen that the first book begins with the Revelation, celebrating the Death of Christ, and the Day of Judg ment; and that some of the last hymns in the second book are composed on the book of Job, and one of them on the first chapter of Genesis, with this very title, "The Creation of the World." These things considered, it will be generally admitted, that whatever arrangement is given to the Hymns will be likely to place some of them, at least, in a situation every way preferable to that which tlrey hold at pneeent. PREFACE. XXXI REASONABLENESS OF ARRANGEMENT. The Hymiis in the first part were composed " on particular portions of Scripture," and therefore obtained a book for themselves ; but the Doctor informs us, that he might have applied some text or other to every verse in the second part, " if this method had" appeared to him to have "been as useful as it was easy." Of course, as the first part and the second were on similar subjects, they admitted of being formed into one book ; to which the superior poetry of some of the latter, or " the neglect of rhyme in the first and third lines of the stanza," could have been no sufficient objection, being seldom observed by one plain christian in a thousand, and never regarded in our public assemblies. Indeed, as the Hymns in the first part and the second are all distinguishable by texts of scripture, it might have seemed more natural to unite than to separate them. And J conjecture, that it must be impossible to mention a single disadvantage which would have followed on their union. And then, if the first and second books, being on scriptural subjects, and reducible to certain texts, might so properly have formed one book ; for the same reason, the third book might have been united with them, because it also chiefly consists of " paraphrases of Scripture," with texts placed over many of them, as distinctly as they are in the first book. The adoption of this method would have prevented the everlasting encumbrance and perplexity of turning backward and forward when an article is wanted, through first book, and second book, and third book. Or, as all the subjects were derived from the Old Testament and the New, if the Hymns could have been placed in the order of the sacred books, it would very much have superseded the necessity of an Index of scriptures, as Mr. Orton has done, with great acceptance, in the volume of our celebrated Dr. Doddridge. But to these methods there is, and I suppose always will remain, this grand objection, " That the Doctor has judiciously placed together, in the third book, the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, as being on one subject ; the advantage of which our pastors constantly experience, especially at thv administration of that sacred ordinance: for the needful section maybe, turned to in a moment, without the aid of first lines, or of any index." This is a fair objection, and I consider it unanswerable. But, if there be any reason why the Hymns on the Lord's Supper should have been united, and remain together, there is precisely the same why the Hymns on Bap- tism should be gathered into one section. If the former are naturally and advantageously united, the latter are unnaturally and disadvantageously separated. And then, if these remarks are just concerning distinct chap- ters for the Hymns on Baptism and the Lord's Supper, I cannot be the herald of information to the intelligent in saying, that they are of equal application to every other subject of general classification, from one end to the other of these interesting productions. It is on this principle the subsequent arrangement is made, including the INTERSPERSION OF THE PSALMS AMONG THE HYMNS. Here three things should be considered : 1. In 1719, viz. twelve years after the first publication of the Hymns, Dr. Watts published Ms Psalms of David. In executing his design. lw» takes an whole Psalm, many verses of one, or sorr.elimrs ou.ya few; transposing at pleasure. And he has, not without the reasons which ar* mentioned in his notes, entirely omitted whole Psalms. Particularly tlw 28, 43, 52, 54, 59, 64, 70, 79, 88, J 03. 137, and 140 ; and he has also passed over a great part of many more. Thwse things are mentioned, not as ex- XXX11 PREFACE. pressive of disapprobation, but to state a fact. Transposition, abridge ment, and omission, were essentials of his plan, without which he could not have executed it. They do not imply defect, they are attributed to design. But if the Doctor s Work had been a close translation of all the Psalms, and a regular paraphrase of every verse of the sacred original, as the publications of several persons have professed to be, the necessity of arranging them among the Hymns might never have occurred to any person. 2. The many titles, and very different subjects which are given in the same Psalm, seem to require a separation into distinct sections as much aa the Hymns on the Lord's Supper, or those on Solomon's Song. Examine only a part of the titles belonging to a few of the Psalms, and this will appear. Over the 16th Psalm the Doctor has justly placed these different, if not unconnected heads. Saints the best Company — Christ's All-suf- ficiency— Support and Counsel from God without Merit — The Death and Resui-rection of Christ. As great a diversity may be seen in the titles of the 107th Psalm : Israel led to Canaan and Christians to Heaven — Cor- rection for Sin — J3 Psalm for the Glutton and Drunkard — The Mariner,3 P^alm — Colonies planted. The 144th Psalm also might be produced as an instance, with many more, whose parts seem to have but little if any necessary connexion ; nor will their being called Psalm Kith, 107th, or by any other single number, give them unity of subjects, or produce any re- lation either just or natural between them. 3. There can be nothing improper in the interspersion of the Psalms among the Hymns, because many of the Psalms are already mingled with them, and have been so from the beginning. This probably has escaped the observation of most persons: but if Dr. Watts's Index of Scriptures, and my enlarged one, be consulted, as well as the titles of the lirst and second book of the Hymns, it will be seen that there are more pieces among the Hymns, which are composed from the Psalms, than there are either from Matthew or Mark, Luke or John, or from the important epistle to the Hebrews. If therefore it was not conceived to be a matter of com- plaint, through the last century, that so many of the Psalms were inserted and left among the Hymns, I hope the present distribution of all of them aisong their fellows will give no just offence, as it only causes kindred subjects to till the ranks of order, ind like so many brethren, with fraternal amity, to dwell together in unity. ADDITIONAL HYMNS IN THIS EDITION. It id well known that Dr. Watts, in his second edition of the Hymns, left out many of the Psalms, intending to introduce them in his Psalm-book, aa he did, with slight alterations, in the year 1719. From this cause, Hymns, 4, 22, 23, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 43, 44, 46, 47, are not to be found either in the second edition, or in any other pub- lished in the Doctor's time, or for many years after. This is the more surprising, as the vacuum might so easily have been filled from the va- rious treasures with which, at length, he had favoured the public. Ml these deficiencies, however, were made good in the year 1786, by Hymns taken from Dr. Watts's Works alone, and chiefly from his Lyric Poems and Miscellanies. Two or three persons, whose names were not men- tioned at the time, united in making the little selection, and to encourage the editions. The disinterested part I took in that service I shall never regret, unless it be proper to regret the happiness of aiding a corrected work, whose enlargements have been every where acceptable, and of which I think, there have been published in all, and most of them at a PREFACE. XXX1U moderate price for the poor, about One Hundred and Forty Thousand Copies. The astonishing sale of this enlarged edition roused certain persons ; and, as though the vacant numbers had not been filled before, of which it was found convenient to be ignorant, they also determined to perform the acceptable service, and accordingly took their materials from the Hymns which are connected with Dr. Watts's Sermons. Twenty Thousand copies were printed in 1793. The edition was partly encouraged by the Book Society for promoting religious knowledge among the poor; it was well approved, and is now nearly sold. The number therefore of intelli- gent persons, at this time, must be very small, who are pleased with Uia deficiencies of the early editions. But these enlargements, in common with all improved editions of a work, though they were acceptable to persons who possessed them, occa- sioned dissatisfaction to many. Their old editions did not contain the Hymns which were from time to time parcelled out in public service. And in 1793, when the vacancies were filled up by other Hymns, the complaint was greater still,— no one found fault with the Hymns which were in- serted ; but the early editions, the enlargements of 1786, and the different additions of 1793, being all used in the same congregations, confusion necessarily followed. The Hymn frequently given out was not to be found in the old editions, and it was more perplexing still that the ad- ditional Hymns of one enlarged edition very much differed from those of the other; heace, it was natural to wish for all of them. To gratify this desire, and to prevent, in future, every inconvenience, as much as possible, the Arrangement contains, what was never before published to- gether, all the supplementary Hymns which are to be found in the dif ferent enlarged editions. An omission of those printed in 1793, and which have been well received in Twenty Tliousand copies, would hav« been great inattention — and it must have been much more criminal not to have inserted those which were published in 1786, and which, since that time, have, in some measure, received the sanction of at least on* hundred and forty thousand persons. ENLARGED INDEXES In proportion to the interesting and various contents of any volume must be the necessity of suitable tables of reference. A copious index fives facility of use to every important publication ; and therefore it must e indispensibly necessary in such Hymn Books as are used constantly on Lord's dayB in public worship, and by many christian families every day in the year. Dr. Watts himself, it is likely, knew where to find any dis- tinct subject which his Hymns or Psalms contained . B ut it has been mal ter of regret for many years, that his Indexes are singularly deficient. It would seem a "report fit for the catalogue of incredibles to say, that he has not posted so much as five verses in all ihefive books of Moses. Bu« it will seem more incredible yet to add, that lus Index of Scriptures takes not the least notice either of Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Samuel, Kings, Chronicles, or, of any book, chap ter, or even single verse, from Genesis to Job— that is to say, more than one half of the Old Testament in succession is passed over at a stroke. Nor to all the New Testament lias he made quite an 120 references. I am sorry to add, that the Index of Wmrds and Subjects is, like the table of scriptures, remarkably defective. The worth of the soul ; the satisfaction of Christ, and an hundred other subjects of perpetual recur- — in the christian ministry, are not to be found either in the tnd^x of XXXIV PREFACE. the Hymns or of the Psalms, though so many of both are composed on these interesting topics. I cannot therefore but hope that the large acces sion which the Index of Scriptures has received, and the vast enlarge merit of the two tables of words and of subjects which are now included in one, will give general satisfaction to my fellow labourers in town and country, and also to their most capable assistants in that exalted part of public worship — singing the praises of God. But I do not flatter myself with an assurance that these enlarged tables include every text and word that may be looked for. Yet, on beiog used, I trust there will appear to be but few scriptures or subjects contained in the Hymns and Psalms, which are not to be met with in the Indexes. And I am sure, no in- genuous person will complain at not finding in the latter what is not included in the former. DOUBLE NUMBERS TO THE HYMNS AND PSALMS. I feel great pleasure in having given the old numbers as well as the new to the Hymns and Psalms. By this method the poor keep the books they have, and every volume of the former editions retains its place ; while the minister and clerk are hereby enabled to give out the old number or the new according to discretion. But I apprehend it will be best to mention both of them ; the old Number first, and then the page of the new one— thus 147th Hymn of the second book— 55th page of the Arrangement ; or only pv55. OBJECTION. " If Dr. Watt? himself did not fill up the vacancies in the first book, nor arrange the Hymns and Psalms, no other person should have done it." It is true that the excellent man did not introduce the supplemen- tary Hymns. And it is true that he did not correct the errata of his tables, but suffered them to remain through all the editions published in his fife time from the first to the last. And it is also true that he did not fill up his indexes, but left the table of scriptures without inserting one text from Genesis to Job. And it is moreover true that he did not enlarge his table of subjects, which is one of the most incomplete ever annexed to a work of incalculable benefit. — But will any consiaerate man — any genuine friend of Dr. Watts's Hymns and Psalms, say, that because the Doctor never corrected those errors, and never improved these indexes, therefore no one else should do it? Such a declaration is not to be read in the page of reason, nor to be heard, but from the lips of distraction, or in the regions of lunacy. As to the introduction of Hymns to fill up the deficiencies in the first book, the general voice has given it an indelible imprimatur Respecting enlarged Indexes of Scriptures and of Subjects, it may suffice to say, that if there be any need at all of Indexes, then the mure complete they are the better. And as to the arranging of the whole into Chapters of United Subjects, I ciuld almost persuade myself, that if it had early enough occurred t« the Doctor himself, he would in all probability have approvrd of it. i judge so for two reasons. 1. Because he has given examples of it in the work itself, ai.d justified the plan in several instances. He has wisely placed, in distinct sections (1.) The Hymns on Solomon's Song. (2.1 Those on the Lord's Supper (3.) The Songs to the Blessed Trinity: and (4.) The Hosannas to Christ PREFACE. XXXV These distinct branches of a beautiful tree hang out their fruits to full view, and we gather without search or difficulty. But the other cluster- ing plenty is sometimes ungathered, untasted, being hidden behind the leaves, or enveloped in the thicket. To have been consistent therefore with himself, the Doctor should have distributed the whole work into sections, or none of it. But by setting the example in several chapters, it is presumed he has sanctioned the analysis of every part of the work. 2. I am strengthened in my persuasion that an arrangement of the Hymns and Psalms would have met the approbation of Dr. Watts him- self; because the plan has been so generally approved by many of his V»*imest admirers. It is only the acknowledgment of a debt of gratitude to s~y, that some of the first characters among the Protestant Dissenters have pronounced a flattering opinion on the design — the voice has been heard wif I) pleasure ; but it has also created a proportioned anxiety to render th"? execution of the Work not altogether unworthy of the respect and patronage of competent judges. CONCLUSION. I feel myself constrained by inclination and duty to make my very grateful acknowledgements to several brethren, who have in different ways encouraged this publication : particularly to the Rev. Mr. Timothy Thomas, for his suggestions concerning the plan ; and to the Rev. Mr. Collins for his assistance in the Index of Scriptures. I have also availed myself of the hints of many other respectable Ministers. But, if after the attempts which have been made to restore Dr. Watts's genuine, text, by a collation of copies ; to remove the encumbrance of first, second, and third book; to reduce all the tables of first lines of scriptures, and of sub- jects, into one of each ; and to give facility to the use of every part of the Work; 1 say, if after these attempts any persons of peculiar discernment perceive that a more distant route is the nearest way to the object of their wishes, I am not careful to deprive them of any gratification. Finally, I cannot terminate these prefatory remarks without adding, That I have found the duty which I assigned myself arduous, far beyond my early expectations. At its commencement I was introduced into a capacious plain, overspread wkh glittering armies. The hosts of beauty and of brilliance appeared " All arm'd, all ardent for the foe," but they were scattered, and few had rallied round any standard. Thus situated, I was neither insensible to the hazard, nor unambitious of the honour of marshalling the legions. If I had possessed the requisite ar- dour or skill, both should have been devoted, with all cheerfulness, to lead the van, to form the centre, and to bring up the rear. This I have attempted. And I am free again to profess, as I did some years since in my Selection of Hymns, from which I have copied the method of this Arrangement, that I have done my best. And if the Hymns and Psalms, which the Doctor esteemed " the greatest work that ever he published for the use of the churches," are, by any attentions of mine rendered in the smallest degree more acceptable and useful in the assemblies of Sion, or to the weakest believer on earth, I shall attribute my humble efforts to the kind, interpositions of Providence, enroll the success in the cata- logue of distinguished felicities, and endeavour sincerely to consecrate the service and the reward, on the high altar of praise, to the God of all grace, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. To his Peculiar T' SIXV1 PREFACE big; to the candour of my reverend brethren 'i the ministry; and to the patronage of my fellow-christians ; I humbly commit thft Work; and ro main, with increasing affection to all who love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity, Their brother and servant in the Gospel, JOHN RIPPON. Jft. 11, Orange Road, Southwark. Dr. WATTS's PSALMS and HYMNS. PERFECTIONS OF GOD. 1 (Psalm 96. As the 113th Psalm.) 1 • The God of the Gentiles. 1 T ET all the earth their voices raise ■*-* To sing the choicest psalm of praise, To sing and bless Jehovah's name ; His glory let the heathens know, His wonders to the nations show, And all his saving works proclaim. « The heathens know thy glory, Lord ; The wondering nations read thy word, But here Jehovah's name is known : Our worship shall no more be paid To gods which mortal hands have made ; Our Maker is our God alone. 3 He fram'd the globe, he built the sky, He made the shining worlds on high, And reigns complete in glory there ; His beams are majesty and light; His beauties how divinely bright ! His temple how divinely fair ! 4 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. 9 (Psalm 145. L. M.) "* The greatness of Goa. 1 "JVf Y God. my King, thy various praise •"-* Shall fill the remnant of my days ; Thy grace employ my humble tongue Till death and glory raise the song. 2 The wings of every hour shall bear Some thankful tribute to thine ear} And every setting sun shall see New works of duty done for thee, S7 4 3 PERFECTIONS 8 Thy truth and justice I'll proclaim r Thy bounty flows, an endless stream, Thy mercy swift, thine anger slow, But dreadful to the stubborn foe. 4 Thy works with sovereign glory shine, And speak thy majesty divine ; Let every realm with joy proclaim The sound and honour of thy name. 5 Let distant times and nations raise The long succession of thy praise ; And unborn ages make my song The joy and labour of their tongue. 6 But who can speak thy wond'rous deeds ! Thy greatness all our thoughts exceeds ! Vast and unsearchable thy ways ! Vast and immortal be thy praise ! Q (Psalm 145, v. 1—7, 11—13. 1st Part. C. M.) J* The Greatness of God. 1 T ONG as I live I'll bless thy name, -Li My King, my God of love ; My work and joy shall be the same In the bright world above. • 2 Great is the Lord, his power unknown, And let his praise be great : I'll sip g the honours of thy tkrone, Thy works of grace repeat. 3 Thy grace shall dwell upon my tongue ; And while my lips rejoice, The men that hear my sacred song Shall join their cheerful voice. 4 Fathers to sons shall teach thy naaie, And children learn thy ways ; Ages to come thy truth proclaim, And nations sound thy praise. 5 Thy glorious deeds of ancient date Shall through the world be known ; Thine arm of power, thy heavenly state, With public splendour shown. 6 The world is managed by thy hands, Thy saints are rul'd by love ; And thine eternal kingdom stands, Though rocks and hills remove. * 38,- L OF GOD. 4, 5 4 (Hymn 26. B. 2. L. M.) God invisible. ORD, we are blind, we mortals blind, 1 We can't behold thy bright abode ; O 'tis beyond a creature's mind To glance a thought halfway to God. 2 Infinite leagues beyond the sky The Great Eternal reigns alone, Where neither wings nor souls can fly, Nor angels climb the topless throne. 3 The Lord of Glory builds his scat Of gems incomparably bright, And lays beneath his saerecl feet Substantial beams of gloomy night. 4 Yet, glorious Lord, thy gracious eyes Look through, and cheer us from above ; Beyond our praise thy grandeur flies, Yet we adore, and yet we love. 5# (Hymn 17. B. 2. C. M.) God's Eternity. \ T> ISE, rise, my soul, and leave the ground, •*-*' Stretch all thy thoughts abroad, And rouse up every tuneful sound To praise th' eternal God. 2 Long ere the lofty skies were spread Jehovah fill'd his throne ; Or Adam form'd, or angels made, The Maker liv'd alone. 3 His boundless years can ne'er decrease, But still maintain their prime ; Eternity's his dwelling place, And ever is his time. 4 While like a tide our minutes flow, The present and the past, He fills his own immortal now, And sees our ages waste. 5 The sea and sky must perish too, And vast destruction come ! The creatures— -look, how old they grow, And wait their fiery doom ! 6 Well, let the sea shrink all away, And flames melt down the skies, My God shall live an endless day, When th' old creation dies. 39 6, 7 PERFECTIONS g# (Hymn 67. B. 2.0. M.) God's eternal Dominion. 1 rjREAT 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. 5 Our lives through various scenes are drawn And vex'd with trifling cares : While thine eternal thoughts move on Thine undisturb'd affairs. 6 Great God, how infinite art thou ! What worthless worms are we ! Let the whole race of creatures bow And pay their praise to thee. 7 (Psalm 93. 1st M. As the 100th Psalm.-, The Eternal and Sovereign God. 1 TEHOVAH 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 slaes ; Vain floods that aim their rage so high t At thy rebuke the billows die. 4 For ever shall thy throne endure ; Thy promise stands for ever sure ; And everlasting holiness Becomes the dwellings of thy grace. 40 OP GOD. 8, 9 g. (Psalm 9S. 2d M. As the old 60th Psalm. ) The same. 1 T^HE Lord of glory reigns, he reigns on high; -1- H»s robes of state are strength and majesty: This wide creation rose at his command, Built by his word, and stablish'd by Ids hand : Long stood his throne ere he began creation, And his own Godhead is the firm foundation. 2 God is th' eternal King : Thy foes in vain Raise their rebellion to confound thy reign : In vain the storms, in vain the floods arise, And roar and toss their waves against the skies; Foaming at heaven, they rage with wild com- motion, [ocean. But heav'n's high arches scorn the swelling 3 Ye tempests rage no more ; ye floods be still ; And the mad world submissive to his will ; Built on his truth his church must ever stand ; Firm are his promises, and strong his hand : See his own sons, when they appear before him, Bow at his footstool, and with fear adore him. Q (Psalm 93. 3d M. As the old 122d Psalm.) The same. 1 HP HE Lord Jehovah reigns, ■*■ And royal state maintains, His head with awful glories crownM ; Array'd in robes oflightj Begirt with sovereign might, And rays of majesty around. 2 Upheld by thy commands The world securely stands ; And skies and stars obey thy word : Thy throne was fixM 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 ana 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 : 41 4* 10 PERFECTIONS The terrors of thy frown : Shall beat their madness down: Thy throne for ever stands on high. 5 Thy promises are true, Thy grace is ever new ; There fix'd thy church shall ne'er remove : Thy saints with holy fear Shall in thy courts appear, And sing thine everlasting love. 1 0 (Psalm 139. 1st part. L. M.) The All-seeing God. 1 T ORD thou hast search'd and seen me thro'; *-* Thine eye commands with piercing view My rising and my resting hours, My heart and flesh with all their powers. 2 My thoughts, before they are my own, Are to my God distinctly known ; He knows the words I mean to speak Ere from my op'ning lips they break. 3 Within thy circling power I stand ; On every side I find thy hand : Awake, asleep, at home, abroad, I am surrounded still with God. 4 Amazing knowledge, vast and great ! What large extent 1 what lofty height ! My soul, with all the powers I boast, Is in the boundless prospect lost. 5 * O may these thoughts possess my breast, 'Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! 1 Nor let my weaker passions dare * Consent to sin, for God is there.* PAUSE I. 6 Could I so false? so faithless prove To quit thy service and thy love, Where, Lord, could I thy presence shun, Or from thy dreadful glory run? 7 If up to heaven I take my flight, 'Tis there thou dwell'st enthron'd in light; Or dive to hell, there vengeance reigns, And Satan groans beneath his chains. 8 If mounted on a morning ray, I fly beyond the western sea, Thy swifter hand would first arrive, And there arrest thy fugitive. 42 OF GOD. 11 • Or should I try to shun thy sight Beneath the spreading veil of night, One glance of thine, one piercing ray, Would kindle darkness into day. 10 'O may these thoughts possess my breast, 'Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! ' Nor let my weaker passions dare 'Consent to sin, for God is there.' PAUSE II. 11 The veil of night is no disguise, No screen from thy all-searching eyes ; Thy hand can seize thy foes as soon Through midnight-shades as blazing noon. 12 Midnight and noon in this agree, Great God, they're both alike to thee ; Not death can hide what God will spy, And hell lies naked to his eye. IS ' © may these thoughts possess my breast, 'Where'er I rove, where'er I rest ! 'Nor let my weaker passions dare ' Consent to sin, for God is there.' | J# (Psalm 139. 1st Part. C. M.) God is every-where, 1 TN all my vast concerns with thee ■■■ In vain my soul would try To shun thy presence, Lord, or liee 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 form'd within ; And ere my lips pronounce the word, He knows the sense I mean. 4 O wond'rous knowledge, deep and high! Where can a creature hide ? Within thy circling arms I lie, Beset on every side. • So let thy grace surround me still, And like a bulwark prove, To guard my soul from every ill, Secur'd by sovereign love. 12 PERFECTIONS PAUSE. 6 Lord, where shall guilty souls retire, Forgotten and unknown ? In hell they meet thy dreadful fire, In heaven thy glorious throne. 7 Should I suppress my vital breath To 'scape the wrath divine, Thy voice would break the bars of death, And make the grave resign. S If wing'd with beams of morning-light, I fly beyond the west, Thy hand which must support my flight, Would soon betray my rest. 9 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. 10 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 ! 12. (Hymn 80. B. 2. S.M.) God's awful Power and Goodnesa, 1 f) THE almighty Lord! " How matchless is his power ! Tremble, 0 earth, beneath his word, While all the heavens adore. 2 Let proud imperious kings Bow low before his throne, Crouch to his feet, ye haughty things, Or he shall tread you down. 3 Above the skies he reigns, And with amazing blows He deals unsuflerable pains On his rebellious foes. 4 Yet, everlasting God, We love to speak thy praise ; Thy sceptre's equal to thy rod, The sceptre of thy grace. 5 The arms of mighty love Defend our Sion well, And heavenly mercy walls us round From Babylon and Hell. 6 Salvation to the King That sits enthron'd above ; 44 OF GOD. 13, 14 Thus we adore the God of might. And bless the God of love. 1 3 (Psalm 66. 1st Part. C. M. j * Governing Power and Goodness ; or, our Graces tried by Affliction. 1 QING, all ye nations, to the Lord, ^ Sing with a joyful noise ; With melody of sound record His honours, and your joys. 2 Say to the power that shakes the sky 'How terrible art thou ! ' Sinners before thy presence fly, ' Or at thy feet they bow.' 3 [Come, see the wonders of our God, How glorious are his ways ! In Moses' hand he puts his rod, And cleaves the frighted seas. 4 He made the ebbing channel dry, While Israel pass'd the flood j There did the church begin then- joy, And triumph in their God.] 5 He rules by his resistless might : Will rebel-mortals dare Provoke th' Eternal tc the fight, And tempt that dreadful war ? 6 O bless our God, and never cease ; Ye saints, fulfil his praise ; He keeps our life, maintains our peace, And guides our doubtful ways. 7 Lord, thou hast prov'd our suffering souls, To make our graces shine ; So silver bears the burning coals The metal to refine. 8 Through wat'ry deeps and fiery ways We march at thy command. Led to possess the promis'd place By thine unerring hand. |4^ (Psalm 33. 2d Part. C. M.) Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient. i "DLEST is the nation where the Lord ■*-* Hath fix'd his gracious throne ; Where he reveals his heavenly word, And calls their tribes his own. 45 IS' PERFECTIONS 2 His eye, with infinite survey, Does the whole world behold : He form'd us all of equal clay, And knows our feeble mould. 3 Kings are not rescued by the force Of armies from the grave ; Nor speed, nor courage of a horse Can the bold rider save. 4 Vain is the strength of beasts or men To hope for safety thence ; But holy souls from God obtain A strong and sure defence. 5 God is their fear, and God their trust ; When plagues or famine spread, His watchful eye secures the just Amongst ten thousand dead. 6 Lord, let our hearts in thee rejoice, And bless us from thy throne ; For we have made thy word our choice, And trust thy grace alone. 1 5 (Psalm 33. 2d Part. As the 113th Psalm.) Creatures vain, and God all-sufficient. \ r\ HAPPY nation where the Lord *** Reveals the treasure of his word, And builds his church, his earthly throne ! His eye the heathen world surveys, He form'd their hearts, he knows their ways ; But God their Maker is unknown. 2 Let kings rely upon their host, ^ And of his strength the champion boast ; In vain they boast, in vain rely ; In vain we trust the brutal force, Or speed, or courage of a horse, To guard his rider, or to fly. 3 The eye of thy compassion, Lord, Doth more secure defence afford, When death or dangers threat'ning stand : Thy watchful eye preserves the just, Who make thy name their fear and trust, When wars or famine waste the land. 4 Tn sickness or the bloody field, Thou our physician, thou our shield, Send us salvation from thy throne ; We wait to see thy goodness shine ; Let us reioice in help divine, For all our hope is God alone. 46 OF GOD. 16, 17 , n (Hymn 22. B. 2. L. i\L> odT 1 0. With God is terrible Majesty. 1 npERRTBLE God, who reign'st on high, -■- How awful is thy thundering hand ! Thy fiery bolts how fierce they fly! Nor can all earth or hell withstand. 2 This the old rebel-angels knew, And Satan ieH beneath thy frown : Thine arrows- struck the traitor through, And weighty vengeance sunk him down. 3 This Sodom felt, and feels it still, And roars beneath th' eternal load, 1 With endless burnings who can dwell, * Or bear the fury of a God !' 4 Tremble, ye sinners, and submit, Throw down your arms before his throne, Bend your heads low beneath his feet, Or his strong hand shall crush you down. 5 And ye, bless'd saints, that love him too, With reverence bow before Ins name, Thus all his heavenly servants do : God is a bright and burning flame. 17 (Psalm IIS. Proper Tune.) 1 ' " The Majesty and Condescension of God, 1 VE that delight to serve the Lord, -*■ The honours of his name record, His sacred name for ever bless : Where'er the circling sun displays His rising beams, or setting rays, Let lands and seas his power confess. 2 Not time, nor nature's narrow rounds, Can give his vast dominion bounds, The heavens are far below his height : Let no created greatness dare With our eternal God compare, Arm'd with his uncreated might. 3 He bows his glorious head to view What the bright hosts of angels do, And bends his care to mortal things j His sovereign hand exalts the poor, He takes the needy from the door, And makes them company for kings* 4 When childless families despair. He sends the blessing of an heir To rescue their expiring name i 47 18, 19 PERFECTIONS The mother with a thankful voice Proclaims his praises and her joys: Let every age advance his fame. I o (Psalm 113. L. M.) lo* God Sovereign and Gracious. 1 VE servants of th' almighty King, -*- In every age his praises sing ; Where'er the sun shall rise or set, The nations shall his praise repeat. 2 Above the earth, beyond the sky, Stands his high throne oi majesty ; Nor time, nor place, his power restrain, Nor bound his universal reign. 3 Which of the sons of Adam dare, Or angels, with their God compare ? His glories how divinely bright, Who dwells in Uncreated light! 4 Behold his love : he stoops to view What saints above and angels do; And condescends yet more to know The mean affairs of men below. 5 From dust and cottages obscure, His grace exalts the humble poor ; Gives them the honour of his sons, And fits them for their heavenly thrones. 6 [A word of his creating voice Can make the barren house rejoice: Though Sarah's ninety years were past, The promis'd seed is born at last. 7 With joy the mother views her son, And tells the wonders God has done: Faith may grow strong when sense despairs If nature fails, the promise bears.] 1Q (Hymn 99. B. 2. C. M.) 1 ^« The Book of God's Decrees. 1 T ET the whole race of creatures lie -*^ Abas'd before their God : Whate'er his Sovereign voice hath form'd He governs with a nod. 2 [Ten thousand ages ere the skiea Were into motion brought, All the long years and worlds to come Stood present to his thought. 48 OF GOD. 20 3 There's not a sparrow or a worm But's found in his decrees ; He raises monarchs to their thrones, And sinks them as he please.] 4 If light attend the course I run, 'Tis he provides those rays: And 'tis his hand that hides my sun, If darkness cloud my days. 5 Yet I would not be much concern'd, Nor vainly long to see The volume of his deep decrees, What months are writ for me. 6 When he reveals the bcok of life, 0 may I read my name Amongst the chosen of his love, The followers of the Lamb ! on (Psalm 8. S. M.) ^^' God's Sovereignty and Goodness; and Man's Dominion over the Creatures. 1 f\ LORD, our heavenly King, ^ Thy name is all divine ; Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine. 2 When to thy works on high 1 raise my wondering eyes, And see the moon complete in light Adorn the darksome skies : 3 When I survey the stars, And all their shining forms, Lord, what is man, that worthless thing, Akin to dust and worms ! 4 Lord, what is worthless man, That thou should'st love him so? Next to thine angels is he plac'd, And lord of all below. 5 Thine honours crown his head, While beasts like slaves obey, And birds that cut the air with wings, And fish that cleave the sea. 6 How rich thy bounties are I And wond'rous are thy ways : Of dast and worms thy power can frame A monument of praise. 7 lOut of the mouths of babes And sucklings thou canst draw 49 5 21 PERFECTIONS Surprising honours to thy name, And strike the world with awe. 8 O Lord, our heavenly King, Thy name is all divine : Thy glories round the earth are spread, And o'er the heavens they shine.] 91 (Hymn 70. B. 2.L.M.) •^ A • God's Dominion over Ihe Sea, Ps. cvii. 23, &c 1 f^ OD of the seas, thy thundering voice " Makw all the roaring waves rejoice, And one soft word of thy command Can sink them silent in the sand. 2 If but a Moses wave thy rod, The sea divides and owns its God ; The stormy floods their Maker knew, And let his chosen armies through. 3 The scaly flocks amidst the sea, To thee their Lord a tribute pay : The meanest fish that swims the flood Leaps up, and means a praise to God. 4 [The larger monsters of the deep, On thy commands attendance keep, By thy permission sport and play, And cleave along their foaming way. 5 If God his voice of tempest rears Leviathan lies still and fears, Anon he lifts his nostrils high. And spouts the ocean to the sky.} 6 How is thy glorious power ador'd, Amidst those wat'ry nations, Lord ! Yet the bold men that trace the seas, Bold men, refuse their Maker's praise. 7 [What scenes of miracles they see, And never tune a song to thee ! While on the flood they safely ride, They curse the hand that smooths the tide. 8 Anon they plunge in wat'ry graves, And some drink death among the waves : Yet the surviving crew blaspneme, Nor own the God that rescu'd them.] 9 O for some signal of thine hand, Shake all the seas, Lord, shake the land, Great Judge, descend, lest men deny That there's a God that rules the sky, 50 of god. 22, 23 22 (Hymn 115. B. 2. C. M.) God the Avenger of his Saints; or, his Kingdom Supreme. 1 TTIGH as the heavens above the ground -"- Reigns the Creator, God ; Wide as the whole creation's bound Extends his awful rod. 2 Let princes of exalted state To him ascribe their crown, Render their homage at his i'cut, And cast their glories down. 3 Know that his kingdom is supreme, Your lofty thoughts are vain ; He calls you gods, that awful name, But ye must die like men. 4 Then let the sovereigns of the globe Not dare to vex the just; He puts on vengeance like a robe, And treads the worms to dust. 5 Ye judges of the earth, be wise, And think of heaven with fear ; The meanest saint that you despise Has an avenger there. 03 (Hymn 86. B. 1. C. M.) * God holy, just , and sovereign, Job ix. 2 — 10. 1 TTOW should the sons of Adam's race ■■-*■ Be pure before their God ? If he contend in righteousness We fall beneath his rod. 2 To vindicate my words and thoughts I'll make no more pretence ; Not one of all my thousand faults Can bear a just defence. 3 Strong is his arm, his heart is wise ; What vain presumers dare Against their Maker's hand to rise, Or tempt th' unequal war ? 4 [Mountains by his almighty wrath From their old seats are torn ; He shakes the earth from soutli to north, And all her pillars mourn. 5 He bids the sun forbear to rise, Th' obedient sun forbears: His hand with sackcloth spreads the skies And seals up all the stars. 51 24, 25 PERFECTIONS 6 He walks upon the stormy sea, Flies on the stormy wind ; There's none can trace his wond'rous way, Or his dark footsteps find.] 24. (Psalm 145. ver. 7, &c. 2d Part. C. M.) The Goodness of God. 1 ^WEET is the memory of thy grace, ^ My God, my heavenly King ; Let age to age thy righteousness In songs 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 lib'ral hand provides their meat, And fills their mouths with good. 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. 25. (Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. L. M.) ' Blessing God for his Goodness to Soul fy Body. 1 "DLESS, O my soul, the living God, -*-* Call home thy thoughts that rove abroad; Let all the powers within me join In work and worship so divine. 2 Bless, 0 my soul, the God of grace ; His favours claim thy highest praise ; Why should the wonders he hath wrought Be lost in silence and forgot ? S 'Tis he, my soul, that sent his Son To die for crimes which thou hast done ; He owns the ransom ; and forgives The hourly follies of our lives. 4 The vices of the mind he heals, And cures the pains that nature feels ; Redeems the soul from hell, and saves Our wasting life from threat'ning graves. SI 26, 27 5 Oar youth decay'd his power repairs ; His mercy crowns our growing years ; He satisfies our mouth with good, And feeds our souls with heavenly food. 6 He sees the oppressor and the opprest, And often gives the sufferers rest ; But will his justice more display In the last great rewarding day. 7 [His power he show'd by Moses' hands, And gave to Israel his commands ; But sent his truth and mercy down To all the nations by his Sen. 8 Let the whole earth his power confess, Let the whole earth adore his grace : In work and worship so divine r>fi (Psalm 103. ver. 1—7. 1st Part. S.M.) ^u' Praise for spiritual and temporal Mercies. 1 (\ BLESS the Lord, my soul ; ^ Let all within me join, And aid my tongue to bless his name, Whose favours are divine. 2 O bless the Lordj my soul • Nor let his mercies lie Forgotten in unthankfulness, And without praises die. 8 'Tis he forgives thy sins, 'Tis he relieves thy pain, 'Tis he that heals thy sicknesses, And makes thee yoang again. 4 He crowns thy life with love, When ransom'd Irom the grave ; He that redeem'd my soul from hell, Hath sovereign power to save. 5 He fills the pojr with good ; He gives the sufferers rest ; The Lord hath judgments for the proud, And justice for th' opprest. 6 His wond'rous works and ways He made by Moses known ; But sent the world his truth and grace, By his beloved Son. 07 (Hymn 46. B. 2. L. M.) ^ ' • God's Condescension to Human Affairs 1 TTP to the Lord that reigns on high, ^J And views the nations from afar, 53 5* 28 PERFECTIONS Let everlasting praises fly, And tell how large his bounties are. t [He that can shake the worlds he made, Or with his word or with his rod, His goodness how amazing great! And what a condescending God!] 3 [God that must stoop to view the skies, And bow to see what angels do, Down to the earth he casts his eyes, And bends his footsteps downward too.] 4 He over-rules all mortal things, And manages our mean affairs" | On humble souls the King of kings Bestows his counsels and his cares. 5 Our sorrows and our tears we pour Into the bosom of our God, He hears us in the mournful hour, And helps us bear the heavy load. 6 In vain might lofty princes try Such condescension to perform ; For worms were never rais'd so high Above their meanest fellow-worm. 7 O could our thankful hearts devise A tribute equal to thy grace, To the third heaven our songs should rise, And teach the golden harps thy praise. no (Psalm 68. ver. 1—6, 32—35. 1st Part. L. M.) ZO. The Vengeance and Compassion of God. 1 |* ET God arise in all his misrht, •*-* And put the troops of heft to flight, As smoke that sought to cloud the skies Before the rising tempest flies. 2 [He comes array'd in burning flames ; Justice and vengeance are his names ; Behold his fainting foes expire Like melting wax before the fire.] 3 He rides and thunders through the sky ; His name Jehovah sounds on high : Sing to his name, ye sons of grace ; Ye saints rejoice before his face. 4 The widow and the fatherless Fly to his aid in sharp distress ; In him the poor and helpless find A judge that's just, a father kind. 5 He breaks the captive's heavy chain, And prisoners see the light again ; 54 OF GOD. 2 But rebels, that dispute his will, Shall dwell in chains and darkness still. PAUSE. 6 Kingdoms and thrones to God belong ; Crown him, ye nations, in your song: His wonderous names and powers rehearse ; His honours shall enrich your verse. 7 He shakes the heavens with loud alarms ; How terrible is God in arms ! In Israel are his mercies known, Israel is his peculiar throne. 8 Proclaim him king, pronounce him blest; He's your defence, your joy, your rest. When terrors rise and nations faint, God is the strength of every saint. 29. (Hymn 42. B. 1. C. M.) * Divine Wrath and Mercy, Nahiun i. 2, &c. 1 A DO RE and tremble, for our God -*■*- Is a consuming fire ; * His jealous eyes his wrath inflame, And raise his vengeance higher. 2 Almighty vengeance, how it burns ! How bright his fury glows ! Vast magazines of plagues and storms Lie treasur'd for his foes. U Those heaps of wrath by slow degrees Are forced into a flame, But kindled, O how fierce they blaze ! And rend all nature's frame. -4 At his approach the mountains flee, And seek a wc.tery grave ; The frighted sea makes haste away, And shrinks up every wave. 5 Through the wide air the weighty rocks Are swift as hail-stones hurl'd : Who dares engage his fiery rage That shakes the solid world ? 6 Yet, mighty God, thy sovereign grace Sits regent on the throne, The refuge of thy chosen race When wrath comes rushing down. 7 Thy hand shall on rebellious kings A fiery tempest pour, While we beneath thy sheltering wings Thy just revenge adore. * Heb. xii. 29. 55 SO, 31 PERFECTIONS 3Q^ if Psalm 103. ver. 8—18. 2d Part. S. ML) * Mounding Compassion of God; or, Mercy in the midst of Judgment. 1 Ti/TY soul, repeat his praise ITI. Whose mercies are so great ; Whose anger is so slow to rise, So ready to abate. 2 God will not always chide ; And when his strokes are felt, His strokes are fewer than our crimes, And lighter than our guilt. 3 High as the heavens are rais'd Above the ground we tread, So far the riches of his grace Our highest thoughts exceed. 4 His power subdues our sins ; And his forgiving love, Far as the east is from the west, Doth all our guilt remove. 5 The pity of the Lord To those that fear his name, Is such as tender parents feel ; He knows our feeble frame. 6 He knows we are but dust, Scatter'd with every breath ; His anger, like a rising wind, Can send us swift to death. 7 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. 8 But thy compassions, Lord, To endless years endure ; And children's children ever find Thy words of promise sure. Ql (Psalm 103. ver. 8—18. 2d Part. L. M.) * God's gentle Chastisement; or, his tender Mercy to his People. 1 rpHE Lord, how wonderous are his ways ! -*■ How firm his truth ! how large his grace ! He takes his mercy for his throne. And thence he makes his glories known. 2 Not half so high his power hath spread The starry heavens above our head, As his rich love exceeds our praise, Exceeds the highest hopes we raise. 56 OF GOD. 32 3 Not half so far hath nature plac'd The rising morni ig from the west, As his forgiving grace removes The daily guilt of those he loves. 4 How slowly doth his wrath arise ! On swifter wings salvation flies ; And if he lets his anger hum, How soon his frowns to pity turn ! 5 Amidst his wrath compassion shines ; His strokes are lighter than our sins ; And while his rod corrects his saints. His ear indulges their complaints. 6 So fathers their young sons chastise, With gentle hands and melting eyes ; The children weep heneath the smart, And move the nitv of their heart. "PAUSE. 7 The mighty God, the wise, and just, Knows that our frame is feehle dust ; And will no heavy loads impose Beyond the strength that he bestows. 8 He knows how soon our nature dies, Blasted by every wind that flies ; Like grass we spring, and die as soon As morning flowers that fade at noon. 9 But his eternal love is sure To all the saints, and shall endure : From age to age his truth shall reign, Nor children's children hope in vain. o.^ (Psalm 145. ver. 14, 17, &c. 3d Part. C. M.) •*■"• Mercy to Sufferers ; or, God hearing Prayer. 1 T ET every tongue thy goodness speak, •*-* Thou sovereign Lord of all ; Thy strengthening hands uphold the weak, And raise the poor that fall. 2 When sorrow bows the spirit down, Or virtue lies distrest Beneath some proud oppressors frown, Thou giv'st the mou2*ners rest. 3 The Lord supports our tottering days, And guides our giddy youth; Holy and just are all his ways, And all his words are truth. 4 He knows the pains his; servants feel He hears his children cry, And their best wishes to fulfil His grace is ever nigh. 33, 34 PERFECTIONS 5 His mercy never shall remove From men of heart sincere ; He saves the souls whose humble love Is join'd with holy fear. 6 [His stubborn foes his sword shall slay, And pierce their hearts with pain ; But none that serve the Lord shall say, ' They sought his aid in vain.'] 7 [My lips shall dwell upon his praise, And spread his fame abroad ; Let all the sons of Adam raise The honours of their God.] 00 (Psalm 142. C. M.) **''• God is the Hope of the Helpless, 1 HPO God I made my sorrows known, -1- From God I sought relief; In long complaints before his throne I pour'd out all my grief. 2 My soul was overwhelmed with woes, My heart began to break ; My God, who all my burdens knows, He knows the way I take. 3 On every side I cast mine eye, And found my helpers gone, While friends and strangers pass'd me by Neglected and unknown. 4 Then did I raise a louder cry, And call'd thy mercy near, 1 Thou art my portion when I die, * Be thou my refuge here.' 5 Lord, I am brought exceeding low, Now let thine ear attend, And make my foes who vex me know I've an almighty Friend. 6 From my sad prison set me free, Then shall I praise thy name, And holy men shall join with me Thy kindness to proclaim. Q/i (Psalm 89. 1st Part. CM.) «**• The Faithfulness of God. 1 TI/IT never-ceasing song shall show lTX The mercies of the Lord, And make succeeding ages know How faithful is his word. 2 The sacred truths his lips pronounce Shall firm as heaven endure ; 58 OF GOD. 35 And if he speak a promise once, Th' eternal grace is sure. 3 How long the race of David held The promis'd Jewish throne ! But there's a nobler covenant sealed To David's greater Son. 4 His seed for ever shall possess A throne above the skies ; The meanest subject of his grace Shall to that glory rise. 5 Lord God of Hosts, thy wondrrous ways Are sung by saints above ; And saints on earth their honours raise To tliine unchanging love. ok (Psalm 146. L. M.) DO. praise to God for his Goodness and Tndk. 1 13RAISE ye the Lord, my heart shall join -*• In work so pleasant, so divine, Now, while the flesh is mine abode, And when my soul ascends to God. 2 Praise shall employ my noblest powers, While immortality endures ; My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last. 3 Why should I make a man my trust ? Princes must die and turn to dust ; Their breath departs, their pomp and power, And thoughts, all vanish in an hour. 4 Happy the man whose hopes rely On Israel's God : he made the sky, And earth and seas with all their train, And none shall find his promise vain. 5 His truth for ever stands secure ; He saves th' opprest, he feeds the poor ; He sends the labouring conscience peace, And grants the prisoner sweet release. 6 The Lord hath eyes to give the blind ; The Lord supports the sinking mind ; He helps the stranger in distress, The widow and the fatherless. 7 He loves his saints, he knows them well,. But turns the wicked down to hell ; Thy God, O Zion, ever reigns ; Praise him in everlasting strains. 69 39, 40 PERFECTIONS 39 (Hymn 167. B. 2. L. M.) The Divine Perfections. 1 C* RE AT God, thy glories shall employ *-* My holy fear, my humble joy ; My lips in songs of honour bring Their tribute to th/ eternal King. 2 [Earth and the stars and worlds unknown Depend precarious on his throne ; All nature hangs upon his word, And grace and glory own their Lord.} 3 [His sovereign power what mortal knows ? If he commands who dare oppose ? With strength he girds himself around, And treads the rebels to the ground.] 4 [Who shall pretend to teach him skill ? Or guide the counsels of his will ? His wisdom like a sea divine Flows deep and high beyond our line.] 5 [His name is holy, and his eye Barns with immortal jealousy ; He hates the sons of pride, and sheds His fiery vengeance on their heads.] 6 [The beamings of his piercing sight Bring dark hypocrisy to light ; Deatn and destruction naked lie, And hell uncover'd to his eye.] 7 [Th' eternal law before him stands ; His justice with impartial hands Divides to all their due reward, Or by the sceptre or the sword.} 8 [His mercy like a boundless sea Washes our load of guilt away, While his own Son came down and died T' engage his justice on our side.] 9 [Each of his words demands my faith, My soul can rest on all he saith ; His truth inviolably keeps The largest promise of his lips.] 10 O tell me with a gentle voice? Thou art my God, and 111 rejoice ! Fill'd with thy love, I dare proclaim The brightest honours of thy name. AC\ (Hymn 168. B. 2. L. M.) *v# The same. 1 TEHOVAH reigns, his throne is high, ** His robes are light and majesty ; OF GOD. 41, 42 His glory shines with beams so bright, No mortal can sustain the sight. I His terrors keep the world in awe, His justice guards his holy law, His love reveals a smiling face, His truth and promise seal the grace. S Through all his works his wisdom shines, And baffles Satan's deep designs ; His power is sovereign to fulfil The noblest counsels of his will. 4 And will this glorious Lord descend To be my father and my friend ! Then let my songs with angels join ; Heaven is secure if God be mine. 4|# (Hymn 169. B. 2. 148th M.) The Divine Perfections. i PT1 HE 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. 5 Through all his ancient works Surprising wisdom shines, Confoands the powers of hell, And breaks their curs'd designs : Strong is his arm, And shall fulfil His great decrees. His sovereign will. 4 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. 42. (Hymn 170. B. 2. L. M.) God Incomprehensible and Sovereign. 1 /""*AN creatures to perfection find* ^ Th' eternal linnrftatnd mind ? 63 Th' eternal uncreated mind ? * Job xi. 7. 43 Or can the largest stretch of thought Measure and search his nature out ? 2 'Tis high as heaven, 'tis deep as hell, And what can mortals know or tell ? His glory spreads beyond the sky, And all the shining worlds on high. 3 But man, vain man, would fain be wise, Born like a wild young colt he flies Through all the follies of his mind, And smells, and snuffs the empty wind. 4 God is a King of power unknown, Firm are the orders of his throne ; If he resolve, who dare oppose, Or ask him why, or what he does ? 5 He wounds the heart, and he makes whole ; He calms the tempest of the soul ; When he shuts up in long despair, , : s Who can remove the heavy bar ? | X 6 *He frowns, and darkness veils the moon, The fainting sun grows dim at noon ; fThe pillars of heavVs starry roof Tremble and start at his reproof. 7 He gave the vaulted heaven its form, The crooked serpent, and the worm ; He breaks the billows with his breath, And smites the sons of pride to death. 8 These are a portion of his ways, But who shall dare describe his face? Who can endure his light ? or stand To hear the thunders of his hand ? 43 (Hymn 87. B. 2. C. M.) * The Divine Glories above our Reason. 1 TTOW wonderous great, how glorious bright -"- Must our Creator be, Who dwells amidst the dazzling light Of vast infinity ! 2 Our soaring spirits upward rise Tow'rd the celestial throne, Fain would we 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 groveling reason lies ! * Job xxv. 5. t J°h xxvi. 11, &c. 64 44 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 labouring tongue ; In vain the highest seraph tries To form an equal song. $ [In humble notes our faith adjres The great my sterious King, While angels strain their nobler powers, And sweep th' immortal string.] a a (Psalm 36. 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 9. C. M.) *«• Practical Atheism exposed; or, the Being and Attributes of God asserted. 1 "117'HILE men grow bold in wicked ways, ** And yet a God they own, My heart within me often says, •Their thoughts believe there's none.' 2 Their thoughts and ways at once declare (Whate'er their lips profess) God hath no wrath for them to fear, Nor will they seek his grace. 3 What strange self-flattery blinds their eyes! Butthere's an hast'ning hour When they shall see with sore surprise The terrors of thy power. 4 Thy justice shall maintain its throne, Though mountains melt away ; Thy judgments are a world unknown, A deep unfathom'd sea. 5 Above the heaven's created rounds, Thy mercies, Lord, extend ; Thy truth outlives the narrow bounds Where time and nature end. 6 Safety to man thy goodness brings, Nor overlooks the beast ; Beneath the shadow of thy wings, Thy children choose to rest. 7 [From thee, when creature-streams run low, And mortal comforts die, Perpetual springs of life shaH flow, And raise our pleasures high. € Though all created light decay, And death close up our eyes, 65 6* 4&, 46 PERFECTIONS Thy presence makes eternal day Where clouds can never rise. ] 4 r (Psalm 36. ver. 1—7. S. M.) ^^•The Wickedness of Man, and the Majesty of God ; or, practical Atheism exposed* 1 TyHEN man grows bold in sin, *^ My heart within me cries, ' He hath no faith of God within, Nor fear before his eyes.' 2 [He walks a while conceal'd In a self-flattering dream, Till his dark crimes at once reveal'd Expose his hateful name.] 3 His heart is false and foul, His words are smooth and fair ; Wisdom is banish'd from his soul, \ n-5 "ilF And leaves no goodness there. 4 He plots upon his bed, New mischiefs to fulfil ; He sets his heart, and hands, and head. To practise all that's ill. 5 But there's a dreadful God, Though men renounce his fear : His justice hid behind the cloud Shall one great day appear. 6 His truth transcends the sky ; In heaven his mercies dwell : Deep as the sea his judgments lie, His anger burns to hell. 7 How excellent his love, Whence all our safety springs ! O never let my soul remove From underneath his wings. in (Psalm 115. IstM.) 'ID. 7%e true God our Refuge; or, Idolum reproved. 1 TVTOT to ourselves, who are but dust, ■*• * Not to ourselves is glory due, Eternal God, thou only just, Thou only gracious, wise and true. 2 Shine forth in all thy dreadful name j ' Why should a heathen's haughty tongue Insult ns, and to raise our shame Say, * Where's the God you've serv'd so lon$ f 3 The God we serve maintains his throne Above the clouds, beyond the skies, 66 OF GOD. 47 Through all the earth his will is done, He knows our groans, be hears our cries. 4 But the vain idols they adore Are senseless shapes of stone and wood ; At best a mass of glittering- ore, A silver saint, or golden god. 5 [With eyes and ears they carve their head, Deaf are their ears, their eyes are blind ; In vain are costly offerings made, And vows are scattered in. the wind. 6 Their feet were never made to move, ..*oA Nor hands to save when mortals pray ; Mortals that pay them fear or love Seem to be blind and deaf as they.} 7 O Israel, make the Lord thy hope, Thy help, thy refuge, and thy rest ; *T* The Lord shall build thy ruins up, And bless the people and the priest. 8 The dead no more can speak thy praise, They dwell in silence and the grave ; But we shall live to sing thy grace, And tell the world thy power to save. mij (Psdml35. CM.) * * • Praise due to God, net to Idols. 1 A WAKE, ye saints ; to praise your King, -**■ Your sweetest passions raise, Your pious pleasure, while you sing, Increasing with the praise. 2 Great is the Lord ; and works unknown Are his divine employ ; But still his saints are near his throne, His treasure and his joy. 3 Heaven, earth, and sea, confess his hand; He bids the vapours rise ; Lightning and storm at his command Sweep through the sounding skies. 4 All power that gods or longs have claim'd, Is found with him alone ; But heathen gods should ne'er be nam'd Where our Jehovah's known. 5 Which of the stocks or stones they trust Can give them showers of rain ? In vain they worship glittering dust, And pray to gold in va»n. 67 ■ 48, 49 PERFECTIONS 6 {Their gods have tongues that cannot talk, Such as their makers gave : Their feet were ne'er design'd to walk, Nor hands have power to save. 7 Blind are their eyes, their ears are deaf, Nor hear when mortals pray ; Mortals, that wait for their relief, Are blind and deaf as they.] € Ye saints adore the living God, Serve him with faith and fear ; He makes the churches his abode, And claimsyour honours there. * o {Psalin 103, ver. 19—22. 3d Part. S. M.) *°* God's universal Dominion; or, Angels praise the Lord. 1 ^I^HE Lord, the sovereign King, •*- Hath fix'd his throne on high ; O'er all the heavenly world he rules, And all beneath the sky. 1 Ye angels, great in might, And swift to do his will, Bless ye the Lord, whose voice ye hear, Whose pleasure ye fulfil. S Let the bright hosts who wait The orders of their King, And guard his churches when they pray, Join in the praise they sing. 4 While all his wonderous works, Through his vast kingdom show Their Maker's glory, thou, my soul, Shalt sing his graces too. A q {Hymn 27. B. 2. L. M.) *±XJ. Praise ye fom, all his Angels. Ps. cxlviii, T. 1 rjOD ! the eternal awful name " That the whole heavenly army fears, That shakes the wide creation's frame, And Satan trembles When he hears. 2 Like flames of fire his servants are. And light surrounds his dwelling-place ; But, O ye fiery flames, declare The brighter glories of Ids face. 3 'Tis not for such poor worms as we To speak so infinite a thing, But your immortal eyes survey The beauties of your sovereign King. OF GOD. 50, 51 4 Tell how he shows his smiling face, And clothes all heaven in bright array ; Triumph and joy run through the place, aff S And songs eternal as the day. 5 Speak, (for you feel his burning love) What zeal it spreads through all your frame : That sacred fire dwells all above, For we on earth have lost the name. 6 [Sing of his power and justice too, That infinite right hand of his That vanquished Satan and his crew, ^ » . When thunder drove them down from bliss.] 7 [What mighty storms of poison'd darts Were hurlrd upon the rebels there ! What deadly javelins nail'd their hearts Fast to the racks of long despair !] 8 [Shout to your King, you heavenly host, You that beheld the sinking foe ; Firmly ye stood when they were lost; " ,v . Praise the rich grace that kept you so.] 9 Proclaim his wonders from the skies, , .'„ i Let every distant nation hear ; And while you sound his lofty praise, Let humble mortals bow and fear. 5Q (Psalm 86. ver. 8—13. C. M.) A general Song of Praise to God. * \f I 1 A MO N G the princes, earthly gods, <£*• There's none hath power divine ; Nor is their nature, mighty Lord, Nor are their works Eke thine. 2 The nations thou hast made shall bring Their offerings round thy throne ; For thou alone dost wonderous things, For thou art God alone. 3 Lord, I would walk with holy feet: Teach me thine heavenly ways, And mypoor scatter'd thoughts unite ' * _ . In God my father's praise. 4 Great is thy mercy, and my tongue Shall those sweet wonders tell, How by thy grace my sinking &'a6 Rose from the deeps of heP. 51 (Hymn 71. B. 2. CM.) Praise to God from all Creatu «. 1 rpHE glories of my Maker, God, -1- My joyful vowe shall sing, 69 52 PERFECTIONS And call the nations to adore Their Former and their King. 2 'Twas his right hand that shap'd our clay, And wrought this human frame, But from his own immediate breath Our nobler spirits came. 3 We bring our mortal powers to God, And worship with our tongues : We claim some kindred with the skies, And join th' angelic songs. 4 Let groyeling beasts of every shape, And fowls of every wing, And rocks, and trees, and fires, and seas, Their various tribute bring. & Ye planets, to his honour shine, And wheels of nature roll, Praise him in your unwearied coarse Around the steady pole. 6 The brightness of our Maker's name The wide creation fills. And his unbounded grandeur flies Beyond the heavenly hills. 50 (Psalm 148. P. M.) Praise to God from all Creatora. I VE 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 Begin the song, f Thou sun with dazzling rays, And moon that rules the night, Shine to your Maker|s praise, With stars of twinkling light ; His power declare, Ye floods on high, And clouds that fly In empty air. 3 The shining worlds above In glorious order stand, Or m swift courses move By his supreme command : He spake the word, And all their frame From nothing came To praise the Lord. 4 He mov'd their mighty wheels lu unknown ages past, And each his word fulfils While time and nature last: 70 OF GOD. 5$ In different ways His works proclaim His wonderous name, And speak his praise. PAUSE. 5 Let all the earth-born race, \J And monsters of the deep5 The fish that cleave the seas, Or in their bosom sleep, From sea and shore Their tribute pay, And still display Their Maker's power. 6 Ye vapours, hail, and snow, Praise ye th' almighty Lord, And stormy winds that blow To execute his word : When lightnings shine, Or thunders roar, Let earth adore His hand divine. 7 Ye mountains near the skies, With lofty cedars there? And trees of humbler size That fruit in plenty bear ; Beasts wild and tame, Birds, flies, and worms In various forms Exalt his name. 8 Ye kings, and judges? fear The Lord, the sovereign King ; And while you rule us here, His heavenly honours sing: Nor let the dream Of power and state Make you forget His power supreme. 9 Virgins, and youths, engage To sound his praise divine, While infancy and age Their feebler voices join : Wide as he reigns His name be sung By every tongue In endless strains. 10 Let all the nations fear The God that rules above ; He brings his people near And makes them taste his love : While earth and skv Attempt his praise, His saints shall raise His honours high. r« (Psalm U8. Paraphrased. L. M.) ^*** Universal Praise to God. 1 T OUD halleluiahs to the Lord, •" From distant worlds where creatures dwell * Let heaven begin the solemn word, And sound it dreadful down to hell. Note, This psalm may be sung to the tune of th& 71 53 PERFECTIONS dd \mh or 127*/* p3ctlm, if these tioo lines be added to every stanza, namely, Each of his works his name displays, But they can ne'er fulfil the praise. Otherwise it must be sung to the usual times of the Long Metre. 2 The Lord! how absolute he reigns ! Let ev'ry angel bend the knee ; Sing of his love in heavenly strains, And speak how fierce his terrors be. 5 High on a throne his glories dwell, An awful throne of shining bliss : Fly through the world, 0 sun, and tell How dark thy beams compar'd to his. 4 Awake, ye tempests, and his fame In sounds of dreadful praise declare ; And the sweet whisper of his name Fill every gentler breeze of air. A Let clouds, and winds, and waves agree To join their praise with blazing fire ; Let the firm earth, and rolling sea. In this eternal song conspire. 6 Ye flowery plains, proclaim his skill ; Valleys, lie low before his eye : And let his praise from every hill Rise tuneful to the neighbouring sky. 7 Ye stubborn oaks, and stately pines, Bend your high branches and adore : Praise him, ye beasts, in different strains ; The lamb must bleat, the lion roar. 8 Birds, ye must make his praise your theme, Nature demands a song from you ; While the dumb fish that cut the stream Leap up, and mean his praises too. 9 Mortals, can you refrain your tongue, When nature all around you sings ! O for a shout from old and young, From humble swains, and lofty kings ! 10 Wide as. his vast dominion lies Make the Creator's name be knpwn ; Loud as his thunder shout his praise, And sound it lofty as his throne. Mvine Providence in Air, Earth, and Stmt or, the God of Nature and Grace. I HE God of our salvation hears The groans of Sion mix'd with tears ; Yet when he comes with kind designs, Through all the way his terror shines. 2 On him the race of man depends, Far as the earth's remotest ends, Where the Creator's name is known By nature's feeble light alone. 3 Sailors, that travel o'er the flood, Address their frighted souls to God, When tempests rage and billows roar At dreadful distance from the shore. 4 He bids the noisy tempests cease ; He calms the raging crowd to peace, When a tumultuous" nation raves Wild as the winds, and loud as waves. 82 T PROVIDENCE. 69 5 Whole kingdoms shaken by the storm He settles in a peaceful form ; Mountains establish'd by his hand Firm on their old foundations stand. 6 Behold his ensigns sweep the sky, New comets blaze and lightnings fly, The heathen lands, with swift surprise, From the bright horrors turn their eyes. 7 At his command the morning ray- Smiles in the east and leads the day ; He guides the sun's declining wheels Over the tops of western hills. 8 Seasons and times obey his voice ; The evening and the morn rejoice To see the earth made soft with showers, Laden with fruit and drest in flowers. 9 'Tis from his watery stores on high, He gives the thirsty ground supply ; He walks upon the clouds, and thence Doth his enriching drops dispense. 10 The desert grows a fruitful field, Abundant food the valleys yield ; The valleys shout with cheerful voice, And neighb'ring hills repeat their joys. 11 The pastures smile in green array, There lambs and larger cattle play ; The larger cattle and the lamb Each in his language speaks thy name. 12 Thy works pronounce thy power divine ; O'er every field thy glories shine ; Through every month thy gifts appear ; Great God ! thy goodness crowns the year. /»q (Psalm 107. 4th Part. L. M.) W* Deliverance from Storms and Shipwreck ; or, the Seaman's Song. 1 TffOULD you behold the works of God, ™ " His wonders in the world abroad, Go with the mariners, and trace The unknown regions of the seas. 2 They leave their native shores behind, And seize the favour of the wind, Till God commands and tempests rise That heave the ocean to the skies. 3 Now to the heavens they mount amain. Now sink to dreadful deeps again ; 70 CREATION AND What strange affrights young sailors feel, And like a staggering drunkard reel ! 4 When land is far, and death is nigh, Lost to all hope, to God they cry ; His mercy hears the loud address, And sends salvation in distress. 5 He bids the winds their wrath assuage, The furious waves forget their rage ; 'Tis calm, and sailors smile to see The haven where they wish'd to be. 6 0 may the sons of men record The wond'rous goodness of the Lord ! Let them their private offerings bring, And in the church his glory sing. 7rt (Psalm 107. 4th Part. C. M.) * V* The Mariner's Psalm. 1 PT*HY works of glory, mighty Lord, -*- Thy wonders in the deeps, The sons of courage shall record, Who trade in floating ships. 2 At thy command the winds arise, And swell the tow'ring waves ; The men astonish'd mount the skies, And sink in gaping graves. S [Again they climb the watery hills, And plunge in deeps again ; Each like a tottering drunkard reels, And finds his courage vain. 4 Frighted to hear the tempest roar, They pant with fluttering breath, And, hopeless of the distant shore, Expect immediate death.] 5 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, He hears their loud request, And orders silence through the skies, And lays the floods to rest. 6 Sailors rejoice to lose their fears, And see the storm allay'd : Now to their eyes the port appears ; There let their vows be paid. 7 'Tis God that brings them safe to land ; Let stupid mortals know That waves are under his command, And all the winds that blow. 8 0 that the sons of men would praise The goodness of the Lord ' 84 PROVIDENCE. 71, 72 And those that see thy wond'rous ways, Thy wond'rous love record ! m * (Hymn 109. B. 2. L. M.) ' l • The Darkness of Providence, 1 T ORD, we adore thy vast designs, ■*-' The obscure abyss of providence, Too deep to sound with mortal lines, Too dark to view with feeble sense. 2 Now thou array'st thine awful face In angry frowns, without a smile j We through the cloud believe thy grace, Secure of thy compassion still. 3 Through seas and storms of deep distress We sad by faith and not by sight ; Faith guides us in the wilderness Tlirough all terrors of the the night. 4 Dear Father, if thy lifted rod Resolve to scourge us here below, Still let us lean upon our God, Thine arm shall bear us safely through. 79 (Psalm 73. S. M.) * ^' The Mystery of Providence unfolded. 1 mJRE there's a righteous God, *^ Nor is religion vain, Though men of vice may boast aloud, And men of grace complain. 2 I saw the wicked rise, And felt my heart repine, While haughty fools with scornful eyes In robes of honour shine. 3 (Pamper'd with wanton ease, Their flesh looks full and fair^ Their wealth rolls in like flowing seas, And grows without their care. 4 Free from the plagues and pains That pious soufe endure, Through all their life oppression reigns, And racks the humble poor. 5 Their impious tongues blaspheme The everlasting God ; Their malice blasts the good man's And spreads then lies abroad. 6 But I with flowing tears Indulg'd my doubts to rise ; lIs there a God that sees or hears 1 The things below the skies V\ 85 8 73 CREATION AND 7 The tumults of my thought Held me in hard suspense, Till to thy house my feet were brought To learn thy justice thence. 8 Thy word with light and power Did my mistakes amend ; I view'd the sinner's life before, But here I learnt their end. 9 On wliat a slippery steep The thoughtless wretches go ; And O that dreadful fiery deep That waits their fall below ! 10 Lord, at thy feet I bow, My thoughts no more repine ; I call my God my portion now, And all my powers arc thine. 73 _• _: (Psalm 73. 1st Part. C. M. ) N' Afflicted Saints happy, and prosperous Sit* ners cursed. OW I'm convinc'd the Lord is kind To men of heart sincere, Yet once my foolish thoughts repin'd, And border'd on despaj-. I griev'd to see the wicked thrive, And spoke with angry breath, ' How pleasant and profane they live ! * How peaceful is their death ! ' With wll-fed flesh and haughty eyes 1 They lay their fears to sleep : 1 Against the heavens their slanders rise, ' While saints in silence weep. 1 In vain I lift my hands to pray, ' And cleanse my heart in vain, 1 For I am chasten'd all the day, 4 The night renews my pain. * Yet while my tongue inddg'd complaint^ * I felt my heart reprove ; * Sure I shall thus offend thy saints, * And grieve the men I love.' But still I found my doubts too hard, The conflict too severe, Till I retir'd to search thy word, And learn thy secrets there. .There, as in some prophetic glass, I saw the sinner's feet 86 PROVIDENCE. 74 High mounted on a slippery place, Beside a fiery pit. 8 I heard the wretch profanely boast, Till at thy frown he fell ; His honours in a dream were lost. And he awakes in hell. 9 Lord, what an envious fool I was ! How like a thoughtless beast ! Thus to suspect thy promis'd grace, And think the wicked blest. 10 Yet I was kept from fell despair, Upheld by power unknown ; That blessed hand that broke the snare Shall guide me to thy throne. fVA (Psalm 9. ver. 12. 2d Part. C. M.) ' *• The Wisdom and Equity of Providence. 1 TffHEN the great Judge, supreme and just, * * Shall once inquire for blood, The humble souls, that mourn in dust, Shall find a faithful God. 2 He from the dreadful gates of death Does his own children raise : In Zion's gates, with cheerful breath, They sing their Father's praise. 3 His foes shall fall with heedless feet Into the pit they made ; And sinners perish in the net That their own hands have spread. 4 Thus by thy judgments, mighty God ! Are thy deep counsels known ; When men of mischief are destroy'd, The snare must be their own. PAUSE. 5 The wicked shall sink down to hell ; Thy wrath devour the lands That dare forget thee, or rebel Against thine own commands. 6 Though saints to sore distress are brought, And wait and long complain, Their cries shall never be forgot, Nor shall their hopes be vain. / [Rise, great Redeemer, from thy seat To judge and save the poor ; Let nations tremble at thy feet, And man prevail no more, 87 75, 76 CREATION AND 8 Thy thunder shall affright the proud, And put their hearts to pain, Make them confess that thou art God, And they but feeble men.] •y c (Psalm 36. ver. 5—9. L. M. ) • °'The Perfections and Providence of God; or general Providence and special Grace. 1 TTIGH 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 For ever firm thy justice stands, As mountains then* foundations keep ; Wise are the wonders of thy hands ; Thy judgments are a mighty deep. 3 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 mercy like a river flows, And brings salvation to our taste. 6 Life, like a fountain rich and free. Springs from the presence of the Lord ; And in thy light our souls shall see The glories promis'd in thy word. fjn (Psalm 147. 1st Part. L. M.) ' °# The Divine Nature, Providence, and Grace, 1 T> RAISE ye the Lord ; 'tis good to raise * Our hearts and voices in his praise ; His nature and his works invite To make this duty our delight. 2 The Lord builds up Jerusalem, And gathers nations to his name ; His mercy melts the stubborn soul, And makes the broken spirit whole. 3 He form'd the stars, those heavenly flames, He counts their numbers, calls their names : His wisdom's vast, and knows no bound, A deep where all our thoughts are drown'd. PROVIDENCE. 77 4 Great is our Lord, and great his might; And all his glories infinite : He crowns the meek, rewards the just, And treads the wicked to the dust. PAUSE. 5 Sing to the Lord, exalt him high, Who spreads his clouds all round the sky ; There he prepares the fruitful rain, Nor lets the drops descend in vain. 6 He makes the grass the hills adorn, And clothes the smiling fields with corn ; The beasts with food his hands supply, And the young ravens when they cry. 7 What is the creature's skill or force, The sprightly man, the warlike horse, The nimble wit, the active limb ? All are too mean delights for him. 8 But saints are lonely in his sight ; He views his children with delight : He sees their hope, he knows their fear, And looks and loves his image there. mm (Psalm 136. Abridged. L. M.) ' • • God's Wonders of Creation. Providence, Redemption and Salvation. 1 |^SIV"E to our God immortal praise ; *-* Mercy and truth are all his ways : ' Wonders of grace to God belong, ' Repeat Ids mercies in your song.' 2 Give to the Lord of lords renown, The King of kings with glory crown ; ' His mercies ever shall endure, ' When' lords and kings are known 'no more.' 3 He built the earth, he spread the sky, And fix'd the starry lights on high : ' Wonders of grace to God belong, ' Repeat his mercies in your song.' 4 He fills the sun with morning light, He bids the moon direct the night : * His mercies ever shall endure, ' When' suns and moons shall shine ' no more.' 5 The Jews he freed from Pharaoh's hand, And brought them to the promis'd land : ' Wonders of grace to God belong, 1 Repeat his mercies in your song.' 6 He saw the Gentiles dead in sin, And felt his pity work within: 89 8* W1 78, 79 CREATION AND ' His mercies ever shall endure, * When' death and sin shall reign f no more.' 7 He sent his Son with power to save From guilt, and darkness, and the erave : * Wonders of grace to God belong, * Repeat his mercies in your song.' 8 Through this vain world he guides our feet, And leads us to his heavenly seat: ' His mercies ever shall endure, 1 When' this vain world shall be 'no more.* 70 (Psalm 68. v. 19, 9, 20—22. SdPart. L. M.) • °* Praise for temporal Blessings; or, common and spiiitual Mercies. "E bless the Lord, the just, the good, Who fills our hearts with joy and food j Who pours his blessings from the skies, And loads our days with rich supplies. 2 He sends the sun his circuit round To cheer the fruits, to warm the ground ; He bids the clouds, with plenteous rain, Refresh the thirsty earth again. S 'Tis to his care we owe our breath, And all our near escapes from death : Safety and health to God belong ; He helps the weak, and guards the strong. 4 He makes the saint and sinner prove The common blessings of his love ; But the wide difference that remains Is endless joy, or endless pains. 5 The Lord, that bruis'd the serpent's head, On all the serpent's seed shall tread ; The stubborn sinner's hope confound, And smite him with a lasting wound. 6 But his right hand Ins saints shall raise From the deep earth or deeper seas ; And bring them to his courts above, There shall they taste his special love. 7Q (Psalm 57. L.M.) • •*• Praise for Protection, Grace and Truth. 1 TlffY God, in whom are all the springs ■*•"■*• Of boundless love, and grace unknown, Hide me beneath thy spreading wings Till Hie dark cloud is overblown, f Up to the heavens I send my cry, The Lord will my desires perform ; 90 PROVIDENCE. 80 He sends his angel 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. 4 My heart is fix'd ; my song shall raise Immortal honours 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. on (Psalm 104. L. M.) ou» The Glory of God in Creation and Provi- dence. 1 TVfY soul thy great Creator praise ; ±tX When cloth'd in his celestial rays He in full majesty appears, And, like a robe, his glory wears. Note, This Psalm may be sung to the tune of the old 112th or 121th Psalm, by adding these two lines to every stanza, namely, Great is the Lord ; what tongue can frame An equal honour to his name ? Otherwise it must be sung as the 100th Psalm. 2 The heavens are for his curtains spread, The unfathom'd 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 fires ; And swift as thought their armies move To bear his vengeance, or his love. 4 The world's foundations by his hand Are pois'd, and shall for ever stand ; He binds the ocean in his chain, Lest it should drown the- earth again. 5 When eartii was cover'd with the flood, Which high above the mountains stood, 91 80 CREATION AND He thunder'd, and the ocean fled, Confin'd to its appointed bed. 6 The swelling billows know their bound, And in their channels walk their round ; Yet thence convey'd by secret veins, They spring on hills and drench the plains. 7 He bids the crystal fountains flow, And cheer the valleys as they go : Tame heifers there their thirst allay, And for the stream wild asses bray. 8 From pleasant trees which shade the brink, The lark and linnet light to drink j Their songs the lark and linnet raise, And chide our silence in his praise. PAUSE I. 9 God, from his cloudy cistern, pours On the parch'd earth enriching showers ; The grove, the garden, and the field, A thousand joyful blessings yield. 10 He makes the grassy food arise. And gives the cattle large supplies ; With herbs for man, of various power, To nourish nature, or to cure. 11 What noble fruit the vines produce ! The olive yields a shining juice ; Our hearts are cheer'd with gen'rous wise, With inward joy our faces shine. 12 0 bless his name, ye nations, fed With nature's chief supporter, bread ; While bread your vital strength imparts, Serve him with vigour in your hearts. PAUSE II. 13 Behold the stately cedar stands, Rais'd in the forest by his hands ; Birds to the boughs for shelter fly, And build their nests secure on high. 14 To craggy hills ascends the goat, And at the airy mountain's loot The feebler creatures make their cell ; He gives them wisdom where to dwell. 15 He sets the sun his circling race, Appoints the moon to change her face ; And when thick darkness veils the day, Calls out wild beasis to hunt their prey. 16 Fierce lions lead their young abroad, And roaring ask their meat from God; 92 PROVIDENCE. 80 But when the morning-beams arise, The savage beast to covert flies. 17 Then man to daily labour goes ; The night was made for his repose : Sleep is thy gift ; that sweet relief From tiresome toil and wasting grief. 18 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. 19 Nor less thy glories in the deep, Where fish in millions swim and creep, With wonderous motions, swift or slow, Still wandering in the paths below. 20 There ships^divide their watery way, And flocks of scaly monsters play ; There dwells the huge Leviathan, And foams and sports in spite of man. PAUSE III. 21 Vast are thy works, almighty Lord, All nature rests upon thy word, And the whole race of creatures stands, Waiting their portion from thy hands. 22 While each receives his different food, Their cheerful looks pronounce it good ; Eagles and bears, and whales and worms, Rejoice and praise in different forms. 29 But when thy face is hid, they mourn, And dying to their dust return ; Both man and beast their souls resign, Life, breath, and spirit, all are thine. 24 Yet thou canst breathe on dust again, And fill the world with beasts and men ; A word of thy creating breath Repairs the waste of time and death. 25 His works, the wonders of his might, Are honour'd with his own delight : How awful are his glorious ways ! The Lord is dreadful in his praise. 26 The earth stands trembling at thy stroke, And at thy touch the mountains smoke; Yet humble souls may see thy face, And tell their wants to sovereign grace. 27 In thee my hopes and wishes meet, And make my meditations sweet : Thy praises shall my breath employ, Till it expire in endless joy. 93 81, 82 THE FALL. 28 While haughty sinners die accurst, ' i Their glory buried with their dust, I, to my God, my heavenly King, Immortal hallelujahs sing. « j (Psalm 78. 1st Part. C. M.) ° l * Providences of God recorded ; or, pious Education and Instruction of Children. 1 T ET children hear the mighty deeds, *-* Which God perform'd of old, Which in our younger years we saw, And which our fathers told. 2 He bids us make his glories known, His works of power and grace ; And we'll convey his wonders down Through every rising race. 3 Our lips shall tell them to our sons, And they again to theirs, That generations yet unborn May teach them to their heirs. 4 Thus shall they learn in God alone, Their hope securely stands, That they may ne'er forget his works, But practise his commands ! THE FALL. QO (Hymn 57. B. 1. C. M.) &"• Original Sin; or, the first and second Adam, Rom. v. 12. Psalm h. 5. Job xiv. 4. 1 T> ACKWARD with humble shame we look, ■" On our original ; How is our nature dash'd and broke In our first father's fall ! 2 To all that's good averse and blind, But prone to all that's ill ; What dreadful darkness veils our mind ! How obstinate our will ! 3 [Conceiv'd in sin (O wretched state !) Befoi'e we draw our breath, The first young pulse begins to beat Iniquity and death. 4 How strong in our degenerate blood, The old corruption reigns, And, mingling with the crooked flood, Wanders through all our veins !] THE FALL. 83, 84 5 [Wild and unwholesome as the root Will all the branches be ; How can we hope for living fruit From such a deadly tree 7 6 What mortal power from things unclean Can pure productions bring / Who can command a vital stream From an infected spring?] 7 Yet, mighty God, thy wonderous love Can make our nature clean, While Christ and grace prevail above The tempter, death, and sin. 8 The second Adam shall restore The ruins of the first^ Hosanna to that sovereign power That new-creates our dust. 00 (Hymn 124. B. I. L. M.) °«5, The first and second Mam, Rom. v. 12, &c 1 1T)EEP in the dust before thy throne, -"-^ Our guilt and our disgrace we own ; Great God, we own th' unhappy name Whence sprung our nature and our shame ; 2 Adam, the sinner : at his fall, Death like a conqu'ror seiz'd us all ; A thousand new-born babes are dead By fatal union to their head. 3 But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe Behold the terrors of thy law, We sing the honours of thy grace, That sent to save our ruin'd race. 4 We sing thine everlasting Son, Who jom'd our nature to his own ; Adam the second, from the dust Raises the ruins of the first. 5 [By the rebellion of one man Through all his seed, the mischief ran ; And by one man's obedience now Are all his seed made righteous too.] 6 Where sin did reign, and death abound, There have the sons of Adam found Abounding life ; there glorious grace Beigns through the Lord our righteousness. 0 m (Psalm 51. 2d Part. L. M.) °^* Original and actual Sin confessed. 1 T ORD, I am vile, conceiv'd in sin ; -J-4 And born unholy and unelean; 95 85 THE FALL. 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 defil'd in every part. 3 [Great God, create my heart anew, And form my spirit pure and true : O make me wise betimes to spy My danger and my remedy.] 4 Behold I fall before thy face ; My only refuge is thy grace: No outward forms can make me clean ; The leprosy lies deep within. 5 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. 6 Jesus, my God, thy blood alone Hath power sufficient to atone ; Thy blood can make me white as snow ; No Jewish types could cleanse me so. 7 While guilt disturbs and breaks my peace, Nor flesh, nor soul hath rest or ease ; Lord, let me hear thy pardoning voice, And make my broken bones rejoice. ok (Psalm 51. ver. 3—13. 1st Part. C. M.) 0tJ' Original and actual Sin confesssed and pardoned. 1 T ORD, I would spread my sore distress ■*-* And guilt before thine eyes ; Against thy laws, against thy grace, How high my crimes arise ! 2 Should'st thou condemn my soul to hell, And crush my flesh to dust, Heaven would approve thy vengeance well, And earth must own it just. 3 I from the stock of Adam came, Unholy and unclean; All my original is shame, And all my nature sin. 4 Born in a world of guilt, I drew Contagion with my breath : And, as my days advanc'd, I grew A juster prey for death. 96 THE FALL. 86, 87 5 Cleanse me, O Lord, and cheer my soul With thy forgiving love ; O, make my broken spirit whole, And bid my pains remove. 6 Let not thy Spirit quite depart, Nor drive me from thy face ; Create anew my vicious heart, And fill it with thy grace. 7 Then will I make thy mercy known Before the sons of men ; Backsliders shall address thy throne, And turn to God again. nn (Hymn 128. B. 2. CM.) ou# Corrupt Nature from Adam. 1 "OLESS'D with the joys of innocence, ■*-* Adam, our father, stood, 'Till he debas'd his soul to sense, And ate th' unlawful food. 2 Now we are born a sensual race, To sinful joys inclin'd ; Reason has lost its native place, And flesh enslaves the mind. S While flesh and sense and passion reigns, Sin is the sweetest good: We fancy music in our chains, And so forget the load. 4 Great God, renew our ruin'd frame, Our broken powers restore, Inspire us with a heavenly flame, And flesh shall reign no more. 5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law Upon our inward parts, And let the second Adam draw His image on our hearts. 07 (Psalm 14. 1st Part. C. M.) 0 • • By Nature all Men are Sinners. 1 T^OOLS in their hearts believe and say •*• ' That all religion's vain, ' There is no God that reigns on high, ' Or minds th' affairs of men.' 2 From thoughts so dreadful and profane Corrupt discourse proceeds ; And in their impious hands are found Abominable deeds. 3 The Lord from his celestial throne, Look'd down on things below, 97 9 88, 89 THE FALL. To find the man that sought his grace, Or did his justice know. 4 By nature all arc 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 us'd to speak deceit, Their slanders never cease ; How swift to mischief are their feet, Nor know the paths of peace ! i 6 Such seeds of sin (that hitter root) In every heart are found : Nor can they bear diviner fruit, Till grace refine the ground. no (Hymn 160. B. 2. L. M.) °°* Custom in Sin. 1 TET the wild leopards of the wood ■*-* Put off the spots that nature gives, Then may the wicked turn to God, And change their tempers and their lives. 2 As well might Ethiopian slaves Wash out the darkness of their skin : The dead as well may leave their graves As old transgressors cease to sin. 3 Where vice has held its empire long 'Twill not endure the least control ; None but a power divinely strong Can turn the current of the soul. 4 Great God, I own thy power divine, That works to change this heart of mine ; I would be form'd anew, and bless The wonders of creating grace. oq (Hymn 24. B. 2. L. M.) OJ'l,he Evil of Sin visible in the Fail of Angeh and Men. 1 TT'HEN the Great Builder arch'd the skies, ** And form'd all nature with a word, The joyful cherub tun'd his praise, And ev'ry bending throne ador'd. 2 High in the midst of all the throng, Satan, a tall archangel, sat, *Amongst the mornmg-stars he sung Till sin destroy 'd his heavenly state, * Job xxxviii. 7. 96 THE FALL. 90, 91 S PTwas sin that hurl'd him from his throne, Gvov'ling in fire the rebel lies : ' How art thou sunk in darkness down, * Son of the morning, from the skies !'* 4 And thus our two first parents stood Till sin defil'd the happy place ; They lost their gardeu and their God, And ruin'd all their unborn race. 5 ISo sprung the plague from Adam's bower, And spread destruction all abroad ; Sin, the curst name, that in one hour Spoil'd six days labour of a God. J 6 Tremble, my soul, and mourn for grief, That such a foe should seize thy breast ; Fly to thy Lord for quick relief ! O may he slay this treacherous guest ! 7 Then to thy throne victorious King, Then to thy throne our shouts shall rise, Thine everlasting arm we sing, For sin the monster bleeds and dies. Qn (Hymn 150. B. 2. C. M.) yu« The Deceitfulness of Sin. 1 ^IN has a thousand treacherous arts ^ To practise on the mind ; With flattering looks she tempts our hearts, But leaves a sting behind. 2 With names of virtue she deceives The aged and the young ; And while the heedless wretch believes, She makes his fetters strong. S She pleads for all the joys she brings, And gives a fair pretence ; But cheats the soul of heavenly things, And chains it down to sense. 4 So on a tree divinely fair Grew the forbidden food ; Our mother took the poison there, And tainted all her blood. ni (Hymn 153. B. 2. CM.) **1, The Distemper, Folly, and Madness of Sin. 1 OIN like a venomous disease ^ infects our vital blood ; The only balm is sovereign grace, And tne physician, God. * Isa. xiv. 12. 99 92 THE FALL. 2 Oar beauty and our strength are fled, And we draw near to death ; But Christ the Lord recalls the dead With Ms 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 j Such is the folly of the mind Till Jesus makes us wise. 5 We give our souls the wounds they feel, We drink the poisonous gall, And rush with fury down to hell ; But heaven prevents the fall.] 6 [The man possess'd among the tombs Cuts his own flesh, and cries ; He foams, and raves, till Jesus comes, And the foul spirit flies.] Q9 (Hymn 156. B. 2. C. M.) JA' Presumption and Despair; or, Safari's i rious Temptations. 1 T HATE the tempter and his charms, -*- I hate his flattering breath ; The serpent takes a thousand forms To cheat our souls to death. 2 He feeds our hopes with airy dreams, Or kills with slavish fear ; And holds us still in wide extremes, Presumption, or despair. 3 Now he persuades, ' Ho*v easy 'tis * To walk the road to heaven ;' Anon he swells our sins, and cries, ' They cannot be forgiven.' 4 [He bids young sinners, ' Yet forbear * To think of God or death ; ' For prayer and devotion are * But melancholy breath.' 5 He tells the aged, ' They must die, ' And 'tis too late to pray ; 'In vain for mercy now they cry, 1 For they have lost their day.'] 6 Thus he supports his cruel throne By mischief and deceit ; 100 THE FALL. 93, 94 And drags the sons of Adam down To darkness and the pit. 7 Almighty God, cut short his power, Let him in darkness dwell ; And, that he vex the earth no more, Confine him down to hell. no (Hymn 157. B. 2. C. M.) *JO' The same. 1 TVOW Satan comes with dreadful roar, ■*• * And threatens to destroy ; He worries whom he can't devour With a malicious joy. 2 Ye sons of God, oppose his rage, Resist, and he'll begone ; Thus did our dearest Lord engage And vanquish him alone. 3 Now he appears almost divine Like innocence and love, But the old serpent lurks within When he assumes the dove. 4 Fly from the false deceiver's tongue, Ye sons of Adam, fly ; Our parents found the snare too strong, Nor should the children try. qA (Hymn 158. B. 2. L.M.) •***• Few saved; or, the almost Christian, the Hypocrite and Apostate. 1 TJROAD is the road that leads to death, JL* And thousands walk together there : But wisdom shows a narrow path, With here and there a traveller. 2 * Deny thyself, and take thy cross ' Is the Redeemer's great command ; Nature must count her gold but dross, If she would gain this heavenly land. 5 The fearful soul that tires and faints, And walks the ways of God no more, Is but esteem'd almost a saint, And makes his own destruction sure. 4 Lord, let not all my hopes be vain ; Create my heart entirely new, Which hypocrites could ne'er attain, Which false apostates never knew. 101 9* 95, 96 SCRIPTURE. q c (Ps. 8. v. 3, &c. Paraphrased. 2d Part. L. M.) 'U'Adam and Christ, Lords of the Old and the A"eto Creation. 1 T ORD, what was man when made at first, -" Adam the offspring of the dust, That thou should'st set him and his race But just below an angel's place? 2 That thou should'st raise his nature so, And make him Lord of all below ; Make every beast and bird submit, And lay the fishes at his feet ? 3 But O, what brighter glories wait To crown the second Adam's state ! What honours shall thy Son adorn, Who condescended to be born ! 4 See him below his angels made, See him in dust amongst the dead, To save a ruin'd world from sin ; But he shall reign with power divine. 5 The world to come, redeem'd from all The miseries that attend the fall, New-made, and glorious, shall submit At our exalted Saviour's feet. SCRIPTURE. Qfi (Hymn 53. B. 1. L. M.) JD« The Holy Scriptures, Heb. i. 1. 2 Tim. ill. 15, 16. Psalm cxlvii. 19, 20. 1 f^iOD, who in various methods told " His mind and will to saints of old, Sent his own Son, with truth and grace, To teach us in these latter days. 2 Our nation reads the written word, The book of life, that sure record : The bright inheritance of heaven Is by the sweet conveyance given. 3 God's kindest thoughts are here express'd. Able to make us wise and bless'd ; The doctrines are divinely true, Fit lor reproof, and comfort too. 4 Ye nations all, who read his love, In long epistles from above, (He hath not sent his sacred word To every land) Praise ye the Lord. 102 SCRIPTURE. 97, 98 q« (Hymn 151. B. 2. L. M.) **'• Prophecy and Inspiration. 1 'HHWAS by an order from the Lord, -*- The ancient prophets spoke his word ; His spirit did their tongues inspire, And warm'd their hearts with heavenly fire. 2 The works and wonders which they wrought Confirm'd 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 hopes secure, This is thy word, and must endure. on (Hymn US. B.2. CM.) y »• The Holy Scriptures. 1 T ADEN with guilt and full of fears, "" I fly to thee, my Lord, And not a glimpse of hope appear* But in thy written word. 2 The volume of my Father's grace Does all my griefs assuage : Here I behold my Saviour's face Almost in every page. 3 [This is the field where hidden lies The pearl of price unknown, That merchant w divinely wise Who makes this pearl his own.] 4 [Here consecrated water flows To quench my thirst of sin ; Here the fair tree of knowledge grows, No 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. 6 O may thy counsels, mighty God, My rovong feet command ; Nor I forsake the happy road That leads to thy right hand. 103 99, 100 SCRIPTURE. qq (Psalm 19. L. M.) *'*'• The Books of Nature and of Sctipture com- pared ; ory the Glory and Sticcess of the Gospel. 1 ^T^HE 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 touch'd and glanc'd on every land. 4 Nor shall thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world thy truth has run ; Till Christ has all the nations blest 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. 6 Thy noblest wonders here we view In souls renew'd and sins forgiv'n : Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make thy word my guide to heaven. I nri (Psalm 1 9. To the tune of the 1 18th Ps. ) 1 VV. The Boohs of Nature and Scripture. 1 f^REAT God, the heaven's well-order'd 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 ight, Lectures of heavenly ms'iom read ; With silent eloquence th^.y raise Our thoughts to our Creutoi's praise, And neither sound nor language need. 3 Yet their divine instructions run Far as the journies of the sun, And every nation knows their voice : The sun, like some young bridegroom drest, Breaks from the chambers of the east, Rolls round, and makes the earth rejoice. 104 SCRIPTURE. 101 4 Where'er he spreads his heams abroad, He smiles and speaks his maker God ; All nature joins to show thy praise : - Thus God, in every creature snines ; Fair is the book of nature's lines, But fairer is thy book of grace. PAUSE. 5 I love the volumes of thy word ; What light and joy those leaves afford To souls benighted and distrest ! Thy precepts guide my doubtful way, Thy fear forbids my feet to stray, Thy promise leads my heart to rest 6 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 past, Appears so pleasing to the sight. 7 Thy threat'nings wake my slumbering eye*, 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. 8 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. t n -• (Psalm 119. 7th Part. C. M.) J \J I . Imperfection of JVaJwre, and Perftctim of Scripture. Ver. 96. Paraphrased. 1 T ET all the heathen writers join ■*-* To form one perfect book, Great God, if once compar'd with thine, How mean their writings look! 2 Not the most perfect rules they gave Could show one sin forgiven, Nor lead a step beyond the grave ; But thine conduct to heaven. 3 I've seen an end of what we call Perfection here below ; How short the powers of nature fall, And can no farther go ! 105 102 SCRIPTURE. 4 Yet men would fain be just with God By works their hands have wrought ; But thy commands, exceeding broad, Extend to every thought. 5 In vain we boast perfection here, While sin defiles our frame, And sinks our virtues down so far, They scarce deserve the name. 6 Our faith and love, and every grace, Fall far below thy word ; But perfect truth and righteousness Dwell only with the Lord. 1 /Art (Psalm 119. 4th Part. C. M.) iUZi. Instruction from Scripture. Ver, 9. TrOW shall the young secure their hearts, ■"- And guard their lives from sin? Thy word the choicest rules imparts To keep the conscience clean. Ver. 130. When once it enters to the mind, It apreads such light abroad, The meanest souls instruction find, And raise their thoughts to God. Ver. 105. ?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. Ver. 99, 100. The men that keep thy law with care, And meditate thy word, Grow wiser than their teachers are, And better know the Lord. Ver. 104. 113. Thy precepts make me truly wise : I hate the sinner's road ; I hate my own vain thoughts that rise, But love thy law, my God. Ver. 89*, 90, 91. [The starry heavens thy rule obey The earth maintains her place ; And these thy servants night and day Thy skill and power express : But still thy law and gospel, Lord, Have lessons more divine ; 106 SCRIPTURE. 103, 104 Not earth stands firmer than thy word, Nor stars so nobly shine.] Ver. 160. 140. 9. 116. Thy word is everlasting truth ; How pine is every page ! That holy book shall guide our youth, And well support our age. I no (Psalm 119. 5th Part. C. MJ IV O. Deusht in Scripture; or, the Word of God dwelling in its. Ver. 97. OHO W I love thy holy law ! 'Tis daily my delight ; And thence my meditations draw Divine advice by night. Ver. 148. My waking eyes prevent the day To meditate thy word ; My soul with longing melts away To hear thy gospel, Lord. Ver. 3. 13. 54. How doth thy word my heart engage ! How well employ my tongue! And; in my tiresome pilgrimage, Yields me a heavenly song. Ver. 19. 103. Am I a stranger, or at home, 'Tis my perpetual feast ; Not honey dropping from the comb So much allures the taste. Ver. 72. 127. No treasures so enrich the mind ; Nor shall thy word be sold For loads of silver well refin'd, Nor heaps of choicest gold. Ver. 28. 49. 175. When nature sinks, and spirits droop, Thy promises of grace Are pillars to support my hope, And there I write thy praise. -s ft a (Psalm 119. 6th Part. C. M.) *■**■*. Holiness and Comfort from the Word. Ver. 128. 1" ORD, I esteem thy judgments right, *-* And all thy statutes just ; Thence I maintain a constant fight With every flattering lust. 107 105, 106 MORAL LAW. Ver. 97. 9. Thy precepts often I survey ; I keep thy law in sight, Through all the business of the day, To form my actions right. Ver. 62. My heart An midnight silence cries, * How sweet thy comforts be !' My thoughts in holy wonder rise, And bring their thanks to thee. Ver. 162. And when my spirit drinks her fill At some good word of thine, Not mighty men that share the spoil Have joys compared to mine. -. ne (Psalm 119. 8th Part. C. M.) IV O. Tfo wwd of God is the Saint's Portion; or, the Excellency and Variety of Scripture. Ver. 111. Paraphrased. 1 T ORD. I have made thy word my cho^e, " -*-^ My lasting heritage ; There shall my noblest powers rejoice, My warmest thoughts engage. S I'll read the histories of thy love, And keep thy laws in sight, While through the promises I rove, With ever fresh delight. S 'Tis a broad land of wealth unkrown, 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 blest ; Our fairest hope beyond the grave, And our eternal rest MORAL LAW • nfi (Hymn 116. B. 1. L. M.) 1 uu* Love to God and our Neighbour, Matt. xxii. 37—40. fflHUS saith the first, the great command, -*• * Let all thy inward powers unite * To love thy Maker and thy God, * With utmost vigour and delight 108 scripture. 107, 108 2 'Then shall thy neighbour next in place ' Share thine affection and esteem, 4 And let thy kindness to thyself ' Measure and rule thy love to him.' S This is the sense that Moses spoke, This did the prophets preach and prove, For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law's fulfiPd by love. 4 But, oli ! how base our passions are ! How cold our charity and zeal ! Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy will. 1 \J t -ffie universai Law of Equity, Matt. viii. 12. 1 DLESSED Redeemer, how divine, •*-* How righteous is this rule of thine, ' To do to all men just the same 1 Ad we expect or wish from them.' I This golden lesson, short and plain, Gives not the mind or memory pain ; And every conscience must approve This universal law of love. I How blest would every nation be, Thus rul'd by love and equity ! All would be friends without a foe, And form a paradise below. 4 Jesus, forgive us, that we keep Thy sacred law of love asleep ; No more let envy, wrath, and pride, But thy blest maxims be our guide. 1 nft (Ps- 50-v- 8' 10> 1L 14» 15, 23, 2d Part-C- M-> 1 UO. Obedience is better than Sacrifice. 1 rpHUS saith the Lord, * The spacious fields, -*- 'And flocks and herds are mine ; ' O'er all the cattle of the hills ' I claim a right divine. 2 ' I ask no sheep for sacrifice, ' Nor bullocks burnt with fire ; * To hope and love, to pray and praiae, ' Is all that I require. 3 ' Call upon me when trouble's near, ' My hand shall set thee free ; "Then shall thy thankful lips declare ' The honour due to me. 4 ' The man that offers humble praise, ' He glorifies me best ; 109 10 109, 110 SCRIPTURE. * And those that tread my holy ways ' Shall my salvation taste.' -. nq (Psalm 16. 1st Part. L. M.) i\Jv. Confession of our Poverty; and Saints the best Company ; or, good Works profit Men, not God. 1 pRESERVE me, Lord, in time of need; •* For succour to thy throne I flee, But have no merits there to plead ; My goodness cannot reach to thee. 2 Oft have my heart and tongue confest How empty and how poor I am ; My praise can never make thee blest, Nor add new glories to thy name. 8 Yet, Lord, thy saints on earth may reap Some profit by the good we do ; These are the company I keep, These are the choicest friends I know. 4 Let others choose the sons of mirth To give a relish to their wine, I love the men of heavenly birth, Whose thoughts and language are divine. ! -i n (Hymn 115. B. 1. C. M.) 1 l U* Conviction of Sin by the Law, Rom. nil 8, 9. 14. 24. 1 T ORD, 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, 1 find how vile I am. 3 [My guilt appear'd 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 reviv'd again, I had provok'd 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 dean. 110 SCRIPTURE. Ill, 112 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. 1 7 1 (Hymn 121. B. 2. L* M.) ■■■II. The Law and Gospel distinguished. 1 HP HE law commands, and makes us know •*■ What duties to our God we owe ; But 'tis the gospel must reveal Where lies our strength to do his will. 2 The law discovers guilt and sin, And shows how vile our hearts have been ; Only the gospel can express Forgiving love and cleansing grace, 3 What curses doth the law denounce Against the man that fails but once ! But in the gospel Christ appears Pardoning the guilt of numerous years. 4 My soul, no more attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the law, Fly to the hope the gospel gives ; The man that trusts the promise lives. I , 9 (Hymn 120. B. 2. S. M.) 1 * ^* The Law and Gospel joined in Scripture* 1 HHHE Lord declares his will, -*- And keeps the world in awe ; Amidst the smoke on Sinai's hill Breaks out his fiery law. 2 The Lord reveals his face, And smiling from above Sends down the gospel of his grace, Th' epistles of his love. 3 These saered words impart Our Maker's just commands ; The pity of his melting heart. And vengeance of his hands. 4 [Hence we awake our fear, We draw our comfort bence ; The arms of grace ane treasur'd here, And armour of defence. 5 We learn Christ crucified, And here behold his blood ; All arts and knowledges beside Will do us little good.] 6 We read the heavenly word, . We take the ofter'd grace, 113, 114 GOSPEL. Obey the statutes of the Lord, And trust his promises. 7 In vain shall Satan rage Against a book divine ; Where wrath and lightning guard the page, Where beams of mercy shine. GOSPEL. ! | o (Psalm 89. ver. 15, &c. 3d Part. C. M.) 1 x °* A blessed Gospel. 1 IDLEST are the souls that hear and know •"-* The gospel's joyful sound ; Peace shall attend the paths they go, And light their steps surround. 2 Their joy shall bear their spirits up Through their Redeemer's name ; His righteousness exalts their hope, Nor Satan dares condemn. 3 The Lord, our glory and defence, Strength and salvation gives ; Israel, thy King for ever reigns, Thy God for ever lives. I 1 * (Hymn 128. B. 1. L. M.) lit. The Apostles' Commission; or, the Gospel attested by Miracles, Mark xvi. 15, &c. Matt. xxviii. 18, &c. 1 'C^.0 preach my gospel, saith the Lord, " ' Bid the whole earth my grace receive ; 4 He shall be sav'd that trusts my word, 4 He shall be damn'd that won't believe. 2 ' [I'll make your great commission known, 4 And ye shall prove my gospel true 4 By all the works that I have done, 1 By all the wonders ye shall do. 3 ' Go heal the sick, go raise the dead, 4 Go cast out devils in my name ; * Nor let my prophets be afraid, 1 Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme. J 4 ' Teach all the nations m/ commands, 4 I'm with you till the wo-Jd shall end ; 4 All power is trusted in my hands, 4 1 can destroy, and I defend.' ft He spake, and light shone round his head, On a bright cloud to heaven he rode : 112 GOSPEL. 115, 116 They to the farthest nation spread The grace of their ascended God. 1 1 p- (Hymn 4. B. 1. 2d Part. L. M.) 1 J J* The inward Witness to Christianity, 1 John v. 10. 1 QUESTIONS and doubts be heard no more; ^f Let Christ and joy be all our theme ; His Spirit seals his Gospel sure To every soul that trusts in him. 2 Jesus, thy witness speaks within : The mercy which thy words reveal Refines the heart from sense and sii., And stamps its own celestial seal. 3 'Tis God's inimitable hand That moulds and forms the heart anew ; Blasphemers can no more withstand, But bow and own thy doctrine true. 4 The guilty wretch that trusts thy blood, Finds peace and pardon at the cross ; The sinful soul, averse to God, Believes and lcves his Maker's laws. 5 Learning and wit may cease their strife, When miracles with glory shine : The voice that calls the dead to life Must be almighty, and divine. , -. n (Hymn 131. B. 2. L. M.) 1 1U. j^e Excellency of the Christian Religion I T ET everlasting glories crown •*-^ Thy head, my Saviour and my Lord ; Thy hands have brought salvation down, And writ the blessings in thy word. [What if we trace the globe around, And search from Britain to Japan, There shall be no religion found So just to God, so safe for man.] 3 In vain the trembling conscience seeks Some solid ground to rest upon ; With long despair the spirit breaks, Till we apply to Christ alone. 4 How well thy blessed truths agree ! How wise and holy thy commands ! Thy promises how firm they be ! How firm our hope and comfort standi ! 5 [Not the feign' d fields of heathenish Viiss Could raise such pleasures in the mini ; 113 10* 1 17, US GOSPEL. Nor does the Turkish paradise Pretend to joys so well refin'd.] 6 Should all the forms that men devise Assault my faith with treacherous art, I'd call them vanity and lies, And bind the gospel to my heart. I 1 7 (Hymn 118. B. 1. S. M.) 1 *■ ' ' Moses and Christ ; or, Sin against the Law and Gospel. John i. 17. Heb. iii. 3. 5, 6, and x. 28, 29. 1 PT1HE law by Moses came, -*- But peace, and truth, and love, Were brought by Christ, a nobler name, Descending from above. 2 Amidst the house of God Their different works were done ; Moses a faithful servant stood, But Christ a faithful Son. 3 Then to his new commands Be strict obedience paid ; O'er all his Father's house he stands The Sovereign and the Head. 4 The man that durst despise The law that Moses brought, Behold ! how terribly he dies For his presumptuous fault. 5 But sorer vengeance falls On that rebellious race. Who hate to hear when Jesus calls, And dare resist his grace. 1.1 n (Hvmnll9. B. 1. CM.) tlo« The different Success of the Gospel, 1 O i. 23, 24. 2 Cor. ii. 1G. 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7. 1 f^HRIST and his cross are all our theme : ^ The mysteries that we speak Are scandal in the Jews esteem, And folly to the Greek. 2 But souls enlightened from above With joy receive the word ; They see what wisdom, power, and lore Shine in their dying Lord. 3 The vital savour of his name Restores their fainting breath ; But unbelief perverts the same To guilt, despair, and death. 114 s! GOSPEL. 119, 120 4 Till God diffuse his graces down, Like showers of heavenly rain, In vain Apollos sows the ground, And Paul may plant in vain. i 1 q (Hymn 33. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.) 1 * J \i rational Defence of the Gospel, Rom. i. 16. 1 Cor. i. 27, 28. HALL atheists dare insult the cross Of our Redeemer, God? Shall infidels reproach his laws, Or trample on his blood ? 2 What if he choose mysterious ways To cleanse us from our faults ; May not the works of sovereign grace Transcend our feeble thoughts ! 3 What if his gospel bids us fight With flesh, and self, and sin ; The prize is most divinely bright That we are call'd to win. 4 What if the foolish, and the poor His glorious grace partake ; This but confirms the'truth the more, For so the prophets spake. 5 Do some that own his sacred na.ne Indulge their souls in sin ; Jesus should never bear the blame, His laws are pure and clean. 6 Then let our faith grow firm and strong, Our lips profess his word ; Nor blush nor fear to walk among The men that love the Lord. ion (Hymn 34. 1st Part. B. 1. L.M.) 1 £\J. ffo Gospel the Power of God to Salvation, Rom. i. 16. ICor.i. 18.24. 1 TT7'HAT shall the dying sinner do " That seeks relief for ail his wo ? Where shall the guilty conscience find Ease for the torment of the mind ? 2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven. Or form our natures fit for heaven ! Can souls all o'er defil'd with sin Make their own powers and passions clean? S In vain we search, in vain we try, Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh : 'Tis there such power and glory dwell As saves rebellious souls from hell. 115 121, 122 GOSPEL. 4 This is the pillar of our hope That bears our fainting spirits up; We read the grace, wc trust the word, And find salvation in the Lord. 5 Let men or angels dig the mines, Where nature's golden treasure shines : Brought near the doctrine of the Cros9, All nature's gold appears but dross. 6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain, I'll meet the scandal and the shame, And sing and triumph in his name. ,91 (Hymn 138. B.2. L.M.) ' * * • The Pvwer of the Gospel. 1 HP HIS is the word of trutli and love, -*- Sent to the nations from above ; Jehovah here resolves to show What his almighty grace can do. 2 This remedy did wisdom find To heal diseases of the mind ; This sovereign balm, whose virtues can Restore the ruin'd creature man. 3 The gospel bids the dead revive : Sinners obey the voice, and live ; Dry bones are rais d and cloth'd afresh, And hearts of stcne are turn'd to flesh. 4 [Where Satan reign'd in shades of night, The gospel strikes a heavenly light : Our lusts its wonderous power controls, And calms the rage of angry souls.] 5 [Lions and beasts of savage name Put on the nature of the lamb ; While the wide world esteem it strange, Gaze, and admire, and hate the change.] 6 May but this grace my soul renew, Let sinners gaze, and hate me too ; The word that saves me does engage A sure defence from all their rage. 1 99 (Hymn 126. B. 2. C. M.) 1 ££, Q0d gl^ified in the Gospel. 1 npHE Lord, descending from above, ■*- Invites his children near, While power and truth and boundless love Display their glories here. 2 Here in thy gospel's wonderous frame Fresh wisdom we pursue ; 116 GOSPEL. 123,124 A thousand angels learn thy name Beyond whate'er they knew. % Thy name is writ in fairest lines, Thy wonders here we trace ; Wisdom through all the mystery shines, And shines in Jesus' face. 4 The law its best obedience owes To our incarnate God ; And thy revenging justice shows Its honours in his blood. 5 But still the lustre of thy grace Our warmer thoughts employs, Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays, And more exalts our joys. 1 90 (Hymn 10. B. 1. S. MJ IZiO. The Blessedness of Gospel Times ; or, the Revelation of Christ to Jeios and Gentiles, Isa. v. 2. 7—10. Matt. xiii. 16, 17. 1 TTOW beauteous are their feet -1-1- Who stand on Zion's hill ! Who bring salvation on their tongues, And words of peace reveal ! 2 How charming is their voice ! How sweet the tidings are ! ' Zion, behold thy Saviour King, ' He reigns and triumphs here.* 3 How happy are our ears That hear this joyful sound Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found ! 4 How blessed are our eyes That see this heavenly light ! Prophets and kings desir'd it long, But died without the sight. 5 The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ ; Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy. 6 The Lord makes bare his arm Through all the earth abroad ; Let every nation now behold Their Saviour and their God. I 04 (Psalm 98. First Part. C. M.) 1—4:. Praise for the Gospel. rpo our almighty Maker, God, -*- New honours be addrest : 117 125, 126 scripture His great salvation shines abroad, And makes the nations blest 2 He spake the word to Abraham first ; His truth fulfils grace : The Gentiles make b"s name their trust, And learn his righteousness. 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim With all her different tongues ; And spread the honours of his name In melody and songs. SCRIPTURE DOCTRINES AND BLESSINGS. ELECTION. irtc . Hymn 54. B. 1. L. M.) IZtO. Electing Grace; or, Saints beloved t« Christ, Eph. i. 3, &c. 1 TESUS, we bless thy Father's name ; ** Thy God and ours' are both the same : What heavenly blessings from his throne, Flow down to sinners through his Son ! 2 * Christ be my first elect,' he said, Then chose our souls in Christ our Head, Before he gave the mountains birth, Or laid foundations for the earth. 3 Thus did eternal Love begin To raise us up from death and sin ; Our characters were then decreed, 'Blameless in love, a holy seed.' 4 Predestinated to be sons, Born by degrees, but chose at once ; A new regenerated race To praise the glories of his grace. 5 With Christ our Lord *r share a part In the affections of his h-,art ; Nor shall our souls be thence remov'd Till he forgets his first b^lov'd. 19£ (Hymn 117. M.l. L. M.) 1 ZX). Election sovereigr* and free, Rom. ix. 21- 23.20. 1 "DEHOLD the potter and the clay, *-* He forms his vessels as he please : 118 DOCTRINES. 127 Such is our God, and such are we, The subjects of his just decrees. 2 [Doth not the workman's power extend O'er all the mass, which part to choose And mould it for a nobler end, And which to leave for viler use ?] 3 May not the sovereign Lord on high Dispense his favours as he will, Choose some to life while others die, And yet be just and gracious still? 4 [What if to make his terrors known, He lets his patience long endure. Suffering vile rebels to go on And seal their own destruction sure ! 5 What if he means to show his grace, And his electing love employs To mark out some of mortal race, And form them fit for heavenly joys !] 6 Shall man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's ways unjust, The thunder of whose dreadful word Can crush a thousand worlds to dust ? 7 But, O my soul, if truths so bright Should dazzle and confound thy sigh*, Yet still his written will obey, And wait the great decisive day. 8 Then he shall make his justice known, And the whole world before his throne With joy or terror shall confess The glory of his righteousness. j 4>7 (Hymn 96. B. 1. C. M.) 1 ■" ' • Election excludes boasting, 1 Cor. i. 26—31. 1 TJUT few among the carnal wise, -*-* But few of noble race, Obtain the favour of thine eyes. Almighty King of grace. 2 He tukes the men of meanest name For sons and heirs of God ; And thus he pours abundant shame On honourable blood. 3 He calls the fool, and makes him know The mysteries of his grace, To bring aspiring wisdom low, And all its pride abase. 4 Nature has ail its glories lost When brought before hi? throne: 119 128^ 1£9 SCRIPTURE No flesh shall in his presence hoast, But in the Lord alone. i«n (Hymn 11. B. 1. L. M.) 1 LO. j-}ie humble enlightened, and carnal Rea- son humbled; or, the Sovereignty of Grace Luke x. 21, 22. 1 PT1HERE was an hour when Christ rejoic'd, -*- And spoke his joy in words of praise: 'Father, I thank thee, mighty God, ' Lord of the ea/th, and heavens, and seas. 2 ' I thank thy sovereign power and love, ' That crowns my doctrine with success ; 'And makes the babes in knowledge learn The heights and breadths, and lengths of grace. 3 ' But all this glory lies conceal'd ' From men of prudence and of might ; ' The prince of darkness blinds their eyes, 'And their own pride resists the light. 4 ' Father, 'tis thus, because thy will ' Chose and ordain'd it should be so ; ' 'Tis thy delight to abase the proud, ' And lay the haughty scorner low. 5 ' There's none can know the Father right, 4 But those who learn it from the Son; ' Nor can the Son be well receiv'd, ' But where the Father makes him known.' 6 Then let our souls adore our God That deals his graces as he please, Nor gives to mortals an account Or of his actions, or decrees. 1 9Q (Hymn 12. B. 1. C. M.) I £*). free Grace in revealing Christ, Luke x. 21. 1 TESUS, the man of constant grief, ** A mourner all his days ; His spirit once rejoic'd aloud, And turn'd his joy to praise. 2 ' Father, I thank thy wonderous love, 1 That hath reveal' d thy Son ' To men unlearned ; and to babes * Hath made thy gospel known. S * The mysteries of redeeming grace * Are hidden from the wise, ' While pride and carnal reasonings join 'To swell and blind their eyes.' 4 Thus doth the Lord of heaven and earth, His great decrees fulfil, 120 DOCTRINES. 130,131,139, And orders all his works of grace By his own sovereign will. ioa (Hymn 96. B. 2. CM.) LO\J. Distinguishing Love; or, Angels punish- ed, and Men saved. 1 y|OWN headlong- from their native skies XJ The rebel angels fell. And thunderbolts of flaming wrath Pnrsu'd them deep to hell. 2 Down from the top of earthly bliss Rebellious man was hurl'd ; And Jesus stoop'd beneath the grave To reach a sinking world. 3 O love of infinite degree ! Unmeasurable grace ! Must heaven's eternal darling die To save a trait'rous race ? 4 Must angels sink for ever down, And burn in quenchless fire, While God forsakes his shining throne To raise us wretches higher ! 5 O for this love let earth and skies With hallelujahs ring, And the full choir of human tongues All hallelujah sing. ! o-, (Hymn 97. B. 2. L. M.) 101' The same. 1 T^ROM heaven the sinning angels fell, -*- And wrath and darkness chain'd them down; But man, vile man, forsook his bliss, And mercy lifts him to a crown. 2 Amazing work of sovereign grace That could distinguish rebels so ! Our guilty treasons call'd aloud For everlasting fetters too. 3 To thee, to thee, almighty Love, Our souls, ourselves, our all we pay : Millions of tongues shall sound thy praise On the bright hills of heavenly day. COVENANT OF GRACE. I 09 (Psalm 89. 1st Part. L. M.) 1 en * On their own works have built ; Their hearts by nature all unclean, " And all their actions guilt. 2 Let Jews and Gentiles stop their mouths, Without a murmuring word, 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. |ro (Hymn 154. B., 2. L. M.) loo. Self-righteousness insufficient. 1 TlfHERE are the mourners,* saiththe Lore*, »» 'That wait and tremble at my woid, * That walk in darkness all the day 1 ' Come make my name your trust and stay. * Isaiah i. 10. 1 1 . 132 JUSTIFICATION. 154 2 * [No works nor duties of your own ' Can for the smallest sin atone ; ' * The robes that nature may provide * Will not your least pollution hide. 3 ' The softest couch that nature knows ' Can give the conscience no repose : ' Look to my righteousness? and live ; ' Comfort and peace are mine to give.] 4 ' Ye sons of pride, that kindle coals 4 With your own hands to warm vour souls, * Walk in the light of your own fire, ' Enjoy the sparks that ye desire. 5 ' This is your portion at my hand." ; ' Hell waits you with her iron bands, ' Ye shall lie down in sorrow there, 'In death, in darkness, and despair.' • c{ (Ps. 71. v. 15. 14. 16. 23. 22. 24. 2d Pt. C. M. ) I *J k. Christ our Strength and Righteousness. 1 IVf Y Saviour, my almighty Friend, 1TX when I begin thy praise, Where will the growing numbers end, The numbers of thy grace ! 2 Thou art my everlasting trust, Thy goodness I adore ; And since I knew thy graces first I speak thy glories more. 3 My feet shall travel all the length Of the celestial road, And march with courage in thy strength To see my Father God. 4 When I am fill'd with sore distress For some surprising sin, I'll plead thy perfect righteousness, And mention none but thine. 5 How will my lips rejoice to tell The victories of my King ! My soul redeem'd from sin and hell Shall thy salvation sing. 6 [My tongue shall all the day proclaim My Saviour and my God ; His death has brought my foes to shame And drown'd them in his blood. 7 Awake, awake, my tuneful powers ; With «his delightful song * Isaiah xxviii. 20. 133 12 155, 156 JUSTIFICATION. I'll entertain the darkest hours, Nor think the season long.] I Kr, (Hymn 109. B. 1. L. M.) 1 JJ.y^ Value of Christ and his Righteousness, Phil. ill. 7—9. L "pO" O more, my God, I boast no more -*-* Of all the duties I have done ; I quit the hopes I held before, To trust the merits of thy Son. 2 Now for the love I bear his name, What was my gain I count my loss, My former pride I call my shame, And nail my glory to his cross. 3 Yes, and I must and will esteem All things but loss for Jesus' sake : O may my soul be found in him, And of his righteousness partake. 4 The best obedience of my hands Dares not appear before thy throne ; But faith can answer thy demands, By pleading what my Lord has done» 1 4fi (Hymn 20. B. I. C. M.) l«JO. Spiritual Jlppare'; namely, the Robe of Righteousness, and Garments of Salvation, Isau lxi. 10. 1 A WAKZ, my heart, arise, my tongue, -<-*- Prepare a tuneful voice, In God, the life of all my joys, Aloud will I rejoice. 2 'Tis he adorn'd my naked soul, And made salvation mine ; Upon a poor polluted worm He makes his graces shine. 3 And lest the shadow of a spot Should on my soul be found, He took the robe the Saviour wrought, And cast it all around. 4 How far the heavenly robe exceeds What earthly princes wear ! These ornaments how bright they shine! How white the garments are ! 5 The Spirit wrought my faith and love, And hope, ana every grace ; But Jesus spent his life to work The robe of righteousness. 134 PARDON 157, 158 6 Strangely, my soul, art thou array'd By the great Sacred Tliree : In sweetest harmony of praise Let all thy powers agree. PARDON. , t7 (Psalm 130. C. M.^ U « • Pardoning Grace. 1 OUT of the deeps of long distress, " The borders of despair, I sent my cries to seek thy grace, My groans to move thine ear. 2 Great God, should thy severer eye, And thine impartial hand, Mark and revenge iniquity, No mortal flesh could stand. 3 But there are pardons with my God For crimes of high degree; Thy Son has bought them with hu blood, To draw us near to thee. 4 [I wait for thy salvation, Lo~d, With strong desires I wait ; My soul, invited by thy word, Stands watching at thy gate.] 5 [Just as the guards that keep the nighl Long for the morning skies, Watch the first beams of breaking light, And meet them with their eyes ; 6 So waits my soul to see thy grace, And more intent than they. Meets the first openings of thy face, And finds a brighter day.] 7 [Then in the Lord let Israel trust, Let Israel seek his face ; The Lord is good as well as just, And plenteous is liis grace. 8 There's full redemption at his throne For sinners long enslav'd ; The great Redeemer is his Son, And Israel shall be sav'd.] 1 ro (Psalm ISO. L. M.) loo. Pardoning Grace. 1 Tj^ROM deep distress and troubled thoughts, •*• To thee, my God, I rais'd my cries ; If thou severely mark our faults, No flesh can stand before thine eyes. 135 159, 160 PARDON. 2 But thou hast built thy throne of grace, Free to dispense thy pardons there, That sinners may approach thy face, And hope and love, as well as fear. 3 As the benighted pilgrims wait, And long, and wish for breaking day, So waits my soul before thy gate ; When will my God his face display? 4 My trust is fix'd upon thy word, Nor shall I trust thy word in vain : Let mourning souls address the Lord, And find relief from all their pain. 5 Great is his love, and large his grace, Through the redemption of his Son : He turns our feet from sinful ways, And pardons what our hands have done. icq (Psalm 32. S. M.) i uv. Forgiveness of Sins upon Confession. 1 f\ BLESSED souls are they " Whose sins are cover'd o'er ! Divinely blest, to whom the Lord Imputes their guilt no more. 2 They mourn their follies past, And keep their hearts with care ; Their lips and lives, without deceit, Shall prove their faith sincere. 3 While I conceal'd my guilt, I felt the festering wound. Till I confess'd my sins to thee, And ready pardon found. 4 Let sinners learn to pray, Let saints keep near the throne ; Our help, in times of deep distress, Is found in God alone. I Aft (Psalm 32. C. M.) lOU. Free Pardon and sincere Obedience; or. Confession and Forgiveness. 1 TTAPPY the man to whom his God ■-■- No more imputes his sin ; But, wash'd in the Redeemer's blood, Hath made his garments clean ! 2 Happy, beyond expression, he Whose debts are thus discharg'd ; And, from the guilty bondage free, He feels his soul enlarg'd. 136 PARDON. 161, 162 3 His spirit hates deceit and lies, His words are all sincere ; He guards his heart, he guards his eyes, To keep his conscience clear. 4 While I my inward guilt supprest, No quiet could I find ; Thy wrath lay burmng in my breast, And rack'd my tortur'd mind. 5 Then I confess'd my troubled thoughts, My secret sins reveal'd : Thy pardoning grace forgave my faults, Thy grace my pardon seal'd. 6 This shall invite thy saints to pray ; When, like a raging flood, Temptations rise, our strength and stay Is a forgiving God. i f^ (Psalm 32. 2d Part. L. M.) 1 u l • Ji guilty Conscience eased by Confession and Pardon. 1 YyHILE I keep silence, and conceal ™* My heavy guilt within my heart, What torments doth my conscience feel ! What agonies of inward smart ! 2 I spread my sins before the Lord, And all my secret faults confess : Thy gospel speaks a pardoning word, Thy Holy Spirit seals the grace. 3 For this shall every humble soul Make swift addresses to thy seat ; When floods of huge temptations roll, There shall they find a blest retreat. 4 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. •■ nn (Psalm 32. 1st Part. L. M.) l\)Zi. Repentance and free Pardon; or, Justifi- cation and Sanctification. 1 "DLEST is the man, for ev^r bless'd, •*-* Whose guilt is pardon'd by his God, Whose sins with sorrow are confess'd, And cover'd with his Saviour's blood. 2 Blest is the man to whom the Lord Imputes not his iniquities, He pleads no merit of reward, And not on works, but grace relies. 187 12* 163, 164 ADOPTION. 3 From guile his heart and lips are free, His humble joy, his holy fear, With deep repentance well agree, And join to prove his faith sincere. 4 How glorious is that righteousness That hides and cancels all his sins ! While a bright evidence of grace Through his whole life appears and shines. I no (Hymn 85. B. 2. C. M.) 1 O «j. Sufficiency of Pardon. 1 TI^HY does your face, ye humble souls, "" Those mournful colours wear ? What doubts are these that waste your faith, And nourish your despair? 2 What though your numerous sins exceed The stars that fill the skies, And aiming at th' eternal throne, Like pointed mountains rise ! 3 What though your mighty guilt beyond The wide creation swell, And hath its curs'd foundations laid Low as the deeps of hell ? 4 See here an endless ocean flows Oi never-failing grace, Behold a dying Saviour's veins The sacred flood increase. 5 It rises high and drowns the hills, 't has neither shore nor bound ; Now if we search to find our sins, Our sins can ne'er be found. 6 Awake, our hearts, adore the grace That buries all our faults, And pardoning blood that swells above Our follies and our thoughts. ADOPTION. 1R/I (Hymn 64. B.l. S. M.) 1 Ofl. Adoption, 1 John iii. 1, &c. Gal. iv. 6. 1 "DEHOLD what wonderous grace •° The Father hath bestow'd On sinners of a mortal race, To call them sons of God! 2 'Tis no surprising thing That we should be unknown • The Jewish world knew not their King, God's everlasting Son. 138 ADOPTION. 165 3 Nor doth it yet appear How great we must be made ; But when we see our Saviour here, We shall be like our Head. 4 A hope so much divine May trials well endure, May purge our souls from sense and sin, • As Christ the Lord is pure. 6 If in my Father's love I share a filial part, Send down thy Spirit like a dove To rest upon my heart. 6 We would no longer lie Like slaves beneath the throne ; Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry, And thou the kindred own. i p> /- (Hvonn 143. B. 1. C. M.) 1 VtJ* Characters of the Children of God, from several Scriptures. IAS new-born babes desire the breast -£*. To feed, and grow, and thrive ; So saints with joy the gospel taste, And by the gospel live. 2 [With inward gust their heart approves All that the word relates ; They love the men their Father loves, And hate the works he hates.] 3 [Not all the flattering baits on earth Can make them slaves to lust ; They can't forget their heavenly birth, Nor grovel in the dust. 4 Not all the chains that tyrants use Shall bind their souls to vice : Faith like a conqueror can produce A thousand victories.] 5 [Grace like an uncorrupted seed Abides and reigns within ; Immortal principles forbid The sons of God to sin.] 6 [Not by the terrors of a slave Do they perform his will, But with the noblest powers they have His sweet commands fulfil.] 7 They find access at every hour, To God within the veil ; 139 166 COMMUNION Hence they derive a quickening power, And joys that never fail. 8 O happy souls ! O glorious state Of overflowing grace ! To dwell so near their Father's seat, And see his lovely face. 9 Lord, I address thy heavenly throne ; Call me a child of thine, Send down the Spirit of thy Son To form my heart divine. 10 There shed thy choicest loves abroad, And make my comforts strong : Then shall I say, My Father God, With an unwavering tongue. COMMUMON WITH GOD. ■ nn (Psalm 23. L. M.) 1DD* God our Shepherd. 1 Itl" Y shepherd is the living Lord ; -*■**• Now shall my wants he well supplied ; His providence and holy word Become my safety and my guide. 2 In pastures where salvation grows He makes me feed, he makes me rest 3 There living water gently flows, And all the food divinely blest. 3 My wandering feet his ways mistake, 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. 5 Amidst the darkness and the deeps Thou art my comfort, thou my stay ; Thy staff supports my feeble steps, Thy rod directs my doubtful way. 6 The sons of earth and sons of hell Gaze at thy goodness, and repine To see my table spread so well With living bread and cheerful wine. 7 [How I rejoice when on my head Thy Spirit condescends to rest ! 'Tis a divine anointing shed Like oil of gladness at a feast. 140 WITH GOD. 167, 168 8 Surely the mercies of the Lord Attend his household all their days ; There will I dwell to hear his word, To seek his face, and sing his praise.] ian (Psalm 23. CM.) 1 ° ' • The same. 1 ]VT Y shepherd will supply my need, -"-■■ Jehovah is his name ; In pastures fresh he makes me feed Beside the living- stream. 2 He brings my wandering spirit back, When I forsake his ways ; And leads me, for his mercy's sake, In paths of truth and grace. S When I walk through the shades of death, Thy presence is my stay ; A word of thy supporting breath Drives all my fears away. 4 Thy hand j in sight of all my foes, Doth still my table spread ; My cup with blessings overflows, Thine oil anoints my head. 5 The sure provisions of my God Attend me all my days ; O may thy house be mine abode, And all my work be praise ! 6 There would I find a settled rest, (While others go and come) No more a stranger or a guest, But like a child at home. 1AQ (Psalm 23. S. M.) lOo- The same. 1 rriHE Lord my shepherd is, -■- I shall be well supplied ; Since he is mine and I am his, What can I want beside ? * 2 He leads me to the place Where heavenly pasture grows, Where living waters gently pass, And full salvation flows. 3 If e'er I go astray, He doth my soul reclaim, And guides me in his own right way, For his most holy name. 4 While he affords his aid, I cannot yield to fear ; 141 169, 170 COMMUNION Though I should walk thro' death's dark #ikde, My shepherd's with me there. 5 In sight 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 days ; Nor from thy house will I remove, Nor cease to speak thy praise. 1 fiQ (Psalm 73. ver. 23—28. 2d Part. C. M.) 1 W. q0(i our portion here and hereafter. 1 ri0^ my suPPorter an(* my noPe» " My help for ever near, Thine arm of mercy held me up When sinking in despair. 2 Thy counsels, Lord, shall guide my feet Through this dark wilderness ; Thine hand conduct me near thy seat, To dwell before thy face. 3 Were I in heaven without my God, 'Twould be no joy to me ; And whilst this earth is my abode, I long for none but thee. 4 What if the springs of life were broke, And flesh and heart should faint ! God is my soul's eternal rock, The strength of every saint. 5 Behold, the sinners that remove Far from thy presence die ; Not all the idol gods they love Can save them when they cry. 6 But to draw near to thee, my God, Shall be my sweet employ ; My tongue shall sound thy works abroad, And tell the world my joy. |7n (Hymn 94. B. 2. CM.) I / U. Q0d my only Happiness , Psalm Ixxiu. 25. 1 ~\M Y God, my portion, and my love, ■*•" My everlasting all, IVe none but thee in heaven above, Or on this earthly ball. 2 [What empty things are all the skies, And this inferior clod! There's nothing here dese*iros my joys, There's nothing like mv God.] 142 WITH GOD. 171 S [In rain U»o bright, the burning sun Scatters his feeble light ; 'Ti» thy sweet beams create my noon ; If thou withdraw 'tis night. 4 And whilst upon my restless bed, Amongst the shades I roll, If my Redeems r shows his head, 'Tis morning with my soul.] 5 To thee I owe my wealth, and friends And health, and safe abode ; Thanks to thy name for meaner things, But they are not my God. 6 How rain a toy is glittering wealth, If once compar'd to thee ; Or what's my safety, or my health, Or all ray friends to me ? 7 Were I possessor of the earth, And call'd the stars my own, Without thy graces and thyself I were a wretch undone. 8 Let others stretch their arms like seas, And grasp in all the shore, Grant me the visits of thy face, And I desire no more. 171 (Hymn 93. B. 2. S. M.) 1 ' * • God all, and in all, Psalm lxxiii. 25. 1 ~\/I Y God, my life, my love, 1?J- To thee, to thee, I call, I cannot live it' thou remove, For thou art all in all. 2 [Thy shining grace can cheer This dungeon where I dwell ; 'Tis paradise when thou art here, If thou depart, 'tis hell.] S [The smilings of thy face, How amiable they are ! 'Tis heaven to rest in thine embrace, And no where else but there.] 4 [To the*4, and thee alone, The angels owe their bliss ; They sit around thy gracious throne, And dwell where Jesus is.] 5 [Not all the harps above Can make a heavenly place, If God his residence remove, Or but conceal his face.] 148 172, 173 COMMUNION 6 Nor earth, nor all the sky Can one delight afford, No, not a drop of real joy, Without thy presence, Lord. 7 Thou art the sea of love, Where all my pleasures roll, The circle where my passions move, And centre of my soul. [To thee my spirits fly With infinite desire, And yet how far from thee I lie ! Dear Jesus raise me nigher.] 1 79 (Hymn 15. B. 2. L. M.) 1 ' "• The Enjoyment of Christ; or, Delight in Worship. 1 T^AR from my thoughts, vain world, begone, -*- Let my religious nours alone : Fain would my eyes my Saviour see, I wait a visit, Lord, from thee. 2 My heart grows warm with holy fire, And kindles with a pure desire : Come, my dear Jesus, from above, And feed my soul with heavenly love. S [The trees of life immortal stand In blooming rows at thy right hand, And in sweet murmurs by their side Rivers of bliss perpetual glide. 4 Haste, then, but with a smiling face, And spread the table of thy grace : Bring down a taste of truth divine, And cheer my heart with sacred wine.] 5 Bless'd Jesus, what delicious fare ! How sweet thy entertainments are! Never did angels taste above Redeeming grace, and dying love. 6 Hail, great ImmanueL all divine, In thee thy Father's glories shine ; Thou brightest, sweetest, fairest one, That eyes have seen, or angels known. m(Hymn 16. B. 2. L. M.) Part the Second. 7 T ORD, what a heaven of saving grace, ■" Shines through the beauties of thy face And lights our passions to a flame ! Lord, how we love thy charming name! »ANCTIFICATION. 174,175 2 When I can say, My God is mine, When I can feel thy glories shine, I tread the world beneath my feet, And all that earth calls good or great. 3 While such a scene of sacred joys Our raptur'd eyes and souls employs, Here we could sit, and gaze away, A long, an everlasting day. 4 Well, we shall quickly pass the night To the fair coasts of perfect light ; Then shall our joyful senses rove O'er the dear object of our love. 5 [There shall we drink full draughts of bliss, And pluck new life from heavenly trees : Yet now and then, dear Lord, bestow A drop of heaven on worms below. 6 Send comforts down from thy right hand, While we pass through this barren land, And in thy temple let us see A glimpse of love, a glimpse of thee.] S.&YC TIFICA 770.7V. t{ A Thus will the flesh and spirit strive, And vex and break my peace : But I shall quit this mortal life, And sin for ever cease. , -n (Hymn 104. B. 1. C. M.) 1 ' D» A State of Nature and of Grace, 1 Cor. vi> 10, 11. 1 1VTOT the malicious or profane, -*-* The wanton or the proud, Nor thieves, nor slanderers, shall obtain The kingdom of our God. I Surprising grace ! And such were we By nature and by sin, Heirs of immortal misery, Unholy and unclean. i But we are wash'd in Jesus' b'ood, . Ofii ; We're pardon'd through his name ; And the good Spirit of our God Has sanctified our frame. 4 O for a persevering power To keep thyiust commands ! We would defile our hearts no more, No more pollute our hands. 17« (Hymn 22. B. 1. 2d Part. CM.) * • • • Flesh and Spirit, Rom. viii. 1. 1 TITHAT vain desires, and passions vain, * * Attend this mortal clay ! Oft have they pierc'd my soul with pain, And drawn my heart astray. 2 How have I wander'd from my God ; And, following sin and shame, In this vile world of flesh and blood Defil'd my nobler frame ! 3 For ever blessed be thy grace, That form'd my soul anew, And made it of an heaven-born race, Thy glory to pursue. 146 SANCTIFICATION. 178 4 My spirit holds perpetual war, And wrestles and complains ; But vievvs the happy moment near That shall dissolve its chains. 5 Cheerful in death I close my eyes, To part with every lust ; And charge my flesh whene'er it rise To leave them in the dust. 6 My purer spirit shall not fear To put this body on : Its tempting powers no more are there, Its lusts and passions gone. I7ft (Psalm 119. 11th Part. CM.) I/O. Breathing after Holiness. Ver. 5. 33. OTHAT the Lord would guide my ways To keep his statutes still ! O that my God would grant me graee To know and do his will ! Ver. 29. O send thy Spirit down to write Thy law upon my heart ! Nor let my tongue indulge deceit, Nor act the liar's part. Ver. 37. 36. From vanity turn off my eyes : Let no corrupt design^ Nor covetous desires arise Within this soul of mine. Ver. 133. Order my footsteps by thy word, And make my heart sincere, Let sin have no dominion, Lord, But keep my conscience clear. Ver. 176. My soul hath gone too far astray My feet too often slip ; Yet since I've not forgot thy way, Restore thy wandering sheep. Ver. 35. Make me to walk in thy commands 'Tis a delightful road ; Nor let my head, or heart, or hands, Offend against mv God. 147 179, 180 SANCT1FICATIOK. 17q (Hymn 97. B. 1. L. M.) 1 ' v* Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, &c 1 Cor. i. 30. 1 T>URIED 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 drown'd in tears Till his atoning blood appears, Then we awake from deep distress, And sing, The Lord our Righteousness. 3 Our very frame is mix'd with sin, His Spirit makes our natures clean ; Such virtues from his sufferings flow, At once to cleanse and pardon too. 4 Jesus beholds where Satan reigns, Binding his slaves in heavy chains ; He sets the prisoners free, and breaks The iron bondage from our necks. 6 Poor helpless worms in thee possess Grace, wisdom, power and righteousness j Thou art our mighty All, and we Give our whole selves, O Lord, to thee. l Qn (Hymn 98. B. 1. S. M.) ltfU. The same. 1 TTOW heavy is the night -*-*- That hangs upon our eyes, Till Christ with his reviving light Over our souls arise ! 2 Our guilty spirits dread To meet the wrath of heaven, But, in his righteousness array'd, 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 fru. And breaks the cursed chah 5 Lord, we adore thy ways To bring us near to God, Thy sovereign power, thy healing grace, And thine atoning blood. \4S PERSEVERANCE. 181, 182 1Q1 (Hymn 9a B. 2. CM.) 1 01 • Faith in Christ for Pardon and Sanctifi- cation. 1 "O 0 W 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 th' 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 Stretch out thine arm, victorious King, My reigning sins subdue, Drive the old dragon from his seat, With all his hellish crew.] 6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, On thy kind arms I fall : Be thou my strength and righteousness, My Jesus, and my all. PERSEVERANCE. ■I Qey (Psalm 125. C M.) 1 OZ. ^e Saint's Trial and Safety. 1 TTNSHAKEN as the sacred hill, *-' And firm as mountains be, Firm as a rock the soul shall rest, That leans, O Lord, on thee. 2 Not walls nor hills could guard so well Old Salem's happy ground, As those eternal arms of love That every saint surround. 3 While tyrants are a smarting seourge To drive them near to God, Divine compassion does allay The fury of the rod. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with souls sincere, And lead them safely on 149 13* 185, 184 PERSEVERANCE. To the bn>ht gales of Paradise, i&nerfc Christ their Lord is gone. & But if we trace those crooked ways That the old serpent drew, The wrath that drove him first to hell Shall smite his followers too. • no (Psalm 125. S. M.) lOD. The Sainfs Trial and Safety; or, mode- rated Afflictions. 1 "C^IRM and unmov'd are they -*• That rest their souls on God ; Firm as the mount where David dwelt, Or where the ark abode. 2 As mountains stood to guard The city's sacred ground, So God and his almighty love Embrace his saints around. 8 What though the Father's rod Drop a chastising stroke, Vet, lest it wound their souls too deep, Its fury shall be broke. 4 Deal gently, Lord, with those Whose faith and pious fear, Whose hope, and love, and every grace Proclaim their hearts sincere. 5 Nor shall the tyrant's rage, Too long oppress the saint ; The God of Israel will support His children lest they faint. 6 But if our slavish fear Will choose the road to hell, We must expect our portion there Where bolder sinners dwell. j 04 (Psalm 138. L. M.) 1 Q/* • Restoring and preserving Qrac* 1 [TI/'ITH 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 Angels that make thy church their care Shall witness my devotion there, While holy zeal directs my eyes To thy fair temple in the skies.] S I'll sing thy truth and merey, Lord. I'll sing the wonders of thy word : , 150 PERSEVERANCE. 185, 186 Not all thy works and names below So much thy power and glory show. 4 To God I cried when troubles rose ; He heard me, and subdu'd my foes, He did my rising fears control, And strength diffus'd through all my soul. 5 The God of heaven maintains his state, Frowns on the proud, and scorns the great ; But from his throne descends to see The sons of humble poverty. 6 Amidst a thousand snares I stand, Upheld and guarded by thy hand ; Thy words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive. 7 Grace will complete what grace begins To save from sorrows or from sins ; The work that wisdom undertakes, Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes. inr (Psalm 97. 3d Part. L. M.) lOJ. Grace and Glory. 1 rXlH' 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 O 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. 3 Immortal light and jcys unknown Are for the saints in liarfcpess sown ; Those glorious seeds ■shall spring and rise, And the bright harve; t bless our eyes. 4 Rejoice, ye righteous and record The sacred honours ol the Lord ; None but the soul that feels his grace Can triumph in his holiness. lftfi (Hymn 51. B. 1. S. M.) J JO. Preserving Grace, Jude, ver. 24, 25. 1 npO 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 safe from sin and death, And every hurtful snare. 151 1 J 187, 188 SALVATION. 3 He will present our souls Unblemish'd 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. SALVATION. iQ7 (Hymn 88. B. 2. C. M.) iy'- Salvation. 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. 3 Salvation ! let the echo fly The spacious earth around, While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound. 1 ft « (Hymn 111. B. 1. C. M.) 1 °°* Salvation by Grace, Titus iii. 3 — 7. 1 [T ORD, we confess our numerous faults -■-^ How great cur guilt has been ! Foolish and vain were all our thoughts, And all our lives were sin. 2 But, O my soul, for ever praise, For ever love his name, Who turns thy feet from dangerous way» Of foily, sin and shame.] 3 ['Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done ; But we are sav'd by sovereign grace Abounding through his Son.] 4 'Tis from the mercy of our God That all our hopes begin ; 'Tis by the water and the blood Our soul*, are wash'd from sin. 152 SALVATION. 189, 190 5 'Tis through the purchase of his death, Who hung upon i.ie tree, The Spirit is sent down to breathe On such dry bones as we. 6 Rais'd from the dead we live anew ; And, justified by grace, We shall appear in glory too, And see our Father's face. 1 QQ (Hymn 31. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.) 1 o J. Condescending Grace, Psalm cxxxviii. 6. 1 YI/'HEN the Eternal bows the skies '" To visit earthly things, With scorn divine he turns his eyes From towers of haughty kings. 2 He bids his awful chariot roll Far downward from the skies, To visit every humble soul With pleasure in his eyes. 3 Why should the Lord that reigns above Disdain so lofty kings ! Say, Lord, and why such looks of love, Upon such worthless things ! 4 Mortals,, be dumb ; what creature dares Dispute his awful will ? Ask no account of his affairs, But tremble and be still. 5 Just like his nature is his grace, All sovereign and all free ; Great God, how searchless are thy ways ! How deep thy judgments be ! , Qn (Hymn 137. B. 1. L. MJ 1 JV. Salvation by Grace in Christ, 2 Tim. i. 9, 10. 1 TVTOW to the power of God supreme, •*-* Be everlasting honours given, He saves from hell, {wc bless his name,) He calls our wandering feet to heaven. 2 Not for our duties or deserts, But of his own abounding grace, He works salvation in our hearts, And forms a people for his praise. 3 'Twas his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels doom'd to die ; He gave us grace in Christ his Son, Before he spread the starry sky. 4 Jesus the Lord appears at last, And makes his Father's counsels known; 153 191, 192 SALVATION. Declares the great transactions past, And brings immortal blessings down. 5 He dies ; and in that dreadful night Did all the powers of hell destroy j Rising he brought our heaven to light, And took possession of the joy. -i q -• (Psalm 85. ver. 9. &c. 2d Part L. M. ) 1 J •» • Salvation by Christ. 1 SALVATION is for ever nigh ^' The souls that fear and trust the Lord ; And grace, descending from on high, Fresh hopes of glory shall afford. 2 Mercy and truth on earth are met, Since Christ the Lord came down from heaven 4 By his obedience, so complete, Justice is pleas'^ and peace is given. 3 Now truth and honour shall abound, Religion dwell on earth again, And heavenly influence bless the ground In our Redeemer's gentle reign. 4 His righteousness is gone before To give us free access to God ; Our wandering feet shall stray no more, But mark his steps and keep the road. m (Hymn 4. B. 2. L. M.) Salvation in the Cross. 1 TTERE at thy cross, my dyin» God, -*-*• I lay my soul beneath thy love, Beneath the droppings of thy blood, Jesus, nor shall it e'er remove. 2 Not all that tyrants think or say, With rage and lightning in their eyes, Nor hell shall fright my soul away, Should hell with all its legions rise. 3 Should worlds conspire to drive me henee, Moveless and firm this heart should lie ; Resolv'd (for that's my last defence) If I must perish, here to die. 4 But speak, my Lord, and calm my fear ; Am I not safe beneath thy shade ? Thy vengeance will not strike me here, Nor Satan dare my soul invade. 5 Yes, I'm secure beneath thy blood, And all my foes shall lose their aim, Hosanna to my dying God, And my best honours to his name. 154 SALVATION. 193, [94 1 QQ (Psalm €9. 3d Part. C. M.) l\Jo. Christ's Obedience and Death; or % God glorified, and Sinners saved. 1 T? ATHER, I sing thy wohderbus grace, *- I bless my Saviour's name ; He brought salvation for the poor, And bore the sinner's shame. ■ »'// 2 His deep distress has rais'd us high, mA His duty and his zeal FulnlPd the law which mortals broke, And finish'd all thy will. 3 His dying groans, his living songs, Shall better please my God, Than harp or trumpet's solemn sound, Than goats' or bullocks' blood. 4 This shall his humble followers see, And set their hearts at rest ; They by his death draw near; to thee, And live for ever blest. 4 Let heaven and all that dwell on high '-1 T i To God their voices, raise, *-*• While lands and seas assist the sky, And join t' advance his praise. 6 Zion is thine, most Holy God ; Thy Son shall bless her gates ; And glory purchas'd by his blood For thine own Israel waits. m(Hymn 46. B. 1. 1st Part. C. M.) • God glorious and Sinners saved, Rom. L 30. Chap. v. 8, 9. 1 Pet. iii. 22. 1 J^ ATHER, how wide thy glories shine I ■* How high thy wonders rise ! Known through the earth by thousand signs, By thousands through the skies. 2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power, Their motions speak thy skill, And on the wings of every hour We read thy patience still. 3 iut when we view thy strange design To save rebellious worms, Our souls are fill'd with awe divine, To see what God performs. i When sinners break the Father's law, The dying Son atones ; Oh the dear mysteries of bis cross ! The triumph of his groans! 155 195 INVITATIONS. 6 Now the full gleries of the Lamb Adorn the heavenly plains ; Sweet cherubs learn ImmanueL's name, And try their choicest strains. 6 O may I bear some humble part In that immortal song ; Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And lov£ command my tongue. SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS AND PROMISES. INVITATIONS. |qc (Hymn 7. B. 1. C. M.) J. VtJ. T}ie invitati(,n of the Gospel ; or, spiritual Food and Clothing, Isa. lv. 1, &c. 1 T ET every mortal ear attend, -" And every heart rejoice, The trumpet of the gospel sounds With an inviting voice. 2 Ho, all ye hungry starving souls, That feed upon the wind, And vainly strive with earthly toys To fill an empty mind ; 3 Eternal wisdom has prepar'd A soul-reviving feast, And bids your longing appetites The rich provision taste. 4 Ho, ye that pant for living streams, And pine away and die, Here you may quench your raging thirst With springs that never dry. ■ _ ■ "V 5 Rivers of love and mercy here In a rich ocean join; Salvation in abundance flows, Like floods of milk and wine. 6 [Ye perishing and naked poor, Who work with mighty pain To weave a garment of your own That will not hide your sin ; 7 Come naked, and adorn your souls In rebes prepar'd by God, 156 INVITATIONS. 196, 197 Wrought by the labours of his Son, And dyed in his own blood.] 8 Dear God, the treasures of thy love Are everlasting mines, Deep as our helpless miseries are, And boundless as our sins. 9 The happy gates of gospel grace Stand open night and day, Lord, we are come to seek supplies, And drive our wants away. 1 Qfi (Hymn 127. B. 1. L. M.) luU, Christ's Invitation to Sinners ; or, Humili- ty and Pride, Matt. xi. 28—30. 1 '/^OME hither, all ye weary souls, ^ ' Yc heavy laden sinners, come, ' I'll give you rest from all your toils, ' And raise you to my heavenly home. 2 ' They shall find rest that learn of me ; ' I'm of a meek and lowly mind ; * But passion rages like the sea, ' And pride is restless as the wind. 3 ' Blest is the man whose shoulders take ' My yoke, and bear it with delight ; * My yoke is easy to his neck, ' My grace shall make the burden light. 4 Jesus, we come at thy command, With faith and hope and humble zeal Resign our spirits to thy hand, To mould and guide us at thy will. 1 EHOLD thy waiting servant, Lord, *-* Devoted to thy fear ; Remember and confirm thy word, For all my hopes are there. Ver. 41. 58. 107. Hast thou not sent salvation down. And promis'd quickening grace ) Doth not my heart address thy throne ? And yet thy love delays. Ver. 123. 42. Mine eyes for thy salvation fail ; O bear thy servant up ; 163 209 PROMISES. Nor let the scoffing lips prevail, ■■■■' *) Which dare reproach my hope. Ver. 49. 74. Didst thou not raise my faith, O Lord, Then let thy truth appear : Saints shall rejoice in my reward, And trust as well as fear. 90Q (Hymn 69. B. 2. C. M.) Zi\J\J. The Faithfulness of God in his Promises. 1 [DEGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme, ■■-* And speak some boundless thing, The mighty works, or mightier name Of our eternal King. 2 Tell of his wonderous faithfulness, And sound his power abroad, Sing the sweet promise of his grace, And the performing God. 3 Proclaim ' salvation from the Lord, ' For wretched dying men ;' His hand has writ the sacred word With an immortal pen. 4 Engrav'd as in eternal brass The mighty promise shines ; Nor can the powers of darkness rase Those everlasting lines.] 5 [He that can dash whole worlds to death, And make them when he please, He speaks, and that almighty breath Fulfils his great decrees. 6 His very word of grace is strong As that which built the skies, The voice that rolls the stars along Speaks all the promises. 7 He said, ' Let the wide heaven be spread,' And heaven was stretch'd abroad ; 1 Abrah'm, I'll be thy God,' he said, And he was Abrah'm's God. 8 0, might I hear thine heavenly tongue But whisper, ' Thou art mine,' Those gentle words should raise my song To notes almost divine. 9 How would my leaping heart rejoice And think my heaven secure ! I trust the all-creating voice, And faith desires no more.] 164 CHRIST. 210, 211 0 ! n /Hymn 60. B. 2. L. M.) ZIU. 77^ jvu^ 0f God the Promiser ; or, Me Promises are our Security. 1 TJRAISE, everlasting praise be paid •*• To him who earth's foundations laid ; Praise to the God whose strong decrees Sway the creation as he please. 2 Praise to the goodness of the Lord Who rules his people by his word, And there as strong as his decrees He sets his kindest promises. 3 [Firm are the words his prophets give, Sweet words on which his children live ; Each of them is the voice of God, Who spake and spread the skies abroad. 4 Each of them powerful as that sound That bid the new-made world go round ; And stronger than the solid poles On which the wheel of nature rolls.] 5 Whence then should doubts and fears arise! Why trickling sorrows drown our eyes ? Slowly, alas, our mind receives The comforts that our Maker gives. 6 O for a strong, a lasting faith, To credit what th' Almighty saith ! T' embrace the message of his Son, And call the joys of heaven our own. 7 Then should the earth's old pillars shake, And all the wheels of nature break, Our steady souls would fear no more Than soKd rocks when billows roar. 8 Our everlasting hopes arise Above the ruinable skies, Where the eternal Builder reigns, And his own court his power sustains. CHRIST. oi -l (Hymn 51. B. 2. L. M.) "" 1 A • God the Sen equal toith the Father. i TJRIGHT King of glory, dreadful God ! *-* Our spirits bow before thy seat, To thee we lift an humble thought, And worship at thine awful fcci. 165 212 CHRIST. 2 |Thy power hath forrn'd, thy wisdom sways All nature with a sovereign word ; And the bright world of stars obeys The will of their superior Lord.] 3 [Mercy and truth unite in one, And smiling sit at thy right hand ; Eternal justice guards thy throne, And vengeance waits thy dread command.] 4 A thousand seraphs strongand bright Stand round the glorious Deity; But who amongst the sons of light Pretends comparison with thee ! 5 Yet there is one of human frame, Jesus, array'd in flesh and blood, Thinks it no robbery to claim A full equality with God. 6 Their glory shines with equal beams ; Their essence is for ever one, Though they are known by different names, The Father God, and God the Son. 7 Then let the name of Christ our King With equal honours be adorM ; His praise let every angel sing, And all the nations own their Xord. 010 (Hymn 2. B. 1. L. M.) ^1^l« The Deity and Humanity of Chris^ John i. 1. 3. 14. Col. i. 16. Eph. iii. 9, 10. IRE the blue heavens were stretch'd abroad From everlasting was the Word ; With God he was ; the Word was God, And must divinely be ador'd. 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 Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, He led the host of morning stars ; (Thy generation who can tell, Or count the number of thy years ?) 4 But lo, he leaves those heavenly forms, The Word descends and dwells in clay, That he may hold converse with worms, Drest in such feeble flesh as they. 6 Mortals with joy behold his face, Th' eterna] Father's only Son ; E1 CHRIST. 213, 214 How full of truth ! how full of grace ! When through his flesh the Godhead shone. 6 Archangels leave their high abode To learn new mysteries here, and tell The love of our descending God, The glories of Immanuel. 91 o (Hymn 47. B. 2. L. M.) ■61 J' Giory and Grace in the Person of Christ. 1 TVTOW to the Lord a noble song ! ■*• ' Awake, my soul, awake, my tongue ; Hosanna to th' eternal name, And all his boundless love proclaim. 2 See where it shines in Jesus' face, The brightest image of his grace ; God, in the person of his Son, Has all his mightiest works outdone. 3 The spacious earth and spreading flood Proclaim the wise the powerful God * And thy rich glories from afar Sparkle in every rolling star. 4 But in his looks a glory stands, The noblest labour of thine han£s : The pleasing lustre of his eyes Outshines the wonders of the skies. 5 Grace, 'tis a sweet, a charming theme j My thoughts rejoice at Jesus' name : Ye angels, dwell upon the sound, Ye heavens, reflect it to the ground ! 6 O, may I live to reach the place Where he unveils his lovely face, Where all his beauties you behold, And sing his name to harps of gold ! 0 j a (Hymn 22. B. I. 1st Part. L. M.) ^ 1 ^* Christ the eternal Life, Rom. ix. 5. 1 TESUS our Saviour and our God, ** Array'd in majesty and blood, Thou art our life ; our souls in thee Possess a full felicity. 2 All our immortal hopes are laid In thee our surety and our head ; Thy cross, thy cradle, and thy throne, Are big with glories yet unknown. 3 Let Atheists scoff, and Jews blaspheme Th' eternal life and Jesus' name : 167 215 INCARNATION A word of thy almighty breath Dooms the rebellious world to death. 4 But let my soul for ever lie Beneath the blessings of thine eye ; *Tis heaven on earth, 'tis heaven above To see thy face and taste thy love. INCARNATION OF CHRIST. e)1 c (Hymn 3. B. 1, S.M.) **■•>• The Nativity of Christ, Luke i. 30, &c Luke ii. 10, &c. 1 "DEHOLD, the grace appears, -*-* The promise is fulfil'd ; Mary the wonderous virgin bears, And Jesus is the child. 2 [The Lord, the highest God, Calls him nis only Son • He bids him rule the lands abroad, And gives him David's throne. 9 O'er Jacob shall he reign With a peculiar sway ; The nations shall his grace obtain, His kingdom ne'er decay.] 4 To bring the glorious news A heavenly form appears ; He tells the shepherds of their joys, And banishes their fears. 5 ' Go, humble swains,' said he, ' To David's city fly ; * The promis'd infant born to-day 1 Doth in a manger lie. 6 * With looks and hearts serene, * Go visit Christ your King ;' And straight a flaming troop was seen ; The shepherds heard them sing: 7 * Glory to God on high, * And heavenly peace on earth, 1 Good-will to men, to angels joy, ' At the Redeemer's birth ! ' 8 [In worship so divine Let saints employ their tongues, With the celestial hosts we join, And loud repeat their songs: 9 c Glory to God on high, ' And heavenly peace on earth, 168 of cHitisr. 216, 217 ' Good-will to men, to angels joy, * At our Redeemer's birth.'] Ol£ (Hymn 4. B. 1. 1st Part. CM.) L 1 0. fhe Nativity of Christ, Luke ii. 10, &c. 1 SHEPHERDS ! rejoice, lift up your eyes, ^ And send your fears away ; News from the regions of the skies, * Salvation's born to-day. 2 ' Jesus the God whom angels fear ' Comes down to dwell with you ; * To-day he makes his entrance here, 1 But not as monarch's do. 8 ' No gold nor purple swaddling bands, ' Nor royal shining things ; ' A manger for his cradle stands, ' And holds the King of kings. 1 * Go, shepherds, where the infant lies, * And see his humble throne ; ' With tears of joy in all your eyes, ' Go, shepherds, kiss the Son.' 6 Thus Gabriel sang, and straight around The heavenly armies throng, They tune their harps to lofty sound, And thus conclude the song : 6 ' Glory to God that reigns above, 1 Let peace surround the earth ; ' Mortals shall know their Maker's love, 1 At their Redeemer's birth.' 7 Lord, and shall angels have their songs, And men no tunes to raise ! O may we lose our useless tongues When they forget to praise. 8 Glory to God that reigns above, That pitied us forlorn, We join to sing our Maker's love, For there's a Saviour born. 0 i m (Psalm 97. ver. 6—9. 2d Part. L. M.) ■^ * ' • Christ's Incarnation. 1 PTlHE 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 : 169 15 218, 219 INCARNATION 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. 91ft (Hymn 60. B. 1. L. M.) Z 1 0. The Virgin Mary's Song; or siah bom, Luke i. 46, &c. 1 |"\UR soul shall magnify the Lord, ^ In God the Saviour we rejoice ; While we repeat the virgin's song, May the same spirit tune our voice. 2 [The Highest saw her low estate, And mighty things his hand hath done : His overshadowing power and grace Makes her the mother of his Son. 3 Let every nation call her bless'd, And endless years prolong her fame ; But God alone must be ador'd ; Holy and reverend is his name.] 4 To those that fear and trust the Lord His mercy stands for ever sure ; From age to age his promise lives, And the performance is secure. 5 He spake to Abra'm and his seed, * In thee shall all the earth be bless'd ;' The memory of that ancient word, Lay long in his eternal breast. 6 But now no more shall Israel wait, No more the Gentiles lie forlorn: Lo, the desire of nations comes, Behold the promis'd seed is born ! 91q (Hymn 135. B. 2. L.M.) ZI J. J'ypes and Prophecies of Chritt. 1 "DEHOLD the woman's promis'd seed I •*-* Beheld the great Messiah come ! Behold the prophets all agreed To give him the superior room ! 2 Abra'm the saint rejoie'd of old, When visions of the Lord he saw Moses the man of God foretold This great fulfiller of his law. 3 The types bore witness to his name, Obtain'd their chief design, and ceas'd ; 170 of CHRIST. 220, 21, 22 The incense and the bleeding lamb, The ark, the altar, and the priest. 4 Predictions in abundance meet To join their blessings on his head ; Jesus, we worship at thy feet, And nations own the promis'd seed. 000 (Hymn 136. B. 2. L. M.) &&■>* Miracles at the Birth of Christ. 1 rpHE King of Glory sends his Son -*- To make his entrance on this earth ! Behold the midnight bright as noon, And heavenly hosts declare his birth ! 2 About the young Redeemer's head What wonders and what glories meet ! An unknown star arose, and led The eastern sages to his feet. 3 Simeon and Anna both conspire The infant-Saviour to proclaim ; Inward they felt the sacred fire, And bless'd the babe, and own'd his name. i Let Jews and Greeks blaspheme aloud, And treat the holy child with scorn ; Our souls adore th' eternal God Who condescended to be born. nn-i (Psalm 98. 2d Part. C. M.) LL 1 . Tiie Messiah's Coming and Kingdom. 1 TOY 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. 4 He rules the world with truth and grace, And makes the nations prove The glories of his righteousness, And wonders of his love. 999 (Psalm 96. ver. 1. 10, &c. C. M.) ZtZtZi. Christ^ pirst and Second Coming. ,i ^ING to the Lord, ye distant lands, *^ Ye tribes of every tongue ; 171 223 INCARNATION His new discover'd grace demands A new and nobler song. 2 Say to the nations, Jesus reigns, God's own almighty Son ; His power the sinking world sustains, And grace surrounds his throne. 3 Let heaven proclaim the joyful day, Joy through the earth be seen ; Let cities shine in bright array, And fields in cheerful green. 4 Let an unusual joy surprise The islands of the sea : Ye mountains, sink, ye rallies, 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 tlte dead, And bid the world draw near, How will the guilty nations dread To see their Judge appear ! 090 (Psalm 97. 1.8. 5— 7. 11. CM.) Z — J. chrisVs Incarnation, and the last Judgment. 1 VE islands of the northern sea, -■; Rejoice, the Saviour reigns ; His word, like fire, prepares his way, And mountains melt to plains. 2 His presence sinks the proudest hills, And makes the vallies rise ; The humble soul enjoys his smiles, The haughty sinner dies. 3 The heavens his rightful power proclaim ; The idol-gods around Fill their own worshippers with shame, And totter to the ground. 4 Adoring angels at his birth Make the Redeemer known ; Thus shall he come to judge the earth, And angels guard his throne. 5 His foes shall tremble at his sight, And hills and seas retire ; His children take their unknown flight, And leave the world in fire. 172 of chkist. 224, 225 6 The seeds of joy and glory sown For saints in darkness here. Shall rise and spring in worlds unknown, And a rich harvest bear. LIFE OF CHRIST. n*>A (Hymn 103. B. 2. C. M.) ^z.fr. Christ's Commission, John iii. 16, 17. 1 /^OME, happy souls, approach your God ^ With new melodious songs ; Come, rentier to almighty grace The tribute of your tongues. 2 So strange, so boundless was the love That pitied dying men, The Father sent his equal Son To give them life again. 3 Thy hands, dear Jesus, were not arm'd With a revenging rod, No hard commission to perform The vengeance of a God. 4 But all was mercy, all was mild, And wrath forsook the throne, When Christ on the kind errand came, And brought salvation down. 5 Here, sinners, you may heal your wounds, And wipe your sorrows dry ; Trust in the mighty Saviour's name, And you shall never die. 6 See, dearest Lord, our willing souls Accept thine offer'd grace ; We bless the great Redeemer's love, And give the Father praise. 00k (Hymn 104. B. 2. S. M.) AAO. The same. 1 "O AISE your triumphant songs -■-*' To an immortal tune, Let the wide earth resound the deeds Celestial grace has done. 2 Sing how eternal love Its chief beloved chose, And bid him raise our wretched race From their abyss of woes. 3 His hand no thunder bears, No terror clothes his brow, No bolts to drive our guilty souls To fiercer flames below. 173 15* 226, 227 life 4 'Twas mercy fill'd the throne, And wrath stood silent by, When Christ was sent with pardons down To rebels doom'd to die. 5 Now, sinners, dry your tears, Let hopeless sorrow cease ; Bow to the sceptre of his love, And take the offer'd peace. 6 Lord, we obey thy call ; We lay an humble claim To the salvation thou hast brought, And love and praise thy name. OOft (Hymn 139. B. 2. L. M.) 4AU. The Example, of Christ. 1 IVf Y dear Redeemer and my Lord, -L" I read my duty in thy word, But in thy life the law appears Drawn out in living characters. 2 Such was thy truth, ami such thy zeal, Such deference to thy Father's will, Such iove, and meekness so divine, I would transcribe and make them mine. 3 Cold mountains and the midnight air Witness the fervour 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. tycyy-i (Hymn 11-2. B. 2. L. M.) ££ ' • Angels ministering to Christ and Saints. 1 /^.REAT God, tc what a glorious height " Hast thou advanc'd the Lord thy Son ! Angels, in all their robes of light, Are made the servants of his throne. 2 Before his feet thine armies wait, And swift as flames of fire they move To manage his affairs of state, In works of vengeance and of love. 3 His orders run through all the hosts, Legions descend at his command To shield and guard thy people's coasts When foreign rage invades the land. 4 Now they are sent to guide our feet Up to the gates of thine abode, 174 of cjhuist. 228, 229 Through all the dangers that we meet In travelling the heavenly road. 5 Lord, when I leave this mortal ground, And thou shalt bid me rise and come, Send a beloved angel down, Safe to conduct my spirit home. OOQ (Hymn 113. B. 2. C. M.) AAO. The same. 1 T^HE majesty of Solomon! -■- How glorious to behold The servants waiting round his throne, The ivory and the gold ! 2 But mighty God, thy palace shines With far superior beams ; Thine angel guards are swift as winds, Thy ministers are flames. 3 [Soon as thine only Son had made His entrance on this earth, A shining army downward fled To celebrate his birth. 4 And when oppress'd with pains and fears On the cold ground he lies, Behold a heavenly form appears T' allay his agonies. ] 5 Now to the hands of Christ our King Are all their legions given ; They wait upon his saints, and bring His chosen heirs to heaven. 6 Pleasure and praise run through their host To see a sinner turn ; That Satan has a captive lost, And Christ a subject born. 7 But there's an hour of brighter joy When he his angels sends Obstinate rebels to destroy, And gather in his friends. 8 O could I say, without a doubt, There shall my soul be found, Then let the great archangel shout, And the last trumpet sound. SUFFERINGS AND DEATH OF CHRIS1 99Q (Psalm 69. ver. 7, &c. 2d Part. L. M. ) AAX3. Christ's Sufferings and Zeal. 1 'fTIWAS for our sake, eternal God, •*• Thy Son sustain'd that heavy load 1-5 230 SUFFERINGS, &C. Of base reproach and sore disgrace And shame defil'd his sacred face 2. The Jews, his brethren and his kin, Abus'd the man that check'd their sin: Whileiie fulfii'd thy holy laws, They hate Mm, but without a cause. 3 * [My Father's house, said he, was made * A place for worship, not for trade ;' Then scattering all their gold and brass, He scourg'd the merchants from the place.^ 4 [Zeal for the temple of his God Consumed his life, expos'd his blood : Reproaches at thy glory thrown He felt, and mourn'd them as his own.] 5 [His friends forsook, his followers fled, While foes and arms surround his head ; They curse him with a slanderous tongue. And the false judge maintains the wrong.] 6 His life they load with hateful lies, And charge his lips with blasphemies : They nail him to the shameful tree : There hung the man that died for me. 7 I Wretches, with hearts as hard as stones. Insult his piety and groans : Gall was the food they gave him there, And mock'd his thirst with vinegar.] 5 But God beheld ,• and fro*n his throne Marks out the men that hate his Son ; The hand that rais'd him from the dead Shall pour our vengeance on their head. noA (Psalm 69. 1st Part L. M.) L.yyJ. Christ's Passion and Sinner's Salvatinn. 1 "T|EEP in our hearts let us record •*-J The deeper sorrows of our Lord.; Behold the rising billows roll To overwhelm his holy soul. 2 In long complaints he spends his breath, While hosts of hell, and powers of death, And all the sons of malice join To execute their curs'd design. 3 Yet, gracious God, thy power and love Have made the curse a blessing prove ; Those dreadful sufferings of thy Son Aton'd for sins which we had done. 4 The pangs of our expiring Lord The honours of thy law restor'd,; .176 OF CHRIST. 231 His sorrows made thy justice known, And paid for follies not his own. 5 O for his sake our guilt forgive, And let the mourning sinner live ; The Lord will hear us in his name, Nor shall our hope he turn'd to shame. n q -i (Psalm 69. ver. 1—14. 1st Part. CM.) ^A 'The Sufferings of Christ for our Salvation. 1 ' Q AVE me, O God, the swelling floods ^ ' Break in upon my soul : f I sink, and sorrows o'er my head 1 Like mighty waters roll. 2 ' I cry till all my voice he gone, * In tears I waste the day : ' My Godi behold my longing eyes, ' And shorten thy delay. 3 ' They hate my soul without a cause, ' And still their number grows * More than the hairs around my head, ' And mighty are my foes. 4 ' 'Twas then I paid that dreadful debt ' That men could never pay, ' And gave those honours to thy law 'Which sinners took away.' 5 Thus, in the great Messiah's name, The royal prophet mourns ; Thus he awakes our hearts to grief, And gives us joy by turns. 6 ' Now shall the saints rejoice and find ' Salvation in my name, ' For I have borne their heavy load ' Of sorrow, pain, and shame. 7 ! Grief, like a garment, cloth'd me round, ' And sackcloth was my dress, ' While I procur'd for naked souls ' A robe of righteousness. 8 ' Amongst my brethren and the Jews ' I like a stranger stood, ' And bore their vile reproach, to bring ' The Gentiles near to God. 9 ' I came in sinful mortals' stead ' To do my Father's will ; ' Yet when I cleans'd my Father's house, ' They scandaltz'd my zeal. 177 £32 SUFFERINGS, &C 10 * My fastings and my holy groans * Were made the drunkard's song ; * But God from his celestial throne, ' Heard my complaining tongue. 11 ' He sav'd me from the dreadful deep, ' Nor let my soul be drown'd ; * He rais'd and fix'd my sinking feet * On well establish'd ground. 12 "Twas in a most accepted hour 1 My prayer arose on high, ' And for my sake my God shall hear ' The dying sinner's cry.' 009 (Psalm 69. 14—21. 26. 29. 32. 2d Pt. C. M.) Z.O^. 77^ Passion an(i Exaltation of Christ. 1 TVTOW let our lips with holy fear -*- ' And mournful pleasure sing The sufferings of our great high priest, The sorrows of our king. 2 He sinks in floods of deep distress ; How high the waters rise ! While to his heavenly Father's ear He sends perpetual cries. 3 ' Hear me, O Lord, and save thy Son, 1 Nor hide thy shining face ; * Why should thy favourite look like one * Forsaken of thy grace ? 4 ' With rage they persecute the man ' That groans beneath thy wound, While for a sacrifice I pour ' My life upon the ground. 5 ' They tread my honour to the dust, * And laugh when I complain ; * Their sharp insulting slanders add ' Fresh anguish to my pain. 6 ' All my reproach is known to thee, ' The scandal and the shame ; ' Reproach has broke my bleeding heart, * And lies defil'd my name. 7 ' I look'd for pity, but in vain ; ' My kindred are my grief: *I ask my friends for comfort round, * But meet with no relief. 8 * With vinegar they mock my thirst ; ' They gave me gall for food ; ' And sporting with my dying groans, * Thev triumph in my blood. f7a OF CHRIST. 233 9 ' Shine into my distressed soul, 1 Let thy compassions save ; 1 And though my flesh sink down to death, ' Redeem it from the grave. 10 ' I shall arise to praise thy name, 1 Shall reign in worlds unknown ; 1 And thy salvation, O my God, ' Shall seat me on thy throne.' (Psalm 22. ver. I— 16. 1st Part. CM.1 The Sufferings and Death of Christ. 233. 1 * T1THY has my God my soul forsook, »» ' Nor will a smile afford ?' (Thus David once in anguish spoke, And thus our dying Lord. ) i Though 'tis thy chief delight to dweii Among thy praising saints, Yet thou canst hear a groan as well, And pity our complaints. 3 Our fathers trusted in. thy name, And great deliverance found ; But I'm a worm, despis'd of men, And trodden to the ground. 4 Shaking the head they pass me by, And laugh my soul to scorn ; ' In vain he trusts in God,' they cry, ' Neglected and forlorn.' 5 But thou art he who form'd my flesh By thine almighty word ; And since I hung upon the breast, My hope is in the Lord. 6 Why will my Father hide his face When foes stand threatening round, In the dark hour of deep distress, And not an helper found ? PAUSE. 7 Behold thy Darling left among The crnel and the proud, As bulls of Bashan fierce and strong, As lions roaring loud. 8 From earth and hell my sorrows meet To multiply the sni^t ; They nail my hands, they pierce my feet, And try to vex my heart. 9 Yet, if thy sovereign hand let loose The rage of earth and hell, 179 234 SUFFERINGS, &C. Why will my heavenly Father bruise The Son he loves so well ? 10 My God, if possible it be, Withhold this bitter cup ; But I resign my will to thee, And drink the sorrows up. 11 My heart dissolves with pangs unknown, In groans I waste my breath ; Thy heavy hand has brought me down Low as the dust of death. 12 Father, I give my spirit up,J And trust it in thy hand : My dying flesh shall rest in hope, And rise at thy command. rto^ vHymn43. B. 1. IstPart. L. M.) *Jt)^* Jesus our Surety and Saviour, 1 Peter i. 18. Gal. hi. 13. Rom. iv. 25. 1 A DAM our Father and our head •£*- Transgress'd, and justice doom'd us dead, The fiery law speaks all despair ; There's no reprieve nor pardon there. 2 But, 0 ! unutterable grace, The Son of God takes Adam's place, Down to our world the Saviour flies, Stretches his- arms and bleeds and dies. 3 Justice was pleas'd to bruise the God, And pay its wrongs with heavenly blood : What unknown racks and pangs he bore! Then rose ; the law could ask no more. Amazing work ! look down, ye skies, Wonder and gaze with all your eyes : Ye heavenly thrones, stoop from above, And bow to this mysterious love. 5 Lo ! they adore th' incarnate Son, And sing the glories he hath won, Sing how he broke our iron chains, How deep he sunk, how high he reigns. 6 Triumph and reign, victorious Lord, By all the flaming hosts ador'd ; And say, dear Conqueror, say how long, Ere we shall rise to join their song. 7 Send down a chariot from above, With fiery wheels, and pav'd with love, Raise us beyond th' ethereal blue, To sing and love as angels do. 180 OF CHRIST. 235 — &£0 n 114. B. 2. C. M.) Christ's Death, Victory and Dominion. rto a _. (Hymn 114. B. 2. C. M.) 1 T SING my Saviour's wonderous death; -*• He conquer'd when he fell : 'Tis finish' d, said his dying breath, And shook the gates of hell. I 'Tis jinish'd, our Immanuel cries, The dreadful work is done ; Hence shall his sovereign throne arise, His kingdom is begun. 3 His cross a sure foundation laid For glory and renown, When through the regions of the dead He pass'd to reach the crown. 4 Exalted at his Father's side Sits our victorious Lord ; To heaven and hell his hands divide The vengeance or reward. 5 The saints from his propitious eye Await their several crowns, And all the sons of darkness fly The terror of his frowns. noa (Psalm 16. 2d Part. L. M.) ZiOV. Christ's Ml-sufficiency. 1 TTOW fast their guilt and sorrows rise, *-*■ Who haste to seek some idol-god ! I will not taste their sacrifice, Their offerings of forbidden blood. ? My God provides a richer cup, A nobler food to live upon ; He for my life has offered up Jesus his best beloved Son. 3 His love is my perpetual feast ; By day his counsels guide me right : And be his name for ever blest, Who gives me sweet advice by night. 4 I set him still before mine eyes ; At my right hand he stands prepar'd To keep my soul from all surprise, And be my everlasting guard. RESURRECTION OF CHRIST. syorj (Psalm 16. 2d Part. C. M.) "*>'• The Death and Resurrection of Christ. 1 'T SET the Lord before my face, -■- l He bears my courajre up, JBl 16 238 RESURRECTION * My heart and tongue, their joys express, * My flesh shall rest in hope. 2 * My spirit, Lord, thou wilt not leave ' Where souls departed are ; 1 Nor quit my body to the grave ' To see corruption there. 3 ' Thou wilt reveal the path of life, * And raise me to thy throne ; 1 Thy courts immortal pleasure give, 'Thy presence joys unknown.' 4 [Thus in the name of Christ, the Lord, The holy David sung, And Providence fulfils the word Of his prophetic tongue. 5 Jesus, whom every saint adores* Was crucified and slain ; Behold the tomb its prey restores, Behold, he lives again ! 6 When shall my feet arise and stand On heaven's eternal hills ! There sits the Son at God's right hand, And there the Father smiles.] 9oo (Hymn 76. B. 2. CM.) -400.77^ Resurrection and Ascension of Christ. 1 TTOSANNA to the Prince of Light -■J- That cloth'd himself in clay, Enter'd 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 spoil'd our hellish foes. 3 See how the Conqueror mounts aloft, And to his Father flies, With scars of honour in his flesh, And triumph in his eyes. 4 There our exalted Saviour reigns, And scatters blessings down, Our Jesus fills the middle seat Of the celestial throne. 5 [Raise your devotion, mortal tongues, To reach his bless'd abode, Sweet be the accents of your songs To our incarnate God. 6 Bright angels, strike your loudest strings, Your sweetest voices raise, 182 of christ. 239, 9.40 Let heaven, and all created things Sound our Immanuel's praise.] rton (Hymn 26. B. 1. €. M.) Zov. jiope 0f Heaven by the Resurrection of Christ, 1 Pet. i. 3—5. 1 "DLESS'D be the everlasting God, ■*-* The Father of our Lord, Be his abounding mercy prais'd, His majesty ador'd. 2 When from the dead he rais'd his Son, And call'd him to the sky, He gave our souls a lively hope That they should never die. 3 What though our inbred sins require Our flesh to see the dust! Yet as the Lord our Saviour rose So all his followers must. 4 There's an inheritance divine Reserv'd against that dav, 'Tis uncorrupted, undefil'cf, And cannot waste away. 5 Saints by the power of God are kept Till the salvation come ; We walk by faith as strangers here Till Christ shall call us home. 9 A ft (Hymn 137. B. 2. L. M.) A'xV. Miracles in the Life, Death, and Resur- rection of Christ. 1 "DEHOLD die blind their sight receive ; ■*-* Behold the dead awake and live ; The dumb speak wonders, and the lame Leap like the hart, and bless his name. 2 Thus doth th' eternal Spirit own And seal the mission of the Son^ The Father vindicates his cause While he hangs bleeding on the crofs. 3 He dies ; the heavens in mourning stood; He rises, and appears a God ; Behold the Lord ascending high, No more to bleed, no more to die. 4 Hence and for ever from my heart I bid my doubts and fears depart, And to those hands my soul resign, Which bear credentials so divine. 241 ASCENSIOV ASCENSION AND EXALTATION OF CHRIST. o^-i (Psalm 2. L. M.) ^^ x • Christ's Death, Resurrection, and Ascen- sion. 1 TS^HY did the Jews proclaim their rage? * » The Romans why their swords employ ? Against the Lord their powers engage His dear Anointed to destroy ? 2 ' Come let us break his bands,' they say, * This man shall never give us laws ;' And thus they cast his yoke away, And nail'd the monarch to the cross. 3 But God, who high in glory reigns, Laughs at their pride, their rage controls ; He'll vex their hearts with inward pains, And speak in thunder to their souls. 4 ' I will maintain the King I made ' On Zion's everlasting bill, * My hand shall bring him from the dead, * And he shall stand your sovereign still.' 5 [His wonderous rising from the earth Makes his eternal Godhead known ; The Lord declares his heavenly birth, 1 This day have I begot my Son. S * Ascend, my Son, to my right hand, 'There thou shalt ask, and I bestow 'The utmost bounds of heathen lands: ' To thee the northern isles shall bow.'] 7 But nations that resist his grace Shall fall beneath his iron stroke ; His rod shall crush his foes with ease, As potters' earthen work is broke. PAUSE. 8 Now ye that sit on earthly thrones, Be wise, and serve the Lord, the Lamb ; Now at his feet submit your crowns, Rejoice and tremble at his name. 9 With humble love address the Son, Lest he grew angry and ye die ; His wrath will burn to worlds unknown, If ye provoke his jealousj . 10 His storms shall drive you quick to hell, He is a God, and ye but dust ; Happy the souls that know him well, And make his grace their onlv trust. 184 s , of christ. 242, 243 049 (Psalm 24. L. M.) Zi4Zi. Saints dwell in Heaven; or, Christ's As- cension. \ nnHIS spacious earth is all the Lord's, -*- And men, and worms, and beasts, and birds, He rais'd the building on the seas, And gave it for their dwelling-place. 2 But there's a brighter world on high, Thy palace, Lord, above the sky : Who shall ascend that blest abode, And dwell so near his maker God ! 3 He that abhors and fears to sin, Whose heart is pure, whose hands are clean, Him shall the Lord the Saviour bless, And clothe his soul with righteousness. 4 These are the men, the pious race That seek the God of Jacob's face ; These shall enjoy the blissful sight. And dwell in everlasting light. PAUSE. 5 Rejoice, ye shining worlds on high, Behold the King of Glory nigh ! Who can this King of Glory be ? The mighty Lord, the Saviour's he. 6 Ye heavenly gates, your leaves display To make the Lord the Saviour way : Laden with spoils from earth and hell, The Conqueror comes with God to dwell. 7 Rais'd from the dead he goes before, He opens heaven's eternal door, To give his saints a blest abode Near their Redeemer, and their God. O^o (Psalm 47. C. M.) Z41 o. Christ ascending and reigning. 1 f\ FOR a shout of sacred joy " To God the sovereign King ! Let every land their tongues employ, And hymns of triumph sing. 2 Jesus our God ascends on high ; His heavenly guards around Attend him rising through the sky, With trumpet's joyful sound. S While angels shout and praise their Ki*£« Let mortals learn their strains ; Let all the earth his honours sing ; O'er all the earth he reigns. 185 16=F 244,245 ascemmom 4 Rehearse his praise with awe profound, Let knowledge lead the song, Nor mock him with a solemn sound Upon a thoughtless tongue. 5 In Israel stood his ancient throne, He lov'd that chosen race ; But now he calls the world his own. And heathens taste his grace. 6 The Gentile nations are the Lord's, There Abraham's God is known, While powers and princes, shields and swords, Submit before his throne. 0 a A (Psalm 68. ver. 17, 18. 2d Part. L. M.) Z-A4. Christ's Ascension, and the Gift of the Spirit. 1 T ORD, when thou didst ascend on high, •*-* Ten thousand angels fill'd 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 pronounc'd 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 Rais'd by his Father to the throne, He sent the promis'd Spirit down, With gifts and grace for rebel men, That God might dwell on earth again. O/l F\ (Hymn 141. B. 1. S. M.) "** °* The Humiliation and Exaltation of Chrtii, Isaiah liii. 1—5. 10—12. 1 "WHO has believ'd thy word, " Or thy salvation known ? Reveal thine arm, almighty Lord, And glorify thy Son. 2 The Jews esteem'd him here Too mean for their belief; Sorrows his chief acquaintance were, And his companion, grief. 5 They turn'd their eyes away, And treated him with scorn ; But 'twas their grief upon him lay, Their sorrows he has borne. 186 OF CHRIST. 246 4 'Twas for the stubborn Jews, And Gentiles then unknown, The God of justice pleas'd to bruise His best beloved Son. 5 'But I'll prolong his days, ' And make his kingdom stand, 'My pleasure (saith the God of grace) ' Shall prosper in his hand. 6 [' His joyful soid shall see ' The purchase of his pain, ' And by his knowledge justify 'The guilty sons ol men.] 7 ['Ten thousand captive slaves, ' Releas'd from death and sin, ' Shall quit their prisons and their graves, 'And own his power divine.] 8 [' Heaven shall advance my Son * To joys that earth denied ; * Who saw the follies men had done, ' And bore their sins, and died.'] eyA n (Hymn 142. B. 1. S. M.) .44:0. y^e samef ieaiah liii. 6_9i 12, 1 T IKE sheep we went astray, U And broke the fold of God, Each wandering in a different way, But all the downward road. 2 How dreadful was the hour When God our wanderings laid, And did at once his vengeance pour Upon the Shepherd's head ! 3 How glorious was the grace When Christ sustain'd the stroke ! His life and blood the Shepherd pays A ransom for the flock. 4 His honour and his breath Were taken both away ; Join'd with the wicked m 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. 6 c I'll give him, (saith the Lord) ' A portion with the strong ; ' He shall possess a large reward, ' And hold his honours long.' 187 247, 248 ascension 047 (Hymn 37. B. 1. 1st Part. L. M.) ■^/* ' • Christ's Humiliation, Exaltation, and Tri- umph, Phil. ii. 8, 9. Mark xv. 20. 24. 29. Col. ii. 15. 1 HP HE mighty frame of glorious gTace, -*- That brightest monument of praise, That e'er the God of love design'd, Employs and fills my labouring mind. 2 Begin, my soul, the heavenly song, A burden for an angels tongue, When Gabriel sounds these awful things, He tunes and summons all Ms strings. 3 Proclaim inimitable love, Jesus the Lord of worlds above Puts off the beams of bright array, And veils the God in mortal clay. 4 What black reproach defil'd his name, When with our sins he took our shame ! He whom adoring angels blest, Is made the impious rebel's jest. 5 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. 6 But see the wonders of his power, He triumphs in his dying hour ; And, while by Satan's rage he fell, He dash'd the rising hopes of hell. 7 Thus were the hosts of death subdu'd, And sin was drown'd in Jesus' blood ; Thus he arose and reigns above, And conquers sinners by his love. 8 Who shall fulfil this boundless song? The theme surmcunts an angels tongue : How low, how vain, are mortal airs, When Gabriel's nobler harp despairs. nAO (Hymn 44. B. 1. 1st Part. L. M.) Z40. ChrisVs dying, rising, and reigning, Luke xxiii. 27. 29. 44-46. Mat xxvii. 50. 57. xxviii. 6, &c 1 TTE dies ! 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 For him who groan'd beneath your load ; He shed a thousand drops for "you, A thousand drops of richer blood. 1SS OF CHRIST. 249 3 Here's love and grief beyond degree, The Lord of Glory dies for men! But lo ! what sudden joys we see, Jesus the dead revives again ! 4 The rising God forsakes the tomb ! The tomb in vain forbids his rise ; 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 spoil'd the hosts of hell, And led the monster death in chains. 6 Say ' Live for ever, wond'rous King ! 1 Born to redeem, and strong to save ;' Then ask the monster, ' Where's thy sting?' And, ' Where's thy victory, boasting grave V 0/1Q (Hymn 43. B. 2. L. M.) ^^y« Christ's Sufferings and Gl&ry. 1 TYTOW for a tune of lofty praise -*- ' To great Jehovah's equal Son ! Awake, my voice, in heavenly lays, Tell loud the wonders he hath done. 2 Sing how he left the worlds of light, And the bright robes he wore above, How swift and jovful was Ins flight On wiags of everlasting love. 3 [Down to this base, this sinful earth He came to raise our nature high ; He came t' atone almighty wrath ; Jesus the God was born to die.] 4 [Hell and its lions roar'd around, His precious blood the monsters spilt. While weighty sorrows press'd him down, Large as the loads of all our guilt.] 5 Deep in the shades of gloomy death Th' almighty Captive prisoner lay. Th' almighty Captive left the earth, And rose to everlasting day. 6 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. 7 Amongst a thousand harps and songs Jesus the God exalted reigns, His sacred name fills all their tongues, And echoes through the heavenly plains! 189 250, 251 ASCENSION OKA (Psalm 8. C. M.; £u\J. Christ's Condescension and Glorification ; or, God made Man. 1 f\ LORD, our Lord, how wonderous great *^ Is thine exalted name ! The glories of thy heavenly state Let men and babes proclaim. 2 When I behold thy works on high, The moon that rules the night, And stars that well cdorn the sky, Those moving worlds of light ; 3 Lord, what is man, or all his race, Who dwells so far below, That thou should'st visit him with grace, And love his nature so ! 4 That thine eternal Son should bear To take a mortal form, Made lower than his angels are, To save a dying worm ! 5 [Yet while he Hv'd on earth unknown, And men would not adore, Th' obedient seas and fishes own His Godhead and his power. 6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet ; And fish, at his command, Bring their large shoals to Peter's net, And tribute to his hand. 7 These lesser glories of the Son Shone through the fleshy cloud ; Now we beholu him on his throne, And men confess him God.] 8 Let him be crown'd with majesty Who bow'd his head to death : And be his honours sounded high, By all things that have breath. 9 Jesus, our Lord, how wonderous great Is thine exalted name ! The glories of thy heavenly state Let the whole earth proclaim. typ--. (Hymn 83. B.2. C. M.) ZD 1 . The Passion and Exaltation of Christ. 1 npHUS saith the Ruler of the skies, •*- ' Awake, my dreadful sword ; 1 Awake, my wrath, and smite the man * My fellow,' saith the Lord. m OF CHRIST. 252 2 Vengeance receiv'd the dread command', And armed down she flies, Jesus submits t' his Father's hand,. And bows his head and dies. 5 But oh ! the wisdom and the grace That join with vengeance now! He dies to save our guilty race, And yet he rises too. 4 A person so divine was he Who yielded to be slain. That he could give his soul away, And take his life again. 6 Live, glorious Lord, and reign on high, Let every nation sing, And angels sound with endless joy The Saviour and the King. 0 co (Hymn 84. B. 2. S. M.) ZD4. The sanie^ 1 piOME all harmonious tongues, ^ Your noblest music bring, 'Tis Christ the everlasting God, And Christ the man we sing. 2 Tell how he took our flesh To take away our guilt, Sing the dear drops of sacred blood That hellish monsters spilt. 3 [Alas, the cruel spear Went deep into his side, And the rich flood of purple gore Their murderous weapons dyed.] 4 [The waves of swelling grief Did o'er his bosom roll. And mountains of almighty wrath Lay heavy on his soul.] 5 Down to the shades of death He bow'd his awful head, Yet he arose to live and reign When death itself is dead. 6 No more the bloody spear, The cross and nails no more ; For hell itself shakes at his And all the heavens adore. 7 There the Redeemer sits High on the Father's throne ; The Father lays his vengeance by, And smiles upon his Son. 191 253, £54 ascension 8 There his full glories shine With uncreated rays, And bless hissaintsand angels eyes To everlasting days. 9r o (Psalm 21. ver. 1—9. L. M.) ~Oo. Christ exalted to the Kingdom. 1 "P|AVID rejoic'd in God his strength, -"-^ Rais'd to the throne by special grace ; But Christ, the Son, appears at length, Fulfils the triumph and the praise. 2 How great is the Messiah's joy In the salvation of thy hand ! Lord, thou hast rais'd his kingdom high, And given the world to his command. 3 Thy goodness grants whate'er he will, Nor doth the least request withhold ; Blessings of love prevent him still, And crowns of glory, not of gold. 4 Honour and majesty divine Around his sacred temples shine ; Blest with the favour of thy face, And length of everlasting days. 5 Thy hand shall find out all his foes ; And as a fiery oven glows With raging heat and living coals, So shall thy wrath devour their souls. 9^ A. (Psalm 22.20,21.27—31. 2d Part. CM.) ^J4, Christ1 s Sufferings and Kingdom, 1 ' TVrOW from the roaring lion's rage, ±~ ' O Lord, protect thy Son ; ' Nor leave thy darling to engage 1 The powers of hell alone.' 2 Thus did our suffering Saviour pray, With mighty cries and tears ; God heard him in that dreadful day, And chas'd away his fears. 3 Gre-t was the victory of his death, His throne exalted high ; And all the kindreds of the earth Shall worship or shall die. 4 A numerous offspring must arise From his expiring groans ; They shall be reckon'd in his eyes For daughters and for sons. 5 The meek and humble soul shall see His table richly spread ; 192 of christ. 255, 256 And all that seek the Lord shall be With joys immortal fed. 6 The isles shall know the righteousness Of our incarnate God ; And nations yet unborn profess Salvation m his blood. nrr (Psalm 22. L. M.) ^*J*J« Christ's Sufferings and Exaltation. 1 TVTOWlet our mournful songs record •*-* The dying sorrows of our Lord ; When he complain'd in tears and blood As one forsaken of his God. 2 The Jews beheld him thus forlorn, And shook their heads and laugh'd in scorn ; 'He rescu'd others from the grave, 'Now let him try himself to save. 8 ' This is the man did once pretend ' God was his father and his friend ; 'If God the blessed lov'd him so, 'Why doth he fail to help him now?' 4 Barbarous people ! cruel priests ! How they stood round like savage beasts 1 Like lions gaping to devour, When God had left him in their power. 5 They wound his head, his hands, his feet, Till streams of blood each other meet ; By lot his garments they divide, And mock the pangs in which he died. 6 But God, his Father, heard his cry: Rais'd from the dead he reigns on high ; The nations learn his righteousness, And humble sinners taste his grace. n c a (Psalm 89. ver. 19, &c. 4th Part C. M.) Zi«JU. Christ7 s mediatorial Kingdom; or, his divine and human Nature. 1 TTEAR what the Lord in vision said, -"• And made his mercy known ; ' Sinners, behold your help is laid ' On my almighty Son. 2 ' Behold the man my wisdom chose ' Among your mortal race ; ' His head my holy oil o'erflows, ' The Spirit of my grace. S ' High shall he reign on David's throne 4 My people's better King : 193 17 Q57, 258 intercession ' My arm shall beat his rivals down, 'And still new subjects bring. 4 * My truth shall guard him in his way, * With mercy by his side, ' While in my name through earth and sea ' He shall in triumph ride. 5 ' Me for his Father and his God 'He shall for ever own, ' Call me his rock, his high abode j ' And I'll support my Son. 6 'My first-born Son array 'd in grace * At my right hand shall sit ; 'Beneath him angels knew their place, ' And monarchs at his feet 7 ' My covenant stands for ever fast, 'My promises are strong y ' Finn as the heavens his throne shall last,, ' His seed endure as long/ rt/rw (Psalm 99. 1st Part. S. M.) *jJ'* Christ1 8 Kingdom and Majesty. 1 PT1HE God Jehovah reignsr J- Let all the nations fearr Let sinners tremble at his throne, And saints be humble there. 2 Jesus the Saviour reigns, Let earth adore its Lord ; Bright cherubs his attendants stand, Swift to fulfil his word. S In Zion is his throne, His honours are divine ; His church shall make his wonders For there his glories shine. 4 How holy is his name ! How terrible his praise ! Justice, and truth, and judgment join In all his works of grace. INTERCESSION OF CHRIST. 0 *ft (Hymn S6. B. 2. S. M.) ZOO. Christ's Intercession. 1 TITELL, the Redeemer's gone ** T' appear before our God, To sprinkle o'er the flaming throne With his atoning blood. £ No fiery vengeance now, No burning wrath comes down ; 194 OF CHRIST. 259 M justice call for sinner's blood, The Saviour shows his own. S Before his father's eye Our humble suit he moves, The Father lays his thunder by, And looks, and smiles, and loves. 4 Now may our joyful tongues Our Maker's honour sing, Jesus the priest receives our songs, And bears them to the King. 5 [We bow before his face, And sound his glories high, *Hosanna to the God of grace ' That lays his thunder oy.] 6 ' On earth thy mercy reigns, *■ And triumphs all above ;' But Lord, how weak are mortal strains To speak immortal love ! 7 [How jarring and how low Are all the notes we sing ! Sweet Saviour, tune our songs anew, And they shall please the King.] n rQ *Th* Names and Titles of Christ, from seve- ral Scriptures. 1 [Tip IS from the treasures of his word -*- I borrow titles for my Lord; Nor art, nor nature can supply Sufficient forms of majesty. 2 Bright image of the Father's face, Shining with undiminish'd rays ; Th' eteraal God's eternal Son, The heir, and partner of his throne.] 3 The King of kings, the Lord most High, Writes his own name upon his thigh : He wears a garment dipp'd in blood, And breaks the nations with his rod. 201 268 OFFICES 4 Where grace can neither melt nor more The Lamb resents his injur'd love, Awakes his wrath without delay, And Judah's Lion tears the prey. 5 But when for works of peace he comes, What winning titles he assumes ! Light of the world, and Life of men; Nor bears those characters in vain. 6 With tender pity in his heart He acts the Mediator's part ; A friend and brother he appears And well fulfils the names he wears. 7 At length the Judge his throne ascend? Divides the rebels from his friends, And saints in full fruition prove His rich variety of love. nco (Hymn 148. B. 1. as the 148th Psafcv.) ^°°' The same. 1 [WITH cheerful voice I sing " The titles of my Lord, And borrow all the names Of honour from his word : Nature and art Can ne'er supply Sufficient forms Of majesty. 2 In Jesus we behold His Father's glorious face, Shining for ever bright With mild and lovely rays : Th' eternal God's Eternal Son Inherits and Partakes the throne.] 3 The sovereign King of kings. The Lord of lords most high, Writes his own name upon His garment and his thigh : His name is call'd The Word of God; He rules the earth With iron rod. 4 Where promises and grace Can neither melt nor move. The angry Lamb resents The injuries of his loves Awakes his wrath Without delay, As lions roar And tear the prey. 5 But when for works of peace The great Redeemer comes, What gentle characters, What titles he assumes ! 202 OF CHRIST. 269 Light of the world, And life of men ; Nor will he bear Those names in vain. 6 Immense compassion reigns In our ImmanueVs heart, When he descends to act A. Mediator's part: He is a friend And brother too: Divinely kind, Divinely true. 7 At length the Lord the Judge His awful throne ascends, And drives the rebels far From favourites and friends : Then shall the saints Completely prove The heights and depths Of all his love. OAQ (Hymn 149. B. 1. L. M.) ZOV. The Offices of Christ from several Sc*iv- tures. 1 TOIN all the names of love and power ** That ever men or angels bore ; All are too mean to speak his worth, Or set Immanuel's glory forth. 2 But O what condescending ways He takes to teach his heavenly grace I My eyes with joy and wonder see What forms of love he bears for me. 3 IThe Angel of the Covenant stands With his commission in his hands, Sent from his Father's milder throne To make the great salvation known.] 4 [Great Prophet, let me bless thy name ; By thee the joyful tidings came, Of wrath appeas'd, of sins forgiven, Of hell subdu'd, and peace with heaven.] 5 [My bright example, and my guide, I would oe walking near thy side ; O let me never run astray, Nor follow the forbidden way.] 6 [l love my Shepherd, he shall keep My wandering soul among his sheep : He feedshis flock, he calls their names, And in his bosom bears the lambs.] 7 [My Surety undertakes my cause, Answering his Father's broken laws ; Behold my soul at freedom set; My Surety paid the dreadful debt.l 203 270 OFFICES 8 [ Jesus my great High Priest has died, I seek no sacrifice beside ; His blood did once for all atone, And now it pleads before the throne.] 9 [My Advocate appears on high, The Father lays his thnnder by ; Not all that earth or hell can say Shall turn my Father's heart away.] 10 [My Lord, my Conqueror, and my Kingt Thy sceptre and thy sword I sing ; Thine is the victory, and I sit A joyful subject at thy feet.] 11 [Aspire, my soul, to glorious deeds, The Captain of Salvation leads ; March on, nor fear to win the day. Though death and hell obstruct the way.] 12 Should death, and hell, and powers unknown, Put all their forms of mischief on, I shall be safe; for Christ displays Salvation in more sovereign ways. 970 (Hymn 15°- B- ?■ as toe 148th Psalm.) ^ ' "• The same. 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 worthy Too mean to set My Saviour forth. 2 But O what gentle terms, What condescending ways Doth our Redeemer use To teach his heavenly grace ! Mine eyes with joy And wonder see What forms of love He bears for me. 3 [Array'd in mortal flesh He like an angel stands, And holds the promises And pardons in his hands : Commission'd from His Father's throne To make his grace To mortals known.] 4 I Great prophet of my God, My tongue would bless thy name: By thee the joyful news Of our salvation came ; The joyful news Of sins forgiven, Of hellsubdu'd, And peace with heaven.] OF CHRIST. 270 5 [Be thou my counsellor, My pattern and my guide ; And through this desert land Still keep me near thy side : O let my feet Ne'er run astray, Nor rove, nor seek The crooked way.] 6 [I love my Shepherd's voice, His watchful eyes shall keep My wandering soul among The thousands of his sheep : He feeds his flock, He calls their names, His bosom bears The tender lambs.] [To this dear Surety's hand Will I commit my cause ; He answers and fulfils His Father's broken laws : Behold my soul At freedom set ! My Surety paid The dreadful debt] 8 [Jesus my great High Priest Offer'd his blood and died ; My guilty conscience seeks No sacrifice beside : His powerful blood Did once atone ; And now it pleads Before the throne.] 9 [My Advocate appears For my defence on high, The Father bows his ears, And lays his thunder by : Not all that hell Or sin cm say Shall turn his heart, His love away.] .0 [My dear Almighty Lord, My Conqueror and my King, Thy sceptre, and thy sword, Thy reigning grace I sing : Thine is the power ; Behold I sit In willing bonds Beneath thv feet.] 11 [Now let my soul arise, And tread the tempter down ; My Captain leads me forth To conquest and a crown. A feeble saint Shall win the day Though death and hell Obstruct the way.] 12 Should all the hosts of death, And powers of hell unknown, Pat their most dreadful forms Of rage and mischief on ; I shall be safe, For Christ displays Superior power, And guardian grace* 205 IS £71, £72 ADDRESSES ADDRESSES TO CHRIST. eyv-t (Hymn 62. B. 1 C. M.) ^ ' ■*■ * Christ Jesus, the Lamb of God worshipped by all the Creation, Rev. v. II — 13. 1 pOME 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 Honour and power divine ; And blessings more than we can give, Be, Lord, for ever thine. 4 Let all that dwell above the sky, And air, and earth, and seas, Conspire to raise thy glories high, And speak thine endless praise. 5 The whole creation join in one To bless the sacred name Of Him that sits upon the throne, And to adore the Lamb. 979 (Hymn 63. B. 1. L. M.) " ' "i% Christ1 s Humiliation and Exaltation Rev. v. 12. 1 T1THAT equal honours shall we bring * » To thee, O Lord our God, the Lamb, When all the notes that angels sing Are far inferior to thy name? 2 Worthy is he that once was slain. The Prince of Life that groan'd and died, Worthy to rise, and live, and reign At his Almighty Father's side. 3 Power and dominion are his due, Who stood condemn'd at Pilate's bar : Wisdom belongs to Jesus too, Though he was charg'd with madness there. 4 All riches are his native right, Yet he sustain'd amazing loss : To him ascribe eternal might, Who left his weakness on the cross. i Honour immortal must be paid, Instead of scandal and of scornt 206 to christ. 273, 274 While glory shines around his head, And a bright crown without a thorn. <> Blessings for ever on the Lamb, Who bore the^urse for wretched men: Let angels sound his sacred name, And every creature say, Amen. 97o (Hymn 1. B. 1. C. M.) &* o. A new Song- to the Lamb that was slain. Rev. v. 6. 8, 9, 10. 12. 1 13EH0LD the glories of the Lamb -■-* Amidst his Father's throne : Prepare new honours for his name, And songs before unknown. 2 Let elders worship at his feet, The church adore around, With vials full of odours 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. 4 [Eternal Father, who shall look Into thy secret will ? Who but the Son should take that book And open every seal ? 5 He shall fulfil thy great decrees, The Son deserves it well ; Lo, in his hand the sovereign keys Of heaven, and death, and hell !] 0 Now to the Lamb that once was slain, Be endless blessings paid ; Salvation, glory, joy remain For ever on thy head. 7 Thou hast redeem'd our souls with blood, Hast set the prisoners free, Hast made us kings and priests to God, And we shall reign with thee. 8 The worlds of nature and of grace Are put beneath thy power : Then shorten these delaying days, And bring the promis'd hour." tytjA (Hvmn 25. B. 1. L. M.) £'*> A Vision of Hie Lamb, Rev. v. 6—9. i ALL J± N LL mortal vanities, begone, "or ten-pt my eyes, nor tire my ears, "207 275 ADDRESSES Behold amidst th' eternal throne A vision of the Lamh appears. 2 [Glory his fleecy robe adorns, Mark'd with the bloody death he bore ; Seven are his eyes, and seven his horns To speak his wisdom and his power. 3 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.] 4 All the assembling' saints around Fall worshipping before the Lamb, And in new songs of gospel-sound Address their honours to his name. 5 [The joy, the shout, the harmony Flies o'er the everlasting hills, ' Worthy art thou alone,' they cry, 1 To read the book, to loose the seals.'] 6 Our voices join the heavenly strain, And with transporting pleasure sing, 1 Worthy the Lamb that once was slain, c To be our teacher and our king !' 7 His words of prophecy reveal Eternal counsels, deep designs ; His grace and vengeance shall fulfil The peaceful and the dreadful lines. 8 Thou hast redeem'd our souls from hell With thine invaluable blood ; And wretches that did once rebel Are now made favourites of their God. 3 Worthy for ever is the Lord, That died for treasons not his own, By every tongue to be ador'd, And dwell upon his father's throne. Q-7 * (Hymn 49. B. 1. C. M.) ^ ' J» The Works of Moses and the Lamb, Rev. xv. 3. 1 TTOW strong thine arm is, mighty God, -"• Who would not fear thy name ? Jesus, how sweet thy graces are ! Who would not love the Lamb ? 2 He has done more than Moses did, Our Prophet and cur King ; From bonds of hell he freed our souls, And taught our lips to sing. 208 to christ. 276, 277 $ In the Red Sea by Moses' hand Th' Egyptian host was drown'd ; But his own blood hides all our sins, And guilt no more is found. 4 When through the desert Israel went, With manna they were fed ; Our Lord invites us to his flesh, And calls it living bread. 5 Moses beheld the promis'd land, Yet never reach'd the place : But Christ shall bring his followers home To see his Father's face. 6 Then shall our love and joy be full, And feel a warmer flame, And sweeter voices tune the song Of Moses and the Lamb. 0-7fi (Hymn 21. B. 2. L. M.) ^ ' °» A Sang of Praise to God the Redeemer. 1 T ET the old heathens tune their song ■*-4 Of great Diana and of Jove : But the sweet theme that moves my tongue Is my Redeemer and his love. 2 Behold a God descends and dies To save my soul from gaping hell ; How the black gulf where Satan lies Yawn'd to receive me when I fell ! 3 How Justice frown'd and vengeance stood To drive me down to endless pain ! But the great Son propos'd his blood, And heavenly wrath grew mild again. 4 InGnite Lover, gracious Lord, To thee be endless honours given : Thy wonderous name shall be ador'd, Round the wide earth, and wider heaven. 977 (Hymn 79. B. 2. C. M.) ^ / / • Praise to the Redeemer. 1 "pLUNG'D 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 (O amazing love!) He ran to our relief. 209 18* 278 ADDIIESSES TO CHRIST. 2 Down from the shining seats above With joyful haste he fled, Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh, And dwelt among the dead. 4 He spoii'd the powers of darkness thus, And brake our iron chains ; Jesus has freed our captive souls From everlasting pains. 5 [In vain the baffled prince of hell His cursed projects tries, We that were doom'd his endless slaves Are rairf'd above the skies.] 6 O for this love, let recks and hills Their lasting silence break, And all harmonious human tongues The Saviour's praises speak. 7 [Yes, we will praise thee, dearest Lord, Our souls are all on flame, Hosanna round the spacious earth To thine adored name. 8 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.] 97o (Hymn5. B. 2. L. M.) ^ « °» Longing to praise Christ better. 1 T ORD, when my thoughts with wonder roll -"-* O'er the sharp sorrows of thy soul, And read my Maker's broken laws Repair'd ana honour'd by thy cross ; 2 When I behold death, hell and sin, Vanquish'd by that dear blood of thine, And see the man that groan'd and died Sit glorious by his Father's side ; 3 My passions rise and soar above, I'm wing'd with faith, and fir'd with love ; Fain would I reach eternal things, And learn the notes that Gabriel sings. 4 But my heart fails, my tongue complains, For want of their immortal strains ; And in such humble notes as these Falls far below thy victories. 5 Well, the kind minute must appear When we shall leave these bodies here, These clogs of clay, and mount on high To join the songs above the skv. 210 faith. 279, 280 INFLUENCES AND GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.* 97 Q (Hymn 144. B. 2. L.M.) A I V-The Effusion of the Spirit; or, the Success of the Gospel. 1 /TJ.RE AT was the day, the joy was great, " When the divine disciples met ; Whilst on their heads the Spirit came, And sat like tongues of cloven flame. 2 What gifts, what miracles he gave ! And power to kill, and power to save ! Furnish'd their tongues with wond'rous words. Instead of shields, and spears, and swords. 3 Thus arm'd, he sent the champions forth From east to west, from south to north ; ' Go, and assert your Saviour's cause. * Go, spread the mystery of his cross.' 4 These weapons of the holy war, Of what almighty force they are To make our stubborn passions bow, And lay the proudest rebel low ! 5 Nations, the learned and the rudey Are by these heavenly arms subdu'd ; While Satan rages at his loss, And hates the doctrine of the cross. 6 Great King of grace, my heart subdue, I would be led in triumph too, A willing captive to my Lord, And sing the victories of his word. FAITH. OAfl (Hymn 140. B. 1. CM.) &0\J. ji iiving and a dead Faith; collected from several Scriptures. 1 "jlflSTAKEN souls ! that dream of heaven, "■*■ And make their empty boast Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, While they are slaves to lust. 2 Vain are our fancies, airy flights, If faith be cold and dead, None but a living power unites To Christ the living head. * The Christian Graces and Tempers are placed alphabetically, for the sake of finding them at once, by looking at the head of the page. 211 281, 282 faith. 3 'Tis faith that changes all the heart, 'Tis faith that works by love, That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. 4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell By a celestial power ; This is the grace that shall prevail In the decisive hour. 5 {Faith must obey her Father's will As well as trust his grace ; A pardoning God is jealous still For his own holiness. 6 When from the curse he sets us free, He makes our natures clean, Nor would he send his Son to be The minister of sin. 7 His Spirit purifies our frame. And seals our peace with God ; Jesus, and his salvation, came By water and by blood.] ^ftl (Hymn 112. B. 1. C. M.) ^01, The Brazen Serpent; or, looking to Jesus, John iii. 14—16. 1 Q O did the Hebrew prophet raise ^ The brazen serpent high, The wounded felt immediate ease, The camp forbore to die. 2 ' Look upward in the dying hour, ' And live,' the prophet criss ; But Christ performs a nobler cure When Faith lifts up her eyes. 3 High on the cross the Saviour hung, High in the heavens he reigns : Here sinners by th' old serpent stung Look, and forget their pains. 4 When God's own Son is lifted up, A dying world revives, The Jew beholds the glorious hope, Th' expiring Gentile lives. OQO (Hymn 142. B. 2. S. M.) £OA. Faithin Christ our Sacrifice. I "jVTOT all the blood of beasts ■*-^ On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain. 212 faith. 283, 284 2 But Christ the heavenly Lamb Takes all our sins away ; A sacrifice of nobler name And richer blood than they. S My faith would lay her hand On that dear head of thine, While like a penitent I stand And there confess my sin. 4 My soul looks back to see The burdens thou didst bear When hanging on the cursed tree, And hopes her guilt was there. 5 Believing we rejoice To see the curse remove ; We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, And sing his bleeding love. OQQ (Hymn 100. B. 1. L. M.) Zoo. ]}eiieve and oe saved, John hi. 16 — 18. 1 TVTOT to condemn the sons of men *■* Did Christ, the Son of God, appear ; No weapons in his hands are seen, No flaming sword, nor thunder there. 2 Such was the pity of our God, He lov'd the race of man so well, He sent his Son to bear our load Of sins, and save our souls from hell. 3 Sinners, believe the Saviour's word, Trust in his mighty name and live ; A thousand joys his lips afford, His hands a thousand blessings give. 4 But vengeance and damnation lies On rebels who refuse the grace ; Who God's eternal Son despise The hottest hell shall be their place. Oft/1 (Hymn 35. B. 1. IstPart. L. M.) ^04. j^ the Way t0 Salvation, Rom. i. If. Eph. ii. 8, 9. 1 TVOT by the laws of innocence ■*■' Can Adam's sons arrive at heaven ; New works can give us no pretence To have our ancient sins forgiven. 2 Not the best deeds that we have done Can make a wounded conscience whole; Faith is the grace, and faith alone, That flies to Christ and saves the soul. 213 285—287 faith. 3 Lord, I believe thy heavenly word, Fain would I have my soul renew'd ; I mourn for sin, and trust the Lord To have it pardon'd and subdu'd. 4 0 may thy grace its power display, Let guilt and death no longer reij;n ; Save me in thine appointed way, Nor let my humble faith be vain. 9nc (Hymn 125. B.2. L. M.) £Oo. Faith and Repentance; Unbelief and Impenitence. 1 T IFE and immortal joys are given *-* To souls that mourn the sins they've done, Children of wrath made heirs of heaven By faith in God's eternal Son. 2 Wo to the wretch that never felt The inward pangs of pious grief, But adds to all his crying guilt The stubborn sin of unbelief. 3 The law condemns the rebel dead, Under the wrath of God lie lies, He seals the curse on his own head, And with a double vengeance dies. 9ftfi (Hymn 120. B. 1. CM.) Faith of Things unseen, Heb. xi. 1.3. 8. 10. JTH is the brightest eviden Of things beyond our sight, 1 X^AITH 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 ; Abra'm, to unknown countries led, By faith obey'd the Lord. 4 He sought a city fair and high, Built by th' eternal hands ; And faith assures us, though we die, That heavenly building stands. OQ7 (Hymn 129. B. 2. L. M.) Lo I . jye walk oy Faith, not by Sight. 1 'fPIS by the faith of joys to come -*- We walk through deserts dark as night 214 faith. 288, 289 Till we arrive at heaven our home, Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies, She makes the pearly gates appear ; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near. 3 Cheerful we tread the desert through, While faith inspires a heavenly ray, Though lions roar, and tempests blow, And rocks and dangers fill the way. 4 So Abra'm by divine command Left his own house to walk with God ; His faith beheld the promis'd land, And fir'd his zeal along the road. 988 (Hymn 162. B. 2. CM.) ZiOO. Meditation of Heaven ; or, the Joy oj 'Faith. 1 TVT Y thoughts surmount these lower skies, ■*■*-■• And look within the veil ; There springs of endless pleasure rise, The waters never fail. 2 There I behold with sweet delight The blessed Three in One ; And strong affections fix my sight On God's incarnate Son. 3 His promise stands for ever 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 ! b I would not be a stranger stilt To that celestial place, Where I for ever hope to dwell Near my Redeemer's face. eyrvQ (Hymn 14. B. 1. L.M.) ZOV* The triumph of Faith; or, Christ's un- changeable love, Rom. viii. 33, &c. 1 "I17HO shall the Lord's elect condemn? » » 'Tis God that justifies their souls, And mercy like a mighty stream O'er all their sins divinely rolls, 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell ? 'Tis Christ that suffer'd in their stead, <215 290 FEAR AND And the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead. 3 He lives, he liveSj and sits above, For ever interceding there : Who shall divide us from his love ? Or what should tempt us to despair? 4 Shall persecution, or distress, Famine, or sword, or nakedness ? He that hath lov'd us bears us through, And makes us more than conquerors too* & Faith hath an overcoming power, It triumphs in the dying hour ; Christ is our life, our joy, our hope, Nor can we sink with such a prop. 6 Not all that men on earth can do, Nor powers on high, nor powers below, Shall cause his mercy to remove, Or wean our hearts from Christ our love. FEAR AND HOPE. 9Q0 (Psalm 119. 13th Part. CM.) Ax) J. jiQiy pcar> ancj Tenderness of Conscience. Ver. 10. T^ITH my whole heart I've sought thy faoe, "* O let me never stray From thy commands, O God of grace, Nor tread the sinner's way. Ver. 11. Thy word I've hid within my heart To keep my conscience clean, And be an everlasting gua*-d From every rising sin. Ver. 63. 53. 158. I'm a companion of the saints Who fear and love the Lordj My sorrows rise, my nature faints, When men transgress thy word. Ver. 16L 163. While sinners do thy gospel wrong, My spirit stands in awe : My so But soul abhors a lying tongue, *:ht loves thy righteous law. Ver. 161. 120. Mv heart with sacred reverence hears The threat'nings of thy word • My flesh with holy tremblingf fairs The judgments of the Lordv 216 hope. 291, 292 Ver. 166. 174. My God, I long, I hope, I wait For thy salvation still ; While thy whole law is my delight, And I obey thy will. nqi (Psalm 42. 1—5. 1st Part C. M.) £v I . Desertion and Hope ; or, Complaint qf Absence from Public Worship. 1 TI/TTH earnest longings of the mind, "" My God, to thee I look ; So pants the hunted hart to find And taste the cooling brook. 2 When shall I see thy courts of grace, And meet my God again ? So long an absence from thy face My heart endures with pain. S Temptations vex my weary soul, And tears are my repast ; The foe insults without control, 'And where's your God at last?* 4 'Tis with a mournful pleasure now I think on ancient days ; Then to thy house did numbers go, And all our work was praise. 5 But why, my soul, sunk down so far Beneath this heavy load? Why do my thoughts indulge despair, And sin against my God / 6 Hope in the Lord, whose mighty hand Can all thy woes remove ; For I shall yet before him stand, And sing restoring love. OQQ (Psalm 42. 6— II. 2d Part. I,. MO 4VA. Melancholy Tlboughls reproved'; or, flop* in Affliction. r 1 TITY spirit sinks within me, Lord, -L"J- But I will call thy name to mind, And times of past distress record. When I have found my God was kind. 2 Huge troubles, with tumultuous noise, Swell like a sea, and round me spread ; Thy water-spouts drown all my joys, And rising waves roll o'er my head. S Yet will the Lord command his love, When I address his throne by day, 217 19 293 FEAR ANB Nor in the night his grace remove ; The night shall hear me sing and pray. 4 I'll cast myself before his feet, And say, i My God, my heavenly rock, Why doth thy love so long forget ' The soul that groans beneath thy stroke V 5 I'll chide my heart that sinks so low, Why should my soul indulge her grief? Hope in the Lord, and praise him too, He is my rest, my sure relief. 6 Thy light and truth shall guide me still, Thy words shall my best thoughts employ, And lead me to thine holy hill, My God, my most exceeding joy. 0 q o (Psalm 77. 1st Part. CM.) ** Jo. Melancholy assaulting, and Hope prevail" ing. 1 rpo God I cried with mournful voice, -■■ I sought his gracious ear, In the sad day when troubles rose, And fill'd my heart with fear. 2 Sad were my days, and dark my nighty My soul refus'd relief; I thought on God the just and wiser But thoughts increas'd my grief. 3 Still I complain'd, and still opprest, My heart began to break ; My God, thy wrath forbade my rest And kept my eyes awake. 4 My overwhelming sorrows grew Till I could speak no more ; Then I within myself withdrew, And call'd thy judgments o'er. 6 I call'd back years and ancient times, When I beheld thy face ; My spirit search'd for secret crimes That might withhold thy grace. 6 I call'd thy mercies to my mind ; Which I enjoy'd before ; And will the Lord no more be kind? . His face appear no more? 7 Will he for ever cast me off? His promise ever fail ? Has he forgot his tender love ? Shall anger still prevail ? 218 hope. 294 8 But I forbid this hopeless thought, This dark despairing frame, Rememb'ring what thy hand hath wrought ; Thy hand is still the same. 9 I'll think again of all thy ways, And talk thy wonders o'er ; Thy wonders of recovering grace, When flesh could hope no more. 10 Grace dwells with justice on the throne ; And men that love thy word Have in thy sanctuary known The counsels of the Lord. ocm (Psalm 3. C. M.) AvQ:. Doubts and Fears supprest; or, God our Defence from Sin and Satan. 1 TVT Y God, how many are my fears ! -"-■■ How fast my foes increase ! Conspiring my eternal death, They break my present peace. 2 The lying tempter would persuade There's no relief in heaven ; And all my swelling sins appear Too big to be forgiven. 3 But thou, my glory and my strength, ' Shalt on the tempter treadj Shalt silence all my threatemng guilt, And raise my drooping head, 4 [I cried, and from his holy hill He bow'd a listening ear ; I call'd my Father, and my God, And he subdu'd my fear. 5 He shed soft slumbers on mine eyes, In spite of all my foes ; I 'woke, and wonder'd at the grace That guarded my repose.] 6 What though the hosts of death and hell All arm'd against me stood, TeiTors no more shall shake my soul, My refuge is my God. 7 Arise, O Lord, fulfil thy grace, While I thy glory sing : My God has broke the serpent's teeth, And death has lost his sting. 8 Salvation to the Lord belongs, His arm alone can save: 219 295, 296 HUMILITY. Blessings attend thy people here, And reach beyond the grave. oqr (Hymn 34. B. 1. 2d Part. C. M.) £zJ J. jfone excluded from Hope, Rom. i. 16. 1 Cor. i. 24. JESUS, thy blessings are not few, Nor is thy gospel weak ; Thy grace can melt the stubborn Jew, And bow th' aspiring Greek. 8 Wide a3the reach of Satan's rage Doth thy salvation flow; Tis not confin'd to sex or age, The lofty or the low. 5 While grace is offer' d to tne prince, The poor may take their share ; No mortal has a just pretence To perish in despair. 4 Be wise, ye :nen of strength and wit, Nor boast your native powers ; But to his sovereign grace submit, And glory shall be yours. 5 Come, all ye vilest sinners come, He'll form your souls anew: His gospel and his heart have room For rebels such as you. 6 His doctrine is almighty love ; There's virtue in his name To turn the raven to a dove> The lion to a lamb. HUMILITY. OQfi (Hymn 131. B. 1. L. M.) ZVQ. The Pharisee and the Publican. Luke xviii. 10, Sec. 1 T3EH0LD how sinners disagree, ■"-* The Publican and Pharisee ! One dbth his righteousness proclaim, The other owns his guilt and shame. 2 This man at humble distance stands, And cries for grace with lifted hands ; That boldly rises near the throrte, And talks of duties he has done. 3 The Lord their different language knows, And different answers he bestows : The humble soul with grace he crowns, Whilst on the proud his anger frowns. joy. 29?— 299 4 Dear Father, let me never be Join'd with the boasting Pharisee ; I have no merits of my own, But plead the sufferings of thy Son. 9q7 (Psalm 131. CM.) ZiV i . Jfiimility and Submission. 1 TS there ambition in my heart ? *■ Search, gracious God, and see ; Or do I act a haughty part ? Lord, I appeal to thee. 2 I charge my thoughts, be humble still,. Ard all my carriage mild, Concent, my Father, with thy will, And quiet as a child. S Toe patient soul, the lowly mind Shall have a large reward : Let saints in sorrow lie resign'd, And trust a faithful Lord. JOY AND REJOICING. nqo (Ps. 18. 30, 31. 34, 35. 46, &c. 3d Pt. L. M.) AXJO. Rejoicing in God; or, Salvation and Triumph. 1 TUST are thy ways, and true thy word, ** Great rock of my secure abode ; Who is a God beside the Lord ? Or where's a refuge like our God? 2 'Tis he that girds me with his might, Gives me his holy sword to wield; And while with sin and hell I fight, Spreads his salvation for my shield. 3 He lives (and blessed be my rock! ) The God of my salvation lives, The dark designs of hell are broke ; Sweet is the peace my Father gives. fl[ X 9 The hill of Sion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly field?, Or walk the golden streets. 10 Then let our songs abound, And every tear be dry ; We're marching through Immanuel's ground To fairer worlds on high. KNOWLEDGE. ono (Psalm25.ver. 12.14. 10. 13. 2d Pt. S.M.) jU j. Divine Instruction. 1 TirHERE shall the man be found » » That fears t' offend his God, That loves the gospel's joyful sound, And trembles at the rod ? 2 The Lord shall make him know The secrets of his heart, The wonders of his covenant show, And all his love impart. 3 The dealings of his hand Are truth and mercy siill KNOWLEDGE. 804 With such as to his covenant stand, And love to do his will. 4 Their souls shall dwell at ease Before their Maker's face, Their seed shall taste the promises In their extensive grace. «Ai (Psalm 119. 9th Part. CM.) «5U4r. Desire 0f Knowledge; or, the Teachings of the Spirit with the Word. Ver. 64. 68. 18. THY mercies fill the earth, O Lord, How good thy works appear ! Open mine eyes to read thy word, And see thy wonders there. Ver. 73. 125. Mv heart was fashion'd by thy hand, My service is thy due : O make thy servant understand The duties he must do. Ver. 19. Since I'm a stranger here below, Let not thy path be hid ; But mark the road my feet should go, And be my constant guide. Ver. 26. When I confess'd my wandering ways, Thou heard'st my soul complain ; Grant me the teachings of thy grace, Or I shall stray again. Ver. 33, 34. If God to me his statutes show, And heavenly truth impart, His work for ever I'll pursue, His law shall rule my heart. Ver. 50. 71. This was my comfort when I bore Variety of grief; It made me learn thy word the more, And fly to that relief. Ver. 51. [In vain the proud deride me now ; I'll ne'er target thy law, Nor let that blessed gospel go, Whence all my hopes I draw. Ver. 27. 171, When I have learn'd my Father's will, I'll teach the world his ways : 225 305, 306 LIBERALITY. My thankful lips inspired with zeal Shall loud pronounce his praise.] LIBERALITY. 0(\n (Psalm 37. ver. 16. 21. 26—31. 2d Pi. C. M.) oVJO. charity to the Poor; or, Religion in Word* and Deeds. 1 "R/'HY do the wealthy wicked boast, ™ * And grow profanely bold ? The meanest portion of the just Excels the sinner's gold. 2 The wicked borrows of his friends, But ne'er designs to pay ; The saint is merciful and lends, Nor turns the poor away. S His alms with liberal heart he gives Amongst the sons of need ; His memory to long ages lives, And blessed is his seed. 4 His lips abhor to talk profane, To slander or defraud ; His ready tongue declares to men What he has learned of God. 5 The law and gospel of the Lord Deep in his heart abide ; Led by the Spirit and the word, His feet shall never slide. -6 When sinners fall, the righteous stand, Preserv'd from every snare ; They shall possess the promised land, And dwell for ever there. one (Psalm 41. ver. 1, 2, 3. L. M.) «>UO. Chanty to the Poor; or, Pity to the Afflicted. 1 "DLEST is the man whose bowels move, ■*-* And melt with pity to the poor, Whose soul by sympathizing love, Feels what his fellow-saints endure. 2 His heart contrives for their relief More good than his own hands can do ; He, in the time of general grief, Shall find the Lord has bowels too. S His soul shalllive secure on earth, With secret blessings on his head, When drought, and pestilence, and dearth Around him multiply their dead. LIBERALITY. 207, 308 4 Or, if he languish on his couch, God will pronounce his sins forgiven, Will save him with a healing touch, Or take his willing soul to heaven. or|7 (Psalm 112. As the 113th Psalm.) JV ' • The Blessings of the liberal Man. 1 rp HAT man is blest who stands in awe -*- Of God, and loves his sacred law : His seed on earth shall be renown'd ; His house the seat of wealth shall be, An inexhausted treasury, And with successive honours erown'd. 2 His liberal favours lie extends, To some he gives, to others lends ; A generous pity fills Ins mind : Yet what his charity impairs? He saves by prudence in affairs, And thus he's just to all mankind. , /; 3 His hands, while they his alms bestowed, His glory's future harvest sow'd ; The sweet remembrance of the just, Like a green root, revives and bears A train of blessings for his heirs, When dying nature sleeps in dust. 4 Beset with threatening dangers round, Unmov'd shall he maintain his ground ; His conscience holds his courage up : The soul that's fill'd with virtue's light, Shines brightest in affliction's night, And sees in darkness beams of hope. PAUSE. 5 [111 tidings never can surprise His heart that fix'd on God relies, Though waves and tempests roar around: Safe ©n a rock he sits, and sees The shipwreck of his enemies, And all their hope and glory drown'd. 6 The wicked shall his triumph see, And gnash their teeth in agony To find their expectations crost: They and their envy, pride and spite, Sink down to everlasting night, And all their names in darkness lost J <*Aft (Psalm 112. L. M.) OLfO.^g Blessings of the Pious and Charitable, 1 rpHRlCE happy man who fears the Lord, -■- Loves his commands, and trusts his word: 227 309, 310 love. Honour and peace his days attend, And blessings to his seed descend. 2 Compassion dwells upon his mind, To works of mercy still inclio'd; He lends the poor some present aid, Or gives them, not to be repaid. 3 When times grow dark, and tidings spread That fill his neighbours round with dread His heart is arm'd against the fear, For God with all his power is there. 4 His soul, well fix'd upon the Lord, Draws heavenly courage from his word : Amidst the darkness light shall rise To cheer his heart, and bless his eyes. 5 He hath dispersed his alms abroad, His works are still before his God ; His name on earth shall long remain, While envious sinners fret in vain. opvQ (Psalm 112. CM.) tJUiJ. Liberality rewarded. 1 TTAPPY is he that fears the Lord, -*-*- And follows his commands, Who lends the poor without reward, Or gives with liberal hands. ,.,-. 2 As pity dwells within his breast To all the sons of need ; So God shall answer his request With blessings on Ms seed. 3 No evil tidings shall surprise His well-establish'd mind ; His soul to God his refuge flies, And leaves his fears behind. 4 In times of general distress, Some beams of light shall shine To show the world his righteousness, And give him peace divine. 5 His works of piety and love Remain before the Lord ; Honour on earth and joys above Shall be his sure reward. LOVE. qia (Hymn 38. B. 2. C. M.) •51U. Love to God. 1 TTAPPY the heart where graces reign, •M- Where loves inspires the breast: 22S LOVE. 311 Love is the brightest of the train, And strengthens all the rest. 2 Knowledge, alas, 'tis all in vain, And all in vain our fear, Our stubborn sins will fight and reign If love be absent there. 3 'Tis love that makes our cheerful feet In swift obedience move. The devils know and tremble too, But Satan cannot love. 4 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. 5 Before we quite forsake our clay, Or leave this dark abode, i The wings of love bear us away To see our smiling God. Qi i (Hymn 42. B. 2. C. M.) •J11« Delight in God. 1 TiTY God what endless pleasures dwell -•-*-*• Above at thy right hand ! Thy courts below, how amiable, Where all thy graces stand ! 2 The swallow near thy temple lies, And chirps a cheerful note ; The lark mounts upward to thy skies, And tunes her warbling throat. 3 And we, when in thy presence, Lord, Do shout with joyful tongues, Or sitting round our Father's board. We crown the feast with songs. 4 While Jesus shines with quickening grace, We sing and mount on high ; But if a frown becloud his face, We faint, and tire, and die. 5 [Just as we see the lonesome dove Bemoan her widow'd state, Wandering she flies through all the grove, And mourns her loving mate. 6 Just so op thoughts from thing to thing In restless circles rove, Just so we droop, and hang the wing, When Jesus hides his love.] 229 20 31&— 314 love. o| 9 (Hymn 108. B. 1. S. M.) J * Am Christ unseen and beloved, 1 Pet L 3. 1 l\[OT with our mortal eyes -*-^ Have we beheld the Lord, Yet we rejoice to hear his name, And love him in his word. 2 On earth we want the sight Of our Redeemer's face, Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughts delight To dwell upon thy grace. 8 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, And heaven begins below. o-iq (Psalm 133. C. M.) 01 °' Brotherly Love. 1TO! what an entertaining sight -*-* Are brethren that agree, Brethren whose cheerful hearts unite In bands of piety ! 2 When streams of love from Christ the spring, Descend to every soul, And heavenly peace, with balmy wing Shades and bedews the whole. 3 'Tis like the oil divinely sweet, On Aaron's reverend head, The trickling drops perfum'd his feet, And o'er his garments spread. 4 'Tis pleasant as the morning dews That fall on Zion's hill, Where God his mildest glory shows, And makes his grace distil. Q1 A (Hymn 130. B. 1. L. M.) *'1 *• Love and Hatred. Phil. ii. 2. Eph. hr. 30, &c. 1 "JVTOW by the bowels of my God, ■*** His sharp distress, his sore complaints, By his last groans, his dying blood, I charge my soul to love the saints. Clamour and wrath and war be gone, Envy and spite for ever cease, Let bitter words no more be knoi Amongst the saints, the sons of] The spirit like a peaceful dove Flies from the realms of noise and strife ; 230 love. 315, 316 Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heavenly life ? 4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts, Through all our lives let mercy run : So God forgives our numerous faults For the dear sake of Christ nis Son. oik (Hymn 126. B. 1. L. M.) OlU. Charity and Uncharitableness, Rom. xiy, 17. 19. 1 Cor. x. 32. 1 TVTOT different food, or different dress, ■*- * Compose the kingdom of our Lord, But peace and joy and righteousness, Faith and obedience to his word. 2 When weaker christians we despise We do the gospel mighty wrong? For God the gracious and the wise Receives the feeble with the strong. 3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence, Meekness and love our souls pursue; Nor shall our practice give offence To saints, the Gentile or the Jew. o-i a (Hymn 133. B. 1. C. M.) «3 1 0. £ouc an(i Charity, 1 Cor. xiii. 2—7. 13b 1 T ET Pharisees of high esteem ■*-* Their faith and zeal declare, All their religion is a dream If love be wanting there. 2 Love suffers long with patient eye, Nor is provok'd in haste, She lets the present injury die, And long forgets the past. S [Malice and rage, those fires of hell, Siie quenches with her tongue ; Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill, Though she endures the wrong.] 4 [She nor desires nor seeks to know The scandals of the time ; Nor looks with pride on those below, Nor envies those that climb.] 5 She lays her own advantage by To seek her neighbour's good ; So God's own Son came down to die, And bought our lives with blood. 6 Love is the grace that keeps her power, In all the realms above : 231 317, 318 love. There faith and hope are known no more, But saints for ever love. 0-17 (Psalm 35. ver. 12—14. 2d Part C. M.) ** * ' • Love to Enemies ; or, the Love of Christ to Sinners, typified in David. 1 "DEHOLD the love, the generous lore -*-* That holy David shows ; Hark, how his sounding bowels move To his afflicted foes ! 2 When they are sick his soul complains, And seems to feel the smart ; The spirit of the gospel reigns, And melts his pious heart. 3 How did his flowing tears condole As for a brother dead ! And fasting mortified his soul, While for their life he pray'd. 4 They groan'd ; and curs'd him on their bed, Yet still he pleads and mourns : And double blessings on his head The righteous God returns. 5 O glorious type of heavenly grace ! Thus Christ the Lord appears ; While sinners curse, the Saviour prays, And pities them with tears. 6 He. the true David, Israel's king, Bless'd and belov'd of God, To save us rebels, dead in sin, Paid his own dearest blood. 0 1 o (Psalm 109. ver. 1—5. 31. C. M.) «J * °» Love to Enemies, from the example of Christ. 1 I^J-OD of my mercy and my praise, *-* Thy glory is my song ; Though sinners speak against thy grace With a blaspheming tongue. 2 When in the form of mortal man Thy Son on earth was found, With cruel slanders, false and vain, They compass'd him around. S Their miseries his compassion move, Their peace he still pursu'd ; They render hatred for his love, And evil for his good. 4 Their malice rag'd without a cause, Yet, with his dying breath, PRUDENCE. S19, S20 He pray'd for murderers on his cross, And bless'd his foes in death. b Lord, shall thy bright example shine In vain before my eyes ? Give me a soul akin to thine To love mine enemies. 6 The Lord shall on my side engage, And, in my Saviour's name, I shall defeat their pride and rage Who slander and condemn. o-iq (Hymn 134. B. 1. L. M.) •' A **• Religion vain without Love, 1 Cor. xiii. 1—9. 1 TTAD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews, ■"- And nobler speech than angels use. If love be absent, I am found Like tinkling brass, an empty sound. 2 Were I inspir'd to preach and tell All that is done in heaven and hell, Or could my faith the world remove, Still I am nothing without love. S Should I distribute all my store To feed the bowels of the poor, Or give my body to the flame To gain a martyr's glorious name. 4 If love to God and love to men Be absent, all my hopes are vain ; Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal The works of love can e'er fulfil. PRUDENCE. QOft (Hymn 36. B. 1. CM.) OZAJ. ji ioveiy Carriage. 1 r\ 'TIS a lovely thing to see " A man of prudent heart, Whose thoughts, and lips, and life agree To act a useful part. 2 When envy, strife, and wars begin In little angry souls, Mark how the sons of peace come in, And quench the kindling coals. 3 Their minds are humble, mild, and meek, Nor let their fury rise ; Nor passion moves their lips to speak, Nor pride exalts their eyes. 233 20* 321, 322 REPENTANCE. 4 Their frame is prudence mix'd with love, Good works fulfil their day : They join the serpent with the dove, But cast the sting away. 5 Such was the Saviour of mankind ; Such pleasures he pursu'd ; His flesh and Mood were all refin'd, His soul divinely good. 6 Lord, can these plants of Tirtue grow In such a heart as mine ? Thy grace my nature can renew, And make my soul like thine. on -I (Psalm 39. ver. 1, 2, 3. 1st Part. C. M.) oZt 1 . Watchfulness over the Tongue ; or, Pra- dence and Zeal. 1 rpHUS I resolv'd before the Lord, -*- ' Now will I watch my tongue, 'Lest I let slip one sinful word, * Or do my neighbour wrong.' 2 And if Pm e'er constraint to stay With men of lives profane, I'll set a double guard that day, Nor let my talk be vain. S I'll scarce allow my lips to speak The pious thoughts I feel, Lest scoffers should th' occasion take To mock my holy zeal. 4 Yet, if some proper hour appear, I'll not be overaw'd, But let the scoffing sinners hear That I can speak for God. REPENTANCE. 099 (Hymn 123. B. 1. CM.) OZiZu The repenting Prodigal, Luke sv. IS, &c. 1 "DEHOLD the wretch whose lust and wind *-* Had wasted his estate, He begs a share among the swine, To taste the husks they eat ! £ 'I die with hunger here, (he cries,) ' I starve in foreign lands, 1 My father's house has large supplies, ' And bounteous are his hands. 5 c I'll go, and with a mournful tongue, ' Fall down before his face, 234 v REPENTANCE. 323, 324 'Father, I've done thy justice wrong, ' Nor can deserve thy grace.' 4 He said, and hasten'd to his home To seek his father's love ; The father saw the rebel come, And all his bowels move. 5 He ran, and fell upon his neck, Embrac'd and mss'd his son ; The rebel's heart with sorrow brake For follies he had done. 6 'Take off his clothes of shame and sin,' (The father gives command,) ' Dress him in garments white and clean, * With rings adorn his hand. 7 * A day of feasting I ordain, ' Let mirth and joy abound ; ' My son was dead, and lives again, ' Was lost, and now is found.' 000 (Psalm 51. ver. 14— 17. 2d Part. CM.) oZiO. Repentance and Faith in the Blood of Christ. 1 tT\ GOD of mercy ! hear my call, " My load of guilt remove j Break down this separating wall That bars me from thy love. 2 Give me the presence of thy grace, Then my rejoicing tongue Shall speak aloud thy righteousness, And make thy praise my song. 3 No blood of goats, nor heifer slain, For sin could e'er atone ; The death of Christ shall still remain Sufficient and alone. 4 A soul opprest with sin's desert, My God will ne'er despise ; An humble groan, a broken heart, Is our best sacrifice. on a (Hymn 74. B. 2. S.M.) *>•**• Repentance from a Sense of ihvint Good? ness; or, a Complaint of Ingratitude. :i ¥S this the kind return ■■• And these the thanks we owe 1 Thus to abuse eternal love Whence all our blessings flow S 235 325 REPENTANCE. 2 To what a stubborn frame Has sin reduc'd our mind ! What strange rebellious wretches we, And God as strangely kind ! 5 [On us he bids the sun Shed his reviving rays, For us the skies their circles run To lengthen out our days. 4 The brutes obey their God, And bow their necks to men, But we more base, more brutish things Reject his easy reign.] 6 Turn, turn us, mighty God, And mould oui souls afresh, Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone. And give us hearts of flesh 6 Let old ingratitude Provoke our weeping eyes, And hourly as new mercies fall Let hourly thanks arise. 09 r. (Hymn 105. B. 2. CM.) OjLJ. Repentance flowing from the Patience 9f God. 1 A ND are we wretches yet alive ? -^*- And do we yet rebel? 'Tis boundless, 'tis amazing love That bears us up from hell ! 2 The burden of our weighty guilt Would sink us down to flames, And threatening vengeance rolls above To crush our feeble frames. 5 Almighty goodness cries. Forbear; And straight the thunder stays ; And dare we now provoke his wrath, And weary out his grace ? 4 Lord, we have long abus'd thy love, Too long indulg'd our sin ; Our aching hearts e'en bleed to see What rebels we have been. 5 No more, ye lusts, shall ye command, No more will we obey ; Stretch out, 0 God, thy conquering hand, And drive thy foes away. 236 REPENTANCE. 326,* 327 one (Hymn 106. B. 2. C. M.) OjL\j. Repentance at the Cross. 1 AH, if my soul was form'd for wo, " How would I vent my sighs ? Repentance should like rivers flow, From both my streaming eyes. 2 'Twas for my sins my dearest Lord Hung on the cursed tree, And groan'd away a dying life For thee, my soul, for thee. 3 O how I hate those lusts of mine That crucified my God, Those sins that piere'd and nail'd 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. i Whilst with a melting broken heart My murder'd Lord I view, I'll raise revenge against my sins, And slay the murderers too. 097 (Hymn 9. B. 2. C. M.) *>£* • Godly Sorrow arising from the Sufferings of Christ. 1 A LAS ! and did my Saviour bleed, •**- And did my Sovereign die ? Would he devote that sacred head For such a worm as I ? 2 [Thy body slain, sweet Jesus, thine, And bath'd in its own blood. While all expos'd to wrath divine The glorious sufferer stood.] 3 Was it for crimes that I had done He groan'd upon the tree ? Amazmg pity ! Grace unknown ! And love beyond degree ! 4 Well might the sun in darkness hide, And shut his glories in, When God the mighty Maker died For man the creature's sin. 5 Thus might I hide my blushing face While his dear cross appears, Dissolve my heart in thankfulness, And melt my eyes in tears. 237 328, 329 RESIGNATION € 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. 090 (Hymn 101. B. 1. L. M.) OZiO. joy in £[eaven for a repenting Sinner, Luke xv. 7. 10. 1 TI^HO 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 seef The purchase of his agonies. 3 The Spirit takes delight to view The holy soul he form'd anew ; And saints and angels join to sing The growing empire of their King. RESIGNATION. 09Q (Psalm 123. CM.) oA J. Pleading with Submission. 1 r\ THOU whose grace and justice reign " Enthron'd above the skies, To thee our hearts would tell their pain, To thee we lift our eyes. 2 As servants watch their master's hand, And fear the angry stroke ; Or maids before their mistress stand, And wait a peaceful look ; S So for our sins we justly feel Thy discipline, 0 God ; Yet wait the gracious moment still, Till thou remove thy rod. 4 Those that in wealth and pleasure lire Our daily groans deride, And thy delays of mercy give Fresh courage to their pride. 5 Our foes insult us, but our hope In thy compassion lies ; This thought shall bear our spirits up, That God will n^t despise. RESIGNATION. 330, 331 oon (Hymn 129. B. 1. L. M.) o o\J. Submission and Deliverance ; or, Abra- ham offering his Son, Gen. xxii. 6, &c. 1 O AINTS, at your heavenly Father's word ^ Give up your comforts to the Lord ; He shall restore what you resign, Or grant you blessings more divine. 2 So Abraham with obedient hand Led forth his son at God's command, The wood, the fire, the knife he took, His arm prepar'd the dreadful stroke. S 'Abraham, forbear,' (the angel cried,) ' Thy faith is known, thy love is tried, 1 Thy son shall live, and in thy seed ' Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed.' 4 Just in the last distressing hour The Lord displays delivering power ; The mount of danger is the place Where we shall see surprising grace. QQf (Hymn 5. B. 1. CM.) ,5,)1, Submission to Afflictive Providences Job i. 21. 1 "jVTAKED as from the earth we came, -*-^ And crept to life at first, We to the earth return again, And mingle with our dust. 2 The dear delights we here enjoy, And fondly call our own, Are but short favours borrow'd now, To be repaid anon. 3 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high, Or sinks them in the grave ; He gives, and (blessed be his name!) He takes but what he gave. 4 Peace, all our angry passions, then, Let each rebellious sigh Be silent at his sovereign will, And every murmur die. 5 If smiling mercy crowns our Urea Its praises shall be spread, And we'll adore the justice too That strikes our comforts dead. 332—334 SINCERITY. SINCERITY. oqo (Hymn35. B. 1. 2dPart. CM.) OD£. Truth, Sincerity, fyc. Phil. iv. 8. 1 T ET those who hear the Christian name ■I-J Their holy vows fulfil : The saints, the followers of the Lamb, Are men of honour still. 2 True to the solemn oath they take, Though to their hurt they swear; Constant and just to all they speak, For God and angels hear. 3 Still with their lips their hearts agree, Nor flattering words devise ; They know the God of truth can see Through every false disguise. 4 They hate th' appearance of a lie In all the shapes it wears ; They live the truth j and when they die, Eternal life is theirs. 5 While hypocrites and liars fly Before the Judge's frown, His faithful friends, who fear a lie, Receive th' immortal crown. ooq (Hymn 136. B. 1. CM.) OOO. Sincerity and Hypocrisy ; or, Formality in Worship, John iv. 24. Ps. cxxxix. 23, 24. 1 13 OD is a Spirit just and wise, " He sees our inmost mind ; In vain to heaven we raise our cries, And leave our souls behind. 2 Nothing but truth before bis throne With honour can appear, The painted hypocrites are known Through the disguise they wear. S Their lifted eyes salute the skies, Their bending knees the ground ; But God abhors the sacrifice Where not the heart is found. 4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere ; Then shall I s*and before thy face, And find acceptance there. oo4 (Psalm 50. 3d Part. L.M.) DO*. Hypocrisy exposed. I HHHE Lord, the Judge, his churches warm, •*• Let hypocrites attend and fear, 240 SINCERITY. 535 Who place their hope in rites and ferms, But make not faith nor love their care. 2 Vile wretches dare rehearse his name With lips of falsehood and deceit ; A friend or brother they defame, And sooth and flatter those they hate. 3 They watch to do their neighbours wrong, Yet dare to seek their Maker's face ; They take his covenant on their tongue, But break his laws, abuse his grace. 4 To heaven they lift their hands unclean, Defil'd with lust, defil'd with blood ; By night they practise every sin, By day their mouths draw near to God. 5 And while his judgments long delay, They grow secure and sin the more ; They think he sleeps as well as they, And put far off" the dreadful hour. 6 O dreadful hour ! when God draws near, And sets their crimes before their eyes ! His wrath their guilty souls shall tear, And no deliverer dare to rise. ook (Psalm 119. 3d Part. C. M.) oo AA (Hvmn23. B. 2. L. M.) J**« The Sight of God and Christ in Heaven. 1 T^ESCEND 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, Up where eternal ages roll, if , , Where solid pleasures never die, And fruits immortal feast the soul. . pB_ 5 0 for a sight, a pleasing sight Of our Almighty Father's throne ! There sits our Saviour crown'd with light, Cloth'd 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 ! « 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 ! 246 CHRISTIAN. 345, 346 CHRISTIAN. oj4 (Psalm51. IstPart. L. M.) .") 4 O . ^ Penitent pleading for Pardon. 1 QSHOW pity, Lord, O Lord, forgive, ; \ *J Let a repenting- rebel live : Are not thy mercies large and free? $ May not a sinner trust in thee ? 2 My crimes are great, but not surpass The power and glory of thy grace ; Great God, thy nature hath no bound, So let thy pardoning love be found. 3 O wash my soul from every sin, And make my guilty conscience clean ; IjL Here on my heart the burden lies, And past offences pain my eyes. C . 4 My lips with shame my sins confess Against thy law, against tiiy grace : Lord, should thy judgment grow severe, I am condemn'd, 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. 6 Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord, Whose hope, still hovering round thy word, Would light on some sweet promise there, Some sure support against despair. ojfi (Psalm 25. ver. I— 11. IstPart. S.M.) o1\J. Waiting for Pardon and Direction. 1 ¥ LIFT my soul to God, -*- My trust is in his name; Let not my foes that seek my blood Still triumph in my shame. 2 Sin and the powers of hell - « Persuade me to despair ; Lord make me know thy covenant well, That I may 'scape the snare. iT £ 3 From the first dawning light Till the dark evening rise, For thy salvation, Lord, I wait With ever-longing eyes. rif^er 4 Remember all thy grace, And lead me in thy truth : -h woH ' 247 347, 348 CHRISTIAN. Forgive the sins of riper days, And follies of my youth. 5 The Lord is just and kind, The meek shall learn his ways ; And every humble sinner find The methods of his grace. 6 For his own goodness' sake He saves my soul from shame ; He pardons (though my guilt be great) Through my Redeemer's name. «i« (Hymn 48. B. 2. C. M.) 0*kl • Love to the Creatures is dangerous. 1 TTOW vain are all things here below! ■■-■- How false, and yet how fair J Each pleasure hath its poison too, And every sweet a snare. 2 The brightest things below the sky Give but a flattering light ; We should suspect some danger nigh Where we possess delight. S Our dearest joys, and nearest friend*, The partners of our blood. How they divide our wavering minds, And leave but half for God ! 4 The fondness of a creature's love, How strong it strikes the sense ! Thither the warm affections move. Nor can we call them thence. 5 Dear Saviour, let thy beauties be My soul's eternal food; And grace command my heart away From all created good. Q/IQ (Hymn4L B.2. L. M.) J4o« A Sight of God mortifies us to the World. 1 [TTP to the fields where angels lie, *-' And living waters gently roll, Fain would my thoughts leap out and fly, But sin hangs heavy on my soul. % Thy wonderous blood, dear dying Christ, Can make this load of guilt remove ; And thou can'st bear me where thou fly'st, On thy kind wings, celestial Dove !] 3 O might I once mount up and see The glories of th' eternal skies, What little tthings these worlds would be! How despicable to my eyes \ christian. a4y, 4 Had I a glance of thee, my God, Kingdoms and men would vanish soon, Vanish as though I saw them not, As a dim candle dies at noon. 5 Then they might fight, and rage and rave, I rhould perceive the noise no more Than we can hear a shaking leaf While rattling thunders round us roar. 6 Great All in All, Eternal King, Let me hut view thy lovely face, And all my powers shall bow and sing Thine endless grandeur and thy grace. odQ (Hymn 10. B. 2. C. M.) DQv, Parting with carnal Joys. 1 ]\TY soul forsakes her vain delight, •*■"-*- And bids the world farewell, Base as the dirt beneath my feet, And mischievous as hell. 2 No longer will I ask your love, Nor seek your friendship more ; The happiness that I approve Lies not within your power. 3 There's nothing round this spaciou3 earth That suits my large desire ; To boundless joy and solid mirth My nobler thoughts aspire. 4 [Where pleasure rolls its living flood, From sin and dross refin'd, Still springing from the throne of God, And fit to cheer the mind. 5 Th' almighty Ruler of the sphere, The glorious and the great, Brings his own all-sufficience there To make our bliss complete.] 6 Had I the pinions of a dove I'd climb the heavenly road ; There sits my Saviour dress'd in love, And there my smiling God. oka (Hymn 11. B. 2. L. M.) OUU. xhe same. 1 T SEND the joys of earth away; *• Away, ye tempters of the mind, False as the smooth deceitful sea, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Your streams were floating' me along Down to the gulf of black despair, 249 . < '"•' 351 CHRISTIAN. And whilst I listen'd to your song, Your streams had e'en convey'd me there. 3 Lord, I adore thy matchless grace, That warn'd me of that dark abyss, That drew me from those treacherous seas, And bade me seek superior bliss. 4 Now to the shining realms above I stretch my hands and glance mine eyes ; 0 for the pinions of a dove ■•-'* To bear me to the upper skies ; There from the bosom of my God Oceans of endless pleasures roll ; There would I fix my last abode, And drown the sorrows of my soul. oci (Psalm 119. 15th Part. C. M.) «* J l • Holy Resolutions. Ver. 93. OTHAT thy statutes every hour Might dwell upon my mind ! Thence I derive a quickening power, And daily peace I find. Ver. 15, 16. To meditate thy precepts, Lord, Shall be my sweet employ ; My soul shall ne'er forget thy word, Thy word is all my joy. Ver. 32. How would I run in thy commands, If thou my heart discharge From sin and Satan's hateful chains, And set my feet at large ! Ver. 13. 46. My lips with courage shall declare Thy statutes and thy name^ t I'll speak thy word, though kings should hear, Nor yield to sinful shame. Ver. 61. 69, 70. Let bands of persecutors rise To rob me of my right, Let pride and malice forge their lies, Thy law is my delight. Ver. 115. Depart from me, ye wicked race, Whose hands and hearts are ill ; 1 love my God, I love his ways, And must obey his will. 250 CHRISTIAN. 352— -354 ocfj (Hymn 106. B. I. S. M.) QO&. Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ, Rom. vL 1, 2. 6. 1 O HALL we go on to sin ^ Because thy grace abounds* Or crucify the Lord again, And open all his wounds ? 2 Forbid it, mighty God, Nor let it e'er be said That we whose sins are crucify'd Should raise them from the dead. 3 We will be slaves no more, Since Christ has made us free, Has nail'd our tyrants to his cross, And bought our liberty. Qr« (Hymn 81. B. 2. CM.) *)«^«5' Our Sin the Cause of Christ's Death. 1 A ND now the scales have left mine eyes, ■**■ Now I begin to see : 0 the curs'd deeds my sins have done ! What murderous things they be t 2 Were these the traitors, dearest Lord, That thy fair body tore ? Monsters, that stain'd those heavenly limbs With floods of purple gore I 3 Was it for crimes that I had done My dearest Lord was slain, When justice seiz'd God's only Son, And put his soul to pain ? 4 Forgive my guilt, O Prince of Feace, I'll wound my God no more ; Hence from my heart, ye sins, be gone. For Jesus I adore. 5 Furnish me, Lord, with heavenly arms From grace's magazine, And I'll proclaim eternal war With every darling sin. 0 zA (Hymn 31. B. 1. 2d Part. C. M.) *>t>4:. 7%c hidden Life of a Christian, Col. iii. & 1 f\ HAPPY soul ! that lives on high ; v While men lie grovelling herel His hopes are fix'd above the sky, And faith forbids his fear. I His conscience knows no secret stings. While peace and \ov combine 251 355, 356 CHRISTIAN. To form a life whose holy springs Are hidden and divine. 3 He waits in secret on his God j His God in secret sees : Let earth be all in arms abroad, He dwells in heavenly peace. 4 His pleasures rise from things unseen, Beyond this world and time, Where neither eyes nor ears have been, Nor thoughts of sinners climb. & He wants no pomp nor royal throne To raise his figure here ; Content and pleas'd to Jive unknown Till Christ his life appear. 6 He looks to heaven's eternal hill To meet that glorious day ; But patient waits his Saviour's will To fetch his soul away. occ (Hymn 116. B. 2. CM.) ODD. Mercies and Thanks. 1 TTOW can I sink with such a prop •"- As my eternal God, Who bears the earth's huge pillars up, And spreads the heavens abroad? 2 How can I die while Jesus lives, Who rose and left the dead ? Pardon and grace my soul receives From mine exalted head. 3 All that I am, and all I have Shall be for ever thine, Whate'er my duty bids me give, My cheerful hands resign. 4 Yet if I might make some reserve, And duty did not call, I love my God with zeal so great That I should give him all. Q ,-£ (Hymn 140. B. 2. C. M.) ODD. Tjie Examples of Christ and the Saints. I r* IVE me the wings of faith to rise " Within the veil, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. % 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. CHRISTIAN. 357, 358 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 mark'd the footsteps that he trod, (His zeal inspir'd their breast;) And following their incarnate God Possess the promis'd rest. 5 Oar glorious Leader claims our praise For his own pattern given, While the long cloud of witnesses Shows the same path to heaven. o/r7 (Hymn 48. B. 1. L.M.) °° ' • The Christia7i Race, Isa. xl. 28—31. 1 A WAKE, our souls, away, our fears, -^*- Let every trembling thought be gone ; Awake, and run the heavenly race, And put a cheerful courage on. 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road, And mortal spirits tire and faint ; But they forget the mighty God, That feeds the strength of every saint— 3 The mighty God, whose matchless power Is ever new and ever young, And firm endures while endless years Their everlasting circles run. 4 From thee, the overflowing spring, Our souls shall drink a fresh supply, While such as trust their native strength Shall melt away, and drop and die. 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air We'll mount aloft to thine abode, On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. ocn (Hymn 77. B. 2. L.M.) .3 JO. 7%e christian Warfare. 1 [QTAND up, my soul, shake off thy feara, ^ And gird the gospel armour on, March to the gates of endless joy Where thy great Captain-Saviour's gone. 2 Hell and thy sins resist thy course, But hell and sin axe vanquish'd foes, Thy Jesus nail'd them to the cross, And sung the triumph when he rose.] 253 22 859, 360 CHRISTIAN. S [What though (he prince of darkness rage. And waste the fury of his spite, Eternal chains confine him down To fiery deeps and endless night. 4 What though thine inward lusts rebel, 'Tis but a struggling gasp for life ; The weapons of victorious grace Shall slay thy sins, and end the strife.] 5 Then let my soul march boldly on, Press forward to the heavenly gate, There peace and joy eternal reign, And glittering robes for conquerors wait. 6 There shall I wear a starry crown, And triumph in almighty grace, While all the armies of the skies Join in my glorious Leader's praise. 0 kq (Psalm 144. ver. 1, 2. 1st Part. C. M.) o UXJ. Assistance and Victory in the spiritual Warfare. 1 XI OR ever blessed be the Lord, * My Saviour and my shield ; He sends his Spirit with his word To arm me for the field. 2 When sin and hell their force unite, He makes my soul his care, Instructs me to the heavenly fight, And guards me through the war. S A friend and helper so divine Doth my weak courage raise ; > He males the glorious victory mine, And his shall be the praise. o£r> (Psalm 119. 17th Part. L.M.) JDU. Courage and Perseverance under Perse- cution; or, Grace Shining in Difficulties tmU Trials. Ver. 143. 28. WHEN pain and anguish seize me. Lord, Ail my support is from thy word : My soul dissolves for heaviness, Uphold me with thy strengthening grace. Ver. 51. 69. 110. The proud have fram'd their scoffs and lies, They watch my feet with envious eyes, And tempt my soul to snares and sin, Yet thy commands I ne'er decline. 254 CHRISTIAN. 361 Ver. 161. 78. They hate me, Lord, without a cause, They hate to see me love thy laws ; But I will trust and fear thy name, Till pride and malice die with shame. ofil (Psalm 7. CM.) *'° '■•God's Care of his People, and Punishment of Persecutors. 1 T1J"Y trust is in my heavenly friend, -"•*- My hope in thee, my God ; Rise, and my helpless life defend From those that seek my blood. 2 With insolence and fury they My soul in pieces tear, As hungry lions rend the prey, When no deliverer's near. S If I had e'er provok'd them first, Or once abus'd my foe, Then let him tread my life to dust, And lay mine honour low. 4 If there be malice hid in me, I know thy piercing eyes ; I should not dare appeal to thee, Nor ask my God to rise. 5 Arise, my God, lift up thy hand, Their pride and power control ; Awake to judgment, and command Deliverance for my soul. PAUSE. 6 [Let sinners and their wicked rage Be humbled to the dust ; Shall not the God of truth engage To vindicate the just? 7 He knows the heart, he tries the reins, He will defend th' upright : His sharpest arrows he ordains Against the sons of spite. 8 For me their malice digg'd a pit. But there themselves are cast; My God makes all their mischief light Un their own heads at last.] 9 That cruel persecuting race Must feel his dreadful sword ; Awake, my soul, and praise the grace And justice of the Lord. 255 362, 363 CHRISTIAN. Q«9 (Psalm 94. ver. 16—23. 2dPart. C. M.) JDZi. God our Support and Comfort; or. Deliv- erance from Temptation and Persecution. 1 TITHO will arise and plead my right "» Against my numerous foes, While earth and hell their force unite, And all my hopes oppose ? 2 Had not the Lord, my rock, my help, Sustain'd my fainting head, My life had now in silence dwelt, My soul amongst the dead. S Alas ! my sliding feet, I cried ; Thy promise was my prop ; Thy grace stood constant by my eide, Thy Spirit bore me up. 4 While multitudes of mournful thoughts Within my bosom roll, Thy boundless love forgives my faults, Thy comforts cheer my soul. 5 Powers of iniquity may rise, And frame pernicious laws ; But God, my refuge, rules the skies, He will defend my cause. 6 Let malice vent her rage aloud, Let bold blasphemers scoff; The Lord our God shall judge the proud, And cut the sinners off. opq (Psalm 16. 1—8. 1st Part. CM.) o\)D. Support and Counsel from God without Merit. 1 QJAVE me, 0 Lord, from every foe , •^ In thee my trust I place, Though all the good that I can do Can ne'er deserve thy grace. 2 Yet if my God prolong my breath. The saints may profit by 't; The saints the glory of the earth, The men of my delight. S Let heathens to their idols haste, And worship wood or stone ; But my delightful lot is cast Where the true God is known. 4 His hand provides my constant food, He fills my daily cup ; 256 CHRISTIAN. 364, 365 Much am I pleas'd with present good, But more rejoice in hope. 5 God is my portion arid my joy, His counsels are my light ; He gives me sweet advice by day, And gentle hints by night. 6 My soul would all her thoughts improve To his all-seeing eye ; Not death, nor hell my hopes shall move, While-such a friend is nigh. ofii (Psalm 120. C. M.) OOI. Complaint of quarrelsome Neighbours; or, a devout Wish for Peace. 1 rpHOU God of love, thou ever-blest, -*- Pity my suffering state ; When wilt thou set my soul at rest From lips that love deceit ? 2 Hard lot of mine ! my days are cast Among the sons of strife, Whose never-ceasing brawlings waste My golden hours of life. S 0 might I fly to change my place, How would I choose to dwell In some wide lonesome wilderness, And leave these gates of hell ! 4 Peace is the blessing that I seek, How lovely are its charms ! I am for peace ; but when I speak, They all declare for arms. 5 New passions still their souls engage, And keep their malice strong : What shall be done to curb thy rage, 0 ihou devouring tongue ! 6 Should burning arrows smite thee through, Strict justice would approve ; But I had rather spare my foe, And melt his heart with love. oejr (Psalm 56. C. M.) ODtl. Deliverance from Oppression and False* hood; or, God's Care of his People, in answer to Faith and Prayer. 1 f\ THOU, whose justice reigns on high, *-* And makes th' oppressor eease, Behold how envious sinners try To vex and break my peace ! 257 22* S66 CHRISTIAN. 2 The sons of violence and lies, Join to devour me, Lord ; But as my hourly dangers rise My refuge is thy word. S In God most holy, just, and true, I have repos'd my trust ; Nor will I fear what flesh can do, The offspring of the dust. 4 They wrest my words to mischief still. Charge me with unknown faults ; Mischief doth all their counsels fill, * And malice all their thoughts. 5 Shall they escape without thy frown ? Must their devices stand ? 0 cast the haughty sinner down, And let him know thy hand ! PAUSE. 6 God counts the sorrows of his saints, Their groans affect his ears ; Thou hast a book for my complaints, A bottle for my tears. 7 When to thy throne I raise my cry, The wicked fear and flee ; So swift is prayer to reach the sky, So near is God to me. 8 In thee, most holy, just, and true, I have repos'd my trust ; Nor will I fear what man can do, The offspring of the dust. 9 Thy solemn vows are on me, Lord, Thou shalt receive my praise ; I'll sing, 'How faithful is thy word! ' How righteous all thy ways !' 10 Thou hast secur'd my soul from death ; O set thy prisoner free ! That heart and hand, and life and breath, May be etnploy'd for thee. ^fifi (Ps. SI. ver. 7—13. 18—21. 2d Part C M.> ODD. Deliverance from Slander and Reproach. 1 Ti/fY heart rejoices in thy name, •"-*- My God, my help, my trust ; Thou hast preserv'd my face from shame, Mine honour from the dust. 2 *My life is spent with grief,' I cried, 'My year? consum'a in groans, CHRISTIAN. S67 My strength decays, mine eyes are dried, ' And sorrow wastes my bones.' 5 Among mine enemies my name Was a mere proverb grown, While to my neighbours I became Forgotten and unknown. 4 Slander and fear, on every side, Seiz'd and beset me round ; ' I to the throne of grace applied, And speedy rescue found. PAUSE. 5 How great deliverance thou hast wrought, Before the sons of men ! The lying lips to silence brought, Ana made their boastings vain ! 6 Thy children, from the strife of tongues, Shall thy pavilion hide, Guard them from infamy and wrongs, And crush the sons of pride. 7 Within thy secret presence, Lord, Let me for ever dwell ; No fenced city? wall'd and barr'd, a saint so well. **fi7 (Psalm 118- ver- 6— 15- 1st Part. C. M.) DO / . Deliverance from a Tumult. I rpiIE Lord appears my helper now, -*- Nor is my faith afraid Of what the sons of earth can do, Since heaven affords me aid. 1 'Tis safer, Lord, to hope in thee, And have my God my friend, Than trust in men of high degree, And on their truth depend. 3 Like bees my foes beset me round, A large and angry swarm ; But I shall all their rage confound By thine almighty arm. 4 'Tis through the Lord my heart is strong, In him my lips rejoice ; While his salvation is my song, How cheerful is my voice ! 5 Like angry bees they girt me round; When God appears they fly: So burnbg thorns, with crackling sound, Make a fierce blaze and die. 259 368 CHRISTIAN. 6 Joy to the saints and peace belongs The Lord protects their days : Let Israel tune immortal songs To his almighty grace. qcq (Psalm 143. L. M.) OVO. Complaint of heavy Afflictions of Mind • and Body. 1 "jl/TY righteous Judge, my gracious God, ■*•*-*• Hear when I spread my hands abroad And cry for succour from thy throne, 0 make thy truth and mercy known. 2 Let judgment not against me pass, Behold thy servant pleads thy grace ; Should justice call us to thy bar, No man alive is guiltless there. 8 Look down in pity, Lord, and see The mighty woes that burden me : Down to the dust my life is brought, Like one long buried and forgot. 4 I dwell in darkness and unseen, My heart is desolate within ; My thoughts in musing silence trace The ancient wonders of thy grace. 5 Thence I derive a glimpse of hope To bear my sinking spirits up ; 1 stretch my hands to God again, And thirst like parched lands for rain. 6 For thee I thirst, I pray, I mourn ; When will thy smiling face return ? Shall all my joys on earth remove ? And God for ever hide his love ? 7 My God, thy long delay to save Will sink thy prisoner to the grave ; My heart grows faint, and dim mine eye j Make haste to help before I die. 8 The night is witness to my tears, Distressing pains, distressing fears ; O might I hear thy morning voice, Hew would my wearied powers rejoice ! 9 In thee I trust, to thee I sigh, And lift my weary soul on high, For thee sit waiting all the day, And wear the tiresome hours away. 10 Break off my fetters, Lord, and show Which is the path my feet should go ; CHRISTIAN. J If snares and foes beset the road, I flee to hide me near my God. 11 Teach me to do thy holy will, And lead me to thy heavenly hill ; Let the good Spirit of thy love Conduct me to thy courts above. 12 Then shall my soul no more complain, The tempter then shall rage in vain ; And flesh, that was my foe before, Shall never vex my spirit more. OfiQ (Psalm 55. 1—8.16—18.22. CM.) OOiJ. Support for the afflicted and tempted Sc 1 f\ GOD, my refuge, hear my cries, *-* Behold my flowing tears, For earth and hell my hurt devise, And triumph in my fears. 2 Their rage is levell'd at my life, My soul with guilt they load, And fill my thoughts with inward strife To shake my nope in God. S With inward pain my heart-strings sound, I groan with every breath ; Horror and fear beset me round Amongst the shades of death. 4 0 were I like a feather'd dove, And innocence had wings ; I'd fly, and make a long remove, From all these restless things. 5 Let me to some wild desert go, And find a peaceful home, Where storms of malice never blow, Temptations never come. 6 Vain hopes, and vain inventions all To 'scape the rage of hell ! The mighty God on whom I call Can save me here as well. PAUSE. 7 By morning light I'll seek his face, At noon repeat my cry, The night shall hear me ask his grace, Nor will he long deny. 8 God shall preserve my soul from fear, Or shield me when afraid ; Ten thousand angels must appear If he command their aid. 261 370, 371 CHRISTIAN. 9 I cast my burdens on the Lord, The Lord sustains them all ; My courage rests upon his word That saints shall never fall. 10 My highest hopes shall not be rain, My lips shall spread his praise ; While cruel and deceitful men Scarce hve out half their days. Q70 (Hymn 25. B.2. CM.) ° ' KJt Complaining of spiritual Sloth, 1 ]VT Y drowsy powers, why sleep ye so ? ■J*"-*- Awake, my sluggish soul ! Nothing has half thy work to do, Yet nothing's half so dull. 2 The little ants for one poor grain Labour, and tug, and strive, Yet we who have a heaven t' obtain, How negligent we live ! 3 We for whose sake all nature stands, And stars then- courses move ; We for whose guard the angel bands Come flying from above ; 4 We for whom God the Son came down, And labour'd for our good, How careless to secure that crown He purchas'd with "ins blood ! 5 Lord, shall we lie so sluggish still ? And never act our parts ? Come, holy Dove, from th' heavenly hill, And sit and warm our hearts. 6 Then shall our active spirits move, Upward our souls shall rise : With hands of faith and wings of love We'll fly and take the prize. r,71 (Hymn 98. B. 2. CM.) •5 * * • Hardness of Heart complained of. 1 Tt/| Y heart, how dreadful hard it is ! -I*-*- How heavy here it lies ! Heavy and cold within my breast, Just like a rock of ice ! 2 Sin like a raging tyrant sits Upon this flinty throne^ And every grace lies buried deep Beneath this heart of stone. S How seldom do I rise to God, Or taste the joys above ! 262 CHRISTIAN. S72 This mountain presses down my faith, And chills my flaming love. 4 When smiling mercy courts my soul With all its heavenly charms, This stuhborn, this relentless thing Would thrust it from my arms. 5 Against the thunders of thy word Rebellious I have stood, My heart it shakes not at the wrath And terrors of a God. 6 Dear Saviour, steep this rock of mine In thine own crimson sea : None but a bath of blood divine Can melt the flint away. 372 (?8.alm 2s* YeI- 15—22. jid Part S. M,) Distress of Soul; or, Backsliding and Desertion. MINE eyes and my desire Are ever to the Lord ; I love to plead his promises, And rest upon his word. 2 Turn, turn thee to my soul, Bring thy salvation near! When will thy hand release my feet Out of the deadly snare! 3 When shall the sovereign grace Of my forgiving God Restore me from those dangerous way* My wandering feet have trod ? 4 The tumult of my thoughts Doth but enlarge my wo ; My spirit languishes , my heart Is desolate and low. 5 With every morning light My sorrow new begins ; Look on my anguish and my pain, And pardon all my sins. PAUSE. 6 Behold the hosts of hell, How cruel is their hate ! Against my life they rise, and join Their fury with deceit. 7 0 keep my soul from death, Nor put my hope to shame, For I have plac'dmy only trust In my Redeemer's name. 263 3r3, 374 CHRISTIAN. 8 With humble faith I wait To see thy face again ; Of Israel it shall ne'er be said, * He sought the Lord in vain.' «7o (Hymn 163. B. 2. C. M.) •* ' "5* Complaint of Desertion and Temptation. 1 T*|EAR Lord, behold our sore distress ; -L' Our sins attempt to reign ; Stretch out thine arm of conquering grace, And let thy foes be slain. 2 [The lion with his dreadful roar Affrights thy feeble sheep : Reveal the glory of thy power, And chain him to the deep. 3 Must we indulge a long despair ? Shall our petitions die? Our mournings never reach thine ear, Nor tears affect thine eye ?] 4 If thou despise a mortal groan, Yet hear a Saviour's blood ; An advocate so near the throne Pleads and prevails with God. 5 He brought the Spirit's powerful sword To slay our deadly foes ; Our sins shall die beneath thy word, And hell in vain oppose. 6 How boundless is our Father's grace, In height and depth, and length ! He made his Son our righteousness, His Spirit is our strength. 074 (Psalm 13. CM.) •* • ^'Complaint under Temptations of the Devil, 1 TTO W long wilt thou conceal thy face ? •■-■• My God, how long delay ? When shall I feel those heavenly rays That chase my fears away ? 2 How long shall my poor labouring soul Wrestle and toil in vain ? Thy word can all my foes control, And ease my raging pain. S See how the prince of darkness tries All his malicious arts, He spreads a mist around my eyes, And throws his fiery darts. 4 Be thou my sun, and thou my shield, My soul in safety keep 264 CHRISTIAN. 375 Make haste before mine eyes are seal'd In death's eternal sleep. 5 How would the tempter boast aloud If I become his prey ? Behold the sons of hell grow proud At thy so long delay. 6 But they shall fly at thy rebuke, And Satan hide his head ; He knows the terrors of thy look, And hears thy voice with dread. 7 Thou wilt display that sovereign grace, Where all my hopes have hung ; I shall employ my lips in praise, And victory shall be sung. 07 r (Hymn 20. B. 2. CM.) 01 u. Backslidings and Returns ; or, the Incon- stancy of our Love. 1 TITHY is my heart so far from thee, "» My God, my chief delight ? Why are my thoughts no more by day With thee, no more by night ? 2 [Why should my foolish passions rove? Where can such sweetness be As I have tasted in thy love, As I have found in thee ?] 3 When my forgetful soul renews The savour of thy grace, My heart presumes I cannot lose The relish all my days. 4 But ere one fleeting hour is past, The flattering world employs Some sensual bait to seize my taste, And to pollute my joys. 5 [Trifles of nature or of art, With fair deceitful charms, Infrude upon my thoughtless heart, Xnd thrust me from thy arms.] 6 The» I repent and vex my soul Tl«,t I should leave thee so ; When will those wild affections roll Thattet a Saviour go ! 7 [Sm'spiNnaVcl joys are turn'd to pain. And I >m drown'd in grief; But my d\r Lor(i returns again. He flies \»mv ^1^, 265 J 2a 376, 377 CHRISTIAN. 8 Seizing my soul with sweet surprise, He draws with loving: bands ; Divine compassion in His eyes, And pardon in his hands.] 9 [Wretch that I am to wander thus In chase of false delight ! Let me be fasten'd to thy cross Rather than lose thy sight.] 10 [Make haste, my days, to reach the goal, And bring my heart to rest On the dear centre of my soul, My God, my Saviour's breast.] Q7fi (Psalm 13. L. M.) O I O. pieading wuh God under Desertion; wt Hope in Darkness. H OW long, O Lord, shall I complain Like one that seeks his God in vain? Canst thou thy face for ever hide? And I still pray, and be denied? 2 Shall I for ever be forgot As one whom thou regardest not ? Still shall my soul thine absence mourn? And still despair of thy return ? 3 How long shall my poor troubled breast Be with these anxious thoughts opprest? And Satan, my malicious foe, Rejoice to see me sunk so low ? 4 Hear, Lord, and grant me quick relief, Before my death concludes my grief; If thou withhold thy heavenly light, I sleep in everlasting night. 6 How will the powers of darkness boast, If but one praying soul be lost ! But I have trusted in thy grace, And shall again behold thy face. 6 Whate'er my fears or foes suggest, Thou art my hope, my joy, my rest j My heart shall feel thy love, and raise My cheerful voice to songs of praise. 077 (Psalm 119. 16th Part C. M) 0 1 / . Prayer for quickening Gtac' Ver. 25. 37. MY soul lies cleaving to the dust Lord, give me lire divine ; From vain desires and every lust Turn off these eyes of mine. 266 CHRISTIAN. 378 1 need il% lAfliunce of thy grace To 6peed me in thy way, Lest I should loiter in my race, Or turn my feet astray. Ver. 107. When sore afflictions pjess me down, I need thy quickening powers ; Thy word that I have rested on Shall help my heaviest hoars. Ver. 156. 40. Are not thy mercies sovereign still ? And thou a faithful God ? Wilt thou not grant me warmei zeal To run the heavenly road ? Ver. 159. 40. Does not my heart thy precepts love, And long to see thy face ? And yet how slow my spirits move Without enlivening grace ! Ver. 93. Then shall I love thy gospel more, And ne'er forget thy word, When I have felt its quickening power To draw me near the Lord. 070 (Psalm 119. 12th Part. CM.) *> / o. Breathing after Comfort and Delhwmce. Ver. 153. MY God, consider my distress, Let mercy plead my cause ; Though I have sinned against thy grace, I can't forget thy laws. Ver. 39. 116. Forbid, forbid the sharp reproach Which I so justly fear ; Uphold my life, uphold my hopes, Nor let my shame appear. Ver. 122. 135. Be thou a surety, Lord, for me, Nor let the proud oppress ; But make thy waiting servant see The shinings of thy face. Ver. 82. My eyes with expectation fail, My heart within me cries, ; When will the Lord his truth fulfil, ' And make my comforts rise !' 267 379 CHRISTIAN. Ver. 132. Look down upon my sorrows, Lord, And show thy grace the same As thou art ever wont t' afford To those that lore thy name. o-7Q (Psalm 38. CM.) •>'**• Guilt of Conscience and Relief; or. Re pentance and Prayer for Pardon and Health. 1 A MIDST thy wrath remember love, -^*- Restore thy servant, Lord; Nor let a Father's chastening prove Like an avenger's sword. 2 Thine arrows stick within my heart, My flesh is sorely prest ; Between the sorrow and the smart My spirit finds no rest. 3 My sins a heavy load appear, And o'er my head are gone; Too heavy they for me to bear, Too hard for me t' atone. A My thoughts are like a troubled sea, My head still bending down ; And I go mourning all the day Beneath my Father's frown. b Lord, I am weak, and broken sore, None of my powers are whole ; The inward anguish makes me roar, The anguish of my soul. £ All my desire to thee is known, Thine eye counts every tear, And every sigh, and every groan la notie'd by thine ear. 7 Thou art my God, my only hope ; My God will hear my cry, My God will bear my spirit up When Satan bids me die. $ [My foot is ever apt to slide, My foes rejoice to see 't ; They raise their pleasure and their pride, When they supplant my feet. 9 But I'll confess my guilt to thee, And grieve for all my sin, IM\ mourn how weak my graces be, And beg support divine. . 0 My God, forgive my follies past, And be for ever nigh ; CHRISTIAN. S80, 381 0 Lord of my salvation haste, Before thy servant die. J 0 on (Psalm 107. 2d Part. L. M. ) OOU. Correction for Sin, and Release by Prayer. 1 X^ROM age to age exalt his name, •■- God and his grace are still the same ; He fills the hungry soul with food, And feeds the poor with every good. 2 But if their hearts rebel and rise Against the God that rules the skies, If they reject his heavenly word, And slight the counsels of the Lord ° 3 He'll bring their spirits to the ground, And no deliverer shall be four_d ; Laden with grief they waste their breath In darkness and the shades of death. 4 Then to the Lord they raise their cries, He makes the dawning light arise, And scatters all that dismal shade, That hung so heavy round their head. 5 He cuts the bars of brass in two, And lets the smiling prisoners through ; Takes off the load of guilt and grief, And gives the labouring soul relief. 6 O may the sons of men record The wonderous goodness of the Lord ! How great his works ! how kind his ways ! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. oni (Psalm 4. 1, 2, 3. 5, 6, 7. L. M.) OOl. Hearing of Prayer; or, God our Portion^ and Christ our Hope. 1 /"I GOD of grace and righteousness, ^ Hear and attend when I complain ; Thou hast enlarged me in distress, Bow down a gracious ear again. 2 Ye sons of men, in vain ye try To turn my glory into shame ; How long will scoffers love to lie, And dare reproach my Saviour's name ! S Know that the Lord divides his saints From all the tribes of men beside ; He hears the" cry of penitents For the dear sake of Christ that died. 4 When our obedient hands have done A thousand works of righteousness, 269 23* 382, 383 CHRISTIAN. We put our trust in God alone, And glory in his pardoning grace. 5 Let the unthinking many say, ' Who will bestow some earthly good ?' But, Lord, thy light and love we pray, Our souls desire this heavenly food. 6 Then shall my cheerful powers rejoice At grace and favour so divine ; Nor will I change my happy choice For all their corn, and all their wine. 009 (Psalm 85. 1—8. 1st Part. L. M.) ooa, Jfrauing for an j}nswer to Prayer; or, Deliverance begun and completed. 1 T ORD, thou hast call'd thy grace to mind, •*-' Thou hast revers'd our heavy doom : So God forgave when Israel sinn'd, And brought his wandering captives home. 2 Thou hast begun to set us free, And made thy fiercest wrath abate : Now let our hearts be turn'd to thee, And thy salvation be complete. S Revive our dying graces, Lord, And let thy saints in thee rejoice ; Make known thy truth, fulfil thy word, We wait for praise to tune our voice. 4 We wait to hear what God will say ; He'll speak, and give his people peace ; But let them run no more astray, Lest his returning wrath increase. 000 (Psalm 51. 3d Part. L. M.) 000. The Backslider restored ; or, Repentance and Faith in the Blood of Christ. 1 f"| 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 na'er depart, Nor hide thy presence from my heart. 5 I cannot live without thy light, Cast out and banish'd from thy sight : Thine holy joys, my God, restore, And guard me that I fall no more. 270 CHRISTIAN. S84 4 Though I have griev'd thy Spirit, Lord, His help and comfort still afford : * And let a wretch come near thy throne To plead the merits of thy Son. 5 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. 6 My soul lies humbled in the dust, And owns thy dreadful sentence just ; Look down, O Lord, with pitying eye, And save the soul condemn'd to die. 7 Then will I teach the world thy ways ; Sinners shall learn thy sovereign grace ; I'll lead them to my Saviour's blood, And they shall praise a pardoning God. 8 O 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. 004 (Hymn 95. B. 2. C. M.) ^3°'*« Look on Him whom they pierced, and mourn. i TNFINITE grief! amazing wo ! -■• Behold my bleeding Lord ; Hell and the Jews conspir'd his death, And us'd the Roman sword. ^2 Oh, the sharp pangs of smarting pain My dear Redeemer bore, When knotty whips and jagged thorns His sacred body tore ! 3 But knotty whips and jagged thorns In vain do I accuse, In vain I blame the Roman bands, And the more spiteful Jews. 4 'Twere you, my sins, my cruel sins, His chief tormentors were ; Each of my crimes became a nail, And unbelief the spear. 5 'Twere you that pull'd the vengeance down Upon his guiltless head : Break, break, my heart ; O burst, mine eyes, And let my sorrows bleed. -6 Strike, mighty grace, my flinty soul, Till melting waters flow, 271 385, 386 CHRISTIAN. And deep repentance drown mine eyes In undissembled wo. oot (Ps. 18. ver. 1—6. 15—18. 1st Part. L. M.) JO J. Deliverance from Despair; or, Temptar tions overcome. 1 rpHEE will I love, O Lord, my strength, -*■ My rock, my tower, my high defence j Thy mighty arm shall be my trust, For I have found salvation thence. 2 Death, and the terrors of the grave, Stood round me with their dismal shade ; While floods of high temptations rose, And made my sinking soul afraid. 3 I saw the opening gates of hell, With endless pains and sorrows there, Which none but they that feel can tell, While I was hurried to despair. 4 In my distress I call'd ' My God !' When I could scarce believe him mine ; He bow'd his ear to my complaint, Then did his grace appear divine. 5 {With speed he flew to my relief, As on a cherub's wing he rode : Awful and bright as lightning shone The face of my deliverer God. 6 Temptations fled at his rebuke, The blast of his almighty breath ; He sent salvation from on high, And drew me from the deeps of death.] 7 Great were my fears, my foes were great, Much was their strength, and more their rage ; But Christ, my Lord, is conqueror still " In all the wars that devils wage. 8 My song for ever shall record That terrible, that joyful hour: And give the glory to the Lord Due to his mercy and his power. oofi (Ps. 40. ver. 1, 2, 3. 5. 17. 1st Part. C. M.) oou. Ji Song of Deliverance from great Distress, 1 ¥ WAITED patient for the Lord, -■■ He bow'd to hear my cry ; He saw me resting on his word, And brought salvation nigh. 2 He rais'd me from a horrid pit Where mourning long I lay, 272 CHRISTIAN. 887, 388 And from my bonds releas'd my feet, Deep bonds of miry clay. 3 Firm on a rock he made me stand, And taught my cheerful tongue To praise the wonders of his hand, In a new thankful song. 4 I'll spread his works of grace abroad ; The saints with joy shall hear, And sinners learn to make my God Their only hope and fear. 5 How many are thy thoughts of love ! Thy mercies, Lord, how great ! We have not words nor hours enough Their numbers to repeat. 6 When I'm afflicted, poor and low, And light and peace depart, My God beholds my heavy wo, And bears me on" his heart. oq»7 (Psalm 61. ver. 1—6. S. M.) •JO'- Safety in God. i TI7"HEN overwhelm'd with grief * * My heart within me dies, Helpless and far from all relief, To heaven I lift mine eyes. 1 O lead me to the rock That's high above my head? And make the covert of thy wings My shelter and my shade. 3 Within thy presence, Lord, For ever I'll abide ; Thou art the tower of my defence, The refuge where I hide. 4 Thou givest me the lot Of those that fear thy name; If endless life be their reward, I shall possess the same. 000 (Hymn 50. B. 2. L. M.) OOO. Comfort under Sorrows and Pains. 1 7VTO W let the Lord my Saviour smile, ■*• * And show my name upon his heart, I would forget my pains awhile, And in the pleasure lose the smart. 2 But, oh ! it swells my sorrows high To see my blessed Jesus frown, My spirits sink, my comforts die, And all the springs of life are down. 273 389 CHRISTIAN. 3 Yet why, my soul, why these complaints? Still while he frowns, his bowels move ; Still on his heart he bears his saints, And feels their sorrows and his love. 4 My name is printed on his breast, His book of life contains my name ; I'd rather have it there impress'd Than in the bright records of fame. 5 When the last fire burns all things, here, Those letters shall securely stand, And in the Lamb's fair book appear Writ by th' eternal Father's hand. <6 Now shall my minutes smoothly run, Whilst here I wait my Father's will ; My rising and my setting sun Roll gently up and down the hill. ^nQ (Hymn 102. B. 1. L. M.) DOV. The Beatitudes, Matt. v. 2—12. 1 [T>LESS'D are the humble souls that see •*-* Their emptiness and poverty ; Treasures of grace to them are given, And crowns of joy laid up in heaven.] 2 [Bless'd are the men of broken heart, Who mourn for sin with inward smart ; The blood of Christ divinely flows, A healing balm for all their woes.] 3 [Bless'd are the meek, who stand afar From rage and passion, noise and waf ; God will secure their happy state, And plead their cause against the great.] 4 [Bless'd are the souls that thirst for grace, Hunger and long for righteousness. They shall be well supply 'd, and fed With living streams and living bread.] 5 [Bless'd are the men whose bowels move And mf It with sympathy and love ; From Christ the Lord shall they obtain Like sympathy and love again.] 6 [Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling power of sin, With endless pleasure they shall see A God of spotless purity.] 7 [Bless'd are the men of peaceful life, Who quench the coals of growing strife, They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss, The sons of God, the God of peace.l 274 CHRISTIAN. 390, 391 8 [bfess'd are the sufferers who partake Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake ; Their souls shall triumph in the Lord, „ Glory and joy are their reward.] QQft (Hymn43- B- L 2d Part. L. M.) JlfU. The Christian Treasure, I Cor. iii. 21. 1 TTOW vast the tr$isure we possess ! -"■ How rich thy bounty, King of grace! This world is ours, and worlds to come ; Earth is our lodge, and heaven our home. 2 All things are ours, the gifts of God ; The purchase of a Saviour's blood : While the good Spirit shows us how To use and to improve them too. 3 If peace and plenty crown my days, They help me, Lord, to speak thy praise : If bread of sorrows be my food, Those sorrows work my lasting good. 4 I would not change my blest estate For all the world calls good or great : And while my faith can keep her hold, I envy not the sinner's gold. 5 Father, I wait thy daily will ; Thou shalt divide my portion still : Grant me on earth what seems thee best, Till death and heaven reveal the rest. oq-i (Hymn 53. B. 2. CM.) ov 1. Tne Pilgrimage of the Saints; ort Earth and Heaven. 1 T ORD ! what a wretched land is this, •*-* That yields us no supply ! No cheering fruits, no wholesome trees, Nor streams of living joy ! 2 But pricking thorns through all the ground, And mortal poisons grow, And all the rivers that are found With dangerous waters flow. S Yet the dear path to thine abode Lies through this horrid land ; Lord ! we would keep the heavenly road, And run at thy command. 4 [Our souls shall tread the desert through With undiverted feet ; And faith and flaming zeal subdue The terrors that we meet.] \ 275 .J? 392 CHRISTIAN. 5 [A thousand savage beasts of prey Around the forest roam ; But Judah's Lion guards the way, And guides the strangers home.] 6 [Long nights and darkness dwell below, With scarce a- twinkling ray; But the bright world to which we go Is everlasting day.] O 7 [By glimmering hopes and gloomy fears We trace the sacred road. Through dismal deeps and dangerous snares We make our way to God.] v 8 Our journey is a thorny maze, But we march upward still ; Forget these troubles of the ways, And reach at Zion's hill. 9 [See the kind angels at the gates Inviting us to come ; There Jesus the forerunner waits To welcome travellers home.] 10 There on a green and flowery mount Our weary souls shall sit, And with transporting joys recount The labours of our feet. 11 LNo vain discourse shall fill our tongue, Nor trifles vex our ear, Infinite grace shall be our song, And God rejoice to hear.] 12 Eternal glory to the King That brought us safely through ; Our tongues shall never cease to sing, And endless praise renew. QQO (Hymn 100. B. 2. L. M.) OVA. Tte piesence of Christ is the Life of my Sovi. 1 [TTOW full of anguish is the thought, •"• How it distracts and tears my heart, If God at last, my sovereign Judge, Should frown, and bid my soul Depart ! 2 Lord, when I quit this earthly stage, Where shall I fly but to thy breast ! For I have sought no other home ; For I have learn'd no other rest. 3 I cannot live contented here, Without some glimpses of thy face t. 276 CHRISTIAN. S93 And heaven without thy presence there Would be a dark and tiresome place. 4 When earthly cares engross the day, And hold my thoughts aside from thee, The shining hours of cheerful light Are long and tedious years to me. 5 And if no evening visit's paid, Between my Saviour and my soul, How dull the night ! how sad the shade ! How mournfully the minutes roll ! 6 This flesh of mine might learn as soon To live, yet part with all my blood ; To breathe when vital air is gone, Or thrive and grow without my food. 7 [Christ is my light, my life, my care, My blessed hope, my heavenly prize, Dearer than aU my passions are, My limbs, my bowels, or my eyes. 8 The strings that twine about my heart Tortures and racks may tear them off; But they can never, never part With their dear hold of Christ my love.] 9 [My God ! and can an humble child That loves thee with a flame so high, Be ever from thy face exil'd, Without the pity of thine eye ? 10 Impossible ! For thine own hands Have tied my heart so fast to thee ; And in thy book the promise stands, That where thou art thy friends must be.] qqo (Hymn 54. B. 2. C. M.) ovo. God's Presence is Light in Darkness. 1 "JVTY God. the spring of all my joys, M The life of my delights, The glory of my brightest days, And comfort of my nights. 2 In darkest shades if he appear, My dawning is begun ; He is my soul's sweet morning star, And he my rising sun. 3 The opening heavens around me shine With beams of sacred bliss, While Jesus shows his heart is mine, And whispers J am his ! 4 My soul would leave this heavy clay At that transporting word, . < 277 24 S94 396 CHRISTIAN. Run tip with joy the shining way T' embrace my dearest Lord. 5 Fearless of hell and ghastly death I'd break through every foe ; The wings of love, and arms of faith Should bear me conqueror through. oqa (Psalm 90. ver. 13, &c. 3d Part. C. M.) OtF4t. Breathing after Heaven. 1 T> ETURN, O God of love, return ; •"' Earth is a tiresome place ; How long shall we thy children mourn Our absence from thy face ! 2 Let heaven succeed our painful years, Let sin and sorrows cease, And in proportion to our tears So make our joys increase. 8 Thy wonders to thy servant show, Make thy own work complete, Then shall our souls thy glory know, And own thy love was great. 4 Then shall we shine before thy throne In all thy beauty, Lord j And the poor service we have done Meet a divine reward, one (Hymn 65. B. 2. C. M.) ovO. The Hope of Heaven our Support under Trials on Earth. 1 TI7"HEN I can read my title clear * * To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, And hellish darts be hurl'd, Then I can smile at Satan's rage, And face a frowning world. 3 Let cares like a wild deluge come, And storms of sorrow fall, May I but safely reach my home, My God, my heaven, my all. 4 There shall I bathe my weary soul In seas of heavenly rest, And not a wave of trouble roll Across my peaceful breast. oqp (Hymn 117. B. 2. L. M.) OvK). Living and dying with God present* 1 ¥ CANNOT bear thine absence, Lord, * My life expires if thou depart ; ' ?78 SAINTS AND SINNERS. 397, $98 Be thou, my heart, still near my God, And thou, my God, be near my heart. 2 I was not born for earth or sin, Nor can l live on things so vile ; Yet I would stay my father's time. And hope and wait for heaven a while. S Then, dearest Lord, in thine embrace Let me resign my fleeting breath, And with a smile upon my face Pass the important hour of death. 397. SAINTS AND SINNERS. (Psalm 1. L. M.) The difference between the Righteous and the Wicked. 1 TTAPP Y the man, whose cautious feet ■"- Shun the broad way that sinners go, Who hates the place where atheists meet, And fears to talk as scoffers do. 2 He loves t' employ his morning light Amongst the statutes of the Lord ; And spends the wakeful hours of night, With pleasure pondering o'er the word. 3 He, like a plant by gentle streams, Shall flourish in immortal green ; And heaven will shine with kindest beams On every work his hands begin. 4 But sinners find their counsels crost ; As chaff before the tempest flies, So shall their hopes be blown and lost, When the last trumpet shakes the skies. 5 In vain the rebel seeks to stand In judgment with the pious race ; The dreadful Judge with stern command Divides him to a different place. 6 f Straight is the way my saints have trod, 'I blest the path and drew it plain : * But you would choose the crooked road, 'And down it leads to endless pain., qqo (Psalm 1. S. M.) ovo. The saint happy, the Sinner miserable, 1 rilHE man is ever blest J- Who shims the sinners ways, 279 399 SAINTS AND Among their counsels never stands, Nor takes the scorner's place. 2 But makes the law of God His study and delight, Amidst the labours of the day, And watches of the night. S He like a tree shall thrive, With waters near the root ; Fresh as the leaf his name shall live, His works are heavenly fruit. 4 Not so th' ungodly race, They no such blessings find ; Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff Before the driving wind. 5 How will they bear to stand Before that judgment-seat, Where all the saints at Christ's right hand In full assembly meet ? 6 He knows, and he approves, The way the righteous go ; But sinners and their works shall meet A dreadful overthrow. OQQ (Psalm 119. 1st Part. C. M.) OJV. Tfo Blessedness of Saints, and Misery of Sinners. Ver. 1, 2, 3. "DLEST are the undefil'd in heart, ■■-* Whose ways are right and clean ; Who never from thy law depart, But fly from every sin. Blest are the men that keep thy word, And practise thy commands ; With their whole heart they seek the Lord, And serve thee with their hands. Ver. 165. Great is their peace who love thy law ! How firm their souls abide ! Nor can a bold temptation draw Their steady feet aside. Ver. 6. Then shall my heart have inward joy, And keep my face from shame. When all thy statutes I obey, And honour all thy name. Ver. 21. 118. But haughty sinners God will hate, The proud shall die accurst ; 280 SINNERS. 400, 401 The sons of falsehood and deceit Are trodden to the dust. Ver. 119. 155. Vile as the dross the wicked are ; And those that leave thy ways Shall see salvation from afar, But never taste thy grace. Af\(\ (Psalm 1. CM.) 4UU* The Way and End of the Righteous, and the Wicked. 1 "DLEST is the man who shuns the place ■*-' Where sinners love to meet ; Who fears to tread their wicked ways, And hates the scoffer's seat. 2 But in the statutes of the Lord Has plac'd his chief delight ; By day he reads or hears the word, And meditates by night. 3 [He like a plant of generous kind, By living waters set, Safe from the storms and blasting wind, Enjoys a peaceful state.] 4 Green as the leaf and ever fair Shall his profession shine, While fruits of holiness appear Like clusters on the vine. 5 Not so the impious and unjust ; What vain designs they form ! Their hopes are blown away like dust, Or chaff before the storm. 6 Sinners in judgment shall not stand Amongst the sons of grace, When Christ the Judge, at his right hand, Appoints his saints a place. 7 His eye beholds the path they tread, His heart approves it well"; But crooked ways of sinners 'ead Down to the gates of hell. ,, m (Psalm 37. ver. 23—37. 3d Part 0. M.) 401. The same. 1 TVf Y God, the steps of pious, men ■"■*• Are order'd by thy will ; Though they should fall, they rise again, Thy hand supports them still. 2 The Lord delights to see their ways, Their virtue he approves : 281 vv 24* 402 SAINTS AND He'll ne'er deprive them of his grace* Nor leave the men he loves. S The heavenly heritage is theirs, Their portion and their home ; He feeds them now, and makes them heirs Of blessings long to come. 4 Wait on the Lord, ye sons of men, Nor fear when tyrants frown ; Ye shall confess their pride was vain, When justice casts them down. PAUSE. 5 The haughty sinner have I seen, Not fearing man nor God, Like a tall bay-tree fair and green, Spreading his arms abroad. 6 And lo ! he vanish'd from the ground, Destroy'd by hands unseen ; Nor root, nor branch, nor leaf was found Where all that pride had been. 7 But mark the man of righteousness, His several steps attend ; True pleasure runs through all his Trays, And peaceful is his end. Afi0 (Psalm 37. ver. 1—15. 1st Part. CM,) <±\JL. The Cure of Envy,Fretfulness, and Unbe- lief; or. the Rewards of the Righteous, and tht Wicked; or, the World's Hatred, and the Saint's Patience. 1 TXTHY should I vex my soul, and fret * » To see the wicked rise ? Or envy sinners waxing great By violence and lies ? 2 As flowery grass, cut down at noon, Before the evening fades, So shall their glories vanish soon In everlasting shades. 5 Then let me make the Lord my trust, And practise all that's good; So shall I dwell among the just, And he'll provide me food. 4 I to my God my ways commit, And cheerful wait his will ; Thy hand, which guides my doubtful feet, Shall my desires fulfil. 6 Mine innocence shalt thou display, And make thy judgments knoivn, 282 SINNERS. 40$ I ■> m the light of dawning day, A iid glorious as the noon. 6 The mtek at last the earth possess, And are the heirs of heaven ; True riches, with abundant peace, To *htmble souls are given. PAUSE. 7 Rest in the Lord, and keep his way, Nor lei your anger rise, Though providence should long delay To punish haughty vice. 8 Let sinners join to break vour peace, And plot, and rage, and foam ; The Lord derides them, for he sees Their day of vengeance come. 9 They have drawn out the threatening sword, Have bent the murderous bow, To slay the men that fear the Lord, And bring the righteous low. 10 My God shall break their bows, and burn Their persecuting darts, Shall their own swords against them turn, And pain surprise their hearts. .fto (Psalm 94. ver. 1,2. 7—14. 1st Part. C. M.) 4Uj. Saints chastised, and Sinners destroyed; or, instructive Afflictions. 1 f"\ GOD, to whom revenge belongs, " Proclaim thy wrath aloud ; Let sovereign power redress our wrongs, Let justice smite the proud. 2 They say, The Lord nor sees nor hears ; When will the fools be wise ! Can he be deaf who form'd their ears? Or blind, who made their eyes ? S He knows their impious thoughts are vain, And they shall feel his power ; His wrath shall pierce their souls with pain In some surprising hour. 4 But if thy saints deserve rebuke, Thou hast a gentler rod ; Thy providences and thy book Shall make them know their God. 5 Blest is the man thy hands chastise, And to his duty draw ; Thy scourges make thy children wise When they forget thy law. 404, 405 SAINTS AND 6 But God will ne'er cast off his saints, Nor his own promise break ; He pardons his inheritance For their Redeemer's sake. AfU (Psalm 11. L.M.) fllM. G0d ioves the Righteous, and hales (he Wicked. 1 ]VT Y refuge is the God of love : 1TX Why do my foes insult and cry, * Fly like a timorous trembling dove, ' To distant woods or mountains fly V 2 If government be all destroy'd, (That firm foundation of our peace) And violence make justice void, Where shall the righteous seek redress ? 3 The Lord in heaven has fix'd his throne, His eyes survey the world below ; To him all mortal things are known, His eyelids search our spirits through. 4 If he afflicts his saints so far To prove their love, and try their grace, What may the bold transgressors fear? His very soul abhors their ways. 5 On impious wretches he shall rain Tempests of brimstone, fire, and death, Such as he kindled on the plain Of Sodom with his angry breath. 6 The righteous Lord loves righteous souls, Whose thoughts and actions are sincere ; And with a gracious eye beholds The men that his own image bear. Aft* (Psalm 17. ver. 13, &c. S. M.) 4tUJ. Portion of Saints and Sinners; or, hope and Despair in Death. 1 \ RISE, my gracious God, -£*- And make the wicked flee ; They are but thy chastising rod To drive thy saints to thee. 2 Behold the sinner dies, His haughty words are vain ; Here in this life his pleasure lies, And all beyond is pain. S * Then let his pride advance, And boast of all his store ; The Lord is my inheritance, My soul can wish no more. 284 SINNERS. 406, 40f t « snail behold the face Of my forgiving God, And stand complete in righteousness, Wash'd in my Saviour's blood. 5 There's a new heaven begun, When I awake from death, Drest in the likeness of thy Son, And draw immortal breath. ylOA (Psalm 17. L. M.) *uo« The Sinner's Portion and Saint's Hope; or, the Heaven of separate Soids, and the He- surrectuni. 1 "I* ORB, I am thine ; but thou wilt prove ■*-* My faith, my patience, and my love : When men of spite against me join, They are the sword, the hand is thine. 2 Their hope and portion lie below; 'Tis all the happiness they know? . 'Tis all they seek; they take their shares And leave the rest among their heirs. 3 What shiners value, I resign ; Lord, 'tis enough that thou art mine ; I shall behold thy blissful face, And stand complete in righteousness. 4 This life's a dream, an empty show ; But the bright world to which I go Hath joys substantial and sincere; When shall I wake, and find me there? 5 O glorious hour ! O blest abode ! I shall be near and like my God i And flesh and sin no more control The sacred pleasures of the soul. 6 My flesh shall slumber in the ground, Till the last trumpet's joyful sound ; Then burst the chains with sweet surprise, And in my Saviour's image rise. A(Y7 (Psalta 149. C. M.) *U/ . praise God, all his Saints; or, the Saints judging the World. 1 A LL ye that love the Lord, rejoice, -^*- And let your songs be new ; Amidst the church with cheerful voice His later wonders show. 2 The Jews, the people of his grace, Shall their Redeemer sing ; 98? 408 PRIVATE WORSHIP. And Gentile nations join the praise, While Zion owns her King. S The Lord takes pleasure in the just, Whom sinners treat with scorn ; The meek that lie despis'd in dust Salvation shall adorn. 4 Saints should be joyful in their King, E'en on a dying bed ; And like the souls in glory sing, For God shall raise the dead. 5 Then his high praise shall fill their tongue*, Their hands shall wield the sword ; And vengeance shall attend their songs, The vengeance of the Lord. 6 When Christ his judgment-seat ascends. And bids the world appear, Thrones are prepar'd for all his friends. Who humbly lov'd him here. 7 Then shall they rule with iron rod Nations that dar'd rebel ; And join the sentence of their God On tyrants doom'd to hell. 6 The royal sinners bound in chains New triumph shall afford ; Such honour for the saints remains: Praise ye, and love the Lord. WORSHIP. PRIVATE WORSHIP. /tOft (Hymn 122. B. 2. L. M.) 4UO. Retirement and Meditation. 1 TVTY God, permit me not to be ■*■"-■• A stranger to myself and thee ; Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove Forgetful of my highest love. 2 Why should my passions mix with eartk And thus debase my heavenly birth ? Why should I cleave to things below, And let my God, my Saviour go ? 3 Call me away from flesh and sense, One sovereign word can call me thence . I would obey the voice divine, And all inferior joys resign. 286 PRIVATE WORSHIP. 409, 410 4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn, Let noise and vanity be gone ; In secret silence of the mind My heaven, and there my God I find. a(\q (Psalm 119. 2d Part. C. M.) **\Ju. secret Devotion and Spiritual-minded' ness; or, constant Converse with God. Ver. 147. 55. HPO thee, before the dawning light, -*- My gracious God, I pray : I meditate thy name by night, And keep thy law by day. Ver. 81. My spirit faints to see thy grace, Thy promise bears me up ; And while salvation long delays, Thy word supports my hope. Ver. 164. Seven times a day I lift my hands, And pay my thanks to thee; Thy righteous providence demands Repeated praise from me. Ver. 62. When midnight darkness veils the skies, I call thy works to mind ; My thoughts in warm devotion rise, And sweet acceptance find. a •• n (Psalm 55. ver. 15—17. 19. 22. S. M.) 41vf. Dangerous Prosperity; or, daily Devi* tion encouraged. ET sinners take their course, And choose the road to death ; But in the worship of my God I'll spend my daily breath. My thoughts address his throne When morning brings the light ; I'll seek his blessing every noon, And pay my vows at night. Thou wilt regard my cries, O my eternal God, While sinners perish in surprise Beneath thine angry rod. Because they dwell at ease, And no sad changes feel, They neither fear nor trust thy name, Nor learn to do thy will. 287 L1 4.11, 412 FAMILY WORSHIP. 5 But I with all my cares, Will lean upon the Lord, I'll cast my burdens on his arm, And rest upon his word. 6 His arm shall well sustain The children of his love ; The ground on which their safety stands No earthly power can move. A11 (Psalm 26. L. M.) * * * • Self-examination; or, Evidences of Grace. 1 TUDGE me, O Lord, and prove my ways, ** And try my reins, and try my heart j My faith upon thy promise stays, Nor from thy law my feet depart 2 I hate to walk, I hate to sit, With men of vanity and lies ; The scoffer and the hypocrite Are the abhorrence of mine eyes. S Amongst thy saints will I appear, With hands well wash'd in innocence ; But when I stand before thy bar, The blood of Christ is my defence. 4 I love thy habitation, Lord, The temple where thine honours dwell ; There shall I hear thy holy word, And there thy works of wonder tell. 5 Let not my soul be join'd at last With men of treachery and blood, Since j my days on earth have past Among the samts, and near my God. FAMILY WORSHIP. -,9 (Psalm 101. CM.) 4 1 a. j{ Psalm for a Master of a Family. 1 f\¥ justice and of grace I sing, *-* And pay my God my vows ; Thy grace and justice, heavenly King, Teach me to rule my house. 6 Now to my tent, O God, repair, And make thy servant wise ; I'll suffer nothing near me there That shall offend thine eyes. S The man that doth his neighbour wrong, By falsehood or by force. The scornful eye, the slanderous tongue, I'll thrust them from my doors. FAMILY WORSHIP. 413, 414 4 Ml seek the faithful and the just, And will their help enjoy ; These are the friends that 1 shall trust, The servants I'll employ. 5 The wretch, that deals in sly deceit, I'll not endure a night ; The liar's tongue I'll ever hate, And banish from my sight. 6 I'll purge my family around, And make the wicked flee : So shall my house be ever found A dwelling fit for thee. j-|o (Psalm 127. L. M.) * * **• The Blessing of God on the Business and Comforts of Life. 1 ¥F God succeed not, all the cost ■*• And pains to build the house are lost : If God the city will not keep, The watchful guards as well may sleep. 2 What if you rise before the sun, And worK and toil when day is done, Careful and sparing eat your bread To shun that poverty you dread ; } 'Tis all in vain, till God hath blest ; He can make rich, yet give us rest : Children and friends are blessings too, If God our sovereign make them so. [ Happy the man to whom he sends Obedient children, faithful friends : How sweet our daily comforts prove, When they are season'd with his love ! -• a (Psalm 127. C. M.) tl*' God all in all. 1¥F God to build the house deny, •■• The builders work in vain ; And towns, without lus wakeful eye, A useless watch maintain. 2Before the morning beams arise, Your painful work renew, And till the stars ascend the skies, Your tiresome toil pursue. 9 Short be your sleep, and course your fare j In vain, till God has blest ; 8ut if his smiles attend your care, You shall have food and rest. 289 25 415, 416 FAMILY WORSHIP. 4 Nor cnildren, relatives, nor friends, Shall real blessings prove, Nor all the earthly joys he sends, If sent without his love. j, e (Psalm 128. C. M.) Aid. Family blessings. 1 f\ HAPPY man whose soul is fill'd ^ With zeal and reverend awe ! His lips to God their honours yield, His life adorns the law. 2 A careful providence shall stand, And ever guard thy head, Shall on the labours of thy hand Its kindly blessings shed. 5 [Thy wife shall be a fruitful vine; Thy children round thy board, Each like a plant of honour shine, And learn to fear the Lord.] 4 The Lord shall thy best nopes fulfil For months and years to come ; The Lord, who dwells on Zion's hill, Shall send thee blessings home. 6 This is the man whose happy eyes Shall see his house increase, Shall see the sinking church arise, Then leave the world in peace. M-,(* (Psalm 133. S. M.) * 1 0. Communion of Saints ; or, Love and Wf ship in a Family. 1 "DLEST are the sons of peace, -■-* Whose hearts and hopes are one, Whose kind designs to serve and please, Through all their actions run. 2 Blest is the pious house Where zeal and friendship meet, Their songs of praise, their mingled vows, Make their communion sweet. S Thus when on Aaron's head They pour'd the rich perfume, The oil through all his raiment spread, And pleasure fill'd the room. 4 Thus on the heavenly hills The saints are blest above, Where joy like morning dew distils, And all the air is love. 290 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 417,418 417 (Psalm 133. As the 122d Psalm.) *kLi • The Blessings of Friendship. 1 TTOW pleasant 'tis to see ■"■ Kindred and friends agree, Each in their proper station move, And each fulfil their part With sympathizing heart, In all the cares of life and love! 2 'Tis like the ointment shed On Aaron's sacred head, Dmnely rich, divinely sweet ; The oil, through all the room, Diffus'd a choice perfume. Ran through his robes, and blest his feet 3 Like fruitful showers of rain, That water all the plain, Descending from the neighbouring hills ; Such streams of pleasure roll Through every friendly soul Where love like heavenly dew distils. Repeat the first stanza to complete the tune. PUBLIC WORSHIP. ^,n (Psalm 122. C. M.) * A "• Going to Church. 1 TTOW 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, adorn'd with grace, Stands like a palace built for God To show his milder face. S 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 t And while his awful voice Divides the sinners from the saints, We tremble and rejoice. 5 Peace be within this sacred place, And joy aconstant guest ! With holy gifts and heavenly grace Be her attendants blest ! 419, 420 PUBLIC WORSHIP. 6 My soul shall pray for Zion still, While life or breath remains ; There my best friends, my kindred dwell, There God my Saviour reigns. /fl Q (Psalm 122. Proper tune.) 41J* The same. 1 TTOW pleas'd and blest was I -,J- To hear the people cry, * Come, let us seek our God to-day !' Ye3, with a cheerful zeal, We haste to Zion's hill, And there our vows and honours pay. 2 Zion, thrice happy place, Adorn'd with wonderous grace, And wails of strength embrace thee round ; In thee our tribes appear To pray, and praise, and hear The sacred gospel's joyful sound. 3 There David's greater Son Has fix'd his royal throne, He sits for grace and judgment there; He bids the saints be glad, He makes the sinner sad, And humble souls rejoice with fear. 4 May peace attend thy gate, And joy within thee waft To bless the soul of every guest ! The man that seeks thy peace, And wishes thine increase, A thousand blessings on him rest! 5 My tongue repeats her vows, * Peace to this sacred house V For here my friends and kindred dwell ; And since my glorious God Makes thee his blest abode, My soul shall ever love thee well. Repeat the fourth stanza to complete the tune. Af)n (Psalm 134. CM.) 4^1/. Daily and nightly Devotion. 1 T7"E that obey the immortal King, •*• Attend his holy place, Bow to the glories of his power, And bless his wonderous grace ; 2 Lift up your hands by morning light, And send your souls on high ; PUBLIC WORSHIP. 421, 422 Raise your admiring thoughts by night Above the starry sky. 3 The God of Zion cheers our hearts With rays of quickening grace ; The God that spreads the heavens abroad, And rules the swelling seas. tn-i (Psalm 89. ver. 7, &c. 2d Part. CM.) *-^ * • The Power and Majesty of God; or, re- vrrential Worship. 1 TIfTTH 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 compar'd to with thine ? 8 The northern pole and southern rest On thy supporting hand ; Darkness and day irom east to west Move round at thy command. 4 Thy words the raging winds control, And rule the boisterous deep ; Thou mak'st the sleeping billows roll, The rolling billows sleep. 5 Heaven, earth, and air, and 3ea are thine, And the dark world of hell : Hew did thy arm in vengeance shine When Egypt durst rebel! 6 Justice and judgment are thf throne, Yet wonderous is thy grace ; While truth and mercy join'd in one Invite us near thy face. Ann (Hymn 108. B. 2. C. M.) **£*. Access to the Throne of Grace by « Mediator. I p. ^ A Smg 0f praise% 1 TN God's own house pronounce his praise, -*■ His grace he there reveals : 311 453,454 THE WORLD. 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 blest ; ITet when my voice expires in death, My soul shall praise him best A co (Hymn 135. B. 1. L. M.) tuo. fte £0^ 0f Christ shed abroad in the Heart, Eph. hi. 16, &c. 1 /"10ME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell *-y By faith and love in every breast ; Then shall we know, and taste, and feel The joys that cannot be express'd. 2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength, Make our enlarged souls possess, And learn the height, and breadth, and length Of thine unmeasurable grace. 3 Now to the God, whose power can do More than our thoughts or wishes know, Be everlasting honours done By all the church, through Christ his Son. THE WORLD. A rA (Hymn 101. B. 2. C. M.) 4:341:. The World's three chief Temptation*. 1 WHEN in the light of faith divine "™ We look on things below, Honour, and gold, and sensual joy, How vain and dangerous too ! 2 [Honour's a puff of noisy breath ; Yet men expose their blood, And venture everlasting death To gain that airy good. 3 Whilst others starve the nobler mind, And feed on shining dust, They rob the serpent of his food T' indulge, a sordid lust.] 4 The pleasures that allure our sense Are dangerous snares to souls ; 312 THE WORLD. 455, 456 There's but a drop of flattering sweet, And dash'd with bitter bowls. 5 God is mine all-sufficient good, My portion and my choice : In him my vast desires are fill'd, And all my powers rejoice. 6 In vain the world accosts my ear, And tempts my heart anew ; I cannot buy your bliss so dea/, Nor part with heaven for you. A PL PL (Hymn 146. B. 2. L. M.) <4 J J. y^g Vanity of Creatures; or, no Rest on Earth. 1 "jl/TAN has a soul of vast desires, •*•" He burns within with restless fires, Tost 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 iiiward thirst and torment still. S So when a raging fever burns, We shift from side to side by turnv, 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 oursculs with joys refin'd. AP.R (Hymn 56. B. 2. C. M.) 4 JO. yAfc Misery of being without God in this World ; or, Vain Prosperity. 1 IV 0, 1 shall envy them no more •*■ * Who grow profanely great, Though they increase their golden store, And rise to wonderous height. 2 They taste of all the joys that grow Upon this earthly clod, Well they may search the creature through, For they have ne'er a God. 3 Shake off the thoughts of dying too, And think your life your own ; But death comes hastening on to you To mow your glory down. 313 27 457, 458 THE WORLD. 4 Yes, you must bow your stately head, Away your spirit flies, And no kind angel near your bed To bear it to the skies. 5 Go now, and boast of all your stores, And tell how bright they shine ; Your heaps of glittering dust are your's, And my Redeemer's mine. m k Sin punished and Saints saved. I riREAT God, how oft did Israel prove *-" By turns thine anger and thy love ! There in a glass our hearts may see How fickle and how false they "be. 319 465 JEWISH CHURCH. 2 How soon the faithless Jews forgot The dreadful wonders God had wrought! Then they provoke him to his face, Nor fear his power, nor trust his grace. 3 The Lord eonsum'd their years in pain, And made their travels long and vain ; A tedious march through unknown ways Wore out their strength, and spent their days. 4 Oft when they saw their brethren slain, They mourn'd, and sought the Lord again, Call'd him the rock of their abode, Their high Redeemer and their God. 5 Their prayers and vows before him rise, As nattering words or solemn lies, While their rebellious tempers prove False to his covenant and his love. 6 Yet did his sovereign grace forgive The men who ne'er deserv'd to live ; His anger oft away he turn'd, Or else with gentle flame it burn'd. 7 He saw their flesh was weak and frail, He saw temptations still prevail ; The God of Abraham lov'd them still, And led them to his holy hill. A(\ * (Ps- 106- v- 7» 8- 12-14. 43-48. 2d Pt. S, M.) flUJ. jsfaci punished and pardoned; or, GetPt unchangeable Love. 1 f«-OD °f eternal love, " How fickle are our ways! And yet how oft did Israel prove Thy constancy of grace ! t They saw thy wonders wrought, And then thy praise they sung ; But soon thy works of power forgot, Ana murmur'd with their tongue. S Now ihey believe his word, While rocks with rivers flow ; Now with their lusts provok'd the Lord, And he redue'd them low. 4 Yet when they mourri'd their faults, He hearken'a to their groans? Brought his own covenant to his thoughts. And call'd them still his sons. 5 Their names were in his book, He sav'd them from their foes : 320 JEWISH CHURCH. 460 Oft hechastis'd, but ne'er forsook The people that he chose. C Let Israel bless the Lord, Who lov'd their ancient race ; And Christians join the solemn word Amen, to all the praise. Ann (Psalm 129. C. M.) 4DO. Persecutors punished. 1 TTP from my youth, may Israel say, *-' Have I been nurs'd in tears ; My griefs were constant as the day, And tedious as the years. 3 Up from my youth I bore the rage Of all the sons of strife ; Oft they assail'd my riper age, But not destroy'd my life. S Their cruel plough had tommy flesh With furrows long and deep, Hourly they vex'd my wounds afresh, Nor let my sorrows sleep. 4 The Lord grew angry on his throne, And with impartial eye Measur'd the mischiefs they had done, Then let his arrows fly. 5 How was their insolence surpris'd To hear his thunders roll ! And all the foes of Zion seiz'd With horror to the soul. 6 Thus shall the men that hate the saints Be blasted from the sky : Their glory fades, their courage faints, And all their projects die. 7 [What though they flourish tall and fair. They have no root beneath ; Their growth shall perish in despair, And lie despis'd in death.] 8 [So corn that on the house-top stands No hope of harvest gives ; The reaper ne'er shall fill his hands, Nor binder fold the sheaves. S It springs and withers on the place : No traveller bestows A word of blessing on the grass, Nor minds it as he goes.] 321 467, 468 jewish <:huiich. *ftf (Psalm 135. ver. 5—12. 2d Part. L. M.) *0 / . 'ffa Works 0f Creation, Providence, Re- demption of Israel, and Destruction of Enemies. 1 rj.REAT is the Lord, exalted high " Ahove all powers and every throne ; Whate'er he please in earth or sea, Or heaven or hell, his hand hath done. 2 At his command the vapours rise, The lightnings flash, the thunders roar : He pours the rain, he brings the wind, And tempest from his airy store. S 'Twas he those dreadful tokens sent, O Egypt, through thy stubborn land ; When all thy first-born, beasts and men, Fell dead by his avenging hand. 4 What mighty nations, mighty kings, He slew, and their whole country gave To Israel, whom his hand redeem'd, No Aiore to be proud Pharaoh's slave ! 5 His power the same, the same his grace, That saves us from the hosts of hell ; And heaven he gives us to possess. Whence those apostate angels fell. zlfift (Psalm 136. C. M.) *Oo. God's Wonders of Creation, Providence, Redemption of Israel, and Salvation of his Peo- ple. 1 /2J. IVE thanks to God the sovereign Lord ; *-* His mercies still endure ! And be the King of kings ador'd ; His truth is ever sure. 2 What wonders hath his wisdom done ! How mighty is his hand ! Heaven, earth, and sea, he fram'd alon* * How wide is his command ! S The sun supplies the day with light ; How bright his counsels shine ! The moon and stars adorn the night; His works are all divine ! 4 [He struck the sons of Egypt dead ; How dreadful is his rod ! And thence with joy his people led ; How gracious is our God ! $ He cleft the swelling sea in two ; His arm is great in might, • 322 JEWISH CHURCH. 469 And gave the tribes a passage through ; His power and grace unite. 5 But Pharaoh's army there he drown'd ; How glorious are his ways ! And brought iiis saints through desert ground Eternal be his praise. 7 Great rconarchs fell beneath his hand, Victorious is his sword ; While Israel took the premis'd land, And faithful is his word.] 8 He saw the nations dead in sin ; He felt his pity move : How sad the state the world was in ! How boundless was his love ! 9 He sent to save us from our wo ; His goodness never fails ; From death, and hell, and every foe ; And still his grace prevails. 10 Give thanks to God the Heavenly King ; His mercies still endure ; Let the whole earth his praises sing ; His truth is ever sure. tan (Psalm 136. As the 148th Psalm.) 40y. The same. 1 /!}.IVE thanks to God most high, *■* The universal Lord ; The sovereign King of kings ; And be his grace ador'd. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let his name Have endless praise. 2 How mighty is his hand ! What wonders hath he done ! He form'd the earth and seas, And spread the heavens alone. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. S His wisdom fram'd 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 smote the first-born sens, The flower of Egypt, dead: And thence his chosen tribes With joy and glory led. 4fO JEWISH CHURCH. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure \ And ever sure Abides thy word. 5 His power and lifted rod Cleft the Red Sea in two, And for his people made A wond'rous passage through. His power and grace Are still the same j And let his name Hare endless praise. 6 But cruel Pharaoh there With all his host he drown'd ; And brought his Israel safe Through a long desert ground. Thy mercy; Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. PAUSE. 7 The kings of Canaan fell Beneath his dreadful hand : While his own servants took Possession of their land. His power and grace Are still the same ; And let his name Have endless praise. 8 He saw the nations lie All perishing in sin, And pitied the sad state The ruin'd world was in. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy word. 9 He sent his only Son To save us from our wo, From Satan, sin, and death, And every hurtful foe. His power and grace Are still the same j And let his name Have endless praise. 10 Give thanks aloud to God, To God the heavenly King ; And let the spacious earth His works and glories sing. Thy mercy, Lord, Shall still endure ; And ever sure Abides thy wcrd. Ar- -J (Psalm 77. 2d Part. C. M.) *kl\J. Comfort derived from ancient Providences; fr%I$rau delivered from Egypt, and brought te I ' TTO W awful is thy chastening rod!' -"• (May thy own cluldren say) 'The great, the wise, the dreadful God! 1 How holy is his way V JEWISH CHURCH. 471 2 I'll meditate his works of old ; The King that reigns above ; I'll hear his ancient wonders told, And learn to trust his love. 3 Long did the house of Joseph lie With Egypt's yoke opprest : Long he delay'd to hear their cry, Nor gave his people rest. 4 The sons of good old Jacob seem'd Abandon'd to their foes ; Bat his almighty arm redeem'd The nation that he chose. 5 Israel, his people and his sheep, Must follow where he calls ; He bade them venture through the deep, And made the waves their walls. 6 The waters saw thee, mighty God ! The waters saw thee come ; Backward they fled, and frighted stood, To make thine armies room. 7 Strange was thy journey through the sea. Thy footsteps, Lord, "unknown : Terrors attend the wondrous way That brings thy mercies down. 8 [Thy voice with terror in the sound Through clouds and darkness broke ; All heaven in lightning shone around, And earth with thunder shook. 9 Thine arrows through the sky were hurl'd ; How glorious is the Lord ! Surprise and trembling seiz'd the world, And his own saints ador'd. 10 He gave them water from the rock ; And safe by Moses' hand Through a dry desert led his flock Home to die promis'd land.] 471 (Psalm 114. L. M.) * ' 1 • Miracles attending Israel's Journey. 1 TI7HEN Israel freed from Pharaoh's hand, * " Leftthe 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. 325 28 47% 473 JEWISH CHURCH. 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 ? " y Why did ye leap, ye little hills ? And whence the fright that Sinai feels ? b Let every mountain, every flood, Betire, and know the approaching God, The King of Israelr see him here ; Tremble, thou earth, adore and fear. 6 He thunders, and all nature mourns,. The rock to standing pools he turns ; Flints spring with fountains at his word, And tires and seas confess the Lord. Amgy (Hymn 124. B. 2. C. M.) 4 / Z. Moses, Aaron, and Joshua. 1 'fT^IS not the law of ten commands J- On holy Sinai given, Or sent to men by Moses' hands, Can bring us safe to heaven. 2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt, Nor smoke of sweetest smell, Can buy a pardon for our guilt, Or save our souls from hell. 3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath At God's immediate will : And in the desert yields to death Upon tb/ appointed hill. 4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side The tribes of Israel stand, While Moses bow'd his head and died Short of the promis'd land. 6 Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads, He'll bring your tribes to rest; So far the Saviour's name exceeds The Ruler and the Priest Atjo (Psalm 107. 1st Part. L. M.) «W D. Israel Ud to Canaan, and Christians t» Heaven. 1 pi IVE thanks to God ; he reigns above, " Kind are his thoughts, his name is love ; * Joshua, the same with Jesus, and signifies a Saviour. 326 CHRISTIAN CHURCH. 474 His mercy ages past have known, And ages long to come shall own. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord The wonders of his grace record ; Israel, the nation whom he chose, And rescued from their mighty foes. 3 [When God's almighty arm had broke Their fetters and th' Egyptian yoke, They trac'd the desert, wandering round A wild and solitary ground. 4 There they could find no leading road, Nor city for a fix'd abode ; Nor food, nor fountain to assuage Then* burning thirst, or hunger's rage.] 5 In their distress to God they cried, God was their Saviour and their guide ; He led their march far wandering round, 'Twas the right path to Canaan's ground. 6 Thus when, our first release we gain From sin's old yoke and Satan's chain, We have this desert world to pass, A dangerous and a tiresome place. 7 He feeds and clothes us all the way, He guides our footsteps lest we stray, He guards us with a powerful hand, And brings us to the heavenly land. 8 O let the saints with joy record The truth and goodness of the Lord 1 How great his works ! how kind his ways ! Let every tongue pronounce his praise. THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH. THE SETTLEMENT AND BEAUTY OF A CHURCH. Am a (Psalm 15. C. M.) * * *• Characters of a Saint; or, a Citizen of Zim; or, the Qualifications of a Christian. 1 XITHO shall inhabit in thy hill, »f O God of holiness' Whom will the Lord admit to dwell So near his throne of grace ? 2 The man that walks in pious ways, And works with righteous hands ; 327 475 SETTLEMENT 09 That trusts his Maker's promises, And follows his commands. S He speaks the meaning of his heart, Nor slanders with his tongue ; Will scarce believe an ill report, Nor do his neighbour wrong. 4 The wealthy sinner he contemns, Loves all that fear the Lord ; And though to his own hurt he swears, Still he performs his word. 5 His hands disdain a golden bribe, And never gripe the poor ; This man shall dwell with God on earth, And find his heaven secure. a tj c (Psalm 15. L. M. ) * ' tJ* Religion and Justice, Goodness and TrtUh ; or, Duties to God and Man; or, the Qualifica- tions of a Christian. 1 TITHO shall ascend thy heavenly place, "" Great God, and dwell before thy face 1 The man that minds religion now, And humbly walks with God below : 2 Whose hands are pure, whose heart is clean, Whose lips still speak the thing they mean • No slanders dwell upon his tongue ; He hates to do his neighbour wrong. S [Scarce will he trust an ill report, Nor vent it to his neighbour's hurt : Sinners of state he can despise, But saints are honour'd in his eyes.] 4 [Firm to his word he ever stood, And always makes his promise good ; Nor dares to change the thing he swears, Whatever pain or loss he bears.] 5 [He never deals in bribing gold, And mourns that justice should be sold : While others gripe and grind the poor, Sweet Charity attends his door.] 6 He loves his enemies, and prays For those that curse him to his face ; And doth to all men still the same That he would hope or wish from them. 7 Yet when his holiest works are done, His soul depends on grace alone ; This is the man thy face shall see, And dwell for ever, Lord, with thee. 328 a church. 476, 477 4 «7 ft (Psalm 24. C. M.) * « O. Dwelling with God. 1 rr* HE earth forever is the Lord's, -*- With Adam's numerous race ; He rais'd its arches o'er the floods, And built it on the seas. 1 But who among the sons of men May visit thine abode ? He that has hands from mischief clean, Whose heart is right with God. & This is the man may rise and take The blessings of his grace ; This is the lot of those that seek The God of Jacob's face. 1 Now let our souPs immortal powers To meet the Lord prepare, Lift up their everlasting doors, The king of glory's near. 5 The king of glory ! Who can tell The wonders of his might ! He rules the nations ; but to dwell With saints is his delight. APjm (Psalm 132. ver. 4, 5. 7, 8. 13—17. C. M.) 4 ' ' • A Church established. I []V"0 sleep nor slumber to his eyes -*-^ Good David would afford. Till he had found below the skies A dwelling for the Lord. t The Lord in Zion plac'd his name, His ark was settled there ; To Zion the whole nation came To worship thrice a year. 5 But we have no such lengths to go, Nor wander far abroad; Where'er thy saints assemble now, There is a house for God.] PAUSE. 4 Arise, O King of grace, arise, And enter to thy rest ! Lo ! thy church waits with longing eye§, Thus to be own'd and blest. 6 Enter with all thy glorious train, Thy Spirit and thy word ; All that the ark did once contain Could no such grace afford. S2S 28* 478 SETTLEMENT OF 6 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, Here let thy praise be spread ; Bless the provisions of thy house, And fill thy poor with bread. 7 Here let the Son of David reign, Let God's Anointed shine ; Justice and truth his court maintain, With love and power divine. 8 Here let him hold a lasting throne ; And as his kingdom grows, Fresh honour shall adorn his crown, And shame confound his foes. A~n (Psalm 132. ver. 5. 13—18. L. M.) * ' °» At the Settlement of a Church; or, the Or- dination of a Minister. 1 WHERE shall we go to seek and find "* An habitation for our God, A dwelling for th' Eternal Mina. Amongst the sons of flesh and blood ? 2 The God of Jacob chose the hill Of Zion for his ancient rest ; And Zion is his dwelling still, His church is with his presence blest 3 Here will I fix my gracious throne, And reign for ever, saith the Lord ; Here shall my power and love be known, And blessings shall attend my word. 4 Here will I meet the hungry poor, And fill their souls with living bread ; Sinners that wait before my door, With sweet provisions shall be fed. 5 Girded with truth, and cloth'd with grace. My priest3, my ministers shall shine : Not Aaron, in his costly dress, Made an appearance so divine. 6 The saints, unable to contain Their inward joys, shall shout and sing; The Son of David here shall reign, And Zion triumph in her King. 7 [Jesus shall see a numerous seed Born here, t' uphold his glorious name ; His crown shall flourish on his head, While all his foes are cloth'd with shame!] 330 a church. 479, 480 A ryQ (Psalm 118. ver. 22, 23. 3d Part. C. M.) 4 • "• Christ the Foundation of his Church. 1 "DEHOLD the sure foundation stone ■** Which God in Zion lays To build our heavenly hopes upon, And his eternal praise. 2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear, And saints adore the name, They trust their whole salvation here, Nor shall they suffer shame. 3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest, Reject it with disdain ; Yet on this rock the church shall rest, And envy rage in vain. 4 What though the gates of hell withstood, Yet must this building rise ; 'Tis thy own work, almighty God, And wondrous in our eyes. j£ft (Psalm 45. 2d Part. L.M.)