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XXV. SELF-KNOWLEDGE, AND SIGHING FOR GRACE.

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THEY that are whole need not

The good Physician;
But they who know and feel

Their lost condition,
Bewail their wretched state,

To Christ appealing, Experience of his stripes The virtue healing.

2. We know, that in our flesh

No good thing dwelleth; But with ne'er-failing skill Our wounds he healeth: Ts spirit, body, soul, Tho' poor and needy,

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Break nature's bonds, and let me | While I own ashamed,

see,

He whom thou free'st, indeed is free.

1. My heart in thee and in thy ways Delights, yet from thy presence strays;

O keep, I pray, my wavering mind Stay'd upon thee, to thee resign'd. 5. I know that nought in me avails, Here all my strength and wisdom fails;

Who bids a sinful heart be clean? Thou only, Saviour of lost men. 6. Still will I wait, O Lord, on thee, Till in thy light the light I see; Till thou in my behalf appear, To banish every doubt and fear. 7. All my own schemes, each fond design,

I to thy better will resign; Impress this deeply on my breast, That I in thee am truly blest.

8. Then ev'n in storms I thee shall know, My sure support and refuge too; In every trial I shall prove, Assuredly, that God is love.

C. F. Richter.

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I deserved wrath; I rejoice, reclaimed

From sin's power, by faith. 3. Jesus, when thy blessings Fill my needy heart, Fear and anxious doubtings Then from me depart; I in thy atonement

My election trace, And rejoice, astonish'd At my lot of grace.

4. Witness true and faithful, Christ, the Church's Head, All is Yea and Amen

Thou hast promised:
As I am, so take me
With my worst and best;
Ever thine preserve me

Till with thee I rest.

5. While we thy past dealings Gratefully review,

We 're assur'd, thy mercies

Are each morning new; And that thou wilt freely

Give thy promis'd grace, And amidst our weakness Form us to thy praise..

439.*

JESUS' love unbounded None can e'er explain; Yet, alas, how often

Zinzendorf.

Do we cause him pain: Even those still grieve him Who enjoy his grace, And, to him devoted,

T. 141.

Should show forth his praise. 2. Lord, thy body's Saviour, Comfort us anew;

Ah, regard our weeping;
Thy compassion show:

Pardon our transgressions,
Hear our fervent cry,
And our souls and bodies
Heal and sanctify.

3. All our days, O Jesus,
Hallow unto thee;
May our conversation
To thy honour be:
Let us all experience,

To the end of days,

Thy reviving presence

'Midst thy chosen race.

Zinzendorf.

440.*.

T. 30.

O MY God, I come oppress'd with
sadness,
(gladness,
Fill my troubled soul with joy and
In thy salvation;
(lation.

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O WHAT would be my condition,
Did not Jesus stand my friend!
But his faithful love and mercy
Keep me from all danger screen'd.
2. Doth howe'er in my frail nature
Something stir that is not good,
And might to my soul prove hurtful,
Straight I turn to Jesus' blood;-
3. Straight to Jesus' wounds and
bruises,.
With believing confidence:
Thus I always can find shelter
From sin's baneful influence.

4. Lamb of God, display the virtue
Of thy sanctifying blood;
Overstream with life and blessing
Us poor sinners 'fore thee bow'd;

No where else I find true conso- 5. Sinners, in ourselves unworthy

2. Faithfully thy Spirit me directed,
But his warnings I have oft neg-
Most gracious Saviour, (lected;
Pardon and restore me to thy

favour.

3. I confess, O Lord, with deep con-
trition,
(tion;
My unfaithfulness, hear my peti-
Comfort and bless me, (refresh me.
With thy gracious presence now

4. O baptize me with thy fire and
Spirit;
(merit
Grant me from the fulness of thy
True heart's compunction, (tion.
Primitive love, simplicity, and unc-

5. Give me grace to walk with cir-
cumspection; (infection,
Keep me from the world's and sin's
That my behaviour (Saviour.
May adorn thy doctrine, gracious

L. C. Schlicht.

Of the smallest crumb of grace,
But who dare of boundless mercy
Boast, to our Redeemer's praise.

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WHEN I am conscious truly
Of my great sinfulness,
And that so very slowly

Towards the mark I press;
Nought then can comfort me,
And that he bore with patience
But Jesus' mercy free,
My sins upon the tree.
2. Yea, when I see in spirit

My Saviour shed his blood,
That I might life inherit

And everlasting good;
Then I true happiness
And joy in him possess,
My eyes with tears flow over
For heart-felt thankfulness.

443.

AT thy feet,|| :

T. 119.3. But thine all-seeing eye then view'd,

At thy pierced feet I lie; (trition,
Saviour, mark my heart's con-
Listen to each broken sigh;
Ah, refuse not the petition
Of a sinner, conscious he's unclean,
Full of sin.

2. Make me clean, :||:
My whole nature purify;
Wash me in that precious fountain,
Which by faith I open'd see,
Standing on the blissful mountain,
Where thou bear'st my sin, my
guilt, and shame,

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And mark'd my every way,
Me still in tender love pursued,
Who oft from thee did stray.

4. Yet oh, how faithless is my mind,
How prone to turn aside,
And wander in its own deceits
Of reasoning and of pride.

5. How doth the old corruption strive

And fight to reign again; There's surely not a heart like mine, So wretched, dark, and vain.

6. Thou Friend of sinners, love me The poorest and the worst: (still, Where sin abounded, well I know, Thy grace aboundeth most.

7. Yet let me not thy grace abuse, And sin because thou 'rt good: But let thy love fill me with shame, That I so long withstood.

8. On me, my King, exert thy power, Make old things pass away; Create all new, draw me to thee Still nearer every day.

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COME, faithful Shepherd, bind me
With cords of love to thee,
And evermore remind me

That thou hast died for me:
O may thy Holy Spirit

Set this before mine eyes, That I thy death and merit Above all else may prize. 2. Am I of my salvation

Assured thro' thy love; May I on each occasion

To thee more faithful prove: Hast thou my sins forgiven,

Then, leaving things behind,
May I press on to heaven,

And bear the prize in mind.
3. Thou, Lord, wilt not forsake me,
Tho' I am oft to blame;
As thy reward, O take me

Anew, just as I am :
Grant me henceforth, dear Saviour,

While in this vale of tears,
To look to thee, and never
Give way to anxious fears.

446.

Hutton.

T. 14.

OH! for a closer walk with God,

A calm and heavenly frame; A light to shine upon the road

That leads me to the Lamb.

2. Where is the blessedness I knew,

When first I saw the Lord? Where is the soul-refreshing view Of Jesus and his word?

3. What peaceful hours I once enjoy'd!

How sweet their memory still! But they have left an aching void

The world can never fill. 4. Return, O holy Dove, return, Sweet messenger of rest;

hate the sins that made thee

mourn,

And drove thee from my breast. 5. The dearest idol I have known, Whate'er that idol be,

Help me to tear it from thy throne,
And worship only thee.

6. So shall my walk be close with
Calm and serene my frame; (God,
So purer light shall mark the road
That leads me to the Lamb.

Cowper.

447. T. 106 or 90.

AH, Lord, how apt am I to stray
From thee, how prone to lust and
pride;

And turn my heart from thee aside:
Nature oft strives to bear the sway,
Yet such vile, wretched sinners are
The objects of thy love and care.
2. Forbid, O Lord, each vain desire,
Bind my affections to thy cross;
Quench all the sparks of nature's
fire,

May I count all for thee but loss:
Lord Jesus, tear each idol down,
Thy love within my heart enthrone.
3. O Jesus, wipe away my tears,
Be unto me a healing balm;
Warm thou my heart, dispel my
fears,

And speak the tempest to a calm:
Remove the maladies of sin,
And in thy blood O wash me clean.
4. I gladly will show forth thy praise,
If thou wilt gird me with thy

power,

And sing the glories of thy grace,
Until my pilgrimage be o'er;
With hallow'd fire inspire my
tongue,

And love shall be my endless song.
Countess Huntingdon's H.

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