Thro' Jesus' righteousness divine, Which bright from faith to faith doth shine.

3. The promise of immortal bliss We have in Christ our righteous

ness:

(bought:

4. Ready our Saviour is indeed His glorious work in all to do: To every one it must be said, "Thou hadst been happy long ago, Hadst thou in faith cast all thy (prayer."

care

it not.

4. True faith receives the offer'd good, (blood; And promise seal'd with Jesus' Faith gives no title to the bliss, But takes the Saviour's righteous

ness.

5. In the Redeemer, as my Head,

The covenant is established:
In him the promises are Yea,
In him Amen, and not in me.

Erskine. 263. T. 106 or 90.

FROM life and grace, (this we are bold

Before an erring world to assert,)
Nothing one moment doth withhold
A man, but his unwilling heart:
In our dear Lord there's no delay,
Fix'd is his will, and plain his way.
2. Should any one of serious frame,
That long hath seem'd to seek his
face,

His tedious tasks and trials name,
Preparatory steps of grace;
We say, "No, Christ requires them
not,
(wrought."
And this fine web a false heart
3. Should any think he's so hemm'd
With sin, as to be past relief, (in
Alas, he knows not, that the sin
Which binds his soul, is unbelief:
If to the cross we lift our eye,
Then sin and Satan soon must fly.

264.

J. Gambold.

T. 14.

MISTAKEN Souls, that dream of heaven,

And make their empty boast
While they are slaves to lust.
Of inward joys and sins forgiv'n,

2. Vain are our fancies, airy flights,

If faith be cold and dead:
None but a living power unites
To Christ, the living Head.

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. True faith obeys its author's
As well as trusts his grace: (will
A pardoning God is jealous still
For his own holiness.

6. When from the curse he sets u He makes our nature clean; (free, Nor would he send his Son to be The minister of sin.

7. His Spirit purifies the heart, And seals our peace with God; True holiness nought can impart But Jesus' cleansing blood.

Watts.

known,

HAIL, Alpha and Omega, hail,
Thou Author of our faith,
The Finisher of all our hopes,

The Truth, the Life, the Path.

2. Hail, First and Last, thou great I AM,

In whom we live and move: Increase our little spark of faith, And fill our hearts with love.

3. O let that faith which thou hast taught,

Be treasur'd in our breast; The evidence of unseen joys,

The substance of our rest. 4. Then shall we go from strength to strength,

From grace to greater grace; From each degree of faith to more, Till we behold thy face.

268.

Cennick.

T. 22.

BY various maxims, forms, and rules,

That pass for wisdom in the schools, I strove my passion to restrain; But all my efforts prov'd in vain.

My rules are all reduc'd to one; To keep my Lord by faith in view, This strength supplies, and motives

too.

3. I see him lead a suffering life,
Patient amidst reproach and strife;
And from his pattern courage take
To bear and suffer for his sake.
4. Upon the cross I see him bleed,
And by the sight from guilt am freed;
This sight destroys the life of sin,
And quickens heavenly life within.
5. To look to Jesus as he rose,
Confirms my faith, disarms my foes;
Satan I shame and overcome,
By pointing to my Saviour's tomb.
6. Exalted on his glorious throne,
I see him make my cause his own:
Then all my anxious cares subside,
For Jesus lives, and will provide.

7. I see him look with pity down, And hold in view the conqueror's (fore,

crown;

If press'd with griefs and cares be-
My soul revives, nor asks for more.
8. By faith I see the hour at hand
When in his presence I shall star
Then it will be my endless blis
To see him where and as he is.

LAMB of God, who thee receive,
Who in thee desire to live,
Cry by day and night to thee,
As thou art, so let us be.

2. Fix, O fix our wavering mind,
To thy cross us firmly bind;
Gladly now we would be clean:
Cleanse our hearts from every sin.

3. Dust and ashes tho' we be,
Full of guilt and misery;
Thine we are, thou Son of God,
Take the purchase of thy blood.
4. Sinners who in thee believe,
Everlasting life receive;
They with joy behold thy face,
Triumph in thy pardoning grace.

5. Life deriving from thy death,
They proceed from faith to faith,
Walk the new, the living way,
Leading to eternal day.

6. Blest are they who follow thee,
While this light of life they see;
Filled with thy sacred love,
They thy quickening power prove.
7. Praise on earth to thee be given,
Never-ceasing praise in heaven;
Boundless wisdom, power divine,
Love unspeakable are thine.

A. Schindler.

LORD, we are thine, since thou hast died! (cease: Therefore, ye doubts and terrors, Jesus, the Morning-star, appears, And bids my troubled soul be peace; (the load Which, struggling long beneath Of reasoning, unbelief, and pride, At last the useless strife gives o'er, And cleaves to Jesus crucified. 2. Grant me a deeper hold on thee; That at thy feet I may remain A poor believing supplicant, Still glorying in thy Jesus' name, The power of which, whoever feels, Will find himself from sin set free, And all things which would e'er cause pain

In time or in eternity.

HEAL us, Immanuel, here we are,
Waiting to feel thy touch;
Deep wounded souls to thee repair,
And Saviour, we are such.
2. Our faith is feeble, we confess,
We faintly trust thy word;
But wilt thou pity us the less?

Be that far from thee, Lord. 3. Remember him who once apWith trembling for relief; (plied "Lord, I believe," with tears he

"O help mine unbelief." (cried, 4. She too, who touch'd thee in the And healing virtue stole, (press, Was answer'd, “Daughter, go in

peace,

Thy faith hath made thee whole." 5. Conceal'd amid the gathering throng, (view; She would have shuna'd thy

Had strong misgivings too.

6. Like her, with hopes and fears

we come,

To touch thee if we may; O send us not despairing home, Send none unheal'd away.

273.*

Cowper.

T. 184.

O JESUS, 'fore whose radiation The seraphim must cover'd stand, When, in their awful ministration, They wait for thy supreme command:

dim

How can this body's eye,
sighted,
Which by sin's gloomy misery
And earthly shadows is benighted,
Endure thy glorious light to see.

2. Yet let by faith my penetration
Reach ev'n within the sanctuary;
Thy mercy be my consolation,
May this uphold and strengthen me;
Reach unto me thy sceptre gra-
cious,

Who low, like Esther, 'fore thee bow;

Say, "I will be to thee propitious, And loving kindness to thee show."

3. O Jesus, show thy great com

passion

Unto the soul that pants for thee;
Hear thou my humble supplication,
My God, be merciful to me:
I know thou art with pity filled
To sinners who thy mercy crave;
My pardon by thy blood is sealed,
I know 't was shed my soul to save.

4. Jesus, above all else I'll love In thee I will delight alone; (thee;

thee

To leave for me thy heavenly throne?

Then let my heart be dedicated
To thee: fix there thy residence,
Till I shall be to heaven translated,
To see in joy thy countenance.
5. Lord, while my faith to thee as-
cendeth,
O may thy grace descend to me:
Thou art my joy which never end-
eth,

O fill my soul with love to thee:
I will adore and love thee longer,
Than while my heart its throbs re-
peats;

The flame of love shall break forth stronger,

When here my pulse no longer

beats.

THOU Friend of sinners, hear my cry,

And grant me my request, May I in thy atonement find My everlasting rest.

2. May I no more resist thy love No more thy Spirit grieve, But as a little child become,

And simply thee believe.

3. Faith is thy gift, thou slaughter Lamb,

Gain'd by thy death for me, Therefore the privilege I claim, A child of God to be.

4. Impress this truth upon my breast,

That thou for me hast died, That I in thee with confidence For ever may abide.