With heavy heart and downcast eye,
Thy favour we implore.

2 In deep distress we seek thy face,
Forgiveness to receive;

We trust our souls are taught thro' grace,
Our debtors to forgive.

3 "Tis pardon, pardon we implore,
O let thy bowels move!
Thy grace is an exhaustless store,
And thou thyself art love.

4 O! for thine own, for Jesus' sake,
Our many sins forgive;

Thy grace our rocky hearts can break,
And breaking soon relieve.

5 Mercy, good Lord, mercy we plead,
This is the total sum;

Mercy, thro' Christ, mercy we need;
Lord, let thy mercy come.

HYMN 52. First Part. L. M.
Temptations.

1 THUS far my God has led me on,

And made his truth and mercy known; My hopes and fears alternate rise, And comforts mingle with my sighs. 2 Thro' this wide wilderness I roam, Far distant from my blissful home; Lord, let thy presence be my stay, And guard me in this dang'rous way. 3 Temptations ev'ry where annoy, And sins and snares my peace destroy; My earthly joys are from me torn, And oft an absent God I mourn.

4 My soul with various tempests toss'd; Her hopes o'erturn'd, her projects cross'd,

Sees ev'ry day new straits attend,
And wonders where the scene will end.
5 Is this, dear Lord, that thorny road,
Which leads us to the mount of God?
Are these the toils thy people know,
While in the wilderness below?

6 'Tis even so, thy faithful love
Doth all thy children's graces prove;
"Tis thus our pride and self must fall,
That Jesus may be All in all.

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HYMN 52. Second Part. C. M.
Deliver us from evil.

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EACH us, O Lord, aright to plead
For mercies from above:

O! come, and bless our souls indeed,
With light, and joy, and love.

2 The gospel's promis'd land is wide,
We fain would enter in ;

But we are press'd on ev'ry side,
With unbelief and sin.

3 Arise, O Lord, enlarge our coast,
Let us possess the whole;
That Satan may no longer boast,
He can thy work control.

4 O! may thy hand be with us still,
Our guide and guardian be;
To keep us safe from ev'ry ill,
Till death shall set us free.

5 Help us on thee to cast our care,
And on thy word to rest;

That Israel's God, who heareth prayer,
Will grant us our request.

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HYMN 52. Third Part. C. M.

Perseverance.

REJOICE, believer, in the Lord,

Who makes your cause his own; The hope that's built upon his word, Can ne'er be overthrown.

2 Tho' many foes beset your road,
And feeble is your arm,

Your life is hid with Christ in God,
Beyond the reach of harm.

3 Weak as you are, you shall not faint,
Or fainting, shall not die;
Jesus, the strength of ev'ry saint,
Will aid you from on high.

4 As surely as he overcame,

And triumph'd once for you;
So surely, you, that love his name,
Shall triumph in him too.

HYMN 52. Fourth Part. C. M.

Victory through free grace.

ET me, my Saviour and my God,
On sov'reign grace rely;

And own 'tis free, because bestow'd
On one so vile as I.

2 Election! 'tis a word divine;
For, Lord, I plainly see,

Had not thy choice prevented mine,
I ne'er had chosen thee.

3 For perseverance, strength I've none;
But would on this depend,

That, Jesus, having lov'd his own,
Will love them to the end.

4 Empty and bare, I come to thee
For righteousness divine:

O! may thy glorious merits be,
By imputation, mine.

5 Free grace alone can wipe the tears
From my lamenting eyes;

And raise my soul, from guilty fears,
To joy that never dies.

6 Free grace can death itself out-brave,
And take the sting away:
Can sinners to the utmost save,
And give them victory.

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HYMN 52. Fifth Part. L. M.

Thine is the Kingdom, Power, and Glory.

UR grateful tongues, immortal King,
Thy glory shall for ever sing;

Our hymns to time's remotest day,
Thy truth in sacred notes display.

2 What pow'r, O Lord, shall vie with thine? What name among the saints, who shine, Of equal excellence possess'd,

Thy sov'reignty, will dare contest?

3 Thee, Lord, heav'n's host their Maker own,
Thine is the Kingdom, thine alone;
Thee, endless majesty has crown'd,
And glory ever vests thee round.

4 Thrones and dominions round thee fall,
Thy presence shakes this lower ball:
From change to change the creatures run;
But all thy vast designs are one.

5 O wise in all thy works! thy name
Let man's whole race aloud proclaim;
And grateful thro' the length of days,
In ceaseless songs repeat thy praise.

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HYMN 52. Sixth Part. L. M.

Home in view.

S when the weary trav'ller gains
The height of some o'erlooking hill,
His heart revives, if 'cross the plains
He eyes his home, tho' distant still;
2 Thus, when the Christian pilgrim views,
By faith, his mansion in the skies,

The sight his fainting strength renews,
And wings his speed to reach the prize.
3 The thought of home his spirit cheers,
No more he grieves for troubles past;
Nor any future trial fears,

So he may safe arrive at last.

4 "Tis there, he says, I am to dwell
With Jesus, in the realms of day:
There I shall bid my cares farewell,
And he will wipe my tears away.
5 Jesus, on thee our hope depends,
To lead us on to thine abode;
Assur'd our home will make amends
For all our toil while on the road.

HYMN 52. Seventh Part. L. M.
Amen.

1 AMEN! My Father hears my prayers,

He knows my sorrow, counts my tears;

He never said to Jacob's race,

In vain ye seek your Father's face.

2 Amen! My precious Jesus lives,
And access to his people gives;
A rainbow now surrounds the throne;
And in his name I boldly come.
3 Amen! The Spirit will impart
His sacred influ'nce to my heart;