I JOHN 2: 1, 2.

FATHER, if I have sinned, with Thee

An Advocate I have:

Jesus the Just shall plead for me,
The sinner Christ shall save.

Pardon and peace in Him I find ;
But not for me alone

The Lamb was slain: for all mankind
His Blood did once atone.

My soul is on Thy promise cast,
And lo! I claim my part:

The universal pardon's past;

O seal it on my heart!

Thou canst not now Thy grace deny;
Thou canst not but forgive:
Lord, if Thy justice asks me why-
In Jesus I believe.

Scriptural.

PSALM 5.

O LORD, incline Thy gracious ear,
My plaintive sorrows weigh;
To Thee for succor I draw near,
To Thee I humbly pray.

Still will I call, with lifted eyes,
"Come, O my God and King!"
Till Thou regard my ceaseless cries,
And full deliverance bring.

On Thee, O God of purity,

I wait for hallowing grace:
None without holiness shall see
The glories of Thy face.
In souls unholy and unclean

Thou never canst delight;

Nor shall they, while unsaved from sin,

Appear before Thy sight.

Thou hatest all that evil do,

Or speak iniquity;

The hearts unkind, and hearts untrue,

Are both abhorred by Thee.

The greatest and minutest fault
Shall find its fearful doom;
Sinners in deed, or word, or thought,
Thou surely shalt consume.

But as for me, with humble fear
I will approach Thy gate,
Though most unworthy to draw near,
Or in Thy courts to wait.

I trust in Thy unbounded grace,
To all so freely given,

And worship toward Thy holy place,
And lift my soul to heaven.

Lead me in all Thy righteous ways,
Nor suffer me to slide;

Point out the path before my face;
My God, be Thou my Guide!
The cruel power, the guileful art
Of all my foes suppress,

Whose throat an open grave, whose heart

Is desperate wickedness.

Thou, Lord, shalt drive them from Thy face,

And utterly consume:

Thy wrath on the rebellious race

Shall to the utmost come.

But all who put their trust in Thee
Thy mercy shall proclaim,
And sing with cheerful melody

Their dear Redeemer's Name.

Protected by Thy guardian grace,
They shall extol Thy power,

Rejoice, give thanks, and shout Thy praise,

And triumph evermore.

They never shall to evil yield,

Defended from above,

And kept and covered with the shield
Of Thine almighty Love.

PSALM 8.

SOVEREIGN, everlasting Lord,
How excellent Thy Name!
Held in being by Thy word,

Thee all Thy works proclaim.
Through this earth Thy glories shine,
Through those dazzling worlds above;
All confess the Source divine,

The almighty God of Love!

Thou, the God of power and grace,
Whom highest heavens adore,
Callest babes to sing Thy praise
And manifest Thy power.
Lo, they in Thy strength go on!
Lo, on all Thy foes they tread,
Cast the dire accuser down,

And bruise the serpent's head.

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Yet when I survey the skies,
And planets as they roll,
Wonder dims my aching eyes

And swallows up my soul.
Moon and stars so wide display,
Chant their Maker's praise so loud,
Pour insufferable day,

And draw me up to God.

What is man, that Thou, O Lord,

Hast such respect to him?

Comes from heaven the incarnate Word,
His creatures to redeem !
Wherefore wouldst Thou stoop so low?
Who the mystery shall explain?

God is flesh, and lives below,

And dies for wretched man.

Jesus his Redeemer dies,

The sinner to restore;
Falls that man again may rise,
And stand as heretofore.
Foremost of created things,

Head of all Thy works He stood,
Nearest the great King of kings,
And little less than God.*

Him with glorious majesty
Thy grace vouchsafed to crown,

*So it is in the Hebrew.