For evermore to reign: (more, O may a lasting union join Thee, Christ, God bless'd for ever- My soul to Christ the living Vine. Our lips confess, our hearts adore: 4. He is the Rock; how firm he Honour and majesty

Be given to thee
Now and eternally.

T. 22.

(248.) 207.
COME,worship at Immanuel's feet;
Behold in him what wonders meet:
Words are too feeble to express
His worth, his glory, or his grace.
2. He is the Head; each member
lives,

proves;

The Rock of ages never moves :
But the sweet streams that from him

flow,

Attend us all the desert through. 5. He is the Sun of righteousness, Diffusing light, and joy, and peace: What healing in his beams appears, To chase our clouds and dry our tears!

And owns the vital power he gives; 6. Yet faintly to us mortals here
The saints below, and saints above, His glory, grace, and worth appear:
Join'd by his Spirit and his love.
His beauties we shall clearly trace,
3. He is the Vine; his heavenly root When we behold him face to face.
Supplies each branch with life and
Watts.
fruit:

XII. THE HOLY GHOST, HIS GIFTS AND OPERATIONS. (252.) 208.*

T. 203. From all strange doctrines us pre

COME, Holy Ghost, come, Lord serve,

our God,

No other master may we serve,
But Christ, who is our only Saviour:
In him we will confide for ever:
Hallelujah. :||:

And shed thy heavenly gifts abroad
On us, and unto every heart
True faith and fervent love impart:
O Lord, who by thy heavenly light, 3. O Holy Ghost, kind Comforter,
Hast call'd thy church from sinful Help us with watchfulness and
night,
Out of all nations, tribes and places;' Midst various trials thee to obey,
To thee we render thanks and And never from the truth to stray:
O Lord, by thy almighty grace,
Hallelujah. :: Prepare us so to run our race,
That we by thy illumination,

praises:

2. Thou Light divine, most gracious

prayer,

Revive us by thy holy word, (Lord, May gain heaven's glorious habi

And teach thy flock in truth to call
On God, the father of us all :

tation :

Hallelujah. ::

Robert of France, Luther

T. 4. 4. Show us our poverty, relieve
And then enrich the poor;
The knowledge of our sickness
The knowledge of our cure. (give,

In our whole behaviour, that Jesus 4. Let no false comfort lift us up

7. The Father sent his Son to die; | Look on us in mercy, grant us thy
The willing Son obey'd:
The witness Thou to ratify
The purchase Christ hath made.

Our souls and bodies we devote for
O Lord, to thee.
J. Hart. 2. O thou life-giving stream, the

THOU promis'd Comforter, Fruit of the Saviour's prayer, Thee the world cannot receive;

Thee they neither know nor see; Dead is all the life they live,

Dark their light, while void of thee.

2. Yet I enjoy thy grace,

Thro' Christ, my righteousness; Mine the gifts thou dost impart,

Mine the unction from above; (dain, Pardon written on my heart,

3. Thee I exult to feel,
Thou in my heart dost dwell;
There thou bear'st thy witness true,
Shed'st the love of God abroad:
I, in Christ, a creature new,
I, even I, am born of God.

4. Thy gifts, blest Comforter,
I glory to declare :
Sweetly sure of grace I am,
Pardon to my soul applied,
Interest in the spotless Lamb;
Dead for all, for me he died.
5. Thou art thyself the Seal;
I more than pardon feel:
Peace, unutterable peace,

Joy, that ages ne'er can move,
Faith's assurance, hope's increase,

All the confidence of love.
6. Pledge of the promise given,
My antepast of heaven,
Earnest thou of joys divine,

Joys divine on me bestow'd;
Heaven and Christ and all are mine,
I'm through thee an heir of
God.

7. Thou art my inward Guide, I ask no help beside; Holy Ghost, on thee I call,

Weak as helpless infancy; Weak I am, yet cannot fall, Stay'd by faith, and led by thee.

2. No man can truly say

That Jesus is the Lord,
Unless thou take the veil away,
And breathe the living word:
Then, only then we feel
Our interest in his blood,
And cry with joy unspeakable,
"Thou art my Lord, my God."
3. O that the world might know
The all-atoning Lamb:
Spirit of faith, descend and show
The virtue of his name:
The grace which all may find,
The saving power impart;
O testify to all mankind,
And speak in every heart.
(264.) 216.
T. 14.
COME, Holy Spirit, on us breathe
With all thy quickening powers;
Kindle our love, confirm our faith,
Warm these cold hearts of ours.
In the Redeemer's blood;
2. Assure my conscience of her
(part
And bear thy witness in my heart,
That I am born of God.
3. Thou art the Earnest of his love,
The Pledge of joys to come:
O lead us, that we may above
Obtain our lasting home.

Watts.

217.
T. 595.
LORD God, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,
As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all thy power:
We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our Lord,
The Spirit of all grace.
2. Like mighty, rushing wind
Upon the waves beneath,

Move with one impulse every mind, | (266.)
One soul, one feeling breathe:
The young, the old inspire
With wisdom from above; (fire,
And give us hearts and tongues of
To pray, and praise, and love.
3. Spirit of light, explore

And chase our gloom away,
With lustre shining more and more
Unto the perfect day!
Spirit of truth, be thou

In life and death our guide!
O, Spirit of adoption, Now
May we be sanctified!

218.

COME, Holy Ghost, eternal God,
Both from the Father and the Son;
Proceeding from above,
Thou God of peace and love.
2. Thou art the only Comforter
In all our soul's distress;
Thou showest us our unbelief,

And Christ's redeeming grace.
3. Thou dost thy sanctifying gifts
Unto the church impart;
Writest God's holy, precious law
On each believer's heart.

Montgomery.

4.

T. 14. COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,

Let us thine influence prove;
Source of the old prophetic fire,
Fountain of life and love.

2. Open the hearts of all who hear,
To make the Saviour room;
Now let us find redemption near,
Let faith by hearing come.
Congregational II. B.

(265.)
BREATHE on these bones so dry
and dead,

219. T. 79.

God Holy Ghost, thy influence shed
In all our hearts abroad: (abounds;
Point out the place where grace
Direct us to the bleeding wounds
Of Jesus, our incarnate God.

2. Convince us that the Lamb was
slain

For us, and to our minds explain
The mystery of the cross:
To know, and to be found in him,
Let us our highest gain esteem;
And for it count all things but loss.

Thy holy unction power affords
The gospel to proclaim:
By thee enabled, we set forth

Salvation in Christ's name.
5. Assist and strengthen us, O
Lord,

Thou know'st we all are frail; Grant, neither Satan, world, nor flesh,

Hart. In him, the Lord our righteousness.