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5. In search of empty joys below, A servant's form he meekly wears, Ye toil with unavailing strife: He sojourns in a house of clay : Whither, ah, whither would ye go? His glory through a veil is seen, Christ hath the words of endless And God with God is man with life.

men.

6. To you he calls, "My goodness 3. Behold

prove,

My promises for all are free:

O taste my everlasting love,

our God incarnate

stands, And calls his wandering creatures home;

And let your souls delight in me." He all day long spreads out his

Wesley.
(280.) 232.
205.
T.
SINNERS, hear the joyful news,
God, your Maker, is your friend;
Think not, that his wrath pursues,
That his curses you attend:
"As I live," Jehovah saith,
"I do not desire your death;
Rather, rather would I see
Each poor sinner turn to me."
2. O then turn to him and live,
Turn to him with all your woe;
He is ready to forgive,
Ready blessings to bestow:
Outstretch'd see his arms of love,
Haste his tender heart to prove ;
Haste, ye sinners, you will find
Jesus casteth none behind.

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hands,

Come, weary souls, to Jesus come:
Tho' ye be e'er so much oppress'd,
Believe, and he will give you rest.
4. Ah, do not of his goodness
doubt,

His saving grace for all is free;
He says, "I ne'er will cast him out,
Who as a sinner comes to me;
I can to none myself deny;"
Come, sinners, come; why will you
die?

(282.) 234.
T. 151.
SINNERS, would ye be healed?
Then come to Jesus Christ;
In him is grace revealed,

Come only undisguis'd:
Come poor and miserable,

Draw nigh just as you are;
You'll find that he is able

Your losses to repair.

2. His wounds are open fountains
To wash you white all o'er;
Yea, were your sins like moun-
tains,

Or sands on ocean's shore:
Believe in the atonement

By Christ's all-saving blood:
Do not delay one moment;

Come to the Lamb of God.

Hutton.

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All ye who are oppress'd,.

WHERE shall my wondering soul" COME to me," saith the Lord,
begin,
While I to heavenly songs aspire? Weary and heavy-laden souls,
A slave redeem'd from death and

sin,

A brand pluck'd from eternal fire; How shall I due thanksgivings (praise?

raise, And sound my great Deliverer's 2. O how shall I thy goodness tell, Saviour, which thou hast shown

to me?

That I, a child of wrath and hell,
A happy child of God should be;
Should know, should feel my sins
forgiv❜n,

And that I am an heir of heaven.
3. Outcasts of men, to you I call,
Harlots and publicans, believe;
He spreads his arms to embrace
you all,

Repenting sinners he'll receive; No need of him the righteous have,

He came the lost to seek and save.

And I will give you rest.
2. Whoe'er to me will come,
And offer'd grace receive,
Him I in no wise will cast out,
He shall be mine and live."

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0 come, and spread your woes Divine compassion, mighty love, Will all the painful load remove. 3. Here mercy's boundless ocean flows

To cleanse your guilt, and heal your woes;

4. Come, O my fellow-sinners, Pardon, and life, and endless (weight; peace;

come,

Groaning beneath sin's ponderous How rich the gift! how free the He calls you now, invites you home;

grace!

Come quickly, ere it be too late : 4. Lord, we accept, with thankful Though foes protest, and friends

repine,

heart,

(part;

(mine. The hope thy gracious words imHe died for crimes like yours and We come with trembling, yet re

5. For you the healing current

joice,

flow'd (side; And bless the kind inviting voice. From the Redeemer's wounded 5. Dear Saviour! let thy powerful Languish'd for you the Son of God,

love

(move; For you the Prince of glory died: Confirm our faith, our fears reBelieve, your sins shall be forgiv'n; And sweetly influence every breast, Only believe, and yours is heaven. And guide us to eternal rest.

Watts.

Mrs. Steele.

T. 11. Now from bliss no longer rove,

(286.) 238. NOW begin the heavenly theme, Praise ye Jesus' saving name: Ye who Jesus' kindness prove, Triumph in redeeming love. 2. Ye who see the Father's grace Beaming in the Saviour's face; As to heaven ye onward move, Praise and bless redeeming love. 3. Mourning souls, dry up your tears,

Banish all your guilty fears; Jesus will your guilt remove, Prompted by redeeming love. 4. Ye, who long, alas, have been Willing slaves of death and sin;

Stop and taste redeeming love. 5. Welcome, all by sin oppress'd, Jesus Christ will give you rest; Nothing brought him from above, Nothing but redeeming love. 6. Sing, ye ransom'd, to his praise, Tune your songs to grateful lays; Mortals, join the hosts above,

Join to praise redeeming love. 7. When his Spirit leads us home, When we to his glory come, We shall all the fulness prove Of our Lord's redeeming love. Countess of Huntingdon's Hymns.

XIV. REPENTANCE UNTO LIFE.

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T. 132. (But should be hopeless and forlorn,

LORD Jesus Christ, my sovereign Uncertain where for help to turn,

good,

Thou fountain of salvation,
Behold me bow'd beneath the load
Of guilt and condemnation :
My sins indeed are numberless;
O Lord, regard my deep distress,
Relieve my guilty conscience.
2. In pity look upon my need,
Remove my sore oppression :
Since thou hast suffer'd in my stead,
And paid for my transgression,
Let me not yield to dark despair;
A wounded spirit who can bear?
O show me thy salvation!
3. When I review my mis-spent
I feel a heavy burden;

(days,

Reflecting on my trespasses,
I scarce could hope for pardon,

If I had not thy promise.

4. But thy reviving gospel-word,
Which leads me to salvation,
Does joy unspeakable afford,
And lasting consolation :

This tells me, thou wilt not despise
A broken heart, in sacrifice
Upon thy altar offer'd.

5. Me, heavy laden sinner, hear,
Bemoaning my transgression;
To my complaints now lend an ear,
To thee I make confession :
My longing is, O wash me clean'
From every spot and stain of sin,
Like David and Manasseh.
6. Lord, I approach thy mercy-seat,
And pray thee to forgive me;
With contrite heart, I thee entreat,

Show pity and receive me :
Cast all my sins and trespasses
Into the ocean of thy grace,
And them no more remember.

7. O, for thy name's sake let me
prove

Thy mercy, gracious Saviour:
The yoke which galls me, soon re-
Restore me to thy favour: (move,
Thy love shed in my heart abroad,
That I may live to thee, my God,
And yield thee true obedience.
8. Thy joyful Spirit give me power,
Thy stripes heal my diseases;
Apply thy blood at my last hour
To save me, dearest Jesus:
Then to thy promis'd rest me bring,
That with the ransom'd I may sing
Thy praise above for ever.

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THOU God of glorious majesty, To thee, against myself, to thee, A worm of earth, I cry; A half-awaken'd child of man, An heir of endless bliss or pain, A guilty sinner born to die. B. Ringwald. 2. Lo, on a narrow neck of land, "Twixt two unbounded seas I T. 132. Secure, insensible; (stand, OUT of the deep I cry to thee, A point of time, a moment's space, My God, with heart's contrition; Removes me to that heavenly place, Bow down thine ear in grace to Or ever shuts me up in hell. And hear thou my petition: (me, 3. O God, mine inmost soul con-For if in judgment thou wilt try vert! (heart Man's sin and great iniquity, And deeply on my thoughtful Ah, who can stand before thee? Eternal things impress; (weight, 2. To gain remission of our sin, Give me to feel their solemn No work of ours availeth; To tremble on the brink of fate, God's favour we may strive to win, And to awake to righteousness. But all our labour faileth; 4. Before me place in dread array We're 'midst our fairest actions The pomp of that tremendous day, lost, (boast: When thou with clouds shalt come, And none 'fore him of aught can To judge the nations at thy bar : We live alone thro' mercy.. And tell me, Lord, shall I be there, 3. Therefore my hope is in his To meet from thee a joyful doom? And not in my own merit; (grace, 5. Be this my one great business On him my confidence I place, Instructed by his Spirit:

here,

(me With godly jealousy and fear, His precious word hath promis'd Eternal bliss to insure;

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T. 14.
THE Lord first empties whom he
fills,
Casts down whom he would raise;
He quickens, when the letter kills,
Exalting thus his praise.

2. All fears and terrors, when he
At once must disappear; (smiles,

The bruis'd and wounded heart he heals,

2. That way is holy, Christians true
Alone may walk therein, (due And feeds with heavenly cheer.
Who thro' thy powerful grace sub-3. When he applies his healing
The world, the flesh, and sin.

blood

3. Cold is my love, hence sin doth Unto a sin-sick soul,

reign,

And grief corrode my heart; With things, whose only fruit is How loth am I to part. (pain, 4. Resolve, my stubborn heart, and

cleave

To Jesus Christ alone: Would I all other objects leave, The work at once were done. 5. Vile worm, shouldst thou refuse Devoted unto him, (to be Who died upon the cross for thee,

And did thy soul redeem?

6. Redeeming Lord, O be thou mine,

(good,

This balsam, powerful, precious,
Ne'er fails to make it whole.
4. He freely laid his majesty
And all his glory by,
That our wants thro' his poverty
He richly might supply.

5. He's full of grace and truth in-
Of peace, of life and light; (deed,
To all, that helpless sinners need,
He gives thy soul a right.

6. Tho' heaven's his throne, he
came from thence

To seek and save the lost; (pense,
Whate'er might be the vast ex-
His love would bear the cost.

My Saviour, Sun, and Shield,
Thy blood and death have made me
To thee myself I yield. (thine,
7. Mould me as clay, and fashion For sinners who believe.
A vessel to thy praise,

7. On us he spent his life and blood,
Our losses to retrieve; (good
Mankind's redemption now holds

(me

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