2 Guide of my life hast thou not been, The wanderer returning. S. M. Lord; W oft this wretched heart How oft my roving thoughts depart, 2 Yet mercy calls,-Return; 881 S. M. Restored by grace. ESUS, if thy free grace JESU me up, And call'd me still to seek thy face, Thy timely help afford, Thy loving-kindness show; O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 2 By me, my Saviour, stand, In sore temptation's hour; O save me with thine out-stretch'd hand, Sufficient grace bestow; O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 3 Give me a holy fear, And fix it in my heart; Be every sin abhorr'd, Till thou destroy the foe; O keep me, keep me, gracious Lord, 882 0 Rejoicing in Christ's restoring love. S. M. It cheers my drooping heart: 2 And dost thou deign to own 3 My Saviour, by his word, Hath turn'd my night to day; And all those heavenly joys restored, Which I had sinn'd away. 4 I wonder and adore: The grace is all divine: Lord, keep me, that I sin no more Against such love as thine. 883 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. Tears of joy. and gone, And art thou pacified? After all that I have done, Dost thou no longer chide? Out of the narrow way. 2 To the cross, thine altar, bind Me with the cords of love; Freedom never let me find From thee, my Lord, to move: That I never, never more May with my much-loved Master part, To the posts of mercy's door, O nail my willing heart! 3 See my utter helplessness, 4 As the apple of thine eye, IN DELIVERANCE FROM TROUBLE. 884 0 The loving-kindness of the Lord. S. M. And ransoms thee from death. 3 He clothes thee with his love,Upholds thee with his truth; And like the eagle he renews The vigour of thy youth. 4 Then bless his holy Name Whose grace hath made thee whole; Whose loving-kindness crowns thy days: O bless the Lord, my soul. 885 Grateful acknowledgment. C. M. I LOVE the Lord: he heard my cries, And pitied every groan: Long as I live, when troubles rise, 2 I love the Lord: he bow'd his ear, O let my heart no more despair, 3 The Lord beheld me sore distress d; For thou hast known his love. 886 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. Fearless in the fire of tribulation. HEAD Till thou appear, thy members here 2 Thou dost conduct thy people The world, with sin and Satan, By thee we shall break through them all, 3 By faith we see the glory To which thou shalt restore us; The cross despise for that high prize Which thou hast set before us: And if thou count us worthy, We each, as dying Stephen, Shall see thee stand, at God's right hand, To take us up to heaven. 887 25th P. M. 77, 87, 77, 87. Triumphing in delivering grace. WORSHIP, and thanks, and blessing, Jesus alone defends his own, When earth and hell oppress us. Jesus with joy we witness, Almighty to deliver; Our seals set to, that God is true, |