HYMN 53. L. M.

The Holy Scriptures.

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L. M. Green's. [*]

Heb. i. 1. 2 Tim. iii. 15, 16.

Ps. cxlvii. 19, 20.

GOD, who in various methods told

His mind and will to saints of old,
Sent his own Son, with truth and grace,
To teach us in these latter days.

o 2 Our nation reads the written word,
That book of life, that sure record;
The bright inheritance of heaven
Is by the sweet conveyance given.

e 3 God's kindest thoughts are here expressed,
Able to make us wise and blessed;
The doctrines are divinely true,
Fit for reproof and comfort too.
-4 Ye people all, who read his love
In long epistles from above,-
(He hath not sent his sacred word
• To every land) praise ye the Lord.]

HYMN 54. L. M. Quercy. Leeds. [*]

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Saints beloved in Christ. Eph. i. 3, &c.

JESUS, we bless thy Father's name;

Thy God and ours is one, the same;
What heavenly blessings, from his throne,
Flow down to sinners through his Son'
2" Christ be my first Elect," he said;
Then chose our souls in Christ our Head;
Before he gave the mountains birth,
Or laid foundations for the earth.

3 Thus did eternal love begin
To raise us up from death and sin;
Our characters were then decreed,-
Blameless in love, a holy seed.

4 Predestinated to be sons,
Born by degrees, but chose at once,
A new regenerated race,

To praise the glory of his grace.

o 5 With Christ, our Lord, we share a part
In the affections of his heart;

Nor shall our souls be thence removed,
Till he forgets his First Beloved.

HYMN 55. C. M. Hymn 2. [*]
Sickness and Recovery. Isa. xxxviii. 9, &c.

1W Our God deserves a song;

WHEN we are raised from deep distress,

We take a pattern of our praise,
From Hezekiah's tongue.

2 The gates of the devouring grave
Are opened wide in vain;
If he that holds the keys of death,
Commands them fast again.

3 Pains of the flesh are wont to abuse
Our minds with slavish fears;-
"Our days are past, and we shall lose
"The remnant of our years."

4 We chatter, with a swallow's voice,
Or like a dove we mourn; ~
With bitterness, instead of joys,
Afflicted and forlorn.

5 Jehovah speaks the healing word,
And no disease withstands;
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord,
And fly at his commands.

6 If half the strings of life should break,
He can our frame restore;

He casts our sins behind his back,
And they are found no more.]

HYMN 56. C. M. Bedford. [*] The Song of Moses and the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3, and xvi. 19, and xvii. 6.

1 WE

sing the glories of thy love,

We sound thy dreadful name;

The Christian church unites the songs

Of Moses and the Lamb.

2 Great God, how wondrous are thy works,
Of vengeance, and of grace!
Thou King of saints, Almighty Lord,
How just and true thy ways

3 Who dares refuse to fear thy name,
Or worship at thy throne!

Thy judgments speak thy holiness,
Through all the nations known

4 Great Babylon, that rules the earth,
Drunk with the martyrs' blood,-
Her crimes shall speedily awake
The fury of our God.

e 5 The cup of wrath is ready mixed,
And she must drink the dregs;
Strong is the Lord, her sovereign Judge,
And shall fulfill the plagues.

HYMN 57. C. M. Plymouth. [b]

Adam, First and Second.

e 1

BA

Rom. v. 12, &c. Psalm li.

5. Job xiv. 4.

ACKWARD, with humble shame we look
On our original;

p How is our nature dashed, and broke,
In our first father's fall!

e 2 To all that's good, averse and blind, And prone to all that's ill;

P

What dreadful darkness veils our mind!
How obstinate our will!

3 Conceived in sin, (O wretched state,)
Before we draw our breath,

The first young pulse begins to beat
Iniquity and death.

4 How strong in our degenerate blood
The old corruption reigns!

And mingling with the crooked flood
Wanders through all our veins !

5 [Wild and unwholesome, as the root,
Will all the branches be:

How can we hope for living fruit,

From such a deadly tree?

6 What mortal power, from things unclean
Can pure productions bring?

Who can command a vital stream,
From an infected spring?]

7 Yet, mighty God, thy wondrous love,
Can make our nature clean;
While Christ, and grace, prevail above
The tempter, death, and sin.

o 8 The second Adam shall restore
The ruins of the first:

o Hosanna to that sovereign power, That new creates our dust.

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HYMN 58. L. M. Leeds. [*] Michael's War with the Dragon. Rev. xii. 7. 1 ET mortal tongues attempt to sing

The wars of heaven, when Michael stood
Chief general of th' eternal King,
And fought the battles of our God.
2 Against the Dragon and his host,
The armies of the Lord prevail;

In vain they rage, in vain they boast,
Their courage sinks, their weapons fail.
3 Down to the earth was Satan thrown;
Down to the earth his legions fell:
Then was the trump of triumph blown,
And shook the dreadful deeps of hell.
4 Now is the hour of darkness past,
Christ has assumed his reigning power:
Behold the great accuser cast
Down from the skies, to rise no more.
5 'Twas by thy blood, Immortal Lamb,
Thine armies trod the tempter down;
"Twas by thy word, and powerful name,
They gained the battle, and renown.
6 Rejoice, ye heavens; let every star
Shine with new glories round the sky :
Saints, while ye sing the heavenly war,
Raise your Deliverer's name on high.]
HYMN 59. L. M. Blendon. [*]
Babylon fallen. Rev. xviii. 20, 21.
N Gabriel's hand, a mighty stone

'Lies a fair type of Babylon:

Prophets rejoice, and all ye saints; "God shall avenge your long complaints.'

2 He said, and dreadful as he stood,

o He sunk the mill-stone in the flood:

0 "Thus terribly shall Babel fall,

e "Thus-and no more be found at all."

HYMN 60. L. M. Truro. [*]

Mary's Song; or, Messiah born. Luke 1. 46, &c.

UR souls shall magnify the Lord,
In God the Saviour we rejoice'

While we repeat the Virgin's song,
May the same Spirit tune our voice.
2 [The Highest saw her low estate,
And mighty things his hand hath done;
His overshadowing power and grace
Make her the mother of his Son.

3 Let every nation call her blessed,
And endless years prolong her fame:
But God alone must be adored;
Holy and reverend is his name.]

4 To those who fear and trust the Lord,
His mercy stands forever sure:
From age to age his promise lives,
And the performance is secure.

5 He spake to Abraham and his seed,
"In thee shall all the earth be blessed:"
The memory of that ancient word,
Lay long in his eternal breast.

o 6 But now no more shall Israel wait;
No more the Gentiles lie forlorn :

e Lo, the Desire of nations comes; Behold, the promised Seed is born!

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HYMN 61. L. M.

Leeds. [*]

Christ, our Priest and King. Rev. i. 5—7.

NOW

OW to the Lord, who makes us know
The wonders of his dying love,

Be humble honours paid below,

o And strains of nobler praise above.

-2 'Twas he, who cleansed our foulest sins,
And washed us in his richest blood;
"Tis he, who makes us priests and kings,
And brings us rebels near to God.

o 3 To Jesus, our atoning Priest,
To Jesus, our superior King,
Be everlasting power confessed,
And every tongue his glory sing.

e 4 Behold, on flying clouds he comes,
And every eye shall see him move!

e Though with our sins we pierced him once, o Then he displays his pardoning love. e 5 The unbelieving world shall wail, o While we rejoice to see the day: