o 2 But the good Spirit of the Lord b 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, 4 Those holy gates forever bar o 5 He keeps the Father's book of life; в 0 HYMN 106. S. M. Aylesbury. [b] Dead to Sin by the Cross of Christ. Rom. vi. 1—6. 1 SHALL we go on to sin, Because free grace abounds? Or crucify the Lord again, And open all his wounds? That we, whose sins are crucified, 3 We will be slaves no more, Since Christ has made us free; Has nailed our tyrants to the cross, And bought our liberty. HYMN 107. L. M. Armley. [b *] Fall and Recovery of Man. 1DE Gen. iii. 1, 15, 17. iv. 4. Col. ii. 15. ECEIVED by subtle snares of hell, When Satan, in the serpent hid, e 2 Death was the threatening; death began His unborn race received the wound, Gal. -3 But Satan found a worse reward: Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord, 0 "Let everlasting hatred be "Betwixt the woman's Seed and thee. -5 He spake-and bade four thousand years And sing the young Redeemer's birth. p 6 Lo! by the sons of hell he dies; -But as he hung 'twixt earth and skies, o He gave their prince a fatal blow, u And triumphed o'er the powers below. 1 HYMN 108. S. M. Dover. [*] NOT TOT with our mortal eyes 2 On earth we want the sight 3 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable, like those above, And heaven begins below. HYMN 109. L. M. Portugal. Armley. [*] The Value of Christ and his Righteousness. Phil. iii. 7,8,9. more, my God, I boast no more, 1 Noor duties' have done, I quit the hopes I held before, O may my soul be found in him, HYMN 110. C. M. St. Paul's. Canterbury. [*] THE e And here my spirit waiting stands, e 2 Shortly this prison of my clay 4 We walk by faith of joys to come; e But while the body is our home, We're absent from the Lord. -5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace, But we had rather see; o We would be absent from the flesh, And present, Lord, with thee. e 1 HYMN 111. C. M. Reading. [*] Salvation by Grace. Titus iii. 3, 7. LORD, we confess our numerous faults, Foolish and vain were all our thoughts, o 2 But, O my soul, forever praise, Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways -3 "Tis not by works of righteousness, o But we are saved by sovereign grace Abounding through his Son. -4 'Tis from the mercy of our God, That all our hopes begin; "Tis by the water and the blood, Our souls are washed from sin. p 5 Tis through the purchase of His death, The Spirit is sent down to breathe o 6 Raised from the dead, we live anew: 8 We shall appear in glory too, 1 And see our Father's face. HYMN 112. C. M. Bedford. [*] The Brazen Serpent. 2 John, ver. 14—16. The wounded felt immediate ease, d 2 "Look upward in the dying hour, -3 High on the cross the Saviour hung! g 4 When God's own Son is lifted up, The Jew beholds the glorious hope, HYMN 113. C. M. Wareham. [*] Abraham's Blessing on the Gentiles. Gen. xvii. 7. Rom. xv. 8. Mark x. 14. 1HOW large the promise—how divine— To Abra'am and his seed; d "I'll be a God to thee and thine, "Supplying all their need." -2 The words of his extensive love The Angel of the covenant proves, b 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, He takes young children to his arms, o 4 Our God, how faithful are his ways! e 1 HYMN 114. C. M. Sunday. [*] GENTILES by nature, we belong To the wood; o Grace took us from the barren tree, -2 With the same blessings grace endows Such are the branches too. o 3 Then let the children of the saints Be dedicate to God; e Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord, And wash them in thy blood. o 4 Thus to the parents, and their seed, Shall thy salvation come; o And numerous households meet at last, In one eternal home. e HYMN 115. C. M. Plymouth. [b] LORD, how secure my conscience was, And felt no inward dread! I was alive without the law, And thought my sins were dead. 2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright; But since the precept came, With a convincing power and light, I find how vile am. 3 (My guilt appeared but small before, How perfect, holy, just, and pure. e 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, |