-3 But Satan found a worse reward: "Betwixt the woman's Seed and thee. -5 He spake-and bade four thousand years HYMN 108. S. M. Dover. [*] 1 NO Have we beheld the Lord; 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. 1N 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, Of all the duties I have done; I quit the hopes I held before, To trust the merits of thy Son. 2 Now for the love I bear his name, What was my gain, I count my loss; My former pride I call my shame, And nail my glory to his cross. 3 Yes, and I must and will esteem All things but loss for Jesus' sake; O may my soul be found in him, HYMN 110. C. M. St. Paul's. Canterbury.[*] TH 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, -5 'Tis pleasant to believe thy grace, HYMN 111. C. M. Reading. [*] el How great our guilt has been! ORD, 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, 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. O did the Hebrew prophet raise 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. 1 WOW large the promise-how divine- HOW 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, 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 o 3 Then let the children of the saints Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord, o 4 Thus to the parents, and their seed, o And numerous households meet at last, In one eternal home. e 1 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, 1 find how vile I am. 3 (My guilt appeared but small before, Till terribly I saw, How perfect, holy, just, and pure. ls thine eternal law. e 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, My sins revived again; P 1 had provoked a dreadful God, I cannot do the good I would, HYMN 116. L. M. Bath. [*] Love to God and our Neighbour. Matt. xxii. 37-40. 1 HUS saith the first, the great command, "Let all thy inward powers unite, TH "To love thy Maker, and thy God, "With utmost vigor and delight. 2" Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, "Share thine affection and esteem; "And let thy kindness to thyself, "Measure and rule thy love to him." 3 This is the sense that Moses spoke; This did the prophets preach and prove; For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law's fulfilled by love. a 4 But O! how base our passions are! How cold our charity and zeal! -Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy will. HYMN 117. L. M. Blendon. Bath. [* b] Election sovereign and free. Rom. ix. 21-24. 1 1BEHOLD the potter and the clay He forms his vessels as he please; Such is our God, and such are we, 2 [Doth not the workman's power extend And which to leave for viler use?] e 3 May not the sovereign Lord on high Choose some to life, while others die, |