Nor shall our practice give offence
To saints, the Gentile, or the Jew.

HYMN 127. L. M. Portugal. [*]

Christ's Invitation to Sinners.

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COM

Matt. xi. 28-30.

OME hither, all ye weary souls,
"Ye heavy laden sinners, come;
"I'll give you rest from all your toils,
"And raise you to my heavenly home.
2 "They shall find rest, who learn of me;
"I'm of a meek and lowly mind;
"But passion rages like the sea,
"And pride is restless as the wind.

3"Blest is the man, whose shoulders take
"My yoke, and bear it with delight;
"My yoke is easy to his neck,

"My grace shall make the burden light."
o 4 Jesus, we come at thy command,
With faith, and hope, and humble zeal;
Resign our spirits to thy hand,

To mould and guide us at thy will.

HYMN 128. L. M.

Green's. [*]

The Apostles' Commission. Mark xvi. 15, &c. Matt. xxviii. 18, &c.

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O, preach my gospel," saith the Lord; "Bid the whole earth my grace receive: "He shall be saved, who trusts my word; e "He shall be damned, who won't believe. -2 "I'll make your great commission known, "And ye shall prove my gospel true; "By all the works that I have done, "By all the wonders ye shall do.

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3 "Go heal the sick; go raise the dead; "Go cast out devils in my name:

"Nor let my prophets be afraid,

"Though Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme.

4" Teach all the nations my commands;

"I'm with you till the world shall end:

"All power is trusted in my hands;

"I can destroy, and I defend."

o 5 He spake,-and light shone round his head; On a bright cloud to heaven he rode.

g They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended God.

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HYMN 129. L. M. Armley. [b]
Abraham offering his Son.

SAL

Gen. xxii. 6, &c.

AINTS, at your heavenly Father's word,
Give up your comforts to the Lord;

He shall restore what you resign,
Or grant you blessings more divine.
2 So Abra'am, with obedient hand,
Led forth his son, at God's command;
The wood, the fire, the knife he took;
His arm prepared the dreadful stroke.
d 3" Abra'am, forbear," the angel cried,
Thy faith is known, thy love, is tried;
"Thy son shall live, and in thy seed,
"Shall the whole earth be blest indeed."
o 4 Just in the last distressing hour,
The Lord displays delivering power;
The mount of danger is the place,
Where we shall see surprising grace.

HYMN 130. L. M. Sicilian.

[b *] Love and Hatred. Phil. ii. 2. Eph. iv. 30, &c. W by the bowels of my God,

e1 N His sharp distress, his sore complaints,

By his last groans, his dying blood,—
I charge my soul to love the saints.
-2 Clamour and wrath and war begone,
Envy and spite forever cease;

Let bitter words no more be known, Amongst the saints, the sons of peace. e 3 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove,

Flies from the realms of noise and strife;
Why should we vex and grieve His love,
Who seals our souls to heavenly life?
4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts,
Through all our lives let mercy run:
-So God forgives our numerous faults,
For the dear sake of Christ his Son.

HYMN 131. L. M. Islington. [b]
The Pharisee and Publican. Luke xviii. 10, &c.

EHOLD, how sinners disagree,

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BEHOLD,

o One doth his righteousness proclaim,
e The other owns his guilt and shame.
p 2 This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
o That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.

-3 The Lord their different language knows,
And different answers he bestows:

o The humble soul with grace he crowns,
e Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.
4 Dear Father, let me never be
Joined with the boasting Pharisee;

e I have no merits of my own,

But plead the sufferings of thy Son.

HYMN 132. L. M. Brentford. Oporto. [*] Holiness and Grace. Titus ii. 10, 13.

1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel, we profess;

So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine.

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God;
When the salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the power of sin.
e 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;

o Whilst justice, temperance, truth and love, Our inward piety approve.

-4 Religion bears our spirits up,

While we expect that blessed hope,o The bright appearance of the Lord;-And faith stands leaning on his word.

HYMN 133. C. M.

York. [*]

Love and Charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 2—7, 13.

1LET Pharisees of high esteem

Their faith and zeal declare;

All their religion is a dream,

If love be wanting there.

2 Love suffers long with patient eye,

Nor is provoked in haste;

She lets the present injury die,
And long forgets the past.

3 (Malice and rage, those fires of hell,
She quenches with her tongue;
Hopes, and believes, and thinks no ill,
Though she endures the wrong.)

4 (She ne'er desires, nor seeks to know
The scandals of the time;

Nor looks with pride on those below,
Nor envies those who climb.)

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5 She lays her own advantage by, To seek her neighbour's good: o So God's own Son came down to die, And bought our lives with blood.

o 6 Love is the grace, that keeps her power,
In all the realms above;

There faith and hope are known no more,
But saints forever love.

HYMN 134. L. M. Islington. Quercy. [b] Religion vain without Love. 1 Cor. xiii. 1, 2, 3,

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HAD

AD I the tongues of Greeks and Jews,
And nobler speech than angels use;
If love be absent, I am found,

Like tinkling brass, an empty sound.
2 Were I inspired to preach, and tell
All that is done in heaven and hell;
Or could my faith the world remove,
Still-I am nothing without love.
3 Should I distribute all my store,
To feed the bowels of the poor;
Or give my body to the flaine,
To gain a martyr's glorious name ;—
4 If love to God, and love to men,
Be absent-all my hopes are vain:
Nor tongues, nor gifts, nor fiery zeal.
The works of love can e'er fulfill.

HYMN 135. L. M. Sicilian. Green's. [*]

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Love of Christ in the Heart. Eph. iii. 16, &c.

COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell,

By faith and love, in every breast; Then shall we know, and taste, and feel, The joys that cannot be expressed.

2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength;
Make our enlarged souls possess,

And learn the height, and breadth, and length,
Of thine unmeasurable grace.

s 3 Now to the God whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know;
Be everlasting honours done,

By all the church-through Christ his Son.

HYMN 136. C. M. Abridge. Plymouth. [b *] Sincerity and Hypocrisy. John iv. 24. Psalm cxxxix. 23, 24.

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OD is a Spirit, just and wise;
He sees our inmost mind:

In vain to heaven we raise our cries,
And leave our souls behind.

2 Nothing but truth, before his throne,
With honour can appear:

The painted hypocrites are known,
Through the disguise they wear.
3 Their lifted eyes salute the skies,
Their bending knees the ground;
But God abhors the sacrifice,

Where not the heart is found.

e 4 Lord, search my thoughts, and try my ways, And make my soul sincere;

o Then shall I stand before thy face, And find acceptance there.

HYMN 137. L. M. Leeds. Castle Street. [*]

Salvation by Grace in Christ. 2 Tim. i. 9, 10.

1 N Be everlasting honours given;

TOW, to the power of God supreme

He saves from hell-(we bless his name,) He calls our wandering feet to heaven. e 2 Not for our duties, or deserts, o But of his own abundant grace, He works salvation in our hearts, And forms a people for his praise. -3 'Twas his own purpose that begun To rescue rebels, doomed to die; He gave us grace in Christ his Son, Before he spread the starry sky.