3 By faith we know thee strong to save:
(Save us, a present Saviour thou:)
Whate'er we hope, by faith we have;
Future, and past, subsisting now.
4 To him that in thy Name believes,
Eternal life with thee is given; .
Into himself he all receives,—

Pardon, and holiness, and heaven.
5 The things unknown to feeble sense,
Unseen by reason's glimm'ring ray,
With strong commanding evidence,
Their heavenly origin display.
6 Faith lends its realizing light;
The clouds disperse, the shadows fly;
The' Invisible appears in sight,
And God is seen by mortal eye.

436

L. M.

Salvation only by grace through faith.

Whaverit, ut good works, to plead ; We only can be saved by grace;

E have no outward righteousness,

Thy grace, O Lord, is free indeed.

2 Save us by grace, through faith alone,-
A faith thou must thyself impart;
faith that would by works be shown,
A faith that purifies the heart;

3 A faith that doth the mountains move,
A faith that shows our sins forgiven,
A faith that sweetly works by love,
And ascertains our claim to heaven.

4 This is the faith we humbly seek,
The faith in thy all-cleansing blood;
That faith which doth for sinners speak,
O let it speak us up to God!

437

1st P. M. 6 lines 8s.

The soul's anchor.

NOW I have found the ground wherein
Sure my soul's anchor may remain;
The wounds of Jesus for my sin,

Before the world's foundation slain;
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,
When heaven and earth are fled away.
2 Father, thine everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasses far:
Thy heart still melts with tenderness;
'Thine arms of love still open are,
Returning sinners to receive,
That mercy they may taste, and live.
3 O love, thou bottomless abyss!
My sins are swallow'd up in thee;
Cover'd is my unrighteousness,

Nor spot of guilt remains on me:
While Jesus' blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries.
4 By faith I plunge me in this sea;
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest;
Hither, when hell assails, I flee;

I look into my Saviour's breast: Away, sad doubt and anxious fear! Mercy is all that's written there.

438

C. M.

Faith counted for righteousness.
ATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord,-
My Saviour, and my Head,-

FA

I trust in thee, whose powerful word
Hath raised him from the dead.

2 Thou know'st for my offence he died,
And rose again for me;

Fully and freely justified,

That I might live to thee.

3 O God! thy record I believe,
In Abrah'm's footsteps tread;
And wait, expecting to receive
The Christ, the promised Seed.

4 Faith in thy power thou seest I have,
For thou this faith hast wrought;
Dead souls thou callest from the grave,
And speakest worlds from naught.

5 Eternal life to all mankind
Thou hast in Jesus given:
And all who seek, in him shall find
The happiness of heaven.

439

Continued.-Victorious faith.

IN hope, against all human hope,

Self-desp'rate, I believe,

C. M.

Thy quick'ning word shall raise me up; Thou wilt thy Spirit give.

2 The thing surpasses all my thought; But faithful is my Lord;

Through unbelief I stagger not,

For God hath spoke the word.

3 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone; .

Laughs at impossibilities,

And cries, It shall be done!

4 To thee the glory of thy power
And faithfulness I give;

I shall in Christ, at that glad hour,
And Christ in me shall live.

5 Obedient faith, that waits on thee,
Thou never wilt reprove;

But thou wilt form thy Son in me,
And perfect me in love.

440

Peace in believing.

C. M.

JESUS, to thee I now can fly,
whom my help is laid:

Oppress'd by sins, I lift mine eye,
And see the shadows fade.
2 Believing on my Lord, I find
A sure and present aid:
On thee alone my constant mind
Be every moment stay'd.

3 Whate'er in me seems wise, or good,
Or strong, I here disclaim:

I wash my garments in the blood
Of the atoning Lamb.

4 Jesus, my strength, my life, my rest,— On thee will I depend,

Till summon'd to the marriage-feast,

When faith in sight shall end.

441

This is life eternal.

C. M.

IE wisdom own'd by all thy sons,
To me, O God, impart;

The knowledge of the holy ones,―
The understanding heart.
Thy name, O holy Father, tell
To one who would believe;
To me thine only Son reveal,-
Thy Holy Spirit give.

2 'Tis life eternal to believe

The heavenly Persons mine: Father, and Son, and Spirit give That precious faith divine.

A Trinity in Unity

My soul shall then adore;

And love, and praise, and worship thee, Jehovah, evermore.

442

The blood of sprinkling.

M The only would I know;

God, my God, to thee I cry;

Thy purifying blood apply,

And wash me white as snow.

C. M.

2 Touch me, and make the leper clean;
Purge my iniquity:

Unless thou wash my soul from sin,
I have no part in thee.

3 But art thou not already mine?
Answer, if mine thou art;
Whisper within, thou love divine,
And cheer my drooping heart.
4 Behold, for me the Victim bleeds,-—
His wounds are open wide;

For me the blood of sprinkling pleads,
And speaks me justified.

443

A

Self-righteousness destroyed.

GOODLY, formal saint,

long appear'd in sight;

By self and Satan taught to paint

My tomb, my nature, white.

The Pharisee within

Still undisturb'd remain'd;

S. M.

The strong man, arm'd with guilt of sin,
Safe in his palace reign'd.

2 But, O, the jealous God

In my behalf came down;

Jesus himself the stronger show'd,

And claim'd me for his own.

My spirit he alarm'd,

And brought into distress;

He shook and bound the strong man, arm'd

In his self-righteousness.