259. Desiring Holiness. C.M.
Wherefore the law is holy; and the commandment holy, and just, and good.-Roм. vii. 12.
HOLY and good I own thy law,
And all its precepts right;
The sinner's soul it fills with awe,
The saint's with pure delight.
2 Its holiness my heart desires,
My failings I bemoan;
But the perfection it requires
1 find in CHRIST alone.
3 For this he liv'd, for this he died,
And took the curse away;
And thus the Law he magnified,
And taught us to obey.
JESUS the holy law fulfiil'd,
To be" our righteousness."
And we to him obedience yield,
Who is our life and peace.
5 His bright example shows the way,
His grace the power imparts:
His love constrains us to obey,
His law is in our hearts.
260. Desiring Holiness. 7s. Double.
Then will 1 sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean; from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh.-EZEK. Xxxvi. 25, 26.
O MY Lord, what must I do?
Only thou the way canst show;
Thou canst save me in this hour,
I have neither will nor pow'r:
GOD, if over all thou art,
Greater than the sinful heart;
Let thy pow'r on me be shown,
"Take away the heart of stone."
2 Take away my darling sin,
Make me willing to be clean;
Make me willing to receive,
What thy goodness waits to give:
Teach me, Lord, with all to part,
Tear all idols from my heart;
Let thy pow'r on me be shown,
Take away the heart of stone.
3 JESUS, mighty to renew,
Work in me to will and do;
Turn my nature's rapid tide,
Stem the torrent of my pride,
Stop the whirlwind of my will,
Bid corruptions, Lord, be still;
Now thy love almighty show,
Cleanse my heart, my mind renew.
4 Arm of GOD, thy strength put on,
Bow the heav'ns, come quickly down;
All my unbelief o'erthrow,
Lay th' aspiring mountain low;
Conquer thy worst foe in me,
Get thyself the victory;
Save the vilest of the race,
Save me by almighty grace.
261. Desiring to be with Christ. 8-7-4. Even so, come, Lord JESUS. REV. xxii. 20.
FLY, ye seasons, fly still faster:
Let the glorious day come on,
When we shall behold our master
Seated on his heav'nly throne.
When the SAVIOUR
Shall descend to claim his own.
2 What is earth, with all its treasures,
To the joy the Gospel brings?
Well may we resign its pleasures,
JESUS gives us better things.
All his people
Draw from heav'n's eternal springs.
3 But, if here we taste of pleasure,
What will heav'n itself afford?
There our joy will know no measure:
There we shall behold our Lord:
There his people
Shall obtain their bright reward.
4 Fly, ye seasons, fly still faster;
Swiftly bring the glorious day:
JESUS, come, our Lord, our master!
Come from heav'n without delay:
Take thy people,
Take, O take them hence away.
262. Desiring to Live unto Christ. S. M.
For the love of CHRIST constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: and that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them and rose again.-2 COR. v. 14, 15.
WHEN shall thy love constrain
This heart thine own to be?
When shall the wounded spirit gain
A healing rest in thee?
Ah! what avails my strife,
My wand'ring to and fro?
Thou hast the words of endless life:
LORD, whither shall I go!
3 Thy condescending grace
To me did freely move:
It calls me still to seek thy face,
And stoops to ask my love!
My worthless heart to gain,
The GOD who gave me breath,
Was found in fashion as a mau,
And died a cursed death!
5 Then may I sin forsake,
The world for thee resign;
Gracious REDEEMER, take, O take,
And seal me ever thine!
263. Desiring Tenderness of Conscience. C. M.
And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward GOD, and toward men. -ACTS xxiv. 16.
ALMIGHTY GOD of truth and love,
In me thy power exert ;
The mountain from my soul remove,
The hardness of my heart.
2 I want a principle within
Of jealous godly fear;
A tender sense of rising sin,
A pain to feel it near.
3 I want the first approach to feel
Of pride or vain desire;
To catch the wand'rings of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.
4 From thee that I no more may part,
No more thy goodness grieve,
The filial awe, the holy heart,
The tender conscience give.
50 may the least omission pain
My well-instructed soul,
And drive me to thy blood again,
Which makes the wounded whole.
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