Infuse the principle divine

In all who here expect thy grace,
Let each improve the grace bestow'd;
Rise every child a man of God.
4 Train up thy hardy soldiers, Lord,
In all their Captain's steps to tread !
Or send them to proclaim thy word,

Thy Gospel through the world to spread ; Freely as they receive to give,

And preach the death by which we live.

Shirland-p. 92.] HYMN 519. S. M.

THE power to bless my house,
Belongs to God alone;

Yet rendering him my constant vows;
He sends his blessings down.
2 Shall I not then engage

My house to serve the Lord,
To search the soul-converting page,
And feed upon his word:

3 To ask with faith and hope
The grace his Spirit supplies,
and praise to offer up

In prayer

Their daily sacrifice?

4 Let each his sin eschew,

Through thy restraining grace, Our father Abr'ham's steps pursue, And walk in all thy ways.

5 Saviour of men, incline

The hearts which thou hast made, Which thou hast bought with blood divine, To ask thy promis'd aid.

6 Me and my house receive,
Thy family to' increase,
And let us in thy favour live,
And let us die in peace.

451

BIRTHDAY.

Kingsnorth-p. 126.] HYMN 520. 4 6s & 2 88.

G

OD of my life, to thee
My cheerful soul I raise !
Thy goodness bade me be,
And still prolongs my days;

I see my natal hour return,
And bless the day that I was born.
2 A clod of living earth,
I glorify thy name,
From whom alone my birth,
And all my blessings came;
Creating and preserving grace,
Let all that is within me praise.

3 Long as I live beneath,
To thee, O let me live
To thee my every breath

In thanks and praises give!
Whate'er I have, whate'er I am,
Shall magnify my Maker's Name.
4 My soul and all its powers,
Thine, wholly thine shall be;
All, all my happy hours

I consecrate to thee;

Me to thine image now restore,
And I shall praise thee evermore.

5 I wait thy will to do,

As angels do in heaven:
In Christ a creature new,
Most graciously forgiven:

I wait thy perfect will to prove,
All sanctified by spotless love.

6 Then when the work is done,
The work of faith with power,
Receive thy favour'd son,

In death's triumphant hour,
Like Moses to thyself convey,
And kiss my raptur'd soul away.

Banquet-p. 192.] HYMN 521.

11s & 9s.

WAY with our fears! The glad morning

Αν

appears,

When an heir of salvation was born! From Jehovah I came, For his glory I am, And to him I with singing return.

2 Thee, Jesus, alone, The Fountain I own,
Of my life and felicity here:

And cheerfully sing My Redeemer and King,
Till his sign in the heavens appear.

3 With thanks I rejoice In thy fatherly choice Of my state and condition below:

If of parents I came, Who honour'd thy name, 'Twas thy wisdom appointed it so.

4 I sing of thy grace, From my earliest days, Ever near to allure and defend;

Hitherto hast thou been My Preserver from sin, And I trust thou wilt save to the end.

5 O the infinite cares, And temptations, and

snares,

Thy hand hath conducted me through!

O the blessing bestow'd By a bountiful God,
And the mercies eternally new.

6 What a mercy is this; What a heaven of bliss How unspeakably happy am I!

Gather'd into thy fold, With thy people enroll'd. With thy people to live and to die.

O the goodness of God, In employing a clod,
His tribute of glory to raise ;

His standard to bear, And with triumph declare,
His unspeakable riches of grace!

8 O the fathomless love, That has deign'd to approve,

And prosper the work of my hands!

With my pastoral crook, I went over the brook, And behold I am spread into bands!

9 Who, I ask in amaze, Hath begotten me these? And inquire from what quarter they came; My full heart it replies, They are born from the skies,

And gives glory to God and the Lamb.

10 All honour and praise To the Father of grace,
To the Spirit and Son, I return!
The business pursue He hath made me to do,
And rejoice that I ever was born.

11 In a rapture of joy, My life I employ,
The God of my life to proclaim;

"Tis worth living for this, To administer bliss,
And salvation in Jesus's name.

12 My remnant of days I spend in his praise,
Who died the whole world to redeem :
Be they many or few, My days are his due,
And they all are devoted to him.

RESURRECTION.

EASTER.

Florida-p. 34.] HYMN 522. C. M. THE Lord of Sabbath let us praise,

In concert with the blest,

Who, joyful in harmonious lays,
Employ an endless rest.

2 Thus, Lord, while we remember thee,
We blest and pious grow;

By hymns of praise we learn to be
Triumphant here below.

3 On this glad day a brighter scene
Of glory was display'd,

By God, the' eternal Word, than when
This universe was made.

4 He rises, who mankind has bought
With grief and pain extreme:

'Twas great to speak the world from nought; 'Twas greater to redeem.

5 Alone the dreadful race he ran,

Alone the wine press trod;

He dies and suffers as a man,

He rises as a God.

6 The Sun of Righteousness appears,
To set in blood no more;
Adore the Scatterer of your fears,
Your rising Sun adore.

Firmament-p. 65.] HYMN 523. L. M.
UR Lord is risen from the dead;
Our Jesus is gone up on high!
powers of hell are captive led,
Dragg'd to the portals of the sky.

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