Christ the Pearl of great Price.
1 YE glitt'ring toys of earth, adieu;
A nobler choice be mine: A real prize attracts my view, A treasure all divine.
2 Be gone, unworthy of my cares, Ye specious baits of sense ;Inestimable worth appears,
The Pearl of Price immense!
3 JESUS, to multitudes unknown, O Name divinely sweet! JESUS, in Thee, in Thee alone, Wealth, honour, pleasure, meet.
4 Should both the Indies, at my call, Their boasted stores resign; With joy I would renounce them all, For leave to call Thee mine.
5 Should earth's vain treasures all depart; Of this dear gift possess'd,
I'd clasp it to my joyful heart, And be for ever bless'd.
6 Dear Sov'reign of my soul's desires, Thy love is bliss divine;
Accept the wish that love inspires, And bid me call Thee mine.
i DEEP are the wounds which sin has made; Where shall the sinner find a cure? In vain, alas! is nature's aid; The work exceeds all nature's pow'r.
2 Sin, like a raging fever, reigns
With fatal strength in ev'ry part; The dire contagion fills the veins, And spreads it's poison to the heart,
3 And can no sov'reign balm be found? And is no kind physician nigh To ease the pain, and heal the wound, Ere life and hope for ever fly?
4 There is a great Physician near; Look up, O fainting soul, and live; See, in His heav'nly smiles appear Such ease as nature cannot give!
5 See in the SAVIOUR'S dying blood Life, health, and bliss, abundant flow! 'Tis only this dear sacred flood
Can ease thy pain, and heal thy woe.
6 Sin throws in vain it's pointed dart; For here a sov'reign cure is found, A cordial for the fainting heart, A balm for every painful wound.,
1 HAIL, Sov'reign Love, that first began The scheme to rescue fall'n man; Hail, matchless, free, eternal Grace, That gave my soul a hiding-place.
2 Against the GOD who rules the sky, I fought with hands uplifted high; Despis'd the mention of His grace, Too proud to seek a hiding-place,
3 'Ere long the Gospel voice I heard, Where mercy dwells in ev'ry word: The FATHER led me by His grace To JESUS as my hiding-place.
4 Should storms of seven-fold thunder roll, And shake the globe from pole to pole, No flaming bolt could daunt my face, For JESUS is my hiding-place.
5 On Him Almighty vengeance fell; Thus must have sunk a world to hell: He bare it for His chosen race, And thus became their hiding-place.
6 A few more rolling suns at most,
Will land me on fair Canaan's coast, Where I shall sing the song of grace, And see my glorious hiding-place!
Christ the Resurrection and the Life.
1 "I AM," saith CHRIST our glorious Head, (May we attention give,)
"The RESURRECTION of the dead, The LIFE of all that live.
2 By faith in Me, the soul receives New life, though dead before; And he that in My Name believes Shall live, to die no more.”
3 Fulfil Thy promise, gracious LORD, On us assembled here;
Put forth Thy SPIRIT, with the Word, And cause the dead to hear.
4 Preserve the power of faith alive In those who love Thy Name; For sin and Satan daily strive To quench the sacred flame.
5 Thy power and mercy first prevail'd, From death to set us free;
And, often since, our life had fail'd, If not renew'd by Thee.
6 To Thee we look, to Thee we bow, To Thee for help we call;
Our LIFE and RESURRECTION Thou, Our Hope, our Joy, our All,
Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and Redemption.
1 BURIED in shadows of the night, We lie till CHRIST restores the light; Wisdom descends to heal the blind, And chase the darkness of the mind.
2 Our guilty souls are drown'd in tears Till His atoning blood appears; Then we awake from deep distress, And sing the LORD our righteousness.
3 Our very frame is mix'd with sin;
His SPIRIT makes our natures clean; Such virtues from His sufferings flow, At once to cleanse and pardon too.
4 JESUS beholds where Satan reigns, Binding his slaves in heavy chains; He sets the prisoners free, and breaks The iron bondage from our necks.
5 Poor helpless worms in Thee possess Grace, wisdom, power, and righteousness; Thou art our mighty all, and we
Give our whole selves, O LORD, to Thee,
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