CHRIST IN YOU, THE HOPE OF GLORY."
SUPREME High-Priest, the pilgrim's light, My heart for Thee prepare ;
Thine image stamp, and deeply write Thy superscription there:
Ah, let my forehead bear Thy seal,
My arm Thy badge retain, My heart the inward witness feel
That I am born again!
Into Thy humble mansion come, Set up Thy dwelling here; Possess my heart, and leave no room For sin to harbour there : Ah, give me, Lord, the single eye, Which aims at nought but Thee: I fain would live, and yet not I,
But Jesus live in me.
O that the penetrating sight And eagle's eyes were mine! Undazzled at the boundless light, Of Majesty divine;
That with the armies of the sky I, too, may sit and sing, Add, Saviour, to the eagle's eye, The dove's aspiring wing.
EARLY IN THE MORNING DO I CRY UNTO THEE."
JESUS, by whose grace I live, From the fear of evil kept, Thou hast lengthened my reprieve, Held in being while I slept; With the day my heart renew, Let me wake Thy will to do.
Since the last revolving dawn Scattered the nocturnal cloud, O how many souls have gone, Unprepared to meet their God! Yet Thou dost prolong my breath, Nor hast sealed my eyes in death!
O that I may keep Thy word,
Taught by Thee to watch and pray! To Thy service, dearest Lord, Sanctify the present day: Swift its fleeting moments haste; Doomed, perhaps, to be my last!
Crucified to all below,
Earth shall never be
Wealth and honour I forego,
This my only wish and prayer ;Thine in life and death to be,
Now, and to eternity!
I WILL PUT THEE IN A CLEFT OF THE ROCK."
ROCK of ages! cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood, From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure;
Cleanse me from its guilt and power!
Not the labour of my hands Can fulfil Thy law's demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone!
Nothing in my hand I bring;
Simply to Thy cross I cling, Naked, come to Thee for dress; Helpless, look to Thee for grace; Vile, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
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