2 No man can truly say

That Jesus is the Lord,
Unless thou take the veil away,
And breathe the living word:
Then, only then we feel

Our int rest in his blood;
And cry, with joy unspeakable,-
Thou art my Lord, my God!

30 that the world might know
The all-atoning Lamb!
Spirit of faith, descend and show
The virtue of his Name:
The grace which all may find,
The saving power impart;
And testify to all mankind,
And speak in every heart.

478

26th P. M. 7s & 68.

The comforts, gifts, and graces of the Spirit.

OD of all consolation,

The Holy Ghost thou art;

Thy secret inspiration

Hath told it to my heart:

The blessing I inherit,

Through Jesus' prayer bestow'd,

The Comforter, the Spirit,

The true eternal God.

2 With God the Son and Saviour,
With God the Father one,

The tokens of his favour

Are now to man made known;

An ante-past of heaven

Thou dost in me reveal,

Attest my sins forgiven,
And my salvation seal.

3 The' indubitable witness
Of thy own Deity,

Thou giv'st my soul its fitness
Thy glorious face to see:
Thy comforts, gifts, and graces,
My largest thoughts transcend,
And challenge endless praises,
When faith in sight shall end.

479

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The signature of divine love.

HEN shall I hear the inward voice,
Which only faithful souls can hear?
Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys,
Attend the promised Comforter:
O come, and righteousness divine,
And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine.

20 that the Comforter would come,
Nor visit as a transient guest;
But fix in me his constant home,
And keep possession of my breast;
And make my soul his loved abode,
The temple of indwelling God.

3 Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire;
Attest that I am born again;
Çome, and baptize me now with fire,
Nor let thy former gifts be vain :
I cannot rest in sins forgiven;
Where is the earnest of my heaven?

4 Where the indubitable seal,

That ascertains the kingdom mine?
The powerful stamp I long to feel,—
The signature of love divine;
O shed it in my heart abroad,
Fulness of love, of heaven, of God!

480

SANCTIFICATION.

The hope of our high calling.

C. M.

W But in ward holiness?

HAT is our calling's glorious hope,

For this to Jesus I look up;
I calmly wait for this.

2 I wait till he shall touch me clean,-
Shall life and power impart;

Give me the faith that casts out sin,
And purifies the heart.

3 This is the dear redeeming grace,
For every sinner free;

Surely it shall on me take place,
The chief of sinners,-me.

4 From all iniquity, from all,
He shall my soul redeem;
In Jesus I believe, and shall
Believe myself to him.

5 When Jesus makes my heart his home,
My sin shall all depart;-
And, lo! he saith, I quickly come,
To fill and rule thy heart.

6 Be it according to thy word;
Redeem me from all sin;

My heart would now receive thee, Lord; Come in, my Lord, come in!

HE wills that I should holy be

That holiness I long to feel;

That full divine conformity

To all my Saviour's righteous will.

2 See, Lord, the travail of thy soul
Accomplish'd in the change of mine;
And plunge me, every whit made whole,
In all the depths of love divine.

3 On thee, O God, my soul is stay'd,
And waits to prove thine utmost will;
The promise by thy mercy made,

Thou canst, thou wilt, in me fulfil. 4 No more I stagger at thy power,

Or doubt thy truth, which cannot move: Hasten the long-expected hour,

And bless me with thy perfect love.

482

Thy will be done,

THIS is thy will, I know,

That I should holy be;
Should let my sins this moment go,
This moment turn to thee.

2 O might I now embrace

Thine all-sufficient power,

And never more to sin give place,
And never grieve thee more.

483

The good pleasure of his will.

I KNOW that my Redeemer lives,

And ever prays for me:

A token of his love he gives,-
A pledge of liberty.

2 I find him lifting up my head;
He brings salvation near;
His presence makes me free indeed,
And he will soon appear.

3 He wills that I should holy be!
What can withstand his will?
The counsel of his grace in me
He surely shall fulfil.

S. M.

C. M

4 Jesus, I hang upon thy word;
I steadfastly believe

Thou wilt return, and claim me, Lord,
And to thyself receive.

5 When God is mine, and I am his,

Of paradise possess'd,

I taste unutterable bliss,

And everlasting rest.

484

The believer's rest.

LORD, I believe a rest remains

To all thy people known;

A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,
And thou art loved alone:

2 A rest where all our soul's desire
Is fix'd on things above;

Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,
Cast out by perfect love.

3 0 that I now the rest might know,
Believe, and enter in :

Now, Saviour, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.

C. M.

4 Remove this hardness from my heart;
This unbelief remove:

To me the rest of faith impart,—
The Sabbath of thy love.

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He saves his people from their sins.
(AVIOUR from sin, I wait to prove
That Jesus is thy healing name;
To lose, when perfected in love,
Whate'er I have, or can, or am:
I stay me on thy faithful word,—
The servant shall be as his Lord.