3 How dire the wreck! how loud the roar! How shrill the universal cry

Of millions, in the last despair, Re-echo'd from the low'ring sky! I 4 Yet Noah, humble happy saint! Surrounded with a chosen few, Sat in his ark, secure from fear,

And sang the grace that steer'd him thro'. 5 So may I sing, in Jesus safe,

While storms of vengeance round me fall; Conscious how high my hopes are fix'd, Beyond what shakes this earthly ball. 6 Enter thine ark, while patience waits, Nor ever quit that sure retreat;

Then the wide flood which buries earth,"
Shall waft thee to a fairer seat.

7 Nor wreck, nor ruin there is seen;
There not a wave of trouble rolls;
But the bright rainbow round the throne
Seals endless life to all their souls. C

DR. DODDRIDGE.

105, C. M. Bedford 91. Brighthelmstone 208.

Perseverance, Psalm cxix. 117.

1 LORD, hast thou made me know thy ways? Conduct me in thy fear;

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And grant me such supplies of grace,
That I may persevere.

2 Let but thy own Almighty arm

Sustain a feeble worm,

I shall escape secure from harm,
Amid the dreadful storm.

3 Be thou my all-sufficient friend
Till all my toils shall cease;

Guard me through life, and let my end
Be everlasting peace..

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JESUS,

Perseverance desired.

ESUS, my Saviour, and my God,
Thou hast redeem'd me with thy blood;

By ties, both natural and divine,

I am, and ever will be, thine.

2 But, ah! should my inconstant heart,
Ere I'm aware, from thee depart,
What dire reproach would fall on me
For such ingratitude to thee!

3 The thought I dread, the crime I hate:
The guilt, the shame, I deprecate;
And yet, so mighty are my foes,

I dare not trust my warmest vows.
4 Pity my frailty, dearest Lord!.
Grace in the needful hour afford;
O steel this tim'rous heart of mine
With fortitude and love divine.

5 So shall I triumph o'er my fears,
And gather joys from all my tears:
So shall I to the world proclaim
The honours of the Christian name.

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DR. S. STENNETT.

107 5.6. Horsington 219. Winwick 75.

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The Method of Salvation. i

HEE, Father! we bless, whose distinguishing grace
Selected a people to show forth thy praise:

Nor is thy love known by election alone;
For, O! thou hast added the gift of thy Son.
2 The goodness in vain we attempt to explain,
Which found and accepted a ransom for men ;
Great SURETY of thine, thou didst not decline
To concur with the Father's most gracious design.
3 To Jesus our friend, our thanks shall ascend,
Who saves to the utmost, and loves to the end:
Our ransom he paid! in his merit array'd,
We attain to the glory for which we were made.

4 Sweet Spirit of Grace! thy mercy we bless,
For thy eminent share in the council of peace:
Great agent Divine, to restore us is thine,
And cause us afresh in thy likeness to shine

5 O God, 'tis thy part to convince and convert;
To give a new life, and create a new heart:
By thy presence and grace we're upheld in our race,
And are kept in thy love to the end of our days.

6. Father, Spirit, and Son, agree thus in one,
The salvation of those he has mark'd for his own;
Let us, too, agree, to glorify thee,

Thou ineffable One, thou adorable Three!

TOPLADY.

108 8. 7.4. Lewes 63.

Hemsley 223.

Free Salvation, 2 Tim. 1.9., pẨ

JESUS is our great salvation,
Worthy of our best esteem !

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He has sav❜d his favourite nation ; qui
Join'd to sing aloud to him;

He has sav'd us,

Christ alone could us redeem. ok

2 When involv'd in sin and ruin,

And no helper there was found;
Jesus our distress was viewing,
Grace did more than sin abound;
He has call'd us,

With salvation in the sound.

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3 Save us from a mere profession! I
Save us from hypocrisy;
Give us, Lord, the sweet possession
Of thy righteousness and thee:

Best of favours!

None compar'd with this can be.

4 Let us never, Lord, forget thee;

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Make us walk as pilgrims here: "1
We will give thee all the glory
Of the love that brought us near;

Bid us praise thee, qui domnie do ditem
And rejoice with holy fear.

5 Free election, known by calling
Is a privilege divine:

Saints are kept from final falling on
All the glory, Lord, be thine;

All the glory,

All the glory, Lord, is thine.

109 C. M.. Ashley 152. Great Milton 212.

Complete Salvation.

1 SALVATION, thro' our dying God,
Shall surely be complete*;

He paid whate'er his people ow'd,"
And cancell'd all their debt. I

2 He sends his Spirit from above

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Our nature to renew;
Displays his power, reveals his love,
Gives life and comfort too.

3 He heals our wounds, subdues our foes,

And shows our sins forgiv'n;

Conducts us through the wilderness,
And brings us safe to heaven.

4 Salvation now shall be my stay;
A sinner say'd, I'll cry;!
Then gladly quit this mortal clay,
For better joys on high.

110

11. 8. Calne 69. Pithay 191. Distinguishing Grace, Jer. xxxi. 3. 1 IN songs of sublime adoration and praise, Ye pilgrims! for Sion who press,"

Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of days, His rich and distinguishing grace.

• Christ has made a complete atonement for the sins of his people, in that sense His work is finished; -The work of the Spirit, which, at present, in some of the saints, is only begun, in due time shall be completed also; and THEN salvation will be finished, but not before/

2 His love, from eternity fix'd upon you woll b Broke forth and discover'd its flame, [drew, When each with the cords of his kindness he And brought you to love his great name!

30 had he not pitied the state you were in, I Your bosoms his love had ne'er felt: [in sin, You all would have liv'd, would have died too, And sunk with the load of your guilt.

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4 What was there in you that could merit esteem, 4 What was Or give the Creator delight?

'Twas even so, Father! you ever must sing, Because it seem'd good in thy sight.

5 'Twas all of thy grace we were brought to obey! While others were suffer'd to go

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The road which by nature we chose as our way,
Which leads to the regions of woe.

6 Then give all the glory to his holy name,
To him all the glory belongs; or if
Be yours the high joy still to sound forth his fame,
And crown him in each of your songs...'!

111 (1st P.) C.M. Irish 171. Cambridge New 74.

By the Grace of God, I am what I am, 1 Cuf, xv. 10.

1 GREAT God, 'tis from thy sovereign grace That all my blessings flow;

Whate'er I am, or do possess,
I to thy mercy owe.

Liw Da

2 "Tis this my powerful lusts controls, And pardons all my sin;

Spreads life and comfort thro' my soul,.

And makes my nature clean..

3 Tis this upholds me whilst I live, Supports me when I die; ..

And hence ten thousand saints receivervak Their All, as well as Icons Full 23