666.84 Leoni 90,* 1 2 The Covenant God. THE God of Abram praise, And God [of grace] of love! By earth and heaven confess'd, The God of Abram praise, Its wisdom, fame, and power: 3 The God of Abram praise, 4 He calls a worm his friend, 2 And he shall save me to the end, He by himself hath sworn; I shall, on eagles' wings upborne, I shall behold his face, I shall his power adore, PART THE SECOND. 5 Tho' nature's strength decay, • May be sung as Short Métre, by introducing or repeating two syllables, as in brackets, verse the first. To Canaan's bounds Purge my way The wat'ry deep I pass 6 The goodly land I see vedal, 7 8 9 There milk and honey flow, There dwells the Lord our king, On Sion's sacred height, His kingdom still maintains; For ever reigns...il 911 The ransom'd nations bow}⠀ He shews his scars of love; And sound through all the worlds above The slaughter'd Lambd The whole triumphant host Give thanks to God on high, They ever cry; Takı Hail, Abram's God and mine! I join the heavenly lays; All might and majesty are thine, M . 67 C. M. Missionary 257. Worksop 31. ́) Salem 139. Support in God's Covenant under Trouble, 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 1 MY God, the covenant of thy love Abides for ever sure; And in its matchless grace I feel 2 What tho' my house be not with thee 3 Since thou, the everlasting God, 4 I welcome all thy sov'reign will, And when I know not what thou dost, 5 Thy covenant the last accent claims DR. DODDRIDGE. 68 112th. Scarborough 203. Hoxton 121. Pleading the Covenant, Psalm lxxiv. 20. 1LORD, my God! whose sovereign love Is still the same, nor e'er can move, Look to the covenant and see, Has not thy love been shewn to me?; 2 Be with me still, as heretofore, ou mos And help My stro forward more and more; my stubborn will, incline To be obedient still to thine uillead me by thy gracious hand, And guide me safe to Canaan's land; 6978. Feversham 220. Bath Abbey 147. Redeeming Love... I NOW begin the heavenly theme, Ye,, who his salvation prove, 3 t A I We shall all the fulness prove!! C 7 He subdu'd th' infernal powers,; evol Those tremendous foes of ours From their cursed empire drove, Mighty in redeeming love. 8 Hither, then, your music bring, *་ 70 L. M. Winchester 137. Rothwell 174. Redemption by Christ alone, 1 Pet, i, 18, 19. { 1 ENSLAVED by sin, and bound in chains, Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway, And doomed to everlasting pains, 2 Nor gold nor gems could buy our peace; Nor the whole world's collected store Suffice to purchase or release; A thousand worlds were all too poor. STEELE. 71 8.7. 4. Westbury 51. Calvary 297. ... Finished Redemption. 1 HARK! the voice of love and mercy Sounds aloud from Calvary!' See, it rends the rocks asunder, Hear the dying Saviour cry! 2 It is finish'd!-0 what pleasure Saints the dying words record. |