An Arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts

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.

REDEMPTION.

HYMN 87. 7's. Rippon's Selection.

Bath-Abbey, Condolence, Cookham.
Redeeming love.
NOW begin the heavenly theme,

Sing aloud in Jesus' name!
Ye, who his salvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming love.
2 Ye, who see the Father's grace
Beaming in the Saviour's face,
As to Canaan on ye move,
Praise and bless redeeming love.
3 Mourning souls, dry up your tears;
Banish all your guilty fears;
See your guilt and curse remove,
Cancell'd by redeeming love.
4 Welcome all, by sin opprest,
Welcome to his sacred rest;
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redeeming love.

5 Hither, then, your musick bring,
Strike aloud each cheerful string;
Mortals, join the host above,
Join to praise redeeming love.

HYMN 88. L. M. Steele. bor
Winchester, Eaton.

Redemption by Christ alone.
1ENSLAV'D by sin, and bound in chains
Beneath its dreadful tyrant sway,
And doom'd to everlasting pains,
We wretched guilty captives lay.
2 Jesus, the Lord, the mighty God,
An all-sufficient ransom paid:
'Invalued price! his precious blood,
For vile, rebellious traitors shed.
3 Jesus the sacrifice became,

To rescue guilty souls from hell:
The spotless, bleeding, dying Lamb,
Beneath avenging justice fell.
4 Amazing goodness! love divine!
O may our grateful hearts adore
The matchless grace; nor yield to sin,
Nor wear its cruel fetters more.

HYMN 89.

REGENERATION.

C. M. Toplady's Coll. *

St. Martins, Cambridge, Exeter.
Efficacious grace.

1AIL! mighty Jeus! how divine
Is thy victorious sword!

The stoutest rebel must resign
At thy commanding word.
2 Deep are the wounds thy arrows give,
They pierce the hardest heart;
Thy smiles of grace the slain revive,
And joy succeeds to smart.
3 Still gird thy sword upon thy thigh,
Ride with majestic sway:
Go forth, great Prince, triumphantly,
And make thy foes obey.

4 And when thy victories are complete,
When all the chosen race
Shall round the throne of glory meet,

To sing thy conquering grace;
50 may my humble soul be found
Among that favour'd band!
And I, with them, thy praise will sound
Throughout Immanuel's land.

HYMN 90. S. M. Doddridge. *

Dover, Watchman.

Vital union to Christ in regeneration.
EAR Saviour, we are thine
By everlasting bonds;
Our names, our hearts we would resign,
Our souls are in thy hands.
2 To thee we still would cleave,
With ever-growing zeal;

If millions tempt us Christ to leave,
O let them ne'er prevail.
3 Thy Spirit shall unite

Our souls to thee our head;
Shall form us to thy image bright,
That we thy paths may tread.
4 Death may our souls divide

From these abodes of clay :
But love shall keep us near thy side
Through all the gloomy way.
Since Christ and we are one,
Why should we doubt or fear?
If he in heaven hath fix'd his throne,
He'll fix his members there.

2 His crimes, with inward grief and shame, The penitent confess'd; Then turn'd his dying eyes to Christ, And thus his prayer address'd: 3" Jesus, thou Son and heir of heaven, "Thou spotless Lamb of God! "I see thee bath'd in sweat and tears, "And welt'ring in thy blood. 4" Yet quickly from these scenes of wo, "In triumph thou shalt rise, "Burst thro' the gloomy shades of death,

"And shine above the skies. 5" Amid the glories of that world, "Dear Saviour, think on me, "And in the victories of thy death Let me a sharer be."

6 His prayer the dying Jesus hears,
And instantly replies,
"To-day thy parting soul shall be
"With me in paradise."

HYMN 92. C. M. Collier's Coll. b or
Windsor, Bedford, Bangor,
Renewing grace..
1 HOW helpless guilty nature lies,
Unconscious of its load!
The heart unchan 'd, can never rise
To happiness and God,

2 Can aught beneath a power divine
The stubborn will subdue?
'Tis thine, eternal Spirit, thine
To form the heart anew. -
3 'Tis thine the passions to recall,
And upwards bid them rise;
And make the scales of error fall
From reason's darken'd eyes.

4 To chase the shades of death away, And bid the sinner live;

A beam of heaven, a vital ray,
"Tis thine alone to give.

5 O change these wretched hearts of ours,
And give them life divine!
Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord, be thine.

SANCTIFICATION.

HYMN 93. C.M. Watts's Lyrics.orb Windsor, Bedford, Abridge.

Sanctification and pardon. 1 WHERE shall we sinners hide

our heads?

Can rocks or mountains save? Or shall we wrap us in the shades Of midnight and the grave? 2 Is there no shelter from the eye Of a revenging God?

HYMN 94. L.M. Watts'‹ Lyrics.orb Green's Hundredth, Carthage.

The law and the gospel; or, Christ a refuge. 1"CURST be the man, forever curst,

"That doth one wilful sin commi'; "Death and damnation for the first, "Without relief, and infinite." 2 Thus Sinai roars, and round the earth, Thunder, and fire, and vengeance flings ; But, Jesus, thy, dear gasping breath, And Calvary, say gentler things! 3" Pardon,and grace, and boundless love, "Streaming along a Saviour's blood; "And life, and joys, and crowns above, "Obtain'd by a dear bleeding God." 4 Hark,how he prays(the charming sound Dwells on his dying lips) "FORGIVE!" And every groan and gaping wound Cries, Father, let the rebels live!" 5 Go, you that rest upon the law, And toil and seek salvation there: Look to the flame that Moses saw, And shrink, and tremble, and despair. 6 But I'll retire beneath the crossSaviour, at thy dear feet I'll lie; And the keen sword, that justice draws, Flaming and red, shall pass me by. HYMN 95. L. M. Watts's Ser. Carthage, Blendon.

or b

The gospel the power of God to salvation. W HAT shall the dying sinner do, That seeks relief for all his wo? Where shall the guilty conscience find Ease for the torment of the mind? 2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven. Or form our natures fit for heaven?

Can souls,all o'er defil'd with sin, [clean? 2 Jesus, thy witness speaks within:
Make their own powers and passions
3 In vain we s arch, in vain we try,
Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh;
'Tis there that power and glory dwell,
Which save rebellious souls from hell.
4 This is the pillar of our hope,
That bears our fainting spirits up;
We read the grace, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.
5 Let men or angels dig the mines,
Where nature's golden treasure shines;
Brought near the doctrine of the cross,
All nature's gold appears but dross.
6 Should vile blasphemers, with disdain,
Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
We'll meet the scandal and the shame,
And sing and triumph in his name.

The mercy which thy words reveal
Refines the heart from sense and sin,
And stamps its own celestial seal.
3 "Tis God's inimitable hand
That moulds and forms the heart anew:
Blasphemers.can no more withstand,
But bow and own thy doctrine true.
4 The guilty wretch that trusts thy blood
Finds peace and pardon at the cross;
The sinful soul, averse to God,
Believes and loves his Maker's laws.
5 Learning and wit may cease their strife,
When miracles with glory shine;
The voice that calls the dead to life
Must be almighty, and divine.

HYMN 96. C. M. Cowper.

York, St. Anns, Devizes.

Legal obedience followed by evangelical.
No serve the Lord aright;
O strength of nature can suffice

And what she has, she misapplies,
For want of clearer light.

2 How long beneath the law I lay,
In bondage and distress.!
I toil'd, the precept to obey;
But toil'd without success.

3 Then, to abstain from outward sin
Was more than I could do;
Now, if I feel its power within,
I feel I hate it too.

4 Then, all my servile works were done
A righteousness to raise;
Now, freely chosen in the Son,
I freely choose his ways.

5" What shall I do?" was then the word,
"That I may worthier grow?
"What shall I render to the Lord ?"
Is my inquiry now.

6 To see the law by Christ fulfill'd,
And hear his pard'ning voice,
Changes a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.

HYMN 98. C. M. Watts's Lyrics.
Cambridge, Tisbury.

God glorious and sinners saved.
FA
ATHER, how wide thy glories shine:
How high thy wonders rise!
Known thro' the earth by thousand signs,
By thousand through the skies.
2 Those mighty orbs proclaim thy power,
Their motions speak thy skill;
And on the wings of every hour
We read thy patience still.

3 But when we view thy strange design,
To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join,
In their divinest forms;

4 Here the' whole Deity is known;
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone,
The justice, or the grace.

5 Now the full glórics of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;
Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains.
60, may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song!
Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,
And love command my tongue.

HYMN 99. C. M. Watts's Sermons. *
London, Bedford.

A rational defence of the gospel.

HYMN 97. L. M. Watts's Sermons.SHALL atheists dare insult the cross

Eaton, Rothwell.

The inward witness to Christianity.

QUESTIONS and doubts be heard

Let Christ and joy be all our theme;
His Spirit seals his gospel sure
To every soul that trusts in him.

SUPPLEMENT.

Of our incarnate God?

Shall infidels revile his truth,
And trample on his blood.

2 What if he choose mysterious ways
To cleanse us from our faults;
May not the works of sovereign grace
Transcend our feeble thoughts?

3 What if his gospel bid us strive
With flesh, and self, and sin?
The prize is most divinely bright
That we are call'd to win.

4 What if the men despis'd on earth,
Still of his grace partake?
This but confirms his truth the more;
For so the prophets spake.

5 Do some, that own his sacred truth,
Indulge their souls in sin?
None should reproach the Saviour's
His laws are pure and clean. [name;
6 Then let our faith be firm and strong,
Our lips profess his word;
Nor ever shun those holy men,
Who fear and love the Lord.

30 come, and with his children taste The blessings of his love; While hope attends the sweet repast Of nobler joys above.

4 There, with united heart and voice, Before the eternal throne,

Ten thousand thousand souls rejoice,
In ecstasies unknown.

5 And yet ten thousand thousand more
Are welcome still to come:
Ye longing souls, the grace adore,
Approach, there yet is room.

HYMN 102. L. M. Lock H. Coll. · Portugal, Wells.

HO every one that thirsts, draw nigh;

('Tis God invites the fallen race;) Mercy and free salvation buy; Buy wine, and milk, and gospel grace. 2 Come to the living waters, come;

INVITATIONS AND PROMISES. Sinners, obey your Maker's call;

HYMN 100. C: M. Fawcett.

Mear, Plymouth, Bangor.

SINNE

Let the wicked forsake his way, &c.
INNERS, the voice of God regard,
'Tis mercy speaks to-day;
He calls you by his sovereign word]
From sin's destructive way.

2 Why will you in the crooked ways
Of sin and folly go?
In pain you travel all your days,
To reap immortal wo!

3 But he that turns to God shall live, Through his abounding grace: His mercy will the guilt forgive

Of those that seek his face. 4 Bow to the sceptre of his word, Renouncing every sin; Submit to him, your sovereign Lord,

And, learn his will divine. 5 His love exceeds your highest thoughts; He pardons like a God; He will forgive your numerous faults, Through a Redeemer's blood.

HYMN 101. C. M. Steele. Irish, Braintrec. An invitation to the gospel feast. 1YE wretched, hungry,starving poor,

Behold a royal feast! Where mercy spreads her bounteous For every humble guest. [store 2 See Jesus stands with open arms: He calls, he bids you come: Guilt holds you back, and fear alarms; But see, there yet is room.

Return, ye weary wanderers, home, And find my grace reach'd out to all. 3 See from the Rock a fountain rise! For you in healing streams it rolls: Money ye need not bring, nor price, Ye lab'ring, burden'd, sin-sick souls. Nothing ye in exchange shall give; Leave all you have and are behind; Frankly the gift of God receive, Pardon and peace in Jesus, find.

HYMN 103. L. M. Steele. b
Quercy, Portugal, Bath.
Weary souls invited to rest.
COME, weary souls, with sins distrest,

Come, and accept the promis'd rest;
The Saviour's gracious call obey,
And cast your gloomy fears away.
Oppress'd with guilt, a painful load,
O come, and spread your woes abroad;
Divine compassion, mighty love,
Will all the painful load remove.
3 Here mercy's boundless ocean flows,
To cleanse your guilt and heal your woes;
Pardon and life, and endless peace;
How rich the gift, how free the grace!
4 Lord, we accept, with thankful heart.
The hope thy gracious words impart;
We come with trembling, yet rejoice,
And bless the kind inviting voice.

HYMN 104. L. M. Fawcett. * Islington, Eaton. As thy days, so shall thy strength be 1 AFFLICTED saint, to Christ draw near,

Thy Saviour's gracious oromise hear;

His faithful word declares to thee,

That, as thy days, thy strength shall be. GRACES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,

2 Let not thy heart despond, and say,
How shall I stand the trying day?
He has engaged, by firm decree,
That, as thy days, thy strength shall be.
3 Thy faith is weak, thy foes are strong;
And, if the conflict should be long,
The Lord will make the tempter flee:
For, as thy days, thy strength shall be..
4 Should persecution rage and flame,
Still trust in thy Redeemer's name;
In fiery trials thou shalt see,
That, as thy days, thy strength shall be
5 When call'd to bear thy weighty cross,
Or sore affliction, pain or loss,
Or deep distress, or poverty,--
Still, as thy days, thy strength shall be.
6 When ghastly death appears in view,
Christ's presence shall thy fears subdue;
He comes to set thy spirit free;
And, as thy days, thy strength shall be.

ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED.

HYMN 107. C. M. Cowper.

Rochester, York, St. Anns.,
Contentment.

FIERCE passions discompose the mind,
As tempests vex the sea;
But calm content and peace we find,
When, Lord, we trust in thee.
In vain by reason, and by rule,
We try to bend the will;
For none but in the Saviour's school!
Can learn the heavenly skill.
3. Since at his feet my soul has sat,
His gracious words to hear,
Contented with my present state,
I cast on him my care.
4" Art thou a sinner, soul?" he said,

"Then how canst thou complain? "How light thy troubles here, if weigh'd "With everlasting pain!

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