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T. 119.

HOLY Lord, :||:
Holy and almighty Lord,
Thou who, as the great Creator,

Art by all thy works ador'd; Source of universal nature, [blood, And to man, redeem'd by Jesus' Sovereign good; :||:

2 Thanks and praise, :||: Thanks and praise be ever thine, That thy word to us is given,

Teaching us with power divine, That the Lord of earth and heaven, Everlasting life for us to gain, Once was slain. :||:

3 Day nor night, :|: Never let us hold our peace; In his blood-bought congregation Never shall his praises cease; God, as man, made an oblation, Suffer'd, bled, and died, my soul, Joyful be. :||: [for thee;

4 Lord our God, :||: May thy precious, saving word, Till our race is here completed,

Light unto our path afford; And, when in thy presence seated, We to thee will render for thy grace Ceaseless praise. :||: T. 22.

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4 It also shows God's boundless grace Towards the fallen human race, And offers life to every one Who turns in faith to his dear Son. 5 This gospel cheers the poor in heart,

And heavenly riches doth impart; Sets forth the mystery of the cross, And that Christ's blood aton'd for us:

6 It gathers God's elected flock, Beneath the shade of Christ the rock, Serves to instruct us and reprove, Confirms our hope, inflames our love:

7 It keeps believers in the faith
Of Christ and his atoning death;
Prompts us to do God's holy will,
And leads us safe to Salem's hill.
8 Receive our cordial thanks,
O Lord,

For granting us thy holy word;
O may we thereby guided be,
Till we in heaven shall dwell with
thee.

DEAREST Jesus, we are here,
By thy word to gain instruction;
Grant to each an open ear,

And thy Spirit's manuduction; That we, freed from things terresMay aspire to joys celestial. [trial, 2 Reason gives no saving light

Unto fallen human nature; But thy Spirit clears our sight,

Makes the sinner a new creature; And by his divine emotion Prompts our hearts to true devotion. 3 Holy Ghost, eternal God,

We now humbly ask the favour: Shed in all our hearts abroad

The great love of God our Saviour; Bless our prayer and meditation, And accept our supplication. B

T. 106.

4. SPIRIT of truth, essential God, Who didst the saints of old inspire, Shed in their hearts thy love abroad, And touch their lips with sacred fire:

Thou Guide divine, who dost impart The truth to man, instruct each heart.

2 Most holy and almighty Lord, Whose presence fills both earth and heaven,

May we believe the written word,

By thy own inspiration given: Thou only canst its truths explain; Without thy aid we search in vain. 3 Come, thou divine Interpreter, Our sloth and ignorance thou know'st:

Ah, teach us humbly to revere
The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
For all the mercy, truth, and grace,
We in the holy scriptures trace.

"TWAS by an order from the Lord, The ancient prophets spoke hisword; His Spirit did their tongues inspire, And warm'd their hearts with heavenly fire.

2 O God, mine eyes with pleasure look

On the dear volume of thy book;
There my Redeemer's face I see,
And read his name, who died for me.
3 Let the false raptures of the mind
Be lost and vanish in the wind;
Here I can fix my hope secure;
This is thy word, and must endure.
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T. 22.

LORD Jesus, with thy children stay
Till dawn of thy eternal day;
And let thy glorious gospel-light
Meanwhile dispel the gloom of night.

2 In these degenerate, evil days,
We pray for constancy and grace,
That we keep pure, most gracious
Thy holy sacraments & word. [Lord,
3 Thy sacred word is all our boast;
In this thy church can boldly trust;
This doth alone to bliss direct:
All other dortrines we reject.

4 Lord, from such teachers us pre

serve,

As from the holy scriptures swerve, And by false doctrines would deceive The souls who love thee, and believe.

5 The cause and glory, Lord, are thine;

Thy word is pure and truth divine:
Assist us to rely on thee,
And keep us thine eternally.

7.* T. 16. FROM the doctrines I'll ne'er wayer, In the holy scriptures stor'd; O what sweetness do I savour In each sacred covenant-word. 2 And if I myself examine,

While the book I 'fore me hold, " To each truth my heart saith Amen, One the other doth unfold.

3

Speak, O Lord, thy servant heareth What thy holy word declareth With deep awe attentively; Shall my rule and practice be.

8. T. 22. FAIN would 1, dear Redeemer, learn,

Fain what is excellent discern; Thy will would search, my duty know;

O let thy word the secret show. 2 Sigh after sigh to thee I send, That I thy word may comprehend, That word, which, learnt and understood,

Affords the soul enduring food.

3 Let human arts make others wise, My learning from the cross shall rise; Thy wounds, thy passion, death, and

grave

Are all the knowledge that I crave. 4 With pity view me at thy feet; To be instructed, Lord, I wait; Here will I lie, nor wish to rise, Till by thy cross I am made wise. 9.*

T. 97.

GIVE us thy Spirit, Lord, that we, With gladness and humility, The holy scriptures may believe, And with a grateful heart receive As thy own word, to make us truly wise, [vice. And not as man's invention or de

JESUS, thy word is my delight;
There grace and truth are seen;
Ah, could I study day and night,
And meditate therein.

2 The gospel, as a polish'd glass,
Thy glory lets us see;
And by beholding there thy face
We're render'd like to thee,
30 Lamb of God, the book unseal,
And to our hearts explain;
Let all its life and spirit feel,
And heavenly wisdom gain.
4 That thou for us didst live and die,
Make known to us, dear Lord;
To us the promises apply,
Recorded in thy word.

2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts,

In this dark vale of tears;

Life, light, and joy it still imparts, And quells our rising fears.

3 This lamp through all the tediou night

Of life shall guide our way, Till we behold the clearer light Of everlasting day.

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T. 83.
WHAT peace divinely sweet

Fills my soul, when I've the favour To sit down at Jesus' feet,

And his gracious words to savour; Then I open heart and ear: What he saith finds entrance there.

15. T. 89. PRECIOUS Bible, what a treasure Does the word of God afford; All I want for life or pleasure,

Food & medicine, shield & sword: Let the world account me poor, Having this I need no more.

2 Food towhich theworld's a strange Here my hungry soul enjoys; Of excess there is no danger,

Though it fills, it never cloys:
On a dying Christ I feed,
He is meat and drink indeed.
3 When my faith is faint and sickly,
Or when Satan wounds my mind;
Cordials to revive me quickly,

Healing medicines here I find;
To the promises I flee,
Each affords a remedy.

4 In the hour of dark temptation
Satan cannot make me yield:

For this word of consolation

Is to me both sword and shield: While the scripture-truths are sure, From his malice I'm secure.

4 Let these, O God, my soul convert, And make thy servant wise; Let these be gladness to my heart, The day-spring to my eyes. 5 By these may I be warn'd betimes; Who knows the guile within? Lord, save me from presumptuous crimes,

Cleanse me from secret sin.

mind,

O Lord, my strength and righteousness,

With thee acceptance find.

From misery and destruction. 2 Byone man's guilt we were enslav'd To sin, death, and the devil; But by another's grace are sav'd Through faith from all this evil: And as we all by Adam's fall

Were sentenc'd to perdition;
So for us has Christ by his death
Regain'd true life's fruition.

3 Since God bestow'd his only Son
On his rebellious creature,
To save our souls, whichwere undone,
And free our sinful nature
From shame and guilt, by his blood
His death and resurrection; [spilt,
Do not delay, make sure this day
Thy calling and election.

4 I send my cries unto the Lord,
My heart implores this favour,
To grant me of his living word

A never-failing savour;
That sin and shame may lose their
To hinder my salvation; [claim
In Christ, the scope of all my hope,
I fear no condemnation.

5 His word's a lamp unto my feet,
My soul's best information;
My surest guide and path to meet
Eternal consolation;

This light, where'er it doth appear,
Revealeth Christ our Saviour
To all the lost, who firmly trust
In him alone for ever.

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OUR whole salvation doth depend
T. 132.
Our fairest works can ne'er defend
On God's free grace and Spirit;

A boast in our own merit: Deriv'd is all our righteousness From Christ and his atoning grace; He is our Mediator. [done, 2 The Law cried, Justice must be And man doom'd to damnation; But Mercy sent the eternal Son,

Who purchas'd our salvation, Endur'd the cross, despis'd the shame,

And answer'd every legal claim,

To spare the sons of Adam. 3 Christ, having all the law fulfill'd, Thro' his blest cross and passion, Is now the rock whereon we build

Our faith and whole salvation: He is the Lord our righteousness, Whose death hath purchas'd life and

And ransom'd us for ever. [grace, 4 The law reveal'd sin's sinfulness, Enhanc'd the accusation; The gospel brings us saving grace, Hope, joy, and consolation, Bids all lay hold on Jesus' cross; The law could ne'er retrieve our loss,

Ev'n with our best performance. 5 True faith, by Jesus in us wrought, By works is manifested; That faith is empty, which is not By works of love attested:

WHEN the due time had taken place,

God look'd upon the sons of men, Saw them a fallen, sinful race,

Perverse, polluted, and unclean : Then Jesus came to set us free,

And for our guilt to shed his blood: His death procur'd our liberty,

And reconcil'd us unto God.

2 Our Lord now calls continually : "Come, sinners, come to me and Surrender ye yourselves to me, [live; Repenting sinners I receive: My life I freely gave for you:

Now all your wants I will supply, Yea, pardon, rest, and life bestow; O turn to me, why will ye die?" 3 Sinners, attend to Jesus' voice;

He is the Lord our righteousness: Mourn not, but in his name rejoice, Accept of his redeeming grace: He fills the hungry soul with good, The thirsty heart may take its fill; He guides us in the narrow road That leads to Salem's holy hill.

4 Ah, come, Lord Jesus, hear our prayer, [high, Thou worthy Son of God most We humbly ask: our souls prepare, That we may to thy mercy fly; That we may all believe on thee, And on thy flesh & blood may feed, True members of thy body be, For ever join'd to thee our Head. T. 89.

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IN thine image, Lord, thou mad'st

me,

Gav'st me being out of love; Though I fell, yet thou hast sent me Full redemption from above:

Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity.

2 Love, by whom I was ordained
In thy church to have a place,
Ev'n before I life obtained,
Or could know thy saving grace:
Love almighty and divine,
I would be for ever thine.

3 Love, who hast for me endured Keenest pains of death and hell; Love, whose sufferings have procured

More for me than tongue can tell:
Sacred Love, &c.

4 Love, my life, and my salvation,
Light and truth, eternal Word,
Thou alone dost consolation
To my sinking soul afford:
Love almighty, &c.

5

Love, thy yoke I gladly carry, It is easy, gentle, light; Grant that I may ne'er be weary Thee to serve with all my might: Sacred Love, &c.

6 Love, my advocate in heaven,

Pleading for me when oppress'd, Bearing still my name engraven Upon thy high-priestly breast: Love almighty, &c.

7 Love, thou me wilt raise to glory, And as conqueror place before thee, In thy likeness, from the dust, Crown'd with bliss among the Sacred Love, I long to be [just: Thine to all eternity.

CHRIST, the good Shepherd, God's
From all eternity, [own Son,
Urg'd by his love, exchang'd his
His wandering sheep gone far astray
For human misery; [throne
He sought with pungent pain,
And did for all a ransom pay
To bring them home again.

2 One of those sheep, in deserts
Art thou, my sinful soul; [lost,
His life it hath the Shepherd cost
Now hear his voice with gratitude,
To save and make thee whole;

Call on his saving name; For thee he shed his precious blood, And now his own doth claim.