IX. SANCTIFICATION.

207.

L. M.

GOD! most merciful and true, Thy nature to my soul impart; 'Stablish with me the covenant new, And stamp Thine image on my heart.

2 To real holiness restored,

Oh! let me gain my Saviour's mind, And in the knowledge of my Lord, Fullness of life eternal find.

3 Remember, Lord, my sins no more,
That them I may no more forget;
But, sunk in guiltless shame, adore
With speechless wonder at Thy feet.

1 O'erwhelmed with Thy stupendous grace
I shall not in Thy presence move,
But breathe unutterable praise,
And rapturous awe, and silent love.

5 Then every murmuring thought and vain
Expires, in sweet confusion lost;
I can not of my cross complain,
I can not of my goodness boast.

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6 Pardoned for all that I have done,
My mouth as in the dust I hide;
And glory give to God alone,
My God forever pacified.

WESLEY.

208.

[ESUS, Thy heavenly grace impart,

That so my chief desire may be
To dedicate myself to Thee.

L. M.

2 Whate'er pursuits my time employ,
Grant that this thought may give me joy:
Thou, Lord, hast apprehended me,
And turned my wayward heart to Thee.

3 Renouncing every worldly thing,
Beneath the covert of Thy wing,
May this my constant feeling be,
That all I want I find in Thee.

209.

FOREVER here my rest shall be,

Close to Thy bleeding side;

This all my hope, and all my plea,
For me the Saviour died.

C.M.

2 My dying Saviour and my God,
Fountain for guilt and sin,
Sprinkle me ever with Thy blood,
And cleanse, and keep me clean.

3 Wash me, and make me thus Thine own;
Wash me, and mine Thou art :
Wash me, but not my feet alone,
My hands, my head, my heart.

4 Th' atonement of Thy blood apply,
Till faith to sight improve':
Till hope in full fruition die,
And all my soul be love.

H! for a heart to praise my God,
A heart from sin set free!

A heart that always feels Thy blood
So freely shed for me.

2 A heart resigned, submissive, meek,
My great Redeemer's throne;
Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.

3 An humble, lowly, contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean!

Which neither life nor death can part
From Him that dwells within.

4 A heart in every thought renewed,
And full of love divine;

Perfect, and right, and pure, and good-
A copy, Lord, of Thine.

5 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart;
Come quickly from above;

Write Thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of Love.

WESLEY

211.

JESUS! let Thy dying cry

JESUS the of my heart;

Its evils cure, its wants supply,
And bid my unbelief depart!

L. M.

2 Slay the dire root and seed of sin;
Prepare for Thee the holiest place;
Then, O essential Love! come in,
And fill Thy house with endless praise.

3 Let me, according to Thy word,

A tender, contrite heart receive, Which grieves at having grieved its Lord, And never can itself forgive:

4 A heart Thy joys and griefs to feel,

A heart that can not faithless prove; ́A heart where Christ alone may dwell, All praise, all meekness, and all love.

WESLEY.

212.

TOW blest the state of saints above,
Perfect in righteousness and love,
Where all is purity and peace,
And holy joys which never cease!

L. M.

2 There reigns the Lord whom we adore,
Glorious in holiness and power,
Arrayed in majesty so bright,

No mortal eye could bear the sight.

3 Know, O my soul! that blissful scene
Can ne'er admit a mind unclean:.
None but the holy shall appear,
And see the Lord in comfort there.

4 Our Saviour, by a heavenly birth,
Calls us to holiness on earth;
Bids us from paths of sin to fly,
And seek the joys above the sky.

5 We must have holy hearts and hands, And feet that go where He commands; A holy will to keep His ways,

And holy lips to speak His praise.

6 Then let our first, our chief pursuit
Be holiness, in all its fruit;

Oh! seek it in the Saviour's grace,
And thus prepare to see His face.

HURN.