Love to God for his renewing Grace. 4 Thy single arm, Almighty Lord,
To us the great salvation brought: Thy word, thy all-creating word,
That spake at first the world from nought. 5 For this the saints lift up their voice, And ceaseless praise to thee is given; For this the hosts above rejoice:
We raise the happiness of heaven.
6 For this (no longer sons of night),
To thee our thankful hearts we give;
To thee who call'st us into light;
To thee we die, to thee we live.
Dedication to Christ.
My soul, through my Redeemer's care,
Saved from the second death I feel:
My eyes from tears of dark despair,
My feet from falling into hell.
2 Wherefore to him my feet shall run;
My eyes on his perfections gaze;
My soul shall live for God alone,
And all within me shout his praise.
Love to God for his renewing Grace.
THEE will I love, my strength, my tower;
Thee will I love, my joy, my crown;
Thee will I love with all my power,
In all thy works, and thee alone;
Thee will I love, till the pure fire
Fills my whole soul with chaste desire.
2 Ah! why did I so late thee know?
Thee, lovelier than the sons of ment
Ah! why did I no sooner go
To thee, the only ease in pain?
Ashamed I sigh, and inly mourn,
That I so late to thee did turn.
Redeeming Love.
3 In darkness willingly I stray'd:
I sought thee, yet from thee I roved; Far wide my wand'ring thoughts were spread; Thy creatures more than thee I loved; And now, if more at length I see,
"Tis through thy light, and comes from thee.
4 I thank thee, uncreated Sun,
That thy bright beams on me have shined; I thank thee, who hast overthrown
My foes, and heal'd my wounded mind:
I thank thee, whose enlivening voice
Bids my freed heart in thee rejoice.
5 Thee will I love, my joy, my crown;
Thee will I love, my Lord, my God;
Thee will I love beneath thy frown
Or smile, thy sceptre or thy rod:
What though my flesh and heart decay;
Thee shall I love in endless day. J. WESLEY.*
HYMN 215. 4-7's.
Redeeming Love.
Now begin the heavenly theme,
Sing aloud in Jesu's name:
Ye who now his kindness 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 the God of 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 oppress'd,
Welcome all to Jesu's breast:
Nothing brought him from above,
Nothing but redeeming love.
5 He subdued the infernal powers;
His tremendous foes and ours,
From their cursed empire drove
Mighty in redeeming fove.
Converting Grace.
6 Hither, then, your music bring;
Strike aloud each joyful string:
Mortals, join the host above;
Join to praise redeeming love.
HYMN 216. 8's & 7's.
Grateful Recollection.
COME, thou fount of every blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace:
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise:
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above:
Praise the mount-oh, fix me on it!
Mount of God's unchanging love.
2 Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither, by thy help, I'm come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God:
He, to save my soul from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.
3 Oh! to grace how great a debtor,
Daily I'm constrain'd to be!
Let that grace, Lord, like a fetter,
Bind my wandering heart to thee:
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it;
Prone to leave the God I love-
Here's my heart, oh, take and seal it!
Seal it from thy courts above.
Converting Grace.
To God, my Saviour and my King,
Fain would my soul her tribute bring:
Join me, ye saints, in songs of praise,
For ye have known and felt his grace.
2 Wretched and helpless once I lay,
Just breathing all my life away:
He saw me weltering in my blood,
And felt the pity of a God.
3 With speed he flew to my relief;
Bound up my wounds and soothed my grief; Pour'd joys divine into my heart,
And bade each anxious fear depart.
4 These proofs of love, O blessed Lord!
Deep in my breast I will record;
The life which I from thee receive,
To thee, behold I freely give.
5 My heart and tongue shall tune thy praise,
Through the remainder of my days;
And when I join the powers above,
My soul shall better sing thy love.
FORGIVENESS! 'tis a joyful sound
To malefactors doom'd to die;
Publish the bliss the world around;
Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky.
2 "Tis the rich gift of love divine;
'Tis full, out-measuring every crime
Unclouded all its glories shine,
And feel no change by changing time.
3 O'er sins unnumber'd as the sand,
And like the mountains for their size,
The seas of heavenly grace expand,
The seas of heavenly grace arise.
4 For this stupendous love of heaven,
What grateful honours shall we show!
Where much transgression is forgiven,
Let love in equal ardour glow.
5 By this inspired, let all our days
With fruits of holiness be crown'd;
Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise,
In all abide, in all abound.
The Gracious Change.
WHEN God reveal'd his gracious name,
And changed my mournful state,
My rapture seem'd a pleasing dream,
The grace appear'd so great.
2 The world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess :
My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung thy wondrous grace.
8 Great is the work, my neighbours cried,
And own'd the power divine;
Great is the work, my heart replied,
And be the glory thine.
SECTION I.
PETITION: GENERAL.
4-8's & 2-6's.
The Lord's Prayer.
OUR Father, whose eternal sway
The bright angelic hosts obey,
Oh! Tend thy pitying ear!
When on thy awful name we call,
And at thy feet submissive fall,
Oh! condescend to hear!
2 Far may thy glorious reign extend;
May rebels to thy sceptre bend,
And yield to sovereign love:
May we take pleasure to fulfil
The sacred dictates of thy will,
As angels do above.
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