3 Thou hast for sinners died, That all might come to God; The cov'nant thou hast ratified, And seal'd it with thy blood: Thou hast obtain'd the grace That all may turn and live; And now thy offer I embrace,- Thy mercy I receive.
Embracing the all-sufficient Portion.
ND can I yet delay
My little all to give?
To tear my soul from earth away For Jesus to receive?
2 Nay, but I yield, I yield; I can hold out no more: I sink, by dying love compell'd, And own thee conqueror.
3 Though late, I all forsake; My friends, my all, resign: Gracious Redeemer, take, O take, And seal me ever thine.
4 Come, and possess me whole, Nor hence again remove; Settle and fix my wav'ring soul With all thy weight of love.
5 My one desire be this,- Thy only love to know;
To seek and taste no other bliss,- No other good below.
6 My life, my portion thou; Thou all-sufficient art:
My hope, my heavenly treasure, now Enter, and keep my heart.
Laght dawning upon the soul.
UT of the depths of wo,
To thee, O Lord, I cry:
Darkness surrounds me, but I know
That thou art ever nigh.
2 Humbly on thee I wait, Confessing all my sin; Lord, I am knocking at the gate; Open, and take me in.
3 0 hearken to my voice,
Give ear to my complaint; Thou bidd'st the mourning soul rejoice, Thou comfortest the faint.
4 Glory to God above,
The waters soon will cease; For, lo! the swift returning dove Brings home the sign of peace. 5 Though storms his face obscure, And dangers threaten loud; Jehovah's covenant is sure,- His bow is in the cloud.
THE long-lost son, with streaming eyes, From folly just awake,
Reviews his wand'rings with surprise; His heart begins to break.
2 I starve, he cries, nor can I bear The famine in this land,
While servants of my Father share The bounty of his hand.
3 With deep repentance I'll return, And seek my Father's face; Unworthy to be call'd a son, I'll ask a servant's place.
4 Far off the Father saw him move,- In pensive silence mourn,-
And quickly ran, with arms of love, To welcome his return.
5 Through all the courts the tidings flew, And spread the joy around;
The angels tuned their harps anew,— The long-lost son is found!
12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76,
Saved by grace.
ET the world their virtue boast,- Their works of righteousness;
I, a wretch undone and lost,
Am freely saved by grace; Other title I disclaim;
This, only this, is all my plea:I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.
2 Happy they whose joys abound Like Jordan's swelling stream; Who their heaven in Christ have found, And give the praise to him. Meanest foll'wer of the Lamb, His steps I at a distance see:- I the chief of sinners am, But Jesus died for me.
3 Jesus, thou for me hast died, And thou in me wilt live; I shall feel thy death applied; I shall thy life receive: Yet, when melted in the flame
Of love, this shall be all my plea,- I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.
11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76.
The righteousness of faith.
FT I in my heart have said,- Who shall ascend on high, Mount to Christ, my glorious Head, And bring him from the sky? Borne on contemplation's wing, Surely I shall find him there, Where the angels praise their King, And gain the Morning Star. 2 Oft I in my heart have said,— Who to the deep shall stoop, Sink with Christ among the dead, From thence to bring him up? Could I but my heart prepare, By unfeign'd humility,
Christ would quickly enter there, And ever dwell in me.
3 But the righteousness of faith Hath taught me better things:- Inward turn thine eyes,-it saith, While Christ to me it brings:- Christ is ready to impart
Life to all, for life who sigh: In thy mouth and in thy heart The word is ever nigh.
The Lord our righteousness.
LET not the wise their wisdom boast, The mighty glory in their might; The rich in flatt'ring riches trust, Which take their everlasting flight.
2 The rush of num'rous years bears down The most gigantic strength of man; And where is all his wisdom gone, When, dust, he turns to dust again? 3 One only gift can justify
The boasting soul that knows his God; When Jesus doth his blood apply,
I glory in his sprinkled blood.
4 The Lord my righteousness I praise, I triumph in the love divine;
The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace, In Christ to endless ages mine.
6th P. M. 6 lines 78.
The covenant of grace signed and sealed.
JESUS Christ, who stands between Angry Heaven and guilty men, Undertakes to buy our peace; Gives the covenant of grace; Ratifies and makes it good; Signs and seals it with his blood. 2 Life his healing blood imparts, Sprinkled in our peaceful hearts; Abel's blood for vengeance cried; Jesus speaks us justified;
Speaks and calls for better things; Makes us prophets, priests, and kings.
The realizing light of faith.
UTHOR of faith, eternal Word,
Whose Spirit breathes the active flame;
Faith, like its finisher and Lord, To-day, as yesterday, the same:- 2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, And ask the gift unspeakable; Increase in us the kindled fire, In us the work of faith fulfil.
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