I. 264 THOU art the Way: to thee alone From sin and death we flee; 2 Thou art the Truth: thy word alone 3 Thou art the Life; the rending tomb 4 Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life: 14 In flowing tears our guilt we mourn, He has my heart, and he my tongue, 5 2 How great the works his hands have 3 When he redeemed his chosen sons, 4 Nature and time, and earth and skies, 270. THRO' sorrow's night and danger's 2 There, when the turmoil is no more, 3 TERNAL source of light and grace, 4 2 On us, all worthless as we are, It wondrous mercy pours; Sure as the heavens' established course, 3 Inconstant service we repay, And treacherous vows renew; False as the morning's fleeting cloud, And transient as the dew. 5 Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, The bud may have a bitter taste, 6 Blind unbelief is sure to err, TALLIS. C. M. 272 NOW I. [OW shall my solemn vows be paid To that almighty Power, That heard the long requests I made, In my distressful hour. 2 My lips and cheerful heart prepare To make his mercies known; Come, ye that fear my God, and hear The wonders he has done. 8 If sin lay covered in my heart, While prayer employed my tongue: The Lord had shown me no regard, Nor I his praises sung. 4 But God (his name be ever blest) Nor turned from him my poor request, MY God, accept my heart this day, And make it always thine,That I from thee no more may stray, No more from thee decline. 2 Before the cross of him who died, Let every sin be crucified,― Behold, I prostrate fall: Let Christ be all in all! 3 Anoint me with thy heavenly grace, 4 May the dear blood once shed for me, My blest atonement prove,― 5 That I from first to last may be Let every thought, and work,and word, To thee be ever given,― Then life shall be thy service, Lord, 275 THROU II. 277 [of life, HROUGH all the changing scenes The praises of my God shall still 2 My soul shall make her boast in him, Come, magnify the Lord with me, 3 The hosts of God encamp around 4 O! make but trial of his love; How blest they are, and only they, 5 Fear him, ye saints, and you will then Come, make his service your delight; ARISE, O king of grace, arise, And enter to thy rest; Lo! thy church waits with longing 2 Enter, with all thy glorious train, 3 Here, mighty God, accept our vows, 5 Here let him hold a lasting throne, FOR SOCIAL AND PRIVATE WORSHIP. TO Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, The God whom we adore, Be glory as it was, is now And shall be evermore. COME, thou Desire of all thy saints, 3 How should our songs like those above, How should our souls, on wings of Mount upward to the skies! [love, 4 Come, Lord, thy love alone can raise In us the heavenly flame; 5 Then shall our lips resound thy praise, Dear Saviour, let thy glory shine, And fill thy dwellings here, Till life, and love, and joy divine, 278 y soul to Jesus flies; every trouble, sharp and strong, My anchor-hold is firm in him, 2 His comforts bear my spirits up, The sure foundation of my hope 3 Loud hallelujahs sing, my soul, 279 Lo ORD, when I count thy mercies They strike me with surprise; [o'er, Not all the sands that spread the shore, To equal numbers rise. 2 My flesh with fear and wonder stands, And hourly blessings from his hands 3 These on my heart by night I keep; O! may the hour that ends my sleep 4 There, mighty God, thy words declare His form divinely fair; 'LL speak the honors of my King, The secrets of thy will; And still we seek thy mercies there, 281 I. [grace 2 Sweet is thy speech, and heavenly THOU lovely Source of true delight, 3 Gird on thy sword, victorious Prince, Whom I, unseen, adore; Unveil thy beauties to my sight, 2 Thy glory o'er creation shines; Ride with majestic sway; 4 Thy throne, O God, for ever stands, |