b 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms,
To our great fathers giv'n;

He takes young children to his arms,
And calls them heirs of heav'n.

o 4 Our God, how faithful are his ways!
His love endures the same;
Nor from the promise of his grace
Blots out the children's name.

HYMN 114. C. M.

Sunday. [*]

The same. Rom. xi, 16, 17.
ENTILES by nature, we belong

e 1 G To the wild olive wood;

o Grace took us from the barren tree,
And grafts us in the good.

-2 With the same blessings grace endows
The Gentile and the Jew;
If pure and holy be the root,

Such are the branches too.

o 3 Then let the children of the saints Be dedicate to God;

e Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord, And wash them in thy blood.

o 4 Thus to the parents, and their seed, Shall thy salvation come;

• And num'rous households meet at last, In one eternal home.

e

HYMN 115. C. M.

Plymouth. [b]

Conviction by the Law. Rom. vii, 8, 9, 14, 24.

LORD, how secure my conscience was,

And felt no inward dread!

I was alive without the law,

And thought my sins were dead.

2 My hopes of heav'n were firm and bright; But since the precept came,

With a convincing pow'r and light,

I find how vile I am.

3 (My guilt appear'd but small before,
Till terribly I saw,

How perfect, holy, just, and pure,

Is thine eternal law.

e 4 Then felt my soul the heavy load, My sins reviv'd again;

I had provok'd a dreadful God,

And all my hopes were slain.)

p 5 I'm like a helpless captive, sold Under the pow'r of sin;

I cannot do the good I would,

Nor keep my conscience clean.
-6 My God, I cry with ev'ry breath,
For some kind pow'r to save;
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.

HYMN 116. L. M.

Love to God and our Neighbour.

1

Bath. [*]

Matt. xxii, 37-40. ▼HUS saith the first, the great command, "Let all thy inward pow'rs unite,

TH

"To love thy Maker, and thy God,

"With utmost vigour and delight.

2 "Then shall thy neighbour, next in place,
"Share thine affection and esteem;
"And let thy kindness to thyself,
"Measure and rule thy love to him."
3 This is the sense that Moses spoke ;
This did the prophets preach and prove;
For want of this the law is broke,
And the whole law's fulfill'd by love.
a 4 But oh! how base our passions are!
How cold our charity and zeal!

-Lord, fill our souls with heav'nly fire,
Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.

HYMN 117. L. M. Blendon. Bath. [*b]
Election Sovereign and Free. Rom. ix, 21-24.
1B He forms his vessels as he please;
EHOLD the potter and the clay,

Such is our God, and such are we,
The subjects of his just decrees.

2 [Doth not the workman's pow'r extend
O'er all the mass, which part to choose,
And mould it for a nobler end,
And which to leave for viler use?]

e 3 May not, the sov'reign Lord on high
Dispense his favours as he will,

Choose some to life, while others die,
And yet be just, and gracious still?

d 4 [What if, to make his terrour known, He lets his patience long endure, Suff'ring vile rebels to go on,

And seal their own destruction sure? 5 What if he means to show his grace, And his electing love employs, To mark out some of mortal race, And form them fit for heav'nly joys?] -6 Shall man reply against the Lord, And call his Maker's ways unjust?— o The thunder of whose dreadful word Can crush a thousand worlds to dust. p But, O my soul, if truth so bright, Should dazzle and confound thy sight; Yet still, his written will obey,

And wait the great decisive day.

g 8 Then he shall make his justice known; And the whole world before his throne, With joy or terrour shall confess

The glory of his righteousness.

HYMN 118. S. M

St. Bridge's. [*]

Sin against the Law and Gospel. John i, 17. Heb.

0

iii, 3, 5, 6; x, 28, 29.

HE law by Moses came;

But peace and truth and love,

Where bro't by Christ, a nobler name,
Descending from above.

2 Amidst the house of God,

Their diff'rent works were done;

Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

3 Then to his new commands
Be strict chedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands,
The Sov'reign and the Head.

• 4 The man who durst despise
The law that Moses brought!
p Behold! how terrible he dies-
For his presumptuous fault.
5 But sorer vengeance falls

On that rebellious race,

Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace.

HYMN 119. C. M. Abridge. [*]

Various success of the Gospel. 1 Cor. i, 23, 24; 2 Cor. ii, 16; 1 Cor. iii, 6, 7.

1

HRIST and his cross is all our theme;
The mystries that we speak

Are scandal in the Jews' esteem,

And folly to the Greek.

o 2 But souls, enlighten'd from above, With joy receive the word;

a

They see what wisdom, pow'r and love,
Shine in their dying Lord.

-3 The vital savour of his name
Restores their fainting breath:
e But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
4 'Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like show'rs of heav'nly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

HYMN 120. C. M. Mear. [*]

Faith of Things unseen. Heb. xi, 1, 3, 8, 10.
1 NAITH is the brightest evidence
FAIT

Of things beyond our sight;

Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heav'nly light.

2 It sets times past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home-
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith, we know the worlds were made,
By God's almighty word;
Abra'am to unknown countries led,

By faith obey'd the Lord.

4 He sought a city fair and high, Built by th' eternal hands;

o And faith assures us, though we die, That heav'nly building stands.

HYMN 121. C. M. St. Martin's. [*]

Children devoted to God. Gen. xvii, 7, 10. Acts xvi, 14,15,33.

1 HUS saith the mercy of the Lord,

TH

"I'll be a God to thee:

"I'll bless thy num'rous race, and they
"Shall be a seed for me." 99

2 Abra'am believ'd the promis'd grace,
And gave his sons to God;
But water seals the blessing now,
That once was seal'd with blood.
3 Thus Lydia sanctified her house,
When she receiv'd the word;
Thus the believing Jailer gave
His household to the Lord.

4 Thus later saints, eternal King,
Thine ancient truth embrace :
To thee their infant offspring bring,
And humbly claim the grace.

HYMN 122. L. M.

Believers buried with Christ.

Quercy. [*]

Rom. vi, 3, 4, &c.

e 1 O we not know that solemn word,

Baptiz'd into his death, and then
Put off the body of our sin?

o 2 Our souls receive diviner breath,
Rais'd from corruption, guilt, and death;
• So from the grave did Christ arise,
And lives to God above the skies.

-3 No more let sin or Satan reign
Over our mortal flesh again;

The various lusts, we serv'd before,
Shall have dominion now no more.

1

HYMN 123. C. M.

The Repenting Prodigal.

Reading. [b*]

Luke xv, 13, &c.

B Has wasted his estate!

EHOLD the wretch, whose lust and wine

He begs a share among the swine,

To taste the husks they eat.

p 2 "I die with hunger here," he cries,
"I starve in foreign lands;

"My father's house has large supplies,
"And bounteous are his hands.

"I'll go, and with a mournful tongue,
"Fall down before his face;