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p "Father, I've done thy justice wrong,
"Nor can deserve thy grace."

o 4 He said, and hasten'd to his home,
To seek his father's love;
-The father saw the rebel come,
And all his bowels move.

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u 5 He ran and fell upon his neck, Embrac'd and kiss'd his son;

p The rebel's heart with sorrow brake,

For follies he had done.

06 "Take off his clothes of shame and sin,

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("The father gives command)

• "Dress him in garments white and clean,

"With rings adorn his hand. 7 "A day of feasting I ordain; "Let mirth and joy abound!

s "My son was dead,-and lives again; "Was lost and now is found."

HYMN 124. L. M. Armley. [b*] The First and Second Adam. Rom. v, 12, &c.

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DEEP in the dust, before thy throne.

guilt and our disgrace we own;

a Great God we own th' unhappy name,
Whence sprung our nature, and our shame!
2 Adam the sinner: at his fall
Death, like a conqu'ror, seiz'd us all :
A thousand new-born babes are dead,
By fatal union to their head.

e 3 But whilst our spirits fill'd with awe,
Behold the terrours of thy law,

• We sing the honours of thy grace,
That sent to save our ruin'd race.
4 We sing thine everlasting Son,
Who join'd our nature to his own:
g Adam the Second, from the dust,
Raises the ruins of the first.

e 5 [By the rebellion of one man,
Through all his seed the mischief ran;
-And by one man's obedience now,
Are all his seed made righteous too.
• 6 Where sin did reign and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found

• Abounding life; there glorious grace Reigns through the Lord our righteousness.]

HYMN 125. C. M. Barby. [*]

Christ's Compassion to the Weak and Tempted. Heb.

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iv, 16; v, 7. Matt. xii, 20.

WITH joy we meditate the grace

our High Priest above;

e His heart is made of tenderness,
His bowels melt with love.

p 2 Touch'd with a sympathy within,
He knows our feeble frame;
He knows what sore temptations mean,
For he has felt the same.

--3 But spotless, innocent, and pure,
The great Redeemer stood;
e While Satan's fiery darts he bore,
And did resist to blood.

p 4 He in the days of feeble flesh, Pour'd out his cries and tears; e And in his measure feels afresh What ev'ry member bears.

b 5 (He'll never quench the smoking flax,
But raise it to a flame;

The bruised reed he never breaks,
Nor scorns the meanest name.)

o 6 Then let our humble faith address
His mercy and his pow'r;
• We shall obtain deliv'ring grace,
In the distressing hour.

HYMN 126. L. M. Islington. [*] Charity and Uncharitableness. Rom. xiv, 17, 19. 1 Cor. x, 32. OT diffrent food, nor diff'rent dress, Compose the kingdom of our Lord;

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But peace, and joy, and righteousness,
Faith, and obedience to his word.
2 When weaker Christians we despise,
We do the gospel mighty wrong;
For God, the gracious and the wise,
Receives the feeble with the strong.
3 Let pride and wrath be banish'd hence,
Meekness and love our souls pursue:

Nor shall our practice give offence
To saints, the Gentile, or the Jew.

HYMN 127. L. M. Portugal. [*] Christ's invitation to sinners. Matt. xi, 28-30. 1 " OME hither, all ye weary souls, "Ye heavy laden sinners come;

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"I'll give you rest from all your toils,
"And raise you to my heav'nly home.
2 "They shall find rest, who learn of me,
"I'm of a meek and lowly mind;
"But passion rages like the sea,
"And pride is restless as the wind.

3 "Bless'd is the man, whose shoulders take
"My yoke, and bear it with delight;
"My yoke is easy to his neck,

"My grace shall make the burden light."

o 4 Jesus, we come at thy command,
With faith, and hope, and humble zeal;
Resign our spirits to thy hand,
To mould and guide us at thy will.

HYMN 128. L. M. Green's. [*]
The Apostles' Commission. Mark xvi, 15, &c.
Matt. xxviii, 18, &c.

1 "GO, preach my Gospel,"

saith the Lord; "Bid the whole earth my grace receive

• "He shall be sav'd, who trusts my word;
e "He shall be damn'd, who wont believe.
-2 "I'll make your great commission known,
"And ye shall prove my gospel true;
"By all the works that I have done,
"By all the wonders ye shall do.

g 3 "Go heal the sick; go raise the dead;
"Go cast out devils in my name:
"Nor let my prophets be afraid,

"Tho' Greeks reproach, and Jews blaspheme.
4 "Teach all the nations my commands;
"I'm with you till the world shall end:
'All pow'r is trusted in my hands;

"I can destroy, and I defend."

• 5 He spake, and light shone round his head; On a bright cloud to heav'n he rode :

g They to the farthest nations spread The grace of their ascended God.

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HYMN 129. L. M. Armley. [b*] Abraham offering his Son. Gen. xxii, 6, &c.

SAINTS, at your heavenly Father's word,

Give up your comforts to the Lord;

He shall restore what you resign,
Or grant you blessings more divine.
2 So Abra'am, with obedient hand,
Led forth his son, at God's command;
The wood, the fire, the knife he took;
His arm prepar'd the dreadful stroke.

d 3 "Abra'am, forbear," the angel cry'd,
"Thy faith is known, thy love is try'd;
"Thy son shall live, and in thy seed,
"Shall the whole earth be bless'd indeed."

o 4 Just in the last distressing hour,
The Lord displays deliv'ring pow'r;
The mount of danger is the place,
Where we shall see surprising grace.

HYMN 130. L. M. Sicilian. [b*] Love and Hatred. Phil. ii, 2. Eph. iv, 30, &c. OW by the bowels of my God,

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His sharp distress, his sore complaints,

By his last groans, his dying blood,-
I charge my soul to love the saints.
-2 Clamour and wrath and war begone,
Envy and spite for ever cease;
Let bitter words no more be known,
Amongst the saints, the sons of peace.

e 3 The Spirit, like a peaceful dove,
Flies from the realms of noise and strife;
Why should we vex and grieve His love,
Who seals our souls to heav'nly life?
4 Tender and kind be all our thoughts,
Through all our lives let mercy run:
-So God forgives our num'rous faults,
For the dear sake of Christ his Son.

HYMN 131. L. M. Islington. [b*] The Pharisee and Publican. Luke xviii, 10, &c.

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The Publican and Pharisee!

• One doth his righteousness proclaim,
e The other owns his guilt and shame.
p 2 This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
• That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.

-3 The Lord their diffrent language knows,
And diff'rent answers he bestows:
• The humble soul with grace he crowns,
e Whilst on the proud his anger frowns.
-4 Dear Father, let me never be

Join'd with the boasting Pharisee; e I have no merits of my own,

But plead the suff'rings of thy Son. HYMN 132. L. M. Brentford. Oporto. [*] Holiness and Grace. Titus ii, 10, 13. O let our lips and lives express, The holy Gospel, we profess;

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So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine. 2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad The honours of our Saviour God; When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the pow'r of sin. e 3 Our flesh and sense must be denied, Passion and envy, lust and pride; • Whilst justice, temp'rance, truth and love, Our inward piety approve.

-4 Religion bears our spirits up,

While we expect that blessed hope,• The bright appearance of the Lord ;And faith stands leaning on his word.

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York. [*]

HYMN 133. C. M.
Love and Charity. 1 Cor. xiii, 2-7, 13.
ET Pharisees of high esteem
Their faith and zeal declare;

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All their religion is a dream,
If love be wanting there.

2 Love suffers long with patient eye,

Nor is provok'd in haste;

She lets the present injury die,

And long forgets the past.

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