4 Thro' that rich blood, which from the wounds Of Jefu's body ran,

Free grace and mercy now abounds
To wretched fallen man,

5 This precious blood the debt has paid;
This ends the legal ftrife:
Believing this we're happy made,
And pafs from death to life,

145.

The Door of Hope.

But one thing thou lackeft. Mark x. 21,
One thing is needful. Luke x. 42,
Ye must be born again. John iii. 7.

I WHERE must a finner fly,
Who feels his guilty load,

And ftands condemn'd to die
By the ftrict law of God?
Can any door of hope be found?
There's furely none on nature's ground!

2 What if he mend his life,

And pour out floods of tears,

And pray with fervent ftrife?
Thefe pay no paft arrears:
The law, with unrelenting breath,
Declares the wage of fin is death.

3 But oh! good news of grace To finners loft and poor, Who feek the Saviour's face,

And knock at mercy's door:

To them the Lord that grace imparts
Which never fails to cleanse their hearts,

4 All hail! we blefs the Lord,

His

Who bought us with his blood;
grace and

mercy we record,
Who brought us home to God:
On earth we fing his bleeding love,
And long to reign with him above,

146.

Mercy is for the Miferable,

The whole need not a phyfician. Matt. ix. 12.
To the afflicted pity fhould be fhewed. Job vi. 14.
Tell me which will love moft-He to whom he for-
gave most. Luke vii. 42, 43.

ME

ERCY is welcome news indeed
To those who guilty ftand:

Wretches who feel what help they need
Will bless the helping hand.

2 Who rightly would his alms difpofe
Muft give them to the poor:

None but the wounded patient knows
The bleffings of a cure.

3 We all have finn'd against our God;
Exception none can boast;

But he who feels the heaviest load
Will prize deliv'rance most.

4 But, let our debts be what they may,
However great or small,

As foon as we have nought to pay,
The Lord forgives us all.

147.

Supply for all our Needs.

What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? Matt.

x 51.

Is any thing too hard for the Lord? Gen. xiii. 18. He filled the hungry with good things. Luke i. 52.

F finners come with all their needs,

IF

For finners Jefus intercedes:

Come, fay what are your deep complaints;
Freely lay open all your wants.

2 Do you take thought for clothes or food,
Or any other temp❜ral good?

From those who feek him, we are told,
The Lord will no good thing withhold.

3 Do you want pardon for your fin?
The blood of Chrift can make you
To those who in the Son believe
God will both grace and glory give.

4 Are you bewilder'd in your mind,
Seeking the truth, but cannot find?
The Spirit muft that truth display,
Who leads the blind by a right way.

clean:

5 Do your convictions ftill increase?
God best knows when to give you peace;
And will he bring unto the birth,
And not give strength to iffue forth?

6 You find your wound incurable
To all the efforts of your will;
But, when his blood the Lord applies,
That cures the worft of maladies.

1s

7 Are you backflidden from the Lord?
your mifconduct known abroad?
God's faithfulness must still remain :
He'll bring his wand'rers back again.

8 Are you with fore temptations preft?
Yet Christ, a merciful High Priest,
In all points tempted like as we,
Feels with the tend'reft fympathy.

148.

Jefus wept.

fejus wept.-See how he loved him! John ii. 35We have not an High Prieft who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities. Heb. iv. 15. I do fet up my bow in the cloud; and it fhall be for. a token of a covenant. Gen. ix. 13.

I

THE heart of Jefus glows
With love divinely free;

And Jefus only knows

What love he bears to me:
Yet feelingly I fometimes fing
The praifes of my God and King.
2 He wept-fuch was the spoil
Which fin and fatan made!
He wept-but with a smile
Afforded man his aid.

He wept-but ah! what wond'rous grace
Did then appear in Jefu's face!

3 Poor drooping foul, attend!
He all thy burdens bears:
Behold this weeping friend,

Who weeps and wipes thy tears:

A weeping Saviour well fuits thee;
And weeping fouls he loves to fee.