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Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly plains;

Sweet cherubs learn Immanuel's name,
And try their choicest strains...t
Oh, may I bear some humble part
In that immortal song!

Wonder and joy shall tune my heart,

1. And love command my tongue.

DR. WATTS'S LYRICS.

113 C. M. Grove House 143. Hammond 226.

O Lord, say unto my soul, I am thy Salvation, Psalm xxxv. 3.

ALVATION!

SAL

Oh, melodious sound

ALVATtored dying men!

Salvation that from God proceeds,
And leads to God again.

Rescu'd from hell's eternal gloom,
From fiends, and fires, and chains ;
Rais'd to a paradise of bliss,
Where love triumphant reigns!

But may a poor bewilder'd soul,
Sinful and weak as mine,
Presume to raise a trembling eye
To blessings so divine?

The lustre of so bright a bliss
My feeble heart o'erbears;
And unbelief almost perverts
The promise into tears.

My Saviour God, no voice but thine
These dying hopes can raise:

Speak thy salvation to my soul,
And turn my prayer to praise.

DR. DODDRidge.

SCRIPTURE INVITATIONS AND

PROMISES*.

114, (First Part,) L. M. Paul's 246.
Ulverston 149. Gould's 272.

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God reasoning with Men, Isaiah i. 18.

YOME, sinners, saith the mighty God,
NOME,
Heinous as all your crimes have been,
Lo! I descend from mine abode

To reason with the sons of men.

2 No clouds of darkness veil my face,
No vengeful lightnings flash around;
I come with terms of life and peace;
Where sin hath reign'd let grace abound.
Yes, Lord, we will obey thy call,
And to thy gracious sceptre bow;
Oh make our crimson sins like wool,
Our scarlet crimes as white as snow.
So shall our thankful lips repeat
Thy praises with a tuneful voice,"
While, humbly postrate at thy feet,
We wonder, tremble, and rejoice.

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DR. S. STENNETT,

114 (Second Part.) L. M. Rippon's 188. Manning 245. Lebanon 79.

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Seek ye my face, Psalm xxvii. 8.
EHOVAH speaks; Seek ye my face!
My soul admires the wondrous grace:
I'll seek thy face-thy Spirit give!
O let me see thy face and live.

*The section of Hymns, entitled Scripture Invitations, is now enlarged, principally on account of VILLAGE WORSHIP.

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I'll wait; perhaps my Lord may come;
(If I turn back, how sad my doom!)
And, begging, in his way I'll lie
Till the sweet hour he passeth by.

Daily I'll seek with cries and tears,
With secret sighs, and fervent pray'rs;
And, if not heard-I'll weeping sit,
And perish at the Saviour's feet.
But canst thou, Lord! see all my pain,
And bid me seek thy face in vain?
Thou wilt not, canst not, me deceive,-
The soul that seeks thy face shall live.

115 (First Part.) 8.7.4. Helmsley 223.
Jordan 81.

Come and welcome to Jesus Christ, Isaiah lv. 1.

COME, ye sinners poor and wretched,

Weak and wounded, sick and sore!

Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity join'd with power:

He is able,

He is willing: doubt no more.

Come, ye thirsty, come and welcome;
God's free bounty glorify:

True belief, and true repentance,

Every grace that brings us nigh—

Without money,

Come to Jesus Christ, and buy.

Let not conscience make you linger;

Nor of fitness fondly dream:

All the fitness he requireth,
Is to feel your need of him;
This he gives you;

'Tis his Spirit's rising beam.

4 Cóme, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and ruin'd by the fall!
If you tarry till you're better,
You will never come at all:
Not the righteous,

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Sinners, Jesus came to call.
View him prostrate in the garden;
On the ground your Maker lies!
On the bloody tree behold him;
Hear him cry, before he dies,
It is finish'd!

Sinner, will not this suffice?

Lo, th' incarnate God ascended,
Pleads the merit of his blood:
Venture on him, venture wholly,
Let no other trust intrude;
None but Jesus

Can do helpless sinners good.

7 Saints and angels, join'd in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb;

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While the blissful seats of heaven
Sweetly echo with his name!

115 (Second Part.) 8. 7. 4. Helmsley 223. Painswick 162.

The Gospel Message; or, Reconciliation to God.

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INNERS, you are now addressed
In the name of Christ our Lord;

He hath sent a message to you,

Pay attention to his word;

He hath sent it,

Pay attention to his word.

2 Think what you have all been doing,
Think what rebels you have been;
You have spent your lives in nothing
But in adding sin to sin:
All your actions

One continued scene of sin.

3 Yet your long abused Sovereign
Sends to you a message mild,
Loth to execute his vengeance,
Prays you to be reconcil'd:
Hear him woo you,―
Sinners, now be reconcil'd.

4 Pardon now is freely publish'd
Thro' the Mediator's blood;
Who hath died to make atonement
And appease the wrath of God!
Wondrous mercy!

See, it flows through Jesu's blood!
5 In his name, you are entreated
To accept this act of grace;
This the day of your acceptance,
Listen to the terms of peace:
O'delay not,

Listen to the terms of peace.

6 Having thus, then, heard the message, All with heavenly mercy fraught; Go and tell the gracious Jesus

If your will be sav'd or not:

Say, poor sinner,

Will you now be sav'd or not?

MR. FOUNTAIN-one of the Missionaries in
Bengal.

[May be sung to Trowbridge, Tune 21, by omitting the Chorus of each Verse.]