3 Thou Sun of suns, whose dazzling light
Tries and confounds an angel's sight!
How shall I glance mine eye at thee
In all thy vast immensity?
4 Yet I may be allow'd to trace as
The distant shadows of thy face;
As, in the pale and sickly moon, I
We trace the image of the sun.
5 In every work thy hands have made,
Thy power and wisdom are display'd;
But, Oh! what glories all divine
In my incarnate Saviour shine!
6 He is my Sun: beneath his wings
My soul securely sits and sings;
And there enjoys, like those above,
The balmy influence of thy love.
7 Oh, may the vital strength and heat,
His cheering beams communicate,
Enable me my course to run
With the same vigour as the sun!
200 C.M. New York 33. Condescension 116.
Christ the VINE, and Believers the Branches, John xv. 1-5.
ESUS, immutably the same!
JThou true and living Vine!
Around thy all-supporting stem
My feeble arms I twine.
Quicken'd by thee, and kept alive,
I flourish and bear fruit:
My life I from thy sap derive,
"My vigour from thy root,
I can do nothing without thee;
My strength is wholly thine;
Wither'd and barren should I be
If sever'd from the Vine.
Upon my leaf, when parch'd with heat,
Refreshing dew shall drop;
The plant, which thy right-hand hath set,
Shall ne'er be rooted up.
Each moment, water'd by thy care,
And fenc'd with power divine,
Fruit to eternal life shall bear
The feeblest branch of thine.
201 L.M. Leeds 19. Lewton 30..
06 WAY to Canaan.
ESUS, my all, to heaven is gone;
He, whom I fix my hopes upon!
Iis track I see, and I'll pursue
The narrow way, till him I view.
The way the holy prophets went
The road that leads from banishment
The king's highway of holiness-→→→→
I'll go; for all his paths are peace.
This is the way I long have sought,
And mourn'd because I found it not:
My grief, and burden, long has been
Because I could not cease from sin.
The more I strove against its pow'r,
I sine'd and stumbl'd but the more,
Till late I heard my Saviour say
Come hither, soul, I am the Way.
Lo! glad I come! and thou, blest Lamb,
Shalt take me to thee
as I am!
My sinful self to thee I give;
Nothing but love shall I receive.
Then will I tell to sinners round
What a dear Saviour I have found:
I'll point to thy redeeming blood,
And say-Behold the way to God!
202 8, 8, 6: Broadmead 150. Chatham 59. WAY, TRUTH, and LIFE, John xiv. 6.
1 THERE is no path to heav'nly bliss,
Or solid joy, or lasting peace,
But Christ, th' appointed road:
may we tread the sacred Way!
Oh,
By faith rejoice, and praise, and pray,
Till we sit down with God ad aff
3 VOTIENST
2 The types and shadows of the word
Unite in Christ, the man,
the Lord,
The Saviour just, and true:
Oh, may we all his word believe!
And all his promises receive,
And all his precepts do.
3 As he above for ever lives,
And Life to dying sinners gives
Eternal and divine;
203 L.M. Bramcoate 8. Langdon 217. WISDOM, RIGHTEOUSNESS, SANCTIFICATION, and REDEMPTION, 1 Cor. i. 30, 31.
1 MY God! assist me while I raise
An anthem of harmonious praise :
My heart thy wonders shall proclaim,
And spread its banners in thy name.
2 In Christ I view a store divine;
My father, all that store is thine!
By thee prepar'd, by thee bestow'd:
Hail to the Saviour and the God!
3 When gloomy shades my soul o'erspread,
Let there be light, th' almighty said!
And Christ, my sun, his beams displays,
And scatters round celestial rays.
4 Condemn'd, thy criminal I stood,
And awful Justice ask'd my blood:
That welcome Saviour, from thy throne,
Brought righteousness and pardon down.
5 My soul was all o'erspread with sin;
And lo! his grace hath made me clean!
He rescues from th' infernal foe,
And full redemption will bestow.
6 Ye saints, assist my grateful tongue!
Ye angels, warble back my song!
For love like this demands the praise
Of heavenly harps and endless days.
204 C.M. Bedford 91. Brighthelmstone 208.
NOMPAR'D with Christ, in all beside
No comeliness I see:
THE INFLUENCES AND GRACES OF THE SPIRIT.
206 (First Part.) 112th. Carey's 11. Hoxton 121.
The promised Comforter, John xiv. 16–18.
JESUS, we hang upon the word
Our longing souls have heard from thee;
Be mindful of thy promise, Lord,
Thy promise made to such as me;
To such as Zion's paths pursue,
And would believe that God is true.
2 Thou say'st, I will the Father pray,
And he the Comforter shall give,
Shall give him in your hearts to stay,
And never more his temples leave;
Myself will to my orphans come,
And make you mine eternal home.",
3 Come then, dear Lord! thyself reveal,
And let the promise now take place;
Be it according to thy will,
According to the word of grace!
Thy sorrowful disciples cheer,
And sends us down the Comforter.
4 He visits oft the troubled breast,
And oft relieves our sad complaint;
But soon we lose the transient guest,
But soon we droop again and faint,-
Repeat the melancholy moan,
Our joy is fled, our comfort gone!
5 Hasten him, Lord, into each heart,
Our sure inseparable guide:
Oh may we meet and never part!
may he in our hearts abide!
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