HYMN 2. C. M. The Excellence of Scripture. Tim. iii. 16. Rom. xv. 4. FA ATHER of mercies, in thy word For ever be thy name ador'd For these celestial lines. 2 Here may the wretched sons of want Riches, above what earth can grant; 3 Here, the fair tree of knowledge grows, 4 Here the Redeemer's welcome voice Attend the blissful sound. 5 Oh may these heavenly pages be 6 Divine Instructer, gracious Lord! Teach me to love thy sacred word, HYMN 3. C. M. MRS. STEELE. Praise for the Gospel. Ps. xcvi. 1. Luke iii. 5, 6. 2 He spake the word to Abr'am first, The Gentiles make his name their trust, 3 Let the whole earth his love proclaim, And spread the honours of his name, HYMN 4. L. M. WATTS. First and Second Adam. Rom. v. 14. 1 Cor. xv. L 21, 22 ORD, what was man when made at first, That thou should'st set him and his race 2 That thou should'st raise his nature so, 3 But, O! what brighter glories wait 4 See him below his angels made, 5 The world to come, redeem'd from all WATTS. HYMN 5. L. M. Christ and the Church. Ps. xlviii. 10. xlvii. 9. c. 4, 5. THE HE King of saints, how fair his face, 2 At his right hand, our eyes behold 3 He forms her beauties like his own, 4 So shall the King the more rejoice 6 Let endless honours crown his head; WATTS. HYMN 6. Eights and Sevens Metre. Consolation of Israel. Isa. xlix. 13. xl. 1.2. Luke ii. 25, 26. NOME, thou long expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free: From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in Thee. 2 Israel's strength and consolation, Rule in all our hearts alone; Raise us to thy glorious throne. HYMN 7. C. M. HART. Desire of all nations. Hag. ii. 7. Job. xiv. 15. Isa. xxvi. 8. NFINITE excellence is thine, INF Thou lovely Prince of Grace; Thine uncreated beauties shine 2 Sinners, from earth's remotest end, To Thee their pray'rs and vows ascend, 3 Thy name, as precious ointment shed, 4 Millions of happy spirits live On thine exhaustless store; From thee they all their bliss receive, 5 Thou art their triumph, and their joy; Thy glories will their tongues employ RIPPON'S Coll. HYMN 8. L. M. Universal Praise. Ps. lxvi. 4. Rev. v. 13. FRO ROM all that dwell below the skies Let the Redeemer's name be sung 2 Eternal are thy mercies, Lord; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise to set no more. HYMN 9. C. M. WATTS. Fountain opened. Zec. xiii. 1. Psa. xxxvi. 9. Isa. xii. 18. THERE is a fountain fill'd with blood, Drawn from Immanuel's veins; And sinners plung'd beneath that flood, Lose all their guilty stains. 2 The dying thief rejoic'd to see O may I there, though vile as he, 3 Dear, dying Lamb, thy precious blood Till all the ransom'd church of God 4 E'er since, by faith, I saw the stream, Redeeming love has been my theme, 5 But when this lisping, stamm'ring tongue COWPER. |