45

46

2 Father, let Thy Holy Spirit
Show to me a Saviour's love,
And prepare me to inherit

Glory, where He reigns above.
There, with saints and angels dwelling,
May I that great love proclaim,
And with them be ever telling,
All the wonders of His name.

Miss D. A. Thrupp.

TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 10.

I

LOVE to think, though I am young,
My Saviour was a child;

That Jesus walked this earth along,
With feet all undefiled.

2 He kept His Father's word of truth,
As I am taught to do;

And while He walked the paths of youth,
He walked in wisdom too.

3 I love to think that He who spake,
And made the blind to see,

And called the sleeping dead to wake,
Was once a child like me:

4 That He who wore the thorny crown,
And tasted death's despair,

Had a kind mother like my own,
And knew her love and care.

5 I know 'twas all for love of me
That He became a child,

And left the heavens so fair to see,
And trod earth's pathway wild.

6 Then, Saviour, who wast once a child,
A child may come to Thee;
And oh, in all Thy mercy mild,

Dear Saviour, come to me.

Rev. E. Paxton Hood.

TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 44.

ESUS was the first to love us :

JESU

Our dear Lord came from the sky,

Lived a weary life of sorrow,

Then a shameful death did die.
We must all have died for ever,
Had not Jesus died instead ;
Now our sins may all be covered,
By the precious blood He shed.

C.M.

8.7. D.

2 Oh, how dearly He has loved us,
Long before we loved at all:
Now with us He standeth pleading,
And His loving voice doth call,
"Do you love Me? do you love Me?"
Now I think I hear Him say;
And He waiteth for the answer,
Which my heart will give to-day.

3 Jesus, Lord, I think I love Thee,
But I want to love Thee more;
Now, I pray Thee, send Thy Spirit,
In my heart Thy love to pour.
"If ye love Me, if ye love Me,"
Hark! again I hear Him say,
"Do the things you know will please Me;
All My loving words obey."

47 TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 47.

JESUS, who lived above the sky,

Came down to be a man and die;

And in the Bible we may see
How very good He used to be.

2 He went about-He was so kind-
To cure poor people who were blind;
And many who were sick and lame,
He pitied them, and did the same.

3 And more than that, He told them too,
The things that God would have them do;
And was so gentle and so mild,

He would have listened to a child.

4 But such a cruel death He died!
He was hung up and crucified !
And those kind hands that did such good,
They nailed them to a cross of wood!

5 And so He died !-and this is why
He came to be a man and die :
The Bible says He came from heaven
That we might have our sins forgiven.
Jane Taylor.

L.M.

48

49

TUNE-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 69.

JESU

ESUS from His throne on high
Came into the world to die;
That I might from sin be free,
Bled and died upon the tree.

Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me;
Yes, Jesus loves me, the Bible tells me so.

2 I can see Him even now,

With His pierced, thorn-clad brow,
Agonizing on the tree :

Oh, what love, and all for me!
3 Now I feel this heart of stone
Drawn to love God's Holy Son,
"Lifted up on Calvary,

Suffering shame and death for me.
4 Jesus, take this heart of mine;
Make it pure, and wholly Thine:
Thou hast bled and died for me,
I will henceforth live for Thee.

Rev. E. P. Hammond.

TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 49.

THE

HERE is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,

Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.

2 We may not know-we cannot tell-
What pains He had to bear;
But we believe it was for us
He hung and suffered there.

3 He died that we might be forgiven,
He died to make us good;

That we might go at last to heaven,
Saved by His precious blood.

4 There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of heaven, and let us in.

5 Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved ;
And we must love Him too,

And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.

Mrs. C. F. Alexander.

(By permission of Messrs. Masters and Co.)

7's.

C.M.

50

TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 50.

LO, at noon 'tis sudden night;

Darkness covers all the sky :
Rocks are rending at the sight!
Children, can you tell me why?
What can all these wonders be?-
Jesus dies on Calvary !

2 Nailed upon the cross, behold

How His tender limbs are torn;
For a royal crown of gold

They have made Him one of thorn;
Cruel hands that dare to bind
Thorns upon a brow so kind!

3 See, the blood is falling fast

From His forehead and His side!
Hark! He now has breathed His last;
With a mighty groan He died!
Children, shall I tell you why
Jesus condescends to die?

4 You were wretched, weak, and vile,
You deserved His holy frown;
But He saw you with a smile;
And to save you hastened down.
Listen, children: this is why
Jesus condescends to die.

5 Come, then, children, come and see;
Lift your little hands to pray,
"Blessed Jesus, pardon me,
Help a guilty sinner," say;

"Since it was for such as I
Thou didst condescend to die."

7's, 6 lines.

Jane Taylor.

51

TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 17.

WHEN Lich the Prince of glory died,

HEN I survey the wondrous cross

My richest gain I count but loss,

And pour contempt on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the cross of Christ my God:
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.

L.M.

52

3 See, from His head, His hands, His feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down :
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an offering far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,

Demands my soul, my life, my all!

Watts.

TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 52.

THERE is a word I fain would speak

Jesus died.

Eyes that weep, and hearts that break :
Jesus died.

No music from the quivering string
Could such sweet sounds of rapture bring;
Oh, may I always love to sing-

Jesus died.

The holy Lord, the bleeding Lamb,
The Crucified, the Great I AM :
There's life in every lovely name :
Jesus died.

3 And now I need not fear to pray:
Jesus died.

He washes all my sins away:

Jesus died.

4 "Twill soothe my heart with death in view:
Jesus died.

And bear me that cold river through:
Jesus died.

That word will heaven's bright gates unclose,
Release me from my mortal woes,

And bear me where His glory glows:

Jesus died.

P.M.

Rev. E. Paxton Hood.