Let me be fastened to thy cross,
Nor ever lose thy sight.

302

S. M.

Departure from Christ lamented.

OH thou, who on the cross
Didst for my sins atone,
Although rebellious, and perverse,
Do not a child disown!

2 Thine by a thousand ties
I am, and still would be;
Confirm my faith-inflame my love,
And draw my soul to thee.

303

L. M.

Returning and choosing God.

MY gracious Lord, whose changeless love To me nor earth nor hell can part, When shall my feet forget to rove?

Ah! what shall fix this faithless heart?

2 Why do these cares my soul divide,
If thou indeed hast set me free?
Why am I thus, if thou hast died-
If thou hast died to ransom me?

3 Great God, thy sovereign aid impart,
And guard the gifts thyself hast given:
My portion thou, my treasure art,
My life, my happiness, and heaven.

4 Would aught with thee my wishes share,
Though dear as life the idol be,
That idol from my breast I'll tear,
Resolved to seek my all from thee.
5 Whate'er I fondly counted mine,
To thee, my Lord, I here restore:

With joy I all for thee resign;
Give me thyself-I ask no more.

MY soul, review the time
In which my God I sought;
I cried aloud for aid divine,
And aid divine he brought.

2 Through all my fainting heart
His secret vigor spread;
To me his strength he did impart,
And raised my drooping head.

3 Now will I raise my voice,

In loud and cheerful song;
With all the saints will I rejoice,
Who to his courts belong.

4 With them the path I'll trace,
Which leads to his abode;

With them I'll sing redeeming grace,
Along the joyful road.

5 Within his sacred walls,

I shall be ever blest;

I'll follow where my Father calls,
And seek his heavenly rest.

305

8s & 4s.

Restoration of God's Favor implored.

CREATE, O God, my powers anew,
Make my whole heart sincere and true;
Oh cast me not in wrath away,
Nor let thy soul-enlivening ray
Still cease to shine.

2 Restore thy favor, bliss divine!
Those heavenly joys that once were mine
Let thy good Spirit, kind and free,
Uphold and guide my steps to thee,
Thou God of love.

3 Then will I teach thy sacred ways;
With holy zeal proclaim thy praise;
Till sinners leave the dangerous road,
Forsake their sins, and turn to God
With hearts sincere.

4 Oh cleanse my guilt, and heal my pain;
Remove the blood-polluted stain:
Then shall my heart adoring trace,
My Saviour God, the boundless grace,
That flows from thee.

306

L. M.

The Christian's Despondency rebuked.

WHY, on the bending willows hung, Israel! still sleeps thy tuneful string?— Still mute remains thy sullen tongue, And Zion's song denies to sing? 2 Awake!-thy sweetest raptures raise; Let harp and voice unite their strains: Thy promised King his sceptre sways; Jesus, thine own Messiah, reigns! 3 By foreign streams no longer roam; Nor, weeping, think of Jordan's flood: In every clime behold a home,

In every temple see thy God.

307

L. M.

Spiritual Insensibility deplored,
OH! what that frozen heart can move,
That melts not at the Saviour's love?
What can that sluggish spirit raise,
That will not sing the Saviour's praise?

2 Yet earthly pleasure still hath charms, And earthly love my bosom warms; Though cold my heart to love divine, And cold, my bleeding Lord! to thine. 3 Lord, draw my best affections hence, Above this world of sin and sense; Cause them to soar beyond the skies, And rest not, till to thee they rise.

308

S. M.

God a Refuge in Trouble.

WHEN overwhelmed with grief,
My heart within me dies,
Helpless, and far from all relief,
To heaven I lift mine eyes.

2 Oh! lead me to the rock

That's high above my head,
And make the covert of thy wings
My shelter and my shade.

3 Within thy presence, Lord,
Forever I'll abide;

Thou art the tower of my defence,
The refuge where I hide.

309

C. M.

Prayer for spiritual Quickening.

AGAIN, indulgent Lord, return,
With sweet and quickening grace,
To cheer and warm my sluggish soul,
And speed me in my race.

2 Awake, my love, my faith, my hope,
My fortitude, and joy:

Vain world, be gone-let things above
My happy thoughts employ.

3 Whilst thee, my Saviour, and my God,
I would forever own;

Drive each rebellious, rival lust,
Each traitor, from the throne.

4 Instruct my mind-my will subdue,
To heaven my passions raise;
And let my life forever be
Devoted to thy praise.

310

7s.

The Citizen of Zion.

WHO, O Lord, when life is o'er,
Shall to heaven's blest mansions soar;
Who, an ever-welcome guest,

In thy holy place shall rest?

2 He, whose heart thy love has warmed; He, whose will to thine conformed, Bids his life unsullied run;

He, whose words and thoughts are one ;— 3 He, who shuns the sinner's road, Loving those who love their God; Who, with hope, and faith unfeigned, Treads the path by thee ordained;— 4 He, who trusts in Christ alone, Not in aught himself hath done :He, great God, shall be thy care, And thy choicest blessings share.

311

L. M.

Penitent View of the Saviour's Sufferings.

LORD, when my thoughts delighted rove
Amid the wonders of thy love,

Sweet hope revives my drooping heart,

And bids intruding fears depart.