3 Spotless, sincere, without offence, Our souls from every sinful stain. Lord, we believe the promise sure! To keep us pure in life and heart! Pastoral Hymn.] HYMN 285. 6 lines 8's. Let all within us feel his pow'r, place! Who know his power, his grace who prove, Serve him with awe, with reverence love. 2 Lo! God is here! him day and night Th' united choirs of angels sing: To him enthron'd above all height, Heav'n's host their noblest praises bring: Wealth, pleasure, fame, for thee alone; 4 Being of beings! may our praise Still hear and do thy sovereign will: 5 In thee we move:-all things of thee (Fall prostrate, lost in wonder fall, Ye sons of men! for God is Man!) All may we lose, so thee we gain! 6 As flow'rs their op'ning leaves display, And glad drink in the solar fire, So may we catch thy ev'ry ray, So may thy influence us inspire; Thou beam of the eternal beam! Thou purging fire, thou quick'ning flame! 1 Burnham.] HYMN 286. 46's & 2 8's. Y your tuneful voices high: YOUNG men and maidens raise, Old men and children praise Him Three in One, and One in Three, 2 The universal King Let all the world proclaim! Let ev'ry creature sing, His attributes and name! Him Three in One, and One in Three, 3 In his great name alone All excellencies meet: Who sits upon the throne, And shall for ever sit: Him Three in One, and One in Three, 4 Glory to God belongs, Of all in earth and heav'n: Him Three in One, and One in Three, Tunbridge.] HYMN 287. 6 lines 8's. ND can it be that I should gain Died he for me, who caus'd his pain? That thou, my Lord, shouldst die for me! 2 'Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies! Who can explore his strange design! In vain the first-lorn seraph tries To sound the depths of love divine! 'Tis mercy all! let earth adore: Let angel-minds inquire no more. 3 He left his Father's throne above; (So free, so infinite his grace!) Emptied himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race; 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, For, O my God, it found out me! 4 Long my imprison'd spirit lay, Fast bound in sin and nature's night: I woke; the dungeon flam'd with light! 5 No condemnation now I dread, Jesus, and all in him is mine! Alive in him, my living Head, And cloth'd in righteousness divine, Bold I approach the eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ, my own. Thy meritorious passion The pardon bought, thy mercy brought Our only Lord and Saviour, 2 With angels and archangels, 1 We prostrate fall before thee: By all who know, thy love below, Brewer.], HYMN 289. L. M. JESUS, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, my glorious dress: 2 Bold shall I stand in thy great day;- Who died for me, ev'n me t' atone, Light-Street.] HYMN 290. 8 lines 8's. In Christ, our Redeemer, we see For us, who his offers embrace; To drink of his pleasures unknown; As soon as in him we believe, And witness a heaven below. Liberty.] HYMN 291. 6 lines 8's. Wand what my Father's house to thee? THAT am I, O thou glorious God! That thou such mercies hast bestow'd I take the blessing from above, |