COURAGE IN CONFESSING HIM. 8,7s. Double. H. F. LYTE. 717 Lo, we have left all, and have followed Thee. Mark x. 28. Ι ESUS, I my cross have taken, All I've sought, and hoped, and known; God and heaven are still mine own. 2 Let the world despise and leave me ; 3 Man may trouble and distress me, 'Twill but drive me to Thy breast; 4 Soul! then, know thy full salvation; Armed by faith and winged by prayer ; 718 I 'J L.M. Ashamed of Me.-Mark viii. 38. ESUS, and can it ever be? A mortal man ashamed of Thee; [GREGG.] Scorned be the thought by rich and poor; 2 Ashamed of Jesus! that dear Friend, 3 Ashamed of Jesus! Yes, I may, When I've no crimes to wash away, 4 Till then-nor is the boasting vain- REJOICING IN IOS. Six lines. HIM. H. F. LYTE. 719 The Lord knoweth them that are His. I L 2 Timothy ii. 19. ONG did I toil, and knew no earthly rest; Far did I rove, and found no certain home; At last I sought them in His sheltering breast, Who opes His arms, and bids the weary come. With Him I found a home, a rest divine; And I since then am His, and He is mine. 2 The good I have is from His stores supplied; The ill is only what He deems the best ; He for my Friend, I'm rich with nought beside; And poor without Him, though of all possessed. Changes may come; I take, or I resign; Content while I am His, while He is mine. 3 Whate'er may change, in Him no change is seen; A glorious sun, that wanes not, nor declines; Above the clouds and storms He walks serene, And sweetly on His people's darkness shines. All may depart; I fret not, nor repine, While I my Saviour's am, while He is mine. 4 He stays me falling, lifts me up when down, Reclaims me wandering, guards from every foe; Plants on my worthless brow the victor's crown, Which, in return, before His feet I throw, Grieved that I cannot better grace His shrine, Who deigns to own me His, as He is mine. ́5 While here, alas! I know but half His love; Is there on earth a closer bond than this- 2 Thine am I by all ties ; That through Thy sacrifice Thou, Lord, art mine. By Thine own cords of love, so sweetly wound Around me, I to Thee am closely bound. 3 To Thee, Thou bleeding Lamb, I all things owe; All that I have and am, And all I know. All that I have is now no longer mine, 4 How can I, Lord, withhold Life's brightest hour From Thee; or gathered gold, Or any power? Why should I keep one precious thing from Thee, When Thou hast given Thine own dear self for me? 5 I pray Thee, Saviour, keep Until death's holy sleep To that fair realm where, sin and sorrow o'er, L.M. 721 The Lord hath set apart him that is godly for I Himself.-Psalm iv. 3. OW blest is life if lived for Thee, No pleasures springing from the earth, 2 To know I am Thy ransomed child, 3 To walk all day beneath Thy smile, 4 To feel that though I journey on 5 Surely such love should make me glad, Strong in Thy strength to work or rest, Until I see Thee face to face, And in Thy light am fully blest. |