Wrestling Facob.

8 Yield to me now; for I am weak,
But confident in self-despair:

Speak to my heart, in blessings speak,
Be conquer'd by my instant prayer;
Speak, or Thou never hence shalt move,
And tell me if Thy name is Love.

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9 'Tis Love! 'tis Love! Thou diedst for me;
I hear Thy whisper in my heart:
The morning breaks, the shadows flee:
Pure UNIVERSAL LOVE Thou art;

To me, to all Thy bowels move;
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

10 My prayer hath power with God; the grace
Unspeakable I now receive,

Through faith I see Thee face to face;
I see Thee face to face, and live:
In vain I have not wept and strove;
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

II I know Thee, Saviour, who Thou art,
Jesus, the feeble sinner's Friend;
Nor wilt Thou with the night depart,
But stay, and love me to the end;
Thy mercies never shall remove ;
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

12 The Sun of Righteousness on me

Hath rose with healing in His wings;
Wither'd my nature's strength, from Thee
My soul its life and succour brings;
My help is all laid up above;
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

13 Contented now upon my thigh

I halt, till life's short journey end;
All helplessness, all weakness, I

On Thee alone for strength depend,
Nor have I power from Thee to move;
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

14 Lame as I am, I take the prey,

Hell, earth, and sin with ease o'ercome;

I leap for joy, pursue my way,

And as a bounding hart fly home,
Through all eternity to prove,
Thy nature, and Thy name is Love.

A THANKSGIVING.

1 O WHAT shall I do, My Saviour to praise,
So faithful and true, So plenteous in grace;
So strong to deliver, So good to redeem
The weakest believer That hangs upon Him!

2 How happy the man Whose heart is set free,
The people that can Be joyful in Thee!
Their joy is to walk in The light of Thy face,
And still they are talking Of Jesus's grace.

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Their daily delight Shall be in Thy name,

They shall as their right Thy righteousness claim : Thy righteousness wearing, And cleansed by Thy

blood,

Bold shall they appear in The presence of God.

A Thanksgiving.

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4 For Thou art their boast, Their glory and power; And I also trust To see the glad hour,

My soul's new creation, A life from the dead,
The day of salvation That lifts up my head.

5 For Jesus my Lord Is now my defence,

I trust in His word, None plucks me from thence: Since I have found favour He all things will do, My King and my Saviour Shall make me anew. 6 Yes, Lord, I shall see The bliss of Thine own, Thy secret to me Shall soon be made known, For sorrow and sadness I joy shall receive, And share in the gladness Of all that believe.

ANOTHER.

I O HEAVENLY King, Look down from above,
Assist us to sing Thy mercy and love;
So sweetly o'erflowing, So plenteous the store,
Thou still art bestowing And giving us more.

2 O God of our life, We hallow Thy name;
Our business and strife Is Thee to proclaim;
Accept our thanksgiving For creating grace,
The living, the living Shall show forth Thy praise.

3 Our Father and Lord, Almighty art Thou;
Preserved by Thy word, We worship Thee now,
The bountiful Donor Of all we enjoy;

Our tongues to Thine honour And lives we employ.

4 But O, above all Thy kindness we praise,

From sin and from thrall Which saves the lost race;
Thy Son Thou hast given A world to redeem,
And bring us to heaven Whose trust is in Him.

5 Wherefore of Thy love We sing and rejoice,
With angels above We lift up our voice;
Thy love each believer Shall gladly adore,
For ever and ever, When time is no more.

ANOTHER.

1 My Father, my God, I long for Thy love;
O shed it abroad, Send Christ from above;
My heart ever fainting He only can cheer,
And all things are wanting Till Jesus is there.

2 O when shall my tongue Be fill'd with Thy praise, While all the day long I publish Thy grace,

Thy honour and glory To sinners forth show, Till sinners adore Thee, And own Thou art true! 3 Thy strength and Thy power I now can proclaim, Preserved every hour Through Jesus's name; For Thou art still by me, And holdest my hand; No ill can come nigh me, By faith while I stand.

4 My God is my guide, Thy mercies abound,

On every side They compass me round;

Thou savest me from sickness, From sin dost retrieve, And strengthen my weakness, And bid me believe.

5 Thou holdest my soul In spiritual life,

My foes dost control And quiet their strife;
Thou rulest my passion, My pride and self-will;
To see Thy salvation Thou bidd'st me "Stand still!"

6 I stand and admire Thine outstretched arm,
I walk through the fire And suffer no harm;
Assaulted by evil, I scorn to submit,

The world and the devil Fall under my feet.

Hymn to the Trinity.

7 I wrestle not now, But trample on sin,

For with me art Thou, And shalt be within,
While, stronger and stronger In Jesus's power,
I go on to conquer, Till sin is no more.

HYMN TO THE TRINITY.

1 GOD of unexhausted grace,

Of everlasting love,
Overpower'd before Thy face

I fall, and dare not move.
What hast Thou for sinners done,
For so poor a worm as me?
Thou hast given Thine only Son,
To bring us back to Thee.
2 Suffering, sin-atoning God,

Thy hallow'd name I bless;
Jesus, lavish of Thy blood

To buy the sinner's peace,
Gushing from Thy sacred veins
Let it now my soul o'erflow,
Purge out all my sinful stains,

And wash me white as snow.

3 Holy Ghost, set to Thy seal,
The life of Jesus breathe;
The deep things of God reveal,
Apply my Saviour's death:

With the Father and the Son

Soon as one in Thee I am,
All my nature shall make known
The glories of the Lamb.

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