LET GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR.

[Romans iii. 4.]

I GOD of all power, and truth, and love,
I act my faith on Thee,
Expect Thy promises to prove
Accomplish'd all in me.

2 In hope believing against hope,
Thy faithfulness I plead;
Assured that Thou shalt lift me up,
And make me free indeed.

3 Thou shalt on me Thy Spirit pour,
And make the sinner clean;
In confidence I wait the hour

When I shall cease from sin.
4 I trust that to the life Divine
Thou wilt my soul restore,
And I shall in Thine image shine,
And I shall sin no more.

5 Though Satan all Thy truths deny,
He shall no more deceive;

I cannot give my God the lie,
For I shall surely live.
6 Though men blaspheme the liberty,

The power they never knew,

Let every man a liar be,

So God alone be true.

7 Though nature fail, and flesh and blood Would from the promise start,

God shall His word accomplish, God

Is greater than

8 Through unbelief I stagger not;
Though now my soul is dead,
Quicken'd in Christ, from every thought
Of sin I shall be freed.

9 I shall be perfected in love;

For Thou hast spoke the word,

The servant cannot be above,
But shall be as, his Lord.

to The glory of Thy truth and grace
To Thee, O God, I give;
The vilest of the sinful race,
I without sin shall live.

THY WILL BE DONE IN EARTH, AS IT IS IN HEAVEN.

[Matthew vi. 10.]

I JESU, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
In whom I now believe,

As taught by Thee, in faith I pray,
Expecting to receive.

2 Thy will by me on earth be done
As by the choirs above,

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Who always see Thee on Thy throne,
And glory in Thy love.

I ask in confidence the grace

That I may do Thy will

As angels who behold Thy face,
And all Thy words fulfil.

4 Surely I shall, the sinner I,

Shall serve Thee without fear; My heart no longer gives the lie deceitful prayer.

To my

5 Thee I shall serve without constraint,

Shall every moment please : Those blessed spirits never faint, Nor from Thy service cease.

6 When Thou the work of faith hast wrought I shall be pure within,

Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought;

For angels never sin.

7 From Thee no more shall I depart,
No more unfaithful prove,

But love Thee with a constant heart;
For angels always love.

8 Tell me no more it cannot be,

Ye sons of earth and hell;

The things impossible to me
To God are possible.

9 The world of liars and their god
In vain deny Thee, Lord;

I listen not to flesh and blood,

I hearken to Thy word.

10 The thing for which thou bidd'st me pray Thou promisest to give;

And I shall perfectly obey,

I without sin shall live.

III all Thy holy will shall prove;
I, a weak sinful worm,

When Thee with all my heart I love,

Shall all Thy law perform.

12 The graces of my second birth
To me shall all be given;

And I shall do Thy will on earth
As angels do in heaven.

THE WORD OF OUR GOD SHALL STAND FOR EVER.

[Isaiah xl. 8.]

I PRISONERS of hope, lift up your heads;
The day of liberty draws near;
Jesus, who on the serpent treads,

Shall soon in your behalf appear :
The Lord shall to His temple come;
Prepare your hearts to make Him room.
2 We all shall find, (whom in His word
Himself hath caused to put our trust,)
The Father of our dying Lord

Is ever to His promise just;
Faithful, if we our sins confess,
To cleanse from all unrighteousness.

3 Lord, we confess our sins to Thee;

In sin we were conceived and born:
Plunged in the depth of misery,

We never can to Thee return,
Till Thou our fallen souls convert,
And give the new, believing heart.

4 Now, if Thou canst, withhold the grace
From sinners hungry, mournful, poor,
Who ask Thy love, who seek Thy face,
Who ever knock at mercy's door,

At Jesu's feet who humbly lie,
Resolved at Jesu's feet to die.

5 Yes, Lord, we must believe Thee kind,
Thou never canst unfaithful prove;
Surely we shall Thy mercy find;

Who ask, shall all receive Thy love;
Nor canst Thou it to me deny;

I ask, the chief of sinners, I!

6 'Tis done; my prayer hath pierced the skies, Hath reach'd my gracious Father's ear;

He hears, He answers to my cries;

My God shall in my heart appear;
He hath to me a token given-
This inward peace, this taste of heaven.
7 Wherefore of Him I make my boast,
I triumph in His truth and grace,

I in His faithful mercies trust,

I shall with joy behold His face,
I shall be soon His fix'd abode-
A temple of the living God.

8 O ye of fearful hearts, be strong!

Your downcast hands and eyes lift up!

Ye shall not be forgotten long;

Hope to the end, in Jesus hope!
Tell Him ye wait His grace to prove,
And cannot fail, if God is love!

9 Prisoners of hope, be strong, be bold;

Cast off your doubts, disdain to fear!
Dare to believe; on Christ lay hold!
Wrestle with Christ in mighty prayer:

Tell Him, We will not let Thee go
Till we Thy name, Thy nature know.