I am determined to know nothing, &c. 315

I AM DETERMINED TO KNOW NOTHING SAVE JESUS CHRIST, AND HIM CRUCIFIED.

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[1 Corinthians ii. 2.]

VAIN, delusive world, adieu,

With all of creature good!
Only Jesus I pursue,

Who bought me with His blood:
All thy pleasures I forego,

I trample on thy wealth and pride:
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified.

2 Other knowledge I disdain,
'Tis all but vanity;

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Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain,

He tasted death for me;

Me to save from endless woe

The all-atoning Victim died;

Only Jesus, &c.

Turning to my rest again,

The Saviour I adore;

He relieves my grief and pain,

And bids me weep no more;

Rivers of salvation flow

From out His head, His hands, His side;

Only Jesus, &c.

Here will I set up my rest;

My fluctuating heart

From the haven of Thy breast

Shall never more depart :

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Whither should a sinner go?
His wounds for me stand open wide;

Only Jesus, &c.

What though all I am is sin?

Sin cannot break my peace,

Here is blood to wash me clean

From all unrighteousness;

This shall make me white as snow,

On this for all things I confide;

Only Jesus, &c.

What though earth and hell engage
To shake my soul with fear,
Calmly I defy the rage

Of persecution near;

Suffering faith shall brighter glow, As gold when in the furnace tried;

Only Jesus, &c.

Him to know is life and peace

And pleasure without end;
This is all my happiness,

On Jesus to depend,
Daily in His grace to grow,
And ever in His faith abide ;

Only Jesus, &c.

This saving truth to prove!

Show the length, and breadth, and height,

And depth of Jesu's love!

Fain I would to sinners show

The blood which all may feel applied;

Only Jesus, &c.

I am determined to know nothing, &c. 317

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Him in all my works I seek,

Who hung upon the tree;

Only of His love I speak

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Who freely died for me :
While I sojourn here below,

Of nothing will I think beside;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.

THE SAME.

LET the world their virtue boast,
Their works of righteousness;

I, a wretch undone and lost,

Am freely saved by grace :

Other title I disclaim,

This, only this, is all my plea;

I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me!

Let the stronger sons of God
Their liberty assert,
Justly glory in the blood

That made them pure in heart :
I am full of guilt and shame,
My heart as black as hell I see;
I the chief, &c.

Happy they whose joys abound

Like Jordan's swelling stream,

Who their heaven in Christ have found,
And give the praise to Him;
Let them triumph in His name,

Enjoy their full felicity:

I the chief, &c.

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Blest are they, entirely blest,

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Who can in Him rejoice,

Lean on His beloved breast,

And hear the Bridegroom's voice:

Meanest follower of the Lamb,

His steps I at a distance see;

I the chief, &c.

Outward comforts have I none,

Or sensible delight;

Joy is to my soul unknown,

My day is turn'd to night:
But my God is still the same,

No shade of change in Him can be;
I the chief, &c.

I, like Gideon's fleece, am found
Unwater'd still and dry,

While the dew on all around

Falls plenteous from the sky: Yet my Lord I cannot blame, The Saviour's grace for all is free; I the chief, &c.

Still I see His unfelt grace

Descending from above,

But can neither pray nor praise,

Nor fear my God, nor love:
Yet He suffer'd to redeem

My soul from all iniquity;
I the chief, &c.

Surely He will lift me up,

For I of Him have need;
I cannot give up my hope,
Though I am cold and dead;

Pleading the Promise of Sanctification. 319

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To bring fire on earth He came ;
O that it now might kindled be!
I the chief, &c.

Jesu, Thou for me hast died,
And Thou in me wilt live;
I shall feel Thy death applied,

I shall Thy life receive:
Yet, when melted in the flame
Of love, this shall be all my plea,-

I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me!

PLEADING THE PROMISE OF SANCTIFICATION.

Ezekiel xxxvi. 23, &c.

I GOD of all power, and truth, and grace,
Which shall from age to age endure,
Whose word, when heaven and earth shall pass,
Remains, and stands for ever sure:

2 Calmly to Thee my soul looks up,
And waits Thy promises to prove,
The object of my steadfast hope,
The seal of Thine eternal love.

3 That I Thy mercy may proclaim,

That all mankind Thy truth may see,
Hallow Thy great and glorious name,
And perfect holiness in me.

4 Chose from the world if now I stand
Adorn'd in righteousness Divine,
If brought into the promised land

I justly call the Saviour mine,