Plead, for a lost transgressor, The Blood that cannot fail. I spread my sins before Thee,

I tell them one by one;
O for Thy Name's great glory,
Forgive all I have done.

O by Thy Cross and Passion,
Thy tears and agony,
And crown of cruel fashion,
And death on Calvary :-
By all that untold suffering
Endured by Thee alone ;-
O Priest! O Spotless Offering!
Plead for me, and atone!

And in this heart now broken
Re-enter Thou and reign:
And say, by that dear token,
I am absolved again.
And build me up, and guide me,
And guard me day by day;
And in Thy presence hide me,
And keep my soul alway. Amen.

LI.

To Calvary ascending

With JESUS let us go, Beneath the shadow bending Of all His mighty woe: The Chief of our salvation, Should we not follow nigh, With all His tribulation,

In all His death to die?

The rereward's faint wayfarer
Must stagger with his load,
Where still the standard-bearer
Leads up the mountain road:
Wrung out from life's affliction,
Death has no bitter cup,
So sharp, but crucifixion

Has brimmed its sorrows up.

Does life's last fever burning

Thy couch with anguish toss?
His racked limbs had no turning,

His death-bed was the Cross:
Each vein of life-drops streaming
From soul to crown Divine,
Has, Death, for thy redeeming
A deeper pang than thine.

Art poor? in all thy toiling
See how the Master sped,
His robe, His vesture-spoiling,
His naked, homeless Head:
The fox his hole, the sparrow

Has where to lay her nest,
Those rude beams, hard and narrow,
Are all the SAVIOUR's rest.

Have evil-tongued oppressors
Thy reputation torn?

Hark! numbered with transgressors
He bears the robbers' scorn:
The sharpened nails assailing
Less need the opiate bowl,
Than those fell tongues, impaling
Their iron in His soul.

Dost fear the pains of dying,
When Death has poised his dart?
See! all those arrows flying

Are gathered in His heart:
A moist wind gently sighing

Is now that furnace blast: Death, in His bitter crying, Thy bitterness is past.

LII.

I heard the voice of JESUS say,
"Come unto Me and rest;
Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
Thy head upon My breast."

I came to JESUS as I was-
Weary and worn and sad;
I found in Him a resting place,
And He has made me glad.

I heard the voice of JESUS say, "Behold I freely give

The living water-thirsty one, Stoop down, and drink, and live." I came to JESUS, and I drank

Of that life-giving stream; My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,

And now I live in Him.

I heard the voice of JESUS say,

"I am this dark world's Light, Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise, And all thy day be bright." I looked to JESUS, and I found In Him my Star, my Sun; And in that light of life I'll walk, Till pilgrimage is done.

LIII.

Jerusalem, my happy home!
When shall I come to thee?
When shall my labours have an end?
Thy joys when shall I see?

O happy harbour of the Saints,

O sweet and pleasant soil, In thee no sorrow may be found, No grief, no care, no toil!

In thee no sickness may be seen, No hurt, no ache, no sore; There is no death, nor ugly dole, But Life for evermore.

No dampish mist is seen in thee, No cold nor darksome night; There every soul shines as the sun; There GOD Himself gives light.

There lust and lucre cannot dwell,
There envy bears no sway;
There is no danger, heat, nor cold,
But pleasure every way.

Jerusalem! Jerusalem !
GOD grant I once may see
Thy endless joys, and of the same
Partaker aye to be.

Let me hear that promise

Once for ever made

It is I, thy JESUS,

Be not thou afraid.

Then be near me, JESU,
Enemies shall flee;
Hidden GOD and SAVIOUR,
Thou my Comfort be,
Food, and Priest, and Victim,
Let me feed on Thee.

So shall no fears chill me

On that unknown shore, For in death He conquered

And can die no more.

His Hand guards and guides me To the City's door.

Blesséd warfare over,

Endless Rest alone,
Tears no more, nor sorrow,
Neither sigh nor moan,
But a song of triumph
Round about the Throne.

LVII.

Captain of Salvation,

Victor o'er the grave, In our tribulation

Come with speed to save.

Enemies malignant

Close around us throng, We are few and weary, They are fierce and strong.

Some with torments dire Pierce the shrinking frame, Some with hot desire

Set the heart aflame.

Some with wiles ensnaring

Lure us from the goal, Some with fears despairing Vex the fainting soul.

Thou alone canst help us
In our sore distress,
Who Thyself wast tempted
In the wilderness.

Thou alone canst give us
Medicine to cure,
Who the thorns and scourging
Didst Thyself endure.

Thou alone canst rout them,
Drive them back with loss,
Who didst triumph o'er them
On the saving Cross.

Let angelic armies

Guard us on each side, But Thyself as Leader First in battle ride,

Thou Whose Name is Faithful, Thou Whose vesture glows White with perfect pureness, Red with blood of foes;

LIX.

Gentle Shepherd, Thou hast stilled Now Thy little lamb's long weeping; Ah, how peaceful, pale, and mild, In its narrow bed 'tis sleeping, And no sigh of anguish sore Heaves that little bosom more.

In this world of care and pain, LORD, Thou wouldst no longer leave it, To the sunny heavenly plain Dost Thou now with joy receive it; Clothed in robes of spotless white, Now it dwells with Thee in light.

Ah, LORD JEsu, grant that we Where it lives may soon be living, And the lovely pastures see That its heavenly food are giving, Then the gain of death we prove Though Thou take what most we love.

HYMNS FOR THE DEAD.

LX.

With pain earth's joys are mingled,

Earth's glories will not stay, And, feebler than a shadow,

Like dreams they fade away. In one brief, sudden moment

Death comes to take their place; But Thee we pray, LORD JESU, With Thine unclouded Face, And with Thine own sweet beauty, Thou Who hast loved us best, Look on him Thou hast chosen, And grant Thy servant rest.

Woe for the bitter struggle

That racks the parting soul! Woe for the tears she poureth

When none can make her whole! She looketh to the Angels,

But supplicates in vain;
Her hands to men she stretcheth,
But thence no help may gain.
Then mindful, dearest brethren,
How soon this life must cease,
Pray we to CHRIST for mercy,
And for our brother's peace.

Vain, vain are all possessions
That man can gather here,
They last for us no longer

When death is coming near;
Our wealth hath no abiding,
Fame may not with us go,
When death is hasting onward,
They vanish with their show

And so to CHRIST Eternal

Cry we, of His dear grace,

To grant our brother quiet
In His glad dwelling-place.

;

Where are the world's affections,
Where dreams of earthly gain,
Where are the gold and silver,
And where the serving train?
All, all are dust and ashes,
All are but as a shade,

So to the King Eternal

Be our petition made,

Grant, LORD, Thy ceaseless blessings
To him now called away;

And give him joys unfading,
And rest that lasts for aye.

LXI.

O LORD, to Whom the spirits live
Of all the faithful passed away,
Unto their path that brightness give
Which shineth to the perfect day.

Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

Bless Thou the dead which die in Thee,
And make their painful labours cease,
O purge them from impurity,
And give them everlasting peace.

Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

In Thy green, pleasant pastures feed
The sheep which Thou hast summoned
hence,

And by the still, cool waters lead
Thy flock in loving providence.
Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

Heal Thou the wounds of earthly strife,
Pouring upon the faint Thy balm,
The wearied with the toils of life
Place in the breast of Abraham.

Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

How long, O Holy LORD, how long

Must we and they expectant wait To hear the gladsome bridal song, To see Thee in Thy royal state?

Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

O hearken, SAVIOUR, to their cry,
O rend the heavens and come down,
Make up Thy jewels speedily,
And set them in Thy golden crown.
Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

Direct us with Thine Arm of might,
And bring us, perfected with them,
To dwell within Thy city bright,
The Heavenly Jerusalem.

Light Eternal, JESU blest,

Shine on them, and grant them rest.

the clauses marked *.]

LORD, have mercy, &c.
CHRIST, &c. LORD, &c.

O GOD the FATHER, of heaven,
O GOD the SON, &c.,
O GOD the HOLY GHOST, &c.,
Holy Trinity, One GOD,

O Thou, Who healest those that are broken in heart, Who woundest and makest whole, Who killest and makest alive, Who bringest down to the grave and bringest up,

OThou Who art wont to heal those who pray in their sickness, and Who of Thy great mercy savest all that put their trust in Thee,

*O... didst heal Job when smitten with grievous sores, and savedst Hezekiah in his sickness when he called upon Thee, *O... madest Tobit to see the light of heaven, and heardest the Canaanitish woman entreating for her daughter,

didst deliver Peter's

wife's mother from the fever, and didst raise up to perfect health the woman bowed with an infirmity eighteen years,

*O... didst save the nobleman's son when dying of a fever, and Who didst heal the Centurion's servant by a word,

O... didst heal and cleanse the palsied and the lepers, and didst set free those who were possessed with the devil,

madest the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak, the lame to walk, and the blind

and by Thine own touch didst heal the sick and weakly of their infirmities and plagues,

O ... carriest all our sorrows, and refreshest the weary and heavy laden,

*0..

didst deliver the dead son to his mother, and didst restore the daughter of Jairus to life, and didst raise Lazarus from the grave after four days,

didst visit the sick, and didst promise eternal rewards to those that visit them,

*0. by the shadow of Peter didst deliver many from their diseases, and didst cure many sick by the napkins and girdles of Paul, and Who didst recall a dead man to life through the bones of Elisha,

Have mercy upon us.

O GOD, our helper and our protection, our aid and our deliverer, our strength and patience, our SAVIOUR and Redeemer, the horn also of our salvation, and our refuge, Be merciful and spare us, O LORD.

Be merciful and hear us, O LORD.

Be merciful and deliver us, O LORD.

From all evil and sin, from all weakness and sickness, from all murmuring and impatience.

Good LORD, deliver us.

*From all contagion and pestilence, from the snares of the devil, from sudden death, and from everlasting damnation,

Good LORD, deliver us.

By Thy fasting and temptation, by Thy tears and sorrows, by Thy