11 When time is no more,
We still shall adore
That ocean of love without bottom, or shore.
AIN, 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 :
Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain,
He tasted death for me.
Me to save from endless woe,
The sin-atoning Victim died:
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
3 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 will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
4 Here will I set up my
My fluctuating heart
From the haven of his breast
Shall never more depart.
Whither should a sinner go?
His wounds for me stand open wide:
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
"I know whom I have believed, and
am," &c.-2 Tim. i. 12.
KNOW in whom I have believed,
Who, when this precious faith he gave,
My soul into his hands received,
And bade me trust his power to save:
His Spirit doth my heart assure,
That what I still to him commend
His constant love shall keep secure,
Till faith filled up in sight shall end.
I'M not ashamed to own my Lord,
defend his cause,
Maintain the honour of his word,
The glory of his cross.
2 Jesus, my God! I know his name,
His name is all my trust;
Nor will he put my soul to shame,
Nor let my hope be lost.
3 Firm as his throne his promise stands,
And he can well secure
What I've committed to his hands,
Till the decisive hour.
4 Then will he own my worthless name
Before his Father's face;
And in the new Jerusalem
Appoint my soul a place.
"The truth... shall be with us for ever."
ESUS, we steadfastly believe
The grace thou dost this moment give
Thou wilt the next bestow;
Wilt keep us every moment here,
And show thyself the Finisher,
And never let us go.
"Able to keep you from falling."
Jude 24.
ORD, I believe thy mercy's power,
Which hath my refuge been,
Will still in every future hour
Preserve my soul from sin :
The help for which on thee I call
Shall my protection prove;
And into sin I cannot fall,
While hanging on thy love.
Our Saviour and our King,
Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.
2 "Tis his almighty love,
His counsels and his care,
Preserve us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.
3 He will present our souls
Unblemished and complete,
Before the glory of his face,
With joys divinely great.
4 Then all the chosen seed
Shall meet around the throne,
Shall bless the conduct of his grace,
And make his wonders known.
JESUS, full of truth and grace,
O all-atoning Lamb of God,
I wait to see thy glorious face,
I seek redemption through thy blood.
2 Now in thy strength I strive with thee, My Friend and Advocate with God; Give me the glorious liberty,
Grant me the purchase of thy blood.
3 Thou art the anchor of my hope,
The faithful saying I receive;
Surely thy death shall raise me up,
For thou hast died that I may live.
4 Satan, with all his arts, no more
Me from the gospel hope shall move;
I shall receive the gracious power,
And find the pearl of perfect love.
5 Though nature gives my God the lie,
I all his truth and grace shall know;
I shall, the helpless creature I,
Shall perfect holiness below.
6 My flesh, which cries, "It cannot be,"
Shall silence keep before the Lord;
And earth, and hell, and sin shall flee
At Jesu's everlasting word.
"Heal me, O Lord," &c.-Jer. xvii. 14.
1 THAT health of soul I gasp to know
THAT
Which only Jesus can bestow,
Jesus, thy sovereign skill display,
And take this seed of sin away;
The original infirmity,
O were it now expelled by thee,
Who didst my every pain endure,
And die thyself to effect my cure!
2 The world with feeble saints agree
In vain to urge
"It cannot be !
Sin must remain; howe'er expelled
And healed; ye never can be healed."
I trust my great Physician's skill,
And saved according to thy will,
Shall live, a saint in love complete,
Shall die, a sinner at thy feet.
LESSED are the pure in heart,
They have learned the angel-art,
While on earth in heaven to be,
God, by sense unseen, to see.
2 Cleansed from sin's offensive stain,
Fellowship with him they gain;
Nearness, likeness to their Lord,
Their exceeding great reward.
3 Worshipping in spirit now,
In his inner court they bow,
Bow before the brightening vail,
God's own radiance through it hail.
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