Recline thy hope on him alone, Whose pow'r and love forbid despair. [5 Teach my weak heart, O gracious Lord, With stronger faith to call thee mine; Bid me pronounce the blissful word, My Father, God, with joy divine.] 1 IN 55. L. M. Anon. All in all....Col. iii. 11. 'N Christ, I've all my soul's desire ; With boundless wishes large and high, 2 Christ is my hope, my strength, and guide; 3 Christ is the source of all my bliss, 4 Christ is my King to rule and bless, 5 Christ is my strength and portion too, 1 56. C. M. Toplady. All in all....Luke x. 42. COME OMPAR'D with Christ, in all beside, The one thing needful, dearest Lord, G 2 The sense of thy expiring love, Thyself bestow, for thee alone, 3 Less than thyself will not suffice, More than thyself I cannot crave, 5 Whate'er consists not with thy will, 1 I'm rich to all th' intents of bliss, 57. C. M. Humphrys' Col. CH HRIST, as our great physician, heals Relieves the pangs the conscience feels, 2 He sees our many pressing wants And from his own abundance grants 3 He sympathises with our grief; To all our groans; and gives relief, 4 'Tis he subdues our num'rous foes, [5 He manages our mean affairs, And sooths our sorrows and our cares 6 My soul, with sacred rapture, saith, This is the object of my faith, 7 Angels his name with joy confess, 1 Then what can sinners here do less, 58. L. M. Scott. Balm of Gilead....Jer. viii. 22. WE HY droops my soul with grief opprest? 4 Dear Saviour, at thy feet I lie, And swell the song with Jesu's name. 59. C. M. Needham. Brazen Serpent.... Num. xxi. 3. 9...John iii. 14. 1 WHEN Israel's sons, a murm'ring race, Despis'd their heav'nly bread, God bade his fi'ry serpents fly, To strike the rebels dead. 2 Swift like an arrow thro' the air The rebels feel the deadly wound, 3 A part still live; but O, what looks! 4 Now Moses feels his Israel's griefs, A brazen serpent he's to make, 5 How strange the means! but in his hand Not one that view'd the healing brass 6 Thus Jesus on the sacred cross Sinners, now look to him by faith, 1 60. S. M. Hoskins. Bread of Life....John vi. 51. BEHOLD the gift of God! Sinners, adore his name, Who shed for us his precious blood- 2 Behold the living bread Which Jesus came to give, By dying in the sinner's stead, 1 3 Behold the Saviour's love, Who gives his flesh to eat; 4 The Lord delights to give ; He knows you've nought to buy ; 61. L. M. Medley. Breaker....Micah ii. xiii. ING the dear Saviour's glorious fame, SING rous name; Sweet name! and it becomes him well, 2 A mighty Breaker sure is he ; He broke my chains and set me free ; A gracious Breaker to my soul; He breaks, and O, he makes me whole! 1 JE 62. L. M. Faucett. Bridegroom....Isaiah fiv. 5. ESUS, the heav'nly Bridegroom, gave |