Z.

To walk the narrow way.

469.*

T. 214. THOUGH by nature I'm defiled, Jesus' blood hath made me clean; He my sin-sick soul hath healed: Yea, tho' traces still remain Of my former sad condition, When to him for help I cry, He to soothe my grief is nigh Lord, remain my kind physician, I, thy patient, then am sure Thou wilt work a thorough cure. Gregor.

470.*

XXVI.

JESUS, the church's Lord and Head,

blood

The Spirit's influence on us shed, Whom thou, while sinners, by thy (God. Hast ransom'd and brought nigh to 2. Since thou our wretched, lost In mercy didst commiserate, (estate And feeble flesh and blood assume,

To save us from the wrath to come:
3. We are, if we in thee believe,
And from thy fulness grace receive,
Made clean and sanctified by thee,
And serve thy name acceptably.
4. Renew'd in heart, we're then
inclin'd

To live according to thy mind:
Can we do good-with cheerfulness
We do it, and give thee the praise.
5. Whatever honors thee our Lord,
What is call'd virtue in thy word,

Keep us from every harm secure; Our members render thro' thy grace Blest instruments of righteousness. 7. May spirit, soul, and body be A pleasing sacrifice to thee; Thy name we bear, our hearts thou know'st,

In thee alone we place our trust. Z.

HOW can a sinner here below

Be pleasing unto God? By his own righteousness?--O no:

Alone thro' Jesus' blood.

2. When thro' his merits we obtain
The gift of pardoning grace,
A sanctified heart we gain,
And walk in holiness.

3. If anything in us appears
Unlike to Jesus' mind,
To own it with repenting tears,
Ah, may we be inclin'd.

4. A child of God for ever pants
More like his Lord to be;

Tho' with conviction still he grants, That none is good but He.

5. Oft as in spirit Christ he views, This is his humble cry, Which he continually renews: "As thou wast, O were I!

6. Whate'er is carnal, through thy In me be mortified; (grace Thus, clothed in thy righteousness, I shall in thee abide."

Louisa v. Hayn. 473.* T. 185. HE who striveth for sanctification, But is unrenew'd in heart, Feeling yet a secret condemnation, Since with sin he still takes part; He who hath not yet in Christ believed,

WHO thro' Christ's blood remission
Of all his sins hath gain'd,
And without intermission
With Jesus hath remain'd;
To true sanctification

Attains through Jesus' grace,
And in his conversation

Shows forth his Saviour's praise.

2. Our pleasure and our duty,
Though opposite before,
Since we have seen his beauty,
Are join'd to part no more;
It is our highest pleasure,

No less than duty's call,
To love him beyond measure,
And serve him with our all.

475.

Z.

T. 585 BLESSED Jesus, we implore thee, Let us, cleans'd and purified, Walk in grace and truth before thee, And in thee by faith abide; Sanctified :: Both in body and in mind.

2. Unto us thy name's sweet savour
Is as ointment poured forth;
In thine eyes we have found favour,
Tho' deprav'd and void of worth;
And thy banner ::
Over us is love divine.

3. Now the conflict is decided,
We count all things else but loss;
What with thee our hearts divided
Now is nailed to thy cross:

We will glory:||:

In the wounded Lamb of God.

4. We will dwell on Calvary's mountain,

Where the flocks of Zion feed;
Oft resort unto the fountain,
Open'd when the Lord did bleed;
Thence deriving :||:
Grace, and life, and holiness.

5. There, with trimmed lamps we'll tarry,

Till the Lord comes from on high, Watch in prayer and ne'er be weary, But await the midnight cry:

Haste to meet him, :||:
Lo, the Bridegroom draweth nigh.
6. On that day of consummation
May we sinners mercy find,
Saved with complete salvation,
And not one be left behind;

As wise virgins:||:
May we then before thee stand.

480.

T. 586 HALLELUJAH, praise be given Unto Jesus, who for us Left his glorious throne in heaven, And was offer'd on the cross;

That his sufferings:||: Might retrieve our dreadful loss. 2. We behold in him our brother,

Unto us by blood allied: (other, He's our strength, we need no For our wants he will provide; Soul and body:||: May through him be sanctified. 481.

T. 185.

C. Wesley.

Tho' sin cleaveth to us still,