2 Thou standest in the holiest place, Thy blood is still our ransom found, 3 We need not now go up to heaven Thou dost e'en now thy banquet crown ;To every faithful soul appear, And show thy real presence here. 277 0 A foretaste of glory. WHAT delight is this, S. M. Which now in Christ we know,- 2 When He the table spreads, 3 The Lamb for sinners slain, 4 Let earth and heaven be join'd, And hymn the Saviour of mankind 278 Rejoicing at the table, with godly sorrow. 10 Jesus, our exalted Lord, L. M. The Wane by heaven and earth adored, Fain would our hearts and voices raise A cheerful song of sacred praise. 2 But all the notes which mortals know, Are weak, and languishing, and low; Far, far above our humble songs, The theme demands immortal tongues. 3 Yet while around his board we meet, And humbly worship at his feet, O let our warm affections move, In glad returns of grateful love! 4 Let humble, penitential wo, In tears of godly sorrow flow; And thy forgiving smiles impart Life, hope, and joy to every heart. 279 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. 2 Come, thou Witness of his dying; 280 Universal gladness and joy. LORY to God on high, Our peace is made with Heaven; The Son of God came down to die, That we might be forgiven. S. M. 2 His precious blood was shed, 4 The Father gives the Son; The Son, his flesh and blood: The Spirit seals; and faith puts on, 281 JESUS 9th P. M. 87, 87, 87, 87. The heavenly banquet. ESUS spreads his banner o'er us, In thy suff'rings on the tree; 282 5th P. M. 4 lines 7s. Pardon-grace-glory. of God, triumphant rise; Shout your sins in Christ forgiven,- 2 Love's mysterious work is done; 3 Him by faith we taste below, 283 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. For a parting blessing. L AMB of God, whose dying love We now recall to mind, Send the answer from above, And let us mercy find: And every struggling soul release; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace 2 By thine agonizing pain, And bloody sweat, we pray, By thy dying love to man, Take all our sins away: And bid us go in peace! 3 Let thy blood, by faith applied, The sinner's pardon seal; Speak us freely justified, And all our sickness heal: By thy passion on the tree, Let all our griefs and troubles cease; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! PROVISIONS AND PROMISES OF THE GOSPEL. 284 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. The Fountain of living waters. FOUNTAIN of life and of grace In Christ, our Redeemer, we see: For us, who his offers embrace, For all, it is open and free: Jehovah, himself, doth invite To drink of his pleasures unknown: The streams of immortal delight, That flow from his heavenly throne. 2 As soon as in him we believe, By faith of his Spirit we take: And, freely forgiven, receive The mercy for Jesus's sake! We gain a pure drop of his love; The life of eternity know; Angelical happiness prove, And witness a heaven below. 285 THE All-sufficiency of the gospel. C. M. HE gospel! O, what endless charms Its influence every fear disarms, ་ ་ 2 Here pardon, life, and joy divine, In rich effusion flow, For guilty rebels, lost in sin, And doom'd to endless wo. 3 The' almighty Former of the skies Stoops to our vile abode; While angels view with wond'ring eyes, And hail the' incarnate God. |