2 The rush of num'rous years bears down The most gigantic strength of man; And where is all his wisdom gone, When, dust, he turns to dust again? 3 One only gift can justify

The boasting soul that knows his God; When Jesus doth his blood apply, I glory in his sprinkled blood.

4 The Lord my righteousness I praise, I triumph in the love divine;

The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace, In Christ to endless ages mine.

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JESU

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The covenant of grace signed and sealed.
ESUS Christ, who stands between
Angry Heaven and guilty men,
Undertakes to buy our peace;
Gives the covenant of grace;
Ratifies and makes it good;
Signs and seals it with his blood.
2 Life his healing blood imparts,
Sprinkled in our peaceful hearts.
Abel's blood for vengeance cried;
Jesus speaks us justified;

Speaks and calls for better things;
Makes us prophets, priests, and kings.

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The realizing light of faith.

UTHOR of faith, eternal Word,

L. M.

A whose Spirit breathes the active flame;

Faith, like its finisher and Lord,

To-day, as yesterday, the same:2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, And ask the gift unspeakable; Increase in us the kindled fire,

In us the work of faith fulfil.

3 By faith we know thee strong to save: (Save us, a present Saviour thou :) Whate'er we hope, by faith we have; Future, and past, subsisting now.

4 To him that in thy Name believes, Eternal life with thee is given; Into himself he all receives,

Pardon, and holiness, and heaven.

5 The things unknown to feeble sense,
Unseen by reason's glimm'ring ray,
With strong commanding evidence,
Their heavenly origin display.

6 Faith lends its realizing light;
The clouds disperse, the shadows fly;
The' Invisible appears in sight,

And God is seen by mortal eye.

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Salvation only by grace through faith.

E have no outward righteousness,

L. M.

Woments or good works, to plead;

We only can be saved by grace;
Thy grace, O Lord, is free indeed.

2 Save us by grace, through faith alone,-
A faith thou must thyself impart;
A faith that would by works be shown,
A faith that purifies the heart:

3 A faith that doth the mountains move,
A faith that shows our sins forgiven,
A faith that sweetly works by love,
And ascertains our claim to heaven.
4 This is the faith we humbly seek,
The faith in thy all-cleansing blood;
That faith which doth for sinners speak,
O let it speak us up to God!

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The soul's anchor.

OW I have found the ground wherein
Sure my souls anchor may remain
The wounds of Jesus for my sin,

Before the world's foundation slain
Whose mercy shall unshaken stay,
When heaven and earth are fled away.
2 Father, thine everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasses far:
Thy heart still melts with tenderness;
Thine arms of love still open are,
Returning sinners to receive,
That mercy they may taste, and live.
3 O love, thou bottomless abyss!
My sins are swallow'd up in thee;
Cover'd is my unrighteousness,

Nor spot of guilt remains on me:
-While Jesus' blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries.
4 By faith I plunge me in this sea;
Here is my hope, my joy, my rest;
Hither, when hell assails, I flee;

I look into my Saviour's breast: Away, sad doubt and anxious fear! Mercy is all that's written there.

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Faith counted for righteousness. MATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord,My Saviour, and my Head,

FA

I trust in thee, whose powerful word
Hath raised him from the dead.

2 Thou know'st for my offence he died,
And rose again for me;

Fully and freely justified,
That I might live to thee.

3 O God! thy record I believe, In Abrah'm's footsteps tread; And wait, expecting to receive

The Christ, the promised Seed.

4 Faith in thy power thou seest I have,
For thou this faith hast wrought;
Dead souls thou callest from the grave,
And speakest worlds from naught.

5 Eternal life to all mankind
Thou hast in Jesus given:
And all who seek, in him shall find
The happiness of heaven.

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IN

Continued.-Victorious faith.

N hope, against all human hope,
Self-desp'rate, I believe,-

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Thy quick'ning word shall raise me up; Thou wilt thy Spirit give.

2 The thing surpasses all my thought; But faithful is my Lord;

Through unbelief I stagger not,

For God hath spoke the word.

3 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone;

Laughs at impossibilities,

And cries, It shall be done!

4 To thee the glory of thy power
And faithfulness I give;

I shall in Christ, at that glad hour,
And Christ in me shall live.

5 Obedient faith, that waits on thee,
Thou never wilt reprove;

But thou wilt form thy Son in me,
And perfect me in love.

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Peace in believing.

C. M.

JEST

ESUS, to thee I now can fly,
On whom my help is laid:
Oppress'd by sins, I lift mine eye,

And see the shadows fade.
2 Believing on my Lord, I find
A sure and present aid:
On thee alone my constant mind
Be every moment stay'd.

3 Whate'er in me seems wise, or good,
Or strong, I here disclaim:

I wash my garments in the blood
Of the atoning Lamb.

4 Jesus, my strength, my life, my rest,On thee will I depend,

Till summon'd to the marriage-feast,

When faith in sight shall end.

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This is life eternal.

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wisdom own'd by all thy sons,
To me, O God, impart;

The knowledge of the holy ones,—
The understanding heart.
Thy name, O holy Father, tell

To one who would believe;
To me thine only Son reveal,-
Thy Holy Spirit give.

2 'Tis life eternal to believe

The heavenly Persons mine: Father, and Son, and Spirit give That precious faith divine.

A Trinity in Unity

My soul shall then adore;

And love, and praise, and worship thee, Jehovah, evermore.