1031.* T. 58.

LORD God, Abba Father,
The whole creation

With us unites in praise and adora-
tion,
To thy great name.

2. Unto thee we render

Eternal praises,
For having manifested in Christ Jesus
Thy love to us.

1032.* T.125.

OUR Father, great and glorious,
On heav'n's exalted throne,
Thy kingdom prove victorious,
That Jesus Christ, thy Son,
May for his death and passion,
From ev'ry tongue and nation,
Receive a rich reward.

1033. T. 68.

O eternal Word,

Jesus Christ, our Lord!

While the hosts of heav'n adore thee,

1035.* T. 22.

GOD Holy Ghost, how gloriously,
In Christs' redeemed property,
Is thy almighty pow'r display'd,
The same that earth and heaven made.
2.When thou thy unction dost impart,
And breath'st new life into the heart,
When thy all-penetrating light
Dispels the thickest gloom of night,
3. When thou revealest Christ to us,
And guid'st our eyes unto his cross,
Thy pow'r divine both far and near,
In countless wonders doth appear.
1036. T.341.

We with awe fall down before thee, THOU promis'd Comforter,

And with rapture raise

Songs of love and praise.

2. God and man indeed, Comfort in all need,

'Thou becam'st a man of sorrows,

To gain life eternal for uș,
By thy precious blood,
Jesus, man and God.

1034. T.22.

LORD Jesus, praise to thee be giv'n, Creator both of earth and heav'n, Who wast from everlasting Lord, And art as God and man ador'd. 2. Praise be to thee in Ch ristendom, Who was, who art, and art to come; Thy laudsshalldwell upon our tongues, All saints and angels join our songs. 3. Thy incarnation claims our praise, We thank thee for thy boundless, grace,

Fruit of the Saviour's pray'r, Thee the world cannot receive,` Thee they neither know nor see, Dead is all the life they live,

Dark their light, while void of thee. 2. Yet I partake thy grace,

Thro' Christ, my righteousness, Mine the gifts thou dost impart, Mine the unction from above, Pardon written on my heart, Light and life and joy and love. 3. Thee I exult to feel,

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Thou in my heart dost dwell,
There thou bear'st thy witness true,
Shed'st the love of God abroad,
I, in Christ, a creature new,

I, ev'n I, am born of God.
4. Thy gifts, blest Comforter,
I glory to declare,
Sweetly sure of grace I am,
Pardon to my soul applied,

Int'rest in the spotless Lamb,
Dead for all, for me he died.
5. Thou art thyself the seal,
I more than pardon feel,
Peace, unutterable peace,

Joy, that ages ne'er can move,
Faith's assurance, hope's increase,
All the confidence of love.

6. Pledge of the promise giv'n,
My antepast of heaven,
Earnest thou of joys divine,
Joys divine on me bestow'd,
Heav'n and Christ and All is mine,
I'm through thee, an heir of God.

7. Thou art my inward guide,
I ask no help beside;,

1038.

Holy Ghost, on thee I call,
Weak as helpless infancy;
Weak I am, yet cannot fall,"
Stay'd by faith, and led by thee.

1037*. T. 155.

PRAISE the Spirit's mighty work,
For he proves himself most glorious,
And victorious,

Ruling by his influence
Heart and sense:

Doth he not from Jesus' merit,
Truth and comfort, life and spirit,
Grace and health to us dispense?

IV. Of FAITH in CHRIST.

T. 167.

ERE we know our lost condition,
Ere we feel our inbred woe,
And exclaim, with deep contrition,
"To be sav'd, what must I do?"
Nought can yield true consolation,
Vain is all our righteousness:
Faith alone in Christ's oblation
Gives the conscience rest and peace.
2. Living faith, with clearest vision,
Sees the Lamb upon the throne,
And in him a full provision,

"I have wrought out full salvation,
"Sinner, look to me and live."
2. Dearest Saviour, we adore thee,

For thy precious life and death,
Melt each stubborn heart before thee,
Give us all the eye of faith;
From the law's condemning sentence
To thy mercy we appeal:
Thou alone can'st give repentance,
'Thou alone our souls can'st heal.

1040. T. 121.

THE Lamb of God was slain,
Salvation to obtain;

Righteousness and peace, our own:
Then our days are mark'd with bles-No sinner need to die,

sing,

Then our hearts with rapture glow; Streams of comfort, rich, unceasing,

From the wounds of Jesus flow.

1039. T. 167.
As the serpent, rais'd by Moses,
Heal'd the fiery serpent's bite,
Jesus thus himself discloses,

To the wounded sinner's sight;
Hear his gracious invitation:

"I have life and peace to give;

His grace, in ruin lie,
Those only who disdain
Since they will not flee
To the treasury
Of his mercy free.

2. His people now confess
With joy unto his praise;
"Tho' we by one man fell,
"By whose unrighteousness,
"We all are sinners still;
"Yet thro' the Lamb slain,

"A slave thou yet art, and for ever 4. Impress this truth upon my breast,

"Receive, tho' unworthy, my par- With confidence I now draw nigh,

V. Of Thankfulness for Christ's Birth and Death.

1045. T. 147.

IMPRESS'D with filial fear,
A breeze divine perceiving,
Its influence receiving,
With awe we thee revere ;
Our eyes with tears o'erflowing,
Our souls devoutly glowing,
That thought absorbs us now:
"Thou, Jesus, only thou!"
2. Who can thy kindness prove,
Or know thy great salvation,
And not with exultation
Confess, that God is love?

Thou Messenger anointed,
The Lamb, by God appointed,
By all in earth and heav'n,
To thee be praises giv❜n.

1046.

T. 126.
TO earth no longer cleaving,

I look to Jesus' cross,
All this world's trifles leaving,

For Him count all things loss,
Who underwent such racking pain,
Distress of soul, and anguish,
Vile sinners to regain.

2. I'm lost in deepest wonder,
When I am led to trace
His dying love, and ponder

On his amazing grace;
How he, by giving up his breath,
Procur'd life and salvation,
For rebels doom'd to death.

3. Grace thro' the blood of Jesus,

The contrite soul's delight!
Nought else on earth could ease us,

Should we of this lose sight,
And could we not, thro' mercy free,

Our worthless names engraven

In Jesus' nail-prints see.

4. O were his death impressed
On us indelibly!

Our lot would be most blessed
How can we happier be,

Then when his rod and staff impart
True joy and consolation
Unto the needy heart?

1047.* T. 126.

O what complete salvation
In Jesus I possess!
In his atoning passion

I find true happiness;
I'm now content on earth to live,
Since to my unseen Saviour,
Thro' grace by faith, I cleave.
2. In him I can completely

Rejoice, ev'n when in pain,
And would ought dissipate me,
He leads me back again;
By him protected, I'm secure,
From every dart of Satan,
From ev'ry thought impure.

3. Nought but my Saviour's passion,
Can purify the heart;
And bid the infatuation

Of world and sin depart:
The very thought is then abhorr'd:
That I those things should cherish,
Which crucified my Lord.

4. O Lamb of God tormented!
Thy pain and anguish sore
Have me to thee cemented,
And bound for evermore;
Who'er relies thereon alone,
Will safely be conducted,
Until his race is run.

5. I trust in Jesus' merit,

My life flows from his death,
And doth his Holy Spirit

Before the eye of faith
My crucified Redeemer paint,
I am thro' grace establish'd,
Firm in his covenant.

1048. T. 185.

IF to me experience had not proved,

What surpasseth human thought, That my Saviour, by compassion moved,