b 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms,
To our great fathers given;

He takes young children to his arms,
And calls them heirs of heaven.

o 4 Our God, how faithful are his ways'
His love endures the same;
Nor from the promise of his grace
Blots out the children's name.

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HYMN 114. C. M. Sunday. [*]
The same. Rom. xi. 16, 17.

GENTILES by nature, we belong

To the wild olive wood;

o Grace took us from the barren tree,
And grafts us in the good.

-2 With the same blessings grace endows
The Gentile and the Jew;
If pure and holy be the root,
Such are the branches too.

o 3 Then let the children of the saints
Be dedicate to God;

e Pour out thy Spirit on them, Lord, And wash them in thy blood.

o 4 Thus to the parents, and their seed, Shall thy salvation come;

o And numerous households meet at last, In one eternal home.

e

HYMN 115. C. M. Plymouth. [b]
Conviction by the Law. Rom. vii. 8, 9, 14, 24.

1 LORD, how secure my conscience was,

And felt no inward dread!

I was alive without the law,

And thought my sins were dead.

2 My hopes of heaven were firm and bright; But since the precept came,

With a convincing power and light,

I find how vile I am.

3 (My guilt appeared but small before,
Till terribly I saw,

How perfect, holy, just, and pure,
Is thine eternal law.

4 Then felt my soul the heavy load,
My sins revived again;

I had provoked a dreadful God,
And all my hopes were slain.)
p 5 I'm like a helpless captive, sold
Under the power of sin;

I cannot do the good I would,
Nor keep my conscience clean.
-6 My God, I cry with every breath,
For some kind power to save;
To break the yoke of sin and death,
And thus redeem the slave.

HYMN 116. L. M.

Bath. [*]

Love to God and our Neighbour. Matt. xxii. 37–40. HUS saith the first, the great command, "Let all thy inward powers unite,

1

TH

"To love thy Maker, and thy God,

"With utmost vigor and delight.

2 "Then shall thy neighbour, next in place, "Share thine affection and esteem; "And let thy kindness to thyself, "Measure and rule thy love to him." 3 This is the sense that Moses spoke; This did the prophets preach and prove; For want of this the law is broke, And the whole law's fulfilled by love. a 4 But O! how base our passions are ' How cold our charity and zeal! -Lord, fill our souls with heavenly fire, Or we shall ne'er perform thy will.

HYMN 117. L. M. Blendon. Bath. [* b] Election sovereign and free. Rom. ix. 21-24. 1 BEHOLD the potter and the clay!

He forms his vessels as he please;

Such is our God, and such are we,
The subjects of his just decrees.

2 [Doth not the workman's power extend
O'er all the mass, which part to choose,
And mould it for a nobler end,

And which to leave for viler use?]

e 3 May not the sovereign Lord on high
Dispense his favours as he will,

Choose some to life, while others die,
And yet be just, and gracious still?

d 4 [What if, to make his terror known,
He lets his patience long endure,
Suffering vile rebels to go on,

And seal their own destruction sure?
5 What if he means to show his grace,
And his electing love employs,
To mark out some of mortal race,
And form them fit for heavenly joys?]
-6 Shall man reply against the Lord,
And call his Maker's ways unjust?—
The thunder of whose dreadful word
Can crush a thousand worlds to dust.
p 7 But, O my soul, if truth so bright,
Should dazzle and confound thy sight;
Yet still, his written will obey,
And wait the great decisive day.

g 8 Then he shall make his justice known;
And the whole world before his throne,
With joy or terror shall confess
The glory of his righteousness.

HYMN 118. S. M. St. Bridge's. [*] Sin against the Law and Gospel. John i. 17. Heb. iii. 3, 5, 6; x. 28, 29.

1

THE

HE law by Moses came;
But peace and truth and love,

Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,
Descending from above.

2 Amidst the house of God,

Their different works were done;

Moses a faithful servant stood,

But Christ a faithful Son.

3 Then to his new commands
Be strict obedience paid;

O'er all his Father's house he stands,
The Sovereign and the Head.

e 4 The man who durst despise
The law that Moses brought-
p Behold! how terribly he dies-
For his presumptuous fault.

e 5 But sorer vengeance falls
On that rebellious race,

Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace.

HYMN 119. C. M.

Abridge. [*]

Various Success of the Gospel. 1 Cor. i. 23, 24; 2 Cor.

1

ii. 16; 1 Cor. iii. 6, 7.

HRIST and his cross is all our theme;
The mysteries that we speak

Are scandal in the Jews' esteem,

And folly to the Greek.

o 2 But souls, enlightened from above, With joy receive the word;

a

They see what wisdom, power, and love,
Shine in their dying Lord.

-3 The vital savour of his name
Restores their fainting breath:
e But unbelief perverts the same
To guilt, despair, and death.
-4 Till God diffuse his graces down,
Like showers of heavenly rain,
In vain Apollos sows the ground,
And Paul may plant in vain.

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HYMN 120. C. M. Mear. [*]
Faith of Things unseen. Heb. xi. 1, 3, 8, 10.
NAITH is the brightest evidence

Fof things beyond our sight;

Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,
And dwells in heavenly light.

2 It sets times past in present view,
Brings distant prospects home-
Of things a thousand years ago,
Or thousand years to come.

3 By faith, we know the worlds were made,
By God's almighty word;
Abra'am to unknown countries led,
By faith obeyed the Lord.

4 He sought a city fair and high,
Built by th' eternal hands;

o And faith assures us, though we die,

That heavenly building stands.

HYMN 121. C. M. St. Martin's. [*]

Children devoted to God. Gen. xvii. 7, 10. Acts xvi. 14, 15, 33.

HUS saith the mercy of the Lord,

TH

I'll be a God to thee.

"I'll bless thy numerous race, and they
"Shall be a seed for me."

2 Abra'am believed the promised grace,
And gave his sons to God;
But water seals the blessing now,
That once was sealed with blood.
3 Thus Lydia sanctified her house,
When she received the word;
Thus the believing jailer gave
His household to the Lord.

4 Thus later saints, eternal King,
Thine ancient truth embrace:
To thee their infant offspring bring,
And humbly claim the grace.

HYMN 122. L. M.

Quercy. [*]

Believers buried with Christ. Rom. vi. 3, 4, &c. we not know that solemn word,

• 1D Wet we are buried with the Lord?

Baptized into his death, and then
Put off the body of our sin?

o 2 Our souls receive diviner breath,
Raised from corruption, guilt, and death,
o So from the grave did Christ arise,
And lives to God above the skies.

-3 No more let sin or Satan reign
Over our mortal flesh again;

The various lusts, we served before,
Shall have dominion now no more.

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HYMN 123. C. M.

Reading. [b *]

The Repenting Prodigal. Luke xv. 13, &c.
BEHOLD the wretch, whose lust and wine

Have wasted his estate!

He begs a share among the swine,

To taste the husks they eat.

p 2 "I die with hunger here," he cries, "I starve in foreign lands;

"My father's house has large supplies, "And bounteous are his hands.

-3 "I'll go, and with a mournful tongue, "Fall down before his face;