-3 Eternal life thy words impart,
On these my fainting spirit lives;
o Here sweeter comforts cheer my heart,
Than all the round of nature gives.
-4 Let earth's alluring joys combine;
e While thou art near, in vain they call:
• One smile, one blissful smile of thine,
My dearest Lord, outweighs them all.
-5 Thy Name, my inmost powers adore;
o Thou art my life, my joy, my care;
d Depart from thee?-'tis death—'tis more!
'Tis endless ruin-deep despair!
e 6 Low at thy feet my soul would lie;
Here safety dwells, and peace divine;
-Still let me live beneath thine eye,
o For life, eternal life is thine.
Temptation; or, Safety in the Storm.
THE billows swell, the winds are high,
Clouds overcast my wintry sky;
Out of the depths to thee I call,
My fears are great, my, strength is small.
-2 O Lord, the pilot's part perform,
And guide and guard me through the storm!
Defend me from each threatening ill,
d Control the waves-say,
-3 Amidst the roaring of the sea,
My soul still hangs her hopes on thee;
Thy constant love, thy faithful care,
Is all that saves me from despair.
e 4 Dangers of every shape and name
Attend the followers of the Lamb,
Who leave the world's deceitful shore,
And leave it to return no more.
-5 Though tempest-tossed and half a wreck,
My Saviour through the floods I seek;
• Let neither winds, nor stormy rain, Force back my shattered bark again.
Christ, the Refuge from the Storm. Deut. xxxiii. 27.
ESUS, lover of my soul,
Let me to thy bosom fly,
While the billows near me roll,
While the tempest still is nigh!
Hide me, O my Saviour, hide,
Till the storm of life is past,
Safe into the haven guide;
O receive my soul at last!
2 Other refuge have I none;
Hangs my helpless soul on thee;
Leave, ah! leave me not alone-
Still support and comfort me.
All my trust on thee is stayed,
All my help from thee I bring;
Cover my defenceless head
With the shadow of thy wing.
3 Thou, O Christ, art all I want;
More than all in thee I find;
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick, and lead the blind.
Just and holy is thy name,―
I am all unrighteousness;
Vile and full of sin I am,-
Thou art full of truth and grace
Jesus, the Pilot. Luke viii. 22.
JESUS, at thy command,
I launch into the deep;
And leave my native land,
Where sin lulls all asleep :
For thee I fain would all resign,
And sail to heaven with thee and thine'
2 Thou art my Pilot wise;
My compass is thy word;
My soul each storm defies,
While I have such a Lord!
I trust thy faithfulness and power,
To save me in the trying hour.
3 Though rocks and quicksands deep
Through all my passage lie:
Yet thou wilt safely keep,
And guide me with thine eye:
My anchor, hope, shall firm abide,
And I each boisterous storm outride.
4 By faith I see the land,
The port of endless rest;
My soul, thy sails expand,
And fly to Jesus' breast.
O may I reach the heavenly shore,
Where winds and waves distress no more.
5 Whene'er becalmed I lie,
And storms and winds subside;
Lord, to my succour fly,
And keep me near thy side:
For more the treacherous calm I dread, Than tempests bursting o'er my head. O 6 Come, heavenly Wind, and blow A prosperous gale of grace,
To waft me from below,
To heaven, my destined place:
s Then, in full sail, my port I'll find, And leave the world, and sin, behind.
HYMN 86. L. M. Castle Street. [*]
My Redeemer liveth. Job xix. 25.
that my Redeemer lives;
1 "I KNOW contory this sweet sentence gives!
He lives, he lives, who once was dead,
He lives, my ever-living head!
2 He lives-triumphant from the grave,
He lives-eternally to save;
He lives-all glorious in the sky,
He lives-exalted there on high
3 He lives-to bless me with his love,
He lives-to plead for me above;
He lives-my hungry soul to feed,
He lives-to help in time of need.
4 He lives-to grant me rich supply,
He lives-to guide me with his eye;
He lives-to comfort me when faint,
He lives-to hear my soul's complaint
5 He lives-to silence all my fears,
He lives-to stoop and wipe my tears;
He lives-to calm my troubled heart,
He lives-all blessings to impart.
6 He lives-my kind, wise, heavenly Friend,
He lives and loves me to the end;
He lives-and while he lives I'll sing,
He lives-my prophet, priest, and king.
7 He lives and grants me daily breath,
He lives-and I shall conquer death!
He lives-my mansion to prepare,
He lives-to bring me safely there.
o 8 He lives-all glory to his name!
He lives-my Jesus, still the same:
e O the sweet joy this sentence gives,
"I know that my Redeemer lives!"
HYMN 87. 7s. Fairfax. [*]
Life and Strength in Christ.
ON of God, thy blessing grant,
Still supply my every want;
Tree of life, thine influence shed;
With thy sap my spirit feed.
e 2 Tenderest branch, alas! I lie,
Withered, without thee, and die;
Weak as helpless infancy;
O confirm my soul in thee!
3 Unsustained by thee, I fall;
Send the strength for which I call :
Weaker than a bruised reed,
Help I every moment need.'
4 All my hopes on thee depend;
-Love me, save me to the end!
Give me the continuing grace,
o Take the everlasting praise.
HYMN 88. L. M. Castle Street. [*]
Y song shall bless the Lord of all;
My praise shall climb to his abode; d Thee, SAVIOUR, by that name 1 call, The great Supreme, the mighty God. -2 Without beginning, or decline, Object of faith, and not of sense; g Eternal ages saw Him shineHe shines eternal ages hence SELECT. 6
e 3 As much when in the manger laid, • Alinighty ruler of the sky,
-As when the six days' work he made o Filled all the morning stars with joy. -4 Of all the crowns Jehovah bears Salvation is his dearest claim;
That gracious sound well pleased he hears,
And owns EMMANUEL for his name.
o 5 A cheerful confidence I feel,
My well-placed hopes with joy I see;
My bosom glows with heavenly zeal,
To worship him who died for me.
e 6 As man, he pities my complaint;
• His power and truth are all divine;
-He will not fail, he cannot faint,
g Salvation's sure, and must be mine.
HYMN 89. L. M. Leeds. [*]
Assurance in Christ our Righteousness. Isa. xiv. 24. Jer. xxiii. 6.
ESUS, thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
o 'Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
e 2 When from the dust of death I rise,
To claim my mansion in the skies;
-E'en then shall this be all my plea-
d" Jesus hath lived-and died for me!"
-3 Bold shall I stand in that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
Fully, through thee absolved I am,
From sin's tremendous curse and shame
4 Thus Abraham, the friend of God,
Thus all the armies bought with blood,
• Saviour of sinners, thee proclaim-
e Sinners, of whom the chief I am.
-5 This spotless robe the same appears,
When ruined nature sinks in years;
No age can change its glorious hue;
The robe of Christ is ever new.
o 60 let the dead now hear thy voice;
o Now bid thy banished ones rejoice;
-Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
g "JESUS THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS." WESLEY
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