Accept the evening sacrifice Which now to thee we give. 2 We bow before thy gracious throne, And think ourselves sincere : But show us, Lord, is every one Thy real worshipper? Nor feels his want of thee; His pardon on the tree? His desperate state explain : And fill his heart with sacred grief, And penitential pain. 5 Speak with that voice that wakes the dead, And bid the sleeper rise ; The death that never dies. 6 Extort the cry, 6. What must be done To save a wretch like me? How shall a trembling sinner shun That endless misery? 7 “I must this instant now begin Out of my sleep to wake, And turn to God, and every sin Continually forsake. 8 “I must for faith incessant cry, And wrestle, Lord, with thee; I must be born again, or die To all eternity!" 22 Randall-p. 16.) C. M. COME, 20 thou. all-victorious Lord, power us make Strike with the hammer of thy word, And break these hearts of stone. 2 O that we all might now begin Our foolishness to mourn! And turn at once from every sin, And to the Saviour turn. 3 Give us ourselves and thee to know, In this our gracious day; Repentance unto life bestow, And take our sins away. And freely then release ; And then with sacred peace. And then enrich the poor ; The knowledge of our cure. And then remove the load; Trouble, and wash the troubled heart In the atoning blood. 7 Our desp’rate state, through sin, declare, And speak our sins forgiven : By perfect holiness prepare, And take us up to heaven. 23 Greenwalk—p. 69.] C. M. VERRIBLE thought! shall I alone, I Of all, alas ! whom I have known, Through sin for ever die? 2 While all my old companions dear, With whom I once did live, Joyful at God's right hand appear, 3 Shall I, amidst a ghastly band, 4 Ah! no;-I still may turn and live, 5 I will accept his offers now: 6 I will improve what I receive, PENITENTIAL. 24 Kingswood-p. 278.] 12th P. M. 76,76,78,76. LAMB of God, for sinners slain, To thee I humbly pray; Heal me of my grief and pain, 2 Wilt thou cast a sinner out, No, my God, I cannot doubt Thy mercy is for me : And be of paradise possess'd: And take me to thy breast ! 3 Worldly good I do not want ; Be that to others given: My all in earth or heaven; The good wherewith I would be blest : Jesus, Master, seal my peace, And take me to thy breast ! 4 This delight I fain would prove, Was mightier than death! That I would die to be thy guest! Jesus, Master, seal my peace, And take me to thy breast ! 25 Shoel—p. 91.] L. M. O ! Thy words to hear, thy power to feel : Suffer the sinners to draw near, And graciously receive us still. 2 They that be whole, thyself hast said, No need of a physician have ; But I am sick, and want thine aid, And wait thine utmost power to save. 3 Thy power, and truth, and love divine, The same from age to age endure : A word, a gracious word of thine, The most invet’rate plague can cure. 4 Helpless, howe'er, my spirit lies, And long hath languish'd at the pool, A word of thine shall make it rise, And speak me in a moment whole. 5 Eighteen or eight-and-thirty years, Or thousands, are alike to thee: Soon as thy loving grace appears, My plague is gone, my heart is free. 6 Make this the acceptable hour! Come, O my soul's physician, thou ! Display thy sanctifying power, And show me thy salvation now. 26 Waverly-p. 72.) L. M. My , Y sufferings all to thee are known, Regard my grief, regard thy own; Jesus, remember Calvary ! 2 O call to mind thy earnest prayers! Thy agony and sweat of blood ! Thy strong and bitter cries and tears ! Thy mortal groan, “My God! my God!" 3 For whom didst thou the cross endure? Who nail'd thy body to the tree? Did not thy death my life procure ? O let thy bowels answer me ! 4 Art thou not touch'd with human wo? Hath pity left the Son of man? Dost thou not all my sorrows know, And claim a share in all my pain ? 5 Have I not heard, have I not known, That thou the everlasting Lord, Whom heaven and earth their Maker own, Art always faithful to thy word ? ? a |