Our sins shall sink beneath the sea, 6 And lest pollution should o'erspread His Spirit shall bedew our souls, d 7 Our heart, that flinty, stubborn thing, -8 Or he can take the flint away, And, from the treasures of his grace, 9 There shall his sacred Spirit dwell, o 10 Thus will he pour salvation down, d We-the dear people of his love, And he-our God of grace. HYMN 10. S. M. Newton. St. Thomas's. [*] The Blessedness of Gospel Times. Isa. v, 2, 7, 8, 9, 10; Matt. xiii, 16, 17. HOW 1 TTOW beauteous are their feet, b 2 How charming is their voice! o 3 How happy are our ears, That hear this joyful sound! -Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found! 0 4 How blessed are our eyes, That see this heavenly light! e Prophets and kings desir'd it long, But dy'd without the sight! 05 The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ ; o Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy. g 6 The Lord makes bare his arm, Through all the earth abroad; Let ev'ry nation now behold 1 Their Saviour and their God. HYMN 11. L. M. Old Hundred. [*] The Sovereignty of Grace. Luke x, 21, 22. THE HERE was an hour when Christ rejoic'd, And spoke his joy in words of praise: "Father, I thank thee, mighty God, 'Lord of the earth, and heavens, and seas. 2 'I thank thy sovereign power and love, "That crowns my doctrine with success; 'And makes the babes in knowledge learn "The heights, and breadths, and lengths of grace. 8 'But all this glory lies conceal'd 'From men of prudence and of might ; "The prince of darkness blinds their eyes, 'And their own pride resists the light. 4 'Father, 'tis thus, because thy will Chose and ordain'd it should be so; "Tis thy delight t' abase the proud, 'And lay the haughty scorner low. 5 'There's none can know the Father right, 'But those who learn it from the Son; 'Nor can the Son be well receiv'd, 'But where the Father makes him known." 6 Then let our souls adore our God, HYMN 12. C. M. St. Ann's. [*] Free Grace in revealing Christ. Luke x, 21. JE His spirit once rejoic'd aloud, d 2 'Father, I thank thy wondrous love, -4 Thus does the Lord of heaven and earth His great decrees fulfil; And orders all his works of grace, HYMN 13. L. M. Castle-Strect. [*] 1[TH HE lands, that long in darkness lay, Now have beheld a heavenly light; Nations that sat in death's cold shade, Are bless'd with beams divinely bright. o 2 The virgin's promis'd Son is born; Behold the expected child appear! What shall his names, or titles, be? THE WONDERFUL, THE COUNSELLOR. d 3 (This infant is the mighty God, Come to be suckled and adored: Th' eternal Father, Prince of peace, The Son of David, and his Lord.) -4 The government of earth and seas Upon his shoulders shall be laid: g His wide dominions shall increase, And honours to his name be paid. o 5 Jesus, the holy Child, shall sit, High on his father David's throne; Shall crush his foes beneath his feet, And reign to ages yet unknown.] HYMN 14. L. M. Gloucester. Newcourt. [*] Christ's unchangeable Love. Rom. viii, 33, &c. 1 WH WHO shall the Lord's elect condemn? 'Tis God who justifies their souls; And mercy, like a mighty stream, O'er all their sins divinely rolls. 2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? 'Tis Christ who suffer'd in their stead; And, the salvation to fulfil, Behold him rising from the dead! 3 He lives! he lives! and sits above, Who shall divide us from his love, He, who hath lov'd us, bears us through, Christ is our life, our joy, our hope; 6 Not all that men on earth can do, Or wean our hearts from Christ, our love. HYMN 15. L. M. Islington. [*] Christ our Strength. 2 Cor. xii, 7, 9, 10. ET me but hear my Saviour say; Strength shall be equal to the day :' Then I rejoice in deep distress; Leaning on all-sufficient grace. 2 I glory in infirmity, That Christ's own power may rest on me; Shook his vain limbs with sad surprise, : HYMN 16. C. M. Devizes. [*] HOS Of David's ancient line! e His natures two, his person one, Mysterious and divine. -2 The Root of David, here we find, And Offspring, is the same; e Eternity and time are join'd In our Emmanuel's name. o 3 Bless'd He, who comes to wretched men, With peaceful news from heaven! u Hosannas of the highest strain To Christ the Lord be given! -4 Let mortals ne'er refuse to take Th' Hosanna on their tongues; o Lest rocks and stones should rise, and break Their silence into songs. HYMN 17. C. M. Zion. [*] o 2 Joyful, with all the strength I have, o 4 Now to the God of victory Immortal thanks be paid ; Who makes us conqu'rors, while we die, 'H' HYMN 18. C. M. Canterbury. [*] EAR what the voice from heaven proclaims. |