Earth and heaven Melt before the Judge's face! Rocks and mountains, from his eye!" All with shouts cry out ""Tis He!" Kings through all eternity. THE INFLUENCES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 137. C.M.-The Descent of the Spirit; or his influences desired. Acts x. 44. 1 GREAT Father of each perfect gift, Behold thy servants wait; With longing eyes and lifted hands, 2 O shed abroad that royal gift, To bless our eyes with sacred light, 3 With speedy flight may he descend, And o'er our languid souls extend 4 Blest earnest of eternal joy, Our raptur'd thoughts to heaven. 138. L.M.-Looking to God for the communication of his Spirit. 1 HEAR, gracious Sovereign, from thy throne, 2 Come, sacred Spirit from above, And let thy godlike power be known. 3 Speak thou, and from the haughtiest eyes While all their glowing souls are borne 4 O let a holy flock await, Numerous around thy temple-gate, 139. L.M.-Ezekiel's Vision of the dry bones. Ezek. xxxvii. 3. 1 LOOK down, O Lord, with pitying eye; See Adam's race in ruin lie; Sin spreads its trophies o'er the ground, And scatters slaughter'd heaps around. 2 And can these mouldering corpses live? And can these perish'd bones revive? That, mighty God, to thee is known; That wondrous work is all thy own. 3 Thy ministers are sent in vain To prophesy upon the slain; In vain they call, in vain they cry, Till thine almighty aid is nigh. 4 But if thy Spirit deign to breathe, Life spreads through all the realms of death; Shall shake the heavens and rend the ground, 140. L.M.-The Spirit's influences compared to living water. 1 BLEST Jesus, Source of grace divine, 2 No traveller through desert lands, 3 Our longing souls aloud would sing, And cheer this thirsty land below, 4 May this blest torrent near my side Through all the desert gently glide; Then in Immanuel's land above, Spread to a sea of joy and love. 141. S.M.-Partial Convictions. Acts xxiv. 25. 1 SAY, what is this I feel, 2 3 4 When conscience is alarm'd, Do we our sins confess, Lord, cleanse this soul of mine, 142. C.M.-For Conviction and Conversion. 1 COME, O thou all-victorious Lord, 2 O that we all might now begin 3 Give us ourselves and thee to know, In this our gracious day; Repentance unto life bestow, 4 Conclude us first in unbelief, 5 Impoverish, Lord, and then relieve, The knowledge of our sickness give; 6 That blessed sense of guilt impart, Trouble, and wash the troubled heart 7 Our desperate state through sin declare, And speak our sins forgiven; By perfect holiness prepare, And take us up to heaven. 143. C.M.-Divine Persuasion. Hosea xi. 4. 1 ALMIGHTY to persuade thou art, 2 Persuade me to repent, believe, And then into thine arms receive 144. C.M.-Gratitude the spring of true religion. Hosea xi. 4. 1 MY God, what silken cords are thine, How soft, and yet how strong! While power and truth, and love combine To draw our souls along. 2 Thou saw'st us crush'd beneath the yoke Of Satan and of sin; Thy hand the iron bondage broke, |