3 The guilt of twice ten thousand sins
One moment takes away;
And grace, when first the war begins,
Secures the crowning day.
4 Comfort through all this vale of tears,
In rich profusion flows;
And glory of unnumber'd
Eternity bestows.
5 Drawn by such cords we onward move,
Till round thy throne we meet;
And, captives in the chains of love,
Embrace our conqueror's feet.
L.M.-Growing in Grace. 2 Peter iii. 18.
1 PRAISE to thy name, eternal God,
For all the grace thou shed'st abroad;
For all thine influence from above,
To warm our souls with sacred love.
2 Blest be thy hand, which from the skies,
Brought down this plant of paradise,
And gave its heavenly glories birth,
To deck this wilderness of earth.
3 But why does that celestial flower
Open, and thrive, and shine no more?
Where are its balmy odours fled;
And why reclines its beauteous head?
4 Too plain, alas! the languor shows
The unkindly soil in which it grows:
Where the black frosts and beating storm
Wither and rend its tender form.
5 Unchanging sun, thy beams display
To drive the frosts and storms away,
Make all thy potent virtues known
To cheer a plant so much thy own.
6 And thou blest Spirit, deign to blow
Fresh gales of heaven on shrubs below;
So shall they grow, and breathe abroad
A fragrance grateful to our God.
L.M.-The heavenly inheritance made known by the Spirit.
Eph. i. 18.
1 COME, thou celestial Spirit, come,
And call my roving passions home;
To mine enlighten'd eyes display
The heritage of heavenly day.
2 My God, that heritage is thine;
How rich, how glorious, how divine!
How far above all mortal things,
The little pride of courts and kings!
3 Of endless joy the' unbounded store,
Why is its lustre known no more?
Away, ye mists of envious night,
That veil salvation from my sight!
4 Shine forth, Almighty Saviour, shine;
Shew the bright world, and shew it mine;
Then paradise on earth shall spring,
And mortal worms like angels sing.
THE BLESSINGS OF THE GOSPEL.ADDRESSES TO SINNERS.
L.M.-The Christian Scheme of Salvation worthy of God. Heb. ii. 10.
1 IMMORTAL God, on thee we call,
The great Original of all;
Through thee we are, to thee we tend,
Our sure support, our glorious end.
2 We praise that wise mysterious grace,
That pitied our revolted race,
And Jesus, our victorious head,
The Captain of Salvation made.
3 He, thine eternal love decreed,
Should many sons to glory lead;
And sinful worms to him are given,
A colony to people heaven.
4 Jesus for us, (O gracious name!)
Encounters agony and shame:
Jesus, the glorious and the great,
Was by dire sufferings made complete.
5 A scene of wonders here we see,
Worthy thy Son, and worthy thee:
And while this theme employs our tongues,
All heaven unites its sweetest songs.
P.M.-The grand Scheme of the Gospel. Eph. i. 9-11. 1 WE sing the deep mysterious plan, Which God devis'd ere time began,
At length disclos'd in all its light: We bless the wondrous birth of love, Which beams around us from above,
With grace so free, and hope so bright. 2 Here has the wise Eternal Mind, In Christ their common head, conjoin'd Gentiles and Jews, and earth and heaven: Through him from the great Father's throne, Rivers of bliss come rolling down,
And endless peace and life are given. 3 No more the awful cherubs guard The tree of life with flaming sword,
To drive afar man's trembling race; At Salem's pearly gates they stand, And smiling wait (a friendly band!) To welcome strangers to the place.
4 While we expect that glorious sight,
Love shall our hearts with theirs unite,
And ardent hopes our bosoms raise:
From earth's dark vale, and tongues of clay,
To these resplendent realms of day,
We'll try to send the sounding praise.
L.M.-The Gospel the Power of God to Salvation. Rom. i. 16. 1 WHAT shall the dying sinner do, That seeks relief for all his wo?
Where shall the guilty conscience find.
Ease for the torment of the mind?
2 How shall we get our crimes forgiven,
Or form our natures fit for heaven?
Can souls all o'er defil'd with sin,
Make their own powers and passions clean?
3 In vain we search, in vain we try,
Till Jesus brings his gospel nigh;
'Tis there such power and glory dwell
As saves rebellious souls from hell.
4 This is the pillar of our hope
That bears our fainting spirits up:
We read the grace, we trust the word,
And find salvation in the Lord.
5 Let men or angels dig the mines
Where nature's golden treasure shines;
Brought near the doctrine of the cross
All nature's gold appears but dross.
6 Should vile blasphemers with disdain
Pronounce the truths of Jesus vain,
I'll meet the scandal and the shame,
And sing and triumph in his name.
C.M.-Room at the Gospel Feast. Luke xiv. 22.
1 THE King of heaven his table spreads,
And dainties crown the board;
Not paradise with all its joys
Could such delight afford.
2 Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life are given,
And the rich blood that Jesus shed,
To raise the soul to heaven.
3 Ye hungry poor, that long have stray'd
In sin's dark mazes, come;
Come from the hedges and highways,
And grace shall find
4 Millions of souls in glory now
Were fed and feasted here;
And millions more, still on the way,
Around the board appear.
5 Yet is his house and heart so large,
That millions more may come,
Nor could the wide assembling world
O'er-fill the spacious room.
6 All things are ready; come away,
Nor weak excuses frame;
Crowd to your places at the feast,
And bless the Founder's name.
L.M.-The Gospel Jubilee. Ps. lxxxix. 15. Levit. xxv. Isa. Ixi. 2.
1 LOUD let the tuneful trumpet sound,
And spread the joyful tidings round,
Let every soul with transport hear,
And hail the Lord's accepted year.
2 Ye debtors, whom he gives to know,
That you ten thousand talents owe,
When humbled at his feet ye fall,
Your gracious Lord forgives them all.
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