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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