Methodist Hymnal - 1889 Edition
400 - 499

400 = 7s.

1        JESUS comes with all his grace, Comes to save a fallen race, Object of our glorious hope, Jesus comes to lift us up!

2        Let the living stones cry out! Let the sons of Abraham shout! Praise we all our lowly King, Give him thanks, rejoice, and sing!

3        He hath our salvation wrought, He our captive souls hath bought, He hath reconciled to God, He hath washed us in his blood.

4        We are now his lawful right, Walk as children of the light; We shall soon obtain the grace, Pure in heart, to see his face.

5        We shall gain our calling's prize; After God we all shall rise, Filled with joy, and love, and peace, Perfected in holiness.

6        Let us then rejoice in hope, Steadily to Christ look up; Trust to be redeemed from sin, Wait, till he appear within.

7        Fools and madmen let us be, Yet is our sure trust in thee; Faithful is the promised word, We shall all be as our Lord.

8        Hasten, Lord, the perfect day! Let thy every servant say, I have now obtained the power, Born of God, to sin no more.

401 = 6 - 8s. Mark ix. 23.

1        All things are possible to him That can in Jesu's name believe: Lord, I no more thy truth blaspheme, Thy truth I lovingly receive; I can, I do believe in thee, All things are possible to me.

2        The most impossible of all Is, that I e'er from sin should cease; Yet shall it be, I know it shall; Jesus, look to thy faithfulness! If nothing is too hard for thee, All things are possible to me.

3        Though earth and hell the word gainsay, The word of God can never fail; The Lamb shall take my sins away, 'Tis certain, though impossible; The thing impossible shall be, All things are possible to me.

4        When thou the work of faith hast wrought, I here shall in thine image shine, Nor sin in deed, or word, or thought; Let men exclaim, and fiends repine, They cannot break the firm decree; All things are possible to me.

5        Thy mouth, O Lord, hath spoke, hath sworn That I shall serve thee without fear, Shall find the pearl which others spurn, Holy, and pure, and perfect here, The servant as his Lord shall be; All things are possible to me.

6        All things are possible to God, To Christ, the power of God in man, To me, when I am all renewed, When I in Christ am formed again, And witness, from all sin set free, All things are possible to me.

402 = 7s & 6s.

1        O MIGHT I this moment cease From every work of mine, Find the perfect holiness, The righteousness divine! Let me thy salvation see; Let me do thy perfect will; Live in glorious liberty, And all thy fulness feel.

2        O cut short the work, and make Me now a creature new! For thy truth and mercy's sake The gracious wonder show; Call me forth thy witness, Lord, Let my life declare thy power; To thy perfect love restored, O let me sin no more!

3        Fain would I the truth proclaim That makes me free indeed, Glorify my Saviour's name, And all its virtues spread; Jesus all our wants relieves, Jesus, mighty to redeem, Saves, and to the utmost saves, All those that come to him.

403 = C.M.

1        LORD, I believe a rest remains To all thy people known, A rest where pure enjoyment reigns, And thou art loved alone:

2        A rest, where all our souls desire Is fixed on things above; Where fear, and sin, and grief expire, Cast out by perfect love.

3        O that I now the rest might know, Believe, and enter in! Now, Saviour, now the power bestow, And let me cease from sin.

4        Remove this hardness from my heart, This unbelief remove: To me the rest of faith impart, The Sabbath of thy love.

5        I would be thine, thou know'st I would, And have thee all my own; Thee, O my all-sufficient good! I want, and thee alone.

6        Thy name to me, thy nature grant! This, only this be given: Nothing beside my God I want, Nothing in earth or heaven.

7        Come, O my Saviour, come away! Into my soul descend; No longer from thy creature stay, My author and my end!

8        Come, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, And seal me thine abode! Let all I am in thee be lost, Let all be lost in God.

404 = 8s & 6s.

1        O GLORIOUS hope of perfect love! It lifts me up to things above, It bears on eagles' wings; It gives my ravished soul a taste, And makes me for some moments feast With Jesu's priests and kings.

2        Rejoicing now in earnest hope, I stand, and from the mountain-top See all the land below; Rivers of milk and honey rise, And all the fruits of Paradise In endless plenty grow.

3        A land of corn, and wine, and oil, Favoured with God's peculiar smile, With every blessing blest; There dwells the Lord our Righteousness, And keeps his own in perfect peace, And everlasting rest.

4        O that I might at once go up! No more on this side Jordan stop, But now the land possess; This moment end my legal years, Sorrows, and sins, and doubt, and fears, A howling wilderness.

5        Now, O my Joshua, bring me in! Cast out thy foes; the inbred sin, The carnal mind, remove; The purchase of thy death divide! Give me with all the sanctified The heritage of love!

405 = C.M.

1        O JOYFUL sound of gospel grace! Christ shall in me appear; I, even I, shall see his face, I shall be holy here.

2        This heart shall be his constant home; I hear his Spirit's cry, "Surely," he saith, "I quickly come," He saith, who cannot lie.

3        The glorious crown of righteousness To me reached out I view; Conqueror through him, I soon shall seize, And wear it as my due.

4        The promised land, from Pisgah's top, I now exult to see; My hope is full (O glorious hope!) Of immortality.

5        He visits now the house of clay, He shakes his future home; O wouldst thou, Lord, on this glad day, Into thy temple come!

6        With me, I know, I feel, thou art; But this cannot suffice, Unless thou plantest in my heart A constant paradise.

7        My earth thou waterest from on high, But make it all a pool; Spring up, O well, I ever cry, Spring up within my soul!

8        Come, O my God, thyself reveal, Fill all this mighty void; Thou only canst my spirit fill: Come, O my God, my God!

9        Fulfil, fulfil my large desires, Large as infinity; Give, give me all my soul requires, All, all that is in thee!

406 = C.M.

1        WHAT is our calling's glorious hope, But inward holiness? For this to Jesus I look up, I calmly wait for this.

2        I wait, till he shall touch me clean, Shall life and power impart, Give me the faith that casts out sin, And purifies the heart.

3        This is the dear redeeming grace, For every sinner free; Surely it shall on me take place, The chief of sinners, me.

4        From all iniquity, from all, He shall my soul redeem; In Jesus I believe, and shall Believe myself to him.

5        When Jesus makes my heart his home, My sin shall all depart; And lo! he saith, I quickly come, To fill and rule thy heart!

6        Be it according to thy word! Redeem me from all sin; My heart would now receive thee, Lord, Come in, my Lord, come in!

407 = 7s & 6s. Deuteronomy xxxiii. 26 - 29.

1         NONE is like Jeshurun's God, So great, so strong, so high, Lo! he spreads his wings abroad, He rides upon the sky! Israel is his first-born son; God, the Almighty God, is thine; See him to thy help come down, The excellence divine.

2        Thee the great Jehovah deigns To succour and defend; Thee the eternal God sustains, Thy Maker and thy friend: Israel, what hast thou to dread? Safe from all impending harms, Round thee and beneath are spread The everlasting arms.

3        God is thine; disdain to fear The enemy within: God shall in thy flesh appear, And make an end of sin; God the man of sin shall slay, Fill thee with triumphant joy; God shall thrust him out, and say, "Destroy them all, destroy!"

4        All the struggle then is o'er, And wars and fightings cease, Israel then shall sin no more, But dwell in perfect peace; All his enemies are gone; Sin shall have in him no part; Israel now shall dwell alone, With Jesus in his heart.

5        In a land of corn and wine His lot shall be below; Comforts there, and blessings join, And milk and honey flow; Jacob's well is in his soul; Gracious dew his heavens distil, Fill his soul, already full, And shall for ever fill.

6        Blest, O Israel, art thou! What people is like thee? Saved from sin, by Jesus, now Thou art, and still shalt be; Jesus is thy seven-fold shield, Jesus is thy flaming sword; Earth, and hell, and sin, shall yield To God's almighty Word.

408 = L.M.

1         HE wills that I should holy be, That holiness I long to feel; That full divine conformity To all my Saviour's righteous will.

2        See, Lord, the travail of thy soul Accomplished in the change of mine, And plunge me, every whit made whole, In all the depths of love divine.

3        On thee, O God, my soul is stayed, And waits to prove thine utmost will; The promise, by thy mercy made, Thou canst, thou wilt, in me fulfil.

4        No more I stagger at thy power, Or doubt thy truth, which cannot move: Hasten the long-expected hour, And bless me with thy perfect love.

5        Jesus, thy loving Spirit alone Can lead me forth, and make me free, Burst every bond through which I groan, And set my heart at liberty:

6        Now let thy Spirit bring me in, And give thy servant to possess The land of rest from inbred sin, The land of perfect holiness.

7        Lord, I believe thy power the same, The same thy truth and grace endure; And in thy blessed hands I am, And trust thee for a perfect cure.

8        Come, Saviour, come, and make me whole! Entirely all my sins remove; To perfect health restore my soul, To perfect holiness and love.

409 = C.M.

1         JESUS, my Lord, I cry to thee Against the spirit unclean; I want a constant liberty, A perfect rest from sin.

2        Expel the fiend out of my heart, By love's almighty power; Now, now command him to depart, And never enter more.

3        Thy killing and thy quickening power, Jesus, in me display; The life of nature from this hour, My pride and passion, slay.

4        Then, then, my utmost Saviour, raise My soul with saints above, To serve thy will, and spread thy praise, And sing thy perfect love.

5        This moment I thy truth confess; This moment I receive The heavenly gift, the dew of grace, And by thy mercy live.

6        The next, and every moment, Lord, On me thy Spirit pour; And bless me, who believe thy word, With that last glorious shower.

410 = S.M.

1        FATHER, I dare believe Thee merciful and true: Thou wilt my guilty soul forgive, My fallen soul renew. Come then for Jesu's sake, And bid my heart be clean; An end of all my troubles make, An end of all my sin.

2        I will, through grace, I will, I do, return to thee; Take, empty it, O Lord, and fill My heart with purity! For power I feebly pray: Thy kingdom now restore, To-day, while it is called to-day, And I shall sin no more.

3        I cannot wash my heart, But by believing thee, And waiting for thy blood to impart The spotless purity: While at thy cross I lie, Jesus, the grace bestow, Now thy all-cleansing blood apply, And I am white as snow.

411 = 7s & 6s. 1 Corinthians vi. 20.

1        GOD! who didst so dearly buy These wretched souls of ours, Help us thee to glorify With all our ransomed powers: Ours they are not, Lord, but thine; O let the vessels of thy grace, Body, soul, and spirit, join In our Redeemer's praise!

2        Father, Son, and Spirit, come, And with thine own abide: Holy Ghost, to make thee room, Our hearts we open wide; Thee, and only thee request, To every asking sinner given; Come, our life, and peace, and rest, Our all in earth and heaven.

412 = 412 1 Kings xviii.

1         THOU God that answerest by fire, On thee in Jesu's name we call; Fulfil our faithful hearts' desire, And let on us thy Spirit fall.

2        Bound on the altar of thy cross, Our old offending nature lies; Now, for the honour of thy cause, Come, and consume the sacrifice!

3        Consume our lusts as rotten wood, Consume our stony hearts within! Consume the dust, the serpent's food, And dry up all the streams of sin.

4        Its body totally destroy! Thyself The Lord, The God, approve! And fill our hearts with holy joy, And fervent zeal, and perfect love.

5        O that the fire from heaven might fall, Our sins its ready victims find, Seize on our sins, and burn up all, Nor leave the least remains behind!

6        Then shall our prostrate souls adore; The Lord, He is the God, confess: He is the God of saving power! He is the God of hallowing grace!

413 = 7s & 6s. 1 Timothy iii. 16.

1        ONCE thou didst on earth appear, For all mankind to atone; Now be manifested here, And bid our sin be gone! Come, and by thy presence chase Its nature with its guilt and power; Jesus, show thine open face, And sin shall be no more.

2        Thou who didst so greatly stoop To a poor virgin's womb, Here thy mean abode take up; To me, my Saviour, come! Come, and Satan's works destroy, And let me all thy Godhead prove, Filled with peace, and heavenly joy, And pure eternal love.

3        Then my soul, with strange delight, Shall comprehend and feel What the length, and breadth, and height Of love unspeakable: Then I shall the secret know, Which angels would search out in vain; God was man, and served below, That man with God might reign!

414 "When shall it once be" = 7 & 6s. Jeremiah xiii. 27.

1        NOW, even now, I yield, I yield, With all my sins to part; Jesus, speak my pardon sealed, And purify my heart; Purge the love of sin away, Then I into nothing fall; Then I see the perfect day, And Christ is all in all.

2        Jesus, now our hearts inspire With that pure love of thine; Kindle now the heavenly fire, To brighten and refine; Purify our faith like gold, All the dross of sin remove; Melt our spirits down, and mould Into thy perfect love.

415 = C.M.

1         JESUS hath died that I might live, Might live to God alone; In him eternal life receive, And be in spirit one.

2        Saviour, I thank thee for the grace, The gift unspeakable! And wait with arms of faith to embrace, And all thy love to feel.

3        My soul breaks out in strong desire The perfect bliss to prove; My longing heart is all on fire To be dissolved in love.

4        Give me thyself; from every boast, From every wish set free; Let all I am in thee be lost; But give thyself to me.

5        Thy gifts, alas, cannot suffice Unless thyself be given; Thy presence makes my paradise, And where thou art is heaven!

416 = C.M.

1        I ASK the gift of righteousness, The sin-subduing power, Power to believe, and go in peace, And never grieve thee more.

2        I ask the blood-bought pardon sealed, The liberty from sin, The grace infused, the love revealed, The kingdom fixed within.

3        Thou hear'st me for salvation pray, Thou seest my heart's desire; Made ready in thy powerful day, Thy fulness I require.

4        My vehement soul cries out opprest, Impatient to be freed; Nor can I, Lord, nor will I rest, Till I am saved indeed.

5        Art thou not able to convert? Art thou not willing too? To change this old rebellious heart, To conquer and renew?

6        Thou canst, thou wilt, I dare believe, So arm me with thy power, That I to sin shall never cleave, Shall never feel it more.

417 = C.M.

1        COME, O my God, the promise seal, This mountain, sin, remove; Now in my gasping soul reveal The virtue of thy love.

2        I want thy life, thy purity, Thy righteousness, brought in; I ask, desire, and trust in thee, To be redeemed from sin.

3        For this, as taught by thee, I pray, And can no longer doubt; Remove from hence! to sin I say, Be cast this moment out!

4        Anger and sloth, desire and pride, This moment be subdued! Be cast into the crimson tide Of my Redeemer's blood!

5        Saviour, to thee my soul looks up, My present Saviour thou! In all the confidence of hope, I claim the blessing now.

6        'Tis done! thou dost this moment save, With full salvation bless; Redemption through thy blood I have, And spotless love and peace.

418 = 7s & 6s. Revelation i. 4,5.

1         TRUE and faithful Witness, thee, O Jesus, we receive; Fulness of the Deity, In all thy people live! First begotten from the dead, Call forth thy living witnesses; King of saints, thine empire spread O'er all the ransomed race.

2        Grace, the fountain of all good, Ye happy saints receive, With the streams of peace o'erflowed, With all that God can give; He who is, and was, in peace, And grace, and plenitude of power, Comes your favoured souls to bless, And never leave you more!

3        Let the Spirit before his throne, Mysterious One and Seven, In his various gifts sent down, Be to the churches given; Let the pure seraphic joy From Jesus Christ, the Just, descend; Holiness without alloy, And bliss that ne'er shall end.

419 = L.M. 2 Timothy i. 7.

1        QUICKENED with our immortal Head, Who daily, Lord, ascend with thee, Redeemed from sin, and free indeed, We taste our glorious liberty.

2        Saved from the fear of hell and death, With joy we seek the things above; And all thy saints the spirit breathe Of power, sobriety, and love.

3        Power o'er the world, the fiend, and sin, We through thy gracious Spirit feel; Full power the victory to win, And answer all thy righteous will.

4        Pure love to God thy members find, Pure love to every soul of man; And in thy sober, spotless mind, Saviour, our heaven on earth we gain.

420 = L.M. Colossians iii. 1-4.

1        YE faithful souls, who Jesus know, If risen indeed with him ye are, Superior to the joys below, His resurrection's power declare.

2        Your faith by holy tempers prove, By actions show your sins forgiven, And seek the glorious things above, And follow Christ, your Head, to heaven.

3        There your exalted Saviour see, Seated at God's right hand again, In all his Father's majesty, In everlasting pomp to reign.

4        To him continually aspire, Contending for your native place; And emulate the angel-choir, And only live to love and praise.

5        For who by faith your Lord receive, Ye nothing seek or want beside; Dead to the world and sin ye live, Your creature-love is crucified.

6        Your real life, with Christ concealed, Deep in the Father's bosom lies; And, glorious as your Head revealed, Ye soon shall meet him in the skies.

 = =421 = S.M. 2 Timothy iv. 7.

1        "I THE good fight have fought," O when shall I declare! The victory by my Saviour got I long with Paul to share. O may I triumph so, When all my warfare's past! And, dying, find my latest foe Under my feet at last.

2        This blessed word be mine, Just as the port is gained "Kept by the power of grace divine, I have the faith maintained." The apostles of my Lord, To whom it first was given, They could not speak a greater word, Nor all the saints in heaven.

422 = L.M. Jeremiah ix. 23,24.

1LET not the wise his wisdom boast, The mighty glory in his might, The rich in flattering riches trust, Which take their everlasting flight. The rush of numerous years bears down The most gigantic strength of man; And where is all his wisdom gone, When dust he turns to dust again?

2        One only gift can justify The boasting soul that knows his God; When Jesus doth his blood apply, I glory in his sprinkled blood. The Lord my Righteousness I praise; I triumph in the love divine, The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace, In Christ to endless ages mine.

423 = 7s & 6s. Revelation i. 5,6.

1        WHO can worthily commend Thy love unsearchable! Love that made thee condescend Our curse and death to feel; Thou, the great eternal God, Who didst thyself our ransom pay, Hast, with thy own precious blood, Washed all our sins away.

2        By the Spirit of our Head Anointed priests and kings, Conquerors of the world, we tread On all created things; Sit in heavenly places down, While yet we in the flesh remain; Now, partakers of thy throne, Before thy Father reign.

3        In thy members here beneath The Intercessor prays; Here we in the Spirit breathe Unutterable praise; Offer up our all to God; And God beholds, with gracious eyes, First the purchase of thy blood, And then our sacrifice.

4        Jesus, let thy kingdom come! (Inspired by thee we pray) Previous to the general doom, The everlasting day: Take possession of thine own, And let us then our Saviour see Glorious on thy heavenly throne, To all eternity.

424 = 7s & 6s. Ezekiel xxxiv. 26.

1        US, who climb thy holy hill, A general blessing make, Let the world our influence feel, Our gospel grace partake; Grace to help in time of need, Pour out on sinners from above, All thy Spirit's fulness shed, In showers of heavenly love.

2        Make our earthly souls a field Which God delights to bless; Let us in due season yield The fruits of righteousness; Make us trees of paradise, Which more and more thy praise may show, Deeper sink, and higher rise, And to perfection grow.

425 = L.M. 1 Kings xix. 13.

1         THE voice that speaks Jehovah near, The still small voice, I long to hear; O might it now my Lord proclaim, And fill my soul with holy shame!

2        Ashamed I must for ever be, Afraid the God of love to see, If saints and prophets hide their face, And angels tremble while they gaze!

426 = S.M. 1 Chronicles xxix. 5.

1        LORD, in the strength of grace, With a glad heart and free, Myself, my residue of days, I consecrate to thee.

2        Thy ransomed servant, I Restore to thee thy own; And, from this moment, live or die To serve my God alone.

427 = 8-7s.

1         GOD of all-redeeming grace, By thy pardoning love compelled, Up to thee our souls we raise, Up to thee our bodies yield: Thou our sacrifice receive, Acceptable through thy Son, While to thee alone we live, While we die to thee alone.

2        Meet it is, and just, and right, That we should be wholly thine, In thine only will delight, In thy blessed service join: O that every work and word Might proclaim how good thou art! "Holiness unto the Lord" Still be written on our heart.

428 = C.M.

1        LET Him to whom we now belong His sovereign right assert, And take up every thankful song, And every loving heart.

2        He justly claims us for his own, Who bought us with a price; The Christian lives to Christ alone, To Christ alone he dies.

3        Jesus, thine own at last receive! Fulfil our hearts' desire, And let us to thy glory live, And in thy cause expire.

4        Our souls and bodies we resign; With joy we render thee Our all, no longer ours, but thine To all eternity.

429 = 6-8s.

1         BEHOLD the servant of the Lord! I wait thy guiding eye to feel, To hear and keep thy every word, To prove and do thy perfect will, Joyful from my own works to cease, Glad to fulfil all righteousness.

2        Me if thy grace vouchsafe to use, Meanest of all thy creatures, me, The deed, the time, the manner choose, Let all my fruit be found of thee; Let all my works in thee be wrought, By thee to full perfection brought.

3        My every weak, though good design, O'errule, or change, as seems thee meet; Jesus, let all my work be thine! Thy work, O Lord, is all complete, And pleasing in thy Father's sight; Thou only hast done all things right.

4        Here then to thee thy own I leave; Mould as thou wilt thy passive clay; But let me all thy stamp receive, But let me all thy words obey, Serve with a single heart and eye, And to thy glory live and die.

430 = 6-7s.

1        FATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in Three, and Three in One, As by the celestial host, Let thy will on earth be done; Praise by all to thee be given, Glorious Lord of earth and heaven!

2        Vilest of the sinful race, Lo! I answer to thy call; Meanest vessel of thy grace, Grace divinely free for all, Lo! I come to do thy will, All thy counsel to fulfil.

3        If so poor a worm as I May to thy great glory live, All my actions sanctify, All my words and thoughts receive; Claim me for thy service, claim All I have, and all I am.

4        Take my soul and body's powers; Take my memory, mind, and will, All my goods, and all my hours, All I know, and all I feel, All I think, or speak, or do; Take my heart; - but make it new!

5        Now, O God, thine own I am, Now I give thee back thine own; Freedom, friends, and health, and fame, Consecrate to thee alone: Thine I live, thrice happy I! Happier still if thine I die.

6        Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One in Three, and Three in One, As by the celestial host, Let thy will on earth be done; Praise by all to thee be given, Glorious Lord of earth and heaven!

431 = 6-8s.

1        O GOD, what offering shall I give To thee, the Lord of earth and skies? My spirit, soul, and flesh receive, A holy, living sacrifice; Small as it is, 'tis all my store; More shouldst thou have, if I had more.

2        Now then, my God, thou hast my soul, No longer mine, but thine I am; Guard thou thine own, possess it whole, Cheer it with hope, with love inflame; Thou hast my spirit, there display Thy glory to the perfect day.

3        Thou hast my flesh, thy hallowed shrine, Devoted solely to thy will; Here let thy light for ever shine, This house still let thy presence fill; O Source of life, live, dwell, and move In me, till all my life be love!

4        O never in these veils of shame, Sad fruits of sin, my glorying be! Clothe with salvation, through thy name, My soul, and let me put on thee! Be living faith my costly dress, And my best robe thy righteousness.

5        Send down thy likeness from above, And let this my adorning be; Clothe me with wisdom, patience, love, With lowliness and purity, Than gold and pearls more precious far, And brighter than the morning star.

6        Lord, arm me with thy Spirit's might, Since I am called by thy great name; In thee let all my thoughts unite, Of all my works be thou the aim; Thy love attend me all my days, And my sole business be thy praise!

432 = C.M.

1        FATHER, into thy hands alone I have my all restored; My all thy property I own, The steward of the Lord.

2        Hereafter none can take away My life, or goods, or fame; Ready at thy demand to lay Them down I always am.

3        Confiding in thy only love, Through Jesus strengthening me, I wait thy faithfulness to prove, And give back all to thee.

4        Take when thou wilt into thy hands, And as thou wilt require; Resume by the Chaldean bands, Or the devouring fire.

5        Determined all thy will to obey, Thy blessings I restore; Give, Lord, or take thy gifts away, I praise thee evermore.

433 = 6-8s.

1         GIVE me the faith which can remove And sink the mountain to a plain; Give me the child-like praying love, Which longs to build thy house again; Thy love let it my heart o'erpower, And all my simple soul devour.

2        I want an even strong desire, I want a calmly-fervent zeal, To save poor souls out of the fire, To snatch them from the verge of hell, And turn them to a pardoning God, And quench the brands in Jesu's blood.

3        I would the precious time redeem, And longer live for this alone, To spend, and to be spent, for them Who have not yet my Saviour known; Fully on these my mission prove, And only breathe, to breathe thy love.

4        My talents, gifts, and graces, Lord, Into thy blessed hands receive; And let me live to preach thy word, And let me to thy glory live; My every sacred moment spend In publishing the sinner's friend.

5        Enlarge, inflame, and fill my heart With boundless charity divine! So shall I all my strength exert, And love them with a zeal like thine; And lead them to thy open side, The sheep for whom their Shepherd died.

434 = 7s.

1        JESUS, all-atoning Lamb, Thine, and only thine, I am; Take my body, spirit, soul; Only thou possess the whole.

2        Thou my one thing needful be; Let me ever cleave to thee; Let me choose the better part; Let me give thee all my heart.

3        Fairer than the sons of men, Do not let me turn again, Leave the fountain-head of bliss, Stoop to creature-happiness.

4        Whom have I on earth below? Thee, and only thee, I know; Whom have I in heaven but thee? Thou art all in all to me.

5        All my treasure is above, All my riches is thy love: Who the worth of love can tell? Infinite, unsearchable!

6        Thou, O love, my portion art: Lord, thou know'st my simple heart! Other comforts I despise, Love be all my paradise.

7        Nothing else can I require, Love fills up my whole desire; All thy other gifts remove, Still thou giv'st me all in love!

435 = C.M.

1         FATHER, to thee my soul I lift, My soul on thee depends, Convinced that every perfect gift From thee alone descends.

2        Mercy and grace are thine alone, And power and wisdom too; Without the Spirit of thy Son We nothing good can do.

3        We cannot speak one useful word, One holy thought conceive, Unless, in answer to our Lord, Thyself the blessing give.

4        His blood demands the purchased grace; His blood's availing plea Obtained the help for all our race, And sends it down to me.

5        Thou all our works in us hast wrought; Our good is all divine; The praise of every virtuous thought, And righteous word, is thine.

6        From thee, through Jesus, we receive The power on thee to call, In whom we are, and move, and live; Our God is all in all!

436 = S.M.

1        JESU, my Truth, my Way, My sure, unerring light, On thee my feeble steps I stay, Which thou wilt guide aright.

2        My Wisdom and my guide, My Counsellor thou art; O never let me leave thy side, Or from thy paths depart!

3        I lift my eyes to thee, Thou gracious, bleeding Lamb, That I may now enlightened be, And never put to shame.

4        Never will I remove Out of thy hands my cause; But rest in thy redeeming love, And hang upon thy cross.

5        Teach me the happy art In all things to depend On thee; O never, Lord, depart, But love me to the end!

6        Still stir me up to strive With thee in strength divine; And every moment, Lord, revive This fainting soul of mine.

7        Persist to save my soul Throughout the fiery hour, Till I am every whit made whole, And show forth all thy power.

8        Through fire and water bring Into the wealthy place; And teach me the new song to sing, When perfected in grace.

9        O make me all like thee, Before I hence remove! Settle, confirm, and stablish me, And build me up in love.

10        Let me thy witness live, When sin is all destroyed; And then my spotless soul receive, And take me home to God.

437 = L.M. Psalm lxiii.

1        O GOD, my God, my all thou art! Ere shines the dawn of rising day, Thy sovereign light within my heart, Thy all-enlivening power display.

2        For thee my thirsty soul doth pant, While in this desert land I live; And hungry as I am, and faint, Thy love alone can comfort give.

3        In a dry land, behold, I place My whole desire on thee, O Lord; And more I joy to gain thy grace, Than all earth's treasures can afford.

4        More dear than life itself, thy love My heart and tongue shall still employ; And to declare thy praise will prove My peace, my glory, and my joy.

5        In blessing thee with grateful songs My happy life shall glide away; The praise that to thy name belongs Hourly with lifted hands I'll pay.

6        Abundant sweetness, while I sing Thy love, my ravished heart o'erflows; Secure in thee, my God and King, Of glory that no period knows.

7        Thy name, O God, upon my bed Dwells on my lips, and fires my thought; With trembling awe, in midnight shade, I muse on all thy hands have wrought.

8        In all I do I feel thine aid; Therefore thy greatness will I sing, O God, who bidd'st my heart be glad Beneath the shadow of thy wing!

9        My soul draws nigh and cleaves to thee: Then let or earth or hell assail, Thy mighty hand shall set me free; For whom thou sav'st, he ne'er shall fail.

438 = 6-8s. Hebrews xiii. 20, 21.

1        O GOD of peace and pardoning love, Whose bowels of compassion move To every sinful child of man, Jesus, our Shepherd great and good, Who dying bought us with his blood, Thou hast brought back to life again!

2        His blood to all our souls apply (His blood alone can sanctify, Which first did for our sins atone) The covenant of redemption seal; The depth of love, of God, reveal, And speak us perfected in one.

3        O might our every work and word Express the tempers of our Lord, The nature of our Head above! His Spirit send into our hearts, Engraving on our inmost parts The living law of holiest love.

4        Then shall we do, with pure delight, Whate'er is pleasing in thy sight, As vessels of thy richest grace; And, having thy whole counsel done, To thee and thy co-equal Son Ascribe the everlasting praise.

439 = 6-8s. 2nd. metre.

1        THY power and saving truth to show, A warfare at thy charge I go, Strong in the Lord, and thy great might; Gladly take up the hallowed cross; And, suffering all things for thy cause, Beneath thy bloody banner fight.

2        A spectacle to fiends and men, To all their fierce or cool disdain With calmest pity I submit; Determined nought to know, beside My Jesus and him crucified, I tread the world beneath my feet.

3        Superior to their smile or frown, On all their goods my soul looks down, Their pleasures, wealth, and power, and state; The man that dares their god despise, The Christian, he alone is wise; The Christian, he alone is great.

4        O God, let all my life declare How happy all thy servants are, How far above these earthly things; How pure, when washed in Jesu's blood, How intimately one with God, A heaven-born race of priests and kings.

5        For this alone I live below, The power of godliness to show, The wonders wrought by Jesu's name: O that I might but faithful prove; Witness to all thy pardoning love, And point them to the atoning Lamb!

6        Let me to every creature cry, The poor and rich, the low and high, Believe, and feel thy sins forgiven! Damned, till by Jesus saved, thou art! Till Jesu's blood hath washed thy heart, Thou canst not find the gate of heaven!

440 = 6-8s. 2nd. metre.

1        THOU, Jesu, thou my breast inspire, And touch my lips with hallowed fire, And loose a stammering infant's tongue; Prepare the vessel of thy grace, Adorn me with the robes of praise, And mercy shall be all my song; Mercy for all who know not God, Mercy for all in Jesu's blood, Mercy, that earth and heaven transcends; Love, that o'erwhelms the saints in light, The length, and breadth, and depth, and height Of love divine, which never ends!

2        A faithful witness of thy grace, Well may I fill the allotted space, And answer all thy great design; Walk in the works by thee prepared; And find annexed the vast reward, The crown of righteousness divine. When I have lived to thee alone, Pronounce the welcome word, " Well done!" And let me take my place above; Enter into my Master's joy, And all eternity employ In praise, and ecstasy, and love.

441 = 6-8s.

1        LET God, who comforts the distrest, Let Israel's consolation hear! Hear, Holy Ghost, our joint request, And show thyself the Comforter, And swell the unutterable groan, And breathe our wishes to the throne.

2        We weep for those that weep below, And burdened, for the afflicted sigh; The various forms of human woe Excite our softest sympathy, Fill every heart with mournful care, And draw out all our souls in prayer.

3        We wrestle for the ruined race, By sin eternally undone, Unless thou magnify thy grace, And make thy richest mercy known, And make thy vanquished rebels find Pardon in Christ for all mankind.

4        Father of everlasting love, To every soul thy Son reveal, Our guilt and sufferings to remove, Our deep, original wound to heal; And bid the fallen race arise, And turn our earth to paradise.

442 = 6-8s.

1        OUR earth we now lament to see With floods of wickedness o'erflowed, With violence, wrong, and cruelty, One wide-extended field of blood, Where men like fiends each other tear, In all the hellish rage of war.

2        As listed on Abaddon's side, They mangle their own flesh, and slay: Tophet is moved, and opens wide Its mouth for its enormous prey; And myriads sink beneath the grave, And plunge into the flaming wave.

3        O might the universal friend This havoc of his creatures see! Bid our unnatural discord end; Declare us reconciled in thee; Write kindness on our inward parts, And chase the murderer from our hearts!

4        Who now against each other rise, The nations of the earth, constrain To follow after peace, and prize The blessings of thy righteous reign, The joys of unity to prove, The paradise of perfect love!

443 = 6-8s.

1        ARM of the Lord, awake, awake! The terrors of the Lord display; Out of their sins the nations shake, Tear their vain confidence away; Conclude them all in unbelief, And fill their hearts with sacred grief.

2        Of judgment now the world convince, The end of Jesu's coming show; To sentence their usurping prince, Him and his works destroy below; To finish and abolish sin, And bring the heavenly nature in.

3        Then the whole earth again shall rest, And see its paradise restored; Then every soul, in Jesus blest, Shall bear the image of its Lord, In finished holiness renewed, Immeasurably filled with God.

444 For the Heathen. = 6-8s.

1        LORD over all, if thou hast made, Hast ransomed every soul of man, Why is the grace so long delayed? Why unfulfilled the saving plan? The bliss, for Adam's race designed, When will it reach to all mankind?

2        Art thou the God of Jews alone? And not the God of Gentiles too? To Gentiles make thy goodness known; Thy judgments to the nations show; Awake them by the gospel call; Light of the world, illumine all!

3        The servile progeny of Ham Seize as the purchase of thy blood; Let all the heathen know thy name; From idols to the living God Their blinded votaries convert; And shine in every pagan heart!

4        As lightning launched from east to west, The coming of thy kingdom be; To thee, by angel-hosts confest, Bow every soul and every knee; Thy glory let all flesh behold, And then fill up thy heavenly fold.

445 = 6-8s. Numbers xxiv. 17.

1        O COME, thou radiant morning Star, Again in human darkness shine! Arise resplendent from afar! Assert thy royalty divine! Thy sway o'er all the earth maintain, And now begin thy glorious reign.

2        Thy kingdom, Lord, we long to see: Thy sceptre o'er the nations shake! To erect that final monarchy, Edom for thy possession take; Take (for thou didst their ransom find) The purchased souls of all mankind.

3        Now let thy chosen ones appear, And valiantly the truth maintain! Dispread thy gracious kingdom here, Fly on the rebel sons of men, Seize them with faith divinely bold, And force the world into thy fold.

446 = C.M.

1         JESU, the word of mercy give, And let it swiftly run; And let the priests themselves believe, And put salvation on.

2        Clothed with the spirit of holiness, May all thy people prove The plenitude of gospel grace, The joy of perfect love.

3        Jesus, let all thy lovers shine Illustrious as the sun; And, bright with borrowed rays divine, Their glorious circuit run:

4        Beyond the reach of mortals, spread Their light where'er they go; And heavenly influences shed On all the world below.

5        As giants may they run their race, Exulting in their might; As burning luminaries, chase The gloom of hellish night:

6        As the bright Sun of righteousness, Their healing wings display; And let their lustre still increase Unto the perfect day.

447 = S.M.

1        MESSIAH, Prince of peace! Where men each other tear, Where war is learned, they must confess, Thy kingdom is not there. Who, prompted by thy foe, Delight in human blood, Apollyon is their king, we know, And Satan is their god.

2        But shall he still devour The souls redeemed by thee? Jesus, stir up thy glorious power And end the apostasy! Come, Saviour, from above, O'er all our hearts to reign; And plant the kingdom of thy love In every heart of man.

3        Then shall we exercise The hellish art no more, While thou our long-lost paradise Dost with thyself restore. Fightings and wars shall cease, And, in thy Spirit given, Pure joy and everlasting, peace Shall turn our earth to heaven.

448 = 6-8s. Isaiah xlv. 22 &c.

1         ETERNAL Lord of earth and skies, We wait thy Spirit's latest call: Bid all our fallen race arise, Thou who hast purchased life for all; Whose only name, to sinners given, Snatches from hell, and lifts to heaven.

2        The word thy sacred lips has past, The sure irrevocable word, That every soul shall bow at last, And yield allegiance to its Lord; The kingdoms of the earth shall be For ever subjected to thee.

3        Jesus, for this we still attend, Thy kingdom in the isles to prove; The law of sin and death to end, We wait for all the power of love, The law of perfect liberty, The law of life which is in thee.

4        O might it now from thee proceed, With thee, into the souls of men! Throughout the world thy gospel spread; And let thy glorious Spirit reign, On all the ransomed race bestowed; And let the world be filled with God!

449 = 7s & 6s. Isaiah xi. 5, 13.

1        TRUE and faithful Witness, thou In righteousness hast sworn, Every knee to thee shall bow, And every heart shall turn; Girt with equity and might, Arise to administer thy grace, Claim the kingdoms in thy right, And govern all our race.

2        Visit us, bright morning Star, And bring the perfect day! Urged by faith's incessant prayer, No longer, Lord, delay: Now destroy the envious root; The ground of nature's feuds remove; Fill the earth with golden fruit, With ripe, millennial love.

450 = S.M. For the Jews.

1         MESSIAH, full of grace, Redeemed by thee, we plead The promise made to Abraham's race, To souls for ages dead.

2        Their bones, as quite dried up, Throughout the vale appear: Cut off and lost their last faint hope To see thy kingdom here.

3        Open their graves, and bring The outcasts forth, to own Thou art their Lord, their God and king, Their true Anointed One.

4        To save the race forlorn, Thy glorious arm display! And show the world a nation born, A nation in a day!

451 = 6-8s. Romans xi. 15-27.

1        FATHER of faithful Abraham, hear Our earnest suit for Abraham's seed! Justly they claim the softest prayer From us, adopted in their stead, Who mercy through their fall obtain, And Christ by their rejection gain.

2        But hast thou finally forsook, For ever cast thy own away? Wilt thou not bid the outcasts look On him they pierced, and weep, and pray? Yes, gracious Lord, thy word is passed; All Israel shall be saved at last.

3        Come then, thou great Deliverer, come! The veil from Jacob's heart remove; Receive thy ancient people home! That, quickened by thy dying love, The world may their reception find Life from the dead for all mankind.

452 = S.M. Isaiah lxvi. 19,20.

1         ALMIGHTY God of love, Set up the attracting sign, And summon whom thou dost approve For messengers divine; From favoured Abraham's seed The new apostles choose, In isles and continents to spread The dead-reviving news.

2        Them, snatched out of the flame, Through every nation send, The true Messiah to proclaim, The universal friend; That all the God unknown May learn of Jews to adore, And see thy glory in thy Son, Till time shall be no more.

3        O that the chosen band Might now their brethren bring, And, gathered out of every land, Present to Zion's King! Of all the ancient race Not one be left behind, But each, impelled by secret grace, His way to Canaan find.

4        We know it must be done, For God hath spoke the word: All Israel shall the Saviour own, To their first state restored; Rebuilt by his command, Jerusalem shall rise; Her temple on Moriah stand Again, and touch the skies.

5        Send then thy servants forth, To call the Hebrews home; From East, and West, and South, and North, Let all the wanderers come; Where'er in lands unknown The fugitives remain, Bid every creature help them on, Thy holy mount to gain.

6        An offering to their God, There let them all be seen, Sprinkled with water and with blood, In soul and body clean; With Israel's myriads sealed, Let all the nations meet, And show the mystery fulfilled, Thy family complete!

453 For England. = S.M. Acts xix. 20.

1JESUS, the word bestow, The true immortal seed; Thy gospel then shall greatly grow, And all our land o'erspread; Through earth extended wide Shall mightily prevail, Destroy the works of self and pride, And shake the gates of hell.

2        Its energy exert In the believing soul; Diffuse thy grace through every part, And sanctify the whole; Its utmost virtue show In pure consummate love, And fill with all thy life below, And give us thrones above.

454 = L.M. Revelations iii. 14-19.

1        GOD of unspotted purity, Us and our works canst thou behold! Justly we are abhorred by thee, For we are neither hot nor cold.

2        We call thee Lord, thy faith profess, But do not from our hearts obey; In soft Laodicean ease We sleep our useless lives away.

3        We live in pleasure, and are dead, In search of fame and wealth we live: Commanded in thy steps to tread, We seek sometimes, but never strive.

4        A lifeless form we still retain; Of this we make our empty boast, Nor know the name we take in vain; The power of godliness is lost!

5        How long, great God, have we appeared Abominable in thy sight! Better that we had never heard Thy word, or seen the gospel light.

6        Better that we had never known The way to heaven through saving grace, Than basely in our lives disown, And slight and mock thee to thy face.

7        Thou rather wouldst that we were cold, Than seem to serve thee without zeal; Less guilty if, with those of old, We worshipped Thor and Woden still.

8        Less grievous will the judgment-day To Sodom and Gomorrah prove, Than us, who cast our faith away, And trample on thy richer love.

455 SECOND PART. = L.M.

1        O LET us our own works forsake, Ourselves, and all we have deny; Thy condescending counsel take, And come to thee pure gold to buy!

2        O might we, through thy grace, attain The faith thou never wilt reprove, The faith that purges every stain, The faith that always works by love!

3        O might we see, in this our day, The things belonging to our peace And timely meet thee in thy way Of judgments, and our sins confess!

4        Thy fatherly chastisements own, With filial awe revere thy rod; And turn, with zealous haste, and run Into the outstretched arms of God.

456 = L.M. Acts ii. 39.

1FATHER, if justly still we claim To us and ours the promise made, To us be graciously the same, And crown with living fire our head.

2        Our claim admit, and from above Of holiness the Spirit shower, Of wise discernment, humble love, And zeal, and unity, and power.

3        the Spirit of convincing speech, Of power demonstrative impart, Such as may every conscience reach, And sound the unbelieving heart;

4        The Spirit of refining fire, Searching the inmost of the mind, To purge all fierce and foul desire, And kindle life more pure and kind;

5        The Spirit of faith, in this thy day, To break the power of cancelled sin, Tread down its strength, o'erturn its sway, And still the conquest more than win.

6        The Spirit breathe of inward life, Which in our hearts thy laws may write; Then grief expires, and pain, and strife, 'Tis nature all, and all delight.

457 SECOND PART = L.M.

1        ON all the earth thy Spirit shower; The earth in righteousness renew; Thy kingdom come, and hell's o'erpower, And to thy sceptre all subdue.

2        Like mighty winds, or torrents fierce, Let it opposers all o'errun; And every law of sin reverse, That faith and love may make all one.

3        Yea, let thy Spirit in every place Its richer energy declare; While lovely tempers, fruits of grace, The kingdom of thy Christ prepare.

4        Grant this, O holy God and true! The ancient seers thou didst inspire; To us perform the promise due; Descend, and crown us now with fire!

458 = L.M.

1        AUTHOR of faith, we seek thy face For all who feel thy work begun; Confirm and strengthen them in grace, And bring thy feeblest children on.

2        Thou seest their wants, thou know'st their names, Be mindful of thy youngest care; Be tender of thy new-born lambs, And gently in thy bosom bear.

3        The lion roaring for his prey, And ravening wolves on every side, Watch over them to tear and slay, If found one moment from their guide.

4        Satan his thousand arts essays, His agents all their powers employ, To blast the blooming work of grace, The heavenly offspring to destroy.

5        Baffle the crooked serpent's skill, And turn his sharpest dart aside; Hide from their eyes the devilish ill, O save them from the demon, pride!

6        In safety lead thy little flock, From hell, the world, and sin secure; And set their feet upon the rock, And make in thee their goings sure.

459 = S.M.

1        SHEPHERD of Israel, hear Our supplicating cry; And gather in the souls sincere That from their brethren fly. Scattered through devious ways, Collect thy feeble flock; And join by thine atoning grace, And hide them in the rock.

2        O wouldst thou end the storm, That keeps us still apart! The thing impossible perform, And make us of one heart, One spirit and one mind, The same that was in thee: O might we all again be joined In perfect harmony!

3        The soul-transforming word In us, even us, fulfil; Join to thyself, our common Lord, And all thy servants seal. Confer the grace unknown, The mystic charity; As thou art with the Father one, Unite us all in thee.

4        So shall the world believe Our record, Lord, and thine; And all with thankful hearts receive The messenger divine, Sent from his throne above, To Adam's offspring given, To join and perfect us in love, And take us up to heaven.

460 = S.M. Isaiah lxvi. 18.

1        FATHER of boundless grace, Thou hast in part fulfilled Thy promise made to Adam's race, In God incarnate sealed. A few from every land At first to Salem came, And saw the wonders of thy hand, And saw the tongues of flame.

2        Yet still we wait the end, The coming of our Lord; The full accomplishment attend Of thy prophetic word. Thy promise deeper lies In unexhausted grace, And new-discovered worlds arise To sing their Saviour's praise.

3        Beloved for Jesu's sake, By him redeemed of old, All nations must come in, and make One undivided fold: While gathered in by thee, And perfected in one, They all at once thy glory see In thine eternal Son.

461 = 6-8s.

1         SAVIOUR, to thee we humbly cry! The brethren we have lost restore; Recall them by thy pitying eye, Retrieve them from the Tempter's power; By thy victorious blood cast down, Nor suffer him to take their crown.

2        Beguiled alas! by Satan's art, We see them now far off removed, The burden of our bleeding heart, The souls whom once in thee we loved; Whom still we love with grief and pain, And weep for their return in vain.

3        In vain, till thou the power bestow, The double power of quickening grace. And make the happy sinners know Their Tempter, with his angel-face, Who leads them captive at his will, Captive - but happy sinners still!

4        O wouldst thou break the fatal snare Of carnal self-security; And let them feel the wrath they bear, And let them groan their want of thee, Robbed of their false, pernicious peace, Stripped of their fancied righteousness!

5        The men of careless lives, who deem Thy righteousness accounted theirs, Awake out of the soothing dream, Alarm their souls with humble fears: Thou jealous God, stir up thy power, And let them sleep in sin no more!

6        Long as the guilt of sin shall last, Them in its misery detain; Hold their licentious spirits fast, Bind them with their own nature's chain, Nor ever let the wanderers rest, Till lodged again in Jesu's breast.

462 = L.M.

1        O LET the prisoners' mournful cries As incense in thy sight appear! Their humble wailings pierce the skies, If haply they may feel thee near.

2        The captive exiles make their moans, From sin impatient to be free: Call home, call home thy banished ones! Lead captive their captivity!

3        Show them the blood that bought their peace, The anchor of their steadfast hope; And bid their guilty terrors cease, And bring the ransomed prisoners up.

4        Out of the deep regard their cries, The fallen raise, the mourners cheer; O Sun of righteousness, arise, And scatter all their doubt and fear!

5        Pity the day of feeble things; O gather every halting soul! And drop salvation from thy wings, And make the contrite sinner whole.

6        Stand by them in the fiery hour, Their feebleness of mind defend; And in their weakness show thy power, And make them patient to the end.

7        O satisfy their soul in drought! Give them thy saving health to see; And let thy mercy find them out; And let thy mercy reach to me.

463 = 6-7s. For the Nation.

1LAMB of God, who bear'st away All the sins of all mankind, Bow a nation to thy sway; While we may acceptance find, Let us thankfully embrace The last offers of thy grace.

2        Thou thy messengers hast sent, Joyful tidings to proclaim, Willing we should all repent, Know salvation in thy name, Feel our sins by grace forgiven, Find in thee the way to heaven.

3        Jesus, roll away the stone! Good Physician, show thy art! Make thy healing virtue known, Break the unbelieving heart, By thy bloody cross subdue; Tell them, "I have died for you!"

4        Let thy dying love constrain Those who disregard thy frown; Sink the mountain to a plain; Bring the pride of sinners down; Soften the obdurate crowd; Melt the rebels with thy blood!

464 = 7s & 6s. Isaiah xxxiii, 5,6.

1JESUS, from thy heavenly place, Thy dwelling in the sky, Fill our church with righteousness, Our want of faith supply; Faith our strong protection be, And godliness, with all its power, Stablish our posterity, Till time shall be no more.

2        Let the Spirit of grace o'erflow Our re-converted land: Let the least and greatest know And bow to thy command: Wisdom, pure religious fear, Our King's peculiar treasure prove, Blest with piety sincere, Inspired with humble love.

465 = C.M. For the King.

1         SOVEREIGN of all! whose will ordains The powers on earth that be, By whom our rightful Monarch reigns, Subject to none but thee:

2        Stir up thy power, appear, appear, And for thy servant fight; Support thy great vicegerent here, And vindicate his right.

3        Lo! in the arms of faith and prayer We bear him to thy throne; Receive thy own peculiar care, The Lord's anointed one.

4        With favour look upon his face; Thy love's pavilion spread, And watchful troops of angels place Around his sacred head.

5        Guard him from all who dare oppose Thy delegate and thee; From open and from secret foes, From force and perfidy!

6        Confound whoe'er his ruin seek, Or into friends convert: Give him his adversaries' neck; Give him his people's heart.

7        Let us, for conscience' sake, revere The man of thy right hand; Honour and love thine image here, And bless his mild command.

8        Thou only didst the blessing give; The glory, Lord, be thine: Let all with thankful joy receive The benefit divine.

9        To those who thee in him obey, The Spirit of grace impart: His dear, his sacred burden lay On every loyal heart.

10        Still let us pray, and never cease, "Defend him, Lord, defend: Stablish his throne in glorious peace, And save him to the end!"

466 = 8s. & 6s. Job xxxiv. 29.

1        A NATION God delights to bless, Can all our raging foes distress, Or hurt whom they surround? Hid from the general scourge we are, Nor see the bloody waste of war, Nor hear the trumpet's sound.

2        O might we, Lord! the grace improve, By labouring for the rest of love, The soul-composing power; Bless us with that internal peace, And all the fruits of righteousness, Till time shall be no more.

467 = L.M. For Parents.

1        FATHER of all, by whom we are, For whom was made whatever is; Who hast entrusted to our care A candidate for glorious bliss:

2        Poor worms of earth, for help we cry, For grace to guide what grace has given; We ask for wisdom from on high, To train our infant up for heaven.

3        We tremble at the danger near, And crowds of wretched parents see, Who, blindly fond, their children rear In tempers far as hell from thee:

4        Themselves the slaves of sense and praise, Their babes who pamper and admire, And make the helpless infants pass To murderer-Moloch through the fire.

5        Rather this hour resume his breath, From selfishness and pride to save; By death prevent the second death, And hide him in the silent grave!

6        Or, if thou grant a longer date, With resolute wisdom us endue, To point him out his lost estate, His dire apostasy to show:

7        To time our every smile or frown, To mark the bounds of good and ill; And beat the pride of nature down, And subjugate his rising will.

8        Him let us tend, severely kind, As guardians of his giddy youth; As set to form his tender mind, By principles of virtuous truth:

9        To fit his soul for heavenly grace, Discharge the Christian parents' part, And keep him, till thy love takes place, And Jesus rises in his heart.

468 = C.M. For Parents.

1         GOD only wise, almighty, good, Send forth thy truth and light, To point us out the narrow road, And guide our steps aright:

2        To steer our dangerous course between The rocks on either hand; And fix us in the golden mean, And bring our charge to land.

3        Made apt, by thy sufficient grace, To teach as taught by thee, We come to train in all thy ways Our rising progeny:

4        Their selfish will in time subdue, And mortif