Methodist Hymnal - 1889 Edition
700 - 799

700= L.M. Galatians. vi. 14.

1        WHEN I survey the wondrous cross On which the Prince of glory died, My richest gain I count but loss, And pour contempt on all my pride.

2        Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast, Save in the death of Christ, my God: All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them to his blood.

3        See, from his head, his hands, his feet, Sorrow and love flow mingled down: Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

4        Were the whole realm of nature mine, That were a present far too small; Love so amazing, so divine, Demands my soul, my life, my all.

701= 7s & 6s.

1        GOD of unexampled grace, Redeemer of mankind, Matter of eternal praise We in thy passion find: Still our choicest strains we bring, Still the joyful theme pursue, Thee the friend of sinners sing, Whose love is ever new.

2        Endless scenes of wonder rise From that mysterious tree, Crucified before our eyes, Where we our Maker see: Jesus, Lord, what hast thou done? Publish we the death divine, Stop, and gaze, and fall, and own Was never love like thine!

3        Never love nor sorrow was Like that my Saviour showed: See him stretched on yonder cross, And crushed beneath our load! Now discern the Deity, Now his heavenly birth declare! Faith cries out, " 'Tis He, 'tis He, My God, that suffers there!"

702= L.M. Hebrews x. 1.

1         O THOU, whose offering on the tree The legal offerings all foreshowed, Borrowed their whole effect from thee, And drew their virtue from thy blood:

2        The blood of goats and bullocks slain Could never for one sin atone: To purge the guilty offerer's stain, Thine was the work, and thine alone.

3        Vain in themselves their duties were, Their services could never please, Till joined with thine, and made to share The merits of thy righteousness.

4        Forward they cast a faithful look On thy approaching sacrifice; And thence their pleasing savour took, And rose accepted in the skies.

5        Those feeble types, and shadows old, Are all in thee, the Truth, fulfilled: We in thy sacrifice behold The substance of those rites revealed.

6        Thy meritorious sufferings past, We see by faith to us brought back; And on thy grand oblation cast, Its saving benefits partake.

703= S.M. Hebrews x. 4.

1         NOT all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away our stain.

2        But Christ, the heavenly Lamb, Takes all our sins away; A sacrifice of nobler name, And richer blood, than they.

3        My faith would lay her hand On that meek head of thine, While as a penitent I stand, And here confess my sin.

4        My soul looks back to see The burden thou didst bear When hanging on the accursed tree, And knows her guilt was there.

5        Believing, we rejoice To feel the curse remove; We bless the Lamb with cheerful voice, And trust his bleeding love.

704= S.M. 1 Corinthians v. 7.

1        THOU very Paschal Lamb, Whose blood for us was shed, Through whom we out of Egypt came, Thy ransomed people lead.

2        Angel of gospel grace, Fulfil thy character: To guard and feed the chosen race, In Israel's camp appear.

3        Throughout the desert way Conduct us by thy light; Be thou a cooling cloud by day, A cheering fire by night.

4        Our fainting souls sustain With blessings from above; And ever on thy people rain The manna of thy love.

705= S.M. 1 John v. 6.

1        THIS, this is he that came By water and by blood! Jesus is our atoning Lamb, Our sanctifying God.

2        See from his wounded side The mingled current flow! The water and the blood applied Shall wash us white as snow.

3        The water cannot cleanse, Before the blood we feel, To purge the guilt of all our sins, And our forgiveness seal.

4        But both in Jesus join, Who speaks our sins forgiven, And gives the purity divine That makes us meet for heaven.

706= L.M. John xix. 30.

1        'TIS finished! The Messias dies, Cut off for sins, but not his own: Accomplished is the sacrifice, The great redeeming work is done.

2        'Tis finished! all the debt is paid; Justice divine is satisfied; The grand and full atonement made; God for a guilty world hath died.

3        The veil is rent in Christ alone; The living way to heaven is seen; The middle wall is broken down, And all mankind may enter in.

4        The types and figures are fulfilled; Exacted is the legal pain; The precious promises are sealed; The spotless Lamb of God is slain.

5        The reign of sin and death is o'er, And all may live from sin set free; Satan hath lost his mortal power; 'Tis swallowed up in victory.

6        Saved from the legal curse I am, My Saviour hangs on yonder tree: See there the meek, expiring Lamb! 'Tis finished! he expires for me.

7        Accepted in the Well-beloved, And clothed in righteousness divine, I see the bar to heaven removed; And all thy merits, Lord, are mine.

8        Death, hell, and sin are now subdued; All grace is now to sinners given; And lo, I plead the atoning blood, And in thy right I claim thy heaven!

707= 5 5 11, 5 5 11. Lamentations i. 12.

1        ALL ye that pass by, To Jesus draw nigh: To you is it nothing that Jesus should die? Your ransom and peace, Your surety he is: Come, see if there ever was sorrow like his.

2        For what you have done His blood must atone: The Father hath punished for you his dear Son. The Lord, in the day Of his anger, did lay Your sins on the Lamb, and he bore them away.

3        He answered for all: O come at his call, And low at his cross with astonishment fall! But lift up your eyes At Jesus's cries: Impassive, he suffers; immortal, he dies.

4        He dies to atone For sins not his own; Your debt he hath paid, and your work he hath done. Ye all may receive The peace he did leave, Who made intercession, "My Father, forgive!"

5        For you and for me He prayed on the tree: The prayer is accepted, the sinner is free. That sinner am I, Who on Jesus rely, And come for the pardon God cannot deny.

6        My pardon I claim; For a sinner I am, A sinner believing in Jesus's name. He purchased the grace Which now I embrace: O Father, thou know'st he hath died in my place.

7        His death is my plea; My Advocate see, And hear the blood speak that hath answered for me. My ransom he was When he bled on the cross; And by losing his life he hath carried my cause.

708= 6-8s. Hebrews ix. 25.

1        O THOU eternal Victim, slain A sacrifice for guilty man, By the eternal Spirit made An offering in the sinner's stead; Our everlasting Priest art thou, And plead'st thy death for sinners now.

2        Thy offering still continues new; Thy vesture keeps its bloody hue; Thou stand'st the ever-slaughtered Lamb; Thy priesthood still remains the same; Thy years, O God, can never fail; Thy goodness is unchangeable.

3        O that our faith may never move, But stand unshaken as thy love! Sure evidence of things unseen, Now let it pass the years between, And view thee bleeding on the tree, My God, who dies for me, for me!

709= 6-7s. Isaiah xxvi. 4.

1        ROCK of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee; Let the water and the blood, From thy wounded side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath and make me pure.

2        Could my tears for ever flow, Could my zeal no languor know. These for sin could not atone; Thou must save and thou alone: In my hand no price I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling.

3        While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eyes shall close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in thee.

710= 8-7s.

1        SAVIOUR, when in dust to thee Low we bow the adoring knee; When, repentant, to the skies Scarce we lift our weeping eyes, O by all thy pains and woe Suffered once for man below, Bending from thy throne on high, Hear our solemn litany!

2        By thy helpless infant years; By thy life of want and tears; By thy fasting and distress In the savage wilderness; By the dread mysterious hour Of the subtle tempter's power; Turn, O turn a favouring eye, Hear our solemn litany!

3        By the sacred grief that wept O'er the grave where Lazarus slept; By the gracious tears that flowed Over Salem's loved abode; By the mournful word that told Treachery lurked within thy fold, From thy seat above the sky, Hear our solemn litany!

4        By thine hour of whelming fear; By thine agony of prayer; By the purple robe of scorn; By thy wounds, thy crown of thorn; By the gloom that veiled the skies O'er the dreadful sacrifice; Listen to our humble cry, Hear our solemn litany!

5        By thy deep expiring groan; By the sealed sepulchral stone; By the vault whose dark abode Held in vain the rising God, O from earth to heaven restored, Mighty God, ascended Lord, Listen, listen to the cry Of our solemn litany!

711= 7s. Isaiah liii. 4.

1        WHEN our heads are bowed with woe, When our bitter tears o'erflow, When we mourn the lost, the dear, Jesu, Son of David, hear.

2        When the heart is sad within With the thought of all its sin, When the spirit shrinks with fear, Jesu, Son of David, hear.

3        Thou our throbbing flesh hast worn, Thou our mortal griefs hast borne, Thou hast shed the human tear; Jesu, Son of David, hear.

4        Thou hast bowed the dying head, Thou the blood of life hast shed, Thou hast filled a mortal bier; Jesu, Son of David, hear.

712= L.M.

1        HE dies! the friend of sinners dies! Lo! Salem's daughters weep around! A solemn darkness veils the skies; A sudden trembling shakes the ground: Come, saints, and with your tears bedew The sufferer, bruised beneath your load, He poured out cries and tears for you, He shed for you his precious blood.

2        Here's love and grief beyond degree; The Lord of glory dies for man! But lo! what sudden joys I see! Jesus, the dead, revives again! The rising God forsakes the tomb: The tomb in vain forbids his rise! Cherubic legions guard him home, And shout him welcome to the skies!

3        Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell How high your great Deliverer reigns; Sing how he spoiled the hosts of hell, And led the monster death in chains. Say, "Live for ever, wondrous King! Born to redeem, and strong to save!" Then ask the monster, "Where's thy Sting?" And, "Where's thy victory, boasting grave?"

713= C.M.

l YE humble souls, that seek the Lord, Chase all your fears away; And bow with rapture down to see The place where Jesus lay.

2        Thus low the Lord of life was brought; Such wonders love can do: Thus cold in death that bosom lay, Which throbbed and bled for you.

3        But raise your eyes, and tune your songs, The Saviour lives again: Not all the bolts and bars of death The Conqueror could detain.

4        High o'er the angelic bands he rears His once dishonoured head; And through unnumbered years he reigns, Who dwelt among the dead.

5        With joy like his shall every saint His vacant tomb survey; Then rise with his ascending Lord To realms of endless day.

714= 6-7s. irregular.

1         IN the bonds of death he lay, Who for our offence was slain, But the Lord is risen to-day, Christ hath brought us life again; Wherefore let us all rejoice, Singing loud with cheerful voice Hallelujah!

2        Jesus Christ, God's only Son, Came at last our foe to smite, All our sins away hath done, Done away death's power and right; Only the form of death is left, Of his sting he is bereft; Hallelujah!

3        'Twas a wondrous war I trow, Life and death together fought, But life hath triumphed o'er his foe, Death is mocked, and set at nought; Yea, 'tis as the Scripture saith, Christ through death hath conquered death, Hallelujah!

4        Now our Paschal Lamb is he, And by him alone we live, Who to death upon the tree For our sake himself did give. Faith his blood strikes on our door, Death dares never harm us more, Hallelujah!

5        On this day, most blest of days, Let us keep high festival, For our God hath showed his grace, And his sun hath risen on all, And our hearts rejoice to see Sin and night before him flee. Hallelujah!

6        To the supper of the Lord Gladly will we come to-day; The word of peace is now restored, The old leaven is put away; Christ will be our food alone, Faith no life but his will own. Hallelujah!

715

1        THE foe behind, the deep before, Our hosts have dared and passed the sea: And Pharaoh's warriors strew the shore, And Israel's ransomed tribes are free.

2        Lift up, lift up your voices now! The whole wide world rejoices now! The Lord hath triumphed gloriously! The Lord shall reign victoriously!

3        Happy morrow, Turning sorrow Into peace and mirth! Bondage ending, Love descending O'er the earth!

4        Seals assuring, Guards securing, Watch his earthly prison. Seals are shattered, Guards are scattered, Christ hath risen!

5        No longer must the mourners weep, Nor call departed Christians dead; For death is hallowed into sleep, And every grave becomes a bed.

6        Now once more Eden's door Open stands to mortal eyes; For Christ hath risen, and man shall rise!

7        Now at last, Old things past, Hope, and joy, and peace begin; For Christ hath won, and man shall win!

8        It is not exile, rest on high: It is not sadness, peace from strife; To fall asleep is not to die: To dwell with Christ is better life.

9        Where our banner leads us, We may safely go: Where our Chief precedes us, We may face the foe.

10        His right arm is o'er us, He our guide will be: Christ hath gone before us, Christians, follow ye!

716= 7s.

1        "CHRIST, the Lord, is risen to-day," Sons of men and angels say! Raise your joys and triumphs high: Sing, ye heavens; thou earth, reply.

2        Love's redeeming work is done; Fought the fight, the battle won: Lo! the sun's eclipse is o'er, Lo! he sets in blood no more!

3        Vain the stone, the watch, the seal, Christ hath burst the gates of hell: Death in vain forbids his rise, Christ hath opened Paradise.

4        Lives again our glorious King! Where, O death, is now thy sting? Once he died our souls to save; Where's thy victory, boasting grave

5        Soar we now where Christ hath led, Following our exalted Head: Made like him, like him we rise, Ours the cross, the grave, the skies.

6        King of glory! Soul of bliss! Everlasting life is this, Thee to know, thy power to prove, Thus to sing, and thus to love.

717= 7s & 6s.

1        FATHER, God, we glorify Thy love to Adam's seed; Love that gave thy Son to die, And raised him from the dead: Him, for our offences slain, That we all might pardon find, Thou hast brought to life again, The Saviour of mankind.

2        By thy own right hand of power Thou hast exalted him, Sent the mighty Conqueror Thy people to redeem: King of saints, and Prince of peace, Him thou hast for sinners given, Sinners from their sins to bless, And lift them up to heaven.

3        Father, God, to us impart The gift unspeakable; Now in every waiting heart Thy glorious Son reveal: Quickened with our living Lord, Let us in thy Spirit rise, Rise to all thy life restored, And bless thee in the skies.

718= 7s On the Ascension of Christ.

1        HAIL the day that sees him rise, Ravished from our wishful eyes! Christ, awhile to mortals given, Reascends his native heaven.

2        There the pompous triumph waits: "Lift your heads, eternal gates; Wide unfold the radiant scene; Take the King of glory in!"

3        Circled round with angel-powers, Their triumphant Lord, and ours, Conqueror over death and sin; "Take the King of glory in!"

4        Him though highest heaven receives, Still he loves the earth he leaves; Though returning to his throne, Still he calls mankind his own.

5        See, he lifts his hands above! See, he shows the prints of love! Hark, his gracious lips bestow Blessings on his church below!

6        Still for us his death he pleads; Prevalent he intercedes; Near himself prepares our place, Harbinger of human race.

7        Master, (will we ever say) Taken from our head to day; See thy faithful servants, see, Ever gazing up to thee.

8        Grant, though parted from our sight, High above yon azure height, Grant our hearts may thither rise, Following thee beyond the skies.

9        Ever upward let us move, Wafted on the wings of love; Looking when our Lord shall come, Longing, gasping after home.

10        There we shall with thee remain, Partners of thy endless reign; There thy face unclouded see, Find our heaven of heavens in thee.

719= 4-6s & 2-8s.

1        GOD is gone up on high, With a triumphant noise; The clarions of the sky Proclaim the angelic joys! Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory's King.

2        God in the flesh below, For us he reigns above: Let all the nations know Our Jesu's conquering love! Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory's King.

3        All power to our great Lord Is by the Father given; By angel-hosts adored, He reigns supreme in heaven: Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory's King.

4        High on his holy seat He bears the righteous sway; His foes beneath his feet Shall sink and die away: Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory's King.

5        His foes and ours are one, Satan, the world, and sin; But he shall tread them down. And bring his kingdom in: Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory's King.

6        Till all the earth, renewed In righteousness divine, With all the hosts of God In one great chorus join, Join all on earth, rejoice and sing; Glory ascribe to glory's King.

720= 8s & 7s.

1        SEE the Conqueror mounts in triumph, See the King in royal state Riding on the clouds his chariot To his heavenly palace gate; Hark, the choirs of angel-voices Joyful hallelujahs sing, And the portals high are lifted To receive their heavenly King.

2        Who is this that comes in glory, With the trump of jubilee? Lord of battles, God of armies, He has gained the victory; He who on the cross did suffer, He who from the grave arose, He has vanquished sin and Satan, He by death has spoiled his foes.

3        While he lifts his hands in blessing, He is parted from his friends; While their eager eyes behold him, He upon the clouds ascends; He who walked with God, and pleased him, Preaching truth and doom to come, He, our Enoch, is translated To his everlasting home.

4        Now our heavenly Aaron enters, With his blood, within the veil; Joshua now is come to Canaan, And the kings before him quail; Now he plants the tribes of Israel In their promised resting-place; Now our great Elijah offers Double portion of his grace.

5        He has raised our human nature In the clouds to God's right hand; There we sit in heavenly places, There with him in glory stand: Jesus reigns, adored by angels; Man with God is on the throne; Mighty Lord, in thine ascension We by faith behold our own.

= SECOND PART

6        HOLY Ghost, Illuminator, Shed thy beams upon our eyes, Help us to look up with Stephen, And to see, beyond the skies, Where the Son of man in glory Standing is at God's right hand, Beckoning on his martyr army, Succouring, his faithful band;

7        See him, who is gone before us Heavenly mansions to prepare, See him, who is ever pleading For us with prevailing prayer, See him, who with sound of trumpet And with his angelic train, Summoning the world to judgement, On the clouds will come again.

8        Raise us up from earth to heaven, Give us Wings of faith and love, Gales of holy aspirations Wafting us to realms above; That, with hearts and minds uplifted, We with Christ our Lord may dwell, Where he sits enthroned in glory In his heavenly citadel.

9        So at last, when he appeareth, We from out our graves may spring, With our youth renewed like eagles, Flocking round our heavenly King. Caught up on the clouds of heaven, And may meet him in the air, Rise to realms where he is reigning, And may reign for ever there.

The following Doxology may be sung at the end of either part.

Glory be to God the Father; Glory be to God the Son, Dying, risen, ascending for us, Who the heavenly realm has won; Glory to the Holy Spirit; To One God in Persons Three Glory both in earth and heaven, Glory, endless glory be. Amen.

721= 6-8s.

1        SINNERS, rejoice: your peace is made; Your Saviour on the cross hath bled: Your God, in Jesus reconciled, On all his works again hath smiled; Hath grace through him and blessing given, To all in earth and all in heaven.

2        Angels rejoice in Jesu's grace, And vie with mans more favoured race; The blood that did for us atone, Conferred on them some gift unknown; Their joy through Jesu's pains abounds, They triumph by his glorious wounds.

3        Or, stablished and confirmed by him Who did our lower world redeem, Secure they keep their blest estate, Firm on an everlasting seat; Or, raised above themselves, aspire, In bliss improved, in glory higher.

4        Him they beheld our conquering God, Returned with garments rolled in blood! They saw, and kindled at the sight, And filled with shouts the realms of light; With loudest hallelujahs met, And fell, and kissed his bleeding feet.

5        They saw him in the courts above. With all his recent prints of love; The wounds, the blood! they heard its voice, That heightened all their highest joys; They felt it sprinkled through the skies, And shared that better sacrifice.

6        Not angel-tongues can e'er express The unutterable happiness; Nor human hearts can e'er conceive The bliss wherein through Christ they live, But all your heaven, ye glorious powers, And all your God, is doubly ours!

722= 8s & 7s.

1        HAIL, thou once despised Jesus! Hail, thou Galilean King! Thou didst suffer to release us; Thou didst free salvation bring. Hail, thou agonizing Saviour, Bearer of our sin and shame! By thy merits we find favour; Life is given through thy name.

2        Paschal Lamb, by God appointed, All our sins on thee were laid; By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made; All thy people are forgiven Through the virtue of thy blood; Opened is the gate of heaven, Peace is made 'twixt man and God.

3        Jesus, hail! enthroned in glory, There for ever to abide: All the heavenly host adore thee, Seated at thy Father's side; There for sinners thou art pleading, There thou dost our place prepare, Ever for us interceding, Till in glory we appear.

4        Worship, honour, power, and blessing, Thou art worthy to receive; Loudest praises without ceasing, Meet it is for us to give. Help, ye bright, angelic spirits! Bring your sweetest, noblest lays; Help to sing our Saviour's merits; Help to chant Immanuel's praise.

723= 2-6s & 4-7s. Hebrews vi. 20.

1        JESUS, to thee we fly, On thee for help rely; Thou our only refuge art, Thou dost all our fears control, Rest of every troubled heart, Life of every dying soul.

2        We lift our joyful eyes, And see the dazzling prize, See the purchase of thy blood, Freely now to sinners given; Thou the living way hast showed Thou to us hast opened heaven.

3        We now, divinely bold, Of thy reward lay hold; All thy glorious joy is ours, All the treasures of thy love; Now we taste the heavenly powers, Now we reign with thee above.

4        Our anchor sure and fast Within the veil is cast; Stands our never-failing hope Grounded in the holy place; We shall after thee mount up, See the Godhead face to face.

5        By faith already there, In thee our Head, we are; With our great forerunner we Now in heavenly places sit, Banquet with the Deity, See the world beneath our feet.

6        Thou art our flesh and bone, Thou art to heaven gone; Gone, that we might all pursue, Closely in thy footsteps tread; Gone, that we might follow too, Reign triumphant with our Head.

724= 7s & 6s. Hebrews iv.14.

1        TRUSTING in our Lord alone, A great high-priest we have! Jesus, God's eternal Son, Omnipotent to save, With the virtue of his blood, Ascending to the holiest place, Passed the heavenly courts, and stood Before his Father's face.

2        Separate holy from sinful men, Our Advocate above Doth his brethren's cause maintain Before the throne of love; Pleads for us on earth who dwell His one sufficient sacrifice; Us to save from sin and hell, He reigns above the skies.

3        Holy, like thyself, and pure Thou wilt thy brethren make, From all evil world secure, And to thy bosom take; Us before thy Father's face Acknowledge for thy flesh and bone, Higher than the angels place, And nearest to thy throne.

725= C.M.

1        WITH joy we meditate the grace Of our High-priest above; His heart is made of tenderness, His bowels yearn with love.

2        Touched with a sympathy within, He knows our feeble frame; He knows what sore temptations mean, For he hath felt the same.

3        He in the days of feeble flesh Poured out his cries and tears; And, though exalted, feels afresh What every member bears.

4        He'll never quench the smoking flax, But raise it to a flame; The bruised reed he never breaks, Nor scorns the meanest name.

5        Then let our humble faith address His mercy and his power: We shall obtain delivering grace In the distressing hour.

726= 6-8s. Hebrews ix. 24.

1        ENTERED the holy place above, Covered with meritorious scars, The tokens of his dying love Our great High-priest in glory bears. He pleads his passion on the tree, He shows himself to God for me.

2        Before the throne my Saviour stands, My Friend and Advocate appears; My name is graven on his hands, And him the Father always hears; While low at Jesu's cross I bow, He hears the blood of sprinkling now.

3        This instant now I may receive The answer of his powerful prayer; This instant now by him I live, His prevalence with God declare; And soon my spirit, in his hands, Shall stand where my Forerunner stands.

727= 2-6s & 4-7s.

1        JESU, my God and King, Thy regal state I sing! Thou, and only thou, art great, High thine everlasting throne; Thou the sovereign Potentate, Blessed, immortal, thou alone.

2        Essay your choicest strains, The King Messiah reigns! Tune your harps, celestial choir, Joyful all your voices raise; Christ, than earth-born monarchs higher, Sons of men and angels, praise!

3        Hail your dread Lord and ours, Dominions, thrones, and powers! Source of power, he rules alone: Veil your eyes, and prostrate fall; Cast your crowns before his throne, Hail the Cause, the Lord of all!

4        Let earth's remotest bound With echoing joys resound; Christ to praise let all conspire; Praise doth all to Christ belong: Shout, ye first-born sons of fire! Earth, repeat the glorious song!

5        Worthy, O Lord, art thou, That every knee shall bow, Every tongue to thee confess, Universal nature join, Strong and mighty, thee to bless, Gracious, merciful, benign!

6        Wisdom is due to thee, And might, and majesty; Thee in mercy rich we prove; Glory, honour, praise, receive; Worthy thou of all our love, More than all we pant to give.

7        Justice and truth maintain Thine everlasting reign: One with thine almighty Sire, Partner of an equal throne, King of saints, let all conspire Gratefully thy sway to own!

728= 7s.

1        EARTH, rejoice, our Lord is King! Sons of men, his praises sing; Sing ye in triumphant strains, Jesus the Messiah reigns!

2        Power is all to Jesus given, Lord of hell, and earth, and heaven, Every knee to him shall bow; Satan, hear, and tremble now!

3        Angels and archangels join, All triumphantly combine, All in Jesu's praise agree, Carrying on his victory.

4        Though the sons of night blaspheme, More there are with us than them; God with us, we cannot fear; Fear, ye fiends, for Christ is here!

5        Lo! to faith's enlightened sight, All the mountain flames with light, Hell is nigh, but God is nigher, Circling us with hosts of fire.

6        Christ the Saviour is come down, Points us to the victor's crown, Bids us take our seats above, More than conquerors in his love.

729= 4-6s & 2-8s.

1        REJOICE, the Lord is King! Your Lord and King adore, Mortals, give thanks, and sing, And triumph evermore; Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

2        Jesus the Saviour reigns, The God of truth and love; When he had purged our stains, He took his seat above: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

3        His kingdom cannot fail, He rules o'er earth and heaven; The keys of death and hell Are to our Jesus given: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

4        He sits at God's right hand, Till all his foes submit, And bow to his command, And fall beneath his feet: Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

5        He all his foes shall quell, Shall all our sins destroy, And every bosom swell With pure seraphic joy; Lift up your heart, lift up your voice, Rejoice, again I say, rejoice.

6        Rejoice in glorious hope, Jesus the Judge shall come, And take his servants up To their eternal home: We soon shall hear the archangel's voice, The trump of God shall sound, Rejoice!

730= 7s & 6s.

1        SAVIOUR, whom our hearts adore, To bless our earth again, Now assume thy royal power, And o'er the nations reign; Christ, the world's desire and hope, Power complete to thee is given; Set the last great empire up, Eternal Lord of heaven.

2        Where they all thy laws have spurned, Where they thy name profane, Where the ruined world hath mourned With blood of millions slain, Open there the ethereal scene, Claim the heathen tribes for thine; There the endless reign begin With majesty divine.

3        Universal Saviour, thou Wilt all thy creatures bless; Every knee to thee shall bow, And every tongue confess: None shall in thy mount destroy; War shall then be learnt no more: Saints shall their great King enjoy, And all mankind adore.

731= 6 6 8, 6 6 8.

1        MY heart and voice I raise, To spread Messiah's praise; Messiah's praise let all repeat; The universal Lord, By whose almighty word Creation rose in form complete.

2        A servant's form he wore, And in his body bore Our dreadful curse on Calvary: He like a victim stood, And poured his sacred blood, To set the guilty captives free.

3        But soon the Victor rose Triumphant o'er his foes, And led the vanquished host in chains: He threw their empire down, His foes compelled to own, O'er all the great Messiah reigns.

4        With mercy's mildest grace, He governs all our race In wisdom, righteousness, and love: Who to Messiah fly Shall find redemption nigh, And all his great salvation prove.

5        Hail, Saviour, Prince of peace! Thy kingdom shall increase, Till all the world thy glory see; And righteousness abound, As the great deep profound, And fill the earth with purity!

= 6 6 8, 6 6 8. 2nd. part.

6        JERUSALEM divine, When shall I call thee mine? And to thy holy hill attain, Where weary pilgrims rest, And in thy glories blest, With God Messiah ever reign?

7        There saints and angels join In fellowship divine, And rapture swells the solemn lay: While all with one accord Adore their glorious Lord, And shout his praise in endless day.

8        May I but find the grace To fill an humble place In that inheritance above; My tuneful voice I'll raise In songs of loudest praise, To spread thy fame, Redeeming Love!

9        Reign, true Messiah, reign! Thy kingdom shall remain When stars and sun no more shall shine; Mysterious Deity, Who ne'er began to be, To sound thy endless praise be mine!

732= 4-6s & 2-8s. Acts ii. 47.

1        SAVIOUR, we know thou art In every age the same: Now, Lord, in ours exert The virtue of thy name; And daily, through thy word, increase Thy blood-besprinkled witnesses.

2        Thy people, saved below From every sinful stain, Shall multiply and grow, If thy command ordain; And one into a thousand rise, And spread thy praise through earth and skies.

3        In many a soul, and mine, Thou hast displayed thy power: But to thy people join Ten thousand thousand more, Saved from the guilt and strength of sin, In life and heart entirely clean.

733= 7s & 6s. Acts iv. 24 - 33.

1        LORD of hosts, our God and Lord, To thee we lift our voice, Praise thy name with one accord, And in thy strength rejoice; Heaven is thine, and earth, and sea, The work of thine almighty hand; Every creature made by thee Must bow to thy command.

2        Lord, the cause belongs to thee When truth's opposers rise, Thou, who dost the evil see, Disperse it with thine eyes! They and we are in thine hand, Who sittest on thy righteous throne; Let thine awful counsel stand, Thy sovereign will be done.

3        Thou who once didst shake the place Where praying saints were met, Spirit of faith and holiness, The miracle repeat; Now exert thy power to heal, Thy waiting servants, Lord, inspire, Warm their hearts with heavenly zeal, And touch their lips with fire.

4        Power to every messenger And ready utterance give, That we boldly may declare The name through which we live, Preach the reconciling Word, Who did his peace to all bequeath, Followers of our lamb-like Lord, And faithful unto death.

734= S.M. Acts xi. 21.

1        LORD, if at thy command The word of life we sow, Watered by thy almighty hand, The seed shall surely grow: The virtue of thy grace A large increase shall give, And multiply the faithful race Who to thy glory live.

2        Now then the ceaseless shower Of gospel blessings send, And let the soul-converting power Thy ministers attend. On multitudes confer The heart-renewing love, And by the joy of grace prepare For fuller joys above.

735= 2-6s & 4-7s. Acts xiv, 27.

1         THY messengers make known What God by them hath done; We who prayed for their success, Thankful for their answered prayer, Testify his faithfulness, All his gracious works declare.

2        With joy we now approve The truth of Jesu's love; God, the universal God, He the door hath opened wide, Faith on heathens hath bestowed, Washed them in his bleeding side,

3        Purged from the stains of sin, By faith they enter in; Purchased and redeemed of old, Added to the chosen race, Now received into the fold, Heathens sing their Saviour's praise.

4        With them we lift our voice, Partakers of their joys, Conscious of the blood applied, Freely all through faith forgiven: Faith renews the justified, Faith unfolds the gates of heaven.

736= 7 7, 4 4 7, 7 7, 4 4 7. Acts xxi.20

1        OMNIPOTENT Redeemer, Our ransomed souls adore thee, Whate'er is done Thy work we own, And give thee all the glory; With thankfulness acknowledge Our time of visitation; Thine hand confess, And gladly bless The God of our salvation.

2        Thou hast employed thy servants, And blest their weak endeavours, And lo! in thee We myriads see Of justified believers; The church of pardoned sinners, Exulting in their Saviour, Sing all day long The gospel song, And triumph in thy favour.

3        Thy wonders wrought already Require our ceaseless praises But show thy power, And myriads more Endue with heavenly graces. But fill our earth with glory, And, known by every nation, God of all grace Receive the praise Of all thy new creation.

737= 2-6s & 4-7s.

1        THOU, Jesu, art our King, Thy ceaseless praise we sing; Praise shall our glad tongue employ, Praise o'erflow our grateful soul, While we vital breath enjoy, While eternal ages roll.

2        Thou art the Eternal Light, That shin'st in deepest night. Wondering gazed the angelic train, While thou bow'dst the heavens beneath, God with God wast man with man, Man to save from endless death.

3        Thou for our pain didst mourn, Thou hast our sickness borne: All our sins on thee were laid; Thou with unexampled grace All the mighty debt hast paid Due from Adam's helpless race.

4        Thou hast o'erthrown the foe, God's kingdom fixed below, Conqueror of all adverse power, Thou heaven's gates hast opened wide: Thou thine own dost lead secure In thy cross, and by thy side.

5        Enthroned above yon sky, Thou reign'st with God most high; Prostrate at thy feet we fall: Power supreme to thee is given; Thee, the righteous Judge of all, Sons of earth and hosts of heaven.

6        Cherubs with seraphs join And in thy praise combine; All their choirs thy glories sing: Who shall dare with thee to vie? Mighty Lord, eternal King, Sovereign both of earth and sky!

7        Hail, venerable train, Patriarchs, first-born of men! Hail, apostles of the Lamb By whose strength ye faithful proved! Join to extol his sacred name Whom in life and death ye loved.

8        The church through all her bounds With thy high praise resounds. Confessors undaunted here Unashamed proclaim their king; Children's feebler voices there To thy name hosannas sing.

9        Midst danger's blackest frown Thee hosts of martyrs own. Pain and shame alike they dare, Firmly, singularly good; Glorying thy cross to bear Till they seal their faith with blood.

10        Wide earth's remotest bound Full of thy praise is found: And all heaven's eternal day With thy streaming glory flames: All thy foes shall melt away From the insufferable beams.

11        O Lord, O God of love, Let us thy mercy prove! King of all, with pitying eye Mark the toil, the pains we feel; Midst the snares of death we lie, Midst the banded powers of hell.

12        Arise, stir up thy power, Thou deathless Conqueror! Help us to obtain the prize, Help us well to close our race; That with thee above the skies Endless joys we may possess.

738= 4-6s & 2-8s. Leviticus xxv.

1        BLOW ye the trumpet, blow, The gladly solemn sound, Let all the nations know, To earth's remotest bound; The year of Jubilee is come! Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

2        Jesus, our great High-priest, Hath full atonement made: Ye weary spirits, rest, Ye mournful souls, be glad; The year of Jubilee is come! Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

3        Extol the Lamb of God, The all-atoning Lamb, Redemption in his blood Throughout the world proclaim; The year of Jubilee is come! Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

4        Ye slaves of sin and hell, Your liberty receive, And safe in Jesus dwell, And blest in Jesus live; The year of Jubilee is come! Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

5        Ye who have sold for nought Your heritage above, Receive it back unbought, The gift of Jesu's love: The year of Jubilee is come! Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

6        The gospel trumpet hear, The news of heavenly grace, And, saved from earth, appear Before your Saviour's face: The year of Jubilee is come! Return, ye ransomed sinners, home.

739= S.M. Ecclesiastes xi. 6.

1        SOW in the morn thy seed, At eve hold not thine hand; To doubt and fear give thou no heed, Broadcast it o'er the land.

2        Beside all waters sow, The highway furrows stock, Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, Scatter it on the rock.

3        The good, the fruitful ground, Expect not here nor there, O'er hill and dale, by plots 'tis found; Go forth then everywhere.

4        And duly shall appear, In verdure, beauty, strength, The tender blade, the stalk, the ear, And the full corn at length.

5        Thou canst not toil in vain; Cold, heat, and moist, and dry, Shall foster and mature the grain For garners in the sky.

6        Thence, when the glorious end, The day of God is come, The angel-reapers shall descend, And heaven cry "Harvest home!"

740= C.M. Isaiah ii. 1 - 5.

1         BEHOLD! the mountain of the Lord In latter days shall rise On mountain-tops above the hills, And draw the wondering, eyes.

2        To this the joyful nations round, All tribes and tongues, shall flow; Up to the hill of God, they'll say, And to his house, we'll go.

3        The beam that shines from Zion's hill Shall lighten every land; The King who reigns in Salem's towers Shall all the world command.

4        Among the nations he shall judge; His judgements truth shall guide; His sceptre shall protect the just, And quell the sinner's pride.

5        No strife shall rage, nor hostile feuds Disturb those peaceful years; To ploughshares men shall beat their swords, To pruning-hooks their spears.

6        No longer hosts, encountering hosts, Shall crowds of slain deplore; They hang the trumpet in the hall, And study war no more.

7        Come, then, O house of Jacob! come To worship at his shrine; And, walking in the light of God, With holy beauties shine.

741= S.M. Isaiah lii. 7 - 10.

1        HOW beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zion's hill; Who bring salvation in their tongues, And words of peace reveal!

2        How cheering is their voice, How sweet the tidings are! "Zion, behold thy Saviour King; He reigns and triumphs here."

3        How blessed are our ears That hear this joyful sound, Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought, but never found!

4        How blessed are our eyes That see this heavenly light! Prophets and kings desired long, But died without the sight.

5        The watchmen join their voice, And tuneful notes employ; Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy.

6        The Lord makes bare his arm Through all the earth abroad: Let all the nations now behold Their Saviour and their God.

742= C.M. Isaiah lii. 10.

1         SALVATION! O the joyful sound! What pleasure to our ears! A sovereign balm for every wound, A cordial for our fears. Glory, honour, praise, and power, Be unto the Lamb for ever: Jesus Christ is our Redeemer: Hallelujah, Praise the Lord.

2        Salvation! let the echo fly The spacious earth around; While all the armies of the sky Conspire to raise the sound!

3        Salvation! O thou bleeding Lamb, To thee the praise belongs; Salvation shall inspire our hearts, And dwell upon our tongues.

743= 8s & 7s. Isaiah lii. 15.

1         SAVIOUR, sprinkle many nations, Fruitful let thy sorrows be; By thy pains and consolations Draw the Gentiles unto thee: Of thy cross the wondrous story, Be to all the nations told! Let them see thee in thy glory, And thy mercy manifold.

2        Far and wide, though all unknowing, Pants for thee each mortal breast; Human tears for thee are flowing, Human hearts in thee would rest; Thirsting, as for dews of even, As the new-mown grass for rain, Thee they seek, as God of heaven, Thee, as man for sinners slain.

3        Saviour, lo, the isles are waiting, Stretched the hand, and strained the sight, For thy Spirit, new creating, Love's pure flame, and wisdom's light; Give the word, and of the preacher Speed the foot, and touch the tongue, Till on earth by every creature Glory to the Lamb be sung.

744= L.M. Matthew ix. 36.

1        JESU, thy wandering sheep behold! See, Lord, with tenderest pity see The sheep that cannot find the fold, Till sought and gathered in by thee.

2        Lost are they now, and scattered wide, In pain, and weariness, and want; With no kind shepherd near to guide The sick, and spiritless, and faint.

3        Thou, only thou, the kind and good And sheep-redeeming Shepherd art: Collect thy flock, and give them food, And pastors after thine own heart.

4        Give the pure word of general grace, And great shall be the preachers' crowd; Preachers, who all the sinful race Point to the all-atoning blood.

5        Open their mouth, and utterance give; Give them a trumpet-voice, to call On all mankind to turn and live, Through faith in him who died for all.

6        Thy only glory let them seek; O let their hearts with love o'erflow! Let them believe, and therefore speak, And spread thy mercy's praise below.

745= S.M. Matthew ix. 38.

1        LORD of the harvest, hear Thy needy servants cry; Answer our faith's effectual prayer, And all our wants supply.

2        On thee we humbly wait, Our wants are in thy view; The harvest truly, Lord, is great; The labourers are few.

3        Convert, and send forth more Into thy church abroad; And let them speak thy word of power, As workers with their God.

4        Give the pure gospel word, The word of general grace; Thee let them preach, the common Lord, The Saviour of our race.

5        O let them spread thy name, Their mission fully prove, The universal grace proclaim, Thy all-redeeming love!

746= L.M. Christian responsibility.

1        THE heathen perish; day by day, Thousands on thousands pass away O Christians, to their rescue fly; Preach Jesus to them ere they die.

2        Wealth, labour, talents, freely give, Yea, life itself, that they may live; What hath your Saviour done for yon! And what for him will ye not do?

3        Thou Spirit of the Lord, go forth, Call in the south, wake up the north; In every clime, from sun to sun, Gather God's children into one.

747= 7 6, 7 6, 7 6.

1        FROM Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand, From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.

2        What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle, Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile! In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strewn; The heathen in his blindness Bows down to wood and stone.

3        Can we, whose souls are lighted With wisdom from on high, Can we to men benighted The lamp of life deny? Salvation! O salvation! The joyful sound proclaim, Till each remotest nation Has learnt Messiah's name.

4        Waft, waft, ye winds, his story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole; Till o'er our ransomed nature, The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.

748= 8 7, 8 7, 4 7.

1        COME, thou Conqueror of the nations, Now on thy white horse appear; Earthquakes, dearths, and desolations Signify thy kingdom near: True and faithful! Stablish thy dominion here.

2        Thine the kingdom, power, and glory; Thine the ransomed nations are; Let the heathen fall before thee, Let the isles thy power declare; Judge and conquer All mankind in righteous war.

3        Thee let all mankind admire, Object of our joy and dread! Flame thine eyes with heavenly fire, Many crowns upon thy head; But thine essence None, except thyself, can read.

4        Yet we know our Mediator, By the Father's grace bestowed; Meanly clothed in human nature, Thee we call the Word of God; Flesh thy vesture, Dipped in thy own sacred blood.

5        Captain, God of our salvation, Thou who hast the wine-press trod, Borne the Almighty's indignation, Quenched the fiercest wrath of God, Take the kingdom, Claim the purchase of thy blood.

6        On thy thigh and vesture written, Show the world thy heavenly name, That, with loving wonder smitten, All may glorify the Lamb; All adore thee, All the Lord of hosts proclaim.

7        Honour, glory, and salvation To the Lord our God we give; Power, and endless adoration, Thou art worthy to receive; Reign triumphant, King of kings, for ever live!

749= L.M. Revelation xxii. 17.

1         HEAD of thy church, whose Spirit fills And flows through every faithful soul, Unites in mystic love, and seals Them one, and sanctifies the whole;

2        "Come, Lord," thy glorious Spirit cries, And souls beneath the altar groan; "Come, Lord," the bride on earth replies, "And perfect all our souls in one."

3        Pour out the promised gift on all, Answer the universal "Come!" The fulness of the Gentiles call, And take thine ancient people home.

4        To thee let all the nations flow, Let all obey the gospel word; Let all their bleeding Saviour know, Filled with the glory of the Lord.

5        O for thy truth and mercy's sake The purchase of thy passion claim! Thine heritage the Gentiles take, And cause the world to know thy name.

750= C.M.

1        HAIL, Holy Ghost, Jehovah, Third In order of the Three; Sprung from the Father and the Word From all eternity!

2        Thy Godhead brooding o'er the abyss Of formless waters lay; Spoke into order all that is, And darkness into day.

3        In deepest hell, or heaven's height, Thy presence who can fly? Known is the Father to thy sight, The abyss of Deity.

4        Thy power through Jesu's life displayed, Quite from the virgin's womb, Dying, his soul an offering made, And raised him from the tomb.

5        God's image, which our sins destroy, Thy grace restores below; And truth, and holiness, and joy, From thee their fountain flow.

6        Hail, Holy Ghost, Jehovah, Third In order of the Three; Spring from the Father and the Word From all eternity!

751= 6-8s. Veni, Creator.

1         COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire! Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart; Thy blessed unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love.

2        Enable with perpetual light The dulness of our blinded sight; Anoint and cheer our soiled face With the abundance of thy grace; Keep far our foes, give peace at home Where thou art guide no ill can come.

3        Teach us to know the Father, Son, And thee, of both, to be but One; That through the ages all along This, this may be our endless song, All praise to thy eternal merit, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit!

752= 6-8s.

1         CREATOR Spirit, by whose aid The world's foundations first were laid, Come visit every waiting mind, Come pour thy joys on human kind; From sin and sorrow set us free, And make thy temples worthy thee.

2        O source of uncreated heat, The Father's promised Paraclete! Thrice holy Fount, thrice holy Fire, Our hearts with heavenly love inspire: Come, and thy sacred unction bring, To sanctify us while we sing.

3        Plenteous of grace, descend from high, Rich in thy sevenfold energy! Thou strength of his almighty hand Whose power does heaven and earth command, Refine and purge our earthly parts, And stamp thine image on our hearts.

4        Create all new; our wills control, Subdue the rebel in our soul; Chase from our minds the infernal foe; And peace, the fruit of faith, bestow: And, lest again we go astray, Protect and guide us in the way.

5        Immortal honours, endless fame, Attend the Almighty Father's name; The Saviour Son be glorified, Who for lost man's redemption died; And equal adoration be, Eternal Comforter, to thee!

753= 7 7 7. Veni, Sancte Spiritus.

1        HOLY Ghost! my Comforter! Now from highest heaven appear, Shed thy gracious radiance here.

2        Come to them who suffer dearth, With thy gifts of priceless worth, Lighten all who dwell on earth!

3        Thou the heart's most precious guest, Thou of comforters the best, Give to us, the o'er-laden, rest.

4        Come! in thee our toil is sweet, Shelter from the noon-day heat, From whom sorrow flieth fleet.

5        Blessed Sun of grace! o'er all Faithful hearts who on thee call Let thy light and solace fall.

6        What without thy aid is wrought, Skilful deed or wisest thought, God will count but vain and nought.

7        Cleanse us, Lord, from sinful stain, O'er the parched heart O rain! Heal the wounded of its pain.

8        Bend the stubborn will to thine, Melt the cold with fire divine, Erring hearts to right incline.

9        Grant us, Lord, who cry to thee, Steadfast in the faith to be, Give thy gift of charity.

10        May we live in holiness, And in death find happiness, And abide with thee in bliss!

754= L.M. John xv. 26, 27.

1        JESUS, we on the word depend, Spoken by thee while present here, "The Father in my name shall send The Holy Ghost, the Comforter."

2        That promise made to Adam's race, Now, Lord, in us, even us, fulfil; And give the Spirit of thy grace, To teach us all thy perfect will.

3        That heavenly Teacher of mankind, That Guide infallible impart, To bring thy sayings to our mind, And write them on our faithful heart.

4        He only can the words apply Through which we endless life possess And deal to each his legacy, His Lord's unutterable peace.

5        That peace of God, that peace of thine, O might he now to us bring in, And fill our souls with power divine, And make an end of fear and sin;

6        The length and breadth of love reveal, The height and depth of Deity; And all the sons of glory seal, And change, and make us all like thee!

755= 6-7s. John xiv. 16, 17.

1        FATHER, glorify thy Son; Answering his all-powerful prayer, Send that Intercessor down, Send that other Comforter, Whom believingly we claim, Whom we ask in Jesu's name.

2        Then by faith we know and feel Him, the Spirit of truth and grace; With us he vouchsafes to dwell, With us while unseen he stays: All our help and good, we own, Freely flows from him alone.

3        Wilt thou not the promise seal, Good and faithful as thou art, Send the Comforter to dwell Every moment in our heart? Yes, thou must the grace bestow; Christ hath said it shall be so.

756= 7s & 6s. Isaiah xi. 1 - 3.

1        BRANCH of Jesse's stem, arise, And in our nature grow, Turn our earth to paradise By flourishing below: Bless us with the Spirit of grace, Immeasurably shed on thee; Give to all the faithful race The promised Deity.

2        Let the Spirit of our Head On all the members rest; From thyself to us proceed, And dwell in every breast; Teach to judge and act aright, Inspire with wisdom from above, Holy faith, and heavenly might, And reverential love.

3        Lord, of thee we fain would learn Thy heavenly Father's will; Give us quickness to discern, And boldness to fulfil; All his mind to us explain, And all his name on us impress; Then our souls in thee attain The perfect righteousness.

757= 2-6s & 4-7s.

1         THOU art gone up on high Our Saviour in the sky, Principalities and powers Thou hast spoiled, and captive led, Conquered all thy foes and ours, More than conquered in our stead.

2        Mysterious gifts unseen Thou hast received for men, Gifts for a rebellious race Streaming from thy throne above, Contrite grief, and pardoning grace, Humble fear, and purest love.

3        The gift unspeakable, The witness, pledge, and seal, Heavenly Comforter divine, Spirit of eternity, Purchased by that blood of thine, Him thou hast received for me.

4        For me obtained he is, For all thine enemies; Jesus, thou the giver art! Now thy Father's name reveal, Now the Holy Ghost impart, God in man for ever dwell!

758= 7s.

1        GRANTED is the Saviour's prayer, Sent the gracious Comforter; Promise of our parting Lord, Jesus now to heaven restored;

2        Christ, who now gone up on high Captive leads captivity; While his foes from him receive Grace, that God with man may live.

3        God, the everlasting God, Makes with mortals his abode; Whom the heavens cannot contain, He vouchsafes to dwell in man.

4        Never will he thence depart, Inmate of an humble heart; Carrying on his work within, Striving till he casts out sin.

5        There he helps our feeble moans, Deepens our imperfect groans, Intercedes in silence there, Sighs the unutterable prayer.

6        Come, divine and peaceful guest, Enter our devoted breast; Life divine in us renew, Thou the Gift, and Giver too!

759= L.M. Acts ii.

1        OUR Jesus is gone up on high, For us the blessing to receive; It now comes streaming from the sky, The Spirit comes, and sinners live.

2        To every one whom God shall call The promise is securely made; To you far off; he calls you all; Believe the word which Christ hath said;

3        "The Holy Ghost, if I depart, The Comforter shall surely come, Shall make the contrite sinner's heart His loved, his everlasting home."

4        Lord, we believe to us and ours The apostolic promise given; We wait the Pentecostal powers, The Holy Ghost sent down from heaven.

5        Ah! leave us not to mourn below, Or long for thy return to pine; Now, Lord, the Comforter bestow, And fix in us the guest divine.

6        Assembled here with one accord, Calmly we wait the promised grace, The purchase of our dying Lord: Come, Holy Ghost, and fill the place.

7        If every one that asks may find, If still thou dost on sinners fall, Come as a mighty rushing wind; Great grace be now upon us all.

8        Behold, to thee our souls aspire, And languish thy descent to meet: Kindle in each the living fire, And fix in every heart thy seat.

760= 5 5 5 11, 5 5 5 11.

1        AWAY with our fears, Our troubles and tears! The Spirit is come, The witness of Jesus returned to his home; The pledge of our Lord To his heaven restored Is sent from the sky, And tells us our Head is exalted on high.

2        Our Advocate there By his blood and his prayer The gift hath obtained, For us he hath prayed, and the Comforter gained; Our glorified Head His Spirit hath shed, With his people to stay, And never again will he take him away.

3        Our heavenly guide With us shall abide, His comforts impart, And set up his kingdom of love in the heart. The heart that believes His kingdom receives, His power and his peace, His life, and his joy's everlasting increase.

4        The presence divine Doth inwardly shine, The Shechinah shall rest On all our assemblies, and glow in our breast; By day and by night The pillar of light Our steps shall attend, And convoy us safe to our prosperous end.

5        Then let us rejoice In heart and in voice, Our leader pursue, And shout as we travel the wilderness through; With the Spirit remove To Zion above, Triumphant arise, And walk with our God, till we fly to the skies.

761= 4-6s & 2-8s.

1        SINNERS, lift up your hearts, The promise to receive! Jesus himself imparts, He comes in man to live; The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven.

2        Jesus is glorified, And gives the Comforter, His Spirit, to reside In all his members here; The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven.

3        To make an end of sin, And Satan's works destroy, He brings his kingdom in, Peace, righteousness, and joy; The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven.

4        The cleansing blood to apply, The heavenly life display, And wholly sanctify, And seal us to that day, The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven.

5        Sent down to make us meet To see his glorious face, And grant us each a seat In that thrice happy place, The Holy Ghost to man is given; Rejoice in God sent down from heaven.

6        From heaven he shall once more Triumphantly descend, And all his saints restore To joys that never end; Then, then, when all our joys are given, Rejoice in God, rejoice in heaven.

762= 2-6s & 4-8s.

1        ETERNAL Spirit, come Into thy meanest home; From thy high and holy place, Where thou dost in glory reign, Stoop, in condescending grace, Stoop to the poor heart of man.

2        For thee our hearts we lift, And wait the heavenly gift: Giver, Lord of life divine, To our dying souls appear, Grant the grace for which we pine, Give thyself, the Comforter.

763= C.M.

1        COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers; Kindle a flame of sacred love In these cold hearts of ours.

2        In vain we tune our formal songs, In vain we strive to rise; Hosannas languish on our tongues, And our devotion dies.

3        And shall we then for ever live At this poor dying rate? Our love so faint, so cold to thee, And thine to us so great!

4        Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers; Come, shed abroad the Saviour's love, And that shall kindle ours.

764= C.M. Romans viii. 15, 16.

1        SOVEREIGN of all the worlds on high, Allow my humble claim; Nor, while unworthy I draw nigh, Disdain a Father's name.

2        "My Father God!" that gracious sound Dispels my guilty fear; Not all the harmony of heaven Could so delight my ear.

3        Come, Holy Spirit, seal the grace On my ex