Charles Wesley's Hymn Lyrics

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S.M. Leviticus viii.35

1 A CHARGE to keep I have, A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky; To serve the present age, My calling to fulfill: O may it all my powers engage To do my Master's will!

2 Arm me with jealous care, As in thy sight to live; And O thy servant, Lord, prepare A strict account to give! Help me to watch and pray, And on thyself rely, Assured, if I my trust betray, I shall for ever die.

C.M.

1 A THOUSAND oracles divine Their common beams unite, That sinners may with angels join To worship God aright; To praise a Trinity adored By all the hosts above, And one thrice-holy God and Lord Through endless ages love.

2 Triumphant host! they never cease To laud and magnify The Triune God of holiness, Whose glory fills the sky; Whose glory to this earth extends, When God himself imparts, And the whole Trinity descends Into our faithful hearts.

3 By faith the upper choir we meet, And challenge them to sing Jehovah on his shining seat, Our Maker and our King. But God made flesh is wholly ours, And asks our nobler strain; The Father of celestial powers, The friend of earth-born man!

4 Ye seraphs nearest to the throne, With rapturous amaze On us, poor ransomed worms, look down For heaven's superior praise; The King, whose glorious face ye see, For us his crown resigned; That fulness of the Deity, He died for all mankind!

1 Abba, Father, hear thy child, Late in Jesus reconciled; Hear, and all the graces shower, All the joy, and peace, and power; All my Saviour asks above, All the life and heaven of love.

2 Lord, I will not let thee go Till the blessing thou bestow: Hear my Advocate divine; Lo! To his my suit I join; Joined to his, it cannot fail; Bless me; for I will prevail.

3 Heavenly Father, Life divine, Change my nature into thine; Move, and spread throughout my soul, Actuate, and fill the whole: Be it I no longer now Living in the flesh, but thou.

4 Holy Ghost, no more delay; Come, and in thy temple stay: Now thine inward witness bear, Strong, and permanent, and clear: Spring of life, thyself impart; Rise eternal in my heart

L.M.

1 ABRAHAM, when severely tried, His faith by his obedience showed, He with the harsh command complied, And gave his Isaac back to God.

2 His son the father offered np, Son of his age, his only son, Object of all his joy and hope, And less beloved than God alone.

3 O for a faith like his, that we The bright example may pursue! May gladly give up all to thee, To whom our more than all is due.

4 Now, Lord, to thee our all we leave, Our willing soul thy call obeys; Pleasure, and wealth, and fame we give, Freedom, and life to win thy grace.

5 Is there a thing than life more dear? A thing from which we cannot part? We can; we now rejoice to tear The idol from our bleeding heart.

6 Jesus, accept our sacrifice; All things for thee we count but loss, Lo! at thy word our Isaac dies, Dies on the altar of thy cross.

7 For what to thee, O Lord, we give, A hundred-fold we here obtain; And soon with thee shall all receive, And loss shall be eternal gain.

5 5 5 11

1 Ah, tell us no more The spirit and pow'r Of Jesus, our God, Is not to be found in this lifegiving Blood!

2 Did Jesus ordain His supper in vain, And furnish a feast For none but His earliest servants to taste?

3 Nay, but this is His will (We know it and feel), That we should partake The banquet for all He so freely did make.

4 In rapturous bliss He bids us do this. The joy it imparts Hath witness'd His gracious design in our hearts.

S.M.

1 AH whither should I go, Burdened, and sick, and faint? To whom should I my troubles show, And pour out my complaint? My Saviour bids me come, Ah! why do I delay? He calls the weary sinner home, And yet from him I stay!

2 What is it keeps me back, From which I cannot part, Which will not let my Saviour take, Possession of my heart? Some cursed thing unknown Must surely lurk within, Some idol, which I will not own, Some secret bosom-sin.

3 Jesu, the hindrance show, Which I have feared to see: Yet let me now consent to know What keeps me out of thee: Searcher of hearts, in mine Thy trying power display; Into its darkest corners shine, And take the veil away.

4 I now believe in thee Compassion reigns alone; According to my faith to me O let it, Lord, be done! In me is all the bar, Which thou wouldst fain remove; Remove it, and I shall declare That God is only love.

8s.

1 ALL glory to God in the sky, And peace upon earth be restored! O Jesus, exalted on high, Appear our omnipotent Lord! Who, meanly in Bethlehem born, Didst stoop to redeem a lost race, Once more to thy creatures return, And reign in thy kingdom of grace.

2 When thou in our flesh didst appear, All nature acknowledged thy birth; Arose the acceptable year, And heaven was opened on earth: Receiving its Lord from above, The world was united to bless The giver of concord and love, The Prince and the author of peace.

3 O wouldst thou again be made known! Again in thy Spirit descend, And set up in each of thine own A kingdom that never shall end. Thou only art able to bless, And make the glad nations obey, And bid the dire enmity cease, And bow the whole world to thy sway.

4 Come then to thy servants again, Who long thy appearing to know, Thy quiet and peaceable reign In mercy establish below; All sorrow before thee shall fly, And anger and hatred be o'er, And envy and malice shall die, And discord afflict us no more

5 No horrid alarum of war Shall break our eternal repose, No sound of the trumpet is there, Where Jesus's Spirit o'erflows; Appeased by the charms of thy grace, We all shall in amity join, And kindly each other embrace, And love with a passion like thine.

C. M.

1 All praise to Him who dwells in bliss, Who made both day and night; Whose throne is in the vast abyss Of uncreated light.

2 Each thought and deed his piercing eye With strictest search survey; The deepest shades no more disguise, Than the full blaze of day

3 Whom thou dost guard, O King of kings, No evil shall molest: Under the shadow of thy wings Shall they securely rest

4 Thy angels shall around their beds Their constant stations keep: Thy faith and truth shall shield their heads, For thou dost never sleep.

5 May we with calm and sweet repose, And heavenly thoughts refreshed, Our eyelids with the morn unclose, And bless thee, ever blest

C.M.

1 ALL praise to our redeeming Lord, Who joins us by his grace, And bids us, each to each restored, Together seek his face.

2 He bids us build each other up; And, gathered into one, To our high calling's glorious hope We hand in hand go on.

3 The gift which he on one bestows, We all delight to prove; The grace through every vessel flows, In purest streams of love.

4 Even now we think and speak the same, And cordially agree; Concentrated all, through Jesus' name, In perfect harmony.

5 We all partake the joy of one, The common peace we feel, A peace to sensual minds unknown, A joy unspeakable.

6 And if our fellowship below In Jesus be so sweet, What heights of rapture shall we know, When round his throne we meet!

10,11

1 All praise to the Lamb! Accepted I am, Through faith in the Saviour's adorable name: In him I confide, his blood is applied; For me he hat suffered, for me he hath died.

2 Not a cloud doth arise, to darken my skies, Or hide for a moment my Lord from mine eye: In him I am blest, I lean on his breast And lo! in his wounds I continue to rest.

10s & 11s.

1 ALL thanks to the Lamb, Who gives us to meet! His love we proclaim, His praises repeat; We own him our Jesus, Continually near To pardon and bless us, And perfect us here.

2 In him we have peace, In him we have power, Preserved by his grace Throughout the dark hour, In all our temptation He keeps us to prove His utmost salvation, His fullness of love.

3 Through pride and desire Unhurt we have gone, Through water and fire In him we went on; The world and the devil Through him we o'ercame, Our Saviour from evil, For ever the same.

4 When we would have spurned His mercy and grace, To Egypt returned, And fled from his face, He hindered our flying, (His goodness to show) And stopped us, by crying, "Will ye also go?"

5 O what shall we do Our Saviour to love? To make us anew, Come, Lord, from above! The fruit of thy passion, Thy holiness give, Give us the salvation Of all that believe.

6 Come, Jesus, and loose The stammerer's tongue, And teach even us The spiritual song; Let us without ceasing Give thanks for thy grace, And glory, and blessing, And honour, and praise.

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.

S.M.

1 AND am I born to die? To lay this body down? And must my trembling spirit fly Into a world unknown-A land of deepest shade, Unpierced by human thought, The dreary regions of the dead, Where all things are forgot?

2 Soon as from earth I go, What will become of me? Eternal happiness or woe Must then my portion be; Waked by the trumpet's sound, I from my grave shall rise, And see the Judge with glory crowned, And see the flaming skies.

3 How shall I leave my tomb? With triumph or regret? A fearful or a joyful doom, A curse or blessing meet? Will angel-bands convey Their brother to the bar? Or devils drag my soul away, To meet its sentence there?

4 Who can resolve the doubt That tears my anxious breast? Shall I be with the damned cast out, Or numbered with the blest? I must from God be driven, Or with my Saviour dwell; Must come at his command to heaven, Or else-depart to hell.

5 O thou that wouldst not have One wretched sinner die, Who died'st thyself; my soul to save From endless misery! Show me the way to shun Thy dreadful wrath severe, That when thou comest on thy throne I may with joy appear.

6 Thou art thyself the Way; Thyself in me reveal; So shall I spend my life's short day Obedient to thy will; So shall I love my God, Because he first loved me, And praise thee in thy bright abode, To all eternity.

S.M.

1 AND are we yet alive, And see each other's face? Glory and praise to Jesus give For his redeeming grace! Preserved by power divine To full salvation here, Again in Jesu's praise we join, And in his sight appear.

2 What troubles have we seen, What conflicts have we past, Fightings without, and fears within, Since we assembled last! But out of all the Lord Hath brought us by his love; And still he doth his help afford, And hides our life above.

3 Then let us make our boast Of his redeeming power, Which saves us to the uttermost, Till we can sin no more: Let us take up the cross, Till we the crown obtain; And gladly reckon all things loss, So we may Jesus gain.

S.M.

1 And can I yet delay My little all to give? To tear my soul from earth away For Jesus to receive?

2 Nay, but I yield, I yield; I can hold out no more: I sink, by dying love compelled, And own thee conqueror

3 Though late, I all forsake; My friends, my all, resign: Gracious Redeemer, take, O take, And seal me ever thine.

4 Come, and possess me whole, Nor hence again remove; Settle and fix my wavering soul With all thy weight of love.

5 My one desire be this, Thy only love to know; To seek and taste no other bliss, No other good below.

6 My life, my portion thou; Thou all-sufficient art: My hope, my heavenly treasure, now Enter, and keep my heart.

6-8s.

1 AND can it be, that I should gain An interest in the Saviour's blood`? Died he for me, who caused his pain? For me, who him to death pursued? Amazing love! how can it be That thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

2 'Tis mystery all! The Immortal dies! Who can explore his strange design? In vain the first-born seraph tries To sound the depths of love divine! 'Tis mercy all! let earth adore, Let angel-minds inquire no more.

3 He left his Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite his grace!) Emptied himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race: 'Tis mercy all, immense and free, For, O my God, it found out me!

4 Long my imprisoned spirit lay Fast bound in sin and nature's night; Thine eye diffused a quickening ray, I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; My chains fell off, my heart was free, I rose, went forth, and followed thee.

5 No condemnation now I dread, Jesus, and all in him, is mine! Alive in him, my living Head, And clothed in righteousness divine, Bold I approach the eternal throne, And claim the crown, through Christ my own.

S.M.

1 AND let our bodies part, To different climes repair! Inseparably joined in heart The friends of Jesus are! Jesus, the corner-stone, Did first our hearts unite, And still he keeps our spirits one, Who walk with him in white.

2 O let us still proceed In Jesu's work below; And, following our triumphant Head, To farther conquests go! The vineyard of their Lord Before his labourers lies; And lo! we see the vast reward Which waits us in the skies.

3 O let our heart and mind Continually ascend, That haven of repose to find Where all our labours end; Where all our toils are o'er, Our suffering and our pain! Who meet on that eternal shore Shall never part again.

4 O happy, happy place, Where saints and angels meet! There we shall see each other's face, And all our brethren greet: The church of the first-born, We shall with them be blest, And, crowned with endless joy, return To our eternal rest.

5 With joy we shall behold, In yonder blest abode, The patriarchs and prophets old, And all the saints of God. Abraham and Isaac there, And Jacob, shall receive The followers of their faith and prayer, Who now in bodies live.

6 We shall our time beneath Live out in cheerful hope, And fearless pass the vale of death, And gain the mountain-top. To gather home his own God shall his angels send, And bid our bliss, on earth begun, In deathless triumph end.

C.M. "The sufferings of this present time are
not worthy to be compared with the glory
which shall be revealed to us." - Romans viii.18.

1 AND let this feeble body fail, And let it droop and die; My soul shall quit the mournful vale, And soar to worlds on high; Shall join the disembodied saints, And find its long-sought rest, (That only bliss for which it pants) In my Redeemer's breast.

2 In hope of that immortal crown, I now the cross sustain, And gladly wander up and down, And smile at toil and pain: I suffer out my threescore years, Till my Deliverer come, And wipe away his servant's tears, And take his exile home.

3 Surely he will not long delay: I hear his Spirit cry, "Arise, my love, make haste away! Go, get thee up, and die. O'er death, who now has lost his sting, I give thee victory; And with me my reward I bring, I bring my heaven for thee."

4 O what hath Jesus bought for me! Before my ravished eyes Givers of life divine I see, And trees of paradise; They flourish in perpetual bloom, Fruit every month they give; And to the healing leaves who come Eternally shall live.

5 I see a world of spirits bright Who reap the pleasures there; They all are robed in purest white, And conquering palms they bear: Adorned by their Redeemer's grace, They close pursue the Lamb; And every shining front displays The unutterable name.

6 They drink the vivifying stream, They pluck the ambrosial fruit, And each records the praise of him Who tuned his golden lute: At once they strike the harmonious wire, And hymn the great Three-One: He hears; he smiles; and all the choir Fall down before his throne.

7 O what are all my sufferings here, If, Lord, thou count me meet With that enraptured host to appear, And worship at thy feet! Give joy or grief, give ease or pain, Take life or friends away: I come, to find them all again In that eternal day.

C.M.

1 And must I be to judgment brought, And answer in that day For every vain and idle thought, And every word I say?

2 Yes, every secret of my heart Shall shortly be made known, And I receive my just desert For all that I have done.

3 How careful, then, ought I to live, With what religious fear! Who such a strict account must give For my behavior here.

4 Thou awful Judge of quick and dead, The watchful power bestow; So shall I to my ways take heed, To all I speak or do

5 If now thou standest at the door, O let me feel thee near; And make my peace with God, before I at thy bar appear

S.M.

1 And wilt Thou yet be found, And may I still draw near? Then listen to the plaintive sound Of a poor sinner's prayer.

2 Jesus, thine aid afford, If still the same thou art: To thee I look, to thee, my Lord, I lift my helpless heart.

3 Thou seest my troubled breast, The strugglings of my will, The foes that interrupt my rest, The agonies I feel.

4 O my offended Lord, Restore my inward peace; I know thou canst; pronounce the work, And bid the tempest cease.

5 I long to see thy face; They Spirit I implore The living water of thy grace, That I may thirst no more.

8s & 6s.

1 ARE there not in the labourer's day Twelve hours, in which he safely may His calling's work pursue? Though sin and Satan still are near, Nor sin nor Satan can I fear, With Jesus in my view.

2 Not all the powers of hell can fright A soul that walks with Christ in light, He walks and cannot fall; Clearly he sees, and wins his way, Shining unto the perfect day, And more than conquers all.

3 Light of the world, thy beams I bless; On thee, bright Sun of righteousness, My faith hath fixed its eye; Guided by thee, through all I go, Nor fear the ruin spread below, For thou art always nigh.

4 Ten thousand snares my path beset; Yet will I, Lord, the work complete Which thou to me hast given; Regardless of the pains I feel, Close by the gates of death and hell, I urge my way to heaven.

5 Still will I strive, and labour still, With humble zeal to do thy will, And trust in thy defence: My soul into thy hands I give; And, if he can obtain thy leave, Let Satan pluck me thence!

4-6s & 2-8s.

1 ARISE, my soul, arise, Shake off thy guilty fears; The bleeding sacrifice In my behalf appears; Before the throne thy Surety stands; My name is written on his hands.

2 He ever lives above, For me to intercede, His all-redeeming love, His precious blood, to plead: His blood atoned for all our race, And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

3 Five bleeding wounds he bears, Received on Calvary; They pour effectual prayers, They strongly speak for me: "Forgive him, O forgive," they cry? "Nor let that ransomed sinner die!"

4 The Father hears him pray, His dear Anointed One; He cannot turn away The presence of his Son: His Spirit answers to the blood, And tells me I am born of God.

5 My God is reconciled, His pardoning voice I hear, He owns me for his child, I can no longer fear, With confidence I now draw nigh, And, Father, Abba, Father, cry!

530

1 Arise, my soul, on wings sublime, Above the vanities of time; Let faith now pierce the veil, and see The glories of eternity.

2 Born by a new, celestial birth, Why should I grovel here on earth? Why grasp at vain and fleeting toys, So near to heaven's eternal joys?

3 Shall aught beguile me on the road, The narrow road that leads to God? Or can I love this earth so well, As not to long with God to dwell?

4 To dwell with God, to taste his love, Is the full heaven enjoyed above: The glorious expectation now Is heavenly bliss begun below.

L.M. Isaiah li. 9.

1 Arm of the Lord, awake, awake! Thine own immortal strength put on! With terror clothed, hell's kingdom shake, And cast thy foes with fury down!

2 As in the ancient days appear! The sacred annals speak thy fame: Be now omnipotently near, To endless ages still the same.

3 Thy arm, Lord, is not shortened now, It wants not now the power to save; Still present with thy people, thou Bear'st them through life's disparted wave.

4 By death and hell pursued in vain, To thee the ransomed seed shall come, Shouting their heavenly Zion gain, And pass through death triumphant home.

5 The pain of life shall there be o'er, The anguish and distracting care, There sighing grief shall weep no more, And sin shall never enter there.

6 Where pure, essential joy is found, The Lord's redeemed their heads shall raise, With everlasting gladness crowned, And filled with love, and lost in praise.

L.M.

1 AUTHOR of faith, eternal Word, Whose Spirit breathes the active flame: Faith, like its Finisher and Lord, To-day as yesterday the same;

2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, And ask the gift unspeakable; Increase in us the kindled fire, In us the work of faith fulfil.

3 By faith we know thee strong to save; (Save us, a present Saviour thou!) Whate'er we hope, by faith we have, Future and past subsisting now.

4 To him that in thy name believes Eternal life with thee is given; Into himself he all receives, Pardon, and holiness, and heaven.

5 The things unknown to feeble sense, Unseen by reason's glimmering ray, With strong, commanding evidence, Their heavenly origin display.

6 Faith lends its realizing light, The clouds disperse, the shadows fly; The Invisible appears in sight, And God is seen by mortal eye.

8s&6s.

1 AUTHOR of faith, to thee I cry, To thee, who wouldst not have me die, But know the truth and live; Open mine eyes to see thy face, Work in my heart the saving grace, The life eternal give.

2 Shut up in unbelief I groan, And blindly serve a God unknown, Till thou the veil remove; The gift unspeakable impart, And write thy name upon my heart, And manifest thy love.

3 I know the work is only thine, The gift of faith is all divine; But, if on thee we call, Thou wilt the benefit bestow, And give us hearts to feel and know That thou hast died for all.

4 Thou bidd'st us knock and enter in, Come unto thee, and rest from sin, The blessing seek and find; Thou bidd'st us ask thy grace, and have; Thou canst, thou wouldst, this moment save Both me and all mankind.

5 Be it according to thy word! Now let me find my pardoning Lord, Let what I ask be given; The bar of unbelief remove, Open the door of faith and love, And take me into heaven.

6 6 6 6 8 8

1 Author of life divine, Who hast a table spread, Furnish'd with mystic wine And everlasting bread, Preserve the life thyself has giv'n, And feed and train us up for heav'n.

2 Our needy souls sustain With fresh supplies of love, Till all Thy life we gain, And all Thy fullness prove, And, strengthened by Thy perfect grace, Behold without a veil Thy face.

L.M.

1 Author of our salvation, thee, With lowly, thankful hearts, we praise; Author of this great mystery, Figure and means of saving grace.

2 The sacred, true, effectual sign, Thy body and thy blood it shows; The glorious instrument divine, Thy mercy and thy strength bestows.

3 We see the blood that seals our peace; Thy pardoning mercy we receive; The bread doth visibly express The strength through which our spirits live.

4 Our spirits drink a fresh supply, And eat the bread so freely given, Till, borne on eagle wings, we fly, And banquet with our Lord in heaven.

L.M.

1 Awake, Jerusalem, awake! No longer in thy sins lie down: The garment of salvation take; Thy beauty and thy strength put on.

2 Shake off the dust that blinds thy sight, And hides the promise from thine eyes; Arise, and struggle into light; The great Deliverer calls, "Arise!"

3 Shake off the bands of sad despair; Zion, assert thy liberty; Look up, thy broken heart prepare, And God shall set the captive free.

4 Vessels of mercy, sons of grace, Be purged from every sinful stain; Be like you Lord, his word embrace, Nor bear his allowed name in vain.

8s.

1 AWAY with our sorrow and fear! We soon shall recover our home, The City of saints shall appear, The day of eternity come: From earth we shall quickly remove, And mount to our native abode, The house of our Father above, The palace of angels and God.

2 Our mourning is all at an end, When, raised by the life-giving word, We see the new city descend, Adorned as a bride for her Lord; The city so holy and clean, No sorrow can breathe in the air; No gloom of affliction or sin, No shadow of evil is there.

3 By faith we already behold That lovely Jerusalem here; Her walls are of jasper and gold, As crystal her buildings are clear; Immovably founded in grace, She stands as she ever hath stood, And brightly her builder displays, And flames with the glory of God.

4 No need of the sun in that day, Which never is followed by night, Where Jesus's beauties display A pure and a permanent light: The Lamb is their light and their sun, And lo! by reflection they shine, With Jesus ineffably one, And bright in effulgence divine!

5 The saints in his presence receive Their great and eternal reward; In Jesus, in heaven they live, They reign in the smile of their Lord: The flame of angelical love Is kindled at Jesus's face; And all the enjoyment above Consists in the rapturous gaze.

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

2 The pledge of our Lord To His heaven restored Is sent from the sky, And tells us our Head is exalted on high

3 Our Advocate there By His blood and His pray'r The gift hath obtained; For us He hath pray'd and the Comforter gained.

4 Our glorified Head His Spirit hath shed, With His people to stay, And never again will He take Him away.

5 5 9, 5 5 9.

1 AWAY with our fears! The glad morning appears When an heir of salvation was born! From Jehovah I came, For his glory I am, And to him I with singing return.

2 Thee, Jesus, alone, The fountain I own Of my life and felicity here; And cheerfully sing My Redeemer and King, Till his sign in the heavens appear.

3 With thanks I rejoice In thy fatherly choice Of my state and condition below; If of parents I came Who honoured thy name, 'Twas thy wisdom appointed it so.

4 I sing of thy grace, From my earliest days Ever near to allure and defend; Hitherto thou hast been My preserver from sin, And I trust thou wilt save to the end.

5 O the infinite cares, And temptations, and snares, Thy hand hath conducted me through! O the blessings bestowed By a bountiful God, And the mercies eternally new!

6 What a mercy is this, What a heaven of bliss, How unspeakably happy am I! Gathered into the fold, With thy people enrolled, With thy people to live and to die!

7 O the goodness of God, Employing a clod His tribute of glory to raise! His standard to bear, And with triumph declare His unspeakable riches of grace.

8 O the fathomless love, That has deigned to approve And prosper the work of my hands! With my pastoral crook I went over the brook, And, behold, I am spread into bands!

9 Who, I ask in amaze, Hath begotten me these? And inquire from what quarter they came? My full heart it replies, They are born from the skies, And gives glory to God and the Lamb.

10 All honour and praise To the Father of grace, To the Spirit, and Son, I return! The business pursue He hath made me to do, And rejoice that I ever was born.

11 In a rapture of joy My life I employ, The God of my life to proclaim; 'Tis worth living for this, To administer bliss And salvation in Jesus's name.

12 My remnant of days I spend in his praise, Who died the whole world to redeem: Be they many or few, My days are his due, And they all are devoted to him.

S.M.

1 AWAY, my needless fears, And doubts no longer mine; A ray of heavenly light appears, A messenger divine.

2 Thrice comfortable hope, That calms my troubled breast; My Father's hand prepares the cup, And what he wills is best.

3 If what I wish is good, And suits the will divine; By earth and hell in vain withstood, I know it shall be mine.

4 Still let them counsel take To frustrate his decree, They cannot keep a blessing back By heaven designed for me.

5 Here then I doubt no more, But in his pleasure rest, Whose wisdom, love, and truth, and power, Engage to make me blest.

6 To accomplish his design The creatures all agree; And all the attributes divine Are now at work for me.

L.M. Habakkuk iii. 17, 18.

1 AWAY, my unbelieving fear! Fear shall in me no more have place; My Saviour doth not yet appear, He hides the brightness of his face; But shall I therefore let him go, And basely to the tempter yield? No, in the strength of Jesus, no! I never will give up my shield.

2 Although the vine its fruit deny, Although the olive yield no oil, The withering fig-tree droop and die, The field illude the tiller's toil, The empty stall no herd afford, The flocks be cut off from their place, Yet will I triumph in the Lord, The God of my salvation praise.

3 Barren although my soul remain, And no one bud of grace appear, No fruit of all my toil and pain, But desperate wickedness is here; Although, my gifts and comforts lost, My blooming hopes cut off I see; Yet will I in my Saviour trust, And glory that he died for me.

4 In hope, believing against hope, Jesus my Lord and God I claim; Jesus my strength shall lift me up, Salvation is in Jesu's name; To me he soon shall bring it nigh; My soul shall then outstrip the wind, On wings of love mount up on high, And leave the world and sin behind.

8s & 6s. Job xxviii.28

1 BE it my only wisdom here To serve the Lord with filial fear, With loving gratitude; Superior sense may I display, By shunning every evil way, And walking in the good.

2 O may I still from sin depart!. A wise and understanding heart, Jesus, to me be given; And let me through thy Spirit know To glorify my God below, And find my way to heaven.

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.

C.M.

BEING of beings, God of love! To thee our hearts we raise, Thy all-sustaining power we prove, And gladly sing thy praise.

C.M.

1 BLEST be the dear uniting love, That will not let us part! Our bodies may far off remove, We still are one in heart.

2 Joined in one spirit to our Head, Where he appoints we go; And stili in Jesu's footsteps tread, And show his praise below.

3 O may we ever walk in him, And nothing know beside; Nothing desire, nothing esteem, But Jesus crucified.

4 Closer and closer let us cleave To his beloved embrace; Expect his fulness to receive And grace to answer grace.

5 Partakers of the Saviour's grace, The same in mind and heart, Nor joy, nor grief, nor time, nor place, Nor life, nor death can part.

6 But let us hasten to the day Which shall our flesh restore, When death shall all be done away, And bodies part no more!

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.

L.M. Christian Fellowship.

1 BRETHREN in Christ, and well-beloved, To Jesus and his servants dear, Enter and show yourselves approved; Enter, and find that God is here.

2 Welcome from earth: lo, the right hand Of fellowship to you we give! With open hearts and hands we stand, And you in Jesu's name receive.

3 Say, are your hearts resolved as ours? Then let them burn with sacred love; Then let them taste the heavenly powers, Partakers of the joys above.

4 Jesu, attend thyself reveal! Are we not met in thy great name? Thee in the midst we wait to feel, We wait to catch the spreading flame.

5 Thou God that answerest by fire, The Spirit of burning now impart; And let the flames of pure desire Rise from the altar of our heart.

6 Truly our fellowship below With thee and with the Father is; In thee eternal life we know, And heaven's unutterable bliss.

7 In part we only know thee here, But wait thy coming from above; And we shall then behold thee near, And we shall all be lost in love.

8s & 6s.

1 BUT can it be, that I should prove For ever faithful to thy love, From sin for ever cease? I thank thee for the blessed hope; It lifts my drooping spirits up, It gives me back my peace.

2 In thee, O Lord, I put my trust, Mighty, and merciful, and just; Thy sacred word is passed; And I, who dare thy word receive, Without committing sin shall live, Shall live to God at last.

3 I rest in thine almighty power; The name of Jesus is a tower, That hides my life above: Thou canst, thou wilt my helper be; My confidence is all in thee, The faithful God of love.

4 While still to thee for help I call, Thou wilt not suffer me to fall, Thou canst not let me sin; And thou shalt give me power to pray Till all my sins are purged away, And all thy mind brought in.

5 Wherefore, in never-ceasing prayer, My soul to thy continual care I faithfully commend; Assured that thou through life shalt save, And show thyself beyond the grave My everlasting Friend.

6-8s. Exodus xiii. 21.

1 CAPTAIN of Israel's host, and guide Of all who seek the land above, Beneath thy shadow we abide, The cloud of thy protecting love; Our strength, thy grace; our rule, thy word; Our end, the glory of the Lord.

2 By thine unerring Spirit led, We shall not in the desert stray; We shall not full direction need, Nor miss our providential way; As far from danger as from fear, While love, almighty love, is near.

474 = 6-8s. The same subject.

1 CAPTAIN of our salvation, take The souls we here present to thee, And fit for thy great service make These heirs of immortality; And let them in thine image rise, And then transplant to Paradise.

2 Unspotted from the world and pure, Preserve them for thy glorious cause, Accustomed daily to endure The welcome burden of thy cross; Inured to toil and patient pain, Till all thy perfect mind they gain.

3 Our sons henceforth be wholly thine, And serve and love thee all their days, Infuse the principle divine In all who here expect thy grace; Let each improve the grace bestowed; Rise every child a man of God!

4 Train up thy hardy soldiers, Lord, In all their Captain's steps to tread Or send them to proclaim the word, The gospel through the world to spread. Freely as they receive to give, And preach the death by which we live.

7s & 6s.

1 CAST on the fidelity Of my redeeming Lord, I shall his salvation see, According to his word: Credence to his word I give; My Saviour in distresses past Will not now his servant leave, But bring me through at last.

2 Better than my boding fears To me thou oft hast proved, Oft observed my silent tears, And challenged thy beloved; Mercy to my rescue flew, And death ungrasped his fainting prey Pain before thy face withdrew And sorrow fled away.

3 Now as yesterday the same, In all my troubles nigh, Jesus, on thy word and name I steadfastly rely; Sure as now the grief I feel, The promised joy I soon shall have; Saved again, to sinners tell Thy power and will to save.

4 To thy blessed will resigned, And stayed on that alone, I thy perfect strength shall find, Thy faithful mercies own; Compassed round with songs of praise. My all to my Redeemer give, Spread thy miracles of grace, And to thy glory live.

FOURTH PART.= 7s.

1 CHRIST, from whom all blessings flow, Perfecting the saints below, Hear us, who thy nature share, Who thy mystic body are.

2 Join us, in one spirit join, Let us still receive of thine; Still for more on thee we call; Thou who fillest all in all.

3 Closer knit to thee, our Head; Nourish us, O Christ, and feed! Let us daily growth receive, More and more in Jesus live.

4 Jesus, we thy members are, Cherish us with kindest care, Of thy flesh and of thy bone, Love, for ever love thine own!

5 Move, and actuate, and guide: Divers gifts to each divide; Placed according to thy will, Let us all our work fulfil;

6 Never from our office move, Needful to each other prove; Use the grace on each bestowed, Tempered by the art of God.

7 Sweetly may we all agree, Touched with softest sympathy; Kindly for each other care; Every member feel its share.

8 Wounded by the grief of one, Now let all the members groan; Honoured if one member is, All partake the common bliss.

9 Many are we now and one, We who Jesus have put on; There is neither bond nor free, Male nor female, Lord, in thee!

10 Love, like death, hath all destroyed, Rendered all distinctions void; Names, and sects, and parties fall: Thou, O Christ, art all in all!

7 6 7 6 7 7 7 6

1 Christ, our Passover, for us Is offer'd up and slain! Let Him be remember'd thus By ev'ry soul of man. We are bound above the rest His oblation to proclaim; Keep we then the solemn feast, And banquet on the Lamb

2 Purge we all our sin away, That old accursed leav'n; Sin in us no longer stay, In us, through Christ forgiv'n. Let us all with hearts sincere Eat the new unleaven'd bread, To our Lord with faith draw near, And on His promise feed.

3 Jesus, Master of the feast, The Feast itself Thou art; Now receive the meanest guest, And comfort ev'ry heart. Give us living bread to eat, Manna that from heav'n comes down; Fill us with immortal meat, And make Thy nature

known.

4 In this barren wilderness Thou hast a table spread, Furnish'd out with richest grace Whate'er our souls can need. Still sustain us by Thy love, Still Thy servants' strength repair, Till we reach the courts above, And feast forever there.

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 glorio

us 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.

7s & 6s. Ezekiel xxxiv. 29, 30.

1 CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, That famous Plant thou art: Tree of Life eternal, rise In every longing heart! Bid us find the food in thee For which our deathless spirits pine, Fed with immortality, And filled with love divine.

2 Long we have our burden borne, Our own unfaithfulness, Object of the heathen's scorn, Who mocked our scanty grace; Jesus, our reproach remove; Let sin no more thy people shame! Show us rooted in thy love, In life and death the same.

3 In thy spotless people show Thy power and constancy; Give us thus to feel and know Our fellowship with thee: Give us all thy mind to express, And blameless in our Lord to abide, Transcripts of thy holiness, Thy fair, unspotted bride.

D.S.M.

1 Come, all who truly bear The name of Christ, your Lord, His last mysterious supper share, And keep His kindest word. Hereby your faith approve In Jesus crucified. "In mem'ry of My dying love Do this," He said, and died.

2 The badge and token this, The sure, confirming seal That He is ours, and we are His, The servants of His will; His dear, peculiar ones, The purchase of His blood His blood, which once for all atones, And brings us now to God.

3 Then let us still profess Our Master's honor'd name, Stand forth His faithful witnesses, True followers of the Lamb. In proof that such we are His saying we receive, And thus to all mankind declare We do in Christ believe.

4 Part of His Church below, We thus our right maintain; Our living membership we show, And in the fold remain; The sheep of Israel's fold (In these our) pastures fed, And fellowship with all we hold Who hold it with our Head

7

1 Come, and let us sweetly join Christ to praise in hymns divine; Give we all, with one accord, Glory to our common Lord.

2 Hands and hearts and voices raise; Sing as in the ancient days; Antedate the joys above; Celebrate the feast of love.

3 Strive we, in affection strive; Let the purer flame revive, Such as in the martyrs glowed, Dying champions of their God.

4 We, like them, may live and love; Called we are their joys to prove, Saved with them from future wrath, Partners of like precious faith

C.M. Numbers vi. 24 - 26.

1 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God in Persons Three, Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost By all mankind and me.

2 Thy favour, and thy nature too, To me, to all restore; Forgive, and after God renew, And keep us evermore.

3 Eternal Sun of righteousness, Display thy beams divine, And cause the glories of thy face Upon my heart to shine.

4 Light in thy light O may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove, Revived, and cheered, and blessed by thee, The God of pardoning love!

5 Lift up thy countenance serene, And let thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Godhead reconciled.

6 That all-comprising peace bestow On me, through grace forgiven, The joys of holiness below, And then the joys of heaven.

6-8s. 2nd. metre.

1 COME, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire! Come, and my hallowed heart inspire, Sprinkled with the atoning blood; Now to my soul thyself reveal, Thy mighty working let me feel, And know that I am born of God.

2 Thy witness with my spirit bear, That God, my God, inhabits there; Thou, with the Father, and the Son, Eternal light's co-eval beam; Be Christ in me, and I in him, Till perfect we are made in one.

3 When wilt thou my whole heart subdue? Come, Lord, and form my soul anew, Emptied of pride, and wrath, and hell: Less than the least of all thy store Of mercies, I myself abhor; All, all my vileness may I feel.

4 Humble, and teachable, and mild, O may I, as a little child, My lowly Master's steps pursue! Be anger to my soul unknown, Hate, envy, jealousy, be gone; In love create thou all things new.

5 Let earth no more my heart divide, With Christ may I be crucified, To thee with my whole soul aspire; Dead to the world and all its toys, Its idle pomp, and fading joys, Be thou alone my one desire!

6 Be thou my joy, be thou my dread; In battle cover thou my head, Nor earth nor hell I then shall fear; I then shall turn my steady face, Want, pain defy, enjoy disgrace, Glory in dissolution near.

7 My will be swallowed up in thee; Light in thy light still may I see, Beholding thee with open face; Called the full power of faith to prove, Let all my hallowed heart be love, And all my spotless life be praise.

8 Come, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire! My consecrated heart inspire, Sprinkled with the atoning blood; Still to my soul thyself reveal, Thy mighty working may I feel, And know that I am one with God.

C.M. Before Reading the Scriptures.

1 COME, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire, Let us thine influence prove, Source of the old prophetic fire, Fountain of light and love.

2 Come, Holy Ghost, (for moved by thee The prophets wrote and spoke) Unlock the truth, thyself the key, Unseal the sacred book.

3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove, Brood o'er our nature's night; On our disordered spirits move, And let there now be light.

4 God, through himself, we then shall know, If thou within us shine, And sound, with all thy saints below, The depths of love divine.

C.M.

1 Come, Holy Ghost, Thine influence shed, And realize the sign; Thy life infuse into the bread, Thy pow'r into the wine.

2 Effectual let the tokens prove and made, by heav'nly art, Fit channels to convey Thy love To ev'ry faithful heart

L.M.

1 Come, Holy Spirit, raise our songs To reach the wonders of that day, When, with thy fiery cloven tongues Thou didst such glorious scenes display

2 Lord, we believe to us and ours, The apostolic promise given; We wait the pentecostal powers, The holy Ghost sent down from heaven.

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

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

5 O 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.

5 5 5, 11.

1 COME, let us anew Our journey pursue, Roll round with the year, And never stand still till the Master appear.

2 His adorable will Let us gladly fulfil, And our talents improve, By the patience of hope, and the labour of love.

3 Our life is a dream; Our time as a stream Glides swiftly away, And the fugitive moment refuses to stay.

4 The arrow is flown, The moment is gone; The millennial year Rushes on to our view, and eternity's here.

5 O that each in the day Of his coming may say, "I have fought my way through, I have finished the work thou didst give me to do!"

6 O that each from his Lord May receive the glad word, "Well and faithfully done! Enter into my joy, and sit down on my throne."

5 5 5 11, 5 5 5 11.

1 COME, let us anew Our journey pursue, With vigour arise, And press to our permanent place in the skies. Of heavenly birth, Though wandering on earth, This is not our place; But strangers and pilgrims ourselves we confess.

2 At Jesus's call, We gave up our all; And still we forego For Jesus's sake our enjoyments below. No longing we find For the country behind; But onward we move, And still we are seeking a country above:

3 A country of joy, Without any alloy, We thither repair: Our hearts and our treasure already are there. We march hand in hand To Immanuel's land: No matter what cheer We meet with on earth; for eternity's near.

4 The rougher our way, The shorter our stay; The tempests that rise Shall gloriously hurry our souls to the skies, The fiercer the blast, The sooner 'tis past; The troubles that come, Shall come to our rescue, and hasten us home.

5 5 9, 5 5 9.

1 COME, let us ascend, My companion and friend, To a taste of the banquet above; If thy heart be as mine, If for Jesus it pine, Come up into the chariot of love.

2 Who in Jesus confide, We are bold to outride The storms of affliction beneath; With the prophet we soar To the heavenly shore, And outfly all the arrows of death.

3 By faith we are come To our permanent home: By hope we the rapture improve: By love we still rise, And look down on the skies, For the heaven of heavens is love.

4 Who on earth can conceive How happy we live, In the palace of God, the great King? What a concert of praise, When our Jesus's grace The whole heavenly company sing!

5 What a rapturous song, When the glorified throng In the spirit of harmony join: Join all the glad choirs, Hearts, voices, and lyres, And the burden is, "Mercy divine!"

6 Hallelujah, they cry, To the King of the sky, To the great everlasting I AM; To the Lamb that was slain, And liveth again, Hallelujah to God and the Lamb!

7 The Lamb on the throne, Lo! he dwells with his own, And to rivers of pleasure he leads; With his mercy's full blaze, With the sight of his face, Our beatified spirits he feeds.

8 Our foreheads proclaim His ineffable name; Our bodies his glory display; A day without night We feast in his sight, And eternity seems as a day!

"Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named." - Ephesians iii. 15.

1 COME, let us join our friends above That have obtained the prize, And on the eagle wings of love To joys celestial rise: Let all the saints terrestrial sing, With those to glory gone; For all the servants of our King, In earth and heaven, are one.

2 One family we dwell in him, One church, above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream of death: One army of the living God, To his command we bow; Part of his host have crossed the flood, And part are crossing now.

3 Ten thousand to their endless home This solemn moment fly; And we are to the margin come, And we expect to die: His militant embodied host, With wishful looks we stand, And long to see that happy coast, And reach the heavenly land.

4 Our old companions in distress We haste again to see, And eager long for our release, And full felicity: Even now by faith we join our hands With those that went before; And greet the blood-besprinkled bands On the eternal shore.

5 Our spirits too shall quickly join, Like theirs with glory crowned, And shout to see our Captain's sign, To hear his trumpet sound. O that we now might grasp our guide! O that the word were given! Come, Lord of hosts, the waves divide, And land us all in heaven!

C.M. Jeremiah l. 5.

1 COME, let us use the grace divine, And all, with one accord, In a perpetual covenant join Ourselves to CHRIST the LORD:

2 Give up ourselves, through Jesu's power, His name to glorify; And promise, in this sacred hour, For GOD to live and die.

3 The covenant we this moment make Be ever kept in mind: We will no more our God forsake, Or cast his words behind.

4 We never will throw off his fear Who hears our solemn vow: And if thou art well-pleased to hear, Come down, and meet us now!

5 Thee, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Let all our hearts receive; Present with the Celestial host, The peaceful answer give!

6 To each the covenant blood apply, Which takes our sins away; And register our names on high, And keep us to that day!

6-8s. For the Lord's Day

1 COME, let us with our Lord arise, Our Lord, who made both earth and skies; Who died to save the world he made, And rose triumphant from the dead; He rose, the Prince of life and peace, And stamped the day for ever his.

2 This is the day the Lord hath made, That all may see his love displayed, May feel his resurrection's power, And rise again to fall no more, In perfect righteousness renewed, And filled with all the life of God.

3 Then let us render him his own, With solemn prayer approach the throne, With meekness hear the gospel-word, With thanks his dying love record; Our joyful hearts and voices raise, And fill his courts with songs of praise.

4 Honour and praise to Jesus pay Throughout his consecrated day; Be all in Jesu's praise employed, Nor leave a single moment void; With utmost care the time improve, And only breathe his praise and love.

C.M. Revelation iii. 20.

1 COME, let us, who in Christ believe, Our common Saviour praise, To him with joyful voices give The glory of his grace.

2 He now stands knocking at the door Of every sinner's heart; The worst need keep him out no more, Or force him to depart.

3 Through grace we hearken to thy voice, Yield to be saved from sin; In sure and certain hope rejoice, That thou wilt enter in.

4 Come quickly in, thou heavenly guest, Nor ever hence remove; But sup with us, and let the feast Be everlasting love.

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.

C.M.

1 COME, O thou all-victorious Lord! Thy power to us make known; Strike with the hammer of thy word, And break these hearts of stone.

2 O that we all might now begin Our foolishness to mourn; And turn at once from every sin, And to our Saviour turn!

3 Give us ourselves and thee to know, In this our gracious day; Repentance unto life bestow, And take our sins away.

4 Conclude us first in unbelief, And freely then release; Fill every soul with sacred grief, And then with sacred peace.

5 Impoverish, Lord, and then relieve, And then enrich the poor; The knowledge of our sickness give, The knowledge of our cure.

6 That blessed sense of guilt impart, And then remove the load; Trouble, and wash the troubled heart In the atoning blood.

7 Our desperate state through sin declare, And speak our sins forgiven; By perfect holiness prepare, And take us up to heaven.

L.M.

1 Come, O Thou greater than our heart, And make thy faithful mercies known; The mind which was in thee impart; Thy constant mind in us be shown.

2 O let us by thy cross abide, Thee, only thee, resolved to know, The Lamb for sinner crucified, A world to save from endless woe.

3 Take us into thy people's rest, And we from our own works shall cease; With thy meek Spirit arm our breast, And keep our minds in perfect peace.

4 Jesus, for this we calmly wait; O let our eyes behold thee near! Hasten to make our heaven complete; Appear, our glorious God, appear!

6-8s. Wrestling Jacob. Genesis xxxii. 24-31.

1 COME, O thou Traveller unknown, Whom still I hold, but cannot see! My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee; With thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day.

2 I need not tell thee who I am, My misery and sin declare; Thyself hast called me by my name, Look on thy hands, and read it there; But who, I ask thee, who art Thou? Tell me Thy name, and tell me now.

3 In vain thou strugglest to get free, I never will unloose my hold! Art thou the Man that died for me? The secret of thy love unfold; Wrestling, I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know.

4 Wilt thou not yet to me reveal Thy new, unutterable name? Tell me, I still beseech thee, tell; To know it now resolved I am; Wrestling, I will not let thee go, Till I thy name, thy nature know.

5 What though my shrinking flesh complain, And murmur to contend so long? I rise superior to my pain, When I am weak, then I am strong And when my all of strength shall fail, I shall with the God-man prevail.

L.M.

1 Come, O ye sinners, to the Lord, In Christ to paradise restored: His proffered benefits embrace, The plenitude of gospel grace:

2 A pardon written with his blood; The favor and the peace of God; The seeing eye, the feeling sense, The mystic joys of penitence:

3 The godly fear, the pleasing smart, The meltings of a broken heart; The tears that ell your sins forgiven; The sighs that waft your souls to heaven:

4 The guiltless shame, the sweet distress, The unutterable tenderness The genuine, meek humility; The wonder, "Why such love to me?

5 The o'erwhelming power of saving grace, The sight that veils the seraph's face; The speechless awe that dare3s not move, And all the silent heaven of love.

8s & 6s.

1 COME on, my partners in distress, My comrades through the wilderness, Who still your bodies feel; Awhile forget your griefs and fears, And look beyond this vale of tears, To that celestial hill.

2 Beyond the bounds of time and space, Look forward to that heavenly place, The saints' secure abode: On faith's strong eagle-pinions rise, And force your passage to the skies, And scale the mount of God.

3 Who suffer with our Master here, We shall before his face appear, And by his side sit down; To patient faith the prize is sure, And all that to the end endure The cross, shall wear the crown.

4 Thrice blessed, bliss-inspiring hope! It lifts the fainting spirits up, It brings to life the dead; Our conflicts here shall soon be past, And you and I ascend at last, Triumphant with our Head.

5 That great mysterious Deity We soon with open face shall see; The beatific sight Shall fill heaven's sounding courts with praise, And wide diffuse the golden blaze Of everlasting light.

6 The Father shining on his throne, The glorious co-eternal Son, The Spirit, one and seven, Conspire our rapture to complete; And lo! we fall before his feet, And silence heightens heaven.

7 In hope of that ecstatic pause, Jesus, we now sustain the cross, And at thy footstool fall; Till thou our hidden life reveal, Till thou our ravished spirits fill, And God is all in all!

L.M. Luke xiv. 16-24.

1 COME, sinners, to the gospel feast, Let every soul be Jesu's guest; Ye need not one be left behind, For God hath bidden all mankind.

2 Sent by my Lord, on you I call, The invitation is to ALL: Come, all the world; come, sinner, thou! All things in Christ are ready now.

3 Come, all ye souls by sin opprest, Ye restless wanderers after rest, Ye poor, and maimed, and halt, and blind, In Christ a hearty welcome find.

4 Come, and partake the gospel feast; Be saved from sin; in Jesus rest; O taste the goodness of your God, And eat his flesh, and drink his blood!

5 Ye vagrant souls, on you I call; (O that my voice could reach you all!) Ye all may now be justified, Ye all may live, for Christ hath died.

6 My message as from God receive, Ye all may come to Christ, and live; O let his love your hearts constrain, Nor suffer him to die in vain!

7 His love is mighty to compel; His conquering love consent to feel, Yield to his love's resistless power, And fight against your God no more.

8 See him set forth before your eyes, That precious, bleeding sacrifice! His offered benefits embrace, And freely now be saved by grace.

9 This is the time; no more delay! This is the acceptable day, Come in, this moment, at his call, And live for him who died for all.

6s & 7s.

1 COME, thou everlasting Spirit, Bring to every thankful mind All the Saviour's dying merit, All his sufferings for mankind! True Recorder of his passion, Now the living faith impart; Now reveal his great salvation; Preach his gospel to our heart.

2 Come, thou Witness of his dying; Come, Remembrancer Divine! Let us feel thy power, applying Christ to every soul, - and mine! Let us groan thine inward groaning; Look on him we pierced, and grieve; All receive the grace atoning, All the sprinkled blood receive.

688= 8s & 7s. Haggai ii. 7.

1 COME, thou long-expected Jesus, Born to set thy people free, From our fears and sins release us, Let us find our rest in thee. Israel's strength and consolation, Hope of all the earth thou art; Dear Desire of every nation, Joy of every longing heart.

2 Born thy people to deliver, Born a child and yet a king, Born to reign in us for ever, Now thy gracious kingdom bring: By thine own eternal Spirit Rule in all our hearts alone; By thine all-sufficient merit Raise us to thy glorious throne.

C.M.

1 Come to the feast, for Christ invites And promises to feed; 'Tis here His closest love unites The members to their Head.

2 'Tis here He nourshes His own With living bread from heav'n, Or makes himself to mourners known, And shows their sins forgiv'n.

3 Still in His instituted ways He bids us ask the pow'r, The pard'ning or the hallowing grace, And wait th' appointed hour

4 'Tis not for us to set our God A time His grace to give; The benefit whene'er bestow'd We gladly should receive.

8-7s. Matthew xi. 28.

1 COME, ye weary sinners, come, All who groan beneath your load, Jesus calls his wanderers home, Hasten to your pardoning God! Come, ye guilty spirits oppressed, Answer to the Saviour's call, "Come, and I will give you rest, Come, and I will save you all."

2 Jesus, full of truth and love, We thy kindest word obey; Faithful let thy mercies prove, Take our load of guilt away; Fain we would on thee rely, Cast on thee our every care, To thine arms of mercy fly, Find our lasting quiet there.

3 Burdened with a world of grief, Burdened with our sinful load, Burdened with this unbelief, Burdened with the wrath of God; Lo! we come to thee for ease, True and gracious as thou art, Now our groaning souls release, Write forgiveness on our heart.

6-8s.

1 COMFORT, ye ministers of grace, Comfort my people, saith your God! Ye soon shall see his smiling face, His golden sceptre, not his rod, And own, when now the cloud's removed, He only chastened whom he loved.

2 Who sow in tears, in joy shall reap; The Lord shall comfort all that mourn; Who now go on their way and weep, With joy they doubtless shall return, And bring their sheaves with vast increase, And have their fruit to holiness.

C.M.

1 DEEPEN the wound thy hands have made In this weak, helpless soul, Till mercy, with its balmy aid, Descends to make me whole.

2 The sharpness of thy two-edged sword Enable me to endure; Till bold to say, My hallowing Lord Hath wrought a perfect cure.

3 I see the exceeding broad command, Which all contains in one: Enlarge my heart to understand The mystery unknown.

4 O that with all thy saints I might By sweet experience prove, What is the length, and breadth, and height, And depth, of perfect love!

8-7s.

1 DEPTH of mercy! can there be Mercy still reserved for me? Can my God his wrath forbear? Me, the chief of sinners, spare? I have long withstood his grace, Long provoked him to his face, Would not hearken to his calls, Grieved him by a thousand falls.

2 I have spilt his precious blood, Trampled on the Son of God, Filled with pangs unspeakable, I, who yet am not in hell! Whence to me this waste of love? Ask my Advocate above! See the cause in Jesu's face, Now before the throne of grace.

3 Lo! I cumber still the ground: Lo! an Advocate is found: "Hasten not to cut l him down, Let this barren soul alone." Jesus speaks, and pleads his blood! He disarms the wrath of God; Now my Father's bowels move, Justice lingers into love.

4 Kindled his relentings are, Me he now delights to spare, Cries, "How shall I give thee up?" Lets the lifted thunder drop. There for me the Saviour stands; Shows his wounds, and spreads his hands! God is love! I know, I feel; Jesus weeps, and loves me still.

5 Jesus, answer from above, Is not all thy nature love? Wilt thou not the wrong forget, Suffer me to kiss thy feet? If I rightly read thy heart, If thou all compassion art, Bow thine ear, in mercy bow, Pardon and accept me now.

6 Pity from thine eye let fall, By a look my soul recall; Now the stone to flesh convert, Cast a look, and break my heart. Now incline me to repent, Let me now my fall lament, Now my foul revolt deplore, Weep, believe, and sin no more.

L.M.

1 Draw near, O son of God, draw near: Us with thy flaming eye behold; Still in thy Church do thou appear, And let our candlestick be gold.

2 Still hold the stars in thy right hand, And let them in thy luster glow, The lights of a benighted land, The angels of thy Church below.

3 Make good their apostolic boast: Their high commission let them prove; Be temples of the Holy Ghost, And filled with faith, and hope, and love.

4 Give them an ear to hear thy word; Thou speakest to the churches now: And let all tongues confess their Lord Let every knee to Jesus bow

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.

S.M.

1 EQUIP me for the war, And teach my hands to fight, My simple, upright heart prepare, And guide my words aright; Control my every thought, My whole of sin remove; Let all my works in thee be wrought, Let all be wrought in love.

2 O arm me with the mind, Meek Lamb! which was in thee, And let my knowing zeal be joined With perfect charity; With calm and tempered zeal Let me enforce thy call, And vindicate thy gracious will Which offers life to all.

3 O do not let me trust In any arm but thine! Humble, O humble to the dust This stubborn soul of mine A feeble thing of nought, With lowly shame I own, The help which upon earth is wrought, Thou dost it all alone.

4 O may I love like thee! In all thy footsteps tread, Thou hatest all iniquity, But nothing thou hast made. O may I learn the art With meekness to reprove; To hate the sin with all my heart, But still the sinner love.

L.M.

1 ETERNAL Beam of light divine, Fountain of unexhausted love, In whom the Father's glories shine Through earth beneath, and heaven above;

2 Jesu, the weary wanderer's rest, Give me thy easy yoke to bear, With steadfast patience arm my breast, With spotless love, and lowly fear.

3 Thankful I take the cup from thee, Prepared and mingled by thy skill, Though bitter to the taste it be, Powerful the wounded soul to heal.

4 Be thou, O Rock of ages, nigh! So shall each murmuring thought be gone, And grief, and fear, and care, shall fly, As clouds before the mid-day sun.

5 Speak to my warring passions, "Peace!" Say to my trembling heart, "Be still!" Thy power my strength and fortress is, For all things serve thy sovereign will.

6 O death! where is thy sting? Where now Thy boasted victory, O grave? Who shall contend with God? or who Can hurt whom God delights to save?

C. M.

1 Eternal Sun or righteousness, Display thy beams divine, And cause the glories of thy face Upon my heart to shine.

2 Light in thy light O may I see, Thy grace and mercy prove; Revived, and cheered, and blest by thee, The God of pardoning love.

3 Lift up the countenance serene, And let thy happy child Behold, without a cloud between, The Godhead reconciled.

4 That all-compromising peace bestow On me, through grace forgiven; The joys of holiness below, Ad then the joy of heaven.

7s & 6s.

1 EVER fainting with desire, For thee, O Christ, I call; Thee I restlessly require, I want my God, my all! Jesu, dear redeeming Lord, I wait thy coming from above; Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love.

2 Wilt thou suffer me to go Lamenting all my days? Shall I never, never know Thy sanctifying grace? Wilt thou not the light afford, The darkness from my soul remove? Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love.

3 Lord, if I on thee believe, The second gift impart; With the indwelling Spirit give A new, a contrite heart; If with love thy heart is stored, If now o'er me thy mercies move, Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love.

4 Let me gain my calling's hope, O make the sinner clean! Dry corruption's fountain up, Cut off the entail of sin; Take me into thee, my Lord, And I shall then no longer rove: Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love.

5 Thou, my Life, my treasure be, My Portion here below; Nothing would I seek but thee, Thee only would I know, My exceeding great reward, My heaven on earth, my heaven above! Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love.

6 Grant me now the bliss to feel Of those that are in thee; Son of God, thyself reveal, Engrave thy name on me; As in heaven be here adored, And let me now the promise prove; Help me, Saviour, speak the word, And perfect me in love.

8s & 6s.

1 EXCEPT the Lord conduct the plan, The best concerted schemes are vain, And never can succeed; We spend our wretched strength for nought: But if our works in thee be wrought, They shall be blest indeed.

2 Lord, if thou didst thyself inspire Our souls with this intense desire Thy goodness to proclaim, Thy glory if we now intend, O let our deed begin and end Complete in Jesu's name!

3 In Jesu's name, behold, we meet, Far from an evil world retreat, And all its frantic ways; One only thing resolved to know, And square our useful lives below By reason and by grace.

4 Not in the tombs we pine to dwell, Not in the dark monastic cell, By vows and grates confined; Freely to all ourselves we give, Constrained by Jesu's love to live The servants of mankind.

5 Now, Jesus, now thy love impart, To govern each devoted heart, And fit us for thy will: Deep founded in the truth of grace, Build up thy rising church, and place The city on the hill.

6 O let our faith and love abound! O let our lives to all around With purest lustre shine! That all around our works may see, And give the glory, Lord, to thee, The heavenly light divine.

6-8s. 2nd. metre.

1 FATHER of everlasting, grace, Thy goodness and thy truth we praise, Thy goodness and thy truth we prove; Thou hast, in honour of thy Son, The gift unspeakable sent down, The Spirit of life, and power, and love.

2 Send us the Spirit of thy Son, To make the depths of Godhead known, To make us share the life divine; Send him the sprinkled blood to apply, Send him our souls to sanctify, And show and seal us ever thine.

3 So shall we pray, and never cease, So shall we thankfully confess The wisdom, truth, and power, and love; With joy unspeakable adore, And bless and praise thee evermore, And serve thee as thy hosts above:

4 Till, added to that heavenly choir, We raise our songs of triumph higher, And praise thee in a bolder strain, Out-soar the first-born seraph's flight, And sing, with all our friends in light, Thy everlasting love to man.

C.M. Romans iv. 13, &c.

1 FATHER of Jesus Christ, my Lord, My Saviour, and my Head, I trust in thee, whose powerful word Hath raised him from the dead.

2 Thou know'st for my offence he died, And rose again for me, Fully and freely justified, That I might live to thee.

3 Eternal life to all mankind Thou hast in Jesus given; And all who seek, in him shall find The happiness of heaven.

4 O God! thy record I believe, In Abraham's footsteps tread; And wait, expecting to receive, The Christ, the promised seed.

5 Faith in thy power thou seest I have, For thou this faith hast wrought; Dead souls thou callest from their grave, And speakest worlds from nought.

6 Things that are not, as though they were, Thou callest by their name; Present with thee the future are, With thee, the great I AM.

7 In hope, against all human hope, Self-desperate, I believe; Thy quickening word shall raise me up, Thou shalt thy Spirit give.

8 The thing surpasses all my thought, But faithful is my Lord; Through unbelief I stagger not, For God hath spoke the word.

9 Faith, mighty faith, the promise sees, And looks to that alone; Laughs at impossibilities, And cries, It shall be done!

10 To thee the glory of thy power And faithfulness I give; I shall in Christ, in that glad hour, And Christ in me shall live.

11 Obedient faith, that waits on thee, Thou never wilt reprove: But thou wilt form thy Son in me, And perfect me in love.

S.M. d

1 Father, hear the blood of Jesus, Speaking in thine ears above: From impending wrath release us; Manifest thy pardoning love.

2 O receive us to thy favor, For his only sake receive; Give us to the bleeding Saviour, Let us by his dying live.

3 "To thy pardoning grace receive them," Once the prayed upon the tree; Still his blood cries out, "Forgive them; All their sins were laid on me."

4 Still our Advocate in heaven, Prays the prayer on earth begun, "Father, show their sins forgiven; Father, glorify the Son!"

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.

C.M.

1 FATHER, I stretch my hands to thee, No other help I know; If thou withdraw thyself from me, Ah! whither shall I go?

2 What did thy only Son endure Before I drew my breath; What pain, what labour, to secure My soul from endless death!

3 O Jesus, could I this believe, I now should feel thy power; Now all my wants thou wouldst relieve In this, the accepted hour.

4 Author of faith, to thee I lift My weary, longing eyes: O let me now receive that gift! My soul without it dies.

5 Surely thou canst not let me die; O speak, and I shall live! For here I will unwearied lie, Till thou thy Spirit give.

6 How would my fainting soul rejoice, Could I but see thy face! Now let me hear thy quickening voice, And taste thy pardoning grace!

S.M.

1 FATHER, in whom we live, In whom we are, and move, The glory, power, and praise receive Of thy creating love. Let all the angel-throng Give thanks to God on high; While earth repeats the joyful song, And echoes to the sky.

2 Incarnate Deity, Let all the ransomed race Render in thanks their lives to thee, For thy redeeming grace. The grace to sinners showed Ye heavenly choirs proclaim, And cry, "Salvation to our God, Salvation to the Lamb!"

3 Spirit of Holiness, Let all thy saints adore Thy sacred energy, and bless Thine heart-renewing power. Not angel-tongues can tell Thy love's ecstatic height, The glorious joy unspeakable, The beatific sight.

4 Eternal, Triune Lord! Let all the hosts above, Let all the sons of men, record And dwell upon thy love. When heaven and earth are fled Before thy glorious face, Sing all the saints thy love hath made Thine everlasting praise!

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!

7s & 6s. For the same occasion.

1 FATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost, In solemn power come down! Present with thy heavenly host, Thine ordinance to crown: See a sinful worm of earth! Bless to him the cleansing flood, Plunge him, by a second birth, Into the depths of God.

2 Let the promised inward grace Accompany the sign; On his new-born soul impress The character divine; Father, all thy name reveal! Jesus, all thy name impart! Holy Ghost, renew, and dwell For ever in his heart!

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!

C.M.

1 FOR ever here my rest shall be, Close to thy bleeding side; This all my hope, and all my plea, For me the Saviour died!

2 My dying Saviour, and my God, Fountain for guilt and sin, Sprinkle me ever with thy blood, And cleanse, and keep me clean.

3 Wash me, and make me thus thine own, Wash me, and mine thou art, Wash me, but not my feet alone, My hands, my head, my heart.

4 The atonement of thy blood apply, Till faith to sight improve, Till hope in full fruition die, And all my soul be love.

L.M.

1 FORTH in thy name, O Lord, I go, My daily labour to pursue, Thee, only thee, resolved to know, In all I think, or speak, or do.

2 The task thy wisdom hath assigned O let me cheerfully fulfil, In all my works thy presence find, And prove thy acceptable will!

3 Thee may I set at my right hand, Whose eyes my inmost substance see; And labour on at thy command, And offer all my works to thee.

4 Give me to bear thy easy yoke, And every moment watch and pray, And still to things eternal look, And hasten to thy glorious day.

5 For thee delightfully employ Whate'er thy bounteous grace hath given; And run my course with even joy, And closely walk with thee to heaven.

C.M.

1 Fountain of life, to all below Let thy salvation roll; Water, replenish, and o'erflow Ever believing soul.

2 Into that happy number, Lord, Us weary sinners take; Jesus, fulfill thy gracious word, For thine own mercy's sake.

3 Turn back our nature's rapid tide, And we shall flow to thee, While down the stream of time we glide To our eternity.

4 The well of life, to us thou art, Of joy the swelling glood; Wafted by thee, with willing heart, We swift return to God.

5 We soon shall reach the boundless sea; Into thy fullness fall; Be lost and swallowed up in thee, Our God, our all in all.

8,7 d

1 Full of trembling expectation, Feeling much, and fearing more, Might God of my salvation, I thy timely aid implore

2 Suffering Son of man, be near me, In my sufferings to sustain; By thy sorer griefs to cheer me, By thy last mysterious passion, Screen me from the adverse power.

4 By thy fainting in the garden, By thy dreadful death, I pray, Write upon my heart the pardon; Take m sins and fears away.

7

1 Gentle Jesus, meek and mild, Look upon a little child, Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee.

2 Fain I would to Thee be brought; Gracious Lord, forbid it not. In the Kingdom of Thy grace Give a little child a place

3 Fain I would be as Thou art; Give me Thy obedient heart. Thou art pitiful and kend; Let me have Thy loving mind.

4 Let me above all fulfill God, my Heav'nly Father's will; Never His good Spirit grieve, Only to His glory l