4 Oh, for thine own, for Jesus' sake,
Our many sins forgive;
Thy grace our rocky hearts can break,
And breaking, soon relieve.
5 Thus melt us down, thus make us bend,
And thy dominion own;
Nor let a rival more pretend
To re-possess thy throne. 285 The Resolve. Esth. iv. 16.
1 COME, trembling sinner, in whose breast
A thousand thoughts revolve
Come, with your guilt and fear oppress'd,
And make this last resolve:
2 I'll go to Jesus, though my sin
Hath like a mountain rose;
I know his courts, I'll enter in,
Whatever may oppose.
3 Prostrate I'll lie before his throne,
And there my guilt confess;
I'll tell him I'm a wretch undone,
Without his sovereign grace.
4 I'll to the gracious King approach,
Whose sceptre pardon gives;
Perhaps he will command my touch-
And then the suppliant lives.
5 Perhaps he will admit my plea,
Perhaps will hear my prayer;
But if I perish, I will pray,
And perish only there.
6 I can but perish if I go ;
I am resolved to try;
For if I stay away I know
I must for ever die.
The new Birth. John iii. 7.
1 AWAKED by Sinai's awful sound, My soul in bonds of guilt I found, And knew not where to go:
My hopes were by that precept slain-
The sinner must be born again,
Or sink to endless wo.
2 When to the law I trembling fled,
It poured its curses on my head,
I no relief could find;
This fearful truth increased my pain-
The sinner must be born again
And terror filled my mind.
3 Again did Sinai's thunders roll,
And guilt lay heavy on my soul,
A vast, oppressive load;
Alas, I read, and saw it plain-
The sinner must be born again,
Or drink the wrath of God.
4 The saints I heard with rapture tell
How Jesus vanquished death and hell,
And broke the fowler's snare;
Yet, when I found this truth remain-
The sinner must be born again-
I sunk in deep despair.
5 But while I thus in anguish lay,
The gracious Saviour passed that way,
And felt his pity move;
The sinner by his justice slain,
Now by his grace is born again,
And sings redeeming love."
287 A Sinner submitting to God.
TEARY of struggling with my pain,
Hopeless to burst this sinful chain,
At length I give the contest o'er,
And seek to free myself no more.
2 From my own works at last I cease:
God that creates must seal my peace;
Fruitless my toil, and vain my care,
Unless thy sovereign grace I share.
3 Lord, I despair myself to heal;
I see my sin, but do not feel;
Nor shall I till thy Spirit blow,
And bid th' obedient waters flow.
4 'Tis thine a heart of flesh to give;
Thy gifts I only can receive:
Here then to thee I all resign;
To draw, redeem, and seal is thine.
moment a sinner believes,
And trusts in his crucified God,
His pardon at once he receives-
Redemption in full through his blood.
The faith that unites to the Lamb,
And brings such salvation as this,
Is more than mere fancy, or name-
The work of God's Spirit it is.
2 It treads on the world and on hell,
It vanquishes death and despair;
And, what is still stranger to tell—
It overcomes heaven by prayer;
Permits a vile worm of the dust
With God to commune as a friend;
His promise of mercy to trust,
And look for his love to the end.
3 It says to the mountains, "Depart,"
That stand between God and the soul;
It binds up the broken in heart,
The wounded in spirit makes whole;
Bids sins of a crimson-like dye
Be spotless as snow, and as white;
And raises the sinner on high,
To dwell with the angels of light.
289 The Pharisee and the Publican. Luke xviii. 10, &c. L. M. 1 BEHOLD how sinners disagree,
One doth his righteousness proclaim,
The other owns his guilt and shame.
2 This man at humble distance stands,
And cries for grace with lifted hands;
That boldly rises near the throne,
And talks of duties he has done.
3 The Lord their different language knows,
And different answers he bestows;
The humble soul with grace he crowns,
While on the proud his anger frowns.
4 Dear Father, let me never be
Joined with the boasting Pharisee;
I have no merits of my own,
But plead the sufferings of thy Son.
Self-righteousness renounced.
OW long beneath the law I lay
In bondage and distress!
I toiled the precept to obey,
But toiled without success.
2 Then, all my servile works were done
A righteousness to raise;
Now, freely chosen in the Son,
I freely choose his ways.
3 To see the law by Christ fulfilled,
And hear his pardoning voice,
Will change a slave into a child,
And duty into choice.
1 MY faith looks up to thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Saviour divine :
Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;
Oh let me from this day
Be wholly thine.
2 May thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire;
As thou hast died for me,
Oh may my love to thee,
Pure, warm, and changeless be-
Á living fire.
3 While life's dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow's tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From thee aside.
4 When ends life's transient dream,
When death's cold, sullen stream
Shall o'er me roll;
Bless'd Saviour, then, in love,
Fear and distress remove;
Oh bear me safe above-
A ransomed soul.
MAZING grace, (how sweet the sound,)
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
2 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed.
3 Through many dangers, toils, and snares,
I have already come;
But grace has brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
4 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess, within the vail,
A life of joy and peace.
Joy in Heaven. Luke xv. 7, 10.
HO can describe the joys that rise
Through all the courts of Paradise,
To see a prodigal return,
To see an heir of glory born!
2 With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love;
The Son with joy looks down, and sees
The purchase of his agonies.
3 The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he formed anew;
And saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their King.
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1 ONG did I seem to serve thee, Lord,
With unavailing pain ;
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