2 Such was Thy grace, that for our sake, 3 Our sins, our guilt, in love divine, 4 Ascended now in glory bright, Nor life, nor death, nor depth, nor height, 5 Soon, soon shall come that glorious day, When, seated on Thy throne, Thou shalt to wondering worlds display THE CHRISTIAN LIFE: LOVE TO GOD AND MAN. 458 The greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. 13, 13. 1 HAPPY the heart where graces reign, 2 Knowledge, alas! tis all in vain, Our stubborn sins will fight and reign, If love be absent there. 3 Tis love that makes our cheerful feet The devils know, and tremble too, 4 This is the grace that lives and sings 5 Before we quite forsake our clay, The wings of love bear us away C.M. 459 The glorious liberty of the chil dren of God-Rom. 8, 21. 1 Lall me a child of Thine: ORD, I address Thy heavenly throne; Send down the Spirit of Thy Son 2 Not from the terrors of a slave But, with the noblest powers they have, Thy sweet commands fulfil. 3 Grace, like an uncorrupted seed, 1 They find access at every hour Hence they derive a quickening power 30 happy souls! O glorious state To dwell so near their Father's seat, C.M. 460 The Lord is my portion, saith my soul.-Lam. 3, 24. FROM pole to pole let others roam, My soul is satisfied at home, The Lord my portion is. 2 Jesus, who on His glorious throne 3 His person fixes all my love, His blood removes my fear; 4 His word of promise is my food, Thus daily is my strength renewed, S 5 For Him I count as gain each loss, с.м. 461 We love Him because He first 1 loved us.-1 John 4, 19. WE love Thee, Lord, yet not alone Because Thy bounteous hand, Showers down its rich and ceaseless On ocean and on land: Tis not alone because Thy names Are written on the earth beneath, [gifts 2 We love Thee, Lord, because when we Had erred and gone astray, Thou didst recal our wandering souls When helpless, hopeless, we were lost 8 Because when we forsook Thy ways, Thou wert not the avenging Judge, 4 Because, O Lord, Thou lovedst us Because Thy Son came down to die, Because, when we were heirs of wrath, C.M. 462 The love of Christ constraineth us. -2 Cor. 5, 14. 1MY God, I love Thee, not because Nor because they who love Thee not 2 Thou, O my Jesus, Thou didst me Upon the cross embrace; For me didst bear the nails and spear, And manifold disgrace; 3 And griefs, and torments numberless, And sweat of agony; E'en death itself,-and all for one 4 Then why, O blessed Jesus Christ, Not for the sake of winning heaven, 5 Not with the hope of gaining aught, But as Thyself hast loved me, 6 E'en so I love Thee, and will love, 8.8.6. 463 The love of Christ, which passeth 10 knowledge.-Eph. 3, 19, LOVE divine, how sweet thou art! When shall I find my willing heart All taken up by thee? I thirst, I faint, I die to prove The greatness of redeeming love, 2 Stronger His love than death and hell, The length, and breadth, and height. 3 God only knows the love of God: 4 O that I could for ever sit My only care, delight, and bliss, 464 The excellency of the knowledge 1 of Christ Jesus.-Phil. 3, 8. 10 TEACH us more of Thy blest ways, Thou holy Lamb of God! And let our hearts with joy confess, 8.7. 465 Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. 1 -1 Sam. 7, 12. COME, Thou fount of every blessing! Tune my heart to sing Thy grace! 2 Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I'm come; Jesus sought me when a stranger, Interposed His precious blood. 3 Oh, to grace how great a debtor |