6 How will our joy and wonder rise, When our returning King

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Shall bear us homeward thro' the skies,
On love's triumphant wing!

HYMN 22. Third Part. C. M.
Life everlasting.

AMAZING grace! how sweet the sound,

That sav'd 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 reliev'd;

How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believ'd!

3 Thro' many dangers, toils and snares,
I have already come;

"Tis grace, has brought me safe thus far, And grace will lead me home.

4 The Lord has promis'd good to me,
His word my hope secures ;

He will my shield and portion be,
As long as life endures.

5 Yes, when this flesh and heart shall fail,
And mortal life shall cease;

I shall possess within the veil,
A life of joy and peace.

6 There joys unseen by mortal eyes,
Or reason's feeble ray,
In ever blooming prospects rise,
Unconscious of decay.

7 Then now, on faith's sublimest wing,
Let ardent wishes rise,

To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring
Immortal in the skies,

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HYMN 22.

Fourth Part. C. M.

Hope of heaven.

WHAT have I in this barren land?

My Jesus is not here;

Mine eyes will ne'er be blest, until
My Jesus doth appear.

2 My Jesus is gone up to heav'n,
To fix a place for me;

For 'tis his will, that, where he is,
His followers should be.

3 Canaan I view from Pisgah's top:
Of Canaan's grapes I taste;

My Lord, who sends them to me here,
Will send for me at last.

4 I have a God that changeth not;
Why should I be perplex'd?
My God, who owns me in this world,
Will own me in the next.

5 My dearest friends, they dwell above; Them will I go to see;

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And all my friends in Christ below
Will soon come after me.

HYMN 22. Fifth Part.

C. M.

Happiness of departed Saints.

HOW happy are the souls above,

From sin and sorrow free!

With Jesus they are now at rest,
And all his glory see!

2" Worthy the Lamb," aloud they cry,
"That brought us here to God:"
In ceaseless hymns of praise they shout
The virtue of his blood.

3 Sweet gratitude inspires their songs, Ambitious to proclaim,

Before the Father's awful throne,
The honours of the Lamb.

4 With wond'ring joy they recollect
Their fears and dangers past;
And bless the wisdom, pow'r, and love,
Which brought them safe at last.

5 Lord, let the merit of thy death
To me be likewise giv’n ;

And I, with them, will shout thy praise
Eternally in heav'n.

HYMN 23. First Part. L. M.
Justification.

1 LORD, thy imputed righteousness
My beauty is, my glorious dress;
'Midst flaming worlds in this arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
2 When from the dust of death I rise,
To take my mansion in the skies;
Ev'n then shall this be all my plea,
"Jesus hath liv'd and died for me."
3 Bold shall I stand in that great day,
For who aught to my charge shall lay?
While thro' thy blood absolv'd I am,
From sin's tremendous curse and shame.
4 Thus Abraham, the friend of God,
Thus all the armies bought with blood,
By faith on thee alone relied,

And in the Lord were justified.

5 This spotless robe the same appears
When ruin'd nature sinks in years:
No age can change its glorious hue,
The robe of Christ is ever new.

6 O! let the dead now hear thy voice! Bid, Lord, thy mourning ones rejoice;

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Their beauty this, their glorious dress,
"Jesus, the Lord our righteousness.'
HYMN 23. Second Part. L. M.
Union with Jesus.

'WIXT Jesus and the chosen race,
Subsists a bond of sov'reign grace,

That hell, with its infernal train,
Shall ne'er dissolve, or rend in twain.
2 Hail sacred union, firm and strong !
How great the grace! how sweet the song!
That worms of earth should ever be
One wit' incarnate Deity.

3 One in the tomb, one when he rose,
One when he triumph'd o'er his foes;
One when in heav'n he took his seat,
While seraphs sung all hell's defeat.
4 This sacred tie forbids their fears,
For all he is, or has, is theirs ;

With him their head, they stand or fall,
Their life, their surety, and their all.

HYMN 23. Third Part. C. M.
The Lord our righteousness.

1 SAVIOUR divine, we know thy name,

And in that name we trust;
Thou art the Lord, our righteousness,
Thou art thine Israel's boast.

2 The sins of ev'n the best spent day
Might plunge us in despair;

Yet all the crimes of num'rous years
Shall our great Surety clear.

3 That spotless robe, which he hath wrought, Shall deck us all around;

In his imputed righteousness,
No blemish shall be found.

4 Pardon, and peace, and lively hope
To sinners now are giv'n ;

And weeping saints shall change ere long,
Their wilderness for heav'n.

5 With joy we taste that manna now,
Thy mercy scatters down;
We seal our humble vows to thee,
And wait the promis'd crown.

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HYMN 23. Fourth Part. L. M.
The excellencies of Christ.

JOIN, all who love the Saviour's name,

To sing his everlasting fame ;

Great God, prepare each heart and voice,
In him forever to rejoice.

2 Of him what wondrous things are told! In him what glories I behold!

For him I gladly all things leave;
To him, my soul, forever cleave!
3 In him my treasure's all contain❜d;
By him my feeble soul's sustain'd;
From him what favors I receive!
Thro' him I shall forever live.

4 With him I daily love to walk;
Of him my soul delights to talk;
On him I cast my ev'ry care :
Like him one day I shall appear.

5 Bless him, my soul, from day to day;
Trust him to lead thee on thy way;
Give him thy poor, weak, sinful heart;
With him O never, never part.

6 Take him for strength and righteousness;
Make him thy refuge in distress:
Love him above all earthly joy;
And him in ev'ry thing employ.