MINE AND THINE.

"Didicisti quod nihil tui boni præcesserat, et gratiâ Dei conversus es ad Deum."-AUGUSTINE.

ALL that I was-my sin, my guilt,

My death was all my own;

All that I am, I owe to thee,
My gracious God alone.

The evil of my former state

Was mine and only mine;

The good in which I now rejoice
Is thine and only thine.

The darkness of my former state,
The bondage all was mine;
The light of life in which I walk,
The liberty is thine.

ABIDE IN HIM.

Thy grace

first made me feel my sin.

It taught me to believe;

Then, in believing peace I found,

And now I live, I live.

All that I am, even here on earth,
All that I hope to be,

When Jesus comes and glory dawns,
I owe it, Lord, to thee.

ABIDE IN HIM.

"Tecum volo vulnerari

Te libenter amplexari

In cruce desidero."-OLD HYMN.

CLING to the Crucified!

His death is life to thee,

Life for eternity.

His pains thy pardon seal;

His stripes thy bruises heal;
His cross proclaims thy peace,
Bids every sorrow cease.

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ABIDE IN HIM.

His blood is all to thee,

It purges thee from sin;
It sets thy spirit free,

It keeps thy conscience clean.

Cling to the Crucified!

Cling to the Crucified!

His is a heart of love,

Full as the hearts above;

Its depths of sympathy

Are all awake for thee:

His countenance is light,

Even to the darkest night.

That love shall never change—

That light shall ne'er grow dim; Charge thou thy faithless heart

To find its all in him.

Cling to the Crucified!

THE BELOVED SON.

"This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."MATT., iii. 17.

IT is the Father's voice that cries
Mid the deep silence of the skies:
"This, this is my beloved Son,
In Him I joy, in Him alone.

"In Him my equal see revealed,
In Him all righteousness fulfilled,
In Him, the Lamb, the victim see,
Bound, bleeding, dying on the tree.

"And can you fail to love again?
Far fairer he than sons of men!
His very name is fragrance poured,
Immanuel, Jesus, Saviour, Lord!

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THE BELOVED SON.

"He died, and in his dying, proved
How much, how faithfully he loved;
At my right hand, his glories shine;
Is my beloved, sinner, thine?"

O full of glory, full of grace,
Redeemer of a ruined race,
Beloved of the Father, come,

Make in these sinful hearts a home!

Beloved of the Father, thou,

To whom the saints and angels bow;
Immanuel, Jesus, Saviour, come,

Make in these sinful hearts thy home!