375 C. M. Bedford 91. Abridge 201.

Duties and Privileges. Jude 20, 21.

1 WHILE sinners, who presume to bear The Christian's sacred name,

Throw up the reins to every lust,
And glory in their shame;

2 Ye saints, preserv'd in CHRIST, and call'd,
Detest their impious ways,
And on the basis of your faith
A heavenly temple raise.

3 Upon the Spirit's promis'd aid
Depend from day to day,

And while he breathes his quick'ning gale,
Adore, and praise, and pray.

4 Preserve unquench'd your love to GOD,
And let the flame arise,

And higher, and still higher blaze,
Till it ascends the skies.

5. With a transporting joy expect
The grace your Lord shall give,
When all his saints shall from his hands
Their crowns of life receive.

376 (1s. P.) C. M.

Salem 139.

Grove House 143. Acton 288.

Now is the accepted Time.

1 COME, guilty souls, and flee away
To CHRIST, and heal your wounds;
This is the welcome Gospel-day,

Wherein free grace abounds.

2 GOD lov'd the Church, and gave his Son
To drink the cup of wrath:

And JESUS says he'll cast out none
That come to him by faith.

376 (2d P.) L. M. Paul's 246. Gould's 272. The convinced Sinner encouraged.

1 WHO is the trembling sinner, who That owns eternal death his due?

Who mourns his sin, his guilt, his thrall,
And does on GOD for mercy call?
2 Peace, troubled soul, dismiss thy fear,
Hear, JESUS speaks," Be of good cheer;
Upon his cleansing grace rely,

And thou shalt never, never die.

377 (1stP.) L.M. Angel's Hymn 60. Paul's 246.

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Acceptance through CHRIST alone. John xiv. 6.

HOW

OW shall the sons of men appear, Great GOD! before thine awful bar? How may the guilty hope to find Acceptance with th' eternal Mind?

2 Not vows, nor groans, nor broken cries,
Not the most costly sacrifice,"
Not infant blood profusely spilt,
Will expiate a sinner's guilt.

3 Thy blood, dear JESUS! thine alone,
Hath sov'reign virtue to atone :

Here we will rest our only plea,
When we approach, great GOD! to thee.

377 (2d P.) 7s. Cookham 36. Stoel 164.

Hotham 224.

The Pleasures of Religion.

1 "TIS religion that can give

Sweetest pleasures while we live';

'Tis religion must supply

Solid comfort when we die.

2 After death its joys will be
Lasting as eternity!

Be the living GOD my friend,
Then my bliss shall never end.

378 L. M.

Rowles 73., Portugal 97.

Habakkuk iii. 17, 18.

S Jesus mine! I'm now prepar'd
To meet with what I thought most hard;

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IS

Yes, let the winds of trouble blow, And comforts melt away like snow; 2 No blasted trees, or failing crops Can hinder my eternal hopes;

'Tho' creatures change, the LORD's the same, Then let me triumph in his name. 379 78. Deptford 124. Turin 244. Help. Hosea xiii. 9.

SELF-destroy'd, for help I pray :
Help me, Saviour! from above;

Help me to believe, obey;
Help me to repent, and love;

Help to keep the graces given,

Help me quite from hell to heaven,

380 C. M. Abridge 201. Grove House 143. Felix trembling. Acts xxiv. 24, 25.

1 SEE Felix, cloth'd with pomp and power, See his resplendent bride,

Attend to hear a prisoner preach

The Saviour crucified.

2 He well describes who JESUS was,
His glories and his love,
How he obey'd and bled below,
And reigns and pleads above.

3 Felix up starts, and trembling cries,

Go, for this time, away;

• I'll hear thee on these points again

'On some convenient day.'

4 Attention to the words of life

Let Felix thus adjourn;

LORD! let us make these solemn truths
Our first and last concern.

381 S.M. Eagle Street New 55. Vermont134.

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Jabez's Prayer. 1 Chron. iv. 9, 10.

THAT the LORD indeed

Would me his servant bless,

2

From every evil shield my head,
And crown my paths with peace!
Be his almighty hand

My helper and my guide,

Till with his saints in Canaan's land
My portion he divide.'

382 (1st P.) C.M. Brighton 208. Ann's 58.

Desiring to walk in the Way of Holiness to Happiness.
Psalm lxxxiv. 8.

1 LORD GOD, omnipotent to bless,
My supplication hear;
Guardian of Jacob! to my voice
Incline thy gracious ear.

2 If I have never yet begun
To tread the sacred road,

O teach my wand'ring feet the way
To Zion's blest abode !

3 Or, if I'm travelling in the path,
Assist me with thy strength,
And let me swift advances make,

And reach thine heaven at length ! 4 My care, my hope, my first request, Are all compris'd in this,

To follow where thy saints have led,
And then partake their bliss.

382 (2d P.) C. M. Sprague 166. Bedford 91.

Good Hope of Interest united with Gratitude.

1 IF, LORD! in thy fair book of life
My worthless name doth stand;
And in my heart the law is writ
By thine unerring hand;

2 I am secure, by grace divine,

Of crowns above the skies;

And on the road, from thy rich stores,
Shall meet with fresh supplies.

3 To thee in sweet melodious strains
My grateful voice I'll raise;

But life's too short, my powers too weak,
To show forth half thy praise.

4 [Had I ten thousand thousand tongues,
Not one should silent be;
Had I ten thousand thousand hearts,
I'd give them all to thee.]

383 (1st P.) 104th. Sussex 70. Hanover 130.

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Praise for Salvation.

UR Saviour, alone, the Lord let us bless, Who reigns on his throne, the Prince of our Peace;

Who evermore saves us by shedding his blood; All hail, holy JESUS, our LORD and our GOD. 2 We thankfully sing thy glory and praise, Thou merciful spring of pity and grace; Thy kindness for ever to men we will tell, And say, Our dear Saviour redeems us from hell! 3 Preserve us in love while here we abide : O never remove thy presence, nor hide Thy glorious salvation, till each of us see With joy the bless'd vision completed in thee.

383 (2d P.) L. M. Portugal 97. Bredby 165.

Gratitude to Christ.

1 TO him who on the fatal tree

Pour'd out his blood, his life for me, In grateful strains my voice I'll raise, And in his service spend my days. 2 To list'ning multitudes I'll tell How he redeem'd my soul from hell; And how, reposing on his breast, I lost my cares and found my rest. 3 Thro' him my sins are all forgiven, fie ever pleads my cause in heaven;