5 O, let thy beams resplendent shine,
And every cloud remove;

Transform my powers, and fit my soul
For happier scenes above.

HYMN 303. C. M. [#]

Influence of Grace.

1 My God, what silken cords are thine !
How soft, and yet how strong!
Whilst power, and truth, and grace, combine
To draw our souls along.

2 When crushed beneath the heavy yoke
Of folly and of sin,

Thy hand our iron bondage broke,
Our grateful hearts to win.

3 The guilt of twice ten thousand sins
Thy mercy takes away :
Thy promise, when the war begins,
Secures the crowning day.

4 Comfort, through all this vale of tears,
In rich profusion flows :

The glory of unnumbered years
Eternity bestows.

5 Drawn by such cords, we onward move,
Till round thy throne we meet,

And, captives in the chains of love,
Fall at our Conqueror's feet.

HYMN 304. S. M. [#]

Grace.

1 GRACE, 'tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear:

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;

And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my roving feet

To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days:

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

HYMN 305. C. M. [# or b]
Display of divine Grace.

1 WHEN God revealed his gracious name,
And changed my mournful state,
My rapture seemed a pleasing dream,
The grace appeared so great.

2 The world beheld the glorious change,
And did thy hand confess :

My tongue broke out in unknown strains,
And sung surprising grace.

3 The Lord can clear the darkest skies,
Can give us day for night,
Make drops of sacred sorrow rise
To rivers of delight.

4 Let those who sow in sadness wait
Till the rich harvest come;

They shall confess their sheaves are great, And shout the blessings home.

HYMN 306. H. M. [#]
Grace Triumphant.

1 BEFORE the world was made,
Or sun or planets shone,
Salvation's base was laid

In God's anointed Son,

Who came to spread the truth abroad,
And reconcile a world to God.

2 By mercy's hand upheld,

Firmly his purpose stands :

What love his bosom filled!

What kindness moved his hands! What pity warmed his pleading breath, Who meekly blest his foes in death!

3 Now, raised to realms above, Where boundless mercies shine, Will Christ forget his love?

Forget this heart of mine?

O, no; his favours never end;

He's there, as here, the sinner's Friend.

4 Hail, all-triumphant hour

In which my Saviour rose

!

The grave has lost its power;
My soul, forget thy woes.
Widely he'll spread his grace abroad,
And safely guide a world to God.

FAITH AND HOPE.

HYMN 307. 81. L. M. [#]

Faith in God.

1 GOD is our Refuge and Defence, In trouble our unfailing Aid; Secure in his omnipotence,

What foe can make our soul afraid? Yea, though the earth's foundations rock, And mountains down the gulf be hurled, His people smile amid the shock; They look beyond this transient world.

2 Thither let fervent faith aspire ;

Our treasure and our heart be there

O for a seraph's wing of fire

No, on the mightier wings of prayer, We reach at once that last retreat,

;

And, ranged among the ransomed throng, Fall with the elders at his feet

Whose name alone inspires their song.

3 Ah, soon, how soon, our spirits droop, Unwont the air of heaven to breathe Yet God, in very deed, will stoop,

e;

And dwell himself with men beneath.

Come to thy living temples, then,
As in the ancient times appear;
Let earth be paradise again,

And man, O God, thine image here. ́

HYMN 308. L. M. [#]

We walk by Faith, not by Sight.

1 'Tis by the faith of joys to come

We walk through deserts dark as night; Till we arrive at heaven, our home,

Faith is our guide and truth our light.
2 The want of sight she well supplies;
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.
3 Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith receives a heavenly ray,
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.

4 So Abram, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God:
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

HYMN 309. C. M. [#]

Vision of Faith.

1 HIGH on the mountain's towering head, While darkness veils the sky,

Faith stands, and, through the stormy cloud, Directs her anxious eye.