6 If now we learn to seek thy face
By Christ, the living way,
We'll praise thee for this hour of grace,
Through an eternal day.

402. To Come to Christ. 8-7.

Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled; forsake the foolish, and live.-PRO. ix. 5, 6.

1 YE that thirst for solid pleasure,
Seek it in the Saviour's love;
There's in Christ a boundless treasure,
Raise your hearts to things above.
On the cross he bore our sorrows;
There he put our sins away,
Conquer'd death with all its horrors,
And redeem'd us from its sway.

2 Come to him, your sins confessing,
Grace and glory he can give;
Pardon, peace, with every blessing-
All are your's, if you believe.
Friends may fail, but he will take you,
And supply your utmost need;
Nor will Jesus e'er forsake you,
But in paths of safety lead.

3 Where are they who count it folly,
To obey the heavenly King?
They who think us melancholy-
Let them hear his people sing.

Raise your joyful voices higher-
Raise the heart, where Jesus is;
Rise and catch the sacred fire,
Foretaste sweet of future bliss.

403. To Eternal Life. s.M.

Enter ye in at the strait gate; for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat; because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.-MATTHEW vii. 13, 14.

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DESTRUCTION's dangerous road
What multitudes pursue!

While that which leads the soul to God,
Is known or sought by few.

Believers enter in

By Christ the living gate;

But they who will not leave their sin,
Complain it is too strait.

If self must be denied,

And sin forsaken quite,

They rather choose the way that's wide,
And strive to think it right.

4 Obey the gospel call,

And enter while you may;
The flock of Christ is always small,
And none are safe but they.

5 Lord, open sinner's eyes,

Their awful state to see:

And make them, ere the storm arise,

404. To admit Christ into our Heart. C.M.

Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man

hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.-REV. iii. 20.

1 AND will the Lord thus condescend
To visit sinful worms?

Thus at the door shall mercy stand
In all her winning forms?

2 Surprising grace!-and shall my heart
Unmov'd and cold remain !
Has this hard rock no tender part―
Must mercy plead in vain ?

3 Shall Jesus for admission sue,
His gracious voice unheard?
And this vile heart, his rightful due,
Remain for ever barr'd?

4 "Tis sin, alas! with tyrant pow'r,
The lodging has possest,

And clouds of traitors bar the door
Against the heav'nly guest.

5 Lord, rise in all thy conq'ring grace,
Thy mighty pow'r display;
One beam of glory from thy face
Can drive my foes away.

6 Ye dangerous inmates, hence depart,
My Saviour enter in ;

And guard the passage to my heart,
And keep out ev'ry sin.

405. To the Living Waters. C.M.

Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price, &c.-ISA. lv. 1, &c.

1 LET ev'ry mortal ear attend,
And ev'ry heart rejoice,

The trumpet of the Gospel sounds
With an inviting voice.

2 Ho! all ye hungry starving souls,
That feed upon the wind,
And vainly strive with earthly toys
To fill an empty mind.

3 Eternal wisdom has prepar'd
A soul-reviving feast,

Like wine and milk salvation flows
For every willing guest.

4 Here, ye that pant for living streams,
And pine away and die;

May freely quench your raging thirst,
With springs that never dry.

5 My God! the treasures of thy love
Are everlasting mines,

Deep as our helpless miseries are,
And boundless as our sins!

6 The happy gates of gospel-grace
Stand open night and day:
Lord, we are come to seek supplies,
And drive our wants away.

406. To the Marriage Supper. C.M.

Come, for all things are now ready.-LUKE xiv. 17.

I How sweet and awful is the place,
With Christ within the doors,
While everlasting love displays
The choicest of her stores.

2 While all our hearts and all our songs Join to admire the feast,

Each of us cry with thankful tongues, "Lord, why was I a guest ?

3 "Why was I made to hear thy voice,
And enter while there's room;

When thousands make a wretched choice,
And rather starve than come ?"

4 'Twas the same love that spread the feast,
That sweetly drew us in.
Else we had still refused to taste,
And perish'd in our sin.

5 Pity the nations, O our God,

Constrain the earth to come;

Send thy victorious word abroad,
And bring the strangers home.

6 We long to see thy churches full;
That all the chosen race

May, with one heart, and voice, and soul,
Sing thy redeeming grace.