HYMN 140, C. M. York. Reading. [b]

A living and a dead Faith.

e 1 MISTAKEN souls! that dream of heaven,

And make their empty boast―

Of inward joys, and sins forgiven,
While they are slaves to lust.

2 Vain are our fancies' airy flights,
If faith be cold and dead;
-None but a living power unites
To Christ the living head."

o 3 'Tis faith, that changes all the heart;
'Tis faith, that works by love;!
That bids all sinful joys depart,
And lifts the thoughts above.

o 4 'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell
By a celestial power; }

This is the grace that shall prevail,
In the decisive hour.

e 5 (Faith must obey her Father's will,
As well as trust his grace;

A pardoning God is jealous still,
For his own holiness.

-6 When from the curse he sets us free,
He makes our natures clean;
Nor would he send his Son to be
The Minister of sin.

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o 7 His Spirit purifies our frame,
And seals our peace with God:
-Jesus, and his salvation, came
By water and by blood.):4

HYMN 141. S. M Aylesbury. [b] The Humiliation and Exaltation of Christ. Isa. liii. 1-5, 10-12.

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Worthy salvation known?

THO has believed thy word,

o Reveal thine arm, Almighty Lord, And glorify thy Son.""

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2 The Jews esteemed him here
Too mean for their belief;

p Sorrows his chief acquaintance were,

And his companion grief

3 They turned their eyes away,
And treated him with scorn;

p But 'twas their grief upon him lay;
Their sorrows he has borne.

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4 "Twas for the stubborn Jews, And Gentiles, then unknown, The God of justice pleased to bruise His best beloved Son.

5 "But I'll prolong his days. "And make his kingdom stand; "My pleasure," saith the God of grace, "Shall prosper in his hand.

6 ("His joyful soul shall see o
"The purchase of his pain;
"And by his knowledge justify
"The guilty sons of men.)

7 ("Thousands of captive slaves,
Released from death and sing

"Shall quit their prisons, and their graves,
"And own his power divine.)
8"Heaven shall advance my Son
"To joys that earth denied;....

"Who saw the follies men had done,
"And bore their sins, and died,"

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HYMN 142. S. M. Bingham. [b]
The same. Isa. liii. 6-9-12.

LIKE sheep we went of

And broke the fold of God;

Each wandering in a different way,
But all the downward road.

2 How dreadful was the hour,
When God our wanderings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour,
Upon the Shepherd's head."

3 How glorious was the grace,

When Christ sustained the stroke! His life and blood the Shepherd pays,·· A ransom for the flock.

a 4 His honour and his breath
Were taken both away;

Joined with the wicked in his death,
And made as vile as they.

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And make him see a numerous seed,
To recompense his pain.

6"I'll give him," saith the Lord,
"A portion with the strong;

"He shall possess a large reward,
"And hold his honours long

HYMN 143. C. M.

Barby. [*]

Characters of the Children of God, from several Scriptures.

b 1

S new-born babes desire the breast,

A To reed, and grow, and thrive;

So saints with joy the gospel taste,
And by the gospel live.

2 [With inward gust, their heart approves
All that the word relates;

They love the men their Father loves,
And hate the work he hates.

3 Not all the flattering baits on earth,
Can make them slaves to lust;
They can't forget their heavenly birth,
Nor grovel in the dust.

4 Not all the chains that tyrants use,
Shall bind their souls to vice:
Faith, like a conqueror, can produce
A thousand victories.]

-5 Grace, like an uncorrupted seed,
Abides and reigns within;
Immortal principles forbid

The sons of God to sin.

e 6 Not by the terrors of a slave, Do they perform his will;

o But with the noblest powers they have, His sweet commands fulfill.

-7 They find access at every hour
To God, within the vail;

Hence they derive a quickening power,
And joys that never fail.

o 8 O happy souls! O glorious state
Of ever-flowing grace!

To dwell so near their Father's seat,
And see his lovely face!

e 9 Lord, I address thy heavenly throne; Call me a child of thine;

Send down the Spirit of thy Son,

To form my heart divine.

-10 There shed thy choicest love abroad, And make my comforts strong;

d Then shall I say, My Father, God, With an unwavering tongue.

HYMN 144. C. M. Canterbury. York. [b] The witnessing and sealing Spirit. Rom. viii. 14, 16. Eph. i. 13, 14.

e 1 WHY should the children of a king

Go mourning all their days? o Great Comforter, descend, and bring Some tokens of thy grace.

e 2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven?

When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?

-3 Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer's blood;

And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.

4 Thou art the earnest of his love,-
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.

HYMN 145. C. M. Sunday. Christmas. [*]

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Christ and Aaron.

Heb. vii. and ix.

JA thousand glories more,

ESUS, in thee our eyes behold

Than the rich gems, and polished gold,

The sons of Aaron wore.

e 2 They first their own burnt-offerings brought, To purge themselves from sin;

o Thy life was pure without a spot,

And all thy nature clean.

-3 [Fresh blood, as constant as the day, Was on their altars spilt;

But thy one offering takes away,

Forever, all our guilt.

4 Their priesthood ran through several hands, For mortal was their race,

Thy never-changing office stands,
Eternal as thy days.]

e 5 Once in the circuit of a year,
With blood-but not his own,
Aaron within the vail appears,
Before the golden throne.

o 6 But Christ, by his own powerful blood,
Ascends above the skies;

And, in the presence of our God,
Shows his own sacrifice.

o 7 Jesus, the King of glory, reigns
On Zion's heavenly hill;

Looks like a lamb that has been slain,
And wears his priesthood still.

-8 He ever lives-to intercede
Before his Father's face:

Give him, my soul, thy cause to plead,
Nor doubt the Father's grace.

HYMN 146. L. M. Oporto. Nantwich. [*]
The Excellences of Christ.

'G meet;

O worship at Emmanuel's feet,

Earth is too narrow to express
His worth, his glory, or his grace.
2 The whole creation can afford
But some faint shadows of my Lord;
Nature, to make his beauties known,
Must mingle colours, not her own.
3 [Is HE compared to wine or bread?
Dear Lord, our souls would thus be fed
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is heavenly wine.
4 IS HE a Tree? The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves:

That righteous Branch, that fruitsul Bough,
Is David's root and offspring too.

5 IS HE a Rose? Not Sharon yields
Such fragrancy in all her fields:
Or if the Lily he assume,

The valleys bless the rich perfume.
6 Is HF a Vine? His heavenly root
Supplies the boughs with life and fruit;