5 Proclaim hosannas loud and clear;
See David's Son and Lord appear!
All praise on earth to Him be giv'n,
And glory shout through highest heav'n!
Hosanna, Hosanna, Amen!
HAT feeble instruments, O Lord,
Fulfil thy wondrous plan;
How mean the channels that convey
Thy grace to sinful man!
2 How frail the vessels that contain
Thy rays of light divine!
And yet that grace, how rich it flows,
Those rays, how fair they shine!
3 The Name of Jesus works the charm,
And lays hell's bulwarks low;
So fell, at Isr'el's trump alone,
The walls of Isr'els foe.
4 O Jesu, may that Name inspire
Our hearts with holy love;
And may those rays of grace divine
Our night of sin remove.
5 And now to God, the Three in One,
Be praise and glory giv❜n;
Who calleth us from sin's dark night
To share the beams of heav'n.
WMy rising soul surveys;
HEN all thy mercies, O my God,
Transported with the view, I'm lost
In wonder, love, and praise,
2 Unnumber'd comforts to my soul
Thy tender care bestow'd,
Before my infant heart conceiv'd
From whom those comforts flow'd.
3 When in the slipp'ry paths of youth,
With heedless steps I ran;
Thine arm, unseen, convey'd me safe,
And led me up to man.
4 Through ev'ry period of my life
Thy goodness I'll pursue,
And after death, in distant worlds,
The glorious theme renew.
5 Through all eternity to Thee
A joyful song I'll raise;
But oh! eternity's too short
To utter all thy praise.
HEN Christ was risen from the dead, And Thomas of the same was told, He would not credit it, he said,
Though he himself should Him behold,
Till he his wounded hands had eyed,
And thrust his fingers in his side.
2 Which trial he did undertake,
And Christ his frailty did permit,
By his distrusting sure to make
Such others as might doubt of it:
So we had right, and he no wrong,
For by his weakness both are strong.
3 O blessed God, how wise Thou art!
And how confoundest Thou thy foes!
Who their temptations dost convert,
To work those ends which they oppose:
When Satan seeks our faith to shake,
The firmer he the same doth make.
4 Thus whatsoe'er he tempts us to,
His disadvantage let it be;
Yea, make those very sins we do,
The means to bring us nearer Thee :
Yet let us not to ill consent,
Though colour'd with a good intent.
HEN I can read my title clear
To mansions in the skies,
I bid farewell to ev'ry fear,
And wipe my weeping eyes.
2 Should earth against my soul engage
And hell's fierce darts be hurl'd;
Then I can smile at Satan's rage,
And face a frowning world.
3 Let cares, like wildest billows, come,
And storms of sorrow fall;
May I but safely reach my home,
My God, my heaven, my all!
5 With Jesus there my weary soul
Shall find eternal rest,
And not a wave of trouble roll
Across my peaceful breast.
HYMN 282. L.M.
HEN I survey the wondrous cross,
On which the Prince of Glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.
Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my God;
The earthly things, that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.
3 See! from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet,
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were an off'ring far too small;
Love so amazing, Lord, as thine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all!
HYMN 283. C.M.
HEN Israel, by divine command,
The pathless desert trod,
They found, through all the dreary land,
A sure resource in God.
2 Like them, we have a rest in view,
Secure from adverse pow'rs;
Like them, we pass a desert too;
But Israel's God is our's:
3 His word a light before us spreads,
By which our path to see;
His love, a banner o'er our heads,
From harm preserves us free.
4 Lord, 'tis enough; we ask no more,
While on to heav'n we move,
Than to recount thy mercies o'er,
And sing thy boundless love!
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