Since thou wouldst have the sinner blest, Now let me in thine image shine; Nor ever from thy footsteps move, But more than conquer through thy love. 4 Be it according to thy will!
Set my imprison'd spirit free; (The counsel of thy grace fulfil ;) Into thy glorious liberty,
My spirit, soul, and flesh restore, And I shall never grieve thee more.
Luthers.] HYMN 102. 6 lines 8's.
JES, from this instant, now I will To my offended Father cry; My base ingratitude I feel,
Vilest of all thy children, I; Not worthy to be call'd thy son; Yet will I thee, my Father, own. 2 Guide of my life, hast thou not been, And rescu'd me from passion's power? Ten thousand times preserv'd from sin; Nor let the greedy grave devour: And wilt thou now thy wrath retain, Nor ever love thy child again? 3 Ah! canst thou find it in thy heart, To give me up, so long pursu'd? Ah! canst thou finally depart,
And leave thy creature in his blood? Leave me,-out of thy presence cast, To perish in my sins at last?
4 If thou hast call'd me to return; If weeping at thy feet I fall, The prodigal thou wilt not spurn, But pity and forgive me all ; In answer to my Friend above; In honour of his bleeding love.
The thousands of our Israel see:
To thee in their behalf we cry, Ourselves but newly found in thee.
2 See where o'er desert wastes they err, And neither food nor feeder have; Nor fold, nor place of refuge near; For no man cares their souls to save? 3 Wild as the untaught Indian's brood, The Christian savages remain; Strangers, yea, enemies to God,
They make thee spill thy blood in vain. 4 Thy people, Lord, are sold for nought; Nor know they their Redeemer nigh: They perish whom thyself hast bought: Their souls for lack of knowledge die. 5 The pit its mouth hath open'd wide, To swallow up its careless prey : Why should they die, when thou hast died; Hast died to bear their sins away?
6 Why should the foe thy purchase seize ? Remember, Lord, thy dying groans; The meed of all thy sufferings these; O claim them for thy ransom'd ones! 7 Extend to these thy pard'ning grace: To these be thy salvation show'd: O add them to thy chosen race! O sprinkle all their hearts with blood!
8 Still let the publicans draw near: Open the door of faith and heaven; And grant their hearts thy word to hear, And witness all their sins forgiven.
Alfreton.] HYMN 104. L. M. ESUS, my Advocate above,
My friend before the throne of love: If now for me prevails thy prayer, If now I find thee pleading there; If thou the secret wish convey, And sweetly prompt my heart to pray; Hear, and my weak petitions join, Almighty Advocate, to thine.
2 Fain would I know my utmost ill, And groan my nature's weight to feel! To feel the clouds that round me roll, The night that hangs upon my soul: The darkness of my carnal mind, My will perverse, my passions blind, Scatter'd o'er all the earth abroad, Immeasurably far from God.
3 Jesus, my heart's desire obtain; My earnest suit present, and gain : My fulness of corruption show, The knowledge of myself bestow; A deeper displacence at sin; A sharper sense of guilt within; A stronger struggling to get free; A keener appetite for thee.
4 O Sov'reign Love, to thee I cry! Give me thyself, or else I die!
Save me from death; from hell set free! Death, hell, are but the want of thee. Quicken'd by thy imparted flame; Sav'd, when possess'd of thee, I am;
My life, my only heaven thou art; O might I feel thee in my heart!
Watchman.] HYMN 105. S. M.
PIRIT of faith, come down, Reveal the things of God;
And make to us the Godhead known; And witness with the blood: 'Tis thine the blood t' apply, And give us eyes to see; Who did for every sinner die, Hath surely died for me.
No man can truly say
That Jesus is the Lord; Unless thou take the veil away,
And breathe the living word: Then, only then we feel Our int'rest in his blood; And cry with joy unspeakable, "Thou art my Lord, my God!"
O that the world might know The all-atoning Lamb! Spirit of faith, descend and show The virtue of his name:
The grace which all may find; The saving power impart And testify to all mankind, And speak in every heart. Inspire the living faith, Which, whosoe'er receives, The witness in himself he hath, And consciously believes : The faith that conquers all, And doth the mountain move; And saves whoe'er on Jesus call, And perfects them in love.
Amsterdam.] HYMN 106. 7's & 6's.
AKER, Saviour of mankind,
M who hast on me bestow'd
An immortal soul, design'd To be the house of God: Come, and now reside in me, Never, never to remove; Make me just and good, like thee, And full of power and love.
2 Bid me in thine image rise, A saint, a creature new; True, and merciful, and wise, And pure and happy too; This thy primitive design,
That I should in thee be blest: Should within thine arms divine, For ever, ever rest.
3 Let thy will in me be done; Fulfil my heart's desire, Thee to know, and love alone, And rise in raptures higher. Thee descending on a cloud,
Till with ravish'd eyes I see; Then shall I be fill'd with God To all eternity!
Euphrates.] HYMN 107. 7's, 6's, & 1 8.
OD of my salvation, hear, And help me to believe,
Simply do I now draw near, Thy blessing to receive;
Full of guilt, alas! I am,
But to thy wounds for refuge flee :
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb,
Thy blood was shed for me.
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