5

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To rescue me from wo,
Thou didst with all things part;
Didst lead a suff'ring life below,
To gain my worthless heart.

My worthless heart to gain,
The God of all that breathe,
Was found in fashion as a man,
And died a cursed death.

SECOND PART.

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AND can I yet delay,
My little all to give?

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3

4

5

To tear my soul from earth away,
For Jesus to receive?

Nay, but I yield, I yield!

I can hold out no more:

I sink, by dying love compell'd,
And own Thee conqueror!

Though late, I all forsake,
My friends, my all resign;
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever thine!

Come, and possess me whole,

Nor hence again remove :
Settle and fix my wavering soul
With all thy weight of love.

My one desire be this,

Thy only love to know;

To seek and taste no other bliss,

No other good below.

6

My life, my portion thou,

Thou all-sufficient art;

My hope, my heavenly treasure, now

Enter and keep my heart.

Majesty.] HYMN 68. C. M.

FIRST PART.

THAT thou wouldst the heavens rent,
In majesty come down;

Stretch out thine arm omnipotent,

And seize me for thine own!

2 Descend, and let thy lightnings burn
The stubble of thy foe;

My sins o'erturn, o'erturn, o'erturn,
And make the mountains flow!

3 Thou my impetuous spirit guide,
And curb my headstrong will;
Thou only canst drive back the tide,
And bid the sun stand still.

4 What though I cannot break my chain,
Or e'er throw off my load;

The things impossible to men,
Are possible to God.

5 Is there a thing too hard for thee,
Almighty Lord of all;

Whose threat'ning looks dry up the sea,
And make the mountains fall?

6 Who, who shall in thy presence stand,
And match Omnipotence?
Ungrasp the hold of thy right-hand,
Or pluck the sinner thence?

7 Sworn to destroy, let earth assail;
Nearer to save thou art;

Stronger than all the powers of hell;
And greater than my heart.

8 Lo! to the hills I lift mine eye;
Thy promis'd aid I claim :
Father of mercies, glorify
Thy favourite Jesu's name.

PENITENTIAL.

9 Salvation in that name is found,
Balm of my grief and care;
A med'cine for my every wound
All, all I want is there.

SECOND PART.

1 JESU! Redeemer, Saviour, Lord,
The weary sinner's friend;
Come to my help, pronounce the word;
And bid my troubles end.

2 Deliv'rance to my soul proclaim,
And life and liberty;

Shed forth the virtue of thy name,
And Jesus prove to me!

3 Faith to be heal'd thou know'st I have;
For thou that faith hast given;
Thou canst, thou wilt the sinner save,
And make me meet for heaven.

4 Thou canst o'ercome this heart of mine;
Thou wilt victorious prove:
For everlasting strength is thine,
And everlasting love.

5 Thy powerful Spirit shall subdue
Unconquerable sin;

Cleanse this foul heart, and make it new,
And write thy law within.

6 Bound down with twice ten thousand ties, Yet let me hear thy call;

My soul in confidence shall rise,

Shall rise and break through all,

Speak, and the deaf shall hear thy voice,
The blind his sight receive;

The dumb in songs of praise rejoice;
The heart of stone believe,

8 The Ethiop then shall change his skin;
The dead shall feel thy power;
The loathsome leper shall be clean,
And I shall sin no more.

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Kennebeck.] HYMN 69. 4 8's & 2 6's.

TH

FIRST PART.

HEE, Jesus, thee, the sinner's friend;
I follow on to apprehend,

Renew the glorious strife;
Divinely confident and bold,

With faith's strong arm on thee lay hold,
Thee, my eternal life.

2 Thy heart, I know, thy tender heart
Doth in my sorrow feel its part,
And at my tears relent;

My powerful sighs thou canst not bear,
Nor stand the violence of my prayer,
My prayer omnipotent.

3 Give me the grace, the love I claim;
Thy Spirit now demands thy name!
Thou know'st the Spirit's will;
He helps my soul's infirmity,
And strongly intercedes for me
With groans unspeakable.

4 Answer, O Lord, thy Spirit's groan!
O make to me thy nature known,
Thy hidden name impart !
(Thy name and nature are the same)
Tell me thy nature, and thy name,
And write it on my heart.

SECOND PART.

1 PRIS'NER of hope, to thee I turn, And, calmly confident, I mourn, And pray, and weep for thee:

Tell me thy love, thy secret tell,
Thy mystic name in me reveal,
Reveal thyself in me!

2 Descend, pass by me, and proclaim,
O Lord of hosts, thy glorious name,
"The Lord, the gracious Lord;
Long-suffering, merciful, and kind,
The God who always bears in mind.
His everlasting word."

3 Plenteous he is in truth and grace;
He wills that all the fallen race
Should turn, repent, and live:
His pard'ning grace for all is free;
Transgression, sin, iniquity,

He freely doth forgive.

4 Mercy he doth for thousands keep;
He goes and seeks the one lost sheep,
And brings his wand'rer home:

And every soul that sheep might be ;
Come, then, my Lord, and gather me,
My Jesus, quickly come.

5 Take me into thy people's rest,
O come, and with my sole request,
My one desire comply!

Make me partaker of my hope,
Then bid me get me quickly up,
And on thy bosom die.

Kennebeck.] HYMN 70. 4 8's & 2 6's.

1 TILL, Lord, I languish for thy grace,
Reveal the beauties of thy face,
The middle wall remove:
Appear and banish my complaint;
Come and supply my only want,
Fill all my soul with love!