Second Division. THE CHARACTER, PROBATION, AND SALVATION OF MAN. 333 2 334 HYMNS CONCERNING THE FALLEN CONDITION OF MAN. UPR [PRIGHT, both in heart and will, From our own inventions vain And bid our wanderings cease, (101) BUR And wholly lost in Thee! L.M. 1 Cor. i. 30. WATTS. 1709. URIED in shadows of the night, R He sets the prisoners free, and breaks Give our whole selves, O Lord, to Thee! 335 HOW OW sad our state by nature is! 2 But there's a voice of sovereign grace 3 My soul obeys the' Almighty's call, I would believe Thy promise, Lord; 4 To the blest fountain of Thy blood, Here let me wash my spotted soul 5 Stretch out Thy arm, victorious King! Drive sin and Satan from their seat, 6 A guilty, weak, and helpless worm, Be Thou my strength and righteousness, 336 (424) Describing Formal Religion. C.M. C. WESLEY. 1740. ONG have I seemed to serve Thee, Lord, Fasted, and prayed, and read Thy word, 3 I rested in the outward law; 4 To please Thee thus, at length I see, 5 I see the perfect law requires Our full consent, our whole desires, 6 But I of means have made my boast, The spirit in the letter lost, The substance in the shade. 7 Where am I now, or what my hope? 337 (331) STI TILL for Thy lovingkindness, Lord I look to find Thee in Thy word, 2 Here, in Thine own appointed ways, 3"Be still and know that I am God!" "Tis all I live to know; 3 Thou pleadest in the living stones, And triumph in the Comforter. Of pleasures that shall never die. 5 First-fruits of yonder land above, Celestial joy, seraphic love, To us, to us in Thee are given; SPH Who didst Thy ancient saints inspire, World without end, we worship Thee. 2 Still we believe, Almighty Lord, Whose presence fills both earth and heaven, The meaning of the written word Is by Thy inspiration given: Thou only dost Thyself explain The secret mind of God to man. 3 Come, then, Divine Interpreter, The Scriptures to our hearts apply; 324 And, taught by Thee, we God revere, THE HE heavens declare Thy glory, Lord, We read Thy name in fairer lines. It touched and glanced on every land. 4 Nor shall Thy spreading gospel rest, Till through the world Thy truth has run; Till Christ has all the nations blest, That see the light or feel the sun. 5 Great Sun of Righteousness, arise, Bless the dark world with heavenly light: Thy gospel makes the simple wise; Thy laws are pure, Thy judgments right. 6 The noblest wonders here we view, In souls renewed, and sins forgiven: Lord, cleanse my sins, my soul renew, And make Thy word my guide to heaven. 325 (293) L.M. 6 lines. C. WESLEY. 1762. NSPIRER of the ancient Seers, Who wrote from Thee the sacred page, The same through all succeeding years, To us, in our degenerate age, The Spirit of Thy word impart, And breathe the life into our heart. |