When the salvation reigns within, And grace subdues the power of sin. 3 Our flesh and sense must be deny'd, Passion and envy, lust and pride; Whilst justice, temperance, truth and love, Our inward piety approve.

4 Religion bears our spirits up,

Whilst we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearance of the Lord,
And faith stands leaning on his word.

HYMN CCXXX.

WATTS.

Common Metre.

The Hope of Heaven.

1 SOON shall this earthly frame, dissolv'd,
In death and ruin lie;
But better mansions wait the just,
Prepar'd above the sky.

2 A house eternal, built by God,
Shall lodge the holy mind,

When once the prison walls are broke
In which 'tis now confin'd.

3 Such are the hopes that cheer the just,
These hopes their God hath given ;
His Spirit is the earnest now,

And seals their souls for heaven.

4 What faith rejoices to believe,
We long and pant to see;

We would be absent from the flesh,
And present, Lord, with thee.

Scotch Paraphrases.

HYMN CCXXXI. Common Melre.

Human Misery and Divine Consolation.

or b

1 THE days how few, how short the year
Of man's so rapid race!

Each leaving, as it swiftly flies,
A shorter in its place.

2 They who the longest lease enjoy,
Have told us, with a sigh,

That to be born, seems little more
Than to begin to die.

3 Our hearts are fasten'd to this world
By strong and numerous ties;
But every sorrow cuts a string,
And urges us to rise.

4 When Heaven would kindly set us free,
And earth's enchantment end;

It takes the most effectual way,

And robs us of a friend.

5 If we presume to counteract
A sympathetick God,

Have we not cause to fear the stroke

Of his avenging rod?

6 If we resign, our patience makes
His rod a gentle wand;

If not, it darts a serpent's sting,
Like that in Moses' hand.

YOUNG.

HYMN CCXXXII. Long Metre.

Divine Providence towards Man and Beast. 1 THE earth and all the heavenly frame Their great Creator's love proclaim;

He gives the sun his genial power,
And sends the soft refreshing shower.
2 The ground with plenty blooms again,
And yields her various fruits to men;
To men, who from thy bounteous hand
Receive the gifts of every land.

3 Nor to the human race alone
Is thy paternal goodness shown;
The tribes of earth, of sea and air,
Enjoy thy universal care.

Not e'en the sparrow yields its breath
Till God permits the stroke of death;
He hears the ravens when they call,
The father and the friend of all.

5 Thy care, great God, sustains them all ;
When urg'd by hunger's powerful call,
Expectant of the known supply,

To thee they lift the asking eye.

6 To thee, in ceaseless strains, my tongue Shall raise the morn and evening song; And long as breath inspires my frame, The wonders of thy love proclaim.

Liverpool Collection.

HYMN CCXXXIII. Long Metre.

Sinai and Sion.

1 THE God, who once to Israel spoke
From Sinai's top in fire and smoke,
In gentler strains of gospel grace
Invites us now to seek his face.

2 He wears no terrors on his brow,
He speaks in love from Sion now;

or b

It is the voice of Jesus' blood

That calls us, wanderers, back to God.

3 God's servant, Moses, quak'd and fear'd,
When Sinai's thundering law he heard ;
But gospel grace, with accents mild,
Speaks to the sinner as a child.

4 Hark! how from Calvary it sounds,
From the Redeemer's bleeding wounds :
"Pardon and grace I freely give,
"Then, sinner, look to me and live."

5 What other arguments can move
The heart that slights a Saviour's love?
O may that heavenly power be felt,
And cause the stony heart to melt !

6 Eise how shall we thy presence bear,
When as our Judge thou shalt appear ;
When slighted love to wrath shall turn,
And the whole earth like Sinai burn.

NEWTON.

HYMN CCXXXIV.

Common Metre.

Room at the Gospel Feast.

1 THE King of heaven his table spreads,
And dainties crown the board;
Not Paradise, with all its joys,
Could such delight afford.

2 Pardon and peace to dying men,
And endless life are given;
And the rich blood that Jesus shed,
To raise the soul to heaven.

3 Ye hungry poor, who long have stray'd In sin's dark mazes, come ;

Come from the hedges and high ways,
And grace will find you room.

4 Thousands of souls in glory now,
Were fed and feasted here;

And thousands more still on the way,
Around the board appear.

5 Yet is his house and heart so large,
That thousands more may come ;
Nor could the wide assembling world
O'erfill the spacious room.

6 All things are ready; enter in,
Nor weak excuses frame;

Come, take your places at the feast,
And bless the Founder's name.

HYMN CCXXXV.

DODDRIDGE.

Short Metre.

# or b

The Law and Gospel.

1 THE law by Moses came,

But peace and truth and love

Were brought by Christ, a nobler name,
Descending from above.

2 Amidst the house of God,

Their different works were done;
Moses a faithful servant stood;
But Christ a faithful Son.

3 Then to his new commands
Be strict obedience paid;
O'er all his Father's house he stands
The sovereign and the head.

4 The man who durst despise
The law that Moses brought,