103 5 The gospel trumpet hear, 1 GRACE! 'tis a charming sound, Heaven with the echo shall resound, 2 Grace first contrived the way And all the steps that Grace display 3 Grace led my roving feet To tread the heavenly road; 4 Grace all the work shall crown, It lays in heaven the topmost stone, 104 Doddridge. 1755. 1 SALVATION, O the joyful sound! 2 Buried in sorrow and in sin, C. M. 105 3 Salvation! let the echo fly The spacious earth around; Watts. 1709. a. 1 0 THAT I had an angel's tongue, 4 Give endless thanks to God, and say, C. M. That Thou hast not withheld Thy Son, 5 Thy deep and glorious counsels, Lord, Blessed, thrice blessed be my God, Blessed for evermore. John Mason. 1683. a. 106 C. M. 1 WHAT are the heavens, O God of heaven? Thou art more bright, more high: What are bright stars, and brighter saints, To Thy bright majesty? 2 Thou'rt far above the songs of heaven, And dost Thou stoop and bow Thine ear 3 My precious Saviour's guiltless Blood And Thy Eternal Spirit was 4 It could not be that Thou should'st hear But that my prayors presented are 5 Thou heard'st my prayer for Jesus' sake, Lord, hear through that prevailing Name 107 John Mason. 1683. a. 1 ALL that I was, my sin, my guilt, 2 The evil of my former state 3 The darkness of my former state, The light of life in which I walk, 4 Thy grace first made me feel my sin, Then in believing, peace I found, 5 All that I am, even here on earth, When Jesus comes and glory dawns, C. M. Horatius Bonar. 1853. 108 1 I HEARD the voice of Jesus say, Lay down, thou weary one, lay down I came to Jesus as I was, 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say, The living water; thirsty one, Of that life-giving stream; C. M. My thirst was quenched, my soul revived, 3 I heard the voice of Jesus say, I looked to Jesus, and I found And in that Light of life I'll walk, Horatius Bonar. 1856. 109 S. M. 1 I was a wandering sheep, I did not love the fold; I did not love my Shepherd's voice, I was a wayward child, I did not love my Father's voice, 110 2 The Shepherd sought His sheep, 3 4 They bound me with the bands of love, Jesus my Shepherd is, "Twas He that loved my soul, 'Twas He that washed me in His Blood, 'Twas He that made me whole. 'Twas He that sought the lost, That found the wandering sheep; 'Twas He that brought me to the fold, "Tis He that still doth keep. I was a wandering sheep, I would not be controlled; But now I love my Shepherd's voice, I was a wayward child, But now I love my Father's voice, Horatius Bonar. 1853. 8,7. 1 LORD, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee For the pardoning grace that saves me, |