HYMN 47. 8,7.

Newton.

Northampton-Chapel. Drummond.

John iii. 14.

1 AS the serpent, rais'd by Moses, Heal'd the burning serpent's bite; Jesus thus himself discloses

To the wounded sinner's sight.
2 Hear his gracious invitation:
"I have life and peace to give ;
I have wrought out full salvation:
Sinner, look to me and live.

3 You had been for ever wretched,
Had I not espous'd your part;
Now, behold my arms outstretched,
To receive you to my heart.

4 Well may shame, and joy, and wonder,
All your inward passions move;
I could crush you with my thunder,
But I speak to you in love."

5 Dearest Saviour, we adore thee

For thy precious life and death; Melt each stubborn heart before thee, Give us all the eye of faith.

HMYN 48. L. M.

Kingsbridge. Darwent.

Behold, I stand at the door. Rev. iii. 20. 1 BEHOLD a stranger at the door! He gently knocks, has knock'd before;

Hath waited long-is waiting still; You treat no other friend so ill. 2 Oh, lovely attitude, he stands With melting heart and loaded hands! Oh, matchless kindness! and he shows This matchless kindness to his foes! 3 But will he prove a friend indeed? He will; the very friend you need; The friend of sinners-yes, 'tis He, With garments dy'd on Calvary. 4 Rise, touch'd with gratitude divine; Turn out his enemy and thine, That soul-destroying monster sin, And let the heavenly stranger in. 5 Admit him, ere his anger burn, His feet departed ne'er return; Admit him, or the hour's at hand, You'll at his door rejected stand.

HYMN 49. C. M.

Clarendon. Newmark.

1 AMAZING sight, the Saviour stands And knocks at every door!

Ten thousand blessings in his hands
To satisfy the poor.

2 "Behold," he saith, "I bleed and die To bring you to my rest :"Hear, sinners, while I'm passing by, "And be for ever blest.

3 "Will you despise my bleeding love,
"And choose the way to hell?
"Or in the glorious realms above,
"With me for ever dwell?

4 "Not to condemn your wretched race
"Have I in judgment come;
"But to display unbounded grace,
"And bring lost sinners home.

5 "Will you go down to endless night,
"And bear eternal pain?
"Or in the glorious realms of light
"With me for ever reign?

6 "Say-will you hear my gracious voice, "And have your sins forgiven?

"Or will you make that wretched choice, "And bar yourselves from heaven?”

Springfield. Bray. Newmark.

Steele.

1 AND will the Lord thus condescend

To visit sinful worms?

Thus at the door shall mercy stand
In all her winning forms?

2 Surprising grace!-and shall my heart
Unmov'd and cold remain ?

Has this hard rock no tender part?
Must mercy plead in vain?

3 Shali Jesus for admission sue-
His charming voice unheard?
And this vile heart, his rightful due,
Remain for ever barr'd?

4 'Tis sin, alas, with tyrant pow'r,
The lodging has possess'd;

And crowds of traitors bar the door
Against the heav'nly guest.

5 Ye dang'rous inmates, hence depart;
Dear Saviour, enter in,

And guard the passage to my heart,
And keep out every sin.

HYMN 51. C. M.

Tunbridge. Keeno.

Cowper.

1 NOW is the time, th' accepted hour, O sinners, come away;

The Saviour's knocking at your door, Arise without delay.

2 Oh! don't refuse to give him room,
Lest mercy should withdraw;

He'll then in robes of vengeance.come
To execute his law.

3 Then where, poor mortals, will you be, If destitute of grace,

When you your injur'd Judge shall see, And stand before his face.

4 Oh! could you shun that dreadful sight, How would you wish to fly

To the dark shades of endless night,
From that all-searching eye?

appear,

5 The dead awak'd must all
And you among them stand,
Before the great impartial bar,
Arraign'd at Christ's left hand.

.6 Let not these warnings be in vain,
But lend a list'ning ear;

Lest you should meet them all again,
When wrapp'd in keen despair.
HYMN 25. C. M. Heginbothom.

Walsal. Elgin. Windsor.

He beheld the city, &c. Luke, xix. 41, 42. 1 "UNHAPPY city! hadst thou known— Then were thy peace secure;

is
But now the day of grace gone,
And thy destruction sure.'

2 Thus to the Jews the Saviour calls,
As near their gates he stood,
His eyes beheld their guilty walls,
And wept a sacred flood.

3 And can mine eyes, without a tear,
A weeping Saviour see?

Shall I not weep his groans to hear,
Who groan'd and died for me?

4 Blest Jesus let those tears of thine
Subdue each stubborn foe;
Come, fill my heart with love divine,
And bid my sorrows flow.

HYMN 53. C. M.

Wednesbury. Dundee.

1 JESUS, Redeemer of mankind,
Thy saving power display;
Thy mercy now may sinners find,
And know their gracious day.