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His track I see, and I'll pursue The narrow way, till Him I view. 2 The way the holy prophets wentThe road that leads from banishmentThe King's highway of holinessI'll go; for all His paths are peace. 3 This is the way I long have sought, And mourned because I found it not: My grief, my burden long have been, Because I could not cease from sin. 4 The more I strove against its power, I sinned and stumbled but the more; Till late I heard my Saviour say, "Come hither, soul, I am the Way." 5 Lo! glad I come; and Thou, blest Lamb! Shalt take me to Thee as I am : Nothing but sin to Thee I give; Nothing but love shall I receive.

6 Then will I tell to sinners round,
What a dear Saviour I have found;
I'll point to Thy redeeming blood,
And say "Behold the Way to God!"

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STILL, 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!

2 O! conquer this rebellious will:
Willing Thou art, and ready still,
Thy help is always nigh:

The stony from my heart remove,
And give me, Lord, O give me love,
Or at Thy feet I die.

3 To Thee I lift my mournful eye :
Why am I thus ?-O, tell me why
I cannot love my God?

The hindrance must be all in me;
It cannot in my Saviour be;

Witness that streaming blood!
4 It cost Thy blood my heart to win,
To buy me from the power of sin,
And make me love again:

Come, then, my Lord, Thy right assert,
Take to Thyself my ransomed heart,
Nor bleed, nor die in vain.

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JESUS, let me bless Thy name!
All sin, alas! Thou know'st I am,
But Thou all pity art:

Turn into flesh my heart of stone,
Such power belongs to thee alone,
Turn into flesh my heart.

2 A poor, unloving wretch, to Thee
For help against myself Í flee!
Thou only canst remove
The hindrances out of the way,
And soften my unyielding clay,
And mould it into love.

3 O let Thy Spirit shed abroad
The love, the perfect love of God,
In this cold heart of mine:
O might He now descend, and rest,
And dwell for ever in my breast,
And make it all divine.

4 What shall I do my suit to gain?
O Lamb of God, for sinners slain,
I plead what Thou hast done!
Didst Thou not die the death for me;
Jesus, remember Calvary,

And break my heart of stone.

5 Take the dear purchase of Thy blood,
My Friend and Advocate with God,
My Ransom and my Peace;
Surety, who all my debt hast paid,
For all my sins atonement made,
The Lord my Righteousness.

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WYE Divine, how sweet Thou art!
When shall I find my willing heart
All taken up by Thee?

I thirst, I faint, I die to prove
The greatness of redeeming Love,
The love of Christ to me!

2 Stronger His love than death or hell;
Its riches are unsearchable:

The first-born sons of light
Desire in vain its depths to see;
They cannot reach the mystery,

The length, and breadth, and height.

3 God only knows the love of God:
O that it now were shed abroad
In this poor stony heart!
For love I sigh, for love I pine:
This only portion, Lord, be mine,
Be mine this better part!

4 O that I could for ever sit
With Mary at the Master's feet!
Be this my happy choice:
My only care, delight, and bliss,
My joy, my heaven on earth, be this,
To hear the Bridegroom's voice!
5 O that I could with favoured John,
Recline my weary head upon

The dear Redeemer's breast;
From care, and sin, and sorrow free,
Give me, O Lord, to find in Thee
My everlasting rest.

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FATHER of Jesus Christ, the Just,
My Friend and Advocate with Thee,
Pity a soul that fain would trust
In Him who loved and died for me:
But only Thou canst make Him known,
And in my heart reveal Thy Son,

2 If, drawn by Thine alluring grace,
My want of living faith I feel,
Show me in Christ Thy smiling face;
What flesh and blood can ne'er reveal,
Thy co-eternal Son, display,

And call my darkness into day.
3 The gift unspeakable impart;
Command the light of faith to shine;
To shine in my dark drooping heart,
And fill me with the life divine:
Now bid the new creation be;
O God, let there be faith in me!

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THOU hidden God, for whom I groan,
Till Thou Thyself declare,

God inaccessible, unknown;
Regard a sinner's prayer!

2 A sinner weltering in his blood,
Unpurged and unforgiven;
Far distant from the living God,
As far as hell from heaven.
3 An unregenerate child of man,
On Thee for faith I call;

Pity Thy fallen creature's pain,
And raise me from my fall.

4 The darkness, which through Thee I feel, Thou only canst remove;

Thy own eternal power reveal,
Thy Deity of Love.

5 Thou hast in unbelief shut up,
That grace may let me go;
In hope believing against hope,
I wait the truth to know.

6 Thou wilt in me reveal Thy name,
Thou wilt Thy light afford:

Bound and oppressed, yet Thine I am,
The prisoner of the Lord.

7 I would not to Thy foe submit,
But hate the tyrant's chain;

Send forth the prisoner from the pit,
Nor let me cry in vain!

8 Show me the blood that bought my peace, The covenant blood apply,

And all my griefs at once shall cease,
And all my sins shall die.

9 Now, Lord, if Thou art power, descend;
The mountain sin remove;
My unbelief and troubles end,
If Thou art Truth and Love:
10 Speak, Jesu, speak into my heart
What Thou for me hast done;
One grain of living faith impart,
And God is all my own!

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of the deep I cry,
Just at the point to die:
Hastening to infernal pain,
Jesus, Lord, I cry to Thee;
Help a feeble child of man;

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Show forth all Thy power in me.
On Thee I ever call,

Saviour and Friend of all;

Well Thou know'st my desperate case;
Thou my curse of sin remove;
Save me by Thy richest grace,

Save me by Thy pardoning love.

3 How shall a sinner find

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The Saviour of mankind?
Canst Thou not accept my prayer?
Not bestow the grace I claim?
Where are Thy old mercies? Where
All the powers of Jesu's Name?
What shall I say to move
The bowels of Thy love?
Are they not already stirred?
Have I in Thy death no part?
Ask Thy own compassions, Lord,
Ask the yearnings of Thy heart!

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