* Death may our souls divide, But love shall keep us near thy side XLVI. L. M. STEELE. Life of the Soul. John xiv. 19. 1. WHEN sins and fears prevailing rise, And fainting hope almost expires: Jesus, to thee I lift mine eyes, To thee I breathe my soul's desires. 2 Art thou not mine, my living Lord? And can my hope, my comfort die, Fix'd on thy everlasting word, That word which built the earth and sky? Then my immortal life is sure; Here let me build, and rest secure. Can e'er dissolve the sacred bands, RIGHTEOUSNESS. XLVII. L. M. RIPPON'S SELEC. Human righteousness insufficient to justify Mie. vi. 6, 8. HEREWITH, O Lord, shall I draw near, What shall I bring to gain thy grace? Alas! they all might flow in vain. My glory swallow'd up in shame. 5 Guilty, I stand before thy face; My sole desert, is hell and wrath; I plead the merits of thy Son, Who died for sinners on the tree; I plead his righteousness alone, O put the spotless robe on me. XLVIII. L. M. Leeds tune. MADAN'S COL. Midst flaming worlds in these array'd, 2 When from the dust of death I rise To take my mansion in the skies, E'n then shall this be all my plea, "Jesus hath LIV'D and DIED for me. 3 Bold shall I stand in that great day, For who ought to my charge shall lay While through thy blood absolv'd I am, From sin's tremendous curse and shame. 4 Thus Abraham the friend of God, Thus all the armies bought with blood Saviour of sinners thee proclaim, Sinners, of whom the chief I am. 5 This spotless robe the same appears When ruin'd nature sinks in years: No age can change its glorious hue, The robe of Christ is ever new. 60! let the dead now hear thy voice, PARDON. XLIX. 112th. DAVIES. GR REAT God of wonders! all thy ways Are matchless, awful, and divine; More godlike and unrivall'd shine; This is thy grand prerogative, And none shall in the honour share claim 1 Fill the wide earth with grateful praise, L. C. M. STELLE. Pardoning love. Jér. iii, 22. Hos. xiv. 4. HOW How oft my roving thoughts depart, Yet sov❜reign mercy calls, "Return :” O take the wanderer home. And canst thou, wilt thou yet forgive. And shall a pardon'd rebel live 4 Almighty grace, thy healing power That can to love and bliss restore 5 Thy pardoning love, so free, so sweet, O keep me at thy sacred feet, F LI. . M. GIBBONS. Divine forgiveness. Luke vii. 47. And feel no change, by changing time. § O'er sins unnumber'd as the sand, And like the mountains for their size, The seas of sovereign grace expand, The seas of sovereign grace arise. 4 For this stupendous love of heaven What grateful honours shall we show? Where much transgression is forgiven Let love in equal ardours glow. 5 By this inspir'd, let all our days With various holiness be crown'd; Let truth and goodness prayer and praise In all abide, in all abound. |