SELECTED CHIEFLY FOR PUBLIC WORSHIP. BY JAMES HARINGTON EVANS, MINISTER OF JOHN STREET CHAPEL. LONDON: JOHN F. SHAW, 27, SOUTHAMPTON ROW, RUSSELL SQUARE. MDCCCXXXVIII. PSALMS AND HYMNS. 1. "Absent from the body, present with the Lord."-2 Cor. v. 8. L.M. ABSENT from flesh! O blissful thought! What unknown joys this moment brings! Freed from the mischiefs sin hath brought, From pains and fears, and all their springs. 2 Absent from flesh! illustrious day! Surprising scene! triumphant stroke 3 Absent from flesh! then rise, my soul, 4 I go where God and glory shine, His presence makes eternal day : My all that's mortal I resign, For angels wait and point my way. 2. "Being made a curse for us."-Gal. iii. 13. 8.7's. CCURSED is the Lamb of God, B 2 'Tis finish'd!-through creation's bound 3 'Tis finish'd! and the toil is o'er, 5 "Tis finish'd! but what sinner dare 6 Then we'll sing the cross, the cross,' 3. Our claim for heaven's triumphant throne, Assur'd in that, and that alone. AH H! wretched, vile, ungrateful heart, That can from Jesus still depart ; And, fond of trifles, vainly rove, Forgetful of a Saviour's love. 2 In vain we charge our thoughts to stay And chide each vanity away; L. M. In vain alas! resolve to bind 4 Jesus! to thee we would return, 5 Oh! let thy grace with sweet control 4. And ever sway this wayward heart. "He was wounded for our transgressions." Isa. liii. 5. ALAS! and did my Saviour bleed, Would he devote that sacred head, 2 Was it for crimes that I have done 3 Well might the sun in darkness hide, When God the mighty Maker died C. M. |