VAV Thus low in death the Saviour lay, 3 If ye have wept at yonder cross, Stoop down, and view the vanquished grave, 4 Your Saviour lives,-for ever lives!— No powers of hell, nor bars of death, 5 O'er heaven and earth he now presides, 297 Creation's glorious Head. 6 Ye mourning souls! rejoice, while you As Christ arose, so you shall rise HYMN 297, C. M. Returning to Christ. aff 1 HOW oft, alas! this wretched heart Has wandered from the Lord! How oft my roving thoughts depart,- 2 Yet sovereign mercy calls-" Return!” My vile ingratitude I mourn; Oh! take the wanderer home. 3 And canst thou, wilt thou, yet forgive, 4 Almighty grace! thy healing power, That can, to life and bliss, restore 5 Thy pard'ning love-so free, so sweet- Oh! keep me at thy sacred feet, CONVERSION. 298 mf 1 P mf Ρ HYMN 298, C. P. M. AWAKED by Sinai's awful sound, One solemn truth increased my pain,- Or sink to endless woe. 2 I heard the law its thunders roll, All creature aid I saw was vain;- Or drink the wrath of God. -- mf 3 The saints I heard with rapture tellHow Jesus conquered death and hell, To bring salvation near: mp Yet still I found this truth remain,- 4 But, while I thus in anguish lay, mf 299 af 1 The sinner, once by justice slain, FAR HYMN 299, L. M. God, the Portion of the Soul. AR from thy fold, O God! my feet Nor found religious duties sweet, Nor sought thy face, nor loved thy ways. 2 With tenderest voice, thou bad'st me flee With cords of sweet eternal love. 3 Now to thy footstool, Lord! Ifly, And thou, my God! art all in all. 4 Dearer-far dearer to my heart, 300 Than all the joys that earth can give; HYMN 300, 8s and 7s. Taking up the Cross. JESUS! I my cross have taken, All I've sought, or hoped, or known! God and heaven are still my own! 301 8 Perish, earthly fame and treasure! 1 W HYMN 301, 8s, 7s and 4. The Surrender. ELCOME, welcome, dear Redeemer! Lord! I make a full surrender, Every power and thought be thine; Through eternal ages thine. mf 2 Known to all to be thy mansion, Earth and hell will disappear; Or in vain attempt possession, f" 302 m 1 mp mp VIVA Λ When they find the Lord is near:Shout, O Zion! Shout, ye saints! the Lord is here. HYMN 302, 78. Love to the Saints. PEOPLE of the living God! I have sought the world around, Peace and comfort no where found; 2 Lonely, I no longer roam, 303 1 Like the cloud, the wind, the wave; IN HYMN 303, C. M. Subdued by the Cross. evil, long I took delight, 2 I saw one hanging on a tree, He fixed his languid eyes on me, 3 Oh! never, till my latest breath, It seemed to charge me with his death, 4 My conscience felt and owned the guilt, I saw, my sins his blood had spilt, 5 A second look he gave, that said, This blood is for thy ransom paid,- 6 Thus, while his death my sin displays, 304 m 1 Such is the mystéry of grace,— SWE HYMN 304, 8s and 7s. Redemption. WEET the moments, rich in blessing, While upon the cross I gaze; Love I much?-I've much forgiven,- 4 Love and grief my heart dividing, 305 m 1 Λ 5 Lord! in ceaseless contemplation, I HYMN 305, L. M. Parting with carnal Joys. SEND the joys of earth away, And empty as the whistling wind. 2 Your streams were floating me along, Down to the gulf of black despair; |