4 Oh! happy souls!-Oh! glorious state To dwell so near their Father's seat, 5 Lord! I address thy heavenly throne; Send down the Spirit of thy Son 6 There shed thy choicest love abroad, 325 m 1 HYMN 325, C. M. Faith encouraged by ancient Examples. RISE, O my soul! pursue the path, By ancient worthies trod; Aspiring, view those holy men, Who lived and walked with God. 2 Though dead, they speak in reason's ear, Their faith, and hope, and mighty deeds, Still fresh instruction give. 8 'T was through the Lamb's most precious blood, They conquered every foe; 326 And, to his power and matchless grace, Their crowns of life they owe. 4 Lord! may I ever keep in view HYMN 326, L. M. Salvation through Christ. mf 1 NOW, to the power of God supreme, Be everlasting honors given; He saves from hell,-we bless his name,- 2 Not for our duties, or deserts, But of his own abounding grace, 3 'T was his own purpose, that begun And makes his Father's counsels known; 327 HYMN 327, C. M. The Hope of Heaven. mf 1 WHEN I can read my title clear, mf mp > p pp To mansions in the skies, I bid farewell to every fear, And wipe my weeping eyes. 2 Should earth against my soul engage, 3 Let cares, like a wild deluge, come, May I but safely reach my home, 328 mf 1 mf HYMN 328, 7s and 6s, Peculiar. RISE, my soul! and stretch thy wings, Rise from transitory things, Toward heaven, thy native place: Time shall soon this earth remove; Rise, my soul! and haste away, dol 2 Rivers to the ocean run, mf 3 Cease, ye pilgrims! cease to mourn, V 329 p 1 And earth exchanged for heaven. HYMN 329, C. M. Salvation by Grace. LORD! we confess our numerous faults; mf 2 But, O my soul! for ever praise, Who turns thy feet from dangerous ways 3 'Tis not by works of righteousness 4 'Tis from the mercy of our God, 'Tis by the water, and the blood, 5 'Tis through the purchase of his death The Spirit is sent down, to breathe 6 Raised from the dead, we live anew; We shall appear in glory too, 330 HYMN 330, S. M. mf 1 COME, ye who love the Lord! And let your joys be known; 2 Let those refuse to sing, Who never knew our God; 3 The men of grace have found Celestial fruits on earthly ground 4 The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets, Before we reach the heavenly fields, 5 Then let our songs abound, 331 f" 1 And every tear be dry; We're marching through Immanuel's ground, HYMN 331, C. M. Redemption and Protection. ARISE, my soul! my joyful powers! And triumph in my God; Awake, my voice! and loud proclaim 2 He raised me from the deeps of sin,- And fixed my standing more secure, 3 The arms of everlasting love, mf 4 The city of my blest abode f Is walled around with grace; 332 SAVA LAVI mf 5 Arise, my soul! awake, my voice! 1 HYMN 332, C. M. Pleasures unseen. could our thoughts and wishes fly, To those bright worlds, beyond the sky, 2 There, joys, unseen by mortal eyes, In ever-blooming prospects rise, 3 Lord! send a beam of light divine, 4 Oh! then, on faith's sublimest wing, 333 To those bright scenes, where pleasures spring f" 1 A mp HYMN 333, C. M. The Robe of Righteousness. WAKE, my heart! arise, my tongue! In God, the life of all my joys, 2. 'T is he adorned my naked soul, Upon a poor polluted worm, 3 And, lest the shadow of a spot He took the robe the Saviour wrought, mf 4 How far the heavenly robe exceeds These ornaments-how bright they shine! |