Our sins shall sink beneath the sea,
And shall be found no more.

6 And lest pollution should o'erspread
Our inward powers again,

His Spirit shall bedew our souls
Like purifying rain.]

d 7 Our heart, that flinty, stubborn thing,
That terrors cannot move,-

That fears no threatenings of his wrath-
Shall be dissolved by love.

-8 Or he can take the flint away,
That would not be refined;

And, from the treasures of his grace,
Bestow a softer mind.

9 There shall his sacred Spirit dwell,
And deep engrave his law;

And every motion of our souls
To swift obedience draw.

10 Thus will he pour salvation down,
And we shall render praise;

d We-the dear people of his love, And He-our God of grace.

HYMN 10. S. M. Newton. St. Thomas's.[*]

The Blessedness of Gospel Times. Isa. v. 2, 7,8 9, 10; Matt. xiii. 16, 17.

1

OW beauteous are their feet,

HOW

Who stand on Zion's hill!
Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

b 2 How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are!
"Zion, behold thy Saviour-King,
"He reigns and triumphs here'

0

0 3 How happy are our ears,

That hear this joyful sound!-Which kings and prophets waited for, And sought but never found!

4 How blessed are our eyes, That see this heavenly light! e Prophets and kings desired it long, But died without the sight!

5 The watchmen join their voice,

And tuneful notes employ;

o Jerusalem breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy.

g

6 The Lord makes bare his arm, Through all the earth abroad; Let every nation now behold

Their Saviour and their God.

HYMN 11. L. M. Old Hundred. [*] The Sovereignty of Grace. Luke x. 21, 22. THER

1

HERE was an hour when Christ rejoiced, And spoke his joy in words of praise : "Father. I thank thee, mighty God,

"Lord of the earth, and heavens, and seas. 2 "I thank thy sovereign power and love, "That crowns my doctrine with success; "And makes the babes in knowledge learn "The heights, and breadths, and lengths of grace.

3"But all this glory lies concealed

"From men of prudence and of might;
"The prince of darkness blinds their eyes,
"And their own pride resists the light.
4 "Father, 'tis thus, because thy will
"Chose and ordained it should be so;
""Tis thy delight t' abase the proud,
"And lay the haughty scorner low.

5 "There's none can know the Father right,
"But those who learn it from the Son;
"Nor can the Son be well received,
"But where the Father makes him known."

6 Then let our souls adore our God,
Who deals his graces as he please;
Nor gives to mortals an account,

Or of his actions, or decrees.

HYMN 12. C. M.

St. Ann's. [*]

Free Grace in revealing Christ. Luke x. 21.

1 [ JESUS the man of constant grief,
A mourner all his days.--

His spirit once rejoiced aloud,
And turned his joy to praise.

d 2 "Father, I thank thy wondrous love,
"That hath revealed thy Son
"To men unlearned; and to babes
"Has made thy gospel known.
3" The mysteries of redeeming grace
"Are hidden from the wise;
"While pride and carnal reasonings join
"To swell and blind their eyes."

Thus does the Lord of heaven and earth
His great decrees fulfill;

And orders all his works of grace,
By his own sovereign will.]

HYMN 13. L. M. Castle Street. [*]
The Son of God incarnate. Isa. ix. 2, 6, 7.
1 HE lands, that long in darkness lay,
Now have beheld a heavenly light;

Nations that sat in death's cold shade,
Are blessed with beams divinely bright.
o 2 The virgin's promised Son is born;
Behold the expected child appear!
What shall his names, or titles, be?
THE WONDERFUL, THE COUNSELLOR
d 3 (This infant is the mighty God,
Come to be suckled and adored:
Th' eternal Father, Prince of peace,
The son of David, and his Lord.)
4 The government of earth and seas
Upon his shoulders shall be laid:
His wide dominions shall increase,
And honours to his name be paid.
o 5 Jesus, the holy Child, shall sit,
High on his father David's throne ;-
Shall crush his foes beneath his feet,
And reign to ages yet unknown.]

g

HYMN 14. L. M. Gloucester. Newcourt. [*] Christ's unchangeable Love. Rom. viii. 33, &c. WHO shall the Lord's elect condemn ?

1 W "Tis God who justifies their souls;

And mercy, like a mighty stream,
O'er all their sins divinely rolls.

2 Who shall adjudge the saints to hell? "Tis Christ who suffered in their stead; And the salvation to fulfill,

Behold him rising from the dead!

3 He lives! he lives! and sits above,
Forever interceding there :

Who shall divide us from his love,
Or what should tempt us to despair?

4 Shall persecution, or distress,
Famine, or sword, or nakedness?

He, who hath loved us, bears us through,
And makes us more than conquerors too.

5 Faith has an overcoming power;
It triumphs in a dying hour:

Christ is our life, our joy, our hope;
Nor can we sink with such a prop.

6 Not all that men on earth can do,
Nor powers on high, nor powers below,
Shall cause his mercy to remove,

Or wean our hearts from Christ, our love.

1

HYMN 15. L. M.

Islington. [*]

Christ our Strength. 2 Cor. xii. 7, 9, 10.

L

ET me but hear my Saviour say, "Strength shall be equal to the day: ' Then I rejoice in deep distress; Leaning on all-sufficient grace.

21 glory in infirmity,

That Christ's own power may rest on me;
When I am weak, then am I strong,
Grace is my shield, and Christ my song.

3 I can do all things, or can bear
All sufferings, if my Lord be there;
Sweet pleasures mingle with the pains,
While his left hand my head sustains.
4 But if the Lord be once withdrawn,
And we attempt the work alone;
When new temptations spring and rise,
We find how great our weakness is.
5 So Samson, when his hair was lost,
Met the Philistines to his cost:

Shook his vain limbs, with sad surprise,
Made feeble fight, and lost his eyes.]

HYMN 16. C. M. Devizes. [*]

Hosanna to Christ. Matt. xxi. 9; Luke xix. 38, 40. TOSANNA to the royal Son,

1

Hof David's ancient line!

e His natures two, his person one, Mysterious and divine.

-2 The Root of David, here we find, And Offspring, is the same;

e Eternity and time are joined

In our Emmanuel's name.

o 3 Blessed He, who comes to wretched men, With peaceful news from heaven!

u Hosannas of the highest strain

To Christ the Lord be given!

-4 Let mortals ne'er refuse to take Th' Hosanna on their tongues;

o Lest rocks and stones should rise, and break Their silence into songs.

HYMN 17. C. M.

Zion. [*]

Victory over Death. 1 Cor. xv. 55, &c.

FOR an overcoming faith,
To cheer my dying hours;

To triumph o'er the monster death,
And all his frightful powers!
o 2 Joyful, with all the strength I have,
My quivering lips should sing,-
"Where is thy boasted victory, grave?
"And where the monster's sting?"

-3 If sin be pardoned, I'm secure ;
Death has no sting beside :
The law gives sin its damning power;
But Christ my ransom died.

o 4 Now to the God of victory

Immortal thanks be paid;—

Who makes us conquerors, while we die,
Through Christ our living head.]

HYMN 18. C. M. Canterbury. [*]
Blessed-who die in the Lord. Rev. xiv. 13.

1HEA

EAR what the voice from heaven proclaims,
For all the pious dead!