The walls, of strong salvation made,
Defy th' assaults of hell.

s 3 Lift up the everlasting gates,
The doors wide open fling;

d Enter, ye nations, that obey The statutes of our King.

o 4 Here shall you taste unmingled joys,
And live in perfect peace;

You who have known Jehovah's name,
And ventured on his grace.

o 5 Trust in the Lord, forever trust,
And banish all your fears:

Strength in the Lord Jehovah dwells,
Eternal as his years.

d 6 What though the rebels dwell on high?
His arm shall bring them low:
Low as the caverns of the grave,
Their lofty heads shall bow.

7 On Babylon our feet shall tread,
In that rejoicing hour;

The ruins of her walls shall spread
A pavement for the poor.]

HYMN 9. C. M. Zion. [*]

Proffered Grace. Isa. lv. 1, 2; Zech. xiii. 1; Mic. vii. 19; Ezek. xxxvi. 25, &c.

e 1 To gather empty wind;

N vain we lavish out our lives,

The choicest blessings earth can yield,
Will starve a hungry mind.

o 2 Come-and the Lord shall feed our souls
With more substantial meat;
With such as saints in glory love,
With such as angels eat.

-3 Our God will every want supply,
And fill our hearts with peace;

He gives, by covenant and by oath,
The riches of his grace.

o 4 Come, and he'll cleanse our spotted souls,
And wash away our stains-

e In the dear fountain, that his Son-
Poured from his dying veins.

5 [Our guilt shall vanish all away,
Though black as hell before;

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.

o 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,

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10; Matt. xiii. 16, 17.

OW beauteous are their feet,
Who stand on Zion's hill !

Who bring salvation on their tongues,
And words of peace reveal!

2 How charming is their voice!
How sweet the tidings are!

"Zion, behold thy Saviour-King,

"He reigns and triumphs here!"

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 Jerusalein breaks forth in songs, And deserts learn the joy.

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

1

"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 [ ESUS the man of constant grief,

JES

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.'

-4 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 [THE 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 :
g 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.]

HYMN 14. L. M. Gloucester. Newcourt. [*] Christ's unchangeable Love. Rom. viii. 33, &c.

1

THO shall the Lord's elect condemn?

Wis 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.

HYMN 15. L. M. Islington. [*] Christ our Strength. 2 Cor. xii. 7, 9, 10. 1 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.

2 I 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: