212. C. M. The Sealing of the Spirit. 1 WHY should the children of a king 2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints, 3 Assure my conscience of her part And bear thy witness with my heart, 4 Thou art the earnest of his love, 213. L. M. Prayer against grieving the Spirit. 1 STAY, thou insulted Spirit! stay, Though I have done thee such despite, Cast not a sinner quite away, Nor take thine everlasting flight. 2 Though I have most unfaithful been Of all who e'er thy grace received, 3 Yet, Oh! the chief of sinners spare, 1 SURE, the blest Comforter is nigh; Else would my hope for ever die, 2 Whene'er, to call the Saviour mine, That animates these strong desires? 3 And, when my cheerful hope can say,— I love my God and taste his grace, Lord! is it not thy blissful ray, That brings this dawn of sacred peace? 4 Let thy good Spirit in my heart For ever dwell, O God of love! And light and heavenly peace impartSweet earnest of the joys above. 215. C. M. The Necessity of renewing Grace. 1 HOW helpless guilty nature lies, The heart, unchanged, can never rise 2 Can aught, beneath a power divine, 3 'T is thine, the passions to recall, 4 To chase the shades of death away, A beam of heaven-a vital ray, 5 Oh! change these wretched hearts of ours, And give them life divine; Then shall our passions and our powers, 216. C. M. The Spirit desired. 1 GREAT Father of each perfect gift! Behold thy servants wait; With longing eyes, and lifted hands, 2 Oh! shed abroad that choicest gift,- To cheer our eyes with sacred light, 3 Blest earnest of eternal joy! 217. C. M. The Outpouring of the Spirit. 1 LET songs of praises fill the sky! Sends down his Spirit, from on high, 2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath, He quickens sinners, from the death 3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes, 4 Come, Holy Spirit! from above, Come, and, with flames of zeal and love, 218. L. M. The Operations of the Holy Spirit. 1 ETERNAL Spirit! we confess, 2 Enlightened by thy heavenly ray, Thine inward teachings make us know And form our wretched hearts anew. 4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice; 219. C. M. Prayer for the promised Spirit. 1 ENTHRONED on high, almighty Lord! And all thy mercies crown. 2 Though, on our heads, no tongues of fire 3 Spirit of life, and light, and love! 4 To our benighted minds reveal And bring us, where no clouds conceal 5 His love within us shed abroad,- 220. C. M. Regeneration by the Spirit. 1 NOT all the outward forms on earth, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, 2 The sovereign will of God alone Born in the image of his Son, A new peculiar race. 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, 4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise, TRINITY. 221. 68 and 4s. Invocation. 1 COME, thou almighty King! O'er all victorious, Come, and reign over us, 2 Come, thou incarnate Word! Come, and thy people bless, On us descend. 3 Come, holy Comforter! Spirit of power! 4 To the great One in Three, |