In him my soul delighteth well;
My great commands he shall fulfil,
And banish all your fear.

4 "Ye tried, ye tempted sinners, look
To my Elect, who undertook
To ransom you with blood:
In him I'm ever, ever pleased,
And you shall of your pain be eased,
And see a smiling God.

5 "Whatever be your frame of mind,
You never will perfection find,
But in the Lord alone:
No spot nor wrinkle can I see
In them that unto Jesus flee:
For they and he are one."
573.

The One Thing Needful.-Luke x. 42.

JESUS is the one thing needful;
I without him perish must:
Gracious Spirit, make me heedful;
Help me in his name to trust;
And with pleasure,

In him, as my portion, boast.
2 In the councils of Jehovah,
He was needed much indeed;
There to stand a mighty Lover,
In the church's room and stead:
As her Surety,

And her everlasting Head.

3 He is needful in all stations, While in Meshech I reside;

8.7.4.

All my springs and consolations,
In him, as my Head, abide:
And in glory,

I shall sing to him that died.

574.

Another.

WHAT a precious needful thing,
Is the Lord and Saviour;
Zion shall his mercy sing,

Now, henceforth, and ever:

In him a rich fulness dwells,
And is freely given;

Law and conscience Jesus quells;
Crooked things makes even.

2 Mercy from his bosom flows,
Free as any river;

3

He redresses all the woes
Of a weak believer:
Sinners in corruption's pit,
Know they greatly need him:
He and he alone is fit,

From it to relieve them.

He is needful as our all;

May we cleave unto him;

Every blessing, great and small,
Flows to Zion through him;

Happy is the man indeed,

Who has such a Saviour;

Every blessing he can need,
Dwells in him for ever.

7.6.

575.

"Called of God "-Heb. v. 4.

CALL'D to see God's righteous law,
Holy is without a flaw;

Call'd to feel its vengeful power,
And to tremble in that hour.

78.

2 Call'd the cleansing blood to feel;
Call'd to know it me can heal;
Call'd to feel my guilt depart,
Through the Saviour's bleeding heart.
3 Call'd, and call'd by grace divine,
In full glory I shall shine:

Call'd, while here, to sing and tell,
Jesus has done all things well.

Call'd to part with flesh and sin,
And eternal life to win;

And, when Jesus bids me fly,
Sing his praise beyond the sky.

576.

Saved by Grace.-Eph. ii. 8.

SAVED, and saved alone by grace;
Saved to see my Saviour's face;
Saved from Satan's iron yoke,
And the law that I had broke.

2 Saved from sin, that hateful foe

That has millions plunged in woe:
Saved from all its reigning power;
Saved to serve my lusts no more.
3 Saved, nor can I be condemn'd;
Jesus Christ, the sinner's Friend,

78.

Took my place and vengeance bore,
Me to save for evermore.

4 Death, nor hell, nor world, nor sin,
Foes without, nor foes within,
Ever can my soul destroy:

I am saved eternally.

577.

Free Grace.-Rom. iii. 24.

11s.

Is Jesus my Saviour, my Husband, and Friend, And my Elder Brother, who loves to the end? Then of him, with pleasure, for ever I'll sing; He is my rich treasure, my God, and my King

2

His love he fix'd on me before time began,
Nor will he take from me the love he had then;
Determined to save me, he bore all my guilt;
And rather than lose me his own blood he spilt.
578.

The same.-Rom. v. 6, 8, 9.

89

FREE grace is the theme of my song;
A subject divinely sublime:

Though weak in myself, yet I'm strong,
For Jehovah-Jesus is mine.

He's mine, and with pleasure I see,
We both are united in one;

And such is my Jesus to me,
I never can from him be torn.

579.

The Love of God to his people.-Jer. xxxi. 3.

SALVATION! O my soul, rejoice;

Salvation is of God:

C. M.

He speaks, and that almighty voice,
Proclaims his grace abroad.

2 How wonderful, how grand the plan! All Deity's engaged

To rescue rebel, ruin'd man,
From Satan's power and rage.
3 The Father loved us ere we fell,
And will for ever love;

Nor shall the powers of earth or hell
His love from Zion move.

4 "Twas love that moved him to ordain
A Surety just and good;
And on his heart inscribe the name
Of all for whom he stood.

5 Nor is the Surety short of love:
He loves beyond degree;

No less than love divine could move
The Lord to die for me.

6 And O what love the Spirit shows;
When Jesus he reveals

To men oppress'd with sin and woes,
He all their sorrows heals.

7 The Three-in-One and One-in-Three, In love for ever rest;

And Zion shall in glory be,

And with his love be bless'd.

580.

Sinners married to Christ.-Jer. iii. 14.

8.8.6.

My soul with holy wonder views
The love the Lord the Saviour shows
To wretched, dying man;