Thy promise stands engaged to come
And bless e'en two or three.

4 Come, Lord, and grant each soul to feel Its interest in thy grace;

And give us faith, and hope, and love,
And strength to run the race.

5 If thou should'st leave us, we must fall, Without thee, cannot rise,

For when our Jesus hides his face,
Our hope, our comfort dies.

6 Lord, give more faith, more solid faith, More confidence in thee;

Break off our legal chains, O God,
And let our souls go free.

680.

All Settled.

C. M.

BEFORE all worlds the glorious plan,
The bless'd eternal deed,

Was settled by the eternal Three,
That Christ for man should bleed.
2 Astonish'd angels stand amazed,
That Christ should die for man;
This proves the eternal love of God,
Who gloried in his plan.

3 But what can poor lost sinners say,
When once they get a view;
And hear the blessed Spirit say,
"All this was done for you?"

4 Why me, why me, O blessed God,
Why such a wretch as me?

678.

The Warfare.

C. M.

THERE's not a man that's born of God,
But readily will say,

"If ever my poor soul be saved,
"Tis Christ must be the way."

2 There's not a man that's born of God, But feels the plague of sin;

And though his outside be kept clean,
He feels the filth within.

3 The old man struggles hard to gain
The conquest over grace;

And oft he seems to gain the field,
When Jesus hides his face.

4 God knows we can do nothing well;
He knows we are but dust;

He came to seek poor sinners out,
And you, and I, the worst.

679.

Prayer.

COME, thou almighty Comforter,
And bring upon thy wing
Sweet consolation to each soul,

That we may praise and sing.

2 We want to feel, we want to see, We want to know thee more;

C. M.

We want sweet foretastes of thy love, As we have had before.

3 And shall we come in vain to God? Dear Lord, that cannot be;

Thy promise stands engaged to come
And bless e'en two or three.

4 Come, Lord, and grant each soul to feel Its interest in thy grace;

And give us faith, and hope, and love,
And strength to run the race.

5 If thou should'st leave us, we must fall, Without thee, cannot rise,

For when our Jesus hides his face,
Our hope, our comfort dies.

6 Lord, give more faith, more solid faith, More confidence in thee;

Break off our legal chains, O God,
And let our souls go free.

680.

All Settled.

C. M.

BEFORE all worlds the glorious plan,
The bless'd eternal deed,

Was settled by the eternal Three,
That Christ for man should bleed.
2 Astonish'd angels stand amazed,
That Christ should die for man;
This proves the eternal love of God,
Who gloried in his plan.

3 But what can poor lost sinners say,
When once they get a view;
And hear the blessed Spirit say,
"All this was done for you?"

4 Why me, why me, O blessed God,
Why such a wretch as me?

2

May the eternal Three in One
His sov'reign sceptre sway.

May grace triumphant reign,
And Christ exalted be;

Sinners, deserving endless pain,
Thy great salvation see.

8 May mercy, truth, and peace,
Fill each believer's soul,

And the sweet kingdom of thy grace,
Their raging lusts control.

4 May love and harmony
Among thy saints abide,
Thy presence set each bosom free
From enmity and pride.

5

Go on, thou mighty God,

Thy wonders to make known,
Till every sinner, bought with blood,
Shall trust in thee alone.

6 Thus let thy kingdom come,
And free salvation reign,

Till all thy saints arrive at home,
And never part again.

684.

Living Waters.

C. M

OF cistern waters art thou sick,
And loathe the mire they bring?
Then hither stretch thy thirsty neck,
And taste a living spring.

2 A spring, that issues from a rock,
Where purest waters flow;

And rocky hearts, by Moses struck,
May to these waters go.

3 No spring will quench a thirst like this!
It makes a conscience whole,
Inspires the heart with heavenly bliss,
And purifies the soul.

4 Whoe'er can truly say, I thirst,
May come and take his fill,

'Tis free for sinners, vile and lost;
"Tis God who works the will.

5 Its owner is a heavenly King,
And by his winning ways,
He draws the thirsty to his spring,
Who drink, and sing his praise.

6 Lord, draw me by thy secret touch,
Or backward I shall start;
For sure I want entreating much,
So fearful is my heart.

685.

"And the Lord shut him in."

WHEN Noah, with his favour'd few,
Was order'd to embark,

Eight human souls, a little crew,
Enter'd on board his ark.

2 Though every part he might secure
With bar, or bolt, or pin,

To make the preservation sure,
Jehovah shut him in.

C. M.