2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall, Yet loved me, notwithstanding all; Ile saved me from my lost estate; His loving-kindness, O how great! 3 [Though numerous hosts of mighty foes, Though earth and hell my way oppose, He safely leads my soul along; His loving-kindness, O how strong!] 4 [When trouble, like a gloomy cloud, Has gather'd thick, and thunder'd loud, He near my soul has always stood; His loving-kindness, O how good!] 5 Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Saviour to depart; But, though I have him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not! 6 Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale; Soon all my mortal powers must fail: O, may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death. 7 Then let me mount and soar away To the bright world of endless day, And sing, with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies. 10. L. M. KENT The Everlasting Love of God.--Jer. xxxi. 3. "TWAS with an everlasting love 2 Long ere the sun's refulgent ray 3 Then, in the glass of his decrees, Whilst she in spotless splendour shone. 6 Believer, here thy comfort stands.- 11. 11s. MRS. STEELE. The Mercy of God.-Ps. lxxxix. 1. THY mercy, my God, is the theme of my song, The joy of my heart, and the boast of my tongue; Thy free grace alone, from the first to the last, Hath won my affections, & bound my soul fast. 2 Thy mercy, in Jesus, exempts me from hell; Its glories I'll sing, and its wonders I'll tell; 'Twas Jesus, my Friend, when he hung on the tree. Who open'd the channel of mercy for me. 3 [Without thy sweet mercy I could not live here; Sin soon would reduce me to utter despair; But, thro' thy free goodness, my spirits revive, And he that first made me, still keeps me alive.] 4 [Thy mercy is more than a match for my heart, Which wonders to feel its own hardness depart: Dissolved by thy goodness, I fall to the ground, And weep to the praise of the mercy I found.] 5 The door of thy mercy stands open all day, 6 Great Father of mercies, thy goodness I own, And the covenant love of thy crucified Son: All praise to the Spirit, whose whisper divine Seals mercy, & pardon, & righteousness mine. 2 12. 8s. BURNHAM. The All-Sufficient Mercy of God.-Ps. lxxxix. 28. ALL glory to mercy we bring, The mercy converting we prize; 4 3 [And when we are wounded by sin, 13. 8.6.8. HART The Everlasting Mercy of God.-Ps. cxxxvi. God's mercy is for ever sure; His mercy is for ever sure: 2 I basely sinn'd against his love, His mercy is for ever sure: 8 [That precious blood atones all sin, And fully clears from guilt: This hymn, and also the 108th, may be sung as Common Meter by omitting the third and last lines of each verse His mercy is for ever sure: His mercy is for ever sure.] 4 He raised me from the lowest state, When hell was my desert: His mercy is for ever sure: I broke his law, and, worse than that, His mercy is for ever sure. 5 My soul, thou hast, let what will ail, When brethren, friends, and helpers fail, His mercy is for ever sure. 14. C. M. WATTS. The Faithfulness of God.-Ps. lxxxix. 1–8; Numb. xxiii. 19. BEGIN, my tongue, some heavenly theme, 2 Tell of his wondrous faithfulness, 3 Proclaim, "Salvation from the Lord, His hand has writ the sacred word |