2 Thou standest in the holiest place, Thy blood is still our ransom found, 3 We need not now go up to heaven To bring the long-sought Saviour down; Thou art to all already given, Thou dost e'en now thy banquet crown ;— To every faithful soul appear, And show thy real presence here. 277 A foretaste of glory. WHAT delight is this, S. M. Which now in Christ we know,— 2 When He the table spreads, 3 The Lamb for sinners slain, 4 Let earth and heaven be join'd, And hymn the Saviour of mankind 278 Rejoicing at the table, with godly sorrow. 10 Jesus, our exalted Lord, L. M. The Name by heaven and earth ador.d, Fain would our hearts and voices raise A cheerful song of sacred praise. 2 As round about Jerusalem The guardian mountains stand, So shall the Lord encompass them Who hold by his right hand. 3 The rod of wickedness shall ne'er Lest innocence should find a snare, 4 Do good, O Lord, do good to those 229 C. M. Returning to Zion with songs of joy. AUGHTER of Zion, from the dust D Exalt thy fallen head; Again in thy Redeemer trust, He calls thee from the dead. 2 Awake, awake, put on thy strength, The day of freedom dawns at length,— 3 Rebuild thy walls, thy bounds enlarge Say to the south,-Give up thy charge! 4 They come, they come: thine exiled bands, Where'er they rest or roam, Have heard thy voice in distant lands, 5 Thus, though the universe shall burn, With songs thy ransom'd shall return, 230 SEE 11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76. Security and safety. NEE the gospel Church secure, All her promises are sure; Her bulwarks who can shock? Count her every precious shrine: Tell, to after-ages tell,— Fortified by power divine, The Church can never fail. 2 Zion's God is all our own, We his pard'ning love have known, He our faithful Guide shall be; 231 WHO Her confidence and security. S. M. HO in the Lord confide, In storms and hurricanes abide 2 As round Jerusalem And for his Israel cares; And safe in his almighty hands Their souls forever bears. 2 Love's mysterious work is done; 3 Him by faith we taste below, 283 12th P. M. 76, 76, 78, 76. For a parting blessing. LAMB of God, whose dying love We now recall to mind, Send the answer from above, And let us mercy find: And every struggling soul release; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! 2 By thine agonizing pain, And bloody sweat, we pray,— By thy dying love to man,- From all iniquity release; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! 3 Let thy blood, by faith applied, The sinner's pardon seal; Speak us freely justified, And all our sickness heal: By thy passion on the tree, Let all our griefs and troubles cease; O remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! THE GOSPEL. 284 10th P. M. 8 lines 8s. A The Fountain of living waters. FOUNTAIN of life and of grace In Christ, our Redeemer, we see: For us, who his offers embrace, For all, it is open and free: Jehovah, himself, doth invite To drink of his pleasures unknown: The streams of immortal delight, That flow from his heavenly throne. 2 As soon as in him we believe, By faith of his Spirit we take: And, freely forgiven, receive The mercy for Jesus's sake! We gain a pure drop of his love; The life of eternity know; Angelical happiness prove, And witness a heaven below. 285 All-sufficiency of the gospel. C. M. THE gospel! O, what endless charms Dwell in that blissful sound; Its influence every fear disarms, 2 Here pardon, life, and joy divine, For guilty rebels, lost in sin, And doom'd to endless wo. 3 The' almighty Former of the skies Stoops to our vile abode; While angels view with wond'ring eyes, And hail the' incarnate God, |