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Thou hast for sinners died, That all might come to God; The cov'nant thou hast ratified, And seal'd it with thy blood: Thou hast obtain'd the grace That all may turn and live; And now thy offer I embrace,Thy mercy I receive.

428

S. M.

Embracing the all-sufficient Portion.

AND can I yet delay

My little all to give!

To tear my soul from earth away
For Jesus to receive!

2 Nay, but I yield, I yield;
I can hold out no more:
I sink, by dying love compell'd,
And own thee conqueror.

3 Though late, I all forsake;
My friends, my all, resign:
Gracious Redeemer, take, O take,
And seal me ever thine.

4 Come, and possess me whole,
Nor hence again remove;
Settle and fix my wav'ring soul
With all thy weight of love.

5 My one desire be this,-
Thy only love to know;
To seek and taste no other bliss,-
No other good below.

6 My life, my portion thou;
Thou all-sufficient art:

My hope, my heavenly treasure, now Enter, and keep my heart.

429

Light dawning upon the soul.

OUT of the depths of wo
To thee, O Lord, I cry;

S. M.

Darkness surrounds me, but I know
That thou art ever nigh.

2 Humbly on thee I wait,
Confessing all my sin;
Lord, I am knocking at the gate;
Open, and take me in.

3 O hearken to my voice,-
Give ear to my complaint;
Thou bidd'st the mourning soul rejoice,
Thou comfortest the faint.

4 Glory to God above,

The waters soon will cease;
For, lo! the swift returning dove
Brings home the sign of peace.
5 Though storms his face obscure,
And dangers threaten loud;
Jehovah's covenant is sure,-
His bow is in the cloud.

430

The returning prodigal.

C. M.

THE long-lost son, with streaming eyes, From folly just awake,

Reviews his wand'rings with surprise; His heart begins to break.

2 I starve, he cries, nor can I bear
The famine in this land,

While servants of my Father share
The bounty of his hand.

3 With deep repentance I'll return,
And seek my Father's face;
Unworthy to be call'd a son,
I'll ask a servant's place.

4 Far off the Father saw him move,-
In pensive silence mourn,-
And quickly ran, with arms of love,
To welcome his return.

5 Through all the courts the tidings flew, And spread the joy around;

The angels tuned their harps anew,-
The long-lost son is found!

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I, a wretch undone and lost,
Am freely saved by grace;
Other title I disclaim;

This, only this, is all my plea :--
I the chief of sinners am,
But Jesus died for me.

2 Happy they whose joys abound
Like Jordan's swelling stream;
Who their heaven in Christ have found,
And give the praise to him.
Meanest foll'wer of the Lamb,
His steps I at a distance see:-
I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me.

8 Jesus, thou for me hast died,
And thou in me wilt live;
I shall feel thy death applied;
I shall thy life receive:
Yet, when melted in the flame
Of love, this shall be all my plea,-
I the chief of sinners am,

But Jesus died for me.

JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.

432

11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76.

The righteousness of faith.
FT I in my heart have said,-
Who shall ascend on high,

OFT

Mount to Christ, my glorious Head,
And bring him from the sky!
Borne on contemplation's wing,
Surely I shall find him there,
Where the angels praise their King,
And gain the Morning Star.
2 Oft I in my heart have said,-
Who to the deep shall stoop,
Sink with Christ among the dead,
From thence to bring him up!
Could I but my heart prepare,
By unfeign'd humility,

Christ would quickly enter there,
And ever dwell in me.

3 But the righteousness of faith
Hath taught me better things:-
Inward turn thine eyes,-it saith,
While Christ to me it brings:-
Christ is ready to impart

Life to all, for life who sigh:
In thy mouth and in thy heart
The word is ever nigh.

433

L. M.

The Lord our righteousness. IET not the wise their wisdom boast, The mighty glory in their might;

The rich in flatt'ring riches trust, Which take their everlasting flight.

2 The rush of num'rous years bears down
The most gigantic strength of man;
And where is all his wisdom gone,
When, dust, he turns to dust again!
3 One only gift can justify

The boasting soul that knows his God;
When Jesus doth his blood apply,
I glory in his sprinkled blood.

4 The Lord my righteousness I praise,
1 triumph in the love divine;

The wisdom, wealth, and strength of grace, In Christ to endless ages mine.

434

6th P. M. 6 lines 7s.

The covenant of grace signed and sealed.
JESUS Christ, who stands between

Angry Heaven and guilty men,
Undertakes to buy our peace;
Gives the covenant of grace;
Ratifies and makes it good;
Signs and seals it with his blood.
2 Life his healing blood imparts,
Sprinkled in our peaceful hearts;
Abel's blood for vengeance cried;
Jesus speaks us justified;

Speaks and calls for better things;
Makes us prophets, priests, and kings.

435

The realizing light of faith.

AUTHOR of faith, eternal Word,

L. M.

Whose Spirit breathes the active flame; Faith, like its finisher and Lord, To-day, as yesterday, the same :2 To thee our humble hearts aspire, And ask the gift unspeakable; Increase in us the kindled fire, In us the work of faith fulfil.

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