150 HYMNS CIII. CIV. 3 ( Bless'd are the meek who stand afar I From rage and passion, noise and war ; God will secure their happy state, Andpleadtheircauseaghinst the great.) 4 ( Bless'd are the souls that thirst for grace, Hunger and long for righteousness They shall be well supply'd and fed With living streams and livingbread.) 5 (Bless'd are the menwhosebowelsmove, And melt with sympathy and love: From Christthe Lbrd shall they obtain Like sympathy and love again.) 6 (Bless'd are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling pow'rs of sin With endless pleasure they shall see A God of spotless purity.) 7 ( Bless'd ire the men of peaceful life, Who quenchthe coals of growing strife; They shall be calledthe heirs of bliss, The sons of God, the God of peace.) 8 ( Bless'd are the suff'rers who partake Ofpain and shame for Jesus' sake ; Their souls shall triumph in the Lord, Glory and joy are their, reward.) HYMN CIII. [C. M.] Not ashamed of the gospel, 2 Tim. i. 12. 1 I'M not asham'dto own my Lord, Or to defend his cause, Maintain the honour of his word, The glory of his cross. 2 Jesus, my God! I know his name, His name is all my trust ; Nor will he put my soul to shame, Nor let my hope be lost. 3 Firm as his throne his promise stands, And he can well secure What I've committed to his hands, 'Tilt the decisive. hour. 4 Then will he own,my worthless naine Before his Father's face, Andin the new Jerusalem Appoint my soul a place. HYMN CIV. [C. M.] CV. CV(. CVII. [Book I. HYMN CV, [C. M.] Heaven invisible and holy, 1 Cor. R. 9, 10. Rev. xxi. 27. 1 NOReye hathseen,norear hath heard, Nor sense,'nor reason know, What joys the Father has prepac'd For those that lóve the Son. 2 But the good Spirit of the Lord Reveals a heav'n to come; The beams of glory in his word Allure and guide us home. 3 Pure are the joys above the sky, And all the region peace ; No wanton lips nor envious dye- Can see or taste the bliss. 4 Those holy gates for ever bar Pollution, sin, and shame ; None shall obtain admittance there But followers of the Lamb. 5 He keeps the Father's book of life, There all their names are found The hypocrite in vain shall strive To tread the heav'nly ground. HYMN CVI. [S. M.] Dead to sin by the cross of Christ, Rom. vi. 1, 2, 6. 1 SHALL we go on to sin, Because thy grace abounds, Or crucify the Lord again, And open all his wounds ? s Forbid it, mighty God! Nor let it e'er be said, That we whose sins are crucify'd, Should raise them from the dead. 3 We will be slaves no more, Since Christ has made us free, Has nail'd our tyrants to his cross, And bought our liberty. HYMN CVII. [L. M.] The fall andreeovery of man; or Christ and Satañ at enmity, Gen. iii. 1, st, 17. Gal. iv. 4. Col. ii. 15. 1 DECEIV'D by subtle snares of hell, Adam our head, our father fell, When Satan in the serpent hid, Propos'd the fruit that God forbid. 2 Death wasthethreat'ning: Death began To take possession of the man ; His unborn race receiv'd the wound, And heavy curses smote the ground. 3 But Satan found a worse reward Thus saith the vengeance of the Lord, " Let everlasting hatred be Betwixtthe woman's seed and thee. 4 " The woman's seed shall be my Son, He shall destroy what thou hast done; Shall break thy head, and only feel Thy malice raging at his heel." 5 (He spake and bid four thousand years Roll on; at length his Son appears ; Angels with joy descend to earth, And sing the young Redeemer's birth. A state of nature sad grace, 1 Cor. vi. 10, 11. 1 NOT the malicious or profane, The wanton or the proud, Nor thieves,norsland'rers, shallobtain The kingdomof our God. 2 Surprising grace! And such were we By nature and by sin, Heirs of immortal misery, Unholy and unclean. 3 But we are wash'd in Jesus' blood, We're pardon'd thro' his name ; And the good Spirit of our God Has sanctify'd our frame. 4 0 for a persevering pow'r To keep thy just commands: We would defile our hearts no more, No more pollute our hands.
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