Book L.], HYMNS. CVIII. CIX. Lo! by the sons of hell he dies ; But as he hung'twixt earth and skies, He gave their prince a fatal, blow, And triumph'd o'er the pow'rs below.] HYMN CVIII. [S. M.] Christ unseen and beloved, 1 Pet. i. 8. 1 NOT with our mortal eyes, Hove we beheld the Lord, Yet we rejoice to hear his name, Mid love him in his word. 2 On earth we want the sight Of ourRedeemer's face, Yet, Lord, our inmost thoughtsdelight To dwell upon thy grace. 3 And when we taste thy love, Our joys divinely grow Unspeakable like those above, Andheav'r begins below. HYMN'-CIX. [L. M.] The value of Christ, and his righteous - ness, Phil. iii. 7, 8, 9. I NO more, my God,. I boast no more Of all the duties I have done; 7 quit the hopes 1 held before To trust the merits of thy Son. 2 Now for the love I bear his name,' What was my gain I count my loss; My former pride I call my shame, And nail my glory to his cross. 3 Yes, and I must and will esteem All things but lost for Jesus' sake ; O may my soul be found in him, And of his righteousness partake! 4 The best obedience of my hands Dares not appear before thy throne ; But faith can answer thy demands, By pleading what my Lord has done. HYMN CX. [C. M.] Death and immediate glory, 2 Coy v. 1, 5 -8. 1 THERE is a bouse not made with hands Eternal, and on high, And here my Spirit waiting stands Till God shall bid it fly. 2 Shortly this prison of m_v clay Must be dissolv'd and fall ; Then, O my soul, with joy,obey Thy heav'nly Father's call. 3 'Tis he, by his almighty grace, That forms thee fit for heav'n ; And, as an earnest of the place, Has his own Spirit giv'n. 4 We walk by faith of joys to come, Faith lives upon his word ; But while the body is our home, We're absent from the Lord. o 'Tispleasantto believe thy grace, But we had rather see: We would be absent from the flesh, And present, Lord, with thee. CX. CXI. CXII. CXIII. 151 HYMN CXI. [C. M.] Salvation by grace, Titus iii. 3 -7. [1 LORD, we confess our num'rous faults, How great our guilt has been ? Foolish and vain were all our thoughts, And all our lives were sin. 2 But, O my soul, for ever praise, Forever love his name, Who turns thy feet from dang'rous ways, Of folly, sin, and shame.] (5. 'Tis not by works of righteousness Which our own hands have done;. But we are sav'd by sov'reign grace, Abounding thro' his Son.) 4 'Tisfrom the mercy of our_God That all our hopes begin 'Tis by the water and the blood Our souls are wash'd from sin. 4 'Ti's then' the purchase of his death, Who hung upon the tree, The Spirit is sent down to breathe On such dry bones as we. 8 Rais d from thedead we live anew ; And justify'd by.grace, We shall appear in glory too, And see our Father's face. HYMN CXII. [C. M.] The brazen, serpent: or, looking t Jesus, John iii. 14 -16. 1 SO did the Hebrew prophet ratte The brazen serpent high: The wounded felt immediate ease The camp forbore to die. 2 ". Look upward in the dying hour, And live," the prophet cries; But Christ performs a nobler cure, When faith lifts up her eyes. 3 High on the cross the Saviour hung, High in the heav'ns he reigns: Here sinners, by the old serpent stung, Look, and forget their pains. 4 When God's own Son is lifted up, A dying world revives; Tile Jew beholds the glorious hope, Th' expiring Gentile lives. HYMN CXIII. [C. M.] Abraham's blessing on the Gentiles, Gen. xvii. 7. Rom, xv. 8. Mark x. 14. 1 HOW large the promise! how divine, To Abram and his seed! " I'll be a God to thee and thine, Stipplying all their need." 2 The words of his extensive love From age to age endure ; The angel of the cov'nant proves, And seals the blessing sure. 3 Jesus the ancient faith confirms, To our great fathers giv'n He takes young children to his arms, And calls them heirs of lieav'n.
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