2 But there are pardons with our God,
For crimes of high degree;

Thy Son has bought them with his blood,
To draw us near to thee.

3 Then in the Lord let Israel trust,
Let Israel seek his face;

The Lord is good as well as just,
And plenteous is his grace.

4 There's full redemption at his throne
For sinners long enslav'd;
The great Redeemer is his Son,
And Israel shall be sav'd.

1

HYMN CCCXCVI.

NAKED as from the earth we came,

And crept to life at first;

So to the earth we soon return,
And mingle with our dust.

2 The dear delights we here enjoy,
And fondly call our own,

Are but short favours, borrow'd now,
To be repaid anon.

s 'Tis God that lifts our comforts high,
Or sinks them in the grave;

He gives, and, blessed be his name!"
He takes but what he gave.

4 Peace, all the angry passions then,
Let each rebellious sigh

Be silent at his sovereign will,
And every murmur die..

5 If smiling mercy crown our lives,
Its praises shall be spread;
And we 'll adore the justice too,
That strikes our comforts dead.

HYMN CCCXCVII.

GRACIOUS Jesus, thee I love,
Thou, my hope, my joy, my rest;
All thy ways my thoughts approve,
I'm in thee for ever blest.

2 'Tis thy presence, Jesus, thine,
Makes my cheerful powers rejoice;
Saving mercy, love divine,

Tunes my heart and tunes my voice.
3 'Tis a spark, from thine abode,
Sent and kindled to a flame,

Warms my heart with love to God,
And with love to Jesus' name.

4 Thou, dear Saviour, art my own,
My Redeemer, and my God;
I shall stand before thy throne,
In thy bright and bless'd abode.

HYMN CCCXCVIII. +

1-LO! from the Lord my help descends, To him I lift mine eyes;

My strength on him alone depends,
Who form'd the earth and skies.

2 He, ever watchful, ever nigh,
Forbids thy feet to slide;

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Nor sleep nor slumber seals the eye
Of Israel's Guard and Guide.
3 He, at thy hand, array'd in might,
His shield shall o'er thee spread:
Nor sun by day, nor moon by night,
Shall hurt thy favour'd head.

4 Safe shalt thou go, and safe return,
While he thy life defends,

Whose eyes thy every step discern,
Whose mercy never ends.

HYMN CCCXCIX.

1 FATHER of peace, and God of love, We own thy power to save;

That power, by which our Jesus rose
Victorious o'er the grave.

2 We triumph in the Saviour's name,
Still watchful for our good;

Who brought th' eternal covenant down,
And seal'd it with his blood.

3 So may thy Spirit seal our souls,
And mould them to thy will;

That our fond hearts no more may stray,
But keep thy covenant still.

4. Still may we gain superior strength,
And press with vigour on, 4
Till full perfection crown our hopes,
And fix us near thy throne.

1

THE

HYMN CCCC. +

'HE new-born world immers'd in night
And gloomy horrors lay;

Th' Almighty said, "Let there be Light,"
And pour'd the boundless day.

2 Thus o'er the greater world within,
Let beams immortal shine;
Scatter, O Lord, the clouds of sin,
And spread a dawn divine.

-3 Attendant on this sacred Light,
Celestial fire impart;

And let the ray, that guides my sight,
Inflame my frozen heart.

4 Thus all the powers, this Spirit knows,
Shall to my God be given:
Sweet, as when Aaron's incense rosè
In fragrant clouds to heaven.

HYMN CCCCI. +
1 HOW glorious, Lord, art thou!

How bright thy splendours shine; Whose rays, reflected, gild thy saints With ornaments divine.

2 With lowliness and love,

3

Wisdom and courage meet;

The grateful heart, the cheerful eye,
How amiable, how sweet.

In beauties such as these,
Thy children now are drest;

But brighter habits shall they wear
In regions of the blest.

4

O God of Israel, hear,

And make this bliss our own; Make us the children of thy care, The members of thy Son.

THIS is the day the Lord hath made,
He calls it all his own;

Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
And praise surround the throne.

2 To-day he rose, and left the dead,
And Satan's empire fell;
To-day the saints his triumphs spread,
And all his wonders tell.

3 Hosanna to th' anointed King,
To David's holy Son;
Help us, O Lord, descend and bring
Salvation from thy throne.

4. Hosanna in the highest strains,
The church on earth can raise;
The highest heavens, in which he reigns,
Shall give him nobler praise.

FREQUENT the day of God returns
To shed its quickening beams;

And yet how slow devotion burns!
How languid are its flames!

2 Accept our faint attempts to love,
Our frailties, Lord, forgive;
We would be like thy saints above,
Unlike them as we live.