2 Before my faith's enlightened eyes Make all thy gracious goodness pass; Thy goodness is the sight I prize,

O might I see thy smiling face! Thy nature in my soul proclaim, Reveal thy love, thy glorious name!

3 There, in the place beside thy throne, Where all that find acceptance stand, Receive me up into thy Son;

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Cover me with thy mighty hand; Set me upon the rock, and hide My soul in Jesu's wounded side.

O put me in the cleft; empower
My soul the glorious sight to bear!
Descend in this accepted hour,

Pass by me, and thy name declare ; Thy wrath withdraw, thy hand remove, And show thyself the God of love.

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Moses thy backward parts might view,
But not a perfect sight obtain;
The Gospel doth thy fulness show

To us, by the commandment slain;
The dead to sin shall find the grace,
The pure in heart shall see thy face.
5 More favoured than the saints of old,
Who now by faith approach to thee
Shall all with open face behold

In Christ the glorious Deity; Shall see, and put the Godhead on, The nature of thy sinless Son.

6 This, this is our high calling's prize! Thine image in thy Son I claim; And still to higher glories rise,

Till all transformed I know thy name, And glide to all my heaven above, My highest heaven in Jesu's love,

L. M.

thee, great God of love! I bow, And prostrate in thy sight adore; By faith I see thee passing now;

I have, but still I ask for more, A glimpse of love cannot suffice, My soul for all thy presence cries.

2 I cannot see thy face, and live,

Then let me see thy face, and die! Now, Lord, my gasping spirit receive, Give me on eagles' wings to fly, With eagles' eyes on thee to gaze, And plunge into the glorious blaze.

3 The fulness of my vast reward

A blest eternity shall be; But hast thou not on earth prepared Some better thing than this for me? What, but one drop! one transient sight!

I want a sun, a sea of light.

And set my longing spirit free! Which pants to have no other will, But day and night to feast on thee. 3 While in this region here below, No other good will I pursue; I'll bid this world of noise and show, With all its glittering snares, adieu! 4 That path with humble speed I'll seek, In which my Saviour's footsteps shine;

Nor will I hear, nor will I speak,
Of any other love but thine.

5 Henceforth may no profane delight
Divide this consecrated soul;
Possess it thou, who hast the right,

As Lord and Master of the whole.

6 Wealth, honour, pleasure, and what else

This short-enduring world can give, Tempt as ye will, my soul repels, To Christ alone resolved to live. 7 Thee I can love, and thee alone, With pure delight and inward bliss: To know thou tak'st me for thine own, O what a happiness is this!

8 Nothing on earth do I desire,

But thy pure love within my breast; This, only this, will I require,

And freely give up all the rest.

ABRAHAM, when severely tried,

His faith by his obedience showed, He with the harsh command complied, And gave his Isaac back to God.

2 His son the father offered up,

Son of his age, his only son,
Object of all his joy and hope,
And less beloved than God alone.
3 0 for a faith like his, that we

The bright example may pursue !
May gladly give up all to thee,

To whom our more than all is due.
4 Now, Lord, to thee our all we leave,
Our willing soul thy call obeys;
Pleasure, and wealth, and fame we give,
Freedom, and life to win thy grace.

5 Is there a thing than life more dear? A thing from which we cannot part? We can; we now rejoice to tear

The idol from our bleeding heart.

6 Jesus, accept our sacrifice;

All things for thee we count but loss;
Lo! at thy word our Isaac dies,
Dies on the altar of thy cross.

For what to thee, O Lord, we give,

A hundred-fold we here obtain; And soon with thee shall all receive, And loss shall be eternal gain.

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OMNIPRESENT God! whose aid

No one ever asked in vain, Be this night about my bed, Every evil thought restrain; Lay thy hand upon my soul,

God of my unguarded hours! All my enemies control,

Hell, and earth, and nature's powers. 2 O thou jealous God! come down, God of spotless purity, Claim, and seize me for thy own, Consecrate my heart to thee; Under thy protection take,

Songs in the night season give; Let me sleep to thee, and wake, Let me die to thee, and live.

Only tell me I am thine,

And thou wilt not quit thy right;
Answer me in dreams divine,
Dreams and visions of the night:
Bid me even in sleep go on,
Restlessly my God desire,
Mourn for God in every groan,

God in every thought require.

4 Loose me from the chains of sense,
Set me from the body free,
Draw with stronger influence
My unfettered soul to thee;
In me, Lord, thyself reveal,

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Fill me with a sweet surprise; Let me thee when waking feel, Let me in thy image rise.

Let me of thy life partake,
Thy own holiness impart,

O that I might sweetly wake
With my Saviour in my heart !

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3 In the time of my distress

Thou hast my succour been,
In my utter helplessness

Restraining me from sin;
O how swiftly didst thou move
To save me in the trying hour!
Still protect me with thy love,
And shield me with thy power.
4 First and last in me perform

The work thou hast begun;
Be my shelter from the storm,

My shadow from the sun;
Weary, parched with thirst, and faint,
Till thou the abiding Spirit breathe,
Every moment, Lord, I want

The merit of thy death.

5 Never shall I want it less,

When thou the gift hast given,
Filled me with thy righteousness,
And sealed the heir of heaven;
I shall hang upon my God,
Till I thy perfect glory see;
Till the sprinkling of thy blood
Shall speak me up to thee.

L. M.

JESUS, my King, to thee I bow, Enlisted under thy command;

Captain of my salvation, thou

5 Gigantic lusts come forth to fight, I mark, disdain, and all break through,

I tread them down in Jesu's might, Through Jesus I can all things do. 6 Lo! the tall sons of Anak rise!

Who can the sons of Anak meet? Captain, to thee I lift mine eyes,

And, lo! they fall beneath my feet. 7 Passion, and appetite, and pride, (Pride, my old, dreadful, tyrant-foe) I see cast down on every side,

And conquering, I to conquer go. 8 My Lord in my behalf appears;

Captain, thy strength-inspiring eye Scatters my doubts, dispels my fears, And makes the host of aliens fly. 9 Who can before my Captain stand? Who is so great a King as mine? High over all is thy right hand, And might and majesty are thine!

Shalt lead me to the promised land.

The staff from off my shoulder broke, Out of the house of bondage brought, And freed me from the Egyptian yoke.

3 O'er the vast howling wilderness,

To Canaan's bounds thou hast me led; Thou bidd'st me now the land possess, And on thy milk and honey feed.

4 I see an open door of hope,

Legions of sins in vain oppose; Bold I with thee, my Head, march up, And triumph o'er a world of foes.

The same through one eternal day, Attend thy feeblest followers' call,

And O instruct us how to pray! Pour out the supplicating grace, And stir us up to seek thy face. 2 We cannot think a gracious thought, We cannot feel a good desire, Till thou, who call'dst a world from nought,

The power into our hearts inspire; And then we in thy Spirit groan, And then we give thee back thine c