HYMN 78. L. M.

Christian Privileges and Obligations.

1 Dost thou my worthless name record
Free of thy holy city, Lord;
Am I, a sinner, call'd to share
The precious privileges there?

2 Art thou my King, my Father styl❜d, Am I thy servant and thy child,

While wretched millions draw their breath
In lands of ignorance and death?

3 Shall I receive this grace in vain?
Shall I my great vocation stain?
Away, ye works in darkness wrought!
Away, each sensual, earthly thought!

4 My soul, I charge thee to excel
In thinking right and acting well;
Deep let thy searching pow'rs engage,
Unbiass'd in the sacred page.

5 Heighten the force of good desire;
To deeds of shining worth aspire ;
More firm in fortitude, despise
The world's seducing vanities.

6 Strong and more strong, thy passions rule,
Advancing still in virtue's school;
Contending still, with noble strife,
To imitate thy Saviour's life.

HYMN 79. L. M.

A Conversation becoming the Gospel. Titus ii. 10—13.

1 So let our lips and lives express
The holy gospel we profess,

So let our works and virtues shine,
To prove the doctrine all divine!

2 Thus shall we best proclaim abroad
The honours of our Saviour God,
When the salvation reigns within,
And grace subdues the pow'r of sin.

3 Our flesh and sense must be denied,
Passion and envy, lust and pride;
While justice, temp'rance, truth and love,
Our inward piety approve.

4 Religion bears our spirits up,
While we expect that blessed hope,
The bright appearing of the Lord;
And faith stands leaning on his word.

HYMN 80. L. M.

The beatitudes.

1 BLEST are the humble souls, that see
Their emptiness and poverty;

Treasures of grace to them are giv'n,
And crowns of joy laid up in heav'n.

2 Blest are the men of broken heart, Who mourn for sin with inward smart ; Divine compassion freely flows,

A healing balm for all their woes.

3 Blest are the meek, who stand afar From rage and passion, noise and war; God will secure their happy state,

And plead their cause against the great.

4 Blest are the souls, that thirst for grace, Hunger and long for righteousness; They shall be well supplied, and fed With living streams and living bread.

5 Blest are the men, whose hearts still move
And melt with sympathy and love;
They shall in large supplies obtain
Like sympathy and love again.

6 Blest are the pure, whose hearts are clean From the defiling pow'r of sin;

With endless pleasure they shall see
A God of spotless purity.

7 Blest are the men of peaceful life,
Who quench the coals of growing strife;
They shall be call'd the heirs of bliss,
The sons of God, the God of peace.

8 Blest are the suff'rers who partake Of pain and shame for Jesus' sake;

Their souls shall triumph in the Lord ;
Glory and joy are their reward.

HYMN 81. C. M.

The Sun of Righteousness.

1 How blest thy creature is, O God!
When with a single eye

He views the lustre of thy word,
The day-spring from on high!

2 Through all the storms that veil the skies,
And frown on earthly things,
The sun of righteousness he eyes
With healing on his wings.

3 The glorious orb, whose golden beams
The fruitful year control,

Since first, obedient to thy word,
He started from the goal,

4 Has cheer'd the nations with the joys
His orient rays impart;

But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone
Can shine upon the heart.

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HYMN 82. C. M.

The Way of the Righteous and of the Wicked. Ps. i.

1 THAT man, in life wherever plac'd,
Has happiness in store,

Who walks not in the wicked's way,
Nor learns their guilty lore;

2 Nor from the seat of scornful pride
Casts forth his eyes abroad,
But with humility and awe

Still walks before his God.

3 That man shall flourish like the trees
Which by the streamlet grow,
Whose fruitful top is spread on high,
And firm the root below.

4 But he whose blossom buds in guilt
Shall to the ground be cast,
And like the rootless stubble toss'd
Before the sweeping blast.

5 For God, that God the good adore,
Will give them peace and joy;
But all the hopes of wicked men
Will utterly destroy.