To all, to all, thy bowels move;
But straightened in our own we are.
HYMN 180. 7s. 6 lines.
ROCK of Ages! cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From thy wounded side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath and make me pure.
2 Could my tears forever flow,
Could my zeal no languor know
This for sin could not atone;
Thou must save and thou alone:
In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to thy cross I cling.
3 While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyes shall close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
And behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of Ages! cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.
OTHER ground can no man lay;
Jesus, take our sins away:
Jesus the foundation is;
This shall stand, and only this.
Fitly framed in him we are,
All the building rises fair:
Let it to a temple rise,
Worthy him who fills the skies:
2 Husband of thy church below,
Christ, if thee our Lord we know,
Unto thee betrothed in love,
Always let us faithful prove;
Never rob thee of our heart,
Never give the creature part;
Only thou possess the whole;
Take our body, spirit, soul!
3 Steadfast let us cleave to thee,
Love, the mystic union be;
Union to the world unknown,
Joined to God in Spirit one:
Wait we till the Spouse shall come,
Till the Lamb shall take us home,
For his heaven the Bride prepare,
Solemnize our nuptials there.
GOD of eternal truth and grace,
Thy faithful promise seal!
Thy word, thy oath, to Abraham's race,
In us, ev'n us, fulfil!
2 Let us to perfect love restored,
Thy image here retrieve;
And in the presence of our Lord
The life of angels live!
3 That mighty faith on me bestow,
Which cannot ask in vain;
Which holds, and will not let thee go,
Till I my suit obtain.
4 Till thou into my soul inspire
The perfect love unknown,
And tell my infinite desire,
Whate'er thou wilt, be done!"
5 But is it possible that I
Should live and sin no more? Lord, if on thee I dare rely,
The faith shall bring the power. 6 On me that faith divine bestow, Which doth the mountain move;
And all my spotless life shall show
The omnipotence of love.
HYMN 183. 8s, 7s & 4.
GUIDE me, O thou great Jehovah,
Pilgrim through this barren land:
I am weak-but thou art mighty;
Hold me with thy powerful hand;
Bread of heaven,
Feed me till I want no more.
2 Open now the crystal fountain,
Whence the healing streams do flow;
Let the fiery, cloudy pillar,
Lead me all my journey through:
Strong Deliverer,
Be thou still my strength and shield.
3 When I tread the verge of Jordan,
Bid my anxious fears subside:
Bear me through the swelling current,
Land me safe on Canaan's side:
Song of praises
I will ever give to thee.
HYMN 184. L. P. M.
LEADER of faithful souls, and Guide
Of all that travel to the sky,
Come, and with us, e'en us abide,
Who would on thee alone rely:
On thee alone our spirits stay,
While held in life's uneven way.
2 Strangers and pilgrims here below,
This earth we know is not our place;
But hasten through this vale of wo-
And, restless to behold thy face,
Swift to our heavenly country move,
Our everlasting home above.
3 We've no abiding city here,
But seek a city out of sight;
Thither our steady course we steer,
Aspiring to the plains of light:
Jerusalem, the saints' abode,
Whose founder is the living God.
4 Patient th' appointed race to run,
This weary world we cast behind;
From strength to strength we travel on,
The new Jerusalem to find:
Our labor this, our only aim,
To find the New Jerusalem.
LORD, teach us how to pray aright,
With reverence and with fear:
Though dust and ashes in thy sight,
We may, we must draw near.
2 We perish, if we cease from prayer;
O grant us power to pray!
And when to meet thee we prepare,
Lord, meet us by the way.
3 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin,
In weakness, want and wo,
Fightings without, and fears within,
Lord, whither shall we go?
4 God of all grace, we come to thee,
With broken, contrite hearts;
Give what thine eye delights to see,—
Truth in the inward parts:
5 Give deep humility;—the sense
Of godly sorrow give;
A strong, desiring confidence,
To hear thy voice and live!
O LET triumphant faith dispel
The fears of guilt and wo!
If God be for us, God the Lord,
Who, who shall be our foe?
2 He who his only Son gave up
To death, that we might live,
Shall he not all things freely grant,
That boundless love can give?
3 Who now his people shall accuse?
"Tis God hath justified:
Who now his people shall condemn ?
The Lamb of God hath died
4 And he who died hath ris'n again,
Triumphant from the grave:
At God's right hand for us he pleads
Omnipotent to save.
HYMN 187. L. M. [146]
I WANT a principle within,
Of jealous godly fear;
A sensibility of sin,
A pain to feel it near:
I want the first approach to feel,
Of pride, or fond desire;
To catch the wand'ring of my will,
And quench the kindling fire.
2 From thee that I no more may part, No more thy goodness grieve,
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