Where only Christ is heard to speak,
Where Jesus reigns alone.
3 O, for a lowly contrite heart,
Believing, true, and clean!
Which neither life nor death can part, From Him that dwells within.
4 A heart in every thought renew'd, And full of love divine;
Perfect, and right, and pure, and good, A cony, Lord, of thine.
SECOND PART.
HYMN 352. C. M.
THY tender heart is still the same,
And melts at human woe;
Jesus, for thee distress'd I am;
I want thy love to know."
2 My heart thou know'st can never rest,
Till thou create my peace; Till of my Eden re-possest,
From every sin I cease.
3 Fruit of thy gracious lips, on me
Bestow that peace unknown,
The hidden manna, and the tree
Of life, and the white stone.
4 Thy nature, gracious Lord, impart,
Come quickly from above;
Write thy new name upon my heart,
Thy new, best name of love.
HYMN 353. C. M. [191]
FOR ever here my rest shall be,
Close to thy bleeding side;
This all my hope, and all my plea,
For me the Saviour died.
2 My dying Saviour, and my God, Fountain for guilt and sin, Sprinkle me ever with thy blood,
And cleanse and keep me clean.
3 Wash me, and make me thus thine own;
Wash me, and mine thou art :
Wash me, but not my feet alone,
My hands, my head, my heart.
4 Th' atonement of thy blood apply,
Till faith to sight improve;
Till hope in full fruition die,
And all my soul be love.
LORD, I believe thy every word,
Thy every promise true;
And lo! I wait on thee, my Lord,
Till I my strength renew.
2 If in this feeble flesh I may
Awhile show forth thy praise,
Jesus, support the tott'ring clay,
And lengthen out my days.
3 If such a worm as I can spread
The common Saviour's name,
Let him who rais'd thee from the dead,
Quicken my mortal frame.
4 Still let me live thy blood to show,'
Which purges every stain;
And gladly linger out below
A few more years in pain.
5 Spare me till I my strength of soul,
Till I thy love retrieve;
Till faith shall make my spirit whole,
And perfect soundness give.
6 For this in steadfast hope I wait,
Now, Lord, my soul restore;
Now the new heavens and earth create,
And I shall sin no more.
O THAT my load of sin were gone!
O that I could at last submit
At Jesus' feet to lay it down!
To lay my soul at Jesus' feet!
2 Rest for my soul I long to find:
Saviour of all, if mine thou art,
Give me thy meek and lowly mind,
And stamp thine image on my heart.
3 Break off the yoke of inbred sin,
And fully set my spirit free;
I cannot rest till pure within,
Till I am wholly lost in thee.
4 Fain would I learn of thee, my God,
Thy light and easy burden prove;
The cross all stain'd with hallow'd blood,
The labor of thy dying love.
5 I would, but thou must give the power;
My heart from every sin release;
Bring near, bring near the joyful hour,
And fill me with thy perfect peace.
6 Come, Lord, the drooping sinner cheer,
Nor let thy chariot wheels delay;
Appear, in my poor heart appear!
My God, my Saviour, come away!
HYMN 356. C. M. [193]
LET Him to whom we now belong,
His sovereign right assert;
And take up every thankful song,
And every loving heart.
2 He justly claims us for his own,
Who bought us with a price:
The Christian lives to Christ alone,
To Christ alone he dies.
3 Jesus, thine own at last receive,
Fulfil our hearts' desire;
And let us to thy glory live,
And in thy cause expire!
4 Our souls and bodies we resign; With joy we render thee
Our all, no longer ours, but thine
To all eternity.
HYMN 357. S. M. [164]
JESUS, my Truth, my Way,
My sure unerring Light,
On thee my feeble step I stay,
Which thou wilt guide aright.
2 My Wisdom and my guide,
My Counsellor thou art:
Oh, never let me leave thy side,
Or from thy paths depart.
3 I lift mine eyes to thee,
Thou gracious bleeding Lamb,
That I may now enlighten'd be,
And never put to shame.
4 Never will I remove
Out of thy hands my cause;
But rest in thy redeeming love
And hang upon thy cross.
5 Teach me the happy art,
In all things to depend
On thee: Oh, never, Lord, depart,
But love me to the end.
SECOND PART.
HYMN 358. S. M.
STILL stir me up to strive
With thee in strength, divine;
And every moment, Lord, revive
This fainting soul of mine.
2 Persist to save my soul,
Throughout the fiery hour;
Till I am every whit made whole,
And show forth all thy power.
3 Through fire and water bring
Into the wealthy place;
And teach me the new song to sing,
When perfected in grace!
4 O make me all like thee,
Before I hence remove!
Settle, confirm, and 'stablish me,
And build me up in love.
5 Let me thy witness live,
When sin is all destroy'd;
And then my spotless soul receive,
And take me home to God.
MY God, I know, I feel thee mine,
And will not quit my claim,
Till all I have is lost in thine,
And all renew'd I am.
2 I hold thee with a trembling hand,
And will not let thee go,
Till steadfastly by faith I stand,
And all thy goodness know.
3 Jesus, thine all-victorious love,
Shed in my heart abroad;
Then shall my feet no longer rove,
Rooted and fixt in God.
4 O that in me the sacred fire
Might now begin to glow;
Burn up the dross of base desire,
And make the mountains flow!
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