212.

C. M.

The Sealing of the Spirit.

1 WHY should the children of a king
Go mourning all their days?-
Great Comforter! descend, and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.

2 Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?

3 Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer's blood;

And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.

4 Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove!
Will safe convey me home.

213.

L. M.

Prayer against grieving the Spirit.

1 STAY, thou insulted Spirit! stay, Though I have done thee such despite, Cast not a sinner quite away,

Nor take thine everlasting flight.

2 Though I have most unfaithful been

Of all who e'er thy grace received,
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen,
Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved ;-

3 Yet, Oh! the chief of sinners spare,
In honor of my great High-Priest;
Nor, in thy righteous anger, swear
I shall not see thy people's rest.
4 My weary soul, O God! release,
Uphold me with thy gracious hand;
Guide me into thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the promised land.

1 SURE, the blest Comforter is nigh;
"T is he sustains my fainting heart;

Else would my hope for ever die,
And every cheering ray depart.

2 Whene'er, to call the Saviour mine,
With ardent wish my heart aspires,―
Can it be less than power divine,

That animates these strong desires? 3 And, when my cheerful hope can say,— I love my God and taste his grace, Lord! is it not thy blissful ray,

That brings this dawn of sacred peace? 4 Let thy good Spirit in my heart For ever dwell, O God of love! And light and heavenly peace impartSweet earnest of the joys above.

215.

C. M.

The Necessity of renewing Grace.

1 HOW helpless guilty nature lies,
Unconscious of its load!

The heart, unchanged, can never rise
To happiness and God.

2 Can aught, beneath a power divine,
The stubborn will subdue?
"T is thine, eternal Spirit! thine,
To form the heart anew.

3 'T is thine, the passions to recall,
And upward bid them rise;
To make the scales of error fall,
From reason's darkened eyes;—

4 To chase the shades of death away,
And bid the sinner live;

A beam of heaven-a vital ray,
"T is thine alone to give.

5 Oh! change these wretched hearts of ours, And give them life divine;

Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord! be thine.

216.

C. M.

The Spirit desired.

1 GREAT Father of each perfect gift! Behold thy servants wait;

With longing eyes, and lifted hands,
We flock around thy gate.

2 Oh! shed abroad that choicest gift,-
Thy Spirit from above,

To cheer our eyes with sacred light,
And fire our hearts with love.

3 Blest earnest of eternal joy!
Declare our sins forgiven:
And bear, with energy divine,
Our raptured thoughts to heaven.
4 Diffuse, O God! thy copious showers.
That earth its fruit may yield,
And change the barren wilderness,
To Carmel's flowery fleld.

217.

C. M.

The Outpouring of the Spirit.

1 LET songs of praises fill the sky!
Christ, our ascended Lord,

Sends down his Spirit, from on high,
According to his word.

2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath,
New life creates within:

He quickens sinners, from the death
Of trespasses and sin.

3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes,
And to our heart reveals:
Our bodies he his tempie makes,
And our redemption seals.

4 Come, Holy Spirit! from above,
With thy celestial fire;

Come, and, with flames of zeal and love,
Our hearts and tongues inspire.

218.

L. M.

The Operations of the Holy Spirit.

1 ETERNAL Spirit! we confess,
And sing the wonders of thy grace;
Thy power conveys our blessings down,
From God, the Father, and the Son.

2 Enlightened by thy heavenly ray,
Our shades and darkness turn to day;

Thine inward teachings make us know
Our danger, and our refuge too.
3 Thy power and glory work within,
And break the chains of reigning sin;
Do our imperious lusts subdue,

And form our wretched hearts anew.

4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice;
Thy cheering words awake our joys;
Thy words allay the stormy wind,
And calm the surges of the mind.

219.

C. M.

Prayer for the promised Spirit.

1 ENTHRONED on high, almighty Lord!
The Holy Ghost send down:
Fulfill in us thy faithful word,

And all thy mercies crown.

2 Though, on our heads, no tongues of fire
Their wondrous powers impart,
Grant, Saviour! what we more desire,
Thy Spirit in our heart.

3 Spirit of life, and light, and love!
Thy heavenly influence give;
Quicken our souls-born from above-
In Christ, that we may live.

4 To our benighted minds reveal
The glories of his grace,

And bring us, where no clouds conceal
The brightness of his face.

5 His love within us shed abroad,-
Life's ever-springing well,-
Till God in us, and we in God,
In love eternal dwell.

220.

C. M.

Regeneration by the Spirit.

1 NOT all the outward forms on earth,
Nor rites that God has given;

Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace,

Born in the image of his Son,

A new peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,
Breathes on the sons of flesh;
Creates anew the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quickened souls awake, and rise,
From the long sleep of death:
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

TRINITY.

221.

68 and 4s.

Invocation.

1 COME, thou almighty King!
Help us thy name to sing,
Help us to praise:
Father! all-glorious,

O'er all victorious,

Come, and reign over us,
Ancient of days!

2 Come, thou incarnate Word!
Gird on thy mighty sword;
Our prayer attend:

Come, and thy people bless,
And give thy word success;
Spirit of holiness!

On us descend.

3 Come, holy Comforter!
Thy sacred witness bear,
In this glad hour:
Thou, who almighty art,
Now rule in every heart,
And ne'er from us depart,

Spirit of power!

4 To the great One in Three,
The highest praises be,
Hence evermore!