So earthly pleasures fade away,

When Jesus is revealed.

4 Creatures no more divide my choice,
I bid them all depart;

His name, his love, his gracious voice,
Have fixed my roving heart.

5 But may I hope that thou wilt own
A worthless worm like me?

Dear Lord! I would be thine alone,
And wholly live to thee.

1 IN all my Lord's appointed ways,
My journey I'll pursue;

Hinder me not,-ye much-loved saints!
For I must go with you.

2 Through floods and flames, if Jesus leads,
I'll follow where he goes;
Hinder me not!-shall be my cry,
Though earth and hell oppose.

3 Through duty, and through trials too,
I'll go at his command;
Hinder me not, for I am bound
To my Immanuel's land.

4 And when my Saviour calls me home,
Still this my cry shall be,-

Hinder me not,-come, welcome, death!
I'll gladly go with thee.

1 COME, thou Fount of every blessing!
Tune my heart to grateful lays;
Streams of mercy, never-ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise.
2 Teach me some melodious measure,
Sung by raptured saints above;
Fill my soul with sacred pleasure,
While I sing redeeming love.

3 Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wandering from the fold of God;

He to save my soul from danger, Interposed his precious blood. 4 Oh! to grace how great a debtor, Daily I'm constrained to be! Let thy grace, Lord! like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to thee. 5 Prone to wander,-Lord! I feel it; Prone to leave the God I love; Here's my heart, Oh! take and seal it,Seal it from thy courts above.

316.

C. M.

Joy over the Penitent.

1 OH! how divine, how sweet the joy,
When but one sinner turns,

And with an humble, broken heart,
His sin and error mourns!

2 Pleased with the news, the saints below,
In songs, their tongues employ ;
Beyond the skies the tidings go,
And heaven is filled with joy.

3 Well-pleased, the Father sees and hears
The conscious sinner's moan;
Jesus receives him in his arms,
And claims him for his own.

4 Nor angels can their joys contain,
But kindle with new fire:

"The sinner lost is found!" they sing, And strike the sounding lyre.

317.

L. M.

Joy in Heaven for a repenting Sinner.

1 WHO can describe the joys that rise, Through all the courts of Paradise, To see a prodigal return,

To see an heir of glory born?

2 With joy the Father doth approve
The fruit of his eternal love;

The Son with joy looks down, and sees
The purchase of his agonies.

3 The Spirit takes delight to view
The holy soul he formed anew;

Ana saints and angels join to sing
The growing empire of their king.

318.

S. M.

The Song of the Saved on Earth.
1 FROM Egypt's bondage come,
Where death and darkness reign,
We seek a new, a better home,
Where we our rest shall gain.

2 To Canaan's sacred bourd,

We haste with songs of joy,
Where peace and liberty are found,
And sweets that never cloy.

3 There sin and sorrow cease,
And every conflict 's o'er:
There we shall dwell in endless peace,
Nor thirst nor hunger more.

4 There, in celestial strains,

Enraptured myriads sing;
And love in every bosom reigns,—
For God himself is king.

5 We hope to join the throng,

And soon their pleasures share:-
To sing the everlasting song,
With all the ransomed there.

6 How sweet the prospect is!

It cheers the pilgrim's breast;
We're journeying through the wilderness,
To our eternal rest.

319.

L. M.

A Youth, seeking heavenly Wisdom.

1 I ASK not wealth, nor pomp, nor power,
Nor fleeting pleasures of an hour:
My soul aspires to nobler things
Than all the pride and state of kings.

2 One thing I ask ;-Lord! wilt thou hear,
And grant my soul a gift so dear?—
Wisdom, descending from above,
The sweetest token of thy love :—
3 Wisdom, betimes to know the Lord,
To fear his name, and keep his word;

To lead my feet in paths of truth,

And guide and guard my wandering youth. 4 Then shouldst thou grant a length of days, My life shall still proclaim thy praise; Or early death my soul convey To realms of everlasting day.

320.

H. M.

Renouncing the World.

1 COME, my fond fluttering heart!
Come, struggle to be free;
Thou and the world must part,
However hard it be:

My trembling spirit owns it just,
But cleaves yet closer to the dust.
2 Ye tempting sweets! forbear;
Ye dearest idols! fall;

My love ye must not share,
Jesus shall have it all:

"T is bitter pain,-'t is cruel smart,But, ah! thou must consent, my heart! 3 Ye fair enchanting throng!

Ye golden dreams! farewell!
Earth has prevailed too long,
And now I break the spell:
Farewell, ye joys of early years!—
Jesus! forgive these parting tears.
4 In Gilead there is balm,

A kind Physician there,
My fevered mind to calm,
And bid me not despair :
Aid me, dear Saviour! set me free;
My all I would resign to thee.
5 Oh! may I feel thy worth,
And let no idol dare,-

No vanity of earth,

With thee, my Lord! compare:
Now bid all worldly joys depart,
And reign supremely in my heart.

CHRISTIAN.

321.

78.

Rejoicing in Jesus.

1 NOW begin the heavenly theme,
Sing aloud in Jesus' name;
Ye, who his salvation prove,
Triumph in redeeming love.

2 Ye, who see the Father's grace
Beaming in the Saviour's face,
As to Canaan on ye move,
Praise, and bless redeeming love.

3 Mourning souls! dry up your tears;
Banish all your sinful fears;

See your guilt and curse remove,—
Cancelled by redeeming love.

4 Welcome all, by sin oppressed,-
Welcome to his sacred rest!
Nothing brought him from above,-
Nothing but redeeming love.

5 Hither, then, your music bring;
Strike aloud each joyful string;
Mortals! join the hosts above,-
Join to praise redeeming love.
6 When his Spirit leads us home,
When we to his glory come,
We shall all the fulness prove
Of the Lord's redeeming love.

1 KNOW, my soul! thy full salvation;
Rise o'er sin, and fear and care,
Joy to find, in every station,

Something still to do or bear:
Think, what spirit dwells within thee;
Think, what Father's smiles are thine;
Think, what Jesus did to win thee;-
Child of heaven! canst thou repine?