Fix in us Thy humble dwelling, All Thy faithful Let us all in us find the mer-cies crown: prom-ised rest: Vis End it us with Thy sal - va - tion, Enter every trem-bling heart. A-MEN. of faith, as its Beginning, Set our hearts at liberty. 3 Come, Almighty to deliver, Let us all Thy life receive; Serve Thee as Thy hosts above, 4 Finish, then, Thy new creation; Till in heaven we take our place, Till we cast our crowns before Thee, Lost in wonder, love, and praise. Rev. Charles Wesley, 1747: verse 2, ll. 4, 5, alt. 296 CONSTANCE 8. 7. 8. 7. D. I I've found a Friend; O such 4 54 Sir Arthur Sullivan, 1875 a Friend! He loved me ere I knew Him; He drew me with the cords of love, And thus He bound me And round my heart still closely twine Those ties which naught can For I am His, and He is mine, For ever and for ev-er. A-MEN. 2 I've found a Friend; O such a Friend! He bled, He died to save me; And not alone the gift of life, But His own self He gave me. Naught that I have mine own I'll call, I'll hold it for the Giver; My heart, my strength, my life, my all, Are His, and His for ever. 3 I've found a Friend; O such a Friend, So kind and true and tender! So wise a Counsellor and Guide, Rev. James G. Small, 1866 297 SAWLEY C. M. 4 James Walch, 1860 I Jesus, these eyes have never seen That radiant form of Thine; The veil of sense hangs dark be-tween Thy bless-ed face and mine. A - MEN. I JESUS, Thou art the sinner's Friend; 4 Lord, I am guilty, I am vile, As such I look to Thee; Now, in the fulness of Thy love, O Lord, remember me. But Thy salvation's free ; Then, in Thine all-abounding grace, Dear Lord, remember me. 12 Remember Thy pure word of grace, 5 Howe'er forsaken or despised, Remember Calvary's tree, Remember all Thy dying groans, 3 Thou wondrous Advocate with God, Howe'er oppressed I be, Howe'er forgotten here on earth, Do Thou remember me. 6 And when I close my eyes in death, Rev. Richard Burnham, 1796: verses 1, 4, alt. |