2 Repentant sorrow fills my heart, 312 C. M. Reconciliation by Christ's Death. AND are we now brought near to God, 2 Oh for a song of ardent praise, 3 Then let us join the heavenly choirs, Oh may that love which spread this feast 313 7s & 6s. Pardon and Peace implored. LAMB of God! whose bleeding love We now recall to mind, Send the answer from above, And let us mercy find: Think on us, who think on thee; Every burdened soul release; Oh remember Calvary, And bid us go in peace! 2 By thine agonizing pain, And bid us go in peace! 3 Through thy blood, by faith applied, And all our sickness heal: Let our griefs and troubles cease; And bid us go in peace! 314 7s. Privileges of Adoption. BLESSED are the sons of God; 2 They are justified by grace; 3 They produce the fruits of grace, With them numbered may we be, 4 They are lights upon the earth, With them numbered may we be, 315 7s & 6s. Backslider's Thanks for renewed Pardon. After all that I have done, Dost thou no longer chide? 2 Let thy love my heart constrain, 316 S. M. Vigor and Watchfulness in the Christian Warfare. SOLDIERS of Christ, arise, Now put your armor on, Strong in the strength which God supplies, Through his eternal Son; Strong in the Lord of Hosts, 2 Stand, then, in his great might, Then, when your work is done, Ye shall o'ercome, through Christ alone, 3 Stand, then, against your foes, 4 Leave no unguarded place, No weakness of the soul; Take every virtue, every grace, And fortify the whole: Ever together joined, To battle all proceed; Arm ye yourselves with all the mind That was in Christ your Head. 317 SABBATH AND WORSHIP. L. M. The Sabbath welcomed. MY opening eyes with rapture see Nor would receive another guest: And reign sole monarch in my breast. 3 Oh bid this trifling world retire, And drive each carnal thought away; Nor let me feel one vain desireOne sinful thought-through all the day. 4 Then, to thy courts when I repair, My soul shall rise on joyful wing, The wonders of thy love declare, And join the strains which angels sing. 318 L. M. Preparation for the Duties of the Sabbath implored. COME, dearest Lord, and bless this day, Come, bear our thoughts from earth away: Now let our noblest passions rise With ardor to their native skies. 2 Come, Holy Spirit, all divine, 3 Then, when our Sabbaths here are o’er, |