3 Make good their apostolic boast, Their high commission let them prove; Be temples of the Holy Ghost,

And fill'd with faith, and hope, and love. 4 Their hearts from things of earth remove, Sprinkle them, Lord, from sin and fear; Fix their affections all above,

And lay up all their treasures there.
5 Give them an ear to hear thy word,—
Thou speakest to the churches now,-
And let all tongues confess their Lord,
Let every knee to Jesus bow.

HYMN 496. L. M. [217]

SHALL I, for fear of feeble man,
The Spirit's course in me restrain ?
Or, undismay'd in deed and word,
Be a true witness of my Lord?
2 Aw'd by a mortal's frown, shall I
Conceal the word of God Most High?
How then before thee shall I dare
To stand, or how thine anger bear?
3 Shall I to soothe the unholy throng,
Soften thy truth, or smooth my tongue,
To gain earth's gilded toys, or flee
The cross endur'd, my Lord, by thee!
4 What then is he whose scorn I dread?
Whose wrath or hate makes me afraid?
A man! an heir of death! a slave

To sin! a bubble on the wave!

5 Yea, let men rage; since thou wilt spread Thy shadowing wings around my head: Since in all pain thy tender love,

Will still my sure refreshment prove.

HYMN 497. L. M. [218]

SAVIOUR of men, thy searching eye
Doth all my inmost thoughts descry:
Doth aught on earth my wishes raise,
Or the world's pleasures, or its praise ?
2 The love of Christ doth me constrain,
To seek the wand'ring souls of men;
With cries, entreaties, tears, to save,
To snatch them from the gaping grave.
3 For this let men revile my name,
No cross I shun, I fear no shame;
All hail reproach, and welcome pain;
Only thy terrors, Lord, restrain.

4 My life, my blood, I here present,
If for thy truth they may be spent,
Fulfil thy sovereign counsel, Lord!
Thy will be done, thy name ador❜d.

5 Give me thy strength, O God of power;
Then let winds blow, or thunders roar,
Thy faithful witness will I be :
"Tis fixt; I can do all through thee.

HYMN 498. L. M. [219]

GO preach my Gospel, saith the Lord, Bid the whole world my grace receive; He shall be sav'd, that trusts my word;

He shall be damn'd that won't believe. 2 I'll make your great commission known, And ye shall prove my Gospel true, By all the works that I have done,

By all the wonders ye shall do.

3 Teach all the nations my commands;

I'm with you till the world shall end : All power is trusted in my hands,

I can destroy, and I defend."

HYMN 499. C. M.

JESUS, the name high over all,
In hell, or earth, or sky!
Angels and men before it fall,
And devils fear and fly.

2 Jesus, the name to sinners dear,
The name to sinners given!
It scatters all their guilty fear:
And turns their hell to heaven.

3 Jesus the prisoner's fetters breaks,
And bruises Satan's head;

Power into strengthless souls it speaks,
And life into the dead.

4 O that the world might taste and see
The riches of his grace;
The arms of love that compass me,
Would all mankind embrace.

5 His only righteousness I show
His saving truth proclaim:

"Tis all my business here below, "Behold the Lamb!"

'To cry,

6 Happy, if with my latest breath
I may but gasp his Name!
Preach him to all, and cry in death,
"Behold, behold the Lamb!"

HYMN 500. C. M. [221]

LET Zion's watchmen all awake,
And take th' alarm they give;
Now let them from the mouth of God,
Their awful charge receive.

2 "Tis not a cause of small import,
The pastor's care demands;

But what might fill an angel's heart,
And fill'd a Saviour's hands.

3 They watch for souls, for which the Lord

Did heavenly bliss forego!

For souls, which must forever live,

In raptures, or in wo.

4 And to the great tribunal haste, Th' account to render there;

And shouldst thou strictly mark our faults, Lord, where should we appear?

5 May they that Jesus whom they preach, Their own Redeemer see,

And watch thou daily o'er their souls,
That they may watch for thee.

HYMN 501. C. M.

JESUS, my strength and righteousness,
My Saviour and my King,
Triumphantly thy name I bless,
Thy conqu'ring name I sing.

2 Thou, Lord, hast magnify'd thy name,
Thou hast maintain'd thy cause
And I enjoy the glorious shame,
The scandal of thy cross.

3 Thou gavest me to speak thy word,
In the appointed hour;
I have proclaim'd my dying Lord,
And felt thy Spirit's power.

4 Superior to my foes I stood,
Above their smile or frown;
On all the strangers to thy blood
With pitying love look down.
5 O let me have thy presence still,
Set as a flint my face,

To show the counsel of thy will,
Which saves a world by grace!

6 O never let me blush to own The glorious Gospel-word;

Which saves a world through faith alone, Faith in a dying Lord!

HYMN 502. L. M. [426]

A Pastor welcomed.

WE bid thee welcome in the name
Of Jesus, our exalted Head;
Come as a servant: so he came;

And we receive thee in his stead.

2 Come as a shepherd; guard and keep
This fold from Satan and from sin:
Nourish the lambs, and feed the sheep;
The wounded heal, the lost bring in.
3 Come as a watchman: take thy stand
Upon thy tower on Zion's height;
And when the sword comes on the land,
Warn us to fly, or teach to fight.

4 Come as an angel, hence to guide
A band of pilgrims on their way;
That, safely walking at thy side,

We never fail, nor faint, nor stray. 5 Come as a teacher sent from God, Charged his whole counsel to declare; Lift o'er our ranks the prophet's rod, While we uphold thy hands with prayer. 6 Come as a messenger of peace, Filled with the Spirit, fired with love; Live to behold our large increase,

And die to meet us all above.

HYMN 503. L. M. [303]
GOD, the offended God, Most High,
Ambassadors to rebels sends;
His messengers his place supply,
And Jesus begs us to be friends.