CHRISTIAN EXPERIENCE 555. "O save me for thy mercies' sake.” Psa. vi. 4. C. M. 1 MERCY alone can meet my case; For mercy, Lord! I cry. Jesus, Redeemer! shew Thy face 2 Save me, for none beside can save. With failing step, life's stormy wave; 3 I perish, and my doom were just; I hold Thee fast, my Hope, my Trust; 4 Still sure to me Thy promise stands, Behold it written on Thy hands, 5 To this, this only will I cleave; That word is truth, and I believe :--- 556.“ Exalted ... to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance. ...and forgiveness of sins." Acts v. 31. C. M. 1 PROSTRATE, dear Jesus! at Thy feet A guilty rebel lies, And upwards to the mercy-seat 2 Oh, let not justice frown me hence: Should crush a feeble worm. 3 If tears of sorrow would suffice Tears should from both my weeping eyes 4 But no such sacrifice I plead No tears, but those which Thou hast shed ; 5 Think of Thy sorrows, dearest Lord! Justice will well approve the word 557. "Rise: he calleth thee." Mark x. 49. C. M. 1 HOW long the time since Christ began To call in vain on me! Deaf to his warning voice, I ran 2 He called me, when my thoughtless prime Was early ripe to ill. I passed from folly on to crime, 3 He called me, in the time of dread, I trembled on my feverish bed, 4 Yet, could I hear Him once again, Methinks He should not call in vain 5 O Thou that every thought dost know, 6 My struggling will by grace control. What blessed light breaks on my soul? 558. "Grieve not the Holy Spirit of God." Eph. iv. 30. L. M. 1 STAY, Thou insulted Spirit! stay, Though I have done Thee such despite : Nor cast the sinner quite away, Nor take Thine everlasting flight. 2 Though I have steeled my stubborn heart, And still shook off my guilty fears; And vexed, and urged Thee to depart, For many long rebellious years. 3 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; 4 Yet, oh, the chief of sinners spare, In honour of my great High-Priest; 5 This only wo I deprecate; This only plague I pray remove; Nor curse me with this want of love. 6 Now, Lord! my weary soul release; 559. "Enoch walked with God." Gen. v. 24. C. M. 1 OH for a closer walk with God, A calm and heavenly frame! A light to shine upon the road That leads me to The Lamb! 2 Where is the blessedness I knew, 3 What peaceful hours I once enjoyed! 4 Return, O holy Dove! return, I hate the sins that made Thee mourn, 5 The dearest idol I have known, Help me to tear it from Thy throne, 6 So shall my walk be close with God, 560. "Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation." Psa.li. 12r C. M. 1 OH, speak that gracious word again, No voice but Thine can soothe my pain, 2 And canst Thou still vouchsafe to own And may I still approach Thy throne, 3 Oh then, let saints and angels join, The grace that healed a breach like mine, |