174 "Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He

saved us."

Imf VAIN are the hopes the sons of men
Upon their works have built;
Their hearts by nature are unclean,
Their actions full of guilt.

2 mf Silent let Jew and Gentile stand,
Without one vaunting word,
And, humbled low, confess their guilt
Before heaven's righteous Lord.

3 mf No hope can on the law be built
Of justifying grace;

The law that shows the sinner's guilt p Condemns him to his face.

ST. MARY.

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6 mf With Christ the Lord we died to sin;
cres With Him to life we rise,—
To life which, now begun on earth,
Is perfect in the skies.

Too long enthralled to Satan's sway,
cres We now are slaves no more;
f For Christ hath vanquished death and sin,
Our freedom to restore. Amen.

175

"Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the Lord revealed?”

Imf HOW few receive, with cordial faith,

The tidings which we bring !

How few have seen the arm revealed

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Rejected and despised of men,

Behold a Man of woe!

Of heaven's eternal King!

Grief was His close companion still
Through all His life below.

mf The Saviour comes! No outward pomp 5 Yet all the griefs He felt were ours;

Bespeaks His presence nigh;

No earthly beauty shines in Him
To draw the carnal eye.

3 mf Fair as a beauteous tender flower
Amidst the desert grows,
So, slighted by a rebel race,
The heavenly Saviour rose.

ST. MABYN.

Ours were the woes He bore: Pangs, not His own, His spotless soul pp With bitter anguish tore.

6p We held Him as condemned by Heaven,
An outcast from His God;

While for our sins He groaned, He bled,
Beneath His Father's rod.

7 mf His sacred blood hath washed our souls
From sin's polluted stain;

cres His stripes have healed us, and His death
f Revived our souls again. Amen.

8,7,8,7.

ARTHUR H. BROWN.

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176

"I am the good Shepherd: the good Shepherd giveth His life for the sheep."

I mf SOULS of men, why will ye scatter,
Like a crowd of frightened sheep?
Foolish hearts, why will ye wander
From a love so true and deep?
2mf Was there ever kindest shepherd

Half so gentle, half so sweet,

As the Saviour, who would have us cres Come and gather round His feet? 3f There's a wideness in God's mercy, Like the wideness of the sea; There's a kindness in His justice, Which is more than liberty.

5 mf For, the love of God is broader

A- men.

There is no place where earth's sorrows 8 ƒ If our love were but more simple,

Are more felt than up in heaven;

There is no place where earth's failings
Have such kindly judgment given.

We should take Him at His word;
And our lives would be all sunshine
In the sweetness of our Lord. Amen.

178 "They shall took upon Me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for Him.

ImfGREAT God of Abram, hear our 3 mf Lord, put Thy law within their hearts.

prayer,

Let Abram's seed Thy mercy share,
Oh, may they now at length return,
And look on Him they pierced, and
mourn !

2 mf Remember Jacob's flock of old,

Bring home the wanderers to Thy fold; Remember too Thy promised word, "Israel at last shall seek the Lord."

WARRINGTON.

And write it in their inward parts;
The veil of darkness rend in two,

Which hides Messiah from their view.

4cres Oh, haste the day, foretold so long, When Jew and Greek, a glorious throng, One house shall seek, one prayer shall

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pour,

f And one Redeemer shall adore!

Amen.

Rev. R. HARRISON.