Oh, make my soul alive to thee;
Create new powers within.

5 Renew mine eyes, and form mine ears,
And mould my heart afresh ;

Give me new passions, joys, and fears,
And turn the stone to flesh.

-6 Far from the regions of the dead,
From sin, and earth, and hell,-

In the new world that grace has made,
I would for ever dwell.

HYMN 131. L. M. Castle-Street. Leeds. [*]
The Excellency of the Christian Religion.
ET everlasting glories crown,

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Thy head, my Saviour, and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.

2 [What if we trace the globe around,
And search from Britain to Japan;
There shall be no religion found,
So just to God, so safe for man.]
-3 In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon;
With long despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.

e 4 How we'l thy blessed truths agree!
How wise and holy thy commands!
-Thy promises-how firm they be!

How firm our hope and comfort stands!
• 5 Not the feign'd fields of heath'nish bliss
Could raise such pleasures in the mind;
Nor does the Turkish paradise
Pretend to joys so well refin'd.

-6 Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treach'rous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,

And bind the gospel to my heart.

HYMN 132. C. M. Colchester. [*]
The Offices of Christ.

I W

E bless the prophet of the Lord,
Who comes with truth and grace;

Jesus, thy Spirit and thy word

Shall lead us in thy ways.

2 We rev'rence our High Priest above

Who offer'd up his blood

And lives to carry on his love,
By pleading with our God.
3 We honour our exalted King;
How sweet are his commands!
He guards our souls from hell and sin,
By his almighty hands.

4 Hosanna to his glorious name,
Who saves by diff'rent ways;
His mercy lays a sov'reign claim
To our immortal praise.

HYMN 133. L. M. Brentford. [*] The Operations of the Holy Spirit." 01 ETERNAL Spirit, we confess

And sing the wonders of thy grace; Thy power conveys our blessings down, From God, the Father, and the Son. 2 Enlighten'd by thy heavenly ray, Our shades and darkness turn to day; Thine inward teachings make us know Our danger, and our refuge too.

o 3 Thy power and glory work within, And break the chains of reigning sin; Do our imperious lusts subdue,

And form our wretched hearts anew. -4 The troubled conscience knows thy voice; o Thy cheering words awake our joys; o Thy words ailay the stormy wind, -And calm the surges of the mind.

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HYMN 134. C. M. York. [*] Circumcision abolished. HE promise was divinely free,Extensive was the grace; 'I will the God of Abra'am be, 'And of his num'rous race.' 2 He said, and with a bloody seal Confirm'd the words he spoke ; Long did the sons of Abra'am feel The sharp and painful yoke : 3 Till God's own Son, descending low, Gave his own flesh to bleed; And Gentiles taste the blessings now, From the hard bondage freed.

4 The God of Abra'am claims our praise; His promises endure ;

And Christ the Lord, in gentler ways,
Makes the salvation sure.]

HYMN 135. L. M. Oporto. [*]
Types and Prophecies of Christ.

d1 BEHOLD, the woman's promis'd Seed!

Behold the great Messiah come!

Behold the prophets all agreed,

To give him the superiour room!
-2 Abra'ain, the saint, rejoic'd of old,
When visions of the Lord he saw ;
Moses, the man of God, foretold
This great Fulfiller of his law.

3 The types bore witness to his name,
Obtain'd their chief design, and ceas'd;
The incense, and the bleeding lamb,
The ark, the altar, and the priest.
4 Predictions in abundance meet,
To join their blessings on his head :
o Jesus, we worship at thy feet,
And nations own the Promis'd Seed.

HYMN 136. L. M. Nantwich. [*]
Miracles at the Birth of Christ.

HE King of glory sends his Son,

1[TH

To make his entrance on this earth; Behold the midnight bright as noon, And heavenly hosts declare his birth! 2 About the young Redeemer's head, What wonders, and what glories meet! An unknown star arose, and led The eastern sages to his feet. 3 Simeon and Anna both conspire The infant Saviour to proclaim; Inward they felt the sacred fire,

And bless'd the babe, and own'd his name. 4 Let Jews and Greeks blaspheme aloud, And treat the holy child with scorn;

Our souls adore th' eternal God,

Who condescended to be born.]

HYMN 137. L. M. Gloucester. [*] Miracles in the Life, Death, and Resurrection of Christ.

1 BEHOLD, the blind their sight receive!

Behold, the dead awake, and live!

The dumb speak wonders! and the lame
Leap like the hart, and bless his name!

-2 Thus does th' eternal Spirit own, And seal the mission of the Son; The Father vindicates his cause, While he hangs bleeding on the cross. e 3 He dies!-the heavens in mourning stood! • He rises-and appears a God! o Behold the Lord ascending high, No more to bleed, no more to die. -4 Hence and for ever from my heart I bid my doubts and fears depart; And to those hands my soul resign, Which bear credentials so divine. HYMN 138. L. M. Blendon.

1

Leeds. [*]
The Power of the Gospel.
HIS is the word of truth and love,
Sent to the nations from above;

THIS

o Jehovah here resolves to shew What his almighty grace can do. -2 This remedy did wisdom find, To heal diseases of the mind

o This sovereign balm, whose virtues can Restore the ruin'd creature, man.

-3 The gospel bids the dead revive;
Sinners obey the voice, and live;

Dry bones are rais'd, and cloth'd afresh,
And hearts of stone are turn'd to flesh.
4 (Where Satan reign'd in shades of night,
The gospel strikes a heavenly light:
Our lusts its wondrous power controls,
And calms the rage of angry souls.

5 Lions and beasts of savage name
Put on the nature of the lamb;

e While the wide world esteems it strange,
a Gaze, and admire, and hate the change.)
-6 May but this grace my soul renew,
Let sinners gaze and hate me too;
o The word that saves me does engage
A sure defence from all their rage.

HYMN 139. L. M. Sicilian. Pleyel's. [*] ̧
The Example of Christ.

1

MY

dear Redeemer, and my Lord,
I read my duty in thy word;
But in thy life the law appears,
Drawn out in living characters

2 Such was thy truth, and such thy zeal, Such def'rence to thy Father's willSuch love, and meekness so divine

I would transcribe and make them mine. p 3 Cold mountains, and the midnight air, Witness'd the fervour of thy prayer; The desert thy temptations knew, Thy conflict, and thy vict'ry too. -4 Be thou my pattern; make me bear More of thy gracious image here! Then God, the Judge, shall own my name, Amongst the foll'wers of the Lamb.

HYMN 140. C. M. Mear. [*]
The Examples of Christ and the Saints,

GIVE me the wings of faith, to rise

Within the vail, and see

The saints above, how great their joys,
How bright their glories be!

p 2 Once they were mourning here below,
And wet their couch with tears:
They wrestled hard, as we do now,
With sins, and doubts, and fears.
-3 I ask them, whence their vict❜ry came;
They, with united breath,

o Ascribe their conquest to the LambTheir triumph to his death.

--4 They mark'd' the footsteps he had trod; (His zeal inspir'd their breast ;)

And, foll'wing their incarnate God,
Possess'd the promis'd rest.

5 Our glorious Leader claims our praise,
For his own pattern given;
While the long cloud of witnesses
Shew the same path to heaven.

HYMN 141. C. M. St. Martin's. [*]
Preaching, Baptism, and the Lord's Supper.
1MY
Y Saviour God, my Sovereign Prince,
Reigns far above the skies;

1

But brings his graces down to sense,
And helps my faith to rise.

2 My eyes and ears shall bless his name;
They read and hear his word;