By the serpent stung within ?
To the cross look up and live,
Life and health one look can give
2 Jesus, on that cross suspended,
Died to expiate thy guilt—
Satisfied God's law offended,
Saved thee by the blood he spilt;
To the cross look up and live,
Life and health one look can give.
3 God will, for his sake, forgive thee,
Boldly through his name apply,
Perfect soundness he will give thee,
If on him be fixed thine eye;

To the cross look up and live,
Life and health one look can give.

XXXI.

"They cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses."-Ps. cvii. 28.

ON THE CESSATION OF VIOLENT PAIN.

10 THOU from whom all healing flows!
Source of each virtue plants contain !
Blest be thy mercy which bestows
Kind mitigation of my pain!

2 My groans and cries no longer pierce Hearts that have ached, have bled for me; Disease no more with onset fierce,

Racks whole frame with agony.

my

3 I thank thee for the respite given,

The dawn of hope which re-appears; Friends who against despair have striven, Now smile and wipe away their tears. 4 But O, my God, I feel, I feel,

Taught by the rod, that deep within, A sickness thou alone canst heal Lies rooted, the disease of sin. 5 While I seemed hastening to the tomb, Light from above appeared to dart, Revealing, through the awful gloom, The plague, the evil of my heart.

6 Thou! who, in part, hast made me whole,
Thy mercy's work is incomplete,
If, 'mid the body's cure, the soul
Languish in danger still more great.

7 I feel its danger-where, oh! where
Can healing for the soul be found?
Henceforth, be this my only care,
And let thy mercy's work be crowned!

*XXXII.

"For she is a sinner."-Luke vii. 39.

1 I AM a sinner!-yet from such
Thou wilt not turn away;

I owe I cannot tell how much,
And I have nought to pay;

But, Saviour, though th' accuser taunt,
Thou wilt a free acquittal grant.

2 I am a sinner!-Lord, with tears,
My guiltiness I own;

Great, e'en to me, my guilt appears;
All, all to thee is known;

But those will love thee most indeed,
Who from the heaviest debt are freed.

3 I am a sinner!-no excuse,

No justifying plea,

No argument can I adduce,
Why pardoned I should be ;
I can but owe the largest debt
Free grace has ever cancelled yet.

4 I am a sinner !—yet I know

Towards such thou wilt descend;
For thou, when sojourning below,
Wert called "the Sinner's Friend;"
Lord, let me prize the humblest name
By which thy friendship I may claim.

5 I am a sinner!-once my pride
From such a name recoiled;
But on the bed of sickness tried,
Of every boast despoiled,
I feel that all without, within,
Is ruined and defiled by sin.

6 I am a sinner! while I live

This must be still my name ;
Forgiveness hourly thou must give,
And I must hourly claim;

But death will come to set me free-
The sinner then a saint will be.

XXXIII.

"He is able also to save them to the uttermost, that come unto God by him."-Heb. vii. 25.

1 COME, ye sinners, poor and wretched,
Now is the accepted hour;
Jesus ready stands to save you,
Full of pity, love, and power!
He is able,

He is willing-doubt no more.

2 Ho! ye needy, come and welcome!
God's free bounty glorify;

True belief, and true repentance,
Every grace that brings us nigh,
Without money,

Come to Jesus Christ and buy.

3 Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;

All the fitness he requireth,
Is that you have need of him:
This he shews you,

By his Spirit's rising beam.

4 Come, ye weary, heavy laden,
Lost and ruined by the fall;
If you tarry till you're better,
You will never come at all:
Not the righteous—
Sinners, Jesus came to call.

5 Agonizing in the garden,

Lo, your Saviour prostrate lies!
On the bloody tree behold him,
Hear him cry, before he dies,
"IT IS FINISHED!"

Sinners, will not this suffice.

6 Lo! th' incarnate God ascended! Pleads the merit of his blood: Venture on him, venture wholly, Let no other trust intrude: None but Jesus

Can do helpless sinners good.

7 Saints and angels joined in concert, Sing the praises of the Lamb;

While the blissful seats of heaven,
Sweetly echo with his name,
Hallelujah!

Sinners here may sing the same.