4 Sin throws in vain its pointed dart,
For here a sovereign cure is found,-
A cordial for the fainting heart,
A balm for every painful wound.
HYMN 176. P. M. [#].
Friend kinder than a Brother.
1 ONE there is, above all others,
Well deserves the name of Friend;
His is love beyond a brother's,
Costly, free, and knows no end :
They who once his kindness prove,
Find it everlasting love.
2 Which, of all our friends, to save us,
Could, or would have shed his blood?
But our Jesus died to have us
Reconciled in him to God:
This is boundless love indeed!
Jesus is a Friend in need.
3 When he lived on earth ill-treated,
Friend of sinners was his name;
Now, above all glory seated,
He rejoices in the same :
Still he calls them brethren, friends,
And to all their wants attends.
4 O, for grace, our hearts to soften!
Teach us, Lord, like him to love :
We, alas, forget too often
What a Friend we have above :
But, when home our souls are brought,
We will love thee as we ought.
HYMN 177. C. M. [#]
Christ a chosen Servant.
1 THUS saith the Lord who built the heavens, And bade the planets roll,
Who peopled all the climes of earth,
And formed the human soul,—
2 Behold my Servant; see him rise,
Exalted in my might;
Him have I chosen, and in him
I place supreme delight.
3 On him, in rich effusion poured,
My spirit shall descend;
My truth and judgment he shall show
To earth's remotest end.
4 The progress of his zeal and power
Shall never know decline,
Till foreign lands and distant isles
Receive the law divine.
HYMN 178. L. M. [#]
First Elect of God.
1 JESUS, the Lord, transporting name!
By him the great salvation came :
Ten thousand blessings from the throne
Hath God imparted through his Son.
2 God chose him, ere the world began,
To save from sin rebellious man;
To wield the sceptre from above,
And conquer nations by his love.
3 Jehovah did his Son ordain
His first Elect, by grace to reign;
To pour salvation's light abroad,
And reconcile a world to God.
4 In thine Elect, O God, we see
Our life and immortality;
And, saved by him, a new-born race,
We shout the riches of thy grace.
HYMN 179. S. M. [#]
Mediator of a better Covenant.
1 THY Covenant, O Lord,
In all things ordered sure,
And founded on a steadfast hope,
Forever shall endure.
2 The word is given, "I will;"
And who shall let thy hand?
The purpose of eternal grace
By power divine must stand.
3 Israel shall know the Lord;
The Gentiles trust in thee;
All nations, kindreds, people, tongues,
The great salvation see.
4 Thy grace, thy mercy, truth,
Demand the grateful song;
Let earth begin the blissful theme,
And heaven the strain prolong.
1 GOD, from whom all things proceed,
Hear thy wounded servants plead;
Let our souls thy comforts find;
Calm the tempest of the mind.
2 May the King of Salem now
Cause each stubborn heart to bow;
All our inward foes destroy,
Bringing peace, and hope, and joy.
3 Lord, no tithes to thee we give ;
Life, and strength, and all we have,
Here we offer at thy throne:
O receive us as thine own
4 Thine we are for time to come,
Fit us for our heavenly home,
Clothe us with a richer dress,—
Fairest robe of righteousness.
HYMN 181. L. M. [#]
Christ the Pattern.
1 WHEN Jesus dwelt in mortal clay,
What were his works, from day to day,
But miracles of power and grace,
Which spread salvation through our race?
2 Teach us, O Lord, to keep in view
Thy pattern, and thy steps pursue;
While alms bestowed, and kindness done,
Are witnessed by each rolling sun.
HYMN 182. 7s. M. [#]
Characters of Christ.
1 MEDIATOR, Son of God,
Spread thy boundless love abroad:
Counsellor, the Prince of peace,
Fill the world with truth and grace.
2 Sun of Righteousness, arise;
Send thy light around the skies :
Life of all the quick and dead,
Feed our souls with living bread.
3 Leader of the halt and blind,
Raise to life the sinking mind:
Binder of the broken heart,
Grace to every soul impart.
4 Opener of the sealed book,
Cause the world therein to look:
Taker of the veil away,
Lead us to eternal day.
HYMN 183. L. M. [#]
Characters of Christ.
1 A KING shall reign in righteousness,
And all the kindred nations bless ;
He's King of Salem, King of peace,
Nor shall his spreading kingdom cease.
2 In him the naked soul shall find
A hiding-place from chilling wind;
Or, when the raging tempests beat,
A covert warm, a safe retreat.
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