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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