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HERE in thy presence we appear,

Lord Jesus Christ, thy word to hear; Our wandering thoughts and hearts incline (vine; With thirst to imbibe thy word diThat all our minds, drawn from this earth to thee, May love thee more, and serve thee faithfully.

2 God, Holy Spirit, now impart Thy unction to each longing heart; Us with thy heavenly light and fire To sing to pray, and preach inspire; Thus blest in spirit and in truth shall we

Give praise unto the Father, Son, and Thee.

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JESUS, thy word is my delight,
There grace and truth are seen;
Ah! could I study day and night,
And meditate therein.

2 The gospel, as a polish'd glass,
Thy glory lets us see;
And by beholding there thy face
We're render'd like to thee.

3 O Lamb of God, the book unseal,
And to our hearts explain;
Let all its life and spirit feel,
And heavenly wisdom gain.

4 That thou for us didst live and die,
Make known to us, dear Lord;
To us the promises apply,
Contained in thy word.
T. 22.

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O HOW I love thy holy word, Thy gracious covenant, O Lord; It guides me in the peaceful way; I'll think upon it all the day.

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2 What are the mines of shining The strength of youth, the bloom of health? (those What are all joys compared with Thine everlasting word bestows?

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PRECIOUS Bible! what a treasure
Does the word of God afford;
All I want for life and pleasure,
Food and medicine, shield and sword;
Let the world account me poor,
Having this I need no more.

2 Food to which the world's a stranger

Here my hungry soul enjoys;
Of excess there is no danger,
Though it fills, it never cloys;
On a dying Christ I feed,
He is meat and drink indeed.

3 When my faith is faint and sickly,
Or when Satan wounds my mind;
Cordials to revive me quickly,
Healing medicines here I find:
To the promises I flee,
Each affords a remedy.

4 In the hour of dark temptation
Satan cannot make me yield;
For this word of consolation
Is to me a mighty shield;
While the scripture truths are sure,
From his malice I'm secure.

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OUR whole salvation doth depend
On God's free grace and Spirit:
All our best works can ne'er defend
A boast in our own merit:
Derived is our righteousness
From Christ and his atoning grace;
He is our Mediator.

WHEN Adam fell, the frame entire
Of nature was infected;
The source, whence came the poison
Was not to be corrected, (dire,
The lust accurst, indulged at first,
Brought death as its production;
But God's free grace hath saved our
From misery and destruction. (race 2
2 By one man's guilt we were enslav.
To sin, death and the devil; (ed
But by another's grace are saved
Through faith from all this evil :
And as we all by Adam's fall

Were sentenced to perdition;
So for us hath Christ by his death
Regained life's fruition.

3 Since God bestow'd his only Son
On his rebellious creature,
To save our souls which were un.
And free our sinful nature (done,
From shame and guilt by his blood
His death and resurrection; (spilt,
Do not delay, make sure this day
Thy calling and election.

4 I send my cries unto the Lord,
My heart implores this favour,
To grant me of his living word

A never-failing savour;

That sin and shame may lose their
To hinder my salvation: (claim,
In Christ, the scope of all my hope,
I fear no condemnation.

5 His word's a lamp unto my feet,
My soul's best information;
My surest guide and path to meet
Eternal consolation;

This light, where'er it doth appear,

Revealeth Christ our Saviour Unto the lost, who firmly trust In him alone for ever.

The Law cried, Justice must be done,

And man doom'd to damnation;
But Mercy sent the eternal Son,
Who purchased our salvation,
Endured the cross, despised the
shame,

And answer'd every legal claim,
To spare the sons of Adam.

3 Christ having all the law fulfill'd,
Thro' his blest cross and passion,
Is now the rock whereon we build

Our faith and whole salvation: We call him Lord our righteousness Whose death hath purchased life and grace,

And ransom'd us for ever.

4 The law reveal'd sin's sinfulness,
Enhanced the accusation;

The gospel tenders saving grace,
To sinners consolation;
Bids all lay hold on Jesus' cross:

The law could ne'er retrieve our loss
Ev'n with our best performance.

5 True faith by Jesus in us wrought,
By works is manifested;
That faith is empty, which is not
By works of love attested;
Yet faith alone us justifies;
Love to our neighbour but implies
We are sincere believers.

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WHEN the due time had taken
God look'd upon the sons of men,
Saw them a sinful, cursed race,
Perverse, polluted, and unclean:
Then Jesus came to set us free,
And for our guilt to shed his blood:
His death procured our liberty,
And reconciled us unto God.

2 Our Lord now calleth constantly:
Come, sinners, come to me and live;
Surrender ye yourselves to me,
Repenting sinners I receive:
My life I freely gave for you;
Now all your wants I will supply,
Yea, pardon, rest, and life bestow;
O turn to me, why will ye die?

3 Sinners, attend to Jesus' voice;
He is the Lord our righteousness:
Mourn not, but in his name rejoice,
Accept of his redeeming grace:
He fills the hungry soul with good,
The thirsty heart may take its fill;
He guides us in the narrow road
That leads to Salem's blessed hill.

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IN thine image, Lord, thou mad'st
Gavest me being out of love; (me,
Though I fell yet thou hast sent me
Full redemption from above:
Sacred Love, I long to be
Thine to all eternity.

2 Love, by whom I was ordained
To salvation, rest, and peace,
Ev'n before I life obtained,
Or could know thy saving grace:
Love almighty and divine,
I would be for ever thine.

3 Love, who hast for me endured
Keenest pains of death and hell;
Love whose sufferings have procured
More for me than tongue can tell;
Sacred Love, &c.

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CHRIST, the good Shepherd, God's
From all eternity, (own Son,
Urged by his love, exchanged his
For human misery; (throne
His wand'ring sheep gone far astray
He sought with pungent pain,
And did for all a ransom pay
To bring them home again.
2 One of those sheep, in deserts lost,
Art thou, my sinful soul;
His life it hath the Shepherd cost

To save and make thee whole :
Now hear his voice with gratitude,
Call on his saving name;
For thee he shed his precious blood,
And now his own doth claim.

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Thou barest our curse; our debt was paid,

Thy soul for sin an offering made, Thou diedst, that we with thee might live.

3 Thus hast thou bought us with thy blood,

That price accepted was by God;

With him we are at peace; No wrath remains on any one, Who will but come unto the Son, Take and put on his righteousness,

4 Never may I depart from thee; Thou hast procured my liberty,

Thanks to thy boundless grace: Thy wounds, whereon I trust by faith,

My refuge are from sin and death,
My feeble soul's abiding-place.

24*. T. 221.

YE bottomless depths of God's infinite love,

In Jesus Christ to us reveal'd! Its motions how burning, how flaming they prove,

Though from man's wisdom quite conceal'd:

Whom dost thou love? Sinners, the

vilest race;

Whom dost thou bless? Children, who scorn'd thy grace;

O Being most gracious! whom an. gels adore,

Thou takest delight in things worthless and poor.

2 Our thirsting can never, O merci. ful God!

Equal thy love and boundless grace; On us thou more blessings and love hast bestow'd, (passes: Than strips deserved our tresO teach us to trust thy fidelity, And closely united with Christ to be, The Spirit's kind teachings in all things to prove,

Yea, live to thy honour, thee serve, praise, and love.

3 We pray thee, O being most gracious and mild !

Instruct our minds and teach us now, So that in Immanuel, thine image and child, (know. How great thy name is, we may

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HOW sad our state by nature is!
Our sin how deep it stains!
How Satan binds our captive sou's
Fast in his slavish chains!

(grace, 2 But there's a voice of sovereign Sounds from the sacred word: Ho! ye despairing sinners, come, Believe in Christ the Lord.

3 My soul, obey the gracious call, And haste to gain relief;

I would believe thy promise, Lord; O help mine unbelief.

4 To the dear fountain of thy blood, Incarnate God, I fly :

Here let me wash my spotted soul
From crimes of deepest dye.
5 A guilty, weak and helpless worm,
Into thy arms I fall:

Be thou my strength and righteous-
My Jesus and my All. (ness,

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NOT one of Adam's race,
If in the balance tried,
Can by his works of righteousness
'Fore God be justified:

The works which we have done
Are all, alas, unclean;
Bnt we are sayed by faith alone,
And cleansed thereby from sin.
2 Ye sinners, who with grief

Your condemnation feel,
Look up to Jesus for relief,
And to his blood appeal;
God gave his only Son,

That sinners who believe, Might not be lost, but be his own, And in his kingdom live. 27.

T. 14.

I, WITH the human fallen race,
Lay weltering in my blood;
O'erwhelm'd with shame and deep
disgrace

And banish'd far from God.

2 The loving Jesus passing by,
His bowels yearn'd to see
Me, wretched sinner, helpless lie
In deepest misery.

3 Inclined to me in tenderness,
My soul he would relieve
From all its misery and distress:
He said, Arise and live.

4 He wash'd away my every stain, And cleans'd me in his blood; Deck'd me with righteousness divine,

And brought me nigh to God.

5 My heart no condemnation fears,
Nor hell, nor Satan dreads:
Christ at the mercy seat appears,
His blood my pardon pleads.

6 Against the fiercest powers of hell
He is my strength and shield;
Beneath his cross I safely dwell;
He fights, I win the field.

7 Since he became my sacrifice,
My bonds and chains he broke;
Now to my willing neck he ties
His soft and easy yoke.

8 A pardon'd sinner I remain,
But sin its power hath lost:
Sin still I have, but grace doth reign;
Mercy is all my boast.

9 Arise, my ransom'd soul, rejoice In endless happiness;

Open to thee is paradise,
Go in and take thy place.

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LORD, I am vile, conceived in sin, And born unholy and unclean; (fall, Sprung from the man whose guilty Corrupts his race, and taints us all.

2 Soon as we draw our infant breath, The seeds of sin engender death; The law demands a perfect heart, But we're defiled in every part.

3 O God! create my heart anew,
And form my spirit pure and true;
O! make me wise betimes to see
My danger and my remedy.

4 Behold, I fall before thy face;
My only refuge is thy grace: (clean,
No outward forms can make me
The leprosy lies deep within.

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