LAMB of God, who thee receive,
Who in thee desire to live,
Cry by day and night to thee,
As thou art, so let us be.

2 Fix, O fix our wavering mind,
To thy cross us firmly bind;
Gladly now we would be clean;
Cleanse our hearts from every sin.

3 Dust and ashes though we be,
Full of guilt and misery;
Thine we are, thou Son of God,
Take the purchase of thy blood.
4 Sinners who in thee believe,
Everlasting life receive;
They with joy behold thy face,
Triumph in thy pardoning grace.
5 Life deriving from thy death,
They proceed from faith to faith,
Walk the new, the living way,
Leading to eternal day.

6 Blest are they who follow thee,
While this light of life they see;
Filled with thy sacred love,
They thy quick'ning power prove.
7 Praise on earth to thee be given,
Never-ceasing praise in heaven;
Boundless wisdom, power divine,
Love unspeakable are thine.

320.

T. 14.
HEAL us, Immanuel, here we are,
Waiting to feel thy touch;
Deep wounded souls to thee repair,
And, Saviour, we are such.

2 Our faith is feeble, we confess,
We faintly trust thy word;
But wilt thou pity us the less?
Be that far from thee, Lord.
3 Remember him who once applied
With trembling for relief;
Lord I believe, with tears he cried,
O help mine unbelief.

4 She too, who touch'd thee in the And healing virtue stole, (press, Was answer'd, Daughter, go in peace,

Thy faith hath made thee whole.

5 Conceal'd amidst the gathering throng, (eyes, She would have shunn'd thine And if her faith was firm and strong, Strong were her doubts likewise.

6 Like her, with hopes and fears we come,

To touch thee if we may;
Oh! send us not despairing home,
Send none unheal'd away.

O JESUS, 'fore whose radiation
The seraphim must cover'd stand,
When, in their awful ministration,
They wait for thy supreme com-
mand:
(sighted,
How can this body's eye, dim-
Which by sin's gloomy misery
And earthly shadows is benighted,
Endure thy glorious light to see.

2 Yet let by faith my penetration
Reach ev'n within the sanctuary;
Thy mercy be my consolation,
May this uphold and strengthen me:
Reach unto me thy sceptre gracious
Who low, like Esther, 'fore thee
bow;

Say, I will be to thee propitious, And loving kindness to thee show.

3 O Jesus, show thy great compassion

Unto the soul that pants for thee;

Hear thou my humble supplication,
My God, be merciful to me !
I know thou art with pity filled
To sinners who thy mercy crave;
My pardon by thy blood is sealed,
I know 'twas shed my soul to save.
4 I recommend myself for ever
To thee, with filial confidence;
I pray, O Lord, regard in favour
My tears and humble penitence;
I thro' thy death am justified,
No condemnation is in me;
1 shall remain to thee allied,
Since I am reconciled to thee.

5 O let thy Spirit still attend me, Nor from my soul withdraw his light;

Protect and graciously defend me,
And order all my steps aright:
That I may without variation,
By humbly walking in thy ways,
Suit to thy will my conversation,
While here I run my mortal race.

6 Jesus, above all else I'll love thee; My heart, tho' worthless, be thine

own:

Could infinite compassion move thee
To leave for me thy heavenly throne?
Then let my heart be dedicated
To thee: fix there thy residence,
Till I shall be to heaven translated,
In joy to see thy countenance.

7 Lord, while my faith to thee ascendeth,

O may thy grace descend to me:
Thou art my joy which never endeth,
O fill my heart with love to thee!
I will adore and love thee longer,
Than while my heart its throbs re-
peats;

The flame of love shall break forth stronger,

When here my pulse no longer beats.

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T. 97.

JESUS, our glorious head and chief,
Dear object of our hearts' belief,
O let us in thy nail-prints see
Our pardon and election free;
And, while we view by faith thy
pierced side,

Call thee our Lord and God, who for us died.

2 The doctrine of Christ's blood and death,

Imparting life to us through faith,
A mystery is, which is reveal'd

To babes, but from the wise conceal'd:

Thereby the Saviour's flock on earth is known;

Of this the ransom'd sing before God's throne.

3 While human nature doth exist, While Jesus reigns as Lord and Christ,

So long of the whole gospel this
From first to last the substance is:
All to whom God his counsel doth
reveal,
(seal.
To this as truth divine can set their
4 Should any virtuous seem to be,
And blameless from his infancy,
And scarcely ever have been tried
By avarice, by lust, or pride,
And therefore think, I am a child of
God;

He's deaf and blind, and quite mistakes the road.

5 All those who through a beam of light

Can see and own they are not right, But enter on a legal strife,

To mend their former course of life, And toil and labour hard from day to day;

Such also miss to happiness the way. 6 But sinners, who with pungent

smart

Bewail the vileness of their heart,
Mourning because of unbelief,
Of sinners deem themselves the
chief,

Despairing of their self-made righ

teousness,

May place their trust on Jesus' saving grace.

7 To such he saith, Arise and live, I freely all thy sins forgive, I have redeem'd thee, thou art mine, Thyself in faith to me resign; Obey my voice, and walk in all my ways,

I'll grant to thee in heavenly realms a place.

8 His holy Spirit we receive, And in our Saviour's word believe; We trust in his atoning death, As the foundation of our faith, And in his robe of righteousness array'd (forted. Are, 'midst his chosen, richly com. 9 The humble sinner's shame we feel,

And power divine to do God's will; These are combined in every heart, That in Christ's merits hath a part; No more, for want of strength, good motions die, (Lory. Since Jesus gives us constant vic10 We rest in Christ, and yet desire, Because his love our hearts doth fire,

To serve his cause with all our might, And deem our Saviour's burden

light;

My beauty is, my glorious dress:
Thus well array'd I need not fear,
When in his presence I appear.

2 The holy, spotless, Lamb of God,
Who freely gave his life and blood,
For all my numerous sins to atone,
I for my Lord and Saviour own.

3 In him I trust for evermore,
He hath expung'd the dreadful score
Of all my guilt; this done away,
I need not fear the judgment-day.

4 Therefore my Saviour's blood and death

Are here the substance of my faith; And shall remain when called hence, My only hope and confidence.

5 For should I e'er so faithful prove, Serve my kind lord with zeal and love,

And spend my life for him I serve, Nor e'er from his commandments swerve;

6 Yet when my Saviour I shall see, Then shall I have this only plea; Here is a sinner, who would fain Thro' the Lamb's ransoin entrance gain.

GRACE, grace, O that's a welcome A joyful sound to all, (sound, Who clearly see and deeply feel

The misery of the fall:
Who rightly know the wretched state
Of sinners void of grace,
Ere Christ elects them to enjoy
In heavenly realms a place.
2 Grace, how exceeding great to
Who, ready to despair, (those,
Ashamed confess, and truly know,
How vile and weak they are!
Yet grace, free grace most sweetly
Directly come who will, 'calls,
Just as you are, for Christ receives
Poor helpless sinners still.

3 All we, who now are his, were
Deeply convinced of sin; (first
Each felt the plague of his own heart,
The leprosy within;
Then life and righteousness divine
Thro' faith to us were given;
Thus we a happy people are,

With Christ joint heirs of heaven. -
4 Now, dearest Lord, we inly pray,
That in thy service we
May active, true, and faithful prove,
Deriving strength from thee:
O may we still in thee abide,

For babes we are, most weak, Poor sinners still, who without thee Can nought think, act, or speak. 5 We thirst, O Lord! give us this day, To taste more of thy grace,

More of that stream which from the rock

Flow'd through the wilderness:

O WHAT a depth of love and boundless grace [plays, The gospel-light to sinful man dis When Christ himself to us doth manifest,

And we in him find comfort, peace, and rest.

2 When on the soul this blessed truth's impressed,

That thro' Christ's death we may find grace and rest:

Oh! how doth this refresh the fainting heart,

And bid all anxious doubts and fears depart.

3 For such poor sinners, who of nought can boast, [lost, Who think themselves irreparably Who groan beneath sin's heavy galling load,

The Lamb of God hath shed his precious blood.

4 Virtue goes forth from him, he gives us grace With confidence his Father to ad[clare, And then we boldly may to all deThat we thro' faith in Christ, God's children are.

dress,

WHEN a sinner in affliction
Mourneth on account of sin,
Feels the Spirit's deep conviction,
But no power of faith within :-
2 While a flood of tears is gushing,
Where shall I find Jesus, where?
While the troubled soul is wishing,
O that he my Saviour were ;-
3 In a moment stands before us
Jesus with his pierced side:
Now we find, that he's desirous

Us from wrath to screen and hide. 4 Thus the soul at once obtaineth Pardon from the sinners' friend; To true happiness attaineth,

And to life which hath no end.

331.* T. 14.

WHAT joy or honour could we have,
Polluted as we are,

If not the holy Lamb of God
Our joy and honour were.

2 Of nothing we have ever done
To boast could we desire,
When he to judge us shall appear,
Whose eyes are flames of fire.

3 None is so holy, pure, and just,
So perfected in love,
That his best plea or self-defence,
Of any weight could p.ove.

4 Nor is there any other way
Into the holy place,

But Christ who took away our sins, His blood and righteousness.

5 We know the righteousness com. Which he procured for all; [plete, We know the kind reception given To the poor prodigal.

HAPPY the souls who contrite are,
Them Jesus doth invite,
And gives to everlasting bliss
A never failing right.

2 Tho' comforted they still distrust
Their own untoward heart,
And wonder, that the Lord to them
Such mercy could impart.

3 To world and sin they bid adieu,
His pardon daily prove.
Desiring larger draughts to drink
Of Jesus' dying love.

4 When thus the blessings of his
And merits we enjoy, [blood
Yea, from the fullness of his grace
Take daily fresh supply ;-

5 Then we with pity look on those Who still in darkness are, Inviting them to turn to Christ, And in his mercy share.