7 And have you ever cried to God? Then try, poor soul, and cry again; A precious Declaration for the poor distressed doubting Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will save my people. Zechariah viii. 7. 1 WHAT! has the Lord Jehovah said, That all his people shall be sav'd? 2 Lord, make me know that I am thine, As one thou covenanted for, And paid for on the tree. 3 O let me feel that inward grace, To slay the man of sin; For thou hast conquer'd death and hell, 4 Subdue my unbelieving fears; For, Lord, I would believe; But oh! my treach'rous wicked heart, 5 Save me from evils round about, O save me from self righteousness, 6 Lord, save me from distracting cares, And make thy promise my support, 7 Thy promises did never fail, Thou never break'st thy word; Then my salvation is secure; 'Tis so, thus saith the Lord. 8 Thy promises are verity, I'll trust Jehovah's word; I must be sav'd, I shall be sav'd, Sweet are those Anticipations that are grounded upon the 1 THEY shall be mine, thus saith the Lord, All else I'll cast away. 2 Who will appear as jewels then? All those Christ ransom'd with his blood, 3 All those the Father ever lov'd, And gave them to his Son, Whose names were written in his book, 4 Those will be own'd as jewels then, And if you mourn the plague of sin, 5 Cloath'd in the righteousness of Christ, 1 And not one ransom'd sinner's lost, That Christ paid for so dear. 6 Though hell, and sin, and death, oppose He holds the jewels in his hands, 7 The bruised reeds and smoking flax, Both weak and strong are one in Christ, 8 May we be own'd as jewels then, Though here despis'd and poor ; Lord, grant us tokens of thy love, How many of the dear People of God can say, When I 1 LORD Jesus, come and bless us now; We want to pray, but know not how ; We are so dead, so dark within, O what a cursed thing is sin. 2 Lord, draw our wand'ring souls to thee, When we have waited at thy door; We want to pray, but know not how. O come, dear Lord, and meet us now, We want to pray, but know not how. 8 We want to feel a Christ reveal'd, And see our pardon sign'd and seal'd; I rejoiced when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the Lord:-and those who love the Lord, will love his House, and love his people, and rejoice to meet with them. Psalm cxxii. 1. 1 How charming is the place, Who bore their curse and sin; 'Till God the Spirit sets them right, And mourn because of sin, God gave such light, to make them see 5 And as their faith increase, Ho, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters; and you that have no money, (no merit), come you, and buy wine and milk, without money, or your price. Isaiah lo. 1. 1 THAT soul that's thirsting for the stream, Where living waters sweetly flow, 2 There's nothing but this stream will do, Yes, know that they must drink or die; 3 Where God creates a thirst within, God never calls a man to come, But those whose debts are paid. 4 God never calls a man to walk, The blessings of eternal life Are only for the sheep. 5 He makes the dead in sin to live, No sinner ever went to God, "Till God the Spirit come. 6 God never bids the blind to look, None but God's chosen ever look'd |