• Awake, and run the heavenly race,
And put a cheerful courage on.!
e 2 True, 'tis a strait and thorny road,
And mortal spirits tire and faint;
-But they forget the mighty God,

Who feeds the strength of every saint-`

g 3 The mighty God, whose matchless power
Is ever new, and ever young,

And firm endures, while endless years
Their everlasting circles run.

o 4 From thee, the overflowing spring,
Our souls shall drink a full supply;

e While such as trust their native strength, a Shall melt away, and droop, and die.

o 5 Swift as an eagle cuts the air,

We'll mount aloft to thine abode;
On wings of love our souls shall fly,
Nor tire amidst the heavenly road.

HYMN 49. C. M. Arundel, [*] Works of Moses, and of the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3. 1 [HOW strong thine arm is, mighty God! would not fear thy name?

Jesus, how sweet thy graces are!

Who would not love the Lamb?]

2 Christ has done more than Moses did,
Our Prophet, and our King:

From bonds of hell he freed our souls,
And taught our lips to sing.

3 In the Red Sea, by Moses' hand,
The Egyptian host was drowned:
But his own blood hides all our sins,
And guilt no more is found.

4 When through the desert Israel went, ́
With manna they were fed:
Our Lord invites us to his flesh,
And calls it living bread.

e 5 Moses beheld the promised land,

Yet never reached the place:

o But Christ shall bring his followers home," To see his Father's face.

86 Then shall our love and joy be full,
And feel a warmer flame;

And sweeter voices tune the song
Of Moses and the Lainb.

HYMN 50. C. M. Bethlehem. [*]
Song of Zacharias. Luke i. 68, &c. John i. 29, 32.
'N Who makes his truth appear;
TOW be the God of Israel blessed,

His mighty hand fulfills his word,
And all the oaths he sware.

2 Now he bedews old David's root,
With blessings from the skies:

o He makes the Branch of promise grow, The promised Horn arise.

3 [John was the prophet of the Lord,
To go before his face;

The herald, whom our Saviour God
Sent to prepare his ways.

4 He makes the great salvation known,
He speaks of pardoned sins;

While grace divine, and heavenly love
In its own glory shines.

5 "Behold the Lamb of God," he cries,

"Who takes our guilt away

"I saw the Spirit o'er his head,

"On his baptizing day."]

o 6 Be every vale exalted high;

Sink, every mountain, low:

e The proud must stoop, and humble souls Shall his salvation know.

o 7 The heathen realms, with Israel's land,
Shall join in sweet accord;

And all that's born of man shall see
The glory of the Lord.

o 8 Behold the morning Star arise,

Ye that in darkness sit:

-He marks the path that leads to peace,
And guides our doubtful feet.

HYMN 51. S. M. Dover. [*]

Preserving Grace. Jude 24, 25. 'T Our Saviour, and our King, God, the only wise,

Let all the saints below the skies
Their humble praises bring.

2 'Tis his almighty love,

His counsel and his care,
Preserves us safe from sin and death,
And every hurtful snare.

3 He will present our souls,
Unblemished and complete,** **
Before the glory of his face,

With joys divinely great.

o 4 Then all the chosen seed

Shall meet t around the throne;
Shall bless the conduct of his

grace,
And make his wonders known.

o 5 To our Redeemer God
Wisdom with power belongs,
Immortal crowns of majesty,
And everlasting songs.

1

HYMN 52. L. M.

Baptism. Matt. xxviii. 19.

'TWAS

Bath. [*]

Acts ii. 38.

WAS the commission of our Lord, ***
Go, teach the nations, and baptize :
The nations have received the word,
Since he ascended to the skies.

2 He sits upon th' eternal hills,
With grace and pardon in his hands;
And sends his covenant, with the seals,
To bless the distant Christian lands.

3" Repent, and be baptized," he saith,
“For the remission of your sins; '
And thus our sense assists our faith,
And shows us what his gospel means.
4 Our souls he washes in his blood,
As water makes the body clean;
And the good Spirit from our God
Descends, like purifying rain.

5 Thus we engage ourselves to thee,
And seal our covenant with the Lord;
O may the great Eternal Three
In heaven our solemn vows record'

HYMN 53. L. M. Green's. [*]){

The Holy Scriptures. Heb. i. 1. 2 Tim. iii. 15. 16. P's. cxlvii. 19, 20.

1 [

GOD, who in various methods told

His mind and will to saints-of old, -
Sent his own Son, with truth and grace,
To teach us in these latter days...

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o 2 Our nation reads the written word, That book of life, that sure record; The bright inheritance of heaven

Is by the sweet conveyance given.nl to eat {
e 3 God's kindest thoughts are here expressed,
Able to make us wise and blessed ab 10
The doctrines are divinely true,
Fit for reproof and confort too.

-4 Ye people all, who read his love
In long epistles from above,→
(He hath not sent his sacred word
o To every land) praise ye the Lord.]

HYMN 54. L. M.

1

Quercy,

Leeds. [*] Saints beloved in Christ. Eph. i. 3, &c.

JE

ESUS, we bless thy Father's name;
Thy God and ours is one, the same;
What heavenly blessings, from his throne,
Flow down to sinners through his Son!

2" Christ be my first Elect," he said t
Then chose our souls in Christ our Head;
Before he gave the mountains birth, W. T
Or laid foundations for the earth.

3 Thus did eternal love begin
To raise us up from death and sin;
Our characters were then decreed,-
Blameless in love, a holy seed.

4 Predestinated to be sons,

Born by degrees, but chose at once,
A new regenerated race,

To praise the glory of his g grace.

o 5 With Christ, our Lord, we share a part

In the affections of his heart;

Nor shall our souls be thence removed,

Till he forgets his First Beloved.

2

HYMN 55. C. M. Hymn 2. [*]

1 Sickness and Recovery. Isa. xxxviii. 9, &c. 12 THEN we are raised from deep distress,

W Our God deserves a song;

We take a pattern of our praise,
From Hezekiali's tongue.

2 The gates of the devouring grave
Are opened wide in vain ;
If he that holds the keys of death,
Commands them fast again.

3 Pains of the flesh are wont to abuse
Our minds with slavish fears;-
'Our days are past, and we shall lose
"The remnant of our years."

4 We chatter, with a swallow's voice,
Or like a dove we mourn;
With bitterness, instead of joys,
Afflicted and forlorn..

5 Jehovah speaks the healing word,
And no disease withstands;
Fevers and plagues obey the Lord,
And fly at his commands."

6 If half the strings of life should break,
He can our frame restore;

He casts our sins behind his back,
And they are found no more:]

HYMN 56. C. M. Bedford. [*] The Song of Moses and the Lamb. Rev. xv. 3, and xvi. 19, and xvii. 6.

1 WE sing the glories of thy love,

We sound thy dreadful name;

The Christian church unites the songs.
Of Moses and the Lamb.

2 Great God, how wondrous are thy works,
Of vengeance, and of grace!
Thou King of saints, Almighty Lord,
How just and true thy ways

3 Who dares refuse to fear thy name,
Or worship at thy throne!

Thy judgments speak thy holiness,
Through all the nations known