Amidst a thousand thoughts I rove,
Forgetful of my highest love.

e 2 Why should my passions mix with earth,
And thus debase my heavenly birth?
Why should I cleave to things below,
And let my God, my Saviour, go?
d3 Call me away from flesh and sense;
One sovereign word can draw me thence;
-I would obey the voice divine,

And all inferior joys resign.

"

e 4 Be earth with all her scenes withdrawn; Let noise and vanity be gone:

a In secret silence of the mind,

My heaven-and there my God, I find.

HYMN 123. L. M. Green's. [*]]
The Benefit of Public Ordinances.
WAY from every mortal care,

[A

Away
from earth, our souls retreat;
We leave this worthless world afar,
And wait, and worship, near thy seat.
2 Lord, in the temple of thy grace
We see thy feet, and we adore;
We gaze upon thy lovely face,
And learn the wonders of thy power.

p 3 While here our various wants we mourn,
United groans ascend on high;"

-And prayers produce a quick return
Of blessings in variety.

e 4 (If Satan rage, and sin grow strong,
--Here we receive some cheering word;
o We gird the gospel armour on,

To fight the battles of the Lord."

e 5 Or if our spirit faints and dies,

-(Our conscience galled with inward stings,)
o Here does the righteous Sun arise,
With healing beams beneath his wings.)

e 6 Father, my soul would still abide
Within thy temple, near thy side:
if my feet must hence depart,
Still keep thy dwelling in my heart.]

But

And sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heaven.

2 'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt, v
Nor smoke of sweetest smell, * demi kell 06
Can buy the pardon of our guilt,pdate
Or save our souls from hell.

e 3 Aaron the priest resigns his breath,

At God's immediate will; tot de sige avto And in the desert yields to death,

Upon th' appointed hills

4 And thus on Jordan's yonder side,
The tribes of Israel stand;

While Moses bowed his head and died,
Short of the promised land.

o 5 Israel rejoice, now Joshua* leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest:

So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.

HYMN 125. L. M. Pleyel's. [b] Faith and Repentance, Unbelief and Impenitence. 1 LIFE and immortal joys are given

د

To souls that mourn the sins they've done;
Children of wrath, made heirs of heaven,
By faith in God's eternal Son.

e 2 Woe to the wretch who never felt
The inward pangs of pious grief,
But adds to all his crying guilt
The stubborn sin of unbelief.

3 The law condemns the rebel dead; Under the wrath of God he lies: a He seals the curse on his own head, And with a double vengeance dies.]

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HYMN 126. C. M. Wareham, [*]
God glorified in the Gospel.

THE

HE Lord, descending from above,
Invites his children near;

While power, and truth, and boundless love,
Display their glories here.

2 Here, in the gospel's wondrous frame,

Fresh wisdom we pursue;

d A thousand angels learn thy name,

Beyond whate'er they knew.

管

* Joshua same with Jesus, and signifies a Saviour.

3 Thy name is writ in fairest lines;

Thy wonders here we trace ;: -Wisdom through all the mystery shines, And shines in Jesus' face.

4 The law its best obedience owes

To our incarnate God;

And thy revenging justice shows
Its honours in his blood.

1

o 5 But still the lustre of thy grace
Our warmer thoughts employs;
Gilds the whole scene with brighter rays,
And more exalts our joys.

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HYMN 127. L. M.

THU

Portugal. [*]

Circumcision and Baptism.

HUS did the sons of Abra'am pass
Under the bloody seal of grace;
The young disciples bore the yoke,
Till Christ the painful bondage broke.
2 By milder ways does Jesus prove
His Father's covenant and his love;
He seals to saints his glorious grace,
Nor does forbid their infant race.

3 Their seed is sprinkled with his blood,
Their children set apart for God;
His Spirit on their offspring shed,
Like water poured upon the head.
0 4 Let every saint, with cheerful voice,
In this large covenant rejoice;
Young children, in their early days,
Shall give the God of Abra'am praise.

HYMN 128. C. M. China. Plymouth. [b]

Corrupt Nature from Adam.

Badam vur father stood,

OLEST with the joys of innocence,

Till he debased his soul to sense,
And ate th' unlawful food..

2 Now we are born a sensual race,
To sinful joys inclined;

Reason has lost its native place,

And flesh enslaves the mind.

3 While flesh and sense and passion reigns, Sin is the sweetest good;

We fancy music in our chains,

And so forget the load.

4 Great God, renew our ruined frame,
Our broken powers restore;
Inspire us with a heavenly flame,dr
And flesh shall reign no more. ey
5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law
Upon our inward parts;

And let the second Adam draw
His image on our hearts.

HYMN 129. L. M. Bath. Islington. [*] We walk by Faith, not by Sight.

1

"We walk through deserts dark as night;
IS by the faith of joys to come,

Till we arrive at heaven, our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
2 The want of sight she well supplies;
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3 Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith supplies a heavenly ray;
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.
4 So Abra'am, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

HYMN 130. C. M. Sunday. [*]

The New Creation.

1 ATTEND, while God's exalted Son

Doth his own glory shew:

d "Behold, I sit upon my throne,
"Creating all things new.

2 "Nature and sin are passed away,
"And the old Adam dies;
"My hands a new foundation lay-
"See the new world arise !

3 "I'll be a Sun of righteousness
"To the new heavens I make;
"None but the new-born heirs of grace
"My glories shall partake."

e 4 Mighty Redeemer, set me free
From my old state of sin;

Oh, make my soul alive to thee;

Create new powers within.

5 Renew mine eyes, and form mine ears,
And mould my heart afresh;

Give me new passions, joys, and fears,
And turn the stone to flesh.

-6 Far from the regions of the dead,
From sin, and earth, and hell,-

In the new world that grace has made,
I would forever dwell.

HYMN 131. L. M. Castle Street. Leeds. [*]
The Excellency of the Christian Religion.

0 1

1LET everlasting glories crown

Thy head, my Saviour, and my Lord;
Thy hands have brought salvation down,
And writ the blessings in thy word.
2 [What if we trace the globe around,
And search from Britain to Japan;
There shall be no religion found,
So just to God, so safe for man.]

-3 In vain the trembling conscience seeks
Some solid ground to rest upon;
With long despair the spirit breaks,
Till we apply to Christ alone.

e 4 How well thy blessed truths agree!
How wise and holy thy commands !
-Thy promises-how firm they be!

How firm our hope and comfort stands!
o 5 Not the feigned fields of heathenish bliss
Could raise such pleasures in the mind;
Nor does the Turkish paradise
Pretend to joys so well refined.

-6 Should all the forms that men devise
Assault my faith with treacherous art,
I'd call them vanity and lies,

And bind the gospel to my heart.

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HYMN 132. C. M.

Colchester. [*]

The Offices of Christ.

WE E bless the prophet of the Lord,

Who comes with truth and grace;

Jesus, thy Spirit and thy word

Shall lead us in thy ways.

2 We reverence our High Priest above,

Who offered up his blood,