-3 Yet thou alone hast power, I know, To save a wretch like me;

e To whom, or whither could I go, If I should turn from thee?

4 Beyond a doubt, I rest assured, Thou art the CHRIST of God; 60 • Who hast eternal life secured,

By promise and by blood.

-5 No voice but thine can give me rest, And bid my fears depart;

o No love but thine can make me blest, And satisfy my heart.

e 6 What anguish has this question stirred,

a “If I will also go?"

-Yet, Lord, relying on thy word,

d

I humbly answer-No!

HYMN 59. L. M. Carthage. [b]

Not ashamed of Jesus, Mark viii. 38.
1 Jus, tal man ashamed of thee!
ESUS, and shall it ever be,
Scorned be the thought, by rich and poor,
O may I scorn it inore and more.

2 Ashamed of Jesus!-sooner far
Let evening blush to own a star;
He sheds the beams of light divine,
O'er this benighted soul of mine.

3 Ashamed of Jesus!—that dear Friend,
On whom my hopes of heaven depend!
No! when I blush, be this my shame,
That I no more revere his name.

p 4 Ashamed of Jesus!—yes, I may—
When I've no sins to wash away;
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
No fear to quell, no soul to save.

-5 Till then, (nor is my boasting vain,) oy
Till then I boast a Saviour slain!
And, O may this my glory be
That Christ is not ashamed of

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me!

GRIOG.

HYMN 51. C. M. Colchester. [*]

Inconstancy in Religion. Hosea vi, 4.

'PWe hail thy sacred Name:

ERPETUAL Source of light and grace,

Through every year's revolving round,
Thy goodness is the same.

2 On us, all worthless as we are,

It wondrous mercy pours;

o Sure as the heaven's established course, And plenteous as the showers.

e 3 Inconstant service we repay,

And treacherous vows renew;
False as the morning's scattering cloud,
And transient as the dew.

p4 In flowing tears our guilt we mourn,
And loud implore thy grace,
To bear our feeble footsteps on,”
In all thy righteous ways.

o 5 Armed with this energy divine,
Our souls shall steadfast move;
o And with increasing transports press
On to thy courts above. A

-6 So by thy power the morning sur Pursues his radiant way;

o Brightens each moment in his race, And shines to perfect day.

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HIYMN 52. C. M. Canterbury. [b]

O that I were as in months past. Job xxix. 2.

WEET was the time, when first I felt
The Saviour's pardoning blood,

Applied to cleanse my soul from guilt,
And bring me home to God.

o 2 Soon as the morn the light revealed,
His praises tuned my tongue ;
And when the evening shades prevailed,
His love was all my song.

-3 (In vain the tempter spread his wiles,
The world no more could charin;
I lived upon my Saviour's smiles,
And leaned upon his arm.).

D

o 4 In prayer my soul drew near the Lord,
And saw his glory shine;

And when I read his holy word,
I called each promise mine.--
SELECT.

e 5 But now when evening shade prevails,
My soul in darkness mourns:

And when the morn the light reveals,
No light to me returns.

6 My prayers are now a chattering noise,
For Jesus hides his face;

I read-the promise meets my eyes—
But will not reach my case.

--7 Rise, Lord, and help me to prevail→
O make my soul thy care;

o I know thy mercy cannot fail:

Let me that mercy share,

די

NEWTON.

HYMN 53. Ss. Bethany. [b]

Faith fainting.

NCOMPASSED with clouds of distress,

E Just ready all hope to resign,

1 pant for the light of thy face, And fear it will never be mine: p Disheartened with waiting so long, I sink at thy feet with my load; All-plaintive I pour out iny song, And stretch forth my hands unto God.

-2 Shine, Lord, and my terror shall cease; The blood of atonement apply;

And lead me to Jesus for peace,The rock that is higher than 1: o Speak, Saviour, for sweet is thy voice; Thy presence is fair to behold; -Attend to my sorrows and cries, e My groanings that cannot be told. -3 If sometimes I strive, as I mourn, My hold on thy promise to keep jeun o The billows more fiercely return,

And plunge me again in the deep.
-While harassed and cast from thy sight,
The tempter suggests, with a roar,
d "The Lord has forsaken thee quite;
"Thy God will be gracious no more."

e 4 Yet, Lord, if thy love has designed
No covenant blessing for me,
Ah, tell me, how is it I find

Soine pleasure in waiting for thee?

o Almighty to rescue thou art;
Thy grace is my shield and my tower:
o Come, succour and gladden my heart,
Let this be the day of thy power.

RIPPON'S COL.

HYMN 54. 7s. Fairfax. [b]
Self-Examination.

1 IS a point I long to know,

causes anxious thought

e Do I love the Lord, or no? Am his, or am I not?

2 If I love, why am I thus?
Why this dull, this lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,
Who have never heard his name.
3 Could my heart so hard remain,
Prayer a task and burden prove-
Every trifle give me pain-
If I knew a Saviour's love?
e 4 When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark, and vain, and wild;
Filled with unbelief and sin→
Can I deem myself a child? -
5 If pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is mixed with all do;.
d You who love the Lord indeed,
Tell me is it so with you?

o 6 Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin a grief and thrall;
Should I grieve for what I feel,
If I did not love at all?

"

7 Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorred---
Find, at times, the promise sweet,
If I did not love the Lord?

-8 Lord, decide the doubtful case !
Thou, who art thy people's sun,
Shine upon thy work of grace,
If it be indeed begun.

9 Let me love thee more and more,
If I love at all, I pray;

If I have not loved before,
Help me to begin to-day.

NEWTON

HYMN 55. 8s. Consolation. [*]
The Holy Spirit addressed under Darkness.
Dand visit a sorrowful breast;
ESCEND, Holy Spirit, the Dove'
e My burden of guilt to remove,
And bring me assurance and rest;
-Thou only hast power to relieve
A sinner o'erwhelmed with his load;
The sense of redemption to give,
And sprinkle his heart with the blood.
2 With me, if of old thou hast strove,
And kindly withheld me from sin;
Resolved, by the strength of thy love,
My worthless affections to win;
The work of thy mercy revive,
Invincible mercy exert,

And keep my weak graces alive,
And set up thy rest in my heart.
3 If, when I have put thee to grief,
And madly to folly returned,
Thy goodness has been my relief,
And lifted me up as I mourned;
O Spirit of pity and grace,
Relieve me again and restore;
My spirit in holiness raise,

To fall, and to grieve thee, no more. e 4 If now I lament after God,

And pant for a taste of his lovee. If Jesus, who poured out his blood, Obtained me a mansion above ;~~ o Come, heavenly Comforter, come, Sweet witness of mercy divine! • And make me thy permanent home, And seal me eternally thine.

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HYMN 56. L. M. Sicilian. [* b]
Prayer answered by Crosses.

I ASKED the Lord that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might nigre of his salvation know,
And seek more earnestly his face.

2 "Twas he who taught me thus to pray,
And lie, I trust, has answered prayer: