HYMN 269. H. M. Haddam. [*]

1 ESUS, harmonious Name!

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bucharms the hosts above:

They evermore proclaim
And wonder at his love;
"Tis all their happiness to gaze;
"Tis heaven to see our Jesus' face.

2 His name the sinner hears,
And is from sin set free:
'Tis music in his ears,
"Tis life and victory:

New songs do now his lips employ,
And dances his glad heart for joy.

3 Stung by the monster sin,
My poor expiring soul
The balmy sound drinks in,
And is at once made whole:
See there my Lord upon the tree!
I hear, I feel, he died for me.

4 O unexampled love!
O all-redeeming grace!
How swiftly didst thou move
To save a fallen race!

What shall I do to make it known
What thou for all mankind hast done?

5 O for a trumpet-voice,
On all the world to call!
To bid their hearts rejoice
In him who died for all!
For all my Lord was crucified:

For all, for all, my Saviour died. WESLEY'S COL.

HYMN 270. C. M. Abridge. [*]

Chief among Ten Thousand; or the Excellencies of Christ.

MAJ

AJESTIC sweetness sits enthron'd
Upon the Saviour's brow;

His head with radiant glories crown'd,
His lips with grace o'erflow.

2 To him I owe my life and breath,
And all the joys I have:

o He makes me triumph over death, And saves me from the grave.

3 To heaven, the place of his abode, He brings my weary feet; o Shows me the glories of my God, And makes my joys complete. 4 Since from his bounty I receive Such proofs of love divine, Had I a thousand hearts to give, Lord, they should all be thine.

HYMN 271. C. M. St. Martin's. [*]
The Day of Pentecost.
01 ET songs of praises fill the sky!
Christ, our ascended Lord,

Sends down his Spirit from on high,
According to his word.

o 2 The Spirit, by his heavenly breath,
New life creates within:

He quickens sinners from the death
Of trespasses and sin.

-3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes,
And shows them unto men;
The fallen soul his temple makes,
God's image stamps again.

s 4 Come, Holy Spirit, from above,
With thy celestial fire:

Come, and with flames of zeal and love
Our hearts and tongues inspire.

HYMN 272. 8 & 7.

HOLY

COTTERILL

Sicilian. [*]

1 OLY GHOST! dispel our sadness,
Pierce the clouds of nature's night:
Come, thou source of joy and gladness,
Breathe thy life and spread thy light.

e 2 Hear, oh! hear our supplication,
Blessed Spirit! God of Peace!
Rest upon this congregation,
With th' abundance of thy grace.
3 Author of our new creation!
Bid us all thine influence prove:
Make our souls thy habitation;
Shed abroad the Saviour's love.

GEO. BURDER'S COL.

HYMN 273. S. M. Lisbon, [*] 1B Let rays of heavenly love

OLEST Comforter Divine!

Amidst our gloom and darkness shine,
And guide our souls above.

2 Draw, with thy "still small voice,"
From every sinful way;
And bid the mourning saint rejoice,
Though earthly joys decay.
3 By thine inspiring breath
Make every cloud of care,
And e'en the gloomy vale of death,
A smile of glory wear.

4 Oh fill thou every heart
With love to all our race!
Great Comforter! to us impart
These blessings of thy grace.

HYMN 274. L. M. Alfreton. [*] 01 COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With light and comfort from above;

Be thou our Guardian, thou our Guide;
O'er every thought and step preside.

2 The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and choose thy way:
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may not depart.
3 Lead us to holiness, the road
That we must take to dwell with God;
Lead us to Christ, the living way,
Nor let us from his precepts stray ;-
s 4 Lead us to God, our final rest,
In his enjoyment to be blest;
Lead us to heaven, the seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.

HYMN 275. C. M. Broomsgrove.

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To the Holy Spirit.

TERNAL Spirit! God of truth!
Our contrite hearts inspire;

Kindle the flame of heavenly love,
And feed the pure desire.

p 2 'Tis thine to soothe the sorrowing mind
With guilt and fear opprest;

"Tis thine to bid the dying live, And give the weary rest

BROWNE.

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-3 Subdue the power of every sin,
Whate'er that sin may be;
That we, in singleness of heart,
May worship only Thee.

-4 Then with our spirits witness bear,
That we are sons of God;

Redeem'd from sin, and death, and hell,
Through Christ's atoning blood.

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HYMN 276. C. M. Arundel. [*]
Value of the Scriptures.

HOW precious is the book divine,

By inspiration given!

o Bright as a lamp its doctrines shine, To guide our souls to heaven.

e 2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, In this dark vale of tears;

o Life, light, and joy, it still unparts, And quells our rising fears.

e 3 This lamp, through all the tedious night Of life, shall guide our way,

o Till we behold the clearer light Of an eternal day.

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RIPPON'S COL.

HYMN 277. C. M.

C. M.

Dundee. [b or *] [bor

The Soul.

e 1 WHAT is the thing of greatest price,

The whole creation round?

-That, which was lost in paradise,

That, which in Christ is found.

2 The soul of man,-Jehovah's breath!
That keeps two worlds at strife;
Hell moves beneath to work its death,
Heaven stoops to give it life.

3 God to reclaim it, did not spare
His well-beloved Son;

Jesus, to save it, deign'd to bear

The sins of all in one.

4 And is this treasure borne below,
In earthly vessels frail?

Can none its utmost value know,
Till flesh and spirit fail?

5 Then let us gather round the cross,

This knowledge to obtain,

Not by the soul's eternal loss,

But everlasting gain.

X

MONTGOMERY

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HYMN 278. L. M.

G

Winchelsea. [*]

The Blessings of the New Covenant.

OD, in the gospel of his Son,
Makes his eternal counsels known:
Where love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.
2 Here, sinners, of an humble frame,
May taste his grace, and learn his name;
May read in characters of blood,

The wisdom, power, and grace of God.
3 The pris'ner here may break his chains;
The weary rest from all his pains;
The captive feel his bondage cease;
The mourner find the way of peace.
4 Here faith reveals to mortal eyes
A brighter world beyond the skies;
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.
5 O grant us grace, Almighty Lord!
To read and mark thy holy word;
Its truths with meekness to receive,
And by its holy precepts live.

BEDDOME.

HYMN 279. L. M. Nazareth. [b]
Religion. Prov. iv, 7.

e 1 To know thy will, thy name to love;

EACH us, O Lord, the great concern,

Our duty from thy word to learn,
And gain the wisdom from above.
2 Religion must be all in all,
Would we th' immortal prize obtain,
Retrieve the ruins of the fall,
And 'scape the death of endless pain.
3 Send thy good Spirit, Lord, we pray,
To sanctify and cleanse our heart;
May we repent, believe, obey,
And from thy service ne'er depart.

LEE.

HYMN 280. L. M. Angels' Hymn. [*] Value of Religion.

1 RELIGION bids all sin depart,

And folly flies her chast'ning rod;
She makes the humble, contrite heart
A temple of the living God."