HYMN 87. L. M. Green's. Castle-Street. [*! God dwells with the Humble and Penitent. Is. lvii

15, 16.

1 THUS saith the high and lofty One, 'I sit upon my holy throne;

เ My name is God; I dwell on high; Dwell in my own eternity.

-2 But I descend to worlds below;
'On earth, I have a mansion too:
e 'The humble spirit and contrite
"Is an abode of my delight.

-3 The humble soul my words revive;
'I bid the mourning sinner live;
'Heal all the broken hearts 1 find,
'And ease the sorrows of the mind.

e 4 (When I contend against their sin,

'I make them know how vile they've been ⚫ a 'But should my wrath for ever smoke, "Their souls would sink beneath my stroke. o 5 O may thy pard'ning grace be nigh, Lest we should faint, despair, and die! -Thus shall our better thoughts approve The methods of thy chast'ning love.)

HYMN 88. L. M. Armley. Bath. [b] Life, the Day of Grace and Hope. Ec. ix, 4, 5, 6, 10 1 LIFE is the time to serve the Lord,

The time to ensure the great reward,
And while the lamp holds out to burn,
The vilest sinner may return.

2 (Life is the hour that God has given,
To 'scape from hell and fly to heaven;
The day of grace ;-and mortals may
Secure the blessings of the day.)

p 3 The living know that they must die,
But all the dead forgotten lie:

Their mem'ry, and their sense is gone,
Alike unknowing and unknown.
e 4 (Their hatred, and their love is lost,
Their envy buried in the dust;

They have no share in all that's done,
Beneath the circuit of the sun.)

-5 Then, what my thoughts design to do,
My hands, with all your might, pursue;

e Since no device, nor work is found,
Nor faith, nor hope, beneath the ground.
e 6 There are no acts of pardon past,

In the cold grave to which we haste; a But darkness, death, and long despair Reign in eternal silence there.

HYMN 89. L. M. Babylon. [b]
Youth and Judgment. Eccl. xi, 9.
VE sons of Adam, vain and young,

1 YE

Indulge your eyes, indulge your tongue; Taste the delights your souls desire,

And give a loose to all your fire:

2 Pursue the pleasures you design,

And cheer your hearts with songs and wine; Enjoy the day of mirth ;-but know,

a There is a day of judgment too!

e 3 God from on high heholds your thoughts;
His book records your secret faults;
The works of darkness, you have done,
Must all appear before the sun.

4 The vengeance to your follies due, Should strike your hearts with terrour through: p How will you stand before his face, Or answer for his injur'd grace?

-5 Almighty God, turn off their eyes From these alluring vanities;

o And let the thunder of thy word Awake their souls to fear the Lord.

a

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HYMN 90. C. M. Windsor. [b]

The same.

O the young tribes of Adam rise,
And through all nature rove;

Fulfil the wishes of their eyes,
And taste the joys they love.

2 They give a loose to wild desires;
But let the sinners know

The str.ct account that God requires,
Of all the works they do.

e 3 The Judge prepares his throne on high;

The frighted earth and seas

Avoid the fury of his eye,

And flee before his face.

p 4 How shall I bear that dreadful day,
And stand the fiery test!
I'd give all mortal joys away,
To be for ever blest.]

[b]

Advice to Youth. Ec. xii, 1, 7; Is. xv, 20. 1 NOW, in the heat of youthful blood, Remember your Creator, God; e Behold the months come hast'ning on, When you shall say-My joys are gone. a 2 Behold, the aged sinner goes, Laden with guilt and heavy woes, Down to the regions of the dead, With endless curses on his head. p 3 The dust returns to dust again; The soul, in agonies of pain,

Ascends to God; not there to dwell,a But hears her doom, and sinks to hell. e 4 Eternal King, I fear thy name! Teach me to know how frail I am; -And when my soul must hence remove, Give me a mansion in thy love.

HYMN 92. S. M. Dover. [*]

Christ, the Wisdom of God. Prov. viii, 1, 22-32 SHALL Wisdom cry aloud,

1

And not her speech be heard?

The voice of God's eternal Word,
Deserves it no regard?

d 2 'I was his chief delight,
"His everlasting Son,

'Before the first of all his works,'Creation,-was begun.

-3

('Before the flying clouds,
Before the solid land,

"Before the fields, before the floods,
'I dwelt at his right hand.

4

"When he adorn'd the skies,
'And built them, I was there,

'To order when the sun should rise,
'And marshal ev'ry star.

5

"When he pour'd out the sea,
And spread the flowing deep,

'I gave the flood a firm decree, In its own bounds to keep.)

6

'Upon the empty air

'The earth was balanc'd well; 'With joy I saw the mansion, where 'The sons of men should dwell. 7 'My busy thoughts at first, 'On their salvation ran,

'Ere sin was born, or Adam's dust "Was fashion'd to a man.

e 8

'Then come, receive my grace,
'Ye children, and be wise;

'Happy the man who keeps my ways;
The man, who shuns them, dies.']

HYMN 93. L. M. Islington. [b] Christ obeyed, or resisted. Prov. viii, 34-36. THUS saith the Wisdom of the Lord,

1

'Blest is the man, who hears my word; 'Keeps daily watch before my gates, And at my feet for mercy waits.

o 2 The soul that seeks me shall obtain 'Immortal wealth, and heavenly gain; 'Immortal life is his reward,

• Life, and the favour of the Lord.

e 3 But the vile wretch, who flies from me,
'Does his own soul an injury;

a Fools, who against my grace rebel,
'Seek death, and love the road to hell.'

HYMN 94. C. M. Reading. [b*] Justification: or, Law and Grace. Rom. iii,19-22. VA WAIN are the hopes, the sons of men On their own works have built; Their hearts by nature are unclean,

1

And all their actions guilt.

e 2 Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murm'ring word;

And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.

-3 In vain we ask God's righteous law,

To justify us now;

Since to convince, and to condemn,
Is all the law can do.

o 4 Jesus, how glorious is thy grace!
When in thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness,
That makes the sinner just.

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HYMN 95. C. M. St. Martin's. [*] Regeneration. John i, 13, and ii, 3, &c. OT all the outward forms on earth, Nor rites that God has given, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, Can raise a soul to heaven.

NOT

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace ;-
Born in the image of his Son,
A new, peculiar race.

b 3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,
Blows on the sons of flesh;
New models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

o 4 Our quicken'd souls awake, and rise
From the long sleep of death;

• On heavenly things we fix our eyes, And praise employs our breath.

HYMN 96. C. M. York. [b*]

Election excludes Boasting. 1 Cor. i, 26-31.

1 [BUT few among the carnal wise,

But few of noble race,

Obtain the favour of thine eyes,
Almighty King of grace.

2 He takes the men of meanest name,
For sons and heirs of God;
And thus he pours abundant shame
On honourable blood.

3 He calls the fool, and makes him know
The myst❜ries of his grace;

To bring aspiring wisdom low,
And all its pride abase.

4 Nature has all its glories lost,
When brought before his throne;
No flesh shall in his presence boast,
But in the Lord alone.]