A Selection of Psalms and Hymns

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838 edition. Excerpt: ...rock, and will cover thee."--Exod. xxxiii. 22. 1 Rock of ages, cleft for me! Let me hide myself in thee! Let the water and the blood, From thy wounded side which flow'd, Be of sin the double cure; Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2 Not the labour of my hands Can fulfil thy law's demands;' Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears for ever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and thou alone. 3 Nothing in my hand I bring, Simply to thy cross I cling; Naked, come to thee for dress; Helpless, look to thee for grace; Black, I to the fountain fly; Wash me, Saviour, or I die! 4 While I draw this fleeting breath, When my eye-lids close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown See thee on thy judgment throne, --Rock of ages, cleft for me!.Let me hide myself in thee! Hymn 41. Cm. "As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man lie lifted up,"--John iii. 14. 1 As when the Hebrew prophet rais'd The brazen serpent high, The wounded look'd, and straight were cur'd, The people ceas'd to die; 2 So from the Saviour, on the cross, A healing virtue flows: Who looks to him with lively faith. Is sav'd from endless woes. 8 For God gave up his Son to death, So gen'rous was his love, That all the faithful might enjoy Eternal life above. 4 He came to raise our fallen state, And our lost hopes restore: Faith leads us to his mercy seat, And bids us fear no more. Hymn 42. L. M. "He hath covered me with the robe of righteousness." Isa. hci. 10. 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness My beauty are, ray glorious dress; 'Midst flaming worlds, in these array'd, With joy shall I lift up my head. 2 When from the dust of death I rise, To take my mansion in the skies, E'en then shall this be all my...