1 Just as I am, with - out one plea, But that Thy blood was shed for me.

To Thee whose blood can cleanse each spot, Support me, cheer me from above!

Repentance.

10 Jesus, Thou art stand-ing Outside the fast-closed door,

2 Lo! such the child whose early feet
The paths of peace have trod;
Whose secret heart, with influence sweet,
Is upward drawn to God.

3 By cool Siloam's shady rill
The lily must decay;

The rose that blooms beneath the hill
Must shortly fade away.

4 O Thou, whose infant feet were found
Within Thy Father's shrine,
Whose years, with changeless virtue crown'd
Were all alike divine!

5 Dependent on Thy bounteous breath,
We seek Thy grace alone

In childhood, manhood, age and death,
To keep us still Thine own.

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Reginald Heber.

1 See, Israel's gentle Shepherd stands,
With all engaging charms!

Hark! how He calls the tender lambs,
And folds them in His arms!

2 "Permit them to approach," He cries,
"Nor scorn their humble name;
For 'twas to bless such souls as these,
The Lord of angels came."

1 O Lord, and will Thy pardoning love
Embrace a wretch so vile?

Wilt Thou my load of guilt remove,
And bless me with Thy smile?

2 Hast Thou the cross for me endured,
And all the shame despised?
And shall I be ashamed, O Lord,
With Thee to be baptized?

3 Didst Thou the great example lead,
In Jordan's swelling flood?
And shall my pride disdain the deed
That's worthy of my God?

3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands, 4 O Lord, the ardor of Thy love

And yield them up to Thee;

Joyful that we ourselves are Thine,

Thine let our offspring be.

Philip Doddridge.

Reproves my cold delays;

And now my willing footsteps move
In Thy delightful ways.

John Fellows.