2 3 4 Sorrow and fear are gone, It sweetly comforts me, And makes me now forget my loss, Peace to the troubled heart, The wounded spirit's balm thou art, Jesus, to whom I fly, Doth all my wishes fill; In vain the creature streams are dry, I find them all in one: And peace and joy that never ends, 124. L.M.-Christ our Wisdom, Righteousness, Sanctification, and 1 MY God, assist me, while I raise 3 When gloomy shades my soul o'erspread, "Let there be light," the' Almighty said; And Christ, my Sun, his beams displays, And scatters round celestial rays. 4 Condemn'd, thy criminal I stood, And awful justice ask'd my blood; That welcome Saviour from thy throne Brought righteousness and pardon down. 5 My soul was all o'erspread with sin, And lo, his grace hath made me clean! He rescues from the infernal foe, And full redemption will bestow. 6 Ye saints, assist my grateful tongue; Ye angels, warble back my song; For love like this demands the praise Of heavenly harps, and endless days. 125. C.M.-Christ our Physician: or the Paralytic at Bethesda. 1 BEHOLD the great Physician stands, And loud he calls to dying men, 2 And will ye hear his gracious voice, Or will ye all his grace despise, 3 Blest Jesus, speak the healing word, Then, rais'd by energy divine, 4 With cheerful pace our trembling feet Till Zion's healthful hill they gain, 126. P.M.-Christ the Sun of Righteousness. 1 CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, Joyless is the day's return, Till thy mercy's beams I see; Pierce the gloom of sin and grief; Scatter all my unbelief: More and more thyself display, Shining to the perfect day. 127. L.M.-Christ the Sun of Righteousness. Mal. iv. 2. 1 TO thee, O God, we homage pay, Source of the light that rules the day, Who while he gilds all nature's frame, Reflects thy rays, and speaks thy name. 2 In louder strains we sing that grace, Which gives the Sun of Righteousness; Whose noble life salvation brings, And scatters healing from his wings. 3 Still on our hearts may Jesus shine With beams of light and love divine; Quicken'd by him our souls shall live, And cheer'd by him shall grow and thrive. 4 O may his glories stand confest From north to south, from east to west: Successful may his gospel run Wide as the circuit of the sun. 5 When shall that radiant scene arise, 128. P.M.-Christ the Fountain of Life. Zech. xiii. 1. 1 HAIL, everlasting spring! Celestial fountain, hail! 2 Blest be his wounded side, Who all in anguish died His sacred blood Shall make us clean And fit for God. 3 To that dear source of love Our souls this day would come, And thither from above, Lord, call the nations home, With rapturous songs 129. C.M.-Christ the Pearl of great Price. Matt. xiii. 46. Wealth, honour, pleasure meet. 5 Should earth's vain treasures all depart, Of this dear gift possest, I'd clasp it to my joyful heart, 6 Dear Sovereign of my soul's desires, Accept the wish that love inspires, 130. L.M.-Christ a Corner Stone. 1 Peter ii. 6. 1 LORD, dost thou shew a corner stone 2 We own the work of sovereign love: |