37. God will save and glorify his People. (Isa. li. 9-11.)
ARM of the Lord, awake, awake!
Thine own immortal strength put on;
With terror cloth'd, hell's kingdom shake,
And cast thy foes for ever down.
By death and hell pursued in vain,
To thee the ransom'd Seed shall come;
With joy their heav'nly Sion gain,
And pass through death triumphant home.
The pain of life shall then be o'er;
Its anguish and distracting care;
Then sorrow shall complain no more,
And sin shall never enter there.
Where pure, unfading joy is found,
The Lord's redeem'd their heads shall raise;
With everlasting gladness crown'd,
And fill'd with love, and lost in praise.
Praise to Christ our Redeemer.
(Isa. liii. 10-12.)
MONTGOMERY. L. M.
NOW let us raise our cheerful strains,
And join the blissful choir above:
There our exalted Saviour reigns;
And there they sing his wondrous love.
While seraphs tune th' immortal song,
Oh may we feel the sacred flame;
May ev'ry heart and ev'ry tongue,
Adore the Saviour's glorious name.
Jesus, who died that we might live;
Died in the wretched sinner's place:
Oh what return can mortals give
For such immeasurable grace!
What though for bounty so divine
We ne'er can equal honors raise;
Jesus, may all our hearts be thine,
And all our tongues proclaim thy praise!
39. Christ our Example of Humility. (Rom. xii. 16.)
ST. DAVID'S. C. M.
O THOU, who in the form of God
Didst equal honor claim;
Yet to redeem our guilty souls,
Didst stoop to death and shame;
Before thy throne shall ev'ry knee
Bow down with one accord:
Before thy throne shall ev'ry tongue
Confess that thou art Lord.
Oh may that mind be form'd in us,
Which shone so bright in thee;
An humble, meek, and lowly mind,
From pride and envy free.
May we to others stoop, and learn
To imitate thy love;
So shall we bear thine image here,
And dwell with thee above.
40. Praise for the Blessings of Providence and Grace. (John ii. 11.)
LORD, on whose bounty we depend,
By whom alone all creatures live,
The countless blessings thou dost send
With grateful hearts may we receive:
And while thy streams of mercy pour,
Thy gracious providence adore.
Blest be thy name for earthly good!
Thrice blest for richer mercies giv'n
So freely through the Saviour's blood;
Thy peace on earth, the hope of heaven;
Still on our lives with favor shine,
And all our hearts, O God, be thine.
41. The Blessings of the Gospel offered freely. (Isa. lv. 1.)
PORTSMOUTH NEW.
BLOW ye the trumpet, blow!
The glad and solemn sound
Let all the nations know
To earth's remotest bound,-
The year of jubilee is come;
Return, ye ransom'd sinners, home.
Exalt the Son of God;
Adore his glorious name;
Redemption by his blood
Through all the world proclaim. The year, &c.
Ye slaves of sin and hell,
42.Salvation obtained through Faith. (Matt. viii. 13.)
AS when the Hebrew prophet rais'd
The brazen serpent high,
The wounded look'd, and straight were heal'd,
The people ceas'd to die :
So from the Saviour on the cross
A healing virtue flows;
And all who raise the eye of faith
Are saved from endless woes.
Thus may we seek thy mercy-seat;
O God, the blessing give;
Help us in faith to look to thee,
And bid the dying live.
43. Holiness the Evidence of Faith. (Isa. lvi. 1, 2.)
DELUDED souls! that dream of heaven,
And make their empty boast
Of inward joys, and sins forgiven,
While they are slaves to lust.
Vain are our fancies, vain our flights,
If faith be cold and dead;
None but a living power unites
To Christ our living head.
God from the curse hath set us free,
To make us pure within;
Nor did he send his Son to be
The minister of sin.
Lord, give thy grace to change our heart,
The faith that works by love,
That bids all sinful joys depart,
And lifts our souls above.
44. The christian Character meek and forgiving. (Rom. xii. 21.)
BRUNSWICK. L. M.
THE holy gospel we profess
Is truth and mercy, peace and love;
Such, let our hearts and lives express;
Such, let our conversation prove.
Whene'er the angry passions rise,
And tempt our thoughts or tongues to strife,
To Jesus let us lift our eyes,
Bright pattern of the christian life!
Dispensing good where'er he came,
The labor of his life was love:
If then we love the Saviour's name,
That love let our obedience prove.
But ah! how blind, how weak we are;
How frail! how apt to turn aside!
Lord, we depend upon thy care,
And seek thy Spirit for our guide.
45. God's Majesty and Condescension. (Isa. lvii. 15.)
MIGHTY God! the Holy One
Dwelling in eternity;
How shall we approach thy throne;
How may sinners come to thee!
Where thine awful glories blaze
Scarce can holy angels gaze.
Yet, though high thy dwelling place,
All our thoughts and praise above,
Humble souls may seek thy face,
God of glory, God of love:
Love, that comes, a heav'nly guest,
To the contrite sinner's breast.
Father! hear us when we pray;
Saving grace and strength impart;
Wash our inmost guilt away;
Give the lowly, faithful heart:
Thou, our everlasting friend,
Guide, and bless us to the end.
46. The Hypocrite and Disobedient condemned.
(Isa. lvii. 12, 13.)
JEHOVAH hath spoken! the nations shall hear;
From the east to the west shall his glory appear;
With thunders and tempest to judgment he'll come;
And all men before him shall wait for their doom.
Thou, formal professor; thou, saint but in name!
Where now wilt thou cover thy guilt and thy shame,
When thy sin long conceal'd shall be blazon'd abroad,
And thy conscience shall echo the sentence of God!
Wo,-wo to the sinners! to what shall they trust
In the day of God's vengeance, the holy and just!
How meet all the terrors that flame in his path,
When the mountains shall melt at the glance of his
wrath!
O God! êre the day of thy mercy be past,
With trembling our souls on that mercy we cast:
O guide us in wisdom; for aid we implore;
Till, sav'd with thy people, thy grace we adore,
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