4 He speaks and, listening to his voice,
New life the dead receive;
The mournful broken hearts rejoice;
The humble poor believe.
5 Hear Him, ye deaf; his praise, ye dumb,
Your loosen'd tongues employ;
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come;
And leap, ye lame, for joy!
6 Look unto Him, ye nations; own
Your God, ye fallen race;
Be justified through faith alone;
Be saved by sovereign grace!
HYMN 17.
(C. M. ST. JAMES'S.)
No way of salvation but by Christ.
1 How shall we come before Thee, Lord!
In whose all-piercing sight,
Some shades of darkness seem to veil
The purest sons of light?
2 Will tears of sorrow, shed for sin,
Discharge the debt we owe?
Those tears, alas! could ne'er avail,
Though endless torrents flow.
3 Shall we, with works of righteousness,
In trembling hope draw near?
Ah! no those works, the best we have,
As filthy rags appear.
4 We urge no plea so vain and weak,
To shield the sinner's head:
We plead the works which Thou hast
The blood which Thou hast shed.
5 In thine all-glorious robe array'd,
And sprinkled with thy blood,
The vilest sinner spotless stands
Before the throne of God.
HYMN 18.
(C, M. CONDESCENSION.
Salvation by grace.
1 LORD! we confess our numerous faults,
How great our guilt had been:
Foolish and vain were all our thoughts,
And all our lives were sin.
2 But now for ever be adored,
For ever loved his name,
Who saves us from this evil world,
From folly, sin, and shame.
3 'Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done,
But we are saved by sovereign grace,
Abounding through the Son.
4 "Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are wash'd from sin.
5 Raised from the dead we live anew;
And, justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face.
(s. M. SILVER STREET.)
Praise to the Redeemer.
1 PREPARE a thankful song
To the Redeemer's name:
His praises should employ each tongue,
And every heart inflame.
2 He laid his glories by,
And shame and death endured,
That guilty rebels, doom'd to die,
From wrath might be secured.
3 And now He pleading stands
Before his Father's throne,
And satisfies the law's demands
With what Himself hath done.
4 The Holy Ghost He sends,
Our stubborn wills to move,
To make his enemies his friends,
And conquer them by love.
5 O may we not refuse
Such rich unbounded grace;
Nor Satan's bondage longer choose,
But seek the Saviour's face!
Christ precious to believers.
1 How blest the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ears!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And calms his guilty fears.
2 Jesus! the Rock on which we build-
Our Shield and Hiding place-
Our never-failing Treasury, fill'd
With boundless stores of grace!-
3 Jesus! our Leader-Shepherd-Friend—
Our Prophet-Priest-and King-
Our Lord--our Life--our Way--our End--
Accept the praise we bring.
4 Weak is the effort of our heart,
And cold our warmest thought;
But when we see Thee as Thou art,
We'll praise Thee as we ought.
5 Till then we would thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the memory of thy name
Support our souls in death!
HYMN 21.
(C. M. MILES LANE.)
Christ, Lord of all.
1 ALL hail the great Emmanuel's name! Ye angels! prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
And crown Him "Lord of all."
2 Ye saints redeem'd of Adam's race!
Ye ransom'd from the fall!
Hail Him who saves you by his grace,
And crown Him "Lord of all."
3 Ye sinners! who can ne'er forget
"The wormwood and the gall,"*
Spread all your trophies at his feet,
And crown Him" Lord of all." 4 Ye realms of every name and tongue! Ye nations! great and small! Unite in one eternal song,
And crown Him "Lord of all."
(P. M. SICILIAN MARINERS.)
1 BRETHREN; let us join to bless
Christ, the Lord our Righteousness:
Let our praise to Him be given,
High at God's right hand in heaven.
2 Son of God! to Thee we bow:
Thou art Lord, and only Thou;
Thou the blessed Virgin's Seed,
Glory of thy church, and Head.
3 Thee the angels ceaseless sing;
Thee we praise, our Priest and King:
Worthy is thy name of praise,
Full of glory, full of grace.
4 Thou hast the glad tidings brought Of salvation, by Thee wrought; Wrought to set thy people free; Wrought to bring our souls to Thee. 5 May we follow and adore
Thee, our Saviour, more and more;
Guide and bless us with thy love,
Till we join thy saints above.
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