CXVII.

WHAT HAVE I TO DO WITH

THEE?

1. YES, Thou hast much to do with me,
Thou sinner's friend, and I with thee!
"Tis thine to pardon, thine to bless,
And thine to lead to happiness.
2. If ever suppliant soul might plead
A Saviour's prayer to intercede,
Let me that humble suppliant be,
And oh, my Saviour, pray for me!
3. Behold a soul deep stain'd with guilt
For which thy precious blood was spilt:
Look on this heart; its sorrows see;
Say hast Thou nought to do with me?
4. Lead me to pardon, life and love;
Fix

my whole trust on Heaven above:
Banish corruption from my breast,
And lead me unto endless rest.

5. Be this Thy work and Thy reward,

My crucified and risen Lord!

But what can I repay to Thee,

When Thou hast done thus much for me!

CXVIII.

ON THE LOVE OF GOD.

Arranged to Luther's Hymn by Smith.

1. THOU hidden love of God, whose

height,

Whose depth unfathom'd no man knows;
I see from far thy beauteous light,
Inly I sigh for thy repose!

My heart is pain'd, nor can it be
At rest, till it finds rest in thee.

2. Thy secret voice invites me still

The sweetness of thy yoke to prove :
And fain I would; but though my will
Seem fix'd, yet wide my passions rove:
Still hindrances strew all my way;
I aim at Thee, yet from thee stray.
3. Is there a thing beneath the sun,

That strives with Thee my heart to share?
O tear it thence, and reign alone
The Lord of every motion there:
Then shall my heart from earth be free
When it hath found repose in thee.

5. O hide this self from me; that 'I' No more, but Christ' in me may live: My vile affections crucify,

Nor let one darling sin survive :
In all things nothing may I see,
Nothing desire or seek, but Thee!
6. Yes, call from sin and self away

A heart that lowly waits thy call;
Speak to my inmost soul and say,

"I am thy life, thy God, thy all." To know thy power, to hear thy voice, To feel thy love, be all my choice.

CXIX.

ANTHEM FOR EASTER DAY.

(1 Cor. xv. 20. &c.) Music, by Key.

20. NOW is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. 21. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 51. Behold I shew you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall be changed. 52. In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump! For the trumpet

shall

shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54. Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. 55. O death where is thy sting? O grave where is thy victory? 56. The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law; 57. But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through Jesus Christ our Lord. Hallelujah.

CXX.

THE LORD IS RISEN.

Being an Imitation of the 24th Psalm.
(An Anthem by Dr. Arnold.)

1. THE Lord is risen from the dead,
Our Saviour is gone up on high :
The powers of hell are captive led,
Forced to the portals of the sky.

2. There his triumphal chariot waits,
And angels chaunt the solemn lay;
"Lift up your heads ye heavenly gates,
"Ye everlasting doors give way!"

3. Loose all your massy bars of light

And wide unfold th' ethereal scene: He claims those mansions as his right; Admit the King of Glory in.

4. Who is the King of Glory, who?

The Lord, who every foe o'erĉame; Sin and the world and death o'erthrew, And JESUS is the conqueror's name.

5. Lo! His triumphal chariot waits,

And angels chaunt the solemn lay; "Lift up your heads ye heavenly gates, “Ye everlasting doors give way !

6. "Who is the King of Glory, who?

"The Lord, of glorious power possest; "The king of saints, and angels too; "God over all, for ever blest!"

CXXI.

SEE, GRACIOUS GOD.

(Toplady.)

Music, by Handel, from the Collection of
Magdalen Asylum, page 26.

1. SEE, gracious GOD; before Thy throne

Thy mourning people bend!