3 Cast thy guilty soul on him;
Find him mighty to redeem:
At his feet thy burden lay;
Look thy doubts and care away.
4 Lord, come thou with power to heal;
Now thy mighty arm reveal:
At thy feet myself I lay;
Take, oh, take my sins away.
HYMN 743, 7s.
Earnest Supplication.
AVIOUR, when, in dust, to thee
Low we bow the adoring knee;
When, repentant, to the skies
Scarce we lift our streaming cyes;
Oh, by all thy pains and woe,
Suffered once for man below,
Bending from thy throne on high,
Hear thy people when they cry.
2 By thine hour of dark despair,
By thine agony of prayer,
By the purple robe of scorn,
By thy wounds-the crown of thorn-
By thy cross-thy pangs and cries,
By thy perfect sacrifice-
Jesus, look with pitying eye;
Hear thy people when they cry.
3 By thy deep expiring groan,
By thy sealed sepulchral stone,
By thy triumphs o'er the grave,
By thy power from death to save,
Mighty God, ascended Lord,
To thy throne in heaven restored,
Saviour, Prince, exálted high,
Hear thy people when they cry.
HYMN 744, S. M.
Self-Knowledge sought.
AH! whither should I go,
Burdened, and sick, and faint?
To whom should I my troubles show,
And pour out my complaint?
2 My Saviour bids me come,
Ah! why do I delay?
He calls the weary sinner home,
And yet from him I stay.
3 What is it keeps me back,
From which I cannot part;—
Which will not let my Saviour take
Possession of my heart?
4 Some curséd thing unknown
Must surely lurk within;
Some idol which I will not own,
Some secret bosom sin.
5 Jesus, the hindrance show,
Which I have feared to see; And let me now consent to know What keeps me back from thee.
HYMN 745, 7s and 6s.
Prayer of the Penitent.
1 JESUS, let thy pitying eye
Call back a wandering sheep;
False to thee, like Peter, I
Would fain like Peter weep;
Let me be by grace restored,
And to me thy mercy shown;
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
2 Saviour, Prince, enthroned above,
Repentance to impart,
Give me, through thy dying love,
The humble, contrite heart;
This I should have long implored,
For thou all my sin hast known;
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
3 See me, Saviour, from above,
Nor suffer me to die;
Life, and happiness, and love,
Fall from thy gracious eye:
Speak the reconciling word,
Let thy mercy melt me down;
Turn, and look upon me, Lord,
And break my heart of stone.
HYMN 746, 78.
Jesus sought in Distress.
1 THOU who didst on Calvary bleed,
THOU
Thou who dost for sinners plead,
Help me in my time of need,
Jesus, Saviour, hear my cry!
2 In my darkness and my grief,
With my heart of unbelief,
I, who am of sinners chief,
Jesus, lift to thee mine eye!
3 Foes without and fears within,
With no plea thy grace to win,
But that thou canst save from sin,
Jesus, to thy cross I fly!
4 There on thee I cast my care,
There to thee I raise my prayer,
Jesus, save me from despair,
Save me, save me, or Ï die!
5 When the storms of trial lower,
When I feel temptation's power,
In the last and darkest hour,
Jesus, Saviour, be thou nigh!
HYMN 747, L. M.
Just as I am.
1 JUST as I am, without one plea,
But that thy blood was shed for me, And that thou bidd'st me come to thee, O Lamb of God, I come!
2 Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To thee whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come!
3 Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
With fears within and wars without,
O Lamb of God, I come!
4 Just as I am, poor, wretched, blind,
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need, in thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I come!
5 Just as I am— -thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve,
Because thy promise I believe—
O Lamb of God, I come!
6 Just as I am-thy love unknown
Has broken every barrier down;
Now to be thine, yea, thine alone-
O Lamb of God, I come!
HYMN 748, S. M.
Yielding to God.
AND can I yet delay,
My little all to give?
To tear my soul from earth away,
My Jesus to receive?
2 Nay, but I yield, I yield!
I can hold out no more:
I sink, by dying love compelled,
And own thee conqueror!
3 Though late, I all forsake,
My friends, my all resign;
Gracious Redeemer, take, oh take,
And seal me ever thine!
HYMN 749, C. P. M.
Christ a Refuge.
THOU who hear'st the prayer of faith,
Wilt thou not save a soul from death,
That casts itself on thee?
I have no refuge of my own,
But fly to what my Lord hath done
And suffered once for me.
2 Slain in the guilty sinner's stead,
Thy spotless righteousness I plead,
And thy atoning blood:
Thy righteousness my robe shall be,
Thy merit shall atone for me,
And bring me near to God.
3 Then snatch me from eternal death,
The spirit of adoption breathe,
His consolation send:
By him some word of life impart,
And sweetly whisper to my heart,
Thy Maker is thy friend."
HYMN 750, 8s and 7s.
Blind Bartimeus.
"MERCY, O thou son of David!"
Thus blind Bartimeus prayed;
"Others by thy grace are savéd,
Now to me afford thine aid."
2 Many for his crying chid him,
But he called the louder still;
Till the gracious Saviour bid him,
"Come and ask me what you will."
3 Money was not what he wanted,
Though by begging used to live;
But he asked, and Jesus granted
Alms which none but he could give.
4 "Lord, remove this grievous blindness,
Let my eyes behold the day!”
Straight he saw, and, won by kindness,
Followed Jesus in the way.
5 Oh! methinks I hear him praising,
Publishing to all around:
"Friends, is not my case amazing?
What a Saviour I have found!
6 Oh! that all the blind but knew him,
And would be advised by me!
Surely they would hasten to him,
He would cause them all to see."
HYMN 751, 7s and 6s.
Christ Chosen.
1 VAIN, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good!
Only Jesus I pursue,
Who bought me with his blood:
All thy pleasures I forego,
All thy wealth, and all thy pride;
Only Jesus will I know,
And Jesus crucified.
2 Him to know is life and peace
And pleasure without end:
This is all my happiness-
On Jesus to depend,
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