4 Sinners, attend the sound, And see their guilt forgiv'n; The Lord will make his Israel just, And take his saints to heaven. HYMN 110. God's love to the Church unchangeable. Isai. xlix. 13---15. 2 God, on his thirsty Zion hill, Some mercy-drops has thrown; 3 Why do we then indulge our fears, Is he a God? and shall his Grow weary of his saints? grace 4 "No," saith the Lord, "should nature change, "And mothers monsters prove, "Zion still dwells upon the heart "Of everlasting love." HYMN 111. Comfort for mourning believers. Isai, I. 10. 1 WHO fears the lord, with faithful mind, 2 Still in the Lord thy God confide, Through gloomy night he still will guide, 3 But kindle no unhallow'd fire, To light your darken'd path; The Lord prayed to, as mighty to save. Isai liv. 9.--11. 2 As in the ancient days appear! Thy rescued Israel prais'd thy name. To endless ages still the same. 3 Then shall thy flock, pursu'd in vain, HYMN 113. The Gospel proclaimed. Isai. lii. 7--10. Rom. x. 15. 1 HOW beauteous are their feet Who stand on Zion's hill! Who bring salvation on their tongues, 2 How charming is their voice, 3 4 The Lord will comfort and redeem; The Lord makes bare his arm Thro' all the earth abroad; And every Nation shall behold Their Saviour and their God. The humiliation of Christ. Isai. liii. 1---5. 1 WHO will receive with cordial faith The tidings that we bring? And who hath seen the arm reveal'd 2 Behold Him, as a tender flower, No earthly beauty shines in him, 2 By man rejected, slighted, scorn'd, But griefs and sorrows not his own 4 Man deem'd him one condemn'd of heaven, An outcast from his God; For human sin he groan'd and bled 5 His sacred blood hath wash'd our souls HYMN 115. The death of Christ. Isai. liii. 6---10. 1 LIKE wand'ring sheep we all had stray'd, And left the fold of God. On Him were our transgressions laid; 2 Th' afflicted Shepherd 'midst his foes Submissive as the peaceful lamb, Who shall His Generation tell, 4 Join'd with the wicked in his death, A grave the rich supplied. Yet no deceit had stain'd his life; 5 'Twas God that will'd his varied woe, His soul, for sinners offer'd HYMN 116. once, Christ a glorified Saviour. Isai. liii. 10---12. 20 may thy knowledge fill the earth! Of those, who in thy word believe, 3 Christ with the great shall share the spoil, He, number'd with transgressors, died; 4 He died, to bear the guilt of men, HYMN 117. The invitation of divine mercy. Isaiah lv. 1.-3. Free to that sacred fountain, all, 2 How long to streams of false delight How long your strength and substance waste On trifles light as air? 3" My stores of grace," Jehovah cries, "A hope divine my word reveals, HYMN 118. The certainty of God's mercy in Christ. Isai. lv. 4---13. I BEHOLD he comes! our Leader comes, With might and honour crown'd; A witness for Jehovah's name To earth's remotest bounds. 2 See! nations hasten to his call 3 0, seek the Lord, while yet his ear 4 His ways are high beyond our thought; His word, once given, shall not return, 5 Joy shall attend his people's march, Divine condescension and mercy. Isai. lvii. 15. 16. 1 GOD is the high and lofty one, Inhabiting Eternity! Holy His name, and high His throne |