Hymn.
Salvation by Grace.
1 GRACE! 'tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to my ear;
Heav'n with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
2. Grace first contriv'd a way
To save rebellious man,
And all the steps that grace display;
Which drew the wondrous plan.
3 Grace taught my wand'ring feet
To tread the heav'nly road,
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to GOD.
Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heav'n the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.
1 How shall we stand, when CHRIST appears? >
How come before our LORD?
At that dread hour will cries or tears
Avert the threat'ning sword?
2 Shall sinners plead the costly blood
Of lambs or bullocks spilt?
Shall they allege their hearts are good,
And think to hide their guilt?
3 Ah no; the LAME of GOD alone,
The LAMB, whom GOD has sent,
Can for our num'rous sins atone,
And His just wrath prevent.
4 O LAMB of GOD! our sins forgive:
On Thee our hopes we place:
Say to our troubled spirits, Live;
And save us by Thy grace.
Self-abasement and Justification.
1 MY GOD, my GOD, to thee I cry;
Thee only would I know;
Thy purifying blood apply,
And wash me white as snow.
2 Touch me, and make the leper clean;
Purge my iniquity:
Unless Thou wash my soul from sin,
I have no part with Thee.
3 But art Thou not already mine?
Answer, if mine Thou art!
Whisper within, Thou Love divine,
And cheer my drooping heart.
4 Tell me again my peace is made,
And bid the sinner live:
The debt's discharg'd, the ransom's paid,
My FATHER must forgive.
5 Behold, for me the Victim bleeds,
His wounds are open'd wide:
For me the Blood of Sprinkling pleads,
And speaks me justified.
6 My humbled soul, when thou art near, In dust and ashes lies:
How shall a sinful worm appear,
Or meet Thy purer eyes?
7 I loathe myself when GOD I see,
And into nothing fall;
Content if Thou exalted be,
And CHRIST be All in All.
1 NOT all the outward forms on earth,
Nor rites that GOD has given,
Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heav'n.
2 The sov'reign will of GOD alone
Creates us heirs of grace;
Born in the image of His SON
A new peculiar race.
3 The SPIRIT, like some heav'nly wind,
Blows on the sons of flesh,
New-models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.
4 Our quicken'd souls awake, and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heav'nly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.
Pardon and Reconciliation.
1 COME, FATHER, SON, and HOLY GHOST,
One GOD in Persons THREE,
Bring back the heav'nly blessing, lost
By all mankind and me.
2 Thy favour, and Thy nature too,
To me, to all restore;
Forgive, and after GOD renew,
And keep us evermore.
3 Eternal SUN of RIGHTEOUSNESS,
Display Thy beams divine,
And cause the glories of Thy face
Upon my heart to shine.
4 Light, in Thy light, O may I see!
Thy grace and mercy prove;
Reviv'd, and cheer'd, and bless'd by Thee,
The Gop of pard'ning love.
5 Lift up Thy countenance serene,
And let Thy happy child
Behold, without a cloud between,
The GODHEAD reconcil'd!
6 That all-comprising peace bestow
On me, through grace forgiv'n ;
The joys of holiness below,
And then the joys of heav'n!
Difficulty of Conversion.
1 STRAIT is the way, the door is strait That leads to joys on high; 'Tis but a few that find the gate, While crowds mistake, and die.
2 Beloved self must be denied,
The mind and will renew'd,
Passion suppress'd, and patience tried,
And vain desires subdued.
3 Flesh is a dang'rous foe to grace,
Where it prevails and rules;
Flesh must be humbled, pride abas'd,
Lest they destroy our souls.
4 The love of gold be banish'd hence,
(That vile idolatry:)
And ev'ry member, ev'ry sense,
In sweet subjection lie.
5 The tongue, that most unruly pow'r,
Requires a strong restraint;
We must be watchful ev'ry hour,
And pray, but never faint.
6 LORD, can a feeble helpless worm
Fulfil a task so hard?
Thy grace must all my work perform,
And give the free reward.
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