God will give grace to hold out here, And glory for a crown.

HYMN 106. S. M.

Pride.

NNUMERABLE foes,

I

Attack the child of God;
He feels within the weight of sin,
A grievous galling load.

2 Temptations too without,
Of various kinds assault';
Sly snares beset his trav❜ling feet,
And makes him often halt.

3 From sinner and from saint,
He meets with many a blow;
His own bad heart creates him smart,
Which only God can know.

4. But though the host of hell,
Be neither weak nor small;
One mighty foe deals dang'rous woe,
And hurts beyond them all.

5 'Tis pride accursed pride,
That spir't by God abhor'd ;
Do what we will it haunts us still,
And keeps us from the Lord.

6 It blows its pois'nous breath, 'And bloats the soul with air; The heart uplifts with God's own gifts, And makes e'en grace a snare.

Awake nay while we sleep,
In all we think or speak;

It puffs us glad, torments us sad,
Its hold we cannot break.

8 In other ills we find,

The hand of heaven not slack;
Pride only knows to interpose,
And keep our comforts back.

9 'Tis hurtful when perceiv'd,
When not perceiv'd 'tis worse;
Unseen or seen it dwells within,
And works by fraud or force.

10 Against its influ'nce pray,
It mingles with the prayer;
Against it preach, it prompts the speech,
Be silent still 'tis there.

11 This moment while I write,
I feel its pow'r within ;

My heart it draws to seek applause,
And mixes all with sin.

12 Thou meek and lovely Lamb,
This haughty tyrant kill;

That wounded thee though thou wast free,
And grieves thy spirit still.

13 Our condescending God,
To whom else shall we go ;
Remove our pride whate'er oetide,
And lay and keep us low.

HYMN 107.

The Paradox.

OW strange is the course that a christian must

How

steer,

How perplex'd is the path he must tread; The hope of his happiness rises from fear, And his life he receives from the dead.

2 His fairest pretensions must wholly be way'd,
And his best resolutions be cross'd;
Nor can he expect to be perfectly sav❜d,
"Till he finds himself utterly lost.

3 When all this is done and his heart is assur'd, Of the total remission of sin;

When his pardon is seal'd and his peace is procur'd, From that moment his conflict begins.

HYMN 108.

EGONE unbelief,

B My Saviour is near,

And for my relief,

Will surely appear.
By pray'r let me wrestle,
And he will perform,
With Christ in the vessel,
I smile at the storm.

2 Though dark be my way, Since he is my guide,

'Tis mine to obey,

'Tis his to provide. Though cisterns be broken, And creatures all fail, The word he has spoken, Will surely prevail.

3 His love in time past,
Forbids me to think,

He'll leave me at last,
In trouble to sink :
Each sweet Ebenezer
I have in review,

Confirms his good pleasure, To help me quite through.

4 Determin'd to save,

He watch'd o'er my path, When satan's blind slave, I sported with death. And can he have taught me To trust in his name, And thus far have brought me, To put me to shame.

5 Why should I complain
Of want or distress,
Temptations or pain,
He told me no less.
The heirs of salvation,

I knew from his word,
Through much tribulation,
Must follow their Lord.

6 How bitter that cup,
No heart can conceive,
Which he drank quite up,
That sinners might live.
His way was much rougher,
And darker than mine,
Did Jesus thus suffer,
And shall I repine.

17 Since all that I meet, Shall work for my good,

The bitter is sweet,

The med'cine is food. Though painful at present,

Twill cease before long, And then oh how pleasant The conqueror's song.

HYMN 109. C. M.

brethren sing,

And tell what Christ has done ;

Who sav❜d our souls from hell and sin,

By his free grace alone.

2 The angelic host he passed by,
And set his love on man;
Left glory and come down to die,
Our souls for to redeem.

3 We've heard his voice, we know the sound, We feast upon his love;

The blessed spirit has come down,

To witness him above.

4 He is our prophet, priest and king,
Whom we unseen adore ;

Therefore we'll praise, and talk and sing,
Of him forevermore.

5 Our fellowship's divine and sweet,
With Father and with Son;
And to him heart to heart doth meet,
That we may all be one.

6 That we bis name may glorify,
In this probation state;

And in his promises rely,

And for his coming wait.

7 And when our tribulation's o'er,
And trouble with us cease;

We shall arrive on Canaan's shore,
And see him as he is.

8 And when our faith and hope does cease,

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