2 It sweetly cheers our drooping hearts, In this dark vale of tears; Life, light, and joy, it still imparts, 3 This lamp, through all the tedious night Of life, shall guide our way, 1 Till we behold the clearer light HYMN 20. C. M. STEELE. St. Ann's, Canterbury. FWhat endless glory shines! ATHER of mercies, in thy word, For ever be thy name ador'd For these celestial lines. 2 Here, the Redeemer's welcome voice Spreads heavenly peace around; And life, and everlasting joys Attend the blissful sound. 3 Oh, may these heavenly pages be And still new beauties may I see, 4 Divine instructor, gracious Lord, Teach me to love thy sacred word, HYMN 21. C. M. WATTS. Plymouth, Abridge. ADEN with guilt and full of fears, And not a glimpse of hope appears, 2 The volume of my Father's grace Here I behold my Saviour's face 3 This is the field where hidden lies 4 This is the Judge that ends the strife My guide to everlasting life, HYMN 22. L. M. WATTS. Angel's Hymn, Kent, Old Hundred. The power of the Gospel. ESUS, thy witness speaks within; The mercy which thy words reveal, Refines the heart from sense and sin, And stamps its own celestial seal. 2 "Tis God's renewing, gracious hand, That moulds and forms the heart anew; Transgressors can no more withstand, But bow and own his doctrine true. 3 The guilty wretch, that trusts thy blood, Finds peace and pardon at the cross; The soul, that was averse to God, Believes and loves his Maker's laws. 4 Let proud opposers cease their strife, And own, O Lord, the work is thine; The voice, that calls the dead to life, Must be almighty and divine. HYMN 23. L. M. Italy, Bicester, Truro. BEDDOME. GOD, in the gospel of his Son, Makes his eternal counsels known; "Tis here his richest mercy shines, 2 Here sinners of an humble frame 3 Here Jesus, in ten thousand ways, 5 Our raging passions it controls, And guides us all our journey through. 6 May this blest volume ever lie Close to my heart, and near my eye, HYMN 24. C. M. COWPER. Abridge, Barby. The glory of the word. HE spirit breathes upon the word, 2 A glory gilds the sacred page, It gives a light to every age, 3 The hand that gave it still supplies 4 Let everlasting thanks be thine, ALARMING. HYMN 25. S. M. Wirksworth, Orange. NEWTON. Few saved. Luke xiii. 23. ESTRUCTION'S dangerous road "While that which leads the soul to God, Is known or sought by few. 2 Believers find the way 3 If self must be deny'd, 4 Encompass'd by a throng, 5 But hear the Saviour's word, 6 Obey the gospel call, And enter while you may; 7. Lord, open sinners' eyes, Their awful state to see; HYMN 26. C. M. DOBELL. Windsor, Buckingham, Lebanon. Matt. vii. 15, 14. SINNERS, behold that downward road Which leads to endless wo; |