ESUS, I will trust Thee,
Trust Thee with my soul;
Guilty, lost, and helpless,
Thou canst make me whole.
There is none in heaven
Or on earth like Thee :
Thou hast died for sinners-
Therefore, Lord, for me.
2 Jesus, I must trust Thee,
Pondering Thy ways,
Full of love and mercy
All Thine earthly days:
Sinners gathered round Thee,
Lepers sought Thy face:
None too vile or loathsome
For a Saviour's grace.
3 Jesus, I can trust Thee,
Trust Thy written Word,
Though Thy voice of pity
I have never heard:
When Thy Spirit teacheth,--
To my taste how sweet!-
Only may I hearken,
Sitting at Thy feet.
4 Jesus, I do trust Thee,
Trust without a doubt;
"Whosoever cometh,
Thou wilt not cast out: "
Faithful is Thy promise,
Precious is Thy blood:
These, my soul's salvation,
Thou, my Saviour God!
Mary J. Walker.
TUNE-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 53.
HEAR the Saviour say-
Thy strength indeed is small;
Child of weakness, watch and pray,
Find in Me thine all in all,
Jesus paid it all, All to Him I owe;
Sin had left a crimson stain; He washed it white as snow.
2 Lord, now indeed I find
Thy power, and Thine alone,
Can change the leopard's spots,
And melt the heart of stone.
3 For nothing good have I,
Whereby Thy grace to claim :
I'll wash my garments white
In the blood of Calvary's Lamb.
4 When from my dying bed
My ransomed soul shall rise,
Then, "Jesus paid it all! "
Shall rend the vaulted skies.
5 And when before the throne
I stand in Him complete,
I'll lay my trophies down-
All down at Jesus' feet.
TUNE-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 55.
HERE are angels hovering round,
To carry the tidings home
To the New Jerusalem.
2 Poor sinners are coming home,
And Jesus bids them come;
And children too may come.
3 All heaven is full of joy,
For Jesus loves to save;
Come, children, trust Him now.
TUNE-Sacred Songs and Solos, No. 39.
RING the bells of heaven ! there is joy to-day
For a soul returning from the wild :
See the Father meets him out upon the way,
Welcoming His weary, wandering child.
Glory! glory! how the angels sing!
Glory! glory! how the loud harps ring!
'Tis the ransomed army, like a mighty sea,
Pealing forth the anthems of the free.
2 Ring the bells of heaven! there is joy to-day,
For the wanderer now is reconciled;
Yes, a soul is rescued from his sinful way,
And is born anew a ransomed child.
3 Ring the bells of heaven! spread the feast to-day!
Angels, swell the glad triumphant strain!
Tell the joyful tidings, bear it far away,
For a precious soul is born again.
TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 131.
I BELONG to Jesus
'Twas a happy day
When His blood most precious
Washed my sins away;
When His Holy Spirit
Changed my heart of stone,
Set His mark upon me,
Sealed me for His own.
2 I belong to Jesus
So I'll try to spend
All my life in pleasing
My Almighty Friend.
Since He is so holy,
I must watch and pray,
That I may grow like Him
More and more each day.
3 I belong to Jesus
Therefore I can sing,
For I'm safe and happy
Underneath His wing;
But so many round me
Are all dark and cold,
I must try to bring them
Into Jesus' fold.
4 I belong to Jesus
Soon He will be here;
If I love and trust Him,
What have I to fear?
Round about Him gathered
Will His people be:
And I'm sure that Jesus
Will remember me.
Miss Ellen H. Willis.
TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 14.
FEEL like singing all the time,
My tears are wiped away,
For Jesus is a Friend of mine:
I'll serve Him every day.
Singing-glory, glory,
Glory be to God on high.
"When on the cross my Lord I saw,
Nailed there by sins of mine,
Fast fell the burning tears; but now
I'm singing all the time.
"When fierce temptations try my heart,
I'll sing 'Jesus is mine';
And so, though tears at times may start,
I'm singing all the time."
4 Oh, happy little singing one,
What music is like thine!
With Jesus as thy Life and Sun,
Go singing all the time.
5 "The melting story of the Lamb,"
Tell with that voice of thine,
Till others with the glad new song,
Go singing all the time.
TUNE-Songs of Love and Mercy, No. 133.
HAVE found a precious Saviour,
He has washed my sins away;
Now rejoicing in His favour,
I am happy all the day.
I love Jesus, hallelujah,
I love Jesus. yes, I do;
I love Jesus, He's my Saviour,
Jesus smiles, and loves me too.
2. Sweetest joy my heart is swelling,
Joy the world could never give:
While in sweetest strains I'm telling
How He made my spirit live.
3 Lost in sin, I wandered weary,
Far from Jesus, far from home;
Till He came, in love, to cheer me,
Sweetly calling, "Wanderer, come!"
4 Pardon full and free He offered,
Showed His bleeding hands and side;
Told me how for me He suffered,
For my sins was crucified.
5 Then my heart, with thanks o'erflowing,
Yielded to His gracious call ;
At His feet, in sorrow bowing,
Gave to Him my life, my all.
6 Now I'm His, yes, His for ever,
Safe within His happy fold;
Jesus' lambs can perish never,
Love like His can ne'er grow cold.
Miss Campbell.
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