SALVATION

IS OF THE LORD.

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C. M.

1 PLUNG'D in a gulph of dark despair
We wretched sinners lay,
Without one cheerful beam of hope
Or spark of glimm❜ring day.

2 With pitying eyes the Prince of grace
Beheld our helpless grief,

He saw, and oh, amazing love!
He ran to our relief.

3 Down from the shining seats above
With joyful haste he fled,
Enter'd the grave in mortal flesh,
And dwelt among the dead.

4 He spoil'd the pow'rs of darkness thus, And brake our iron chains;

Jesus has freed our captive souls
From everlasting pains.

5 In vain the baffled prince of hell
His cursed projects tries,

We, whom he doom'd his endless slaves,
Are rais'd above the skies.

6 O, for this love! let rocks and hills

Their lasting silence break!

And all harmonious human tongues
The Saviour's praises speak!

7 Angels, assist our sacred joys,
Strike all your harps of gold;

But, tho' you raise your highest notes,
His love can ne'er be told!

1 YE children of God, By faith in his Son, Redeem'd by his blood, And with him made one,

This union with wonder And rapture be seen, Which nothing shall sunder, Without or within.

2 This pardon, this peace, Which none can destroy;

This treasure of grace, This heavenly joy; The worthless may crave it, It always comes free;

The vilest may have it, 'Twas given to me. 3 "Tis not for good deeds, Good tempers, nor frames;

From grace it proceeds, And all is the
Lamb's.

No goodness, no fitness, Expects he from

us:

This I can well witness, For none could be

worse.

4 Sick sinner, expect No balm but Christ's

blood:

Thy own works reject, The bad and the good.

None ever miscarry That on him rely, Tho' loathsome as Mary, Manasseh, or I.

1 WHATEVER prompts the soul to pride, Or gives us room to boast, (Except in Jesus crucify'd)

Is not the Holy Ghost.

2 That blessed Spirit omits to speak
Of what himself has done;
And bids th' enlighten'd sinner seek
Salvation in the Son.

3 He seldom moves a man to say,
"Thank God, I'm made so good."
But turns his eye another way,
To Jesus and his blood.

4 Great are the graces he confers,
But all in Jesu's name;

He gladly dictates, gladly hears,
"Salvation to the Lamb!"

"Ye are complete in Him." Col. ii. 10.

1 WHEN is it Christians all agree,
And let distinctions fall?-

When (nothing in themselves) they see
That Christ is All in All.

2 But strife and diff'rence will subsist
While men will something seem:
Let them but singly look to Christ,
And all are one in him.

3 The infant, and the aged saint,
The worker, and the weak;
They who are strong and seldom faint,
And they who scarce can speak.

4 Eternal life's the gift of God;

"Tis God himself-the Word! And issues to us through the blood Of Jesus Christ our Lord.

5 We have no life, no pow'r, no faith,
But what by Christ is giv'n.

We all deserve eternal death;
And thus we all are ev'n.

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1 TILL God the Spirit's rising beam
Breaks on the sinner's eyes,
He hates the glorious gospel scheme,
And Jesus will despise.

2 Self is the god that he adores,
And sin his only food;"

He seeks no healing for his sores
In Jesu's precious blood.

C. M.

3 While such at sov'reign mercy spurn,
And boast how good they are,
We'll to the cross of Jesus turn,
And seek salvation there!

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4 Jesus, since thou hast made us free,
We boast not in our shame;
But ev'ry song shall boast of thee,
And speak thy lovely name..

5 Nothing we plead before our God,
By nature all deprav'd;
Yet in the Lamb's redeeming blood
We boast a sinner sav'd.

6 Sinner, 'tis only in the Lamb
That Justice smiles on thee;
Beneath the skies, no other name
Can set the guilty free.

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THE Lord on high proclaims
His Godhead from his throne;

"Justice and Mercy are the names
Whereby I will be known!—

"Ye dying souls that sit

In darkness and distress,

Look from the borders of the pit
To my recov'ring grace

S. M.

Sinners shall hear the sound: Their thankful tongues shall own— Our righteousness and strength are found In thee, O Lord, alone!

And see their sins forgiv❜n:

God shall pronounce the sinner just,

And take the saint to heav'n.