When beset with various evils,
Wield the Spirit's two-edg'd sword:
Cut thy way through hosts of devils;
They shall fall before the Word!
4 And when dangers closer threaten,
And thy soul draws near to death,
When assaulted sore by Satan,
Then present the shield of faith:
Fiery darts of fierce temptations,
Intercepted by thy God,
There shall lose their force in patience,
Sheath'd in love, and quench'd in blood!
5 Though to speak thou be not able,
Always pray, and never rest:
Pray'r's a weapon for the feeble;
Weakest souls can wield it best.
Ever on thy Captain calling,
Make thy worst condition known;
He shall hold thee up when falling,
Or shall lift thee up when down!
YE tempted souls, reflect
Whose name 'tis you profess;
Your Master's lot you must expect-
Temptations more or less.
If faith be not so clear
As shuts all doubting out;
Remember, Satan once could dare
To tempt e'en Christ to doubt.-
"If thou'rt the Son of God,
(0 what an IF was there!)
These stones here, speak them into food,
And make thy sonship clear."
View that amazing scene!
Say, could the tempter try
To shake a tree so sound, so green?
Good God, defend the dry!
Think not he now will fail
To make us shrink and droop:
Our faith he daily will assail,
And dash our very hope.
That impious IF he thus
At God incarnate threw,
No wonder if he cast at us,
And make us feel it too.
To cause despair's the scope
Of Satan and his powers;
Against hope, to believe in hope,
Jesus will make it ours.
Buts, ifs, and hows, are hurl'd
To sink us with the gloom
Of all that's dismal in this world,
Or in the world to come.
But here's our point of rest-
Tho' hard the battle seem,
Our Captain stood the fiery test,
And we shall stand thro' him!
BLESSED are the sons of God;
They are bought with Jesu's blood,
They are ransom'd from the grave,
Life eternal they shall have:
With them number'd may we be,
Now, and thro' eternity!
2 God did love them, in his Son,
Long before the world begun;
They the seal of this receive,
When on Jesus they believe!
With them, &c.
3 They are justifi'd by grace,
And, though sins disturb their peace,
All their sins are wash'd away,
They shall stand in God's great day!
With them, &c.
4 They produce the fruits of grace
In the works of righteousness!
Born of God, they hate all sin,
God's pure Word remains within!
With them, &c.
5 They have fellowship with God,
Thro' the Mediator's blood;
One with God, thro' Jesus one,
Glory is in them begun!
With them, &c.
6 Tho' they suffer much on earth,
Strangers to the worldling's mirth,
Yet they have an inward joy,
Pleasures which can never cloy!
With them, &c.
7 They alone are truly blest-
Heirs of God, joint heirs with Christ;
With Immanuel's fulness fill'd;
To eternal glory seal'd!
With them, &c.
8. Soon they'll leave this world of sin,
Then full glory will begin;
Glory that shall never cease-
Boundless, pure, unmingled bliss!
With them, &c.
I BEHOLD, what wondrous grace
The Father hath bestow'd
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God!
2 "Tis no surprising thing
That we should be unknown;
The Jewish world knew not their King-
God's everlasting Son.
3 Nor is it known to us
How great we must be made ;
But when we see him as he is,
We shall be like our Head! 4 A hope so much divine May trials well endure,
May purge our souls from sense and sin, As Christ the Lord is pure.
5 Since in my Father's love
I share a filial part,
Pour down thy Spirit from above,
And fill my longing heart.
6 We would no longer lie
Like slaves beneath the throne;
Our faith shall Abba Father cry;
And thou the kindred own!
1 NOT all the nobles of the earth,
Who boast the honours of their birth,
Such real dignity can claim
As those who bear the Christian name!
2 To them the privilege is giv'n
To be the sons and heirs of heav'n ;
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joys beyond the sky!
3 [On them, a happy chosen race,
Their Father pours his richest grade:
To them his counsels he imparts,
And writes his name upon their hearts.
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