Complete salvation, lo! he wears, [3 Why thus array'd, almighty God, With garments dy'd in streams of blood, 4 The wine-press I myself have trod; "Your strength and your salvation stood 5 When not an angel's strength could bear 6 Alone he stood, alone he fell, 629. C. M. Doddridge. Support in God's Covenant under domestic Troubles.... 2 Sam. xxiii. 5. 1 MY Abides forever sure, Y God, the cov❜nant of thy love And in its matchless grace I feel 2 What tho' my house be not with thee, To nobler joys than nature gives Thy servant doth aspire. 3 Thy cov'nant in the darkest gloom 1 630. 104th. Newton. BEGONE, unbelief! my Saviour is near, 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 Tho' dark be my way, since he is my guide, 'Tis mine to obey, 'tis his to provide ; Tho' cisterns be broken, and creatures all fail, The word he has spoken shall 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 bring me quite thro'. 4 Since all that I meet shall work for my good, The bitter is sweet, the med'cine is food; Tho' painful at present, 'twill cease before long, And then, O how pleasant the conq'ror's song! 631. 104th. Wingrove. Trust in the Lord. 1 E tempted and try'd, to Jesus draw nigh; He suffer'd and dy'd your wants to supply; Trust him for salvation, you need not to grieve, There's no condemnation to them that believe. 2 By day and by night his love is made known; It is his delight to succour his own; [grieve: He will have compassion, then why should you There's no condemnation to them that believe. 3 Tho' satan will seek the sheep to annoy ; The helpless and weak he ne'er shall destroy; Christ is their salvation, and strength he will give; There's no condemnation to them that believe. 1 632. 148th. Cowper. ISH Of Sinai in a blaze, But learn'd the gospel too : The types and figures were a glass, In which they saw the Saviour's face. Rr 2 3 4 5 The paschal sacrifice, And blood-besprinkled door, And once apply'd with pow'r, The lamb, the dove, set forth Whose blood of matchless worth The scape-goat on his head Was to be seen no more: And by a Saviour's death discharg'd, 6 Jesus, I love to trace Throughout the sacred page, The footsteps of thy grace, The same in ev'ry age! O grant that I may faithful be 633. 8. 7. Braithwait's Col. Types of Christ. 1 PASCHA Paschal Lamb....Heb. ix. 12. ASCHAL Lamb, by God appointed, By almighty love anointed, Thou hast full atonement made, All thy people are forgiven, Thro' the virtue of thy blood! Peace is made 'twixt man and God. 3 Jesus, hail, enthron'd in glory, All the heav'nly hosts adore thee, 4 There, for sinners, thou art pleading→→→ There thou dost our place prepare ; Ever for us interceding, 'Till in glory we appear. 5 Glory, honor, pow'r, and blessing, 6 When we join th' angelic spirits, 634. 8.7.4. R- Col. 1 SOV'REIGN grace o'er sin abounding, Ransom'd souls the tidings swell, 'Tis a deep that knows no sounding; Who its breadth or length can tell 'Tis an ocean Without bottom or a shore. 2 Once in Christ, in Christ forever; Members of his mystic frame. We can sing eternal union, His dear saints have ever been. 1 Thro' the vast expanse of heaven. 635. L. M. Dobell. Faith's View of Heaven. WHE WHEN faith beholds the saints above, And hears their strains of Jesu's love; I fain would fly to join their lays, And sing with them my Saviour's praise. 3 If heav'n be mine, 'tis all of grace, 1 A 636. L. M. S. Village Worship. CCEPT, O Lord, our songs of praise, Thou source of love, thou sinner's friend; We bless thee for these means of grace, O may thy grace these means attend. 2 Thou wilt not, gracious God, despise The humble dwelling where we meet ; |