To them unveil my smiling face,
And shed my glories round the place.”
3 We meet at thy command, dear Lord,
Relying on thy faithful word:
O send thy Spirit from above,
And fill our hearts with heavenly love.
HYMN 28. L. M.
1 WITH all my pow'rs of heart and tongue, I'll praise my Maker in my song; Angels shall hear the notes I raise, Approve the song and join the praise. 2 To God I cry'd, when troubles rose; He heard me, and subdu'd my foes: My rising fears he did control,
And strength diffus'd through all my soul! 3 Amidst a thousand snares I stand, Upheld and guarded by his hand; His words my fainting soul revive, And keep my dying faith alive.
4 Grace will complete what grace begins, To save from sorrow and from sins; The work that mercy undertakes, Eternal mercy ne'er forsakes.
HYMN 29. L. M.
1 SINNER, O why so thoughtless grown!
Why in such dreadful haste to die;
Daring to leap to worlds unknown,
Heedless against thy God to fly?
2 Wilt thou despise eternal fate,
Urg'd on by sin's fantastic dreams,
Madly attempt th' infernal gate,
And force thy passage to the flames?
3 Stay, sinner, on the gospel plains,
Behold the God of love unfold
The glories of his dying pains,
For ever telling, yet untold.
HYMN 30. L. M.
1 THUS far the Lord has led me on,
Thus far his power prolongs my days,
And every evening shall make known
Some fresh memorial of his grace.
2 Much of my time has run to waste,
And, I perhaps, am near my home;
But he forgives my follies past,
He gives me strength for days to come.
3 I lay my body down to sleep;
Peace is the pillow for my head;
While well appointed angels keep
Their watchful stations round my bed.
4 Thus when the night of death shall come,
My flesh shall rest beneath the ground,
And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb,
With sweet salvation in the sound.
HYMN 31. L. M.
1 My God, how endless is thy love!
Thy gifts are every evening new;
And morning mercies, from above,
Gently distil like early dew.
2 Thou spread'st the curtains of the night, Great Guardian of my sleeping hours:
Thy sovereign word restores the light,
And quickens all my drowsy powers.
3 I yield my powers to thy command :
To thee I consecrate my days:
Perpetual blessings from thine hand
Demand perpetual songs of praise.
HYMN 32. L. M.
1. Now in the heat of youthful blood,
Remember your Creator God:
Behold the months come hast'ning on
When you
shall say, "My joys are gone."
2 Behold the aged sinner goes,
Laden with guilt and heavy woes,
Down to the regions of the dead,
With endless curses on his head!
3 Eternal King! I fear thy name;
Teach me to know how frail I am;
And when my soul must hence remove
Give me a mansion in thy love.
1 No more, my God, I boast no more
Of all the duties I have done;
I quit the hopes I held before,
To trust the merits of thy Son.
2 Now, for the love I bear his name,
What was my gain, I count my loss;
My former pride I call my shame,
And nail my glory to his cross.
3 The best obedience of my hands
Dares not appear before thy throne;
But faith can answer thy demands,
By pleading what my Lord has done.
HYMN 34. L. M.
1 COME, dearest Lord, descend and dwell
By faith and love in every breast;
Then shall we know, and taste, and feel
The joys that cannot be express'd.
2 Come, fill our hearts with inward strength, Make our enlarged souls possess,
And learn the heighth, and breadth and Of thine unmeasurable grace. [length 3 Now to the God, whose power can do
More than our thoughts or wishes know, Be everlasting honours done,
By all the church, through Christ his Son.
HYMN 35. L. M.
1 How oft have sin and Satan strove
To rend my soul from thee my God!
But everlasting is thy love,
And Jesus seals it with his blood.
2 The oath and promise of the Lord
Join to confirm the wond'rous grace;
Eternal power performs the word,
And fills all heaven with endless praise.
3 Amidst temptations sharp and long,
My soul to this dear refuge flies;
Hope is my anchor, firm and strong,
Whilst tempests blow, and billows rise,
4 The gospel bears my spirit up; A faithful and unchanging God
Lays the foundation for my hope,
In oaths, and promises, and blood.
HYMN 36. C. M.
1 DREAD Sovereign, let my ev'ning song
Like holy incense rise:
Assist the off'rings of my tongue
To reach the lofty skies.
2 Through all the dangers of the day
Thy hand was still my guard :
And still to drive my wants away,
Thy mercy stood prepar'd.
3 Perpetual blessings from above
Encompass me around,
But O how few returns of love
Hath my Creator found!
4 What have I done for him who died
To save my wretched soul?
How are my follies multiply'd,
Fast as my minutes roll!
5 Lord, with this guilty of heart of mine, To thy dear cross I flee,
And to thy grace my soul resign,
To be renew'd by thee.
6 Sprinkled afresh with pard'ning blood, I lay me down to rest,
As in th' embraces of my God,
Or on my Saviour's breast.
HYMN 37. C. M.
1 WHEN languor and disease invade, This trembling house of clay,
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