Which from the self-conceited mind, 3 Even so! thou, Father, hast ordained Nor men nor angels may presume 4 Thou only know'st the Son: from thee My kingdom I receive ; And none the Father know but they 5 Come then to me, all ye who groan, 6 Take up my yoke, and learn of me 7 For light and gentle is my yoke; Shall ease the heart, which groaned before 181. CHRIST READY TO SAVE. Calvary-Nathaniel. 8.7.8.7. 4.7. 1 Come, ye sinners, poor and wretched, This is your accepted hour; Jesus ready stands to save you, He is willing; doubt no more. 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam! 3 Come, ye weary, heavy laden, Lost and ruined by the fall! If you tarry till you're better, You will never come at all: Not the righteous, Sinners Jesus came to call, 4 Agonizing in the garden, Lo! the Saviour prostrate lies: Sinners! will not this suffice? 5 Lo! the great High Priest ascended, Can do helpless sinners good. And leave my native land, Where sin lulls all to sleep: For thee I fain would all resign, And sail to heaven with thee and thine. 2 What though the seas are broad? What though the waves are strong? What though tempestuous winds Distress me all along? Yet what are seas, or stormy wind, Compared to Christ, the sinner's friend? 3 Thou art my pilot wise, My compass is thy Word; While I have such a Lord: And all my storms subside, And keep me near thy side; Far more the treach'rous calm I dread, 5 Come, heavenly wind, and blow A prosp'rous gale of To heaven, my destined place; And leave the world and sin behind! 7 He pardons with o'erflowing love: As far my thoughts, as far my ways, 183. THE FOUNTAIN OPENED. Oberlin-Eucharist. 1 Come to Calvary's holy mountain, Opened when the Saviour died. 2 Come, in poverty and meanness, 8.7.8.7. 7.7. Wash your robes and make them white; Ye shall walk with God in light. 3 Come, in sorrow and contrition, Wounded, impotent, and blind; Here the guilty free remission, Here the troubled peace, may find: 4 Soul! then, know thy full salvation; Armed by faith and winged by prayer; 210. THE CROSS WITH CHRIST. Salzbourg-Burton-Crediton. 1 Must Jesus bear the cross alone, 2 How happy are the saints above, C. M. |