Jesus sought me when a stranger, Wandering from the fold of God; He, to save my soul from danger, Interposed his precious blood. 3 0 to grace how great a debtor Daily I'm constrained to be! Let that grace, now, like a fetter, Bind my wandering heart to thee! Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it, Prone to leave the God I loveHere's my heart-oh, take and seal it! Seal it from thy courts above.

49.

JUSTIFICATION AND SANCTIFICATION. C. M.
St. Andrew's-Kent Canterbury.

1 How wretched was our former state,
When, slaves to Satan's sway,
With hearts disordered and impure,
O'erwhelmed in sin we lay!

2 But, O my soul! for ever praise,
For ever love his name,

Who turned thee from the fatal paths
Of folly, sin, and shame.

3 Vain and presumptuous is the trust
Which in our works we place,
Salvation from a higher source
Flows to the human race.

4 "Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;

His mercy saved our souls from death,
And washed our souls from sin.

5 His Spirit, through the Saviour shed,
Its sacred fire imparts,

Refines our dross, and love divine
Rekindles in our hearts.

6 Thence raised from death, we live anew; And, justified by grace,

We hope in glory to appear,
And see our Father's face.

50.

SOVEREIGN MERCY.

French-Winchester Old-St. Thomas'.

C. M.

1 Not all the outward forms on earth,
Nor rites that God has given,
Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace;
Born in the image of his Son,
A new peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like a heavenly wind,
Blows on the sons of flesh,

New-models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quickened souls awake and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

51.

SALVATION BY GRACE.

8. M.

Hampton-Hobb's-Shirland.

1 Grace! 'tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;

Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

2 Grace first contrived a way
To save rebellious man,

And all the steps that grace display,
Which drew the wondrous plan.

3 Grace taught my wandering feet
To tread the heavenly road,
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

4 Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;

It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

52.

5 and 7,

THE VOICE OF FREE GRACE.

or 12s.

Wareham (by dividing last semibreve in each line, and repeating two lines)-Erfurt (by dividing last semibreve of each line)."

1 The voice of free grace

Cries, Escape to the mountain,
For Adam's lost race

Christ hath opened a fountain;
For sin and uncleanness,
And every transgression,
His blood flows most freely,
In streams of salvation.

Hallelujah to the Lamb,

Who hath purchased a pardon, We will perfectly praise him When we've passed over Jordan.

2 Ye souls that are wounded,

O flee to the Saviour,
He calls you in mercy,
"Tis infinite favour;
Your sins are increasing,
Escape to the mountain;
His blood can remove them,
It flows like a fountain.
Hallelujah, &c.

30 Jesus! ride onward,

Triumphantly glorious,

O'er sin, death, and hell,

Thou art more than victorious; Thy name shall be praised

In the great congregation,
While angels and men

Raise the shout of salvation.
Hallelujah, &c.

4 With joy shall we stand,
When escaped to the shore;
With harps in our hand,

We will praise him the more;
We'll range the sweet plains
On the banks of the river,
And sing of salvation
For ever and ever.
Hallelujah, &c.

53.

THE ETERNAL FATHER.

C. M.

Huntingtower-Harrington-Harborough.

1 Father! the sweetest, dearest name

That men or angels know!

Fountain of life, that had no fount
From which itself could flow.

2 Far upward in the timeless past,
Ere form or space had come,

We see thee by thine own dread light,
Thyself thine only home.