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From thee they all their bliss receive,
And still thou givest more.

5 Thou art their triumph and their joy;
They find their all in thee:

Thy glories will their tongues employ Through all eternity.

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106.

[S. B. 35.]

8 lines 7 & 6.

VAIN, delusive world, adieu,
With all of creature good:

Only Jesus I

pursue,

Who bought me with his blood.
All my pleasure I forego;

I trample on my wealth and pride:
Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified!

Other knowledge I disdain,

"Tis all but vanity:

Christ, the Lamb of God, was slain;
He tasted death for me:

Me to save from endless woe,
The sin-atoning victim died;

Only Jesus will I know,

And Jesus crucified!

Him to know is life and peace,
And please without end:

This is al ay happiness,
On Jesus to depend-
Daily in his grace to grow,
And ever in his maith abide;
Only Jesus wil I know,
And Jesus crucified!

107.

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S. B. 36.]

L. M.

·wondrous cross,
ce of Glory died,
ount but loss,
i on all my pride.

2 Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast,
Save in the death of Christ my Lord;
All the vain things that charm'd me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

3 See! from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down:
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet?
Or thorns compose so rich a crown?
4 Were the whole realms of nature mine,
That were a present far too small:
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

108.

[S. B. 37.]

8 & 7.

SWEET the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross I spend;
Life, and health, and peace possessing,
From the sinner's dying Friend:
Here I'll sit, for ever viewing

Mercy's streams in streams of blood;
Precious drops my soul bedewing,
Plead and claim my peace with God.

2 Truly blessed is the station,
Low before his cross to lie;
While I see divine compassion
Flowing from his languid eye:
Here it is I find my heaven,
While upon the Lamb I gaze;
Love I much? I've arch forgiven;
I'm a miracle of grace.

3 Love and grief my heart dividing,
With my tears his feet I'll bathe:
Constantly in faith abiding;

Life deriving from his death:

May I still enjoy that feeling;

In all need to Jesus go:

Prove his wounds each day more healing,
And himself more deeply know.

109.

[S. B. 38.]

L. M.

JESUS, and can it ever be,

A mortal man ashamed of thee?
Ashamed of thee whom angels praise?
Whose glories shine through endless days?

2 Ashamed of Jesus! sooner far

Let evening blush to own her star;
Ashamed of Jesus! just as soon
Let midnight blush to think of noon.
3 Ashamed of Jesus! of that Friend
On whom my heavenly hopes depend!
It must not be-be this my shame,
That I no more revere his name.

4 Ashamed of Jesus! yes, I may,
When I've no sins to wash away,
No tears to wipe, no joy to crave,
No fears to quell, no soul to save.
5 Till then,-(nor is the boasting vain)
Till then I'll boast a Saviour slain:
And O, may this my portion be,
That Saviour's not ashamed of me.

SECTION III.

THE CHARACTERS AND INFLUENCES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.

110.

P. M.

LET Songs of praises fill the sky!
Christ, our ascended Lord,

Sends down his Spirit from on high,
According to his word:

All hail the day of Pentecost,
The coming of the Holy Ghost!

2 The Spirit of his heavenly breath,
New life creates within;

He quickens sinners from the death
Of trespasses and sin:

All hail the day of Pentecost,
The coming of the Holy Ghost!

3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes,
And shows them unto men;
The fallen soul his temple makes;
God's image stamps again:
All hail the day of Pentecost,
The coming of the Holy Ghost!

4 Come, Holy Sprit, from above,
With thy celestial fire;

Come, and with flames of zeal and love
Our hearts and tongues inspire:

Be this our day of Pentecost,

The coming of the Holy Ghost!

111.

[L. B. 247.] 6 lines 8.

SPIRIT of Truth, essential God,
Who didst thy ancient saints inspire,
Shed in our hearts thy love abroad,
And touch our hallow'd lips with fire:
Our God from all eternity,

World without end we worship thee.

2 Still we believe, almighty Lord,
Whose presence fills both earth and heaven,
The meaning of the written word

Is by thy inspiration given:
Thou only dost thyself explain
The secret mind of God to man.

3 Come, then, Divine Interpreter,
The Scriptures to our hearts apply;
And taught by thee, we God revere;
Him in Three Persons magnify;
In each the Triune God adore,
Who was, and is, for evermore.

112.

[S. B. 81.]

L. M.

COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above;
Be thou our guardian, thou our guide;
O'er every thought and step preside.

2 Conduct us safe, conduct us far
From every sin and hurtful snare:
Lead to thy word that rules must give,
And teach us lessons how to live.

3 The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and choose the way:
Plant holy fear in every heart,

That we from God may ne'er depart.

4 Lead us to holiness, the road

That we must take to dwell with God:
Lead us to Christ, the living way,
Nor let us from his pasture stray.

5 Lead us to God, our final rest,
In his enjoyment to be bless'd:
Lead us to heaven, the seat of bliss,
Where pleasure in perfection is.

113.

[S. B. 82.]

L. M.

BLESS'D Spirit, Source of grace divine,
What soul-refreshing streams are thine!
O bring these healing waters nigh,
Or we must droop, and fall, and die!

2 No traveller through desert lands,
'Midst scorching suns, and burning sands,
More needs the current to obtain,
Nor to enjoy refreshing rain.

3 Our longing souls aloud would sing, Spring up, celestial Fountain, spring; To a redundant river flow,

And cheer the thirsty land below.

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