Since thou wouldst have the sinner blest, Now let me in thine image shine; Nor ever from thy footsteps move, But more than conquer through thy love. 4 Be it according to thy will!
Set my imprison'd spirit free;
(The counsel of thy grace fulfil ;)
Into thy glorious liberty,
My spirit, soul, and flesh restore,
And I shall never grieve thee more.
Luthers.] HYMN 102. 6 lines 8's.
JES, from this instant, now I will To my offended Father cry; My base ingratitude I feel,
Vilest of all thy children, I; Not worthy to be call'd thy son; Yet will I thee, my Father, own. 2 Guide of my life, hast thou not been, And rescu'd me from passion's power? Ten thousand times preserv'd from sin; Nor let the greedy grave devour: And wilt thou now thy wrath retain, Nor ever love thy child again? 3 Ah! canst thou find it in thy heart, To give me up, so long pursu'd? Ah! canst thou finally depart,
And leave thy creature in his blood? Leave me,-out of thy presence cast, To perish in my sins at last?
4 If thou hast call'd me to return;
If weeping at thy feet I fall,
The prodigal thou wilt not spurn,
But pity and forgive me all ;
In answer to my Friend above;
In honour of his bleeding love.
The thousands of our Israel see:
To thee in their behalf we cry,
Ourselves but newly found in thee.
2 See where o'er desert wastes they err,
And neither food nor feeder have;
Nor fold, nor place of refuge near;
For no man cares their souls to save?
3 Wild as the untaught Indian's brood,
The Christian savages remain;
Strangers, yea, enemies to God,
They make thee spill thy blood in vain.
4 Thy people, Lord, are sold for nought;
Nor know they their Redeemer nigh:
They perish whom thyself hast bought:
Their souls for lack of knowledge die.
5 The pit its mouth hath open'd wide,
To swallow up its careless prey :
Why should they die, when thou hast died;
Hast died to bear their sins away?
6 Why should the foe thy purchase seize ?
Remember, Lord, thy dying groans;
The meed of all thy sufferings these;
O claim them for thy ransom'd ones!
7 Extend to these thy pard'ning grace:
To these be thy salvation show'd:
O add them to thy chosen race!
O sprinkle all their hearts with blood!
8 Still let the publicans draw near:
Open the door of faith and heaven;
And grant their hearts thy word to hear,
And witness all their sins forgiven.
Alfreton.] HYMN 104. L. M.
ESUS, my Advocate above,
My friend before the throne of love:
If now for me prevails thy prayer,
If now I find thee pleading there;
If thou the secret wish convey,
And sweetly prompt my heart to pray;
Hear, and my weak petitions join,
Almighty Advocate, to thine.
2 Fain would I know my utmost ill,
And groan my nature's weight to feel!
To feel the clouds that round me roll,
The night that hangs upon my soul:
The darkness of my carnal mind,
My will perverse, my passions blind,
Scatter'd o'er all the earth abroad,
Immeasurably far from God.
3 Jesus, my heart's desire obtain;
My earnest suit present, and gain :
My fulness of corruption show,
The knowledge of myself bestow;
A deeper displacence at sin;
A sharper sense of guilt within;
A stronger struggling to get free;
A keener appetite for thee.
4 O Sov'reign Love, to thee I cry!
Give me thyself, or else I die!
Save me from death; from hell set free!
Death, hell, are but the want of thee.
Quicken'd by thy imparted flame;
Sav'd, when possess'd of thee, I am;
My life, my only heaven thou art;
O might I feel thee in my heart!
Watchman.] HYMN 105. S. M.
PIRIT of faith, come down,
Reveal the things of God;
And make to us the Godhead known;
And witness with the blood:
'Tis thine the blood t' apply,
And give us eyes to see;
Who did for every sinner die,
Hath surely died for me.
No man can truly say
That Jesus is the Lord;
Unless thou take the veil away,
And breathe the living word:
Then, only then we feel
Our int'rest in his blood;
And cry with joy unspeakable,
"Thou art my Lord, my God!"
O that the world might know
The all-atoning Lamb!
Spirit of faith, descend and show
The virtue of his name:
The grace which all may find;
The saving power impart
And testify to all mankind,
And speak in every heart.
Inspire the living faith,
Which, whosoe'er receives,
The witness in himself he hath,
And consciously believes :
The faith that conquers all,
And doth the mountain move;
And saves whoe'er on Jesus call,
And perfects them in love.
Amsterdam.] HYMN 106. 7's & 6's.
AKER, Saviour of mankind,
M who hast on me bestow'd
An immortal soul, design'd
To be the house of God:
Come, and now reside in me,
Never, never to remove;
Make me just and good, like thee,
And full of power and love.
2 Bid me in thine image rise,
A saint, a creature new;
True, and merciful, and wise,
And pure and happy too;
This thy primitive design,
That I should in thee be blest:
Should within thine arms divine,
For ever, ever rest.
3 Let thy will in me be done;
Fulfil my heart's desire,
Thee to know, and love alone,
And rise in raptures higher.
Thee descending on a cloud,
Till with ravish'd eyes I see;
Then shall I be fill'd with God
To all eternity!
Euphrates.] HYMN 107. 7's, 6's, & 1 8.
OD of my salvation, hear,
And help me to believe,
Simply do I now draw near,
Thy blessing to receive;
Full of guilt, alas! I am,
But to thy wounds for refuge flee :
Friend of sinners, spotless Lamb,
Thy blood was shed for me.
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