5 Our thoughts are lost in rev'rend awe ; We love, and we adore; The holy angels never saw 60 So much of God before. may I bear some humble part In that immortal song; Wonder and joy shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue. HYMN 86. C. M. WATTS. The glad Tidings of Salvation. Luke i. 72, 73, 74. Heb. iii. 13. ALVATION!-Oh the joyful sound! A sovereign balm for ev'ry wound, A cordial for our fears. 2 Bury'd in sorrow and in sin, 3 Salvation!-let the echo fly HYMN 87. P. M. WATTS. God's love eternal and unchangeable. Psa. xlii. 11. Isa. liv. 9, 10. Tit. iii. 5. 2 MY distrustful heart! How small thy faith appears! But greater, Lord, thou art Than all my doubts and fears. Did Jesus once upon me shine? Then Jesus is forever mine. Unchangeable his will, Though dark may be my frame; F 3 4 My soul through many changes goes; Thou, Lord, wilt carry on, In me a sinful worm: Midst all my fears, and sin, and woe, Thy spirit will not let me go. The bowels of thy grace And feel that God is love. Myself into thine arms I cast; Lord, save, O save, my soul at last. HYMN 88. L. M. L. H. C The Loving Kindness of the Lord Jesus. Ps. xxxvi. 7, 8, 9. lxiii. 3. lxxvi. 15. WAKE, my soul, in joyful lays, AV And sing thy great Redeemer's praise; He justly claims a song from me; 2 He saw me ruin'd in the fall, ; 6 Then let me mount and soar away, RIPPON'S Coll. The Hope which is the Anchor of the Soul. 1 Peter i. 13. Psa. lxxxiv. 12. Rom. vii. 24, 25. Heb. vi. 19. GOD, my Sun, thy blissful rays Irradiate, warm, and guide my heart! How dark, how mournful are my days, 2 Scarce through the shades, a glimpse of day Though gloomy darkness spreads the sky; HYMN 90. L, M. RIPPON'S Coll. Hoping. Micah vii. 8, 9. Psa. xliii..5 Prov. xiii. 12. Rom. iv. 18, 19, 20. HY sinks my weak, desponding mind? WH Why heaves my heart the anxious sigh! Can sov'reign goodness be unkind? Am I not safe if God be nigh? 2 He holds all nature in his hand : That gracious hand on which I live, 3 'Tis he supports this fainting frame, The wond'rous glories of his name, HYMN 91. Rejoicing in the Hope set before us. 2 Now S. M. MRS. STEELE. James v. 11. Ps. cxxxi. 3. TOW let our voices join Ye pilgrims, in Jehovah's ways, With music pass along. How strait the path appears, No lurking gins t' entrap our feet; 3 But flow'rs of paradise In rich profusion spring ; The Sun of glory gilds the path, And dear companions sing. 4 See Salem's golden spires In beauteous prospect rise; 5 And brighter crowns than mortals wear Which sparkle through the skies. All honour to his name, Who marks the shining way; To him, who leads the wand'rers on HYMN 92. P. M. DODDRIDGE. Praise. Ps. vii. 17. xiii. 6. cxxxv. 3. CHIL HILDREN of the heavenly King, Sing your Saviour's worthy praise, 2 Ye are trav'lling home to God, And we still will follow thee. HYMN 93. C. M. CENNICK. Christ precious to them that believe. Gal. iv. 26. Rom. x. 11. 1 Peter ii. 7. JESUS! I love thy charming name, music to mine ear; Fain would I sound it out so loud, 2 Yes, thou art precious to my soul, 3 All my capacious powers can wish, F2 |